Episode 049: Not as Cute as You
After Qi Yu entered the bathroom, Qi Feng, feeling bored, made a video call to Ling Ke. “Ke Ke, are you off work?”
During this summer vacation, Ling Ke was going with Jiang Ying to the TV station to work as an intern. His work load wasn’t small and he often worked overtime.
“I have to help your mother organize some information but I’ll be off soon… How about you? How was your day?” Ling Ke also knew that Qi Feng had been called by his brother to be his stand-in.
Qi Feng moved his phone a little farther away, pointing the camera at his upper body. He smiled. “I didn’t get the chance to take pictures for you during the day. How is it? You think my get up today looks good?”
Ling Ke: “……”
“I’ve never tried this style before. After wearing it today, it seems pretty handsome,” Qi Feng trained his camera to his tie, “What do you think?”
“You…” Ling Ke’s eyes were evasive, “If you don’t speak, I would have thought you really were your brother…”
“Am I not talking to you right now?” Qi Feng stare at him, “Don’t hide. Look at me, just look at me more and you’ll get used to it. I guess I’ll have stay dressing like this for a while. You’re not going to get sick of seeing me in this, right?”
Ling Ke: “……”
“When I went to my brother’s company during the day, no one found out that I was a fake. Hearing them call me ‘President Qi’, it felt quite fun…” Qi Feng seemed to have realized a bit of the fun of role-playing. He laughed. “Right now, I’m still at the hotel where my brother is staying and I’m going to have dinner with him and a teacher. My brother wants me to pretend to be him again… After I’ve eaten, I’ll look for you, okay? I haven’t seen you for several days already…”
In the middle of the conversation, the doorbell rang.
“He’s here. I’ll hang up first,” Qi Feng quickly stood up and said to Ling Ke as he walked towards the door, “See you tonight~”
Qi Feng put away his phone. He rubbed his face again and reminded himself that he was “pretending to be gege”. He then opened the door with a blank expression on his face.
He saw a tall refined-looking man standing outside the door. He had one hand in his trousers pocket and a bottle of red wine in the other hand. He was handsome and with a scholarly temperament.
Qi Feng was taken aback. Why did the person seem so familiar?
“Teacher Fu…” He called out subconsciously. But the memory of that black dragon incident a year ago rushed to his brain along with this greeting.
Wait, isn’t this the man who claimed to have kissed “him” at the bar last year! ?
…F*ck! !
There was a crack in the expression that he had just adjusted. At present, Qi Feng’s heart was completely dumbfounded.
——Isn’t this Fu guy his brother’s f*ck buddy? How did you become a teacher?
…… Which kind of teacher? He had actually ” entered the inner chamber from the main room “! He’s that capable?
——Did the other party contact his brother afterwards? Did they clearly talk it out? Then what did his brother intend by making him pretend to be him now? Since this person is his brother’s, wasn’t his brother afraid that the other party would get the wrong target?
——Or did his brother already know that he’d sold him out? Was he just deliberately testing him now?
…No, so what even if he had sold him out? Wasn’t it his brother who’d been messing around first!?
……
In just two seconds, Qi Feng’s brain was twined into a mass of paste by these questions!
We’re sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we’re going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.
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Faced with Fu Yansheng’s eyes that seemed to see through everything, Qi Feng struggled only for a second before directly raising the white flag. “He’s taking a shower.”
Fu Yansheng nodded calmly and asked, “Why did you call me ‘Teacher Fu’? Your brother asked you to pretend to be him?”
Qi Feng: “En…”
Had be botched his acting that badly? But if his disguise could be seen through at a glance, what about his immeasurably self-satisfied display at his brother’s company today? Could there have been a lot of people who noticed and simply didn’t say anything? That would be too embarrassing!?
Fu Yansheng looked at him and asked again, “So you were the one who answered the phone last night?”
“Last night?” Qi Feng reacted and said in surprise, “That was you calling?”
Fu Yansheng gave an “en” and said, “Your brother shouldn’t know that we’ve met…If you haven’t told him.”
Qi Feng: “I haven’t…”
Fu Yansheng smiled lightly. “No wonder.”
Qi Feng looked at Fu Yansheng in disbelief. He asked, “That thing between you two in the bar, don’t tell me my ge still hasn’t fessed up to you yet?”
Fu Yansheng: “En, he still wants me to mistakenly think that the person I kissed was you.”
Qi Feng said, annoyed, “Damn, what is he thinking!”
Fu Yansheng smiled, and suddenly lowered his voice and asked him, “Do you want to get revenge on your brother?”
Qi Feng was startled. “Revenge?”
