Zong Cheng: ?
Zong Cheng: !
Grass (a plant)?!
Has Dongfang Wan’s brain gone into the ocean?
Zong Cheng felt utterly at a loss for words.
“Why would he send someone to seduce you?”
Doesn’t Dongfang Wan like Lin Yuhan?
Or is this some kind of retaliation?
Who even does that kind of petty revenge these days?
My head is spinning… all I can hear are waves in there!
?
Are you missing the point somewhere?
Yin Chen prompted him again.
“He sent a skilled… very skilled young master to seduce me.”
Please reread the words “skilled young master.”
Thank you.
Yin Chen didn’t think for a second that reminding Zong Cheng like this was inappropriate.
Seriously!
Isn’t dating supposed to be for fun?
And fun requires technique!
Skill really matters!
For example, up until now, he hadn’t received even a single spontaneous kiss from Zong Cheng.
Sighing inwardly, Yin Chen thought to himself.
So timid.
Really, so timid.
Being this timid makes him easy to tease, sure, but in other areas, couldn’t he just… be a little less timid?
Zong Cheng flushed slightly, embarrassed.
This time…
He understood.
So… it’s not Dongfang Wan’s problem?
It’s his own problem!
But still…
Skill…?
He immediately flipped through his textbooks!
Surely there are plenty in the reader group… right?
Zong Cheng clenched his left fist, switching to the right hand.
Summoning courage, he slightly turned his head, and Yin Chen’s handsome face was right in front of him.
His heart skipped a beat, and suddenly courage didn’t seem so hard to summon anymore.
With a boyfriend this good-looking, who wouldn’t want to steal a kiss?!
Loudly!
In reality, his eyelashes twitched rapidly, and his lips were so dry from nervousness.
Yin Chen didn’t flinch, waiting, and those thin lips finally met his for a solid ten seconds.
…Okay then.
Feeling the faint brush of lips, Yin Chen grudgingly gave it a 0.5 out of 1.
At least he borrowed a sliver of courage from Liang Jingru—commendable!
After the kiss, Zong Cheng didn’t dare to look at Yin Chen, just coughed a few times to indicate:
“I just updated…”
So, don’t look at me because of the update!
?
You reminded me!
My happiness has arrived!
Yin Chen casually pulled out his phone and bought the latest chapter.
Of course.
Even if the boyfriend is the author himself, you still need to support him with money!
He spent ten coins and began enjoying the new chapter.
He was engrossed, and Zong Cheng, beside him, was equally absorbed.
After a while, he slowly took out his phone.
…He’s already a boyfriend, taking a secret photo isn’t too much, right?
Right…?
Just as he raised his phone, Yin Chen looked up and caught him.
Caught red-handed!
Zong Cheng’s fingers loosened, and the phone thudded onto his thigh.
It hurt a little, but Zong Cheng couldn’t even care about that!
Why did it have to be, why did it have to be, exactly when Yin Chen noticed again?
Zong Cheng sank into despair, slowly getting used to it.
But…
Yin Chen looked at him, expression difficult to describe.
“You forgot to proofread the typos. Look at this.”
He handed the phone over.
Forgot to proofread? So what?
A few misspelled words shouldn’t be a big deal…
But the moment Zong Cheng saw the screen, he completely collapsed.
【…What I truly cannot understand is how that female ghost got killed. My boyfriend is really handsome.】
Zong Cheng couldn’t breathe.
He shut his eyes tightly.
Wishing he could just kick his legs and die on the spot.
His heart felt icy.
All the effort he put into updating so his boyfriend could see was completely wasted; he even felt like an absolute fool.
He didn’t dare look at Yin Chen’s expression!
What would Yin Chen think of him?
That the newly appointed boyfriend… was really an idiot?
So… cute!
Yin Chen saw Zong Cheng hiding his face, yet the corners of his lips couldn’t stop curling.
When did he type this part?
Before he called?
So, Zong Cheng had been secretly watching him, got distracted, and typed this line in?
Hahaha, blazing red and utterly dazzled.
What a rare, adorable human being!
And he’s actually his boyfriend?!
Lucky me!
Laughter hid in Yin Chen’s eyes.
But…
He took the phone over. “Do you want to quickly fix it now while maybe no one’s looking…”
He stopped mid-sentence.
Zong Cheng slowly opened his eyes.
Yin Chen’s sympathetic gaze fell on his face.
Zong Cheng’s heart jolted.
Yin Chen casually flipped through it!
The screen scrolled crazily, and the comment section bombarded Zong Cheng with endless question marks.
Zong Cheng clutched his chest.
How did so many of his readers find out he updated?
And…
How could they read so quickly and carefully?
Yin Chen opened the comment section.
It was a riot.
