AITFYMIBP Chapter 80

TL: Hua

The unexpected shout of “Wife” caused the bullet comments to freeze for two seconds before a literal tsunami of text erupted.

[AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH WHAT DID I JUST HEAR??]

[Teacher Gu, why did you say ‘wife’ so naturally!!]

[You’ve probably whispered it in your head a thousand times, haven’t you? ^_^]

[Aaaaaaah, kill me to liven things up for the two of you!]

[I’m begging you two, just get married already!!]

[I am the Civil Affairs Bureau and I have arrived!!]

Gu Siye’s “Wife” was so unexpected that not only were the casual viewers joining the hype, but even the Siran CP fans were losing their minds.

However, their DNA-encoded caution immediately reminded them: Be low-key, be low-key.

So, while the CP fans were covering their mouths screaming, “I’m dying from the sweetness,” they were simultaneously typing with one hand, pretending to be serious to “keep the closet door shut.”

[It’s just for show, just for the variety effect!]

[Hahaha, it’s just pure brotherhood. There’s nothing wrong with bros calling each other ‘wife,’ right?]

[‘Lian Po’ and ‘Lao Po’ do look quite similar; you can’t blame Teacher Gu for guessing wrong.]

[You Siran fans are no good. Can the lip movements for ‘Lian Po’ and ‘Lao Po’ really be the same? Teacher Gu, were you really not doing that on purpose? (I’m going insane)]

[Nonsense, how could Teacher Gu do that on purpose? He clearly said it specifically so his wife could hear!]

The fans couldn’t hold the closet door shut anymore. Since he had called Yanran “wife” right to his face, there was no hiding it.

The Siran CP fans, being called no good by passersby, gave up on control and ran to their Super Topic, transforming into screaming chickens and frantically begging for the screen recording of the game to start editing videos.

Soon, the super topic moderator pinned a post:

“Did Siran get married today? Answer: Lian Po~”

On the Scene

Gao Zitai was already making pig-snorting noises from laughing at Gu Siye’s ridiculous answer. “Teacher Gu, that is a hundred thousand miles away from ‘Wife’!”

Song Zixuan was also crowing with laughter. “I saw you looking so serious; I thought you had actually figured it out. But in the end, you just looked at Yanran and shouted ‘Wife!’ Hahahahaha!”

Hearing their words, Lin Yanran, who had managed to stay poker-faced even when people joked about their matching pajamas, mysteriously turned red.

He used the excuse of pretending to be annoyed by the wrong guess to lean back and move out of the camera’s frame, trying to avoid the storm.

But Gu Siye’s “wife” seemed to have an auto-loop function, playing over and over in his ears.

For some reason, Lin Yanran felt his heartbeat was a bit chaotic, and even his ears felt hot.

He subconsciously reached up to touch his ear. The temperature was indeed high.

Amidst the laughter, Lin Yanran composed his expression and looked toward Gu Siye.

The culprit showed no sign of embarrassment. Instead, he raised an eyebrow and asked the group confidently, “Was it not?”

Gao Zitai, completely oblivious to any subtext, enthusiastically provided the correct answer: “Of course not!! Yanran was saying ‘Lian Po’!!”

He opened his mouth wide to demonstrate for Gu Siye: “Look at my mouth, bro. Lián~~ Pō~~”

“Lian Po! It doesn’t have a cent’s worth of connection to ‘Wife’!”

Gu Siye gave an “Oh.” As he withdrew his gaze, he couldn’t help but look at Lin Yanran.

The person standing on the edge of the group had his head down, silent, but his face was visibly flushed.

Seeing that Gao Zitai and Song Zixuan wanted to keep going, Gu Siye let out a low chuckle and immediately took all the blame to stop the topic from spreading further: “I misread it. So it was Lian Po.”

Since they lost the game, they had to accept a penalty.

The Gemini Duo, as the only winners of the night, were incredibly smug, strutting around with their hands on their hips and urging the production team to start the punishments.

A staff member jogged over with the penalty cards.

Since the Siran team came in last, they were up first.

Lin Yanran turned to Gu Siye. “Are you going to draw, Brother Gu?”

Gu Siye didn’t move; he gently pushed Yanran forward two steps. “You draw.”

Lin Yanran shook his head with a smile. He walked to the box and looked at the white cards inside, hesitating. “But my luck isn’t great tonight. What if I draw a really bad one?”

Gu Siye stood his ground and spoke with a light smile, “Don’t be afraid. You still have me.”

