Song Yong picked up his bike from the parking spot while talking with the hamster.
[Song Yao: The usual methods don’t seem to work. Mouse, how do you think I should ‘pursue’ him?]
[Hamster couldn’t be bothered to correct his way of address: Give him delicious food, take him to play on the running wheel, give him a luxurious cage…]
[Hamster glanced at Song Yao and squeaked: Are you listening to me!]
Song Yao made a “hush” sound. He saw Shen Muhan walking out of the school building and opening the black umbrella.
As expected, he still used the umbrella in the end. Song Yao felt a little happy.
The rain let up a little. He tried walking on the side of the road while following Shen Muhan for a while.
The act of “stalking” was something he had never experienced before and it gave him a rush.
However, he thought about it again and felt that his actions weren’t appropriate; after all, he literally just made a promise not to stalk him. He was about to leave when he saw a group of strangely dressed delinquents surround Shen Muhan and force him into a back alley, obviously with bad intentions.
Song Yao did his best to eavesdrop behind the wall:
Delinquent A: Yo, isn’t this big celebrity Shen? You’re all by yourself?
Delinquent B: I heard you caught a rich woman. How much do you get a night? C’mon, tell us so we can open our eyes.
Delinquent C: But the poor rich woman is just a sex transaction to him. His songs are all written by someone hired by the rich woman. But he’s actually gay!
Delinquent D: That’s just swell, that skin of his is fine looking as hell, my heart even started racing a bit. Why don’t we take him back for some fun, free of charge.
Shen Muhan quietly assessed the situation. There were five people, and they were all new faces to him.
If they did a little research, they wouldn’t have dared to provoke him with messy rumors. The last bunch who did so were beaten into the hospital by him.
As he stretched his body, he ran a simulation through his head on what moves and angles to use to knock these 5 down into the mud in the shortest time possible. He just needed to make sure to control himself and not kill them.
Suddenly, they heard a crisp bell sound.
“Passing through, passing through!” Someone shouted.
The delinquents turned their heads and saw a black-haired teenager zooming into the back alley with a bike!
The delinquents were afraid of being hit and parted like the red sea.
When the teenager passed by Shen Muhan, he pulled him, “Get on!”
The male lead who was all ready for action was pulled onto the backseat in a daze and was taken away.
By the time the delinquents reacted, they couldn’t catch up at all and could only angrily stomp their feet.
The bike shuttled through the rain. Shen Muhan: “What did you come for, I obviously—”
Song Yao, “I looked down on fighting the most. A bunch of good-for-nothing juveniles. If they’re so great then fight one one fight, but they’re ganging up on one person! I already called the police, the police station is nearby, the police uncles will have a heart to heart talk with them.”
Shen Muhan found it a bit funny, “You talk like you’re my elder.”
But I am.
Song Yao added, “You have a weak constitution, if you were really beaten up by them, the consequences would be unimaginable!”
The corner of Shen Muhan’s mouth twitched, “Weak…constitution?”
He sneered, “Right, didn’t you always think I am a sissy?”
Shen Muhan gritted his teeth when saying “sissy”.
As expected, the original berating him and bullying him during kindergarten and elementary school, he remembered all of it.
Before the favorability over his head could drop, Song Yao quickly said, “I was a stupid kid, I didn’t know anything but I blabbed my mouth, please be magnanimous and forgive me. I know you’re very powerful and manly, after all you’re the god of this world, the protagonist, but you don’t need to waste your energy on those trash!”
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Shen Muhan was silent for a moment before saying, “…What god, what protagonist, what’s up with you.”
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[Congratulations, god’s favorability increased +3%, the current favorability value is 4%. Reason: This guy’s appearance prevented a meaningless fight.]
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He suddenly asked, “What they said, do you believe it?”
Seems like he knew Song Yao heard it.
Those were probably Shen Muhan’s black materials. Song Yao already saw quite a lot of it on Weibo.
Song Yao lazily pedaled the bike, “Oh, what they said is just the tip of the iceberg of your black materials. Things like you’re being kept by 45-year-old Boss Wang, you have been prostituting your body since middle school, your songs are plagiarized, Boss Wang found someone to write them for you, you had an early romance, you often caused trouble and got into fights…”
Shen Muhan’s expression was dark, “Shut up.”
Song Yao’s entire body was shaking from laughing, “I don’t believe a word of it.”
Shen Muhan blinked, “Why?”
Song Yao: “Because I know you. I know you’re innocent. You’re a big celebrity that rises up using solely your diligence, talents, and looks. They’re only blackening you because you’re jealous of you.”
“Big celebrity? Are you dreaming?”
Song Yao replied firmly, “I know you’ll become a big celebrity.”
Song Yao couldn’t see and missed it; for the first time, his words made Shen Muhan’s mouth curve upward for a brief moment. Shen Muhan couldn’t believe it, besides his parents, this was the first time another person believed in him so completely. And to think that someone was the pervert he hated and was most disgusted by.
