Chapter 119: Transmigrated as a Scumbag in a Boy Group Survival Show (1)
Inside the 24-hour hotpot restaurant, Cen Yu immediately questioned the fat cat, “Are you certain that my departure from this world won’t trigger any bugs?”
Like someone vanishing into thin air halfway through eating hotpot!
Or his personality suddenly undergoing a drastic change!
The fat cat patted its chest in guarantee, “Absolutely not!”
Perhaps because its credibility had gone completely bankrupt on Cen Yu’s end, seeing that Cen Yu didn’t trust it in the slightest, the fat cat immediately scrambled to defend itself, “The last world was different!”
“Because the Host was still alive in this world, once the Host leaves, this world will be sealed away directly.”
“So there’s no need to worry about what happens next!”
Though somewhat skeptical, Cen Yu decided to trust the fat cat’s words for once.
Seeing that the system’s departure countdown had only a few seconds remaining, he offered a silent goodbye in his heart. Soon, his consciousness grew hazy, and his mind separated from this world.
And the instant his consciousness departed, the several people holding chopsticks around the table froze dead in their tracks.
A moment later, the previously realistic world suddenly shattered into fragments, while the remaining people’s spiritual energy gathered into a single stream of force and sped off elsewhere…
[Remember! Grab Xie Jinshen by the collar and threaten him! Tell him he must never spread a word of this, and if anyone finds out, you’ll slash his face!]
“…” Having just arrived in this world, Cen Yu hadn’t even had time to adjust to the plot before hearing the system’s mind-boggling instructions.
“Hold on, bro,” Cen Yu said in utter bewilderment, “Am I a street thug or a scumbag??”
[Aren’t you playing a scumbag?] the fat cat challenged.
“…” You actually make a fair point. I yield to you.
Rolling his shoulders slightly, Cen Yu turned his eyes to the pitiful, white-rabbit-like young man standing before him—Xie Jinshen, the protagonist shou of this novel.
“…You ought to know what can be said and what can’t, right?” Cen Yu tried his best to soften the system’s lines, neutralizing the hostility.
Xie Jinshen clearly hadn’t expected Cen Yu to come looking for him. He nervously clutched the hem of his white dress shirt. “I don’t know, Little Yu.”
Leaning against the makeshift curtain wall behind him, he stared at Cen Yu standing right in front of him, his heart surging with feverish joy—
Little Yu is so close to me.
Such an adorable Little Yu, so close, so close, so close.
Especially when he’s angry—he looks even prettier.
Cen Yu had zero clue what was running through Xie Jinshen’s mind right now; he was still busy figuring out how to carry this conversation forward.
As the boy group survival show novel from the previous choice of two, this book—How Did I, a Mere Assistant, Become an Entertainment Industry A-Lister?!—was guaranteed by the fat cat’s chest-thumping promises to be a purely relaxing instance, with zero plot collapse guaranteed!
The protagonist shou, Xie Jinshen, and Cen Yu were originally a college couple!
Unexpectedly, Cen Yu suddenly decided to participate in a boy group survival show. As his partner, Xie Jinshen could only support Cen Yu unconditionally, breaking his back working ten odd jobs a day just to finance Cen Yu’s vote-buying.
After slaving away through such hardship—even resorting to digging wild weeds to scrape together funds to vote for Cen Yu—Cen Yu finally succeeded in making his debut in the group!
Yet on debut night, what Xie Jinshen received wasn’t his lover’s warm embrace, but Cen Yu’s cold threats.
Cen Yu threatened him: if he didn’t want his lover’s future ruined, he must never bring up their romantic relationship! They could only claim to be college classmates and good friends.
Furthermore, to prevent Xie Jinshen from talking out of turn, Cen Yu even used a few underhanded tricks to make Xie Jinshen their group’s lifestyle assistant—the kind that lived and ate together with the members.
The current scene took place backstage on debut night. Xie Jinshen, who had originally been bubbling with joy and eagerness to celebrate with his lover, hadn’t even had time to rejoice over his lover calling him backstage before being met with Cen Yu’s threats—
As the party involved, reading through this plot made Cen Yu want to curse aloud as well.
Man, you really are a piece of work, aren’t you!
Yet since the system demanded him to act out this brain-dead plotline, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and soldier on.
So he hardened his heart and continued, “If anyone else finds out we’re lovers…” He grabbed Xie Jinshen by the collar, “…I won’t let you off easy.”
Saying this, he let go of Xie Jinshen with a look of insufferable impatience. “Got that?”
Xie Jinshen clearly hadn’t expected Cen Yu to say such things to him. He lowered his head to look at his collar, then hesitated for a long while before whispering, “…Got it.”
“Glad you know what’s good for you,” Cen Yu snorted.
Standing backstage right now, the secluded location meant it was virtually impossible for anyone else to wander over.
The other teammates were likely still celebrating with their families inside the dressing rooms, making it even less likely for them to come to this out-of-the-way spot…
The debut night had been hosted in a massive recording studio, so the air conditioning in this remote corner of backstage wasn’t particularly strong. Cen Yu had come straight to the back still wearing his performance outfit… Because Cen Yu had tattoos on his arms, he currently wore a sleeve and decorative accessories on one arm, which conveniently concealed that portion of his tattoos.
Cen Yu waited around with a touch of impatience.
It wasn’t that he didn’t want to leave, but according to the plotline, the protagonist gong—the center of the group who debuted at rank one with immense popularity, Jiang Jueming—would happen to wander to this backstage area to catch a breath of fresh air.
Where he would overhear the second half of Cen Yu’s conversation.
He was currently waiting for the protagonist gong to show up backstage so he could orchestrate the first chance encounter between the protagonist gong and the protagonist shou.
It wasn’t until he caught the sound of soft footsteps that Cen Yu finally delivered the remaining half of his line—
“If I hear a third person finding out about our relationship…”
“That face of yours will…” Cen Yu genuinely couldn’t bring himself to utter anything overly extreme, so he paused mid-sentence, letting Xie Jinshen fill in the blanks himself.
Sure enough, Xie Jinshen wore a frightened expression right on cue.
“To keep you from talking out of turn…” Cen Yu looked at Xie Jinshen, feeling that nothing should go wrong with the plot this time!
Because in the original novel, Xie Jinshen was an honest, gentle soul!!
Not some dark-hearted lotus pretending to be a frail wife, but a genuine, honest person!
“…You’re going to come be our lifestyle assistant when the time comes.”
Catching the sound of those footsteps halting instantly, Cen Yu knew Jiang Jueming had definitely overheard his conversation.
So he lowered his hand, lightly patting Xie Jinshen on the cheek. “Did you hear me?”
Leaning against the curtain behind him, Xie Jinshen could catch that subtle, woody fragrance radiating off Cen Yu as he drew near… as well as the temperature of the fingers tapping against his cheek.
He gazed at Cen Yu with near-obsessive devotion, finding this eager attempt to cut ties with him thoroughly adorable as well.
“I heard you…”
Xie Jinshen murmured softly.
Standing in the shadows, Jiang Jueming watched the farce unfolding over there. Squinting his eyes, he decided to slip away before the two over there noticed his presence.
