GRMFBS CH148

It just so happened that the Chongming Demon King had returned to Shennongjia these past two days, so Xiangliu slipped over to look for him.

His nine heads took turns speaking.

Head 1: “Chongming…”

Head 2: “…I came to find you…”

Head 3: “To switch shifts.”

Head 4: “Right now…”

Head 5: “…the person partnering with me…”

Head 6: “…is Da Wule.”

Head 7: “You guys…”

Head 8: “…don’t have any conflicts.”

Head 9: “Switch with me.”

Zhan Yunkai: …

“Straighten out your heads before you speak!”

Xiangliu got angry again.

How is it not straightened out?! Aren’t I speaking in order from Head 1 to Head 9?!

Chongming was just looking for trouble!

Xiangliu’s nine heads spun around the tree in a chaotic flurry.

The Xunmu Demon King smoothed things over: “Xiangliu ah, just use one head to finish your sentence.”

Head 1: “Then…”

Head 2: “…the other heads…”

Head 3: “…will feel so stifled.”

Zhan Yunkai really couldn’t stand this nine-position 3D surround sound: “Can’t you just have one head take a turn for a day?”

Xiangliu felt that wouldn’t work. Because sometimes he wouldn’t encounter a single moment where he needed to speak all day, so the head whose turn it was would lose out too much.

Finally, under the Xunmu Demon King’s mediation, Xiangliu agreed to let one head finish a complete sentence before switching to the next head.

Head 4: “I want to switch shifts.”

Zhan Yunkai: “Why?”

Head 5: “There is something wrong with Da Wule.”

Head 6: “He said he knows how to play the flute, and asked me if I know snake charming.”

Zhan Yunkai: …?

“You didn’t bite him, did you?”

Head 7: “No.”

Head 8: “He sprays perfume.”

Head 9: “It smells weird.”

Head 1: “Barf.”

Zhan Yunkai wasn’t familiar with Da Wule either, and didn’t really want to partner with this next-door colleague who sounded quite abnormal: “Just ignore him.”

Head 2: “I won’t.”

Head 3: “If you don’t agree to switch shifts with me, I will come find you every single day.”

Head 4: “Or go to Qixia Mountain.”

Xiangliu’s nine heads were all very firm: “Switch shifts!”

Zhan Yunkai thought about it and decided to let it go. If push came to shove, he would just fight Da Wule.

Beating up a next-door colleague was always better than beating up his own colleague.

Having achieved his goal, Xiangliu was so happy that all nine heads started humming a song together, swaying as they hummed, each head carrying a different tune.

Zhan Yunkai slowly spread his wings and leaned his body forward, his sharp beak glinting with a cold, piercing light.

Xiangliu stopped humming and dancing around blindly, very tactfully slipping away in a flash.

Hmph! No taste!

After Zhan Yan scrolled to the shift-switching gossip thread, he could finally rest assured.

Returning to his senses, Zhan Yan realized his dad was trending on the hot searches again. The trending hashtag was very distinctive: Sunset Years Concert.

Clicking into it, he found that there were truly a lot of busybodies.

Some people had watched a massive pile of practice videos from the community senior cultural troupe and edited together all of Zhan Yunkai’s singing segments—these were the hardcore grinder busybodies.

Some people dug up video clips of Zhan Yunkai acting in the past, editing his flower vase-level acting skills together with his god-tier singing videos for comparison—these were the drama-loving busybodies.

Some people edited Zhan Yunkai’s videos together with videos of fresh-faced young idols who dabbled in both acting and singing for comparison—these were the chaos-loving busybodies.

There were also various professional and amateur music uploaders doing deep-dive analyses of Zhan Yunkai’s singing videos, with both praise and criticism. For a time, it was utter pandemonium, with all sorts of memes flying everywhere.

Xia Yuexian tried her best, but the public was having a lot of fun. The will of the masses could not be defied.

The family group chat was very lively.

Zhan Yan and his older brother and sister had no idea their dad could sing like this—for over a decade, not a single one of them had ever heard Zhan Yunkai sing!

