Author: hoeniely (Page 4 of 14)

Chapter 112 – Recognize me as a boyfriend

There was silence in the huge office.

Recently, his work has been so busy that An Xumo could only sleep at most four or five hours a day. Because he couldn’t guarantee enough rest, there was something wrong with his eyes.

So when An Xumo insisted on hearing the truth, Zhou Jinchen did not continue to hide it from him.

After leaving the documents behind, Xin Zimai took the lead and left the office. This is a matter that belongs to two people, and it’s neither good for others to participate nor can they intervene.

After locking the door, Zhou Jinchen finally opened his mouth.

“What I said about saving you was an accident, Xiao Mo, you weren’t kidnapped.”

An Xumo knew about it because he never had a memory of being kidnapped.

“I was the one who thought I didn’t protect you well and let the kidnappers take the both of us. That’s why I kept thinking about your whereabouts.”

“But their initial target was me, wasn’t it?” An Xumo asked in a hoarse voice.

If the kidnappers really wanted to use Zhou Jinchen for money, they certainly wouldn’t have gone after An Xumo who wasn’t given the slightest attention.

Zhou Jinchen was silent for a moment but eventually nodded his head.

The people who planned the kidnapping back then were the family of An Xumo’s biological father, He Wenbin. The two families have been fighting for many years since the death of Zhou Yunshan and He Wenbin, and the He family is not as deep as the Zhou family’s inside information, gradually showing a decline, so they put their mind on An Xumo.

An Xumo has the inheritance left by Zhou Yunshan which also includes some things that involve the core of the Zhou family. If the He family wants to make use of this inheritance it’s necessary to snatch An Xumo away. In order to avoid suspicion, the He family hired people on the road to do it but what they didn’t expect was that the person who infiltrated the Zhou family was discovered by Zhou Jinchen, and in the chaos, the person who was kidnapped turned out to be Zhou Jinchen.

Before being taken away, Zhou Jinchen failed to confirm An Xumo’s safety. He watched with his own eyes a gangster walking towards An Xumo’s room, after the trouble, he (Zhou Jinchen) was knocked unconscious. That’s why he mistakenly thought that his younger brother was also caught.

After being tied up, the local gangsters should have directly handed over the hostages to the He family but they were chased too hard by the Zhou family and hurriedly fled all the way. It wasn’t until they arrived at a safe place and laid their hands on him did they realized that they actually carried the wrong person.

The leader of the kidnappers got the information from the He family. After he recognized Zhou Jinchen’s identity, he was so evil from the heart that he planned to eat on both sides. Blackmailing the Zhou family with Zhou Jinchen to pay the ransom on one hand and threatening the He family with exposing the hiring of kidnapping on the other hand.

The He family were so angry that they directly hired a second group of people to retaliate against the kidnappers, who knew that the kidnappers heard the wind on the road. The second group did not succeed in the sneak attack, and the two gangs fought head-on, resulting in a mutual loss.

Zhou Jinchen looked at the person and said, “Xiao Mo, this has nothing to do with you. It was because of me that the kidnappers temporarily changed their minds, which eventually led to them cutting each other.”

An Xumo with his face down, couldn’t speak, and could only shake his head.

No.

It’s not because of his brother, the cause of everything is him but his brother has endured more than a hundred times of pain for him.

Zhou Jinchen reached over and gently cupped the boy’s face. He gently wiped the tears on the other person’s face, the tears couldn’t be wiped away, and his entire palm was wet with tears.

“Without an insider, the kidnappers couldn’t have broken into the house so easily.” Zhou Jinchen whispered, “It wasn’t until recently we found out that the person who worked with the He family in the first place was my mother.”

“She and my father were married in business and had little affection for the entire Zhou family. When the He family promised her father a favor, she agreed to help lay hands on you.”

“It has only recently become clear to me that my grandfather and father knew what she had done but because of my grandfather’s demands for peace and compromise, coupled with the profits from the acquisition of the bankrupt He family at that time, they continued to live together for more than a decade.”

Zhou Jinchen looked at the boy in front of him.

“In their eyes, the harm I suffered could be completely offset by the profits from the acquisition of the He family.”

An Xumo opened his wet eyes and bit down on his swollen, red lower lip.

They were the same.

If Zhou Jinchen had a family that could give him enough love and care, he wouldn’t have been taken away by strangers for treatment.

An Xumo took a deep breath, his voice was hoarse, with a lingering nasal voice, “Brother, can I?”

“Whether it’s a didi or something else……to have a home with you and be your family.”

He spent all the courage in his life, “Can I?”

Zhou Jinchen did not pause for too long.

“Not a di di,” he said, “Xiao Mo, I don’t see you as a didi now.”

An Xumo did not flinch, he was still looking forward to Zhou Jinchen’s answer.

“I’m willing to confess to you a thousand times, but I don’t want you to agree to it out of guilt.” Zhou Jinchen repeated again, “Xiao Mo, your own feelings will always be your freedom.”

“It’s not guilt,” An Xumo shook his head, “no.”

“It’s that I……am too selfish.”

The tip of the boy’s nose began to flush again.

“I care too much about you, brother. I couldn’t bear the pain of gaining and losing, so I thought it would be better to not start at all.”

“If I’m not with you, I’ll never lose you either……”

In an ordinary relationship, what you lose in a breakup are feelings. For An Xumo, on the other hand, he would lose his sun. (E/N: mannn this hit so baddd)

He could not afford to take that risk, so in Li Qiucheng’s office in S City, beside the wooden box in the courtyard, after knowing his brother’s true feelings, he didn’t really take that step every day.

Zhou Jinchen looked at An Xumo whose eyes were slightly red. He knew the other party’s concerns, the boy had been sensitive for too long, and it took great courage to take a step.

So he had been waiting for the moment for the other side to reveal himself, and then he went over.

“Then give me a trial period, okay?”

An Xumo’s eyes widened.

“……trial period?”

“Look at my performance. If there’s something wrong with me, you can fire me at any time.” Zhou Jinchen’s tone was resolute and he couldn’t hear the slightest hint of joking.

An Xumo untimely thought of Yin Hanxing.

The other party also said the same thing.

The difference was the time limit, Zhou Jinchen said, “Give me seventy years. When we reach the age of ninety-nine, if you are still satisfied with me, then recognize me as a boyfriend, is that okay?”

An Xumo’s voice was a little urgent. “I can……now.”

Zhou Jinchen came closer and pressed against the boy’s forehead.

The tips of their nose rubbed against each other and the sounds of breathing could be clearly heard.

“If you admit it now, you can back out at any time before you turn ninety-nine.”

An Xumo sniffed quietly.

“I won’t back out.”

“This is your right until your ninety-nine years old.” Zhou Jinchen’s voice became softer and softer, “When the years have passed, you can only be with me.”

An Xumo pursed his lips.

Brother knew his uneasiness, that’s why he said that.

As he was thinking, he heard Zhou Jinchen say, “Your mouth is so red.”

It was only then did An Xumo realize that he shouldn’t bite his lips but Zhou Jinchen went on to ask.

“Can I kiss it?”

An Xumo did not speak, he took the initiative to eliminate the distance between the two.

The boy had just drunk milk, and there was still a faint milk flavor between his lips and teeth. He was like a sweet milk candy, the sweet scent emanated through the candy wrapper.

It was as light and sweet as the first time deep in memory but more delicious than ever.

Fifteen minutes later, the two sat together on the large, comfortable swivel chair. The redness of An Xumo’s lips became more and more pronounced, and you could tell what happened at a glance.

[Fifteen minutes later, the two sat together on the large, comfortable swivel chair. The redness of An Xumo’s lips is redder and even more gorgeous than when the kissing scene was filmed in 《Different Roads》.]

[*The author made some changes to the official site and I was able to look for the previous versions, so the ones in the brackets will be the first versions. I saw a comment saying they just bought it and asked if there were changes, and the author replied that she corrected some typos but when I checked on other sites, there were a lot of changes! So, in case you’re confused as to why some parts were repeated. I just wanted to share it with you all the previous version.]

But he had another problem in mind. An Xumo asked the man hugging him, “Brother, you remembered that kidnapping……will it affect you now?”

“Do you want to go back to S City for a re-examination?” Thinking of his own reaction when he first finished talking to An He on the phone, An Xumo couldn’t help but reach out and touch Zhou Jinchen’s chest. “Does your chest hurt?”

Zhou Jinchen took his hand, wrapped the person’s fingers in his palm, lifted them to his lips, and gently kissed the boy’s fingertips.

“Not much effect. Don’t worry, I’m not in pain.”

An Xumo is still a little uneasy, Zhou Jinchen said, “That kidnapping actually made me lose the ability to feel pain.”

He closed himself off and, just like the rest of the Zhou family, calculated everything with benefits only.

“It was you who gave me back the ability to perceive emotions.”

He lowered his head and a light kiss landed on the tip of the boy’s slightly red nose.

The man’s ability to learn on his own was extremely good, and the innate photographic memory gave him the most convenient aid. He only stopped short in the field of emotions until he met his teacher again.

“I actually, I don’t know how I can help you……” An Xumo said softly, “but I wish I could take the pain away from you as much as you gave me…….”

“You’re already doing that Xiao Mo, no need to be anxious.”

Zhou Jinchen moved down a little, and the rich, scent of milk came up again.

They still have a long time to answer these questions bit by bit.

About love from the heart, about love that is hard to suppress, about ten years of looking out of reach.

And after that, seventy years of never being apart again.

