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"Taotao!"
A girl's suppressed, excited voice suddenly rang out overhead, interrupting Li Mantao's thoughts. He jumped in shock, staring at the girl who had come close to him as if he had seen a ghost. "What did you call me?"
The girl took out her phone and showed the wallpaper: "I'm your fan, Taotao! Look, I even set you as my wallpaper."
Li Mantao took a closer look. That familiar expression was from the photo of him when he had won the women's clothing prize for the second time in a row, with the caption below: "I'm already a dead peach."
Li Mantao: “…”
The girl said excitedly: "I thought you had turned on some beauty filters, but I didn't expect the real thing to be even more beautiful than in the live broadcast room!"
Li Mantao twitched his lips, feeling as if he was being treated as a electronic pet.
The assistant who had been guarding the lounge before also appeared and complained coldly: "She has been posting pictures of you on WeChat Moments like crazy these past few days."
This excited girl was probably the "Xiao Fang" she mentioned before.
"I've been looking forward to this for a long time. Take a picture with me, baby." Xiao Fang raised his phone, framed him in the camera, and said, "Come on, Taozi!"
Li Mantao was forced to open his mouth and turned his head towards the camera, "Ah, peaches."
Xiao Fang grabbed him and took many photos with him. Li Mantao smiled so hard that his mouth felt sour. He rubbed his face and continued to be in a daze.
"Manman?"
A white and bony hand wavered in his sight. Li Mantao came back to his senses and looked at Lian Yu, who had changed his clothes.
"Why are you distracted while eating? Are there sleeping pills in these potato chips?"
"No, I just..." Li Mantao turned away awkwardly, not looking into Lian Yu's eyes. "It's just that I seem to have figured out some things."
"Hmm? What's up?" Lian Yu touched his face. "Brother, I'm going to work first. Can you tell me after work?"
Li Mantao hummed and ahed a few times in response, then changed the subject: "Brother Lian, are you going to dance?"
"Well, after the dance, the autograph session will begin. It will probably end around four or five. Then I'll take you out for a nice meal." Lian Yu glanced at the time and said, "It's about to start. Manman, do you want to go watch it with us?"
Li Mantao nodded and followed him out.
Outside the lounge was a corridor where many staff members were running around. Li Mantao listened to Lian Yu sharing interesting stories with him. The door of a room not far ahead was pushed open, and a man walked out, holding a mobile phone to his ear in one hand, as if he was calling someone.
The next second, the cell phone in Li Mantao's pocket rang.
The man looked over in response, and his dark eyes reflected the figures of Li Mantao and Lian Yu standing side by side.
“…”
Li Mantao subconsciously stopped, his right hand stiff, not knowing whether he should take out his cell phone to answer the call.
After a few breaths, the man put down his hand holding the phone, and the phone in Li Mantao's pocket, which was vibrating wildly, also stopped.
"Rong Yi?" Lian Yu broke the silence.
Rong Yi glanced at Lian Yu without replying. He walked over to Li Mantao and whispered, "Why didn't you contact me when you came?"
Li Mantao felt a little embarrassed. Although he didn't know why he was embarrassed, he was just very embarrassed. He had a strange feeling as if he was caught cheating.
"Well, I thought you were working, so I didn't want to disturb you."
Rong Yi glanced at Lian Yu again, and the meaning was self-evident.
Lian Yu's eyes shifted between Li Mantao and Rong Yi several times. He raised his slender eyebrows and said, "I asked Manman to come to my lounge."
"Oh, right!" Li Mantao laughed heartily, cursing the culprit, Li Mi, in his heart. He said, "I just arrived and saw the message Brother Lian sent me, so I came here to rest for a while. I was just about to look for you."
Under Rong Yi's silent gaze, Li Mantao activated his skill to change the subject, pointing to Lian Yu, "Brother Lian's performance is about to begin, shall we go watch it together?"
