On December 31st, Shenhai TV Channel was live-streaming the New Year’s Eve Night Concert.
January 1st arrived as soon as the clock strikes twelve. Once the host made their concluding statements after finishing the countdown, the crowd unexpectedly began hollering, weeping and shrieking with madness on the spot, driving the atmosphere of the night to a climax, as if they were forced to accept the fact that Ling Che still hasn’t shown up at this very moment.
The notorious Ling Che raised to stardom four years ago after his debut, and in the span of the next few years, he seemingly stood at the pinnacle of the music industry without experiencing any setbacks.
During the previous week, a shocking scandal broke out in the music industry when a female omega singer was thoroughly marked by her cheating partner due to inattentiveness and received ridicule from the public. Since Ling Che and her boyfriend are considered acquaintances, the media pursued Ling Che to ask for his opinion.
In the midst of being chased down by the crowd, Ling Che made a cold remark: “Omegas are creatures who aren’t able to control themselves in the first place, only Alphas can determine whether or not they are marked.”
As an Alpha himself, this statement he made soon caused an uproar and occupied the headline that day before persistently securing its spot. In the era where the civil rights of omegas can be easily affected, the official media encouraged the accusations after this remark reached publicity, causing the situation to escalate one step further.
Rumour has it that Ling Che was black-listed, and his fans sobbed in endless pain, unable to accept the fact that Ling Che had suffered from such a huge impact. They filled the social media apps and forums one after another with topics such as #WeCantDoWithoutYouLingChe#, #ORightsAren’tAPlague#, #AgainstOmegaMoralAbduction#, #AlphaFreedomOfSpeech#, and vice versa.
Tonight, the announcement of Ling Che’s long-scheduled absence at the New Year’s Eve party was too much for his fans to bear.
Before the live broadcast ended, it was unknown who took the initiative at the scene as fans joined together and sang Ling Che’s classic album《Asteroid》in unison.
“Revolving in a circle around the galaxy,
Destined to orbit for billions of years.
I cannot resist the urge of wanting to get closer to you,
But the more impulsive I am, the further away you would be.”
***
By the time Xu Tangzhou opened his eyes, the splendid fireworks had already filled the thickening night outside the window on New Year’s Eve.
He fell asleep alone on the sofa in his apartment, and if it’s not for the familiar melody transmitting from the TV that woke him up, he would’ve probably slept all the way until the next morning.
It couldn’t be that Ling Che is black-listed for real ba.
Xu TangZhou thought with a trace of pity.
The first time he catches sight of Ling Che on TV, Xu TangZhou was captivated by that man’s dominating inner aura —- He has never seen such an Alpha before……
Ling Che doesn’t inherit the gnarled muscles or beastly physique that Alphas typically have. He is tall and lean, with three-dimensional features similar to that of mysterious vampires in anime series, which can absolutely be described as handsome.
When Ling Che looks towards the camera under a close-up shot in the MV, his amber eyes revealed arrogance and laziness, along with overbearing pheromones of an alpha that is seemingly enough to force anyone who saw him through the lens into submission without the medium for propagation.
The media has once commented that Ling Che is destined to be a superstar since birth.
But now, they are also the ones who were attempting to drag this superstar down from the altar.
The live stream has been disconnected on the TV, and the chorus of《Asteroid》came to an abrupt stop at this very moment as the New Year’s Eve party reached its conclusion.
Two seconds later, a large Shenhai TV Channel logo appeared on screen before a small line of text surfaced: “Happy New Year”.
The phone on the table began to continuously vibrate, and Xu TangZhou arose from a sudden sense of dejection before revealing a smile.
Today is his birthday.
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Those ‘Happy Birthday’ blessings were not only from his relatives and elders but also from his close friends and fans on social media.
Xu TangZhou opened Flow on his phone and started streaming before pop-ups frantically appeared one after another as soon as his room interface went live.
【Happy Birthday Zhou Zhou!! [Cake] You finally showed up!!!】
【555 Zhou Zhou, happy 22th birthday! QAQ】
【I wish you a happy New Year along with a wonderful birthday! [heart] [heart] [heart] 】
【Geez, our Zhou Zhou seems to be even more attractive now that he is a year old ahhh I am dying】
【Zhou Zhou’s skin is so pale ah, and your eyes are very beautiful……】
Xu Tangzhou’s fans on Flow only amount to a few tens of thousands, and the vast majority are his genuine fans left over from the time he walked the runway as a minor. Although he has no memory of his modelling career from all those years ago, his fans loved him all the same, therefore they immediately followed him as soon as he got onto Flow.
His agent Huang Qian was pleased with this and encouraged him to occasionally interact with everyone since it could play a role in maintaining his popularity.
Xu Tangzhou shot a commercial after debuting as a celebrity and has been on trend recently, with many new fans interspersed on the screen sending him birthday wishes.
“Happy New Year everyone, thank you for all your blessings.” Xu Tangzhou stared at the barrage on the screen that constantly kept refreshing and offered his greetings before adding: “It couldn’t be that you guys missed me that much ba, even to the point of blindly complimenting me after a new year has arrived.”