¹Previous version[“It was you who gave me back the ability to perceive emotions.”

An Xumo’s fingertips tickled, and the place where he had been kissed was a little hot.

His chest was warm, and when he opened his mouth, he asked in a daze, “Do I make you feel pain, brother?”

“……”

Zhou Jinchen made the lips of the boy in his arms become a little redder again.

Only when the boy touched his lips with some sorrow did he leisurely said, “Xiao Mo, I might make you feel pain.”

An Xumo lightly rubbed his lips, “My mouth doesn’t hurt……”

Zhou Jinchen took the opportunity to answer, “It might be another mouth.”

There was silence for a moment.

Just when Zhou Jinchen regretted that he had been too hasty, the boy repeated in confusion, “Another mouth?”

He said blankly, “Don’t people only have one mouth?”

“……”

Zhou Jinchen should have known better, how could his brother, who couldn’t even understand Xin Zimai’s voice every time he was kissed until he couldn’t breathe, understand such words.

But he wasn’t in a hurry.

They still have a long time to answer these questions bit by bit.

About love from the heart, about love that is hard to suppress, about ten years of looking out of reach.

And after that, seventy years of never being apart again.]

[*This was the part that was also changed, which I liked the most. Lol. I guess the author felt that it’s too fast for them to have this conversation since they have just started with their journey of being together, so they decided to change it.]

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The author has something to say:

The main text is finished!

It’s hard to imagine……

Thank you for supporting me all the way, bow, thank you very, very much
After that, continue to update the extra. The extra will be sprinkled with sugar, will solve the matter of the Zhou family, and will also solve the problem of An He.

=V= See you in the extras~

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Jie Jie: I guess there was a bit of a face slap? (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:·ﾟ✧ I don’t remember anymore qaq Finally, the main text is over~ We’ve come a long way, everyone! Btw, I have a new novel that I’ll be translating! You can check it here: He Woke Up and Became The Actor’s Cat. If you haven’t read it, check on the other chapters first since I’ll only be resuming the translations~ Hopefully, I’ll get to finish this one too (￣▽￣*)ゞ

Chapter 111 – I’ll help you wipe your tears
 
Warning: Mentions of violence and deaths. If you are uncomfortable with these things, kindly stop reading.

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When An Xumo was first sent to Zhou Yunlin’s house, he wasn’t three years old yet and has been a foster child for as long as he can remember. As the child of the Zhou family’s daughter-in-law who had an affair with others, An Xumo’s status was so embarrassing that everyone around him treated him with nothing but disgust and indifference, the only exception being Zhou Jinchen.
 
In the foster home of Zhou Yunlin, An Xumo naturally can’t be allowed to call out the names of mother and father. In fact, he did not address Zhou Yunlin and his wife as uncle and aunt but by Mr. and Mrs.
 
Zhou Jinchen was the only one who, knowing his status, still agreed to An Xumo calling him brother.
 
It was only with this bit of kindness that the young An Xumo remembered his brother’s sweetness for so many years. Even after the accident at the age of seven where Zhou Jinchen’s attitude towards him changed suddenly, An Xumo always thought it was because his brother was sick, and never reduced his liking for Zhou Jinchen until he was repeatedly tested and hurt did he slowly shrank back into his shell.
 
And now, Zhou Jinchen cracked open his shell and gently embraced him.
 
In the box left by Mr. Old Yu, apart from those various books related to Zhou Jinchen, there are also some other scattered things. For example, the list of funds and expenses given by the Zhou family, the textbooks and exercise books used by Zhou Jinchen, as well as the photos taken back then. An Xumo wanted to take out the envelope containing the photos but inadvertently found a bulging leather pouch hidden underneath.
 
He first put the envelope aside and took the pouch at the bottom of the box. An Xumo carefully unzipped the zipper and a doll that was flattened a bit was revealed.
 
Zhou Jinchen walked over, stood behind the boy, and reached out his hand around the person with the doll in his arms.
 
“I didn’t think it was still there.”
 
It was a very cute doll with bright eyes, a round head, and a big milk candy in his arms.
 
The doll was held by Zhou Jinchen and An Xumo gently held its soft little hand.
 
“Zimai can’t remember; it’s not called didi.”
 
The man’s voice was close to his ear, the two were so close that they could even hear each other’s breathing.
 
Zhou Jinchen softly said, “It’s called Momo.”
 
The doll was turned over, and on the extra label at the stitching on the back, there was an old, slightly blurred but still recognizable word written.
 
It was exactly the same as the words on the backs of the hands of those little kids in the drawing book.
 
A smile emerged from An Xumo’s lips and before he could finish smiling, his cheeks were gently rubbed by someone’s finger.
 
Zhou Jinchen wiped away the tears with his hands that had fallen from the boy’s face. The warm droplets of water wet his slender fingers.
 
“I’m sorry, I also, I don’t know why I’m crying……”
 
An Xumo explained to him in a low voice, his voice was broken and full of dampness.
 
“No need to apologize.”
 
Zhou Jinchen pressed his chin against the other party’s slightly cool and soft side face, tightened his arms, and hugged the person a little tighter.
 
“In front of me, it doesn’t matter what you want to do.”
 
Cry out, I can always help you wipe away your tears.
 
The milk candy doll is old. Despite careful preservation, the cloth is still a little yellowed. Zhou Jinchen deliberately instructed the housekeeper to take special care. When cleaned, the doll which regained its snow-white appearance was placed in Zhou Jinchen’s bedroom.
 
The cute and lovely doll doesn’t match the bedroom’s simple décor but the man doesn’t seem to care and directly placed the doll in the most prominent position at the head of the bed.
 
Zhou Jinchen actually wanted the other Momo to move into the bedroom but he can see that An Xumo’s heart is still hesitant.
 
The boy still seems to be worried about something. His shell has opened a crack but he hasn’t confidently revealed the dazzling pearl inside.
 
In the face of his beloved who lacks a sense of security, Zhou Jinchen has enough patience.
 
He is still waiting, waiting for the moment when the other party is willing to accept him.
 
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As the post-production of《Yin Yang Well》came to an end, An Xumo who had already returned to school received another piece of good news.
 
The film he shot in the first semester of his freshmen year, 《Joy in Going Out》 was released before International Worker’s Day. The film’s first two days were mediocre but then improved by leaps and bounds, which surprised many professional film critics. 
Although this film is made by the director who has previously created box office myths and the actors are also familiar big-names, but the pattern of the whole film is not really big. At best, it can only be considered a low-budget romantic comedy film, and the director originally has a comedy background. When he first made the film, it was often said to be stagnant and didn’t think about the progress.
 
When An Xumo first joined the group halfway through, the director and several long-established actors gave him a lot of care and help. He also had a good impression of the work in which he learned a lot of things.
 
However, compared with Ma Lao’s 《Different Roads》, even An Xumo could perceive the obvious gap between these two crews.
 
But such a film that cost less than 50 million and was almost wiped out in terms of professional film criticisms, the box office eventually exceeded one and a half billion.
 
It’s impossible for commercial films to compete for awards coupled with public opinion issues; the box office explosion doesn’t have much effect on the actors’ support. Nevertheless, what the industry looks at in the end was the box office. After the release of the total box office data, An Xumo who acted in two consecutive box office explosive movies naturally attracted a lot of attention.
 
Even if both movies were supporting roles, his lucky constitution was enviable enough. In addition, An Xumo’s roles are distinctive and pleasing in character, and even in the supporting role of 《Joy in Going Out》 have attracted a lot of fans for him. In addition to the favor of fans and delight of passersby, there are also the claims of luck in the industry, like An Xumo, even luck alone is enough to win the favors of producers and directors.
 
In this way, An Xumo’s identity as an actor becomes more distinct and the words ‘idol’ and ‘idol’¹Both meant the same since “偶像”(ǒu xiàng) means idol and “爱豆” (ài dòu) is a slang for idol which is a loanword.are rarely seen in various interviews and reports. Although many fans are still in the pit because of being face-cons, the signs of transformation are already obvious in him.
 
After the film screening, the follow-up activities also kept An Xumo who asked for leave again, busy for a long time. At present, he is the busiest one among Mojia’s signed artists, even more so than Zhou Jinchen’s work.
 
So when Xin Zimai knocked on the door and walked into his boss’s office, he really didn’t expect that the person sitting inside would be An Xumo.
 
“Jinchen, the results of the investigation back then have come down……”
 
He closed the door behind him, and halfway through Xin Zimai’s words, he saw the figure sitting on the swivel chair that is obviously shorter than usual.
 
“Xiao An?” Xin Zimai looked around the office and wondered, “Where’s your brother?”
 
“He went out to get something……”
 
An Xumo rubbed his eyes with a distinct weariness on his face and slightly red eyes. When he opened his eyes to look at Xin Zimai, he saw two thick folders in the other party’s hands.
 
“Brother Zimai, you just said……the investigation back then?”
 
Xin Zimai coughed lightly, “I mean last year’s research… last year’s filming of 《Joy in Going Out》. Now the box office share has come down.”
 
An Xumo froze, “Box office share?”
 
Xin Zimai nodded, “Yuan Dian participated in the investment of this movie.”
 
Yuan Dian is one of the investors of Mojia Media which is also the new investment company that Zhou Jinchen created at the beginning.
 
An Xumo couldn’t help but sigh, “So powerful……”
 
Just by participating in 《Different Roads》 and 《Joy in Going Out》, he was envied by so many people for his luck but Yuan Dian was directly involved in the investment of the two films. With a profit of one for a hundred of Yuan Dian’s return earned, onlookers will only think about it and feel that it’s considerable.
 