Gao Zitai, thrilled by the situation, interrupted them. Seeing Yanran hadn’t moved yet, he hooked his arm around Yanran’s neck. “Draw it, draw it! I never thought I’d see the day you’d have to take a penalty. Hurry up, let me see what it is! Hahahaha!”

With his neck being squeezed by Gao Zitai, Lin Yanran quickly reached in and randomly pulled out a card.

The card had just been pulled out, and before he could even see the words on it, Gao Zitai snatched it away, excitedly reading it aloud for him.

“Delicious Drink!”

After reading it, Gao Zitai looked at the director skeptically. “Are you sure this is a punishment??”

The director nodded at him with a smile.

Immediately afterward, the staff brought out the ingredients for the “delicious drink.”

A bottle of vinegar, a bottle of freshly squeezed lemon juice, and a few fresh lemons.

When the Gemini Duo saw the ingredients, they were instantly delighted. No longer questioning the director, they jumped right in and started mixing the three items.

After mixing the vinegar and lemon juice, the two of them even peeled a few lemons and squeezed a generous amount of fresh juice into the concoction.

Finally, with a sense of ceremony, Gao Zitai perched a slice of lemon on the rim of the glass and brought it over to Lin Yanran and Gu Siye. He said hypocritically, “Take your time savoring the delicious drink I personally prepared for you.”

Song Zixuan stood to the side, gloating. “This drink you made… just one look at it is enough to soothe the stomach.”

Lin Yanran could smell the drink from a distance.

The sour scent was pungent; it certainly was soothing enough.

However, a loss was a loss, and Lin Yanran had no intention of backing out.

He playfully threatened the duo who had crafted this dark cuisine, saying, “I’m noting this down in my little grudge book,” before reaching out to pick up a glass, ready to drink.

It was bound to be incredibly sour. Lin Yanran took a deep breath and immediately held it, preparing to close his eyes and down it in one go.

But at that moment, Gu Siye, who was standing beside him, caught his wrist.

“I’ll drink it.” Having said that, he looked at the other guests as if to explain, “It was I who dragged Teacher Yanran down. I should be the one to accept the punishment.”

The words had just reached Lin Yanran’s ears when he opened his eyes to look at the other man.

But before he could open his mouth to refuse, he saw the glass being taken from his hand by Gu Siye.

The man moved quickly; in the next second, he tilted his head back and downed the large glass of drink.

He didn’t even knit his brows.

After finishing one glass, Gu Siye didn’t stop, quickly knocking back the second glass as well.

From beginning to end, there wasn’t a single strange expression on his face, as if he were simply drinking two very ordinary glasses of fruit juice.

The surrounding people were stunned to see Gu Siye finish them so effortlessly.

The beauty team, seeing Gu Siye’s boyfriend power in full bloom, clapped their hands excitedly. “Teacher Gu is awesome!!”

Song Zixuan also shook his head in admiration. “A real man fears nothing! As expected of you, Teacher Gu!”

Only Gao Zitai stood there looking dazed, questioning his own reality. “Is it not sour, Teacher Gu? Why does it look like it actually tastes pretty good?”

Gu Siye nodded earnestly. “It’s actually not bad. You should try it.”

Half-doubting, Gao Zitai took a tiny bit of the leftover unmixed lemon juice and tasted it, wondering if the production team had gone easy on them.

The moment he licked it, his features twisted into a ball.

“Holy— pfft pfft!”

It was sour enough to kill!!

Gao Zitai looked at Gu Siye with pure respect. “Teacher Gu, are your taste buds still okay?”

The person being asked simply smiled calmly, “It’s alright, I don’t feel anything; it’s just that I’ve temporarily lost my sense of taste.”

On the surface, Gu Siye looked breezy and unaffected, but in reality, his stomach was churning.

However, not wanting to spoil everyone’s fun, he endured it and said nothing.

Lin Yanran, who had been silent, glanced at the still-smiling Gu Siye. Seeing his right hand gently covering his stomach, Lin immediately realized he must be uncomfortable.

Without a word, Lin Yanran turned away to find some water for him.

In the room, there was plenty of water placed in corners where the cameras couldn’t reach, but almost all of it was ice-cold mineral water or soda.

The only place he could find warm water was in the thermoses brought by himself and He Yawen.

Lin Yanran’s gaze shifted between his own thermos and the mineral water. In the end, he simply took both.

In the “Lip Reading” game, the beauty team also lost. Now that the Siran team had finished their punishment, it was the ladies’ turn to draw a task.

