PHWM Chapter 106 Extra 3

The live broadcast was unexpectedly interrupted, and it was five minutes later when it returned to normal.

 

Liang Xiao, seasoned by experience, tried to maintain composure and handled the emergency situation. He pulled President Huo for an urgent review of the interview outline and changed the background from the kitchen back to the living room.

 

Returning to the live broadcast room, the bullet comments bustled and filled the screen.

 

[Raising hand, was that just network lag or did I really see afterimages…]

 

[Gigabit broadband confirms, it was afterimages.]

 

[Is this hand speed the true ability of our umbrella-selling brother?]

 

[I could never visualize how Yun Lian could stealthily take things from the main cast, but now I have a mental image. [/salute]]

 

[Wait, why is the focus on hand speed? The focus should clearly be on President Huo’s face, which endured hand speed that this character setting shouldn’t have to endure?!]

 

[That wasn’t President Huo.]

 

[Right, it couldn’t be President Huo.]

 

[I testify, President Huo is a domineering CEO, and domineering CEOs can’t possibly take off their suits. The suit is grown on his body; he changes with one click every day.]

 

[Wuwuwu why did President Huo still have two potatoes Q△Q]

 

[Why were there lines drawn on the potatoes…]

 

[Stop thinking! This isn’t President Huo!!]

 

[In bed, just finished dreaming, willing to pay a high price for a brain whose domineering CEO fantasy hasn’t been shattered. _(:зf∠)_]

 

[To be fair, before watching this live broadcast, I absolutely didn’t believe rumors like our umbrella-selling guy keeping President Huo…]

 

Liang Xiao choked, cleared his mind and remained unaffected, properly setting up the phone.

 

This live interview used an online mode. Except for their group accidentally opening the camera in the kitchen at home, the remaining groups of guests were scattered in new film crews and studios, already chatting very animatedly.

 

“Thank you… Teacher Liang.”

 

The host coughed, promptly controlling the scene: “Are the two of you currently on a home vacation?”

 

Liang Xiao greeted everyone in the crew, nodded, and was about to speak when President Huo beside him spoke first: “He’s recuperating.”

 

The host, who had already been greeted, was taken aback, then came back to his senses and nodded: “Right, Teacher Liang’s fans should be more aware that recently, Teacher Liang’s health has had several issues.”

 

The host still needed to make up for the first episode “Unfamiliar,” dutifully trying to forget Liang Xiao’s agile afterimage descending from the sky: “During our program’s recording process, President Huo was actually constantly monitoring Teacher Liang’s health condition remotely, so it was also because of this reason…”

 

The host noticed that the crew had something to say and connected the microphone sequence: “Everyone?”

 

“President Huo monitored Teacher Liang remotely.”

 

Su Man raised her hand: “Because during the program’s recording process, President Huo wasn’t allowed to monitor Teacher Liang up close.”

 

Host: “…”

 

Meng Feibai added: “President Huo wasn’t just monitoring his health condition.”

 

Host: “…”

 

Jiang Pingchao, who was in the studio, came back to his senses and looked up: “Unfamiliar.”

 

Host: “…”

 

The live broadcast room was briefly silent, and the bullet comments laughed uncontrollably.

 

[I’m sorry, I don’t want to laugh, but Teacher Jiang really looks exactly like a cold, unfamiliar machine TvT.]

 

[I get it hahahahaha I was wondering why the atmosphere in the first episode was so weird, so this is what ‘unfamiliar’ means!]

 

[So in the first episode, President Huo was unhappy and didn’t like to talk because of this!… I was so scared that I thought all top alphas were mutes bb)o☆]

 

[To be honest, I fell asleep three times watching the first episode, and I thought this program had been changed to a travel scenery appreciation program.]

 

[What happened in the first episode?? Ahh as a student frantically catching up on online classes, I didn’t have time to watch. Blood letter requesting a class representative!!]

 

The host finally found an opportunity and rallied his spirits: “It’s like this, the first episode that’s currently released is actually just a pilot, to stimulate everyone’s interest in the guests, without substantive content.”

