All the goddesses in the world are lusting after my body.

"I'm really sorry you saw the sasaeng fans. I'll leave soon."

Despite saying that, Jiang Tang made a "phone call" gesture in a moment when no one noticed. Qiu Lengyan clearly saw it, but remained silent.

Jiang Tang then left the scene, essentially paying the price for Qiu Lengyan's loss of control.

He turned and left the stage, and no one stopped him. His head was slightly lowered, and his back looked somewhat lonely.

She truly portrayed the image of a fan who is disliked by their idol, yet still stubbornly remains a devoted fan.

Qiu Lengyan stared at his retreating figure, remaining lost in thought for a long, long time.

………………

Jiang Tang walked through the crowd, attracting many strange looks.

He could tolerate it, but Shi Xue ran over, puffed up with anger and tears welling up in her eyes.

Then she threw herself into Jiang Tang's arms without hesitation.

Even if misunderstood, looked down upon, or disliked, the maid will not leave her master's side.

She will only bear it together with Jiang Tang.

?092 He's feeling a bit better now.

"You don't have to be so angry when you eat a sundae, like you're going to eat someone up."

Jiang Tang smiled and joked, while the maid beside him held a sundae and vigorously poked and stirred the ice cream with a small plastic spoon.

Her profile was as clean as snow, and her anger seemed like sunlight shining on the snow, unexpectedly enhancing her beauty.

Therefore, a woman can be very cute even when she's angry.

"It's all that wicked woman's fault! That's why Master has to endure so much criticism and hateful stares!"

"Bad woman..." Jiang Tang couldn't help but chuckle.

"If I remember correctly, you were her fan just a few days ago."

"It's about the song, not the person! Please don't take the actions of the artist and involve the fans!"

Shi Xue's sophistry left Jiang Tang speechless for a moment.

He thought for a moment, then obediently scooped up his sea salt shaved ice; the sweet and salty taste was strangely addictive.

The two had already moved away from that stage, even though at this moment a pretty girl was performing an otaku dance on the stage—the dance section of Bilibili, those who know, know.

It would be a lie to say I don't want to feast my eyes, but if Jiang Tang goes back now, he'll be considered a public enemy.

So it's better to stay somewhere further away and order a sundae and a smoothie.

I don't know if Qiu Lengyan has finished her formalities yet. I clearly gave her a hint that we would contact each other later.

Either she didn't understand.

Either she understands, but refuses to communicate or interact with him.

Jiang Tang could accept either outcome; he was just waiting for the final ten minutes.

It was just the time when the shaved ice was melting.

After venting her frustrations on the sundae for a while, Shi Xue, as usual, began to eat it in small bites with a happy expression.

She loved sweets, and just seeing her happy expression made Jiang Tang feel cheerful.

Ten minutes is neither a long nor a short time. Seeing that her host didn't seem to be planning to leave anytime soon, Shixue turned on her phone and began the interpersonal communication necessary for her career.

Abbreviation – “Water Group”.

"You've become completely obsessed with chatting in group chats lately. Shi Xue used to not even know how to use emojis, and she would send me messages with the most classic emojis."

"As a result, the current emoji collection is filled with emojis that are cuter and more anime-like than the last."

"Doesn't Master like it...?"

"If you like it, send it to me now."

"Hey! So, do you like cute emojis or do you like me? Master, you need to be clear, you can't just get away with being cute!"

"Idiot, of course I like them all, I'm greedy."

Jiang Tang is right about that; he... is very greedy.

What you lose, you want to get back; you think about it every single moment.

Once they get something, they want more, more than anyone else.

Unfortunately, he is currently experiencing an extreme state of mind, where loss and desire coexist in his heart.

He just wouldn't show it; his outward appearance remained as calm as ever.

Ten minutes passed quickly, and Jiang Tang tried calling Qiu Lengyan himself.

But when he took out his phone...

The bell rang by itself.

Koji Tamaki's "Friend"... He just changed it recently.

