Above the Galaxy
Chapter 167 - 125, Call me Sister!

Chapter 167: Chapter 125, Call me Sister!

"Wow, Tang Fei actually has a girlfriend now, and she’s so pretty."

"Miss is so tasteful, intellectual and elegant, she looks like a female teacher..."

"Is there such a pretty teacher? If there is, none of the boys would skip her class, right?"

"I wonder if an uncle who graduated twenty years ago still has a chance to start over? Not for the female teacher, though—I just love studying..."

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These posts first appeared in Tang Fan’s fan group in an exclusive section on the Star Galaxy website, and as more and more people joined the discussion, it became a hot topic on the site.

Once it hit the trending searches, it garnered even more attention.

Previously, it was an internal discussion among Tang fans, envying or complaining that their idol ’got struck by a flower.’

But when it made the hot search on the entire network, countless passersby joined in.

"Wasn’t Tang Fei in a relationship with Princess Xiu Xue? How did it turn into a female teacher?"

"Princess must be just a cover... Even with our knees, we can figure out that such a lofty princess would never marry a wanderer from the Old Land."

"I heard he’s the princess’s lifesaver... Isn’t that enough?"

"Born into such a family, it’s a union of power and interests, nothing to do with love... Besides, the princess might not even like Tang Fei..."

"I think Tang Fei is pretty good, living authentically... He and his girlfriend are a good match, I hope he lives happily on New Star..."

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Tang Fei, looking at the trending search rankings on the Star Galaxy website, said to Sheng Xinhua, "We’re already at twenty-first place."

"We’ll be in the top three soon," Sheng Xinhua said confidently from the cockpit.

"Why?" Tang Fei asked.

He could do the math and knew that twenty-first was still a long way from the top three...

"Because after your scandal comes out, other things will follow one after another..." Sheng Xinhua added, "It’s like a siphon effect, your appearance has garnered a lot of attention, so more people will post topics related to you... to ride on this wave of popularity..."

"Everyone wants to be the center of attention, eager to get noticed... An official gets promoted, and even those slightly related will share photos, a celebrity passes away, and even distant acquaintances will post various messages of remembrance... as if they all knew each other well..."

Sheng Xinhua wasn’t teaching journalism, but she understood communication and human nature.

Sheng Xinhua turned around, her beautiful eyes thoughtfully observing Tang Fei, and said, "You made quite the impression at the princess’s coming-of-age banquet tonight; there should be a lot of news about you..."

"Yeah, why isn’t there any?" Tang Fei asked.

"Because someone doesn’t want to see such news."

Tang Fei understood then—neither the Royal Family nor the Qin Family wanted news related to them out there...

After all, he had danced all night with the Royal Family’s Little Princess, and the Royal Family certainly didn’t want such news to be widely reported by the media.

As for the Qin Family, it was even easier to understand.

Their direct relative, Qin Yuyang, got beaten up into a pig’s head by Little Fatty, their proud genius youth, Qin Jianyi, lost to a Wasteland Wanderer—could such news be allowed to break?

So now, the top spots on the trending search list were dominated by "Coming-of-Age Ceremony," "Her Highness the Princess’s looks are unbeatable," "Phoenix Dance Crown," and various topics related to stars and celebrities. Tang Fei’s name had been suppressed beyond the fiftieth mark...

Had it not been for the support of the Tang fans group constantly watching over him, he wouldn’t even have stood a chance of appearing on the list.

But when his and Sheng Xinhua’s ’scandal’ got exposed, it indeed attracted the attention of countless people.

"I have a distant cousin who attended the coming-of-age banquet last night, and he sent me a video... Take a look, it’s hilarious."

It started with a man called ’Western River Youngster’ posting a video, exactly the embarrassing moment where Tang Fei and Little Fatty were caught squatting in the Octagonal Pavilion eating pastries, filmed by Qin Yuyang.

"Hahaha, these two guys have a good appetite; that one big plate is enough for me for a week..."

"Others attend the banquet to see the princess, these two just went to eat, right? In their eyes, ten princesses aren’t as good as one piece of pastry..."

"So embarrassing, even if you’re hungry, you should keep up appearances, right? Isn’t there a single table in the banquet hall? Truly, from the Old Land..."

"They ate when they were hungry, what’s so embarrassing about that? I think the ones who secretly record people’s eating and post it on the internet are the real embarrassment..."

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Quickly, someone posted the video of Little Fatty beating up Qin Yuyang.

Next was Tang Fei and Qin Jianyi using broken branches as swords, sparring with each other, and after one sword strike, Qin Jianyi admitted defeat...

The public opinion exploded, and soon the topics about Tang Fei soared into the top three of the hot search.

Tang Fei, amazed by Sheng Xinhua, exclaimed, "You guessed it all."

"What’s the big deal?" Sheng Xinhua asked with an indifferent look, "The Qin Family wants to save face, so they’re trying to suppress this news, but someone else is eager to make them lose face completely, so they’re desperately fanning the flames behind the scenes..."

