Restricted Fantasy I Chapter 365: Fooled You

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Inside the live broadcast, listening to Bai Yi pour out this massive rant, it wasn't just the strear who stared wide-eyed with a shocked expression that scread, "What the hell are you talking about?"

Even the barrage of comnts collectively turned into a dense wall of question marks. The viewers were clearly utterly baffled by Bai Yi's incomprehensible, otherworldly monologue.

"???"

"Wait, is she just trolling or what?"

"Are all of Bai Yi's fans such clowns?"

"Witnessing a new copypasta being born!"

"This needs to go in the hall of fa."

Among everyone present, perhaps only Yan Huan, who was holding his phone, had a sowhat complicated expression.

Because only he knew that Bai Yi was currently pouring out her true feelings.

Even though Bai Yi was wearing a face mask, Yan Huan could still glimpse the turmoil and anxiety in her heart through her reddened eye sockets.

"You have no idea that the song I originally planned to release was a different, sweet song! It... sniff... it was supposed to be published after he invited

to dance and we made it official... sniff..."

"But in the end... sniff... I only wrote this one at the last minute after my feelings were played with!!"

"And you even had to steal a song like this! Have you no sha at all?!"

Inexplicably, the pronoun she used had shifted to "I."

So people in the live broadcast comnts realized this, but the strear was triggered by the words "plagiarism" and "steal," quickly firing back.

"Who plagiarized?! Who stole anything? Stop spouting nonsense! Hey, can you braindead fans stop trying to whitewash your idol? My song has absolutely nothing to do with anything you just said!"

"Heh, of course you don't know anything, because the person who secretly gave you the sheet music doesn't know anything either!"

As she spoke, Bai Yi suddenly pointed out the crucial hidden truth.

This caused the strear, who had initially brushed Bai Yi off as a "braindead fan," to instantly change her expression. She quickly averted her gaze and tried to change the subject.

"Heh, I have nothing to say to a delusional fan like you. Get off the call, I'm inviting the next viewer to connect..."

"Fine, just you wait!!"

In the live broadcast, Bai Yi, still wearing her face mask, furrowed her brows. She was clearly incredibly angry.

The mont the strear forcefully disconnected her, she sniffled and dropped what may or may not have counted as a fierce threat.

"Beep."

Then, her screen instantly vanished, allowing the strear to finally breathe a sigh of relief.

However, due to what Bai Yi had ntioned, her complexion remained poor, and she never actually connected with the next viewer.

anwhile, at the venue, watching the ticket-holding fans enter one by one in anticipation of the upcoming autograph session, Yan Huan closed the live broadcast and waited for Lemon to clear Bai Yi's na.

However, in the very next second, an illusory clock sound echoed by Yan Huan's ear.

"Tick... tock..."

Upon hearing that sound, Yan Huan's expression shifted slightly, and Myau-chan also instantly widened his eyes, revealing his physical form.

"It's Bai Yi, ow!"

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Hidden in the shadows, Yan Huan scanned his surroundings, looking for Bai Yi's semi-transparent body under the effects of Indifference, but he couldn't see her even after searching for a long while.

"Hiss... What's going on? The sound is very close, she must be nearby, but I can't see her at all..."

The clock sound was right at hand. Yan Huan was thoroughly convinced that when she was on the call with that strear, she was already near the autograph session venue, and now she had definitely snuck in.

But...

Unlike every other ti when Yan Huan could spot her at a single glance, this ti he couldn't find Bai Yi at all!

"Is... is it possible that Bai Yi's Modifier evolved, ow?"

"It's possible..."

Yan Huan sighed helplessly, but he planned to head down anyway.

No matter what she was planning to do, perhaps seeing him would make her pause for a mont.

Then, all they had to do was wait for Lemon to clear her na herself. There would be no need for Bai Yi to resort to her Modifier.

After all, his experience told Yan Huan that using a Modifier to solve problems brought a hundred harms and no benefits.