Xin Zimai was relieved that the topic had been taken away when the door was pushed open.
 
Zhou Jinchen came from outside with a glass of milk in his hand. He glanced at Xin Zimai and walked towards An Xumo sitting behind the desk.
 
The milk was on the table which is still a little hot. Zhou Jinchen reached over with the hand that wasn’t holding the glass and touched the boy’s forehead. After confirming the temperature, he asked him in a low voice, “Do your eyes still hurt?” (T/N: My eyes hurt from the light-bulb-Zimai’s brightness. E/N: 23333)
 
An Xumo shook his head, “It doesn’t hurt anymore.”
 
Zhou Jinchen said, “The evening activities have been pushed, drink the milk and close your eyes to rest for a while then come home with me later.”
 
An Xumo held the glass handed to him and obediently took a sip.
 
A barrier was clearly formed around the two, making it seem like Xin Zimai across the desk was completely isolated. He touched his nose and waited for Zhou Jinchen to finish talking with the boy and turn his eyes around before he handed over the second folder.
 
“Take a look at 《Joy in Going Out》 shares.”
 
With the good experience of 《Different Roads》 in front of them, the division process of accounts of 《Joy in Going Out》 was much smoother without any errors. These things had been discussed before and after Zhou Jinchen read through it and signed it, he put the document aside.
 
“Anything else?” He asked Xin Zimai.
 
Xin Zimai subconsciously glanced at An Xumo whose eyes were already closed.
 
Zhou Jinchen said directly, “Speak.”
 
Xin Zimai said, “That year’s file has been pulled out, and the photos have been copied. The retired policeman in charge of the case was also found; he told our people all the things he remembered.”
 
He glanced at Zhou Jinchen and whispered, “Things have basically been restored, Jinchen, you……”
 
They already had some information before, Xin Zimai wasn’t sure if such things should be told in front of An Xumo.
 
Zhou Jinchen was silent for a while until a hand reached over and grasped his wrist.
 
The boy was still sitting on the swivel chair and obediently did not open his eyes, but he asked in a low voice, “Brother… is it that incident that happened eleven years ago?”
 
“…… En.”
 
An Xumo pursed his dry lips.
 
He asked, “Can I listen?”
 
Zhou Jinchen took the boy’s palm with the back of his hand and wrapped the other party’s slightly cool fingertips in his hand.
 
“Okay.”
 
The thick folder was opened, and Xin Zimai stood across the desk, spreading the snow-white paper in front of the two.
 
He summed up that year’s involvement as briefly as possible.
 
Eleven years ago, twelve-year-old Zhou Jinchen was kidnapped from his home. The kidnappers were a group of vicious gangsters who wanted to use Zhou Jinchen in exchange for ransom but they coincidentally break into another gang’s territory. The two groups fought on the spot. Due to gun restrictions, they fought with machetes and cleavers. In the end, more than fifty people from both sides were almost wiped out, twenty-nine people died on the spot, and twenty-one died of serious injury. Except for Zhou Jinchen who was going to be exchanged for money, there was almost no one left alive.
 
Zhou Jinchen already knew about the local ruffians so Xin Zimai didn’t hold back in his narrative, “At that time, they were taking Jinchen for transfer when they met, so Jinchen witnessed the whole fight. The old policeman said that when they arrived, most of the policemen vomited directly, and even the experienced forensics nearly failed to hold back. The police were shocked to find him alive when they discovered he was covered in blood and hidden under the two bodies that were still intact.”
 
The copy of the photos isn’t clear but just looking at the outline is enough to make people scared.
 
An Xumo’s face was pale as he held the man’s hand, and he heard Xin Zimai say, “The adult police officers can’t accept that kind of scene. After witnessing the whole scene, Jinchen was too heavily stimulated, and after being rescued, there was an autistic tendency.”
 
An Xumo was too young at that time to know what injuries his brother had suffered. He later thought of a lot of situations, poisoning, drugging, beating……but never thought that the truth would be so cruel.
 
When a boy with Asperger’s syndrome is exposed to such stimulation may have PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) for the rest of his life before he is mature.
 
But now, his brother sat peacefully next to him, his palms warm and strong, looking calmer than everyone else.
 
He even took the initiative to reach out and put his hand around the boy’s shoulder.
 
“Xiao Mo? Did it scare you?”
 
An Xumo shook his head hurriedly, his eyes which were already a little red before, were even more completely red.
 
“It’s all in the past, Elder Yu has cured me.” Zhou Jinchen used his dry palm to wipe away the cold sweat seeping from An Xumo’s forehead. This bout of work is so busy that the boy’s body is already in poor health, and he (Zhou Jinchen) regretted letting the other person hear such things.
 
An Xumo bit his lower lip, his teeth made deep marks on it. The tip of his tongue is also in severe pain, and the bitten wound was beating abruptly.
 
But this pain is not a millionth of what his brother suffered at the beginning.
 
After exchanging a look with Zhou Jinchen, Xin Zimai continued, “At the beginning, it was hard to tell whether the news was true or not, so Zhou Jinchen always thought that He Wenbin was the one who disclosed the news to the gangsters. That’s why later on, he gradually alienated Xiao An. But in fact, He Wenbin was forced to jump by the Zhou family a long time ago. We didn’t find out until recently……”
 
He paused for a moment before speaking in a low voice, “The person who inadvertently caused the hooligans to break into the Zhou family at that time should be Jinchen’s mother.”
 
In An Xumo’s shocked gaze, Xin Zimai didn’t give a detailed explanation, he only briefly mentioned, “This matter is very complicated to say, Mrs. Zhou may have made an unintentional mistake……”
 
But An Xumo didn’t finish listening to his words.
 
“How can it be Mrs. Zhou?”
 
Xin Zimai said, “So it may be an unintentional mistake……”
 
“But the person Mrs. Zhou dislikes the most is me.”
 
Xin Zimai was stunned.
 
Holding the trembling body in his arms, Zhou Jinchen said, “Xiao Mo, this matter and you……”
 
“Brother.”
 
An Xumo called the man in a low voice.
 
In Xin Zimai’s diary, the twelve-year-old Zhou Jinchen in his mind was that the only person he’s most concerned about was An Xumo.
 
When he fell ill, he still didn’t forget to hide behind the barrier with the doll in his arms. Even after seeing the trusted Elder Yu, his first move was to hand the doll to the other party.
 
An Xumo raised his eyes, his reddened eyes became bloodshot.
 
He said in a hoarse voice, “You still haven’t told me, when Mr. Old Yu treated you, why did you say you want to save your didi?”
 
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The author has something to say:
 
Untie the knot to be completely reunited…

Chapter 110 – Lost you for so many years

Warning: Short descriptions/mentions of blood and gore. If you are uncomfortable with these things, kindly stop reading.

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The contents of the first half of the diary are quite normal, and probably nothing unusual happened during the week. After Zhou Jinchen went, the situation had a big change. An Xumo continued to turn back the diary, Xin Zimai wrote a number of diary entries by then, all related to Zhou Jinchen.

Bing Tuotuo¹Block of ice, lol) hasn’t spoken for a day. Bing Tuotuo did not speak for two days… Bing Tuotuo didn’t say a word for five whole days. At first, Xin Zimai bet with his fellow brothers who could make this block of ice speak first. After being educated by Mr. Old Yu, he knew that the boy who never opened his mouth was sick.

Xin Zimai himself has a respiratory disease and knows what it’s like to be sick so his attitude toward Zhou Jinchen had changed. After a long time, others lost interest in approaching the boy who didn’t talk to anyone and only Xin Zimai continued to persist.

More than ten days after coming into the deep mountains, with Mr. Old Yu’s efforts, Zhou Jinchen finally began to communicate with the outside world for a short time, and Xin Zimai wrote in his diary, “Master is patient with Zhou Lengleng¹Cold Zhou)and doesn’t ask him to do anything except to eat. Last night, Zhou Lengleng also spoke to me, his voice is actually quite nice but he talks too little.”

Zhou Lengleng is the nickname Xin Zimai gave to Zhou Jinchen. He felt that the last two characters of Zhou Jinchen’s name were too difficult to write.²Zhou Jinchen’s name: 周谨沉

“But today, Master scolded Zhou Lengleng because he stuffed his candy into Xiao Qi’s most precious doll’s mouth, and the doll got dirty. Xiao Qi cried for a long time, and Zhou Lengleng didn’t apologize to him.”

According to the previous records, Xiao Qi should be the youngest child in the deep mountains. An Xumo looked at these records and felt rather marvelous. He looked up at Zhou Jinchen who was not far away and found it difficult to connect the man in front of him with the ‘Zhou Lengleng’ of many years ago.

“After the Master asked him why he stuffed the doll with candy, Zhou Lengleng said that his didi³Younger brotherliked to eat milk candy. I think he may have mistaken the doll as his didi.”

Suddenly seeing the words didi, An Xumo couldn’t help but be surprised.

… Didi likes to eat candy?

Old Zhou has four sons and four grandchildren, apart from An Xumo who’s not his own, Zhou Yunhua, the third oldest member of the Zhou Family also has two sons in his family and they are both Zhou Jinchen’s younger brothers. Although An Xumo’s heart beat faster, he didn’t dare put himself in that seat right away.⁴Note (in case you forgot): The eldest: Zhou Yunfeng;
The second: Zhou Jinchen’s father — Zhou Yunlin;
The third: Zhou Yunhua; (it wasn’t mentioned before if he had any children, author just probably added info here)
The fourth: An Xumo’s nominal father — Zhou Yunshan.

