My Idol Secretly Loves Me: Chapter 9

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Chapter 9:

What to do? What should she say?

Should she explain directly? Apologize for mistakenly sending a message because her agent ships her and Su Yan as a couple?

Or—

Luo Tang's mind was still in a whirlwind as she pondered her next move, when the familiar sound of a WeChat call echoed from the motionless phone on her bed.

Luo Tang looked down.

[Su Yan is inviting you to a voice call] was bouncing on the screen, his half-black, half-white wall avatar at the center—she had just added him the day before and thought the avatar was really cool.

Luo Tang's palms were sweaty as she picked up the phone to answer, but for some reason, she accidentally hit the decline button.

"……"

She stared at the words [Call Declined]

What had she just done?!

She had actually declined a call from her idol!!!

Luo Tang's hands scrambled to dial back, but because of her shaky hands, she accidentally hit the video call button instead of voice call.

While still in a daze, she saw her own face appear in the thumbnail in the upper-left corner of the screen, looking like a complete fool.

—And the other party had already connected.

Luo Tang's phone had a large screen, and with the Luo family's blazing-fast internet, she saw Su Yan's enlarged face almost the moment the call connected.

His face was close to the screen, so the background was unclear. A few strands of his black hair were still dripping with water, leaving some damp stains on his shoulders, and his eyelashes were also wet.

She remembered a phrase from novels she used to read, "so handsome it's criminal." At this moment, it couldn't be more fitting.

Was there a second man in the world who looked this good on a front camera? Absolutely not!

Seeing her silence, Su Yan raised an eyebrow. "Luo Tang?"

Luo Tang snapped back to reality. "Ah! I was trying to make a voice call, but I accidentally pressed the wrong button, otherwise—"

"It's fine," Su Yan interrupted naturally. "Let's talk like this."

Luo Tang nodded. "Oh."

So she started to think, what was she calling about? Then it struck her—wasn't it because he called first?

"You called me first," Luo Tang said after realizing. "Did you…want to say something?"

The screen on Su Yan's side shook slightly as he changed position. Luo Tang saw the floor-to-ceiling windows behind him, the dark carpet, the spacious room, and the exceptionally minimalist decor. Then he said, "That link, you sent it to me?"

"Um…" Luo Tang explained sheepishly. "Sorry, I didn’t mean to send it to you…"

"Cheng Cheng, my agent, she—" Luo Tang wracked her brain, avoiding the term "cp fan.” "She likes Shi Yin and Gu Yu… so I meant to send it to her."

Su Yan blinked.

His eyelashes were exceptionally long, and a close-up of him closing his eyes in a movie was once made into an emoticon by his fans and spread all over the internet, captioned [Boss, make me a pair of false eyelashes like this.jpg].

At this moment, Luo Tang really wanted to clutch her chest.

But she restrained herself.

What she couldn’t resist—was using her other hand to support her phone, applying force with both hands—

And taking a screenshot.

Sob, so handsome! What a pair of exquisite eyelashes!

Not just the eyelashes, but also his collarbones, neck, Adam's apple—everything about him was breathtaking. Luo Tang, watching his appearance fresh out of a bath, took three more screenshots in succession.

"What are you doing?" So when Su Yan's cool voice suddenly rang out, Luo Tang felt like a thief caught red-handed.

"I didn't take a screenshot!" She immediately clarified reflexively. "I didn’t take any! Really!!!"

"……"

Su Yan on the other end of the video froze.

So did she.

"…"

Dead silence.

What is "protesting too much"? What is "giving oneself away"?

What is, well, being a fool?

This was it.

The air turned so awkward it felt suffocating. Luo Tang was about to die of embarrassment on the spot.

"Su Yan," she hastily said. "I accidentally sent the wrong thing earlier, sorry about that. I'm about to go downstairs for dinner, so I'll hang up now—"

"Wait a minute," Su Yan suddenly interrupted her.

