Kun, You're So MAN (Revised)

Cai Guangkun's assistant and agent exchanged a glance. Unlike the two women they had met last time, they sensed that the beautiful girl playing the prank might not recognize Cai Guangkun, but she definitely knew his name.

Even people who don't follow the entertainment industry, don't follow celebrities, and aren't involved in fan circles will regularly see memes and jokes related to Cai Guangkun on various social media platforms.

For example, the popular phrase "Kun, you're so manly" perfectly reflects Cai Guangkun's popular persona. The traditional meaning of "Kun" is a mythical beast, but since the game "Swallowing Star Kun" became popular, "Kun" has been extended to mean "foodie". Since everyone likes the persona of a foodie, it is natural to add this to Cai Guangkun's persona.

When someone says "Kun, you're so manly," it's a compliment to someone like Cai Guangkun, a cute foodie who embodies youthful sunshine and vitality.

The fact that he practiced for two and a half years fully demonstrates Cai Guangkun's hard work. How can those minor celebrities who participate in variety shows, are tone-deaf, and sing off-key compare to him? The phrase "two and a half years of practice" circulating on social media is a positive and energetic slogan. If everyone worked as hard as Cai Guangkun, the entertainment industry, film and television industry, and idol industry would obviously be much cleaner and more positive.

The assistant and agent believed that this beautiful girl might have just been posting "Kun, you're so manly" or "two and a half years of practice" in a group chat like "Dongdong Brand Chicken Leg".

This group is a fan group for a rice noodle shop in Baolong Center. Cai Guangkun went to eat there yesterday. Although he was so spicy that his delicate body trembled, his face flushed, and his eyes were filled with tears, he had to finish the meal for the sake of his "Kun" persona. However, it is undeniable that the taste was indeed very good, except for the spiciness. Cai Guangkun even gave the owner a chance to take a photo with him.

Even if ordinary people don't like or like Cai Guangkun, they will inevitably show some excitement and agitation when they recognize him due to the spread of social culture.

This girl was different. She clearly recognized him, but her excitement was feigned. She even played a prank. Was this some ingenious way to attract Cai Guangkun's attention?

Cai Guangkun had clearly taken the bait, his eyes fixed on the girl in front of him.

Looking at Cai Guangkun's expression, the agent suddenly had a sixth sense. He quickly checked his phone and searched for a while before finally finding the photos he had habitually taken of the two women he had met in the waiting room that day, before Cai Guangkun was taken away.

"Hello, could you please take a look? Do you recognize this person?" The agent opened his phone, bent down, and leaned forward, bringing the screen towards An Nuan.

An Nuan was counting how many times she had hit Liu Chang'an with her hammer. She planned to hit Liu Chang'an 520 times before the tickets were checked to show that she liked him.

"Uh... uh... I know her, this woman is my boyfriend's cousin." An Nuan raised her eyebrows and quickly emphasized the words "cousin".

Regardless of how you know Qin Yanan or what your relationship is, you need to understand that she's your "cousin." If your next words ambiguously confuse Liu Chang'an and Qin Yanan's relationship, they'll realize that "Kun" is nothing compared to the sea of jealousy unleashed by these 999999999999999 level-99999999999999999 waves that would crush "Kun" in a single gulp.

Cai Guangkun immediately sat up straight.

After their previous setback, they naturally tried every means to find out more. They found a very influential boss surnamed Ma who was their partner in Junsha. Although the boss didn't say it directly, he vaguely revealed Qin Yanan's identity.

The fact that this beautiful girl knew Qin Yanan, and since Qin Yanan was the boy's cousin, meant that this girl must also know Qin Yanan's identity. The fact that she spoke of Qin Yanan with such... unpleasantness under these circumstances was enough to show that this beautiful girl was not someone to be trifled with.

The way they referred to this woman... is quite telling.

Cai Guangkun and his two companions stood up and silently walked to another corner to sit down.

An Nuan felt somewhat confused, but sensing that it involved Qin Yanan, she naturally had no interest in asking further questions.

"67, 68, 69..." An Nuan stopped counting, but her hands didn't stop. She punched Liu Chang'an harder, making him turn his head. "Why didn't you react at all when they showed you your cousin's photo?"

"How should I react?" Liu Chang'an was comparing the book with his memories. Some of the data in the book was problematic and inaccurate. For example, the book categorized Russian prostitutes as low-class, cheap foreign prostitutes and Japan prostitutes as the epitome of high society. In reality, in Liu Chang'an's memory, some Russian prostitutes did have distinguished lineages and followed the upper class route.

At that time, Japan prostitutes were indeed very popular because they emphasized checking the customer's body and providing a bathing service beforehand.

"Normally, if a stranger becomes acquainted with your relative, shouldn't you show a warm smile or something, as if you feel like you've gotten to know each other a bit better?" An Nuan was actually quite satisfied with Liu Chang'an's lack of reaction, but his lack of reaction seemed a bit deliberate, so An Nuan still wanted to talk to him... It wasn't that she really cared about this, it's just that making trouble for her boyfriend is every girlfriend's natural inclination.

