【80.】

It’s not the first time for Xu Chi to be consoled before he could even realize it.

He sat in front of the computer, feeling moved by their sincere care. Without hesitation, he picked up his phone and pressed the calling button.

Just one second, the call was connected.

“Hello…”

“What’s the matter, dear?” Tang Yanzhi said in a gentle tone.

After the call was connected, Xu Chi didn’t know what to say. He looked at those comforting words on the screen and smiled, “Do you… have someone spy on me for you?”

“Hmm?” Tang Yanzhi played innocent. “What do you mean? I don’t understand. If you miss me, just tell me. Don’t be shy.”

“Tang Yanzhi…” Xu Chi ignored Tang Yanzhi’s teasing words. He sighed and said with a rising-pitch intonation, “Is Tangtang the person you asked to spy on me? Or you are Tangtang?”

Tang Yanzhi said nothing for a long time. Then Xu Chi copied the way Tang Yanzhi spoke and said, “Hiding yourself is not a way to solve this problem. Please face it and answer my question.” Xu Chi sighed and said. “Alright. Even if you refuse to say anything, I have known the answer.”

He recalled everything that happened between them carefully, then all the details he had ignored appeared at the moment and were connected into a clue, which pointed to the man on the other side of the phone now.

“It turns out that all these coincidences were actually planned by you in advance.”

“No.” Tang Yanzhi suddenly said. “At least, there’s one thing I didn’t expect.”

“Which one?”

“You professed your love for me first.” Tang Yanzhi complained. “Actually, I haven’t expected it would happen so early. Well, what you said really took me by surprise!”

“…”

“Honey, you’re so smart! How did you guess that? I don’t think you’ll figure it’s me as long as I keep it secret.” Suddenly, Tang Yanzhi became aggrieved. “I remembered once when I said I was Guinea Pig, I was ridiculed by you and Tingting.”

“Tang Yanzhi is the only one knowing that I didn’t want to write anymore. Besides, his way of think…” Xu Chi leaned back in his chair and whispered. “Tang Yanzhi and Tangtang are so similar in solving problems. Therefore, it’s hard not to associate one with the other.”

“Well, no one else would know that, because I have only comforted Short-Tailed Cat and Xu Chi.”

“Am I so useless?” Xu Chi rubbed his hair. “Every time I felt bad, I always relied on your comfort to get better.”

“Dear, don’t think like this,” Tang Yanzhi said gently. “Every writer has to go through it. There’s nothing to be ashamed of.”

“What about you? Did anyone comfort you when you got through this at first?”

“Me? I haven’t experienced it,” Tang Yanzhi replied honestly. “Because I became popular as I wrote my first book.”

“…”

“All right. Let’s talk about something else.”

“What’s on your mind?”

“I’m hungry.”

Xu Chi looked at the time. “It’s 03:30p.m. Didn’t you have lunch?”

“No… I am at home alone. And I can’t cook.”

“Why not order some take-out food?”

“Nope! I want to eat what you made!”

“But today I don’t want…”

“It’s too late,” Xu Chi heard a sound of the door closing heavily. Then Tang Yanzhi said in a hoarse tone. “I’m already on my way to pick you up.”

【81.】

“I’ve lived alone since I attended the college, so no one will bother us.” Tang Yanzhi took Xu Chi into his home and seriously explained to him.

Xu Chi took off his shoes and looked around the apartment, which was decorated in the modern North-Europe style, simple and unexpectedly tidy, in line with the impression Tang Yanzhi left on others.

“Won’t you go back home for the Chinese New Year?”

“It’s still a long time before the Chinese New year. Also, my parents don’t return home very often, so I don’t bother to move back.” Tang Yanzhi hugged Xu Chi from behind, with his furry head rubbed against Xu Chi’s shoulder. “Well, no one will bother Piggy and Cutie.”

“What does Cutie mean?”

“Well, you have so many nicknames, such as Xu Chi, Shortie, Cutie Chi or Dear writer…” Xu Chi tilted his head and saw Tang Yanzhi speaking seriously. “In order to safeguard my position as your boyfriend, I should call you a special nickname. So I have an idea that I will call you Cutie in public and Dear when we are alone.”

“…”

What Tang Yanzhi did tickled Xu Chi, while he still didn’t want to let Xu Chi go. So Xu Chi hit the person behind him with his elbow and said, “When are you going to let me go? Aren’t you hungry now? Don’t you want to have dinner?”

Hearing that, Tang Yanzhi stood straight and pointed to the kitchen, “All the ingredients are in the kitchen. Any food is fine with me. By the way, give me your account of Q website. I am gonna watch the video.”

“Why don’t we prepare dinner together?”

