What if My Roommate Finds Out I Write Danmei? - Chapter 4
Chapter 4: 4L – Welcome to the Joyous Spectacle
When Ning Wenru rushed forward, Pang Zaiyuan and the knife-wielding criminal had already engaged!
Pang Zaiyuan’s palm dared to bypass the sharp knife and grasp the criminal’s wrist. Using some unknown technique, the criminal’s sharp knife clattered to the ground. At this moment, Pang Zaiyuan pulled and pushed, sending another criminal sprawling, and the knife-less criminal swung a punch towards Pang Zaiyuan’s nose. The third criminal attempted to retrieve the dropped knife. Ning Wenru hastily ran over and leaped with great force, landing heavily. His shoe sole first made contact with the hand of a criminal by the knife on the ground.
“Get down!” Pang Zaiyuan said, his long leg flying towards Ning Wenru’s head. Ning Wenru was startled, hurriedly protecting his head as he crouched down. Then he felt a cool current of air over his head, followed by a stifled grunt. Ning Wenru turned around and saw that the criminal behind him had blood streaming from his nose, and he crumpled to the side, covering his face with one hand.
While Ning Wenru was turning around to look at this criminal with blood streaming from his nose for a few seconds, Pang Zaiyuan had already dealt with the other two criminals. The four criminals collapsed in disarray. Pang Zaiyuan picked up one of them and tossed him, hitting the criminal who was engaged in a struggle with Yue Weijian and his girlfriend, thus rescuing them.
“So handsome…” Having witnessed the gap in martial prowess, Ning Wenru couldn’t help but exclaim in admiration. If the situation weren’t so dangerous, he wished he could record Pang Zaiyuan!
Ning Wenru’s eyes simply couldn’t keep up with Pang Zaiyuan’s fluid movements, let alone perform them. No wonder the classic trope of a hero saving a beauty had endured since ancient times, and why steely soldiers have always captivated hearts so completely—charming, handsome, strong, and valiant, there’s no one more handsome! Seeing that everything was now safe and sound, Ning Wenru felt his imagination and inspiration explode like fireworks. He even wanted to immediately start writing a danmei novel called “The Invincible Brave General and His Cute Husband,” or “My Little Tales with the Soldier Man,” or perhaps “The Empire’s General’s Elaborate Confessions of Love”!
And Yue Weijian was completely convinced now. With his left hand covering his bleeding nose, he was helped up by his girlfriend, then extended his right hand to give Pang Zaiyuan a thumbs-up.
After the police arrived to arrest the criminals, took their witness accounts, and accompanied Yue Weijian to the hospital to check on his pitifully beaten nose, it wasn’t until around 9 p.m. that the group finally sat together for dinner.
Yue Weijian’s girlfriend Xiao Xin repeatedly expressed her gratitude, her eyes sparkling with little stars as she looked at Pang Zaiyuan. She planned to invite them to dinner later to express her appreciation. Yue Weijian sadly rubbed his nose and glared at his girlfriend.
But Pang Zaiyuan seemed to have done a trivial little thing, facing Yue Weijian’s girlfriend with a cold and indifferent attitude, unshaken and unmoved. He didn’t accept Yue Weijian’s girlfriend’s invitation to dinner, buying the meal himself using the reason of being the new dormitory member.
Back in the dormitory, Yue Weijian’s will was still somewhat depressed, his entire person silent and without words. Ning Wenru didn’t bother him, but his gaze towards Pang Zaiyuan was also filled with little stars.
Pang Zaiyuan occasionally swept a few glances at the star-eyed Ning Wenru, his expression somewhat joyful.
“You’re too awesome today! What unit were you before? Special Forces?” Ning Wenru asked.
“Marines,” Pang Zaiyuan replied very briefly. “Details can’t be said.”
Ning Wenru imagined Pang Zaiyuan’s scenes of battling pirates amidst the turbulent and violent great sea, his blood boiling with excitement. Unfortunately, Pang Zaiyuan had clearly expressed that he couldn’t reveal any information, leaving Ning Wenru feeling deeply disappointed. He then asked, “Then I wonder what the navy uniform is like? If you wore it today, you would definitely look even cooler.”
Pang Zaiyuan gently shook his head and said: “After leaving the military, you can’t wear it.”
“Oh—” Ning Wenru seemed quite disappointed.