 

“Everyone can selectively watch the first episode,” the host said calmly. “In fact, due to the pilot’s excessive length, we encourage everyone to skip it directly—”

 

[The class representative will help everyone organize the love documentary program’s first episode “Unfamiliar.”

 

Highlights of this episode: 1. Why is the Xingguan CEO gazing affectionately at old tea tree stumps? 2. The mysterious case of a certain explosive young actor’s legs disappearing. 3. The “Year’s End” crew’s loving interaction reality. 4. Why the chief director banged his head on the camera.]

 

[Correction: Pilot episode “Unfamiliar.”]

 

Host: “…”

 

The bullet comments were obviously particularly interested in the first episode. Many who had already watched it added comments one after another, already enthusiastically discussing the content of the first episode.

 

[Support the chief director, just based on highlights 1, 2, and 3, why shouldn’t the chief director bang his head?]

 

[Support the chief director. In connection with Xingguan’s statement, it should be that Xingguan and the program team wanted to create an illusion that Teacher Liang and President Huo were unfamiliar, thus sacrificing their CEO and the chief director’s head.]

 

[Support the chief director’s head, but why were they unfamiliar?]

 

[Shh, those who understand these things know, don’t bring it up, you can’t force an entertainment company’s CEO to admit…]

 

The last bullet comment had only gone halfway when President Huo spoke: “To stabilize the company’s stock price.”

 

The host looked up in surprise.

 

“During the recording period, Mr. Liang was still Xingguan’s artist.”

 

President Huo said meticulously: “At that time, Xingguan had just acquired Long Tao, the stock price was unstable, and there was some internal turbulence.”

 

“For example, artists directly under Xingguan like me,” Su Man, who had been with Xingguan for a long time and was familiar with their CEO’s temperament, added matter-of-factly, “Once we knew about President Huo and Teacher Liang’s relationship, it would be easy to worry whether resources would be snatched away by the incoming nation-toppling little demon…”

 

Su Man sensed a familiar coldness through the screen and smoothly corrected herself: “…Unexpectedly, it was childhood sweethearts.”

 

Liang Xiao couldn’t hold back, coughed twice, and pulled President Huo back a bit.

 

President Huo didn’t specifically look, but as his sleeve was tugged, he gathered Liang Xiao’s hand and held it firmly in his palm.

 

Liang Xiao smiled and held President Huo’s hand in return: “It was my idea.”

 

“There was indeed a contract before, but we’re not together because of that.”

 

Liang Xiao stood up and frankly bowed in apology: “Concealing this from the public was my inappropriate approach.”

 

Liang Xiao: “Regarding this matter, I also formally apologize to everyone here.”

 

The bullet comments were startled by the sudden change, immediately filling the screen.

 

[Ahh no no we didn’t come for this Σ(Q^Q≡QДQ)っ]

 

[A perfectly mutual love being smeared as being kept of course needs explanation! It’s normal to find an alternative explanation when it’s not convenient to officially announce!]

 

[Our umbrella-selling brother is an actor, not just traffic. An actor’s private life is their own! Blame the paparazzi, blame gossip, blame the public for being too idle!! orz]

 

[This idle melon-eating crowd here orz was so angry hearing about being kept that I didn’t have the heart to look carefully, not knowing there was a past connection…]

 

[No offense to the friend above… but it’s precisely because there are too many people who love to join in the excitement without looking carefully that the influence of gossip paparazzi is so great.]

 

[Also, there are too many story fabricators nowadays, can’t believe anything casually. To be honest, this kind of childhood acquaintances reuniting plot is too coincidental, can’t help but suspect it’s some brainwashing package, anyway, judge for yourself.]

 

[??? The person above is overly suspicious, don’t doubt everything you see, OK?]

 

[What’s there to judge? Makes you seem profound? What’s the benefit of making up this story?]

 

Liang Xiao casually closed the bullet comments, looked at President Huo’s expression, and squeezed his hand.

 

He had been accustomed to these criticisms since five years ago. People prefer to hear what they want to hear. When he woke up in the hospital back then, he had already thoroughly understood this.

 

Liang Xiao was used to it and didn’t care much about it, but he didn’t want President Huo to be disturbed again.

