AITFYMIBP Chapter 64.2

TL: Hua

The New Year’s Eve concert from a satellite TV channel was playing on the television.

Lin Yanran watched the screen full of excitement, but he couldn’t hear a single word clearly.

He felt an indescribable emotion in his heart.

He had originally thought that since he wasn’t spending his mother’s birthday with his family today, he would feel lonely and regretful.

But now, perhaps because he was with Gu Siye, that feeling of loneliness had been significantly diluted.

Ultraman also sat down next to him, watching TV with him.

He glanced at the man busy in the kitchen, then looked at the dog beside him.

Lin Yanran smiled silently.

His first New Year’s Eve since coming to this world seemed lively and warm after all.

Lin Yanran slowly sipped the soup. Just as he reached the halfway point, he heard Gu Siye call him.

Gu Siye had prepared a very rich dinner. The table was set with five dishes and one soup, all excellent in color, aroma, and flavor.

Lin Yanran had already sensed that Gu Siye’s cooking skills must be good while drinking the soup, but after tasting every dish, he found they inexplicably suited his palate.

It was a taste similar to what he had before he transmigrated into the book.

It was a strange feeling.

Looking at the dishes, Lin Yanran couldn’t help but wonder if Gu Siye was his long-lost best friend.

They hadn’t known each other for long, yet their rapport was like that of people who had grown up together since childhood.

Even the food they liked was the same.

After finishing dinner, Lin Yanran and Gu Siye prepared to take Ultraman for a walk around the neighborhood.

Ultraman seemed well accustomed to it, obediently waiting for Lin Yanran to put on its muzzle and leash, then trotting ahead to lead the way.

The neighborhood offered a strong sense of privacy, so there was no fear of paparazzi taking photos.

After walking the dog for a while, Lin Yanran and Gu Siye circled back to the area beneath Lin Yanran’s unit.

The winter night was quiet and serene.

The nearby Western-style streetlamp was half-covered by the lush, evergreen leaves of the trees.

Lin Yanran and Gu Siye stopped walking.

One stood in front, bathed in the dim yellow light.

The other was behind, submerged in the shadows of the leaves.

The soft yellow light fell on Lin Yanran’s face, lending a gentle quality to his otherwise bright features.

Gu Siye’s deep, dark eyes focused on the tip of the fair chin and the pale pink lips of the other man.

He remembered a fan once mentioning that Lin Yanran’s lip shape was very beautiful and ideal for kissing.

Kissing…

Under the tree’s shadow, scattered light and shade blurred Gu Siye’s expression at that moment.

Concealing the desire in his heart, he raised his hand and gently adjusted the scarf that had come loose around Lin Yanran’s neck.

The man’s actions were meticulous and gentle, and the tenderness in his low voice seemed capable of cutting through the night.

“Yanran, Happy New Year.”

*

New Year’s Eve, inside the villa in the Eastern Suburbs Manor.

The Lin family gathered to celebrate Xie Roufei’s birthday.

Lin Yanhui placed the eight-figure ruby diamond ring he had just bought onto his wife’s hand.

Then, at the urging of the family members, Lin Yanhui took off his suit, picked up a guitar, and sang the love song he used to pursue his wife when they were young.

Xie Roufei, as always, enjoyed a happy and warm birthday.

But surrounded by happiness, Xie Roufei dreamt of the night she had a difficult childbirth twenty-two years ago.

Perhaps because it was her birthday, she longed for a family reunion more than usual.

So, in the dream, she once again dreamt of the baby who had never opened his eyes to see the world and had died during childbirth.

She had dreamt of that nightmarish evening countless times, and each time she returned to the dream, she received the doctor’s regretful news that the child had died in difficult labor.

Having experienced despair too many times, even though Xie Roufei knew it was a dream, she couldn’t help but feel heartbroken upon entering it.

However, this time, she found that her dream was completely different from before.

Because what she dreamt of was a scene where her baby had not died but was deliberately carried away by someone.

