Time flew so fast, in the blink of an eye, it was a new year again.
A lot of things happened the past year. For example, the He family’s film and television company had reached a new level in many aspects. For example, the third daughter, who had been successful in filming a TV series, had a poor boyfriend and they were about to get married. She had been pestering Grandpa He, wanting the wedding dress that her grandmother wore when she got married.
This was not surprising. When the family had enough money to buy any luxury clothes, the most luxurious symbol instead was from times past. When many wealthy girls in Sugang City got married, they would wear the wedding dress left by their grandmother or mother. It was a heritage and an inheritance.
Second aunt was somewhat dissatisfied with her marriage partner, but since the third daughter had obtained the right to marry freely on her own, she had no other choice.
Finally, the second aunt reminded her to notarize the property and undergo a marriage examination, and the third sister gladly accepted it. A silly, naive girl? She did not exist.
Before the Chinese New Year, “Superstar” entered the countdown to its finale.
The latest episode was about the revenge of the heroine who won the Best Actress trophy and was ready to send the cat hero away. However, at this time, an extremely radical stalker fan wanted to run her over with their car, and the heroine refused.
The heroine and the cat hero lost consciousness in the car accident.
The next second, the male protagonist who had been lying in the hospital for two years opened his eyes. This episode was a huge disappointment in the face of traditional values – even at the end, the heroine still hadn’t forgiven her biological father, took revenge without mercy, and she ended up ‘disgraced and alone’.
The man who was being retaliated against asked her if she hated him as a father.
The heroine shook her head: “No, it’s just revenge for my mother and grandfather. They are enemies at most and don’t regard you as their father.”
Traditional readers could not accept this: “If you treat your biological father like this, you won’t be happy even if you succeed!”
This was also a typical example of the argument that ‘there are all bad parents in the world’, and they liked to morally blackmail the victims.
Gu Pan responded publicly in the newspaper: “No, the joy of revenge is beyond your imagination~”
Some people scolded Gu Pan for having no father, and Gu Pan asked again: “What is a father? One who gave birth to the child or one who raised the child? When the mother is pregnant, he works hard to earn money to support the family and assist the mother in giving birth, that is called the grace of giving birth. After the child is born, he provides the child with material and emotional needs, allowing her to grow up healthily with love, that is called the grace of raising.”
“He just contributed a tadpole. Having a child was just an irresponsible add-on for pleasure. How can he be called a father? You call this thing a dad. What about all the fathers in Hong Kong who looked forward to the birth of their children and take care of them when they grow up? He doesn’t deserve it!”
Gu Pan argued with these people in the newspaper for three days and three nights at full speed, with many sharp sentences. In the end, the “Rose Pavilion” which serialized the episode “Super Star” was sold out, and countless readers wrote to express their anticipation for the finale.
This time, Gu Pan made money while standing. At the same time, she successfully became the most controversial “female” cartoonist in Hong Kong, no doubt about it.
So what was Gu Pan doing here? Oh, he was waiting for another half a year before he could take his boyfriend shopping openly.
Just like the New Year, he spent the New Year in his old house, receiving guests from afar, listening to gossip, and then secretly chatting on the phone with his boyfriend for a long time. And then the New Year was over. He also stayed with Li Yufeng for a while. The career-oriented woman was busy during the Chinese New Year, and the theater was always packed.
His third aunt said that there were two men pursuing her, and they were competing to give her flowers and jewelry. Unfortunately, she was focused on her career and didn’t think these flowers and jewelry were romantic. Instead, she found them annoying.
After eating the special Chinese New Year eight-treasure porridge, An Yinong and Xie Jiu went to the cinema to watch a movie together. “Desert Heroes: Devil City”, the name of the movie was the same as the comic.
“There are so many people.” An Yinong was wearing a cashmere coat and holding an ice cream in his hand, making a hissing sound as he walked into the crowd.
There were so many people coming to see the movie today that they came two hours early and entered the theater only later.
In order to promote the event, An Nong mentioned the incident in the magazines that serialized “House of Resentment” and “Superstar”, and even the overseas editions had a four-frame comic advertisement.
As a result, the outside world had made more speculations about “An Nong” and “Gu Pan”, and has been guessed all the way from friends who have parted ways to old lovers who “used to be in love”.
Didn’t they just admire each other?
