2D Otaku with Social Anxiety Also Wants to Date!

Chapter 83

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Qin Fanglu came over to help him calm down, but Ruan Cunyun choked even more. He bent over with a red face and pushed Qin Fanglu out.

[I laughed so hard that I couldn't tell who exposed the truck more.]

[Ya Mei: "Keep your distance!" Dan Teacher: "Wife, you are going to choke to death qaq"]

[The way Ya Mei pushed Teacher Dan away shows that she has done it many times when she couldn't stand it anymore;)]

[What are you talking about? I understand it in seconds...]

Ruan Cunyun finally calmed down a little. He lowered his head, took the microphone and turned it on. His bangs cast a shadow.

The blush was hard to fade, and he coughed and said, "Sorry, I choked on the water."

The audience burst into laughter, and the screen in the live broadcast room was filled with “Hahahaha”.

[Are you sure it’s because of drinking water? Hahaha! ]

[The last time I heard such a perfunctory excuse was "I was lucky and happened to guess everything right."]

[Why did Teacher Dan sit back down? Hahaha! ]

[I think I saw Yamei's little move. Teacher Dan is very obedient.]

Ruan Cunyun glanced at Qin Fanglu and said nothing. Qin Fanglu then turned back to look at him, raised the microphone and said, "That depends on whether Mr. Huya is willing to honor us."

Ruan Cunyun said "thank you", quickly took the microphone from the host, and added superfluously: "Thank you, Mr. Dan, for what you did just now."

[What an idiot... I've never seen such an idiotic couple. ]

[Hahahahaha, I demonstrated right here what “my boyfriend is always there to help me” means! ]

Ruan Cunyun looked down along Qin Fanglu's face, moved to his hand that was holding the microphone, stopped, suddenly raised his face, and silently made the following mouth shape: Grass.

An audience member sitting in the first row shouted: "How exactly are the two teachers going to cooperate? Cooperate at a wedding?"

Qin Fanglu glanced at him briefly, moved away quietly, and sat back at the other end of the sofa.

[I can't stand it anymore. Ten minutes ago, I wanted to see them show off for a while longer, but now I want to ask, can you guys hold back a little?]

Qin Fanglu pursed his lips, lowered his head suddenly, a strand of his bangs fell down, and his expression was hidden in the shadows.

The next question appeared on the screen: "Ya Mei previously announced on her second account that she has a boyfriend. Can Ya Mei describe her boyfriend in a few words?"

Qin Fanglu nodded and answered the audience: "That means we will cooperate."

The audience and the comments on the forum couldn't stop laughing.

Huya held the microphone with both hands, his eyes wandering around the audience, and he slowly counted: "He is handsome, capable, and reliable..."

[Teacher Dan, you probably don't know how obvious your flaws are... Your reaction is like a "tiger-fang boyfriend" with five big characters on your forehead.]

Although this group of audiences are very good at making trouble, as long as Qin Fanglu does not reveal any clues, he will not continue to cause trouble for Ruan Cunyun.

Just now, Ruan Cunyun pushed him away on the stage, obviously meaning that he didn't want them to interact too intimately in public.

However, someone reacted faster. Qin Fanglu raised his head, picked up his microphone naturally, stretched out his long arm, and handed it to Ruan Cunyun's lips.

Qin Fanglu thought, after all, he was a company executive, an adult who never showed his emotions, and he would not lose control of his facial expressions just because of a few words.

I tapped the microphone, but no sound came out. The host reacted quickly and walked over from the side of the stage: "Teacher Huya, I'll get you another one."

Qin Fanglu's hand holding the microphone trembled and his eyes met Ruan Cunyun's.

Teacher Dan sat one meter away, his expression unchanged, as if it had nothing to do with him.

[It’s ready, it’s ready.]

There was silence for half a second. The girl didn't expect her voice to be so loud. She covered her face and said, "I was just kidding, just kidding!"

Having only one microphone is always inconvenient, so the host handed the new microphone to Ruan Cunyun with a smile on his face.

