Chapter 135: The Only One Who Didn't
As the discussion surrounding Pu Tong grew more and more heated, half of the sixth episode still remained.
Although the several celebrity students' evaluations of Pu Tong were quite striking when placed in the program, that was not the entirety of the episode. The main focus of the program was still filming the seven celebrity students, and their bringing up Pu Tong was more like an unplanned little interlude.
The latter half of the program was very uneventful, consisting only of footage of their normal lives, but this kind of uneventfulness was actually quite comforting. None of these celebrities put on airs in front of the camera; they were all the most genuine versions of themselves in their respective lives.
Compared with deliberately putting on airs in front of the camera to reinforce their public personas, this calm, ordinary side of idols was what fans truly wanted to see.
“Cough, cough!” Ni Hui patted Pu Tong on the shoulder, signaling him to turn off his mic first.
What outrageous opinion is Mom about to make this time? Pu Tong turned off the microphone and gestured for her to get to the point.
“Have you noticed that something has been missing from just now until now.”
“What's missing?” Pu Tong was a little puzzled. They were watching the program, weren't they, so what could be missing?
“There’s someone who hasn’t said a word this whole time……”
Ni Hui looked at him seriously and stopped there.
His mom had hit the nail on the head, and Pu Tong instantly realized what the problem was……
While all the celebrity students were bringing him up, they were all chatting happily, and only Yu Wanwan remained silent.
Even her manager was chatting, but she herself hadn't said a word, which was completely inconsistent with her usually somewhat chatty personality.
“This episode feels really good……” Yi Zhi Xuenai seemed to stretch lazily, her voice even trembling slightly.
“It really is good, it genuinely has a sense of everyday life.” Lin Yuxi paused, then said: “Wanwan, what do you think?”
“Huh?” Yu Wanwan was startled, seeming a little out of it: “Sorry, I didn't hear you, what did you just ask?”
Lin Yuxi repeated herself, her tone somewhat puzzled. Anyone could tell that Yu Wanwan wasn't quite herself.
“It’s very good, very interesting……” Yu Wanwan muttered a few words, then fell silent again, with no intention of saying anything more.
Something was wrong, she was really acting strange.
Pu Tong looked at the silent red carp avatar in the meeting and felt a little concerned.
The program soon reached its final segment. After the photographer asked, “As you have already passed halfway through the process of being young, what new things have you gained during this time?”, the several celebrity students each talked about their thoughts.
Their answers were all more or less the same. They all said they had learned a lot of knowledge and met many interesting new friends, among whom Pu Tong was naturally mentioned again.
During their half-semester of class life, Pu Tong had undoubtedly been the person who influenced them the most. Saying that he had stirred up the whole situation through his own efforts would not be an exaggeration, so when talking about their experiences and reflections from this period, his name was an unavoidable topic.
Many years later, when they looked back on this program, the first person they would surely remember would be that astonishing amateur, Pu Tong……
Several of the celebrity students mentioned Pu Tong. Gan Hengxu, Chen Siqing, and Tang Luocheng admired him, while Lin Yuxi, Yi Zhi Xuenai, and Xie Mu felt close to him.
Only when it came to Yu Wanwan, from beginning to end, did she never mention this name.
She thanked several teachers and classmates who had left a deep impression on her, and talked about many friends, but she consistently avoided mentioning this name.
“Why didn't Wanwan talk about Pu Tong?”
“Oh no, the CP I ship is going to be over.”
“Pu Tong isn't even the person who left the deepest impression on Yu Wanwan during this period? Did they have a falling-out?”
“She seems not to care about Pu Tong at all!”
Amid a barrage of puzzled comments, the entire program entered its final moments.
“Ah, why is it like this?” Yi Zhi Xuenai's voice came through as she pounded the table, “What nonsense are you talking about!”
Others might not know, but didn't they?
Yu Wanwan usually always had Pu Tong's name on her lips, yet in a setting like this she didn't mention him at all. Why? Because she cared, because she was genuinely thinking about Pu Tong.
Liking is uninhibited, love is restraint. The others treated Pu Tong as a friend, so they could praise him without any scruples, but she couldn't……
Someone who truly loves you won't go around proclaiming their love for you, but will put themselves in your shoes, care for you and protect you, always remain rational and take care of your little emotions, not make you do difficult things, nor make unreasonable demands of you. In their heart, you will always come first.