Pang Zaiyuan took out his cell phone, smiling, “There are indeed a few photos for memorabilia. You can come over and take a look, but they can’t be spread outside.”
Ning Wenru became excited again, sitting close to Pang Zaiyuan to look at the photos. There was a photo of Pang Zaiyuan wearing a white navy dress when he was discharged, a photo of him wearing a dark blue training uniform with the hem lifted to wipe sweat, revealing several shaped and hardened abs, and some certificates of merit and many medals and such. Ning Wenru became completely enamored with the uniform, as if he wished he could rip down all the photos from Pang Zaiyuan’s cell phone to look at every day. Along the way, he had already mentally filled in several tens of thousands of words of bonuses involving wearing military uniforms… Stop!
Yue Weijian, also curious, wanted to come over for a few glances, but Pang Zaiyuan waved him back with one hand. Pang Zaiyuan put away his cell phone, saying, “In fact, you can all join my morning exercises in the morning. If you want to learn combat skills, I can teach you a few basic moves.” After saying this, Pang Zaiyuan also spoke to Yue Weijian, who was in a depressed and sorrowful state, “You shouldn’t sleep in anymore. Join the morning exercises together. They can be used to protect your girlfriend.”
Yue Weijian nodded dejectedly and said thank you while holding his nose. Ning Wenru then asked, “Does Pang Zaiyuan have a girlfriend yet?”
“No,” Pang Zaiyuan replied quickly.
No girlfriend… Ning Wenru’s heart felt a little bit of joy, and he asked again, “How can you not when you’re so handsome?”
Pang Zaiyuan replied, “It’s up to fate. Now is too early; it’s not late to marry at thirty or forty. I don’t have plans for it yet.”
Oh, he plans to marry at thirty or forty.
Ning Wenru instantly felt disappointment, and suddenly let go.
Yue Weijian, however, suddenly smiled and said, “Who waits until thirty or forty to find someone? Wenru also isn’t looking for a girlfriend. You two must be sick.”
“What?” Ning Wenru was a bit displeased.
Yue Weijian laughed heartily and said, “Who has it rock hard six or seven times a day for no reason? It’s very annoying. How can you not find a girlfriend? Aren’t you two not disabled?”
“Cut it out. Six or seven times a day, I still have 24 hours in a day, you believe it or not,” Ning Wenru said.
Yue Weijian laughed even more, but the wound on his nose pulled, turning his expression instantly bitter. However, he still teased, “Twenty-four hours a day, I believe it. You’re really something. But Wenru, how do you endure it? It couldn’t have been so flat even when it bulged, right? Ha ha ha ha ha!”
How could you endure this?
“How could it not! I’m 20 centimeters, okay!” Ning Wenru said, while sneering and lunging at Yue Weijian, scratching him straight towards the waist. It wasn’t until Pang Zaiyuan made Yue Weijian roll on the ground and cry out for mercy repeatedly that Ning Wenru stopped.
Pang Zaiyuan’s expression was somewhat strange. “Are your desires all so strong? I—very rarely have such feelings.”
A profound smile appeared on Yue Weijian’s face, he turned to Pang Zaiyuan and asked, “Heh heh, so you’re not capable after all. Wait, let me show you something interesting.”
Pang Zaiyuan firmly refused, turning his back and reading a book, saying, “You don’t seem to be anything good either, I’m not looking.’
Yue Weijian still shamelessly approached, saying, “It’s not because you’re afraid of not being able to ‘stand up’ that you don’t look, right? Ha ha, ha ha ha…”
Then Pang Zaiyuan beat Yue Weijian until it looked very good, only then did Yue Weijian finally stop, but the profound smile on his face was hard to get rid of.
However, not long after, Yue Weijian’s smile froze. He mysteriously called out for Ning Wenru to look at WeChat, then hid under the bed and pressed his phone.
Ning Wenru quickly received a message from Yue Weijian:
Yue Weijian: I’m dead! Will my death be very horrible. Feeling Like Giving Up on Life. JPG
Ning Wenru: How are you planning to die? Tell me to make dad happy.
