Chapter 83
On the forum.
Thread Title: It Feels Like Mimi Has Returned
(IP: Snar Star)
Let me say this first: everything I’m about to say is true. If it isn’t, then strip me of my right to enter the fan group!
Pretty much everyone on this forum is a Yomi fan, and I’m no exception. But I only found out about him after he “died.” Back then, I binge-watched all the recordings of his variety show appearances and all the archived streams from when he used to livestream on that platform. I also have a ton of Yomi posters at home, and my communicator wallpaper is a screenshot of Yomi eating fruit and staining his lips red… I’m saying all this only to tell you that I know Yomi extremely well. I’m the kind of person who, in a sea of people, would definitely recognize him on sight.
So please, don’t panic over what I’m about to say next.
…Let me get a drink of water first. I’ll continue in a second.
1L: ? OP, are you shameless or what? Couldn’t you drink water before posting? Couldn’t you finish drinking and editing before sending it all at once? Couldn’t you drink while typing? What are you doing, live-streaming a serialized drama?
2L: Lol, so OP’s saying they ran into a ghost, right? Hilarious.
3L: Yomi would never become a ghost. Yomi is an angel!
4L: I’d rather Yomi become a ghost. That way I’d summon his spirit every day. Come into my dreams, Mimi…
5L: Reported! Stop using Yomi for clout!
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OP: I’m back. Who reported me? Luckily I took pictures. I just used the photos to appeal to the moderator and already proved I’m not making things up. So please listen while I continue.
Yesterday I went camping in the mountain outskirts, and this morning, to save time going downhill, I took a smaller path… and guess what happened? Halfway down, I ran into a giant wolf!
I thought it was a wild mountain wolf, so I was scared out of my mind and immediately shifted into my original form, fully prepared to fight for my life… and then a little head popped up from behind the giant wolf’s head and said to me, “Sorry, it’s not trying to attack you. The road’s too narrow, it just can’t get around you. You go ahead first.” After saying that, he even twisted himself down as if he were about to direct traffic for us!
My God, you have no idea how beautiful that voice was… no, actually, you do, because Yomi talks plenty in all those recordings, but I still have to say it—his real voice sounds even better. It’s that fresh, sweet kind of voice, like mountain spring water. I seriously can’t describe it properly!
Yes, the one sitting on that wolf was Yomi!
By the time I came back to my senses, Yomi, who was just about to climb down, was suddenly snatched away by a winged Snar person who flew over and scooped him up.
It happened so fast that I didn’t get a clear look at who it was. But judging from the way the wolf calmly followed him up the mountain, they all knew each other.
27L: ???
28L: At least make it believable.
29L: I knew it. The crown prince defeated Phizhi Star too smoothly lately, so some people got bored enough to make up nonsense like this.
30L: Um… the moderator didn’t ban the thread… doesn’t that mean OP really isn’t lying?
31L: What photo? Post it and let us see!
32L: I know it can’t be real, but OP really does understand Yomi. Even the scenario doesn’t feel OOC at all… little Yomi directing traffic for everyone really does sound like something he’d do.
33L: No pic, no proof!
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OP: [Photo]
The angle of the photo was clearly from a communicator’s wearable camera. The background really was a lush green mountain path, and in the center of the photo was a huge wolf. It didn’t look like a local breed, and from its back, there really was a small, beautiful little head sticking out…
In less than an hour, the thread caused a complete uproar and exploded, with countless replies refreshing every second. Two hours later, it successfully made the trending list.
And while Yomi’s fans were still in shock, disbelief, ecstasy, confusion, and even crying their hearts out, several more photos began appearing under the related trending topics—photos taken by random passersby that captured Yomi’s figure.
They were all from the same mountain. Sometimes it was his back, sometimes his side profile, sometimes just a tiny figure, or even only a tiny little hat…
In a single night, all of Snar Star had to endure the screams of Yomi’s fans.
As for Yomi himself, by the time he learned of this news, he was already camping on the most beautiful mountain on Snar Star with his boyfriend and his precious son, Gousheng.
At this point, more than a month had already passed since they had received the good news.
Back then, as soon as Anxius finished dealing with the royal family’s problems, he threw all his energy into fighting Phizhi Star. He led the marshal and the others to the battlefield and, within a single day, destroyed the S-class mecha that the marshal had always regarded as a symbol of death. After that, everything naturally went much more smoothly.