Fortunately, the next question was quite normal, asking: "Will the two teachers collaborate in the future? For example, drawing together or cosplaying together~"

Compared with the previous question, this question becomes much more normal.

Ruan Cunyun subconsciously said his last sentence about his boyfriend into Qin Fanglu's microphone: "When I encounter difficulties, he is always by my side to help me."

[Teacher Dan’s outward expression: It has nothing to do with me. Teacher Dan’s inner thoughts: Praise me, praise me, praise me! ]

Ruan Cunyun immediately said: "I, I can do it."

Qin Fanglu suddenly closed his eyes, supported his forehead with one hand, turned his head away, leaving only a trembling back of his head to the camera.

[It's so funny. I've seen many guests trying hard to create a sense of couple on stage, but this is the first time I've seen someone so eager to distance themselves from each other.]

The episode was over, but the question-and-answer session wasn't over yet.

Ruan Cunyun answered seriously and continued, "He looks very serious, but sometimes he looks like a child, a little childish, and very cute."

Ruan Cunyun wanted to continue speaking, but after saying a word, he realized that the microphone was out of battery, "Hello..."

Ruan Cunyun's eyes were still red, and he smiled uncomfortably: "Well, let me think about it..."

Ruan Cunyun recovered and tapped the back of Qin Fanglu's hand gently with his hand hidden behind his back.

[Teacher Dan, your smile is too obvious, the corners of your mouth are raised to the sky! Will it help to cover it with your hands? ? ]

[Ahahahahaha, I thought only Hu Ya would blush, but it turns out you, Teacher Dan, are just as bad (-)]

However, most of the place heard it, and the audience immediately burst out laughing and booing loudly.

Ruan Cunyun didn't know how this sentence suddenly came out.

Although there was a small mishap, it shouldn't have been that obvious when they were on stage, right

Ruan Cunyun went over their performance on stage in his mind again. Apart from the fact that they both answered the questions correctly with 100%, which was really incredible, they had been sitting one seat apart from each other afterwards, and his blushing was only because he choked on the water.

Although it seems a bit suspicious, there is actually little evidence to prove that they are really a couple.

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that this was the case. Ruan Cunyun became more confident and felt that he should still explain it.

Qin Fanglu had originally planned to wait for the audience to finish laughing and then get away with it. This kind of question didn't need to be answered, and the girl herself said she was joking.

Unexpectedly, Ruan Cunyun picked up the microphone and said seriously: "It's a collaboration between the artist and the cosplayer, serious."

Another boy shouted in full force: "So you and Teacher Dan are just online friends, right?"

Ruan Cunyun hesitated for a moment this time, but finally nodded and said evasively: "Well, we are netizens."

[Yes, we are netizens, but not pure. ]

[It seems that Ya Mei doesn’t know how thoroughly they have been exposed… ]

[Don’t you two know how good your acting skills are? ]

[You guys are really embarrassed when you try to distance yourself from the matter qwq]

The host smiled, glanced at his watch, and said, "I know everyone is very enthusiastic about asking questions, but due to time constraints, you can ask one last question."

Ruan Cunyun and Qin Fanglu both couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. This torturous part was finally coming to an end.

The screen flashed, and the last question appeared: "Can Yamei describe Teacher Dan in a few words?"

When Ruan Cunyun saw the question, he was slightly stunned.

The entire audience looked at the stage quietly, and some people smiled quietly with their hands covering their lips.

[Hahaha, this is brilliant. Someone asked "Use a few words to describe your boyfriend". Will Yamei fall into the trap this time? ]

[Ya Mei was stunned, hahahaha.]

[I made a blind guess, and Ya Mei answered casually, "very handsome, capable, and reliable." Then I looked at it and realized, oh, isn't this the same answer as the previous question! ]

[Ya Mei: Please refer to the previous answer.]

Ruan Cunyun didn't know what the audience was thinking.

He stared at the screen, sat up straight, looked at the host, and asked uncertainly: "Um, is there a problem with the system? Hasn't this question been asked before?"