"She's here!"

"Lemon!!"

"Ahhhhh!!"

The venue below began to boil little by little, like water in a pot. The crowd had already spotted the security guards escorting Lemon into the area.

Those standing close enough could even see the idol's sowhat awful complexion as she forced a bright smile.

It was Lemon.

"Lemon..."

Down below, amidst the dense crowd of fans, the semi-transparent Bai Yi gripped her pocket watch and glared resentfully as she watched her go on stage, unable to help but take a deep breath.

She was going to take revenge on Lemon!

By using her Indifference!

But as for exactly how to exact that revenge...

Bai Yi took off her face mask, sniffled, and pursed her lips in deep thought.

'Draw on her face? Or maybe trip her so she takes a nasty fall on stage? Ahhh, no, I'm going to secretly slap her a bunch of tis!!'

After all, it had been too long since she used her Modifier for evil. For the ti being, these utterly ridiculous and laughable thods of using a Modifier were all she could co up with.

In truth, Bai Yi wasn't stupid. She knew that secretly recording evidence of Lemon's misdeeds was the proper way to go about this.

That naturally needed to be done as well, and it would require waiting a long ti for Lemon to show a vulnerability...

But she was so angry right now!

She wanted to get revenge on Lemon this very instant!!

"Hmph!"

Thinking this, she squared her shoulders and, looking as puffed up as an angry pink pufferfish, marched step by step toward the autograph stage.

"Good evening... everyone..."

On stage, Lemon's voice rang out, carrying a slight tremble.

"Ohhhhh!!!"

Below, the deafening cheers of fans erupted like a tsunami, and colorful cheering sticks were raised high into the air, creating an incredibly lively atmosphere.

Unfortunately, all of this looked like an extre eyesore to Bai Yi.

"Kill you, kill you, kill you, kill you..."

Muttering these senseless words under her breath, Bai Yi clenched her delicate feminine fists and wore a fierce-looking expression as she weaved through the crowd, gradually approaching the main stage.

"Tick... tock..."

"Everyone... I'm so glad you all ca to my autograph session tonight, but... I... first of all, I have to apologize tonight. I want to ask for your forgiveness..."

In the next second, Lemon pursed her lips, her face still a bit pale.

She had originally planned to wait until at least the autograph session was over before bringing this matter up.

But just as she stepped onto the stage...

She thought she saw the flickering lights and that bizarre black cat again.

Was it an illusion?

Ugh, this Linn was just too damn creepy!

Therefore, the terrified Lemon didn't dare to delay any longer and could only cut straight to the chase.

"My fellow variety show guest, Bai Yi, has recently been caught up in a plagiarism scandal over one of her songs.

"But in reality, she is the true original creator. The sheet music of the strear who published it first... I was the one who ordered soone to steal it and give it to her...

"I am truly... very sorry."

After finishing her statent, Lemon lowered her microphone and gave a standard ninety-degree bow to the audience offstage.

"What?!"

"Huh??!!"

An uproar imdiately erupted down below.

Even the fierce-looking Bai Yi, who had been fully intending to charge up, instantly froze in place. She looked at Lemon on stage in disbelief, entirely bewildered and at a complete loss for what to do next.

Wait a minute...

I haven't even ssed with you yet, how could you just...

Surrender?

Bai Yi was slightly stunned, still completely baffled.

"Are you crazy?! Damn it, did you lose your mind just because your childhood sweetheart ca looking for you late at night?!"

Eh?

At this mont, Bai Yi's sharp ears picked up a woman's voice coming from the side of the stage.

She turned her head to look, only to see Lemon's assistant, her face deathly pale, sprinting onto the stage right after yelling that out.

Childhood sweetheart?

Wait...

Yan Huan?!

Rooted to the spot, Bai Yi instantly figured out who Lemon's assistant was referring to. Especially considering...

Right, there were hardly anyone capable of helping her to begin with.

