Chapter 4: My Brother Caught Me Dubbing H

Title: Caught by My Brother Every Time I’m Dubbing H

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Chapter 4: My Brother Caught Me Dubbing H

The school had officially entered the summer vacation phase, and the dormitory management office was finding ways to hurry people out. In the past few summers, Dai Yu was able to stay on campus because he needed to assist a professor with research projects. However, this year his application was not approved, so Dai Yu had no choice but to go home and spend this final summer vacation there.

But life is unpredictable! Two months ago, Yang Minyue moved in with Wang Jifeng, taking all her belongings with her. Now, the impression Dai Yu has of that home is just an empty commercial apartment.

In this scorching summer, Dai Yu had nowhere to go.

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Yang Minyue led Dai Yu inside and happily poured freshly squeezed watermelon juice for him from the fridge. Her gaze never left Dai Yu, wanting to get a good look at her son who had been on her mind day and night.

“Wang… Dad, and my brother…”

Dai Yu took a sip of the watermelon juice. Although it was a bit light, it was refreshing and tasty. As it flowed down his throat, it relieved the dryness he had been feeling earlier.

“Jifeng went on a sudden business trip. Jianqiu went back to the school to look up some information for his research topic, and he’ll be back home for dinner this afternoon.”

“Has my brother not graduated yet?”

“Jianqiu is studying for his master’s degree at C University. He’s two years older than you.”

“What is he majoring in?”

“It seems like he’s studying dubbing.”

“Oh.”

Indeed, it was a shame for someone like Wang Jianqiu, who had such a good voice since birth, not to pursue a career in dubbing. Dai Yu turned to look at himself. Although he had spent some time playing online, he was aware that his vocal quality was not the kind that would make people exclaim “beautiful” upon hearing it.

Liu Cheng had described his voice in this way. It was vibrant, adorable, and most importantly, easily recognizable. Dai Yu majored in film and television performance in university, so he had a good sense of acting. However, he couldn’t change his voice, which limited the roles he could take. As a result, he remained in a lukewarm position in the online voice acting community, without any breakthrough in his vocal range.

Speaking of vocal range, this was also one of the reasons why he greatly admired Na Ding. Na Ding had a versatile voice, to the point of being able to single-handedly carry a whole drama. From cute lolitas to elderly men and women in their seventies and eighties, Na Ding could create a vivid and immersive listening experience.

Seeing that Dai Yu remained silent with his head lowered, Yang Minyue thoughtfully walked over and sat beside him. She held Dai Yu’s hand and spoke calmly.

“Xiao Yu, Mom is really happy that you moved in and are living with us. I know it’s difficult for you to immediately accept a new family, but Mom still hopes to see you happy every day.”

The two were very close, looking at each other face to face. Dai Yu noticed that his beautiful and elegant mother, who he remembered, had developed wrinkles at the corners of her eyes when she smiled. In the many summers he didn’t come home, his mother had truly aged.

“Mom, you’re overthinking. Dad has always been good to you, and so have I. I’m happy that you’ve found your own happiness. And you’ve given me another home.”

Yang Minyue held back her tears, not letting them fall. She embraced Dai Yu tightly for a long time before letting go. Then, she helped Dai Yu settle his luggage into the room and went to the kitchen to make a bowl of tomato and egg noodles, his favourite from childhood. She brought it into the room. Watching as Dai Yu ate the noodles bite by bite, Yang Minyue finally felt at ease and left the house to go shopping with her sisters.

Now, in the four-bedroom, one-living-room, two-bathroom house, only Dai Yu remained. He didn’t feel like going anywhere and just wanted to stay in his room. This room wasn’t unfamiliar because, apart from the lingering aura of being unoccupied for a long time, everything from the decorations to the wallpaper and room colour scheme had been meticulously recreated from his previous room.

For a fleeting moment, Dai Yu felt the warmth of “home” once again.

He had planned to savour this sentimental moment for a while longer, but his phone’s restless vibration in his pocket disrupted his wonderful mood.

Liu Cheng: Are you there?

Liu Cheng: I’ve been sent to supervise《Seven Up, Eight Down》!

Liu Cheng: You have ten more days, remember to finish recording those three H-scenes and send them to me!!!

Dai Yu Gongzi: Got it, got it. I’ve been working really hard to get into the right mood.

Liu Cheng: Keep it up, young man!

In fact, ever since Zhou Guwen mocked his panting as sounding worse than a cicada, Dai Yu had lost the motivation to do any voice recordings. It had been over a week since he last touched the microphone. The director of 《Seven Up, Eight Down》 was notorious in the industry for being a pushy perfectionist. The drama was scheduled to premiere in a month, so time was running out. Dai Yu knew that the ten-day deadline was undoubtedly negotiated by Liu Cheng on his behalf. With that in mind, he set up the microphone and prepared to record more H-scenes.

Dai Yu lost count of how many times he had panted, but he saw the recording software counter steadily increase from 0 to 130 minutes. The water in the kettle was also running low.

Dai Yu decided to take a break. As he took off his headphones, he heard a knocking sound at the door. He put on his slippers and walked towards the door.

At the door was Wang Jianqiu, wearing a simple short-sleeved shirt and jeans. Sweat trickled down his forehead, indicating that he had just returned from outside. He didn’t say anything but looked at Dai Yu with a curious expression.

Dai Yu blushed a bit under his gaze, and he was about to speak when Wang Jianqiu beat him to it.

“What happened to you? Did you fall off the bed?”

“Huh?”

“But judging from your expression, it doesn’t seem like you’re in much pain, so the fall couldn’t have been that serious. Why were you screaming in pain the whole time?”

Dai Yu understood what Wang Jianqiu was saying. At that moment, he felt a mix of helplessness, anger, and guilt. He tactfully explained to Wang Jianqiu about the voice acting field in online dubbing and how he screamed to better immerse himself in the character and perform the dubbing. However, he didn’t mention that the scene he was dubbing was actually an H-scene; instead, he lied and deceived Wang Jianqiu, saying that he was dubbing a struggling scene of a poor young man turning into a eunuch.

After listening to the explanation, Wang Jianqiu seemed to believe Dai Yu’s nonsense. Without making any further comments, he returned to his room next door.

After Wang Jianqiu left, Dai Yu closed the recording software. He lay back on the bed, playing with his phone, and immediately shared this incredibly awkward experience with Liu Cheng.

Dai Yu Gongzi: My brother just caught me dubbing an H-scene…

Liu Cheng: ??? I remember during our freshman introductions, you said you were an only child. When did you suddenly get a brother?

Dai Yu Gongzi: My mother remarried, and he’s my stepbrother.

Liu Cheng: Is he handsome?

Dai Yu Gongzi: He looks pretty good, and his voice is not bad either.

Liu Cheng: Oh my god! I can already imagine a bromance story! I’m going to talk to Xiao Yan and turn this into a short comic strip.

Dai Yu Gongzi: Bromance story? What do you mean?

Dai Yu Gongzi: Are you there?

Dai Yu waited with his phone for over ten minutes, but there was still no response from Liu Cheng. Just as he finished typing the punctuation marks and was about to send the message, a notification sound from Weibo suddenly rang out. He switched to the chat interface and saw a direct message from Na Ding.

Na Ding: Are you there?