ATPN Chapter 42
by VolareThe comments on the forum were all over the place, saying everything imaginable. Song Baiyan didn’t take them to heart, and just treated what Fang Jingtong said as entertainment.
“I have to pick up Guan Yanzhi later, so I won’t be around for the next couple of days. You keep an eye on the studio.”
Mentioning business, Fang Jingtong instantly dropped his cynical demeanor, and his entire being became serious and steady.
“This part is almost finished.” Fang Jingtong raised his wrist to check the time on his watch, “Xingcheng and the others will be here soon. If there’s nothing else, you can go and do your thing, we can handle it.”
As soon as Fang Jingtong heard that he was going to pick up Guan Yanzhi, he immediately asked curiously, “Did that little girl argue with her mom again?”
“Yeah,” Song Baiyan sighed helplessly, “She was making a fuss about coming over early in the morning. I only calmed her down after promising to pick her up after school.”
Fang Jingtong clicked his tongue, his tone envious, “That little girl is really attached to you. Why don’t I have a younger sister?”
Song Baiyan smiled and didn’t say anything.
Fang Jingtong’s parents were both only children, so in his generation, he was the only child on both sides of the family, with no siblings at all.
His family were neighbors with Song Baiyan. Originally, both of them didn’t have any siblings and often played together. But suddenly one day, Song Baiyan ran over to tell him that he had a little sister and invited him to play with his sister at his house.
This was terrible! His little buddy had a sister, how could he not have one?
To a child, this was a huge deal, so Fang Jingtong pestered his family for a younger sibling every day.
After being explicitly rejected by his parents, he still didn’t give up and started thinking about going to Song Baiyan’s house to steal his sister.
He even seriously researched a strategy for this and then started to act. Unfortunately, he still didn’t succeed in the end, and was caught red-handed by Song Baiyan, who came to see his sister.
The two of them even fought over this. Fang Jingtong couldn’t help but laugh when he thought about it.
“Do you remember…”
Song Baiyan smiled meaningfully, “Don’t you think you got beat up enough?” After saying that, he couldn’t help but laugh too.
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Yu Zhanrong went to the supermarket after school and stocked up on a large pile of snacks to take back to his apartment. Looking at the snacks at his feet, he was very satisfied, enough to keep him homebound for a while.
Coming out of the elevator on the 22nd floor, he subconsciously glanced at the apartment next door.
?
Why wasn’t the door locked?
Aren’t they afraid of burglars? Yu Zhanrong pursed his lips and took a few steps forward, wanting to see if Song Baiyan was home? And close the door for him.
The sound coming from the crack in the door made Yu Zhanrong’s advancing footsteps suddenly freeze. His body felt as if it had been splashed with a bucket of cold water, freezing him until he shivered slightly.
He stood there helplessly.
Behind the door, he could vaguely hear the voices of a man and a woman talking. The male voice was Song Baiyan.
Yu Zhanrong blinked his eyes stupidly, his heart suddenly constricting. He heard Song Baiyan say, “Why don’t you ever close the door? When will you ever fix this habit?”
Just listening to the voice, he could imagine Song Baiyan frowning. The tone was like a lecture, but the intimacy within was obvious, and the relationship seemed self-evident.
The sound of footsteps was getting closer and closer, as if Song Baiyan was about to come out to close the door.
Yu Zhanrong ran back to his own room almost reflexively. The moment he closed the door, he was still a little unable to react.
He leaned against the door, his head buzzing.
Song Baiyan brought a girl home?
He
Has a girlfriend?
Disappointment surged like a tide, and his heart sank as if it had lost all weight. One question after another flooded into his mind.
He had anticipated this possibility from the very beginning, so why was he still so flustered when it finally happened?
They had been together for such a long time, and there hadn’t been any signs of it. How could it be so sudden?
Song Baiyan didn’t have a girlfriend during military training. Could it be that he misunderstood?
Thinking of this, Yu Zhanrong became even more agitated, and squatted on the ground listlessly like a deflated ball.