At that time, the He family’s TV channel also played the “trailer” for a week during the 9pm movie timeslot. The trailer was edited by the director, and the filming was done through the He family’s relationship in mainland China. Every frame of the painting was made into a large poster, which really had a traditional aesthetic and was very accurate.
Not only did fans of the original novel express interest, but people who liked martial arts movies also remembered the time of the premiere.
With the comic book and trailer promotion, he knew that it would definitely attract the audience’s attention. But they had never thought that the effect would be so good, and they would have to queue for two hours to watch a movie.
“Maybe after today, those who promote movies will learn to show ‘trailers’ on TV.” An Yinong thought.
“Be careful.” Xie Jiu put his arm behind Yinong to prevent the people behind him from squeezing him. But there were too many people, and he was still bumped, and his ice cream fell directly to the ground.
“Ah…” He looked at the heroically executed Ice Cream.
“You haven’t eaten it yet.” Xie Jiu put his ice cream in An Nong’s hand.
The two of them were sitting in the last row, overlooking all the audience. By the time all the audience members had entered and the theater had gone dark, An Yinong had already eaten half of the ice cream in his hand. Then the movie began to play, and the theater became completely silent.
An Yinong slowly reached out his hand and held Xie Jiu’s hand in the dark. Xie Jiu turned his head and saw the other’s profile, who was concentrating on watching the movie, and licked his ice cream from time to time, as if nothing had happened.
The movie was over and the audience left while discussing the show. Judging from the expressions and excitement on their faces, they were satisfied with the movie.
An Yinong walked out holding Xie Jiu’s hand. His expression was so calm and natural, as if it was natural for two men to hold hands. Occasionally, someone who noticed them holding hands would immediately suspect that they were being weird.
As for Xie Jiu? He was reluctant to let go after he had pulled him up, wishing he could keep him tightly attached to him for the entire day and tie him up with a rope.
Until……
“Tiantong? Mr. Xie?” Yinong’s third sister, who was standing at the entrance preparing to enter the cinema, stared at the two of them and their hands in amazement.
Fifteen minutes later, in a coffee shop.
“What would you like to drink, Third Sister? Look, there are some snacks to go with the coffee. Would you like a cake roll?”
She didn’t understand why her younger brother was so careless. Should he be concerned about what to pair with his coffee? Shouldn’t he be nervous about his family finding out about his sexual relationship?
“Mr. Xie, our Tiantong is not yet 18 years old. He…”
“Third sister, you will be eighteen in a few months.” Yinong added.
Third sister He became anxious: “Order first and don’t talk. After all, you are eleven years younger than him.” After saying that, she looked at Xie Jiu with sharp eyes.
Xie Jiu had a very bad reputation in the outside world. Even though his behavior has improved in the past two years, his glorious deeds in the past were still vivid in people’s minds. No matter how Third Sister He looked at him, he seemed like a big bad wolf with ulterior motives, pretending to take away the little white sheep of the He family.
“We all trusted you so much that we let you take him out to play and even accept him as your son.”
“Adopted son?” An Nong couldn’t help laughing, “Why do I call him Uncle Jiu? Otherwise it would Father?”
Xie Jiu shuddered. He rubbed Yinong’s hair and said, “Stop making trouble.”
The natural interaction between the two of them made Third Sister He’s eyes hurt. She took a sip of coffee and grimaced at the bitterness: “Atong, does anyone else know about this?”
“I didn’t say it on my own initiative.” An Yinong shrugged, “But I didn’t hide it on purpose. It’s just a love affair. Dad is tired of dating at this age, so he only dated once. Third sister, calm down.”
“…Third uncle hasn’t found a man. Seriously, Atong, this is not a joke. Are you really going to be with him? Your family will object. Think it over carefully.”
Unexpectedly, An Yinong just raised the corners of his lips and said, “Third sister, how do you think your publishing house is doing?”
She didn’t understand why the topic turned to this, but she still admitted: “You did a good job. Who doesn’t know about the two publishers? ” After you set up overseas branches, no one dared to underestimate you.
“So what if everyone in my family objects?” He smiled slightly, “I’ve grown wings.” Now they have bargaining chips to bring to the table for negotiations.
In the end, his third sister didn’t say anything and didn’t tell anyone else about it, but An Yinong already felt a sense of crisis. The He family was indeed a bit more generous than ordinary people, but due to the limitations of the times, they allowed his third sister to find a poor boy, but they may not allow him to find a man.
If that time really comes, he would return everything else, and the only thing left in his hands will be the publishing house that he built up.
