Once the words were spoken, there was no reason to take them back.
Since the day Ji Xingchen received that phone call and left without a word after the college entrance exam, Ran Feng hadn’t seen him again.
Years had passed, and he really wanted to see Ji Xingchen.
After recognizing his voice in the game, he had been paying attention to the livestream room these days, but he had never seen Ji Xingchen turn on his camera.
It was because of this that he thought of asking for a photo tonight.
He didn’t like watching livestreams, let alone giving gifts to others.
Little did he know that asking a streamer to send a photo in private had other implications.
Ran Feng’s account had sent tens of thousands of gifts, and the system automatically upgraded him to a high-level VIP. So when he entered the female streamer’s livestream room, the cool lighting effects were also seen by the female streamer and her fans.
“Wow, did another big boss just come in? Hello to Wanfeng Picks Star, the boss~ Don’t forget to follow me before you leave~”
Suddenly hearing the female streamer talking to him, Ran Feng remembered that his account was still in someone else’s livestream room.
He quickly exited his account and closed the MeowMeow TV app.
Putting down his phone, Ran Feng walked to the sink.
After finishing recording the program and returning to the dressing room, he went to watch Ji Xingchen’s livestream as soon as possible, still with makeup on his face.
After washing his face, Ran Feng dried his hands with a towel, and his assistant knocked on the door of his dressing room.
“Brother Feng, is your makeup off? Can I come in now?”
Sitting back on the sofa, Ran Feng said, “Come in.”
Assistant Xiao Xia gently opened the door, holding a contract in her hands.
“Brother Feng, Sister Li Na just asked me to show you this. It’s an invitation contract from Honor of Kings.”
She pointed to the words on the cover and explained, “This year is the seventh anniversary of Honor of Kings, and they’ve been talking to us about spokeperson recently.”
Ran Feng took the document, casually placed it on the table, and didn’t rush to open it.
“Exclusive endorsement?”
Xiao Xia nodded quickly, “Yes, exclusive endorsement! They’re planning to announce it on the day of the World Championship Finals, which is three months away.”
She looked at Ran Feng expectantly, but found that he didn’t say anything or even look at the contract after hearing her explanation.
Xiao Xia hurriedly supplemented the various benefits of accepting this endorsement, “Honor of Kings has never looked for spokeperson before, and they’re offering very generous terms. They have arrangements for promotion and publicity on various channels. This endorsement for you is quite simple, just a few promotional photos for them, and then you’ll join the other four ambassadors for the entertainment match at the World Championship Finals! I’ve heard from Brother Yuze that you’re very good at playing Honor Of Kings, so the entertainment match should be easy for you.”
“This resource is really good! Many people in the industry want it, but the brand only favors you. And I heard that the competition for the remaining four ambassador spots is very fierce.”
As a senior fan of Honor of Kings, she hoped Ran Feng would accept this opportunity.
But she also knew that Ran Feng wasn’t very interested in games…
And with Ran Feng’s current popularity and influence, he didn’t really need to endorse Honor of Kings, a national mobile game, to gain popularity.
But the thought of Brother Feng actually becoming the spokesperson made her imagine that every time she logged into the game, she would see Brother Feng’s handsome face sending her various anniversary gifts.
Just thinking about it made Xiao Xia feel ecstatic.
“Is Jingze on the list?”
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But… Jingze was an exception.
As far as she knew, Jingze debuted around the same time as Brother Feng, and their relationship was actually quite good in the early years.
Back then, when Jingze released a single, Brother Feng, who never helped others film MVs, made an exception to shoot the theme MV for his album together with him. The scene where the two of them smiled at each other while playing the piano in the MV instantly became a famous scene, attracting a large wave of attention to both of them.
Even to this day, the MV they shot together was still essential material for various romantic edits made by fans.
But it was precisely because this MV became popular in the fandom that Jingze and Brother Feng fell out.
Jingze was impatient for success and fame, so he did a series of provocative things to attract attention.
