Huo Qu turned in circles around the villa district for almost thirty minutes, yet he still could not find his house. In the end, he could only open his little notebook and give his family a call.
Madam Huo was in the middle of sitting in the living room dabbing her tears away. She didn’t even wait for him to take off his shoes when she rushed over to hug her youngest son. She repeatedly wailed “My precious baobei” as her teardrops completely soaked Huo Qu’s shirt.
“We have a car and a chauffeur at home, why must you wilfully choose to go to the research institute by yourself! Do you not know, Ma has felt so anxious for the whole day, fearing that you had gotten into some accident! I didn’t even eat a single thing!”
Huo Qu stiffened, looking at his mother at a loss as he pursed his lips tightly, not even uttering a single word.
Madam Huo fixed up the messy hair on her youngest son ‘s forehead as she sniffled.
This youngest son of hers was extremely intelligent. At just twenty years old, he had already obtained two doctorates and entered a research facility. He had received countless international awards, and innumerable research institutes scrambling to get him. It could be said that in the field of physics and mathematics, he was a scientist who was second to none.
But in regards to his daily life, he was even less capable than a three year-old child.
Doesn’t know how to boil water, doesn’t recognise roads. Doesn’t even know how to take public transportation, nor how to hire a taxi.
His brain could instantly remember all those complex elements with just a quick glance of his eyes, but he just couldn’t remember basic daily life skills. No matter how many times he was taught, it was to no avail.
“Don’t do this next time, understand?” Seeing Huo Qu lowered his head as if muddled, no matter how angry Madam Huo was currently, there was no way to release it. She could only harden her expression and pretend to seriously admonish him for a bit.
“That’s enough, the kid has already returned. There’s no need to say any more.” Huo Ba shifted over his wife’s side and wiped her tears, “Crying in front of the kid, aren’t you embarrassed?”
Madam Huo gave him a glare and ruthlessly pinched his arm, “He’s my son, what’s wrong with me saying a few words to him?
“Okay okay okay, it’s my fault.” Huo Ba had been pinched until his face contorted in agony, yet he still didn’t yell that it hurt, only obediently following his wife’s words and apologised, finally managing to turn her tears into a smile.
Huo Ba turned his body to face Huo Qu, very quietly saying, “San er, go back to your room first. I’ll ask Auntie Li to send you some food from the kitchen later.”
Huo Qu was waiting for his Ba to say this, impatiently nodding his head when he heard it before quickly going up the stairs.
Seeing his son’s lean and straight silhouette, Huo Ba could not help but let out a sigh.
He had three sons. Lao da Huo Zheng and Lao er Huo Rong were twins. Huo Zheng followed in his father’s footsteps and similarly walked the path of an official career. Even in the messy world of politics, he had been able to thrive. It really was pretty good. Then there was Huo Rong, who chose to enter business instead. In just a few short years, he had already created countless business legends. Currently, his name was also famous throughout the entire country. There was no need for him to worry at all.
The only person he could not stop worrying about was Huo Qu, his youngest son.
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.
“Lao Huo, our San er cannot continue being like this.” Madam Huo wiped her tears while telling her husband, “Did you know how worried I was today? I was so afraid that he could have gotten into any type of accident. Why not let us hire more bodyguards to protect San er ba.”
Huo Ba shook his head, “San er has more than enough bodyguards by his side already. Today was just an accident, let’s see how it goes ba.”
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As his parents were talking downstairs, Huo Qu remained sitting in his bedroom, staring blankly at the number tag in his hands. When Auntie Li came to deliver him his food, her gaze swept over him, but did not feel that there was anything strange.
Xiao Shaoye had always been like this since he was young. He was always immersed in his own world and had not even the slightest bit of interest towards the outside world. He could even forget to eat his meals.
Auntie Li placed the dishes by the door and was about to shout for Huo Qu to eat when Huo Zheng and Huo Rong came over, stealthily stretching their heads out to look into their Didi's room.
“Ge, Xiaodi is in a daze again.” Huo Rong sighed, but just as he lifted his foot to enter, he remembered his Didi suffered from OCD and did not dare to lower his foot, only quietly whispering with Huo Zheng outside.
“I’ll give a call to the research institute later and request a few days of leave for Xiaodi.” Huo Zheng rubbed his temples, eyes full of worry for his didi.
Huo Rong shook his head: “Asking for leave would be useless. He’s like this even when at home.” He paused for a second, before continuing: “Ge, I want to discuss something with you. I want to bring Xiaodi to my office to stroll around.”
Huo Rong’s company was called Xingguang, the country’s most famous entertainment company. All sorts of film emperors and empresses would emerge from it in an endless stream. It was the holy land for actors- they would do anything to even enter.
