Someone backstage turned on the fill light, and Yan Man was momentarily blinded.

She stood there, dazed for a moment.

Yan Man pointed at herself: “The protagonist of The Mermaid? Me?”

“Yes,” the staff member replied, “It’s you, Teacher Yan Man.”

Yan Man: “You’re joking. I don’t believe it.”

“...”

That staff member held back a laugh: “The mentors choose their co-actors themselves, and they naturally pick from their own groups. Otherwise, wouldn’t they be giving unnecessary heat to their competitors?”

Yan Man: “But isn’t there also A Zhao? She’s so slim; she’d be perfect for the mermaid role.”

Yan Man turned her head, intending to introduce A Zhao beside her, only to realize that she had already disappeared without a trace.

The staff member’s eyes were curved with amusement: “A Zhao seems to have other things to do.”

“Anyway, Teacher Ye invited you to act. Many people would envy such an opportunity. You should agree. Teacher Ye is waiting in the lounge. You can go see him if you want.”

Yan Man thought for a moment: “If he invited me to act, then he should come to my lounge. Why should I go to his?”

“...”

“You ask him to come. I’m a bit sleepy,” Yan Man yawned, “I’ll wait five minutes. If he doesn’t come, I’m going back.”

Thus, Yan Man took control and decision-making power, leisurely returning to the lounge and setting a timer on her phone.

At four minutes and thirty seconds, footsteps could be heard outside.

At four minutes and fifty seconds, Bi Tan pushed open the wooden door of the lounge.

“Teacher Yan, good evening!”

Yan Man looked up and saw Ye Lin behind him.

Yan Man: “If I go back to the hotel and lie down now, I think I’d feel better.”

Ye Lin: “...”

Yan Man looked at what was in his hand: “What’s that?”

“Script,” Ye Lin handed it over, “If you don’t want to, you can refuse.”

She put down her phone and began reading the script seriously.

She didn’t know how long she read, but when she finally raised her head, she asked, “Who wrote this script?”

It was brilliantly written, as if dancing wildly on her preferences.

If she hadn’t seen it, it might be fine; but since she saw it, as an actor’s reflex, she felt compelled to perform this script.

“Unclear.” Ye Lin replied, “If you want to know, you can ask after participating.”

Yan Man rubbed her eye corner, feeling conflicted.

She regretted looking at it. Seeing a script she liked but couldn’t act in was like killing her.

She looked at Ye Lin, and the man looked back at her.

In this mutual gaze, she hesitated for more than ten minutes, finally making a sound, bestowing a favor: “Alright, I’ll give you this chance to collaborate with me.”

“...”

She sincerely said: “After all, I really like this script.”

“...”

“I was thinking about acting opposite Qi Geng,” she sighed deeply, getting up to tidy the makeup table, “Alas, what a pity.”

“…”

After two days of rest, the filming of the script began soon.

According to her figure, the crew modified the mermaid costume. She put it on, and it fit well.

However, being too fitting also brought some drawbacks. For example, just at the start of filming—

Yan Man felt like her two legs were tied in a sack. Every step was difficult, uncontrollable in direction, and she even had to hop.

After hopping a few steps, busy looking down at her legs, she hopped behind Ye Lin without realizing it and bumped into his back with a “thud.”

Ye Lin turned around.

To ease the awkwardness, she looked up: “Do I look very much like a kangaroo?”

Ye Lin: “...”

For example, entering the bathtub—

The man was already lying inside. She slowly moved to the edge. Just as she should sink gracefully into the water, her foot suddenly slipped, and she fell directly onto him, hearing his muffled groan.

Without any guilt, she apologized: “Sorry, I slipped.”

“...”

For example, while she was in the water and he was on the shore, during the kissing scene where she pulled his shirt—

This time, halfway through the kiss, she even dragged him straight into the water.

After some thought, Yan Man candidly said: “My tail tends to float upwards. I couldn’t help but pull something to stabilize myself. Are you alright?”

“Fine,” the man’s hair was wet, expressionless, “When will the shoot end?”

