Chapter 117 - Extra: Earth-shaking touching socialist brotherhood
Edited by Noks
Yu Yan was playing in the semi-finals when the registration notification for the 8th StarTV anchor competition appeared.
He heard the sound of the system prompt, but because of the tense situation of the battle in the ongoing match, he didn’t have time to open it. However, his stream followers started boiling up about it first.
[StarTV sent me a station-wide message! The anchor competition has started!! This year, Xiao Yan is sure to overturn Good Show and win the Anchor of the Year award!!!]
[Oh, I’ve hoarded a whole year’s worth of money! Son rush in ya!!!]
[Boss 1 already hasn’t done anything for several years now. Is he still not coming this year QAQ]
[Yeah, obviously, the relationship between them is so good, and Boss 1 also gives Xiao Yan a gift every day, but every year when it comes to the anchor competition, he becomes invisible….]
Yu Yan took some time to look at the barrage as he reloaded his gun.
“Don’t hoard money for me, go use it to buy yourself two beautiful dresses.” Yu Yan killed an enemy not far away from him. He quickly lay down and applied a first aid kit on himself. He then said with a laugh, “I may not take part in the competition this year.”
His simple words immediately caused a great disturbance.
After all, the highlight of this year was to see if Yu Yan could drag Good Show down…. No, to be precise, for the past three years, this had been the main thing to watch for in the StarTV anchor competition.
In the past few years, with the popularity accumulated in his early years, Yu Yan played steadily all the way and soon became a big god anchor who had gotten on the popular list just after starting to livestream. The first thing stream followers did upon opening the StarTV platform every day was to check whether the number one on ‘today’s popular list’ was Good Show or yanxyan.
This year, all of Yu Yan’s fans had gathered their full strength and had spoken out in an overbearing way—saying that “we must pull Good Show off of his high horse.”
[Why ah?!]
[This year’s prize even includes an electronic product endorsement ah, Xiao Yan!! Wake up!]
[You’re in the prime of your life, and Good Show has already streamed for so many years without retiring. What are you retiring for?!]
Yu Yan was amused, but because this matter wasn’t settled, he didn’t bother explaining. He took a frag grenade out of his pocket and simply, and crisply, threw it at a spot with grass opposite him.
With a violent explosion, the game end notification popped up— [Big Fortune and Great Delight, you’re eating chicken tonight!]
Yu Yan said, “Eleven kills and I ate chicken, stream mod…”
As soon as he was about to ask the stream mod to begin the payout for the quiz game, he saw a lot of notices about people getting banned pop up on the screen. It was probably because of another quarrel happening in the barrage.
His streaming time was nearing its end anyway, so there was no need for him to start the next match, and so Yu Yan started to leisurely scroll through the barrage.
His fans and Good Show’s fans had started quarreling again.
He placed his hand on his forehead and said, “Everyone stop quarreling and just watch the livestream. The anchor competition is about to start, and the stream followers who like Good Show can continue to support Good Show, and those who like me… You can vote for other anchors you like. It’s already time to end the stream, so I’ll go and rest. I’ll see you guys tomorrow.”
With that, he raised his hand to the camera and turned off the livestream.
As soon as the livestream interface went black, a message from Good Show popped up.
Good Show: What’s the situation, bro? You really aren’t going to participate in the anchor competition this year? It doesn’t make sense ah.
Good Show: Of course, I personally hope you don’t take part in it. During last year’s competition, I feel like I didn’t get to sleep well, since I was just afraid that you would get the final prize. If that happens again this year, I’ll probably lose all my hair.
Yu Yan: ….don’t know yet.
Just having sent this sentence, the door to the computer room was opened.
Yi Chen was dressed in a gray suit, held a suitcase in his hand, and looked quite worn out from his journey. Upon seeing Yu Yan, he directly placed his suitcase to the side and strode over.
“How come you’re back already?” Yu Yan’s eyes widened as he asked, “The weather is bad, wasn’t the plane grounded…”
Before he could finish speaking though, Yi Chen bent down to kiss him.
Yu Yan’s hands were still on the keyboard, so just like that, he ended up pressing out a long string of F’s.
After kissing long enough, Yi Chen got up and rubbed Yu Yan’s hair as he explained, “I couldn’t wait. I bought a ticket for the next province and then drove back.”
Yu Yan could feel the coolness that had gathered on the coat of his suit.
“Why didn’t you tell me, I would have picked you up.” He touched it a few more times in distress.