It was raining harder and Song Yao pedaled quickly, “Actually, if everyone hates you, I’d be quite happy.”
Shen Muhan quirked his brow.
Song Yao raised his head and enjoyed the rain hitting his face, “That way, you’ll discovered that I’m the only fan that truly loves you, and your favorability of me will definitely increase.”
Then in succession, Song Yao heard the hamster’s giddy voice.
[Hamster: Woah, Shen Muhan’s favorability increased by +5%. Reason: Exclusive trust.]
[Hamster: Shen Muhan’s favorability increased by +3%. Reason: A little bit moved.]
[Hamster: The currently favorability value is at 12%, there’s one chance to draw cards, will you use it right now?]
[Song Yao: Later, when I’m free.]
The rain wasn’t willing to stop at all, it was completely pouring.
A good chance!
Song Yao persuaded, “The rain’s too heavy, my house is just ahead, why don’t you come in for a while and go back once the rain stops!”
*
When Shen Muhan stepped into Song Yao’s house, Song Yao felt incredulous. He was so smooth today, he managed to abduct the male lead home in such a short period of time!
Song Yao’s parents were a bit surprised at first but they enthusiastically welcomed Shen Muhan. Shen Muhan only came to take shelter from the rain, but they’d already decided to let him stay overnight. At first, they were against their son being enamored with someone of the same sex and although they compromised later on, right now, after personally seeing the boy, they thought: Oh my god, is he a model? Or a celebrity? How is his face so small? How is he so good-looking? And he’s so polite, even his voice is attractive, no wonder our son is obsessed!
Father and Mother Song were 110% enthusiastic, Song Yao saw thet Shen Muhan was a little inhibited, so after chatting with his parents for a while, he took him to his room.
Song Yao looked at Shen Muhan who was drenched and said with some distress, “Sigh, you still got wet in the end. You get sick easily, hurry and go take a hot shower, don’t catch a cold.”
Then thinking Shen Muhan might be concerned, he added, “I cleaned the bath just a couple days ago, and I’ll get you a new towel and underwear, it’s definitely not dirty.”
Shen Muhan: “I never thought it was dirty.”
Song Yao smiled, “Good. Come, I’ll show you how to use it.”
He led Shen Muhan into the bath and taught him which shampoo, body wash, etc, to use.
Shen Muhan sighed, “Why do I feel like we’re not the same age? It’s like you’re my older brother.”
…Song Yao suddenly realized, he was treating Shen Muhan the same way he treated his younger brother.
Song Yao laughed, “I’ve talked too much, sorry. You take a shower first and I’ll place the clothes and stuff outside the door. Call me if you need anything.”
Truth be told, Shen Muhan felt uneasy taking a shower in the home of the pervert who constantly stalked and harassed him.
As he was taking off his clothes, he worried whether that pervert was peeping on him from outside, or if there was something suspicious about the mirror. These worries made him tense.
However, there was nothing out of the ordinary.
He could clearly hear Song Yao’s footsteps.
After Song Yao closed the bathroom door, he went to the closet to get the clothes. After placing them by the door, he told him about it before leaving.
The towel and underwear were both new. The tags hadn’t been cut yet.
The clothes were a bit small for Shen Muhan; the pants were a bit tight and the legs were a bit short, but it was still all right. The clothes had a faint smell, they smelled the same as the shampoo, like bergamot. It was more pleasant the more he smelled it.
Exiting the bathroom, Song Yao still wasn’t back yet. Shen Muhan observed the room carefully for the first time.
Clean, simple, tidy.
In his imagination, a pervert like Song Yao, his room must be full of his things and the walls were definitely covered in his pictures, but in reality, there wasn’t a single photo on the wall.
He let out a sigh of relief.
Song Yao took a quick shower in his parent’s room and came back into the room with a luxurious spread of fruits. He rejoiced that when he first came home, he set aside time to thoroughly clean his room and hid the densely packed photos and “trophies” under his bed. Otherwise, he would be too embarrassed to invite the capture target into his room.
When he walked into the room, he happened to see Shen Muhan standing in front of the window.
He was wearing a white shirt and black pants. The buttons of the shirt weren’t fastened, revealing a large patch of skin.
Song Yao was a little shocked. In his mind, Shen Muhan was more the slender type.
But Shen Muhan’s pecs, his pecs…if the girls from class saw them, they would definitely nosebleed.
But this wasn’t scientific? What happened to the frail setting?
“Do you workout?” Song Yao asked.
Shen Muhan slowly fastened his buttons and sealed away the pecs full of powers: “My body wasn’t good when I was young so I exercised a lot and now those problems have basically gone away.”
Although Song Yao had seen the smooth muscles on Shen Muhan’s arms before, his prejudice always made him associate Shen Muhan with the word “frail”.