Yan Man: “...”

She felt that after these days of interaction, there had been some progress.

For example, before she left the crew and met him again, during the first week of filming the variety show, Ye Lin was like the No-Face from anime to her. She wouldn’t define him in any way, avoiding contact whenever possible, occasionally feeling awkward and silent.

But now, she could treat him as a toolman who acts diligently.

They filmed chaotically for an afternoon. Fortunately, thanks to her and Ye Lin’s characteristic of “one take,” by twelve o’clock today, they finally finished shooting all their scenes.

Two days later, the episode aired on schedule.

By the time the live broadcast started, Yan Man and Ye Lin were already seated in front of the screen.

Today was another day of watching the drama together with everyone.

To ensure stable operation of the live stream, the production team enabled the barrage function a few minutes later.

The instant the barrage was enabled, it poured out like floodgates opening.

[Appreciation officer of iconic Yan-Ye moments enters the live room.]

[Permanent councilor of Yan-Ye fan club enters the live room.]

[Yan-Ye’s bed enters the live room.]

[Yan-Ye’s bedsheets enter the live room.]

[Are you selling four-piece bed sets here?]

[Hahahahahaha, save my laugh point.]

Yan Man didn’t look at the barrage, focusing entirely on the screen to see the final presentation.

This time, she played the last mermaid in the world.

He was a young reckless heir, his family business on the verge of collapse, nearing bankruptcy. On his deathbed, his father handed him a key, saying that behind this key lay the biggest business opportunity.

One afternoon, he opened the basement door, walked through the passageway, and arrived at a locked iron gate.

Pushing the door open, the afternoon light shone on the pond behind the courtyard. A pink-gold mermaid, chained up, was curled in one corner of the small pool.

Her long hair floated, the surface of the pond shimmering, reflecting on her reddened eye corners.

She must have cried. By her side floated several lustrous pearls, and a few teardrops rested in her collarbone hollow, seemingly about to form.

She was extremely timid. Seeing him approach, her fear made her uncontrollably start crying.

Her body trembled, lips quivering, beginning to sob.

She gazed at the direction he came from. More and more pearls gathered, bumping and making sounds. The sunlight was like torn pieces of gold foil, falling on her fair skin.

[So beautiful! Wife is so beautiful!!]

[@Ye Lin, don’t you want to make her cry?]

[Has the net cleanup action failed to shut your mouths?]

[One day, a ghost came to devour the soul of Yan-Ye fans, took a bite and shouted: So bitter, they’re so bitter!]

The man approached, tilting his head with interest, curling his fingers, and wiping her tear-streaked cheek.

“Crying makes you look so beautiful.”

[Oh my god oh my god oh my god—]

[She looks even more beautiful crying on the bed.]

[Ahhhh, this line works for me again, so sexy, Ye Lin, why don’t you play a crazy elite sing? I beg you!]

But she suddenly turned her head and bit his finger hard.

[Young couple exchanges, huh? Last time Ye Lin bit you, this time you bite Ye Lin [lust]]

[I’m hiding in the bathroom again, sorry, it’s stimulating.]

[Good grief, she thinks the mermaid feels humiliated and wants revenge, and you guys imagine it like this.]

Blood dripped into the pond, but he didn’t seem to feel pain. Maintaining his smile, he kept looking at her like that.

Until she released her grip.

He reached into the pond, stirring it, not caring about the wound, washing it clean like this.

Pulling out his finger, shaking it twice, placing it on his knee.

The barrage screamed again: [ggcw.]

[So Alpha, so suave, I’m about to see Ye Lin play a flirtatious rogue.]

“Can you speak?” he asked.

She clenched her teeth, still glaring at him with hatred.

He seemed to have plenty of free time, smiling: “Say a word, and I’ll fulfill one of your conditions.”

She stared at him for a long time, struggling, and finally spoke after a while, uttering three words.

“Let me go.”

The young girl’s voice was special, different from humans’, carrying echoes of the sea, yet strangely clear and pleasant.

