Chapter 73: Gan Yan Yu Wants to Know More
Lin Tian paused for a moment, then opened the door.
“Come in and we’ll talk,” he said.
Once back inside, Lin Tian snatched Gan Yan Yu’s phone and widened his eyes at the screen.
The performance video of the “G Minor ‘Pathétique’ Symphony” posted last night already had 210,000 likes, over 30,000 comments, and enough b*llet comments to explode the screen.
However, the comments…
The vibe was off.
“Kiss kiss kiss kiss!! I’m calling this the sweetest video on the whole app!!”
“Who understands?! Even though we can’t see their faces, the way they look into each other’s eyes while playing is just so romantic!”
“Dude, are you serious? Cat-chan is actually your girlfriend?!”
“So jealous, so jealous, so jealous! I thought they were just colleagues, but turns out they’re family!!”
“.”
In the video, during the first half, when Moonlight and Cat-chan were jamming together.
At every climactic moment, they would glance at each other and share a smile.
Although their faces weren’t visible, the subtle movements, the angles of their heads, and their little interactions made everyone picture a deeply affectionate gaze exchanged between them.
The music continued, yet their hands never missed a beat in playing.
By this point, the b*llet comments were already boiling over.
“Sweetness overload! You should’ve told us earlier! We thought you were just friends!”
“Cat-chan’s twin tails look super cute today, I just want to ruffle them~”
“They really seem like a couple in love, brought together by their shared passion for music, enjoying the moment during creation!”
“Absolutely, such romance really feels artistic!”
“.”
However, when the music hit its peak,
the young woman suddenly stood up, and Moonlight just happened to reach out and tug on her hairband.
Her long hair cascaded down, like some kind of seal being broken.
Cat-chan stood up, drew her cello, and her flowing hair seemed to dance in sync with the music.
This moment straight-up pierced the hearts of all the viewers!
“Ahhhhhhh, my Cat-chan!!”
“Screenshot, screenshot, screenshot!! So beautiful, Cat-chan!!”
“This is definitely going down as a legendary moment on the app!!”
“Wow, I’m totally losing it!!”
“Get together, get together, get together…”
Even those absurd abstract commenters completely dropped the act.
“Don’t let your hair down! I want those twin tails! What’s Moonlight Brother supposed to do with that steering wheel tonight?”
“.”
“What do we do, what do we do? Lin Tian, how do we explain this?”
Gan Yan Yu sat on the sofa, her legs bouncing nervously, her face etched with urgency.
“This is totally normal,” Lin Tian choked.
More like…
A guy and a girl, in the same room, filming a jam session video—it’s bound to be misunderstood as “that kind of relationship.”
And now they’re throwing in little interactions like this…
Don’t treat the audience like they’re idiots!
If it were Xu Yong watching, he’d already be painting vivid images for Lin Tian about how the guy could unlock various poses with a bow and twin tails.
“This is far from normal—we’ve been mistaken for a couple!”
Gan Yan Yu expressed shock at Lin Tian’s nonchalance.
She waved her hands, saying nervously, “This means, in the eyes of the netizens, we’re the kind of couple that eats, sleeps, and sticks together all day!”
“Aren’t we?”
“Um…” Gan Yan Yu stammered.
In the young woman’s eyes, boyfriends and girlfriends seemed to boil down to this kind of dynamic.
And now, her relationship with Lin Tian…
Well, it actually was a bit like that.
The young woman covered her mouth.
“Wait, am I misunderstanding? They don’t mean it that way, do they?”
“.”
Lin Tian cleared his throat, “What you mean is, in their eyes, we’re in a relationship where we can kiss, sleep together, and do intimate stuff, right?”
“Can’t that be done without getting married?”
“Plenty of couples do all that without marriage! It’s no big deal!”
Gan Yan Yu fell silent.
She sat quietly on the sofa, picked up a glass of water, took a small sip, and fell into contemplation.
It seemed like she was having a brain storm.
“.”
Lin Tian understood.
Every naive kid goes through a phase like this during their school years.
All the crazy stuff around them gradually reveals just how off-base their previously indoctrinated notions are compared to the abstract truths of reality.
Both good and bad kids face this moment.
Only the well-behaved kids are left with a bundle of bitter, self-doubting memories from school life.
Gan Yan Yu’s school years were incredibly incomplete, obviously, and she’d never walked this path before.
Now, she was probably just trying to understand.
“Lin Tian, can’t you do that kind of stuff without being a couple?”
Has she grasped it to this degree?!!!
“That’s not what I meant.”
Lin Tian was sweating bullets.
He never thought he’d have to educate a kid on this topic at just 18.
“First of all, anyone can ship any pair online; it’s not just us as a duo—some people even pair up same-s*x couples! Shipping doesn’t mean they think we’re actually dating.”
“Oh.”
Gan Yan Yu seemed contemplative, her expression a bit dazed.
“Secondly, it’s the internet. Even if they really think we’re a couple, we’re faceless and they don’t know us, so it won’t affect our lives.”
“So we don’t need to clarify?”
“Of course not!”
Lin Tian chuckled, “Let them misunderstand. It’ll just create more buzz. When we finally expose ourselves, since we never admitted to being a couple, it’ll all be their own imagination—not our problem.”
“Got it.”
Gan Yan Yu learned something new.
Turns out there’s so much depth to the internet.
The young woman rubbed her chin, falling deep into thought.
Seeing her like this, Lin Tian assumed she was still concerned.
Thinking from Gan Yan Yu’s perspective, he said, “If you really feel uncomfortable and want to clarify, you can just put a note in the next video description. After all, we’re partners, and if we get exposed later, it’s a hassle for you as a girl.”
After all, this account was something Lin Tian was adamant about maintaining.
It didn’t sit right with him that a conservative girl like Gan Yan Yu might face misunderstandings about being a couple because of him.
“.”
“Actually…”
Gan Yan Yu raised a finger,
“I was thinking, since they love watching, how about we film some daily vlogs for them to enjoy?”
“For instance, we could record our cooking adventures or sh**t some training vlogs. In the footage, we could interact more, and they’d surely love it!”
“Yay!”
Suddenly, Gan Yan Yu clapped her hands together and beamed at Lin Tian.
“Let’s post that wacky behind-the-scenes footage from when we filmed ‘Can-Can’ last time!”
(End of Chapter)