"That's a normal reaction... but how often am I normal?" Liu Chang'an retorted calmly.

An Nuan opened her mouth, paused for a moment, and then said, "70, 71, 72..."

"You stopped counting when you reached 69, I remember that. In the meantime, you hit me twenty times, so it should start from 93 now."

"94, 95, 95, 95, 96..."

They hadn't even hit the 520 hammer yet, but the train started its inspection, so the two of them left the waiting room and boarded the train.

The two seats were side by side. After An Nuan sat down, she placed their tickets by the window, adjusted her seat and lay back, blinking her big, bright eyes at Liu Chang'an, who was still sitting next to her.

Liu Chang'an looked into her eyes, paused for three seconds, gently shook his head, and then reclined his chair to face her.

"I was unhappy because you were sitting there and I couldn't see your face." An Nuan was very satisfied with her boyfriend's unspoken understanding and tacit agreement.

"Do you know why people like to read novels?" Liu Chang'an asked.

"Why?" An Nuan wasn't surprised that her boyfriend's topic had jumped off into seemingly endless tangents, because he knew he would eventually steer the conversation back on track, then come across as sarcastic or provocative, earning him a good scolding from An Nuan. Why bother?

"There's a Britain named Forster who wrote some opinions on novel writing. He believes that a novel is a fictional story of a certain length written like prose... So a novel can be written like prose, it can have a main plot or it can not. Creation should not be an act bound by a certain concept. Some people always like to use fixed concepts to demand that authors conform to their narrow understanding, and then turn around and complain about the author's novel being formulaic." Liu Chang'an closed the book he was reading and started chatting with An Nuan.

"Is this your excuse for rambling on and changing the subject so easily?" An Nuan looked at Liu Chang'an in confusion. "Is this your excuse for keeping our focus on travel unrelated to it? If this story were written as a novel, readers would definitely think we went to a writing discussion event!"

"Let me just digress a bit... The key point is that the reason people enjoy reading novels is that, unlike real-life social interactions, people can understand the characters in novels very well. They can carefully study their behavior patterns and thought processes, and be fully aware of their joys and sorrows. Their dark, bright, and hypocritical aspects cannot be hidden... These characters, who can be fully understood by the reader, make up stories, allowing the reader to enjoy both an omniscient perspective and a sense of participation in the story, as well as a highly open and social feeling, where the social interaction is with the characters in the novel."

"Then what?"

"Real-life interpersonal relationships are different. You can never completely understand a person. They may be smiling at you, but there's always a shadowy figure behind them that you can't see clearly. You'll never know what kind of expression that shadowy figure is wearing."

"That's about enough. Now, please speak like a human being."

"What I mean is, just say what you mean. That's better for communication and understanding, and it better meets our inner needs. You always make me guess, always try to convey things through your eyes... This fully reflects the drawbacks of real-world interpersonal communication, and it's not conducive to emotional exchange."

"You've rambled on for so long, and in the end you're telling me to just say what I mean?" An Nuan looked at her boyfriend in disbelief.

Liu Chang'an opened his mouth, and after ten seconds said, "I was wrong."

"Then I'm going to punish you. I'm going to start beating you here and keep going all the way to Hangzhou."

"Okay, now that I'm in Hangzhou, I'll be a meat sauce-type creature... But speaking of which, there really are meat sauce-type creatures like that, the ones we see every day..."

"Stop." An Nuan knew Liu Chang'an was about to give her another lesson in disgusting biology.

"Good."

The flight attendant brought blankets, Liu Chang'an asked for orange juice, and An Nuan asked for orange juice too. She opened the food bag, found a long bar of chocolate, bit off half of it, and fed the other half to Liu Chang'an.

There were only the two of them in the business class seat; the flight attendants weren't there, so it was a private space with no dogs.

The high-speed train slowly started moving and accelerated efficiently, and An Nuan began to feel a little sleepy.

"I didn't sleep well last night, I want to sleep." An Nuan's voice was soft and sweet, like a child who wanted to sleep.

"Go to sleep." Liu Chang'an pulled the blanket up for her.

"But won't you be bored if I fall asleep?" An Nuan forced her eyelids open.

"Purity."

An Nuan barely managed to hit him once before closing her eyes.

After a while, An Nuan tossed and turned, then opened her eyes again. "I can't sleep."

"Shall I sing you a lullaby?"

"No... I don't like the sound of high-speed trains. I prefer the rhythmic sound of the old-fashioned green trains; I fall asleep listening to them."

"Seven long dong qiang dong qiang, seven long dong qiang dong qiang..."

"That's not how trains are called!"

"Clang... Clang... Clang..."

"You imitated it so well..." An Nuan chuckled in a daze.

Liu Chang'an imitated the sound of train wheels rolling, gently stroking her head while reading a book, and An Nuan quickly fell asleep.

Looking at her sleeping peacefully, Liu Chang'an's lips curled up slightly. Tonight, he would find out if she was a girl even more favored by heaven than Professor Liu.

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