Part 2
Tang Yue replied as if it were the most natural thing in the world, “But the boss came, right? It would be weird for Third Brother to still sleep with me then, wouldn’t it?”
Yao Lixin couldn’t argue with that.
Then Tang Yue asked, “Does Second Brother want to sleep with the Captain?”
The question struck Yao Lixin like a bolt from the blue. Combined with Jiang Shulu’s earlier glare, he suddenly felt goosebumps rise on his skin.
He shook his head like a rattle drum. “No, no, no, what’s wrong with me, why would I want to sleep with him?”
「I’m dying laughing! Tang Yue is really good at unintentionally creating ships!」
「But he never ships himself with anyone hahaha.」
Tang Yue wrapped himself in a thick coat and, while putting on his shoes, said, “Then I guess there’s something wrong with me.”
It was more of a mumble, his voice faint amidst the background noise, but it was like a firecracker going off in the early morning, leaving the audience stunned.
「Ahhh, isn’t this!!」
「This is basically a public announcement!」
「Tang Yue, you’ve changed. You used to be so pure! Now all you talk about is sleeping around! I love it—」
「Yao Lixin’s expression is like a father catching his daughter in her first romance, but the boyfriend is his own childhood friend. The suffocation is real.」
Yao Lixin pretended he didn’t hear. He had just coughed when he heard Tang Yue ask, “Second Brother, have you washed your face?”
The director over there was already calling for the guests to head to the beach. Yao Lixin sighed. “Wash my face? Do I look like I’m awake?”
He looked completely lifeless and even glanced at the cameraman beside him, asking painfully, “Brother, have you washed your face?”
The cameraman shook his head.
“I feel like my eyes are glued shut with sleep gunk,” Tang Yue said.
As he spoke, a staff member handed him a microphone. Yao Lixin pulled a palm-sized mirror from his pocket and gave it to him.
「Has he lost all sense of shame?」
「What sleep gunk! I don’t see any!」
「Dying laughing, I was so fooled by the chemistry between these two back in the day that I passionately invested in their stock, and in the end…」
「It feels like the sunrise is still a long way off…」
「Just looking at the screen makes me feel cold.」
Yao Lixin watched as Tang Yue took a wet wipe and quickly wiped his eyes. As he led him forward, he asked doubtfully, “Isn’t your coat a little too big?”
Tang Yue let out a small “ah.” The camera cut to him, and Yao Lixin took a deep breath, feeling like he probably shouldn’t have asked.
「Isn’t that?」
「Is it what I think it is? The down jacket I saw Jiang Shulu vacuum-pack into his bag before they left.」
「Is it really that cold?」
「It’s understandable by the sea, right?」
Tang Yue didn’t find it strange. He just said, “Oh, it’s Shulu-ge’s. It’s very big.”
“Okay, you don’t need to say anymore. Let’s go,” Yao Lixin said.
「Why is the camera shaking! Cameraman, what are you laughing at?」
「It’s only been a few days, how did they go from a campus couple reuniting after a long separation to an old married couple?」
「I’ve turned into a different color, boohoo.」
「Why are you asking such a cruel question?」
A crowd had already gathered by the sea: tourists, guests, and staff.
The sea breeze was too cold. Tang Yue followed beside Yao Lixin and asked, “Where’s Xuanyu?”
“He went to the bathroom too. He didn’t want me to take him. Looks like Xiao Mie really likes the Captain,” Yao Lixin said.
It was unclear if the show’s planners had been watching too many romantic dramas, but they had even brought a bunch of fireworks.
They were the island-special sparklers mentioned in a travel app guide.
A group of tourists had already lit some, and from a distance, they looked like crackling, burning stars.
The sky was beginning to lighten, as if the transition from night to day was happening in an instant.
Tang Yue and Yao Lixin went to meet up with Liu Xichao.
On the other side, the four members of UL were fiddling with the fireworks. Miao Shuhuai kept asking the director if he could be the one to light them.