Qin Fanglu, who was beside him, suddenly let out a "puff" sound and covered his eyes in despair.

The audiences were laughing so hard that the live broadcast room was filled with endless “Hahahahahahaha” sounds.

The host couldn't help but laugh too, and after a while he managed to hold back his laughter and replied, "Well, Mr. Huya... the previous question asked you to describe your boyfriend..."

Ruan Cunyun slowly understood what the host meant. The color in his face faded away and turned as white as paper. Then, it turned red at a speed visible to the naked eye.

[I’m super hahahaha x200]

[I thought the truck explosion above was bad enough, but I didn’t expect you, Yamei, could be even worse…]

[The slap in the face came too quickly, didn’t it? ! ! ]

[Five minutes ago: Yeah, we are online friends. Five minutes later: Ah, is there any difference between Mr. Dan and my boyfriend? [scratching head]]

[Ya Mei, this dream castle is given to you by my toes. ]

It was so embarrassing that Ruan Cunyun sat on the sofa at a loss, his back of head tingling and cold sweat dripping down his face.

The car flipped over!

The audience was still laughing. Ruan Cunyun was under the spotlight and the camera, unable to escape. He really wanted to die.

Qin Fanglu moved closer to Ruan Cunyun, tilted his knee over, and pressed it against Ruan Cunyun's thigh as if to silently comfort him.

"Ahem." Qin Fanglu's voice was suddenly heard from the speakers.

Qin Fanglu said calmly into the microphone, "Well, you asked two repeated questions, so you wasted the last chance to ask questions. There is nothing to ask."

[Waaaaaah]

[Okay, now even Teacher Dan has admitted it himself, I passed away peacefully and ascended to heaven.]

[No waste!! Although this question has not been answered, it is more powerful than any answer hahaha! ]

[Teacher Dan was afraid that Yamei would feel awkward being alone on the stage, so he moved closer. Who bumped into me again? qwq]

[Teacher Dadan, you look so handsome when you protect your wife.]

The atmosphere was so heated that the host couldn't calm it down even after saying several words. It took several minutes for it to quiet down.

The host laughed and said, "I don't know if you still remember the game we played at the beginning. Huya's team won the word guessing game, so Huya got a chance to punish Dan!"

There is a colorful turntable next to the stage, and each grid has an instruction written on it, with different contents.

The contents include: "Do 50 push-ups on the spot", "Perform a song", "Send 300 signed postcards", "The other party designates a set of cosplay", "The other party designates a picture", and the luckiest one, "Forgive you once".

The host introduced: "It's very simple. Teacher Huya spins the turntable, and Teacher Dan will accept a challenge at the square where the turntable stops."

Ruan Cunyun stood up, rubbed his ears, and said "Oh" softly.

From the moment the car overturned, Ruan Cunyun felt a little uncoordinated and just wanted to get off the stage quickly.

"Teacher Huya has always had good luck." The host joked, "If he doesn't have to be punished this time, then Teacher Dan will be relieved."

Ruan Cunyun regained some consciousness and said, "It won't be that good."

The host smiled and said, "It seems that Mr. Huya is also looking forward to it."

[Does Huya want to see push-ups? Haha.]

[If I really get the chance, can I let Yamei lie down underneath me when Mr. Dan does push-ups? Hehe.]

[I really want to see Mr. Dan cosplay! A muscular man cosplay should be very exciting. ]

[To be honest, I want to watch it too.]

Ruan Cunyun turned the turntable, and it spun dizzyingly.

Under the gaze of countless eyes, the speed became slower and slower, and finally stopped at "a set of cosplay designated by the other party".

The audience cheered. Thanks to Huya, they could actually see Teacher Dan do cosplay!

The host applauded and said, "Teacher Huya is really lucky! Will Teacher Dan accept this challenge?"

Qin Fanglu nodded and said without hesitation: "Accepted. What does Mr. Huya want to see?"

Ruan Cunyun didn't expect Qin Fanglu to accept it so quickly, and he didn't react for a moment: "I'll think about it later."