Everyone’s attention was on the beauty team. No one noticed Lin Yanran walking over to Gu Siye and gently tapping his arm.

Gu Siye, who had been smiling while watching the Gemini Duo prank the beauty team, looked down and saw the two items in Lin Yanran’s hands.

“Do you want some water?”

Hearing Lin Yanran’s words, Gu Siye’s gaze lingered on the other’s thermos. He asked intentionally, “Which one should I drink?”

Lin Yanran didn’t know which one to suggest either, so he explained why he had brought both.

“It’s quite cold out; drinking some warm water should make you feel better. But since you just drank so much cold liquid, I was afraid the temperature shock might upset your stomach, so I brought mineral water too.”

“Teacher Gu, you pick one.”

Gu Siye met Lin Yanran’s eyes, the smile at the corners of his mouth completely impossible to hide. He reached out to take Lin Yanran’s thermos.

“I’d like some warm water. Do you mind, Teacher Yanran?”

Lin Yanran didn’t answer directly, only gripping the mineral water tightly. “The thermos was washed thoroughly, inside and out, before I put water in it.”

Then he added, “I haven’t drunk from it yet.”

Gu Siye gave a low hum of acknowledgement, then unscrewed the lid and took a sip.

It was just plain boiled water.

But as he drank it, the aftertaste felt sweet.

After the beauty team finished their punishment, the night’s recording officially came to an end.

The guests said goodbye to the online viewers and headed back to their accommodations one by one.

On the way back to the bedroom, they had to cross a small courtyard.

Lin Yanran had just reached the plum tree in the courtyard when Gao Zitai suddenly appeared.

He then plopped a fluffy hat he’d snatched from the props team onto Lin Yanran’s head, said goodnight, and ran off quickly.

Lin Yanran stopped in his tracks, curiously reaching up to touch the hat that had suddenly appeared on his head. He immediately felt two long, fluffy ears.

It was a rabbit.

The fluff felt quite comfortable to the touch, and it was actually quite warm on his head.

Just as he was debating whether to take the hat off, Gu Siye walked up beside him and reached out to tug at the rabbit ears on his head.

After playing with the ears, the man gave the top of his head a gentle pat. “Let’s go, Little White Rabbit.”

The little white rabbit himself watched Gu Siye’s departing figure. He caught up in a few steps, pulled the hat off, and quickly placed it on Gu Siye’s head.

He mimicked Gu Siye’s previous actions and tone; after rubbing the ears, he laughed and said, “Let’s go, Big White Rabbit.”

Gu Siye clearly hadn’t expected Lin Yanran to do that, but he didn’t take the hat off. He just let out a low chuckle and, wearing the adorable white rabbit hat, walked back to the bedroom with Lin Yanran.

The moment they stepped through the door, Lin Yanran felt a wave of cold air hit him.

When they were filming earlier, there were many people in the room, so it hadn’t felt that cold.

Now that they were back in the tiny room without air conditioning, the chill seeped through his collar, making him shiver.

The homestay the production team had painstakingly found was not only incredibly small but also lacked AC; the amenities in each room were pitiful.

Lin Yanran turned on the light, quickly finished washing up, and crawled into bed.

He waited until he felt a bit warmer before reluctantly taking off his pajamas.

Without the pajamas, it wasn’t nearly as warm.

Lin Yanran had just pulled the blanket tight around himself, but it didn’t feel insulating at all.

After lying there for a while and still feeling icy, he couldn’t help but let his gaze drift to Gu Siye’s bed.

After a moment of hesitation, he finally looked at the man who had just finished washing up and asked tentatively, “Brother Gu, do you mind if we stack our two blankets together and sleep like that?”

He immediately explained himself. “It’s a bit cold sleeping with just one blanket… I’m quite sensitive to the cold.”

As he spoke, a gust of wind seemed to whistle past his ear and slip under the covers, making him shiver and quickly settle back down, afraid to move again.

He curled himself into a small ball but didn’t hear a response from Gu Siye.

Then, it suddenly occurred to him that he had almost no experience sharing a bed with anyone, let alone sharing a single set of blankets.

Thinking of the scene they were about to create, Lin Yanran realized his request might be a bit intrusive.

Especially for someone like Gu Siye—God’s favorite person. He probably hadn’t shared a bed with another man in his entire life…

At this thought, Lin Yanran immediately tried to take back what he’d said. “Forget it, forget it. It might be hard to sleep like that anyway. I’ll just…”

Before he could finish, a low, husky voice drifted through the freezing air from above.

“I don’t mind.”