AHFAFTGTTT Chapter 11

Chapter 11: Reversal – Online Labels Are Untrustworthy.

Ye Xiao!! Alive!!!

If it were when he had just transmigrated, Fu Yang might have excitedly gone up to ask for an autograph.

But now… it’s a bit awkward.

Fu Yang rubbed his chin. Compared to the stage, he was more familiar with circuit boards and screw posts.

But after this period of Xu Chengyue’s non-stop, devilish training, the layman Fu Yang seemed to gradually understand some of the good and bad of the stage.

He also suddenly realized that Ye Xiao wasn’t as amazing as he had imagined.

In this unfamiliar field, he thought it was like scientific research, where most people think good is good, and most people acknowledge that hard work is real effort, but it seems the entertainment industry is an exception.

In order not to be blinded by memory, he even found the videos and went back to watch Ye Xiao’s performances—

He discovered… actually, most people online don’t really understand the stage. Who dances better, who sings better, it’s all about who hypes it better.

If the singing is off-key, the fans blame the equipment.

If the dancing is unstable, the fans praise the relaxation.

After this viewing, he was completely disenchanted by the comment section’s manipulation.

Moreover, Ye Xiao’s gaze towards him wasn’t very friendly either.

The snake-like gaze scrutinized him from top to bottom, a look he had never seen on screen.

On screen, Ye Xiao was cheerful, optimistic, handsome, and dashing, but this Ye Xiao not far away simply stood there with an air of condescending contempt.

Fu Yang snapped back to reality and belatedly let go of the hand he had placed on Xu Chengyue’s shoulder.

As expected, Ye Xiao withdrew his gaze.

“Xiao Emperor, how could we not welcome you! We’ve been thinking about you day and night!” Hao Yun, sensing the atmosphere was off, immediately went up and gave him a big hug.

Zhou Qingqing also put down his ever-present phone and opened his arms, “Welcome back to the team.”

Only then did Ye Xiao reveal a smile. After each welcome ceremony was completed in order, he walked up to Fu Yang.

Fu Yang pointed to himself, “Do I get a hug too??”

Without a word, Ye Xiao embraced him, patting him twice on the back, “Old Four, long time no see, you’ve changed a lot.”

…Fu Yang felt like his ribs were about to break.

Ye Xiao released him and naturally walked up to Xu Chengyue, opening his arms.

“Chengyue…”

“There’s no time, we’re going on ‘Heartbeat Label’ in two days, let’s practice again,” Xu Chengyue said in a flat tone, “You still remember the dance moves, right?”

Ye Xiao awkwardly retracted his hands, “I remember, of course, I remember. Didn’t we choreograph ‘Po Jun’ together?”

Xu Chengyue looked at him doubtfully but didn’t say anything more. “We thought you weren’t coming back, so the choreographer changed the formation. Now, let’s change it back to the first version.”

He didn’t complain, just clapped his hands to get everyone ready.

Hao Yun cried out in dismay, “I’m just a humble contractor, changed it five times, practiced it five times, and in the end, we’re using the first version.”

Zhou Qingqing covered his mouth, whispering, “Don’t shout, Little Five, it’s not the last day yet, maybe it’ll be changed again.”

Hao Yun was even more upset, his red bangs drooping down.

Fu Yang observed them like an outsider, finding it a bit strange. It didn’t look like the whole team was bullying Ye Xiao at all, but rather that Ye Xiao was causing trouble for the whole team.

“Old Four, help me put my clothes on that horizontal bar over there,” Ye Xiao took off his coat, saying it casually, as if he had ordered this countless times.

Suddenly being called upon, Fu Yang pointed at himself, “Me??”

The young master had never been ordered around by anyone, except for the time Xu Chengyue told him to wash the dishes.

However, Xu Chengyue’s tone was much nicer. But this was just a small matter, Fu Yang suppressed the inexplicable discomfort in his heart, took the clothes, and casually draped them over the horizontal bar.

Ye Xiao looked at him, “You’re getting more and more careless.”

His tone was slightly accusatory. “I’ve said it many times, you need to be calm and composed when doing things, avoid being impatient for quick success.”

“Go downstairs and buy me a bottle of water. Oh, and…” Ye Xiao said the name of an English brand of mineral water, “I only drink this brand.”

He casually instructed, not even asking Fu Yang’s opinion, as if helping him was a matter of course.

Xu Chengyue frowned, interrupting them, “We need to start practicing, time is tight.”

“It’s just buying a bottle of water, it won’t take long,” Ye Xiao patted him on the shoulder with a smile, “Chengyue, don’t be so serious, you’re too sensitive, there’s actually plenty of time.”