Luo Tang paused, her hand ready to hang up: "…Hm?"

"Luo Tang," Su Yan called her name again.

Every time he said "Tang," he would stretch it half a second longer than the "Luo" before it, with a nasal tone. Even when calling her name in a normal tone, it sounded exceptionally gentle.

"I watched the link you sent." He paused, then asked, "Have you watched it?"

Luo Tang's eyes widened slightly. "I... I haven’t yet."

Su Yan seemed to find her reaction interesting, his lips curving into a slight smile. "Then remember to watch it."

With his breathtakingly beautiful face, he spoke softly. "That video, it's well-edited."

After saying that, the video call ended.

Su Yan had hung up.

Luo Tang was still standing by her bed with the phone in her hand.

But her face suddenly started to turn pink, deepening in color.

What did he say?

He said! The video editing them together! Was good!!!

He! Even! Smiled! Like! That!

……

Five seconds later, Luo Tang threw herself into the bed and rolled around twice.

Then she got up, picked up her phone, and logged into her secondary Weibo account, typing furiously: [Sob sob sob Su Yan is really good to his fans! He carried me to his supercar when I sprained my ankle, comforted me when I was nervous, promised me a photo and autograph, and even added me on WeChat! Just now! He even video called me sob I'm spiraling into bliss at 720 degrees!!!]

Perhaps because she used the super topic tag, or maybe because it was Sunday and everyone was idle, she quickly got a few likes and comments.

The tone of the comments was surprisingly consistent.

[???? This sister must be a new fan.]

[??? I looked up and saw that it's not even dark yet. Stop dreaming!]

[Sister, if this is true, I'm willing to become a cripple.]

[Sister, wake up, we all have such dreams.]

Luo Tang: "..." You're the ones dreaming!

Annoyed, Luo Tang exited Weibo, looking at the four screenshots she had just taken of their call.

Sob, so happy!

She happily clicked on the list of people who liked her post, pausing at a certain point.

Someone named @IWantToSleepWithSuYan had liked her Weibo.

Huh?

Huh???

IWantToSleepWithSuYan? What a divine ID?

Her own ID, @SuYan'sSupportGroup9982, which the fan group assigned, had no presence. But this name was in a whole different league!

Luo Tang was immediately intrigued.

With a plan in mind, she quickly messaged this person with the divine ID, using sisterly affection to ingratiate herself.

@SuYan'sSupportGroup9982: [Sister, hello! I'm a fan of Su Yan, just like you~ Hehe, I have something to ask you!]

The person had just liked her Weibo and replied instantly.

@IWantToSleepWithSuYan: [Sister, go ahead!]

@SuYan'sSupportGroup9982: [It’s like this, I really love your ID! Would you be willing to sell it to me? Name your price~]

@IWantToSleepWithSuYan: [????]

@IWantToSleepWithSuYan: [I thought you just wanted to follow each other! Forget it! Impossible! Do you know how proud I am to have this ID every day?!]

"……"

Luo Tang felt Su Yan's fans were... really loyal!

Sob sob sob, so good!

But this didn't stop her from wanting the @IWantToSleepWithSuYan ID.

Luo Tang typed out the words, feeling somewhat guilty.

@SuYan'sSupportGroup9982: [Ying ying ying! Sister, don’t be so heartless qwq. I offer ten thousand, will you sell it?]

@IWantToSleepWithSuYan: [……………]

After a string of ellipses, the loyal little fan was silent for ten minutes.

Impatient, Luo Tang sent a question mark to urge a reply, then finally got a response.

@IWantToSleepWithSuYan: [Are you serious? I’ll sell QAQ]

……

Perhaps the phone call with Su Yan had invigorated Luo Tang, or maybe she found it fun.

Following the same method with @IWantToSleepWithSuYan, Luo Tang successively messaged @SuYan'sWife, @SuYan'sSpoiledWife, and @SuYan'sFutureWife.

—And acquired those accounts in the same way.

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