Yi Chen laughed. “Yes, forgot that my little boyfriend just got his driver’s license.”
He glanced at the screen and happened to see the chat content on it. He raised his eyebrows and asked, “Not participating in the anchor competition? What, not satisfied with the prize they picked this time?”
“That’s not it,” Yu Yan closed the chat box as he replied, “Even if I took part in it, it’s not necessary that I would be the one to win the prize.”
Yi Chen said, “If you want, I’ll host an anchor competition just for you.”
Yu Yan laughed and shook his head vigorously. “Let’s go. I made reservations at a restaurant.”
It was a French restaurant that had just opened, and Yi Chen was a bit surprised when they got there. Usually, if it was up to Yu Yan, then most of the time, they would end up going to some smaller restaurants with dishes that were more like home-cooked food. In recent years, he had tried many tastes that he had not sampled before, which could count as being an eye-opener in disguise.
The waiter poured out the red wine, helped them pick out the dishes they wanted to order, and then left.
“Talk ba.” Yi Chen raised his glass, drew his eyebrows up, and asked, “What do you want to tell me?”
Yu Yan was stunned. “….How do you know?”
Yi Chen said, “It’s written all over your face.”
Yu Yan pursed his lips, raised his wine glass, clinked glasses with Yi Chen, and then took a small sip to embolden himself.
“I want to go back to school,” he said.
Yi Chen wasn’t actually very surprised by this answer. Some time ago, he had found that Yu Yan’s small corner in the study was full of foreign language dictionaries.
He took a sip of the wine along with Yu Yan. “Why?”
“Just, I want to enrich my knowledge,” Yu Yan said.
Yi Chen thought for a moment. “Did my parents make you feel awkward?”
Yu Yan had already met Father Yi and Mother Yi two years ago, and now, they would have a meal together every few months. Sometimes, when Yi Chen was busy with his work, Yu Yan became the only one to keep them company and eat with them.
He had been a little nervous at first, but after sharing many meals, he found that Father and Mother Yi were both very easygoing and very thoughtful and considerate towards him in all matters. Maybe this was the advantage that artists had.
“No, how could that be possible? They’re always very nice to me.” Yu Yan said, “I just…”
“What?”
“I just—want to get a bit closer to you.” Yu Yan’s ears were red, and he clenched his glass tight as he tried to cover up his tension.
Yi Chen was stunned. He didn’t expect that the other party’s reason for doing this would be himself.
He snapped out of it and suddenly reached out and hooked his index finger within Yu Yan’s fingers. “Are we not close enough? How much closer do you want to be with me?”
Yu Yan’s heart immediately beat faster, but he wasn’t worried about being seen as there were partitions between the seats in the dining room. So, he didn’t pull his hand away.
Their couple’s rings dazzled very brightly against the light.
Over the years, they had even changed their rings three or four times.
“…… I didn’t mean it that way.”
“I know.” Seeing that he was blushing, Yi Chen laughed and stopped teasing him. He took back his hand and asked, “Then will you suspend things with the livestream for a while? Wherever you want to go study, I’ll help you arrange it.”
Yu Yan was only 24 this year, so it wasn’t strange for him to want to continue his studies now.
“Yes, I’ll suspend it for now. I’ve made some money in the past few years, just enough for me to go to school.” Yu Yan continued, “Auntie recommended a school to me, which is right next to Uncle’s studio…”
“Wait a minute.” Yi Chen frowned and interrupted, “His studio? Do you want to go abroad?”
Yu Yan hurriedly said, “No, I haven’t decided yet….I told Auntie that I had to discuss it with you before deciding.”
Yi Chen’s eyebrows furrowed and he pondered for a moment.
Yu Yan said, “If you don’t agree, then I will…”
“I don’t agree.”
“……” Yu Yan stopped, frowned, and nodded as he said, “Then let’s just forget it.”
Yi Chen sighed and continued, “You have no foundation right now. My parents have their own jobs, and they definitely won’t be able to accompany you every day. You don’t know how to speak the language, and going over just like that will make me worry.”
Yu Yan was stunned and looked up at him.
“First study in China for a year.” Yi Chen said, “One year later, I’ll arrange the rest for you.”
Yu Yan’s eyes widened in delight, and he said, “Don’t… I can do it myself, there’s no need to bother yourself. Once I go there, I will fly back to you as soon as I have time… ”
“No need,” Yi Chen said, “I’ll come find you.”
“It’s okay, I’ll have more free time than you.”
Yi Chen laughed. “Can’t say that for certain.”