“Don’t you even dare to think about it!” Huo Zheng berated him. “The entertainment circle is filled with chaotic and messy people. What would happen if Xiaodi gets cheated?”
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His Didi’s obedient stare caused Huo Rong’s heart to instantly soften, “What’s wrong, San er?”
Upon seeing this, Huo Zheng hurriedly squeezed past Er di and stretched out his neck to look into the room, “Xiao Qu, is there anything that you need Dage’s help with?”
He had initially thought that he wouldn’t get a reply, but unexpectedly, Huo Qu slowly nodded his head before raising his hands to reveal the number slip, “What is this?”
Xiaodi had taken the initiative to talk to them!
The brothers were pleasantly surprised and simultaneously looked at Huo Qu’s palm.
Huo Rong was managing an entertainment company. Naturally, with just a glance, he was able to recognise that this was the number tag for auditions. Additionally, below Yu Qinghuan’s name was a small little logo of Xingguang. This meant that he was from their company.
Where did Xiaodi get to know this person? Could it be that there was someone who knew Xiaodi’s identity and decided to purposefully approach him?
In an instant, Huo Rong’s mind flashed with all sorts of thoughts. Once he finished telling Huo Qu whatever he knew of, he incessantly interrogated him about where he had gotten the number tag from.
It was a shame that Huo Qu was the type of person who threw away things after he used them. After getting what he wanted, he no longer paid attention to his two Geges.
The door slammed shut with a bang. Shutting the inquisitive gazes outside the door, he lightly stroked the number tag. His head was lowered, and one couldn’t tell what he was thinking of.
On the other side, Yu Qinghuan was currently outside eating a bowl of piping hot beef noodles before returning to the company’s dormitory.
Yu Xin was already waiting for him in the room. The moment he saw him, he immediately beckoned Yu Qinghuan over and stuffed a thick script into his hands, “You have finally come back, I have been waiting here for you for almost half a day already. This is Director Liu’s script. Carefully mull over it, strive for fewer NG.”
“Ge, you’ve been repeating this ever since we came back.” Yu Qinghuan took the script, lying paralyzed on the sofa as he said feebly.
“I’m just doing this for your own good!” Yu Xin raised his hands, wanting to give him a good whack over the head but Yu Qinghuan only giggled as he dodged. Instantly feeling a little helpless, he said, “Look at you, this is such a good opportunity. If it were someone else, they would have long been elated, but you don’t even have a slightest bit of reaction.”
Clearly before the audition, this kid was still extremely eager, going all-out during his preparation. Why was it that after he had successfully passed the audition, he was instead calm like still water?
“Anyway, that’s just what happened. Being happy or not doesn’t make a difference.” Yu Qinghuan took out two lottery tickets from his pocket. PA! He slapped it onto the coffee table, “Ge, if I can win 5 million dollars, I will provide for you and make you my exclusive manager.”
“Forget about it ba.” Yu Xin rolled his eyes, “So what if it’s 5 million? Look at all the little fresh meat who are about the same age as you. One drama already earns them a few thousand. Compared to buying lottery tickets and hoping to win a prize, isn’t it better to just act properly?”
Even if he felt a little moved in his heart, he couldn’t see this brat’s true colours clearly. However he was still able to clearly see who treated him well.
Having said that, he looked as though he had suddenly remembered something. He slapped the back of his head and said: “I was sidetracked by you. I almost forgot to tell you, come with me to your University. We need to create a little hype with you as Huada’s school grass to prepare for your debut.”
“Can we not go?” Yu Qinghuan’s eyes froze as soon as he heard that. He was already an old yellow cucumber, why should he pretend to be a young and tender green cucumber? They still wanted to market him as some school grass, how embarrassing.
“Nope.” Yu Xin’s attitude was incredibly firm. He stood up, and didn’t even give Yu Qinghuan a chance to protest. He nagged him to sleep a little earlier before leaving.
After he left, Yu Qinghuan sat on the sofa and thought for a long time. There hadn’t been a situation like this in his previous life, but ever since he had passed the audition, his life seemed to drift farther away from the path in his previous life.
He really didn’t want to continue mixing in the entertainment circle, but he just couldn’t control the situation at all.
Yu Qinghuan rubbed his rather swollen temples, throwing away all the messy thoughts in his head. Whatever, he’ll just take it one step at a time.
The next day, Yu Qinghuan was dragged out of his room by Yu Xin first thing in the morning. Putting on the clothes that had been long prepared, his eyes were bleary as he groggily prepared to go to the school.
As a result, as soon as they left the door, they encountered Gao Yuncheng and his manager. The two of them were in the middle of rushing back in alongside a large crowd of assistants and photographers. Yu Qinghuan had no idea what they were doing.
