Ling Xi hung up the phone, staring blankly at the interface where the call had terminated, his eyes turning red in an instant.
Wu Youpeng’s words had been straightforward and cruel. The company’s order seemed like a huge mountain weighing on the two of them. He had sold himself into slavery by signing a contract with the company, and he was now a small artist in the hands of the company, with no way to resist. No matter how silly Ling Xi was, he understood that in the future, there would no longer be an agent who could be trusted to guide him along the treacherous road of entertainment.
An Ruifeng didn’t understand what the two of them said since Wu Youpeng’s voice was quite low when he spoke and Ling Xi didn’t use the speakerphone. He didn’t say anything when he watched Ling Xi hang up the phone, but when his tears began to drip-drop, he mistook Wu Youpeng for saying something difficult and ugly.
An Ruifeng had never seen Ling Xi appear so downcast before. He’d always imagined him to be like a sunflower in “Plants vs. Zombies,” generating a little sun with constant energy. That Sunflower, however, was now crying with a wrinkled face. An Ruifeng swiftly embraced him, lightly massaged his back, and asked, “Wu-ge doesn’t agree?”
“It’s not that,” Ling Xi shook his head: “Wu-ge told me just now that the company will transfer him to manage new people, and then assign a different agent to manage me. It’s hard for me to imagine myself apart from Wu-ge.”
Wu Youpeng and Ling Xi first met eleven years ago. There was the kindness of recognizing his worth and hiring him, as well as the friendship of master and disciple. Ling Xi’s parents would summon Wu Youpeng every year during the festival to have a boisterous supper together. Ling Xi was given special regard and care by Wu Youpeng. Despite the fact that Ling Xi was handled by Wu Youpeng, he had a great deal of respect for him. Ling Xi found it tough to endure when he learned Wu Youpeng was leaving. He wished he could quit his job and travel to B city to blow up Yangtian Media sky-high, resulting in mutual destruction.
An Ruifeng had no idea how to console him. When he observed Ling Xi crying uncontrollably, he promptly offered his shirt to wipe away his tears. Fortunately, they were in the restaurant’s private room at the time. No one would gossip about them, no matter how close they were.
Ling Xi was initially delighted and excited when he went down the mountain, intending to come out of the closet. But, contrary to expectations, Ling Xi’s mood after coming out of the closet was extremely depressing. On the way back, Ling Xi walked with a red nose, taking a step, sobbing twice, taking a step, crying twice. It was not at all like climbing a mountain, it was more like going to a graveyard…
Ling Xi, who was already physically weak, couldn’t walk any further after reaching halfway because he was crying so hard. The Taoist temple on the mountainside was fairly far away when he gazed up. Ling Xi sat down dejectedly on a large boulder by the side of the road and announced that he would ascend the mountain after a short break.
They’d lost too much time at the mountain’s foot, and now the sky was turning dark, and there were no street lights on either side of the stone steps. Going up the mountain after dark was quite risky. An Ruifeng said nothing when he observed Ling Xi’s sobbing eyes that had swollen into small peaches and watched him swaying from side to side on the enormous rock, fatigued and sleepy. He approached Ling Xi and squatted down with his back to him.
“Come up here. I’ll carry you for a while.”
“It’s okay, it’s okay,” Ling Xi hurriedly waved his hand, “I’ll just take another five minutes to rest.” He was reluctant to admit he was exhausted since he didn’t want to bother An Ruifeng, but he was still shaking and swaying after five minutes, unable to stand up.
An Ruifeng remained squatting beside him, not getting up, and demonstrated his wishes with actions.
Ling Xi knew it wasn’t the time to flaunt his powers, but he was a mature man, and allowing someone else to carry him was extremely humiliating. Another factor was that An Ruifeng had only recently concluded filming, and his body was extremely fatigued. “You’re also exhausted, so don’t…”
An Ruifeng refused to listen to his nonsense and pulled him over, biting his lips.
He nibbled Ling Xi’s mouth till it turned bright red and he was unable to utter a single “no”. An Ruifeng then used the domineering male god temperament he had honed in countless idol dramas, saying arrogantly: “Be good. Come up on your own.”
So Ling Xi obediently climbed upon his back.
When An Ruifeng noticed Ling Xi was lying down, he stood up and grabbed Ling Xi’s legs on both sides. He used too much force with his arms and couldn’t stop himself from crying out in agony. Ling Xi suddenly remembered that An Ruifeng had been hurt on his right arm a month before, and the wound was quite large. It should have only been a few days since the stitches were taken out. And now he was using that arm to support Ling Xi, which was only going to compound the damage.
