Riding on the hype
“The master bedroom bed is huge.”
After Li Mantao raised the question, Rong Yi responded very calmly.
The bed was indeed very large. After sleeping on a small bed in the dormitory for so long, Li Mantao looked at it with envy, but...
"I'm not a good sleeper. If I accidentally touch your hand, it will be over. I'd better sleep on the sofa. Your sofa looks pretty soft."
"You'll catch a cold sleeping on the sofa."
Li Mantao glanced at the bright sun outside the window, then at the whirring air conditioner in the living room, and was speechless.
"...Do you know how high the temperature is today? I'm feeling pretty good now."
"You can't sleep in the living room either." Rong Yi sighed softly, "I'll have someone clear out the gym tomorrow. Just squeeze in with me today."
"Okay, don't blame me if I overwhelm you."
"No." Rong Yi took out some medicine to reduce swelling and dissolve blood stasis from the bag of medicine Rong Heng had given her. "I'll help you apply the medicine."
Li Mantao touched his neck, hissed in pain, and sat down obediently.
The comic convention attack incident was widely circulated on the Internet, and the organizers were criticized for their inadequate security checks. The comic convention was originally scheduled for two days, and people who bought tickets for the second day all demanded a refund.
Li Mantao leaned on the sofa and watched the fun for a while, and the anger in his heart subsided a little.
The WeChat on his phone rang. He opened it and saw that it was a message from Lian Yu.
【Lian Yu: Manman, are you all okay? 】
Li Mantao glanced at Rong Yi and replied, "I'm fine, but Rong Yi isn't. What did the police say? Can they sentence him? How many years?"
[Lian Yu: I'm not sure how many years it will take, but I think he'll be incarcerated.]
Li Mantao gritted his teeth, hoping for a severe sentence.
The dinner was a nutritious meal sent by Rong Heng. It tasted good, but it was too light and made his throat hurt. Li Mantao ate it with no desire to live.
He poked the egg custard in the bowl and asked Rong Yi, "You and your brother seem to have a pretty good relationship, huh?"
Rong Yi grabbed a tissue and wiped his mouth, saying simply, "Good shoots come from bad bamboo."
"puff……"
It was almost eight o'clock after dinner. Li Mantao thought of his live broadcast and posted a leave request.
He hasn't picked a computer yet, so the live broadcast will probably be suspended for a few days.
As soon as the leave request was posted, fans who had been waiting for the event flocked in.
[Taotao, are you okay? I'm so worried about you.]
[Baby was beaten so badly on the ground, he must be injured. Baby, just rest and recover. I will give you a sky full of stars when the show starts.]
[Anchor, I respect you as a man. I originally thought you looked so weak and timid, but I didn't expect you to be so brave. You protected my goddess, so I will give you two stars in the sky!]
Li Mantao scrolled through the comments and picked the one that said he was beaten.
[Manmandao: Don't believe or spread rumors. The streamer was actually fighting the bad guys. You know what fighting is? It was a back-and-forth fight, not a forced one! P.S. I'm not injured. I'm going to buy a new computer before I can start streaming again. Do you have any good laptop recommendations?]
His reply was full of energy, and it didn't sound like anything serious. His fans felt relieved and started recommending various laptop models to him.
[But Taotao, why don’t you use your roommate’s computer to stream? I really want to see how you’re doing. I’m worried.]
Li Mantao thought for a moment and replied to this comment: [I've moved out of the dorm due to some matters and will have to go back in a while. I'll have to buy a new one myself.]
This time, fans were worried again, and they asked him if he had suffered any internal injuries and was currently staying in the hospital, which was why he didn't return to the dormitory.
Li Mantao was at a loss for words after being asked, so he raised his hand and took a photo of the living room to prove that he was not in the hospital.
[Slowly escaping: I'm really not injured. I'm not in the hospital. I'm at a friend's house.]
The time on the wall clock in the photo was consistent with the current time, so fans finally felt relieved and told him to quickly place an order for the computer, or to live stream on his mobile phone.