Because Yu Wanwan knew clearly that Pu Tong didn't like getting caught up in trouble, especially since their relationship was rather special. If she mentioned him on the program, it would definitely attract a lot of attention and put Pu Tong in the spotlight, so she needed to think of him even more.
But what she hadn't expected was that everyone else would bring up Pu Tong in unspoken agreement, which made her behavior look somewhat like she was distancing herself from him.
“Sorry, we didn't know it would turn out like this……” Lin Yuxi had just started to say something when Yu Wanwan interrupted her.
The others had merely talked about their friends, so what was there to it?
No one had done anything wrong; it was simply a perfectly understandable misunderstanding.
There was some hesitation in her voice, as if she wanted to say something, but in the end she didn't.
“Wanwan……”
“Let's watch together again next time! Good night, everyone.” As the host, Yu Wanwan turned off the meeting, clean and decisive.
“Don't misunderstand.” Ni Hui sighed, “She is the only one who didn't mention you, but she is also the one who cares about you the most.”
Pu Tong drooped his head and said nothing, still staring blankly at the computer that had already fallen silent.
How could he possibly misunderstand……
There was someone who treated him differently, so how could he possibly not understand?
“Don't just sit there dazed. Netizens won't think that much; they'll only believe what they see at first glance……” Ni Hui patted him on the shoulder.
Even she was somewhat deeply moved.
That girl really cared about this brat very much. When you truly love someone, even if you cover your mouth, love will still spill from your eyes.
Ni Hui didn't want to disturb him either, so she tactfully left.
“What a fool!”
Pu Tong sighed.
How could there be someone this foolish, thinking so much for his sake……
This matter also quickly made its way onto the trending searches. The trending topic “Pu-Yu may already be BE” drew astonishing levels of discussion, with some analyzing, some predicting doom, and some thinking it was merely a misunderstanding.
He didn't want to pay attention to these idle rumors, because he understood the girl's feelings.
“Is it worth it?” Pu Tong asked himself. Being liked by such a wonderful girl was something he didn't even dare imagine.
Was he really worth her doing all this for?
……
It turned out that besides himself, there were many other people who cared about him deeply too……
Yu Wanwan slumped into her chair, feeling somewhat dejected.
“I really didn't expect that!”
Pu Tong was still in the spotlight after all, and her actions seemed to have been completely meaningless……
Thinking about it, that made sense. He was so outstanding, so of course the others would mention him too. It was probably she who had simply overthought things.
She was clearly the person who cared about him the most, clearly her heart and eyes were filled with him……yet now she had become, in the eyes of netizens, someone whose relationship with him had broken down.
Her good intentions, all for his sake, had instead been misunderstood!
Yu Wanwan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, unable to understand how things had become so absurd.
“Wanwan, are you okay?”
“I'm fine, I'm not that delicate.” Yu Wanwan smiled. She didn't care what the netizens said, after all, she knew her own feelings clearly.
If she were given another chance, she would probably still do the same thing.
When you like someone, isn't it only natural to think about each other?
Jiang Yun sighed beside her, somewhat worried about the two of them: “Do you think Pu Tong might misunderstand?”
“He won't!” Yu Wanwan believed in Pu Tong for no reason at all. “Maybe there's just a little information gap!”
She was actually quite curious about what Pu Tong thought……
The girl murmured: “I should go talk to him!”
Although the two of them both understood the current situation very clearly, and there wouldn't be any melodramatic misunderstanding, right now they were still missing a heart-to-heart conversation.
She had wanted to say it during the call just now, but there were simply too many people, and she hadn't had the nerve to say it.
Even if both sides understand a misunderstanding in their hearts, it is still necessary to sit face-to-face and speak their true feelings, after all, this is something between two people.
If even their own thoughts had to be understood by the other person without being spoken, wouldn't getting along be a little too boring?
For something like this, they should say it out loud themselves!
Besides, that fool would probably have a little knot of self-doubt in his heart too……
She understood Pu Tong far too well.
“Are you two going to video chat? Then I'll go out first.”
Last time, the two of them had also video-chatted and talked about many things from their hearts, right.
“No……” Yu Wanwan smiled brightly, “This time I'll go find him and talk to him directly!”
“Huh?” Jiang Yun checked the time and realized it was already half past nine at night.
She studied the girl's expression and realized she wasn't joking.
“Auntie Yun, get the car ready!”
(End of chapter)
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