Me And My Four Dancers - Chapter 3
Chapter 3 Do You Like Me?
The QQ account on Yan Shuo’s backup phone was his personal account. It was used exclusively for gaming. He’d played in a five-person team with his teammates. These days, when celebrities are exposed for girlfriends or extramarital affairs, many of them involve exposing their gaming accounts, which became the basis for the scandal. God knows how adventurous netizens are at digging up information. So, they used new, unrelated accounts to play games, being extremely discreet.
In other words, no one else knew about this account besides the five members of M.E.N., not even Li Linjia.
—The teammates probably didn’t remember it either. After all, they’d been playing games together last year, and since then, they’d stopped playing and had basically abandoned all five accounts. Furthermore, they hadn’t added each other as QQ friends at the time, only adding them in-game.
Yan Shuo stared at the chat window. His nickname was a random string of numbers, “123123.” Yan Shuo felt it was too casual and unpresentable, but he couldn’t think of a better one right now, so he had to make do with it for now.
123123: “Hi, online dating?”
Fan: “?”
123123: “What’s your name?”
Fan: “…”
Yan Shuo: “…”
What? Does this lady not understand Chinese? Could she be an elementary school student? No, even elementary school students can read.
Yan Shuo reached out and poked Qi Haoyu next to him, lowering his voice over the car music: “Xiao Qi, how old is your girlfriend’s best friend? Could she be underage?” The thought that she might be doing homework in her school uniform made him regret playing house with Qi Haoyu. What a fool!
Qi Haoyu was surprised. “Huh? She added you? I haven’t even asked yet.”
Yan Shuo: “…”
Qi Haoyu comforted him, “Don’t worry. They’re all mostly adults. The youngest is probably seventeen, or sixteen? It’s okay, just chat with her.”
Seventeen? Sixteen? Yan Shuo was overwhelmed. He frantically clicked on the other person’s profile. Seeing it said twenty, he breathed a sigh of relief.
Looking at the chat window again, the other person finally spoke normally, but what they said was a little incomprehensible.
Fan: “What are you doing?”
Yan Shuo was so focused on typing that he didn’t notice Chen Ze in the seat in front of him suddenly took off his headphones and glanced back at him for no apparent reason. He thought for a moment and said politely in the chat, “Sorry, I’m so abrupt. You can’t be so direct.”
Asking someone if they’re in an online relationship right from the start was a bit too much. Yan Shuo reflected.
So what should he say? Should he cultivate feelings first?
Yan Shuo poked Qi Haoyu again: “Xiao Qi, how did you and your girlfriend get started?”
Qi Haoyu made a face that said, “See, you really don’t know how to chat with girls,” and generously shared his experience: “I told her, ‘Sister, your profile picture is so cute, and your QVQ nickname is so adorable, it suits mine perfectly.'”
Yan Shuo: “???”
That’s fine. So, in real life, you compliment someone on their cuteness, but online, you compliment their profile picture and nickname? Yan Shuo had learned something new.
123123: “Your profile picture is so cute.”
Fan: “…”
123123: “The name is cute, too.”
This was incredibly unkind, but it was also quite amusing to engage in strange conversation with a stranger, never knowing what the other person’s reaction would be.
Yan Shuo was a little amused, but after sending this message, the other person suddenly ignored him.
Not buying it?
The conversation fell apart? Sure enough, Qi Haoyu’s idiotic methods were unbelievable.
Let it break, Yan Shuo didn’t care. He put his phone away and continued to eat slowly, thinking about his performance on stage during the show recording.
He felt that he wasn’t in the best of spirits today, somewhat affected by the trending search controversy. The more he wanted to perform well and prove his ability, the more it backfired, and he almost forgot the lyrics while singing.
Why should I care about that? I should learn from Fu Xinyan’s spirit. Even being scolded can increase my popularity.
Yan Shuo shook his head. Soon, the nanny car pulled into their residential complex. They had no other plans tonight, so they could go to bed early after returning home.
As he got out of the car, Yan Shuo was packing his things. He didn’t know if it was an illusion, but he noticed that Chen Ze had given him a special look as he walked by, his eyes a little subtle.
“…?”
Yan Shuo was puzzled, unable to figure out how he had offended Chen Ze today. He yawned and followed Qi Haoyu upstairs last.
The M.E.N. dormitory was exceptionally large, with each of the five of them having their own small suite with its own private bathroom. Yan Shuo headed straight for his room upon entering, undressing and heading for the bathroom.
They were always like this. Aside from work, they spent most of their private time playing alone. Yan Shuo hadn’t understood it before, but now he understood. Chen Ze was naturally aloof, Li Jin was busy with private dates, Qi Haoyu was busy with online romance, and Fu Xinyan was busy posting on Weibo. Naturally, their interactions were minimal, especially since their personal time was limited to begin with.
Yan Shuo finished his shower, put on his bathrobe, and walked out.
Li Jin was alone in the living room, looking in the mirror and fixing his hair.
“Are you going on a date, Jin? Who are you seeing tonight?” Yan Shuo said, as if it were his usual routine. He glanced around and saw that Xiao He wasn’t there, otherwise Li Jin wouldn’t have dared leave the house openly.
Li Jin didn’t hide anything: “Zhao Yujiao.”
“…”
Yan Shuo poured a glass of water and almost choked at the words just as he brought it to his lips. Zhao Yujiao was the TV hostess who was taping the show that afternoon. How could they have hooked up so quickly? Compared to Qi Haoyu’s kindergarten tricks, Li Jin was using a more adult script. Absolutely amazing.
