As the final notes of “Journey to Mountains and Seas” faded away, the stage fell silent, leaving only the screams and cheers of fans below. Everyone waved their light sticks, creating waves like a turbulent blue ocean.

Time stood still.

Then Lin Qingye set down his microphone, letting his hands fall to his sides with veins prominent on them. His chest was still heaving, sweat running down his face, his neck glistening with perspiration that reflected light under the stage illumination.

Then, Guan Chi, Ji Yan, and Shi Si stood up. Lin Qingye turned around to face the audience.

The four members of the Locust Band bowed together at a perfect ninety-degree angle.

The bow lasted five seconds. Lin Qingye straightened up and took the microphone: “Hello everyone, we are—”

All four said in unison: “Locust Band!”

Thunderous applause erupted from below.

The audience then spontaneously began chanting “Locust Band” again.

Suddenly, Shi Si crouched down on stage, lowered his head, and buried his face in his knees. The microphone positioned in front of his keyboard amplified his suppressed sobs.

Lin Qingye paused, looked back, then walked to his side and silently patted his shoulder.

He took the microphone and addressed the audience: “I formed Locust Band with Shi Si, Ji Yan, and Guan Chi when I was 16, and we disbanded when I was 23. But the public never really knew about our disbandment—we never properly said goodbye to the stage as Locust Band.”

“That song just now, ‘Journey to Mountains and Seas,’ was our first performance as a band in nearly four years.”

During those previous music festivals, the three of them had seemed more like they were accompanying Lin Qingye as his backup musicians. Even though the audience had chanted “Locust Band,” they had never introduced themselves as such.

“It’s also a proper conclusion to our ten-year journey—a complete ending to match our beginning.”

The audience below screamed “No!” and called for a “reunion.”

The voices grew louder, changing from initial disorganized cries to a unified, thunderous chant of “reunion.”

Lin Qingye smiled and said, “In the future, Locust Band will still hold one music festival every year. Locust Band isn’t disbanding.”

Now the three others all had their own lives and families. Returning to how Locust Band used to be, with everyone together for every performance, wasn’t realistic.

This arrangement was perhaps the best possible outcome.

Lin Qingye would always exist, and Locust Band would always exist, with an annual music festival. It wasn’t much, but it was proof of their continued existence.

Shi Si remained crouched on the ground, crying so hard he couldn’t lift his head.

Guan Chi and Ji Yan were also trying hard to hold back tears, but their faces already showed they were on the verge of crying.

Amid the thunderous cheers, Lin Qingye pulled Shi Si to his feet. The four stood at center stage, holding hands, and bowed again. When they straightened up, they raised their arms high above their heads.

Each had a different expression—some were crying, some were smiling, and some had mixed emotions. Only Lin Qingye kept his chin slightly raised, his gaze calm yet determined, looking out at the endless blue sea of the audience.

Though he was the youngest of the four band members by birth date, he had always been the backbone of the band.

As long as he stood, this band would never truly disband.

Forever young, forever with tears in their eyes.

The concert ended in a flood of emotions.

As people left, they wiped away tears while their blood still boiled with excitement. This concert would probably become their most unforgettable one, like an electric current traveling up the spine to the nerves.

Xu Zhinan felt the same.

She realized once again that Lin Qingye belonged on stage.

When he stood on stage, everything around him faded into insignificance. It was impossible to take your eyes off him.

She followed the crowd toward the exit, head lowered, slowly raising her hand to press against her chest.

Her heartbeat was heavy and fast.

Thump, thump.

Outside, the cool breeze finally calmed her mind.

She had finally escaped from the passionate atmosphere Lin Qingye had created, but her fingertips still tingled.

She clenched her fist tightly and walked to an open space nearby. Lin Qingye’s staff was already waiting for her outside and took her backstage.

Everyone had sweated a lot on stage earlier. When she arrived, they were all in the shower rooms.

Xu Zhinan found a place to sit down, hearing the water sounds which seemed to fall directly onto her heart.

After seeing him on stage like that, returning to ordinary daily life seemed even more incredible.

