There was silence in the air.
The man, one hand tugging at his bow tie, leaned back in his swivel chair, his left foot in a combat boot resting directly on the edge of his desk, staring at Gu Yumian. As the internet says, this pose is incredibly cool; the average person wouldn't be able to pull it off, easily turning into a thug.
But this person won’t do that. Not only that, if he hires a photographer to take a random photo, it will be a magazine cover.
He looked to be in his twenties, with cool white skin, a straight nose, and thin lips. If it weren't for the lingering gloom and impatience between his handsome eyebrows, he would really look like a jade statue that was enshrined high up, detached from the world.
Gu Yumian had never seen anyone with such a strong aura.
It was a very imposing aura, with a kind of arrogance that looked down on everything and had the final say, as if it was acquired from years of being in a high position.
The man's gray-blue eyes looked at Gu Yumian intently, and after a moment they narrowed slightly.
Gu Yumian: "..."
For a moment, those eyes made him feel dazed, as if they were the same pair he faced day and night - he had a doubt in his mind, but soon this thought made him feel absurd.
First of all, Xuetuan has never awakened any special powers. This is true no matter where the test is conducted, unless everyone is colluding to deceive him.
Secondly, his Xuetuan is just a weird and rebellious kid with a bad temper. How could he be so...keep away from strangers? He is even so violent that it's a bit scary.
No one expected Gu Yumian to make a surprise counterattack. Ten seconds later, it was Grand Duke Finnick who reacted first.
He carefully glanced at the man in the middle, cleared his throat, and asked calmly, "Mr. Gu, what's the matter?"
The old professor was a sharp man. After a moment's hesitation, he quickly connected the dots and realized what was happening. He slowly straightened his back, rubbed his side, and walked over to pour water for Gu Yumian.
Gu Yumian also looked at the man for a few seconds, smiled at him, and quickly and politely looked away.
The man was still looking at him. The look in his eyes was not so abrupt or uncomfortable that it made Gu Yumian feel uncomfortable, but his presence was indeed very strong, which made Gu Yumian feel a little uneasy.
"Excuse me for taking up some of your time. I came to ask... no, to see how Xuetuan's paperwork is going," Gu Yumian asked calmly, "Has the class started yet?"
It has been nearly ten minutes since he last left the office, so this is the most likely reason.
The old professor made a comment:
"Yes, I just asked the head teacher to take him to class."
Aside from the professor's assistant, who was still a bit flustered, everyone else had already adjusted. Finnick, with his many years in politics, was the most effective person for the monarch to use. It wasn't like he couldn't handle something as simple as this.
Finnick pushed his glasses up and asked, "We should be in the classroom by now. Mr. Gu, would you like to check the surveillance footage?"
"Okay," Gu Yumian nodded, "Thank you for the trouble."
The light screen in the air projected the situation in the classroom. The little snow leopard followed the head teacher into the classroom, lazily jumped onto the podium, and glanced at the surveillance camera.
Gu Yumian looked at it carefully for a long while.
There was no flaw, it was indeed his child, and he seemed to be introducing new classmates over there.
Everyone looked at his expression and breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that this was the end of it.
Unexpectedly, Gu Yumian paused, looked at the man who had been silent from beginning to end, and asked apologetically:
"I forgot to tell Xuetuan something. Can I see him now?"
“…”
The man nonchalantly met Gu Yumian's gaze and turned the light computer in his palm.
"Sure." Finnick's expression changed only for a moment before he quickly smiled. "I'll ask the homeroom teacher to bring him over."
Gu Yumian nodded, and Finnick gestured for him to wait.
Finnick pulled up his computer and dialed the homeroom teacher's number. Without hesitation, the call was quickly connected. Gu Yumian could see the homeroom teacher on the surveillance screen saying something to the students before walking out of the classroom and answering the call.
"Hello, Teacher Fang, what's up?"
Finnick glanced at Gu Yumian and said, "Well, Gu Xuetuan's parents want to see him. Could you please bring him here now, teacher?"
"Okay." The head teacher said as he was about to hang up the phone and walk into the classroom.
Gu Yumian didn't let go until the last second:
"Okay. Teacher Fang, I'll tell Xuetuan the same thing later in the evening. Let's not bother them about introducing the new students for now."