The host apologized, "That's probably not going to work. Teacher Huya will say it on stage today, and then according to the rules of the game, Teacher Dan will post the finished product on Weibo within half a month."

Ruan Cunyun narrowed his eyes, with a fearless calmness as if he had completely failed.

"Half a month? Teacher Dan should be able to prepare what I want to see within two days."

Qin Fanglu smiled and said, "It's all up to you."

Ruan Cunyun said: "I want you to cosplay as Triangle Head from Silent Hill at the comic convention."

Qin Fanglu was startled for a moment, then smiled and said, "No problem."

[Tsk tsk, Ya Mei directly said "I want you to cosplay", so domineering! ]

[Ya Mei: I won’t pretend anymore.]

[I searched what this character is, and I want to see Mr. Dan's work even more! ! Is this something I can watch? ] [Okay. You guys better keep your promise to me at the comic convention in two days! ! ! ]

Since then, all aspects of the event have come to an end. The atmosphere on the scene was lively, the program effect was excellent, and the audience was satisfied.

The host waved his hand and said, "Thank you, Mr. Huya and Mr. Balls. See you next time! Don't forget to complete the punishment. We will help supervise you!"

The audience made sounds of wanting more, but to Ruan Cunyun, these farewell words sounded as sweet as the bell for the end of school when he was a child.

In the last few seconds on the stage, Ruan Cunyun still forced himself to maintain a steady and confident pace. As soon as he walked behind the curtain, he suddenly leaned against the wall, tears streaming down his face.

Qin Fanglu held his waist from behind, rubbed his hair, and comforted him: "It's okay, they will know sooner or later, and it's good that they know now."

Ruan Cunyun collapsed and said: "I really didn't realize that my boyfriend and Teacher Dan are two different people, ah ah..."

"Yeah." Qin Fanglu smiled brightly.

Ruan Cunyun hung on Qin Fanglu with limp hands and feet. The aftereffects of the stage performance and the embarrassment made him unable to move, not even a step.

This little thing was so adorable, Qin Fanglu reached out and picked up Ruan Cunyun from the ground, held him steadily in his arms, and walked towards the backstage.

The door to the backstage lounge was crowded with people, all craning their necks in anticipation, hoping to quickly see the two male protagonists who were the center of the gossip.

Ruan Cunyun grabbed Qin Fanglu's neck, buried his head in his neck and muttered: "Ah, help me, where will I put my face in front of my fans in the future... My prestige, my image..."

Qin Fanglu picked up Ruan Cunyun, turned and walked towards the lounge, and ran into a group of gossiping people.

Jiujiu Dog stretched his neck and suddenly his face froze: "Fuck."

Xiao Meng covered her eyes: "Ah, Teacher Dan, you guys are showing off like this right after the show..."

Xu Feifei laughed: "You'd better get used to it!"

Ruan Cunyun suddenly stopped mumbling, struggled to jump out of Qin Fanglu's arms, and stammered: "Hey, hello everyone."

Jiujiugou didn't dare to act rashly towards Teacher Dan. He only dared to shake Ruan Cunyun's shoulders and asked, "Brother-in-law is Teacher Dan? Brother-in-law is Teacher Dan! Why didn't you tell us before!"

Ruan Cunyun smiled politely: "Now you know it, don't you..."

Xiao Meng was a little bolder and half bowed to Qin Fanglu: "Ahaha, so my brother-in-law is Teacher Dan. I've heard a lot about you. Nice to meet you. Can you give me an autographed painting at an internal price?"

Bo Yue folded his hands and smiled faintly: "And you guys are really, really amazing on stage."

As soon as he heard the word "stage", Ruan Cunyun wanted to hide underground, weakly trying to save a little face: "But in fact, it was just a little bit of a mess at the end... It should be fine before that."

Xu Feifei raised her eyebrows and raised her voice: "Are you sure that's called okay-?"

He turned on his phone and held it in front of Ruan Cunyun: "Take a look for yourself."

The Weibo topic was filled with screenshots of the live broadcast of the two people going on stage, with the screen full of "Ahhh" and "I'm dying of it".