An Xumo opened the diary for the next day and saw Xin Zimai wrote, “Today Master brought back a new doll for Zhou Lengleng, which is very similar to the one from Xiao Qi, but the new doll’s arms were holding a particularly large milk candy. Master said that his didi has a candy and told Zhou Lengleng to keep the candy for himself while they ate it together.”

“It sounds too childish but Zhou Lengleng seemed quite happy, he kept hugging the doll for the whole day.” 

An Xumo saw this and suddenly felt some heartache for some reason.

Zhou Jinchen was already twelve years old when he went to the deep mountains to recuperate. Before the accident, in An Xumo’s impression, his brother was already very stable. Not only in academics but also in dealing with people, he has always been one of the most outstanding people in the younger generation of the Zhou family.

However, in Xin Zimai’s diary, Zhou Jinchen did not speak for more than ten days in a row and held a rag doll for the whole day.

Xin Zimai was still young at that time. Even if Mr. Old Yu said that Zhou Jinchen was sick, he had no real concept and didn’t know how serious it was for a person not to communicate with the outside world for more than ten days. But when An Xumo was reading, he could also guess the seriousness of the condition between the lines.

He also saw another diary entry later on.

“Something happened to Zhou Lengleng today. He drove everyone out of the room, piled so many things together, and hid behind them. When we called Master over, we heard him (ZJ) say that there was blood and a knife but there was clearly nothing in the room. Zhou Lengleng hid alone for a long time, and Master failed to call out to him. In the end, it was Master who said that he could not save his didi by hiding inside and that he had to come out to protect him. Zhou Lengleng was willing to come out from behind.

I saw that he was still holding the doll in his arms and never let go. After seeing Master, he took the Master’s arms and handed over the doll, saying that he wanted to protect his didi from being taken away by the bad guys. These bad guys would cut people into several pieces with a knife, their arms fall off and their fingers would still move.

What Zhou Lengleng said was so scary that Xiao Qi and the others were all scared to tears but Master didn’t scold him this time. Master took Zhou Lengleng away with the milk candy doll and told us to put things back in place. We were busy for a long time before we cleaned up the room.”

At the end of the diary, Xin Zimai also wrote, “I don’t know who Zhou Lengleng’s didi is, he seems to care a lot about his didi, but when his parents came to visit the mountain, Zhou Lengleng’s didi never came.”

An Xumo looked at it three times over and over and still couldn’t believe his eyes.

“Brother ……”

Zhou Jinchen looked up from the booklet with an obvious movement.

He put down the book in his hand, got up, and walked over. Standing next to An Xumo, Zhou Jinchen glanced at the diary and bent down to see the boy’s expression.

He asked in a low voice, “What’s wrong?”

An Xumo handed the diary to the man, his hand was halfway up but then he remembered something and fiercely took the diary back.

His brother’s illness never healed. He didn’t know if it would trigger any bad emotions if he directly let the other person see such things.

Zhou Jinchen picked up nothing, and his right hand also reached halfway, empty, failing to hold anything.

But after retrieving the diary, An Xumo was the one who took the initiative to reach his hand over and hold the man’s right hand. His tone carried obvious nervousness, “Brother……you, do you still remember what happened when you were recuperating in the mountains?”

Zhou Jinchen quietly glanced at the palms of the two people’s clasped hands. He conveniently closed his right hand and gently wrapped the boy’s hand.

He said, “Old Yu helped me with psychotherapy which made me forget some things.”

That’s why he felt little impression when he saw the box of books

An Xumo hesitated, “Then……”

Zhou Jinchen looked at him, “Is it about my attack back then?”

“Ai……?” An Xumo was shocked for a moment. “Brother, you still remember this?”

Zhou Jinchen pointed to the drawing book and a thread-bound book on the side, “I read that.”

He explained, “The drawing book is mine, in the book are the records of Old Yu’s treatment for me at that time.”

An Xumo put the diary aside first and took the drawing book Zhou Jinchen handed him. The contents inside were very mixed, with both watercolor and pencil drawings. The first half of the book didn’t have specific content, only messy lines and large chunks of colors. It’s only until later that it began to slowly show some specific images. An Xumo briefly flipped through the book and saw two kinds of content, mostly —— children and milk candy.

The drawing book rarely has textual content but later, a name was marked next to the children who were drawn.

It was written by Zhou Jinchen with fluent handwriting that has become sharper and sharper, ‘didi’.

In addition, An Xumo also saw a word on the back of the child’s hand.

Mo.

He hasn’t been able to digest the news well when Zhou Jinchen on the side has opened the booklet used by Elder Yu and relayed the story of the whole treatment of that year.

After suffering an extremely serious psychological trauma, coupled with the birth of Asperger’s syndrome, Zhou Jinchen once showed autistic tendencies, and completely cut off communication with the outside world. After going through many hospitals and failing to improve, the Zhou family found Mr. Old Yu a famous psychotherapist and entrusted the person to him.

Elder Yu took the person to the deep mountains for treatment. The whole process of treatment was to overwrite old memories that can cause harm to Zhou Jinchen, just like raising a newborn baby, teaching him to learn from scratch.⁵Author changes Elder Yu’s title from time to time, sometimes there’s the corresponding Mr. along with the Lao/Old/Elder or sometimes there’s no Mr. at all. In case you might be wondering why his title keeps changing.

The deep mountains are less affected by the outside world, and it is more convenient to control various variables. Mr. Old Yu almost helped Zhou Jinchen reconstruct a brand-new mental world but after weighing it again and again, he only added two key concepts of father and mother, he didn’t build in the image of a ‘younger brother’.

In his notes in the book, Mr. Old Yu wrote that Zhou Jinchen’s obsession with his younger brother was too deep and if the concept of his younger brother was added, it was likely to evoke memories of his real past and pursue his younger brother’s whereabouts, thus resulting in failure. However, even if it’s a deliberately guided of forgetting, the risk is not small, at the beginning to cover the scarred memories, Zhou Jinchen has been trying to resist, it seems that there are obsessions that can’t be put down.

Elder Yu’s deduction was that Zhou Jinchen may have probably been in a dangerous situation with his younger brother before he suffered the trauma and that’s why he kept thinking of saving his younger brother.

It was only after a long period of repetition and deepening that he slowly let go of his original memories.

The method used for the treatment tends to be mild. As time goes by, the original memory will loosen, and the past will be revealed little by little. The person receiving the treatment will only think that the memory of his childhood is blurred because it’s been so long, and there will be no sense of dissonance that the memories have been forcibly erased. Those original traumatic memories may also reveal themselves but over time, the patient’s mind matures and his ability to accept those increases, and these traumas, are no longer an insurmountable gap.

If it was an ordinary person, it would be enough to do all of this but what makes Zhou Jinchen special is that he is also a patient with Asperger’s syndrome. Zhou Jinchen who was already insensitive to emotions had a harder time receiving emotional signals after the accident. Elder Yu helped him learn emotions corresponding to different behaviors little by little; this is why it took him five and a half years. He has to go to the mountains every year for six months in five years.

However, even so, Zhou Jinchen’s lack of emotions still affects his normal life. In the Zhou family, Zhou Jinchen’s parents are married for business, and the two had no emotional foundation, let alone how much affection and care they gave their son. That’s why Mr. Old Yu suggested that Zhou Jinchen should learn acting and make up for his emotions in other people’s stories.

Seventeen-year-old Zhou Jinchen debuted in the entertainment industry. He was cold to everyone’s attitude and only calculated everything with benefits. After that, the clues turned around and it was rumored that He Wenbin was the mastermind of the accident back then. Zhou Jinchen who had no special feelings for his family turned a blind eye to He Wenbin’s son, his didi.

The memory of the year at the age of seven is so far away that An Xumo can no longer remember his own condition when his brother’s accident happened, but he can still remember his brother’s sudden change of mood. When he went to be a trainee, the two didn’t see each other for more than 370 days.

An Xumo thought that his brother was like the rest of the Zhou family and didn’t want to be involved with him anymore, but that wasn’t the truth.

He was not abandoned nor rejected. He was hidden in the doll holding the milk candy, inside the thick drawing book, in the deepest covered memories, in the heart of his brother.

Zhou Jinchen put down the book in his hand and reached over, his warm palm gently covering the boy’s slightly cool cheek.

It was just like finally finding the lost treasure after so many years.

He touched the boy’s face and opened his arms, embracing the person in his arms.

An Xumo’s face was buried in the nook of Zhou Jinchen’s neck. There was a kind of cold wood fragrance on his brother’s body; his voice was low, like the evening breeze sweeping the pine sea.

“Xiao Mo.”

He said, “I’m sorry I lost you for so many years.”

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The author has something to say:

One small step for brother, one big step for sending out sugar.

Mai-zi’s alternative list of nicknames to brother: Zhou Lengleng, Zhou Bingbing, Zhou Liangliang, Zhou Toutou.
[Zhou Lengleng: Cold Zhou
Zhou Bingbing: Ice-cold Zhou
Zhou Liangliang: Cold Zhou
Zhou Toutou: Block of ice Zhou]

Next chapter, I will write about what kind of accident happened to the brother back then

Sending out sugar is really good! I am! Famous! I am famous for my sweetness! Sugar Bun!