"Well then... Teacher, I'm sorry," Finnick looked at Gu Yumian helplessly and said to the computer, "It's not necessary now. You can continue with the class."
He thought to himself that the humans His Majesty favored had a truly sharp intuition, and fortunately they had made thorough preparations.
Although Gu Yumian did make them naturally like him, not to mention other animals, Finnick himself wanted to wag his tail and let Gu Yumian play catch with him when he first saw him. However, they didn't expect that although he looked harmless and gentle on the outside, he was actually a ruthless person and they couldn't afford to offend him.
The phone was hung up.
Gu Yumian looked at the people in the room and felt that he was being a little overly sensitive and unreasonable. He nodded embarrassedly, "Sorry, I didn't think clearly just now. I'll go back first and not disturb you guys."
Originally, he wanted to ask about the baby pandas, but seeing that they looked busy, Gu Yumian didn’t want to disturb them.
Finnick glanced at the man in the middle and was about to nod. "Okay, it's hard to find a levitation device around here. Do you need someone to take you there?"
How could Gu Yumian be so embarrassed: "No..."
"I'll take it."
The silent man stood up and whispered.
Only then did Gu Yumian realize how tall he was, actually half a head taller than her own 1.80 meters. He took a few steps with his long legs and came to Gu Yumian's side. He lowered his eyes to glance at her and tossed the sheet-like levitation control card.
The pressure from that aura was so strong that Gu Yumian almost couldn't breathe for a few seconds, but it quickly subsided and he could no longer feel it.
Gu Yumian wanted to refuse, but the man walked out the door first without saying anything.
When he reached the door, the man turned sideways and looked at Gu Yumian who was standing still for two seconds. After a moment of silence, he sneered: "Are you afraid of me?"
Gu Yumian: "..."
Very bad way of provoking someone.
Okay, let’s go.
Finnick and the professor didn't stop them. Finnick wanted to say something, but when he saw the look in His Majesty's eyes, he swallowed it back and bowed his head to watch the two of them walk out the door.
This was the first time Gu Yumian had seen a hovercraft like this, and he couldn't help but sigh at how much the rich knew how to play around. It was like the heavy motorcycles of the past, only it flew in the air. The man, with his long legs propped up by his military boots, raised his chin at him.
Still a cool guy.
The man threw something that looked like goggles to him through the air. Gu Yumian raised his hand to catch it. After putting it on, he felt that his whole body had become high-tech - this was not an ordinary pair of goggles, it also had a series of functions such as anti-dizziness, speed measurement, and even monitoring of his heart rate and emergency calls, so that he could fly safely at high altitudes.
Gu Yumian sat in the back seat properly. There was no armrest, and he couldn't hold the other person's narrow waist, so he could only sit there straight.
The man glanced at him and ordered, "Come sit in the front."
Gu Yumian: “?”
Everything this man said had a commanding, convincing air. Gu Yumian didn't have time to ask why, and inexplicably did what he said. The man switched seats with him, sitting behind Gu Yumian. When he reached for the handlebars in front of him, he inadvertently pulled Gu Yumian into his arms.
Gu Yumian: “……!”
Gu Yumian was a slender and slightly thin young man, but this man was obviously a military man, and his entire frame was bigger than Gu Yumian's.
A very faint smell of tobacco mixed with the scent of cedar came up. Gu Yumian could see his slender and pale fingers wearing fingerless gloves holding the handle, and his knuckles were a little tense, as if he was even more nervous than Gu Yumian himself.
"This isn't good," Gu Yumian was already a little regretful. Although there was no question of whether the two men were taking advantage of each other, and he had no wrong thoughts, he was not naturally used to such close contact with others... And how would this heavy motorcycle take off in a moment? It was scary to think about it:
"Sir, I'm sorry to bother you. I'd better take the public hovercraft back to--"
A man's voice interrupted him:
"Shuo Han."
Gu Yumian: "What?"
Embracing Gu Yumian from behind, the man lazily tilted his head and whispered beside Gu Yumian's ear: "My name is Shuo Han."
From this angle, Shuo Han could see a half-faded tooth mark on the young man's fair and clean neck. It was the mark he had bitten himself yesterday, a symbol of his belonging.
—This pleased him.