“Because it’s the first time you make a meal for me. So it’s not as meaningful as it should be if I prepare it with you. As for cooking together, we have many opportunities to do it in the future.”

“Well, I get it.” Xu Chi looked at his boyfriend and sighed, “How come I always think you are a rational person? In fact, you are a bossy rogue!”

Tang Yanzhi was rubbing Xu Chi’s hair and giggled, “Once we are in a relationship, you can’t go back on that!”

“What do you need the account of Q website for? You didn’t have it?”

“Yes, I have one. But your account has the privilege of VIPs.”

“Is there any difference?”

“As a VIP member, there won’t be any advertisement while you’re watching videos!”

“…”

【82.】

【I am coming!!】

【An unexpected live broadcasting???】

【I can’t believe my eyes when seeing this news until I read the post on Weibo for several times.】

【What is Piggy doing every day?!!! Either he didn’t posted anything on Weibo, or he posted a notice about his live broadcasting!】

【My friend, forget it! The reason why he dared to post the link of live broadcasting on Weibo so brazenly is to tell us he is not writing.】

【Piggy, are you short of money? If that’s the case, just tell us on Weibo. It only takes a few minutes for us to crowd-funding. You don’t need to make a live broadcasting, which may make you tired.】

【A shocking news!! A popular writer makes money by hook or by crook! Is it the moral breakdown or the distortion of human nature?!!! Follow me to go into the room, 990908, on Q website and figure it out!】

【Who this broadcasting room belongs to? I doubt it belongs to Piggy himself.】

【Don’t ask this question! I am gonna cry!】

“Why would I make a live broadcasting?” Tang Yanzhi looked at the audience of more than 10 thousand and numerous increasingly comments. He said, “I didn’t intend to do it. Well, I watched others playing games. They really sucked at it, so I decided to play it by myself. However, it’s so boring to play games alone. That’s why I invite you to come here.”

【Have you heard that?!! We’re what he used to kill time!!!】

【Piggy is so nice that I am touched to cry.】

【What kind of person Piggy is? In order to interact with us, he even made all kinds of excuses. Piggy, you must miss us! I know it!】

【Please don’t pretend to be rich. I have to remind you that now you are so poor that you live off making a live broadcasting! Besides, all of us are your big daddy! Got it?】

【You just want money, right? Here are yours! Take it!!!】

【You are already obsessed with your idol to a sickening degree!】

“All right. There is no time for such small talks. I bought a new map of this game, so I’d like to find out how to play it first.” Then, Tang Yanzhi logged into Steam and began to play Famine.

【He switched to the full-screen mode!】

【He can’t see our comments under the full-screen mode, can he?】

【Who is the person making the live broadcasting?】

【I can’t believe that you don’t know who this person is… Huh? Was that the manager of this room who spoke to us just now???】

【Yes】

【Hi, cute girl! Thanks for your hard work! We’ll follow the rules while posting comments!】

【Isn’t the manager of this room the fan of Piggy? How didn’t she know who the person making live broadcasting is?】

【Who is Piggy? Who’s making the live broadcasting? This is the broadcasting room of my dear writer!】

【Piggy is Guinea Pig…】

【Guinea pig? You mean that popular writer who is known for his sweet stories?】

【Yep. That’s him!】

【Has Piggy been so popular that others know him while hearing his pen name?】

【What?! How come he is so shameless?! At first, he made use of my dear writer to make up the gossip!!! Now, he actually stole the broadcasting room of my dear writer! I’ll ask the official manager to block this broadcasting room!】

【????】

【?????????】

【???????????????????????】

At this time, Xu Chi opened the door and came in. “I just knocked on the door for a long time, but you didn’t answer. So I came in. You have bought so many ingredients, but I don’t know how to make meals with them. I can only make noodles. Huh? You’re playing Famine?”

【Who is there?!】

【A… A male???】

【A cute boy???】

【I am gonna cry！Oh My God!】

【Oh My God!!!! I need to be calm! Take it easy! I should hold it!! Although it’s true, I can’t be excited! Oh My God! I can’t hold it now!!!!】

【According to my super hearing, it must be the idol of Piggy!】

【Crying. Finally, my idol has a happy ending! I’m so touched!】

【?????????Why is my dear writer with Guinea Pig now????!!! What the hell???????】

Tang Yanzhi took off one of his earphones. Then he turned to Xu Chi and said with a smile, “Yes, I bought a new map.”

Xu Chi approached him, bent over Tang Yanzhi’s head and reached the mouse and keyboard. Realizing that he was surrounded in Xu Chi’s arms, Tang Yanzhi raised his eyebrows and said: “I am…”

Xu Chi stared intently at the screen and manipulated the characters in the game and say, “I have been planning to buy this map for a long time. But it’s said that the new map is not as good as the old one. So I didn’t buy it…”

Tang Yanzhi raised his head and naturally kissed Xu Chi. While, the latter didn’t react to it. Instead, he still focused on the game and said, “Don’t play cute!”