That was Lin Qingye.

Her boyfriend was Lin Qingye.

Such thoughts kept coming to her.

Back in university, she had similar thoughts, but back then she felt insecure, with a sense of inferiority behind those thoughts. Now, even with eighty thousand people below the stage going crazy for him, she no longer felt insecure.

Soon, Lin Qingye was the first to finish showering.

He had changed back into his everyday clothes—a loose white short-sleeved shirt. His hair was still wet, but he didn’t care.

As soon as he came out, he saw Xu Zhinan sitting to the side. He smiled, walked quickly over, and pressed his hand against her forehead to lift her face.

He stood while she sat.

Lin Qingye looked down at her for a moment, smiling: “Why are your eyes red too?”

On stage, with all those lights shining, it was impossible to see faces in the audience clearly, especially in the front rows. During the concert, he truly couldn’t see Xu Zhinan.

With many staff members around, Xu Zhinan awkwardly moved back a little, rubbed her eyes, and said slowly: “Just, moved by it all.”

Lin Qingye smiled, and soon Guan Chi and the other two also finished showering and came out, changing back into their everyday clothes.

They shed the flamboyance they had displayed while playing their instruments on stage.

A little while later, the late-night food they’d ordered arrived—two portions of hot pot takeout, with the staff who had worked hard for days sharing one portion.

Xu Zhinan sat next to Lin Qingye. After eating for a while, she suddenly remembered something—the tattoo revealed on Lin Qingye’s sweat-soaked back during the concert.

Earlier, she had been so moved by Locust Band’s passionate performance that she’d nearly forgotten about it.

Xu Zhinan tugged at his sleeve.

Guan Chi and Shi Si were loudly playing a drinking game, making quite a racket. Lin Qingye leaned his ear closer: “Hmm?”

“After that last song…”

Before she could finish, Ji Yan suddenly exclaimed “Fuck!” and pushed his phone over: “Captain, look at this!”

Like Xu Zhinan, fans had also remembered the tattoo after being moved by the band’s performance and youthful passion.

Videos were already being posted online, including high-definition close-ups of the final Ending Pose from various angles.

One of them clearly showed the tattoo visible through the sweat-soaked shirt on his back.

It was a beautiful young woman.

What the hell???? Is this some high-tech shirt that reveals an image when wet???

You think it’s a cup? This is a tattoo!!

A tattoo????!!!!

How did I never know that my brother had a tattoo, and such a large one too? And more importantly! Who is this girl tattooed on his back!?

Your brother only has one girl he’s ever been linked with.

Ahhhhhhh could it be that Locust Girl? Oh my god, did he tattoo his crush on his back?!

Wuwuwuwuwu, although still, no wonder Brother Ye has liked her for so many years. Even from this blurry tattoo, you can still see the Locust Girl’s heavenly beauty!!!

I think so too!!! She’s so beautiful!!! And she looks so sweet!!!

Although I’m a girlfriend fan, I feel both heartbroken and moved by how devoted Brother Ye is. I hope they can get together!!

…

Lin Qingye saw the photos on the trending Weibo posts and frowned slightly.

He had indeed planned to announce their relationship after the concert, but he had intended to do it through an interview. He hadn’t expected it would be revealed in this accidental way, with Xu Zhinan’s appearance exposed.

The tattoo image in that photo was quite clear. The tattoo had been done by Xu Zhinan herself—she had good technique and artistic skills.

Anyone who knew her would recognize Xu Zhinan from this image.

Xu Zhinan also leaned over to look: “That’s what I was about to tell you.”

“It’s fine. We were planning to go public anyway. Consider this an early heads-up,” Lin Qingye quickly relaxed his attitude.

Xu Zhinan had been a bit worried, but after seeing the comments and finding that no one was unfollowing or attacking, she felt reassured.

They continued eating their late-night meal.

The staff had worked hard all day and didn’t share the band’s excitement about their reunion performance. After eating, they told Lin Qingye they wanted to rest.