Yue Weijian: Get lost! Do you remember the school bullying incident not long after we started school? Some people in our school participated in drunk student beatings, killing a teacher. Later, this teacher was found guilty of corruption, and was also reported by unknown individuals for improper behavior such as drinking and gambling, resulting in a proposal to expel him from the party, etc. In short, it was made very horrible even after his death. Now, those who participated in the beatings and indirectly killed have all received severe punishment but none of them were expelled! Pang Zaiyuan is also among them, facing no consequences whatsoever. After returning from military service, he can even continue studying! We common folks can’t afford to provoke such incidents! This is what little Xin just told me. Before entering graduate school, she was classmates with one of the drunk student beaters.
Yue Weijian: I was so arrogant at the beginning, I even mocked his incompetence just now, wouldn’t I die a very painful death? Do you think it’s useful for me to start being obsequious now? Should I send him love education videos or send him Wei-ge?
Ning Wenru: It seems he didn’t take it to heart. Why don’t you apologize to him now and give him another scolding?
After some thought, Ning Wenru added another line: If one scolding isn’t enough, just add a few more. There’s no hurdle that can’t be overcome.
Yue Weijian: How could I have a friend like you!!
However, Yue Weijian was very obedient. He glanced at Ning Wenru, who was still watching the show, took a deep breath, and immediately got off the bed. Then he gave Pang Zaiyuan a 120-degree bow with a heartfelt apology and thank you: “I haven’t formally thanked you yet today, I’m sorry! At first, I even thought you were a freshman, and my personal hygiene habits also affected you. Thank you for not holding it against me, saving me and my girlfriend, thank you! If there’s anything you need in the future, feel free to say, whether it’s climbing a mountain of knives or diving into a sea of oil, ten thousand deaths—uh, it’s best not to die, everything else is fine.”
“It’s nothing, just a small gesture.” Pang Zaiyuan continued holding Ning Wenru’s notebook and reading attentively, not even looking at Yue Weijian.
Seeing Yue Weijian behave like a sycophant, Ning Wenru weighed it and proceeded to log onto Jiangjiang’s backend. Even though “Long Zaitian” was too close to “Long Aotian,” Ning Wenru still endured the pain of knowing his next work would be flooded with negative votes and replaced all instances of Pang Zaiyuan’s name in his text with Long Zaitian.
One step back, even if he didn’t know Pang Zaiyuan’s background, Pang Zaiyuan was someone who loved cleanliness and brought him breakfast every day. Today he had seen Pang Zaiyuan’s courageous deed, and from now on Pang Zaiyuan would teach him self-defense techniques… After interacting for these few days, Ning Wenru had already started seeing Pang Zaiyuan as a friend. Even if Pang Zaiyuan was incredibly handsome and attractive, Ning Wenru could no longer write about Pang Zaiyuan anymore, letting readers fantasize along with him. Such behavior would be too indecent.
If he were to search his own name and find such a novel, he would definitely track down the author and give them a beating!
If unfortunately discovered by chance, neither party’s heart would feel at ease.
Thus, Ning Wenru decided to replace all instances of “Pang Zaiyuan” in his novel. After spending quite some time and finally finishing the revision of the 400,000-word main text, Ning Wenru spread across a relaxed smile, feeling much more at ease inside.
“Broke through the difficult pass?” From the bed opposite, Pang Zaiyuan saw Ning Wenru’s relaxed smile and immediately asked.
Ning Wenru stretched his waist, moved the computer back onto the desk under the bed, and laughed. “Mm-hmm! Finally thought of something that can replace it, no longer need to worry.”
“Congratulations.” Pang Zaiyuan also smiled as he lay down.
At 11 p.m., the dormitory power went out, and the night light extinguished itself. Ning Wenru had replaced the name in the bonus section, put down a large stone in his heart, and started to freely browse Weibo. The reason he could be at ease was because he had forgotten something very important.
Before this major change, his novel had been marked as completed that morning!
Even if the novel wasn’t finished, plagiarism websites would pirate it instantly, with various types of TXT files flying all over the sky from the beginning. Even if now Ning Wenru replaced all instances of Pang Zaiyuan’s name on Jiangjiang, the pirate websites, forums, etc., had already spread them, and they wouldn’t follow suit with the changes at all. The synopsis, keywords, protagonist names, etc., were all still the original versions, having long been disseminated.
This dissemination wasn’t just limited to Jiangjiang’s clearwater version. There were also enthusiastic readers who added the bonuses Ning Wenru previously released into TXT files and sold them for two yuan each.