“I’d best get down. Please don’t let your wound rip anymore.”
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“Don’t move if you’re worried about how much my right hand hurts. Let’s do it this way. Wrap your legs around my waist so that my arms don’t have to work too hard.” An Ruifeng supported his ass, thinking that it felt good.
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Ling Xi remembered reading a book when he was younger, and there was a statement in it that he didn’t understand, but he retained it in his mind. According to the book, humans were social animals who required constant support and companionship in order to live a long life.
Before the age of fifteen, Ling Xi thought that the people that accompanied him were his parents. After his debut, Wu Youpeng accompanied him, and from then on, An Ruifeng would accompany him.
—Oh boy, how much virtue did I gather in my previous life o(*≧▽≦)ツ Wu Youpeng’s forced departure was not that difficult to accept in light of this thought. Despite the fact that Wu-ge was no longer his agent, he was still his friend. As for what would happen after the new agent arrived in the future… Soldiers come to block, waters come to cover the earth.
Regardless, his contract was set to expire in two years. He had previously vowed to go home and sell milk tea if he did not achieve anything in the next two years. Otherwise, he’d put up his “00Xi milk tea shop,” and when the time came, hehehe, he’d let An Ruifeng go there to drink milk tea. Then why wouldn’t his fans flock to his shop once they heard about it? His “007 milk tea shop” would then have the sensation of one becoming two, two becoming three, and three becoming infinite.
Ling Xi’s thoughts raced eight hundred thousand kilometers in a fraction of a second as he fantasized that his milk tea franchise, similar to YY, would dominate Panda country. Every year, enough milk tea would be made to circle the globe. He would ask An Ruifeng to do the endorsement. He even considered the advertisement lines, “Do you think of me as yours?” “I think of you as my 007″… He felt embarrassed just thinking about it.
What about An Ruifeng’s exorbitant endorsement fee?
Hey, pay slowly in bed.
Since childhood, Ling Xi was someone who was particularly able to enlighten and entertain himself… According to Mama Ling, when he was a child, he would think of some nonsense and was able to chase and play by himself for a long time.
His melancholy came and went quickly. An Ruifeng walked up the mountain slowly, carrying him on his back. He could hear Ling Xi sobbing on his back at first. He eventually calmed down and began to grumble and giggle. The more he laughed, the louder his voice grew, quickly transitioning from a shàng fén to a shàng shēn…
An Ruifeng inquired: “Why are you so happy all of a sudden?”
“Prince, I feel like you are the biggest lottery ticket in my life!” Ling Xi stretched his head like a small turtle, kissed his face with a chu~, and stated in a “My husband is really awesome” tone.
“Don’t call me prince,” An Ruifeng admitted: “Only my fans refer to me as that. I’d be mortified if you called me that.”
“It’s not a big deal. You can call me princess.”
“…” He totally wore down An Ruifeng’s resentment.
The two walked while conversing, and they arrived at the Taoist temple’s door in the blink of an eye. When they returned, it was late evening and everyone had finished their dinner, going back to their rooms to rest. Fortunately, Ling Xi had a large supper of fish and meat after descending the mountain, so he had enough food in his stomach to last until the next morning.
Ling Xi wished to get down and walk by himself. An Ruifeng stated the room was only a few steps away and strolled right from the Taoist temple’s entryway to the courtyard where they lived. Ling Xi was nervous the whole time, afraid of running into the staff and revealing the two’s intimate look. After all, An Ruifeng was a celebrity who couldn’t have a relationship. It wasn’t a smart idea to be so daring. An Ruifeng, on the other hand, was quite generous. He wasn’t worried about others witnessing it because he dared to do it.
Ling Xi insisted on jumping off An Ruifeng’s back at the courtyard’s entrance. As soon as he landed, he noticed an elegant and gorgeous woman emerge from the shadows. Ling Xi was caught off guard, but he was relieved to see that the individual was Zhu Linlin.
Zhu Linlin couldn’t help but admire An Ruifeng as she stared at Ling Xi’s crying red eyes, saw him walking with a sore waist and soft legs, and listened to his raspy voice from laughing all the way.
Zhu Linlin asked her agent to bring them some eggs late at night.
Ling Xi was quite touched, and he proceeded to show off to An Ruifeng while holding them: “I’m beginning to suspect that I’ve previously misread Zhu Linlin. She’s not as horrible as I imagined she was. Look at this. Because my eyes were puffy, she sent me a couple cooked eggs for me to apply to them!”
An Ruifeng examined the basket of red eggs, took one silently, and peeled it before feeding it to Ling Xi.