Lin Qingye: “Alright, you can go. I’ll clean up here.”

He hadn’t drunk much, unlike Guan Chi and the others who were determined to drink until they were completely drunk.

When they finally finished, the three others were predictably drunk again.

Lin Qingye and Xu Zhinan quickly cleaned up the leftovers and went outside together. The driver was still waiting outside, smoking. When he saw them come out, he put out his cigarette.

After getting the three drunks into the car, Lin Qingye took out his wallet and removed all the cash inside—not much, around ten bills—and handed them to the driver.

“Thank you for your hard work,” Lin Qingye said.

The driver was startled: “Oh no, I can’t take this, this isn’t part of my salary.”

“It’s fine. Thank you for waiting outside for us for so long and staying up late. You deserve this.”

After some back and forth, the driver finally accepted the money with embarrassment and thanked Lin Qingye again.

Back at the hotel, all five went upstairs together.

Exiting the elevator, there were only two suites on this floor, with just the five of them staying there.

Lin Qingye didn’t bother helping the three drunks, letting them support each other and feel their way along the wall to their suite, while he casually walked behind them holding his girlfriend’s hand.

At their suite door, Lin Qingye took the key card from Guan Chi’s pocket, swiped it for them, and let the three in.

Guan Chi’s wife called at that moment, but he had just shuffled to the sofa, fallen face-down, and started snoring within two seconds.

Xu Zhinan: “…”

Since it was late at night and they were out of town, not answering the phone would cause worry. Lin Qingye answered the call when it rang a second time, putting it on speaker.

A woman’s voice came through: “Chi…”

Lin Qingye interrupted: “It’s me, Lin Qingye.”

“Ah, oh, isn’t Guan Chi there?”

“They drank a bit too much with the late-night meal, and he just fell asleep. Don’t worry, we’re already at the hotel. We’ll be back in Yan City tomorrow.”

“Mm, okay.”

After a moment, just as Lin Qingye was about to hang up, Guan Chi’s wife suddenly called out to him. Lin Qingye put the phone back to his ear: “What is it?”

“Nothing important, I just wanted to thank you on behalf of Chi.”

She had just seen the videos fans had posted online, saw Guan Chi on stage in front of eighty thousand people, and saw close-ups of him with tears in his eyes on the big screen.

She and Guan Chi had married because of pregnancy. Her parents thought his bar job was unstable and not respectable, and didn’t approve. Guan Chi later stopped working at the bar, but there was always regret.

Lin Qingye smiled, still downplaying it: “Nothing to thank me for.”

After hanging up, he pulled Guan Chi up from the sofa and dragged him into his bedroom.

Xu Zhinan followed behind him. Coming out of Guan Chi’s room, she paused, looking at Ji Yan and Shi Si, who had changed positions in the living room.

Shi Si was tall, now with his arms resting on Ji Yan’s shoulders, transferring all his weight onto her, while Ji Yan had her arms around his waist. The two were squeezed into a corner, backs against the wall.

Lin Qingye glanced at them, didn’t say much, just a “rest early” before leaving with Xu Zhinan.

Xu Zhinan followed him to the door of the neighboring suite, then realized something wasn’t right and asked: “Ji Yan didn’t seem to drink that much, did she?” At least less than when she got drunk on New Year’s Day.

Lin Qingye chuckled softly, giving her a look: “You noticed?”

“Hm?”

“She was pretending.”

Xu Zhinan was startled, not understanding: “Why?”

“Some relationships can’t progress when people are sober. It takes getting drunk to move forward.”

“…She likes Shi Si too?”

Swiping the card to enter their room, Lin Qingye said lightly: “Probably.”

He was still carrying the merchandise Xu Zhinan had bought from the small stands earlier that evening. He hadn’t looked closely during stage preparations, but now he took everything out to examine.

He also helped Xu Zhinan put on the phone case with his picture printed on the back.

The various merchandise items were laid out—from small items like postcards, photos, and bracelets to larger ones like pillows, umbrellas, and posters.

