Celebrity Neighbor: My girlfriend is a big star?
Chapter 121. Bae Juhyun wants to appear in vlog

Chapter 121: 121. Bae Juhyun wants to appear in vlog

After dragging Liu Xin’an around all the noteworthy spots near her home, Bae Juhyun’s already limited energy gradually ran out.

No matter how you put it, she had driven for three hours, and although she had a beef soup meal in between, this little replenishment was barely enough to describe the depletion of her energy.

Since her energy was drained, Liu Xin’an naturally couldn’t keep dragging Bae Juhyun around. He carried the lazy-to-walk Bae Juhyun on his back, heading in the direction of her home.

"Can you vlog around here?"

She was just tired, not asleep, so while resting on Liu Xin’an’s back, Bae Juhyun cheerfully whispered into his ear.

The warm breath made Liu Xin’an slightly move his head away. He looked around and thought for a moment before shaking his head.

"There’s nothing worth filming, let’s just keep it simple and shoot some daily life vlogs. Uh... by the way, if we shoot the dinner table at your house, will your parents be upset?"

"There’s nothing to be upset about... You want to shoot a vlog?"

The term vlog was not unfamiliar to her; she naturally knew about this recently popular video recording format.

She had even tried this method of filming last year.

Such videos that display her private life have always been something many fans want to see, and S-M would never miss a way to promote her.

However, her understanding of vlogs was merely filming some selfie videos and then rambling. Things like editing, follow-up, etc., were handled by professionals, unlike Liu Xin’an who did everything from filming to editing and uploading by himself.

"Hmm, just a simple record, otherwise it won’t make sense why I suddenly took these days off, they’re already wildly speculating in the group chat about where I went."

Liu Xin’an remembered the water friends group chat that he happened to see at noon and chuckled.

And it turns out, someone actually guessed he went to be with his girlfriend.

"How did they guess?"

"Someone guessed I went to accompany my girlfriend, but they didn’t guess that my girlfriend brought me back to her house."

Bae Juhyun let out an exclamation at the teasing answer. How should she put it... although that was indeed the case, hearing Liu Xin’an say it himself made it feel somewhat embarrassing and helpless.

It was as if she insisted on dragging Liu Xin’an over!

Uh... thinking about it, that was actually the case, haha.

"Don’t move around, I’ll drop you if I can’t hold on."

The girl on his back began to fidget, afraid that she might get too excited and lean back too far, Liu Xin’an quickly spoke up to scare her.

It turned out that scaring her was effective; Bae Juhyun became much more obedient after hearing his words.

She wrapped her arms tightly around Liu Xin’an’s neck, lowered her head close to the man’s nape, and giggled.

Her beautiful long hair cascaded down beside his neck, making Liu Xin’an feel a bit ticklish.

"Still acting up, I’m letting go, okay?"

"I want to appear in your vlog too."

"...Huh?"

Liu Xin’an doubted if he was hearing things.

What is she talking about?

Has she gone mad?

Did she forget who she is?

Or is she thinking of doing something drastic just because I snuck in a few kisses without abiding by the rules of engagement, something that could lead to her fans blasting me online?!

That’s unlikely, right?

"I said, I want to appear too."

"Have you gone mad?"

"No."

"Then is your brain not working properly? You didn’t drink at noon either."

Liu Xin’an’s absurd tone caused Bae Juhyun to burst into laughter again, and along with her laughter, there was also the "thump-thump" sound of her small hands patting on Liu Xin’an’s chest.

She raised her head, organized the hair scattered on Liu Xin’an’s body a bit, confirmed that no one was around, and then simply took off her hat to continue combing through her hair with her hands.

Meanwhile, Liu Xin’an calmly carried Bae Juhyun until she sorted out her appearance, then continued speaking, "Stop fussing. If you appear, your fans would recognize you in an instant. You have quite a few fans in our country, especially you."

"I know, how could I just blatantly appear in your video. I mean... maybe just my voice?"

"...You don’t think your fans can recognize your voice?"

Bae Juhyun pursed her lips, straightened up from leaning on Liu Xin’an’s back, stretched her hand to massage her throat, then cleared her throat, slightly changing her voice.

"Hello, hello, can you still recognize it now?"

The voice indeed changed a lot, leaving Liu Xin’an speechless.

This... voice acting?

Actually, Liu Xin’an was overthinking. As an idol, Bae Juhyun had learned a bit of voice mimicry.

Idols always had to showcase such... skills that aren’t quite skills on variety shows, and although Bae Juhyun wasn’t interested in it, she hadn’t expected it to come in handy here.

"Oh! How magical, your voice changed."

"So can you take me with you this time!"

Liu Xin’an thought for a few seconds, if that’s the case... then there really shouldn’t be a problem, and he also roughly understood what Bae Juhyun meant.

She hoped he’d publicly acknowledge having a girlfriend in front of his live-streaming friends...

"But you can’t say I’m your girlfriend!"

Liu Xin’an’s brain short-circuited, his steady stride faltered for a moment, then he stood firm, turned around, and tried his best to look at his girlfriend’s beautiful face.

