RSDH CH11

Seeing Duan Xingye walk away in a huff, Cheng Duzhou couldn’t help but chuckle.

Before the broadcast started, Duan Xingye had confidently declared that he knew how to livestream and how to chat. Yet, not even a few minutes in, he had been so provoked by the fans that he ran away.

Facts proved that while Teacher Duan was a king of comebacks in theory, he was utterly clueless in practice.

But Cheng Duzhou could understand him.

Duan Xingye possessed something rare in the industry: a lack of over-commercialization. Before participating in All the Way With You, he would never cater to the audience or sell his private life for traffic. It was precisely because of this inability to fit in that he always seemed to be putting on airs, which in turn led to a lack of appeal with the general public.

Today was Duan Xingye’s first time livestreaming. Entering an environment where jokes ranged from mild to wild, especially with the audience tirelessly teasing him, he felt shame and indignation, as well as the unease of having his boundaries crossed.

However, in everyone’s eyes, these reactions were cute and lively. The more intense his reaction, the more excited the netizens became.

Duan Xingye hadn’t experienced this before, so he didn’t know.

Cheng Duzhou had faced all kinds of people and situations. He was much more adept at livestreaming. When he saw suggestive comments, he either smiled or ignored them, remaining calm and breezy.

Seeing that he couldn’t be teased, the audience quickly settled down.

So when Duan Xingye returned to the living room after finishing his water.

Cheng Duzhou: “Not considering BL adaptations, my married status isn’t suitable… I was a bit surprised by the box office results this time, thank you all for your support… What kind of genre do I want to take on next? …I haven’t set a specific type for myself. As long as the script has realistic significance, I’m willing to try it.”

Duan Xingye: “?”

The fans acted like hooligans with him, but with Cheng Duzhou, the vibe returned to normal.

Are they looking down on someone?

He held his breath and sat back down at the dining table.

Cheng Duzhou looked at him, the smile in his eyes obvious. “Better?”

Duan Xingye gave a muffled mm-hmm and looked at the livestream chat.

The netizens who were discussing film art just a second ago seemed to switch personalities instantly:

“Ahhh Teacher Duan is back!”

“Confessing to Teacher Duan! Teacher Duan, do you know you are a temptress uke?”

“May I ask which part of President Cheng’s body Teacher Duan likes the most?”

“I guess it’s the back :)”

Duan Xingye’s face gradually darkened, and he didn’t say a word.

He assumed the audience was just treating them differently based on the person, but he didn’t notice that in the short while he was back, the livestream popularity, which had been trending downward, bounced back up.

The director monitoring the data backstage tutted, “Who said Teacher Duan isn’t suitable for variety shows? Look how much the audience loves him.”

“Yeah, Teacher Duan comes with his own program effects,” the assistant laughed beside him. “I thought he was the aloof type, but he actually gets anxious with netizens. The gap moe is too cute.”

After Duan Xingye returned to the livestream, the silence was noticeably longer.

Cheng Duzhou sensed the atmosphere was off and was about to say something when Duan Xingye spoke coldly: “No dirty jokes allowed in my livestream room. Otherwise, everyone get out. If you don’t leave, I’m ending the stream.”

“!”

The director immediately broke out in a cold sweat.

Sister Yu, watching the livestream at home, was so scared her face mask fell off. “My sweet little ancestor!!!”

In the livestream chat, half the bullet comments suddenly disappeared.

But the number of viewers only increased, not decreased.

“Is he angry?”

“Wuwu I was wrong, Teacher don’t go!”

“Some people need limits when joking. Who wouldn’t be annoyed being chased with questions?”

“Everyone stop here. He’s really capable of ending the stream.”

If Duan Xingye had put on an untouchable attitude from the very beginning of the stream and sternly refused joking comments, everyone would definitely think “Duan Xingye is so boring” or “What is Duan Xingye acting so high and mighty for?”. Without needing to be chased, they would have left on their own.

But after seeing Teacher Duan seriously reading comments, getting annoyed as he read, and running off to a corner to cool down when he couldn’t handle the anger, the audience lingered in the livestream room, reluctant to leave, and started to soothe him instead.

Teasing him felt like such an accomplishment; they couldn’t let him run away.

Seeing his words have an effect, Duan Xingye thought he had established his authority. His mood softened slightly, but his face remained cold, holding onto his airs and refusing to relax, preventing the audience from being cheeky with him again.

Seeing the livestream data continue to rise, the director let out a relaxed breath. “Suddenly I understand why Teacher Duan has a big temper and isn’t gentle, yet President Cheng is still completely whipped by him.”

The assistant said, “Not just President Cheng, the audience eats this up too.”

It was about time.

The interaction with the audience was coming to an end. The directors of each group knocked on the guests’ doors right on cue.

Cheng Duzhou went to open the door and returned with an envelope in his hand.

—The mystery mission released by the production team had arrived.

Cheng Duzhou handed the envelope to Duan Xingye.

Duan Xingye opened it and read the content of the mission card:

“Pack up and set off.”

“Tomorrow morning, our island journey will begin. Please pack your luggage now. Requirement: your luggage must be packed by your partner, and no reminders or interference are allowed throughout the process. The two of you will complete this independently in turn…”

Duan Xingye’s voice slowed down as he read to the end.

The production team had specifically reminded them before that they would be given time to pack on the morning of departure as livestream material, so there was no need to prepare in advance.

Turns out it was a smoke bomb; they were waiting here.

For Duan Xingye, the production team undoubtedly pulled another surprise attack.

He had never packed luggage before. He had already arranged for the housekeeper to come help tomorrow morning, but now he had to do it himself, and for Cheng Duzhou at that.