When Xu Zhinan was buying them, she didn’t think much of it, but now in front of Lin Qingye, she felt awkward, like a silly fangirl who had bought everything just because she thought the photos looked handsome.

“…Stop looking,” she said, reaching out to put everything away.

“You bought them but won’t let me look? How much did all this cost?”

“They’re quite expensive,” Xu Zhinan said honestly. “I feel like once they print your photo on them, the price doubles or triples compared to ordinary items.”

“If they’re so expensive, let’s not waste them,” Lin Qingye said.

Xu Zhinan didn’t understand what he meant. She looked up at him, but was pulled closer by his arm around her waist.

He had drunk a little alcohol earlier. Though not drunk, there was still a faint smell of alcohol on his breath, which became strangely intoxicating when warmed by his body heat.

Xu Zhinan raised her chin and took the initiative to kiss him.

After the kiss, Lin Qingye turned her around with his arm around her waist, so her back was against him.

Xu Zhinan didn’t understand, turning her head to look at him: “What’s wrong?”

Without answering, he bent his knee and pushed against the back of her knees. Xu Zhinan’s legs weakened, and she fell onto the sofa, steadying herself with her hands on the backrest. Immediately, his burning chest pressed against her from behind.

“…Brother Qingye,” she breathed very lightly.

“Mm,” he responded hoarsely.

The hot chest behind her moved away slightly. Xu Zhinan was about to turn and look when that heat quickly returned, this time with something else.

Lin Qingye grabbed a cushion from the coffee table and placed it in front of Xu Zhinan.

Xu Zhinan swallowed, remembering his shameless voice message earlier that evening.

She was wearing a dress with a large neckline today. Lin Qingye pulled her collar to the side, hooking it on her upper arm, and leaned down to bite her shoulder.

Xu Zhinan strangely thought of vampires from movies.

She was aroused by his undisguised desire, but looking down, she saw his photo on the cushion—the photo of him when he first dyed his hair blue, which was also Xu Zhinan’s phone wallpaper.

Free and uninhibited, exuding youthful energy.

It contrasted sharply with the Lin Qingye behind her now, making her heart beat even faster, almost jumping out of her throat—unbearable yet shameful.

Xu Zhinan closed her eyes and struggled a little.

“What’s wrong?” Lin Qingye asked.

Her face heated up: “Not here.”

Lin Qingye laughed softly: “It has to be here.”

Usually, Lin Qingye would comply with whatever Xu Zhinan wanted, but in these matters, he was always wicked and insatiable.

He slapped her bottom once, then bit her shoulder again: “Be good.”

…

As night descended like a tide, when the tide swept in, Xu Zhinan’s vision whitened, yet she seemed to see tonight’s surging blue sea, hearing not only Lin Qingye’s panting but also the shouting from the concert.

The two enjoyed their precious time together. Xu Zhinan didn’t know where Lin Qingye got such good stamina—others would be tired just from attending a concert, but after performing an entire show, he seemed even more energetic, holding onto her endlessly.

Both were immersed in the moment, unaware of the situation online.

That night was sleepless for Lin Qingye’s fans, not just because of the unforgettable, moving concert, but also because of the various speculations about his back tattoo that kept appearing online.

The girl in the tattoo might not be recognizable to ordinary fans, but students from Pingchuan University who had studied with Xu Zhinan couldn’t fail to recognize her.

At that time, Lin Qingye was one year ahead of Xu Zhinan, and both were legends at Pingchuan University, known to almost everyone on campus.

During their years at school, posts discussing these two could be found all over Pingchuan University’s campus forum.

Not long after the video of the concert’s last song appeared online, a current senior at Pingchuan University posted:

“How does Lin Qingye’s concert tattoo look so much like Xu Zhinan? It seems to be Xu Zhinan???”

Below, they attached a photo of Xu Zhinan with black hair from her student days.

Now Xu Zhinan had graduated for nearly three years, and Pingchuan University students had cycled through several batches.

When Xu Zhinan was a junior and Lin Qingye was a senior, the student who posted this was just entering as a freshman.