Yu Yan was startled. “Huh?”
“The company has already stabilized thoroughly in the recent years.” Yi Chen sliced the steak in front of him slowly, then pushed the piece he had just cut to Yu Yan. “I’ve already decided on some people, and after another year of observation, everything should be nearly done. When things have been arranged properly, I’ll have a lot of time to spend with you.”
He put down his knife and fork, raised his eyes, and said, “But you need to really think it over; are you truly willing to give up gaming?”
Yu Yan heard his words and shook his head. “I’m not willing; I’m not planning on giving up gaming, I just won’t be livestreaming for the time being.”
“It took so many years of hard work to get to your present level.” Yi Chen curled his lip as he asked, “You really don’t want to get an Anchor of the Year award before retiring?”
“How can this count as retirement ah?” Yu Yan also laughed, revealing a small tiger tooth. “Awards don’t matter to me, what’s important is the game itself ah. As for the stream followers… Sometimes I can go online and say hello to them, and I think just that will be very good.”
What’s more, if he really had to state the regrets he had, then that would be not having had the opportunity to really stand on the stage of a big stadium, after having played a good game.
However, there were always shortcomings in life. Yu Yan felt that it was a bit of a pity, but he didn’t have any remorse about it at all.
Yi Chen heard him and nodded. “It all depends on you.”
After dinner, Yu Yan had just returned home when he was dragged out of the door by Lu Xiuhe.
“Xiao Yan, do you know how difficult this premiere ticket was to get?!” Lu Xiuhe said while guiding him inside the theatre, “I spent a lot of effort to get two tickets. That miser had originally only intended to give me one.”
Yu Yan asked, “Aren’t you two together? He’s not even willing to give you movie tickets?”
“Pei, pei, pei, what together? Ancestor, you have to be quiet. My baby is certain to become the film emperor this year, and we definitely can’t cause him any trouble at this critical point.” Lu Xiuhe lowered his voice as he added, “He’s willing to give it to me… It’s just that I have to put in some effort.”
Yu Yan still didn’t understand and asked, “What effort?”
“Effort with my waist.”
“……”
On their way inside, they continued to talk. Yu Yan told Lu Xiuhe that he was going to continue his studies and that he was about to go abroad in an extremely natural manner.
“What?” Lu Xiuhe was shocked and yelled, “Going abroad? You’re about to fucking get the Anchor of the Year award, what are you going abroad for?! Yi Chen is also fucking willing ah??”
Yu Yan really wanted to take a big horn and blow it to drown out Lu Xiuhe’s voice. If they all perished together, then that would be fine.
“My fault, my fault, not controlling my volume… Aiya, no, why do you suddenly want to go study? What’s good about studying? Look at those who studied well, at least 80% of them earn less than half of your monthly income.” Lu Xiuhe advised with earnest words and good intentions, “I’m really trying to be good to you, Xiao Yan. You should consider it some more.”
Yu Yan said, “I’m not doing it for money.”
Lu Xiuhe asked, “Then what for?”
“I want to enrich myself ba. Life is still very long, and I want to spend it a bit more brilliantly.” Yu Yan said, “… I also want to improve myself a bit.”
Lu Xiuhe said, “Who says you need improvement? I’ll help you fuck them up.”
“No.” Yu Yan chuckled. “There are still other reasons.”
Lu Xiuhe immediately understood. “Yi Chen? But I don’t think Boss Yi is the kind of person who would be bothered with your educational background.”
“He’s not.” Yu Yan said hastily, “This matter was decided by me unilaterally.”
“I know, I know, you just want to have some more common topics of conversation with him ma,” Lu Xiuhe winked at him and said, “Xiao Yan, you’re too good. Boss Yi truly must have paid in blood for you.”
Yu Yan quipped back, “Zuo Zhen is really the one who paid in blood.”
“Hush, hush, hush! We’re already in the cinema, let’s be quiet,” Lu Xiuhe said, then opened his backpack, took out two small and exquisite lightboards with Zuo Zhen’s name on them, and stuffed one into Yu Yan’s hands. “This is for you.”
“…… What is this?”
“A fan support board ah. In order to cover up and fool everyone, we have to pretend to be members of the fan support group this time,” Lu Xiuhe said, “Be a bit more enthusiastic in a bit ah, Xiao Yan.”
“How enthusiastic?”
“Aiya, you just pretend….just pretend that Yi Chen arrived, understand?”
“……”
——
Half a month later, the stream discovered that their favorite anchor had a new ring on his hand.