Because Anxius’s return to Snar Star had been kept extremely secret, and because he mostly wore the human-skin disguise Brule had designed for him, Phizhi Star had never imagined he was still alive. You could say they were left utterly defenseless.
The more arrogant they had been before, the more miserably they got beaten afterward.
On the day Snar Star’s battleships returned in triumph, Anxius, who had gone several days without rest, did not return to Snar Star with them. He had the marshal lead the troops back first, while he himself rushed straight to Junk Star without pause.
Crossing the stars, traveling day and night.
That day, Yomi had gotten the call in advance that his boyfriend was coming to pick him up, and his heart was surging with excitement. He dressed himself up properly, all while packing and checking everyone else’s luggage too.
The castle on Junk Star was still his home, and he would come back often in the future, so he only brought the things he used most often.
That noon, Yomi leaned on the balcony of the castle with his chin propped on his hand, watching the scenery while waiting. He imagined all kinds of romantic reunion scenes with his boyfriend and had already prepared a whole stomachful of things to say, but before he could finish mentally rehearsing them, he spotted movement in the distance!
Anxius had been too impatient. The moment he saw the outline of the castle, he handed the aircraft over to the mercenary traveling with him, transformed into his original form, and dove straight down, flying at top speed toward where his baby boyfriend was.
As if their hearts were linked, Yomi gave a little bounce and immediately ran downstairs too.
Gousheng, who ran out with him, was afraid he might fall, so the moment they exited the castle, he nudged the little man up onto his back and carried Yomi to meet the fast-approaching Anxius.
Even now, when Yomi thought back on that scene, it was unforgettable.
But if he had been the one to run there on his own, it would have been even better. While waiting for Anxius to return, he had already imagined himself running toward him like Bai Suzhen meeting Xu Xian again on the Broken Bridge, arms outstretched~
Still, even perched on Gousheng’s back, he had reached out his arms. And when Anxius rushed over and pulled him tightly into his embrace, he had stretched out the words “darling” in a long, lingering tone, his face full of half-hidden emotions.
In Anxius’s arms, his heart was trembling.
After returning to Snar Star, the family of three first went camping in the mountains for a day. That was Yomi’s idea. Gousheng’s hometown was on Junk Star, and since it was such a rare chance to leave the planet, Yomi felt he absolutely had to let Gousheng see the mountains of a different world. After all, Gousheng had originally grown up in the mountains!
After that, they also spent a week letting Gousheng—and “old father” Satan—adapt to life on Snar Star. Naturally, they had to appear in various places, and so the news completely spread: Yomi was not dead, he and the crown prince had gone into seclusion on Junk Star to do great things, and Yomi had even become the little emperor of Junk Star.
Fans and non-fans alike were all left dumbfounded.
Having already been famous on the internet once before, Yomi’s mentality remained rock solid. Mostly because his life was so full that he simply had no time to check all the related online gossip. First he had to meet up with old friends on Snar Star, most of them guests from It’s Fine to Be Different, especially Jian the slime. When Jian saw him, the tears nearly drowned him, and Yomi had to wipe his tears while worrying he might cry himself flat.
After happily reuniting with all his old friends, Yomi began thinking again about the plan he had made before leaving Snar Star all those years ago.
At that time, his biggest wish had been to buy a house of his own, a place where he could settle down and also host his friends.
That had not changed even now.
Brule had carefully preserved his original savings account for him and had even been managing it financially all this time, so the balance had only grown rather than shrunk. Not to mention all the money Yomi had earned on Junk Star.
Yomi, who once cried because he couldn’t find a job, no longer had to worry about money now.
When Anxius heard he wanted to buy a house, he accompanied him that very day to look at properties in the best district of Snar Star’s main city.
After patient selection and careful screening, Yomi finally bought a large villa in a place with wonderful scenery all around.
He reserved a room on the first floor for “old father” Satan and another for “grandpa” Brule, preparing to let them retire there in comfort.
There were also plenty of guest rooms, so Yomi could invite his friends to stay over anytime and host parties.
After all the procedures were handled and he looked at the house that now truly belonged to him, Yomi felt lightheaded. On the way back to the estate with Anxius, he kept grinning foolishly from time to time.
