CH 70

When the emperor passed away, Baili Wuji, as the crown prince, should naturally stay behind and lead the other princes to mourn for him. In the original plot, the first meeting between the Male and Female Leads happened at midnight that night. According to some unwritten law of time travel, the Female Lead would always sneak out to find something to eat when there’s no one around at night and bump into the Male Lead on time. Then they would start their love journey of falling in love and killing each other.

So what Fu Yichen had to do right now was to wait until the dead of the night, the moment when the Female Lead came out. He could visit Film Emperor Su at that time, mainly to see his reaction towards the Female Lead. Then he could try and find a suitable opportunity to figure out his conjectures. Regarding Su Zhan’s memories, Fu Yichen was still unwilling to leave it at that. He had to verify the matter himself before he gave up.

But what Fu Yichen never expected was that before he could go out, a certain someone would actually take the initiative to deliver himself to his door. The unbelievable act of ‘someone handing him a pillow just as he was about to fall asleep’ stunned Fu Yichen. That night, when the palace was dark and windy, Fu Yichen snuck out of his room without anyone noticing him. He then jumped onto the roof wearing all white, like a ghost. With the skills of the Second Male, he was almost invisible in this world, so he could do whatever he wanted.

He had planned to head towards the imperial dining room where the Male and Female Leads met for the first time. But when he turned around, he almost staggered because of the hesitant-looking figure that was on the stone path outside of the residence of the National Teacher. After he stabilized his footing, he took a closer look. Wasn’t that figure Su Zhan, the Film Emperor Su that he had been thinking of this whole time?

Immediately, Fu Yichen was stunned, but that feeling was followed by uncontrollable joy. Apart from the thought of ‘Su Zhan has his memories and came here to find him’, Fu Yichen couldn’t think of any other possibility. He even confirmed the matter with the system again. In the original plot, the Male Lead didn’t appear at this place at all. Instead, he met the Female Lead in the imperial dining room that was in the opposite direction of the residence of the National Teacher.

So, Fu Yichen flashed behind Su Zhan in great anticipation. If it weren’t for the constraints of the plot and other factors, Fu Yichen might’ve blurted out the name ‘Su Zhan’ or even given him a hug.

“It’s so late. What is your royal highness the crown prince doing here?” In the dead of the night, Fu Yichen’s deep eyes revealed a strange light which seemed to be some sort of hint. He had appeared behind Su Zhan silently and controlled his voice, making himself sound as flat as how the National Teacher normally was. But he had readied himself for an embrace for their reunion.

But Fu Yichen didn’t notice that Su Zhan, who had his back turned to him, was so frightened by his sudden voice that he almost cried out.

As soon as Su Zhan turned his head, he was met with a pair of dark eyes staring at him in close proximity. The other person was dressed in white like an immortal, with his hands placed behind his back in a leisurely manner. He could clearly see his tall figure and randomly tied black hair that fluttered in the breeze. This person was just… eye-catching.

Su Zhan couldn’t help but remember the blurred scenes in his dreams. All kinds of scenarios like being pinned to the wall, kissed forcibly and so on. Unable to control it, his heart became a mess with an unprecedented level of panic. But having an actor’s basic quality, even if his heart was beating wildly, his face was the complete opposite. Not to mention, he had always been a reserved person.

With the right amount of pain, sorrow, a bit of unexplainable sadness and confusion, he let out a long and dejected sigh, “It turned out to be the Guoshi.” After he finished speaking, he let out another sigh, adding the right amount of pain and realization to his words.

Fu Yichen was completely dumbfounded by his actions. What was with his facial expressions that were full of self-pity? The key point was, he didn’t see any other meaning or hint in Su Zhan’s eyes. So all he got from waiting in anticipation was just a sentence?

Additionally, what puzzled Fu Yichen the most was that if Su Zhan really had memories of him, then his favorability wouldn’t be like this. It was in the same state as before, just familiar.

[The favorability of the Male Lead towards the Second Male +2]

[The favorability of the Male Lead towards the Second Male +1]

[The total favorability of the Male Lead towards the Second Male is 20.]

Fu Yichen raised his eyebrows at this but then quickly recovered, as if he hadn’t changed his countenance in the first place nor showed any unreasonable expressions, “What’s going on Your Royal Highness the Crown Prince?”

