Chapter 250: Fan Meets Idol
Xiao Yanhan looked at it countless times, but no matter how many times she looked, it was the same. The manuscript on it was clearly the content of Ballad of the Enchantress. And the most crucial thing was, she had never seen it before. At first, she thought Yu Linna was writing a fanfiction, but on closer inspection, she found that the writing style was extremely similar to Shion-sensei’s. And the signature she saw on the desk, no matter how she looked at it, it didn’t seem fake. The handwriting was exactly the same as the official autograph photo online. As a die-hard fan, she could tell.
Xiao Yanhan looked up and saw Yu Linna coming back with water. Yu Linna herself was holding a cup, at a loss for words for a moment. This change had come too suddenly; she didn’t even know how to react.
“How do you have this?” she asked.
Yu Linna didn’t answer.
Xiao Yanhan looked at the manuscript again. She was 100% sure that she had never seen this content before, and the writing style was almost identical to Shion-sensei’s.
“Could it be… you are…”
She swallowed hard. She tried to calm herself, to stay calm, even to control herself.
She really couldn’t imagine it, nor could she believe it. After all, she had never thought, nor dared to hope, that her idol would actually become her roommate.
Because this was simply impossible, right?
Her idol never showed his face, never appeared in public. Everyone thought he was an incredibly ugly person.
But who would have thought…
“Are you Shion-sensei?” she asked tentatively.
Yu Linna was silent for about ten seconds. During this time, she had thought of countless excuses, even some seemingly reliable reasons, such as that she was writing a fanfiction or something. But she always felt that doing so was meaningless.
The reason she hid her identity wasn’t for any special reason. She wasn’t trying to hide from anyone, nor was she trying to show off.
She simply wanted to prove that she was not a “vase,” but a person of real substance. She wanted to tell the whole world that she was not someone who lived off her looks, but a truly talented writer. She didn’t want to be evaluated as just an idol author with a pretty face. What she wanted to be was a truly talented writer.
This was the reason she didn’t appear in public or participate in commercial activities.
She was just an ordinary person trying to realize her ideals.
“Yes, that’s right.”
She admitted it frankly.
Was there a need to hide it? Not anymore.
She had long since thought that this day would come. Being discovered was just a matter of time. They lived together; it wouldn’t be strange if she was exposed at any time.
“How is that possible! Isn’t Shion-sensei a man…?”
She subconsciously wanted to refute it, but the words got stuck in her throat.
Thinking about it carefully, Shion-sensei had never said his gender on Weibo, nor had he ever said he was a man. The only time the officials had confirmed any information about her was that she was a high school student. Besides that, neither she herself nor the officials had ever said that Shion-sensei was a man.
It was all just the fans’ own imagination. In their hearts, Shion-sensei should be a man.
After all, the author who wrote Ballad of the Enchantress and Zixuan and the Paper Airplane, normally speaking, should be a literary youth. Sending razor blades would be no pressure at all. But if it was a girl… she had never really thought about it.
Yu Linna didn’t mind her words and just faintly put her water cup on her desk and continued to answer her questions.
“I never thought I was a man. I’ve always been a woman. You’ve seen it too. I wrote the manuscript, and the signature is my own handwriting. There can’t be a second Shion in this world.”
She answered faintly.
“Then why didn’t you tell me sooner!”
“…I was always looking for an opportunity to say it, but I never had the chance.”
Speaking of this, Yu Linna was a little embarrassed. There were many times she wanted to say it, but just because she was a coward, she didn’t.
Actually, she should have confessed long ago.
“You, you… you’re actually Shion??!!”
Xiao Yanhan was about to go crazy.
What the hell.
Why did her roommate become Shion-sensei??
Her cute and moe roommate actually had such a terrifying background?! She couldn’t believe it!
“This is impossible. We’ve lived together for almost a month. How could you be…”
“Yu Linna and Shion are both me. There’s nothing to be confused about.”
“Wow, you little bitch! You didn’t even tell me! You’ve been hiding it from me for so long!!! You’ve made me suffer!”
Xiao Yanhan’s mind was a mess; she couldn’t make sense of it all. But there was one thing she knew for sure—that sly little brat Yu Linna had been hiding something from her.
She kneaded her face, pulling her to her chest and tormenting her thoroughly.
“Are you trying to suffocate me!”
“I don’t care, I don’t care! You have to compensate me for my mental distress! I’m going to play with you to my heart’s content!”
Xiao Yanhan seemed to be really a little excited and couldn’t stop.
Lan Ranyan had been watching a TV series, but seeing the two roommates fooling around below her bed, she took off her headphones, thinking, What’s going on? What are they doing?
It took Xiao Yanhan an hour to sort out her thoughts and accept the fact that her roommate was actually Shion-sensei.
This was too crazy. She had never thought that such a day would come.
