8 A Perfect Couple (1/2)
Su Yan was still grumbling about Nie Chang's obnoxious behavior when he was entering the subway. This guy, really! What was it with these strange questions! As if any guy would try to make a move on him!
Fuck! Now that he thought about it … All of this was probably just a joke that hateful guy had played on him. Had he ever seen him unable to find what was wrong with a computer? No! That guy was crazily good with these things. It was impossible that he wouldn't find what was wrong.
And even if that hadn't been enough of a clue: How had that damned app gotten onto Nie Chang's notebook, too? Wasn't that irrefutable evidence? That should have been the original and then he somehow put a copy onto his notebook to scare him. Nie Chang had probably had a good laugh when he had called him so agitatedly.
Fuck, I can't believe I truthfully answered all those questions. Nie Chang will be laughing his ass off by now! Damn this! I'll pay him back!
He frowned. He couldn't believe he had actually fallen for it! But the way Nie Chang executed this was really too professional! He even rigged Baidu!
Su Yan didn't know if he should be impressed by his friend's handiwork or exasperated because he used it for such a matter. In the end, he could only shake his head. It probably hadn't taken Nie Chang much time and he deserved a night of disturbing dreams if he was really dumb enough to fall for it. After all, it wasn't like Nie Chang had just sent him those videos and pictures. He had searched for those terms himself. Well, next time, he wouldn't be mislead so easily.
Just when he thought that his phone buzzed. Su Yan took it out and stared at the screen with a dark expression. Are you fucking serious?!
A familiar greeting had appeared: [Welcome back, host! You unlocked a special mission: Observe the men in your surroundings and pair them up! Find at least 10 highly compatible couples. Time Limit: 1 Week.]
Su Yan took a deep breath and tried to calm down. He was of half a mind to just call Nie Chang and roar at him to stop the shit but he was in the subway, after all. He couldn't talk about these things in public.
He wanted to put his phone away and call Nie Chang back in the evening when … his old habit acted up. Not only cats were killed by curiosity. On the list of death through curiosity writers were in the second place. It was like a vocational disease: If you wanted to get inspiration, you had to try out everything you could. Thus, a lot of writers would click on every damned link they got, sign up for every workshop they were offered and read or watch everything they somehow came across.
Even though Su Yan wasn't a professional author, he had already contracted this special disease early on. He knew, he just knew, this would end like the day before but he couldn't help but start to wonder: How would it turn out? If he really paired those men up … What would happen? How would he even do it?
With a wry expression, Su Yan clicked on the message and the app opened up. He clicked on that so-called 'mission' to see if he could get any further information and indeed: A window popped up.
[The basic requirement for every successful love story is having two people who are suitable for each other even if they don't know that at the beginning. As a writer, you have to understand what kind of people attract each other and will work out as a couple. This special mission will help you sharpen your eye to spot compatible people and derive possible pairings for the novels you'll write.]
Su Yan sighed. Nie Chang had really expended a lot of effort. If he hadn't finally figured out what was going on, he would really believe this task was for his own good and would help him to become a better author!