When Yomi wasn’t paying attention, Anxius leaned over and bit down hard on his cheek with a kiss.
Yomi screamed internally: that wasn’t a kiss, his whole cheek was practically being sucked in.
By the time they returned to the estate, everyone was already there.
Hanya had come too. Mainly, he wanted to see what kind of life the little sheep son of his lord was living here. If it turned out to be worse than Junk Star, he would definitely bring the son back to continue enjoying the good life.
Yet the moment he arrived, he found himself speechless: good grief, the little sheep was from a rich family after all. Their lord had actually married up by recognizing him as a son.
That night, the estate was brightly lit, and the great hall had never been so lively.
Yexi, Linda, A’luo, Lynn, Karl, Meikai, and Harvey were all there. After a rich dinner, Yomi eagerly began planning future outings with everyone. It was only much later that Yexi walked over to him.
“Yomi, there’s something… we want to tell you.”
Yomi looked up at him.
Yexi held Linda’s hand. “Linda, A’luo, and I have discussed it over the past few days. When our trip on Snar Star is over, we’re going back to Junk Star.”
Yomi: !
At one side, Anxius’s brows drew together slightly. He had been about to speak, but Yexi smiled and said, “I know His Highness has already resolved all our problems here, but this time is different from last time. Junk Star is not what it used to be anymore. Our hospital and our laboratory are there, Linda’s school is there, A’luo’s friends are there. We want to keep living there.”
“Yes,” Linda said too. “Conditions on Junk Star are much better now. The schools built over the past few years have developed very well too. I work there as a teacher and principal, and seeing those confused children learn new things really gives me a great sense of fulfillment… A’luo has never wanted to leave. In his eyes, that place is his hometown, and a hometown that’s only getting better. So the three of us have decided to settle there permanently.”
A’luo looked at Yomi and the others with reluctance, but what his parents had said was also what he himself wanted to say. “That’s right. And besides, we’re no longer people with criminal status. We can come to Snar Star any time in the future.”
Meikai and Harvey had, from the very first day back on Snar Star, had nothing on their minds but business. They were expanding the Little Sheep Chef Team’s operations everywhere and were already preparing to open chain stores all across Snar Star. At this moment, they looked a bit forlorn, but they still supported the decision. After all, they would be visiting Junk Star often in the future anyway to check in on the stores there, so the sense of parting did not feel that strong.
Lynn let out a few sighs and silently wiped his eyes.
Recently, the Imperial Academy had begun reforming its admissions, which were now no longer limited to nobles and skill users. Lynn had already applied to the medical department, so naturally he had to remain on Snar Star.
In the silence, Yomi was the first to say yes. Since everyone had started speaking, he also had something to say.
He looked at Satan and Hanya. “Coincidentally, I also have something to say about Junk Star.”
“What is it?”
“I’m going to live on Snar Star long-term from now on, so I’m handing Junk Star over to you. Besides that…” He smiled slightly. “I also want to change Junk Star’s name!”
Everyone: “Change its name? To what?”
Yomi said, “Junk Star isn’t garbage at all. It’s actually the treasure of the universe, so it should be called Treasure Star!”
Everyone looked at one another, and then Satan suddenly started clapping. “Good!”
The founding emperor who had brought hope to Junk Star was a little treasure, so Junk Star itself was treasure too!
Everyone agreed.
…After all, “Junk Star” really didn’t sound nice.
A few more days passed. After thoroughly touring the main city, Satan found that he absolutely did not want to part with his precious son. Hanya tried his best to persuade him. “Flights from Pearl State to here are extremely convenient now, and other states are starting to build interstellar airports too. It’s not like you’ll never see him again. Besides, you’re not that old yet. Are you really planning to cling to your son’s house now and wait around for retirement?”
The provocation worked immediately. Satan’s spirit rose at once, and he briskly picked up his luggage, fully fired up with determination to become his baby’s strongest support!
When Yomi saw Satan and the others off, he was deeply reluctant to let them go. “I’ll go to Treasure Star often too. I already promised one principal I’d come give a speech there in half a year… goodbye.” Then, in a very small voice, he added, “Dad.”
In the morning light, Satan looked back three times for every step he took, staring at his son who was standing there cradled in Anxius’s arms. Before long, Hanya forcibly shoved him into the car.
The moment the car door closed, the fierce rain dragon cried like a complete fool.