Hearing her speak, he didn’t seem surprised, asking with a smile: “How old are you?”

She didn’t respond anymore.

The man’s gaze swept over her, finally landing on her fish fin, where there were nineteen rings, like growth rings.

“Nineteen years old?”

She didn’t speak, but the merchant’s son was always adept at reading minds. Looking at her expression, he confirmed: “Seems like I guessed right.”

“Still young,” he stood up and sighed, “Do you know that humans’ words can’t be trusted?”

The light in her eyes gradually dimmed.

[Don’t be disappointed, my daughter. Mommy will steal an electric scooter to crowdfund your rescue, my baby!]

Just as she lowered her head, a sound came from behind her. Soon, the shackles binding her were unlocked, and the chains sank to the bottom of the water.

She looked up in shock.

He smiled: “Why so surprised? Humans are fickle too.”

“Well, you’re free now, go.”

After what seemed like a long moment of thought, she said: “I can’t leave by myself.”

He pretended to be surprised: “You want me to carry you out?”

“...”

She said, “Any lake that leads to the sea, if you put me there, I can go back.”

He jingled the keys in his hand, “We humans believe in repaying kindness. If I send you back, don’t I deserve some reward?”

She asked, “What do you want, as long as I can give it?”

“You’ll give me a kiss?” He leaned in with a smile, pointing to his cheek, “Kiss here, just once.”

“...”

[Damn, I never thought I’d see Ye Lin being a flirt! Yan Man, you’re amazing!]

[Grass, thank you, beautiful woman, thank you, scriptwriter, thank you, director, my husband’s styling inside is so damn handsome.]

[Which drama isn’t he handsome in?]

The little mermaid hesitated, not wanting to trust this seemingly unreliable person but also fearing to miss the only chance to escape.

As she hesitantly moved closer, he suddenly smiled and turned his face away: “Alright, I was just teasing you.”

“Rest for now, I’ll take you away tonight.”

[Why! Why didn’t you let her kiss you!]

[Fishing bastard? You’ll care when the time comes!]

[Taking her away already? I don’t believe it.]

The barrage guessed correctly; that night, he took her to the nearest lake. However, long-coveted enemies noticed and pushed him into the lake.

There were no boats nearby, no rescue vessels, no driftwood—he would die in this unknown night, losing his breath forever.

She swam away for a long time but eventually couldn’t bear to leave him. She turned back and saved him.

She carried him to a cave, awkwardly trying to start a fire. Suddenly, she heard the man laughing.

Shocked, she stared at him for a long while before asking: “You’re alright?”

No wonder his heartbeat and breathing had been normal earlier, he just hadn’t opened his eyes.

“I can swim,” he replied.

She looked a bit annoyed: “Then why didn’t you say so sooner? Making me…”

“What?” he laughed, “Give me artificial respiration for half a day?”

After thinking, she asked: “What is artificial respiration?”

The fire failed to ignite, and the cave was dim, reflecting the slivers of moonlight from the entrance.

He leaned in, unexpectedly kissing her.

“Like this.”

[Holy shit @ @! Holy shit @ # ! My blood bar is empty ahhhh so seductive I don’t want to live wuwuwu!]

[I’m weird, I love watching kisses.]

[My heart rate watching □□: --------- My heart rate watching Yan-Ye kiss: ^^^^^^^]

She was stunned by the kiss, probably not understanding this act in the human world, but instinctively realizing something was off.

The frame froze for two seconds, he slightly retreated a few centimeters, but their noses were still close.

In the darkness, he kissed her again.

This time, it was a long, lasting, enduring kiss.

[Oh my god!! Oh my god!! I love this progress!!]

[Kissing until the face turns, thanks, my face is red like a monkey’s butt.]

[Everyone don’t look at the third screen now, it’s stomach-soothing, they look so calm in real life.]

[Kissing too much makes it habitual.]

[? Saying this makes me love it even more, another shipper’s delight!]

During these days in the cave, their feelings began to warm up, and the barrage comments shamelessly shouted “doi.”

