Does It Really Look That Bad?

After Su Tingbai followed the Baisui Chang'an account from both of his accounts, the other netizens who came after hearing the news immediately understood. This account really was Shen An'an.

With those previous suspected accounts that had ridden the hype to scam people into buying goods as a comparison, everyone's favorability toward this account skyrocketed because Shen Rui'an had not taken the chance to chase clout. Once it was confirmed that he really was the person behind it, his followers immediately rose by tens of thousands. In less than two days, Shen Rui'an's Baisui Chang'an account had gone from five or six followers to three hundred thousand.

Every video on that alt account had over ten thousand likes, especially the ones that showed his hands and Baisui, which received tens of thousands more. The comments were also full of shameless flirting.

However, netizens noticed that Shen Rui'an had forgotten to hide his displayed [Likes], so when netizens and his new followers clicked in, they found plenty of mukbangs and food content, as well as... faceless men with abs.

The gossip-loving netizens immediately had a field day. Eager to stir up trouble, they flocked to comment under Shen Rui'an's newest video and Su Tingbai's newest video.

Shen Rui'an's comment section looked like this:

[Baby, let me recommend a good one to you: @a certain male bodhisattva blogger. His body is also seriously drool-worthy, horny.jpg.]

[This one's not bad either. Wife, take a look!]

[Baby, how about me? I have eight-pack abs! [Attached a faceless abs photo.]]

[Wife, look at me! [A face-and-abs photo.]]

Su Tingbai's looked like this:

[Su Tingbai, your An'an liked so many ab guys. Gotta say, his taste is pretty good. Every one of them has an eight-pack and an amazing body @Tingbai the Cabbage @Bai.]

[Why don't you consider showing off your muscles too? I think your body's not bad either.]

[I can see right through what the person upstairs is plotting. Su Tingbai, if you don't show some muscle soon, your wife's going to run off with someone else!]

[Wife An'an's taste is just like mine. Everyone he liked is one of my beloved consorts.]

[I'm going to drown in Shen An'an's comment section. It's my first time seeing so many handsome ab guys. Sisters, charge!]

Those male bodhisattva bloggers whom Shen Rui'an had liked gained several waves of traffic for no apparent reason. Once they found out why, some of the bolder ones went straight to Shen Rui'an's comments to show off, especially after seeing Shen Rui'an's screenshot. Some of those peacocks spread their tails even wider.

After working all day, Su Tingbai returned to his room and was about to sleep. Out of habit, he took out his phone. He could not even be bothered with all the red notification dots in the background. He opened Shen Rui'an's personal account and admired Shen Rui'an's posts. But the moment he opened the comments, he shot upright in bed. The glow from the screen lit up his twisted expression as a frigid aura radiated from him. He was practically about to grind his teeth to pieces.

What a bunch of shameless bastards!

He opened those self-recommended ab photos and silently judged each one as he clicked through them.

These abs weren't as good-looking as his. Bad review!

This guy didn't even groom his armpits. Shen Xiaoyao would never like a hairy monkey! Bad review!

This one smiled like some crooked-mouthed Dragon King. He was that ugly and still had the nerve to embarrass himself? Bad review!

This one looked all flirtatious and delicate, and he had the nerve to come show off? Shen Xiaoyao did not like pretty boys at all! Bad review!

Su Tingbai judged them all the way through. His face remained expressionless, but inwardly, he breathed a sigh of relief. None of them could compare to him!

He could no longer sleep. He went into the bathroom, tugged open his pajamas to reveal the faint outline of his abs, and even smoothed down the hair that had become messy from sleeping. Deliberately, he did not make it too neat. Then he took a photo in front of the mirror. His pajamas were a black silk robe that emphasized his tall, powerful build and made him look utterly boyfriend-material.

Su Tingbai sent it, completely casually, to the account he had saved as [An'an].

He knew Shen Xiaoyao was definitely scrolling through videos at this hour.

He counted to ten in his head, then immediately recalled it.

