AITFYMIBP Chapter 27

TL: Hua

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The trainees were prone to injuries during training, so the production team always had a medical team on standby.

Lin Yanran’s sudden collapse had left many people in a state of panic.

After hearing Gu Siye’s words, they immediately snapped to attention. A few of them quickly ran to notify the medical team, informing them that Lin Yanran had collapsed from an allergic reaction.

The doctors arrived quickly. They took Lin Yanran from Gu Siye’s arms, placed him on a hospital bed, and performed a few quick checks before making a preliminary diagnosis.

“It looks like it’s a mild shock caused by an allergic reaction.”

The doctor looked at the people around him, trying to identify the allergen.

“What did he eat today? Has he ever been allergic to anything before?”

At the doctor’s question, everyone’s eyes turned to Yingying.

She was Lin Yanran’s assistant, so everyone assumed she knew his situation best.

But Yingying wiped away tears and shook her head.

“I don’t know… Brother Yanran has never told me he was allergic to anything.”

Still in a daze, Yingying looked down at Lin Yanran, who was lying on the bed, pale and still unconscious. Her heart was racing.

How could a simple meal turn into this?

Seeing that no one knew the allergen, the doctor didn’t ask further and prepared to continue with Lin Yanran’s treatment.

However, Gu Siye, who had been standing by Lin Yanran’s side with a grave expression, spoke up.

“He’s allergic to celery.”

Everyone looked at him in surprise.

Allergic to celery??

How did Teacher Gu know that?

But Gu Siye had no intention of explaining himself to anyone.

After he said the words, he lowered his gaze, focusing on Lin Yanran’s pale face.

So, no one had a chance to see the deep worry in Gu Siye’s eyes, who was always so calm.

When Gu Siye mentioned celery, the staff member in charge of lunch quickly nodded and confirmed to the doctor, “There was indeed stir-fried beef with celery for lunch today.”

The doctor nodded, signaling that he understood the situation. He then had the nurse ask everyone to leave.

Lin Yanran woke up two hours later.

His allergic symptoms had mostly subsided. As soon as he opened his eyes, he heard Song Yingming’s voice.

“Hey, hey, he’s awake!”

His eyes were still adjusting to the light in the room, and he blinked a few times. After a few seconds, he noticed that there were many people standing by his bed.

The director, the production team, Yingying, and… Gu Siye.

Lin Yanran was about to thank Gu Siye for helping him earlier, but Song Yingming spoke first.

“Are you feeling better? Is there anything else wrong?”

Lin Yanran shook his head gently. “I’m feeling fine. I’m sorry for making you all worry.”

Hearing Lin Yanran speak, everyone in the room let out a sigh of relief.

Especially Song Yingming. Even though the doctor had said Lin Yanran was fine, the incident today had scared him badly.

If it hadn’t been for Gu Siye immediately recognizing that Lin Yanran was having an allergic reaction, they would have been delayed, mistaking it for another illness. He didn’t even want to think about what would have happened.

After all, a severe allergic shock could be fatal!

Fortunately, they were able to get him help in time.

Song Yingming patted his chest in relief. He asked a few more questions about Lin Yanran’s condition. Seeing that he was indeed much better, he led the large group out of the room.

The room had been so crowded a moment ago.

Now that everyone was gone, it suddenly became quiet and empty.

Lin Yanran stayed in the room alone. After resting for a while, he felt thirsty and wanted to get up to pour himself some water.

But for some reason, his body felt very weak after waking up.

He pushed with one hand for a long time but could only manage to sit halfway up.

At that moment, the door to the hospital room opened from the outside.

Gu Siye walked in, holding a thermos bottle.

Lin Yanran’s movements stopped. He saw his own cup right away.

“Don’t move.”

Gu Siye quickly stopped him.

Lin Yanran obediently stayed put but looked at the thermos in Gu Siye’s hand.

He licked his dry lips and explained to Gu Siye, “I want to get up to drink some water.”

“I’ll help you.”

When Gu Siye understood what Lin Yanran wanted to do, he immediately took a few steps over to him, bent down, and helped him up.

Although Lin Yanran had pushed himself up a little, he was still mostly lying on the bed.

Gu Siye was careful not to press on the arm that was receiving IV fluids, so he used both hands, practically lifting Lin Yanran halfway up.