All in all, no matter if Su Zhan remembered him or not, Fu Yichen could be sure that the person in front of him was currently putting on an act. Since he was deliberately behaving like this, Fu Yichen had the obligation to cooperate with him. But at the same time, he couldn’t help but want to confirm something with Laji in his mind, ‘Laji, can you sense another system?’

[Ah? Male God Zhanzhan!] 

As usual, the system was acting like a nympho again. The system’s default reaction when meeting Su Zhan. 

[Thanking the host for letting me out. Hehehe. Male God Zhanzhan is still as handsome as ever, he’s just that handsome!]

‘Talk seriously.’ He had to admit that the system’s speech had more emotion now.

[The same kind, the same kind!] Laji immediately became a little excited, [Host, host, the other system is here. Male God Zhanzhan! Ahhh! The Male God Zhanzhan is really powerful! The Male God Zhanzhan is the most handsome person!] But now that the system had learnt its lesson, it didn’t forget to flatter Fu Yichen while still in its nympho state, [The host is also very handsome.]

The corners of Fu Yichen’s mouth twitched, but the stone that was hanging in his heart finally fell. This showed that his previous guess was right. The other system was with Su Zhan. It’s just that he didn’t know what kind of system it was and how it was different from Laji.

However, there were many questions that followed. According to the direction of that post and the development of the plot in these worlds, Fu Yichen suspected that Su Zhan’s system was the Mary Sue system which had a completely different goal from him. If this was the case, then the two of them would definitely have something to worry about.

Just like the previous Mary Sue world. His task was to reverse the ending while Su Zhan had to complete the plot. They had opposite tasks but they had the same goal, to get out. Honestly speaking, previously when Fu Yichen had made a bet with his life, it was by no means an easy task for him.

Furthermore, if it really was the Mary Sue system that had the complete opposite goal from him and Su Zhan was not aware of his1 existence, then the situation would be much more complicated.

During Fu Yichen’s thinking session, Su Zhan had also forcibly suppressed the things in his heart and played his acting skills that captured the heart of his audience. Even deliberately posing as if he was hesitant to speak.

“Bengong2 was just… feeling uncomfortable, so Bengong came out for a walk.” He said with a self-deprecating smile, “I didn’t mean to walk here, but I came to the Guoshi’s door before I knew it.”

In fact, Su Zhan’s appearance here was definitely not right. He was well aware of the plot of this night. He knew that he was supposed to meet the Female Lead in the imperial dining hall tonight. Since he wanted to get rid of the Female Lead, he naturally tried every means to avoid the plot. So when he estimated that it was about the same time as the plot, Su Zhan escaped, walking in the complete opposite direction of the imperial dining hall.

He then uncontrollably thought of the National Teacher that he had seen before. Coupled with those continuous overlapping dreams, Su Zhan felt his body heat up more and more when he thought about it. After all, it had been so many years since he realized that he was gay and a pure zero. From the beginning, he had always fantasized about it and later he entered the entertainment circle and stayed there for more than ten years. Not only was his relationship experience completely blank, even imagining it became a luxury. One was because there was no suitable person in the entertainment industry, and the other was that he dared not.

But now that he was in an illusory world, he was no longer Su Zhan and his actions no longer represented himself. More importantly, he had a logical reason to contact other men. So even though his heart was extremely messy because of this unexpected matter, he still couldn’t help but want to jump from joy.

Afterwards, he had wandered to the residence of the Guoshi by accident. In fact, although he had little thoughts in his heart, Su Zhan didn’t come to a certain someone’s door at night just to brush his face3 in such a way. But what was embarrassing for him was that the other person came out in the middle of the night and appeared behind him without warning.

So, Su Zhan who had looked sad on the surface, was actually feeling all sorts of chaos in his mind. One was because he had a guilty conscience, while the other was that he was feeling timid and was taken aback by Fu Yichen’s sudden appearance.

Feeling uncomfortable? In the darkness, the corners of Fu Yichen’s mouth twitched. What kind of song is this person trying to sing? What kind of operation is this? In the original settings, the Male Lead was someone who was actually very ambitious and scheming. The old emperor was a scumbag. As early as nine years ago when the original body of the Female Lead was born, the old emperor had abolished the Empress mother of the Male Lead. It was an act which was unprincipled and ruthless enough, just so he could reserve a back seat for the newborn baby.