Yan Shuo quietly finished his water, went back to his room, changed into his pajamas, and went to bed.
It was only eight o’clock, a bit early for bed, and his QQ was still quiet. Miss Fan (little sister?) hadn’t replied to him. It seemed his online romance had ended before it even began.
Yan Shuo had no Weibo account to use, so he opened the forum, ready to browse the gossip posts for entertainment.
To his surprise, the trending post titled “Congratulations to Brother Yan Shuo for becoming the new center of the Alphabet group! Congratulations on getting four useless backup dancers!” was still hanging on the front page, over fifty pages in. Yan Shuo was curious about what everyone was talking about. After a whole day, they still hadn’t finished?
He didn’t have the patience to scroll through the pages, so he just clicked on the last one—
“Why did I only realize today that Chen Shuo is a perfect match!”
“This picture: a cold and abstinent top x a strong and active bottom! It truly embodies sexual tension!”
“Ahhhhhhhhhhh, my mind’s already on the expressway!”
“…What’s going on in the previous pages? Are Yueshi’s online trolls here? Trolls, stay tuned, answer me. Shuangyan is done for. Which couple will be the next one to open? Will we really be focusing on Shanying from now on?”
“I’m Shanying’s online trolls!”
“What trolls? How can our President Bai afford to hire trolls? A married man who spends all his money on traveling with Sydd.”
“Why trolls? Are you forbidding me to be affectionate with Chen Shuo? Who’s playing the fool? Don’t think I can’t tell you’re fxyf. So annoying.”
“What’s this about fxyf? A fan of only one person. Don’t ship CPs. If you’re looking to tear down a CP, please target CPG. Thank you.
“Does Fu Xinyan have any single fans? Everyone’s CPG, right? Even her biggest fans are leading the charge…”
“How can a big fan lead the charge? Stop spreading rumors.”
“Shuo’s fans are stirring up trouble again. How dare you try to sell him like that? If you have time, why not go to trending topics and control the comments to save his precarious popularity? Your brother Yan Shuo is about to be tarnished.”
“With all the fuss today, have Shuo’s fans been leaving en masse? His persona is completely ruined. So pitiful.”
“No, his biggest fans are excitedly shouting on their smurf accounts that his real persona is even more captivating.”
“Oh my god, what are Shuo’s fans’ values? They’re just like steaming.”
“Make a wish. Can Bo Fangshi kick Yan Shuo out? Four members of the Zi Zi group are enough. The group’s fans say they don’t want any more toxic members.”
“BFS is traveling.” Don’t cue him.”
“Speechless, why are you pretending to be a group fan? Everyone knows why your fxy brother was replaced as the center? You’re imitating Sheng Yue’s hype, it’s disgusting. If Bo Fangshi wants to get rid of someone, he should get rid of your brother first. Wake up.”
“Clarify, clarify, clarify, [Yue Shi official blog lawyer’s letter.jpg], that’s not Yan Shuo’s smurf account! No proof! No smurfing!”
“Clarify, clarify, clarify, [Yue Shi official blog lawyer’s letter.jpg], that’s not Yan Shuo’s smurf account! No proof! No smurfing!”
“Clarify, clarify, clarify, [Yue Shi official blog lawyer’s letter.jpg], that’s not Yan Shuo’s smurf account! No proof! No smurfing!”
“…”
“Shuo fans, please speak properly. There’s no need to repeat it so many times.”
“By the way, did you see the post next door? I read the post that compiled the highlights of Yan Shuo’s smurf account from beginning to end. Over and over again, I found that every one of Yan Shuo’s teammates dissed, but he was merciful to Shen Ze. He only said one line about gymnastics on the radio and nothing else, and even praised Shen Ze for his good song writing. Stamped true love! ”
“I watched it too, true love +1.”
“so sweet QAQ”
“I ate it!”
“Don’t cue Shen Ze, a straight man, an ordinary colleague, not familiar with him!”
“Don’t cue Shen Ze, a straight man, an ordinary colleague, not familiar with him!”
“Don’t cue Shen Ze, a straight man, an ordinary colleague, not familiar with him!”
“…If you are a fan, please speak up and don’t imitate Shuofan.”
“Hahaha, not only Yan Shuo and Shen Ze are in true love, Shuo Fen and Ze Fen are also in true love. They are locked up.”
…
Yan Shuo couldn’t turn over all the mess. He finally realized that his own melons really didn’t taste good and didn’t have the same aroma as others.
It’s a pity that today’s forum homepage is full of his name, and there is nothing else to eat.
Yan Shuo flipped through the pages idly, finding nothing of interest. He simply put his phone down and pulled a book from the cabinet, preparing to read for a while before going to bed.
Just then, QQ suddenly rang.
It was a message from his future online girlfriend.
Fan: “Are you still awake?”
123123: “Of course, I’m always at your service.”
Fan: “…”
Fan: “What do you mean?”
123123: “What do you mean? Literally, online dating?”
Fan: “…”
Fan: “Do you like me?”
“…”
Wow, so they were skipping the emotional development stage and going straight to confession?
Yan Shuo answered without hesitation, “Yes, I do.”
It seemed his online dating journey could finally begin. It was going pretty smoothly.
Yan Shuo’s mood brightened instantly, and he hummed a few lines of a song unconsciously. Then he casually opened a certain news recharge center and topped up the other person’s VIP membership with yellow, green, blue, black, purple, and red diamonds, plus a prestigious annual QQ super membership.
—This is so impressive, he could definitely be the king of kindergarten.