Part 3
Caught red-handed, Berlin mustered his courage, "You're my teammate, I want to understand what kind of person you really are."
After confirming that Wu Hengyao was a good person, Berlin could then sleep soundly without worries.
Wu Hengyao looked at him in bewilderment and blurted out, "Don't bother understanding, I'm not even human."
Berlin: "..."
What's wrong with this person, always describing himself like a villain.
Berlin thought this person might have been hurt in interpersonal relationships before, and sincerely tried to comfort him, "You don't have to say that about yourself, you obviously look human."
Wu Hengyao wrinkled his nose, "...I feel like you're cursing me."
Berlin: "?"
Later, when he realized that Wu Hengyao was saying the same thing as Hua Yan, just the literal meaning, Berlin felt embarrassed and wanted to go back in time and slap himself with a block of tofu to wake up.
When Berlin first got to know his teammates, they weren't all that friendly, but he still tried to interact with them normally every day with a lot of vigor.
It's not that he was insensitive, but there was a reason why he still insisted on getting along well with his teammates.
Skye's four teammates were the only four people Berlin had encountered in his growth process who didn't have an exceptionally high liking for him from the first meeting.
From some indeterminate day onward, a shimmering golden number would appear floating above the heads of the people around him.
At first, he didn't know what that number mean, and it took some time to figure it out.
But Berlin wasn't happy about inexplicably gaining this unusual ability, rather, he was troubled by it.
The affinity numbers appearing above the people around him didn't bring him any joy, but instead disrupted his life.
Before, he couldn't perceive anything unusual, but later, every time he met someone, he saw the number above their head rapidly soaring, eventually settling on an extremely high figure.
Almost everyone liked him. This liking wasn't necessarily romantic, but could also be friendship, teacher-student relationships, or the affection of elders towards juniors.
No matter the gender or age, upon seeing him, they would be affected by some invisible magnetic force, and their affinity would skyrocket in an unbelievably short time.
At first, Berlin was pleased to have so many people like him, but later he felt only puzzlement, loneliness, and a reluctant fear.
Why?
Everything should have a cause and effect. Love at first sight does exist, but the probability shouldn't be a hundred percent.
The original Berlin was cheerful and lively, willing to help others, able to interact with anyone in a relaxed and natural way, quickly becoming friends, and not stingy in expressing care and taking care of those who needed it.
But after the affinity identification, Berlin became more restrained.
This was too strange.
Precisely because the people around him always had an inexplicably high affinity for him, Berlin gradually tried to control himself from getting too close to others, not able to fully relax in their company.
No one doesn't want more and more people to like them, but the premise is that the liking must be genuine.
Berlin hoped that the people who liked him truly liked him, not for some inexplicable reason.
Berlin understood a very simple truth. There is no love without reason in this world, and all the good that can be seen on the surface has the unseen costs at the bottom of the iceberg.
Perhaps he was originally a very likable person, Berlin was clear that he had never been disliked by anyone, it was just the affinity numbers that made him uncertain about things he was once confident and never doubted.
The people around him might have just genuinely liked him, without any unknown factors influencing them, and he was overthinking.
But Berlin had no way to prove this.
And all this self-doubt became less important after Berlin joined Skye.
There was a reason why Berlin chose to enter the entertainment industry.
It started with Berlin being stopped for a street interview one day, and asked a few simple survey questions.
The video was uploaded to social media, and a classmate who saw it happily told him the video had a high view count, and many people liked him.
When the classmate said many people liked him, Berlin felt a bit empty inside, because he didn't know what these people liked about him.
Until the next moment, he heard the classmate's tone change, indignantly saying, "Ninety-nine percent of the comments are all kinds of praise for you, but the internet always has these keyboard warriors, who actually said they think you're not even one-tenth as good-looking as them, and said you look too thin, like you're malnourished and not good-looking at all, not understanding why everyone is calling you handsome... There are too many netizens like that, but don't worry, a lot of people helped argue back for you—"
Berlin reacted for a while, then suddenly looked up and grabbed the other's shoulders, his eyes sparkling, "Thank you, can I take a look?"
The classmate stammered "Mm" in response, his face a bit red, directly handing over the phone.
There was still the sound of the classmate comforting him, but Berlin was very happy.
Because this meant that the people online who liked him didn't like him for no reason, but truly felt that way.
The existence of negative comments verified the authenticity of the positive ones.
He didn't enter the entertainment industry because of the people who disliked him, but because the existence of these people proved that the ones who had fallen for him across the internet were genuine.
So everything changed, yet nothing changed.
In real life, when people saw Berlin, their affinity for him was still exceptionally high without exception.
But online, there were also people who didn't like him, though the proportion was very small.
What made Berlin most certain that his decision was right was the day he first met his future teammates.
The company decided to launch a boy group called Skye, informing him that the team would have a total of five members.
When Berlin first saw his teammates, he was first amazed by their superior appearance, and then slightly stunned by their affinity.
The teammates greeted him politely and distantly.
Wu Hengyao with golden hair and tanned skin: "Hi."
Affinity [30].
Hua Yan with shoulder-length black hair and a charming appearance, scrutinizingly sizing him up: "So you're our teammate?"
Affinity [25].
Jiang Shuran with a melodious voice and gentle features: "Hello. We'll be teammates from now on."
Affinity [40].
Han Yuzhe lazily leaning back on the sofa, long legs on the ground: "Hey."
Affinity [50].
This was the first time Berlin encountered people with normal affinity ranges after being able to see the numbers.
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