Ruan Cunyun took a look and said, "It's just a screenshot..."

He suddenly stopped talking because he finally saw clearly in the picture - how red his face was, how awkward Qin Fanglu's expression was when he turned his face away, how exposed their eye contact that they thought was hidden was, and how ambiguous his posture was when he pushed Qin Fanglu away.

Even Qin Fanglu's expression changed, and hesitantly asked: "... Is this how we are on stage?"

Xiao Meng nodded vigorously: "Yes, yes. Are you still proud of your success in sneaking into Chencang?"

The two men stopped talking.

Chuchu Dog laughed: "We are not blind!"

Now not only Ruan Cunyun was embarrassed, but Qin Fanglu was also a little furious.

All his years of experience in the business world had gone to waste, and he had never made such a mistake of being overconfident.

Being surrounded by a bunch of people was a bit unbearable. Qin Fanglu's face rarely showed red. He half-protected Ruan Cunyun in his arms and found an excuse to escape.

"I'm going to go back and prepare for the cospy first." Qin Fanglu said, "By the way, bring Teacher Ya back to guide me."

A group of people laughed and teased them a few more times, then tolerantly let the two go. After all, they must have been very tired after participating in a whole day of activities.

The two of them took many turns backstage and finally walked out of the tourist-dense area. The hot afternoon sun was shining outside the window.

The heat waves were rising through the glass of the venue. Ruan Cunyun and Qin Fanglu looked at each other and smiled.

Although the process of telling everyone that they were lovers was a bit awkward, the feeling was not bad.

There were few visitors in the corner of the venue. The two stood by the glass window, looking at the live broadcast screenshots posted on Weibo by the microscope together, recalling the messy show scene in the afternoon, and scolding each other, "Your performance is too obvious."

Ruan Cunyun was looking up and smiling, but he steadied himself and looked carefully, and found that Ms. Qin was walking towards him from not far away.

Ruan Cunyun raised his arms happily: "Hi, Xiaoqin! We meet again!"

Qin Fanglu shuddered all over, stared with his eyes raised, took half a step forward, and seemed to be about to say something but stopped himself.

But Ruan Cunyun had already greeted him and praised him sincerely: "You are really good at drawing, even the best painters can't compare to you!"

Ms. Qin tilted her head to glance at Qin Fanglu behind her. Ruan Cunyun suddenly became nervous, thinking that Ms. Qin would ask gossipingly like others, "So Balls is your boyfriend?" But fortunately, Ms. Qin did not ask any random questions. She just glanced at her and then looked away.

Ms. Qin smiled confidently: "Yes, that's why I asked you to draw on stage. Fortunately, it came in handy."

Ruan Cunyun smiled and said a few words, then gently pulled Qin Fanglu's sleeve and looked up to introduce him: "This is Sister Qin whom I met before. She is a very nice person, and she was also very good at painting on the stage today!"

Sister Qin was so happy that she greeted him in a friendly manner: "Hello."

Qin Fanglu looked at his mother's smug look and almost rolled his eyes: "You... "

Before he could finish his words, a strange man in formal attire walked over quickly and stood beside the three of them, a little out of breath.

Ruan Cunyun was almost frightened and asked him, "Do you need any help?"

Qin Fanglu also stared at the man with an uncertain expression.

Ms. Qin still had a cheerful smile on her face.

The man shook his head and stared at Ms. Qin in an official and earnest tone: "Teacher Gui Wang, I have been looking for you for a long time... Ms. Zhong has been waiting for you for a long time. It has been half an hour since the afternoon tea you agreed to have at four o'clock. Can you move to the restaurant now?"

The man spoke a long speech, but only the first four words remained in Ruan Cunyun's mind.

The iron-like painting and silver-like hooks were so powerful that they penetrated the paper and were deeply engraved into his eardrums.

What did he call Ms. Qin…

Ghost, king

Ruan Cunyun opened his mouth in shock, choking with speechlessness.

