CH 1

In Lincheng, where it hadn't rained for most of the month, it was stiflingly hot even at night.

On the top floor of the downtown Vail Building, a cocktail party was quietly going on.

The huge open-air balcony was occupied by a swimming pool, several entertainment facilities, and playful young men and women, with flickering lights and soft music playing from the stereos hidden everywhere.

Probably tormented by the weather, the deeper the night, the more people gathered around the pool.

When entering the balcony, the lights became brighter, the wine glasses were interlaced, and the air was mixed with a light fragrance as the successful people exchanged pleasantries.

A few people were dancing, a few people were drinking tea, and a few people were gossiping with each other.

The corridor away from there was much quieter in comparison.

Perhaps it was because the party had only started a short time ago, or perhaps there was nothing interesting to do here, so there were very few people passing by, even though it was a great place to see the beauty of Lincheng.

There was only one person who had been sitting on a chair by the corridor from the beginning of the reception until now.

His hand was resting on the table with his chin propped up, his lips were pursed, and he was looking out of the floor-to-ceiling window at the night view of Lincheng. His long eyelashes were refracting colored light under the overhead light, casting blurred shadows on his lower eyes.

Every time he blinked, the imperceptible colored light on his eyelashes followed up and down.

"Xu Yu, are you listening?"

A voice came out of the Bluetooth headset, and Xu Yu's index finger, which was casually leaning against his cheek, subconsciously moved..

"I'm listening."  Xu Yu replied in a low voice.

For a short time, the drone he was staring at had flown from left to right, and then from right to left many times. The red light of the opposite building flashed no less than 100 times. The traffic jam on round-about has not eased, there was no full moon, and the stars were not bright.

Nothing was interesting at all.

"En," said the female voice on the other side of the phone, "I seem to have found it."

Xu Yu: "You speak."

There: "Wait a minute, you wait."

It was said that it was found, but there was no sound there, and it turned into the click of the mouse and keyboard.

Xu Yu sighed softly.

His assistant Zhao Xiaoyun was talking with him on the phone. They were discussing the termination of his contract with the company.

Xu Yu was now 21 years old, and it would be his birthday in a few days. He will be 22 years old soon.

At the age of 19, Xu Yu was still in college. By chance, he participated in a talent show called "Hello Sing and Dance" and confusedly signed with an entertainment company for ten years.

It was not really a deception, but it was still as bad. Xu Yu could only be blamed for thinking too little, trusting others too easily, and his bad luck.

He wasn’t the only unlucky one, all his contemporaries were unlucky too. 

Originally, everything was impressive. The show received a good response soon after it was broadcast, and it also attracted many viewers and fans.

It was at that time that his company took the opportunity to find some of the top 30 boys at that time, one by one, one by one, and finally signed ten.

Xu Yu was one of the ten.

In the beginning, it was very good. Because of the relationship between the company's packaging and program editing, the popularity of those who were signed soared.

But before the fifth episode, the program was exposed through an inside story and black material.

A boy who had been stably in the top five had his bed photos with a producer exposed by netizens There were also some unequal treaties that were better kept under the table between the two, including the shady screening and manipulation of the program voting.

The fans who were genuinely following the stars collapsed overnight and began to scold the program group on Weibo.

The rating of the program fell to the bottom instantly, and all the top-ranked people were also attacked by netizens, who found a lot of false evidence and angrily dismissed all them.

When the fifth episode was broadcasted, all the support that the bullet screen should have had turned into abuse.

The popularity of the program had plummeted, but they had already invested a lot of money and recorded many scenes in advance, so they could only brazenly continue.

Do one episode, be scolded for one episode, until the end.

Roughly speaking, it had been three years since this incident happened. Many details had been forgotten and couldn’t be examined. But every time Xu Yu thought of it, he couldn’t help sighing and regretting that he’d signed the contract.

He was blinded by the promise given by the other party at that time. He naively thought that the company would really introduce him to many of his favorite musicians and would genuinely help him make music.

Bad luck is indeed bad luck, but Xu Yu is the luckiest one.

Maybe he was too aloof from the world and seldom spoke on the program. Xu Yu was the least attacked one, and also the one who recovered most quickly after the program.

If what you wished for something that was not written in the contract, the company had an excuse to not fulfill it.

Several boys who were signed at the beginning were left in the corner by the company. They took them out for a walk when needed and ignored them the rest of the time. *Not heard not questioned

*Idiom- to how no interest in someone/something, disregarded

Xu Yu was the one who had slipped out the most.

In the past three years, Xu Yu had participated in many unknown and non-nourishing variety shows because of his contract and hype CPs which he did not want to hype.

Perhaps due to his lack of initiative to cooperate and his inability to engage himself, the company had gradually given up on him.

The latest news about him, that is, last week, the company sent someone a message saying that he would not stay at Zhou Jie's home overnight. Then Zhou Jie called him and began to say some ambiguous things.

