Edited by: Eli
Yu Anyi almost spewed out a mouthful of her drink. When Lian Jingxing saw her reaction, he asked, “You’re not?”
“No, no, no,” Yu Anyi shook her hand, only to feel that Ji Qingzhou was hiding something quite powerful, “That’s how it is, you’re not wrong. I just didn’t think that Zhou Chengfeng would tell you.”
Lian Jingxing felt that her words were very suspicious, and tilted his head to stare at her.
When Yu Anyi saw this, she winked at him and said nicely, “Eat the food.”
After the meal, Yu Anyi took a selfie of the three of them sitting together, then put away her phone, “You can post a tweet after the recording,” she turned to look at Ji Qingzhou, “Remember to forward it when the time comes.”
Ji Qingzhou nodded.
“What about me?” Lian Jingxing asked her, “Do I need it?”
“You could also not retweet it,” Yu Anyi said, “Once you do, the CP fans would explode again.”
Lian Jingxing: ….…
“But,” Yu Anyi thought about it, “wouldn’t it seem like I’m backstabbing you if you didn’t forward it? How disgraceful that would be for me.”
Lien Jingxing made a sound of agreement.
Yu Anyi slapped the table, “How about this,” she picked up her phone again, and said to Ji Qingzhou, “Let’s take a picture without him. This way, it won’t be necessary for him to forward it, and won’t it not look like I’m being generous?”
Lian Jingxing:.…
Ji Qingzhou was sensitive and thought he caught a change in Lian Jingxing’s expression. “That’s not very good,” he said, “this variety show is senior brother’s homeground. I am a newcomer to this season, and you are a promotional guest. The three of us are from the same company, but if only the two of us take a selfie, wouldn’t they think that there is conflict between us and senior brother?”
Yu Anyi thought about it and thought that it was also true.
She put down her phone and said helplessly, “Then you both forward it, alas, sadness.”
Lian Jingxing:…..…
Lian Jingxing stood up and said, “You’re thinking too much,” and stepped out of the restaurant.
Ji Qingzhou watched him leave and asked Yu Anyi, “Is he angry?”
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“I think senior brother is pretty good.” Ji Qingzhou said.
“Then what do you think of me?” Yu Anyi asked him.
Ji Qingzhou laughed, “You’re also pretty good, very cute too.”
Yu Anyi thought she was very cute too, “Too bad Chu Cheng doesn’t think so, that blind man!”
Ji Qingzhou patted her shoulder, “Sexual orientation is something, no one can do anything about it. Fragrant grass can be found in even the most remote corner of the world , I think senior brother is also pretty good.”
Yu Anyi took his hand off, “You’re learning pretty fast. Am I a ball? Being kicked around by you guys. Let’s go, return to our rooms and rest.”
Cai Li didn’t go to dinner and hid in her room alone, thinking about the morning’s events. After her emotions calmed down, she felt that she was indeed a bit impulsive today. She shouldn’t have done it so soon. Yu Anyi was right, at least wait until she left before doing it, so that she would be more advantageous in a situation where there was only one girl, Bei Wanyao.
As she was thinking, she suddenly heard a knock on the door. Cai Li walked to the door and opened it, finding Lian Jingxing outside. Surprised, she stepped aside to open the door fully and asked him, “Something wrong?”
Lian Jingxing watched her movements and could tell that she was afraid of their conversation being overheard and wanted him to enter and talk. However, he had never liked going into girl’s rooms, let alone going into a girl’s room for no particular reason. There would inevitably be gossip, so he never goes in.
“Not going in,” he said, “Long story short, what happened today is the first and last time. If you’re targeting Ji Qingzhou because you think he’s taking up Li Wei’s resources, then I can tell you very clearly that the reason Ji Qingzhou was able to go on this show was me. I recommended him. Even if nothing had happened to Li Wei, he would still be here.”
Cai Li guessed that he should have come for Ji Qingzhou’s sake, but didn’t expect him to say something like this, “Brother Lian, I thought you hated him.”
“I don’t.”
“But isn’t he taking up your resources and sucking your blood right now? If it weren’t for you, how could he come to this variety show?”
“You’re overthinking it.” Lian Jingxing replied.
Cai Li was different from Meng Yuanbai. Meng Yuanbai and him were friends so he was willing to explain. Cai Li wasn’t, so Lian Jingxing didn’t bother explaining that much to her, “I’ll leave it at that. I don’t want to see it a second time.”