"Huh?"

"Don’t say I’m your girlfriend, just say a friend. You have a lot of female fans, right? Announcing a relationship might affect your work."

Although Liu Xin’an had told her long ago that he wanted to filter his fans, such an approach was something Bae Juhyun, as an artist, could never understand.

The number of fans is positively correlated with her income; no artist would complain about having too many fans.

Isn’t the reason so many artists hide their love affairs due to the fear of losing fans, hence losing income?

So Xiao’an’s approach to "purifying" fans was something she really couldn’t understand.

"Uh... even if I don’t say it, everyone already knows what it means, right?"

"Would they? Would they really not believe if we say we’re just friends?"

"That could just be a difference in fan culture, trust me, any female voice that appears in my videos will be assumed by my followers to be my girlfriend."

"Ah?"

"Followers and fans are not the same concept, you’re mixing them up."

"Oh..."

"Losing fans is inevitable, but we can’t always lie against our conscience about not dating, right?"

Xin’an unconsciously tried to comfort Juhyun, but quickly realized that his remark might have been inappropriate.

Sure enough, after he finished speaking, Juhyun’s expression became complex.

Even though he couldn’t see the specific changes, he could sense that the girl on his back had suddenly become quiet.

"Uh... I mean, as streamers like us, it’s different. Artists like you definitely can’t talk recklessly about this stuff. Don’t misunderstand, did you hear me?"

"Um... but if I keep hiding it and not reveal our relationship to the fans, would you be mad?"

"Get mad? My ass, I’d actually prefer it that way. Why wouldn’t I want you to earn money!"

Xin’an naturally gave a response that made Juhyun struggle furiously.

Having no choice, Xin’an let go, allowing Juhyun to get down from his back.

"Isn’t that the same as what I said before!"

"...Ah, fine, can I just ask my manager? You’d have to ask your company, right?"

"Alright, ask then. If your guy... the manager agrees with me, then follow my lead."

"What if it’s not the same?" Xin’an began to scheme, since Juhyun didn’t understand Chinese.

However, Juhyun had thought of this too. She raised her eyebrows and took out her phone, shaking it, "Don’t try anything sneaky; photo translation is very convenient nowadays. Even if you call him, I’ll have the translator here listening."

"I won’t mess around, but what if it’s not the same?"

"If it’s different, I won’t appear on camera!"

Xin’an was dumbfounded; what difference would that make?

But arguing with logic, especially in front of his own girlfriend, clearly wasn’t practical.

———

"We’re back~"

Upon entering the door, Juhyun happily announced her and Xin’an’s return.

At that moment, only Juhyun’s mother and Bae Jinhee were sitting together watching TV in the living room; it seemed Juhyun’s father was still resting in the bedroom and hadn’t come out.

Xin’an followed Juhyun inside, courteously greeted Juhyun’s mother and Bae Jinhee, and before he could say anything else, Juhyun pulled him into the guest room prepared for him.

As soon as they entered the room, Juhyun pressed him down by the shoulders to sit on the bed, then she ran out of the guest room to her own room and soon returned with the translator machine.

"Come on, talk."

"..."

Xin’an was inwardly stunned by his girlfriend’s efficiency; since meeting her, he always found himself shocked by her decisiveness.

"I’ll type to him; we don’t need this."

"Really?" Juhyun looked up skeptically, then casually set aside the translator machine and took out her phone.

The translation app was ready, just waiting for Xin’an to start chatting with his manager.

Juhyun had prepared to this extent; Xin’an didn’t plan to delay any further. He took out his phone, opened WeChat, and briefly informed his contact "Early Sleeper" about Juhyun’s desire to appear together.

As a small platform manager, "Early Sleeper" would naturally reply to Xin’an’s message instantly.

And the reply was pretty much what Xin’an had expected.

After all, when he first mentioned having a girlfriend to "Early Sleeper," he was told to possibly avoid revealing it to the followers.

No shit, since the other party was a small platform manager who depended on Xin’an for income... such a self-destructive move, why would they agree to let Xin’an do that?

Before Xin’an could translate for Juhyun, her quick hands snatched his phone away.

Take a photo, translate, and then Juhyun revealed a triumphant smile.

"See, your manager also disagrees with you openly dating me."

Xin’an was speechless, he quickly sent a couple of messages to "Early Sleeper," then turned to face Juhyun.

"That doesn’t prove anything; he’s from our site, he definitely won’t let me do such things."

This was the first time Juhyun saw Xin’an, the usually straightforward guy, come up with excuses.

She displayed a puzzled expression, looking at Xin’an with an incredulous tone, "This is the first time I know Xin’an could even be so shifty."

"...Find someone else!"

"Don’t start! Your manager has spoken; that’s pretty much like your company’s stance, right?"

"...Let’s ask Li Chenglu; she’s also my partner, and she should know about such a big matter!"

Juhyun was startled, partner?

Meanwhile, Xin’an was inwardly doubtful.

Room manager... that should count, right?