Didn’t the novel say he only got better completely after he became an adult?
Oh, 17 years old, I suppose he is more or less grown…
Song Yao was truly a bit jealous of Shen Muhan’s figure. His own figure was forever lean and slim, no matter how he worked out, he could never obtain the pecs or abs of his dreams. Right now, he only had 3 pitiful abs.
He couldn’t help consulting the other party on what he must do to get a figure like that. With a similar topic of interest, the two talked back and forth and quickly the distance between them became much smaller as they ate fruits while being engrossed in their conversation.
From talking about exercises to games, and then to music, both of them were a little surprised by how much they had in common.
As they talked, the favorability value also increased.
[God’s favorability value increased by +3%, current favorability value is 15%. Reason: Surprisingly, we converse well.]
The rain stopped, Shen Muhan originally intended to go home, but he was defeated in front of father and mother Song’s enthusiasm and ended up staying for dinner. After dinner was finished, it was already 10 p.m., so he might as well stay the night.
Eleven at night, Song Yao slept on the bed while Shen Muhan slept on the floor.
Song Yao was a bit embarrassed, how could he let God sleep on the floor?
But it also didn’t seem appropriate for God to sleep on the bed. He wouldn’t be willing to sleep on someone else’s bed either.
Shen Muhan scrolled through his phone while saying, “Song Yao, you’re not like what I thought at all.”
This seemed to be the first time he had callen Song Yao by his full name.
Song Yao: “How so?”
Shen Muhan: “Before, the way you looked at me made me uncomfortable, disturbed, and violated. Any reaction from me will make you do something extreme. But it’s different now.”
Song Yao stiffened as he waited for his next word.
“Your gaze now, it’s clean and decent. You’d take initiative to set a boundary.”
Song Yao breathed out in relief. Thankfully, he wasn’t suspecting he was switched out with another person.
He smiled, “I learned from last time. I realized that it’s better to have some face and skin as a human, so I’ve decided to become a rational fan. No matter how much a rational fan loves their idol, they would never bother their idol.”
Shen Muhan turned around to look at Song Yao and asked, “You…why did you become my fan?”
Why? The original knew best why.
So Song Yao replied in a cunning manner, “If you’re curious, you can look through the works I’ve written for you.”
Shen Muhan remembered something and his expression became strange.
The two of them were silent for a while. Song Yao was about to close the light but when the mattress creaked, he heard something collapse.
Shen Muhan: “What was that?”
Song Yao was screaming inside.
He shouldn’t have let Shen Muhan sleep on the floor, those photos and trophies were all under the bed!
And now—
Those secret photos that the original had made into posters all split out in front of the subject!
Shen Muhan picked up one of them, in the picture he was thinking about something, he subconsciously licked his lips, and the tip of his tongue was red. It was obviously taken in secret and was a little blurry. There was another photo that was extremely clear, and it was magnified. He was looking out the window, his shirt and strands of hair were swaying, his face was unimaginably pure, and his half narrowed eyes seemed to contain springtime.
Song Yao: “…”
Shen Muhan: “…”
Song Yao cleaned up quietly while thinking he should’ve thrown all of these away, why did he hide them under the bed! Shen Muhan even supervised him as he deleted all those covert photos, but now, it was exposed that those photos were magnified and made into posters, how angry would he be! It was going so smoothly today, but something like this happened, would all the favorability values end up going to waste?
It was like playing a leveling up game, all the hard earned points were gone, even Song Yao felt a little frustrated.
Before the other person could get mad, he copied the original and made a panicked face and stuttered, “I-I’m sorry, I’ve dirtied your eyes, I’ll throw them away right now!”
But, what he didn’t expect was:
Shen Muhan clenched the poster in his hand and didn’t hand it to Song Yao.
Shen Muhan: “It’s not ugly.”
Song Yao: “?”
Song Yao saw with his own eyes, in this kind of situation, not only did the favorability above Shen Muhan’s head not drop, it increased by 5%!
Shen Muhan observed the panic on Song Yao’s face and felt a little happy in his heart: “You’re still a pervert, as always.”
“You painstakingly made them into posters, keep them.” He said.
The two of them stored the posters underneath the bed again. Shen Muhan turned his back towards Song Yao, burrowed under his blanket, and yawned.
“Good night.” He said.
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They are so funny together with this dynamic lmao. Thank you for the translation ❤️
Making my sunday even better with a new chapter of HOGL 👩❤️💋👩 I’m so happy to see their relationship getting better and understanding. Their dynamic in this chapter was so funny lmao.
Song Yao efforts finally showing results 🎉🎉🎊🎊 Congratulations king !
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Thank you for the chapter. 😘
They completely threw the whole OOC out the window. It’s like tht rule nvr existed..gloomy my ass
But it’s better like tht lol 😂
N isn’t tht #TOPPER in our translator sama dp!? kyaa he’s my favvv character >///<)/♡