 

Noticing the host’s signal, Liang Xiao cleared his throat and began to speak: “We—”

 

President Huo: “We are not a coincidence.”

 

Liang Xiao was taken aback, stopped speaking, and turned to look at President Huo.

 

President Huo took the phone, stood up, reached out his hand to Liang Xiao, and fixed his gaze on him.

 

Liang Xiao looked up, was stunned for two seconds, suddenly realized what President Huo wanted to do, smiled, and placed his hand in his.

 

“This is where we lived together in Jiangnan.”

 

President Huo steadily held the phone, led Liang Xiao with one hand, allowing the phone camera to capture the entire room: “Under the window is the desk, where we did homework together, reviewed lessons.”

 

The phone camera methodically panned across the interior of the room. President Huo’s voice became a voiceover, his tone coldly matter-of-fact: “Bottom left is the sofa, very close to the desk. Mr. Liang would watch me study from the sofa until he fell asleep.”

 

“On the right is the bookshelf.”

 

President Huo: “When Mr. Liang couldn’t memorize his lessons, he would usually be punished by standing here, but he would also fall asleep if he stood for too long.”

 

“…” Liang Xiao coughed: “You don’t need to mention this—”

 

President Huo very much wanted to say: “When Mr. Liang fell asleep, I would carry him back to bed to rest.”

 

“In order to carry him back to bed,” President Huo said, “I would deliberately study for a long time, until he was completely asleep. When Mr. Liang was deeply asleep, he had no defenses. When I carried him, he would let me pat his head.”

 

President Huo: “My diligence at that time was largely due to Mr. Liang’s supervision and encouragement.”

 

Liang Xiao: “…”

 

Liang Xiao took out his own phone and, while President Huo wasn’t paying attention, secretly opened the bullet comments.

 

[…Who started the argument first?]

 

[Stop showing off, stop showing off, I’m jealous, I’m jealous, I’m jealous…]

 

[Ah. (The tone of someone who has eaten too much)]

 

[When you die from overeating, not a single piece of dog food is innocent.]

 

[Newcomer here, may I ask if you’re currently luring single dogs in to kill them? :)]

 

…

 

“Inside is the bedroom, on the right is the kitchen. He would use his own money to prepare special meals to nourish my body.”

 

President Huo didn’t think there was anything wrong with his introduction and continued meticulously: “At that time, my differentiation was obstructed, my physical condition was very poor, and I could be taken down by Mr. Liang with one hand.”

 

Liang Xiao was caught off guard with a small moment of pride, instinctively being modest: “With one hand was actually a bit difficult…”

 

President Huo looked at him, warmth showing in his eyes, stroked Liang Xiao’s head, and with one hand placed him back on the sofa.

 

[Um… should we be in the car or under it?]

 

[Ahhhh is this one-handed grand shifting the true ability of a top Alpha!!]

 

[Thank you, I feel choked.]

 

[So it wasn’t just childhood innocence, back then Mr. Liang was actually the stronger one! Has the situation reversed after many years!]

 

[Wait, differentiation obstruction! Is this the disease mentioned earlier on “On the Road”??? The one that can be life-threatening if serious, right?!]

 

[Is this why they separated? Did President Huo go for treatment and then lost his memory, forgetting the super strong sweet omega who could take him down with one hand? Q口Q]

 

“We should have grown up together.”

 

President Huo sat down beside Liang Xiao: “But at that time, I wasn’t aware that I had differentiation obstruction, and my guardian didn’t pay attention to it either.”

 

The grievances of the Huo family over the years had been gossiped about countless times by marketing accounts. Most of the bullet comments were aware of President Huo’s experiences as a youth and vaguely guessed some of it, unanimously quieting down.

 

Liang Xiao didn’t want President Huo to talk about this, smiled, and interjected: “Let me tell this part, considering the other party involved was basically unconscious…”

 

“On that night when I was unconscious due to severe pheromone impact and in mortal danger.”

 

President Huo gripped his hand: “My consciousness was very blurry, I only remember a rain.”

 

Liang Xiao looked up, meeting President Huo’s gaze.

