I Have the Aura of a Supporting Character in Yuri Novels - Chapter 20.1

The winter night was cold, but it was nothing compared to the coldness in Zhou Shihao’s heart.

After he finished dinner, he put on a smile and drank with the other men. When Zhou Shihao lowered his status to talk to people, he wasn’t particularly smooth, but at least he was much better than his previously arrogant attitude. With Luo Yi’s help, the atmosphere of the dinner returned to normal.

Everyone was an adult, and even if they had a lot of dissatisfaction, they could still maintain a good relationship on the surface.

Tang Yueqi and Zhu Yun were indifferent to him, which was how they normally treated Zhou Shihao. This made the fans of their couple feel wronged, and when they thought of Zhou Shihao being a manager of a certain company and being rumored to be the heir of a large corporation, the fans couldn’t help but be cynical. They were certain that Zhou Shihao must have used his “money power” to threaten the director, which was why he was allowed to stay. The powerless Zhu Yun and Tang Yueqi could only swallow their bitterness.

People were talking, and the angry fans went to Zhou Shihao’s account to scold him again.

When 857 relayed the fans’ complaints to Zhu Yun, Zhu Yun laughed so hard she couldn’t straighten up. These developments were essentially the same as the plot, but the person involved had changed from Zhu Yun to Zhou Shihao.

Just as the live broadcast was about to end, Zhou Shihao’s phone rang. The sudden ringtone was a bit jarring. Everyone’s eyes fell on Zhou Shihao. It was a rule written in the contract that they shouldn’t bring their phones during the live broadcast, and now Zhou Shihao had blatantly violated it. Duan Fei pursed her lips in contempt, as she was a lawyer by profession and couldn’t stand this kind of person.

Zhou Shihao quickly hung up, but the phone rang again.

Sun Qiuyang helped him out, saying, “It must be something urgent. Shihao, you go take care of it.”

No one mentioned the requirements in the contract, but Zhou Shihao still nodded awkwardly and smiled, then hurried upstairs.

Duan Fei said grumpily, “As expected of Young Master Zhou.”

“Feifei,” Sun Qiuyang called her name with a smile. The handsome and elegant man was hard for Duan Fei to resist. Duan Fei blushed and stopped talking, clinging to Lü Tinglan and saying goodbye to the camera.

At that moment, a man’s angry roar was heard in the live broadcast room.

“What did you say? Someone posted a scoop about me online?”

“Who is this person!”

“Is it…”

The name Zhou Shihao mentioned was censored by the director in time. The director turned off his live broadcast equipment and said angrily, “What happened online? Xiao Zhang, go check it out quickly!”

Xiao Zhang was his assistant, and he didn’t dare to delay the director’s order. “Okay, Director.”

Because his words had been transmitted through the equipment to the live broadcast room, the netizens who didn’t know about this matter all opened their social media platforms and searched for gossip about Zhou Shihao.

The people in the living room couldn’t hear the sound from the equipment and were all saying goodbye to the netizens, saying they would see them in the next episode.

[Oh my goodness, such a dramatic and sweet dating show, this show is number one, who dares to be number two!!!!]

[This is definitely the best variety show of the year, hahahahahaha, I’m going to die laughing, what kind of weird move is Zhou Shihao making!]

[Zhou Shihao is collapsing and going crazy, while the other guests are enjoying a peaceful life, hahahahahaha, I can’t take it, it’s too funny.]

[I was quite sad and disappointed because the show was about to end, but Zhou Shihao’s move, in one word, is brilliant!]

“Cough, cough, cough.”

Zhu Yun really wanted to stay calm, but 857’s schadenfreude made it impossible for her to hold back!

Laughing out loud now would just make her look like a fool, so she covered her mouth and pretended to cough.

“Xiao Zhu, is your throat bothering you?”

Zhu Yun seized the opportunity to feign illness and nodded weakly. Tang Yueqi touched her forehead and said worriedly, “I’ll go boil some pear water for you.”

“No, A-Yue, come upstairs with me. I have medicine in my room.”

