Translator/Editor:- Max
“But you and Tang Yu don’t have any grievances between you. When I first moved in, you already knew about my situation, but you didn’t try to help me remove this eternal force. It shows that you didn’t want to compete with Tang Yu in this regard. Then why are you suddenly willing today? Isn’t it because of what I said to you last night?”
Ying Nian said calmly, “I didn’t say those things to make you do this, nor do I want you to pity me. I’ve already troubled you enough, and I don’t want to bother you anymore.”
Yao Xiuyuan was helpless. “I admit, at first, I didn’t want to help you because we weren’t close back then. Although I didn’t care about Tang Yu or his family, I didn’t want to cause any unpleasantness between you and him. Also, you two were a couple. Even though you’ve broken up and you’re staying at my place to avoid him, you know that meddling in a couple’s affairs is the most thankless thing. If they get back together, your well-intentioned help might even bring you infamy. At that time, I didn’t know much about your relationship, but I knew you had been together for many years. Despite the breakup, with Tang Yu pursuing you so persistently, who knows if you might get back together?”
Yao Xiuyuan chuckled. “Don’t blame me for thinking that way. After all, there are so many cases of couples being together for years, breaking up, and then getting back together. So, I didn’t want to get involved and thought it had nothing to do with me. However, humans are emotional beings. After spending a long time together, feelings naturally develop. We’ve been living together for a few months now, and we’ve been getting along well. Even though I didn’t understand you two’s relationship very well before, I’ve come to understand it these past few days. You and Tang Yu are indeed not suitable for each other, and you don’t need to hang onto a crooked tree like that. And it just so happened that you also feel the same way. So, from a friend’s perspective, I feel like I should help you.”
“You don’t need to overcomplicate things. Tang Yu can disrupt your cooperation project because everyone is unwilling to offend him for the sake of the Tang family but likewise, Tang Yu won’t want to offend me over such matters either. It’s all about power dynamics, one mountain is higher than the other. Besides…”
Yao Xiuyuan looked at him. “How long do you think you can keep this up? I understand your boss better than you do. Da ge is not the kind of person who just pays signing fees in vain without expecting returns. You signed the contract with Xiyu Entertainment and took their money, so you have to make that money back for him. He’s just busy now and hasn’t paid attention to you, a little star, otherwise Tang Yu wouldn’t have been able to jump around like this, he would have just lied down and pretended to be dead. If he hasn’t noticed yet, he will eventually. If you don’t want my help, I’ll just inform my da ge. After all, it’s his company’s business, and it would be more logical for him to handle it.”
When Ying Nian heard him mention Chu Xin, he quickly shook his head, “Let’s not disturb him.”
“So, as his little brother, I’m also sharing his worries. After all, with the relationship between our two families, the projects Tang Yu disrupts for you, that’s all the money that Xiyu Entertainment should have earned, which is ultimately Chu family’s money. It might even be Ah Cheng’s dinner party money. How could I bear that?”
Ying Nian felt that he was making all kinds of fallacious reasonings. “Forgive me for being blunt, but I’m aware that Chu Cheng doesn’t manage Xiyu Entertainment.”
“That doesn’t stop him from having shares in Xiyu Entertainment. It’s still his money.”
Ying Nian: “…”
“Cutting off someone’s livelihood is akin to killing their parents. Ah Cheng and I are as close as brothers. Cutting off his money is like killing my own parents. How can I not avenge my father’s murder? Give me your phone.”
Ying Nian: ……
Ying Nian thought he was too amazing. He even wanted to applaud Yao Xiuyuan and send him to debut in c-position. Your wordplay is so impressive. What are you doing as a CEO? You should also go write novels ah!
Ying Nian reluctantly gave him a phone number. “Her name is Wang Qi, I usually call her Sister Qi.”
“Okay.”
Yao Xiuyuan dialled the phone directly in front of Ying Nian. Ying Nian was lying on the table, watching him, thinking that just three minutes ago, he was insistent in not letting him intervene. Now, after three minutes, he was watching him make the call without stopping him, he couldn’t help but sigh that Yao Xiuyuan was a sophistry genius. He could make him speechless and he didn’t know how to refute him. But it’s better to let Yao Xiuyuan intervene than let Chu Xin intervene. He didn’t have the guts yet, feeling that he wasn’t worth alarming Chu Xin.
