Part 3
Bai Sinian blocked Cui Yeyi, cutting off his path to chase Xiao Ni.
Cui Yeyi spread his hands, utterly hopeless. “Bai Sinian, what do you mean by this? Didn’t you say last time that you didn’t like me?”
Bai Sinian: “But just now you said I like you.”
Cui Yeyi: ??
Wait, this logic… felt right? No, wait, how did things turn out like this!
Seeing no one else around, Bai Sinian finally stopped pretending. His expression turned serious. “I remember telling you before, no early dating, no early dating. Why won’t you remember? This affects the future of the entire band!”
Suddenly, Cui Yeyi forced Bai Sinian into the corner, slamming one hand against the wall by his ear—a kabedon. His face moved closer and closer to Bai Sinian’s. Bai Sinian stared back at him dead on, not flinching a bit.
Cui Yeyi finally stopped when his face was two centimeters away. He said, “Future or no future, I don’t care. I just want to know, do you like me or not?”
Bai Sinian shoved Cui Yeyi away forcefully, his expression solemn. “As long as you are in this band, I like you. If you leave the band, I won’t like you anymore.”
If he ever left the band, there would only be one reason: getting kicked out due to constant dating and cheating. Such a person wouldn’t deserve to be his idol.
“Like” was just the adoration for an idol.
After saying this sentence, Bai Sinian left the back garden.
Leaving Cui Yeyi alone, frozen in place. What did that mean? He… he likes me? Was that a confession?
Bai Sinian returned to his seat, also sinking into contemplation. Crap, I didn’t clarify just now. It’s ‘fan love’, that kid won’t think it’s romantic love, will he?
Whatever. As long as it stops him from dating early, I can’t be bothered to manage the rest.
“Where did you go?” Bian Rui poured a cup of Minute Maid Orange Pulp for Bai Sinian.
Bai Sinian picked up the cup and downed it in one go. “Restroom. Have you guys started eating?”
“Mm.”
At this moment, Cui Yeyi returned to his seat dejectedly, staring at Bai Sinian with a resentment-filled gaze. Bai Sinian pretended not to see it and focused on eating.
There were all types of dishes on the table. Every time a spicy dish rotated in front of Bai Sinian and Bian Rui, Bai Sinian would push it away and move the lighter-flavored dishes in front of Bian Rui.
He even helped Bian Rui pick up food. “You can’t handle spicy, eat this.”
Not only that, Bai Sinian took great care of Bian Rui, pouring drinks, handing napkins, and even standing up to serve him soup.
Cui Yeyi, sitting opposite, felt a sourness in his heart. Bai Sinian said he liked him, yet turned around and treated someone else so well. This made him even more certain of one thought: Bai Sinian is deliberately trying to make me jealous right now, so he definitely likes me!
Thinking of it that way, he wasn’t so angry anymore and started eating peacefully.
After the meal, the butler prepared desserts for everyone. Accompanied by melodious music, the mood was exceptionally relaxed.
“Xiao Bei, can we play video games after eating?” Fan Hongyi asked in a whisper.
The first time he came to Shen Bei’s house, Cui Yeyi and Fan Hongyi played video games, and he had been longing for it ever since.
“Of course,” Shen Bei said generously.
So, Fan Hongyi dragged Cui Yeyi to play games with him, while Shen Bei took Bai Sinian and Bian Rui back to his room to hang out.
The guests in the first-floor hall left in twos and threes. Lu Ming was still chatting with the remaining one or two clients, while the nanny was clearing the dining table and cleaning up.
Shen Bei closed the door. Afraid the two of them would be bored, he asked, “Do you guys want to watch a movie?”
“Sure.”
So, Shen Bei turned on the computer and let them find a movie themselves. Bian Rui sat on a chair nearby playing on his phone, while Bai Sinian searched while asking him if there was anything he wanted to watch.
Just then, Shen Bei received a video call invitation.
“Mom,” he called out after answering.
Bai Sinian immediately pricked up his ears, pretending to search for movies seriously, but actually listening to what Shen Bei was saying.
“Baby, Mom and Dad can’t make it back for your birthday today, but we bought you a super big Lego set! It should arrive tonight.”
“Thank you, Mom.”
On the other end, his mom asked what he ate today, if he was in a good mood, and so on. A man’s voice occasionally interrupted from the side, wanting to chat with Shen Bei.
It sounded like his parents cared about Shen Bei very much, they just didn’t have time to come back to him due to work.
Before hanging up, Bai Sinian clearly heard Shen Bei say, “Bye Mom, bye… Uncle.”
Uncle??
They chatted for so long, and that man’s concern didn’t sound like an uncle—it was clearly his father. Furthermore, how could his mother be with another man? There was only one possibility: this man was his stepfather!
Bai Sinian felt as if he had figured out something incredible. This blended family consisted of the mom bringing Shen Bei, and the dad bringing Lu Ming! That’s why Lu Ming could control such a large industry single-handedly—he was Father Lu’s biological son!
But the whole family doted on Shen Bei. There was no legendary battle for inheritance among the wealthy, nor was Shen Bei discarded for being bad at studying. It was all based on the family’s love! Bai Sinian was very moved. Thank you to this family for giving the little cutie warmth, allowing him to grow into such a good child.
He really wanted to thank this family on behalf of all the fans!
“You’ve been stuck on this page for three minutes,” Bian Rui reminded him from the side.
“Ah, oh, the computer froze!” Bai Sinian made up a clumsy excuse.
Bian Rui smiled as if he understood everything and pointed to a hot-blooded anime on the screen. “Let’s watch this.”
“Okay.”
So the three of them watched anime in Shen Bei’s room all afternoon. A birthday that was both special and ordinary passed just like that.
There was one day left in the holiday. Bai Sinian lay at home and went nowhere, wanting to save more time to accompany his parents.
His parents were busy with lunch in the kitchen, while Bai Sinian scrolled through his phone in the bedroom.
The weekend sunlight slanted into the room, adding a lazy atmosphere to the quiet morning. Bai Sinian lay on the soft bed like a cat sunning itself, fully immersed in the world of his phone.
He rarely clicked on the “Dazzling Star” video account usually. Today, bored out of his mind, he clicked in to look—comments and private messages were completely full.
He couldn’t be bothered to click through them one by one. Instead, he re-watched the videos he had created. Seeing the handsome, heroic figures of the four teenagers in the video, he bared his teeth in a besotted grin.
After re-watching several times, he opened the comments section. The top comment was from a netizen named “Yeyi Ye Yi Ye” (Sparkle Yeah One Yeah): I am Cui Yeyi, Cui Yeyi is me, Sparkle Yeah One Yeah!
Bai Sinian couldn’t help but sing the last sentence. He scoffed, wondering which imposter dared to leech off Cui Yeyi’s heat. Did they think he couldn’t use a phone because he was a high school student?
Bai Sinian clicked into this user’s homepage to take a look. His eyes instantly widened like copper bells—it was Cui Yeyi himself?!
Especially since the daily life posts and selfies were clearly from Cui Yeyi’s own hand.
With a smile of dead-inside resignation, Bai Sinian clicked the follow button.
Bai Sinian: …
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