“You’re still so good at Tai Chi, Jing Anjue.”
The teenager on the sofa lifted his head, puzzled. He looked at Tang Ruanqing as if he pitied a crazy person.
Tang Ruanqing laughed in a low voice, looking at the young man’s face full of doubts. “You may leave.”
“In that case, excuse me.” Shan Yatong stood up. After glancing over the indescribable smile on Tang Ruanqing’s face, he smiled politely and left without hesitation, closing the door behind him.
Tang Yuqing looked at the closed door. Perhaps this was just his own imagination, but the young man was so similar to that person that for a moment he really thought it was Jing Anjue.
Because only Jing Anjue had that kind of smile. A light and breezy smile, yet there was a gloominess that no one else could see.
Standing up, he opened the door and saw that the young man was ready to leave through the special passageway under the guidance of the staff.
Shan Yatong didn’t expect Tang Ruanqing to suddenly call him by his former name. At that moment he was particularly shocked. But he saw that the other’s eyes were not looking directly at him, but rather they were looking through him. He suddenly realized that maybe the words Tang Ruanqing said were meant for the former Jing Anjue, not the current Shan Yatong.
There was no special feeling, because whether it was Jing Anjue or Shan Yatong, they were both himself. Life was not like a TV show. He was not going to be like those protagonists obsessed with figuring out which one of himself others liked. Anyway, no matter which self, it wasn’t like he hated either.
Jing Anjue and Shan Yatong were all the same to him. But he didn’t remember how much interaction he had with this Tang Ruanqing. Four years ago, Tang Ruanqing was just a department manager of Sky Crown Corporation. But in his memory, this man was a cunning and wily fox. Maybe he deliberately behaved like that just now in order to determine something?
“Wait a minute.”
Shan Yatong turned back. He saw Tang Ruanqing take an elegant step towards him. Standing beside Shan Yatong, the staff saw Tang Ruanqing come over. Surprised, he greeted him respectfully.
“You can go do something else. I’ll send Mr. Shan back home.” Tang Ruanqing said to the staff with a smile.
The staff dared not question him, and hurried away.
Shan Yatong squinted at the staff leaving. With his hands in his pockets, he looked to the side at Tang Ruanqing. The corner of his mouth quirked. “Isn’t this too much trouble, Chairman Tang?”
Tang Ruanqing chuckled, and spoke gracefully. “I like perfect things. It would be a pleasure to send you back.”
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Shan Yatong turned and didn’t meet Tang Ruanqing’s eyes. “I’ll just assume that Tang Ruanqing is praising me.”
Following behind Shan Yatong, Tang Ruanqing observed his height to be around 1.80 metres. He wasn’t considered very tall in this entertainment industry. The overall image belonged to the category of beautiful teenagers. Such teenagers were more popular with girls these days.
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“Don’t you like popularity?” Tang Ruanqing asked, somewhat unexpectedly.
“Popularity?” Shan Yatong laughed dryly. “Nowadays there are as many stars playing idol dramas as there are cow fur. After one drama becomes popular, another new one will come up. How long do you think I’ll be popular for?”
“Isn’t Luo Yanqian popular right now?” Tang Ruanqing was shaken by the smile lifting the corners of the teenager’s mouth. “It was because of the idol dramas he filmed that he became so popular.”
Turning the corner of the building’s corridor, Shan Yatong took out a pair of black-framed glasses and put them on. “Luo Yanqian is Luo Yanqian. I’m Shan Yatong.”
Tang Ruanqing shrugged and entered the underground parking lot. He walked to his car, and opened the door. “Please go in.”
Shan Yatong did not act overly modest. Sitting inside, he sat slightly lower, so that even if there was a reporter outside secretly taking pictures, they would not be able to capture his face.
Tang Ruanqing sat in the driver’s seat. Through the rear-view mirror, he could see Shan Yatong’s actions, his eyes squinting through his glasses. He turned his head to look at Shan Yatong. “Are you accustomed to this circle?”
The movement of Shan Yatong buckling his seat belt was abrupt. “So-so.”
Tang Ruanqing smiled and turned to drive seriously.
Xiao Qishen looked at the investigation report in his hand. There was nothing suspicious about it. He looked at the man sitting opposite him. “You mean they didn’t even know each other before?”
The man tugged on the brim of his hat. “I suspect so. According to our investigation of Shan Yatong’s life, this man was born in an orphanage. He liked the girl who grew up with him, but when he was sixteen, the girl who was one year older than him fell ill and died. When he was old enough to leave the orphanage, he worked a bit. He was scouted by Flying Entertainment when he was working as a waiter in a cafe, and was signed.” The man seemed like he was about to continue, but Xiao Qishen interrupted him.
“No need to say any further, all the information you’ve mentioned is in there.” Xiao Qishen put down the papers in his hand. “Are you sure you didn’t miss anything?”
The man nodded.
Xiao Qishen was a little confused. With that being the case, why was Shan Yatong so familiar with western food etiquette? He carefully recalled the information he had read. Was it possible he had worked as a waiter in a western restaurant?
The man’s phone suddenly rang. Xiao Qishen watched the man hang up the call. He had no intention of asking the man what it was about, but he found the man looking at him.
“What happened?” Xiao Qishen faintly suspected the call had something to do with himself.
The man thought carefully before saying, “I just received news that Mr. Tang sent Mr. Shan home.”
Xiao Qishen’s eyebrow twitched. Unconsciously, his right index finger tapped on the tabletop. He nodded. “I understand. You may leave, and continue your investigation.”
