The night was already deep when Wu Youpeng drove Andrew to the hotel. After getting out of the car, Andrew took out his handbag and placed huge aviator sunglasses on his nose, fearing that others would not recognize him as a celebrity. His every action exuded an endless supply of hormones, displaying a high profile in every way. He casually gave a hundred yuan tip to the doorman who opened the door for him.
Despite the fact that it was late, his effortlessly done acting easily drew the attention of other guests in the hotel lobby. Furthermore, wearing sunglasses couldn’t hide his cool and handsome appearance, and many people stared fixedly at his figure, unable to move their gazes. Wu Youpeng spotted a few female guests discreetly photographing his profile with their phones. Just as he was debating whether he should come forward to stop them, Andrew turned his head and whispered: “Let them take photographs. The more people who take shots, the better.”
Wu Youpeng had sent Andrew to his hotel room after checking in and was preparing to leave.
Andrew stopped him: “I intend to grow in Panda Country. I’m planning on staying for at least five years. I plan to make three movies – as a director, not an actor. My former agent is now assisting my brother. I think you’re pretty good. Do you want to work with me?”
If this question had been posed to Wu Youpeng at this time yesterday, he would have nodded his head in acceptance without the slightest hesitation. A film emperor who did not wish to direct was not a good actor. Which agent would be dissatisfied in the face of such a gifted and ambitious artist?
Wu Youpeng, however, had just witnessed his incredible face-changing abilities. Even Wang Li Li, who had gone through many ups and downs in the entertainment industry for many years, was duped by him, demonstrating how exceptional his acting abilities were.
Everyone has a natural tendency to seek out advantages and avoid drawbacks. Wu Youpeng wished he could grease the soles of his feet and flee from this scheming d*ck.
He quickly drew out a grandiose reason: “But I’m still under contract with the company. I’m a professional broker of the agency. I cannot casually change jobs before my contract expires.”
Andrew cocked his brow: “I’ll pay the liquidated damages on your behalf. When can you start?”
“……” Wu Youpeng: “I’ll need to speak with my current employer first. It’s not like I can resign and then quit…”
“Okay, that settles it. You will begin working the day after tomorrow.”
This tragic news nearly knocked Wu Youpeng down.
When Andrew noticed Wu Youpeng standing there foolishly, he added: “By the way, I heard my brother mention that you used to be Ling Xi’s agent. Help me in making a dinner reservation with him. We must first become good friends before we can become a family.”
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“I’m a little nervous, AnAn.” Ling Xi was sitting in a car in the hotel’s parking lot, squeezing An Ruifeng’s hand tightly, unwilling to let go. There was still a half-hour between him and Andrew’s appointment. He was curled up in the back seat of the car, not daring to get out.
He was thrilled to find that An Ruifeng’s brother was the famous film emperor Andrew. A 12th tier minor artist like him had only seen a film emperor on variety shows a few times. Furthermore, before he could say anything, he was pushed to the last row by other celebrities. Now a film emperor had miraculously appeared in a location within his reach, and he was also his lover’s brother. He was so pleased that he could fly to the moon in the following second.
But a phone call from Wu Youpeng last night shattered him.
According to Wu Youpeng’s account, Andrew lacked even 0.01% of An Ruifeng’s warmth and gentleness. He was haughty, indifferent, and full of schemes. Ling Xi falling into his hands would be akin to Snow White and her stepmother.
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An Ruifeng comforted him with a kiss when he saw how nervous he was: “Shall I accompany you to go up?”
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In truth, the brothers had fooled the entire media. From the start of Andrew’s graduation video being uploaded on the Internet to the “reporter” who questioned An Ruifeng after he received the award, all of these were self-directed and self-performed promotional measures. After all, Andrew had been absent from the circle for quite some time. It would have been difficult to get enough attention if he hadn’t hyped the matter. Everything appeared to be natural, but it had been consolidated at every step, and the rhythm was perfect.