After the person took the child, for some unknown psychological reason, they left the tiny, pitiful baby by a desolate roadside.

So, the helpless and weak child lay on the cold ground for a very, very long time.

His small hands flailed gently in the air, and he cried non-stop.

The child, extremely hungry, started with loud cries, but gradually, due to exhaustion, his cries weakened.

Listening to the child’s cries, Xie Roufei’s heart ached.

But there seemed to be an invisible glass wall blocking her way.

No matter how anxious she was, no matter how much she wanted to go and pick up the baby, she was powerless.

At that moment, she realized how worthless her tears were.

Because she understood that even if she cried her eyes out, she would not be able to save her baby.

But she didn’t want to give up on her child and still desperately tried to rescue him.

It was then that Xie Roufei saw someone walk up to the little baby and roughly pick him up.

The person held him carelessly, so much so that the blanket loosely wrapped around the child suddenly slipped down by more than half without the person noticing.

They didn’t care that most of the small baby’s body was immediately exposed to the air.

Seeing this, Xie Roufei immediately wanted to snatch her child from the person’s arms to put clothes on him.

But in the dream, Xie Roufei, trapped in place, could only watch helplessly as the person carried the child away.

She stared intensely at the person’s hand, and just before her vision blurred, she saw a birthmark on the baby’s waist.

A birthmark resembling the cursive letter ‘s.’

And… the baby’s face was completely different from the corpse that the doctor showed her.

Waking up from the dream, she was, as usual, awake all night.

The next morning, while the family was having breakfast, Xie Roufei asked Lin Yanhui a seemingly casual question.

“Honey, you saw the baby’s body back then, right?”

Lin Yanhui was slightly stunned, but realizing what Xie Roufei was referring to, he immediately nodded, “Yes, I did.”

After answering, he gently patted his wife’s shoulder. “Did you dream about our little son again?”

“Mm.”

But this time, Xie Roufei’s expression was completely different from the endless sorrow of the past.

She smiled softly at Lin Yanhui, instead comforting her worried husband, “Don’t worry, I’m fine.”

Then she looked at Lin Yunzhe. “Son, are you going to the “Super Idol” finale that night?”

Seeing his mother suddenly interested in this show, Lin Yunzhe was a bit surprised.

“I haven’t planned to. Why, Mom?”

Xie Roufei took a sip of milk and said lightly, “Nothing, just arrange it for me. I want to go and see. Recently, many students have been saying the dancing in this show is quite good.”

*

A new year, a new atmosphere.

After the fervor of the New Year’s Eve gala subsided, various show production teams quickly updated their latest episodes, vying for attention and traffic during the last two days of the New Year’s Day holiday.

After several days of working through the night, the editors of the post-production team for Incredible Journey finally released the latest episode.

Unlike the two previous episodes’ grand tourist destinations, viewers who only watched the show and not the live stream were slightly disappointed when they heard the pastoral theme.

After all, too many similar shows had been broadcast in China, and everyone knew they easily became boring after a while.

But to everyone’s surprise, the production team and the guests were so good at creating engaging content.

What everyone thought would be an ordinary episode turned out to be full of surprises and deeply moving.

After the episode aired, Xiangning Village received a lot of attention.

Many entrepreneurs extended a helping hand, providing funding and technology to help develop Xiangning Village and improve its tourism development project.

And thanks to Lin Yanran’s unique perspective on the last day, the popular Papagan Mandarins and local specialties once again became sought-after items.

Pre-orders were directly scheduled for a month out.

All the organic vegetables, free-range eggs, and tea that he captured on camera sold out completely.

Lin Yanran showed everyone firsthand that even though the villagers of Xingning Village were older, they were all energetic and capable of working in the fields.

Such good health was better than any advertising hype.

[Eating all-natural, pollution-free food and breathing fresh air every day, their health must be much better than us ordinary people.]

[The smog in our city is so serious. Patients with rhinitis really suffer in winter. I want to go to Xiangning Village for a while during the holiday.]