Lü Tinglan urged them to go upstairs, saying, “I’ll do the dishes tonight.”

“Thanks.”

“It’s no big deal. You guys covered for me yesterday.”

Zhu Yun held her hand and went upstairs. Her sick expression instantly turned into a smiling one. She pushed Tang Yueqi against the door, stood on her tiptoes, and kissed her lips. She was full of energy, not weak at all like before.

“You actually scared me!”

Tang Yueqi glared at her. Zhu Yun was in a good mood and held her hand, saying, “I wasn’t trying to scare you. Didn’t A-Yue say before that a kiss can solve all problems?”

Tang Yueqi snorted coldly and squinted her beautiful eyes. A dangerous aura was approaching Zhu Yun. She pinched Zhu Yun’s chin, making Zhu Yun’s lips part slightly to reveal the tip of her tongue. Tang Yueqi bit her in annoyance, then kissed the injured spot in a pained way. Her voice was muffled and watery, saying, “A sharp tongue.”

Zhu Yun kissed her back, saying, “You bit me, it hurts.”

“Didn’t Xiao Zhu say that a kiss makes the pain go away?”

A slender arm wrapped around Zhu Yun’s soft waist. The passionate kiss was filled with her scent. The two of them enjoyed the precious moment.

After the kiss, Tang Yueqi wiped away the moisture from her eyes and said softly, “What happened just now?”

Zhu Yun didn’t expect her to be so sharp. She couldn’t tell her about Zhou Shihao, so she just said, “Nothing, I just miss our private space.”

Tang Yueqi smiled and said, “After the show ends, every day will be our private space.”

Zhu Yun couldn’t help but kiss her again and sighed softly, “I feel like I can’t leave you.”

“Then don’t leave.”

Zhu Yun couldn’t forget the feeling she had when she was with Tang Yueqi. It was priceless, which was why she couldn’t sleep that night.

At two in the morning, the apartment door made a loud noise. The people in their sleep were not startled, just lazily turned over and continued to sleep. Zhu Yun, who hadn’t slept for a long time, put on her jacket and stood at the window, watching the car downstairs leave. The man’s anxious expression made her feel refreshed.

[Xiao Zhu, where do you think Zhou Shihao is going?]

“To his mother, of course.”

Zhu Yun pulled the curtains and sighed leisurely, “A child with a mother is like a treasure. If there’s any trouble, of course he’ll go to his mother.”

She couldn’t sleep tonight. She had to keep an eye on that post. What if someone used their “money power” to delete it? Although 857 complained that Zhu Yun looked down on its technology, it still stayed to accompany Zhu Yun.

She rubbed her eyes and yawned, “I haven’t stayed up late in a long time, I’m so sleepy.”

[Xiao Zhu, are you really staying up late for the post?]

857, who had been holding it in for a long time, finally couldn’t help it. Zhu Yun’s expression froze, but she quickly smiled. “It seems I can’t hide it from you.”

Zhu Yun was sleepless because she felt uneasy these past few days. She had a person she cared about in this world, so she became worried about losing everything in front of her. She was afraid that after avoiding the plot kill, she would have to leave this place.

This outcome was just a guess of Zhu Yun’s. She just cared about Tang Yueqi too much, and couldn’t help but have some strange thoughts.

Now she had escaped the online bullying and even paid back the debt Zhou Shihao owed her. The trembling Zhu Yun started to become afraid, worried that one day she would wake up and be back in the space where she first met system 857.

There, there was no Tang Yueqi, only a white fog.

857 understood what Zhu Yun had said to it and was so angry that it jumped up and down in the system space. If it could appear in this world, 857 would definitely stick to Zhu Yun’s face and twist her cheeks.

[I’ve been so sincere to you, and you don’t even have this much trust in me? Do I look like that kind of heartless and scummy system! You finally managed to get the female lead, so how could I possibly take you away from here! Zhu Yun! You’re going to make me so mad, I want to hit you, hit you!]