Leaning on Gu Siye’s arm, Lin Yanran clearly smelled his familiar cedar scent.

This was the second time he had smelled this scent today.

When he had collapsed earlier, he hadn’t completely lost consciousness.

But because of the tightness in his chest and shortness of breath, he couldn’t open his eyes or speak.

He knew what everyone was saying and doing.

So, as he lay in Gu Siye’s arms, he could feel that the other man was holding him very steadily…

He could even hear the sound of his strong heartbeat.

Gu Siye didn’t know what Lin Yanran was thinking. After helping him sit up, he twisted open the thermos and handed it to Lin Yanran.

“It’s been cooled down; you can drink it now.”

Lin Yanran quickly took it from him and took a sip.

It was neither hot nor cold; the temperature was just right.

After drinking the water, Lin Yanran looked at the unexpectedly present Gu Siye, a little surprised.

“I thought you left with them.”

Gu Siye thoughtfully put the lid back on the thermos and placed it on the table. “No, I was outside taking a call.”

Then he looked at Lin Yanran, his expression a little more serious than usual.

“In the future, remember to have your assistant communicate your food allergies to the production team, including any dietary restrictions or preferences.”

Lin Yanran nodded, making a mental note of this.

Gu Siye met Lin Yanran’s gaze and continued to remind him earnestly, “When you eat, you must be careful to see if there’s any chopped celery in the dishes.”

“The other dishes you ate today all had it sprinkled in them.”

Gu Siye’s words were a revelation to Lin Yanran.

He had been wondering how he could have had an allergic reaction while resting with his eyes closed.

He knew for a fact that he hadn’t touched the stir-fried beef with celery.

He had even started to wonder if the original owner was allergic to something else.

It turned out he was defeated by chopped celery again!

When he was eating, his attention had been so focused on avoiding the stir-fried beef with celery that he hadn’t paid much attention to the other dishes.

After all, the probability of meeting a chef who liked to put chopped celery in every dish was very small.

But who would have thought he would be so unlucky?

Lin Yanran sighed silently, blaming himself for being careless.

He had experienced a similar incident because of his own carelessness once before.

He remembered it was his high school classmate’s birthday, and a few of their close friends went out to eat to celebrate.

But that day, he was unlucky. He met a chef who, after adding cilantro, also put chopped celery into the soup and the fish.

These tiny bits of celery were mixed in with various seasonings and were almost impossible to see without looking closely.

So, he didn’t notice at all and ate it.

Just like today, he immediately felt a tightness in his chest and a fluttering in his heart.

At that time, his classmates were all busy smearing cake on the birthday person’s face, and no one knew he was in trouble.

His allergic reaction wasn’t as severe as this time, but he was still very uncomfortable. He was so weak that he couldn’t speak.

It was the first time he had experienced something like that, and he was worried that he was going to die right there.

Thankfully, after just a few seconds, his good friend sitting next to him looked over and immediately noticed something was wrong.

Without a word, his friend threw down his chopsticks, hugged him tightly, and rushed him to the hospital next door.

After the doctor informed him about his allergy, his good friend would monitor his food very strictly.

Every time they ate, he would patiently remind the chef not to use celery and especially not to sprinkle chopped celery in other dishes.

He was even more cautious than Lin Yanran himself.

Because his friend was always watching out for him, he never had to go through that again for the next few years.

Today, as Lin Yanran saw Gu Siye reminding him so earnestly, he suddenly felt that the way he spoke was very similar to his good friend from back then.

Lin Yanran nodded at Gu Siye and said he would be more careful in the future.

But when he looked at Gu Siye’s face, he suddenly frowned.

He had just thought that Gu Siye resembled his friend.

But looking at Gu Siye’s face, he suddenly realized that he couldn’t remember his friend’s name at all.

Not only his name, but he had also completely forgotten what he looked like.

When he tried to recall his friend, he kept substituting Gu Siye’s face.

And for his friend’s actual appearance, there was only a blurry shadow in his mind!

When he realized this, Lin Yanran’s face suddenly turned pale with fear.

He considered his memory to be better than average. He could remember his classmates and teachers, and even things from kindergarten, very clearly.

Just now, when he was thinking back, he could even remember the faces of classmates he wasn’t that close to from that birthday celebration.

But why, out of all the people, could he remember everything they did together but forget his name and face?

They had eaten together and listened to music together.