Xu Chengyue took a deep breath, having spent so many years with Ye Xiao, he knew that no matter how much he said, it wouldn’t change his mind, so he squatted on the side, put on his headphones, and reviewed the dance videos they had done before, patiently waiting for them to finish.

“Old Four, what are you standing there for? Hurry up, didn’t you hear the leader urging us?” Ye Xiao stretched his arms, moving his body in front of the mirror. Seeing that Fu Yang still hadn’t moved, “It’s been a month since I’ve seen you, do my words not work anymore?”

Hearing this, Hao Yun shuddered and immediately began to move, pushing Fu Yang, signaling him to go out together.

Fu Yang looked at Xu Chengyue, who was squatting in the corner, wearing headphones and carefully recording each person’s dance issues, and then looked at Ye Xiao, who was sitting on the sofa like an emperor.

He was confused.

He was still in a daze even after leaving the company building with Hao Yun.

“Yaoguang-ge, Yaoguang-ge? Fourth Brother?” Hao Yun waved his hand in front of his eyes, “Why are you so distracted?”

Fu Yang snapped back to reality, “It’s nothing, so you’re going back to the dorm to get his things now? That’ll take half an hour round trip, right?”

Hao Yun sighed, “Ah, it’s nothing, I’m used to it, I’ll just run faster.”

“Is he always like this?”

“He’s the big brother, it’s normal for him to train us, it’s not a big deal.”

Hao Yun shrugged as he said this.

It really wasn’t a big deal, it’s just… it wasn’t quite the same as what he saw on screen, causing Fu Yang to have a huge psychological gap.

Hao Yun said optimistically, “You know h country, right? The seniority culture there is even more serious. At least Xiao Emperor doesn’t ask us to wash his feet, right?”

Fu Yang: “…”

With that kind of mentality, he’s probably afraid of committing a crime by bullying an idiot.

Fu Yang quickly bought everything he needed and returned to the practice room in five minutes, handing the items to Ye Xiao, “Eat quickly, don’t dawdle.”

Ye Xiao casually said, “Just put it there.”

Fu Yang: “?”

He climbed seven floors because he was afraid it would get cold, but he didn’t hear a word of thanks, and instead… “Just put it there”?

“Old Two, tell me about the progress during the time I was away.” Ye Xiao, idle, swiped through his phone, raised his chin, and pointed at Zhou Qingqing, who was communicating dance arrangements with Xu Chengyue. With his words, the arrangement was forced to stop. Zhou Qingqing also seemed to be used to it, pulled up a pre-made PPT on his phone, and reported to him: “During the time you were away, Spark mainly focused on the promotion of the ‘Day and Night’ album, which included a Weibo relay event, album live promotion…”

“Wait a minute.” Ye Xiao tapped his finger on the coffee table, “Old Four, pour me a glass of water.”

Fu Yang: “…?”

“Why do I have to repeat a small matter several times today?” There was already some dissatisfaction between Ye Xiao’s eyebrows.

You’re the one who’s getting dissatisfied? Fu Yang was starting to feel a bit speechless, this was the last time he would pay for his previous sentiments. He poured the water.

Only then did Ye Xiao let Zhou Qingqing continue his report.

After the report was over, Hao Yun finally returned, covered in sweat.

Xu Chengyue took off his headphones, “Can we start now?”

Ye Xiao nodded, “Soon, I’ll fill my stomach.”

Only then did he get up to get the sushi, but as soon as he touched the outer packaging, he frowned, “Eh, it’s cold, never mind then.”

Fu Yang: “…” He reminded you several times.

How come the series of “small matters” that have happened since Ye Xiao came back are so infuriating?

Ye Xiao turned his head, “Chengyue, can you make me something to eat?”

Fu Yang felt like a bucket of cold water had been poured over his head.

“Yaoguang-ge, your breathing is so heavy,” Hao Yun tilted his head to look at him.

Fu Yang: Thanks for the invitation, I’m angry.

Xu Chengyue knew that Fu Yang had gone to some effort to buy these two boxes of sushi, and it was his brother’s good intention, “I’ll heat up the sushi for you, we can eat together.”

Ye Xiao glanced over lightly, a meaningful smile on the corner of his mouth, “Hmm? No need, I don’t eat stale food.”

“It’s been a long time since I’ve had your cooking, Chengyue.” His expression was pitiful, as if he had calculated that Xu Chengyue wouldn’t be able to refuse a soft approach, “I’m so hungry.”

Fu Yang exploded.

Then he saw that Xu Chengyue really fell for this, and was going to borrow the kitchen from the company’s restaurant, having led everyone in rehearsing the dance all day, yet still dutifully started cooking.

Fu Yang screamed in his heart, Ye Xiao is already like this, how can you still cook for him! Where’s your temper? Don’t you hate him? Bully him!!!

