Yan Shenyu: "..."
Are you a child who's afraid to go to the toilet by yourself? Why do you need an adult to wait at the door?
On second thought, Yan Shenyu felt that it might mean something else. Xie Siyan might have thought that he would go in to help him, but he didn't want his help, so he made him wait at the door.
Yan Shenyu: "..."
Regardless of the idea, it doesn't seem to bring much joy.
Yan Shenyu wasn't about to obediently wait at the door. As soon as the bathroom door closed, he turned and left immediately.
But no sooner had he sat down on the sofa than the bathroom door opened, and Xie Siyan poked his head out, looking mournful: "Why did you leave?"
With a "thud," the phone in Yan Shenyu's hand hit her.
Ignoring the pain, he looked completely bewildered: "Wait, how did you know I left?"
"I knew it," Xie Siyan emphasized, with a hint of smugness in his voice.
"Uh..." If he keeps going like this, he'll be the one who suffers.
“Alright,” Yan Shenyu got up and walked over, “I’ll keep a close watch on you this time, so you can go ahead without worry…”
Halfway through his sentence, he glanced down and vaguely saw a small wet patch on the other person's bathrobe. Yan Shenyu blushed and quickly looked away.
Regardless, Xie Siyan finally went inside by himself. The hotel bathroom wasn't soundproof, and Yan Shenyu, standing at the door, could hear the rustling of clothes coming from inside.
Gradually, the rustling sound disappeared, replaced by the slippery sound of hand sanitizer being applied.
So why would he be here listening to Xie Siyan do such a thing?
Yan Shenyu's gaze wandered aimlessly in embarrassment, but no matter what he was thinking, the sounds from the bathroom filled his eardrums, and even if he plugged his ears, the situation did not improve at all.
After all that fuss, Yan Shenyu gave up and let go of his hands, comforting himself: We're all men, what's there to be embarrassed about? Besides, it was Xie Siyan who insisted on making him stay, not him eavesdropping on purpose.
However, the impact of the sound was more obvious than he had imagined. When he heard Xie Siyan's lowered breathing, his face instantly turned red.
That period of time seemed to stretch out indefinitely. About ten minutes later, Yan Shenyu heard the sound of water flushing coming from the bathroom.
After a moment of silence, the bathroom door was opened from the inside, and Xie Siyan, still damp from the water, walked out.
His eyes were a little wet, but his lips were redder than before, and he had a relaxed feeling that came with indulgence.
He looked up at Yan Shenyu, his voice much more relaxed: "I'm all better."
Yan Shenyu: "..."
Very well, it's not good that he's the one in charge this time.
A note from the author:
A cunning and treacherous attack;
Updated early today —
Chapter 28 features the protagonist, Yan Sheng.
The next afternoon, Yan Shenyu went to the recording site of "Omniscient and Omnipotent" as promised.
The variety show was being filmed in a factory in the suburbs, and the scheduled time was exactly 2 p.m. Yan Shenyu braved the 38-degree heat to get there, feeling like he was about to melt from the heat.
After Yan Shenyu got out of the car, he saw a young boy at the entrance. The boy had dyed pink hair, and upon seeing him get out of the car, he immediately ran over, his face beaming with excitement, and said, "Teacher Yan! It really is you! What brings you here?"
The boy was a head shorter than him. After speaking, he laboriously placed the parasol over his head and said considerately, "The sun is strong now, please use it to shield yourself from the sun."
Someone he knew? Yan Shenyu glanced at the boy through his sunglasses, but didn't recognize him. He assumed he was someone the original owner knew.
Seeing his puzzled expression, the pink-haired girl immediately said, "It's me, the one you saved at the bar that day!"
"Ah, it's you," Yan Shenyu remembered. "What are you doing in Haishi?"
“I’ve always been from Shanghai,” the boy said awkwardly, sticking out his tongue. “That trip to Beijing was for my graduation trip. When someone hit on me, I thought I was going to have a romantic encounter. I never expected to run into something like this. Luckily, you saved me back then.”
Yan Shenyu: "So how are you now?"
“It’s great,” the boy nodded vigorously. “I work at the variety show channel on Youzi Video now. Although Rami is strict, he’s very kind to us. He’s the one who asked me to pick people up at the door. I didn’t expect it to be you. By the way, this is the visitor card for temporary guests. Please put it on.”
Yan Shenyu put the card around his neck and swiped it to enter the park. Unregistered cars couldn't get in; they had to walk to the recording studio.
When he swiped his card, he glanced at it and noticed that the other person's employee badge had the words "Wang Zichen" written on it.
“They all call me the Little Prince,” the boy grinned, revealing a set of white teeth, when he saw Yan Shenyu looking at him. “If you don’t mind, you can call me that too.”
Whether it was because of the hot weather or because he was a little embarrassed, the little prince's cheeks turned red after he finished speaking.
"The Little Prince?" Yan Shenyu read it aloud, then nodded. "It suits you quite well."
"Really?" Wang Zichen's eyes lit up instantly, his round, puppy-dog eyes looking like those of a primary school student who had just been praised by his teacher.
He was a talkative person, and seeing that Yan Shenyu was kind to him, he immediately started talking non-stop all the way from the factory gate to the recording studio.
It wasn't until they entered the recording studio that Rami squinted and called his name twice before he reluctantly stopped talking.
"Brother Shenyu, I'll be going now," Wang Zichen waved goodbye reluctantly, "Please call me if you need anything."
Yan Shenyu nodded and waved goodbye to him.
“Your charm is growing stronger and stronger,” Rami teased. “Even my employees are falling for your suit pants.”