He said and turned to walk to his room. Cai Li stared after him, not understanding his words.
Ji Qingzhou went back to his room and laid down on his bed, thinking about all the things that happened today, feeling quite tumultuous. He picked up his phone and sent a WeChat message to Chu Cheng: is it convenient to pick up a video call?
Chu Cheng was reading this quarter’s report, and halfway through, he received Ji Qingzhou’s message. He looked at the words on WeChat and was a little hesitant. He felt that Ji Qingzhou had the tendency to cross the boundary, so he intended to cool down their relationship. He wanted to tell Ji Qingzhou not to take so much initiative in the future. Chu Cheng taking initiative was fine, they could maintain some distance.
He put down his phone, intending to pretend that he didn’t see it, but a thought quickly flitted through his mind. This variety recording was Ji Qingzhou’s first time meeting Luo Yuxin. Although he and Luo Yuxin were not considered rivals, because of Fang Yaoxuan’s fuckery, there would inevitably be comparisons in his heart. This time, did he send a text because he saw Luo Yuxin and wasn’t feeling good?
When Chu Cheng thought of this, he found it hard to bear and eventually persuaded himself to respond. Either way, he couldn’t let his little lover suffer because of Luo Yuxin and then because of himself. Ji Qingzhou wasn’t a qualified little lover, but he was a qualified golden backer ah! As a father, it was inevitable to be patient with the child.
Once Chu Cheng convinced himself, he raised his hand to video call Ji Qingzhou. Ji Qingzhou saw the video invitation pop up on his phone and sat up in a hurry, half leaning on the bed as he accepted the call, smiling while looking at him.
Chu Cheng originally thought that he had been wronged by Luo Yuxin, and came to himself for comfort, but he didn’t expect that what caught his eye was a smiling face, “You look quite happy, huh?”
“Yeah.” Ji Qingzhou said, “I just finished recording the first part of the variety, and guess what we recorded?”
“What is it?” Chu Cheng asked him.
“Secret room escape.”
“You played well?”
Ji Qingzhou nodded, “How do you know?”
“If not would you volunteer to tell me about it?” Chu Cheng laughed, “You’re only so proactive every time you open the screen.”
Ji Qingzhou was a little embarrassed by what he said, but still couldn’t help but want to share his joy, “I did perform very well. I found crucial information several times and I was also the one who caught the mole in the end. I think I’m pretty good.”
“That’s indeed quite impressive.” Chu Cheng replied.
“Did Luo Yuxin give you a hard time?” He asked.
Ji Qingzhou mulled it over, “Argued with me a bit, but I argued back.”
“So he wasn’t angry?”
“I don’t know about that, but I just realized a problem after recording. This variety is personas for each individual. Luo Yuxin’s persona is intelligent and wise, so the secret room escape is actually more suitable for his persona. I argued with him several times in this segment and also repeatedly made him speechless, this is virtually breaking his persona, isn’t it? It’s normal for him to be angry.”
“You said that Luo Yuxin’s persona is intelligent and wise, but what about you?” Chu Cheng was curious.
“I don’t have a persona,” Ji Qingzhou said, “The program team said I could go in the direction of being funny and stupid, but I’m not good at being funny, so I didn’t intentionally try to be funny.”
“Who says you’re not good at being funny,” Chu Cheng felt that he had some misunderstanding of his own perception, “You’re quite funny sometimes.”
“Am I?” Ji Qingzhou was confused, “When?”
“For example, when you said you were going to be an only child.” Chu Cheng still couldn’t help but laugh now when he remembered his words in the car at the time, finding each of his sudden metaphors particularly vivid and interesting.
Ji Qingzhou didn’t expect him to mention this and helplessly laughed, “That’s different, that’s when I’m talking to you.”
“You have one personality pasted front and another on your back ah?” Chu Cheng ridiculed him.
Ji Qingzhou drummed his cheeks and didn’t say anything. It was true that he was more freely liberal in front of Chu Cheng, and it was also true that when he was with others, he wouldn’t easily say anything that came to mind.
When Chu Cheng saw that he didn’t answer, he didn’t embarrass him and asked him a different question, “How are you getting along with Lian Jingxing?”
Ji Qingzhou nodded, “It’s quite good, my senior brother takes care of me quite well, we are on the same team for this recording. Anyi is also on the same team.”