Yu Linna rubbed her red face, drank some hot water. She had lost the mood to write. She might as well sit down and eat the snacks Xiao Yanhan had given her. And Xiao Yanhan, like a lackey, offered her tributes.
“I say, Linna baby… um, Shion-sensei.”
“I’m your roommate, not anyone else.”
“Alright then, Linna. Since you’re a great author, why won’t you show your face? You don’t even attend signing events. You have no idea how much we fans want to shake your hand.”
“I find it troublesome. I don’t want to deal with those things. It’s enough for you all to read the books I write.”
“But I just can’t understand. It’s not like you’re ugly. You’re quite good-looking. Why don’t you stand up and respond to those who question your looks?”
“Let those pitiful haters bark all they want. Why should I care about their opinions? It’s their business what they say.”
Yu Linna answered almost all of her little fan’s questions. The questions that Xiao Yanhan had always wanted to know, she gave answers to all of them.
This made Xiao Yanhan even more convinced that she was Shion-sensei.
Who would have thought that the literary youth with an unremarkable appearance in the fans’ minds would actually be a blonde moe girl, exceptionally beautiful, super kawaii.
What was most enviable was that this kawaii creature was her roommate. They lived under the same roof. Wow, if she told the male fans, they would be so envious they would die.
“By the way, Yanhan, this was originally for you. I wanted to find an opportunity to say it today, but I didn’t. I was thinking of just letting it go, but now I can give this to you.”
Yu Linna took the autograph from the desk and handed it to Xiao Yanhan.
Yan-meizi’s face was flushed, her hands trembling. Her outstretched hand hesitated to take it.
“Take it. It’s yours.”
“Can I really have it?”
“Of course. It was written especially for you. Didn’t you say you didn’t get an autograph?”
Xiao Yanhan’s hands trembled as she took the autograph.
On the signature were the two words “Shion,” and there was also a blessing written by Yu Linna herself.
“Walking a path is certainly difficult, but please persist.”
This was a sentence that Yu Linna, as Shion, had given to her.
Xiao Yanhan was like her past self, always searching for a path, a path suitable for her, and had been wandering for a long time. Perhaps she couldn’t find it all at once, but if she was given time, there would definitely be a chance.
She hoped that Xiao Yanhan could also be like her and find the path to success.
“Thank you, thank you…”
She hugged the autograph, her face crimson, her voice as small as a mosquito’s. There was a mist in her eyes, and she was on the verge of crying on the spot.
To get this autograph, she had been queuing since before the comic con, fighting with people since early in the morning. But at the moment of the official release, she had still failed and couldn’t get it. She was so sad, so heartbroken. Not getting the autograph was her regret. She had missed Shion-sensei’s first autograph.
But now, the autograph in her hand was much heavier than the one at the comic con, because on it was a blessing written by Shion-sensei herself.
“Can I shake your hand?” she looked up, looked at her, and asked in a mosquito-like voice.
“Of course.”
Yu Linna held out her hand.
Xiao Yanhan grabbed this hand. She was a little reluctant to let go.
“Shion-sensei, thank you for bringing me hope when I was at my most difficult. One day, I also want to reach your height. If I reach that day, I hope you still remember the girl who shook your hand.”
This was what she had always wanted to say to Shion-sensei, the words that had been buried in her heart for a long time. She finally said them.
Yu Linna was stunned for a moment, then smiled faintly.
“I’ll be waiting for you.”
Every person who chases a dream is very cute. For these people, the process of striving is the most precious.
…
Having confessed this secret to her, Yu Linna also felt relieved. She no longer had to hide anything. This feeling was quite nice.
After Yu Linna confessed on her end, Nangong Ying, who was living in Beijing, was not very happy. She had written a letter to Yu Linna, but Yu Linna clearly didn’t want to reply to her; there was no news at all. She sighed. The weather had also been getting colder recently. She wanted to see her more and more.
She had long since deleted Yu Linna’s contact information from her phone. Now, wanting to see her was really quite difficult.
By the way, she had recently learned of Fang Jiangning’s identity as a big-time streamer. Since Fang Jiangning had this identity, then Yu Linna’s current identity should not be bad either. She had heard before that she had started writing novels, but she didn’t know what she was writing. She really wanted to know about her.
To put it bluntly, she kind of wanted her old life back now.
“Miss Nangong, tonight’s program recording will start at eight o’clock. We hope you will be on time.”
Looking at the text message on her phone, she leaned against the wall. She wondered when she had deleted that person from her phone.
What on earth had she done?
While she was worrying, someone else was happy.
After Tang Yumeng’s recent increase in exposure, she finally had the opportunity to act in a movie. She got several roles, all supporting roles, but she could continue to act. Plus, with her recent rise in popularity, she was invited to participate in a program recording, specifically to let the audience see the story of this female star.
