Chapter 44

Yu Xia, who was leaning against the bathroom wall, widened her eyes upon hearing this.

His expression was beyond simply being shocked.

What did he just call Gu Yubai?

Bai He?!

Did I hear that right?

He was calling Gu Yubai Baihe.

Is it Bai He, the one she knows?

Just as Yu Xia was seriously doubting that she was still asleep and was hallucinating, she heard a voice that was so familiar it couldn't be more familiar.

"Hmm, not bad."

A faint, emotionless voice.

It was Gu Yubai's voice.

This statement undoubtedly shattered the pitiful hope that Yu Xia had previously held.

"We plan to hold more offline events like this in the future to encourage interaction among fans. We hope that Mr. Baihe can also come and give us some guidance," the middle-aged man said with a smile.

"If the timing is right, it would be an immense honor."

The sound of their footsteps gradually faded into the distance, and their laughter slowly disappeared around the corner.

Even after the two had completely left the second floor, Yu Xia was still reeling from the huge shock.

She swallowed hard, trying to process the incredibly shocking information.

Gu Yubai is Bai He.

Bai He is Gu Yubai.

She recognized each of the individual characters, but when they were put together, they seemed completely unfamiliar to her.

These five words, like a spell, kept looping in her mind.

Gu Yubai is Bai He.

Bai He is Gu Yubai.

Gu Yubai is Bai He.

Bai He is Gu Yubai.

Gu Yubai is Bai He.

Bai He is Gu Yubai.

Gu Yubai is Bai He!

How could Gu Yubai be Bai He?

How did these two people end up together?!

As a long-time fan of Bai He, Yu Xia had imagined what Bai He looked like through his voice.

But that was just a very vague image, more of a feeling.

A feeling of calm, serene, yet captivating.

Even though she was amazed by Gu Yubai's appearance and voice when she first met him, Yu Xia never associated Bai He's face with Gu Yubai's.

She didn't think the two people had any connection whatsoever; in fact, in her world, they were completely unrelated.

How could these seemingly unrelated people be the same person?!

Isn't Gu Yubai paired with a smutty novel?!

How did she become her idol, the famous voice actor Bai He?!

She must be dreaming.

When people are impacted, things that happened a long time ago often suddenly come to mind, and they try to piece together an answer to the problem.

Yu Xia suddenly remembered the question Chi Ximin had asked her at the dinner table a long time ago:

"How do you think Baihe compares to my brother?"

At the time, Yu Xia just felt that the question was awkward, but she didn't think too much about the meaning behind it. She just felt that Chi Ximin had seen the child on her backpack before, knew that she liked Bai He and happened to work under her brother, so she just brought up the question.

But looking back now, it's like having a god's-eye view when you go to find the answers to your questions. Many details that Yu Xia didn't notice because of her embarrassment at the time have become clear now.

Chi Ximin looked at Gu Yubai with curiosity and a knowing, almost spectator-like gaze.

And Gu Yubai, unusually, also cast a glance at her, as if he also wanted to know the answer.

And not long ago, Fu Ze told her that Gu Yubai was paired with a pornographic novel, and she actually believed it, and Fu Ze couldn't help but smile.

Going back even further, or to more specific details, she recalled the shocked and surprised expression on Yuan Yi's face when she told him she liked Bai He at her workstation.

There was also sound.

She had never thought about these things before, but now that she was reminded of this fact, she suddenly realized that Gu Yubai's lowered voice was actually very similar to the voice of a character that Bai He had voiced, especially the way he pronounced words.

...

All the details that had gone unnoticed before now connected together in the face of the answer, becoming evidence that confirmed the truth and pointed to a common answer.

It points to the fact she doesn't want to admit.

—Bai He is Gu Yubai.

After much internal review, Yu Xia had to accept this reality, no matter how unwilling she was to accept it.

Now, from God's perspective, looking back on what she had done in the past, she finally understood the meaning behind those expressions.

I was so embarrassed I wanted to die.

The key point is that she didn't realize it at the time, and happily shared with others how much she liked Bai He.

Wait, does Fu Ze know her Weibo account?

Although she never told Fu Ze that she liked Bai He, there were several reposts about Bai He on her account if you scrolled down a little.

Yu Xia: "..."

Oh no, I want to die even more now.

In front of the person in question—no, in front of the people around the person in question, and in a situation where everyone around knows the person in question—Yu Xia made no attempt to hide her infatuation with the person in question. Just thinking about it made her want to live on a different planet.

Someone, kill her now.

Yu Xia closed her eyes in despair.

—

Back home, Yu Xia couldn't face the merchandise she used to bring back from thousands of miles away. She couldn't even bear to look at the mint green doll that she had gone to great lengths to get Tang Chi to buy for her.

These chibi-style headshots, which were originally considered incredibly cute, have now been transformed into concrete faces.

Gu Yubai's face.