He deliberately said ambiguous things about his relationship with Brother Feng in various interviews, blatantly using Brother Feng to stir up rumors about a gay couple.
Xiao Xia remembered very clearly that her gossip-loving sister had said that Jingze had sent out a wave of press releases, promoting himself as the unrequited love and the one with a birthmark on his heart in Brother Feng’s circle.
Brother Feng, upon learning of this, looked extremely ugly and immediately blocked all of Jingze’s contact information, refusing to have any contact with him.
What’s more, since then, Brother Feng had become immune to rumors. No one had been able to spread any news related to CP with him, regardless of whether it was with a man or a woman.
Xiao Xia knew that Jingze was a taboo for Brother Feng, so she didn’t dare to hide anything and could only tell him everything she knew.
“I heard that his team is also vying for promotion…” Xiao Xia’s words about “vying for promotion ambassador” were interrupted by Ran Feng.
“No.”
Ran Feng’s refusal was very decisive, without any room for negotiation.
Xiao Xia was stunned.
Originally, she had only heard gossip about Jingze and Brother Feng from others.
But today, seeing Brother Feng’s attitude with her own eyes, she understood just how much Brother Feng detested him!
Was Brother Feng afraid that the other party would use the opportunity to appear together to stir up CP rumors?
She believed that if Jingze really dared to do that, the sisters of iFeng would definitely tear him to pieces!
The thought that Brother Feng had refused because of Jingze made Xiao Xia’s heart ache.
In fact, Brother Feng didn’t need to give up the endorsement because of this annoying person.
And now everyone knew that the CPs in the entertainment industry were all fake, and no one would take them seriously!
“Xiao Xia.”
Ran Feng looked up at Xiao Xia, interrupting her thoughts.
“Do you have any candy?”
Then he mentioned a candy brand to Xiao Xia.
Ran Feng knew that Xiao Xia was a girl who liked to eat snacks, especially candy.
He had once seen her throwing this brand of candy into her mouth casually.
When suddenly asked about snacks by Brother Feng, Xiao Xia nodded absentmindedly.
“Yes, I have… in my bag. Brother Feng, do you… need some?”
“Please give me seven pieces.”
Xiao Xia clearly saw a hint of amusement in Brother Feng’s eyes as he said this, incredibly gentle!
Gentle…?
Was this something that should appear on Brother Feng?
Five minutes later, Ran Feng took the candies from Xiao Xia’s hand.
Seven pieces of candy were wrapped in beautiful paper, shimmering under the light, looking particularly attractive.
Ran Feng carefully placed the seven pieces of candy in his palm, took out his phone to find the right angle, and immediately took a photo. Then he logged into Weibo and posted the picture.
Whatever he said to Ji Xingchen, he wouldn’t take it back.
But since he asked Ji Xingchen for a photo, he would give him one now.
This way… it shouldn’t count as him being rogue to him, right?
Tonight, the audience in the live broadcast room was very enthusiastic, and Ji Xingchen didn’t finish his live broadcast until nearly midnight.
During the live broadcast, in order to keep up the energy and interact with the audience, the host usually had to maintain high energy, which was very tiring.
Ji Xingchen felt a bit tired after finishing the broadcast, but he didn’t immediately go to wash up. Instead, he opened his phone and checked WeChat.
He remembered the thing about Big Boss Wanfeng asking him for a photo.
During the break in the live broadcast, he had looked through his phone album, but he suddenly woke up after searching through it and realizing that he hadn’t taken a solo photo since his father passed away.
He quickly picked up his phone, held it under the light, and took a selfie.
As he took the photo, he was a bit puzzled. Why would Big Boss Wanfeng ask a male streamer for a photo? But considering he was just a guy, the boss probably didn’t have any ulterior motives, maybe just wanted to get to know him. He didn’t dwell on it and opened WeChat, ready to send the photo to Wanfeng.
Then he stopped.
It was too late to send a photo to someone at this hour, and… sending a photo to someone late at night seemed a bit… inappropriate, right?