This made him, who previously thought Ye Xiao was a pitiful underdog being bullied in the group, look extremely stupid.

–“I must find more powerful evidence of Xu Chengyue bullying Ye Xiao, and then make it public.”

Recalling his past brain-dead remarks, having liked Ye Xiao felt like a cyberpunk criminal record.

Fu Yang, a science student who used to bury himself in the lab, finally understood how outrageous the rumors on the internet were.

What Ye Xiao being bullied by the whole group, it was clearly him bullying the whole group!

In a daze, the food was almost ready.

The taste was still the same, but perhaps out of consideration that Ye Xiao had finally returned to the team, Xu Chengyue put a lot of effort into the presentation.

Hao Yun secretly smiled, whispering to Fu Yang, “They’re definitely going to make up!”

Fu Yang: “…How do you know?”

Zhou Qingqing listed a table and analyzed, “Every time Big Brother and the leader have a conflict, the signal that they’re making up is when Xiao Emperor asks the leader to cook, and the leader makes the food look very good, which means he’s forgiving him.”

Fu Yang didn’t know why he felt a little uncomfortable, what kind of making up was this, wasn’t it all Xu Chengyue who was making sacrifices?

He looked at the former idol, who was sitting and waiting for the meal, a nameless fire in his heart.

He rolled up his sleeves to help Xu Chengyue, “Do you need to cut this?”

Xu Chengyue was stunned, a little touched, and nodded.

Seeing Fu Yang’s actions, the other two also immediately started helping.

As the four were busy, Hao Yun casually chatted while wiping the plates, “It’s so hard for local boy bands like us to get ahead these days, development is really difficult. We haven’t had an endorsement in months, otherwise Yaoguang-ge wouldn’t have so easily fallen into the company’s trap.”

Xu Chengyue softly said, “That’s why we need to be vigilant at all times. Don’t trust anyone other than the five of us easily, including Sister An. Shangguan, next time something happens, communicate with everyone more.”

Fu Yang silently cut potatoes, nodded upon hearing this, and obediently said, “Got it.”

Zhou Qingqing also joined the conversation, “Actually, it’s not Little Four’s fault, it’s really hard for non-survival show boy bands like us to get ahead.”

It wasn’t really pessimistic, it’s just that they had been living like this for three years and were used to it. They occasionally complained, just venting their frustrations.

“It’s alright,” a dissenting voice rang out. Ye Xiao was sitting in a chair playing on his phone, occasionally looking up at everyone’s busyness, “It’s alright, it’s just writing songs and dancing, we get a lot after all, we just have to put in more effort.”

“I don’t think the entertainment industry is as difficult as everyone says. Luck doesn’t account for much in this kind of thing, you can completely make your own way. If you’re not popular, maybe it’s just your fate.”

Hao Yun and Zhou Qingqing exchanged glances and stopped talking.

Ye Xiao was the most popular in the group, so of course he didn’t understand their complaints, and they weren’t really complaining seriously, just chatting casually.

Xu Chengyue put the last plate on the table, “It’s not that hard to get ahead, want to tell everyone how you made it?”

There was an implication in his words.

It was also the heart of the conflict between the two.

Ye Xiao picked up his chopsticks, didn’t respond, looked at the table full of dishes, tasted a bite and put them down, smiling, “Chengyue, your cooking skills are still hard to describe after so long.”

Fu Yang finally couldn’t take it anymore, slammed the table, “You’re the one who wanted to eat, why are you picking now?”

From the first time he saw Ye Xiao today until now, combined with what the manager said before, Fu Yang finally confirmed—

I’m de-fanning.

The green tea hypocrite is actually a true hypocrite.

He’s the one who wronged Ye Xiao, he’s the true villain.

–Claiming to be an all-around ace but actually being equally bad at singing, dancing, and rapping, not one of them stands out.

–Sucking the blood of his teammates to grab fans, the whole group supports him, but he alone bullies the entire group.

“Are you rebelling?” Ye Xiao slammed a chopstick on the table, the force was so great that several plates fell to the ground, accompanied by food scraps, splashing pieces of debris.

Fu Yang pulled Xu Chengyue to the side to avoid being splashed, feeling that his past self was truly blind, and the key was that there were still many fans who were as blind as him.

“Rebutting you once is rebelling?” Fu Yang scoffed, “Do you think you’re an emperor in the domestic entertainment industry?”

“Next time, please do your own things yourself. It’s a favor that we help you, it’s our duty not to help you. Did you say thank you? Giant baby.”

Social practice class, anti-pua in progress.

Now he is Niohulu·Fu Yang, a de-fanned fan turning against him.