Chapter 1: Eight Years After Becoming the Villainous Male Supporting Character
Tang Yue received a formal invitation to a variety show.
He was about to reply when he suddenly smelled burning.
The porridge was still on the stove! —
But before Tang Yue could get up, a figure was already on a stool turning off the gas.
The child in pajamas, after turning off the gas, remained standing on the stool, hands on hips, glaring at Tang Yue—
“Dad! You’re worrying me again!”
From appearances, Tang Yue didn’t look like he had a son this old. He was even a little too young; he looked more like an older brother than a father.
After all, his brows still held a youthful air, only slightly less carefree than during his idol group days, perhaps due to becoming a single father.
Tang Yue: “I’m sorry, Xiao Mie.”
Tang Mian hopped off the stool and ran to Tang Yue’s desk, looking at his computer screen: “Can I go on a trip?”
Tang Yue hummed in agreement.
Tang Mian was very excited: “When are we going? Is it just the two of us? Are we going to many places?”
The little guy had a very likable face, but his eyes didn’t resemble Tang Yue’s at all. Even at the chubby stage of human childhood, an upward slant was noticeable, leading one to conclude that his other parent must have had lively eyes.
Tang Yue, at first glance, seemed a bit aloof, but he had naturally downturned dog eyes, something many fans used to argue that he wasn’t the unattainable type.
Because the group’s acknowledged unattainable type was someone else—
Captain Jiang Shulu.
The child’s eyes didn’t resemble Tang Yue’s, but were almost identical to Jiang Shulu’s.
Except Tang Mian hadn’t fully grown yet, lacking even a fraction of his other father’s sharpness.
Tang Yue: “Just you and me, three places, fifteen days in total.”
He paused: “In half a month.”
The child complained: “Why so long!!”
Tang Yue: “Because Dad still has work to finish.”
Tang Mian said “Oh” and jumped out of Tang Yue’s embrace: “Then hurry up and finish, I’m going to cook porridge.”
The child’s milky voice made Tang Yue feel even more ashamed.
He felt he was a truly unqualified father, although his cooking skills had improved significantly, he still sometimes failed.
He wasn’t as skilled as a five-year-old.
Seeing Tang Yue about to hang his head in shame, Tang Mian comforted him: “Okay, Xiao Yue, you don’t have to apologize. Anyway, you’re clumsy, I’m definitely like Mom, so I’m a genius.”
His childish words made his pride seem so cute.
Tang Yue felt even worse—
Tang Mian was already five!
He still didn’t know how to tell his child that he didn’t have a mother.
If, by this world’s rules, whoever gives birth is the mother, then Tang Yue was the mother.
So… Tang Mian’s father was…
For many years, Tang Yue had lived in seclusion. Even when his work required the internet, he completely avoided news, in order to completely sever ties with the people and events of the past.
Yet, the biggest connection was right beside him.
For Tang Yue, who transmigrated into this book.
Tang Mian was the most important person to him.
Tang Yue hadn’t actively thought about the past for a long time.
But after having Tang Mian, he found it easier to think of Jiang Shulu—
The male lead (攻) of this urban entertainment novel, Please Get Closer to My Heart.
Tang Yue was originally a citizen of Planet 9787 in the interstellar world.
After graduating at sixteen, Tang Yue didn’t choose to continue his education; he became a landfill worker.
Besides his work, Tang Yue would read some rated best-selling books.
The air currents were quite turbulent during that time. Tang Yue didn’t notice the impact warning in the work area; his mind was full of the urban, aspiring-idol entertainment novel he’d just found.
Perhaps it was the silver-embossed “Pure Love” on the cover that made Tang Yue eagerly anticipate the romance.
Unfortunately, this novel was completely different from the passionate and tender description in the recommendation. The romance was explicit and violent; Tang Yue even saw his own name.
This villainous male supporting character, how could it be me?!
The number of strokes in the name being the same was a little too coincidental, wasn’t it?!
This sense of incongruity made Tang Yue very uncomfortable, but since he’d already started reading, he was eager to know the ending.
This character, sharing his name, was the lead singer of the boy group Away, pursuing the musical path Tang Yue once dreamed of.
When Tang Yue was in school, he longed for stage performance.
But he wasn’t just a little garbage, he was also a little deaf, with mild hearing loss. Hearing aids allowed Tang Yue to function like a normal person, but he often heard things he didn’t want to.
Such as, what are you dreaming of? Virtual idols are the mainstream now.
Even though Tang Yue liked singing, and people had praised his emotionally resonant singing, this world no longer had stages.
When he went to school again, Tang Yue went from a little garbage to a little deaf person, finally becoming a quiet little gourd.
Other people’s adolescence was kissing on school rooftops; Tang Yue’s adolescence was a dusty campus, and an unrealistic pure love novel in his shoulder bag.
Tang Yue firmly believed that the book was another world; watching others fall in love kept him from being lonely.
It wasn’t a big deal that the character sharing his name secretly loved the team captain.
After all, the author described Captain Jiang Shulu as a thorough rich, handsome, and talented man, piling on words like “elegant and refined,” “aloof CEO,” and so on. But Tang Yue’s impression of the male lead Jiang Shulu wasn’t handsome, but rather that this seemingly pure love urban novel always described the captain as having a large and capable member (referring to his genitals).
