The Best Male God

This chapter was translated by Daed and proofread by Chan to be hosted on Foxaholic.com.

As she was pulled along by Zhou Zekai out of the store in a newly-bought red dress, Tang Bingyu was completely bewildered. The television crew were surprised too. They never would have thought that right after they earned their pay, Zhou Zekai would make a beeline to the clothing store to buy Tang Bingyu a dress. This dress was around eight hundred yuan. Although it usually wasn’t a big deal to them, now that it was bought with their hard-earned money, Tang Bingyu had an odd feeling. She was also nervous as Zhou Zekai held her hand, her heart beating uncontrollably.

“Now we have money, what do you want to do in the afternoon? Or what do you want? I’ll buy it for you.”

Zhou Zekai turned his head to look at Tang Bingyu. Despite the fact that they were filming a reality show, he liked to place himself into the most comfortable position. After all, while we are alive in this world, it’s a day no matter if you’re happy or not, so why not try to be happy for a little while longer?

“Ah……”

Tang Bingyu had thought that the shopping trip was over, and had not expected Zhou Zekai to make this offer. Hence, she tugged onto Zhou Zekai’s hand and said with some concern, “Ah Kai, we can’t spend this money recklessly. We don’t know how long the television crew wants us to stay outside for. On top of that, we have to find a place to stay for the night and figure out what to eat for dinner. Who knows how many days we have, this money……is it enough for us to spend? How about we don’t buy it……”

She was really worried how many days this money would last them for. They just spent around eight hundred yuan, which left them with about seven thousand yuan. Even though Zhou Zekai’s money was all in his hands, Tang Bingyu couldn’t avoid being concerned.

As for Zhou Zekai, he simply ruffled Tang Bingyu’s hair and grinned, “Guess why the restaurant manager had been willing to spend two thousand yuan worth of salary to hire us."

Once this question was posed, the cameramen at the side had also found it weird. Notwithstanding that some people these days who could play the piano were extremely skilled, they didn’t receive such a high price. No matter how the television crew thought of it, nothing about this matter made sense.

Tang Bingyu also frowned, her brows furrowed as she thought about it. But she truly could not think of an explanation, so she looked towards Zhou Zekai in anticipation.

“The moment that we walked over to the table, that restaurant manager approached us without any hesitation. Furthermore, he seemed quite restrained and his gaze when he looked at us was different. This proves that he had already learned of our identities from who knows where, so right now, it’s very likely that we’re already popular. Are you happy?”

Since he knew how much Tang Bingyu wanted to become a star, Zhou Zekai told the other party about this matter. Becoming a star had always been the wish that she wanted to attain.

Tang Bingyu was truly stunned. She never would have thought that the restaurant manager unexpectedly had not been moved by their piano playing. On the contrary, because he recognized them and knew that they were well-known, he used two thousand yuan of hourly pay to invite them……

“Don’t look at how he spent eight thousand yuan now. Once this program airs, it’s a free advertisement for their restaurant. At that time, I bet that our pictures will be hung up on the walls in their restaurant ~”

Zhou Zekai had been a celebrity before, so he knew the difference between the distant gaze of an ordinary person and the gaze that the majority directed towards celebrities–one that was curious and probing.

Each and every one of the television crew staff were stupefied. None of them had thought that Zhou Zekai would give this explanation. It finally dawned on them. No wonder the restaurant manager had sent them food and paid them such a high hourly salary. So it was like that.

They had heard from the main production crew that currently Zhou Zekai and Tang Bingyu’s popularity were super high. The Weibo that the Zhous had helped Zhou Zekai open already had three-four million fans……

“So it was like that……”

Tang Bingyu didn’t know if she should be happy or dejected. Happy that she was already well-known, and dejected because the manager hadn’t sincerely appreciated her piano playing at all.

Reading her thoughts, Zhou Zekai laughed. He said, “Just think of it as your first step towards becoming a star. What they saw is the television crew’s fame and publicity, and it is also because we truly became popular! Who knows, maybe the next time we go out to play, we’ll meet fans who will ask us for our autographs~”

Of course, he was kidding. Zhou Zekai didn’t think that they would gain a large amount of fans from joining one reality show. Not to mention that they didn’t know if this reality show had been broadcast or not. So these words could only trick a little girl like Tang Bingyu who hadn’t actually gone viral1. If someone was truly so popular, then they would really be recognized once they were seen walking around in public.

“Mn.” Tang Bingyu nodded. She was still sulky, so Zhou Zekai pulled her to a place that sold cotton candy. He bought cotton candy from the shop owner and handed it to her.

“Here2, eat up. My mom told me, every girl likes to eat things that are both good-looking and sweet.”

She studied the cotton candy that he handed to her. It wasn’t white, but a pink cotton candy. The light pink color did lift Tang Bingyu’s spirits a bit. She took a bite of the cotton candy. The sweet taste instantly filled up her taste buds, causing her to immediately make a satisfied expression.

Zhou Zekai who was observing her from the side, also let out a smile. He continued to watch her eat the cotton candy like that.

A young boy wearing a white shirt and a young girl who had changed into a red dress. Though they were only standing there in those outfits at the corner of the street, they had already become the most beautiful view.

After a couple more bites, Tang Bingyu felt self-conscious because she noticed that Zhou Zekai hadn’t bought any for himself.

“It’s really delicious, do you want any?”

After much internal conflict, she carefully handed the cotton candy in her hands to the other party. As she faced his faint smile, Tang Bingyu suddenly felt that her face was burning. On the other hand, Zhou Zekai slightly lowered his head and stretched out his tongue to lick that pink-colored cotton candy. The sweet taste made him feel like he was also quite delighted.

Tang Bingyu stared fixedly at Zhou Zekai who was right before her eyes. For some reason, when she caught sight of his pink tongue, she was flustered. After he licked it a couple times, Tang Bingyu had already slightly averted her head, not daring to take another look.

The pounding of her heart reminded her about her thoughts regarding the person next to her. Soon after, she heard Zhou Zekai’s voice, “Okay, I tried some, you eat~”

When she finally returned her gaze to the cotton candy, she noticed the spot that Zhou Zekai had licked before. She was promptly flustered, thus she could only keep eating at the spot that she had previously been eating. She was scared that Zhou Zekai would notice.

Her left hand was in Zhou Zekai’s grasp as he pulled her forward, her right hand held the cotton candy as she carefully nibbled. When they crossed the street, Zhou Zekai suggested that they ‘go watch a movie since it was still early. As it happened, he had seen that there was a screening for the latest movie released.’

As for Tang Bingyu, well naturally she nodded in agreement. Except when she licked the spot that Zhou Zekai had eaten before, she secretly reached out her tongue and touched that spot. In that split-second, she felt a feeling of shame from the bottom of her heart…

As for the television crew, seeing their show 《Swapped Lives》being filmed into 《Let’s Fall in Love》 right before their eyes, they were also very tired, okay?

1. So this was actually “走红” (literally, "walk red".) It means that they are so popular (红, red/popular) that people recognize them when they are walking in the streets.
2. This is a sound. If you would like to hear how it is pronounced/sounds, the Chinese character is 喏 (nuo).