Xu Yu couldn't help thinking about it. After thinking about it in bed for a while, he called Sister Yun and said that he wanted to break the contract with the company.

Zhou Jie was the CP partner assigned by his company, which had been signed the previous year.

Maybe they wanted to get Zhou Jie to assign him to Xu Yu.

Xu Yu felt that he was already muddled enough, he didn’t expect Zhou Jie would not support him.

He was not at Zhou Jie’s home on that day. That was a photo from last year. Xu Yu was not the only one who went to Zhou Jie’s home.

He signed to the company at 19 years old and to date, he could be said to have achieved nothing, didn't get what he wanted, and waved a lot of what he didn't want.

"Haven't you found it yet?" Xu Yu asked Sister Yun.

"I found it," she replied, "but I have to call Miaomiao to confirm. Wait a few minutes for me, and I'll call you later."

Xu Yu gave a hum.

A beep came from the earphone, and there was no sound for two seconds.

Xu Yu picked up the wine at hand and took a sip.

At the moment when he looked up, he saw a baffling scene from the corner of his eye. Turning around, he saw three girls huddled together at the end of the corridor not far away, and one of them was taking pictures of him with a mobile phone.

Realizing she’d been caught, the girl who took the photo immediately put away her mobile phone, and the three people gathered together and pretended to look elsewhere.

Xu Yu looked away and took another sip of his drink.

Sister Yun didn't make him wait long. Two minutes later, the phone rang again.

Xu Yu picked it up.

"I have a general understanding," said Sister Yun. "There is a lot of content. I have sorted it out, but there is a problem." Sister Yun stopped suddenly.

Xu Yu asked, "What's the matter?"

Sister Yun: "Do you really want to cancel the contract? Even if there is a problem with the contract, you still have to pay a lot of liquidated damages."

Xu Yu firmly said, "Terminate the contract."

Sister Yun: "Okay."

Xu Yu asked Sister Yun to check a lot of things. At this critical time, Sister Yun slowed down and told Xu Yu bit by bit.

Xu Yu grabbed the glass and listened to her sentence by sentence, responding with a “hmm” when necessary.

The more he listened, the worse he felt.

Xu Yu subconsciously picked up the glass again and found that he had drunk all the fruit wine on the table.

Between taking another glass of wine and leaving the place, he chose the latter.

Xu Yu stood up against the table. At this moment, he saw a different picture in the corner of his eye.

It was the same place as the three girls just now, but it was not them.

Over the corridor, several men came. The first man, in a thin black trench coat, had his hands in his pockets and was listening to the people in suits nearby, with his head slightly lowered.

You could clearly tell the different statuses of these people just by looking at them.

It was obvious that everyone was respectful to the man in front.

After listening to Sister Yun's analysis for a few seconds, these men had come to his side. As long as Xu Yu walked forward, he would be shoulder to shoulder with them, therefore, he stepped back a little and sat back in the chair to make way for the visitors.

"Mr. Su, I have sent it to you. You can have a look if you are free."

The man in the suit finally finished his words, and the man who walked ahead also raised his head. At this moment, the man inadvertently turned his eyes to Xu Yu.

All of a sudden meeting the other’s eye, Xu Yu blinked his eyes unnaturally and quickly turned his head away.

Xu Yu thought that these people would leave soon, and he could leave this place soon, but unexpectedly, the man stopped in front of him.

Obviously because Xu Yu had stopped, the two were almost face to face, with a distance of no more than two meters.

Xu Yu lowered his head and whispered, "Sister Yun, wait."

"Sir," the man took another step toward Xu Yu and said, "Hello."

Xu Yu nodded, "Hello."

The man in front suddenly squatted down and picked up something in the blind area blocked by his coat.

"Is this yours?" He stood up and asked Xu Yu.

Xu Yu looked down at his palm. There was something lying on it.

Very strange, Xu Yu guessed that it was a cuff link.

Xu Yu shook his head and said, "It's not mine."

The man in front nodded his head and put his hands away, not chasing after the origin of cufflinks again.

He also didn't mean to leave immediately.

He looked at Xu Yu and said politely, "Excuse me, may I ask your name, sir?"

Xu Yu put his elbows on the table and smiled politely at the gentleman in front of him.

Xu Yu: "Sorry, no comment."

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*clears throat with trepidation*   Fujoshis and Fudanshis, from the east to the west, this is Outcast Translations making my debut on the grand stage that is the kingdom of BLs or as I like to call it Fujoshidom. I'm not the most talented but I'll work hard for my fellow rotten girls and boys.  Please take care of me. *bows and exits the stage swiftly*.

Phew now that the intro is over, first translation project lezzgooo. I'm nervous and excited for this. It's picked up from Rainbow Mushrooms under the title His White Moonlight Turned out to be Me on NU.