The Best Male God

This chapter was translated by Daed and hosted on Foxaholic.com.

Proofread by Java~

Note: Edited 1/1/20. TL misread the MC's name orz.

Ming’an Village, Yunjin County.

The early morning sun is shining brightly on this small village that had been submerged in time for a century. Usually, the villagers of Ming’an village would have long gone out to work. However, right now, many of the villagers did not go out; they secretly watched these people from the big city. In their hands are black devices, which seem to be called “cameras.” It was a group of people filming here and there all day in the mountains, saying that they will be able to help their village prosper.

Anyway, the villagers treated these outsiders very enthusiastically.

Zhou Zekai woke up in a daze. The bed he was on was so hard that his body is aching in pain. The quilt also had an indiscernible smell. It was so horrible that he can’t resist furrowing his brows.

“Ah Ze, time to get up~ Older Sister says we’re going to eat soon!”

A child’s cute voice traveled over, causing Zhou Zekai to freeze. He looked at the child in the doorway. The child wore particularly weathered clothes and a pair of socks that seemed like it hadn’t been washed in eight hundred years. Furthermore, his face was so dark, it was unsightly.

“Mm, I got it. I’ll get up immediately.”

Zhou Zekai instantly confirmed the other’s identity, nodding his head at the child. He couldn’t help but glance at the camera lens in the upper right corner of the room…..

That’s right, this is the filming location for a reality show. A reality show where rural teenagers and urban youth exchange places. The show is called 《Swapped Lives》, and Zhou Zekai is the rich young master from the city who came here in exchange. He is fourteen years old this year.

Sitting on the bed, he mused over the wish-maker’s situation as he changed his clothes. Zhou Zekai had some understanding of the wisher, Tang Bingyu.

As a wandering soul traveling through time, Zhou Zekai didn't know when he was born, but he has been fulfilling wishes of wish-makers since birth. This is the only way he can think of that will allow him to stop wandering in the void. Experiencing various kinds of lives made him feel like he was still alive.

This time, Zhou Zekai’s wish-maker was Tang Bingyu. She just happened to be the girl paired up with Zhou Zekai on this reality show. She was also fourteen years old and considered as the princess in her family. Unlike the grouchy Zhou Zekai who was in his rebellious phase, Tang Bingyu joined this reality show in preparation for starhood when she became famous. Her dream to become a celebrity was indescribable.

After the two of them joined the reality show, they were sent to this village. They lived in the best house in the village—the Yang family’s house. Tang Bingyu shared a room with Yang Susu, and Zhou Zekai shared with Yang Le. The two people made a fuss last night because they didn’t want to sleep together with the two hicks. They only agreed to sleep at the Yangs’ house when the television crew finally agreed to let them use their phones to pass the time.

In short….these two cannot bear any hardships.

Because Tang Bingyu and Zhou Zekai were kids from the city, they naturally had common topics. Afterwards, when Zhou Zekai found out about Tang Bingyu’s dream to become a star, he jumped on the bandwagon and declared that he wanted to become a star too. The two hit it off and planned to join the entertainment circle together once this reality TV show airs. Except, something irredeemable happened. Their performances in the program left unfavorable impressions to the audience, and the viewers hated them. As if this wasn’t enough, Tang Bingyu inadvertently came across these negative evaluations of her on a staff member’s phone. She felt like her dreams were shattered. Feeling extremely embarrassed, she ran out of the small village.

The village of Ming’an was surrounded by mountains, it’s all trees and bushes. Zhou Zekai reacted quickly, hurriedly going to search for her. The camera crew behind him didn’t keep up. When Zhou Zekai caught up with Tang Bingyu, the two talked about things. Yet they didn’t expect the landslide on the right side of the mountain. In order to protect Tang Bingyu, in the end, Zhou Zekai was buried in the landslide. This all happened in an instant. Afterwards, Tang Bingyu’s efforts to save Zhou Zekai were futile. It was only after the television crew came over that the buried soil was dug up. Only, what they dug up was Zhou Zekai’s corpse.

And just like that, a life was lost in the mountains.

When the production crew saw that there was a casualty, they didn’t have a choice but to hastily call Zhou Zekai and Tang Bingyu’s families over. Naturally, the program could not continue filming. They had indeed signed a safety agreement before entering the mountains, yet they didn’t expect a life to be lost in the show.

When the Zhou couple came over, they were already grief-stricken. Tang Bingyu blamed herself for Zhou Zekai’s death. She directly kneeled before the Zhou couple, but none of this could bring Zhou Zekai back to life.

With this kind of incident happening in《Swapped Lives》, it certainly couldn’t be broadcasted nor aired. Finally, they gave the Zhous about three million in compensation. But the Zhous only had this one child. They’re wealthy themselves, would they be short of this three million?

Tang Bingyu was also greatly stimulated by personally witnessing Zhou Zekai dying in order to save her. She had depression and took about five years for psychological treatment.

After her depression gradually improved, Tang Bingyu no longer pursued her dream to become a star. If it had not been for her dream, then Zhou Zekai probably wouldn’t have died. Tang Bingyu studied hard and visited the Zhous every week. She recognized the Zhou couple as godparents. Afterwards, as she grew up, she took care of them like a biological daughter until the Zhou couple died of old age.

She felt that she owed Zhou Zekai her life. If she hadn’t been stimulated by seeing the netizens’ comments, then she wouldn’t have run into the mountains. If she hadn’t run into the mountains, then Zhou Zekai wouldn’t have gone in there to find her. Even if there was a landslide, they would be in the village, and everything would have been fine……

Thus, Tang Bingyu wished that, if possible, Zhou Zekai could live. She hoped that he could live just like she did, that he could be alive and well.

Zhou Zekai, who knew what would happen, thought that this little girl didn’t have a bad temperament. On the contrary, she was quite righteous and responsible. This time that he came to the world, he directly became the person that the little girl wanted to protect. This kind of feeling was quite strange.

When he finished changing, Zhou Zekai got up from the bed. He looked at his blue sneakers and recalled the sight of Yang Le’s indistinguishable shoes. At the thought of how dirty those shoes had been, Zhou Zekai could understand a bit why the past "him” had been so irritated.

He put on his shoes and walked out. The warmth of the sun shining down on his face was nice and comfortable.

“Zhou Zekai!!!”

A girl’s crisp and bright voice rang through the air. Zhou Zekai looked at the direction of the sound, only to see a pink sportswear-clad Tang Bingyu standing there with a poor complexion.

Looks like she didn’t sleep that well either~ Ignoring the camera filming at the side, Zhou Zekai walked over and inquired,

“How’d you sleep last night?”