After the man left, Xiao Qishen picked up the information from the table again. The Shan Yatong in this was indeed not that different from what he had seen. However, his intuition told him that Shan Yatong’s true self was not like this.
He admitted that he was very interested in the young artist, though the interest was somewhat baffling.
He simply didn’t expect his cousin to be just as interested in the little artist. What a surprise.
What exactly was so special about him? Was it that his face was not the best in show business, or his faint smile, or his indifferent attitude towards everyone?
“You live here?” Tang Ruanqing looked at the not-so-luxurious neighborhood in front of him. He followed into the elevator of his building, and he looked at the floor pressed by him. “You live in such a high place?”
Shan Yatong took his hand back. Looking at Tang Ruanqing, he ignored his expression of concern. He nodded, and said nothing else.
Tang Ruanqing crossed his arms over his chest. “As an artist, shouldn’t you be trying to please your boss?”
Shan Yatong leaned against the wall behind him, watching the floor display go up one level at a time. “So, do all those artists who curry favor with you get benefits?”
Tang Ruanqing raised an eyebrow, and didn’t say anything, sort of acquiescing to Shan Yatong’s statement.
After exiting the elevator, Shan Yatong hadn’t reached his own door yet when he noticed a dark figure standing by it. The shadow hid the frown creasing his eyebrows. “Who’s there?”
Tang Ruanqing saw a teenager standing there, roughly the same age as Shan Yatong. His face was filled with obvious anger and loneliness.
“Luo Yanqian?” From the obvious surprise in Shan Yatong’s voice, Tang Ruanqing sensed that the relationship between the two were not as close as reported by the media.
Before Luo Yanqian could berate Shan Yatong, his words disappeared as soon as he noticed the man beside Shan Yatong. His eyes widened as he looked at the handsome man standing next to Shan Yatong. Was it actually the Chairman of Sky Crown Corporation?!
How could Shan Yatong just be walking together with Tang Ruanqing?
Shan Yatong took out his key, and opened his door. To the two behind him, he said,“You can both come in first.”
Glancing at Tang Ruanqing, Luo Yanqian took the lead and entered the apartment first, immediately going to sit down on the sofa in the living room.
Tang Ruanqing smiled. Entering after him, he easily closed the door behind him.
Shan Yatong brought out two cups of tea. Looking at the two sitting on the sofa, he frowned. “Don’t you two know what it means to change shoes?”
Luo Yanqian: “……..”
Tang Ruanqing: “……..”
Edited by Kyou
Beizhaan: I also was like ‘?? did no one take their shoes off…????’
Kyou: Omg yahhh aren’t they asian? It should be ingrained in you to take off your shoes!!!
wait, so he doesn’t really know anyone but they are all into him? Is it because he reminds them of his former self? or what is it?
I am a westerner and we normally don’t take our shoes off, but when COVID happened, my sister-in-law (who is a nurse), told us not to wear our shoes in, so now we just leave them outside the door. In any case, I also find it weird then they don’t change or take off their shoes now xD
thanks for the chapter <3
Bruh you guys… seriously…. didn’t your mom tell you to take your shoes off inside the house?? You’re asian bruh… (I’m just joking sorry XD I am asian myself and If my mom saw me inside the house with shoes on she will LITERALLY beat the shit out of me lmao (≧▽≦))
Thank you for the chapter~ (◍•ᴗ•◍)❤
MAN is trq suspicious or was he really just thinking out loud?? Syt may not care lol BUT I DO! His attitude towards his rebirth? Transmigration? Is really refreshing!
Wrinkles nose y’all didn’t take your shoes off?
Thank you for this chapter and the previous!!
If this happened inside my house my mom will surely lecture why everyone needs to take off their shoes upon entering into a house~
Anyway it seems that Yatong life from know will be full of roller coaster tickets~
Thanks for the chapter<3
It is the same with me too. We live in Europe and we have seperate shoes for the home space, as well for our guests. Dirty shoes stay outside.
Hahaha the two of them were too busy thinking of how to appear impressive to you more than the other that they forgot to take off their shoes😂😂
Thanks for the chapter ❤❤
Thanks for the chapter! ^^)❤
It’s definitely ingrained into me, always take off your shoes!
Thanks for the chapter! 💕
Hmm…I’m not one to judge…since I always take my shoes out…then I wear fuzzy slippers at home… So am I wearing shoes or not ? ¯_(ツ)_/¯
Thanks for the chapter~
They also refer to it like… changing shoes at home – like changing into slippers is appropriate! I think having an indoor set of shoes is fine as long as outdoor shoes are taken off 🧐
The protagonist is so popular no matter what body he takes. I was imagining what would everyone react when he said he was actually JAJ lol.
And Lmao the shoes part was really funny. When I went abroad I was a bit shocked that they didn’t take off their shoes while it’s common in Asia. You don’t take off your shoes, you have chosen death.
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Thank you for the chapter 😊
I like Tang Ruanqing the most so far, his name is also nice~
1.8 metres=175 cm? I don’t know about you, but something doesn’t add up?
To everyone wondering about the shoes thingie… the custom is dying due to westernixation~ not entirely~ not that widespread~ but its happening~
Ugh there are so many love interest 3 guys already and it is just chapter 21🤯 just who is the ML UGH
Oops. Older male cousin that wasn’t that close close to him in first life. Having doubts who’s the ml again 😅 aiyo, I’ll just calm my mind and wait for more harem members to pop up.