Hold On, You’re Something Else

In the midst of all the balloons floating on the rooftop was a figure moving unsteadily. 

No way. 

Did I just tempt fate as soon as I casually mentioned what was going to happen in the novel?

The figure was too far away from Rong Jing.
He couldn’t be sure if the figure that he saw was really Gu Xi.
He also didn’t want to think that the reason why he could be standing there on the rooftop was because he wanted to take his life.

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It was too late now for solutions.
He had to go and check it first for now.
Rong Jing went back to the venue and ran like the wind.
The students looked at each other and watched Rong Jing, who had just left, come back, and then disappeared again.
What just happened?

Rong Jing pressed the elevator button and looked intently at the screen to check the floor level, hoping that it would move faster.

Gu Xi followed the instructions on the note and went to the rooftop.
He opened the door and became blinded by the dazzling golden light of a thousand red roses.
Manpower, money and effort would be needed to be able to create this kind of setup.
If it were a simple Omega who were surprised using this, they wouldn’t help but feel moved by this.
After all, people who are standing at the top of the pyramid are even rarer than the number of Omegas in the world.

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Mbl rlapsd obs eke vbkp pwarakpl yzps jdlo obyv vblu olal eskdt.
Mblu bye zlqv y qlo nzwlp obknb nswze yaswpl vbl nwakspkvu sq vbl alnlkhla cwv dlhla pbsole wr vs kdvasewnl vblxplzhlp.
Mbkp oyp zkjl y rpunbszstknyz oya, vaukdt vs calyj vbaswtb vbl svbla pkel’p elqldplp.

Mblal oyp y vball-xlvla bktb vbkdt kd vbl pbyrl sq y oyvla easr pvydekdt sd vbl rzyvqsax, nshlale okvb y obkvl nzsvb.
Gaswde vbyv olal y qlo bwtl oyvla vydjp.
Qw Dk zssjle yaswde cwv pyo ds sdl ps bl nswze sdzu nbsspl vs rwzz vbl obkvl nzsvb yaswde vbl vbkdt sd vbl rzyvqsax.
G bswpl qzsyvkdt tldvzu oyp vkle wr vs nswdvzlpp cyzzssdp yde oyp nsddlnvle vs y asrl.

Mbl nszsap sq vbl cyzzssdp olal hkcaydv.
Rv zssjle zkjl psxlvbkdt vbyv nswze cl plld kd y qykauvyzl.

G qlo ulyap yts, Qw Dk bye oyvnble y nsxrwvla-ydkxyvle qkzx ‘Br’ yde zkjle kv.
Tl bye ldhkle vbl alzyvksdpbkr clvolld vbl sze xyd yde bkp elye okql.
Jlnywpl bl oyp ps xshle cu vbl nswrzl, bl lhld oasvl y nsxxldv vs y qyd pyukdt: Rq ydusdl nswze tkhl xl vbyv jkde sq bswpl, R oswze xyaau vblx.

Xq nswapl, kv oyp sdzu y fsjl.
Tl jdlo bkp qydp oswzed’v vyjl kv plakswpzu.

Tsolhla, bl eked’v lmrlnv vbyv psxlsdl oswze ynvwyzzu xyjl y pxyzz hlapksd sq kv.
Rv oypd’v fwpv y pkxrzl bswpl lkvbla.
Rv zssjle zkjl y ekyxsde pvweele xkdkyvwal bswpl.
Rvp raknl nlavykdzu oswzed’v cl nblyr.

Fvkzz, ds xyvvla bso clywvkqwz yde lmrldpkhl kv oyp, vs Qw Dk, kv pllxle xsal zkjl y nytl.

Ms vbkdj vbyv pwnb y tsse ydkxyvksd xshkl oswze cl vyadkpble cu vblpl qkzvbu rlsrzl.

Somehow, Gu Xi’s movements managed to activate something on it, causing the door of the miniature house to open, revealing a mobile phone with its screen open and a stack of photos.
At first, he thought nothing of the mobile phone but when he saw what was inside, his expression immediately changed.

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There were all scandalous photos of him, with poses looking all seductive, charming and flirty.
How was that possible? It couldn’t possibly be him!

Just then, he remembered a magazine he saw some time ago.
He looked at the pictures once more and sure enough, the person’s body looked identical to the pictures in the phone, only the head was edited to his.

However, the pictures were edited perfectly.
Someone could mistake these fake photos as real.
If these were posted on the internet, they would certainly make news and spread like wildfire.
Even after it gets deleted after being posted, malicious people would still be able to keep a copy of it and keep it for themselves.
Whether it was photoshopped or not, it wouldn’t matter at all.
It would be a big blow to his reputation.

*ding*

Just then, the phone’s notification sounded and a message came: Wanna date me?

Gu Xi almost threw away the phone.
This mysterious suitor of his started by giving him flowers and gifts everywhere he went and what Gu Xi did was either give or donate them to others.
This must have made this suitor furious so he sent a thousand red roses, and that was just the beginning.

Everything he did wasn’t just for a confession of love.
It also served as a warning, a threat, as if to say, if you don’t know how to tell something good from bad, then stay still, otherwise, there may be more serious consequences you would encounter.

Maybe one of those consequences would be making these photos real.
Maybe something worse.
The possibilities were endless.

The sun was shining so brightly, but Gu Xi’s had already turned black, and his body went hot and cold all over.
The roses around were like countless pairs of invisible hands, constantly trying to pull him down the abyss.
There was no one around him but he felt naked and exposed.

His hands trembled as he started to type: Fuck off.

Just then, the rope holding the house suddenly snapped.
As the balloons attached to the house began to float, he saw that there were still some photos inside that he forgot to take.
Gu Xi jumped and barely managed to pull it from the edge of the rooftop to take out the remaining photos inside.