"Because of Shen Qingping, the Shen Family’s reputation has been dragged through the mud recently... Now that Qin Jianyi has been defeated by you, how could the Shen Family just sit back and do nothing? They’ll do whatever it takes to drag the Qin Family down with them..."

Sheng Xinhua, who seemed to be deep in thought, sized up Tang Fei and said, "With this, two major families’ descendants have been humiliated because of you... You’ve only been at New Star for a few days, and you’re already the bona fide Rich Family Killer?"

"I didn’t have much of a choice," Tang Fei said with a wry smile, not liking the idea of being dubbed the "Rich Family Killer." "You know it as well, each time I was forced to act, Shen Qingping was maliciously blocking my way, and Qin Jianyi challenged me proactively... I, an immigrant from the Old Land with nothing to my name, didn’t even have the right to refuse. What could I do?"

"What good is it that I know? Do you think the Qin and Shen Families don’t know? But when their people make fools of themselves, the blame still falls on your head. Which head of the family would admit that their child did something wrong?"

"So I’m just supposed to take a beating passively?"

"Not necessarily," Sheng Xinhua answered. "You’ve offended the Shen Family, the Qin Family, and even the Mandala Chamber of Commerce, yet no one has come looking for trouble, and you’re still able to happily trend on the hot search... It’s all because you’re the lifesaver of the Princess. With that connection, they still have to give some consideration to the Princess’s face..."

"What if even the Royal Family doesn’t like me?"

Sheng Xinhua looked at Tang Fei and said, "Then you’re really impressive, managing to make so many people dislike you in such a short time... How did you do it? Share your successful experience?"

"..."

"See if your ranking has risen on the Star Sky leaderboard," Sheng Xinhua prompted.

"Where can I see that?" Tang Fei asked.

"The Star Sky leaderboard has its own website. Each person on the list has an individual page, with reasons for inclusion, reasons for rank increase, recent performance, and even gossip and scandals..." Sheng Xinhua opened the website himself, checked, and said with a laugh, "You’re currently ranked 227 on the Blue leaderboard..."

"That’s because you’ve just arrived at Blue Star, penniless and unknown. Your short time on the list is the reason... If you gave it some time, who knows, you might really break into the top ten..."

The Star Sky leaderboard’s Blue List is a personal charm ranking not only assessing your strength and realm but also looks, lineage, expertise, work ratings, artistic achievements, and individual influence, among other comprehensive data...

As a Wasteland Wanderer, Tang Fei had a less than impressive background and had not achieved any great social feats, creating an immense gap between him and the sons of the nine major families born into privilege.

"So what if I break into the top ten? Won’t I still be beneath Shen Xinglan?"

"But you’ll be above many others," Sheng Xinhua said. "Try being underneath sometimes... It’s quite comfortable, not very hard, and you don’t have to worry about someone toppling you and keeping you down..."

"..."

The car stopped in front of the small courtyard, and Tang Fei took out the gifts that Sheng Xinhua had bought for him and said, "Thank you for the gifts, Mr. Sheng."

Sheng Xinhua gave him a coquettish glance and authoritatively said, "Call me ’sister’..."

"..."

When Tang Fei got home, Little Fatty had already returned and was lying in the living room watching TV.

Seeing Tang Fei enter with big bags and small packages, Little Fatty immediately came over and asked, "Bro, where have you been?"

"I went shopping. Didn’t I text you?"

Little Fatty eyed the big bags and small packages in Tang Fei’s hands and asked, "Did you go out with Sister Phoenix? Did she buy all these for you?"

"No," Tang Fei said. "Mr. Sheng bought them."

Little Fatty’s expression shifted slightly, and he looked at Tang Fei as if he was hesitant to speak.

"Say what you want to say," Tang Fei said. "No need to hide it."

"Bro, I think you’re a bit... a bit..."

"A bit what?"

"A bit... like a playboy?"

"..."

"You clearly have... such a good relationship with Sister Phoenix, and now... now you’re with Mr. Sheng... by doing this... I don’t even know... don’t know what to do..."

Little Fatty’s face turned purplish-red, clearly struggling with his words.

He shouldn’t criticize his own brother.

"You don’t know what to do? What’s it to you?" Tang Fei asked curiously.

"I don’t know... don’t know who to call sister-in-law..."

"..."

Tang Fei patted his shoulder and said, "Some of the clothes are for you. Try them on..."

"Oh." Little Fatty nodded.

Then he shook his head and said, "I can’t try them on."

"Why not?"

"My previous clothes were bought by Sister Phoenix. I can’t wear clothes bought by Mr. Sheng..." Little Fatty had more principles than Tang Fei. He rubbed his chubby face, caught between pain and indecision, and said, "If I were to wear her clothes, I’d feel even worse... like I’m betraying Sister Phoenix..."

"..."