After Lin Yang felt a little better, he listened to the other people talking about the stories that happened from the time they discovered he had a fever to the time it finally broke. Suddenly, a warm feeling welled up in Lin Yang's heart, a feeling he had never experienced in other variety shows.
Lin Yang participated in the talent show before, but because he had no background and was a newcomer, few people paid attention to him. However, when his fans started to vote and support him, the people around him suddenly became very familiar with him and approached him to show their concern.
He felt only coldness, devoid of any warmth, and even considered quitting. In this industry, it seemed that popularity and connections were everything. When you were elevated to a high position, you were surrounded by praise, but your heart was filled with only bewilderment. After the show, all sorts of people, including elementary and middle school classmates he hadn't contacted for years, started reaching out to him. Some wanted to profit from the massive online buzz, while others wanted to drag him down with them. At that time, Brother Wang told him, "You have no way out, and you have no friends left."
In this industry, only those who stand tall can go far. Lin Yang's already erected walls around her heart softened and were slowly melted away during this variety show.
He doesn't have to be so restrained; he can laugh freely and travel freely like other people in their twenties, instead of being confined to that cold, rented apartment.
Lin Yang's eyes reddened as he thought about it. "I'm sorry, I've ruined our travel plans..."
Peng Lei and Zhao Shufang were both very angry. "What are you saying sorry for? When I was your age, I was fearless. What are you apologizing for? Get some rest. There are scenic spots outside this hotel. Besides, my old bones were jostled around all day yesterday and I'm tired. It's a good time for me to rest."
Peng Miao nodded, "That's right, the area outside the hotel is already wild enough, any more and it can't handle it."
Lin Yang couldn't hold back his tears, which streamed down his face. He pressed himself against Kang Le and started crying as well.
Lin Yang stopped crying instantly and comforted Kang Le, "Why are you crying?"
Kang Le cried and gasped, "You're going to die!"
"I'm not dead. Look, I'm perfectly fine now."
But Kang Le wouldn't listen to anything and kept crying, leaving the other adults at a loss. It took almost an hour to coax her before she finally stopped.
Everyone rested at the hotel that day. After dinner, Peng Miao asked Kang Le to go to her room for tutoring so that Lin Yang could get some rest. However, Kang Le stubbornly refused to leave the room.
Lin Yang said it was nothing, so Peng Miao could only tutor him in the room, trying her best to avoid making too much noise and disturbing Lin Yang.
But today, Kang Le was unusually well-behaved. Apart from glancing back at Lin Yang on the bed from time to time, she was much more cooperative during the tutoring than usual.
"Why are you being so well-behaved today? You don't even need to refute me with your bizarre logic."
Peng Miao couldn't help but gently pinch Kang Le's cheek. Kang Le didn't answer much, so she didn't press the matter further. After watching Kang Le finish washing up and changing her clothes, she left.
Lin Yang suddenly woke up in the middle of the night, feeling a threat in his lower body as a heavy object pressed down between his legs.
When he opened his eyes, he met a pair of eyes in the darkness. His heart skipped a few seconds for no reason, and when he came to his senses, he realized it was Kang Le.
Lin Yang asked in a hoarse voice, "Kang Le, aren't you asleep yet?"
Kang Le shook his head and didn't say anything, sticking to him like an octopus. No wonder Lin Yang felt a little short of breath just now.
Lin Yang patted Kang Le and fell asleep again, but not long after, he woke up in a dream with his neck suddenly being grabbed. He saw that Kang Le had wrapped his arms around his neck at some point, but because Kang Le was still very young and his arms were not long, Lin Yang felt suffocated.
Unexpectedly, Kang Le also woke up. Lin Yang was a little surprised. He and Kang Le had been sharing a bed for the past few days, and he knew how soundly Kang Le slept. Even if someone came and took Kang Le away at night, he probably wouldn't wake up.
"What's wrong? Can't you sleep?"
Kang Le shook his head again, his dark eyes wide open.
A thought suddenly popped into Lin Yang's mind: "You're not afraid I'll die, are you?"
Kang Le remained silent, but this time he did not shake his head.
Lin Yang was both amused and exasperated. He had said that Zhang Jian had offered to sleep with him that night, while Kang Le and Peng Lei would sleep together so that Zhang Jian could take care of him. But Kang Le refused to leave and insisted on sleeping with him, saying that he would take care of him that night.
He was very touched at the time, thinking that Kang Le had developed feelings for him after sleeping with him for a few days. Now that he thinks about it, his feelings were actually the thought that Kang Le would die.
"I won't die. Touch my forehead, it's not hot anymore. Didn't I feel energetic this afternoon?"
Kang Le pursed her lips and after a long while, she finally uttered, "You adults all like to lie."
Lin Yang was puzzled and no longer sleepy, so he simply turned on the bedside lamp. "When have I ever lied to you? Hmm, tell me."
Kang Le didn't speak, just stared at him expectantly. Just as Lin Yang was about to turn off the light and go to sleep after staring blankly without getting an answer, he spoke.
“My grandfather also said I wouldn’t die, and he even told me stories at night, but I was dead when I woke up in the morning.”
Lin Yang's heart skipped a beat, and a deep sense of dread washed over him. What kind of question had he asked? Damn it, to make the child think of these things.
Kang Le started talking non-stop, as if she had opened a floodgate. “They all lied to me and said that Grandpa was asleep, but I knew that Grandpa was dead. They wouldn’t let me get close to Grandpa, but I secretly touched Grandpa’s hand. It was just like my pet hamster, its body was cold and hard. They are all big liars. They even lied to me that Grandpa had gone on a long trip and would be back in a while. So why were they secretly wiping away tears?”
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