He told her something: “Actually, the day you saved me, I originally planned to leave too.”

She didn’t quite understand: “Leave where?”

He smiled, “This world.”

“Or do you think I’m stupid enough to be pushed into the water?”

Both his parents had passed away, and he felt there wasn’t much point in living anymore. If he could find a decent way to leave, it wouldn’t be bad.

She said: “But how did it end up…?”

Suddenly, he retracted his smile and whispered: “Because I wanted to try what it feels like to live for someone.”

[Redemption arc, who loves it again? Turns out it’s me.]

After thinking, she said: “But I’m a fish.”

He smiled, “How long do you fish usually live?”

“Getting shorter and shorter,” she said, “Grandma lived to thirty, mom only lived to twenty-five, and for me, it should be twenty years.”

He paused: “So you have one year left?”

“Mhm,” she softly replied.

“Is there any way to extend it?”

“No,” but she had already accepted it, “I’m the last one, living alone is lonely. Maybe our fate is extinction, avoiding being exploited forever.”

He asked: “When were you captured?”

“Three years ago,” she said.

That day, her last companion died at twenty, and in her grief, she accidentally collided with a passing boat, was caught, and sent to that pond.

“To make you cry, what methods have they tried?”

“In evolution, we’ve become less sensitive to pain. They repeatedly play the screams of our kind to achieve their goal.”

After thinking, she said, “Don’t do that to me.”

“I won’t.”

With this promise, the man’s kiss fell again, lingering on the corner of her lips, extending all the way to her neck.

[Holy crap, holy crap, he’s kissing down!]

From the audio, their fluctuating breaths echoed, as if nothing was said, yet everything was conveyed.

[If only she had separable legs, wouldn’t she just straddle his waist?]

[You guys are too lewd.]

Unfortunately, good times don’t last, and she eventually awaited this day.

In the coastal hotel, she was confined in the bathtub, looking at him with suspicion and hesitation, her eyes full of disbelief, tears streaming down incessantly.

“Why?” she asked.

“It’s simple,” he coldly smiled, “Did you really think I loved you? I just needed to grasp your weakness, then squeeze out your maximum value.”

“After all, you have such a good body, right?”

She started trembling, pressed against the bathtub by the man, kissed like a vent for his frustrations. The more she struggled, the more tears flowed, the deeper he kissed.

His fingers firmly gripped her shoulder blades. She dodged, and he bit her lips.

The bathtub was filled with water to collect her crystallized tears. As she struggled, the water rippled, soaking her thin, translucent top. The man clutched her shoulders tightly, veins bulging on the back of his hand.

She had nowhere to hide, shaking her head continuously, locked by his jaw, tilting her head to endure.

The man’s breathing grew increasingly rapid.

[Bastard man! Get lost!!!]

[Really want to know what they were thinking while filming this scene.]

[Sisters who are angry to death, watch the third screen!! Aahh, Manman’s face is red!!]

Yan Man felt a bit embarrassed, moving her chair to sit silently behind Ye Lin, letting his shoulders cover her face.

When filming, immersed in the character, she didn’t feel anything unusual. Watching such scenes together with everyone else, it felt different from seeing it on the monitor—like she was watching herself.

Barrage: [Yan Man, you still know what shyness is?]

[Is she thinking of something? Proves that the shoot must have been very intense!]

[Thirsty to death.]

Yan Man criticized the production team: “You’re too inhumane.”

[Heard that! My wife says you’re too bad! Well done! Keep shooting like this in the future!]

[Make her angrier, @This Is Acting, please.]

This shyness had nothing to do with anything else; it was just facing millions of people, every move feeling scrutinized, making her increasingly uncomfortable.

Soon, the barrage shifted to cursing the male lead. But after cursing for only a few minutes, he returned her to the sea.

“Run, run as far as you can.”

“I’ve placed a tracker on you. The doctor I contacted earlier will locate you in three months and leave the medicine box at the nearest shore. He’ll be wearing my hat. Don’t come out unless you see him, understand?”