So it stands to reason that the crown prince should be happy with the death of the emperor, well at least he should be in his heart. But after all, the emperor was his father, so Baili Wuji should express his pain in front of civil and military officials as well as the people of the world. But even so, there was no need for Su Zhan to actually come to the residence of the National Teacher to act in such a way in the middle of the night, right? What if he hadn’t gone out tonight? Who would he be acting for?

For a moment, Fu Yichen was even more confused. But he couldn’t really figure out the situation so he just followed along.

So Fu Yichen could only go against his heart and comfort Su Zhan, “Your Highness the Crown Prince, don’t be sad. Your health is the most important. Not to mention that everything depends on Your Highness right now. The heavy responsibility of the country now rests on Your Highness’ shoulders.”

The speech can be said to be very serious sounding. During the speech, Fu Yichen never took his eyes off of Su Zhan’s face, looking at him with a serious attitude and sincere looking eyes. After all, in terms of acting skills, Fu Yichen also had it in him. Not to mention that he had experienced so many worlds.

So, such small tricks, he wasn’t afraid of it. It’s just that everyone’s Film Emperor Su’s reaction was really strange.

[The favorability of the Male Lead towards the Second Male +1]

[The favorability of the Male Lead towards the Second Male +1]

Fu Yichen frowned, he then looked at the guy in front of him seriously. Obviously this person’s heart was beating non-stop, but his face didn’t want to admit it and he still had a sad look pasted on his face. Could it be that his4 system was acting up?

Unexpectedly, after listening to Fu Yichen’s comforting words, Su Zhan looked even sadder. He then looked at Fu Yichen with a strange look in his eyes, as if he expected him to recognize5 him.

“Does the Guoshi think that Bengong can take on this important task?” He had an unconfident tone. But there were also hints of him expecting to be affirmed by the favoured National Teacher.

In fact, Su Zhan really felt that he had become smarter. The serious look of the National Teacher was so handsome and suddenly an idea popped up in his mind. Since he had to overthrow the Second Male, he naturally had to have more contact with him. In the contents of the thirty chapters that he received, the National Teacher was a powerful and mysterious existence. But he was someone who didn’t participate or discuss politics, nor was he supporting anyone. So could he sell misery6 with his thick skin? He could just keep him by his side first.

Fu Yichen’s heart skipped a beat for some reason. What do these words mean? Could it be that he came here to seek asylum7 from the National Teacher?

The old emperor had just died. The new emperor had no power behind him. There were still a few princes that were eyeing the throne. What Baili Wuji could rely on right now was just his status as the crown prince because he was the eldest son of the emperor and the former empress. Everything else that he had was unstable.

Therefore, the support of the mysterious and deeply respected National Teacher was definitely a big help for him. But the key was that it wasn’t this complicated in the original text. Not only was it brainless and illogical, there was also not much scheming behind the scenes. So was it possible that what he was doing right now was one of the tasks assigned to him by his system?

Fu Yichen felt a little suspicious but a strange feeling suddenly emerged in his heart. He actually found the situation to be interesting, especially seeing Su Zhan’s deliberate approach and show of weakness. This made him full of expectations for the development of the future for a moment.

Therefore, Fu Yichen unconsciously raised the corners of his mouth, “Of course.”

Originally, the National Teacher was calm and dismissive of everything, but suddenly the corners of his mouth raised in such a manner. Caught off guard by the sudden throbbing of his heart from that smile, Su Zhan, whose acting skills were flawless, was stunned for two seconds. Then his face burned uncontrollably.

Fu Yichen noticed Su Zhan’s sad eyes flicker twice, then he saw him lower his head in a hasty manner. But Fu Yichen who was standing close to him was able to clearly spot his reddening features, especially when the favorability prompt sounded once more in his mind.

[The favorability of the Male Lead towards the Second Male +2]

Unconsciously, the corners of Fu Yichen’s mouth twitched once more. But Su Zhan, who was lowering his head to hide his embarrassment, didn’t see it at all.

Fu Yichen’s

I swear I’ve only seen this title being used by women… but I rarely read palace fight novels so I’m not sure… I’ve read Eight Treasures Trousseau and I’m pretty sure males would use Benwang and crown princes would use Gu ._. but what do I know? Nothing. So let’s move on along. Bengong is a way to refer to oneself if one is from the imperial family.

make his presence known

Fu Yichen suspects Su Zhan’s system was telling Su Zhan to act in such a strange way

more like recognize his efforts and abilities as the new emperor

act pitiful in a way to gain sympathy of others

seek help