Chapter 033: Bringing a Boyfriend
When the man said that “I want you to be completely willing”, Qi Yu’s heart beat fiercely. He felt once again like his whole body was going to burn from the inside out.
And more than that, just now, he really had been entertaining a faint though of “fishing out the other party’s needs to weigh whether or he could provide something of equivalent exchange for making use of him”. But the very next second, Fu Yansheng exposed his attempt.
The feeling of being completely seen through by the other party gave Qi Yu mixed emotions — admiration, fear, sullenness but also, excitement and other complex feelings that he himself couldn’t accurately describe.
And because of how Fu Yansheng had stared unblinkingly at him while he’d been speaking just now, for a moment, Qi Yu even began to wonder if what the other party was actually after was… him.
That’s right, just he himself.
This secretive, inscrutable man, had already cast an inescapable net, catching him within it. He was now watching him as he confusedly wandered around in the dense fog, fumbling and hesitating, waiting for him to hand himself over with complete willingness in exchange for the truths of the world.
……
Qi Yu trembled all over. He was panic-stricken at having made such a mental connection.
Reason regained the upper hand and he began to scold himself for his unrealistic speculations——
Qi Yu, oh, Qi Yu. Have you forgotten how your attempts at seduction were thwarted the day before?
Have you forgotten just how upright Teacher Fu is?
How can a man who can spout things like “Teaching you is for the good of society” “I won’t force you”, spend his days making designs on your body?
You just keep letting your imagination run wild because you kissed him last year and now have a ghost in your heart.
……
Qi Yu tried his hardest to get rid of those dirty distracting thoughts. He calmed down and reconsidered what the other party’s needs could be.
Fu Yansheng said that it wasn’t a matter of money. So it was something intangible?
Qi Yu asked, “What if I never find out what it is?”
Fu Yansheng: “Then we’ll just forget it.”
Qi Yu: “Just forget it?”
“En, I also told your dad that I signed that contract to chat with you on a whim. I didn’t expect that you would buy me for a entire year…” Fu Yansheng smiled lightly, “However, getting acquainted is fate. I don’t have too many expectations or requirements of you. Moreover, our contract is about to expire. If it really won’t work, then we’ll get along as ordinary friends in the future. Isn’t that good too?”
Qi Yu was taken aback, he almost forgot. The chat contract between him and Fu Yansheng was signed in mid-August last year. It was ending in a little more than a month.
When the time comes, will Fu Yansheng no longer answer his questions anytime and anywhere?
“Can’t I sign it again when it expires?” Qi Yu furrowed his brows.
Fu Yansheng narrowed his eyes at him, “Are you really taking me for someone who’s got nothing better to do than be a cheap tutor for you rich young master?”
Qi Yu: “…………”
Qi Yu got a vague feeling that Fu Yansheng had used a classic marketing technique on him — emotional entrapment during the trial period — letting customers try a certain product for a period of time at a low or even free price and when the customers get into the habit of using the products and become dependent on it, then they’ll start charging fees.
Many users who cannot change their habits will be willing to pay for the product, but the value to be paid this time includes not only the price of the previous free trial period, but it may also greatly exceed the price that most people who are thinking straight would be willing to pay.
……
But at least those goods will be marked with prices. Not only did the man in front of him not tell him what price he had to pay to continue using the other party’s services, but he also didn’t f*cking care whether he continued to buy!?
What kind of operation was this?
“Okay, don’t get all twisted up about it.” Fu Yansheng saw Qi Yu staring at him, sizing him up and coughed lightly. He took the ladle and took the initiative to scoop out the fish in the pot and put it into his bowl. “Are you still eating? It’s going to crumble if you continue cooking it.”
Qi Yu stared at Fu Yansheng and tentatively asked, “Can you give me some hints?”
Fu Yansheng almost couldn’t help but laughing out loud. “No.”
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He can do it in just one month?
Something intangible? Emotion? Spirit?
Wait, Qi Yu seemed to have thought of something.
His return to China this time was because Fu Yansheng had taken the initiative to suggest to his dad that he come to Mei Wei to develop his skills. Does Fu Yansheng want to use this as a pretext to examine his actual ability?
That’s right. As a teacher, this person would definitely hope to see his student surpass the master. Moreover, his performance would be the greatest recognition of the level of the other person’s teaching…
Combined with what Fu Yansheng once said to his dad, Qi Yu also thought that this conjecture was very reasonable!