An Ruifeng raised his eyebrows in response to Xu Zhiqiang’s vehement protest: “I’m not going up right now. Would you like to join Ling Xi up there, Xu-ge? Anyway, you haven’t seen gege in a long time. He was the first artist you managed. I’m sure you guys have got a lot to say.”
Xu Zhiqiang: “…Forget it, you’d better go with him.”
After hearing Andrew’s name, Xu-ge, who was similar to the Queen Mother of the West in Ling Xi’s eyes, was as submissive as a small sheep. This stark contrast heightened Ling Xi’s anxiety.
“My gege doesn’t eat people,” An Ruifeng remarked helplessly. “What is it that makes you so afraid of him?”
“Yeah, he truly doesn’t eat people.” Xu Zhiqiang mocked, “He simply has the capacity to make you think it’s your fault he’s not eating your flesh.”
An Ruifeng decided to inform Ling Xi about his family in order to calm him down. He’d never spoken about his family before; after all, they spent so little time together that they couldn’t even do “in-depth understanding.” How could they possibly have time to talk about their family?
An Ruifeng had a small family. His mother was a first generation immigrant. After her parents died, she traveled alone from Panda Country to Maple Leaf Country. She had to raise two sons who were eight years apart on her own because she was incompatible with her environment owing to her black hair and black eyes. She had a difficult start in life. However, after Andrew, with his attractive appearance and clever mind, began attending school, he quickly became the king of the youngsters, so much so that he assisted his mother in expanding her social circle. An Ruifeng afterwards went to school as well. Almost every day, senior girls approached the brothers and confessed. In general, the confession procedure went something like this—
— “Will you be my boyfriend, Andrew? What? You don’t want to? Then forget about it; your brother will do. It’s all right. I don’t mind if he’s only in primary school.”
What happened next was exactly like the paparazzi gossip. Andrew, a 21-year-old recent university graduate, came to Panda Country for a tour. A talent scout noticed him, and he had since achieved the height of his career. Later, on a whim, he abruptly abandoned all of his acclaimed domestic popularity and fled to study directing for eight years. An Ruifeng followed in his brother’s footsteps and traveled to Panda Country to flourish during these eight years. Despite the fact that he began considerably later than Andrew, his momentum was stronger. He earned the Drama King award after only three years on the scene.
When An Ruifeng talked about his family, he only mentioned his elder brother and mother, never addressing his father’s presence. He didn’t say anything, and Ling Xi felt even more embarrassed to inquire. After all, An Ruifeng and Andrew were both mixed-race, but An Ruifeng’s ancestors came from Panda Country and Maple Leaf Country, whereas Andrew’s ancestors came from Panda Country and Pizza Country. They each had a different father. He presumed Mama An must have had two unforgettable encounters.
An Ruifeng immediately guessed Ling Xi’s thoughts after noticing his fleeting glances and melancholy countenance. “Are you thinking about our father? To be honest, neither my brother nor I know who our father is.”
Ling Xi wished he could etch “I’m sorry” on his face.
“Things aren’t as complicated as you imagine.” An Ruifeng kissed his brow: “My mother is a self-sufficient person who does not want to be bound by love, so she has never been in love, let alone started a family. She does, however, adore children. She hand-picked both my brother and me from the sperm bank.”
“……” Ling Xi silently extended his thumb after hearing all of this: “This is certainly much more complicated than I imagined.”
Ling Xi’s nervousness gradually dissipated thanks to An Ruifeng. When he thought about Andrew, he no longer envisioned him as Grandma Wolf, but rather as a handsome little sperm. All men had sperm – the distinction is that it is lighter or thicker, weaker or stronger, with a shorter or longer tail and a smaller or larger head…
Ling Xi denied An Ruifeng’s escort and set off on his own to find the giant sperm, no, his brother-in-law.
Andrew’s suite was on the hotel’s top floor, with a patio full of flowers and plants and a fantastic view of the swimming pool and garden outside the hotel. Ling Xi had always stayed in a hotel’s economy double room. He’d never seen a suite with a bathtub larger than a standard (hotel) room before. He would have rushed into the bathtub and taken a good swim if it hadn’t been for the wrong occasion.