Chapter 109 – The big block of ice in the deep mountains
 
An Xumo’s hands clasped, his fingers tightened. He bit the tip of his tongue and did not speak, his eyes also dropped, and he did not look at Zhou Jinchen again.
 
He vaguely guessed what the other party seemed to be expecting, but he still lacked the courage to take a step forward when the words came to his lips.
 
The room was quiet for a long time and the atmosphere seemed a bit stagnant. An Xumo lowered his head and did not see Zhou Jinchen’s expression. At last, it was Li Qiucheng who spoke up to break the silence in the room.
 
“Jinchen’s condition has actually been quite ideal, and the situation is much better compared to before and with other AS patients.” Li Qiucheng said, “He was lucky to have met someone who taught him to come out.”
 
An Xumo subconsciously asked, “Who?” remembering the things his brother had mentioned to him before, “Is it that… Mr. Old You?”
 
“……” Li Qiucheng couldn’t help but reach out and pinch his brow.
 
Zhou Jinchen whispered, “It’s you.”
 
“……Me?” An Xumo was at a loss. “But I don’t remember teaching my brother anything……”
 
“You look at me.” Zhou Jinchen said.
 
“You’ve been looking at me and you taught me that.”
 
So, I’m going to give it back to you; the same, more, and longer gaze.
 
When they returned from S City, they continued to shoot on the set until the film 《Yin Yang Well》 ended, and they never mentioned the romance thing again.
 
After the final banquet, they returned to B City. An Xumo went to school to cancel his leave and returned. He was worried about a pile of identification questions he couldn’t understand but Zhou Jinchen called him to the courtyard.
 
“Do you still remember asking me about the backyard before?”
 
An Xumo nodded and subconsciously looked at the shadow wall.
 
Although the two people live in a courtyard, when the house was renovated, it only left a quaint shell of ancient simplicity which is in fact some modernized intelligence. For example, the main body of the shadow wall which is preserved in accordance with the rules of feng shui is made of ultra-white glass. The shadow wall is so transparent and designed that An Xumo can see the light coming from behind that night.
 
Zhou Jinchen said, “Come with me.”
 
The two went around to the back of the shadow wall, the space between the wall and the shadow wall was narrow. Zhou Jinchen’s body blocked An Xumo’s view, and before he could see what was happening, a door quietly opened.
 
What was revealed inside happened to be the long corridor that An Xumo saw last time.
 
“Last time you said you saw light in the middle of the night, it should be the person in charge of cleaning the corridor and forgot to close the door, letting you come in by mistake.”
 
Zhou Jinchen led the person in, the sky was still bright, only then did An Xumo get a good look at the carefully tended grass and landscape outside the long corridor. When they reached the door where An Xumo had failed to enter last time, Zhou Jinchen stretched out his hand to have his fingerprints checked. However, what An Xumo didn’t expect was that the door didn’t open directly, instead, a reminder popped up on the screen.
 
【Access request has been sent.】
 
Request? An Xumo was a little curious, why does his brother have to request when he goes to his own backyard?
 
The reminder didn’t stay long and was soon replaced by another line.
 
【Transfer default access mode】
 
After a soft sound, the door automatically opened to both sides.
 
When the two stepped into the door, Zhou Jinchen gave an explanation to An Xumo.
 
As the head of the household, Zhou Jinchen has access to the entire courtyard, but only the backyard which was like a doorbell that needs to send a reminder to the person after identification before being granted access.
 
An Xumo nodded his head in understanding, “No wonder my identification didn’t work last time……”
 
Zhou Jinchen stared at him.
 
An Xumo was confused, “What’s wrong?”
 
Zhou Jinchen said, “You forgot to send the request last time, not that it was unsuccessful.”
 
An Xumo froze, “……Yi? Can my fingerprints be also recognized in the backyard?”
 
“En.” Zhou Jinchen said, “In this courtyard, your authority is the same as mine, Xiao Mo.”
 
Before An Xumo finished digesting the news, Zhou Jinchen led the person into the area at the back. The style here is obviously different from the front courtyard, to An Xumo, it’s as if it hadn’t been renovated at all. Everything was still ancient and old-fashioned; even the broken gaps on the wooden windows were still there.
 
If not for the main hall and the house, there would still be traces of people living. The tables, chairs, and beds are also clean and tidy. It looked like an old abandoned house that really looks a bit desolate.
 
And, An Xumo also finally learned from Zhou Jinchen who actually lived in the backyard.
 
Unexpectedly, it was the old man who had taken Zhou Jinchen to the mountains for five years for treatment.
 
Zhou Jinchen isn’t sure of the old man’s real name, except that the other party’s Taoist name is Mr. Yunyang. Apart from the study of Taoism, Mr. Old Yu is also quite proficient in psychology. If he hadn’t taken Zhou Jinchen away, I’m afraid the latter would not be able to get out of his autistic state until now.
 
Mr. Old Yu travels all year round. The deep mountain where he took Zhou Jinchen to live in seclusion is the place where he rests after returning from his travels. When he came to B City this time, he also took a fancy to the nearby old town, so after Zhou Jinchen heard about it, he decorated the courtyard, and invited him (Mr. Yu) to live with him (Zhou Jinchen).
 
“Before leaving Jin Dian, the Zhou family was still in control of my movements. If I move to another place, they would inevitably tie me up. With Mr. Old Yu here, they will not be suspicious of the choice of location. After losing the monitoring, they will only think it’s because of Mr. Old Yu’s presence.”
 
An Xumo listened to Zhou Jinchen’s explanation while observing the furnishings around him. After the other party finished saying his words, he turned his head and looked past in hindsight.
 
Zhou Jinchen is still expressionless and his tone was flat, not sounding like he was talking about his family, but rather, like a group of strange and cold overseers.
 
“A lot of Mr. Old Yu’s research can’t be leaked. Only he can come into the backyard and I haven’t been here since he moved here. So the very first time I showed you around this home, I didn’t mention the backyard to you.”
 
Zhou Jinchen finished his explanation and added, “A few weeks ago, when we were filming on the set, Mr. Old Yu sent me a message that he was leaving B City. He had taken his things with him, leaving only some things related to me.”
 
Related to my brother? An Xumo looked around, his eyes quickly fell on a wooden box in the main hall.
 
The style of the wooden box is somewhat chic and it looks a bit old. An Xumo reached out and touched the opening of the lid only to find that the wooden box wasn’t locked.
 
When they opened the lid together, the contents of the box were exposed.
 
Similar to the wooden box, the items inside also looked old. They are mostly yellowed books, children’s drawing books, carefully bound books, and notebooks wrapped in leather.
 
An Xumo asked, “Brother, are all of these your things?”
 
Zhou Jinchen frowned, “Probably, I can’t remember clearly.”
 
An Xumo looked at him curiously.
 
Zhou Jinchen’s memory is outstanding, unlike An Xumo who needed to spend a lot of effort to write it down, he (Zhou Jinchen) was so gifted that he could almost say he could hardly forget. Later, when Li Qiucheng explained, An Xumo knew that this was a special gift for patients with Asperger’s syndrome. Closing a door and opening a window, in the final analysis, it’s not necessarily a good thing.
 
What is it that my brother can’t even remember?
 
The two men weren’t in a rush to flip through the wooden box. After all, there were quite a lot of books in it, and it would take a lot of time to read them. Moreover, Mr. Old Yu left a few weeks ago, under the B City air, the backyard has been covered with a thin layer of dust, and it’s not convenient to move.
 
After rummaging through the remaining rooms to make sure nothing else was left behind, the two returned to the front yard with the wooden box. The door at the end of the long corridor also requires verification of the password to open from the inside, Zhou Jinchen who was holding the box didn’t have free hands, and An Xumo who walked in front of him pressed his right index finger that is usually used to open the door.
 
An Xumo’s name quickly appeared on the screen, the word “administrator” was written in the identity column. After the fingerprint recognition, there was a soft sound, and the door was really opened.
 
Across the long corridor, An Xumo opened the door to the front yard just like he did, and the two returned to the living room. Zhou Jinchen put down the wooden box and took out the books inside.
 
Looking at them separately, Zhou Jinchen took a drawing book while An Xumo picked up a warm yellow diary.
 
The handwriting in the diary was clean and beautiful but there was no continuity, so it was obvious that it was written by a child. According to the date, the diary should be more than ten years ago, and what surprised An Xumo was that the diary even had a name.
 
“Xin Zimai…… this is Brother Zimai’s diary?”
 
Zhou Jinchen moved his eyes away from the drawing book, “Zimai is Old Yu’s disciple. When he was a child, he had a bad respiratory tract so his parents sent him to the mountains to recuperate.”
 
An Xumo didn’t expect Xin Zimai to have this experience, “Then, brother, did you and Brother Zimai knew each other at that time?”
 
Zhou Jinchen nodded.
 
An Xumo asked, “Then, can I open and read it?”
 
After all, it’s a diary, even if it’s something from someone’s childhood, it’s still considered private.
 
Zhou Jinchen picked up his phone and called Xin Zimai.
 
The phone was picked up in a hurry. Xin Zimai’s breathing didn’t even calm down. An Xumo was a bit confused and couldn’t help but ask softly, “Brother Zimai’s respiratory tract since childhood hasn’t healed yet?” (T/N: Jinchen disturbing the side couple’s lovey-dovey lol. E/N: HAHAHAHAHAAHA)
 
Although An Xumo’s voice was low, it was still heard over there. Xin Zimai gave a hollow laugh, “Ha, I’m fine.”
 
