AHFAFTGTTT Chapter 54

Chapter 54: Brushing Shoulders – A Tiny Moon Can’t Escape the Sun’s Palm…

As the end of the year approached, it was time to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new.

Zhao Qian’s downfall led to the removal of all his previous shows, movies, and dramas from the airwaves.

This included “Signal Station on a Deserted Island.”

Shangguan Yaoguang had no memory of this program at all, only feeling that in the month since he woke up, everyone who had once looked down on him was now exceptionally enthusiastic towards him.

After finishing preparations for the mentor stage of “Era of Brilliance,” he left the practice room and noticed a black-haired youth sleeping on a long chair in the dance studio, a sliver of the door left open.

Even though a new program was about to air, Xu Chengyue had inexplicably dyed his hair back to black, slightly longer than before. The bangs on either side hung down on his fair face, a red mark between his eyebrows, setting off his rosy cheeks. His dark hair made him look even more like a high school student.

It was like an afternoon after gym class, when someone would doze off soundly in the equipment room.

Shangguan Yaoguang couldn’t help but smile, but quickly stopped, returning to his expressionless face.

Even with Ye Xiao gone, he still avoided Xu Chengyue as always.

Come to think of it, the conversation outside the fire was the most they had communicated in five years.

But no matter how much he avoided it, he couldn’t deny the secret joy he felt when he heard the word “like.”

Shangguan Yaoguang took a deep breath. He couldn’t continue like this.

Slightly long bangs covered half of his eyes, and only at times like these could he unreservedly peek at this person.

With a “thud,” a phone fell from the long chair.

But it didn’t wake the sleeping youth.

Shangguan Yaoguang slowly approached and picked it up, only to see a Baidu search on the lit screen:

#Conditions for the Formation of Multiple Personality Disorder

#Can a Person Have Two Personalities?

#Can a Second Personality Replace the Main Personality?

Shangguan Yaoguang’s eyes flickered slightly. The original confusion, incomprehension, and doubt seemed to form a line here. What he had once fantasized about after waking up was now easily within reach.

Except it was accompanied by strange gazes.

Hao Yun clasped his hands together:

“Yaoguang-ge, please, don’t turn back into the old Yaoguang-ge.”

Zhou Qingqing shook his head:

“Old Fourth, why are you wearing such a long face again? You’ve even styled your hair into that lifeless look from before, sigh…”

Li An was even more blunt:

“Shangguan Yaoguang, I thought you had gained some wit and talent, and even suspected you were pretending to be a pig to eat the tiger, preparing to get you some brainy variety shows. I didn’t expect you to revert overnight, tsk, what a waste of my energy.”

Xu Chengyue was even more so. Shangguan Yaoguang stared at the search terms on the phone screen, his hand holding the phone trembling uncontrollably.

It seemed everyone was missing someone else through him.

But Shangguan Yaoguang was Shangguan Yaoguang, never someone else.

Was it because he wasn’t the way they expected him to be?

But what exactly did they expect him to be?

With this question in mind, Shangguan Yaoguang returned to his bedroom and closed the curtains tightly.

He didn’t turn on the lights, making the room seem gloomy and dim.

The already-removed “Signal Station on a Deserted Island” played on the computer, becoming the only source of light in the room.

Shangguan Yaoguang stared intently at the pirated resource he had downloaded from the website.

The youth on the screen had a lazy posture, but his eyes were full of indomitable confidence.

“I want to switch Xu Chengyue to be my teammate. He can’t leave me for even half a step within seven days!”

This person.

The appearance was so familiar, but the expression was so strange.

Was this person really him?

On the screen, he was confident, brave, bright, and sunny, with a near-demonic IQ, easily solving all the problems and becoming someone everyone trusted.

Shangguan Yaoguang’s breathing became rapid as he watched, and he hurriedly turned off the video.

No, this wasn’t him.

It was clearly his body, but inside was another monster.

And now that he was back, everyone was complaining that he was him, and not that monster.

Shangguan Yaoguang took a mirror and lifted the bangs that covered his eyes, raising his eyebrows slightly, imitating the spirited look of the person in the video.

A completely different him suddenly appeared in the mirror.

So, if he became like this, everyone would think highly of him?

He clenched his fists, his fingernails almost digging into his flesh, and then slammed the mirror onto the ground.

With a “bang,” it shattered into pieces.

It was clearly that person who had taken over his body, so why was everyone blaming him?

What was most infuriating was that that person had used only a month to make everyone like him, even…

“Shangguan, is something wrong?”

Shangguan Yaoguang turned his head to look at the door—

Even Xu Chengyue.

Xu Chengyue was outside the door, knocking worriedly and asking a few more times.

Three seconds later, the door was opened, and a tall figure with inky, gloomy eyes stared at him. “What is it?”

Xu Chengyue unconsciously took half a step back, saw the shattered mirror on the ground, and stammered slightly, “I heard… the mirror broke.”

“Accident.” Shangguan Yaoguang’s eyelids drooped. “Anything else?”

He made a gesture to close the door.

Xu Chengyue leaned against the door, and quickly said, “Wait, An-jie is looking for you.”

Shangguan Yaoguang nodded slightly, sidestepped past Xu Chengyue and left, not even touching the corner of his clothes.

After watching him leave, Xu Chengyue stared at the door that wasn’t tightly closed, and hesitantly picked up a broom, wanting to sweep away the mirror fragments.

