As they walked out of the club, the moon was shining bright with stars in the sky while cicadas buzzed . The heat of July washed over them
“It’s been so fucking hot recently,” Wang Chao took his arm off of Xie Zhuxing’s shoulder as he complained. He pressed his key to unlock his car.
Xie Zhuxing saw that it was a yellow Ferrari, gorgeous and frivolous, very consistent with BB King’s character .
The BB King asked him, “You didn’t drive here? Are you gonna call someone to pick you up?”
“I ride the subway.”
Wang Chao had a surprised expression as he said, “Damn, I’ve never seen a guy who rides the subway to come to a party.”
Xie Zhuxing swung his bag over his shoulder and said, “I’m not here to party, I came here to perform at the beginning of the party. I’m a dancer.”
Wang Chao rubbed the back of his head and checked him out from head to toe.
Xie Zhuxing thought, Now you gotta have recognized me, right?.
But Wang Chao kept looking up and down with no signs of stopping. “Your legs are pretty long… you got good proportions too….wow, your ass is pretty good looking too.”
“….I thank you on behalf of my ass.”
Wang Chao laughed, “Don’t be so humble haha, do you dance naturally?”
“I’m from the Beijing Dance Institution.”
Wang Chao brightened. “Ha! So we’re neighbors, I’m from Minzu Institute. Entered 09. We seem….pretty close in age? What year are you?”
Xie Zhuxing said as he looked at him suspiciously, “Entered 08, born in 1992.”
Wang Chao was even more happy when he heard that. “I was also born in 1992! A lot of my side chicks go to your school, but we haven’t contacted each other in a long time. All I remember is the braised mutton in the halal cafeteria of your school, but I’ve never encountered that taste again. I go to your school to play often, we’ve probably even met before. ”
Xie Zhuxing couldn’t remember whether he’d met him before or not, but he believed that this person was from the institution next door. His school had lots of girls and not so many guys, many of the guys from the neighboring schools would come everyday to graze around.
Wang Chao asked again, “Then your dancing is definitely fine, can you sing?”
He obviously didn’t remember Xie Zhuxing from last time, and Xie Zhuxing didn’t want to bring it up either. So he played along and said, “What for?”
Wang Chao smiled and said, “To introduce you to a job. Just tell me if you know how to sing, you don’t have to be very good at it, as long as you aren’t tone-deaf.”
Xie Zhuxing thought about it, It’s probably for a survival show. “I guess, I’ve studied music before.”
“Then that’s great,” Wang Chao took out his wallet and to fish out a business card. “Call this person tomorrow and say that Wang Chao told you to find him. All he’s missing is someone who can sing and dance and looks handsome.”
Xie Zhuxing looked at the business card. It was very simple with a dark gold base, there was only a phone number and a name on the card, Duan Yikun.
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“Thank you. My name is Xie Zhuxing, the zhu as in the bamboo in plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum.”
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The two separated and Xie Zhuxing went on the subway, stuffing the card into his bag and forgetting about it.
It’s not that he didn’t appreciate the kindness, he was somewhat grateful for Wang Chao’s indiscriminate “acquaintance”, but he wasn’t going to make this call.
He just hasn’t had a chance to debut yet, but it wasn’t like he didn’t have any name in the industry, or else he wouldn’t have been the backup dancer for Tianwang’s concert either. It was one thing for the production teams to come and invite him, but it was another matter for him to personally contact the director for a survival show. He wasn’t going to do something so cheap.
On Monday, Xie Zhuxing received the pay for the weekend performance and he sent Yan Jiajia a message, asking her when she was going to come home.
As the message was sent, Director Yang called him up to his office again. The moment he walked in, the director happily patted his shoulder and said, “Xiao Xie, the upcoming future is bright, don’t forget about me.”
Xie Zhuxing didn’t know what he was talking about and said, “Yang-ge, please don’t make fun of me.”
“How am I making fun of you? Do you still remember the two people you met at my office last week?”