He pressed the answer button.

I heard a slightly cold sound as someone bit their thin lips tightly.

"Jiang Tang..."

………………

Jiang Tang declined Qiu Lengyan's request to have dinner together because he had made plans with Shi Xue to go to a cherry blossom restaurant for sushi later.

A boy's promise shouldn't be broken so easily.

After ending his call with Qiu Lengyan, Jiang Tang looked at Shi Xue with a complicated expression.

"Shixue, wait for me a moment, I'll be right back."

"Is it about...that woman?"

Jiang Tang didn't care that Shi Xue could hear the conversation, so Shi Xue was naturally able to clearly hear whose voice it was.

She also realized that her master and Qiu Lengyan had exchanged contact information a long time ago.

Her nose felt slightly sore, and before Shi Xue could react, Jiang Tang had already pulled her into his arms.

"Is the sundae not good?" he joked.

"That's just how my master is... such an annoying person who asks questions he already knows the answer to."

"That's delicious. I'll buy you a sundae again next time."

"Next time I want cherry flavor..."

"Uh-huh."

………………

"You're so slow, don't you know my time is precious?"

"It's not good for guys to be too fast, and I'm already rushing here at full speed. If it weren't for your 'blessing' that I was stopped and scolded by your fanatical fans on the way, I wouldn't be so late."

Jiang Tang tried to sound relaxed, but getting rid of Qiu Lengyan's fervent fans hadn't been easy.

If Jiang Tang hadn't looked like he was about to beat someone up, that fan wouldn't have backed down so easily.

He went to Qiu Lengyan's private dressing room. Her company people were outside, so it didn't matter.

Once inside, the two were truly alone together.

At this moment, Qiu Lengyan was sitting in front of her dressing table. She was not used to hiring a makeup artist; she could do this herself.

She doesn't understand the makeup look she wants to achieve and will only make it worse.

But she had no intention of touching up her makeup in front of Jiang Tang.

Jiang Tang could see Qiu Lengyan's expression in the dressing mirror in front of her, just as she could see Jiang Tang's travel-worn appearance and the little bit of cream on his lips through the mirror.

"Cough cough..." Jiang Tang didn't like to waste food, so he finished his own shaved ice before leaving, and then Shi Xue fed him a bite.

As a result, they didn't even notice that there was a little bit of cream on the corner of their mouths.

"Lend me a piece of paper." He walked over to Qiu Lengyan, pulled out a piece of paper, wiped his lips, and threw it into the trash can.

Now he could see Qiu Lengyan's profile from beside him without relying on a mirror.

It remains breathtakingly beautiful, like a painting.

Qiu Lengyan pursed her thin lips, her feelings complicated and hard to describe. For some reason, she always found it difficult to have that superior arrogance in front of Jiang Tang. As an idol, she should be proud, and in a sense, she should be deified and special.

But only when she was with Jiang Tang did she feel like an ordinary woman.

An ordinary woman who experiences sadness and grief.

There was joy, but it was insignificant compared to the sadness.

So insignificant that even Qiu Lengyan wavered, giving rise to the strange thought that getting close to men would only bring misfortune.

If Jiang Tang were even more wicked, Qiu Lengyan, who had always held onto a kind of fantasy about love, might gradually stop yearning for it because the gap between ideals and reality was too large, and instead start to avoid and reject love.

But he felt a little better in Qiu Lengyan's heart at this moment.

Because of his sudden self-sacrifice on stage, he delivered a monologue that completely pulled her out of the vortex, and then left alone and forlorn.

As Qiu Lengyan watched his retreating figure, she couldn't help but feel a pang of heartache.

That's why she called Jiang Tang afterwards.

?093 Don't go

"You were so talkative just now, and now you're mute?"

Qiu Lengyan's tone wasn't so unpleasant; it was more like she genuinely didn't know what to say, so she simply started by bringing up what had just happened.

She still wanted to communicate with Jiang Tang.

Jiang Tang blinked.