Gao Yuncheng debuted two years earlier than Yu Qinghuan. His resources were quite good and he had already acted in two idol dramas. His manager had created a frank and straightforward image for him, and as such, he spent all day on Weibo fighting against the heavens and earth. It was a pity that up till now, he had been unable to create any lasting heat for himself.
Gao Yuncheng had also auditioned for the role of the third male lead in 《The Line between Life and Death》. However, he had just recited the first few lines before Director Liu chased him right out.
Therefore, after finding out that Yu Qinghuan had successfully passed the audition, Gao Yuncheng was instantly unbearably bitter.
He had an ambiguous relationship with someone in the upper management of Xingguang, and as such, he had been one step ahead and already known what work Yu Xin had prepared for Yu Qinghuan. In order to make Yu Qinghuan feel vexed, he had run over to Huada early in the morning to take a few pictures and gotten them retouched before posting them onto Weibo. As of now, “Gao Yuncheng nation’s school grass” had shot up to the hotsearch.
“Going for a shoot?” Gao Yuncheng stared at that head of unruly black hair, coldly looking at Yu Qinghuan, “You haven’t seen Weibo today ba? Small places will naturally produce ill mannered commoners. All they know how to do is pick up the leftovers of others to eat!”
Yu Xin instantly knew that something wasn’t good the moment he heard this. Trembling, he took out his phone to take a look and instantly fumed with anger. How could he not have thought that Gao Yuncheng and his team would pull such a stunt. Now that Weibo was overwhelming with discussions of Gao Yuncheng, this nation’s school grass, there’s no point in creating hype for themselves anymore!
This scheme wasn’t considered overly clever, but it was the kind of trick that although didn’t do any real harm, would still disgust you to death!
However, Yu Qinghuan did not react in the slightest bit. In his previous lifetime, at the peak of his career, Gao Yuncheng had been long gone from the entertainment circle. With an unchanging expression, he looked at Gao Yuncheng, lightly saying: “Nation’s school grass?”
“Why? Just because you can build hype means others cannot too?” Gao Yuncheng thought he had managed to successfully piss off Yu Qinghuan, and proudly lifted up his chin, eyes full of provocation.
Yu Qinghuan shrugged indifferently: “Of course you can. I just feel like there’s a typo on your Weibo, that’s all.”
What? There was a mistake?
As soon as Gao Yuncheng heard that, he instantly panicked. Frantically taking out his phone, he searched up his profile and quickly read through it.
There were no typos, and there wasn’t anything amiss. It was all praises of him being handsome.
He furiously raised his head and was about to angrily ridicule Yu Qinghuan for being petty and intentionally messing with him when he heard Yu Qinghuan say faintly, “Look over here, it says Huada school grass. This isn’t right ba, didn’t you graduate from Daji (Prostitute) University? Ai, how does your publicist do their job, even the school name has been written wrongly.”
“Da An Zhi Ye Ji Shu Xue Yuan” (Da’an Vocational and Technical University), abbreviated as “Daji Yuan”. Yu Qinghuan was not the slightest bit wrong as Gao Yuncheng had indeed graduated from there.
Gao Yuncheng: “…….”
You’re the one who graduated from the University of Prostitution! Your whole family graduated from the University of Prostitution!!
Taking him for an idiot, did he think he couldn’t hear the difference in intonations?!
Waaaaaaaa I can’t eat beef noodles but I heard they taste really good!! 
爆栗 (Bào lì) Means burst chestnut literally, but it’s just metaphor for knocking someone over the head until it becomes like a swollen chestnut. Uh, here’s a visual representation, it’s pretty common in anime. 
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Well this is fun.
Smooth move
thanks for the chapter~
Thanks for the update😍😍😍
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(It feels like I’ll just say this every chapter haha, since I’m here for the re-read :3)
Oh gee I’m glad I found this. I was wracking my brain what it meant when I first read the other translation close to dropping it. 🤣 The story seems interesting tho. Thank you for translating this. 🥰
Thanks for picking up this novel. It is one of my fav modern life BL. Both the ML and the MC are just too cute.
Hahaha! This is fun!
“You’re the one who graduated from the University of Prostitution! Your whole family graduated from the University of Prostitution!!”
this is so fucking funny LMAOOO
Ahhhhh chinese is so complicated ~
Itsok I’ve still retained my less than kindergarten level chinese (┐「ε:)
Thank you for the chapter ❤️
Even in translation it’s 😂
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Beef noodles🤤 you got my stomach growling, there was this old lady who when ever I stopped by would give me extra meat and Chilli oil her excuse was I was too skinny and got sick too much 😭 it was delicious but she didn’t have to come for me like that🤧❤️