Then Rong Yi and his assistant joined the large group, and they all marched towards the comic exhibition stage in a mighty procession.
When they arrived at the waiting area, Li Mantao noticed that Lian Yu looked down at his heels several times. He looked over and found a little red on Lian Yu's heels.
"Brother Lian, what happened to your foot?"
"The shoes are a little rough on my feet, but it's okay, I can just change them off after I get off the stage."
"It's bleeding, how can it be okay?" Li Mantao rummaged through his backpack and found something. "Luckily, I prepared for it and brought a band-aid."
He squatted down to help Lian Mao treat the wound. His assistant Xiao Fang came over and slapped his forehead in frustration. "It's my fault. I should have brought a foot-grinding patch. I have an iodine cotton swab here. Let's wipe it first."
Rong Yi stood aside and watched Li Mantao carefully help Lian Mo put on a Band-Aid, and his cold face softened slightly.
He stared at the young man with nostalgia in his eyes, as if he was thinking of something long ago.
"Okay, this is all we can do for now. Xiao Fang, go look for some slippers and change them for Brother Lian later. His feet are so rubbed that he can't wear high heels anymore."
Li Mantao let out a breath and couldn't help but glare at Lian Yu in reproach. "Brother Lian, you really don't take your body seriously."
A warm feeling flowed through Lian Yu's chest, and he said softly, "I know. I won't do this again next time."
He joked, "Does Manman have a girlfriend? She's so attentive and even carries a band-aid with her when she goes out?"
"I don't have a girlfriend! Brother Lian, why are you asking about this like a matchmaker?"
"Ha ha……"
It wasn't long before Lian Mao took the stage. He had prepared a classical dance for his performance. His heel injury didn't hinder his performance at all. The beautiful woman in the snow-white dress danced gracefully to the guqin music, creating a visual feast.
Li Mantao stood in the audience and couldn't help but sigh. No wonder Lian Yu's fans called him goddess. He was so beautiful that if she hadn't known he was a man, Li Mantao would have had a crush on him.
But... Li Mantao secretly rolled his eyes, wanting to see Rong Yi's reaction.
In a flash, Rong Yi's expression was low, his narrow eyes staring straight at him. His already handsome features were even more striking after he put on makeup.
Li Mantao turned his gaze away guiltily and quietly took a few steps away. He felt as if Rong Yi was staring at him.
Is it necessary? He's not a kid. What difference does it make whether he looks for Lian Yu first or you first... Wait, is it because he is too attached to Lian Yu that Rong Yi is jealous?
Li Mantao fell into deep thought, increasingly feeling that he had seen through the truth.
The dance segment was over and Lian Yu was interacting with the host. Li Mantao took the disposable slippers that Xiao Fang had found, ready to change them for Lian Yu after he left the stage.
I was pulling at the thread on my disposable slippers when someone suddenly came over.
He turned sideways and saw a cosplayer among the guests who was cosplaying as a member of the Kuangge sect. Li Mantao recalled the information on the comic exhibition poster, and it seemed that his name was... Shuori?
Shuori wore a Kuange sect school uniform with the collar wide open, revealing a large area of skin on her chest, and her six abdominal muscles neatly arranged on her abdomen, revealing more than another female guest who was known for her sexiness.
Seeing that someone was staring at him, Li Mantao asked in confusion, "Hello?"
Shuo Rijun wore a subtle smile on his face and took out his phone. On it was a WeChat QR code: "Teacher Taotao, can you expand my list?"
What the hell is Teacher Taotao...
"I really like your live broadcast." Shuori said.
"Thank you?" Li Mantao's eyebrows twitched. It turned out to be another fan of his. Was he really that famous? He took out his phone and scanned the QR code. Li Mantao said, "Okay."
After adding her on WeChat, Shuori didn't leave. Instead, he moved closer and asked mysteriously, "Teacher Taotao, can I ask you a question?"
"Hmm? What's the problem?"
"Are you single?" Shuori asked in a low voice.