【Yingyingying, I’ve been disdained by my idol today. Humbled.】
【Humbled +1】
【Did you catch a cold Zhou Zhou, your voice seems to be slightly hoarse.】
【Your voice is so sexy ah, it can’t be considered as an offer of my respect unless I am slightly hardened】
“Just slightly?” Xu Tangzhou’s expression gently shifted as his smile wavered, “Then never mind, you aren’t even showing a hint of respect towards me.”
An unconscious implication inexplicably emerged from this joke. The barrage on the screen soon exploded and the number of people online reached one to two thousand.
Xu Tangzhou’s stunning appearance, phoenix-shaped eyes and delicate lips somewhat resemble the features of a Gong. Along with his pale skin, he seems to be sculpted out of ice and frost — Too cold to be approachable.
But as long as it’s his fans, they wouldn’t believe that nonsense about Xu Tangzhou being unapproachable.
【Ahhhh Zhou Zhou is spreading bullsh*t again】
【What bullsh*t, Zhou Zhou stepped away from me a moment ago (Dangerous Commentary) 】
……
“All of you rascals, I just stepped away from the couch after unexpectedly falling asleep in the middle of watching the New Year’s Eve Night Concert.” Xu Tangzhou stared at the barrage and recited the name of a netizen on the screen with a nasal tone: “‘Pure O out-of-control,’ Mhm….. I assume that you are on the verge of losing control anyways, please understand that Mist is a .”
Mist, was labelled as mist in Chinese.
The third generation of inhalation blockers, for all omega, can quickly prevent pheromone transmission within three seconds. It is the most popular brand of blockers for daily usage in the world, as it has a small size and delicate shape, and can be customized according to each individual’s preference.
The first commercial that Xu Tangzhou shot after signing with Star Realm was the new flavour of Mist which had just aired.
【hhhhh this advertisement took me by surprise, Zhou Zhou is even promoting products on his birthday】
【I’ve already purchased it!! Purchased it!】
【I bought it right after watching the commercial, the ice cream flavour is superb! It was as if I am giving our Zhou Zhou a smooch with each inhale~】
【Ugh, allow me to sober you up, Zhou Zhou is mine】
……
There was also someone in the barrage asking Xu Tangzhou which channel he was watching tonight for the New Year’s Eve Night Concert.
Xu Tangzhou said: “I was just watching the Shenhai TV Channel.”
【Sobbing. Anxious.】
【I am not going. 1551 Shanhai TV Channel is false propaganda! nmsl】
【Luckily there was no Ling Che, or else I’ll puke. Alpha chauvinist Ling Che, go to hell go to hell go to hell】
【+1 I’ve also cancelled Ling Che】
……
The barrage on the screen gradually grew distorted, and there was somebody that asked: [How can you be watching the Shenhai TV Channel, Zhou Zhou? I am making a bold speculation that you are also an asteroid of Ling Che]
“Well, I don’t consider myself an actual asteroid, it’s similar to how you guys are watching my live streams.” Xu Tangzhou said, “I am an extremely superficial individual.”
The barrage was filled with question marks.
【??? To hell with being similar, I am by no means superficial】
【??????】
【Unfollowing Alert?? Not only am I attracted to Zhou Zhou’s appearance! I, I, I am also fond of Zhou Zhou’s limps, Zhou Zhou’s hands, as well as Zhou Zhou’s breaths】
【The one upstairs, I am under the suspicion that you are engaging in inappropriate flirting】
Xu Tangzhou didn’t mind and slowly said: “No need to be shy, it’s an age where everything is judged based on outward appearances…… Everyone is a fan who chases stars by their looks. First of all, before an unexpected development occurs, no one here is allowed to curse my idol. Don’t gossip about him, I rely on all of you to be civilized.”
As soon as he finished speaking, the anti-fans who were extremely resentful toward Ling Che and purposefully misled the public filled the barrage with insulting commentaries.
【Hehe, still not admitting that you are an asteroid yourself? Retarded fans who chased after idols for their looks are irrefutable.】
【Another alpha wannabe? Are their brains only capable of producing improper thoughts? Can they even be cured?】
【Ugh. Alpha boot-licker, don’t forget that you are an omega too, be careful of getting slapped in the face】
Xu Tangzhou blinked his eyes: “Cursing me out will lead to you getting banned. That brain of yours is only capable of producing improper thoughts, it’s loaded with a hundred and eighty of them.”
As soon as he finished speaking, the system prompt indicated that user XXX, XXX has been banned.
【Hahahahahaha, that grumpy little brat has been banned online.】
【LMAO, our Zhou Zhou is still young yet he is capable of refuting when you guys are cursing him out hahahahaha.】
【That wave of counters is comparable to a fierce tiger 666. Directly confront him!】
“My face wouldn’t get slapped after I inattentively turned on the microphone and made such bold remarks ba.” Xu Tangzhou prayed to himself in a mutter while facing the barrage on the screen, “I am extremely innocent and amiable, that would never happen to me.”