A faint voice came from the other side, “You had bronchitis when you were a child?”
 
It was Li Qiucheng’s voice.
 
Zhou Jinchen ignored the other side and directly said to An Xumo, “He doesn’t have bronchitis, so it’s the lack of vital capacity.”¹Vital capacity is the maximum amount of air a person can expel from the lungs after a maximum inhalation.
 
An Xumo was still a bit confused.
 
After tossing about for a while, Zhou Jinchen explained the problem. Xin Zimai didn’t care much, “Just read it. Remember to save it for me after reading it ah. I don’t even remember what I wrote at that time.”
 
Hanging up the phone, An Xumo began to continue to read, the first previous diary is nothing unusual, only a general record of daily life. He also found from the account that this diary is the task set by Mr. Old Yu.
 
After flipping back a few pages, An Xumo saw a special piece of content.
 
“Today, a new kid came to the deep mountains. His name is so hard to write and the person is also hard to get along with. He doesn’t talk to anyone. He keeps a straight face, like a big block of ice……”
 
An Xumo reacted.
 
This kid is Zhou Jinchen.
 
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The author has something to say:
 
The next chapter is a high energy warning~
 
Brother really likes Xiao Mo very very much _(:з」∠) _
 
The extras have a lot of sugar. Don’t worry about not being sweet enough. In fact, I’m a little worried that people will eat a lot of sugar and feel panicked _(:з」∠) _……

Chapter 108 – Xiao Mo’s emotional belonging

Mojia Media invested in the film called 《Yin Yang Well》, in addition to bringing the famous director, Lu Nianzhou, the production is also a strong team. Unlike in the past, the lead actor in this movie is An Xumo, and Zhou Jinchen only plays a supporting role. However, the latter is actually not idle —— the film 《Yin Yang Well》 is also Zhou Jinchen’s first work as a producer.

Generally speaking, the convention for the development of the entertainment industry is to act and then direct, and although Zhou Jinchen started his career early, he’s only twenty-three years old now, far from the age of urgent transition. But as early as when he won his first film award, he acted as an unnamed investor in the movie 《Different Roads》 and this time, for his first work in Mojia Media, he even acted as the producer of the movie directly through his own investment company.

As a result of filming in the group, An Xumo spent more time with Zhou Jinchen, and he didn’t find any special changes in Zhou Jinchen after his identity changed. Although his acting skills have improved significantly, Zhou Jinchen will still help him analyze the script, plus, An Xumo’s role this time is heavy, he needs to understand more things. Basically, he spends most of his time with his brother during non-working hours.

However, even if An Xumo, who is not sensitive to the eyes of others, has been in the group for a long time, has noticed a clear difference in the attitude of people around him towards Zhou Jinchen.

In the past, during the filming of 《Different Roads》, An Xumo has been a shield for a while because of Lin Rui’s matter. At that time, even when Zhou Jinchen sent him porridge, it will be curiously discussed. After a series of interviews, there is also a variety of gossip from different people. However, during the filming of 《Yin Yang Well》, most people didn’t react to Zhou Jinchen’s behavior.

Zhou Jinchen’s scenes aren’t that many; his major busy part is outside the scene. But since he entered the group, he lives directly into the double room of An Xumo which ‘just happened to have an empty bed’. Besides working, Zhou Jinchen also spent most of his time on the set with An Xumo.

Gossip is a fearful thing, even if An Xumo has worked hard to learn self-defense skills at a young age to downplay bad intentions, that doesn’t mean he can easily ignore the eyes and speculations. In the crew of 《Yin Yang Well》, not to mention gossip, the vast majority of the cast and crew didn’t even give them a second glance.

So much so that the day 《Yin Yang Well》 opened to the media, An Xumo who had long been accustomed to spending time with his brother almost didn’t even get caught off guard by the sudden, enthusiastic stares.

On the opening day, the pre-arranged candidates did not include Zhou Jinchen, and the media wasn’t too upset. After all, he was only a supporting role in the play, and it was normal to be not in the crew. But after the morning interviews, the media were allowed to enter the set to visit the filming. Apart from the busy actors and staff, the most conspicuous person on the set was Zhou Jinchen in a dark blue trench coat.

The man did not wear a costume but he didn’t leave during the shooting, presumably, he was also on the set during the opening hours of the morning interview. Various reporters were still wringing their wrists¹Describes thinking and excitementone after the other, only to find that there is a more explosive thing on the set.

The camera wasn’t running but Zhou Jinchen and the lead actor An Xumo stood in a remote corner. They did not know what they were talking about, but finally, they actually argued.

An Xumo’s back was turned to the outside, onlookers can’t see his expression. All they could only see is Zhou Jinchen’s rare anger, who has always been calm and self-restraint. Even if the two stand in a very inconspicuous position, the total size of the set is so large that it’s impossible for the media looking for topics to ignore them.

They were not loud but Zhou Jinchen’s attitude was enough to tell the whole story. The man’s eyebrows tightened, his usual calm look changed, and his face was covered with impatience. When An Xumo tried to reach out and pull him, he shook off the other party’s arm and raised his voice, yelling at the person, “I said no!”

The reporters were silent.

The reporters were excited.

Within a second, dozens of headlines bristling with clicks had been drawn up, and had it not been for the presence of their entourage, they might have had sent the news back directly.

However, things over there aren’t done yet. The two people standing didn’t have enough space in the corner. While they were talking, a staff member with props passed by and was frightened by Zhou Jinchen’s voice. The staff’s hand shook and the wooden balls at the top of the box in their arms slid down, it jumped to the feet of An Xumo who was thrown off.

The wooden balls were strong and didn’t break when they fell. An Xumo who accidentally stepped on the wooden balls was much more thrilling. Had it not been for Zhou Jinchen who was in front of him with quick eyes and hands to pull him, I’m afraid he would have fallen directly and might have bumped into a variety of equipment on the side.

Therefore, the reporters from the periphery witnessed the instantaneous change of Zhou Jinchen’s face. The man who was still in rage in one second was extremely careful to put his arms around the person in the next second. Zhou Jinchen’s face also quickly regained his usual calm and spoke with his head down to An Xumo.

The reporters: “……??”

This burst of movement is not small, and soon some staff members went up and helped pick up the props scattered on the ground. However, the strange thing is that they did not ask about the quarrel they just had, as if it never happened at all.

Someone couldn’t hold back and said directly to the accompanying guide, “What’s going on over there just now? Did Mr. Zhou and An Xumo quarreled?”

Directly quarreling in front of the media, how incompatible is the relationship between these two people? The staff at the scene must be clear about this matter, even if they don’t admit what they say about this scene and have a few more words, they will certainly be able to get something out of it.

As a result, the little brother accompanying them was not surprised, he said in an extremely calm voice, “The two teachers are playing together.”²similar to acting together in a play. Sounds funny when used with the word ‘play’ lol

The reporters didn’t believe it at first but when they arrived at the scene to the clapperboard, when An Xumo, dressed as a teenager impatiently shouted the words “I said no” to his grandfather who advised him to inherit the family’s school, they had to accept the reality.

After filming, An Xumo also went over and chatted with Zhou Jinchen who handed him water with a smile before coming to the reporters on the side with the director.

Zhou Jinchen also came over but only went behind An Xumo’s shoulder, briefly greeted the reporters, and left. His expression was still the usual cold and icy, and there were no vivid and intense emotions he had just now.

On the contrary, An Xumo who has been smiling seems to be in a good mood. Someone asked him if he felt happy because he had just passed (the scene), the boy nodded and added, “Just now, Brother Zhou said he scared me and wanted to buy chocolate to compensate me this evening.”

Reporters: “……”

The ones who were really scared……should be us, all right?

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As the filming of 《Yin Yang Well》 drew close, An Xumo took another leave of absence with the crew and flew to S City to reexamine his anxiety disorder.

His acute anxiety disorder had not had an attack for a long time and his daily state of mind is much more relaxed. Even if he is busy with work and study, he hasn’t had any more uncontrollable emotions during the day. When explaining the recent situation with the doctor, An Xumo also remembered that his hunger has also been reduced a lot lately. It had been a long time since he had a serious attack on his stomach, which lasted for more than a decade.

Talking about this matter, An Xumo found out in hindsight that he and Zhou Jinchen hadn’t broken contact for 197 days in a row.

In each of the 197 days, his brother was there.

After thanking the doctor who gave him the test, An Xumo walked out of the consultation room where Li Qiucheng was waiting for him outside. The two returned to Li Qiucheng’s office and Zhou Jinchen who had gone to pay for the consultation fee also came back just in time.

An Xumo’s condition would not be clear until the test results are out, and Li Qiucheng already had the results of Zhou Jinchen’s last re-examination in his hand.

Facing this pair of sick brothers, Li Qiucheng also sighed a little. The examination report was handed to Zhou Jinchen and the boy who saw it wanted to go out to avoid it but Zhou Jinchen called him back.

He said, “There is nothing to hide from you.”

The correction of Asperger’s syndrome is a long process, and the monitoring of various hormones and behaviors is also very complicated. Although An Xumo did not leave, he listened on the side in the clouds and didn’t understand much.

It was at the end when Li Qiucheng and Zhou Jinchen made another appointment for the next re-examination that the boy carefully asked.

“Does brother still need to keep coming for checkups?”

Li Qiucheng nodded, “Yes, to come over regularly. What’s the matter?”