“You will live.” After a pause, he repeated, “You must live.”

She looked up at him, confused.

But there was no time left. He anxiously said, “Our whereabouts have been exposed. They want to extract your genes to clone many mermaids or force you to reproduce with other creatures. I told them I’d handle it myself, so they gave us some more time.”

[Grass, so his actions just now were to prove to those people that he was on their side? No feelings for the female lead? So they would give her time to escape?!]

[No wonder there was a close-up earlier; the hotel is full of cameras.]

[Good thing I didn’t curse just now because I instinctively felt Ye Lin wouldn’t play such a male lead.]

[Ahhhh, he’s so good.]

After a brief thought, she understood his meaning and was about to turn and run when she asked, “What about you?”

He paused and briefly smiled.

“I will live too.”

This smile lasted only a second, seemingly still his usual insincere and flirtatious style. However, the audience knew at a glance that this was a lie.

The camera panned to his back.

The barrage broke down instantly:

[He won’t!!! Aahhhh there’s a bomb behind him!]

[Save...]

[He’s someone who values dignity so much, but for you, he’s willing to die like this...]

They wrapped his body with wires.

From the moment he promised to trade lives to gain their trust, he knew that if one of them had to live, it could only be her.

Releasing the mermaid was discovered, and the other side, enraged, cruelly pressed the countdown button.

Human nature is terrifying. For profit, they even made him witness the countdown of his own life.

Cutting any wire would result in an explosion.

On the lake surface, a pink-gold fish tail reappeared, swimming towards him.

“Don’t come back!” he shouted, “Coming back means death!”

She came ashore and said, “Why didn’t you tell me the truth just now?”

He still tried to distance himself from her, even running towards the car door, planning to drive away from here.

She calmly asked, “Do you think seeing you leave and knowing you traded your life for mine, even if I live, will I be happy?”

His finger on the ignition stopped.

“Elders used to say it often, but I never understood what love really was.”

“Now I know,” under the sea breeze, her eyes were calm, “Love gives one the courage to face death gracefully.”

Living for her, dying for him.

“You wanted me to hate you. You said it was your father who captured me,” she shook her head, “But I’m not stupid. I remember seeing your father. You look very alike, and he was also kept in the dark by those people.”

[I really like the intelligent female lead.]

[Exactly, there shouldn’t be misunderstandings at the end. It was others who told the male lead’s father it was a business opportunity. He didn’t know anything either; he just wanted to give everything good to his son.]

The final scene was the countdown timer, the sunset magnificent and powerful. The sports car drove along the cliff, not like an ending, but like a beginning.

They finally began to love each other, not in the name of worldly conventions.

The screen went black, and the barrage comments expressed understanding: [Give me a few minutes to find tissues, thank you.]

But a few seconds later, in the darkness, the man’s voiceover appeared.

“I have an unspeakable secret.”

[Ahhhhhhh what! What is it!!]

[The voice is so nice! My auditory system exploded instantly.]

“At the end of this year, I fell in love with a mermaid who cannot survive in this world.”

“But fortunately, I had her for a moment, in the basement where no one noticed.”

[QAQ]

“It was love at first sight when she cried, but at that moment, I made a wish.”

“She looks beautiful when she cries.”

“But I still hope... from now on, she will never cry again.”

End of the drama.

[TAT grass, I didn’t cry during the whole show, but the voiceover lines made me burst into tears.]

[You can always trust Ye Lin’s line delivery skills.]

[Foreshadowing! Wuuu wuuu wuuu I’m crying to death; I need to see Yan-Ye doi to feel better.]

[Are you cutting me again? Are you cutting me again?!]

[When people are cut, they die.]

[Brothers, next episode we must watch Yan-Ye act until they give us HE!]

[By the way, short dramas really need to be tragic. Tragedies leave a memorable impression, becoming my repeatedly watched white moonlight.]

...

Yan Man adjusted her seat and emotions, blinking away the tears in the corner of her eyes, and sat back next to Ye Lin as instructed by the staff.