Yao Lixin stood beside Tang Yue, glanced at Liu Xichao who was sticking close to Jiang He, and whispered, “Look at Liu Xichao. He usually pretends to be so independent, but at a time like this, he’s still…”
He was a bit of a gossip, but it was within a tolerable range. Plus, they were all close, so his gossip was actually quite cute.
He just didn’t treat the audience as outsiders and made no effort to hide his jealousy.
“Second Brother, are you missing your wife?” Tang Yue asked.
Yao Lixin readily admitted, “Yeah, but it’s not even five yet. How could I dare to call her?”
He sounded quite pathetic.
「LMAO, the only married one is the only one who didn’t bring his wife haha.」
「Why are they setting off fireworks so close? What can you even see!」
「They can’t exactly go to the other side of the shore!!」
「I think it’s just these guys wanting to play.」
The director’s voice could be heard on the livestream, telling them not to get too excited.
On one side was the UL group, acting like lunatics. Their fans didn’t even want to admit they had ever liked them. They were acting so childish, which made Away seem more normal by comparison.
But their personas had all collapsed too.
Liu Xichao, with his gentle, alluring, and clear-headed persona, stood to the side, using a sparkler to light the one in Jiang He’s hand.
It was just lighting a sparkler, but the camera angle gave the illusion that the two were kissing.
The CEO of Clear Sky Media, who was much older than Liu Xichao, looked like he was about to freeze to death.
His gloves weren’t the black ones that fit his persona, but looked like crooked, handmade knitted gloves. The fluffy heart on them was coming apart at the seams, looking like a broken heart at first glance.
But Tang Yue could tell that Liu Xichao had made them.
Tang Yue had read in the original book that Liu Xichao loved to knit and was very skilled at it, often making small trinkets for the main male lead.
Thinking back now, it was clear that it was just something the fans had made up based on his profile. What skilled technique? It was no better than his own. The heart was even knitted crookedly.
Now Liu Xichao had another lover. If the main character was still Liu Xichao, then Jiang He was the main male lead.
Tang Yue was watching intently. Just as Yao Lixin was about to speak, someone pushed him aside.
“Do you like the gloves Liu Xichao knitted?” Jiang Shulu asked Tang Yue.
He and Yao Lixin had completely different takeaways, but his was exactly what Tang Yue was focused on.
The audience was a little surprised to hear it.
「Huh? I thought Tang Yue wanted to play with the sparklers.」
「It’s not like Tang Yue has never played with them before. Didn’t he light hundreds of them during the New Year’s special? It’s like that feeling of trying a food you’ve never had before, binging on hundreds of bowls of it, and then never touching it again.」
「Even though I know Liu Xichao has this hobby, they’re really ugly. The only one in this group who’s good with his hands is Jiang Shulu. Wait, why would a young master like him need to be good with his hands!」
「On second thought, this boy band is still… very dramatic.」
Jiang Shulu was also wearing a very large long coat. Tang Mian was tucked inside his arms like a cotton doll, looking particularly well-behaved and cute.
The little guy was dead tired and didn’t get down from Jiang Shulu’s arms. Even the fireworks couldn’t hold his attention.
But this scene made Tang Yue’s heart melt. He leaned closer to Jiang Shulu and glanced at Tang Mian.
Then he said, “I just think Third Brother looks very happy. It’s nice.”
Jiang Shulu’s hair was unusually messy.
In the distance, there was a fill light, which was enough for the audience to clearly see the curled edges of Jiang Shulu’s hair, just like the little guy in his arms.
The young man, who once had a cool and aloof temperament, now had a bright and gentle gaze that fell on the child in Jiang Shulu’s arms, then moved up, meeting Jiang Shulu’s eyes without any hesitation.
The Tang Yue who always used to shy away seemed to have changed.
Yao Lixin noticed but didn’t interrupt. He took Yao Xuanyu to the other side to get some sparklers, insisting that Yao Xuanyu take a handsome picture of him by the sea.
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