Fu Yansheng raised his eyebrows. “Didn’t he use your identity to fool me last year? I still remember that we almost caused a misunderstanding with your boyfriend, didn’t we?”
“Yeah…” Thinking of this, Qi Feng was still depressed about it. But he was also a bit conflicted. He was completely unfamiliar with this man and didn’t know what the relationship between this man and his brother was now. After all, he was only seeing him for the second time. Was he going to turn sides and cooperate with the other to tease his own brother? Wouldn’t that be bad?
Fu Yansheng saw him hesitate and continued to coax, “Didn’t you say before that your brother liked to play pranks using you as a sockpuppet since you were young? Don’t you want to see him confess that he lied and did wrong in front of us?”
Qi Feng: “……”
Did he want to see his brother red-faced and have him confess to lying?
…Oops, why did he feel a little tempted?
The two looked at each other for another three seconds. Then, as if they had suddenly reached an agreement, Qi Feng turned sideways to let Fu Yansheng through the door. He frowned and said, “What do you want to do?”
“Just pretend that this is the first time you’re seeing me. In a while, I’ll ask you some simple questions. Just answer them if you find it convenient to answer.” Fu Yansheng appeased him, “Don’t be nervous. Just think of it as us playing a joke on your bother. I’ll take responsibility for any consequences.”
***
Qi Yu turned off the shower. He heard the sounds of conversation in the living room, but couldn’t hear what they were talking about through the door.
Qi Yu let his imagination run wild as he toweled off… He had no idea if Fu Yansheng had mistaken his brother for him. If he had, maybe he’ll give the other a scare when he goes out?
Heh, he wanted to see Fu Yansheng’s embarrassed expression.
However, he seemed to be feeling some contradiction as he was also hoping that the other could tell them apart…
Qi Yu took a deep breath. He calmed himself down and quietly walked out.
The conversation in the living room became clearer as he approached. He heard Fu Yansheng ask his brother, “How many classes are there for your school?”
Qi Feng: “Not a lot for freshmen and sophomores. There’ll be a lot more major classes next semester.”
……
Based on their conversation, did Fu Yansheng see through it?
Tsk, Qi Feng was useless…
Qi Yu scoffed at his younger brother’s acting skills while leisurely sauntering over. “Teacher Fu, you’re here?”
Fu Yansheng looked at him and said with a smile, “Your brother looks so much like you.”
Qi Yu: “You can tell us apart?”
Fu Yansheng: “It’s easy, you can tell at a glance.”
Qi Yu raised his eyebrows and asked Qi Feng for confirmation.
In order to prove that he hadn’t deliberately given it away, Qi Feng also nodded hurriedly. “I opened the door for him and he immediately asked me where you were.”
The corner of Qi Yu’s lips hooked up and he felt quite pleased.
He was about to ask how Fu Yansheng recognized them, but he saw the man turn to Qi Feng with an amiable manner, “What kind of sports do you usually like?”
Qi Feng cooperatively answered him, “Basketball, badminton, swimming, mountain climbing…En, I really like outdoor sports.”
Fu Yansheng smiled and said, “Really? I also like swimming. If we get the chance, should we go together?”
“Uh…” Qi Feng smiled and looked at his brother. “Ge, can we eat already?”
Qi Yu was agape. With a strange expression on his face, he walked to the phone and called room service, instructing them to serve the food.
Within ten minutes, the server pushed the dining cart in, and the three of them got up and sat at the table.
The hotel’s classic French feast was divided into four courses: The hors d’oeuvre, hot soup, main course and dessert. The pre-dinner bread was served with the first two courses.
“We’re having French cuisine? That’s perfect. Let’s open the bottle of Cmassi that I brought.” Fu Yansheng took the wine and asked the waiter to open it.
The dinner service was complete together with wine glasses. The server in charge of setting up the table also lit candles for them. It created a very mood-filled setting.
The waiter consulted with Qi Yu what time they should serve the main dish and then withdrew. Once the food was served, Fu Yansheng exchanged a few words with Qi Yu. Afterwards, he turned to ask Qi Feng what kind of dishes he usually preferred to eat. Qi Yu found it difficult to insert himself into their conversation.
They were almost done letting the wine breathe. Fu Yansheng picked up the decanter and poured it to Qi Feng first.
Qi Yu: “……???”
While the three of them ate, Fu Yansheng seemed to completely ignore Qi Yu’s existence while he tried every means possible to strike up conversation with Qi Feng. Aside from asking him what he liked to eat, he also asked what music he liked, what movies and books he liked.
Some of the questions were so trivial that Qi Yu can’t help but wonder—Was Fu Yansheng actually such a gossipy and talkative person?
Obviously, when they were chatting together, Fu Yansheng rarely asked him about these!