In recent years, Yu Yan had been wearing a ring all the year round, and it wasn’t unusual for it to change once every few months. Originally, everyone just made fun of it a bit to bring up the topic, but this time, a sharp-eyed stream follower noticed some of the ring’s unusual features.
[Go to bed early: Um… I don’t know if I’ve made a mistake, but why do I think that the ring Xiao Yan is wearing tonight looks like XX brand ah? Isn’t this brand famous for only selling couple rings? ….]
This Weibo post quickly appeared on Yu Yan’s public forum.
[Holy crap, sister is awesome. I checked it out, and it’s true!]
[So whose hand is the other ring on??]
[Ahhhhhhhh, I won’t allow it!! My son can’t date in this life!! Unless the person he’s dating is Boss 1!!]
The last comment was quickly deleted by a 1YanTang girl.
In recent years, seeing that the relationship between Boss 1 and Xiao Yan was growing more and more intimate, the girls who were happy to munch on fluff also began to worry—Yu Yan was the spokesperson for several electronic products. If a scandal broke out, he would have to bear a lot of fees in the form of breach of contracts.
Unfortunately, homosexuality counted as a scandal in China.
Therefore, the 1YanTang girls had come to an agreement early on. Within their own circle, they could enjoy themselves and prudently munch on fluff, but it could never leave the circle. Even when others openly stirred up a 1YanTang topic, they would block it.
By the time Yi Chen started scrolling through Weibo, the post about Yu Yan’s rumored girlfriend had already been forwarded for the Nth time.
[It’s this female anchor!! You guys look, aren’t the rings identical?! This female anchor is also StarTV’s, probably the two of them met at the big anchor conference, and they even have a photo together! [picture]]
[It’s impossible, sister. The female anchor’s ring is from another brand. Look [picture]]
Yi Chen opened the picture and looked at it. It was really a picture of Yu Yan and a female anchor. His little boyfriend was standing upright, but the girl beside him had tilted her head and was almost leaning on Yu Yan’s shoulder, causing them to look a bit intimate.
He squinted and then opened the homepage of the poster. He found that this person had made a similar post three days ago.
[yanxyan is actually with an actress surnamed B?! You guys look at the ring that the actress displayed two days ago, she also admitted that it was from XX brand!]
[No oh, I have an internal melon. That actress is with a comedian, and it will be announced in two days. You can see that the man also has this ring [picture]]
[According to my friend, Xiao Yan’s partner is his childhood sweetheart, and that childhood sweetheart just happened to be a friend of my friend. They say that they have known each other since they were seven years old, and they’re about to get married.]
[Friend of a friend, credibility 0.01%]
Yi Chen couldn’t help but look down at the person who was sleeping in his arms.
He raised his hand and pinched this person’s face. Yu Yan felt something, frowned, and rubbed against him.
Yi Chen’s tone was very light as he complained, “Alright ah, I haven’t been online for a few days, and your scandal has even spread to the entertainment industry.”
“Well…”
“And a childhood sweetheart also appeared.”
“After going around in a whole circle, you went back to a female anchor again?”
Yu Yan didn’t hear what he said at all. He just opened his eyes in a daze and asked, “Still not sleeping? I’m so tired…”
Yi Chen took a deep breath and raised his hand to rub his neck. “Sleep. Good night.”
The next day, the first thing that the stream followers who were interested in this gossip did after waking up was to scroll through yesterday’s gossipping Weibo post that was suspected to have exposed yanxyan’s girlfriend.
They didn’t expect that before they could read some more gossip, they would first end up scrolling to Yi Chen’s new Weibo post.
Yi Chen seldom posted on Weibo. However, this time, not only had he put up a post, he had also posted a picture.
The photo seemed to have been taken casually, and it was of a level 3 helmet model from PUBG.
Also, at the edge of the picture, where the five fingers were holding it up, was a silver ring that peeked out.
Five minutes after the Weibo post was published, its comment area was quickly flooded.
[Good morning ah, husband! The model is good-looking, send me one, thank you husband!]
[Ahhhhhh, Boss 1’s fingers are too beautiful ba. I want to lick them!]
[Shut up upstairs!]
Yi Chen’s eyebrows twisted. Even with this many comments, there still wasn’t anyone chatting about his new ring.
A few hours later, the netizens scrolled and found another Weibo post.
[Yi Chen: What brand of ring looks good?]
The oblivious netizens left their suggestions below it.
—While scenting some unusual smell, the 1YanTang girls immediately gathered together!