Most current students browsing the Pingchuan University forum didn’t know much about past events.

Huh?? This photo isn’t the super pretty blue-haired girl from the tattoo shop across from campus???

Is the poster above a freshman? Xu Zhinan ran that tattoo shop while studying, and was the campus beauty then. Everyone called her “Light of Pingchuan.”

It looks like her!!!

It does look like Xu Zhinan when she had black hair, but Xu Zhinan has blue hair now, while the tattoo shows black hair, so it seems off.

You don’t know when this tattoo was done. Maybe it was tattooed when Xu Zhinan still had black hair.

Xu Zhinan has had blue hair for several years, right? If it was tattooed that early, they must have known each other for a long time, but didn’t everyone say the two Pingchuan legends didn’t know each other?

I remember that too. While they were still at school, there was even a group of campus CP fans hoping the two faces of Pingchuan would get together for everyone to admire.

…

Soon, posts about Lin Qingye and Xu Zhinan from years ago were “exhumed” and rose to the front page.

There were two main highlights.

One was from four years ago, right after Lin Qingye had participated in his senior year graduation party. That night, a post quietly appeared:

“Just had a late-night snack with friends at the shopping street and happened to run into the other members of Locust Band. Overheard them saying Lin Qingye got water splashed in his face???”

The conclusion drawn from this post was that Lin Qingye had been rejected after confessing his love, and even had water splashed in his face.

The other highlight was from a month after the first post: “Shocking! Pingchuan’s two divine beings together again! Lin Qingye waited for Xu Zhinan outside the dormitory early this morning!!!”

This was a post about when Lin Qingye went to the school to find her after they had separated.

It included the poster’s live broadcast of the situation:

I couldn’t hear clearly what these two were saying (Lin Qingye’s aura was too strong, I didn’t dare get too close, I’m a coward…) Anyway, the Light of Pingchuan threw a piece of clothing at Lin Qingye, then turned to leave when Lin Qingye grabbed her wrist, then pulled hard, and the Light of Pingchuan almost fell into his arms (ahhhhhh my fangirl heart exploded!!! Imagine it!!! Those faces, a real idol drama happening right in front of me!!!)

Anyway, the whole time the Light of Pingchuan had a cold face, super cool! And then… I think Lin Qingye smiled indulgently…

Later, Lin Qingye said something, and the Light of Pingchuan left with him. A friend of mine said they saw them go to Xu Zhinan’s tattoo shop.

After the original poster finished broadcasting, there was a comment below:

Hearing what’s been said above, I suddenly remembered that thing discussed after the graduation party. Could Xu Zhinan be Lin Qingye’s ex-girlfriend, and she was the one who splashed the water?

To be fair, the only one who would dare splash water in Lin Qingye’s face would be the Light of Pingchuan. Look at these photos! Not even smiling!! Someone like me, who shows 20 teeth when seeing a handsome guy, has no hope.

The Pingchuan University campus forum had indeed suspected the relationship between these two legends for a while, but later, shortly after Lin Qingye entered the entertainment industry, he mentioned the Locust Girl in an interview on “I Come for Music,” and the rumors about Xu Zhinan were dispelled.

After all, according to Lin Qingye, he had liked that girl since he was 16, and at 16, he probably didn’t know Xu Zhinan yet.

But now that it was being dug up again, people couldn’t quite figure out what was going on.

And it wasn’t just Lin Qingye’s fans and Pingchuan University students digging into this gossip now—Yan City’s tattoo community was also in turmoil.

The circle was small, but everyone knew Xu Zhinan and naturally thought the girl in the tattoo looked very much like her.

What they were more concerned about was who had done the tattoo.

Even through a shirt, it was clear this was a realistic style tattoo, and the best at realistic tattoos in Yan City was Xu Zhinan.

But could she have tattooed her image on him?

Soon, the speculations from the Pingchuan University forum and the tattoo community were all transported to Weibo and super topics by fans.