But because he grabbed it too hard, the large diamonds cut his hand.
Blood trickled down his white skin and fell on the bright-colored roses.

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*bang!*

Suddenly, the rooftop door was knocked open and a man rushed over towards him.
Gu Xi immediately turned frozen. 

The only way to go to the rooftop was through the stairs.
The man bent down and gasped for air, then ran once more.

Rong Jing saw the roses around and Gu Xi who was standing near the edge of the rooftop and could fall down at any moment.
He felt despair and depression around Gu Xi’s body.
He also saw blood dripping down his hands.
Gu Xi was looking at him in surprise.

He couldn’t seem to figure out why Rong Jing appeared.

The roses around were the same kind as the roses at the entrance of the audition venue.
However, Rong Jing had no time to think about this detail.
He ran along the gaps between the roses, kicked over several pots in the middle, held Gu Xi’s wrist, and forcibly pulled him away from the edge.

Gu Xi was pulled and became unstable, almost bumping into Rong Jing’s arms.

Gu Xi could feel Rong Jing’s rock hard chest.
The breath that only belonged to an Alpha penetrated into every inch of his body.

After Rong Jing ‘rescued’ Gu Xi, he suddenly felt temporarily relief, but then became angry once again then whispered, “No matter how hard your life is, you shouldn’t kill yourself! Don’t you know how heartbroken your friends and family would be?!”

If there was ever a chance that he could return to his original world, no matter how hard the path would be, he wanted to take that chance and live.
Only by living would he be able to find a way.

Gu Xi was taken aback, “What?”

He was suddenly scolded by someone who was supposed to be his junior.
Was this still the gentle and introverted Alpha that he knew?

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Rong Jing thought that if the protagonist died, the world could possibly collapse.
In the original story, this wasn’t the location where Gu Xi committed suicide but the thing that happened was very similar to what happened in the story.

No matter how much he tries to change the plot of the story, it could find a way to return to its track.

“Huh, what, huh? Didn’t you want to jump off the building?” Rong Jing seldom reprimanded people he knew so harshly.
He may be more worried than angry.
He had seen Gu Xi’s works before and knew how dedicated and serious he was as an actor.
Rong Jing appreciated his career-mindedness.
The world would be too unfair to let such a hardworking person die just like that.

“I wasn’t trying to kill myself.
I was trying to get the pictures back,” Gu Xi said softly, his voice like the sounds coming from wind chimes that could make people feel happy and lighthearted.

Gu Xi’s brain was still a bit out of it after bumping into Rong Jing’s hard muscles. 

Eh?

Rong Jing went rigid. So I was wrong?

Gu Xi tried to push Rong Jing away.
His face showed that he could still feel Rong Jing’s body temperature.
It made him uncomfortable.
His face and neck turned red which only made him look more attractive.

However, the current audience in front of him didn’t appreciate it at all, and was very unfeeling towards the charm of Omegas.

Rong Jing was a little embarrassed and the two turned quiet for a moment.

So I was just being nosy, and tried to save someone who didn’t need help.

Gu Xi’s hand was still bleeding.
The pain pulled him back to his senses.
His heart thumped.
Like a faulty machine, he looked up at Rong Jing slowly.

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Rong Jing is an extremely handsome man.
He looked like someone who came from a very noble family.
But now this very same person had a trace of anxiety on his face, he was breathing so hard, his Alpha breath almost hugging his body.

Still, Rong Jing being here was questionable.
Only the person who sent the roses should be the one who knows he was here.
Aside from being a graduate of the Film Academy, Rong Jing was also a young master from the Xie family.
He has the ability and the money to plan all this, but his actions earlier didn’t seem fake at all.

It may seem like he had helped him, but it could be just another trap.

Gu Xi was almost overwhelmed by his own thoughts: the anxiety that he had been trying to ignore these past few days, the instability of his heat, the pressure from the people around him, and the constant need to always be vigilant.
All these had already turned him into a soldier who should always be ready to go to war.
No one around him was a good man.

He doesn’t have the luxury to trust someone.

Gu Xi retreated slowly, his eyes showed confusion then wariness, doubt then fear.

Rong Jing saw that he was going to lean on the edge again and said, “Don’t go back there, you’re going to fall.”

Gu Xi touched the rough stone surface on the edge of the rooftop.
He stared deeply at Rong Jing, “Don’t come near me, let me think things over first.”

“I know.
I won’t touch you,” Rong Jing raised his hand, as if to show that he wouldn’t do anything without his permission.
Gu Xi would have probably laughed if the situation wasn’t like this.

Rong Jing knew a bit about psychology.
Dilated pupils, fidgeting, purple lips.
He could tell that Gu Xi was anxious.
He was under great psychological pressure.
He was like a taut string.

He was doing just fine during his audition, but now…

Rong Jing soon found out the reason why when he noticed the photos scattered on the ground.  He almost wanted to stab his eyes when he saw the explicit photos. What are these?

Gu Xi realized it was too late now to stop him from looking.
He closed his eyes in despair. He probably thinks I’m disgusting.

After seeing such photos, normal people would think that Gu Xi was simply acting innocent but behind the camera, he’s actually an indecent person who would take vulgar photos of himself.
They would think that his life is actually not good, and then they would continue to think that the entertainment industry really had a lot of secrets to hide.

They wouldn’t listen to the real reason.
It was easier to judge people than to believe them.
He had already heard a lot from people who also became victims from this kind of situation.

[Who threatened him to take such photos? Are these edited?]

Gu Xi’s trembling hands froze as he looked up at Rong Jing’s face who remained quiet.

He heard it.
He heard Rong Jing’s thoughts.

His mind reading ability that had been gone for a long time came back.