No wonder Ms. Qin is so good at painting, is she an ancient master?! How did he accidentally get to know this god

Ms. Qin said calmly, "I told her I'd be late, didn't she check her phone?"

The man sighed a little embarrassedly: "Sorry, Ms. Zhong is bored waiting alone."

Ms. Qin shook her neat short hair: "I'll be there soon, wait for me to say a few words."

The man stepped aside. Ms. Qin turned around and seemed to be looking at Qin Fanglu. She simply explained, "Zhong Zi is my good friend and the organizer of this comic exhibition. She asked me to come, so I came. I didn't expect there would be so many surprises. I really had a lot of fun."

Ruan Cunyun quickly sorted out his thoughts, his voice cracking with excitement: "Are you, are you the ghost king teacher who started painting twenty years ago?"

Ms. Qin nodded generously: "My name is Ghost King, but you don't have to call me teacher."

“Fuck, fuck, fuck!” Ruan Cunyun was a little incoherent. “I saw a lot of your paintings on the Internet when I was in junior high school, but you didn’t paint at that time. I didn’t expect to see you in person today. Wow!” Ruan Cunyun excitedly pulled Qin Fanglu’s arm. “This is Teacher Guiwang! You must have seen Teacher Guiwang’s paintings before, right? I really like her so much! She is definitely my first two-dimensional enlightenment artist! This, this, this... Oh my God!”

Qin Fanglu's expression was a little distorted, and the blue veins on his neck were bulging. He was in a state of wanting to laugh, but feeling very unhappy.

Ms. Qin laughed happily: "Am I so high in status? Come to think of it, I can be considered as Mr. Dan's enlightenment to the second dimension."

Ruan Cunyun sensed something strange, and he immediately turned around and looked at Qin Fanglu with shining eyes: "Do you know Teacher Gui Wang?"

Qin Fanglu clenched his fists, he could no longer endure it.

In the face of Ruan Cunyun's shining eyes and Ms. Qin's bold smile, Qin Fanglu took a deep breath, closed his eyes, faced Ms. Qin, and shouted a word that Ruan Cunyun could not understand -

"mom."

Ruan Cunyun was stunned for two seconds, and said blankly: "Ah... ? What did you just say?"

Qin Fanglu said helplessly, "Mom, stop making trouble."

These four short words nailed Ruan Cunyun to the spot along with his movements.

My mind was blank and my vocal cords were unable to vibrate, like a low-quality robot with the power cord unplugged.

Only his eyeballs could move, and Ruan Cunyun slowly looked towards Ms. Qin.

The corners of her eyes are slightly drooped, and her facial features are regular. Apart from her gentle temperament, her hidden aggressiveness can be seen.

The more I look at it, the more it resembles it, and the more familiar it seems.

It turns out that it was not "Ms. Qin" at all, but "Ms. Qin"!

The blank in his mind was slowly filled, and Ruan Cunyun's brain with extraordinary memory began to automatically replay all the previous events.

As soon as they met, he gave Ms. Qin some advice on her styling; then he gave her a sexy cosplay photo of himself as a gift; and then he invited her to the stage to compete with his own son...

And he called her "Xiaoqin" without any courtesy.

Ruan Cunyun's knees went weak and he almost fell to his knees.

Qin Fanglu quickly picked her up.

Ms. Qin said "Ouch", half squatted down with an apologetic look, and looked up at Ruan Cunyun: "I'm sorry, I found out from the beginning that you are Qin Fanglu's boyfriend. I didn't say it because I was afraid that you would feel pressured, and I also wanted to get to know you as a 2D fan. Can you forgive me, Mr. Huya?"

"Ah no no no—"

Ruan Cunyun was flattered and squatted down, then hurriedly helped Ms. Qin up.

"I don't mind. I'm not angry. Auntie, please don't be like this. I should be the one saying sorry. I didn't know you were Qin Fanglu's mother. I'm sorry, sorry, for speaking to you in a disrespectful manner—"

"You see, I just don't want this to happen." Ms. Qin smiled softly, "Let's just keep the same way we were before. You can still call me Xiaoqin. I just gave birth to Qin Fanglu, but I'm not superior to him because of that."

