Edited by Yummers
Zheng Qiuyang got home earlier than Yuan Rui. After he showered, it was still pretty early in the night, so he watched some TV as he waited for Yuan Rui. In between switching channels, he landed on a talk show channel. Coincidentally, it was airing the interview that Yuan Rui was featured in. He remembered Yuan Rui saying how his fans had brought flowers and cake after that interview.
He didn’t use to watch much TV, if he did, it was only for live broadcasts of soccer games at times. But ever since he got together with Yuan Rui, he’d always have a good time watching any show or drama that Yuan Rui was on, they were all very interesting to him.
Same with the talk show, seeing Yuan Rui grinning dumbly from the LED screen, the cuteness overload was enough to make him explode. He kept laughing until the host asked Yuan Rui about his first love, then his facial expression suddenly changed.
Didn’t he say that his first love was, “just a bit handsome, nothing special about him”? Why did he describe him as a “really nice person” in the show? Nice nice nice, nice my dick!
He still remembers their kiss that clearly? Plus the wisteria flowers in the school? What kind of mentality did the person building the school have? Did they design it like that for students to date at such an early age?
Zheng Qiuyang was so enraged that his lungs hurt, but as if he liked to be tortured, he just couldn’t bear to change the channel.
At the end of the show, the host asked, “Yuan Rui, I think you’re super cute, I’m really intrigued by what you’re looking for in a future partner. Or in other words, what is your ideal partner like?”
Yuan Rui looked down at the audience, no one knew what he was thinking about when his gaze suddenly blanked out. The whole place was silent for ten seconds before everyone burst out laughing. The host also laughed as she said, “Don’t scare him everyone, Yuan Rui, you don’t have to feel embarrassed. We aren’t here to gossip, we’re just looking after you.”
Everyone laughed again, but the atmosphere was kind.
Yuan Rui actually did feel embarrassed as he said, “Before I came here, my agent told me to answer that my ideal type is Miss Chi Ling because everyone likes her.”
The audience laughed again.
“I also like the goddess herself, but I…to be honest, I don’t have many things I’m looking for in a partner. They don’t need to be as perfect as a goddess, they don’t have to be too pretty or too tall. I just wish that they will always be by my side and have faith in me. I just want them to like me, and for us to be together forever. When I smile at them, I want them to be able to see clearly how much I love them, that’d be the best.”
Zheng Qiuyang got shot by a cupid’s arrow in that instant. He fell over on the sofa, holding onto his heart as he felt the overwhelming sweetness cause hot tears to start brimming.
When Yuan Rui came back, he stuck onto Yuan Rui like a piece of sticky candy, he wouldn’t even leave his side when the other had to brush his teeth and shower.
Yuan Rui didn’t know what was going on, but he also felt happy.
When they were being all lovey-dovey before bed, Zheng Qiuyang kept poking Yuan Rui’s dimples. Yuan Rui asked dumbly, “What are you doing?”
Zheng Qiuyang placed endless smooches on his dimples. “You have to keep smiling at me.”
When the other left for work the next day, Yuan Rui saw that his interview was broadcasted last night on Weibo. He finally understood his words. In that instant, he was so elated he was about to blast off. He rolled around on the bed with his phone in his embrace.
That Wednesday was the last day of filming for The Sparkling Friends. Since it was a special occasion for the end of the season, the directors came up with some more ideas. There were no special guests, once the group of five all drew a paper, they were taken to different locations.
For the purpose of the show, none of the five guests were given a script prior to the filming. Yuan Rui was lost, not knowing what he should do. He rode in a car with the director to a taxi company. The director handed him a taxi driver uniform. “The first mission is roleplay, you got the taxi driver role. You have to drive five rounds of customers and not be found out to gain points.”
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Yuan Rui took the uniform and went to change into it with a pumped spirit.
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Once Yuan Rui was done changing, Zhao Zhengyi and the director both had a bitter look on their faces. He looked nothing like a taxi driver. The ordinary uniform suddenly looked like a luxury brand that could be used on a runaway at any time.