Zhu Yun took a sip of coffee. The bitterness bloomed on her tongue. Her delicate face had no trace of a warm smile. She lowered her thick eyelashes and said faintly, “857, you have a lot of secrets. You’ve never told me why you chose to bind with me and promised to revive me. I said before that my feelings for A-Yue are not for any kind of gain, but a simple love. Please don’t say ‘get’ anymore, because I remember my original task was to avoid the plot kill, not to ‘get’ the female lead.”

System 857 seemed to be struck dumb. Its glowing body fell from the air onto the table, becoming a thin pancake. Then it rolled itself up, moved its body, and the flat pancake became round again, returning to its original plump state.

[You are the chosen one, and you are destined to have this tribulation. Xiao Zhu, I do have a lot of secrets I haven’t told you, but you’re so smart that you’ll definitely find the answers in the future.]

[You won’t leave this world. Go ahead and be with Tang Yueqi without worry.]

[This system is a little mischievous, but I will definitely not break you two up~]

857’s voice became clear and pleasant, without any hint of malice. Zhu Yun raised her eyebrows and said, “Really?”

[Really, more real than real gold.]

Zhu Yun took another sip of coffee. The worries in her heart were eased. 857 did have a lot of secrets, but it didn’t matter. She had the patience to solve this mystery. The most important thing right now was Tang Yueqi. With 857’s promise, she could live the rest of her life in peace.

Zhu Yun concealed the warmth in her eyes and smiled. “Thank you, 857.”

The warm glowing body of 857 suddenly lit up, like a dazzling star. It shyly hugged its body, and its voice was very small and soft. Luckily, it was late at night, or Zhu Yun wouldn’t have been able to hear it clearly.

[You…you’re welcome. We’re partners.]

Suddenly, 857 shouted in surprise.

[Xiao Zhu, Xiao Zhu, pull back the curtains!]

Zhu Yun didn’t know why, but she obediently looked out the window. When she saw the white snowflakes dancing in the dark night, Zhu Yun couldn’t help but touch the window. She said happily, “It’s snowing.”

It was the first snow. It was so beautiful.

So, she had been here for so long, from autumn to winter.

Zhu Yun leaned against the window, watching the snow and thinking of Tang Yueqi in the next room. Her smile was faint, filled with affection.

[What are you thinking, Xiao Zhu?]

“I’m thinking of having hot pot with A-Yue another day.”

This was probably what caring meant, being able to think of her and mention her no matter what.

“I’ve finished my coffee, I’ll go make another cup.”

[Still making coffee? Aren’t you afraid of Tang Yueqi seeing your dark circles when she wakes up? I told you I won’t let you leave this world, so you can sleep in peace.]

A long time later, the night light in the room was turned off.

On this night, there was one less person who couldn’t sleep, leaving only the irritable and annoyed Zhou Shihao.

He drove home. When he saw the red light, he couldn’t help but slam the car horn. The jarring sound drew many people’s scolding. Zhou Shihao didn’t care and just wanted to get home quickly.

His most painful and humiliating background had been exposed. Zhou Shihao threw his phone and hid in his room, refusing to come out. The image he had painstakingly built had collapsed. His former arrogance and condescension now seemed so ridiculous and laughable. He knew he must have become a joke in the eyes of others.

Zhou Shihao’s face was pale. He still couldn’t figure out who had leaked his background, but he had a suspect in his mind: it was very likely his older brother, who had always disliked him!

He had someone contact the administrator of the gossip website, hoping to have the post deleted. But the administrator replied that it couldn’t be deleted, which was obviously a perfunctory excuse. How could a post on his own website not be deletable! So Zhou Shihao was even more certain that someone was behind this, and the administrator was colluding with that person.

The online discussions shattered Zhou Shihao’s persona. He wasn’t a well-born rich man at all, but an illegitimate child raised by a mistress, someone who couldn’t be seen in public. Netizens also knew that Zhou Shihao had no chance of inheriting the family business, because his older brother had already been exposed.

When one fact after another was laid out in front of everyone, “hypocritical scoundrel” had become an inseparable label for Zhou Shihao, and he was like a street rat, hated by everyone.