At this moment, his heart seemed to be tightly gripped by an invisible hand, forcing him to pant heavily. He couldn’t shake off the memory of the familiar and intimate conversation between the two people next door.
People are indeed greedy creatures the more they get, the more they want. Recalling Song Baiyan’s care and consideration for him during this time, those warm moments flashed through his mind like scenes from a movie, and Yu Zhanrong only felt a wave of heat in his eyes.
“Damn it, Yu Zhanrong, are you sick or something!” he couldn’t help but curse in his heart, “You haven’t even found out what’s going on, what are you crying for?”
Yu Zhanrong despised himself for being so sensitive and fragile. He wiped his face hard with his palms, trying to force the tears that were welling up in his eyes back, and told himself in his heart that he must remain calm.
After all, he had a live broadcast to do tonight, and it would be too unprofessional to bring personal emotions into his work.
So, Yu Zhanrong took a deep breath, tried to suppress all the surging and chaotic emotions in his heart, slowly stood up, and walked towards the room with firm steps.
Yu Zhanrong put on his headphones, rubbed his face, and pulled at the corners of his mouth, opened the live broadcast room, and said, raising his spirits.
“Hello, hello, everyone, good evening, welcome to the live broadcast room of Salty Fish Who Won’t Turn Over, I’m Little Fish.”
Usually, he would chat with his fans for a while to warm up the atmosphere, but today his mood was indeed affected. Afraid that he wouldn’t be able to control himself later, he would read today’s message board first, to give himself a little buffer time.
[Good evening, Fish Treasure, I like listening to your live broadcast, I like listening to you sing, and I also like listening to you perform radio plays. I hope to hear more of the dramas you dub. Daily confession, going to listen quietly now]
He didn’t expect the first message board to be this, but it had to be said that seeing such a message at this time made him quite happy.
“Thank you for your liking. I like voice acting. I came here hoping to exercise myself and improve my voice acting level. I hope to become a qualified voice actor as soon as possible.”
The public screen was immediately flooded with barrages of “Fish Treasure, keep it up.”
[System: Haiyan Heqing sent Salty Fish Who Won’t Turn Over a Milky Way Far Away x5]
[System: Haiyan Heqing sent Salty Fish Who Won’t Turn Over a Blue Enchantress x5]
The familiar recipe, the familiar top fan.
[The big boss is here, welcome in formation]
[The big boss is here to feed the fish again]
[The streamer has a fish pond, the top fan is good at raising fish, and loves to raise salty fish even more]
“Thank you, Haiyan Heqing, for the gifts. Looks like the big boss isn’t busy today. Aren’t you going to listen quietly today?”
[Have time]
[Watching the fish]
Yu Zhanrong was speechless. The big boss really treated him like a fish to be raised.
Okay, you’re the big boss, you get to decide.
He thought that after last week’s CP incident, many fans or others would come to talk about black and white matters today, but he didn’t expect the fish bubbles to be quite obedient. The message board was very harmonious, and there was nothing he didn’t want to see.
Xu Chenxing, who was selecting the message board, just wanted to roll her eyes.
She rubbed her sore eyes and couldn’t help but sigh: There’s no such thing as a peaceful life, it’s just that someone is bearing the burden of moving forward.
“Come on, let’s see the next message.”
[Little Fish, please comfort me, I’m breaking down, my ex and my current are together, I’m really grateful]
Yu Zhanrong was silent after reading this message.
What’s going on?
“Wait, your ex and your current are together?”
“That is to say, your current is not only cheating, but also coming out of the closet?” Yu Zhanrong gasped, “This guy’s got some tricks up his sleeve, huh?”
“But this is a good thing, find out early and stop the loss early, next time keep your eyes open and find a well-behaved one.”
[Fishie, Fishie, have you ever been in love?]
[What you said makes sense, sisters, the next one will be even more well-behaved!]
[Baby Fish, a sweet campus romance is worth a try]
“…”