Xie Zhuxing’s heart thumped as he said, “I remember, who were they?”
“That youngster I’m not sure about, but the one who was wearing glasses was the manager of NEX, D.K.”
Xie Zhuxing’s surprised reaction wasn’t faked this time.
The dance studio was under the Huixing Entertainment Company. NEX was an idol group under Huixing, they had been debated for about five to six years, but they’ve been on the decline recently. At the peak of their debut, they were on the Spring Festival show for two consecutive years. Several classic dance songs from their album were still popular within the industry today. Dancers like Xie Zhuxing who went out to perform would often cover this group’s dance.
“NEX will announce its disbandment next year at the latest, and D.K. plans to launch a new idol group before that,” the director said. “They came last time to see if there were any suitable candidates.”
Xie Zhuxing was a little upset. That day he sized the other up wrong and miscalculated the other party’s intentions, therefore, he didn’t grasp the opportunity at all. He didn’t do anything impressionable in front of D.K.
But the director was very happy as he said, “Xiao Xie! You passed the primary audition! There will be a final audition on the day after tomorrow. If you pass that too, then you’ll become a member of the idol group and make your debut!”
Xie Zhuxing felt his heart beating violently. He suppressed his excitement, keeping his expression the same as he said, “Okay, I will prepare for this thoroughly. What will they test us on?”
“What are they gonna test us on?” Wang Chao was lying on the sofa in his house with the air conditioner blowing. He asked at the other end of the phone, “You’re not gonna ask me to dance, are you? I can’t even do radio gymnastics. ”
The person on the other side smiled and said, “”How can it be difficult for you? Just go and walk across the stage, play the piano, sing a few lines. The group will be divided, not everyone has to be good at dancing.”
“Alright alright, how many people will be at the final audition?”
“Ten, all of them are pretty good. When time comes you can help pick as well.”
Wang Chao got on his high horse, “Then I’ll have to take a closer look, these are gonna be my group mates in the future. They gotta be pleasing to look at…oh right, has anyone called you lately and said that I told them to find you?”
“I haven’t received any call like that, who did you tell to contact me?”
Wang Chao was a bit confused . Why didn’t the handsome makeup remover call? “Nah, nobody, he probably lost your card, I’ll talk to you later.”
The other side agreed, then asked him again. “Is your big brother busy recently? I haven’t seen him in a while. Whenever you two are free, I’ll treat you guys.”
Wang Chao looked up, and saw that his big brother, Wang Qi, was standing in front of the fish tank in the living room, ready to feed the fishes. So he said, “He’s here right now, I’ll ask him. Big bro!”
Wang Qi didn’t even spare a glance at him as he asked, “What?”
“My agent wants to know when you’re free, he wants to treat you to a meal.”
“Say thank you to him for me, but I’ll be busy for a while.”
Duan Yikun heard from the other side of the phone and said, “Then let’s wait till Chief Wang has time.”
Wang Chao told him what he said, then Wang Qi came over and took the phone. “Xiao Duan.”
Wang Chao didn’t know what Duan Yikun said as Wang Qi spoke, “It’s been too busy for me lately, when I’m free, I should be the one to treat you. I know my brother has made no progress, thank you for watching over him.”
Wang Chao bared his teeth and made a silly face on the side. Wang Qi glanced at him and he immediately put a normal face back on.
Wang Qi said a few words, then hung up. He threw his cell phone back to him and went back to feed the fishes.
Wang Chao was sprawled across the sofa. “Is mom gonna come back this afternoon or not? I wanna eat fish.”
Wang Qi’s hand that was feeding the fish stiffened, then he said, “Go eat shit.”
Wang Chao felt wrong as he said, “What did I do? Why are you nagging at me again?”
“You tell me what you did. It’s been a year since you graduated, but all you do is play around all day. You’re not willing to endure any hardship, you want to be a singer so you compete on Super Boy. And then you tell me to sign an agent for you, what was the use of raising you?!”
