Chapter 246
Some of the fans from the rivals were inferring that Taylor hade to a point where he couldn’t even
afford ten million. She didn’t know where they found it, but they managed to find the photos taken on the
set when he was filming ‘Doctor Invincible’ where he seemed extremely depressed with messy hair, dirty
clothes, and his slightly protruding belly.
The photo was used in the article to make a fuss, saying that after offending most of the entertainment
industry, the former middle-aged superstar had be devastated with no roles to y.
And you’re telling me that people actually believed all these? she thought. That was the sad truth
however, because as soon as the materials came out, Taylor’s ranking had dropped to the twentieth
ce. Harry was almost the same. He was barely hanging at the tenth ce, and he might fall out any
time.
This just went to show how terrifying online ndering could be for Michael’s ranking to drop so much
overnight.
These people wanted to be famous, so they tried to sabotage Taylor’s poprity.
As Michael’s fan, Sophia was getting so anxious as she scrolled around the discussion section on
Twitter. She really wanted to tell everyone that she was Taylor’s wife and Tay Tay had been living a very
good life.
She was so anxious that she was seething with anger. On the other hand, Michael was leisurely looking
at the mirror, adjusting his hair.
The university’s professional skillspetitions would be held on this day. Many parents would be
attending and as Sophia’s husband, Michael felt he was obliged to attend as her only ‘parent’.
Bayside University always had a tradition of wearing school uniforms. Recently, the uniforms were
distributed.
Michael had donned Bayside University’s uniform, and with his inch long hair, a ck satchel and white
sport shoes, he looked just like any ordinary student.
When Michael yed Doctor Invincible, he waspletely unburdened with the need of maintaining his
good looks. He was fine with shaving his head, ‘disfiguring’ his face, and gaining weight, because the
role’s image during his depressed days was a fat middle-age man. In order to ensure a realistic effect
where his belly was hanging over the belt, not only did he get a tan, he ate a bunch of junk food to grow
his belly.
However, after the filming was done, he quickly lost weight and his eight-pack abs were visible again. He
even became fairer, and his chiselled facial features werepletely different from the fat middle-aged
men whose features were miserable-looking in the film.
This was the quality of a true actor. In reality, Michael was very handsome, but in the movies, he was
able to portray the image of any role. If he was requested to be a depressed middle-aged man, he could
be that very being.
Meanwhile, there were also other so-called ‘popr artists’ who couldn’t get into character.
Thus, this was the difference between a true actor and a so-called popr artist.
However, Michael normally kept a really low-profile. He usually didn’t reveal his private life online.
asionally, he would post a photo on set without him in it, causing people to think he had really
offended the bigshots in the industry. This was the reason why his image as an male idol had started to
decline, and many fans had stopped supporting him all of a sudden.
While reading about the fans’ rivalry on the Inte with her phone, Sophia peeked at Michael, who was
sitting beside her.
Each time Sophia peeked at him, she would exim silently, Ah, my Tay Tay is so handsome! How in the
world could anyone be so handsome?! He is so handsome and charming, so why would anyone want to
nder him?! Even if he was a pervert, he doesn’t deserve to be ndered. After all, he is so handsome!
Michael wore a ck wig. Some of his original hair was poking out and the colors appeared as
embellishments for his look. It made him look really young, and he even seemed to be younger than
Stanley.
After he was satisfied with his looks, he turned on his phone and started taking selfies.
Upon seeing that, Sophia leaned over quietly and sneaked herself into the frame. In a while, more than a
dozen photos were taken.
Meanwhile, Nathan, who had been sitting quietly in front of them, couldn’t bear to watch. What an
eyesore! There’s a kid here, mind you guys! he thought.
As the car arrived at Bayside University, Sophia put away her phone and got out of the car along with
Michael. Somehow, he found a bicycle and waved to Sophia. “Chica, get on.”
Sophia hopped on the back of the bicycle elegantly, then Michael rode away, blending into a group of
young couples cycling in the campus; he didn’t look out of ce at all.
Meanwhile, Nathan was left behind, looking like a resentful child, and he was escorted by Gary to the
School of Computer Science.
Sophia was sitting on the bicycle, while Michael cycled through the school’s boulevard. The trees were
green and new branches were growing; even the breeze smelled nice.
Wherever Sophia’s idol was, the air would be nice and sweet!
Thepetition on this day was about a variety of professional skills, such as cash-counting, abacus
arithmetics, identifying counterfeit money and so on. Sophia could only participate in one of them, which
was the cash-countingpetition.
Thepetition was held in an amphitheater, and over ten tables were arranged on the stage for the
competition.
At the moment, the hall that could amodate over a hundred people was already full. Parents,
students, and people from other departments were there to watch thepetition.
Sophia and Michael walked in hand in hand. Initially, she was worried that someone would recognize her
idol and cause amotion, but upon entering the hall, she realized she had been thinking too much.
Michael had a pair of big sunsses on, so he did not seem to have caused anymotion, and no one
recognized him at all. Who would have expected that the tanned, depressed, outdated and middle-aged
actor, Taylor would actually be wearing a school uniform and sitting in Bayside University’s lecture hall?
All these years, Michael had maintained his looks, so he didn’t look old. On this day, he was full of youth
and vigor, looking no different from other students.
This was a school-wide event, so Sophia bumped into many of her ssmates upon entering the hall.
Seeing Sophia and a boy entering hand in hand, everyone acted as if they had discovered a big news,
and they began to gather round her.
“Sophia! Who is this?” A group of girls was extremely curious.
Michael was wearing sunsses and a school uniform. On his neck was a pendant that was simr to
Sophia’s. The two looked like a perfect match, and they were obviously a young couple.
Michael introduced himself freely. “Nice to meet you. My name is Michael. I am Sophia’s boyfriend.”
The girls didn’t even doubt him. Everyone in ss knew Stanley was pursuing Sophia, but they didn’t
expect Sophia to have a boyfriend already.
Everyone was very curious about Sophia’s ‘family member’. “Wow, you look like Taylor Murray!”
“What major are you studying?”
“Why are you wearing sunsses?”
Michael answered the questions skillfully, “I am from the School of Cinematography, and I am colorblind.”
Sophia was incredibly worried that Michael would be recognized, but throughout the process, he was
actually hiding it very well and he managed to answer all the questions perfectly.
Before thepetition began, everyone was chatting together. Many of Sophia’s ssmates were
Taylor’s fans, and they had been paying attention to his newstely. The focus of the conversations had
turned toward the huge scale of nder materials that were circting on the Inte recently.
A student eximed, “I don’t know who Taylor offended, but it seems like everyone is taking advantage
of his downfall. Today, I saw someone saying that he is refusing to return the money he borrowed. I
heard there will be more insightsing in.”
“Really, I didn’t expect that he is actually that kind of person. He even molested female actresses. We
might know him on the outside, but not on the inside! What a disgusting scumbag he is!”
“The male idol of the past has eventually met his downfall.”
“Beauty fades, I guess… On the other hand, I think Nichs Yates is pretty handsome. He has the looks
of Taylor Murray when he was young!”
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