Edited by Yummers
The two didn’t have much time to chat since Li Lingling said that Zhao Zhengyi would be there to pick them up soon.
Yuan Rui went to brush his teeth. Zheng Qiuyang quickly got out of bed to change as well. He went through his contacts to see if there were any friends who might be able to help them out in this situation.
It was an early Sunday morning, it wasn’t even eight yet. The guy who picked up the phone was complaining right off the bat, “Hurry up and spit it, if you aren’t here to give me money, then I’m hanging up. I didn’t sleep until 2 last night, I don’t have the energy to chit chat with you right now.”
This friend of Zheng Qiuyang’s worked in network marketing and used to be affiliated with a marketing team. But then he and the team leader got in a fight so now he’s just freelancing by himself. He took any type of work, including creating dramatic articles on influencers and celebrities. He had two marketing Weibo accounts with over a million followers. One was specifically for any news regarding the entertainment industry and the other was reposting popular videos from Twitter and Facebook. The news account posted with a sharp tongue while the reposting account was full of cute, sweet words. What a great split personality. If Zheng Qiuyang didn’t know him personally, he wouldn’t think there’d be someone who’d say “XXX is so scheming, what a fake bitch” for one second before suddenly changing to a bashful attitude to say “OP’s XXX is so cute awhh”.
Zheng Qiuyang cursed at him first, then said, “Did you see today’s trending?”
The dude replied carelessly, “Today’s? It’s gotta be either AFC or the Golden Horse Awards. What about it?”
Zheng Qiuyang said in a serious tone, “Listen, I’m on trending.”
Zheng Qiuyang had already come out to his close friends. This guy already knew about his and Yuan Rui’s relationship. He’s even helped promote Yuan Rui before. Hearing Zheng Qiuyang’s words, he made a dirty joke, “Haven’t you always been on trending these days?”
“…Stop blabbering and look at it right now.”
A little while after, the guy yelled from the other side. “Holy shit! You really are on it this time!”
Yuan Rui came out of the bathroom. Zheng Qiuyang was still on the phone. He cursed as he explained the situation, “I don’t know what his company is planning to do…of course I’m serious about him…fuck you, I feel like I’m wasting time talking to you…just tell me if you know it or not…”
Yuan Rui didn’t listen in on the conversation closely, but he could guess that Zheng Qiuyang was probably asking his friends for help. Yuan Rui wanted to give Zhao Zhengyi a call to see how far away he was.
He looked around but couldn’t find his phone. Then he realized that while Zheng Qiuyang was on the call with his own phone, he had Yuan Rui’s phone in his other hand.
Yuan Rui reached his hand out to gesture that he wanted it back. But Zheng Qiuyang wouldn’t give it to him, he even shook his head at him.
Yuan Rui thought he needed it to jot down phone numbers or something, so he let it go and just sat on the bed as he watched Zheng Qiuyang speak to his friend on the phone.
Zheng Qiuyang said, “Alright…I’ll treat you some other day…signature my ass, fuck off, bye.”
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Yuan Rui took a moment to think, then said, “Is that the friend that helped me get on trending before?”
“Yeah, that’s him.”
“He didn’t even ask for payment that time, he’s a pretty good person.”
Zheng Qiuyang informed, “Yeah he didn’t. But then I treated him and his girlfriend to three meals afterwards, I just never told you.”
Yuan Rui’s eyes bulged wide open. He asked, “Do you still have the receipts? I’ll ask my company if they can pay for it.”
Zheng Qiuyang, “…”
Although buying clout cost money, that was still included in the company’s finances. But treating someone would be considered personal expenses, so Yuan Rui was a little sad about that. But it didn’t seem like the time to be concerned over such a matter. He rubbed his face and said, “Give me my phone, I want to call Xiao Zhao.”
But Zheng Qiuyang still refused, “I’ll call him.”
He used his phone to make the call while he still held onto Yuan Rui’s phone in his other hand. Yuan Rui wanted to take it back, then he proceeded to hide it behind his back.
Yuan Rui didn’t understand why Zheng Qiuyang was being so secretive with his phone. “Stop joking around, give it back.”
Zheng Qiuyang still didn’t let go of Yuan Rui’s phone, he started talking into the phone, “Xiao Zhao, where are you right now?”
Yuan Rui wanted to look at Weibo, but he couldn’t get his phone. He looked at Zheng Qiuyang with a gloomy face.
“Your assistant has gone past the community gate.” Zheng Qiuyang handed him his coat. “Go wait for him downstairs.”
Yuan Rui took the coat and put it on, then said, “Give me my phone back.”
Zheng Qiuyang also slipped his coat on. “I’m coming with you.”
“Then give me my phone back, I wanna look at Weibo.”
“There’s nothing to see.”
Yuan Rui, “…”
Suddenly, he realized why Zheng Qiuyang was so hesitant to give him his phone, he didn’t want him to see all the hate comments on Weibo.