Her family couldn't help at all; Bai Yi would be thanking her lucky stars if they just didn't make things worse.

Even if Golden Lion Entertainnt was willing to protect her, they would at least need to investigate first. They wouldn't act this fast.

As for the rest, the only people with that kind of power who she also knew were those few Eldest Misses with superpowers.

But as for who among them would be willing to help her, there probably wasn't a single one.

Only Yan Huan...

At this mont, the image of him riding the elevator with her involuntarily surfaced in Bai Yi's mind.

At that ti, he must have also heard what her mother said...

So, after finding out she was caught in a plagiarism scandal, he imdiately went to find Lemon and sohow threatened her into confessing her sche?

For...

?

"Mmm..."

At the thought that Yan Huan was incredibly worried about her, so much so that he went straight to Lemon to resolve the issue the mont he found out she was in trouble, Bai Yi's heart couldn't help but skip a beat.

Well...

Don't...

Don't think that just because he did this, she would turn back around to him like so completely love-struck fool!!

This young lady was famous for never going back to an ex. She would absolutely not make up with him!!

Unless...

Unless he... he sincerely begged her.

And gave her a romantic confession to make up for it, just like he did with Sakuramiya Hitomi... yeah... in that case, she might just consider it...

"Crack."

Bai Yi blushed, pursing her lips and clenching her fists as she indignantly thought to herself.

But in reality, her body very honestly emitted a crisp sound of a fragnt shattering.

As a tiny fragnt trailing a green mist dropped to the ground, the pocket watch tightly gripped in her hand stopped ticking, causing her figure to be revealed bit by bit.

And she hadn't noticed a thing.

"No way, right?"

"Our Lemon would never do sothing like that..."

"Could there be so hidden story behind this?"

Offstage, after a brief uproar, sounds of whispering and questioning erged.

After all, the tickets for this autograph session were very expensive. Those willing to spend money to support her were fundantally Lemon's loyal fans.

Seeing their originally kind and pure idol suddenly wearing an awful expression while spouting words that completely violated her public persona, anyone would naturally be suspicious, right?

anwhile, on stage, the assistant rushed up in a panicked and helpless state, desperately trying to do damage control.

"What's wrong with you? Did sothing happen? Tell , is soone threatening you?!"

Hearing her assistant's voice, Lemon almost burst into tears.

She subconsciously wanted to nod, but offstage, the fans had also heard the assistant's voice and quickly raised their cheering sticks in support.

"Yeah, Lemon! Were you ostracized after coming to Linn or sothing?!"

"Heh, it's not the first or second ti Linn locals have bullied foreign artists..."

However, the voices of these fans felt like a basin of ice-cold water poured over Lemon's head, reminding her of Yan Huan's sheer terror.

If she went back on her word now, he would probably release that recording...

"No... no..."

Therefore, she could only shake her head with a miserable face. "Pfft!"

Seeing her looking as nauseous as if she had swallowed a fly, Bai Yi couldn't hold back and directly laughed out loud.

The voices of the fans around her quieted down slightly.

"Was it Bai Yi? Or Yan—"

Hearing the assistant about to ntion Yan Huan's na, Lemon's face shifted slightly again, and she burst straight into tears.

"Stop... stop talking, it's all my fault..."

"Right! It is your fault! You despicable, fake bitch!"

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Offstage, watching Lemon eat dirt put Bai Yi in a great mood.

She waved her feminine fists, dying to curse out all the suffocating grievances she had suffered lately—getting her dance "stolen" by Sakuramiya Hitomi, being backstabbed by her mother, and her failing career.

"You plastic surgery, silicone-filled freak! You really live up to your na, acting like such a sour Lemon all the ti!"

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"Jealous of my talent, jealous of my beauty... Relying on your seniority to throw your weight around, when in reality you're good for nothing!"

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"You disgusting wretch! Anyone who likes you is completely blind! Hmph!!"

Bai Yi sniffled, feeling absolutely phenonal at this mont!

