Am I the Only One Who Still Can't Hear My Senior Brother's Thoughts?

The award-winning actor Shen Song has a secret.

His aloof persona is an act. In real life, Shen Song has severe social anxiety. The more he cares, the more awkward he gets; the more nervous he is, the colder he seems. When he gets too nervous, he even gets an extra dose of his sharp-tongued debuff...

For example, when he learns that his junior, Yan Ge, joined the industry to act because he admired him, Shen Song doesn’t mean to say it, but the word that comes out is: “Chuunibyou.”

When Yan Ge asks after his health, he says, “Spend more time working on your acting.”

When he sees Yan Ge walking toward him with a lunchbox, Shen Song’s social anxiety explodes: “How old are you? Do you need someone to go to the bathroom with you, too?”

The words have barely left his mouth when he sees his junior, whom their mentor asked him to look after, looking devastated. Shen Song wants to strangle himself.

The crew members are also giving him increasingly strange looks.

Yan Ge hits a prop and splits his head open. At his bedside, Shen Song says sternly, “What’s the point of having those big eyes if you don’t watch where you’re going? Even a three-year-old is steadier than you.”

Yan Ge: ...Right, I’m two. :(

The assistant director who took him to the hospital glances at Shen Song’s tightly clenched hand, his mouth twitching. He can clearly hear another voice in the actor’s head: [Aaaah, idiot! He’s losing so much blood, is he going to die?!]

Yan Ge returns to the set and squats around after work, waiting for his lunchbox. His aloof senior drifts by. “Get up. You can’t stand properly or squat properly. Even Shen Ermao cares more about his appearance than you do.”

Yan Ge: Shen Ermao? Who’s that? Your husky?

A crew member brings the withdrawn Yan Ge a deluxe lunchbox, then waits until the award-winning actor is far away before quietly laughing. “Don’t worry. He just wants to touch you.”

When Shen Song passes by, what the crew member hears is: [Looking all pitiful, squatting here to seduce someone?]

At a crew dinner, Yan Ge has a couple too many drinks. His senior arrives late and picks him up, taking him to a luxury van. His face is colder than the Grim King in their show. “One drink and you’re down. Who gave you the nerve to drink outside? You’re going to recite your lines ten times when we get back.”

Yan Ge: I might as well drink myself to death...

Shen Song’s assistant breaks out in a sweat. “Bro, I’ve got the hangover medicine ready. Let’s keep it together and not take advantage of him!!!”

What he hears is: [No, his neck’s all red. Is he allergic? I can’t leave the idiot alone tonight... Thump! Thump-thump!]

[Well-behaved puppy, slow-on-the-uptake top × “just as he seems,” sharp-tongued bottom]

Updated January 10, 2024

Theme: Love is the best medicine for the heart.