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Wang Qi quickly answered the call. Yao Xiuyuan introduced himself, and they discussed Ying Nian’s development for a while. Then he expressed that they should arrange things as they wanted, and if Tang Yu intervened again, she should call him directly. Although Wang Qi hadn’t met him, she had heard his name before. After all, Chu Cheng, as the young prince of Xiyu Entertainment, although not involved in the affairs of Xiyu Entertainment, did not prevent others from knowing about him and the people around him.
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“That’s already enough.” Ying Nian had a premonition that Wang Qi would ask about his relationship with Yao Xiuyuan soon.
Sure enough, just five minutes after Yao Xiuyuan hung up the phone, Ying Nian received a WeChat message from Wang Qi asking about his relationship with Yao Xiuyuan and whether he knew that Yao Xiuyuan took the initiative to stand up for him.
Ying Nian replied: Friends.
Wang Qi felt it wasn’t that simple. She wanted to remind Ying Nian: Yao Xiuyuan’s identity is not simple. Ying Nian, you are a smart person, so don’t make the same stupid mistake as falling down twice in the same place.
Ying Nian felt that Wang Qi was thinking too much: It won’t happen.
He replied: The two of us are just friends.
Wang Qi was highly efficient in her work. She was strongly capable, which was why she took the initiative to handle this hot potato of Ying Nian. Originally, she intended to let Ying Nian take a break for a while, while also giving Tang Yu some face. Then, when she found a suitable script for Ying Nian, she would have him start filming again. If Tang Yu interfered at that time, she would report the situation directly to Chu Xin. However, now that Yao Xiuyuan had approached her, there was no need to involve Chu Xin. She began to choose scripts for Ying Nian again.
The scripts that were handed to her during this period were all quite average, which was one of the reasons why she wasn’t in a rush to have Ying Nian start filming again. Among these scripts, although there were scripts for TV dramas with male leads, they were quite similar to the types of roles Ying Nian had previously portrayed. After careful consideration, Wang Qi selected the one with the best production team as a backup option. As for the film scripts, there were even fewer scripts in her hands since Ying Nian wasn’t a film star. After much deliberation, she finally chose a script with a more eye-catching role and sent it to Ying Nian along with the previously selected TV drama script.
“One is for a TV drama, and the other is for a film. The director and crew for the film are very reliable, and the script is also good. The only issue is that, it’s the role of the third male lead. Given your current status, playing the third male lead might seem a bit disadvantageous, but the character itself is quite eye-catching. So, take a look at these two scripts and decide which one you like.”
Ying Nian wasn’t obsessed with either a male lead or a supporting role. He initially entered the entertainment industry to make money, and now was also almost the same. While it would be the best to play the male lead and receive awards. If he can’t then he wasn’t overly insistent on it. After reading through both scripts, and because he didn’t want to play a repetitive character, he chose the script for the film.
A month later, as Ying Nian prepared to head to the film set for shooting, Yao Xiuyuan sent him to the airport and said, “Do well in your filming.”
Ying Nian felt a bit worried, “I’m leaving. How will you eat? Order takeout?”
“Silly, my company has a staff cafeteria, I won’t eat after coming back.”
Ying Nian felt that now that he had resumed work, it wasn’t very suitable for him to continue cooking for Yao Xiuyuan. After all, as an actor, he spent most of his time away from home. He thought about advising Yao Xiuyuan to find another auntie to cook for him. However, he also considered that if someone else started cooking for Yao Xiuyuan, what would it mean for him if he continued living in Yao Xiuyuan’s house? Just a tenant? Was that appropriate?
He couldn’t think of the answer at the moment, so he decided not to make things too difficult for himself. He planned to wait a while and see how his schedule turned out before discussing the matter with Yao Xiuyuan. If possible, he still wanted to stay at Yao Xiuyuan’s place.
“I’m leaving. Take care on your way and make sure to eat on time.”
“Got it. Bye-bye.”
“Bye-Bye.”
At first, Yao Xiuyuan didn’t feel much when Ying Nian left for filming. However, gradually, every time he went home and looked at the empty house, he gradually felt a little unclear and lonely.
He asked Ying Nian, “How long did you say you would be filming for? A month?”
“Yes.” Ying Nian asked him, “What’s wrong?”
“Nothing, it’s just that the cafeteria food isn’t as delicious as your cooking. I miss your cooking a little bit.”
Ying Nian pretended to be angry and said, “I thought you were missing me, but it turns out you’re just missing my cooking. So, in your heart, I’m just a chef ah?”
Yao Xiuyuan laughed and said, “Of course not. As the saying goes, to capture a man’s heart, you must first capture his stomach, and you’ve clearly succeeded. You have almost become my sweetheart.”
