I'm the Fatherly Superfan of a Washed-Up Idol

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Lan Yi spent all four years of college following a flop idol.

The flop idol sang off-key and slipped while dancing. He was eliminated in the second episode of a talent show, and most of the fans he had attracted with his looks left. Heartbroken, he livestreamed himself practicing dance in the middle of the night.

At the time, Lan Yi was on the other side of the ocean. After watching for half an hour, he sent a comment when the flop idol looked at the screen: Baby, you look like a mutated pig slipping on a fly. If you dance again, I'm calling the police, got it? ^_^

The flop idol stared at the screen for a long time, then asked in a hurt voice, "I'll lose weight. Will you still come watch me tomorrow?"

Lan Yi scoffed and left the stream. Three minutes later, he sat bolt upright and spent the whole night searching the internet for everything about the flop idol: Zhan Feng, 188 centimeters tall, with fewer than ten thousand followers across the internet, and eliminated from a hugely popular talent show just last month.

Huh.

Not only was his personality right up my alley, but his sad, pathetic circumstances were so cool, too!

I have nothing better to do. Surely watching him a little won't make me fall in love, right?

After that, Lan Yi worked tirelessly online for this flop idol for four years, going from an obscure little fan to a domineering, insult-hurling superfan feared by both rival fandoms and his own.

On his first day at work, Lan Yi suddenly deleted his account.

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Lan Yi was fully prepared to meet Zhan Feng. A morally upright person like him would never privately contact his idol!

If you're a fan no longer, you're a fan no longer!

At work, he kept a stern face whenever he saw Zhan Feng. Whenever he spoke to him, he put on a lecturing, fatherly air. When Zhan Feng suggested they become friends, he firmly refused.

Surely that would keep them at a distance!

Who would have thought that the sterner Lan Yi acted, the more meekly Zhan Feng would cater to him?

The more fatherly Lan Yi became, the more Zhan Feng treated his words as gospel and obediently followed them.

When Lan Yi refused to be friends, Zhan Feng asked indignantly, "Why can he, but I can't?"

After somehow becoming friends with Zhan Feng, Lan Yi swore once more that a morally upright person like him would never date his idol!

Friends are just friends!

Who could have guessed that whenever Lan Yi tried to keep his distance, Zhan Feng would sneak into his arms?

Whenever Lan Yi tried to make things clear between them, Zhan Feng would sneak into his room.

Whenever Lan Yi tried to maintain boundaries, Zhan Feng would wake up openly in his bed and say, "You kept kicking off the covers last night, so I had to hold you tight."

Lan Yi was on the verge of tears. I have to call the police too! Call them to arrest me!

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The day Zhan Feng discovered Lan Yi's identity, he held the documents and stayed silent for a long time.

Lan Yi tried to take it in stride. "I'm sorry I lied to you. I'll accept it if you want to break up."

"I won't accept that."

Zhan Feng buried his head in Lan Yi's arms and hugged him, speaking softly. "You love me so much. You won't leave me in this lifetime, will you?"

Through all those difficult years when no one cared, there had always been someone fighting day and night to protect him.

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Lan Yi (bottom) x Zhan Feng (top)

One-on-one, happy ending

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