If their guesses were true, Lin Qingye couldn’t be more pitiful—first rejected after confessing, then spending a night outside the girl’s dormitory, then tattooing her picture on his back, possibly even tattooed by her—he could practically be called a stalker.

And even with all that, he still hadn’t won her over.

The Locust Girl’s heart is too hard! How could she still reject him after all this? Isn’t my brother good enough?!

Damn, I feel so sorry for Lin Qingye.

Although rejecting Brother Ye for so many years is unbelievable, this young lady is really beautiful! You can go to the forum to see her other photos, there are many, and she’s super gorgeous!!!

If these two got together, they’d be such a beautiful couple! When is the young lady entering the entertainment industry? I’ll fundraise to help the young lady debut!!!

Damn, has no one noticed this young lady’s name is Xu Zhinan? Nan as in ‘mumble’!

Holy shit! This confirms it, right?! “Locust” refers to her, and “Whispers” also refers to her!!!

I just came from Pingchuan University’s forum. The name of this lady’s tattoo shop in Yan City is called Whispers! And it’s been open for quite a while! Think about it!!!

Let’s not speculate wildly, we still don’t know what’s going on!

Of course, the phrase “we still don’t know what’s going on” didn’t last long, as other evidence soon arrived.

The first piece was when people dug up photos of Lin Qingye returning to Pingchuan University for a sports meet. In one photo, he stood on the field with a professor, with people playing an eight-legged race game in the background.

Actually, at the time, there was already a comment saying that the girl in photo P3 was pretty, with a Pingchuan student replying that it was the campus beauty.

At the time, no one paid much attention to this comment, focusing instead on Lin Qingye.

Looking back now, they realized clues had been there all along.

A fan made an analysis graphic showing that in that photo, Lin Qingye’s gaze was indeed directed toward Xu Zhinan in the distance, while Xu Zhinan was chatting with classmates beside her.

She didn’t even look at Lin Qingye once!!!

Around 2-3 AM, another piece of evidence emerged.

This time it was conclusive—

One of Xu Zhinan’s high school classmates spoke up, confirming that Xu Zhinan’s father was indeed a police officer, and the Su Zheng who nearly got Lin Qingye involved in a school violence scandal had indeed bullied Xu Zhinan and been publicly criticized by the principal for insulting martyrs.

With this, it was confirmed that Xu Zhinan was the Locust Girl.

Case closed, and everyone’s attention shifted to new content.

A lot of information about Xu Zhinan was dug up.

Including her tattoo shop’s reviews on public rating sites, her past performances and photos from tattoo design competitions, her academic performance while studying, and so on.

However, all the information was positive, with not a shred of so-called “dirt” uncovered.

Excellent grades in high school and university, attended the prestigious Pingchuan University, declined a postgraduate recommendation, and graduated smoothly as an outstanding graduate, champion of a tattoo design competition.

Even the shop reviews were unanimously positive, with only one negative review from two years ago saying the shop owner was too aloof and unwilling to make friends.

But obviously, she was just focused on her work and unwilling to engage with people hitting on her.

She rejected Lin Qingye’s ten-year pursuit, of course, she’d be cold to other men!

All these materials combined formed a capital “I” for “Integrity.”

Wuwuwu after seeing all the little sister’s information, I like her too!

Me too! She’s excellent, outstanding in every way, and very low-key; she never used her brother to promote her shop or anything else.

I looked at her WeChat moments content that people posted online, and she’s really gently and earnestly working. Indeed, only fairy girls who don’t swear get handsome guys to like them, while Princess Zuoan, like me, has no hope…

I really couldn’t accept my brother with any other girl before, but if it’s this young lady, it feels good.

Shows my brother has good taste!

She’s so beautiful… I thought the tattoo was enhanced, but the real person is even more beautiful. This is just too fucking gorgeous!!

And she has both a sweet and stunning appearance, unlike the tattoo artists I imagined. Cute, want to pet!

…

Xu Zhinan didn’t know about the storm she had caused online, with people discovering her information and material, and many fans already beginning to look forward to Lin Qingye winning her over.