Qi Yu seemed to have caught sight of hope. A trace of tenacity, the unwillingness to concede defeat, flashed in his eyes. “Okay, you just wait.”
***
In the following days, Qi Yu completely transformed into a workaholic. He took his assistant Wu Shuang and the bodyguard named Wang Meng to visit Mei Wei’s various departments.
He also personally inspected several of the company’s important sectors — quality inspection, logistics, warehousing, sales. He checked the data in the accounts one by one, trying to find some problems.
Of course, in order to make full use of the consulting service that was just one month away from expiration, and also to survey Fu Yansheng’s “needs”, Qi Yu often called Fu Yansheng and asked the other party, after erasing the key information, about the problems he encountered in his actual work.
In the blink of an eye, a little less than half a month had passed.
Before leaving work that day, Qi Yu received a call from Meng Wenhui.
“Qi Yu, what have you been up to lately? I haven’t seen you for half a month!” Meng Wenhui’s loud voice came from the other end of the phone. There was loud music in the background.
Qi Yu was surprised. “Are you with Si Hang and the others?”
Meng Wenhui: “Yeah! We’ve been hanging out and having fun every day. These brothers of yours sure are loyal!”
Qi Yu smiled and said, “It’s fine so long as you’re having a good time. So what are you calling me for?”
Meng Wenhui: “Are you free tonight? Si Hang wants you to come and play together!”
Qi Yu asked in return, “They want to call me so you’re calling me for them? This bastard, have you sold out?”
“Of course not!” Meng Wenhui hurriedly refuted. Meng Wenhui moved to who knew where and the noise in the background fell silent. Qi Yu only heard Meng Wenhui’s muffled voice, “Si Hang and his posse know a pretty amazing friend. A few days ago, they even took me to make a lot of money!”
Qi Yu was taken aback. “What amazing friend?”
“Someone within the circle that they hang out with though I’m not clear on who it exactly is. They’ve got some gossip that they can make quick money through stock speculation. I didn’t pay attention to it at first. Then one time, they asked me whether I wanted to join in or not. I gave then twenty thousand, you know, just to thank them for always showing me around. But yesterday they gave me fifty thousand, just five days after I gave them the money!” Meng Wenhui’s voice was filled with uncontrollable excitement. “Damn it, this is even easier than f*cking fishing in a casino! These guys are amazing. They do nothing but eat, drink and have fun and they can still make money while they’re at it!”
Qi Yu frowned. “You’re not being tricked, are you?”
Meng Wenhui: “Tricked? Are you kidding me? Weren’t you the one who introduced him to me? Si Hang even said that he’s just letting me join because I’m your friend. He said that if you weren’t so busy doing who knows what every day, he would have pulled you in the join too!”
While they were talking, Si Hang’s voice came from the other end of the phone. “Meng Wenhui, why are you making a phone call here? Who are you calling?…Qi Yu?”
In the next second, the voice on the other end of the phone was replaced to that of Si Hang. “Qi Yu! Why aren’t you replying to my messages on WeChat? Are you going to come hang out!?”
Qi Yu remembered that it seemed that he had indeed received a message from the other party a few days ago.
“I’ve been so busy with work, I didn’t get to reply to you.” Qi Yu was a little curious about what Meng Wenhui said. On top of that, he had told Si Hang before that he would join them when he had time. It also wouldn’t be good if he kept neglecting them. He couldn’t help but seize the chance and said, “Should I hang out with you guys tonight?”
Si Hang happily said, “Come, come, come. Same place as last time, I’ll introduce you to some new friends!”
Just as he hung up, Qi Yu received a message from Fu Yansheng.
F1S: “Let’s have dinner tonight?”
Yu: “[Tuzki Madly Shaking a Person.gif]”
Qi Yu said helplessly: “I already made plans with the Si Family’s young master.”
Frankly speaking, Qi Yu would have preferred to have dinner with Fu Yansheng. They haven’t seen each other for ten days, not since that time they ate stone pot fish.
F1S: “88 Huaijin Road?”
Qi Yu was dazed. He suddenly had an idea and replied. “Wait a sec.”
Qi Yu called Si Hang back again and asked, “Can I bring a friend later?”