Fortunately, the task itself wasn’t difficult. Anyone with hands could do it.

Duan Xingye looked up. “I’ll go first.”

Cheng Duzhou almost blurted out, “Do you know how…”

He stopped himself.

Duan Xingye grew up surrounded by five nannies and never needed to do housework. Letting him pack luggage was undeniably worrying.

But having previously asked if Duan Xingye knew how to livestream, and now asking if he knew how to pack, it seemed like he was questioning his ability at every turn, which could easily cause a misunderstanding.

Actually, he was just worried Duan Xingye lacked experience.

Cheng Duzhou thought for a moment and changed his words: “Then I’ll trouble you.”

Duan Xingye walked toward the bedroom while rolling up his pajama sleeves, his movements inexplicably showing a hint of domestic proficiency.

Cheng Duzhou’s heart stirred slightly. He suddenly realized that all his worries were prejudices at work.

No matter what, he should trust Duan Xingye a little more.

Duan Xingye entered the room, closed the door, and let out a long sigh of relief.

There were active cameras everywhere outside, restricting his words and actions and putting a lot of psychological pressure on him. Only back in the bedroom could he relax his tense nerves. Being away from the high-tech surveillance environment felt especially peaceful.

Outside, Cheng Duzhou went to the kitchen to wash fruit, preparing for the road tomorrow.

The livestreaming phone was still on the dining table.

While the audience waited in boredom, the screen suddenly cut.

In the simple and fresh-style room, Duan Xingye was leaning back against the door, looking thoughtful.

“Wow~ This season has bedroom scenes~”

“President Cheng and Teacher Duan’s bed is so big, so sturdy.”

“If the bed isn’t big or sturdy, how will it work?”

“Haha, the family members driving invisible cars are really afraid of Teacher Duan exploding.”

“What is Teacher Duan thinking about so deeply?”

Outside the house, the director confirmed with the assistant: “The guests know there’s a camera in the bedroom, right?”

The production team placed a camera in each group’s bedroom to capture the scene of them covering up with the quilt and saying goodnight to the audience.

When the time came, the staff would cut the feed remotely to avoid leaking the guests’ privacy.

The assistant replied: “When I went to find them this afternoon, President Cheng and Teacher Duan were in the kitchen… cough… President Cheng was saying ‘I love you’ or something. It definitely wasn’t convenient for me to go in and disturb them. Just then, an agent was making a phone call at the bedroom door, so I asked her to confirm and sign.”

“Oh, that’s fine then.” The director relaxed.

Duan Xingye didn’t take the next step immediately. Instead, he mentally planned what to pack in the suitcase first.

For this island trip, they would be away for two days and one night, so they definitely needed to bring two sets of clothes.

Although it was winter, the temperature in the seaside city was suitable this season, so he should choose spring clothes.

Duan Xingye walked toward the walk-in closet, then suddenly changed his route and walked toward the three-drawer cabinet against the wall.

…Almost forgot.

He also had to bring a change of underwear for Cheng Duzhou.

Duan Xingye opened the second drawer belonging to Cheng Duzhou, fished out a pair of underwear, checked it, and was about to take it away when he suddenly seemed to discover something. He held it up with both hands to examine it.

The camera was placed right on the decorative cabinet to his side. The resolution was clear, and the audience was curious about what Teacher Duan saw.

Two seconds later.

Duan Xingye lowered his hands and placed the standard men’s boxer briefs against his own waist for comparison.

Bullet comments: ……………………

The waistband was stretched open, wider than Duan Xingye’s hips by a full finger joint.

Duan Xingye looked at the size of the underwear and whispered softly: “Cheng Duzhou really is a donkey…”

The voice was clear and distinguishable through the microphone.

Cheng Duzhou, who had just walked out of the kitchen, slipped and braced one hand against the door frame: “…………”

The livestream room flickered twice, then erupted with an astonishing number of bullet comments.

“Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!”

The technical staff panicked: “Director, th-this can’t be censored.”

Sister Yu watched the livestream, the corner of her mouth twitching strangely, but in the end, she couldn’t hold it back, and her face mask cracked from laughter.

At this moment, the livestream room went crazy.

“Is this praising President Cheng’s size for being like a donkey!”

“Hahaha I thought he found something, turns out he discovered his husband’s hugeness.”

“Baby, are you surprised?”

“Teacher Duan, do you not know there’s a camera!”

“Does anyone understand the feeling of curling my toes and rolling around in bed right now!”

Cheng Duzhou walked to the table, picked up the livestreaming phone to check.

Duan Xingye still had his head down, gesturing back and forth with that piece of fabric. But then, seeming to think it wasn’t intuitive enough, he bent over, intending to step into the underwear from his feet.

“…” Cheng Duzhou took a deep breath, rolled up his sleeves, turned, and walked toward the bedroom.

Knock, knock.

Duan Xingye paused, looked up, not panicking in the slightest, his voice cool: “What? You’re not allowed in.”

Cheng Duzhou indeed let go of the doorknob. Through the door, he asked in a deep voice, “What are you doing?”

“What can I be doing? Packing your clothes.” Duan Xingye lowered his head and continued, putting one leg through the underwear. “I’m busy, go do the livestream.”

“Duan Xingye.”

“Hmm?”

Cheng Duzhou stood outside the door, looking at the livestream on his phone: “Get your foot out of my underwear.”

“…………”

Duan Xingye froze in place, swallowed slowly, and didn’t even dare to turn his head to look for the camera’s location.

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Five minutes later, the strange trending search #ChengDuzhou Donkey seized the number one spot.

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Author’s Note:

President Cheng: Thanks to Teacher Duan, this is the most impressive trending search I’ve ever been on 🙂