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Wu Youpeng arrived from B city at noon the next day to see Ling Xi. On the flight, he happened to meet Xu Zhiqiang, who was also heading to N city. Xu Zhiqiang, however, was carrying An Ruifeng’s large and small baggage up the mountain to meet his artist, while Wu Youpeng was heading up the mountain to say farewell to his artist.
In the kingsize room where Ling Xi and An Ruifeng now resided, the four persons had a brief discussion.
Xu Zhiqiang noticed that the two were staying in a room with not only a five-meter-long bed, but also a separate bathroom. They were also raising a dog (the small ancestor came to play again), and there were a few red eggs on the table… “You two have a very prosperous life,” he said sourly.
An artist was best understood by his agent. By glancing at An Ruifeng’s triumphant grin, Xu Zhiqiang realized he had gotten what he desired. An Ruifeng’s tenderness was commended by fans. Only those who knew him were aware that his tenderness was a ruse. When An Ruifeng appeared in front of Ling Xi though, his tenderness seeped from his bones, everywhere and all the time. His teeth felt sour as he took in the scene.
Wu Youpeng had discovered their relationship over the phone the day before, and he was behaving very calmly at this point. He drew Ling Xi aside, patted him on the back, and gave him instructions, largely regarding his future work.
“When I understood I was going to be transferred away, I resisted. First, I stated that I have a close relationship with you; second, I stated that I am very familiar with your itinerary and was completely at ease with the packing; third, your work has begun to improve, and the number of fans is a reflection of that, and now you’re acting in a serialized drama; fourth, I am unfamiliar with the new group, and I am unsure if I can do a good job managing the idol group. However, whether it was my first, second, or fourth point, management utilized my contract to silence me. I’ll be in the company’s hands for another four years. I really can’t resist unless there is a company that wants to dig me up.” Wu Youpeng, guiltily, told Ling Xi about his difficulties, and then the conversation shifted to a more serious subject.
“Ling Xi, mentally prepare yourself well for the third point. I noticed that the company’s upper management is completely unconcerned…. After all, you are a singer, and your album sales volume is the most essential thing to the organization. At the moment, your album sales volume is not increasing. Regardless of what I say, they won’t listen to anything. It’s highly likely that when I leave to be transferred, they will assign a rookie agent to you…which means…”
“Which means I was given up by the company, right? “Ling Xi smiled in distress: “I never expected to be popular when I first debuted, as my mother stated—I can’t be popular in the first place. But I felt I could make it to the 8th tier. I wasn’t expecting to struggle at merely the 12th tier.”
Wu Youpeng couldn’t take it anymore and hugged him, saying, “I was incompetent and didn’t launch you.”
“Wu-ge, I understand how challenging the last eleven years have been for you. You have so much experience, but you squandered so much energy on me. I never made a name for myself and was always causing problems for you. Many people look at you with disdain, whether in the company or in the circle. You assisted me in looking for resources and support on multiple occasions. I truly…” Ling Xi rubbed his nose and squeezed out a sunny smile: “Wu-ge, promise me that you’ll raise that idol group into a super successful group and slap the faces of those fools who see you as a joke, will you?”
Ling Xi never shed a tear from start to finish. He was not the type of person who would be struck down again and again by the same kind of grief. He had been sad the day before, but now he would confront it cheerfully.
He may never be a proud singer in his life, therefore let him become a proud milk tea shop owner.
Wu Youpeng did not let Ling Xi see him off when he left. An Ruifeng took the initiative and escorted him from the temple to the mountain’s base.
The road down the mountain was long, and they were mere acquaintances. The only topic that could be discussed was Ling Xi. An Ruifeng informed Wu Youpeng about the moment he realized what he desired, the moment he decided to pursue Ling Xi, why he chose to go up the mountain, the surprises he encountered after climbing up the mountain, and so on.
When Wu Youpeng learned that Zhu Linlin had handed them a basket of red eggs the day before when they returned to the mountain, he laughed so hard that he almost fell down the mountain steps. “I didn’t anticipate Zhu Linlin to seem so demanding, but be so interesting,” he added, wiping away tears from his laughter. “To be honest, An Ruifeng, when I first noticed that Ling Xi was looking at you differently, my heart skipped a beat and I thought it was a disaster. I’d rather have him like Zhu Linlin than you.”
An Ruifeng remained silent. He understood Wu Youpeng’s concerns, as well as the fact that Wu Youpeng was only looking for a confidant.