Qin Fanglu called out her mother's name in a soft voice: "Ms. Qin Shu, please stop being so sentimental."

Qin Shu winked at Ruan Cunyun: "Yes, you can just call me Qin Shu. This is my name."

Ruan Cunyun had never seen a mother like this before and was so shocked that he almost forgot how to speak.

In shock, Ruan Cunyun suddenly remembered something and took out the small dessert that Ms. Qin gave him in the morning from his bag. There was a QR code printed on the back of the package.

"Um, Qin, Ms. Qin..." Ruan Cunyun tried hard, but still failed to call Qin's mother by her full name.

He tried to smooth out his tongue: "Is this something you gave me? It seems that I can only see it after four in the afternoon."

"Yes, it's for you." Ms. Qin checked the time. "Now is the perfect time! Look, look."

Qin Shu smiled and glanced at Qin Fanglu, then his gaze fell back on Ruan Cunyun: "It's just a small gift, there will be something else later."

She went on to say, "I really like the postcard you gave me before! It's very beautiful."

Ruan Cunyun's hand was shaking as he was scanning the QR code. He looked weak and helpless but happy: "You, as long as you like it."

The webpage was loading when Qin Fanglu, who was standing nearby, suddenly rushed over and covered Ruan Cunyun's phone screen with his big hand.

Qin Fanglu showed a panic that he had never seen before. He looked at Qin Shu with trembling pupils: "It can't be those things, right? Mom, you don't remember them, do you?"

Qin Shu nodded leisurely, and said in a long tone: "Yes - can you go back on your promise?"

Qin Fanglu covered the phone screen tightly. Ruan Cunyun asked Qin Fanglu curiously, "What is it? Is it a photo of you wearing open-crotch pants? Let me see it quickly."

"I'd rather show you a photo of open-crotch pants." Qin Fanglu said stiffly, "I'd even wear open-crotch pants right now."

After hearing this, Ruan Cunyun became even more curious and tried in vain to pry Qin Fanglu's big hands open: "Let me have some!"

Qin Shu shook his hair and told the story: "When Qin Fanglu was in adolescence, he told me that he would never fall in love with a living person and would live his whole life with a paper man. I told him that it was okay, but he couldn't be too firm, because what if he really met such a person?"

"Qin Fanglu swore that it was impossible and told me to bet if I could. I asked him what he wanted to bet on, and he said that if he really fell in love with a real person, he would allow me to give these to his future partner—"

Ruan Cunyun was about to shout: "Ah, I want to see it!"

Once words are spoken, they can be spilled. Qin Fanglu now just wants to rush back to his adolescence and knock out his wild and immature self back then.

Qin Fanglu held back her tears and slowly loosened her hand that was covering the phone screen.

After seeing the details clearly, Qin Fanglu was stunned. He looked up at Qin Shu, and tears really welled up in his eyes.

It is a photo album filled with paintings with childish brushstrokes.

From kindergarten scribbles to awkward cartoons from the middle school years, the human proportions were horrible, and the shading and coloring were messy.

There are hundreds of pictures, each of which is carefully marked with the year and date, as well as Qin Fanglu's age at the time.

The bottom of the picture was filled with tiny words, all of which were Qin Shu's complaints, such as "Finally got the proportions of the facial features right, it made me want to die", or "I have only one comment on this use of color, and that is it's not even as good as shit."

Ruan Cunyun flipped through the pages one by one, occasionally laughing out loud with Qin Fanglu.

Qin Fanglu wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with a smile, touched his mother's hair, and choked up: "Qin Shu, are you sick? What if I really live with a paper man for the rest of my life? You will never show me these things?"

Qin Shu crossed his arms, his expression still as young as a girl.

She blew her bangs nonchalantly and said, "Then I won't show them to you. They are all my personal collection anyway."

An entire photo album is filled with all the dark histories of the painting master's childhood.

It also reflects the silent gaze of every mother, who always looks at her children.

(End of this chapter)