Could God Yun Actually Like Him?

Su Ziming was thinking it over. He neither refused nor agreed, sensing that this might be his chance to turn things around.

Before he could figure it out, Director Liu jumped in. "Unfortunately, due to technical issues, we'll have to suspend the livestream for a while. We'll fix the problem and resume the broadcast as soon as possible."

With that, the screen went black.

After the livestream cut out, Wen Lin's manager soon came to pick him up.

Yu Xiuyuan didn't linger either. He went straight upstairs to write his letter.

The production team hadn't brought them paper and pens yet, so he rummaged through the living room to see whether he could find any himself.

Suddenly, a pair of long legs appeared in front of him. He looked up. It was Yun Chuan.

"Are you going to confess to Su Ziming?"

Yun Chuan stood in Yu Xiuyuan's way, his breathing a little quick as he asked with a grim expression.

"Of course not!" Yu Xiuyuan jumped.

"The confession letter." God Yun was a man of few words.

Realization dawned on Yu Xiuyuan. "Oh, you mean the confession letter. I need to make it up to him, right? I'm planning to give him a song first."

After explaining, he felt a little annoyed. "Why are you asking about this, God Yun?" Weren't you ignoring me?

Yun Chuan still frowned, neither speaking nor moving aside.

After a brief standoff, Yu Xiuyuan caved first. "If there's nothing else, God Yun, could you move aside? I'm looking for something."

"Don't you already like someone? Why did you come on a dating reality show?" His voice was icy, his expression dark.

"Huh?" Yu Xiuyuan's brow knotted. What on earth was he talking about?

"After last week's recording, I looked into your situation. As it turned out, you already liked someone. You even pursued him so publicly that everyone knew."

Yu Xiuyuan was a little rattled.

What did he mean? He'd looked into my situation? Why come on a dating reality show if I already liked someone?

Was that why his attitude had changed and he'd started ignoring me?

Not because the injury on my finger had healed?

What exactly did he mean? Could he actually like me?

Impossible. Even the Protagonist Shou couldn't win this man over. How could a cannon-fodder character like me do it?

Then did he think I was morally bankrupt for coming on a dating reality show to deceive people when I already liked someone?

Right, that had to be it.

Then this was easy.

Yu Xiuyuan let out an "Oh!" and relaxed as he explained, "That's all in the past. I don't like him anymore. Not only do I not like him, I actually hate him. I'm not the kind of person who comes on a dating reality show while having someone else in my heart."

"Besides, you must have looked into what kind of person he is, too, right? Who would like someone like that?"

Yun Chuan seemed stunned. He stared fixedly at Yu Xiuyuan, as though his processor had overloaded and crashed.

He stared until Yu Xiuyuan's face started to tingle before his expression finally softened.

Like snow melting on spring mountains, he warmed in silence, until even his eyes and brows held a hint of delight.

Yun Chuan turned away, leaving him with, "I'll get you paper and a pen."

"You knew I was looking for paper and a pen?"

"Didn't you say you were giving him a song?"

"As expected of God Yun. You're so smart." Yu Xiuyuan followed Yun Chuan, leaning against his bedroom doorway while he waited for him to get the pen.

His mouth wouldn't stay idle, either. "Do you really think I could like someone like that?"

Yun Chuan's hand paused as he opened a drawer. "Well, you even considered someone like Wen Lin a friend."

The remark struck Yu Xiuyuan right in the chest. He couldn't argue. It wasn't as though he could say he'd only just transmigrated here.

Yun Chuan took out a pen and turned to Yu Xiuyuan. "Come in. The camera doesn't cover this desk."

Without standing on ceremony, Yu Xiuyuan walked in and plopped into the chair at the desk. Actually, it was pretty comfortable.

Yun Chuan handed him the paper and pen, then said casually, "You can give him the song directly. There's no need for a confession letter."

"I don't have any other opportunity, do I? I'm worried he won't give me the time of day. Besides, I don't know who to give my confession letter to anyway, so I might as well put it to use."