Host: “Alright, our next segment. Please bring up the stills so our two main actors can sign them.”

After signing, Yan Man thought she could leave. Just as she was about to get up, the host suggested: “Manman, hold it up and show it?”

Facing the camera, Yan Man turned the still over. It was unmistakably the bathtub scene between the two of them.

Ye Lin was pinned beneath her, completely soaked, and she wasn’t much better off, with water droplets all over her cheeks.

[Thinking of that scene again, now knowing the entire plot, suddenly it feels so fragrant.]

[Who doesn’t like forced love?]

[Your production team is so good. Are you CP fans?]

After showing the photo, the host continued: “It won’t take long. If the two teachers have time, could you answer some questions from the barrage? Everyone seems to have many questions.”

As soon as the host finished speaking, the barrage cooperatively and uniformly brushed —

[Yan-Ye, when will you doi? Quick reply, urgent.]

When Ye Lin looked at the screen, everyone tacitly brushed something else.

The man read for a while, then picked three questions to answer.

“Have you eaten?”

“Yes.”

“What color is the shirt inside?”

“White.”

“Have you ever seen a real mermaid?”

“No.”

[?]

[Listened to your words, as if listening to a speech.]

[Ye Lin, if you answered our yellow questions with even a tenth of your seriousness in acting, that would be great.]

[Then Yan-Ye fans would directly ascend vertically to heaven.]

[Top stars: That’s enough. Answering barrage questions is already unprecedented; don’t push your luck too far.]

Feeling played, the barrage wouldn’t let go. When it was Yan Man’s turn, they wouldn’t let her choose herself.

Yan Man sat in her seat and watched the host pick for over a minute, finally selecting one:

“Have you ever seen Teacher Ye’s abs?”

Yan Man: “...”

She immediately turned her head and looked at the instigator: “You set me up?”

The man frowned: “What does it have to do with me?”

“How is it not related? You slacked off so much; when it’s my turn, everyone will definitely scrutinize closely.”

Ye Lin: “...”

With their back-and-forth banter, Yan Man was like a little machine gun. Watching for a while, the barrage instantly understood the answer to this question.

[Okay, got it. Seen the abs, next question.]

[2333 Old Year Crew knows, I remember.]

[Should’ve let her describe the touch (?)]

Finally, it was time for the second question. Yan Man warned in advance: “Pick one related to me. Doesn’t anyone have questions for me?”

[Man: F·O·C·U·S·O·N·M·E.]

Host: “What was it like filming your first kiss scene?”

[Hahahahaha thank you! Thank you, host! You’re so smart!]

[Host: No problem, it’s indeed only about you; there are no other opposite sexes in the question.]

Yan Man took a deep breath. Not knowing who to blame, she directed her gaze at Ye Lin again.

Man: ?

She slowly clenched her fists.

The barrage comments laughed to death:

[Good. Although there’s no direct answer, I’ve already Krassed.]

[Help! This expression is so funny!]

【She understands everything, yet remains so innocent (not really).】

Yan Man announced expressionlessly: “The next question is yours to answer.”

Ye Lin: “...”

[No problem, a couple’s shared responsibilities should be faced together.]

As a consequence of slacking off, for the third question, the host directly faced Ye Lin and read out the question that was flooding the screen:

“Is Manman’s lips soft?”

...

The man glanced at her. Yan Man immediately stood up from her seat and blurted out: “No need for this question, I’ll answer it!”

Ye Lin: “...”

Yan Man pursed her lips and then said: “Pretty soft. By the way, I’m going to shoot a lip mask commercial, and the endorsement will be officially announced next week. If you like it, please support it.”

“There’s no time, everyone. Happy times are always so short. My agent says the car is already at the door—” She gestured as if answering a phone call, “What? Really? I’ll be there in a moment, wait for me.”

Then she quickly fled.

[Hahahaha look what you’ve scared the child into.]

[Yan Man, a woman who engraves her career into her bones.]

[How can there be such an adorable ghost! Every move she makes is full of memes!]

