[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-after-becoming-a-god-among-humans-i-just-want-to":3,"chapter-after-becoming-a-god-among-humans-i-just-want-to-after-becoming-a-god-among-humans-i-just-want-to-chapter-82":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","After Becoming a God Among Humans, I Just Want to Lie Flat",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2302221,4502,"Chapter 82: The Comet Flies Toward the Sun","after-becoming-a-god-among-humans-i-just-want-to-chapter-82",82,"\u003Cp>Chris stepped out of the bathroom and received a text from Yang Yi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Cancel the tickets—I’m flying to you. Send me your location.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chris’s hand trembled, nearly dropping his phone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She’s coming? She’s flying here herself? Oh, she might already be on the way!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shock and disbelief filled his heart; he could barely comprehend it. A flight from Luocheng to the capital of Xiaguo takes twelve hours—over ten thousand kilometers straight line, crossing the entire Pacific Ocean! A quarter of Earth’s circumference!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And she’s actually coming?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes, she’s arriving soon! The shock passed, and Chris instantly grew tense: What should I prepare? Wear the suit she likes? No no no, this is home—I should look casual, create a relaxed, natural atmosphere…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the spacious, bright bathroom, Chris stood wrapped in a towel, phone in his left hand, his expression a mix of shock and delight, quickly shifting to anxiety and helplessness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A flood of unprecedented, unanticipated questions surged through him: How long will it take her? Will she be detected by Akar’s air defense systems? Can she really fly this far?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wanted to call and ask, but feared disturbing her flight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right—the location! Send her the location!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After sending the location, he sprinted to the closet to change clothes. As he picked out an outfit, he suddenly remembered their relationship couldn’t be exposed—it would be a huge problem for Yang Yi!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He immediately called his bodyguard, chef, and nanny, giving them all the day off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Boss? Seriously? Everyone off for a full day? Not a single person staying?” asked his bodyguard, who had worked for him four years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Absolutely.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But news reports say crazy fans recently broke into Gracie Sandy’s house and stole her clothes…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I paid top price for this security system precisely to prevent this. If ordinary people can sneak in so easily, I’ll sue the security company.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alright, Boss. You’re the boss.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the mansion was empty, Chris exhaled, dropped his phone, and returned to the closet to pick out clothes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is home—I should dress casually, not too formal—too formal would seem unnatural. I need her to see the real me, not the perfect, charming illusion she imagines…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But is the real me attractive enough? What if she has no interest in the real me? Maybe her affection is just chasing a faded dream, a fleeting illusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chris had never doubted himself like this—not before, not with anyone. He always believed his self-awareness was strong enough to never change for anyone—if you love me, love all of me, not just the part you like—but now, he truly hesitated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is the real me attractive to her? What if I’m not that interesting, not that charming? The things that give men aura—fame, money, power, status—she already has all of them, and far more than I do. More importantly, she possesses the strongest power in the world, divine, earth-shattering strength…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The memory of that night, riding the oceanic beast, surfaced in his mind…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this moment, his lifelong confidence slipped away; he even felt a flicker of inferiority.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even without all that, she doesn’t seem to care about such things. She’s someone who values inner substance over the external world—she even leans toward nihilism, perhaps believing nothing in this world has meaning—not even revenge holds meaning for her…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, he was truly confused, and anxiety and panic surged through him: If she only loves the illusion of me, should I “perform” as Chris Norton—the fantasy version she imagines?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He furrowed his brow deeply, his thick eyelashes casting shadows over his blue, deep eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His ever-confident, proud heart instantly rejected the thought: Why should I change myself for others? Why pretend to be someone false? Why put on such artificial pretenses?—I’ll wear the plainest clothes, even if better ones exist! I’ll show her the most ordinary, most unremarkable version of myself—even if it makes me seem crude and dull!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He angrily pulled out the plainest white T-shirt and khaki casual pants, almost resentfully slipped them on, and stormed out without even glancing in the mirror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He paced along the villa’s outdoor corridor, staring at the sky. The weather had grown hot; the sun blazed fiercely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Flying here directly—will she be spotted? Will she halfway decide it’s too risky and turn back?…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thoughts flooded his mind, making him increasingly agitated; he could no longer bear it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He immediately called her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Darling… you’re really flying here?” he asked hesitantly. “I truly want to see you—but this idea is undeniably reckless. You’re crossing the entire Pacific!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So, you think I can’t do it? Or you don’t want to see me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He heard her say.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Appear before me right now! I’ll show you with my actions how fiercely I miss you!” Chris snapped back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No sooner had he hung up than a distant sonic boom seemed to ripple through the sky—too far away, reduced by distance to the faint hum of insects. He quickly dismissed it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He paced back and forth along the corridor, glancing up at the sky repeatedly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this anxious wait, time itself seemed to stall. After what felt like an eternity, a gust of wind stirred behind him—he spun around. Yang Yi stood there, watching him, smiling faintly, almost shyly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hi—” She bit her lower lip, waved awkwardly, as if unsure what to say. “I… I’m here.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In her gaze, Chris saw shyness, longing, and admiration for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sudden thought struck him: Maybe she truly likes the real me? The idea thrilled him—yes, it must be! Whenever he showed his true emotions, she was most moved—like on the rooftop of the Elro Hotel when he confessed his feelings, or last time when he complained she hadn’t called in four days—yes, she values honesty and sincerity, she admires authenticity!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This realization struck him like lightning. He rushed forward without hesitation, pulled her into his arms, embraced her tightly—with all the passion of his life—like a comet, desperate to fly toward the sun.\u003C\u002Fp>",995,"2026-06-20T07:52:47.920Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","dcd6a84cabcfce403d329f9237e8406b8ea232133f76ba1dae2fc21b5bb293b8","after-becoming-a-god-among-humans-i-just-want-to-chapter-83","after-becoming-a-god-among-humans-i-just-want-to-chapter-81",246,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fafter-becoming-a-god-among-humans-i-just-want-to-cover.jpg"]