“You’re bringing someone again?” Si Hang deliberately teased him, “Okay, but I’m telling you, you’re only allowed to bring a girlfriend tonight! Do you still remember Tang Weiye? He’s been gaga over you since you two met that day. Day after day, he keeps pestering me to call you over. He’s going to annoy me to death… Hey, did you block his WeChat? I saw your box lunch post in Moments but he said he didn’t see it!”
Qi Yu: “……”
After Tang Weiye sent him more than 20 consecutive harassing messages the day after they met, Qi Yu was driven to the edge of his patience and he turned off notifications for his messages on WeChat. He then set permissions on his Moments…
He was already being generous by not directly blacklisting him.
Qi Yu didn’t explain but simply said, “The friend I want to bring isn’t a girl.”
Si Hang: “F*ck! Then a f*cking boyfriend is fine too! Find someone to bring over and get Tang Weiye to give up on his delusions!”
Qi Yu: “…………”
After hanging up the call, Qi Yu was still hesitant to invite Fu Yansheng. After all, Si Hang’s idea of having fun could get pretty messy. He didn’t know if such an honest person such as Fu Yansheng could accept it.
As a result, he hadn’t even spoken yet when the other had already guessed it.
F1S: “Do you want to take me with you?”
Yu: “En, are you ok with that?”
F1S: “As far as I know, this kind of private gathering is very concerned about the relationship between the invitee and the indirect invitee. If I go with you, who will I be?”
Qi Yu was dumbfounded. How come Fu Yansheng understands the market situation so well?
But then, thinking about it, this man spent a lot of time socializing. He was also in touch with the upper-class of the business circle. How could he not understand?
But speaking of a definite relationship…
Qi Yu couldn’t help getting a headache when he remembered Tang Weiye’s idiotic look that day.
How about if he tells Fu Yansheng and have him pretend to be his…boyfriend?
No, no, no…
As soon as the idea came out, Qi Yu wanted to pour a bucket of ice water over his head to cool his brain.
— They had an ambiguous kiss a year ago and he didn’t want to cross the line anymore!
Qi Yu thought of Xu Yizhou, Si Hang’s secretary and thought of the relationship between Xu Yizhou and Fu Yansheng. He asked, “I could say that you’re my secretary?”
F1S: “Don’t you know that secretaries can only sit in a corner and wait to be dispatched on errands in places like that?”
Yu: “I’m sorry, I didn’t know…”
No wonder Xu Yizhou was sitting so far away from them last time…
Qi Yu immediately changed his words, “Then I’ll say that we’re good friends?”
F1S: “All right. I’ll pick you up?”
Qi Yu was startled and said “OK”.
He and Fu Yansheng were about equally as far from No. 88 Huaijin Road. He originally thought that Fu Yansheng would say to meet in front of the convenience store.
F1S: “I’ll be there in about 40 minutes. You should get ready. I’ll call you when I get there.”
Fu Yansheng’s timing was very precise. No more than thirty-seven minutes later, Qi Yu received a call from the other party.
“There’s still three minutes before I get there. You can head downstairs now.” The man said on the phone.
Qi Yu went downstairs. Just as he was wondering whether Fu Yansheng booked a car or hired a taxi, he saw a sapphire blue Lamborghini park firmly in front of him.
The window rolled down, revealing a familiar figure in the driver’s seat.
Qi Yu: “……???”
Qi Yu got into the passenger seat and said, surprised, “This is your car?”
Fu Yansheng also looked at him. He frowned and said, “What’s wrong with your face? Allergies?”
“Sunburn,” Qi Yu reacted and touched the injured area. He hissed and gritted his teeth. “My skin’s probably going to peel.”
The Qi Family brothers inherited Jiang Ying’s complexion. They were whiter than snow when they were young. As an adult, Qi Yu’s skin was ivory white. No matter what, it wouldn’t tan but if he’s exposed too much to the sun, it would peel.
These past few days, Qi Yu visited several warehouses and stores to understand the company’s operating conditions and he hadn’t bothered putting sunscreen on.
Under the hot summer sun, his skin became a little red and it stung when it came in contact with water. This process would last about 20 days. After which, he would have gotten a new layer of skin. Only that, the process was a bit hard to bear.
Fu Yansheng has never seen this kind of physique. After listening to Qi Yu’s explanation, his brows furrowed. “Wu Shuang didn’t open an umbrella for you?”