[Why did she rush to answer? Why didn’t she let Ye Lin respond?]

[Have you ever seen a couple discussing their private affairs openly? It’s the same principle.]

[Master, I understand.]

Finally escaping from the studio, Yan Man let out a long sigh of relief.

She wasn’t lying; she really was in a bit of a hurry today. She had to shoot a lip mask commercial and take some promotional photos.

By the time she finished, several hours had passed.

When getting into the car, Simon told her again: “Your short film is on the trending list again, and your Weibo followers have reached seven million.”

Yan Man nodded satisfactorily, her mood just lifting when she suddenly realized something and turned her head to look at Simon with alertness.

Simon: “Hmm, the immersive makeup removal challenge.”

“...”

“It’s impossible. You’re killing me,” Yan Man immediately refused, “Have you thought about me?”

Simon: “It’s just removing makeup, only a few minutes. Don’t you also stay silent for hours when you sleep?”

Yan Man: “I talk in my sleep.”

Simon: “...”

Unable to withstand Simon nagging all the way, and eventually bringing up the fans, Yan Man reluctantly agreed. She watched a few makeup removal videos and mentally prepared herself.

Simon helped her set up the camera in the bathroom. Before walking in, Yan Man took a deep breath as if she were about to face death heroically.

Simon: “...”

“Don’t be so dramatic,” Simon said, “I’ll time you from the side, it’ll be over in a flash.”

When Yan Man stood in front of the phone, she was astonished to discover: “You’re live streaming?”

“Yes,” Simon was also stunned, “Didn’t we agree to do a live stream?”

...

“Alright, it’s not a big deal. Live streaming it is,” Yan Man swiped the screen, “Let me check the barrage comments; it’ll make the time pass faster.”

—But she overestimated herself and underestimated the barrage.

Just three seconds into the challenge, looking at all the nonsense on the screen, she already couldn’t resist wanting to speak.

Never mind, I can hold back, she self-hypnotized, pressing two pumps of makeup remover oil and rubbing it onto her face.

[Little goose! Mommy loves you!!]

[What brand of makeup remover oil is this?]

[Will it hurt your eyes? Did you have a tiring day at work? Have you taken a bath yet?]

At the top of the screen, a minute finally passed. Yan Man stopped her movements and looked seriously at Simon: “Challenge failed.”

Simon: “...”

Simon: ??

[Hahahahahahahahahaha!]

[The agent’s expression is too funny.]

[Yan Man: I’ve been silent for a whole minute, stop pushing...]

[I can see she tried hard! Simon! Don’t push her! [Angry]]

[Let her speak!!]

Unilaterally changing the immersive makeup removal challenge into a chatterbox makeup removal session, the live stream gained one million more viewers.

While rubbing her face, Yan Man kept chatting:

“It won’t hurt your eyes; I remove my makeup separately.”

“I haven’t showered yet; I’ll wash up after the live stream ends.”

“Mhm mhm, I like the blueberry scent.”

“The makeup remover oil has no smell; emulsifying it, I…”

“I didn’t get my eyebrows done, otherwise, it would be inconvenient to apply makeup later.”

The barrage comments were already having a blast:

[Others: Not speaking, easy peasy. Yan Man: Talking ten thousand words in an hour, easy peasy.]

[Yan Man: Thank you, you’re all here to listen to me talk, right?]

[Man, your mouth deserves its own debut.]

After finishing her makeup removal, while doing skincare, Yan Man glanced at the top left corner.

“What does this ‘1’ mean?”

The barrage began to earnestly spout nonsense:

[1 represents that you are a peerless 1.]

[A lifetime, representing you and your handsome guy being together forever.]

[One flower, one world; one tree, one Bodhi, representing that this is a Buddhist live stream.]

Yan Man: “...”

[Hahaha don’t fool our baby! It means the first place! Baby’s live stream is so interesting that it’s ranked number one on tonight’s hourly chart, super impressive~]

“So that’s what it is,” Yan Man said, “I’m glad you enjoy listening to me talk.”