It wasn’t described in detail, only that the captain had many male fans, which greatly troubled him.
The character Tang Yue in the book secretly loved Jiang Shulu, and was jealous of the official male lead, Liu Xicháo, receiving the male lead Jiang Shulu’s thoughtful care.
He not only didn’t cooperate with performances but also deliberately sabotaged Liu Xicháo on variety shows, and even drugged him… drugged him to sleep with Jiang Shulu?
These actions already made Tang Yue frown while reading, let alone the series of creepy stalker behaviors.
Finally, the drugging? Too absurd!
Who could guarantee that the author’s description of “good” was true? Maybe the better-looking men were worse!
Tang Yue endured the goosebumps, flipping to the end and discovering that this cannon fodder male supporting character who shared his name had a miserable ending.
Videos of him seducing the captain spread widely online, including previous actions of indirectly insulting his roommates, stealing underwear, and other nasty things.
After his downfall, he was unceremoniously kicked out.
It was then simply and crudely written that five years later he was killed in a car accident, with black fans continuing to visit the crash site??
Tang Yue: ?
Too terrifying!
But before Tang Yue could read the afterword, an alarm suddenly sounded.
As if the heavens were cracking.
He fell into darkness…
That’s how Tang Yue transmigrated into the book.
Whether it was the shock of a planetary collision, Tang Yue landed in the world of the book, his body covered in injuries, unconscious for nearly a month.
The company was about to give up on this budding singer with a naturally good voice.
Unexpectedly, Tang Yue miraculously woke up, but he remembered nothing.
It just so happened that Away also postponed their debut by six months because the captain, Jiang Shulu, an heir to a wealthy family, was having a conflict with his family.
In order to achieve his dream, and to change his fate, Tang Yue decided to fully promote the love between Captain Jiang Shulu and the male lead, Liu Xicháo.
He worked hard to lower his presence, keeping his distance from Jiang Shulu, avoiding interaction whenever possible.
Three years with Away passed in a flash, Tang Yue was close to successfully withdrawing.
But an accident still happened.
That day Tang Yue and another member went to a bar, and were just approached when the captain arrived.
The inevitable “drugging” plot from the original story couldn’t be avoided, even if it wasn’t Tang Yue who did it, someone else did.
They slept together.
By the time of Away’s disbandment press conference, Tang Yue looked pale and listless in front of the media.
Only Tang Yue knew he was finished.
He not only slept with the male lead, but also got himself pregnant.
After all, he was a fertile male from Planet 9787.
There was no such thing as frequent gatherings after disbanding.
How could he be a stumbling block between the male lead and his lover?
Tang Yue quickly ran away.
The outside world only knew that after the top idol group Away disbanded, the maknae Tang Yue completely disappeared.
There were rumors that he went abroad, and others said he had passed away.
Only Tang Yue knew he was doing this to avoid the predetermined ending.
The ending of the villainous male supporting character Tang Yue was ultimately downfall and death in a car accident five years later.
He chose to semi-retire in the mountains, releasing works under the name of the musician Evening.
Five years later, Tang Yue, now a father, leaned on the table and thought: Just a travel variety show, it should be fine.
He heard that Brother Liu was engaged, and the captain had settled abroad, so they definitely wouldn’t pay attention to this.
At that moment, in a restaurant abroad, someone pushed a planning document in front of Jiang Shulu.
Jiang Shulu refused quickly: “I’m not participating.”
Producer: “Tang Yue is also participating.”
Jiang Shulu was stunned: “Tang Yue?”
His gaze fell on the cover page of the planning document; the words “Baby Variety Show” were in bold red.
Jiang Shulu asked in surprise: “Is he married?”
Producer: “Yes, and he has a five-year-old child.”
The former captain of Away, Jiang Shulu, was beautiful; those who saw him for the first time would only find him unattainable.
Jiang Shulu: “He… married whom?”
The producer smiled meaningfully: “Rumor has it that you two aren’t close, it seems that’s true?”
He didn’t answer Jiang Shulu’s question, and asked again: “Are you interested in participating in Away’s reunion variety show five years later?”
Jiang Shulu remembered Tang Yue, who always looked away from him.
He thought of the illusory entanglement, as if he had once intimately caressed the other’s brows and eyes, tracing every inch of his soul.
But that was a dream, right?
Yet now Jiang Shulu was flustered, not noticing his own indiscretion.
He still agreed: “Give me the recording time and location.”
Author’s Note:
—Highlight Reminder—
*1v1 SC | The child is the receiver’s (受) biological child
*The term “maknae” (막내), meaning youngest member, will be used in later chapters. It’s a direct translation from Korean. I apologize for not considering this earlier, and will gradually replace it later.
*The receiver and the character of the same name in the original work are mutual transmigrators. Their identities match their IDs, and their experiences will occasionally be shared in author’s notes.
*This story, presented as a baby variety show, is actually a romance variety show. The main plot is not raising a child, but romance (loudly)!!
*Later chapters will focus on the receiver’s career. The live broadcast variety show content will take up a large portion, and non-live broadcast urban content will appear between the third and fourth stops.
*Sweet and sour, essentially a cliché story of mutual secret love and mutual salvation. I apologize for any shortcomings in writing skills. (bows)