“That’s fine, Lian Jingxing’s position is high there. Since he’s willing to take care of you, the others wouldn’t dare to touch you.”
“Other than Luo Yuxin, everyone else gives me a pretty good feeling. Oh, and Cai Li,” Ji Qingzhou remembered what Chu Cheng had said before, to give him a word when something happens, or at least let him know, so he told Chu Cheng about what happened in the secret room, and lamented, “This time, I’m quite thankful to Anyi. Cai Li is a girl, I rebuffed her, and even if I won, it would feel like I was the one bullying her. Anyi was much more suitable than me.”
“But Anyi is only recording this one episode with you, so what if Cai Li comes up with this kind of bad move again in the future?”
“It’s simple,” said Ji Qingzhou, “She’s a person with a criminal record now. If she pulls this kind of dirty trick again, I’ll ask if everyone remembers how she framed me last time. People aren’t stupid, they’ll definitely wonder if she’s up to her old tricks first.”
Chu Cheng nodded, “As long as you know what you’re doing.”
“Mm.”
Ji Qingzhou and Chu Cheng chatted for a while, before he reluctantly hung up the video call and prepared to sleep. He laid on the bed and looked at the date on his phone, hesitating whether or not he should send Chu Cheng a gift for Christmas. If he did, what would be appropriate?
He was pondering, but he heard a knock on the door, Ji Qingzhou walked over and opened the door, he saw the program director standing outside, Ji Qingzhou was surprised and asked, “Director, what is it?”
The director entered the room and sat down with him on the couch, smiling at him and complimenting him, “You were very good in the back room today, Qingzhou, very smart.”
“Thank you.” Ji Qingzhou said politely.
“But,” the director sighed, “You also know, our variety show is set up by someone, the secret room you played very well, there’s nothing wrong with that, it’s just that in the future, can you hide this sharpness of yours a little bit? As you know, if you shoot a bird with a gun, the wood will show up in the forest and the wind will destroy it ..”
God, I hate these kind of rules. Ugh, wish Chu Cheng was still on call so he hears this bs.
And Chu Cheng, keep convincing yourself that it’s just Zhouzhou and not you too, who’s crossing the boundary xD
Thanks for the chapter! 🙂
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CC let’s face it. You already got too close and you want to stay that way.
Thanks for the great translation ♥️
Thanks for the chapter! ^ ^)♡
Thanks for the update
Chu Cheng is delusional if he thinks Ji Qingzhou is the only one who cares for him too much. Haha.
Ugh… Ji Qingzhou is too clever for that show. They just want dumb people who follow instructions.
Thanks for the chapter!
Finally, for the director, I understand why he had to come and scold JQZ because this is the entertainment world, you don’t just break your assigned character and Luo Yuxin has always branded himself as “smart and poised” so stepping all over his face like that probably made LY put heat on the crew (don’t forget that he also has a backer, y’all) as well. Even then, JQZ is a newbie artist so him being a part of the limelight and overshadowing his seniors, especially LY who he resembles quite a bit will really make the netizens think that he was doing it on purpose and possibly cause LY’s fanbase to come and rain dirty water over him, which wouldn’t be good in the long run for his image where he might even be labelled as spiteful towards LY and trying to tear him down because they look similar. It’s unfair, but that’s showbiz. But don’t think for a second that our golden backer CC will let JQZ get walked on. Maybe this can be a turning point in their relationship?? Ugh I didn’t mean for it to get this long but big thanks to the lovely translator for updating!!!
I want to cry…
BIG YIKES
CC save ur baby!!
Let’s see when CC will realize. He is doing quite well of convincing himself for now.
Thanks for the chapter
and when the big bro decides to intervene they’ll change their opinion faster than flipping a book :v [thank you for the chapter ❤️🧡💛]
CC is trying really hard to convince himself. 😝 Hasn’t he thought about if he keeps too much of a distance then he won’t get to drive any time soon? 😏
Ugh, such rules, always ulterior motives! Can’t they change at least his persona?
Thank you for the chapter!
CC goes to see JQZ’s mom WEEKLY, and acts like JQZ is crossing the boundary? Did you or did you not make him move him with you, drive over 2 hrs to see him, beat a dude up for bullying him, and then debut for him?
Thank you very much for the chapter ♥️♥️♥️
I’ve got a feeling this Lian JX’s got a crush on Yu Anyi and if so then I wouldn’t mind waiting for YA’s reaction, lol
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