But as she continued to curse vehently, she realized that the surrounding atmosphere seed to be growing quieter and quieter.

Hmm?

Wait a minute...

Such a huge autograph session, how could it be...

This quiet?

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Bai Yi blinked, then stared blankly at her surroundings.

She saw that every single fan in the venue was staring right at her. Even Lemon and her assistant on stage were dumbfounded, watching her as she cursed loudly down below.

Yes, because Bai Yi thought she was in her Indifference state where others couldn't see or hear her, she had been speaking very loudly.

What's more, her voice was beautiful and highly recognizable, almost effortlessly catching everyone's ears.

"It's Bai Yi!!"

"Bai Yi is right here!!"

"What did you just say?! What did you say to us and Lemon? I dare you to say it again?!"

The mont they saw it was Bai Yi, the faces of the fans closest to her instantly changed, and they began shouting.

Moreover, because of Bai Yi's attacks on Lemon just now, the atmosphere among these loyal fans was clearly starting to turn hostile.

Countless speculations and the confusing, murky truth all turned into fuel igniting the fans' raging emotions.

Could it be that Bai Yi was using her status as a Linn local to bully their beloved Lemon?!

Could it be that Lemon had been set up by Bai Yi?!

"I... huh? How am I..."

Bai Yi suddenly realized that other people could see her now.

In every direction, she was surrounded by loyal fans whose gazes were growing increasingly hostile, their faces filled with questioning anger. Bai Yi's face instantly went pale.

It's...

It's over!

She had just dropped an area-of-effect taunt right in the middle of enemy lines!!

She hastily gripped the pocket watch in her hand tightly, trying to back away.

But behind her, several girls wearing face masks had already blocked her path of retreat.

"Ugh..."

Bai Yi blinked, turning her head back around in a panic.

Seeing her show fear, the rest of them pressed closer, questioning her loudly.

"What did you just say? Tell everyone again!"

On stage, Lemon, whose face had originally been unsightly, saw that her highly devoted fans had no doubts about her and had instead shifted their fury to Bai Yi because of her rant. She couldn't help but reveal a look of relief.

"Tick... tock..."

"Whimper..."

More and more people gathered around Bai Yi, scaring her into clutching her pocket watch tighter.

On its face, the hour hand ticked bit by bit, ready to activate its ti-stopping effect at any mont.

Right in front of her, a few fans had already raised their hands, clearly intending to grab Bai Yi and prevent her from escaping.

"Smack!"

But in the next second, a large hand shot out from the gloomy darkness, forcefully grabbing their wrists.

A trendous force was transmitted, dragging the few fans several steps back, causing the observing fans behind them to stumble back as well.

"Step back."

Hearing that familiar voice, Bai Yi's eyes trembled slightly as she quickly looked up.

She saw Yan Huan standing expressionlessly in front of her, shielding her from the countless fans.

"Yan—"

Upon seeing it was Yan Huan, Bai Yi's eyes lit up subconsciously.

But in the next second, she tried her hardest to control her expression, turning her head away instead, pretending she didn't want to look at him.

"Smack."

However, imdiately after, Bai Yi felt a scorching hot hand suddenly grab her wrist, pulling her into his embrace.

"Hey, hey, hey? Wait... hold on, we... we haven't made up yet... whimper..."

The aloof and cool Bai Yi's expression instantly broke. Her face rapidly flushed crimson, her eyes growing misty, and her body instinctively softened as she leaned against Yan Huan.

She weakly tugged at the wrist Yan Huan had grabbed, but Yan Huan had absolutely no other intentions in mind.

He glanced back and glared fiercely at the few fans who were still trying to approach Bai Yi, halting them right in their tracks.

Public outrage was boiling right now; he had to keep Bai Yi by his side at all tis.

Yan Huan silently pulled Bai Yi backward bit by bit. Fortunately, they weren't far from the edge of the venue and quickly reached the wall.