They were so close that Gu Yumian could even feel the cool touch of the other's lips.
The man was a little different from when Gu Yumian first met him more than ten minutes ago. Back then, he was a bit irritable and aggressive in the office, but now he became lazy and careless, like a lion that was comforted by someone close to him. This feeling gave Gu Yumian an indescribable sense of familiarity.
"Shuohan." Gu Yumian repeated the name. The word 'Shuo' seemed familiar.
"Well," the man raised his eyebrows and said, "Let's set off."
Gu Yumian then realized that something was wrong: "Um, wait--"
Shuo Han gripped the handle and stepped on the clutch.
The feeling of weightlessness suddenly came over me, the wind whistled past my ears, and the things around me quickly moved away and became smaller!
Gu Yumian: “Ahhhhh!!!”
Although he was physically strong and courageous, and not afraid of heights, his biggest fear at the amusement park was the roller coaster. This feeling was hundreds of times more terrifying than the roller coaster itself. His mind went blank for a second, and every cell in his body was screaming!
Shuo Han hadn't expected such a dramatic reaction, and he looked down at him in confusion. But a sudden stop during acceleration was unbearable for the human body. After a moment, Shuo Han habitually tilted his head and kissed his ear soothingly, "I'm here, don't be afraid."
After the kiss, both of them paused.
“…”
Twenty minutes later.
The speeding motorcycle stopped in front of Gu Yumian's house. Gu Yumian climbed out of the car, his whole body dazed.
This is the first time we meet, him? Me???
Gu Yumian considered himself to be very straight. He didn't discriminate against gays, but Shuo Han didn't look like one either... We ordinary single straight men wouldn't play like this, right? But in a hurry, the first reaction might be, should I ask? No, that's too embarrassing.
"Then I'll go home. Mr. Shuo, thank you for today," Gu Yumian said politely, as if in a dream. "Come to my house when you have time in the future."
Shuo Han looked at him with lowered eyelids, and pursed his thin lips: "Okay."
He kept staring at Gu Yumian's back until he turned the aisle and could no longer see her. Then he closed his eyes, stepped on the clutch and started the suspension again.
Don't be impatient.
In the villa.
A young boy in overalls held a laptop in his hand. After unlocking it with his fingerprint, he immediately saw hundreds of missed calls from his agent. His finger rested on the dial button, but just before pressing it, a look of hesitation crept across his face.
Now, is it right to leave here?
Thinking rationally, his current condition was unstable. He didn't know when he would turn back into a cub, and it might take a long time to fully recover. Combining his memories, he remembered that he had vaguely heard his father mention that the egg-shaped life capsule equipped on the starship he had chosen happened to be the last batch of egg-shaped life capsules in the most unstable state.
The other relatives of the Guo family are all living a secluded life in the upper city, and only come out every once in a while to inquire about the news of their ancestors. My parents are also on vacation in the ancient Earth and cannot be contacted in the short term.
The cubs are in a very unsafe state and have no ability to protect themselves.
Of course, the agent is on his own side, but compared to his own health and safety, the agent is more concerned with profit. What would the agent do if he knew his current situation?
At least it is certain that his agent will not let him live a peaceful and carefree life during this special period like he is now with Gu Yumian.
And most importantly—
I finally met Gu Yumian. Although I am not 100% sure that she is the one, but selfishly speaking... I can't bear to leave!
Is there any better reason to stay by his side than a little baby who knows nothing?
No.
To sum up, the best solution right now is to stay with Gu Yumian and try to contact her parents and relatives in Shangcheng District. She should also try to avoid being discovered by Gu Yumian and her agent, and it would be best not to reveal it during Gu Yumian's live broadcasts so that fans can guess. She should wait until she is more stable before making further plans.
The boy, who looked to be nine years old, sat cross-legged on the ground with a serious expression on his face. His cute little face was stern, and his brows were furrowed in bitterness and hatred.
After a full five minutes, he had thought through all the pros and cons. The little boy quickly stood up, turned on his computer, hacked into the security system, and deleted the villa's built-in surveillance records. At the same time, he had the computer project a screen into the air and began tapping it on tiptoe.
As footsteps were faintly heard outside the door, the little boy finished hitting the last enter key, and the time limit for returning to adult form was up.
