Raising You This Small Stuff

Chapter 60.1 Du Du’s first interview

It had been some time since Mo Yi Yan was discharged from the hospital, but Mo Yi Cheng’s assistant still hadn’t returned to his post. The movie emperor had already informed Kan Ming that he should help him find a suitable life assistant.

“Is Chen going to be singing in the future? That’s why he’s not coming to work here.” Yuan Suo was still a bit uncomfortable not seeing Chen Jiao for a few days in a row.

Mo Yi Cheng put the fruit plater on the coffee table and sat down next to him, “Chen Jiao’s future music career will get better and better, so leaving us is a good thing. But…”

“But what?” Yuan Suo’s fingers which were replying to comments paused.

“But, he’s not working right now because he’s trapped.”

“Trapped?” Yuan Suo was a little worried, “Is it dangerous?”

Mo Yi Cheng smiled, his eyes narrowing suddenly with a dangerous light in them, “It’s a little… dangerous.” As he said this he moved his body forward. Yuan Suo’s ears became hot as he felt the heat of his breath. He dodged backwards in embarrassment, his neck shrinking in timidly.

“Then… then should we, should we help?” Yuan Suo still didn’t understand what Mo Yi Cheng meant by ‘dangerous’.

“Want to help?” Mo Yi Cheng’s hunting-like gaze burned into the little thing as he leaned against the corner of the sofa, shrinking into a ball.

Yuan Suo felt vaguely that something was wrong, but he still nodded, “I want to help.”

“But,” Mo Yi Cheng’s voice lowered abruptly, “You already don’t have time to take care of yourself now.”

“What do you mean?” Yuan Suo was unable to retreat. Being encircled firmly, it wasn’t until he suddenly felt a chill on his shoulders that he realised that the buttons of his pyjamas had been unbuttoned at some point.

Mo Yi Cheng grinned, “This question is too profound, I’m afraid it’s difficult to explain clearly in words, it’s a matter of practice…”

The next day.

Mo Yi Cheng’s biological clock woke him up. The person in his arms was still sleeping heavily, his body was warm and the scent of the shower gel coming from him was refreshing.

His slightly calloused fingertips rubbed Yuan Suo’s pink earlobe gently, and his brows which furrowed sightly due to the disruption of the beautiful dream he was having was so delicate and adorable that Mo Yi Cheng had to take a deep breath to keep himself from biting down.

Last night, he finally didn’t have the heart to take the final step, and as he looked at the little thing who was terrified, he could only tell himself to wait a little longer, that this kind of thing couldn’t be rushed.

“Uhm…” Feeling the movement around him, Yuan Suo woke up in a daze and seeing Mo Yi Cheng looking at him, his somewhat dazed eyes cleared up gradually. Thinking about what had happened last night a blush crept up on his face immediately, even his neck was tinged with a layer of light pink that was the same color as peach blossom petals on a spring day.

Mo Yi Cheng pinched his ears, amused, “Alright, you don’t have to be like this, come out, it’s just the two of us, no need to be shy.”

Yuan Suo didn’t agree. Mo Yi Cheng was like a big bad wolf yesterday, the kind that would eat a little rabbit with his fangs showing.

“Don’t you have a live interview with ZZ platform today? Won’t you get up and get ready?” Mo Yi Cheng patted the small mountain bump wrapped in the quilt twice lightly.

Yuan Suo’s muffled voice came out, “The interview isn’t until the evening.”

“But you have to prepare ahead of time, maybe you’ve gotten new feedback on that elf party strip you posted yesterday, don’t you want to check it out?”

Mo Yi Cheng succeeded in persuading him… out, then pinched his tiny chin and like the good bully he was, revealed his fangs once again…

—

In the evening, the interview on the platform started on time.

Although the interview was conducted at home via a live chat, it was after all Yuan Suo’s first time…. that is, apart from that time when he did a part-time job in the water army, this was the first time he was being interviewed and was interacting with people in public.

Mo Yi Cheng had a tablet ready to facilitate easy communication with him.

“Don’t be nervous, I’m here. Just say whatever comes to mind.” Mo Yi Cheng comforted.

“Hmm!”

The event started promptly at 19:00, and the number of people online was about 20,000. Apart from the ones who came because of Yuan Suo’s popularity, the show’s original viewers accounted for the majority of the audience.

The host was a girl with a very sweet voice, “I’m happy to have Du Du, the author of the comic ‘The Best You’ which has been a hit online recently, here today. Du Du, please say hello to everyone.”

As soon as the host’s voice fell, the comment section was immediately filled with ‘hug’ emoticons, a symbol of welcome.

Yuan Suo turned the microphone on, his heart beating like a drum, but when he turned his head and saw Mo Yi Cheng’s eyes which were filled with confidence in him, he suddenly calmed down a lot. He definitely couldn’t lose face in front of Mo Yi Cheng!

“Hello everyone, I’m Du Du, author of ‘The Best You’.” His voice still had a hint of nervousness in it, but the audience ignored this completely and instead turned on a frantic screen flooding mode.

[Wow, the author is actually a boy, I thought it was a young lady!!!]

[My three views has been overturned, the author is actually a boy!]

[The author’s work is so cute, of course it’s a boy!]

[Your attention is so skewed, the author’s voice is so soft and cute!]

This voice is so flirty! (﹃)

[I’m carrying you home, I’m carrying you home!]

[Author, I love you!]

Looking at the various fancy confessions in the comment section, the corners of Mo Yi Cheng’s mouth sank slightly. He typed a few words in the comment box then clicked send.

[Sorry, the law states that users must be logged in to be able to comment.]

It was only then that he realized that he wasn’t logged in at all, he was just browsing as a visitor.