"And who the hell are you?! Have Bai Yi repeat what she just said! She was just cursing out Lemon and us, don't think we didn't hear it!"

Many fans followed them all the way, still clamoring and questioning Bai Yi.

"I said, step back."

Looking at the surrounding fans who were blindly protecting their idol, Yan Huan threw an expressionless glance at Lemon, who was watching from the stage.

In the next second, he simply withdrew his gaze and repeated his words.

"And what if we don't step back? What are you going to do about it?!"

"Wah, Yan Huan!"

One of the fans nacingly tried to ram him with his chest, scaring Bai Yi into tightening her grip on her pocket watch and crying out a warning.

Yan Huan's eyes narrowed. With a light shove, that person stumbled back several steps and landed hard on the floor.

"Ouch, what the—!"

"Grab him!"

"Bang!"

"Smack!"

"Hey, hey, hey!!"

Seeing Yan Huan resort to violence, the rest of them relied on their superior numbers and instantly ignited a conflict.

Seeing that the situation was about to spiral out of control, the security guards maintaining order offstage hurriedly rushed over. A tiny smile crept onto Lemon's face on stage, clearly hoping for Yan Huan to get ganged up on and beaten.

But in the next second, her smile froze completely.

Because the people surrounding him were pinned to the ground by Yan Huan one by one as they charged. Very soon, an entire swath of people had fallen around him.

All of them were clutching their heads, crouching, sitting, or lying on the ground.

anwhile, Yan Huan continued to lean against the wall expressionlessly, staring down the approaching people around him.

"I said, everyone step back!!!!"

In the next second, Yan Huan let out a thunderous roar, instantly bringing the entire venue back to dead silence.

"No way, man..."

"This guy..."

No matter how enraged the crowd was, the people in the back were forced to calm down.

Bai Yi hid blankly behind Yan Huan, only poking her head out to watch the surrounding fans who had been frozen in place by Yan Huan's single roar.

"...It... it's all a misunderstanding, it's all a misunderstanding!"

Seeing that no one over there dared to step forward, Lemon also couldn't help but swallow saliva.

In the next second, she imdiately squeezed out a smile and walked off the stage, attempting to break up the fight.

"Everyone, this matter has nothing to do with Bai Yi, don't overthink it... It's all my fault, so please don't surround them, okay?"

Yan Huan expressionlessly watched Lemon squeeze out a fake smile as she tried to persuade the fans to step back. Then, he smiled faintly and pulled out his phone.

"Yeah. By the way, I also ca here because I wanted to show everyone sothing."

"Wh—"

Upon hearing Yan Huan speak, Lemon was slightly taken aback and turned back to look at him.

Only to see him open a video website—the exact sa website where the strear had provided "solid evidence" that Bai Yi plagiarized—and click on a video.

"...Hmph, isn't it all old man's fault? If you had just..."

Shockingly, what played was the video recording he had taken earlier of Lemon answering her phone.

Yes, it was a video recording, not just an audio recording.

"Wh-what is this?"

"It's Lemon..."

"Huh?"

Yan Huan held up his phone, displaying it for the surrounding fans to see.

Lemon watched helplessly as the expressions of the surrounding fans shifted little by little. Soon after, her own expression grew frantic. She stared wide-eyed at Yan Huan and demanded,

"Didn't we have an agreent?! If I confessed in public, you... you wouldn't release this?! Why?!"

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Hearing this, Yan Huan smiled faintly and locked his phone, saying at the sa ti,

"Fooled you. Actually, I was going to post it even if you confessed."

"!!"

Lemon was struck as if by lightning, frozen stupidly on the spot.

She just stared blankly at Yan Huan, then at Bai Yi, who was hiding behind him with only her head poking out.

In the next second, however, she saw Bai Yi's face flushed pink as she gloated from behind Yan Huan, raising her middle finger directly at her.

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Seeing this, Lemon's eyes instantly rolled back, and she fainted dead away on the spot.