He can’t give up on the publishing house. He needed money to support his family and give his boyfriend a surprise.
While studying, An Yinong kept in touch with the people from Japan, and when he set up a branch there, he never put down the few comic books in his hands.
In the first week of the year, “Superstar” came to an end, with the usual cliché happy ending. The car accident did not have any impact on her, but instead allowed the male protagonist to return to his body. She had a successful career, good love and friends, and had let go of her obsession with hatred (mainly because she had already taken revenge).
Coincidentally, the last episode of “The House of Resentment” was also released, which was also the last short story.
As the play progressed, readers had gradually come to know the owner of “The House of Resentment”, but they were still curious about his origins and past. The final chapter was about the protagonist’s life story.
In order to get rid of the ‘evil creatures’ that invaded the monster city, the owner of “The House of Resentment” had to travel to a foreign space to cut off the passage for the creatures to enter their planet. Each planet has its own secret power to protect its destiny from being disrupted at will. In the setting, the secret power of the earth was usually covered by religion.
The male protagonist traveled through time and space and arrived at the transfer station. He looked up and saw alien species everywhere. Finally, an alien race with a big eye on its head “recognized” him. This race predicted destiny through the power of the stars. They have seen the past, present and future.
“One cosmic day (twenty-four years) ago, an Earthling came here, stayed for a while and then entered the passage. You look like him.”
The passage connecting the earth and the realm of evil has many names, including Hades, Hell, and the protagonist called it Huangquan.
It had become a tradition for the secret masters of Earth to go to the underworld. After training their successors, they voluntarily came here to resist foreign enemies, and from then on, everything about that person would disappear from the world.
“The powerful ones on your planet have always been special. They have a lifespan of less than five universe years, but their power is comparable to that of the Great Emperor. Yet, one after another, they have volunteered to become the fuel for the planet.”
The protagonist was stunned.
The alien laughed: “Loneliness is more cruel than death.”
The protagonist made a trip to the underworld and also met the man who came here twenty-four years ago. They really looked alike.
Twenty-four years ago, the last secret guard stationed in Huangquan passed away. The man said goodbye to his wife and children and volunteered to guard the passage: “We agreed that after the child was born, she would come to find me, and we would guard it together. But after so many years, I still haven’t seen her, and I already know that she is gone.”
“In this state, was I cut out from the belly of a dead person?”
“No, this is the love and blessing your mother gave you without any resentment or unwillingness before she died. Although it sounds a bit cliché, you came into this world with ‘love’ and ‘expectation’,” he said.
The protagonist turned around and left without saying a word.
After leaving the passage, he returned to the Monster City, and “The House of Resentment” started again. The man in gorgeous Tang suit, gloomy and classical, was still guarding the store.
Perhaps one day he will disappear silently in this city: “At that time, we will look for him in Huangquan.”
The story of the big star and the owner of the resentful house had come to an end, and the next step was to publish in volumes.
The number of pre-orders for the two comic books had exceeded 30,000. This figure fully demonstrated that Gu Pan and An Nong were not temporary shooting stars, but shining stars. They were the well-deserved champions, runner-ups and third place winners on the bestseller list.
As for who was the champion and who is the runner-up, this… He would be preparing a new book in the next few months.
Nong’s side was relatively simple, he was going to sort out the story of the third protagonist in the world view, the interstellar hybrid “Whale”. What about Gu Pan?
“Detective type? Gourmet type? Survival type?” The pen between the fingers turned around and around, then it stopped and wrote on the paper: Fenglong.
“Xu Xian’s encounter with the White Snake was the beginning of tragedy, but his encounter with you was the beginning of his gloomy life becoming colorful.”
An Yinong raised his head, and the tip of his pen left a black spot on the paper. After this sentence, he casually drew a majestic white dragon and a little girl with a ponytail riding the dragon.
The little white dragon who offended heaven for his violent temper and erratic behavior and was sentenced to imprisonment for three thousand years, and an orphan girl who accidentally drowned and swallowed a dragon ball and was resurrected.
An Yinong himself couldn’t help laughing: “There will probably be a group of people speculating what kind of perverted hobby it is to like the CP of humans and non-humans so much.”
All the stories in “Gu Pan” had completely different protagonists and plots, and there was no connection between them. But each of them has a small element that made people smile.
There was a faint smile in his eyes. Although he no longer remembered that person, he still wanted to draw his book letter by letter.
WhiteMoon x BlackSun 