Zhou Jinchen also looked over. An Xumo softly said, “When I was just examined, the doctor told me that if there’s nothing wrong with the results this time, and if there were no special circumstances afterwards, there would be no need to come back specifically for the examination.”

His anxiety disorder lasted for half a year and it was now close to recovery. An Xumo did not know how long his brother had been sick but it seemed that the other party has been doing reexaminations since a long time ago.

“So when will brother, he…… be cured?”

Li Qiucheng explained, “Xiao An, panic disorder is an acquired condition and can be recovered with proper treatment, but Asperger’s syndrome is congenital, there is no cure. It is just correcting and adjusting the daily behavior.”

An Xumo pursed his lips and seemed a little uneasy.

Li Qiucheng added, “However, Jinchen’s condition has been quite stable. For these reexaminations afterwards, just think of them as regular medical checkups, no need to think too seriously.”

Only then did An Xumo breathe a sigh of relief.

He asked, “Then it is safe to say that…… this disease no longer has many effects on brother?”

“If, if……” An Xumo hesitated, not looking at Zhou Jinchen but still trying to get a complete sentence out, “romantic therapy is also available, if needed.”

The other two people in the room were both stunned.

“I was in a bad state before, that’s why I misunderstood……” He didn’t see the look on the two men’s faces and continued, “but now my anxiety is over, and my help is also……”

An Xumo didn’t finish his words, he was gently pressed on the lips by two long, slightly cool fingers.

Zhou Jinchen’s hand was withdrawn as soon as he touched it, and he looked at the boy carefully, his dark eyes reflecting the outline of the other party.

“You don’t need to help, Xiao Mo.” Zhou Jinchen said in a hoarse voice, “The treatment is my business. I shouldn’t bring you into it. Your feelings will always be your own freedom.”


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T/N: There were two author’s notes, luckily I found the previous one on another site. I was a bit torn if I should include the previous one or not but I just added it lol. It must be because they made changes to the succeeding chapters so they revised the author’s note. Anyway, do you read the author’s notes? My editor doesn’t when she reads novels lmao. 
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The author has something to say: (Author’s note on the official site)

In the last chapter, so many people said Dalabengba³Dalabengba is a song and the lyrics of this song are about the story of an old-fashioned warrior fighting the dragon. The names of people and places are all given by the author. If you want to check the lyrics, here: link. Basically, the song talks about the previous chapter where the knight (Hanxing) and the dragon (Jinchen) serves as the inside joke but unlike the song, the dragon wasn’t defeated. Idk if that makes sense but I hope you get it lol. The lyrics are so funny.collapsed……what’s the inside joke here? 【bewildered

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The author has something to say: (Previous author’s note)

There are a few issues to clarify:

① There are about five chapters left and the main text will be finished.⁴well, actually four. As the main text would be up until Chapter 112 and the rest will be extras.

The reason why I chose to end the text is that there will be no way to keep the daily update in two days, so the text will explain the relationship between the two, and then the extra will be for other contents.

② The Hollywood transcript wasn’t originally in the plan but now, looking at An He’s face slap is a bit weak, so I intend to rewrite the outline, expand this part, and put it in a separate extra. The girls who feel that Hollywood and the golden finger are too big to be in harmony don’t have to wait and just skip it.

③ There is motor⁵t can mean having many problems; something that is not good so they changed the term into a milder word which is motorcycle lol. So probably something that happened which was then fixed? Though, I’m quite confused with the term. If anyone has an idea, let me know~in the extras which will show you the way and then they will be canceled at the end. This will be regarded as a benefit to all of you chasing serials -3-

④ There will be sugar in the extras, write until everyone feels tired of it ba _(:з”∠)_ 

Chapter 107 – I’m plotting against you

An Xumo walked out of the café, the air outside is much colder than in the warm room inside. He couldn’t help but shrink his neck and hurried into the car, waiting at the door.

When the warm air came to his face, An Xumo breathed a sigh of relief, his mind still recalling the experience he just had.

Yin Hanxing’s words gave the boy a new inspiration. He was grateful for the senior brother’s care and always wanted to reciprocate and repay the other person’s kindness.

Senior brother is a good man, he talked elegantly, he knows when to advance or retreat, and he excelled in all kinds of skills. However, when it comes to love, it’s impossible for him and the senior brother from the start.

It would be better to end it early lest you waste your time.

An Xumo leaned against the back of his chair, leaned his head against the pillow, and closed his eyes.

For so many years, the person who has given him the sweetest love and deepest pain has always been only one person.

A figure that can easily outline every detail appears in front of his eyes, that person has a cold face, deep eyes, and a perfect outline.

No one can replace it.

An Xumo also clearly realized this when he completed the three-month agreement with Yin Hanxing. He thought that if he didn’t cross the line and didn’t think too much, he wouldn’t get hurt. However, it was only after spending time with senior brother did he realized that the only person who could heal his wounds was his brother from the beginning to end.

An Xumo let out a light sigh and opened his eyes.

He looked sideways at the car, the window facing the café but the view of the room was blocked by the window decoration, so he couldn’t see the position of the innermost one.

An Xumo didn’t know that his brother was coming nor did he know how much the other party heard at the conversation just now. The atmosphere before coming out made him feel a little off, and it seemed that there was nothing serious to talk about.

He couldn’t help but be a little worried.

The boy waited for a long time until he wanted to get out of the car and go inside again when someone pushed the door out of the café.

It was Zhou Jinchen.

The man put his wallet back into his coat pocket, pulled open the door, and sat. An Xumo was about to ask him but he saw the coffee stains on the other party’s shirt at a glance.

The weirdest thing is that the coffee stain wasn’t spilled but was printed on…… similar to the shape of a fist’s seal, even the outline of the four fingers can be seen.

“……Brother? What happened to you two?” An Xumo was surprised and subconsciously looked toward the café but Yin Hanxing didn’t come out. “How did you get this on your clothes?”

Zhou Jinchen’s voice was still faint, “Nothing, we just took care of a personal matter.”

An Xumo wondered, “What about senior brother? Why didn’t he come out?”

“He spilled the coffee in the store and is still discussing with the boss.” Zhou Jinchen’s face didn’t change.

An Xumo frowned, “……but the bill was paid by you, brother.”

He saw the other party put the card back into his wallet.

Zhou Jinchen fell silent.

The driver in the driver’s seat lowered the soundproof barrier between the front and rear rows, and said to Zhou Jinchen, “Mr. Zhou, it’s almost time to go, shall we go back first?”

Zhou Jinchen responded. Although An Xumo didn’t see Yin Hanxing, he didn’t want to delay the work of the crew, so he could only watch the car slowly drive away.

Until the cafe disappeared from view, he did not see Yin Hanxing’s figure.

An Xumo turned his head but saw Zhou Jinchen’s face looked a little cold again. He didn’t know that the other party’s expression was because he (Zhou Jinchen) saw him (An Xumo) looking for Yin Hanxing and thought it was for other reasons.

“Hasn’t the matter with the Yin family already been resolved,” An Xumo asked, “something else went wrong?”

Zhou Jinchen was finally defeated. He raised his hand over and gently soothed the boy’s back.

“It has nothing to do with the Yin family, you don’t have to worry.”

The man’s voice was low, “In the future, things like Yin Yuan and the kind of things Lin Rui did before will not bother you again, I promise.”

An Xumo does not doubt this point.

From the time when he went to pretend to be intimate to bury the shadow because of Lin Rui to the recent Yin Yuan, this matter has been protected from the wind. An Xumo has obviously felt the change in his brother’s attitude. Not only these troubles cause by Zhou Jinchen, but even the various problems of An Xumo should also be solved by Zhou Jinchen —— the boy hardly cares about the contract which is the biggest headache for the artist.

However, this doesn’t mean that the problem now can be uncovered.

An Xumo looked at the man beside him, “That is to say, this time is a private matter?”

Zhou Jinchen looked back at him. There was slight helplessness in his gaze.

Failed to change the subject.

Eventually, he explained the coffee stain on his shirt.

“He punched me.”

“Why?!”

How did the two of them fight?

“Yin Hanxing thought I was plotting against you with the title of an elder brother.” Zhou Jinchen didn’t show any intense emotions, “In a moment of verbal dispute, he moved.”

Plotting against me? An Xumo froze for a moment.

“Why would senior brother think so? And even if there really was a dispute…… you shouldn’t hit someone either ah?”

“Probably influenced by Yin Hanyue, he was worried that I would influence you from a young age as Yin Yuan did.”

Zhou Jinchen said faintly, “When he saw Yin Hanyue pretending to be sick to avoid it, he thought that you didn’t succeed in avoiding me.”

“I,” An Xumo was momentarily speechless, “Senior brother, he……”

He could understand what Yin Hanxing was thinking but this is not the case between him and his brother. It’s rather complicated to explain this matter clearly.

The boy finally let out a low sigh and carefully reached out to check the marks on Zhou Jinchen’s shirt.

“Are you badly hurt?” An Xumo asked softly, “Brother, why didn’t you dodge?”

With his knowledge of Zhou Jinchen’s skills, it was unlikely that Yin Hanxing would have much of an advantage.

As he leaned forward to examine it, the two were extremely close to each other that Zhou Jinchen could see the soft black hair on the top of the boy’s head with his eyes downcast, as well as the very light scent of milk shower gel of the other party.

“It’s not a problem.” He whispered, “Yin Hanxing is also right so I didn’t dodge.”

“What?”

“I did plot against you.”

Zhou Jinchen had also considered a lot of things before opening his mouth. He had prepared mentally and even thought about how to remedy the situation.

