Chapter 12

After finally calming down, the divine beast cubs began to discuss ways to help their big brother in earnest.

Pulu Cub made a risky suggestion, “I’ll use glue to stick their mouths together. It can hold for seven days.”

“If their mouths are stuck together, how will they eat?” asked Hou Cub, resting his chin on his hand, turning his round face into a square one. “Gege will starve to death.”

Qiongqi Cub, holding a toothpick he had stolen from somewhere, said in a deep voice, “Stupid, just stick their hands together. That’s all we can do to help Gege.”

“But they still have to film,” reasoned Hou Cub. “If their hands are stuck together, they can’t film.”

Pulu Cub said softly, “We’ll wait until Gege finishes filming, then I’ll stick their hands together.”

The cubs’ faces grew solemn as they nodded at each other, reaching a consensus.

After finalizing the plan to stick hands together, the cubs brainstormed other assisting tricks, with Qiongqi Cub, the knowledgeable elder, and Hou Cub, the strategic rabbit-head, taking the lead. In the past, Hou Cub, who was skilled in operating tablets, had sneaked with Qiongqi Cub to a café outside when Ye Chen wasn’t home, squatting against the wall to catch wifi and secretly watching the love melodramas that Ye Chen wouldn’t let them see. Thus, he knew more about this aspect than the other divine beast cubs.

However, even with their knowledge, the cubs were still just cubs. After a heated discussion, cautious Hou Cub vetoed all the whimsical but unreliable assisting plans. He decisively declared, “Let’s just stick to the head, starting today, we’re the head-pressing squad.”

Pulu Cub asked, “Aren’t we the box lunch mooching squad?”

Qiongqi Cub said gravely, “We’ll scavenge for box lunches too.”

Hou Cub, steady and slightly petulant, allocated firepower, “Dun Dun and Qi Qi are the vanguard, you can fly and reach Gege’s head. Lu Lu is logistics, responsible for carrying Xuan Xuan. I am the strategist, responsible for telling you when to stick the heads.”

Xuanwu Cub asked, “Then… I…?”

Hou Cub shouted, “Operation starts! Ura!”

Xuanwu Cub, “to do…”

All the cubs, “Ura!”

Xuanwu Cub, “wh…at…ya”

Desperately trying to integrate into collective life, Xuanwu Cub shouted, “U…ra!”

…

After the group interview, the excited reporters were ready to make the most of this rare and precious material. They wished they could just create a script for Shen Mofeng and Ye Chen right away. Knowing the subtle quirks of some young people nowadays, the media could take advantage of the situation and create a buzz around Shen Mofeng.

However, Weibo had already boiled over ahead of them. Photos and videos were taken at the group interview scene, and the scene where Shen Mofeng lowered his gaze, smiled, and touched his head spread like wildfire in the form of still images, GIFs, and videos after the interview, completely dominating the homepage. The term “He’s a very obedient little kid” skyrocketed on the trending list throughout the evening, and Ye Chen’s Weibo followers saw a sudden and fierce increase.

On the other hand, some adept fans, who were fans of both parties, quickly established a Shen Ye CP Super Talk and began outputting content like crazy. These young fans, chasing after their beloved idols into the entertainment industry, not only managed to stand in front of their idols through hard work but also received gentle and affirming responses from them… Even excluding the elements that fujoshi love to see, this incident itself is quite inspirational and captivating. The newly born Shen Ye CP began to shine on the Super Talk rankings, and even some bystanders joined in, treating Ye Chen as their own lucky star.

[Retweet this Ye Chen, and you will meet Gege face to face.]

[Retweet this Ye Chen, Gege will pat your head one day.]

[Retweet this Ye Chen, Gege will praise you as a good kid.]

“…”

Naturally, amidst the excitement, there were also some less harmonious voices and malicious speculations about Ye Chen. However, Ye Chen’s expression of affection for Shen Mofeng itself was not inappropriate. Shen Mofeng reached out to touch his head himself, and he voluntarily helped with the microphone. “He’s a very obedient little kid” was something Shen Mofeng said voluntarily without any prompting… These exciting and speculative details were all crafted by Shen Mofeng himself, so the negative comments directed at Ye Chen lacked fertile ground to grow.

As for negative comments directed at Shen Mofeng… Shen Mofeng has never taken them seriously since his debut, even glancing at them feels like wasting life.

At this moment, he was looking at the rapidly rising ShenYe CP Super Talk…

“He is the dazzling light, the silent wind, the courage and perseverance that overcome all obstacles for you.”

“Cutting through thorns and traveling with the wind, just to let the reflection of my shadow appear in your eyes.”

“That long-standing admiration, like a tiny stars^[1]星辰(xing chen; MC’s name beyond light-years, has been revolving around you for so many years, but you never knew.”