A feeling of fatigue and sleepiness quickly flooded my brain——
Ten seconds later.
A chubby panda cub lay on a soft carpet, curled up like a tiny sesame dumpling, sound asleep. A home robot thoughtfully covered it with a small quilt. The near-noon light shone on it, making it look adorable and charming.
"Why are you sleeping on the floor?" Gu Yumian walked into the living room, bent down beside the baby panda, and gently rubbed its head. "Yuanyuan? ...You're actually asleep."
Gu Yumian didn't know that his life was almost going to change drastically because he was away for half a day, but fortunately everything was stopped.
He held his chubby little Sesame Tangyuan in his arms and saw an adult's light computer on the ground that had been automatically locked. It was the light computer that little Tangyuan brought with him when he first came.
Gu Yumian: “?”
He picked up the laptop and looked at it, but couldn't see any difference, so he put it back in the cabinet.
That afternoon.
After picking up the little snow leopard from school and making sure that the child was fine, Gu Yumian went up to the starry sky platform again.
Capital Star and Tak Star were not on the same server, and the account on Capital Star was newly issued to him by the Starry Sky officials. He had only live-streamed yesterday during the review process, and surprisingly, he had gained thousands of followers.
Gu Yumian was very confused:
"I know some of them came from Tucker and his men who climbed over the wall, but the rest...?"
Gu Yumian took a quick look around.
The new account's contacts also had a person labeled "agent," nicknamed "Tangtang," a title reserved for official Starry Sky staff. As soon as Gu Yumian logged in, a private message from this "Tangtang" arrived.
[Tangtang: Hello Mianmian, I'm Tangtang, your temporary agent on Capital Star. Please be kind to me from now on =3=]
This looks like a cute girl.
Gu Yumian sent a voice message: "Hello, Tangtang, please give me your guidance."
[Tangtang: Ahhhhhhh Mianmian called my name ahhhhhh my life is worth it! ]
Gu Yumian: “????”
Little Tangyuan was still fast asleep. The little snow leopard nestled in Gu Yumian's arms, glanced at the screen, and with a hint of displeasure, stretched out its paw to ruffle Gu Yumian's hair. Gu Yumian grabbed the paw and pinched the pads of his paw.
Tangtang quickly withdrew the previous message.
[Tangtang: Sorry, my twin sister just grabbed my laptop, not me.]
[Tangtang: Mianmian, the reason we're contacting you today is because we'd like you to make a video. It's pretty much like a regular livestream. You can even record the video while you're livestreaming and edit it later. Having a video as your 'masterpiece' will make it easier for us to promote and publicize it later. Star Sky will officially announce you tonight.]
Gu Yumian compared it to the alphabet station in his previous life and nodded.
Speaking of which, there have been videos of his live broadcasts circulating online before, and some of them were quite popular, but recording from a fan's perspective is different from producing it yourself, and many things are overlooked.
【Gu Yumian: Okay, I'll try it tonight.】
Live streaming and video recording can indeed be done together, since they are the same content anyway.
The panda cub sleeps on Gu Yumian's lap, while Gu Yumian holds the little snow leopard and gently strokes its fur from behind its ears to its back, thinking. What's on the live stream tonight?
"Summer, night..."
Gu Yumian quickly came up with an idea.
It seems like all the live broadcasts from Takstar until now have been indoors, and viewers are getting tired of the same content. And it just so happens that tomorrow is the weekend, and the little snow leopard doesn't have to go to school. I've been so busy that I haven't had the chance to take my cubs out to play, so why not take this opportunity—
"Let's go to the mountains for a picnic, camp, and watch the fireflies and stars. Tuantuan, do you want to go? How about Yuanyuan?"
Little Tangyuan was still asleep, but subconsciously knew that Gu Yumian was asking it a question, so it made a very supportive "hmm" sound. Although the little snow leopard didn't know what strange words its human was saying, it always indulged him and yawned lazily.
So that was decided.
Gu Yumian is a very proactive person. In fact, he had thought about this before. He secretly checked the guide before coming to the capital star. Now he just needs to replenish some supplies and he can go out.
At six o'clock in the evening, Gu Yumian opened the live broadcast room on time.
Within half a minute, the number of viewers continued to rise, and countless barrages of comments poured out!
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