Shen Rui'an, who was sitting on his bed playing with his phone, saw the photo Su Tingbai had suddenly sent. He could not stop himself from tapping it to enlarge it and look at the abs. Then a question mark appeared in his mind. What did Su Tingbai mean? Did he know Shen Rui'an did not have abs and deliberately send this to show off?

Before he could type out a question, the other side suddenly recalled the photo.

Shen Rui'an deleted the words he had typed one by one, then finally sent: [?]

The other side quickly apologized: [Sent it to the wrong person.]

Shen Rui'an: ???

Was something wrong with Su Tingbai?

Sending someone an abs photo in the middle of the night—could it be that he had someone he liked? Who was it? And he had sent it to Shen Rui'an by mistake?

Shen Rui'an could not understand it. His curiosity kept him tossing and turning, unable to sleep. In the end, he indignantly sent Su Tingbai a message: [Who were you trying to send it to? It doesn't look good at all. I suggest you don't send it!]

Damn it. It would have been better if Su Tingbai had deliberately sent it to show off to him!

Shen Rui'an pouted. He did not know why, but after seeing Su Tingbai's "sent it to the wrong person," his nose felt a little sore, and his heart felt uncomfortable too.

Shen Rui'an sat up in bed and touched his chest, wondering if his illness was acting up again.

On the other side, when Su Tingbai received Shen Rui'an's reply, his whole mind froze.

N-not good-looking?

Su Tingbai leaned close to the mirror and examined his face. He had shaved; there was neither stubble nor a beard, and nothing else on his face that could affect his looks.

He lowered his head to look at his body, then looked at himself in the photo. There really were eight visible abs. He was no worse than some of the male bodhisattvas Shen Rui'an had liked. So what exactly did not look good?!

Su Tingbai suddenly felt frustrated. As if possessed, he posted the photo on his alt account with the caption: Does it really look that bad?

The fans of Aibo Perks who happened to see it at three in the morning: ?

[Did you sell your account?]

[Is this really you?]

[Who went above and beyond and broke big brother's heart again? This doesn't look good? It looks amazing!]

[I'm dying, what's gotten into Su Tingbai? But this is a good kind of crazy. It's rare to get an abs photo. Drool, drool!]

[Reasonable guess: did Su Tingbai send this photo to his crush, get told it wasn't good-looking, and angrily post it to ask netizens to judge?]

[You figured it out.]

[Insecurity is a man's finest dowry.]

As Shen Rui'an kept scrolling, he noticed a little red dot under [Friends]. He thought Ya-ya and the others had posted some food, but when he clicked in, he happened to see Su Tingbai's photo. The moment he saw the caption, Shen Rui'an felt a tiny bit guilty, but then suddenly became self-righteous and, for once, left a comment.

[It just doesn't look good!]

Shen Rui'an's comment stood out far too much among all the screen-licking praise. Before long, many people had liked it, but he had turned off like notifications and did not know.

Su Tingbai saw it and replied: [Then I'll delete it.]

No sooner said than done—he really deleted it.

Luckily, some quick-fingered netizens had taken screenshots.

After deleting the post, Su Tingbai opened his chat with Shen Rui'an from the backend again and asked pitifully: [Does it really not look good?]

Shen Rui'an did not know how to reply. It looked good, but he was just unhappy!

An'an: [So-so.]

Su Tingbai: [Oh, then that means it's pretty good!]

Su Tingbai secretly rejoiced. He had known all along that Shen Xiaoyao never meant what he said!

Having his thoughts exposed, Shen Rui'an saw Su Tingbai's reply and swore he would never speak to him again. He angrily turned off his phone, pulled up the blanket, closed his eyes, and went to sleep.

Su Tingbai waited for a long time without receiving a reply. Unable to hold himself back, he quietly got out of bed and went to check Shen Rui'an's room. There was a small lump beneath the blanket. He leaned closer to look and found that Shen Rui'an's breathing was steady—he had actually fallen asleep.

Su Tingbai could not resist gently touching his lips. Feeling their softness beneath his fingertip, he snorted inwardly. Stingy little cat.

He checked the air conditioner temperature, then quietly backed out and left the door slightly ajar.