[Thank you, Yanran, for letting us see the lives of ordinary villagers through Secretary Ji’s perspective.]

[I was genuinely moved after watching it. I’m so glad Yanran drew this mission.]

Having suddenly received such great attention, Secretary Ji and the villagers were extremely grateful to the production team and Lin Yanran, so they wrote a letter to express their appreciation.

After the show aired, Lin Yanran naturally made it onto several trending topics again.

#IfTeacherYanranBecomeMyTutor#

#YanranPositiveEnergyArtist#

Just as fans were screaming that if Teacher Yanran were to tutor them, they would be willing to lay bricks, Super Idol seized the opportunity of the last day of the holiday to air a new episode.

Hearing that the new episode featured performances by the mentors, fans of the mentors started staking out early.

But after watching this episode, both Lin Yanran’s solo fans and the Siran CP fans felt like it was Chinese New Year.

The solo fans, seeing their beloved star in a trainee uniform dancing the energetic theme song, instantly turned into ‘mom fans,’ leaving messages for Song Yingming.

[Director Song!! Quickly open the voting channel for Yanran!]

[I want to send my son to debut!!]

[Strongly urge the production team to immediately release a mentor voting channel!!!]

[Please everyone vote for trainee Yanran!!]

Just as the solo fans were mesmerized by Lin Yanran’s theme song performance, the CP fans also went wild.

The segment where Gu Siye helped Lin Yanran straighten his tie and gave him an S was clipped by Siran CP fans and immediately pinned to the top of their Super Topic.

[Wuwuwuwu, not A, not B, not C, D, E, F, G! It’s only because you are my unique, destined one! For Teacher Gu, only Yanran is the one and only S!!]

[A truly iconic scene!!! Old Gu, you’re so flirtatious, deliberately teasing Yanran!]

[I repeatedly listened to Old Gu’s voice in that last part—restrained and controlled. Ahhh, I’m going crazy.]

[I was Ranran’s tie. They really kissed then.]

The Siran CP Super Topic was filled with giveaways and celebration.

After this segment aired, Song Yingming’s Weibo received N more comments overnight.

Top Comment 1: Welcome the triumphant return of the number one variety show director in domestic entertainment, Mr. Song Yingming!!! 12345 likes

Top Comment 2: Number one variety show director in domestic entertainment, you know what we want to see next episode, right? 9999 likes

Top Comment 3: Dear Comrade Song Yingming, I believe no one will deny the fact that you are the light of variety show directing in domestic entertainment. I used to be blind and thought you were too formulaic and messed around a lot. After watching the highlight reel and famous scene in the new episode of Super Idol last night, I deeply realized the shallowness of my own perception. Please stay true to your original intentions, continue to be unconventional, and create even more highlights! [dog head emoji] 8888 likes

Waking up early and refreshing Weibo, Song Yingming was not surprised to suddenly find himself re-crowned as the number one director in domestic entertainment overnight, as he had already anticipated such a scenario when filming that segment.

However, he had barely kept the seat of the number one director in domestic entertainment for sixteen hours before it was suddenly snatched away by Zhang Shanfeng.

The reason was simple.

On an ordinary midday, the ordinary Zhang Shanfeng released an ordinary bonus clip.

The content of this bonus clip was also very ordinary: Lin Yanran drew an ordinary mission and then made an ordinary phone call to Gu Siye.

Song Yingming had watched yesterday’s episode of Incredible Journey and never thought that Zhang Shanfeng would hold back such a trump card for the bonus footage!

Song Yingming immediately clicked on Zhang Shanfeng’s Weibo, and sure enough, the top comment was exactly what he had imagined.

Top Comment 1: Welcome the triumphant return of the number one variety show director in domestic entertainment, Mr. Zhang Shanfeng! 12345 likes

Song Yingming opened WeChat and saw a message Zhang Shanfeng had sent him last night—

“Old Song, you’re amazing [thumbs up emoji]”

Song Yingming immediately replied to Zhang Shanfeng—

“Old Zhang, you’re not bad either [thumbs up emoji]”

In the Siran CP Super Topic, a new video clip was once again pinned to the top!!