Li Mantao was really exhausted today. He pretended not to notice the fans' requests and turned off Guaji Guaji.
I didn't see it, but under that photo, someone tentatively posted: [Does anyone else think the layout of this living room is similar to someone's home?]
There were so many messages from fans that this one was soon drowned out by the sea of text.
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The next day, Li Mantao was woken up by the ringing of the phone early in the morning. He looked at the unfamiliar ceiling with dazed eyes, felt the unfamiliar heat beside him, and turned his head blankly.
Rong Yi slept on her side next to him. Although the bed was quite big, she was very close to him, and her hands were placed on him dishonestly. She hugged him as if he were a rag doll to sleep with.
Even more embarrassing is——
Li Mantao closed his eyes and felt the strange and fiery temperature on the back of his right hand. As a man, he knew the source of the heat without having to think.
The phone rang for a long time but no one answered, and then it died down and became quiet.
Li Mantao tried to pull his hand out slowly, but his cell phone rang again. He was so frightened that his hand trembled and suddenly hit Rong Yi's unspeakable place.
"Hmm..." Rong Yi groaned and finally opened his eyes.
Li Mantao's ears turned red with embarrassment. He wanted to ask Rong Yi if it hurt, but felt that asking would only make it more awkward. In the end, Rong Yi said in a hoarse voice, "Answer the phone."
Li Mantao quickly got out of Rong Yi's arms, picked up the phone and answered the call.
It was Rongheng who called him and said that the driver would come to pick him up for examination in half an hour, and also gave him some precautions.
After hanging up the phone, Li Mantao secretly glanced at Rong Yi lying on the bed.
Rong Yi turned over and faced away from him, probably feeling embarrassed. Li Mantao whispered, "I'm going to have a physical examination," and slipped out of the bedroom to wash up.
After a full physical exam, he returned home for breakfast when he received a call from the police, asking him to take a statement. After completing the statement and leaving the police station, Li Mantao saw Lian Yu waiting outside.
Lian Yu was wearing ordinary men's clothes and no makeup, and his complexion was not very good. When he saw Li Mantao, he took a few steps closer and said, "Manman."
He reached out his hand and gently stroked Li Mantao's neck, "Manman, does it hurt?"
Just one day later, the wound had turned purple and looked horrible. It was really painful, but Li Mantao didn't want to blame himself. He shook his head and said, "It doesn't hurt. It just looks scary, but it's not that serious."
Lian Yu took a deep breath and gently hugged Li Mantao, "Manman, you almost scared me to death yesterday. Don't be so impulsive in the future, okay? Your life is the most important."
Even Lian Yu did not expect that when danger came, Li Mantao would stand in front of him without hesitation.
Li Mantao patted Lian Mao's thin back and comforted him: "I'm fine..."
He's fine, but someone else is in trouble...
Li Mantao raised his eyelids and saw that the person in question had his right hand wrapped like a big steamed bun.
Lian Yu let go of Li Mantao and thanked Rong Yi earnestly, "Thank you, Rong Yi. If you need me in the future, I will definitely not refuse."
If it weren't for Rong Yi and Li Mantao, with Xu Long's speed and determination to kill Lian Yu, Lian Yu would probably have been reported in criminal case reports and become a victim.
Rong Yi just shook his head, his eyes drifting to Li Mantao.
Lian Yu noticed his gaze and said with a sudden inspiration, "There's a good Zhejiang cuisine restaurant next to the hotel where I'm staying. Why don't we go there for lunch? I'll treat you."
He smiled and said to Li Mantao, "Manman, I've brought you all the women's clothing I mentioned earlier. It's in my hotel room. I'll get it for you."
Li Mantao: “???”
No, brother, you are serious!
Li Mantao was sweating profusely when he noticed that Rong Yi's gaze seemed to be drifting to him. He glanced at Rong Yi hurriedly, pulled Lian Mao aside, and deliberately raised his voice.
"Ah! Brother Lian, you're talking about the clothes my classmate asked you to bring. I see. I'll get them later."