Ying Nian instantly burst into laughter. “Who taught you to talk like that? It’s so cheesy.”
“Cheesy? I think it’s fine.”
“Way too cheesy.” Ying Nian teased him, “Practically raising dust with how cheesy it is.”
“Wait for me to spend the next couple of days reading some good books. Next time I see you, I won’t be raising dust, I’ll be a literary master.”
“Really? Oh I’ll wait and see~” Ying Nian said with a laugh.
Yao Xiuyuan hung up the phone and went to the study to read. Ying Nian laughed for a while before belatedly realising, “That’s not right, even if he becomes a literary master, he shouldn’t be saying these things to me. I don’t need to hear his love talk.”
Ying Nian shook his head, feeling that he had been led astray by Yao Xiuyuan.
However, before Yao Xiuyuan could finish reading his book, he heard the news that Tang Yu had gone to visit Ying Nian’s filming set. Yao Xiuyuan felt tired. He thought Tang Yu was like a cockroach, the kind that couldn’t be beaten to death.
He picked up his phone and called Tang Yu, puzzled. “Why are you pestering him again?”
Sitting in the car, Tang Yu looked at Ying Nian from a distance and grumbled, “I’m not pestering him. I just wanted to see him, so I came to visit. I won’t force him. Don’t worry, what happened last time was an accident. There won’t be a second time.”
“Tang Yu, why are you making all this fuss around?” Yao Xiuyuan couldn’t understand. “What’s the point of pestering him? Is he the problem between you two? It’s you. Have you cut ties with your bad friends? Have you cut ties with Chen Mao? Have you made things clear to your family? Have your parents agreed to you two being together?”
“This has nothing to do with you.”
“You haven’t.” Yao Xiuyuan leaned back in his chair. “What’s the point of pestering him and trying to reconcile with him now? It’s just going to repeat everything. Your friends still don’t like him, Chen Mao keeps trying to set you up with other people, your parents still don’t agree, and you’ll just end up cheating again, and he…”
“I won’t cheat again.” Tang Yu said angrily. “I won’t do anything that would hurt him again!”
“Is this what you promised him when you first cheated on him?” Yao Xiuyuan said calmly.
Tang Yu was stunned for a moment and said nothing.
“But what was the result? It happened over and over again.” Yao Xiuyuan sighed. “Tang Yu, people like Chen Mao, they wouldn’t last a day around me. Not just him, but also your friends. Yet you’re still hanging out with them. From that perspective, you’ve never truly respected him.”
“That’s easy for you to say. But if it were Chu Cheng and the others, could you really cut ties with them?”
“Are you crazy?” Yao Xiuyuan sneered, “You want to compare Chu Cheng with Chen Mao? Do you believe that Chu Cheng won’t beat you to death?”
“I mean putting you in my position!”
“Firstly, I don’t care for any of the people around you, so there’s no situation where they would be considered my friends. Secondly, who I like is my business. My friends may not love the house and its crow, but anyone who dares to embarrass or disrespect him also disrespects me. I don’t need friends like that.”
“Tang Yu, you keep saying you like him, but what else have you done besides pestering him, affecting him, and hurting him after your breakup? What can you get by getting back with him now? The obstacles between you two still exist, and those people and things he dislikes are still around. So are you still qualified to ask him to get back together with you? And why should he reconcile with you? To get hurt again? Let him go. He’s not like you. You can afford to play, you can afford to waste time, but he can’t afford to play and can’t afford to waste time.”
After hanging up the phone, Yao Xiuyuan thought for a moment, then instructed his secretary to book a plane ticket for him. He divided the work at hand, checked his calendar, and then said to his secretary, “I’m taking three days off. If you need anything, call me.”
“Okay, President Yao.”
Standing up, Yao Xiuyuan felt that he should also go and check on Ying Nian’s filming set. After all, he was really worried about Tang Yu, who was harmful garbage that could kill a pig if eaten.
The author has something to say:
Yao Xiuyuan, the sophistry genius
Harmful Garbage Tang Yu
Ying Nian: What kind of people did I run into ah?!
Translator’s note:- I swear Yao Xiuyuan should have been either lawyer or actor with all that nonsense and convincing. Also I thought I’d finally get to translate some sweet chapters soon but who would have thought that that roach would come again. YXY splatter him!!!
Roach 🤣🤣 and could kill a pig if eaten 🤣🤣🤣
That harmful garbage is a total trash alright. It could be categorized as stalking too… Horrified.jpg
This side story is great. YX really took TY apart.
Thanks for the update 🤤👍🏻💕
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