Ji Yueming was very calm: “I know.”

“Your dad said singing is just an amateur hobby, and he only sings for me to hear.”

Zhan Yan felt stuffed by this mouthful of dog food.

True, birds in nature relied on singing and dancing for courtship, right? It wasn’t strange that his dad had this mentality.

Zhan Yan: “Then Dad, why did you go sing in the senior choir?”

Zhan Yunkai faintly asked in return: “What do you think?”

Oh… Zhan Yan remembered. His dad had been swapped out from the skit team by him. At the time, he had come up with the idea, Auntie Bai raised her hand to swap him, and from beginning to end, neither of them gave his dad a chance to refuse.

Zhan Suiru: “Dad, do you want to switch careers and become a singer?”

If Dad had this intention, she could start calculating how to help him transition. First, she could set him up with a professional recording studio…

Zhan Jinli was also pondering. He didn’t have much experience dealing with these entertainment circle matters, but fame brings trouble. If anyone wanted to mess with his dad, he could arrange for ghosts to knock on their doors at midnight.

Ji Yueming was equally willing to support him. Although having him sing only for her was truly enjoyable, what if Old Zhan had changed his mind? It would also be great if he wanted to develop his natural talent.

Zhan Yan thought to himself that his dad definitely wouldn’t agree.

Xia Yuexian was almost going crazy from being so busy. The fan base had now noticed someone was suppressing the trending topics and was frantically investigating who was suppressing their treasure uncle.

Zhan Yunkai: “Not interested. Singing is just an amateur hobby.”

His Majesty the Demon King was extremely purpose-driven. Besides coaxing his wife and making her happy, what other use did the singing skill have? Absolutely none. Why should he perform for irrelevant humans?

Zhan Yunkai expressed that besides occasionally filming a movie, he didn’t want to participate in anything. Interviews completely rejected, variety shows completely rejected, various invitations completely rejected.

After His Majesty the Demon King handled the Wan Yao Alliance’s affairs, he had no intention of paying attention to the internet hype and went home to start cooking.

He had left too hurriedly last time and hadn’t prepared any food; his wife had only taken a few boxes of pickled vegetables on her business trip. Zhan Yunkai’s heart ached terribly. At home, he started making all sorts of braised and cold dishes. Fearing they would be too greasy, he even simmered a rich broth. That way, when Ji Yueming bought her own vegetables, she could just blanch them in the broth and they would be delicious.

But this time, the heat of the trending topics wasn’t so easily lowered.

Soon, someone dug up Mingtang Pictures as the company suppressing the heat.

“No way? Isn’t this the company Zhan Yunkai is signed with? Why would Mingtang Pictures suppress their own actor?”

“I knew it! It was like this before too; every time Old Zhan gets a little bit of traction, it quickly gets buried. Other companies can’t wait to hype up even the smallest matters, but Old Zhan always inexplicably vanishes. I refuse to believe no one is suppressing him!”

“Did Zhan Yunkai offend someone?”

“But hasn’t he always been signed with Mingtang Pictures? It’s been so many years and the contract still hasn’t ended. Just how many years did they sign him for?”

“@MingtangPictures is it you guys who are suppressing him and preventing him from singing?”

“@MingtangPictures come out and explain!”

Slammed with this massive scapegoat pot, Xia Yuexian had no choice but to seek out Zhan Yunkai. If they didn’t explain things clearly, the heat around this “suppression” would only become harder to lower.

Therefore, Zhan Yunkai, who for years only posted food, posted other text content on Weibo for the first time, clearing Mingtang Pictures’ name and expressing that singing was merely an amateur pastime and he didn’t want to develop it into a career.

The comment section was intense:

“What do you mean singing is just an amateur pastime? So acting is your true love, right?”

“Brother, give it up. You really suck at acting; singing is your domain of natural talent!”

“I’m begging you, switch careers, please switch careers.”

“I don’t think acting counts as his true love either; cooking is his true love.”

“This explanation statement of his is three sentences in total, accompanied by nine pictures—all of which are delicious food!”