And on this night, when countless people mistakenly believed she was a woman even Lin Qingye couldn’t have, she was being thoroughly exhausted by Lin Qingye until dawn.

Her whole body had no strength, she was sweating to the point of near dehydration, sore, and uncomfortable. By the end, even someone with Xu Zhinan’s temperament was getting annoyed.

She wouldn’t even let Lin Qingye hold her when sleeping—she got irritated whenever he came close.

When Lin Qingye woke up in the morning, he felt satisfied and refreshed. He sat on the edge of the bed, looking down at Xu Zhinan.

The young woman’s brows were furrowed; she seemed to have been worn out and was uncomfortable.

Lin Qingye reached his hand under the covers. As soon as he touched her leg, Xu Zhinan whimpered and moved away, her brows furrowing deeper, her voice soft but annoyed: “Stop bothering me!”

“I’m checking if there’s any swelling,” his voice was gentle.

“…”

In response, Xu Zhinan pulled the covers over her head without any attachment to him and ignored him completely.

Lin Qingye didn’t push her. After washing up, he went to the living room, planning to make some breakfast. He had just put the noodles in the pot when he heard the doorbell ring outside.

At this hour, it was probably Guan Chi and the others.

Lin Qingye washed his hands, didn’t bother putting on a shirt, just standing there with his upper body bare, only pants gripping his lean waist. He lazily responded, “Coming,” and went to open the door.

But when the door opened, Shen Linlin’s face appeared.

Lin Qingye paused, then noticed the camera behind her. His gaze moved down to Shen Linlin’s face, and he calmly raised an eyebrow.

He was indeed calm, without any panic commonly seen during surprise inspections.

But at this moment, the viewers in the comments couldn’t remain calm, all screaming “Ahhhhh” for Lin Qingye’s physique.

Shen Linlin also looked him up and down, exclaimed “Whoa,” leaned closer, and said softly: “I came specially to help you clarify your charm issue.”

Lin Qingye spoke in a deep, magnetic voice: “What?”

“…” Shen Linlin gave him a complicated look. “You don’t know what’s happening online right now, do you?”

“I just woke up, haven’t checked yet.”

“…”

Lin Qingye probably understood the situation in front of him. He and Shen Linlin had added each other as friends, and yesterday he saw that she mentioned coming to T City to record a variety show, which included a segment of surprise interviews with friends in the industry.

Shen Linlin’s choosing to come to him was probably related to the online discussions.

But Lin Qingye truly didn’t know what the current online situation was.

He didn’t let the filming crew into the room, just said “Wait a moment” coolly, turned back inside, and grabbed a short-sleeved shirt from the living room sofa.

As he turned, his back tattoo was visible again, clearer this time.

Not only was there the young woman’s image, but on his shoulder blade were two characters—”A’Nan.”

Again, that “Nan” character.

The live stream comments went even crazier. This was the ultimate confirmation among confirmations.

Lin Qingye flipped the shirt inside out, put his arms through the sleeves, and was about to put it on when the bedroom door suddenly opened from inside.

Last night, they had gone from the living room to the bedroom, and Xu Zhinan’s clothes had been tossed, who knows where. Now she was wearing only Lin Qingye’s shirt, which was very long, reaching mid-thigh, exposing her slender, fair calves.

She was drowsy, squinting against the sunlight, with a hint of annoyance: “Lin Qingye, where did you throw my clothes again?”

In the live broadcast, the woman’s face perfectly matched the tattoo on Lin Qingye’s back.

The world fell silent.

Lin Qingye quickly threw on his shirt haphazardly, walked swiftly to her, grabbed her waist, and, without any explanation, carried her back into the bedroom.

Then, with a loud “bang,” the bedroom door was shut.

The living room was quiet again. Shen Linlin and the cameraman behind her: “…………”

And in the live stream, comments scrolled rapidly.

Ahhhhhhhhh!!!! What’s happening!!!!

Oh my god!!! She came out of the bedroom????

Ahhhhhhhhhhhh!! He’s already won over the Locust Girl?????

The live stream completely exploded.