Andrew was listening to the entertainment news as he stepped in. The female host used an exaggerated tone to describe how An Ruifeng revealed his lot last night while surrounded by reporters. An Ruifeng’s background was the subject of endless conjecture since his debut three years ago. The most popular theory was that he had an “unclear relationship” with the talent agency’s upper management. He did, in fact, have a “relationship” now that the facts were revealed!
The anchors of entertainment news are people who have seen the world, but as she talked about these famed brothers, her eyes shone with excitement. She compared the two in every way, from their physical looks to their acting abilities. God knows how long she might have talked if it hadn’t been for the program’s time limit. “I feel the fans in front of TV must be looking forward to the same thing as me, hoping to see the day when the two brothers appear on the big screen together,” she added at the end of the program, in a “I have not fully expressed myself” tone.
Andrew smiled as he listened to the final remarks, mumbling to himself, “I didn’t come back to shoot a movie with my brother.” Then he reached out and pressed the remote control’s shutdown button.
Ling Xi was still sitting upright on the adjacent sofa. He had chanted in his head, “Andrew is a magnified sperm~” countless times, yet he was still nervous when he faced him.
The more restrained he was, though, the more Andrew looked at him and liked him.
Andrew unleashed his goodwill: “Don’t be nervous, Ling Xi. In reality, I have no objections to your relationship with my brother. After all, he’s an adult. I can’t scold or beat him up like I used to when he was a kid.”
Ling Xi: “……”
“There is a significant age difference between myself and Ruifeng, and we haven’t seen one another in a long time due to our various occupations. But I’ve heard him talking about you. I’ve watched recordings of you on variety shows, and my favorite is you on “Scare☆Surprise”. I never thought my brother would dress up like a crayfish. You looked too cute rolling off the stage with your guitar when you were scared.”
Ling Xi: “……” An Ruifeng! Your ge is a trembling S, I want to go home!
“I heard you’re currently involved in a contract termination lawsuit with your company, which has resulted in the suspension of all announcements? Why don’t you join me for a cup of coffee and let people snap some photos? It’s a method of increasing exposure frequency.”
Speaking about this topic, Ling Xi awoke from his stupor and shook his head desperately: “No, no. After I cancel the contract, I fully aim to leave the entertainment industry. I’m not pulling any of those ‘retreat to advance’ gimmicks. I’m just hoping that the less exposure there is, the better. If the company knows I can have coffee with you, they may be even less willing to let me win the case.”
Andrew didn’t press Ling Xi since he knew he’d made up his mind. Rather, he stayed on subject and inquired about his future plans. When it came to making money, Ling Xi’s eyes gleamed and he talked and gesticulated with delight, mentally visualizing the wonderful milk tea empire. He planned to start in B city with ten milk tea stores, then go through a mitosis, and finally let his Ling Ling Xi milk tea shops blossom everywhere.
“AnAn and I have already reached an arrangement. He’ll be a free spokesman for me and will visit my shop to drink milk tea on occasion so that his fans flock to me and my milk tea can accomplish the goal of annual production of a circle around the world!”
“That’s great. At that time, I’ll film his endorsement advertisement. I guarantee to have your annual milk tea output circle the solar system.”
Ling Xi felt that his brother-in-law was quite empathetic.
An Ruifeng broke through the siege under the reporters’ flashbulbs and arrived at Andrew’s suite at twelve noon sharp. He had assumed that his lover and his brother would drink tea in silence and had nothing to say to each other. He didn’t anticipate the two of them to chat happily and without any awkwardness.
Ling Xi was still trembling like sifting chaff in the parking lot an hour ago after hearing Andrew’s name, but now he was close like family, patting his chest and vowing to create two sushi suitcases for Andrew, one covered with sweet shrimp and the other with Arctic surf clams.