“It’s not that exaggerated,” Yan Shenyu smiled and explained, “We knew each other before.”
Rami smiled without saying a word. He pulled over a plastic stool next to him and raised his chin: "Let's rest for a while. Yan Sheng's recording won't start for a bit."
Yan Shenyu sat down next to him. There was a pile of cards on the small table next to him, which seemed to be props for the recording. He didn't move, but picked up a guest catalog next to him and started looking at it.
After watching for less than two minutes, Rami leaned over mysteriously and whispered, "Have you seen today's news?"
"No." Yan Shenyu shook his head.
He was kept up by Xie Siyan until the wee hours last night, and when he got up this morning he spent half the day editing videos, so he didn't have time to go online at all.
“Take a look at this,” Rami forwarded a police report. “Remember him? The minor celebrity we met last night. I didn’t expect him to be in jail so soon.”
Yan Shenyu wasn't surprised. Xie Siyan was such a big man; if the people who messed with him could still get away with it, that would be too surreal.
"It's incredibly unlucky for a minor celebrity to have contacted him," Rami remarked after reading the article. "I just didn't expect him to be so ruthless."
Yan Shenyu recalled the trauma Xie Siyan had inflicted on him last night and couldn't help but sneer, "Indeed."
It wasn't just the methods he used; he was tough in other ways as well, and the medication he received lasted for so long.
Yan Shenyu didn't want to recall the past when he couldn't resist going to the bathroom and doing the same thing as Xie Siyan after seeing Xie Siyan off last night.
He put down the catalog and stood up, asking Rami where the restroom was. Rami hesitated for a moment, then got up and went with him.
As the two walked down the long corridor outside the studio, it was clear that Rami was quite popular there. The staff greeted him warmly whenever a contestant passed by.
“It’s over there, you can go in,” Rami said, standing at the bathroom door. “I’m going to have a smoke over there.”
Yan Shenyu nodded and went into the restroom alone.
Actually, he hadn't planned to come so abruptly.
Typically, the process of wealthy families recognizing relatives in movies, TV dramas, and novels follows a similar dramatic sequence.
The most common scenario is when the protagonist is down on his luck and in dire straits, his biological mother arrives in a luxury car, hugs him, and cries, saying, "You've suffered so much." Then, the protagonist's life undergoes a dramatic transformation.
The description in the original work is indeed very similar. Yan Shenyu also wanted to replicate this formula. After all, the formula is called a formula because it is loved by everyone, which is why it has endured for so long.
The only surprise is that Yan Sheng will sign a contract with his exposé agency after today's recording.
This was the beginning of Yan Sheng's nightmare. The company made him give up his studies, constantly exploited him, and forced him to do various kinds of work. The most outrageous thing was that this damn agency even secretly took photos of Yan Sheng changing clothes during the interview, and used them to threaten him into not terminating his contract when Yan Sheng wanted to be independent later.
On his first day in Haishi, Yan Shenyu anonymously sent a text message to Yan Sheng, warning him to be wary of the agency's traps, but he received no reply.
Indeed, Yan Sheng is currently being exploited by his adoptive parents, who are constantly draining him dry. Even with his sudden rise to fame, he hasn't escaped his financial crisis. His agency can provide him with a large sum of money to tide him over, but he's just an anonymous number, so it's understandable that Yan Sheng doesn't trust him.
That's why Yan Shenyu decided to come over in person to explain things clearly. If he couldn't explain it clearly, he would at least stop the person from leaving.
Since he had decided to bring Yan Sheng back ahead of schedule, he wouldn't leave such a big hidden danger in him.
Once Yan Sheng returns home, Yan Zhengang won't stop him from moving anymore, right?
Thinking about the free life she would enjoy in the future, Yan Shenyu couldn't help but smile.
"How deeply do you love Yan Sheng?" Rami, who had come in at some point, couldn't help but tease him when she saw the smile on his face. "You can even smile while going to the toilet."
“No, you don’t understand,” Yan Shenyu shook her head, looking serious. “The relationship between him and me is deeper than love.”
Rami asked curiously, "What feeling is deeper than love?"
Yan Shenyu: "For example, brotherhood."
"Uh..." Rami immediately became respectful: "I underestimated you."
I never expected Yan Shenyu to have such heavy tastes at such a young age.
“But let me warn you first,” Rami said kindly, unzipping his pants, “the last guy who wanted to be Yan Sheng’s good brother is already dead.”
"Don't worry, I'm not like those imposters." Yan Shenyu shook his head, looking very confident. "I'm the one who should call him 'good brother'."
Rami was speechless.
Good heavens, this guy traveled all this way just to have Yan Sheng on top?
"I underestimated you!" Rami admired Yan Shenyu from the bottom of his heart.
As soon as they finished speaking, the door to the cubicle behind them suddenly opened, and a young man in a variety show uniform with a cool and aloof demeanor walked out.
The young man had jet-black hair, crimson lips, and a beauty mark at the corner of his eye, giving him a cold yet alluring charm. He was none other than Yan Sheng, the other protagonist they had just been talking about.
Yan Shenyu: "..."
Why do I run into the person even when I go to the toilet?
While he doesn't necessarily want a perfect family reunion, it doesn't mean he'd want to meet Yan Sheng for the first time in such an awkward situation!
What's even more terrifying is that he just finished using the toilet, and Xiao Shenyu didn't even have time to retract it!
On the other side, Yan Sheng turned her head and glanced this way when she heard her name called.
Yan Shenyu: "!!"
Startled by what he saw, he quickly zipped up his pants, but his hasty action caused his testicles to get stuck.