They had read books together and played ball together.

They had gone to the movies together and even slept in the same bed…

They were so close…

Why could he not remember him at all?

Lin Yanran had felt like he was forgetting something before.

Now he finally found out what it was.

He had forgotten a very important person in his life!

Lin Yanran was completely baffled by how ridiculous this was.

Why not someone else? Why him?

Could it be that the will of this fictional world was affecting his consciousness and memories? The closer and more important a person was, the more they would be forgotten?

If so, would he eventually forget everything from his real world the longer he stayed here?

Lin Yanran’s back felt a little cold as he thought about this.

“Are you feeling unwell again? I’ll call a doctor.”

Gu Siye, who was sitting across from Lin Yanran, saw that he wasn’t speaking and his face was turning pale. He thought he wasn’t feeling well and was about to call a doctor.

Lin Yanran shook his head to stop him. “No, no.”

He definitely couldn’t tell Gu Siye what he was thinking.

“Um, Brother Gu…” Lin Yanran composed himself and made up an excuse. “I need your help with something.”

“What is it?”

Lin Yanran looked to his left. “Well, I need to go to the bathroom…”

Gu Siye was taken aback but didn’t move.

Lin Yanran looked at him. After meeting his unreadable gaze, he suddenly realized he hadn’t been clear enough.

Afraid that Gu Siye would misunderstand and think he wanted him to come into the bathroom with him, Lin Yanran quickly explained, “I just need you to help me take the IV bag down. I’ll carry it in myself.”

Gu Siye didn’t respond. He just silently took down the IV bag and led him directly to the bathroom door.

Lin Yanran took his hand off Gu Siye’s arm and thanked him.

“This is fine. Thank you, Brother Gu.”

Then Lin Yanran’s gaze accidentally fell on Gu Siye’s neck…

Why was it a little red?

After Lin Yanran finished using the bathroom, Yingying returned from buying food.

Gu Siye took a call and said goodbye to Lin Yanran without staying any longer.

Yingying watched Gu Siye’s retreating back and was incredibly moved.

“Teacher Gu is such a nice person.”

She then looked at Lin Yanran, who was eating porridge. “Oh, by the way, Brother Yanran, why didn’t you follow Teacher Gu back?”

Lin Yanran was confused. “Follow back on what?”

Seeing that Lin Yanran didn’t seem to know anything, Yingying gasped. “Weibo! Teacher Gu followed you a few days ago, and you didn’t even know?”

She took out her phone and showed him Gu Siye’s Weibo page.

Sure enough, among the few people he followed, the most recent one was Lin Yanran.

“Now some haters online are trying to stir up trouble between you and Teacher Gu, saying you’re ungrateful for not following him back. Brother, even though Teacher Gu doesn’t care, his fans and other people will. You should follow him back quickly.”

This was the reality of being an eighteen-tier celebrity.

If Lin Yanran had followed Gu Siye first, people would have immediately called him shameless for trying to get famous.

But now that it was the other way around, he was getting criticized for being arrogant and ungrateful for following back too late.

Yingying regretted not reminding him earlier, seeing that Lin Yanran hadn’t even noticed.

After Yingying’s reminder, Lin Yanran followed Gu Siye back.

However, because Lin Yanran was late in following back, the online public opinion was already as Yingying had said. Many people were using it to insult him.

[Hello? Are you that much of a star? You don’t even care about Gu Siye’s reputation?]

[He was so active online a few days ago… Why is he pretending to be dead now?]

[You became Gu Siye’s tenth follow. Are you feeling cocky now, Yanran?]

[Some people are just ungrateful. Gu Siye even liked his post during his contract termination, and this is what he gets in return?]

[I feel so bad for Gu Siye.]

[Watching the haters throw a tantrum.]

[You must have a really dark mindset. Your life must be tough.]

[Yanran hasn’t been online for a few days. Maybe he didn’t even notice. Are some people so desperate to mock him?]

[My idol can follow whoever he wants. Stop talking nonsense here.]

[Jingyeshi isn’t taking the blame for this. We don’t care if Yanran follows our idol back or not. Haters are haters. Stop using our idol’s name to stir up trouble.]

[Jingyeshi doesn’t care +1. Haters get lost.]

[Both sides have followed each other. Stop bringing your daddy Gu into this.]

Because the haters had brought Gu Siye into the topic this time, Jingyeshi was fed up and directly came out to confront these people.

