I Ship My Rival x Me

CHAPTER 3

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I feel that.

The awkwardness you faced when your parents caught you masturbating while watching porn totally cannot be compared to what I'm feeling right now.

No.

The awkwardness you faced when your parents caught you masturbating while watching hardcore beastiality and tentacle orgy porn is precisely the kind that truly cannot be compared to what I'm feeling right now.

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I locked my screen with lightning speed before viciously flipping my phone over to shield it from view. My eyes arched as I smiled at Gu Yiliang. "Ah, hello."

"..." Gu Yiliang snuck a glance at my phone. After pausing for a brief moment, he greeted me as well.

I calmly looked for words to fill up my endless embarrassment. "We've quite a lot of scenes to shoot together. Why don't we practice when you're available?"

"Yeah." He nodded. "I just entered the production team, so I came here to greet everyone."

There was nothing wrong with the conversation, but why did the sentence order feel so jumbled up?

I nodded in response too. "Oh, haha. Did you eat before you came here?"

He paused before answering, "Not yet."

Unable to continue the conversation anymore, the vile person inside of me felt so awkward that he was cringing all over.

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In the end, Little Chen was the one to save my ass. Brimming with energy, he ran into the room with two cups of bubble tea in hand and said with gusto, "You didn't tell me what toppings you wanted so I bought two. Have a look and see which one you prefer?"

As soon as he turned around, he noticed Gu Yiliang was there too. He instantly straightened his back as he called out 'Brother Gu'. Gu Yiliang greeted him also.

Having finally found a topic to talk about, I said, "The filming's going to start later. It'll be detrimental to your health if you haven't eaten anything yet, so why don't you have a cup of bubble tea to fill your stomach?"

After I was done asking, I recalled that Gu Yiliang was not fond of drinking sweet drinks in a fanfiction I skimmed through earlier. So I hurriedly added, "They're low in sugar. Not too sweet."

Gu Yiliang was stunned momentarily before he nodded in response.

Ah, Little Chen, the fireman rescuing me from awkwardness.

I took over the bubble tea from him with utmost gratitude and examined them -

One of them was plain milk tea, no toppings, while the other was filled to the top with coconut jelly, pudding, boba, aloe vera, and grass jelly all piled together that it felt like I was holding a cup of stew.

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This kid was a motherfucking genius!

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Ah, Little Chen, the arsonist setting my heart on fire with all the awkwardness.

I struggled to not shudder from the awkwardness and spoke to Gu Yiliang with gritted teeth, "Well, you see... If you don't mind, let's open them both and balance the toppings a little bit...?"

After I finished the sentence, I was overwhelmed with awkwardness to the point where I could practically feel my soul leaving my body. I hoped from the bottom of my heart that Gu Yiliang would wave his hand in denial, say "There's no need", and quickly leave my lounge.