Zheng Qiuyang was about to change his shoes at the doorway when Yuan Rui jumped on him from behind to hug him, saying quietly, “You’re so awesome.”
Zheng Qiuyang, “…”
He turned his head around, and Yuan Rui put his chin on his shoulder. As the two looked into each other’s eyes, Yuan Rui felt extremely blessed. He said without averting his eyes, “Qiuyang, I think you’ve gotten even more handsome.”
Zheng Qiuyang, “…”
Yuan Rui suggested happily, “Can you give me a kiss? We’ll leave after we kiss.”
“…Let go of me first.”
Yuan Rui didn’t let go, he asked, “What? No one can see us from here.”
Zheng Qiuyang’s face visibly struggled weirdly. Seeing that he really wasn’t in the mood for a kiss, Yuan Rui let go of him. He said worriedly, “Are you still upset? It’s okay, I mean it.”
Zheng Qiuyang didn’t say anything. He bent down to get his shoes from the drawer.
Yuan Rui continued on, “Don’t worry about the future, I really am quite rich. I also save money on the regular. I haven’t bought any houses or cars, nor do I have any hobby that burns money. I have a lot saved up, look at my account if you don’t believe me…where’s my phone? Huh? Where’s my phone?!” He felt all the pockets on himself before remembering. “Oh right, you have it.”
Zheng Qiuyang, “…”
Yuan Rui stared at Zheng Qiuyang as he put his shoes on. He asked in confusion, “Aren’t you just gonna walk me downstairs? Why are you wearing insoles?”
Zheng Qiuyang held back his attitude. “Hurry up and change, Zhao Zhengyi’s waiting.”
Yuan Rui quickly changed into his shoes.
When the two walked out, Zheng Qiuyang purposely walked half a step behind Yuan Rui, testing out his thoughts discreetly. Not only did Yuan Rui have long limbs, but even his neck was longer than average. Despite his insoles, he would still have to tiptoe if he wanted to put his chin on Yuan Rui’s shoulder…looks like he’ll need to buy even taller insoles.
Uncle Zheng’s mood was a lot more stuffy this morning than usual.
The sky was rather grey today as tiny gushes of wind accompanied the gloomy weather. It was much colder than yesterday.
Zhao Zhengyi was also woken up by Li Lingling’s phone call and got a good scolding. Now he was on high alert of his surroundings. Seeing that the other two came down together, he quickly waved his hand outside the car window, calling out, “Hurry up! Get in the car!”
As Yuan Rui got himself situated in the car, he asked in surprise, “Why are you also getting on?”
Zheng Qiuyang sat beside him and closed the door. “I’m going with you.”
Yuan Rui’s eyebrows furrowed. “You don’t need to. Go back.”
But Zheng Qiuyang was firm about his decision. “I have nothing to do today anyway. Xiao Zhao, let’s go.”
Zhao Zhengyi didn’t expect Zheng Qiuyang to come along either. He had so many complaints he wanted to express to Yuan Rui, but now he couldn’t. He started driving silently.
Yuan Rui asked, “Are you worried that my agent will scold me?”
Zheng Qiuyang had his arms crossed, not saying anything.
Yuan Rui kept going, “Lingling-Jie’s has a sharp mouth but she’s actually quite soft on the inside. Although she’s always scolding me, she treats me really well.”
Zheng Qiuyang still said nothing.
Yuan Rui looked at Zhao Zhengyi before getting close to Zheng Qiuyang’s ear, whispering, “Don’t worry, my company wouldn’t do anything to me.”
The reason why Zheng Qiuyang wanted to follow along was that he was worried that Yuan Rui might stupidly get sold out by his company without even realizing it. Hearing those words from Yuan Rui, Zheng Qiuyang thought that he finally understood his worries. He whispered back, “I’ll still go for now, just in case.”
However, Yuan Rui said with full confidence, “Don’t worry, my contract with my company never said I couldn’t be in a homosexual relationship. Kissing my boyfriend is also not against the law.”
Zheng Qiuyang didn’t know what to say at that moment.
He thought to himself, Yuan Xiao Rui is so naive. If the world really abided by all laws and contracts, there would be world peace now.
Half an hour later, they arrived at the company.
“The constitution is not against homosexuality,” Li Lingling said sincerely, “In this situation, Yuan Rui is the victim. Our company will take legal action and protect our artist’s rights.”
Zheng Qiuyang, “…”
Aw yessss, let’s protect our lil, i mean, big bean Yuan Rui!
Thank you so much for your translation!!
Lol I was worried same as ZQY 😁😁
Thank you for the chapter ❤️
Thanks for the chapter ♥️♥️
As bad as this is, it must also be a bit of a relief for someone like Yuan Rui. Having to hide his love and affection must be so difficult at times.
I was so scared that he was being naive but I’m glad they are standing up for him!! There is definitely an expectation of privacy in their own home and him being exposed like that and filmed is and should be illegal.
Thanks for the chapter <3
thanks for the chapter!