While the movie emperor was debating on whether he should register for an account on the platform immediately, Yuan Suo had gradually adapted to this style of conversation, and the host was also very accommodating, cracking small jokes from time to time with a good sense of proportion, and the comment section was again abuzz with excitement.

Chapter 60.2 Du Du’s first interview

The registration required cell phone verification, hence Mo Yi Cheng entered his number.

[This number is already registered.]

Registered? How could… He slapped his forehead, remembering that the time he had gone to help Chen Sheng promote his platform by playing a game, Chen Sheng had used his phone to register for an account.

He clicked into the interface again, entered his phone number and because he didn’t have the password, just used the verification code to log in.

“So Du Du, some fans have noticed that your Weibo account profile says: Mo Yi Cheng’s elf. May I ask if Mo Yi Cheng is your idol?” The host started asking fan picked questions.

“Yes.” Yuan Suo had come across such questions in the comment section before, and every time he had answered honestly. Mo Yi Cheng was indeed someone he liked and admired!

“So did you get the inspiration for the character creation for your comic from him? Because we noticed that the main character of the comic is also an actor.”

How should he answer this question? He looked at Mo Yi Cheng for help.

Mo Yi Cheng on the side had finally succeeded in logging in to his account but hadn’t even had the time to enter the live stream on his computer.

He typed on a blank document: No.

This question really needed to be answered with caution, because if he gave the wrong answer, afraid it would make people say that he was trying to create a hype and clinging onto his thigh.

“No, he’s not my inspiration.” Although Yuan Suo felt a little lost, he knew that Mo Yi Cheng was protecting him, so he answered obediently.

“Alright. There are some netizens who want to know if you can reveal a little bit about the plot for the next episodes, everyone is very curious!”

Yuan Suo thought about it for a moment, then based the outline on the, uh, trouble he caused…

“Next, the elf is going to cause trouble.” Thinking of his experience as a navy, he was a little embarrassed.

“Trouble? But the elf is so obedient! This is a big surprise. Is it convenient to reveal the kind of trouble he’ll get into?”

“Uh….. he got tricked into selling expired biscuits!”

“Selling… biscuits?” The host wasn’t quite sure she’d heard it right.

“En! He also had a confrontation with a customer and… and said in an argument that he was a mouldy little biscuit….” The more he spoke, the lower his voice became.

Suddenly, someone in the comments section sensed something.

[Why does this little biscuit sound so familiar!]

[Yes, not only that, the author’s voice sounds very familiar too!]

[Where have I heard it before!]

[It’s the biscuit cutie from before, the voice that I’ve set for my current alarm is the audio of the spraying cutie!]

[Really???]

When Yuan Suo saw the guesses in the comments, he immediately covered his mouth in shock… how could he have been so stupid! Why did he say biscuit? What if they found out? It would be a disaster!

And just at that very moment, a wave of people suddenly entered the live broadcast somehow, probably dozens of them at the same time, using some [poo] [vomit] emoticons and certain words which contained personal attacks that looked like they had been prepared in advance.

The massive flood disrupted immediately the rhythm of the live broadcast. The admins acted quickly, banning and kicking the accounts out of the live broadcast room, but those abusive words and expressions were like needles stuck in Yuan Suo’s eyes and heart, causing him to feel both hurt and sad.

[Not any good drawing, but still rubbing of on the popularity of an influential person, my Cheng Ge is really unlucky in this life!]

[At a glance you can tell that the author is a sex crazed weirdo who imagines himself as an elf. Relying on others to feed himself, what a parasite!]

……

If it was a mere personal attack, Yuan Suo probably wouldn’t have been so upset, but the language of those attacks really seemed to come from the mouths of people who had read the comics, that was to say, the readers, and this was the most deadliest, fatal blow to a young and inexperienced new creator!

This wave of attacks came in a fast and furious manner, but the admins also moved quickly, furthermore, the over 20,000 real cuties in the audience worked together to quickly suppress the sunspots.

Mo Yi Cheng frowned as he watched Yuan Suo suddenly sink lower in his seat. He put his hands around his shoulders in silent encouragement, inevitably blaming himself in his heart for not being thoughtful enough to have prepared for contingencies before the show.

The tips of Yuan Suo’s two fingers that were on his lap turned cold as he clutched his trousers nervously, but he smiled lightly at Mo Yi Cheng to show that he was okay.

The host apologised sincerely like the interviewer she was then continued with the interview.

The live broadcast returned to normal, but the atmosphere was obviously a bit low.

Mo Yi Cheng took out his cell phone and sent Kan Ming a message. Kan Ming’s complexion had darkened by two shades after his vacation, and he was buying appliances for Po Fei’s apartment in the game’s mall when he received the message. He replied immediately: Understood, I’ll find out who did it in the shortest possible time.

He put his phone down, still a little worried, but at this moment he didn’t know what to do. Looking at the scrolling comments in the comments section, he clicked on the comment box.

[The Best You, The Best Du Du.] He clicked send.

A purple light flashed across the screen immediately and his comment was embedded in a purple light, appearing prominently in the centre of the screen.

He froze for a moment, could… could everyone see his comment? Then he discovered that Yuan Suo’s mouth was open wide, shocked by what was on the screen. He stiffened then turned his head to look at him.

At the same time, the comments section of the live broadcast was practically bursting at the seams!

[Ahhhhh, did I go blind just now?]

[It’s Mo Yi Cheng’s account!]

[Fck, fck, f*ck, I’m going crazy w(Д)w]

[I took a screenshot, it’s his real account!]

[Stolen account?]

“Mo….. Mo…..” Yuan Suo’s lips trembled.

Mo Yi Cheng was also stunned as he stared blankly for a few seconds before reacting to the fact that his account was actually different from others, and that due to a special feature every comment he made would be displayed in an extremely spectacular form in the eye-catching area above the comment section!