But he accidentally bumped into the table, and a notebook fell down. He crouched down to pick it up and happened to see an open page.

“I loathe most people in this world, and I know that no one in this world truly likes me. Even if I fall, no one will remember me. I am just the smallest star in the night sky, and even if the moonlight shines on me, I dare not approach. No matter how infatuated I am, that light will not belong to me alone. No one is unique in front of the moon.”

Was this… an excerpt from teenage angst literature?

Until he saw the date in the lower right corner, he realized it was a diary.

A corner also fell out of the page’s interlayer, a piece of paper that looked like a medical record. Xu Chengyue was about to pick it up when a voice sounded silently behind him.

“What are you looking at?”

Xu Chengyue shuddered all over and quickly picked up the notebook, placing it on the table.

“I… I was cleaning, and it accidentally fell.”

Shangguan Yaoguang glanced behind him and said coldly, “Get out.”

Being suddenly scolded harshly, Xu Chengyue felt a little wronged. He suppressed it for the time being, and said ingratiatingly, “Younger brother, I’ll take you somewhere.”

…………

“Fu Yang! Are you crazy?! Running away from the hospital, Big Brother will tear me apart!!”

Fu Yang held the phone away from his ear, one hand flagging down a taxi.

“Master, go to Jincheng Apartments.”

Closing the car door, Fu Yang had time to answer Xie Wanwan, “I’ve said it countless times, I can walk fine now, the rehab was very successful. Why lock me in the hospital?”

“What do you mean, ‘very successful’? You fell yesterday while walking!”

“That’s all your fault for leaving snack wrappers all over the floor.”

“Who exactly are you going to find? Does it have to be now? Will you die if you wait two days? Is he that important to you?”

“Yes, I will die. It’s very important.”

Fu Yang said the last sentence and hung up. His little cousin’s roar came to an abrupt end.

Getting out of the car, he looked at this familiar place, the place where he had lived for more than a month.

So what if he was blacklisted? How could he not know where Xu Chengyue lived?

A tiny moon can’t escape the sun’s palm!

Fu Yang raised an evil and determined smile. Just as he was about to enter, the community entrance emitted a loud alarm—

“Beep beep! Facial recognition failed.”

Damn it.

“Who are you?” The security guard immediately poked his head out of the security room, looked Fu Yang up and down, and shooed him away. “Get out of here.”

Fu Yang “ahemmed” and flicked his bangs. “Oh, right, I forgot. I’m from the Spark boy group.”

This original face of his was so handsome it was off the charts. Playing a boy group member was more than enough to fool people.

“You’re trying to scare me!” The security guard had been working here for several years. He knew exactly which celebrities lived in the community.

Moreover, there were posters of all the Spark members in the security room. Every time they released an album, he, this old uncle, would get a copy. The uncle snorted and threw the poster at Fu Yang. “Tell me, which one are you in there?”

Fu Yang was quite shameless and pointed at the person in the middle, taking advantage of the situation. “Actually, I’m his boyfriend.”

“There’s a bunch of girls who come here every day saying they’re his girlfriend. This is the first time I’ve seen someone claiming to be his boyfriend. Have you no shame? Get out, get far away.” The security guard chased him away with an electric baton.

Fu Yang was about to put his hands on his hips and roll up his sleeves to argue with him properly, but out of the corner of his eye, he saw two figures walking slowly out from inside. Although they were wearing hats and masks, he recognized one of them as Xu Chengyue at a glance.

The two brushed past him, and Xu Chengyue didn’t even glance at him, his heart and eyes focused on the person beside him, smiling with a tenderness and care that was truly moving.

“What are you looking at? Get out of here, or I’ll call the police!”

Fu Yang felt a little jealous and was pushed back two steps by the baton, feeling very unhappy. He turned around and saw them leaving the community, preparing to get into a taxi.

He felt even more unhappy.

He opened his mouth, but hesitated just as he was about to speak.

Did it matter to Xu Chengyue who he was?

The name “Fu Yang” was probably just a stranger to him, or even a stranger who had taken over the body of his most cherished teammate.

What would happen if he told the truth?

Xu Chengyue had only given him a month of preferential treatment because he thought he was Shangguan Yaoguang.

Which was more important to Xu Chengyue, “Fu Yang” or “Shangguan Yaoguang”?

Just like now, when he was just Fu Yang, Xu Chengyue would only brush past him, completely unaware.

If he told the truth, and Xu Chengyue saw him as an uncertain factor who had almost prevented his teammate from returning, then Xu Chengyue would probably want him to get as far away as possible and not come near him.

In the throes of love, even someone as proud as Fu Yang couldn’t help but feel a strong sense of inferiority.

He was afraid that Xu Chengyue would think he was a demon from hell, a con artist of love, and… a black fan making fun of him.

Now, he absolutely couldn’t bear Xu Chengyue hating him.

With this hesitation, Fu Yang was blocked by the security guard, and he watched helplessly as the two got into the car and left.

“What boyfriend? I think you’re a sasaeng fan!”

“Uncle Wang, do you know where they went?” Fu Yang asked anxiously, staring at the place where the taxi had disappeared.

“Don’t know.” The security guard suddenly came to his senses. “Wait, how did you know my surname is Wang?”

“Then when will they be back?”

“Don’t know, don’t know! You young people, chasing after stars without going through proper channels, only resorting to these underhanded and shameless tactics!”