Lian Yu's eyes were subtle. Seeing Li Mantao's pleading expression, he nodded slowly: "Oh, yes, I brought many kinds, including cat-ear maid costumes, slim black silk cheongsams, innocent JK, cute Lolita, ah, and strawberry swimsuits..."
Lian Yu listed a long list of dishes like a child, and Li Mantao was frightened. He interrupted him and pulled him outside: "It's getting late, let's go eat. I'm starving, haha."
Li Mantao and Rong Yi came by Didi. Lian Mao didn't drive, so the three of them stood on the roadside waiting for the online car-hailing service.
Li Mantao quietly looked at Rong Yi's face. Everything was normal. It seemed that he didn't notice anything wrong with his conversation with Lian Yu. He breathed a sigh of relief.
It seems that Rong Yi really doesn't watch live broadcasts and short videos very often, and she has no idea that he is going to do a live broadcast in women's clothing.
Rong Yi: "Manman, you just said..."
The anger that had not been released came up again, and Li Mantao stared at Rong Yi nervously.
"...Are you hungry so soon? Is it because your breakfast is not to your liking?" Rong Yi finished his words slowly.
Li Mantao swallowed his heart back into his stomach. For breakfast, Rong Yi ordered a takeaway from a famous dim sum restaurant. He drank a bowl of millet and pumpkin porridge, ate three baskets of shrimp dumplings, two plates of black bean sauce chicken feet, and a serving of barbecued pork rice rolls. His stomach was full and round, and he didn't look like he had any food that was not to his taste.
"No, no, it's delicious," Li Mantao said with a forced smile, "I just get hungry easily."
The driver arrived just in time, and Li Mantao, as if pardoned, quickly got into the back seat.
The restaurant was not close and it took almost half an hour to drive there.
Lian Yu had already reserved a seat, and as soon as the dishes arrived, Lian Yu teased, "Man Man, you must be hungry. Come eat quickly."
Li Mantao had eaten breakfast late and was too full, so he was not hungry at all. However, he could only reluctantly pick up his chopsticks to pick up the food.
"Oh, right." After Lian Yu sat down, he suddenly looked at Rong Yi, "Your hand is injured. Is it inconvenient for you to eat?"
Li Mantao picked up a piece of food with chopsticks without knowing how to taste it. When he heard it, he immediately raised his hand and said, "I'll do it, I'll do it."
He sat down next to Rong Yi, picked up the spoon and chopsticks, and prepared to feed her.
Lian Yu smiled as he watched Li Mantao serve Rong Yi and said, "Hey, Rong Yi, do you know that people on the internet are saying that you got injured while saving me?"
Li Mantao paused in picking up the food, and his eyes moved back and forth between Lian Yu and Rong Yi.
Could it be that, although Rong Yi has no interest in Lian Yu, Lian Yu secretly has feelings for her? Is he using the excuse of being gay to take advantage of the opportunity to bring his beloved in?
Rong Yi slowly swallowed the food in his mouth and said coldly: "I don't know."
"From yesterday to today, my followers across all platforms have increased by over 100,000. You should have gained even more than me, right?" Lian Mao held his chin in his hand as he spoke to Rong Yi, his smiling eyes fixed on Li Mantao. "Thank you for letting me ride on your popularity. My fan base was almost full, and in these few months since you became so popular, I've gained quite a few followers too."
He shrugged again and said, "What a pity, I won't be able to take advantage of this popularity in the future."
"Huh? What do you mean?"
Li Mantao was still digesting Lian Yu's words, his brain was working rapidly, and a lot of questions popped up in his mind.
So, it’s not Rong Yi who is pulling Lian Mo to promote the couple, but Lian Mo is riding on Rong Yi’s popularity?
What does it mean that I won’t be able to get it in the future?
"Your brother Rong told me to stay away from him in the future and avoid doing things that might lead to misunderstandings..." Lian Yu slowed down his speech, as if recalling something. "Hmm...it seemed like it was last week when he suddenly came to see me."
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