Chapter 29
As everyone expected, within 24 hours of the end of the opening concert, Chen Yueyang’s name swept through all the headlines in the entertainment industry, attached to every term that had something to do with the concert.
The media analyzed the incident of Chen Yueyang falling into the water over and over again. They wrote up a storm, making the entire accident seem incredibly thrilling.
After seeing these reports, Jing Jiren was extremely grateful that Chen Yueyang insisted on taking the stage after he woke up, proving that he wasn’t seriously injured. Otherwise, under the media’s pens, one would think that Chen Yueyang would be holding a funeral reception and interring the remains tomorrow.
On the Weibo top ten hot search list, Chen Yueyang held seven positions. Even gossip about other celebrities coming out, getting pregnant, and giving birth couldn’t push him down.
Among them, there was a tag that quietly appeared, which made Jing Jiren very upset.
This tag was called “Sleeping Beauty”.
Jing Jiren clicked on it randomly and found that it tm1[tm = “their mother” (a mild swear).] was actually a cult crack ship2[lit. “arranged marriage”, a type of CP that is considered “non-canon” by fans because there is not evidence of the ship, and the pairing is purely “arranged” by fans.] of Chen Yueyang and Fei Chang.
The bursting point of the tag was the accident during the concert. Because the incident occurred too abruptly, the director didn’t have time to cut away from the scene. The big screen on the stage simultaneously broadcasted Fei Chang’s rescue. Although the human wall made by the backup dancers quickly blocked the audience’s view, many audience members recorded Fei Chang giving Chen Yueyang artificial respiration, before the wall closed.
At the time, Fei Chang’s eyes were crimson red. He was clearly a 195 metre tall guy, but he appeared fragile and vulnerable, kneeling on the ground. And Chen Yueyang, who had always been shining on stage, was weak and dripping wet, displaying a side that he had never shown before.
Fans enthusiastically dug up past interactions between Fei Chang and Chen Yueyang. In shows, they had a tacit understanding. Outside of shows, they became the queen and her loyal hound, giving out sugar cookies3[Sweet fanservice for fans of the ship.] from time to time.
…Looking at it this way, they were neither a cult ship nor a crack ship, they were obviously a match made in heaven!
Jing Jiren was so angry that he ordered the assistant in charge of public relations to delete the tag as soon as possible.
Jing Jiren said, “What ‘Sleeping Beauty’? Forcefully putting this messy CP hat on their head.”
The assistant said, “That’s right. Yang-ge already fell into the water, it clearly should be “The Little Mermaid”.”
“…”
“Or you can think about it differently, such as using the “sleeping” of “Sleeping Beauty” as a verb. What do you think?”
Jing Jiren’s seven orifices began to smoke4[The seven orifices of the head are thought to be connected to the seven emotions in Buddhism, so when someone becomes very angry, it is said that their seven orifices are smoking.].
…
On the second day after falling into the water, Chen Yueyang went to the hospital for a few checkups, and spent five hours with an intravenous drip. In the evening, he had his makeup done in a rush and went on stage again.
The tour would run in this city for two consecutive weeks. As Chen Yueyang’s body had still not fully recovered, he adjusted his performance repertoire, focusing on lyrical and gentle songs.
The only dynamic dance that remained was the duet with Fei Chang, “Mesmerized”.
Embraced by the lights, the two of them sometimes danced together intimately, sometimes clashed against each other. Compared to the original choreography with a male and female pair, there was a greater sense of sensuality and passion. With the two of them as the center, the heartbeats of all the fans were captured.
It was the first time fans saw such a male pair, hormones exploding. From time to time, some audience member would be stimulated to the point of tears, excited beyond words.
When the dance finished, Fei Chang didn’t look at the audience cheering for him, instead turning to look at Chen Yueyang beside him.
The two were very close. The smell of their sweat blended together. Fei Chang would always remember the feeling of this moment.
–He made it. He openly and properly made his way here, standing beside Chen Yueyang and dancing with his senior brother.
Originally, Fei Chang was only a special guest in the opening concert, but later, he became a resident guest in a muddle. He even turned down a few shows recorded at night, to rush over and perform with his senior brother.
After experiencing “stepping up in a crisis” for the first time, Fei Chang was finally enlightened. Once he got on stage, not only did he not mess up, he also found his own rhythm. He could sing and dance freely, even chatting and joking around with the audience on the spot, making the fans burst out in laughter.