“I thought at the time, “What can I do?” Ling Xi doesn’t understand anything. He has no idea how sinister this circle is. He has no idea how difficult this road is, but I do. Besides, he is not like you. Your status is tremendously different. If you take a wrong path, it is not a big deal for you to change your path and continue walking, but he can’t. If he chooses the wrong road, he’ll fall and will not be able to get back up.”
Wu Youpeng added bitterly, “He is the child I raised on my own. I can pat my chest and say that I know him better than his parents. There is no doubt that he likes you, but he didn’t know that it was called “like” at the time. The most serious problem, though, is that I don’t think you are worthy of him.”
This time, An Ruifeng responded: “You are wrong. I like him and believe I am worthy of him.”
“Okay, I’m hoping so.” Wu Youpeng nodded casually: “You like him, which is great. In this regard, I’d like to express my gratitude to Zhu Linlin for not letting a couple miss each other. But have you ever considered what the media, your fans, your family, and society will think if your relationship is exposed?”
“I chose to pursue him on my own initiative because I already have a plan for the future.” An Ruifeng walked confidently and comfortably with both hands in his pockets. His stride was neither quick nor sluggish, as if he were strolling quietly through a courtyard. “Perhaps my plan isn’t flawless in your opinion, but I never intended to keep Ling Xi in the shadows. Our relationship will not be kept hidden. Even if it takes eight or ten years, one day we will be freely holding hands in public.”
He came to a halt and turned to Wu Youpeng, saying, “Actually, I also have a question for you.”
“Ask away.”
“I’ve been waiting for you to say something since I heard Ling Xi explain your company’s choice yesterday.” Ruifeng averted his gaze: “You should have heard that the reason I’ve had such a smooth sailing in this circle is because I have a powerful backer. Although this backer is not a wealthy group, transferring you and Ling Xi from Yangtian Media will not be difficult. It makes no difference whether you wish to join our Upstart Entertainment or start your own studio. Ling Xi avoids the matter because he has never considered benefiting from me. As for you… I thought you came to talk to me about it today.”
Wu Youpeng was astonished at first, then caught between laughter and tears after hearing what he said: “I was just listening to you talk about your future plans. Your heroism appears to reach the heavens, as if God is the most powerful and you are the second. I didn’t expect it to reveal your youth in this pit, and that you were a fool. However, foolishness has the advantage of being foolish. At the very least, it will not be perfect like a dummy.”
Wu Youpeng suddenly felt from the bottom of his heart that he and Ling Xi were almost like husband and wife when he saw An Ruifeng’s blank face…
“We can rely on you for a short time, but not for the rest of our life. Everyone follows his or her own path, and it is not the end of the world. You can always grit your teeth and move forward.” Wu Youpeng added: “I’m really touched by the fact that you wish to find ways to help Ling Xi. Ling Xi appears to have a really good eye for people. Only when two people work together and support one other will they go further.”
Following that, the two of them walked quietly. An Ruifeng mused on the dialogue just now and resolved to double his efforts to treat Ling Xi well when he returned.
Wu Youpeng shook hands solemnly with An Ruifeng as they parted ways.
He stated: “As Ling Xi’s former agent, I really don’t want you to be together. But, as his ‘Wu-ge’, I wish you the best of luck.”
An Ruifeng nodded reservedly: “Thank you. You are free to return and prepare the congratulatory speech for our wedding.”
Translator:
Ling Xi is such a darling. Silly yet brave; and one lucky chap to get an agent like Wu Youpeng.
thank you for the chapter !!! ❤❤
thanks for the chapter ♡
Prepare the speech
thank you for the chapter!
Prepare the speech, Wu-ge!
Thanks for the chapter!
Not sure if I should look forward to the new agent >___> Wu-ge, baibai QAQ (Don’t forget the speech xD)
Thx for the ch (ㅅ˘ㅂ˘)
An ruifeng is so sweet!!!!
Thansk for update again
This time, An Ruifeng responded: “You are wrong. I like him and believe I am worthy of him.”
Wow, I didn’t think he’d reply in this way. I’m proud of him.
Thank you for the chapter.
Ooofff
I didn’t expect to cry so much when I start reading this. Ling Xi and Wu ge relationships is so genuine. And both wishes for their success haven’t changed.
I was shedding so much tears, mama wu 😭😭
Wuwuwuwuwuwwu Wu-ge!😭😭😭 UWAAAAAAAA ಥ_ಥ
The ad in his mind reminds me of the Jay Chou milk tea ad ..
What am I to you? You are my youlemei (my cup of tea)
They have such a good relationship 🤧
Thanks for the chapter <3
This story is so refreshing. I love that it’s not so smooth sailing