Qi Yu had mentioned Wu Shuang to Fu Yansheng over the phone. He praised this young man.
Although they’ve only been together for ten days, there really was nothing you could fault about the young man’s work ability. Wu Shuang was able to do every job Qi Yu assigned to him. Not only were his professional skills up to standard, he was also very diligent in running errands.
Because of the other’s good performance, Qi Yu had confessed to Wu Shuang about his identity and his purpose for coming to Mei Wei. Wu Shuang was a little surprised at first, but he quickly changed his role and stood in the same trench with Qi Yu, dealing with people both inside and outside of the company together.
However, Qi Yu forgot whether he had ever told Wu Shuang’s name to Fu Yansheng. At this moment, hearing the other party call his name so naturally, he couldn’t help being stunned.
“Wu Shuang is there to help me take pictures of the scene.” Qi Yu explained. A faint line of worry appeared between his brows. But his worry wasn’t about getting sunburn, but about turning up with nothing in his investigations.
Except for the incident with the online celebrity at the beginning of the month, Mei Wei’s operation process can be said to be completely up to standard and without any loopholes.
“Will buying some burn cream be of any use?” The man was still frowning as he stared at his face.
“I don’t know, I’ve never tried it…” Qi Yu also wondered if he should be meeting people looking like this. He raised his hand and opened the makeup mirror on the sun visor to take a look.
“It’s fine. Leave it be. It will be better in a few days.” Qi Yu closed the sun visor and asked, “You haven’t answered me yet. Why are you driving a car like this today? Is this yours?”
“No.” Fu Yansheng stepped on the accelerator and the sports car’s engine made a low roar, like a tiger growling, purring. It was very eye-catching. “If I buy a car like this, I’ll probably only get to use it a few times a year. It’ll just gather dust in the garage. It’s not cost effective.”
Qi Yu couldn’t stop himself from laughing. “So where did you get it? You borrowed it?”
After the car leapt out of level ground, Fu Yansheng gave an “en” and said, “I can’t have you lose face, right?”
Qi Yu: “Huh?”
Fu Yansheng explained with a smile: “In this circle, you have to put on different outfits when meeting different people. Going to the party of this young master of the Si Family that you mentioned, if I don’t pretend to be as rich and lavish as they are, he might not even deign to look at me. Wouldn’t that be an embarrassment to you?”
Though the man said “pretend”, his tone had that cool indifference that showed he was used to these situations.
Qi Yu suddenly remembered something and narrowed his eyes. “Wait, then when you came to pick me up in the middle of the night, why’d you hire just a lousy taxi for me?”
Moreover, he remembered that when Fu Yansheng usually met up with him, he didn’t drive and he just wore the clothes he wore to work. He was very casual…
The author has something to say: [Little Theater]
Qi Yu: So he wants to see my performance at work? No problem! Chong Ya! o(￣ヘ￣o)
Fu Yansheng:…
Sigh, I overdid the ‘upright and decent’ act. Now, I regret it so much! ˊ_&Gtˋ
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PS. Countdown: There’s still one month before Little Fish and Teacher Fu fall in love (Time in story)!
best bois ❤
can’t wait to see what happened in 1.5 month in the story!!
(i don’t remember about Qi Feng having sensitive skin lol)
remember when they had military practice? There it mentioned that his skin peeled after being burned by the sun (and instead of getting tanned, he got whiter haha)
ooooh!!! yes!!! you’re right!! now i remember, thanks! gotten whiter after military lolololol
💙💙💙
pwahah the sensitive skin makes its reappearence~
i want and dont want the skin condition at the same time dammit T▽T
why is beauty literally a pain sometimes??
Ehehegehehehehe Cant wait to see their progress and development
Yay thank you for the chapter 🌸
Un mes… Ah~~~ (~￣³￣)~💜✨
🖤🖤🖤 Thanks for the chapter~ >.<
thanks for the chapter!
Why do I feel like it was me who chatted with Fu Yansheng? Gosh! I’m all smile now!!! This is sooo~ relatable. I can’t~~
In xiao Yu’s mind, Fu laoshi is na me upright.. tsk tsk tsk 😂
Well well. Looks like the biggest impediment in their relationship is actually……… ML himself. 😂 Is this whats called shooting yourself in the foot? 🤔