The pen felt satisfyingly heavy in his hand. One look told him it was expensive. As expected of an award-winning actor-nothing he owned was cheap.

He was so busy examining the pen that he didn't notice Yun Chuan's face darken again beside him.

Once he finished inspecting it, he lowered his head and started writing, not caring whether Yun Chuan was watching.

Yun Chuan's expression shifted several times. Then he went to sit on the sofa beside the bed, took out his phone, and opened the trending searches.

One wrote furiously while the other monitored public opinion. The room was quiet and harmonious.

Yu Xiuyuan had worked as a bar singer and even specifically studied musical notation. Otherwise, he really wouldn't have been able to write it out.

He'd thought it through. The situation might be tricky, but there was nothing an elementary schoolers' battle anthem-"The Lonely Brave"-couldn't solve.

Although Su Ziming had a gentle temperament, he was resilient, and his singing was explosive and powerful. He could absolutely handle this song.

Before long, Yu Xiuyuan put down the pen and thanked Yun Chuan. "I'm done. Thanks for lending me your pen, God Yun. I'll leave you to it and head back now."

"Wait."

"Sure thing. What can I do for you, God Yun?"

"You can give me your confession letter tonight."

"Huh? Give it to you? Why would you want me to give it to you?"

Yun Chuan frowned. "Is that so hard to understand?"

"Wait, wait, wait. Let me work this out."

Yu Xiuyuan bit his finger and started brainstorming. First, God Yun couldn't possibly like him. Second, God Yun had stayed single throughout the original novel, yet had uncharacteristically joined a dating reality show. There had to be a reason.

A reason? A reason for joining a dating reality show?

A flash of inspiration struck Yu Xiuyuan. In the previous episode, God Yun had clearly disliked the original owner of his body, yet had agreed to share a room with him. Later, after he'd changed clothes, God Yun had even seemed regretful. He'd thought he'd imagined it at the time, but now that he considered it, this was a classic setup! God Yun wanted to pick an utter train wreck to scare off whoever was forcing him to get married.

Everything clicked for Yu Xiuyuan. "Were you forced to come on the dating reality show, God Yun? Or is your family pressuring you to find a partner?"

Yun Chuan didn't understand why he was asking, but that was technically true. "Yes."

"Got it. I understand everything now. God Yun, here's to a happy partnership." Though he wasn't enough of a train wreck anymore, his reputation was still bad enough. Plus, he was about to leave the industry, so he wouldn't cling to God Yun for publicity. He was a suitable candidate.

He'd been worrying about whom to choose for his date anyway. He wasn't going to pursue a relationship with anyone, so why take up their chance to go on a date? This solved several problems at once.

Yun Chuan didn't care what he'd worked out, as long as he understood. He took his hand. "Here's to a happy partnership."

Once they let go, Yu Xiuyuan secretly rubbed his fingers together. God Yun's hand had felt pretty nice.

"Then I'll go give him the song now."

"All right. Go ahead."

Yu Xiuyuan turned and left, running into a staff member who had come to tell them the livestream was resuming.

"Was that technical issue really so easy to fix?" Yu Xiuyuan teased. The staff member gave a couple of awkward chuckles and left.

When the livestream resumed, viewers immediately spotted something interesting.

"Why did Yu Dog come out of God Yun's room?"

"What happened in that hour or so?"

"Useless production team! You shut down the stream for that long over a minor problem? What exactly happened between Yu Dog and God Yun? Confess and we'll spare you."

"You idiots. Obviously, God Yun found out Yu Dog had been wronged and stopped disliking him."

"Uh... I guess... that might be it?"

"Uh... I'm so used to trashing Yu Dog that seeing him come out of God Yun's room triggered a knee-jerk reaction."

"True, huh. Yu Dog really has it rough."

"Where's Yu Dog going? Did the director call everyone together?"

Yu Xiuyuan headed straight for Su Ziming's room and knocked. It was Fang Yi who answered.

Fang Yi smiled at him. "Oh, it's you, little Yu. Are you here to see me?"