【Hahahahahahahaha】
【xswl hahahahahaha, oh my god】
【What sort of precious young lad is he hahahahaha】
He won’t be able to keep up with the banning, since there are all types of people in the live stream, and Xu Tangzhou cannot silence each one of their opinions.
Very soon, somebody else claimed that he is a C-list actor pretending to be an asteroid in order to piggyback off Ling Che’s popularity, and Xu Tangzhou can see with a naked eye that he is losing followers. Everyone started arguing with each other before a fan suddenly averted the topic and inquired about what he planned to do for his birthday.
Losing followers isn’t much of a concern for Xu Tangzhou. He placed his phone on the table before propping his chin and earnestly pondered: “Well for my birthday ah, I’ll be attending a year-end party hosted by my company. It’s rumoured that a lottery will be drawn, perhaps I don’t even need to purchase a birthday present myself.”
【Company? Which association did our Zhou Zhou sign with? Could it be that you are continuing your runway fashion show!! [Starry eyes]】
【Zai-Zi finally signed with a company!! Mommy is loudly sobbing, we enterprise fans are celebrating the arrival of a new year!】
【Hold on? Why is your main concern directed towards the lottery? (Shut your mouth and allow him to have a moment of glory would you)】
“I won’t be modelling anymore.” Xu Tangzhou carelessly spoke, “Even a primary chick has to strive for advancement. I’ve now signed with a company named Star Realm, my manager is the one who told me to live stream today, and I didn’t expect that everyone would still be awake.”
The barrage is refreshing at a constant rate.
“I’ve received all your blessings, you guys should rest well.” Xu Tangzhou was exhausted to the extreme after finishing his task, “May all of you be fulfilled for the upcoming year.”
With tears sparkling in his eyes, he made a gesture of farewell and yawned in the process of ending the live stream.
Unbeknownst to him, the fanbase was about to explode because of the information he leaked.
“What are you grinning for?”
Inside the car, a young lad closed his eyes under the pretense of dozing off. His jawline is smooth and graceful, showing a sense of detachment as well as indifference.
Unlike how miserable the outside world portrayed him to be in their imagination, Ling Che’s attitude isn’t very much affected. The reality is that they are on their way home from the Shenhai TV venue, and instead of being blacklisted according to the rumours, Ling Che is the one who ditched them himself.
It seems that Assistant Xiao’an is watching something amusing as he couldn’t contain his excitement and persuaded in a whisper: “Ge, there has been a newcomer recently who is super-duper cute, have a look at it.”
Ling Che had the mercy to raise his eyelids before seeing a motionless blurry figure on the screen that is in a yawn-like state: “……”
“Huh? The live stream ended.” Xiao’an completely did not realize that his persuasion had failed and continued on in a lively manner after retrieving his phone, “He is the one who filmed the commercial for Mist a while back, have you checked it out yet? Huang Qian had a deal with him recently.”
Ling Che coldly said: “Nope.”
It’s unknown whether or not today is peculiar in any way, but with the arrival of each new year, Ling Che would be inexplicably low-spirited on the first day.
He tends to remain in this state until the evening when his mood finally improved a bit; everybody else around him has already grown accustomed to this.
But along with the storm caused by his careless statement, Ling Che’s mood was even worst this time around.
Xiao’an wanted to divert his attention so he deliberately let out an exaggerated sigh: “Ai, his looks are indeed a feast to the eye! My heart falters at the sight of it even as a beta, let me find that commercial for you to check out. By the way, he also seems to be very fond of you and even said that he’s a fan chasing after your appearance……”
Except for music, everything else is dull in Ling Che’s opinion.
Therefore he bent his slender legs and closed his eyes once more: “Not interested.”
No matter how much more attractive they are, meeting that one person is already enough to satisfy him for life.
It’s not worthy of his time.
Yay! Finally an update. Thank your for the chapter
I am sooo happy reading this!!! Totally made my day. 🤍🤍🤍 thank you dear translator for your hardowork.
Happy for the update…..when will be the days ur uploading translator
Glad you enjoy the chapter…… I don’t have a fixed schedule yet but weekly uploads are guaranteed unless something unexpected crops up 👌
Thank you for the chapter.
Did XT got into some kind of an accident that causes his amnesia?
The incident leading to XTZ’s amnesia does apparently have something to do with LC….. But I don’t want to provide any spoilers so stay tuned for future chapters 😅
Ooooooooooh alrighty then
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A new story to read — yay! Thanks for the chapter ❤️
I really like the song <<Asteroid>>
Thanks for the chapter
hope he’s not really an alpha chauvinist lol i can’t stand sexist mfs
LC is not interested, but I am! (≧▽≦) I’m curious about some plots and can’t wait to discover all secrets! ╰(⸝⸝⸝´꒳`⸝⸝⸝)╯Thank You for translating and sharing this novel with us! (｡･ω･｡)ﾉ♡ Take care and wishing You the best ( ˘ ³˘)♥
I’m so happy to start this journey of them 😍 Thanks for the chapter ❤️❤️
thanks for the chapter!