【Author’s little cutie: ????? Did I go blind? Did I go blind? I saw the line “my boyfriend is really handsome” in Madam’s story???】
【Pigeon King of Kings, did it update today?: ????? I think I went blind too.】
【Crying for the exquisite plot: I also went blind? No, this line is too abrupt here, pardon me, but is the Pigeon King dozing off or dreaming? Or did he accidentally write something from elsewhere here?】
【Did the couple DOI today?: ??? You all missed the point! Isn’t the real point that Madam was a staunch no-CP supporter? Suddenly there’s a boyfriend—what’s going on?!】
Wen Liu, a loyal reader, was baffled.
Early in the morning, she discovered the update and squinted at her phone.
Was her eyesight tricking her, or was it real?
Why would the author write such a line in the story?
She quickly screenshot it to the group chat.
【Friends, help me check this—is my eyesight failing, or did I really read “my boyfriend is really handsome”?】
The group was shocked.
【Stop doubting life, post question marks in the comments. I’m following too, pondering :)】
【I’m not just doubting life, I’m even questioning if the Madam wrote this. But honestly, except for this snippet, everything else feels familiar. I’m… confused.】
【Don’t you realize the scariest thing? This is the Pigeon King! He actually updated early in the morning!!!】
Wen Liu and the others were stunned.
Right!
Chinese New Year is coming in a few days, most authors take holidays to clean and buy new year goods, but why did the Pigeon King of Kings break routine and update so early?
Madam, something’s off!
Zong Cheng indeed felt off.
He even thought, maybe just quit, no more updates :).
He scrolled through the comments.
Closed himself off.
He scrolled through the forum, and suddenly a dozen new posts about him popped up.
He kept repeating his demise in his mind.
Not fair.
He just confessed yesterday, finally became Yin Chen’s official boyfriend.
He should be happy!
What—how did he ruin his own happiness :).
Tsk tsk.
Weak, pitiable, and easy to bully.
Yin Chen snapped a few secret photos and came over to comfort his newly appointed boyfriend.
“Just change it back and say the cat pressed the keys at home?”
So… I no longer deserve to be human?
Zong Cheng slumped, barely breathing.
He couldn’t summon the courage to open the author backend.
?
Already so demoralized?
Yin Chen raised an eyebrow.
Kind of?
A little pitiful?
After thinking, he placed his hand over Zong Cheng’s.
“This is a good thing. You have a boyfriend, and he’s really good-looking.”
He praised himself without blinking. “Isn’t that happiness? Everyone else is just envious—don’t you like that?”
Zong Cheng: “…”
He seemed convinced by this bizarre logic.
He slowly propped himself up.
?
So easy to trick.
Really this easy?
Yin Chen’s heart hid a smile, keeping his composure. “Also, the weather’s nice today. Once you fix it, how about we go on a date?”
A date!
Zong Cheng bolted upright.
He pursed his lips, then immediately opened the computer.
“Wait for me, I’ll fix it now.”
Makes sense!
A date is important!
And a typo is nothing!
His boyfriend is really handsome!
Zong Cheng suddenly brimming with confidence.
He opened the backend, ignored the hundreds of new comments, and swiftly corrected the words.
But as he planned to log out, he glanced at Yin Chen secretly.
Yin Chen was scrolling his phone, unaware.
Zong Cheng’s gaze lingered lovingly on Yin Chen’s face, heartbeat quickening.
At last, it felt real.
His confession had succeeded.
Yin Chen was his boyfriend!
Ripples spread in his eyes like stones tossed into a lake. Zong Cheng took a deep breath and opened the “Author’s Note” section.
【Updated early today to go on a date with my boyfriend later. A typo slipped in—now corrected.】
Good.
Fixed.
Log out immediately!
Do not check the comments!!!
Zong Cheng slowly closed the computer.
Tomorrow… don’t look either.
Maybe a week later?
Or?
A month later to check the comments?
After much thought, he decided against it.
Zong Cheng sent a message to the editor.
【Please watch the comment section. I won’t be checking it for now!!!】
The editor, just realizing what had happened, looked completely shocked.
What?
Ning handled this by just saying “Go on a date with your boyfriend,” and not checking the comments?
Couldn’t Ning be flashy in the story but respond to the readers to calm them down?
Also!!!
I’m a loyal reader too! Didn’t you claim to be single? What’s up with Ning?
And!
Boyfriend? Who originally swore off boy-boy CP?
Yet Ning personally jumped in?
He-Tui! If you can ship boys, then don’t write no-CP!
“Pfft.”
Good grief, what a timid little thing.
Watching Zong Cheng’s actions, Yin Chen shrugged slightly.
He opened the comment section, thought for a moment, and submitted 1,314 deep water coins.
【Wishing the author and her boyfriend eternal happiness.】
Done.
Logged out.
Yin Chen was amused.
He really wanted to see when Zong Cheng would dare check the comments to see what he did.
Or?
Wait a day, let Zong Cheng give him a kiss?
Though, he might have to save up 365 kisses, huh?