Wang Chao didn’t stay down, “What do you mean you raised me? Wasn’t it mom and dad who raised me? If you want a kid that bad then why don’t you go have one? Our mom is always nagging you about it.”
“…”
The BB King got more into his rambling as he went on, “You’ve already been married for 8 years! 8 years! That’s enough to go to war with Japan again! And you can’t even have a kid.”
Wang Qi threw down the things he had in his hands and walked over.
“…Big bro, don’t hit my face, I’m gonna debut soon.”
At noon, The Harbin Cecline Cheung came home and saw her youngest son crying on the sofa with his butt raised in the air. “What are you doing?” She asked out of curiosity.
Wang Chao cried loudly, “Ha Zhi! Wang Qi hit me again! He hit me two days ago even though I told him I didn’t do drugs, that was already an undeserved beating! Now he hit me again just today! Look at my butt! It’s swollen!”
But his mom wasn’t on his side, she even interrogated him, “What trouble did you cause this time?”
Wang Chao explained from a point of view that’d make him look good, “I was helping you nag him to have a kid, and then he hit me.”
Mama Wang looked around, then asked, “Where did he go?”
Wang Chao said some nonsense, “He was probably satisfied enough after hitting me, he probably left.”
Mama Wang was too lazy to mind him, she headed into the kitchen with groceries.
Wang Chao walked in and saw that she was going to make fish. He was so happy he forgot all about the aching in his butt. “How did you know I wanted to eat fish?”
“Your second brother said he was going to come home for lunch, he said he wanted to eat fish.”
Wang Chao, “…”
He had two older brothers. When he was young, he always held admiration for them. To be able to just wave a small flag while following behind them would make him super happy. In front of children his age, he would show off all the time with, “Do you have a brother? No, right? I have two!” It was perfect for throwing up a V sign with his fingers.
As he grew up, he couldn’t show off anymore. Those who didn’t have brothers were so lucky, at least they didn’t have to be beat all day.
If he didn’t do his homework, his big brother would beat him. If he didn’t practice piano properly, his second brother would also beat him. When he scored 200 points on the Gaokao, his big brother beat him up. When he skipped his classes and went straight to the internet cafe, his second brother beat him up again. When he had a group fight with the boys from the neighboring school, his big brother beat him up. When he got kidney stones from careless sexual activities and went to the hospital, he was beat up again by his second brother…..who was a doctor.
His mom saw that he wasn’t happy, and wanted to coax him. But she also didn’t want him to get too ahead of himself. “How’s your group going? How many people are there?”
Wang Chao forgets stuff very easily, one phrase was enough to make him forget that the fish was not made for him. He boasted happily, “Including me, there are 6 people. It’s almost ready, we plan to debut with an album in September.”
“Are the kids handsome? Show me some pictures.”
Wang Chao obviously didn’t have any pictures. He boasted nonsensely, “Of course they’re handsome, they’re all about the same level as me.”
Mama Wang took a look at him and said, “Aye, then the group is doomed.”
Wang Chao grumbled, “I knew you didn’t give birth to me. How can Harbin Cecline Cheung give birth to Jin Chengwu? Just where’s my real mom?!”
Mama Wang laughed. “Scram!”
Aww, this seems to be a cute novel <3
They’re also characters in the Mr.Yuan novel but for some reason I don’t remember them, man I’m that bad with names xD
xie zhuxing is introduced as tomas in mr. yuan! this is set before the timeline of mr yuan :))
O, I see! Thank you~
Thank you for the chapter 🥰
Ohoh this is good especially the spoiled wang chao i like him
Thanks for the chapter ❤❤
Mama wang is the best~
Thanks for the chapter~
This novel is already making me laugh xD Thanks for translating it!
This interaction between parents are really good unlike mine hehe~
Thanks for the chapter<3
He’s so adorable! (｡･ω･｡)ﾉ♡
Thank you for this chapter! <(￣︶￣)>
Can I ask? What chap is that latest chapter (8;; manhua) in the novel
Thanks for the chapter ❤️❤️