This is just too... too overwhelming!!!

Her idol of many years turned out to be her boss!

How could such a magical thing happen in this world?

So what does she do all day? Collect merchandise related to her boss, display her fervent adoration for him, and tirelessly share her affection for him?!

Just thinking about it makes Yu Xia feel suffocated.

This is simply unacceptable.

Yu Xia had imagined countless times what Bai He was like behind that voice, wondering what kind of person he was. But when she finally found out, the impact was still too great.

Indeed, some things are only meant to exist in virtual fantasy, not in reality.

Once it comes to reality, it creates a tremendous sense of absurdity and disconnect.

Actually, there's nothing wrong with Gu Yubai's face. In fact, his face paired with Bai He's voice is even a bit beyond imagination.

But the key point is, this person is her boss!

If it were any other company executive, or a stranger, or even if she didn't work at Yu Bai Studio and Gu Yubai wasn't her boss, then Bai He paired with this face would be absolutely perfect.

But reality doesn't offer so many "what ifs." For Yu Xia, the current result can only be described as "horrifying."

Yu Xia couldn't help but start to wonder anxiously if she had done anything that would damage her image while interacting with Gu Yubai, or rather, her idol.

No, she works quite hard.

Thinking of this, Yu Xia breathed a sigh of relief for the time being.

The image one projects in front of their idol shouldn't be too bad; they seem to be a hardworking person.

But before she could even catch her breath, she suddenly remembered that she had previously thought Gu Yubai liked her and had avoided him.

Yu Xia: ……

No, how could she have thought that Gu Yubai would like her?

Wait, Gu Yubai hasn't found out about this, has he?

He told me to go outside...

Holy crap!

Thinking of this, Yu Xia buried her head in the pillow and let out a desperate "Ah!"

How could she even think of that!

Ugh! That's so stupid!

My idol would laugh at me to death...

Yu Xia pounded the pillow wildly.

The brain starts trying to make amends again.

You probably didn't notice, right?

I just dodged for a moment and didn't do anything else, so it shouldn't have been very obvious, right...?

I hope they won't notice...

Probably not.

However, Gu Yubai asked her to go outside for a talk...

The reasons for the previous construction have collapsed.

Aaaaaah!

Yu Xia pounded the pillow again.

How many things can a person do that make them so embarrassed they want to scratch their toes?

Huh?

etc.

Bai He is Gu Yubai.

Does that mean she now has Bai He's WeChat?!

Yu Xia: "!!!"

She has Bai He's WeChat?!

This fact almost made her fall off the bed.

Yu Xia sprang up from her pillow.

Her hair was a mess from being rolled around, so she brushed it aside, then grabbed her phone from the side and eagerly unlocked it.

This time, opening her phone felt different from every time before. She was a little excited, feeling like she wasn't holding a phone, but a Pandora's box.

Yu Xia opened WeChat, quickly scrolled down in the contacts section, and found Gu Yubai's profile picture.

Yu Xia's fingertips trembled slightly.

This WeChat account had been added for a long time, with the same profile picture, the same number, and even the same nickname. It was clearly the same account with no changes whatsoever, but in just one day, this account in front of Yu Xia had undergone a complete transformation in her mind.

It is no longer just an ordinary, unrelated, cold data point, but a sacred, unique, special, emotional, and three-dimensional person.

Besides the feeling of tension and anxiety she had just experienced, Yu Xia also had a strange feeling.

She never imagined that one day she would be able to keep in touch with Bai He.

And Bai He was right beside her. Very close, so close that she could see him almost every day.

Suddenly, something that seemed so far away becomes within reach, creating a sense of unreality.

It's a bit dreamy.

I'm also a little excited.

Before Yu Xia knew that Gu Yubai was Bai He, she added Gu Yubai on WeChat and has never looked at his Moments since then, nor has she ever wanted to. She has just been lying around doing nothing since adding him.

At this moment, after learning about the other identity behind this account, a strong desire to pry into it arose.

Bai He's WeChat Moments.

My idol's circle of friends.

Yu Xia swallowed hard.

Tell me, who can resist checking their idol's social media posts?

She's practically worn out all of Bai He's posts on social media!

This is Bai He's WeChat Moments!

What are you waiting for!

Yu Xia coughed, sat up straight, and tried to maintain a stable posture, but her fingertips trembled with excitement as she clicked on the profile picture.

Bai He's WeChat Moments.

Bai He's WeChat Moments.

She's about to see Bai He's WeChat Moments.

However, due to excessive nervousness, Yu Xia accidentally tapped the wrong spot instead of clicking, and then accidentally tapped it twice more, patting the other person on the shoulder.

[You patted "Bai"]

Yu Xia: "!!!"

Yu Xia hurriedly tried to retract the "tap" gesture.

However, the next second, a new message appeared in the dialog box.

【Bai】：?