But just as the two sides were about to end the conversation because Lin Yanran had followed him back, someone else immediately brought up a new topic.

[LOL. Still arguing about who followed whom. Have you seen the latest picture that was leaked?]

[What picture, upstairs???]

[You can’t even take a break from the internet for a second? I just went to bite into an apple, what did I miss?]

[Go to Weibo: I’m just a passerby here for the melon]

Seeing the directions, netizens immediately went to the new battlefield to check the Weibo page of the account named I’m just a passerby here for the melon.

This account, with its seemingly ordinary name, didn’t say much. It only posted a simple screenshot of a chat.

However, this ordinary chat screenshot, posted less than half an hour ago, had already accumulated over 1,000 comments.

The content of the screenshot was as follows:

[YR had an allergic shock today]

[GSY carried him all the way to the hospital]

[I was on site. GSY’s face was terrifying, and he was super nervous. He held the doctor’s hand tightly even after they got there]

[The scene…]

[It’s hard not to say… I’m low-key shipping it]

As soon as the chat log was released, the comments section became a war zone.

[It must be fake. I can Photoshop a hundred of these chat logs a day]

[Knife in hand, I will kill all the shippers!]

[CP dogs, get out! How can you ship anything and everything!]

[GSY is a solo act. Stop trying to tie him to a nobody]

[Leave YR alone. We don’t want this]

CP fans and solo fans were always at odds, especially given the huge gap in popularity between Gu Siye and Lin Yanran. Most people assumed the leak was fake.

However, Lin Yanran had a lot of haters, and many of them took this opportunity to stir up trouble.

[Awww, what a beautiful love story between Gu Siye and Yanran. Just get married already]

[F**k you, haters. Don’t pretend to be CP fans to gross me out. If you keep leeching off him, Yanran will keep being a nobody]

[What does this have to do with Yanran? It was your idol who was holding him and wouldn’t let go! Believe it or not, every time you insult Yanran, they’ll have a French kiss. Every time you personally attack him, they’ll have s*x immediately]

[I honestly can’t tell if the person above is a hater or a fan…]

[That’s obviously a hater. So dumb]

[Yanran is so unlucky… What a bunch of nutjobs]

Lin Yanran felt much better after receiving an IV drip all afternoon.

The next day, he went to the Super Idol filming location on time as usual.

He arrived early. After getting his makeup done, he noticed the other mentors weren’t ready, so he took out his phone in the common lounge to check Weibo.

Yingying had reminded him yesterday to post on Weibo to engage with his fans occasionally.

He was still a bit uncomfortable with posting his own pictures, so he found a book he was reading and decided to share it with his fans.

After logging into Weibo and sharing it with his followers, he somehow stumbled upon a recommended post on his homepage.

He accidentally slid his finger, and the Weibo page followed a link to the account of I’m just a passerby here for the melon.

Then, Lin Yanran saw the leaked picture.

He scrolled down a bit, and his eyes landed on the third top comment:

[What does this have to do with Yanran? It was your idol who was holding him and wouldn’t let go! Believe it or not, every time you insult Yanran, they’ll have a French kiss. Every time you personally attack him, they’ll have s*x immediately]

Lin Yanran’s hand instantly froze after reading the entire sentence.

S*x??

He sounded out the word in his mind.

Was it what he thought it was??

French kiss, s*x…

Why were the words these fans used during arguments so… weird??

The thought of them talking about him and Gu Siye made Lin Yanran feel a bit embarrassed.

He pulled his gaze away, ready to exit Weibo.

However, just before he could exit, Gu Siye walked up to him.

For some reason, Lin Yanran’s hand trembled, and he dropped his phone on the floor.

And the comment was right in the center of the screen!

Gu Siye was right where the phone fell.

So, he knelt down and picked up the phone for Lin Yanran.

For a second, Lin Yanran felt as if the air had frozen…

Embarrassed, he took the phone and thanked Gu Siye. Then, using the excuse of getting a drink of water, he quickly left.

Gu Siye: ?

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An hour later, the production team gathered all the mentors and trainees.

Just like last time, Gu Siye stood in the center of the stage, smiling as he announced the new rules for the second round of performances—

The previous groupings were voided.

Everyone would form new teams for the second public performance.

Trainees and mentors would have a new round of mutual selection!

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