 

“It was the biggest rain in my memory, lasting all night.”

 

President Huo looked at him: “In the rain, I had a dream. I dreamed that we graduated together, came of age together. I dreamed that we confessed to each other in university, then worked together, lived together, raised a dog, and sunbathed during idle holidays.”

 

President Huo: “After I woke up, the rain had stopped.”

 

Liang Xiao opened his mouth, tried hard to smile at him, his eyes reddening as he turned his head and took a breath.

 

President Huo put the phone back on the table: “At that time, I didn’t know that your pheromone was ‘grass color.'”

 

The light rain on the city street is as moist as cream, the color of grass seems visible from afar but is absent up close.

 

President Huo understood Liang Xiao’s feelings and didn’t indulge in dwelling on the past, but he still couldn’t imagine how much pain and suffering Liang Xiao had to endure, how much he had to risk his life, to create that torrential downpour in the dream.

 

Liang Xiao didn’t recall the situation at that time at all. He held President Huo’s hand, pressing his fingertips against his pulse.

 

Liang Xiao was particularly focused, carefully confirming President Huo’s expression, and finally completely reassured, smiled at President Huo.

 

He wanted to speak, opened his mouth but couldn’t make a sound, pressed his forehead against President Huo’s shoulder blade, and hastily closed his eyes.

 

[Help. I, I can’t take it Q^Q]

 

[God… so the “exchanging life for life” mentioned at the press conference earlier came from this? Is it really that every time an alpha with differentiation obstruction is treated, an omega’s life is in danger??]

 

[At that time, there was almost no research on this disease, right? I remember “On the Road” saying breakthroughs only came in recent years…]

 

[woc is it what I’m thinking?? Forcing one’s own pheromones to burst??]

 

[Was it because he was afraid his good friend would know he almost died, so he secretly ran away? QAQ]

 

[Wuwuwuwu I feel so heartbroken, how could this happen to our umbrella-selling brother wuwuwu this damn fate Q皿Q]

 

[The pheromone outbreak aftereffects are also because of this, right? President Huo is a special variant-type alpha, also because of the influence of differentiation at that time, so only when the two of them meet again can things get better…]

 

[Wuwuwu wawawa if they hadn’t coincidentally met again, I would have cried to death!!! I’m crying a mountain collapse, earth split, Yellow River flowing backward!!!]

 

“We were never a coincidence.”

 

President Huo shook his head, rejecting the bullet comments that weren’t stating things correctly: “My pheromones are derived from ‘grass color,’ I am an Alpha that belongs only to Mr. Liang.”

 

President Huo: “We would only meet again and again, until we no longer miss each other.”

 

Liang Xiao took several deep breaths, ultimately unable to suppress the heat in his eyes, quickly turned away the phone camera, and pulled President Huo toward himself.

 

…

 

[??? You’re not letting us see anymore!!! Q口Q]

 

[Wuwuwuwuwu it’s fine if we don’t see, President Huo and Mr. Liang should be together forever, you must be well…]

 

[Be together!!! I won’t complain anymore, I’m going to secretly eliminate those who still dare to complain!!]

 

[Long-lasting happiness ahhhh what kind of destined fate is this…]

 

[It’s not destined by fate! They destined each other! Fate only caused trouble!!]

 

[If only they could have been together from the beginning, ahhhhhh I’m so heartbroken (ノДＴ)]

 

[Ahhhh please be together for a lifetime!! I believe in love again!!]

 

The bullet comments filled the screen, overwhelming the entire picture.

 

The camera was turned away, coincidentally toward the glass cabinet of the bookshelf display, focusing on a small paper airplane folded from calculation paper.

 

The edges of the calculation paper had already become old and yellowed, carefully re-glued and repaired, with a particularly conspicuous smiley face drawn on the wing with a marker pen.

 

Ten years ago, a boy on the balcony breathed hard on the airplane, happily mustering all his strength to throw it out.

 

The serious and silent youth looked up, his forehead beaded with sweat, reaching out his hand in the direction of the airplane.

 

Catching a handful, bright and burning hot.

 

Their time.

 

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