Looks like no matter how many customers are in a round, he probably really won’t be able to even get past one. Though usually, extraordinary customers would show up in reality shows. They could only hope that Yuan Rui would end up with some eccentric customers that could help him get more screen time.
Yuan Rui was super hyped though. He got into the driver’s seat, full of confidence, not worried in the slightest bit. Cameras were hidden in the taxi so the camera crew didn’t have to follow him. Before he left, he told the Korean cameraman in English, “Rest for a while first, I’ll treat you to tanghulu
when I’m back.”
The Korean cameraman had a full smile on as he gave him an “OK” with his hand. Then, he turned to ask Zhao Zhengyi, “Ist it gud?”
Zhao Zhengyi held up a thumb. “Bery gud.”
Yuan Rui was feeling pretty refreshed as he drove around by himself, after all, it’s not often for him to go on without the camera crew following him around. He circled around the area, but couldn’t find any customers to pick up. He thought that maybe it was because it was still too early during noon, so there weren’t many people who needed a taxi ride. Out of boredom, he turned on the radio and landed on a station talking about the Heroes in Sui and Tang Dynasties novel. He listened for a while but couldn’t really understand anything, so he switched the channel. The new one was currently playing “Poker Face” by Lady Gaga. He instinctively danced along to the song with his hands on the steering wheel.
The director and Zhao Zhengyi watched him from the monitor car they were in. They weren’t too far away from him, the sight of him dancing excitedly with his eyebrows flying everywhere had both of them laughing their lungs out.
Once Lady Gaga’s song was over, Yuan Rui also stopped his little dance. He suddenly turned to the right.
The director commented, “We got a customer, a customer!”
Everyone was thrilled, although they could predict how fast Yuan Rui was going to face a game over, they were still filled with anticipation.
Yuan Rui stopped the taxi on the side of the road, the monitor car also stopped closeby behind him.
A female customer opened the back door to get on. Yuan Rui thought, Great, this way she won’t see my face! He asked passionately, “Where would you like to go?”
“To the United Family Hospital,” the lady replied.
Yuan Rui stepped on the pedal. Seeing her protruding stomach, he asked caringly, “Looks like you’re almost due, are you going for a check-up?”
The customer rubbed her stomach with a light smile. “Yeah, it’s going to be the estimated day soon.”
Hearing that, Yuan Rui asked out of concern, “Why are you by yourself? Is your husband not with you?”
The customer was still smiling. “He’s too busy.”
Yuan Rui looked at her through the rearview mirror. He thought, Her husband is such a scum, how can he let his pregnant wife go for check-ups by herself?
In the monitor car that followed behind slowly, Zhao Zhengyi said, “The first customer seems to be safe, she didn’t see Yuan-Ge’s face at all.”
Everyone started to think that things were probably going to end up fine.
However, they were merely two intersections away from the hospital as they waited for the traffic light to turn green, the pregnant woman suddenly let out a painful cry.
Yuan Rui, “???”
The pregnant woman took in a few deep breaths, then said, “My stomach kind of hurts.”
Yuan Rui, “!!!”
He whipped his head around, alarmed. “Are you going into labor?”
The pregnant woman looked at the young driver, suddenly, he seemed quite familiar. She blinked very hard. “Hm? Ar—are you Yuan Rui?”
Yuan Rui remembered the mission, he quickly used one hand to cover his face, and lied “I’m not, I’m not.”
“…”
The woman wanted to laugh, but when she did, the pain from her stomach increased. The expression of her smiling yet not smiling made it seem even more agonizing. Yuan Rui wanted to help her yet he also didn’t know what to do.
Inside the monitoring car, Zhao Zhengyi grabbed onto the director as he asked, “Was that pregnant woman hired by the production team? This is fake, right?”
“…It’s not fake.”
“…”
The director immediately called Yuan Rui. Yuan Rui immediately picked up the call from his Bluetooth earpiece that he had on since the beginning and cried, “Come help me, quick! My passenger is about to have a baby!”