The more glamorous he had made himself out to be in the early stages, the more painful the slap in the face Zhou Shihao was getting now.

Not only that, but someone also exposed Zhou Shihao’s messy private life abroad, with countless ex-girlfriends. This enraged the couple fans Zhou Shihao had painstakingly cultivated. If he liked women, and he was so obviously pursuing Tang Yueqi on the show, then why was he also selling the “bromance” with Luo Yi? Wasn’t this just playing with people’s feelings?

For a time, the internet gathered a group of people who hated Zhou Shihao and strongly demanded that the director kick him off the show, so as not to be an eyesore.

Originally, Zhou Shihao thought he could just hide for a while and wait for the post to be deleted to restore his peace. But he never expected the online public opinion to snowball, getting bigger and bigger, and even implicating the Zhou family in the end. He couldn’t continue to avoid it. His father’s calls came one after another, and he had to go back.

Zhou Shihao grabbed his hair in崩溃. He parked the car not far from the villa, as if he was torturing himself. He looked at the private messages and comments on his phone. The shattered screen seemed to be his rationality on the verge of breaking.

The double pressure from public opinion and his father made him miserable. Originally, he had participated in the show to take another glorious path. He wanted to tell everyone that even if he couldn’t inherit the family business, he was no worse than that person.

But now, everything was over.

He walked into the house with his head down, but instead of his father’s comfort, he was met with a heavy slap. The old man with graying hair used one sentence to determine Zhou Shihao’s future.

“Shihao, I’m very relieved that your brother is taking over the domestic affairs. You should go abroad. Come back when things have calmed down. And don’t call your mother anymore. You’re an adult now, you should handle your own matters and stop thinking of us to help you!”

Zhou Shihao knelt on the ground with bloodshot eyes, begging, but his father’s cold back made him cry bitterly.

Everything was going so smoothly, why did it turn into this dead end?

Zhou Shihao, the favored youngest son, was nothing in the face of profit. Especially that undeletable post, which had completely humiliated the Zhou family. No matter how messy people in the circle played, they had to maintain the appearance of a loving couple on the surface. Now that this illegitimate child, who couldn’t be seen in public, had caused such a huge scandal, the face-conscious Father Zhou was naturally furious. In a fit of rage, he simply kicked him out of the country to give everyone some peace.

And Zhou Shihao would never know in this life that the reason he had reached this point was all because he once owed a debt.

The snowflakes fell gently. The first snow was soft, without cold winds or blizzards. Sitting on the sofa and admiring the snow outside was a unique sight of winter.

After a night had passed, the creditor, Zhu Yun, woke up early and wanted to eat roasted sweet potatoes. So, after dinner, there was an extra dessert, the sweet and golden roasted sweet potatoes were on the table.

Everyone got a share of the roasted sweet potatoes. With its warmth, the cold seemed to disappear.

Luo Yi looked listless. Lin Kai Chang, at Lü Tinglan’s silent signal, explained, “He’s fine, he just found out the truth with the help of netizens.”

The “truth” he was referring to was Zhou Shihao’s bromance with him. Luo Yi was a straight man and had never thought about Zhou Shihao’s true intentions every time they took a photo together. He thought he had found a close friend, but it turned out to be just a manipulation.

Lü Tinglan felt a little sorry for him. Thinking of this cheerful big boy becoming so listless, she walked over and ruffled his short hair vigorously. “Alright, alright, who hasn’t met a scumbag when they were young? Eat something sweet, and all the bad feelings will fly away.”

“Then can I eat your roasted sweet potato?”

Lü Tinglan’s expression instantly changed. She put away her “big sister” attitude and said haughtily, “In your dreams.”

She didn’t know how Zhu Yun had roasted it, but the taste was exactly the same as in her childhood. No one could take it from her.

“Stingy!”

As soon as Zhu Yun came over, she heard them bickering. She couldn’t help but look at Tang Yueqi. Her lively eyes were full of curiosity. Tang Yueqi smiled and put her arm around her, making her sit on the sofa, and rubbed her shoulders. “It’s nothing, Tinglan is just teasing a kid.”

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