Li Mantao: “?”
He looked at Shuori suspiciously, then looked at Shuori's coquettish outfit, and said slowly: "Why are you asking this?"
"Don't get me wrong, I'm straight." Shuori chuckled, "I'm actually here to help my friend..."
Before he could finish his words, a dark shadow suddenly stepped between them. Rong Yi looked at Shuori coldly and said, "It's almost your turn. Are you still chatting?"
Shuori was the guest who would be on stage shortly, and he was in line behind Lian Mo. Lian Mo was almost done with the interactive session, so Shuori swallowed his unfinished words and prepared to go on stage.
"Okay, thank you again, Teacher Lianxin, for your wonderful performance. Next up is Teacher Shuori, please give him a round of applause!"
Lian Yu had already started walking down the stage. Li Mantao walked towards Lian Yu holding a pair of slippers. After taking two steps, his eyes were dazzled by something, which was a bit dazzling.
He narrowed his eyes and looked over as if he knew something.
It was a fat man wearing a washed-out T-shirt, carrying a cross-body bag with his hands in the bag, approaching the stage little by little.
The man's face was covered in oil, and he had huge dark circles under his eyes. He looked completely sloppy.
Although there were many otakus at the comic convention, most people would dress themselves properly in such an occasion. Those who were so unkempt were rare. Li Mantao took another closer look at the man.
It seemed like something in the bag dazzled his eyes. It was so bright. Was it a mirror?
For some reason, Li Mantao felt that this person looked familiar, but he couldn't place who he was. Feeling a little uneasy, he quickened his pace.
Unexpectedly, the man also suddenly quickened his pace and rushed towards Lian Zhu who was about to step down from the stage.
The man took something out of his bag, and a bright light flashed across Li Mantao's eyes. He widened his eyes and looked at the thing in the man's hand.
It's clearly a dagger!
"You bitch! How dare you still be alive! Murderer!"
The man rushed forward, pointing the sharp dagger at Lian Mao who was a few meters away, and shouted loudly: "Die!!"
Li Mantao looked at the man suddenly and finally understood where the lingering sense of déjà vu came from.
That was Uncle Lian Mo’s son Xu Long.
Xu Long had moved away after the breakfast shop explosion that year. He hadn't seen Xu Long in many years, and Xu Long had almost completely changed, so he didn't recognize him at first.
Xu Long came for revenge and he wanted to kill Lian Yu.
There was no time to think about how Xu Long had gotten through the security check. While his thoughts were racing, his body had already rushed towards Xu Long before his mind could think. Li Mantao used the fastest speed of his life to jump over and knock Xu Long to the ground.
Xu Long, who was obviously mentally ill, was knocked to the ground and became even more furious. He turned around holding the dagger, and his bloodshot eyes locked on the young man who was pressing on him.
"Go to hell, all of you go to hell!" Xu Long turned over and suppressed Li Mantao, strangling the thin white neck with one hand and holding the dagger high with the other hand, stabbing Li Mantao's heart fiercely.
Reason told Li Mantao that he should struggle and escape quickly. Xu Long had gone crazy and he would really die if he didn't run.
Damn! Move faster, Dead Foot! Can't you beat a fat dead otaku?
His throat felt like it was being strangled, and he was on the verge of vomiting. Li Mantao tried his best, using his hands and feet to push Xu Long away. However, Xu Long seemed to have lived a comfortable life in recent years, weighing at least 200 pounds. He pressed down on him without reservation, making him feel like a mountain was crushing him.
The dagger flashing with cold light was getting closer and closer. It was only a few seconds, but it seemed extremely long.
Could it be that what that weird master said was right? He really only has twenty years to live? Didn't he change his name?
Li Mantao gritted his teeth and resisted, trying to find a good headline for himself.
#C University sophomore Li Mantao, 20, died heroically while doing something righteous#
At the critical moment, a black shadow suddenly enveloped the two fighting people.
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