“… ” Shen Mofeng held the cigarette between two slender fingers, sliding the screen leisurely, his expression calm, and the curve of his lips casually raised, as if it was just a passing fancy to casually click and take a look.

“A tiny star, it has been revolving around you for so many years, but you never knew.”

Shen Mofeng came out of his trance for a moment and extinguished the cigarette butt that had burned to the filter.

Then, he opened Ye Chen’s Weibo page and clicked “follow.”

As if saying to that tiny star: I know now.

…

…Although in reality, he didn’t know at all!

On the other side, Ye Chen, waiting for the next scene in the nanny car, was also glued to Weibo.

He was nervous during the interview earlier and he didn’t have time to think slowly. The confession to his idol was a move made without much thought. Afterwards, he felt somewhat uneasy. He didn’t even have the heart to plant the four newly arrived pear tree seedlings until he confirmed that there was no bloodbath on Weibo as he had imagined. Moreover, he had gained a wave of popularity through this incident. However, his heart was still not completely at ease. Just as he was starting to calm down, he saw the Shen Ye CP Super Talk steadily rising in the rankings.

He was almost moved to tears by the description of himself in the rainbow farts…

Ye Chen stared at the Super Talk with a worried expression, his features twisted in anguish. He deeply felt that he had messed up. At that time, he only wanted to solidify his fake fan image in any way possible, but he never expected to be paired up like this. Although the social atmosphere was not as conservative as it was a decade ago, sexual orientation was not a sensitive issue and was not linked to the future of artists, but he didn’t know if Shen Mofeng would be resentful of being paired up with him by fans.

He was hesitant to ask, but then he saw a notification in the bottom right corner of the Weibo interface, indicating that Shen Mofeng had followed him back.

“Phew…” It seems he’s not angry… Ye Chen breathed a sigh of relief and got off the car to find Shen Mofeng in the rest area. The five obediently sitting divine beast cubs also followed Ye Chen off the car, chattering away.

There was only Shen Mofeng in the rest area. When Ye Chen entered the room, he was looking down at the script.

“Shen Ge,” Ye Chen called out, closing the door behind him, but then he saw the five babies pushing and shoving each other to squeeze in.

…

Ye Chen, with his back to Shen Mofeng, gestured for the babies to be quiet, and they nodded vigorously.

Only then did Ye Chen cautiously approach Shen Mofeng.

Shen Mofeng looked up, his tone casual. “Need to rehearse?”

“No,” Ye Chen nervously perched on the chair opposite Shen Mofeng, gathered his thoughts, and apologized, “I’m sorry for the interview thing… it caused you trouble…”

Shen Mofeng smiled slightly, “What trouble?”

Ye Chen stuttered, “It’s, it’s about the ShenYe CP thing, there are quite a few posts on Weibo… If you find it annoying, I’ll try to figure out a solution…”

“What solution can you think of?” Shen Mofeng asked back, with a hint of sarcasm in his eyes.

The company hoped that Ye Chen would cling to Shen Mofeng and wouldn’t let go, so naturally, they wouldn’t offer advice on how to dissolve such matters. After a moment of contemplation, Ye Chen weakly suggested, “How about… I follow someone else? That way, they’ll think I just want to cling to someone’s thigh… and they won’t spam you.”

Shen Mofeng raised an eyebrow slightly and repeated slowly, “Follow someone else?”

Perhaps it was the tone, but Ye Chen felt like the phrase was missing the words “dare you” at the beginning.

Ye Chen’s mind went blank, and he nervously said, “I dare not.”

Shen Mofeng lazily smiled, a hint of mischief in his eyes and corners of his mouth, “I don’t dislike it.”

Every muscle in Ye Chen’s body relaxed, and he quickly agreed, “I don’t dislike it either.”

But Shen Mofeng remained silent, his face expressionless, just quietly staring at him.

Ye Chen almost lost half his life under this indifferent gaze, and hastily tried to gauge his reaction, putting on an acting show, “Actually, I… I like being linked with you.” With that, he hung his head, as if a shy high school boy who had just confessed his feelings, too embarrassed to look up.

After this movie, Ye Chen estimated that his acting skills would be elevated by Shen Mofeng’s mere presence…

“Alright…” Shen Mofeng teased the little fan until he was refreshed, then lazily yawned, feeling as satisfied as a big cat, “Let’s rehearse the next scene together. Didn’t bring the script? Watch me?”

The author has something to say:

Ye Qiongqiong’s account book today:

Shen Ye CP rainbow farts *1000……

Next, Si Feng not only has to face Ye Qiongqiong’s rainbow farts ah, but also will be overwhelmed by CP fans’ rainbow farts hahaha……

Si Feng: Shen Ye is real!!!!!!!

“Ura” is a common shout before a Russian charge, similar to “Charge!” or “Long live…” It’s a kind of rallying cry used to cheer on. People would also shout it when they see their leaders – the above information is from Baidu, not sure if it’s accurate hahaha

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