“Old Zhan, if you post your braised meat recipe, I’ll forgive you for neglecting your proper duties!”

“I yield, the food blogger persona remains unshaken.”

“What does that line about not wanting too much attention mean? Did he ask for the trending topics to be suppressed himself?”

“Asking for it himself is also unreliable. Don’t film companies want to make money? How could they listen to an actor and suppress this kind of positive traction?”

“That’s why I’m saying! Old Zhan’s identity is definitely not simple; he’s just playing around in the entertainment circle!”

“Just to fulfill a flower vase actor dream?”

“Zhan Yunkai, wake up! Please face your natural talent skill points properly!”

The trending topics also attracted quite a few monsters and demons. The videos previously shot by the choir had leaked quite a bit of information, and some people wanted to use this information to dig up Zhan Yunkai’s home address.

Zhan Yan: Hehe, dig away. If you can dig anything up, I’ll admit defeat!

With the protection of the information concealment little stars, even if those information-type big shots in the gossip group came, they wouldn’t be able to dig up his dad.

Zhan Yan had just relaxed when he received new messages from the plaza dancing group.

Besides exercising, the grandpas, grandmas, uncles, and aunties also loved gossiping. A few of them had found out some new information:

“That guy from Building 7, the one with the shifty eyes all day long, he’s always coming around asking about Xiao Zhan these past few days.”

“I felt he had bad intentions.”

“Do you know what I heard today?”

“He wants to sell Xiao Zhan’s information!”

The group chat exploded.

“How wicked, I hope poverty kills him.”

“He wanted to sell other information too, but couldn’t find out anything, so he can only sell the fact that he lives in our neighborhood.”

“The other party complained that the information was too little and offered a low price, so he wasn’t happy.”

“They argued on the phone, and I overheard them.”

“@Zhan Yan He even wanted to follow your dad, but couldn’t keep an eye on him.”

“Everyone be a bit more careful when going out lately, these people are no good.”

Zhan Yan encountered a new problem.

Information concealment could stop people who didn’t know the information from digging it up, but it couldn’t stop people who already knew the information from leaking it outward.

What should be done about people with such bad intentions?

Zhan Yan first thanked the enthusiastic plaza dancing group, then started using the Gossip System to investigate this person who wanted to sell his dad’s information. It would be best if he could find something to ensure this person had no energy left to keep an eye on his dad.

Just as he searched up the person, Zhan Yan watched the gossip threads begin to continuously refresh:

[Bing Jinhong went out preparing to stake out and follow Zhan Yunkai, but accidentally stepped on a banana peel on the road and sprained his ankle.]

[Bing Jinhong moved to a newly painted bench by the side of the road, preparing to sit down and rest for a while before going back to follow him. Because of the pain in his ankle, he didn’t notice the “Wet Paint, Do Not Touch” warning sign next to the bench.]

[Bing Jinhong called the person who wanted to buy the information to negotiate the price, only to find himself stuck to the chair by the paint. He cursed loudly while tearing at his clothes.]

[During the process of tearing his clothes, Bing Jinhong pulled the bench over, crushing his arm. He decided he had to sell more of Zhan Yunkai’s information to make up for his losses.]

[When Bing Jinhong pushed the chair away and climbed up, he accidentally hit his head. When he fainted, he scraped his chin.]

[Passersby discovered the unconscious Bing Jinhong and called the police in fright.]

[The hospital issued an injury appraisal for Bing Jinhong. The police thought a vicious assault case had occurred, but after checking the surveillance cameras, they discovered Bing Jinhong had suffered all the falls himself.]

[Bing Jinhong was diagnosed with a mild concussion and needed to be hospitalized for three days.]

Zhan Yan was stunned by this series of events. This guy was so unlucky, how did he manage that?

It seemed there was no need to ponder how to stop this person from selling his dad’s information anymore.

Zhan Jinli: Curse everyone who wants to dig up his dad’s information with bad luck! Bad luck to the point where they have no energy left to dig up information!