[Lovely goose with teary eyes: Meeting a kindred spirit amidst high mountains and flowing streams.]

[Some people are mommy fans, some are Yan fans, but I am Yan Man’s chatterbox fan.]

[It’s really rare to meet a talkative and cute girl. She handles the pace super well, never making you feel suffocated.]

As the conversation went on, it even turned into a casual chat session.

Someone even submitted a question: [I found out that my boyfriend is flirting with three other people simultaneously, and I even discovered evidence of him booking a room several times. What should I do?]

Yan Man stared at this question for a while, unable to comprehend: “What to do? What do you mean by ‘what to do’?”

[Yan Man: Are you staying because you’re worried he won’t find anyone else to harm if you break up?]

[Man: This question is really out of syllabus.]

[Yan Man: Can you still encounter such submissions under the sky?]

Soon, the girl continued: [Friends also advise me to leave him, but I just can’t do it.]

Yan Man fell silent for a long time, her lips opening and closing, her head tilting and straightening. Finally, after a long silence, she started pressing her Hegu point.

She tried to remain calm: “Respect, bless.”

“Let go of the helper syndrome, respect others’ destinies.”

[Laughing myself to death, this is exactly me being half-killed by some submissions.]

[Science tip, pressing the Hegu point can relieve anger! Man is trying hard to stay happy, everyone learn it.]

[Not breaking up is considered showing off affection.]

After pressing the anger-relieving acupressure point for quite some time, Yan Man couldn’t help but open her mouth again: “Back when I was chasing someone, he was at the peak in every aspect of the industry.”

The barrage instantly exploded:

[Holy crap holy crap holy crap?!]

[Is it Ye Lin?! Is this something that can be said?! Are they announcing officially?!]

[I’m so excited everyone!!!]

Yan Man remained very straightforward and continued: “Later, I got tired of chasing and stopped wanting to chase anymore. Letting go was even more decisive than you. If you can’t persuade yourself, it’s fine. If you’re stubborn, I can’t stop you either.”

“But I just want to say one thing—”

She sincerely said: “In the entire world, there are 3.5 billion men.”

The barrage burst out laughing: [Teacher Yan opened up the perspective!]

[Very useful knowledge: There are thousands of men; if one doesn’t work, switch.]

[Learn some dating detachment tips from Sister Yan.]

[Sister, if she can stop chasing Ye Lin, I don’t know why you’re staying with this useless man.]

Not long after, the person who submitted the question again...]

The person sent another barrage comment, but this time, she finally woke up.

[Thank you all for cursing me awake T.T I also feel like I’ve been so stupid. We’ve already broken up.]

[Yan Man is right; men are nothing. If this one doesn’t work out, there’s always the next!]

[Dirty men, get out of my world immediately. I should become prettier and make him unworthy of me!]

“You’re a typical case of being PUA’d by him; otherwise, you wouldn’t have stayed with him for so long,” Yan Man said, “Girls are already good and beautiful enough. Once you leave him, there will definitely be better ones.”

“Of course, you also need to put in the effort yourself.”

[Good T.T Thank you, Yan Man.]

[Yan Man, the contemporary emotional guru.]

[A real celebrity who seriously helps fans out of their predicaments. I love her so much.]

The barrage celebrated for a while about the return of the misguided romantic brain, but suddenly, someone realized something was off:

[Holy crap, she didn’t chase Ye Lin anymore?]

[I just realized it too. No wonder my laughter earlier felt off (?).]

[SOS!! Could Yan-Ye really have a bad ending?!]

After the live stream ended, in the super topic, a leader-like figure appeared again to offer guidance: [Everyone, don’t be too sad. Look on the bright side—now we can see Ye Lin chasing his wife, right?]

[? You’re right.]

[That makes sense!! Wow, suddenly everything feels hopeful!!]

[Chasing after his wife, sigh sigh.]

An hour later, the comments section filled neatly with mentions, repeating only two sentences:

[@Ye Lin, your wife has run away!]

And...

[@Ye Lin, come out and chase your wife!]