[Is it some kind of auspicious day these past two days? Why so much sugar?]

[I’m going to be sweetly killed, sweetly killed. Is this what it feels like to be soaked in a honey pot!!]

[Please let me stay soaked in the honey pot; drown me, I can handle it!!]

[How can you two be so in sync!!]

[Of course, they are in sync; they are like an old married couple.]

After the CP fans talked about the phone call content for a while, various ‘microscope girls’ began to dig deep into the details to find more sweet moments.

For example, when someone asked who the Ultraman mentioned by the two was, the CP fans uniformly defaulted to [He is Siran’s son.]

Later, someone analyzed the clip where Lin Yanran showed his phone to Zhang Shanfeng, and through repeated viewings, they actually managed to dig out from the layers of mosaic applied by the production team that the two had made the call the night before.

[If I remember correctly, this time is roughly right after the show recording finished?]

[So sisters, let’s rationally discuss why our Ranran would call Teacher Gu the night before? [dog head emoji]]

[Of course, it’s because the couple needs to talk every day. After all, long-distance relationships are too hard, totally understandable.]

Then, someone repeatedly savored Gu Siye’s final sentence.

[Sisters, don’t you think Teacher Gu’s line, “Happy New Year, Director Zhang,” has a profound meaning?]

[A normal celebrity friend wouldn’t know what announcement or schedule you’re rushing for, would they?]

[Teacher Gu, have you been watching your wife’s live stream all along?]

The CP fans had just managed to extract this ‘sugar’ from the video when they discovered a new piece of ‘sugar’!

Today, Gu Siye participated in a charity event and gave fans small gifts as a form of support.

Giving gifts was nothing, but the key point was that, purely by chance, he gave away Papagan mandarins and local specialty tea from Xiangning!

The CP fans’ eyes immediately lit up when they saw this.

Good heavens, Yanran had just promoted this poverty-alleviation product a few days ago, and Teacher Gu immediately followed suit!

[I went to buy it after the show aired, and the orders are backed up for a month. Teacher Gu, it’s only been three days for you, did you buy it on the day of the live stream??]

[Good heavens, this connects with the previous incident involving Director Zhang.]

[So, Teacher Gu, you’ve been following your wife’s live stream all along!!!]

[It’s a coincidence, it must be a coincidence, right? [dog head emoji]!!!]

The Siran fans never expected that an activity of Gu Siye’s could provide such CP material, and they were so excited that they were one step away from shouting, “You two, go ahead and just do it already!”

However, to their surprise, these discussions that they were enjoying privately in their Super Topic were reposted by an unscrupulous marketing account.

Daily Gossip: Gu Siye sends fans small poverty-alleviation gifts; it is rumored that they are exactly the same products Yanran promoted. Is Teacher Gu also following Yanran’s live stream?

Below were various screenshots from the CP fans.

When Gu Siye’s solo fans learned of this news, they immediately rushed to the marketing account’s comment section, ready to control the narrative.

But after seeing the top comments, they were instantly dumbfounded.

[Two enthusiastic and caring young men, positive energy, thumbs up!]

[Teacher Gu is genuinely a good person. He not only doesn’t accept fan support gifts but also gives things back to the fans, and the gifts are caring, practical, and delicious. Awesome.]

[Good brothers, you’re on fire!]

[This move is awesome.]

[[thumbs up emoji]]

[Worthy of learning from [thumbs up emoji]]

???

What’s with these comments that have such a strong middle-aged and elderly vibe?

Then the fans took a closer look.

Good grief, the name of the commenter in the top spot was —Siran szd¹是真的 (shì zhēn de). It means “This is real” or “True.”.

Gu Siye’s fans: ??????

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  是真的 (shì zhēn de). It means “This is real” or “True.”