The spotlight at the awards ceremony hurt my eyes.
I stood on the side of the stage, listening to the host read out in an excited tone that lasted for three beats, "The winner of the 17th Golden Deer Award for Best Actor is -". Thousands of fans in the audience held up light signs, like a flowing galaxy. My name flashed in that galaxy for three years, and I thought I would get used to it.
Until the words on those light signs all turned blood red.
"Chen Mo, I love you" became "-99".
The system panel appeared in front of me out of thin air, and a line of words jumped out on the translucent blue screen, like a basin of ice water pouring down from my head:
[Target: Lin Waner]
[Current favorability: -99]
[Status: Darkened]
[Countdown: 6 days, 23 hours, 59 minutes and 58 seconds]
[The countdown to permanent ban begins——]
The smile froze on my face. There was thunderous applause from the audience, and the host called out my name for the third time: "Chen Mo! Please come to the stage to receive the award!"
No one noticed my abnormality, except her.