An Ruifeng feigned jealousy and inquired of Ling Xi: “Two? You only made one for me. Why are you making two for gege?”
Ling Xi’s reasoning was predictable: “Your gege is so handsome. When he goes out, he obviously requires more clothing than you.”
An Ruifeng’s ego had received a serious blow.
Andrew enjoyed watching the little couple bicker for a time before interjecting: “Ruifeng, I believe you and Ling Xi are a great match. You’ve matured and greet everyone with a smile. In truth, you don’t have a lot of humorous cells. I had to worry about overloading your CPU before telling you a joke. You’re now with Ling Xi, relying on his strengths to compensate for your shortcomings. Excellent.”
Ling Xi blushed, “No, no, I’m not as long as him.”
An Ruifeng rubbed his hair: “I also believe that after getting together with him, I have made a lot of progress. At the very least, I can understand this type of yellow joke.”
Andrew and An Ruifeng were scheduled to head downstairs for a meal after ten minutes, according to the plan. The restaurant at the hotel had long been packed with reporters who had heard the news. Everyone wanted to get exclusive pictures and get a lead story for the next day. These kinds of “candid photos,” which everyone knew about, were one of Andrew’s footrests to re-enter the entertainment circle, and he couldn’t afford to be negligent. He’d taken a direct flight from Maple Leaf Country to Panda Country last night to save time. He simply brought his personal cosmetics and no clothes. Fortunately, An Ruifeng was roughly his size, so he prepared a set of his own clean clothes for him.
An Ruifeng hugged Ling Xi and complained with him as Andrew went to the bedroom to change his clothing.
“Today you met my gege. When will I be able to meet your parents?” An Ruifeng, the lovely daughter-in-law, was eager to see her in-laws.
Ling Xi said helplessly: “I also want you to see them as soon as possible, but they are still traveling abroad. They are expected to return in two months.” Ling Xi had pre-booked an 80-day trip around the world with a tour group for his parents in order to avoid Yangtian Media’s persecution. Papa and Mama An were having a great time from the North Pole to Africa. They sent Ling Xi their travel photos yesterday, one of which showed them holding their passports. The passport was jam-packed with visas and entry-exit stamps. Ling Xi was really envious.
When speaking of passports, Ling Xi suddenly remembered: “Oh, that’s right, when your brother comes out later, I’d like to see his passport.”
“Why do you want to see his passport?”
“I want to check if it is because his name is Andrew that his Panda Country surname is An, or because you are surnamed An, his foreign name is Andrew…”
An Ruifeng thought his query was too cute: “Why don’t you just ask me? It’s actually merely a coincidence. We follow our mother’s surname so all of us are surnamed An. My mother found his foreign name in the personal names dictionary at the time. His full name is Andrew An.”
Ling Xi questioned closely, “Then what about your foreign name?”
“My name is Ruifeng An.” An Ruifeng replied. Seeing that Ling Xi didn’t believe him, he specifically looked for the ID photo in his phone and showed it to him. Ling Xi examined it carefully for a long time and discovered that it merely said Ruifeng An. Ling Xi was immensely disappointed. For a long time, he’d fantasized that An Ruifeng’s foreign name was Angel…
“Why is your name so uncool?”
An Ruifeng replied wittily, “It doesn’t matter. My sexual orientation is awfully cool.”
Ling Xi’s eyes twinkled. He threw himself into An Ruifeng’s arms and whispered into his ear, “Then Ruifeng An, do you want to make your fetish even more fashionable?”
Hahahahahah that ending made me snort. Heart has Ling Xi never fails to make me laugh! Thanks for the chapter!!
LX srsly xDDD I love his dirty mind xD
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Hahaha! Thanks for the chapter 🤣❤️
What happened at the end anyway? My brain is blown
Thank you very much for the translation
LX is such a perky thing. Thank you
Ling Xi is one of a kind😀😀😀
OMG, Ling Xi you’re so so 🤣
Thanks for the chapter ❤️❤️
Thanks for the chapter <3