He had wide shoulders, long legs, and a tall stature. When he was serious, he was the cool and handsome type. When he laughed, he became the village fool. Moreover, he didn’t have any idol baggage. He was very grounded, making his fans feel relaxed.
The concerts in this city lasted for two weeks. Each one was sold out, and the last one was particularly terrifying. For other concerts, scalpers’ asking prices for tickets would fall over and over again, but this concert was the opposite. As soon as the band began playing in the venue, the scalpers’ prices started increasing exponentially–of course, this group of bastards were all driven away by security in the end.
After the last concert ended, the audience called out for encores for a long time.
Chen Yueyang took the entire cast and crew to the curtain call. He held hands with Fei Chang in a brotherly manner. Only they knew how hot each other’s palms were.
Fei Chang had sharp eyes and noticed a group of young girls gathered in a corner of the stadium. The light signs in their hands had two words–“Sleeping Beauty”. Seeing Fei Chang looking over, they excitedly waved them.
Fei Chang was confused. “What does Sleeping Beauty mean?”
Chen Yueyang glanced at him and smiled mysteriously, “Guess.”
Recently, Fei Chang didn’t have time to go online and browse Weibo, so of course he couldn’t guess.
After he left the stage, Fei Chang quickly signed in to his trumpet5[Same as vest, a fake secondary account or sockpuppet.] and rushed to screenwatch6[Peek at other people’s screens while gaming.].
Screenwatching here, screenwatching there, he finally understood.
His face was red again again again again again.
“What kind of messy thing is this.” He deliberately pretended to be disgusted, but his acting was bad to the point of exploding. Everyone could see that his mouth didn’t match his heart. “These little fans love to make CPs indiscriminately.”
Chen Yueyang propped his chin with one hand and looked at him jokingly, “They call this the ‘Kiss of the Century’, you know.”
“…”
“Is there anything you want to say?”
“Say, say what?”
Chen Yueyang said, “You kissed me, shouldn’t you say something?”
Fei Chang’s heart was about to burst. He desperately stuffed his extra-large self into a closet. “Can artificial respiration between straight men count as a kiss?”
“Straight man?” Chen Yueyang pointed his finger at his fanboy’s __, “What is a straight man? Will he be straight when he sees me?”
Fei Chang sadly discovered that when he desperately squeezed himself into the dark closet, his family’s disobedient little giraffe escaped from prison again.
Oh my god, didn’t they say that after the founding of the People’s Republic of China, animals couldn’t become demons7[In Chinese culture, animals can cultivate into anthropomorphic demons or spirits with human-like intelligence. The joke is that after the founding of the PRC, this was no longer possible, because of censorship / atheism / materialism.]? How could his little giraffe be so self-aware that it would crane its neck forward whenever it saw Chen Yueyang, and try to move toward him!
Fei Chang looked at his senior brother with tearful eyes, extremely embarrassed.
Chen Yueyang said slowly, “Feifei, I will give you one last chance.”
Fei Chang’s vision went dark. “Is it ‘coming out’ or ‘not coming out’?”
He still wasn’t prepared to spread all the dirty and lawless thoughts in his heart out under the sun. He was Chen Yueyang’s fan, his employee, and his junior brother. He wanted to look up toward him. He didn’t want to defile him with his dirty sexual fantasies.
“No,” Chen Yueyang interrupted him, “It’s “sleeping with me” or “being slept by me”.”
Fei Chang: “…???”
–We’re both adults, so let’s talk about some adult topics.
T/N: It’s time for Feifei to take responsibility hahahahahaha
- 1[tm = “their mother” (a mild swear).]
- 2[lit. “arranged marriage”, a type of CP that is considered “non-canon” by fans because there is not evidence of the ship, and the pairing is purely “arranged” by fans.]
- 3[Sweet fanservice for fans of the ship.]
- 4[The seven orifices of the head are thought to be connected to the seven emotions in Buddhism, so when someone becomes very angry, it is said that their seven orifices are smoking.]
- 5[Same as vest, a fake secondary account or sockpuppet.]
- 6[Peek at other people’s screens while gaming.]
- 7[In Chinese culture, animals can cultivate into anthropomorphic demons or spirits with human-like intelligence. The joke is that after the founding of the PRC, this was no longer possible, because of censorship / atheism / materialism.]
This chapter was hilarious 🤣, I love how Yueyang questioned how straight his little giraffe was 🦒