A moment later, Yi Chen updated with the day’s third Weibo post.
[Yi Chen: Thank you for your advice. I bought [pictures]]
This picture contained only a man’s hands with distinct bony joints. He was also wearing the men’s style couple ring made by a certain brand, and it was almost the same as the ring revealed by a certain anchor during his livestream.
After making this Weibo post, Yi Chen was very satisfied. After his meeting was over, he even specifically took some time to read the comments.
[Rich people are just not the same, as soon as they say they want to buy it, they buy it.]
[Wait a minute… Why do I think this ring is so similar to yanxyan’s?]
Seeing this, Yi Chen’s lips curled up with satisfaction, but in the end, when he scrolled down some more——
[Boss 1 accidentally got the same ring as Xiao Yan pfft.]
[1YanTang girl passing by and hoping that people who can’t read the atmosphere won’t appear in the comments area. Although the relationship between Boss 1 and Xiao Yan is really good, they are not in that kind of relationship. I hope everyone can secretly YY in your own heart and just enjoy yourself in your own circle. Don’t talk nonsense in Boss Yi’s Weibo ha~]
[Yes, only a straight man would dare to be so brazen and reckless.]
[It’s really the same couple ring — The relationship between Boss 1 and Xiao Yan is too too wonderful ba!! What kind of earth-shaking touching socialist brotherhood is this ah!!!]
“……”
What qualifications do you have to say that you are a 1YanTang girl?
Yi Chen was so angry that he left several hickies on Yu Yan’s fingers.
——
On the day Yu Yan went abroad, Yi Chen couldn’t accompany him because he still had work to hand over.
“You go first.” Sending him to the security checkpoint, Yi Chen said, “I’ll be there in a few days.”
“Okay, take your time. Don’t worry.” Yu Yan kissed him on the cheek and said with a laugh, “I’ll be right there, I won’t run.”
“I’m not afraid of you running,” Yi Chen said, “I just hate to part with you.”
Yu Yan replied, “It’s only a few days. It’s perfect since I’ll just get to go over there and tidy up the house so that you can live there directly once you come over.”
“Alright ba.” Yi Chen held the man in his arms and suddenly sighed. He said, “Recently, I keep regretting…”
“Regretting what?” Yu Yan asked while letting him hug him.
“That I didn’t meet you earlier.”
Yi Chen paused. “If I had met you earlier, I would have let you finish high school and university smoothly, and would have also filled in any of your missing life experiences for you.”
Yu Yan was stunned and after a long moment, started to laugh.
He raised his hand, hugged Yi Chen back, and said, “But I’m also living very well now ah.”
As if remembering something, Yu Yan rubbed his neck a bit before continuing, “… And you already arrived very on-time in my life. When I started livestreaming, at the moment when I needed you most….You showed up.”
The announcement for boarding had already sounded out from the speaker. Yi Chen hugged him tightly and said, “Board ba, and wait for me over there.”
“Okay.” Yu Yan’s tone was very light as he said, “Yi Chen, I love you.”
Yi Chen had heard this sentence many times, but every single time it was said aloud, it felt as if he couldn’t hear enough of it.
Only when Yu Yan had dragged his suitcase and turned to leave did Yi Chen come back to himself. “What did you just say?”
“I said…” Yu Yan said, “I’m going through the security checkpoint first.”
The airport was surrounded by transparent glass, and the sunlight shone in to cover the boy in the white T-shirt in a warm glow. (f)reeweb(n)ovel.com
Yu Yan took two steps forward and suddenly looked back at him with a smile.
“When you come, I’ll say it to you again.”
Yi Chen stood there, as his inner feelings surged high. free(w)ebnovel.com
“Good.”
——The End——
The author has something to say:
This is really the end of this time. Thank you everyone for your company.
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Juurensha: So it’s the end!!!!! (Not really, there’s still one more extras from the traditional published version! Although don’t be fooled by the title guys, it’s sadly not smut) Well, that was still very sweet, getting to see everyone 4 years later and still happy. I’m glad Yanyan gets along so well with Yi Chen’s parents! Although I’m still wondering how Yu Minyang meeting Yi Chen went. And of course LXH, such a fanboy still (although we were ROBBED of not getting to see Yanyan’s reaction to LXH and ZZ being together).
Noks: Ahhhh… what an ending!!! Also, that’s a pretty good subject for a fanfiction: LXH spilling his relationship with ZZ to yanyan… and the subsequent couples date between these two couples… Ohhh… any volunteers?
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