They rushed the pregnant woman to the United Family Hospital chaotically, then sat outside the operation room, waiting.
“Was this really not planned by the production team?” Yuan Rui’s forehead was covered in cold sweat, still badly shaken by the event. “Then did I already fail my mission?”
The director didn’t know what to say.
The Korean cameraman patted his shoulder. “I shald treet you tu a tanghulu, mwah.”
Yuan Rui sighed. “Thank you, mwah.”
The woman had been in the United Family’s record since she was pregnant, so the hospital quickly got in contact with her family members. The other side said they’d be there very soon.
The female director said, “We should leave first, the filming is still going on.”
But Yuan Rui was still a bit concerned. “Let’s wait until the baby’s here. After all, she already said my name, so that means I already failed my mission. If I go back now, I can only wait anyways. What if her husband comes late? It’d be so sad if she was by herself.”
His words softened the female director’s heart. “Alright, we’ll wait a bit longer.”
She turned to see nurses and other patients snapping pictures of Yuan Rui. She asked the Korean cameraman discreetly, “Did you film how we came to the hospital earlier?”
The cameraman with an abundance of experience patted his camera and gave her a wink.
The two smiled at each other with knowing hearts.
The newborn’s father came a lot faster than they’d imagined. He ran in like a trail of wind, asking agitatedly, “Is the baby here? Are they both okay?”
Yuan Rui heard from the side, He doesn’t seem that bad.
The man listened to the nurse explain the situation, then came over to thank the production team. He was very sincere when shaking Yuan Rui’s hand. He held Yuan Rui’s hand firmly as he said, “Thank you so much, I really mean it, my wife always likes to watch your shows.”
Yuan Rui was reminded of how the woman called out his name the moment she saw his face, so he knew the man was being honest. He felt a bit happy but his worry increased too.
Then, a nurse came out. “Who’s the family member?”
The man lounged over, answering nervously, “I—I am.”
The nurse beamed at him. “Congratulations, you’ve got a little princess now.”
The man who was just promoted to a father was so excited that his eyes started to redden. He turned to shake hands with everyone on the production team again, thanking them all one by one.
After the whole ordeal, they went back to record the rest of the episode. And so, the first season of The Sparkling Friends filming came to an official end.
Naturally, they had a great gathering for dinner with every team member. During the meal, Yang Lu publicly announced Yuan Rui as her stepson before everyone.
After the meal, Yuan Rui told Zheng Qiuyang what happened at home. “The moment she said her stomach was hurting, I was so scared and worried that something bad might happen to them. Fortunately, both the mother and child were safe, what a blessing.”
Zheng Qiuyang was silent.
Yuan Rui thought the other didn’t believe him so he kept going on, “This really wasn’t planned by the production team, she was quite pretty. She had a good vibe to her too, her husband was also handsome, he looked like an elite worker. Must’ve been some company’s executive, there was no way he was hired to act.”
Zheng Qiuyang had a very complicated expression. “Let me tell you something.”
Yuan Rui was very attentive. “What is it?”
“At 10:27 this morning, my big brother, Zheng Shaoyang’s wife, had a daughter at the United Family Hospital.”
Yuan Rui, “…”
Is his bro really bad?? Didnt get the vibes earlier
I don’t think the brother’s really that bad. Like ML is after all the mistress’s child. It would be hard to even accept that. At least according to such novels, it’s right for him to be mad at ML and ML’s mother. But seeing that he doesn’t do much except not selecting the designs, he’s pretty much on a good guy list.
Yeah, I also thought that. He is nicer than scheming step brothers
Wow and does the brother know the thing btn them…
Thanks for the chapter ♥️♥️
Thanks for the chapter! ^ ^)♡
ah! technically his niece??
thanks for the chapter! <3
Wahhh is the big bro gonna be the one to help them be accepted by the Zheng family in the future? Like atm only ZQY mom who knows their relationship in the Zheng family right?
Thank you for the chapter ❤️
Thanks for the chapter! 😂
thanks for the chapter!
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thanks for teh chapter <33
Lol hahahahaha