【????????】

【??????????????????????】

【Even I am imagining the scene between them now!】

【Don’t play cute???? What did Piggy do?】

【How come they are so sweet?】

【Oh My God! They are indeed in a relationship!】

【My friends! I can’t hold it! Could you help me? I’m afraid I’ll yell out in the classroom!】

【Guinea Pig! I am gonna kill you! Stay away from my dear writer right now!】

“Don’t you cook?”

“Game first… Well, I think this ocean map is more fun than the land one.”

“That’s why I buy and practice it first. Then I could lead you to play.”

“Why isn’t it I who lead you?”

“Because your skill is so poor.”

【Hahahahahhahahha】

【Aren’t Piggy afraid his idol will be angry????】

【Now, I’ve been totally convinced that this cute boy is the idol Piggy mentioned on Weibo.】

【Because your skill is so poor! Hahahahhah】

【Aren’t Piggy afraid he has nothing to eat for dinner????】

【Piggy: I am afraid of nothing.】

Xu Chi bowed his head and stared at Tang Yanzhi. Then he smirked with white teeth, “It seems I haven’t settled some old scores with you.”

“What do you mean?”

“First, you lied to me that you are straight. Second, you pretended to be my fan, Tangtang, to get close to me.”

Tang Yanzhi corrected his words. “Let’s talk about the first matter later. The sequence of the second matter is wrong. I met you on the internet. Then I found you in reality.” Speaking of these, Tang Yanzhi didn’t dare to stare at Xu Chi. He said, “Now there is the third one.”

Xu Chi asked doubtfully, “What?”

“I’m making a live broadcasting with your account.”

“?”

Tang Yanzhi switched to the broadcasting room. Then, Xu Chi saw his familiar broadcasting room and countless comments.

【What !!The!!Hell!!!】

【I’m dead.】

【So many information are included in their conversation!!!!】

【Can anyone make a conclusion of these words? Why did I make a conclusion that they have got married?】

【I didn’t expect that I have witness Piggy coming out of the closet. After all, I just want to watch the live broadcasting.】

【So, Piggy first read the work of this cute boy from the Internet and knew him. Then he recognized this cute boy in reality. In order to get close to this cute boy, Piggy deceived him that he was straight. After twists and turns, they are finally in a relationship! Am I right?!!!】

【I wanna go die!】

【I’m ashamed to say I’m a lady who writes BL stories. While, the loving story of Piggy is more romantic than those I have written.】

【Guinea Pig, excuse me? You just said who you are?】

Xu Chi looked at the crazy full-screen comments, put down the mouse and straightened up. When he bowed his head, Tang Yanzhi looked at him with an innocent expression. Then Xu Chi said indifferently, “Is it possible that I break up with you now?”

Tang Yanzhi turned around his chair and held Xu Chi’s waist, quickly replied. “No way!”

“Alright.” Xu Chi looked up at the comments and was still shocked. “I have to tell you…” He pointed to the screen and said, “In addition to Tangtang, there is another manager in my broadcasting room.”

“…”

【83.】

In the group for pushing Shortie to update stories.

Tingting: Shortie! Why would you make a live broadcasting suddenly? Playing games is also a good choice to relax yourself.

Tingting: ?

Tingting: Why are there so many audiences in the broadcasting room? My dear writer, have you become popular?

Tingting: Why is it Guinea Pig making the live broadcasting??? @Shortie My dear writer, where are you now????

Tingting: Crying… Why are you with Guinea Pig?

Tingting: Are you really in a relationship?

Tingting:【Heartbreaking. jpg】

Tingting:【Crying. jpg】

Tingting: ?

Tingting: @ Shortie? You just said who Guinea Pig was?

Tingting: ?

Tingting: @ Tangtang Are you there?

Tingting: Hello?

Tingting: Did I have an illusion? There must be some problem with my hearing, right?

Tangtang: Tingting, listen to me…

Tingting: Who are you?

Tangtang: I’m Tangtang.

Tingting: You are not Guinea Pig, aren’t you?

Tangtang: That’s also me…

Tingting: You are talking nonsense! I’m looking for my Tangtang. It has nothing to do with Guinea Pig.

Tingting: You’d better give Tangtang back to me right now.

Tangtang: Wait, listen to me!

Tingting: You’d better explain to me. You’d better give me a reasonable explanation.

Tangtang had been stopped speaking by the administrator.

Tingting: Forget it. I don’t want to listen.

Tingting: Leave me alone.

Tingting: Tingting is dead.

Tingting: Just now.

Tingting: She was killed.

Tingting: By a huge lie.