Chapter 12

Chapter 12: The Name You'll Scream

The entire room was still recovering from what just happened.

Some people were pretending they didn't hear anything. Others were trying to process the absolute madness unfolding before their eyes. And the rest? They were just staring—because what the hell else could they do?

But Long Wei wasn't done yet.

Just as Xia Yang was about to move away, Long Wei grabbed his wrist.

Firm. Unyielding. Not enough to hurt, but enough to make sure Xia Yang didn't run.

Xia Yang stiffened. "What the hell do you think you're doing?"

Long Wei didn't answer immediately. Instead, he tilted his head slightly, his gaze calm yet piercing. And then—

"Your name?"

Xia Yang, still very flustered from earlier, blurted out before he could stop himself—

"X-Xia Yang."

The moment the words left his lips, he regretted it.

Why the hell did I answer??

Too late.

Long Wei's lips curled into a slow, satisfied smirk. "Xia Yang," he repeated, as if savoring the name on his tongue. "Mn. It suits you."

Xia Yang scowled, trying to ignore the weird fluttering in his chest. "Tch. Whatever."

But then—

Long Wei leaned in again.

Too close.

Again.

And in that same infuriating, low voice, he said—

"I'm Long Wei."

Xia Yang blinked. Stared. Then frowned. "I didn't ask."

A beat of silence.

Then Long Wei's smirk deepened.

His grip on Xia Yang's wrist tightened just slightly as he whispered—

"You don't need to ask."

Xia Yang's stomach did a weird flip.

Then—

With the smoothest, most shameless confidence, Long Wei added—

"You should just know the name… which you'll be screaming at night."

"!!!"

Xia Yang's entire brain malfunctioned.

The room?

Exploded.

"WHAT DID HE JUST SAY??"

"IS HE SERIOUSLY STILL GOING???"

"I CAN'T— SOMEONE STOP THIS MAN—"

The livestream chat was absolutely unhinged.

[User: AHHHHHHHHHHHH]

[User: LONG WEI PLEASE GET A HOLD OF YOURSELF]

[User: NOT HIM SAYING THAT ON LIVE TELEVISION]

[User: NO BECAUSE WHAT IF HE REALLY MAKES HIM SCREAM LATER]

[User: THIS IS NO LONGER A VARIETY SHOW THIS IS A LIVE SEDUCTION]

Xia Yang, meanwhile, was having a mental breakdown.

"YOU— YOU—!!" He yanked his hand away as if burned and scooted back so fast he nearly tripped over the couch. "PERVERT!!!"

Long Wei just chuckled. "Mn."

That one sound somehow managed to piss off Xia Yang even more.

"You—" Xia Yang pointed a trembling finger at him, his face red, his entire existence flustered beyond saving. "YOU'RE A MENACE TO SOCIETY!!"

Long Wei simply shrugged, still looking at him with those damn amused eyes.

Xia Yang turned to the other celebrities, desperate. "Did you all hear that? Did you hear what he just said??"

But the celebrities?

They were too busy struggling to breathe.

One of the hosts had their head down on the table, wheezing. Another one had tears in their eyes.

And the livestream chat?

Still on fire.

[User: XIA YANG YOU WALKED INTO THAT ONE LMAO]

[User: HE REALLY MET HIS MATCH LOL]

[User: THIS SHOW IS NOT SAFE FOR WORK ANYMORE]

[User: LORD HAVE MERCY THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING]

Meanwhile, Long Wei, watching Xia Yang lose his mind, simply smirked to himself.

"Interesting."

Because at this point, he was just getting started.