Better to send it tomorrow.
Ji Xingchen decisively closed WeChat and saw two notifications from his super fans.
“Your little darling @Ran Feng came online two hours ago~”
“Your little darling @Ran Feng posted a Weibo two hours ago~”
Ji Xingchen wasn’t exaggerating. He would indeed support Ran Feng’s fan club, just not as zealously as his fans.
Since Ran Feng debuted, he had silently been following him.
Ji Xingchen didn’t open the super fan club but directly opened Weibo.
Skillfully finding his only follow on his small account, he quickly clicked into Ran Feng’s Weibo homepage.
Ran Feng’s new Weibo post was a picture.
His hand was in the photo.
His slender fingers were gently spread out on the table, holding a few candies in the center of his palm.
Ji Xingchen counted them, there were seven in total.
As the number in his mind stopped at seven, Ji Xingchen’s heart suddenly skipped a beat.
Looking at those seven candies, he recalled a memory from high school—
It was during the fourth period of PE in the morning. Classmates were freely moving around the playground. The boys were playing basketball, while the girls were eating ice cream and whispering under the shade of trees.
But Ji Xingchen and Ran Feng quietly returned to the classroom together.
The ceiling fan on the white ceiling was squeaking as it turned. The gentle breeze swept through the air, then gently wrapped around the slender and delicate fingertips of the boys.
Ji Xingchen pulled a chair from the front row, leaned on the desk, rested his chin on the desktop, and looked at Ran Feng opposite him with eyes as bright as a deer’s.
Suddenly, he stretched out his hand, clenched into a fist, and placed it in front of him in a mysterious yet serious manner—
“Brother Ran Feng, guess how many candies are in my hand?”
Ji Xingchen looked at Ran Feng, his eyes sparkling.
“If you guess correctly, I’ll give you ten candies.”
Ran Feng found it childish and lazy to bother. He raised his eyebrows, didn’t say anything, and lowered his head to continue helping Ji Xingchen with the physics test paper.
But Ji Xingchen wasn’t discouraged. “Not saying anything means guessing zero!”
“Well, zero.” Ran Feng didn’t lift his head, his tone lazy.
“Congratulations on guessing right!” Ji Xingchen opened his hand, revealing three candies in his palm.
He gently moved the hand holding the candy closer to Ran Feng’s slender fingers, lightly tapping them, his eyes curved with a smile, revealing a row of teeth like white glutinous rice.
“I said I’d give you ten candies if you guessed right. I’ll prepay you three for today, and I’ll give you the remaining seven later. I’ll write you an IOU first and slowly pay you back in the future.”
Ran Feng’s writing stopped.
Staring at the test paper that had been answered countless times but suddenly couldn’t come up with an answer, he smiled faintly and covered Ji Xingchen’s palm with his own.
“Got it.”
Seeing the idol who hadn’t posted an original Weibo in ages suddenly post a picture of candies, the iFeng fans were all ecstatic.
In less than two hours, just the rainbow farts and confessions had racked up over three hundred thousand reposts and comments on Weibo, with likes exceeding five hundred thousand.
After the excitement, some observant iFeng fans noticed something unusual.
“What’s up with my Ran Feng lately?? His Weibo activity has skyrocketed compared to before!!”
“Not to mention, my Ran Feng’s packaging of these seven candies tonight is so girly, it gives off a sweet romantic vibe.”
“The day before yesterday, he posted about 1883, and tonight, he’s showing off seven candies. You have to analyze, you have to analyze carefully. Why do I feel like he’s deliberately showing it to someone? It’s just like the move I made in primary school, deliberately posting on Moments to let my crush see…”
“My Ran Feng wasn’t like this before, could it be that he’s in love?! Waaah, my Ran Feng finally stopped being emotionally detached! I’m crying with happiness!!”
True fans are happy about idols successful personal life
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And I also just notice, translator’s avatar is so cute! Is it member of Enhypen? (It’s hard to recognise) and your name is perfect for this book!!!