Was it possible that Fu Yansheng truly thought that Qi Feng was the person he kissed at the Skyline bar last year? And that’s why he’s so curious?
Qi Feng too was an idiot! Why was he just answering everything he asked? Didn’t he know to protect personal privacy!?
……
After eating their meal, Qi Yu felt upset from head to foot. Originally, he’d been happy to find out that Fu Yansheng could tell them apart at a glance. But looking at the other’s attitude towards his younger brother, he was so irritated that he wanted to flip the table.
In the beginning, to adjust the mood, Qi Yu would take the initiative to mix in a few words. Then he gradually fell silent and immersed himself entirely in cutting up the steak on his plate; imagining that he was cutting Fu Yansheng’s flesh, cut after cut, slicing it elegantly and ruthlessly. It seemed that in this way he was able to vent his anger a little.
After eating, Qi Feng finally realized that something was wrong. The scene in his imagination where his brother blushed and confessed that he had lied did not materialize at all. He only felt the air pressure in the room get so low that he was nearly suffocating. His brother’s expression got so gloomy, it looked as though he was ready to kill…
Qi Feng didn’t dare cooperate with Fu Yansheng anymore. Trembling, he picked up a small towel and wiped his mouth. He then stood up and said, “Ge…well, I have an appointment to watch a movie with Ling Ke tonight so I’m gonna go ahead…”
Qi Yu glanced at him, and said chillingly, “You haven’t had dessert yet.”
Qi Feng was almost stabbed to death by the sharp look in his brother’s eyes. “No, I’m not gonna eat anymore. No more! I’m gonna be late!”
After speaking, he threw down the small towel and left without even looking at Fu Yansheng.
In the blink of an eye, only Qi Yu and Fu Yansheng were left in the room. They sat opposite each other. The pressure in the room was lower than ever before…
After a stalemate of more than a minute, Qi Yu put down his knife and fork and looked at Fu Yansheng. As soon as he raised his eyes, he saw the man was staring at him with sparkling eyes and a maybe-there-maybe-not smile on his lips. It seemed that all his reactions just now had all been noticed.
Qi Yu’s heart jumped suddenly. He instantly understood what the other’s purpose had been for doing all this. — This man was forcing him. He was using this method to force him to confess about that incident last year!
……F*ck.
He almost fell into the other’s trap again. After this belated realization, Qi Yu was sent shivering with fright and also burning with righteous indignation.
Fu Yansheng saw his face change and put down the tableware. He leaned back against his chair, held the glass of red wine and shook it gently. He asked, “Why did you suddenly think of introducing your brother to me?”
“Didn’t you say that you want to meet him?” Qi Yu quickly calmed down from the abnormal emotions he’d been swept into by his jealousy. He forced a smile and asked, “What do you think of him?”
“He is much simpler than you…” Fu Yansheng slowly took a sip of wine, raised his eyes and smiled, “But not as cute as you.”
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【Little Theater】
Qi Feng: What did I do wrong? Why should I be played with by my brother and my brother’s husband like this! Did you never consider the feelings of a sweet, naïve, young (wo)man! QAQ
Ling Ke (stroking): Okay, okay. Next time don’t play with them anymore~~~
Qi Feng: Ke Ke 555555
My secondhand embarrassment died in the middle. Qi Yu is being toyed with, but it’s not as enjoyable as I hoped…. And then I still end up getting stuffed with dog food in the Little Theater… Ah…. Poor Qi Feng, go get some hugs from Ling Ke.
+1 my fish kept on barking at the door near the end of the chapter, making me take many breaks near the end 🙂
+2
Thank you for the chapter… the author can certainly leave every chapter with us wanting more!
Thank you for the chapter! (人´∀｀)｡ﾟ+
Yo en todo el capítulo: No Yu !!! ¡No caigas!
Happy to see Qi Feng and Ling Ke segment as always (●♡∀♡) When Qi Yu went silent, I felt that QAQ Teacher Fu why you gotta do him like that??? But I hope it works kekekeke
Thanks for the chapter 😊
Man this chapter made me so embarrassed that i took the whole day to finish it skskks
qi feng: i have a feeling that i was being used to make my gege eat a pot of vinegar…QAQ
Qi Feng what the fuck man? This is the second time you’ve met FYS, why side with him??? Why are you such a pushover? Ugh.
I don’t like QY being manipulated and played with like that. Ot wasn’t funny. They BOTH should have know he would react that way, especially QF.
Thank you for the chapter<3
thanks for the chapter!
Aww.. Our poor xiao Feng worked so hard just to be cut into pieces with his ge’s icy stare. ;—; Go, go get the warm and fluffy consolation you totally deserve from your Keke ba..
Not bad but not good….