But the boy’s reaction was extremely quiet.

Zhou Jinchen looked down and fully witnessed the process of his younger brother’s face and ears slowly dyed red.

Like a budding peach blossom in spring, inseparable and blooming at sunrise.

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An Xumo felt dizzy all the way as if he was sweating finely from the winter sun. After the two returned to the set, they were routinely busy again, and it wasn’t until the end of the filming that he thought of another problem.

My brother only said he didn’t dodge it but he didn’t say whether he hit (back) or not.

Thinking about the fact that Yin Hanxing never came out of the coffee shop in the end and the compensation to the store was also paid by his brother, An Xumo couldn’t help but find it a little worrying. While it wasn’t too late, he stood at the roadside and called Yin Hanxing.

“Hello?” After the phone was dialed, the other side quickly picked up.

“Senior brother,” An Xumo called out tentatively, “sorry to disturb you so late, today at the café…… are you okay?”

“I’m fine, Xiao Mo.” Yin Hanxing’s voice carried the usual smile. Indeed, he didn’t hear anything unusual. “Have you already returned to the crew?”

“Yes.” An Xumo said, feeling uneasy, he asked again, “You and my brother have no major problems, right?”

Yin Hanxing smiled again, “No, Third Young Master is a very decent person.”

An Xumo felt as if there was something in the other party’s words but soon, the topic was taken away by Yin Hanxing.

The two talked for a while until Zhou Jinchen who had finished buying, came over to take the person away, and An Xumo was seen hanging up the phone. 

The crew is now in an intense filming stage with a huge workload every day which consumes a lot, it’s inevitable to be hungry at night. An Xumo’s stomach has been much better but he can’t still eat the crew’s midnight snacks. Zhou Jinchen will buy some easy-to-digest food for him to replenish calories to the boy so as to not have a craving.

An Xumo who was drinking sweet corn soup with the person back at the hotel didn’t know that the situation is not at all the same as he had imagined at the other end of the phone.

“Hiss….” Yin Hanxing couldn’t help but suck in a cool breath while the person applying the medicine didn’t even bother to raise his head and continued to rub the medicine on the bruise so that the ointment would melt away sooner.

“Dr. Lin, can you be a little gentler with the wounded?” Yin Hanxing smiled bitterly, “You’ll get complaints from patients later like this, okay?”

“One, I’m just a medical student, not a doctor.” The person being called expressionlessly squeezed out more ointment in his hand, “Two, even if there are patients in the future, they won’t be like you who repeatedly disobeyed and had to practice horseback riding.”

“This time it’s not horseback riding.”

Yin Hanxing seems to be tired and finally withdrew the smile on his face. He propped his forehead with his palm, blocking his eyes, and his voice sank.

“It was to make sure that the baby really doesn’t belong to me, which is why I got hurt.” There was a brief silence in the room.

“……So the baby has thorns and could hurt people,” “that’s why it beat you all over?” Another person asked the question subtly.

Yin Hanxing was amused by his words, and then he couldn’t help hissing again.

Even if it wasn’t serious enough to be covered in bruises, the wound directly on his chest was enough to limit the extent of Yin Hanxing’s smile.

“It wasn’t the baby that hurt me.”

He whispered, “It was the guardian of the baby, a fierce dragon with a thick and long tail who had the baby in his arms, and whoever dared to approach it would get clawed.”

“……”

The angel in white¹laudatory term for a nursewho saved the wounded and rescued the dying, calmly said, “Then you are the knight who bravely seized the treasure²can also mean baby, it was used interchangeablyand dared to break into the dragon pond with a toothpick sword?”

“Then it’s still a wound from riding a horse.”

Yin Hanxing let out a low laugh, “Even if it is.”

Seeing that he was obviously somewhat in a different mood than usual, the person administering the medicine finally reassured him.

“Don’t be afraid. According to the usual story development, the knight or prince has to go through several setbacks and growth in order to retrieve the treasure at the end, the evil dragon will always be defeated.”

“It’s better to forget it ba, he’s not the evil villain in the story either.”

Yin Hanxing curved the corner of his lips, lowered his eyes, and gathered the darkness under his eyes.

“Moreover…..the baby himself probably doesn’t want to leave his dragon.”

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The author has something to say:

I think the chapter is full of sugar! The front and sides are sprinkled with the main cp sugar

Senior Brother Xingxing has successfully changed from the villain everyone suspected to a charismatic star…³play on words, xing also means star.

Then, the dragon will take his baby to fight monsters~

Chapter 106 – The confession was run into by my brother

“Senior brother.”

An Xumo greeted the person and was not surprised that he would meet Yin Hanxing in the school. After the matter of Yin Yuan was settled, Yin Hanxing still continued his three-month appointment. Although the boy’s attitude remained unchanged after this period of time, the relationship between the two was much better than last semester.

After walking together, An Xumo was supposed to go on a class meeting but he received a message that the college had called away the counselor, and the class meeting was rescheduled, so the rest of the day was left empty. Yin Hanxing took the opportunity to propose to take a stroll by the lake. An Xumo had nothing to do so he agreed.

The cold winter has passed. The scenery by the lake was slightly deserted. As the two people chat casually, An Xumo mentioned the matter of Yin Hanyue, a young man who only had a few acquaintances but left a deep impression on him.

“Second brother? He’s still in S City. The shares have just been handed over. He shouldn’t be free in a short time.” Thinking of Yin Hanyue’s incredible expressions when he appeared at the main residence, Yin Hanxing couldn’t help laughing. “Second brother is probably the protagonist of the real version of a counterattack novel, and it’s wonderful enough to watch people change their faces all day.” 

Thinking about the contrast between Yin Hanyue in front and behind people, An Xumo also felt the same.

“What about……Yin Yuan?”

An Xumo was also clear about his brother protecting him from Yin Yuan’s approach. Nonetheless, he still has deep memories of the rampant former director.

Yin Hanxing raised his eyebrow, “Didn’t Third Young Master tell you?”

An Xumo shook his head, “Brother is also very busy these days.”

Yin Hanxing heard a little unrevealed loss in the boy’s voice and couldn’t help but reach out his hand to touch the person’s hair. However, in the end, he patted the person on the shoulder instead, as a kind of reassurance.

An Xumo subconsciously looked over sideways and saw Yin Hanxing patting off a few yellow leaves from his shoulder.

……Where did the leaves come from?

The boy didn’t have the time to be surprised as the leaves were caught by Yin Hanxing. He closed his hands to cover the leaves and when he opened it again, it turned into a yellow straw rabbit in his palm.

Yin Hanxing placed the rabbit in An Xumo’s hand with pointed ears. He saw the loss in the other party’s expression being washed away by surprise before continuing, “Uncle has been sent to the sanatorium.”

An Xumo looked up with the straw rabbit in his hand, “Sanatorium?”

Yin Yuan is sick?

“It’s the sanatorium where second brother’s (Yin Hanyue) biological mother is.” Yin Hanxing explained, “Soon after she gave birth to second brother, she was driven crazy by the matters of uncle cheating. Before being sent to the sanatorium, she beat second brother a lot. Up until now, she often scratches and bites when she’s having an attack.”

An Xumo was stupefied. It seems that Yin Hanyue’s upbringing was actually more difficult than imagined.

“Second brother sent uncle to the same sanatorium and the same ward.” Yin Hanyue said, “He said it was for them to renew their previous relationship.”

“……” An Xumo couldn’t help but be silent for a moment.

Even if it can’t be said to be very pleasant, An Xumo also can’t have much sympathy for Yin Yuan.

On the contrary, what Yin Hanyue did gave him a bit of a brand new inspiration.

The two of them walked as they talked and it wasn’t until it was getting late that they separated on campus. In the following half of the month, Yin Hanxing still ‘bumped into’ An Xumo often at school and their relationship was similar to the end of last semester, except that after the misunderstanding, Yin Hanxing’s pursuit became even more direct. An Xumo received more and more small gifts. These gifts aren’t expensive so it’s difficult for the boy to refuse.

So much so that later on, An Xumo was a bit afraid to wear clothes with a lot of pockets——as long as he ran into Yin Hanxing on campus, the two chatted for a while, and after they separated, An Xumo was able to dig out a lot of things from his pockets.

The admission ticket for the new event at Centennial Lecture Hall, exchange cards for the campus milk tea store, begonia flowers falling down from the west gate, and even the…… leave of absence signed by the counselor of the School of Mathematics.

Brother Yin’s magic skills are going to be full of magic.


In addition to a calm campus life, An Xumo also has a lot of commercial activities to attend. Despite a new agency, he also needs to take advantage of the rising period to increase his exposure as much as possible. Fortunately, apart from the significantly lower work intensity, he will also run into his brother who has been busy for a long time when attending many events.

Although Zhou Jinchen has been working overtime since after the New Year, his care for An Xumo hasn’t been lacking. In addition to the daily phone calls, he was also trying to get their schedules together, using various work opportunities to increase the chances of meeting with his younger brother.

And at this time, Tang Tang also brought back a piece of good news.

“Xiao Mo’s medical report came out, the doctor has seen it, and said that it can basically be regarded as a recovery.” 

As soon as Tang Tang finished speaking, a gentle touch came to the back of An Xumo’s head.

The boy raised his head and saw that Zhou Jinchen was looking at him. Although his expression was slightly serious, he was the only one in his dark eyes.

“Good job.”

Zhou Jinchen rubbed the soft black hair again before taking his hand back.

His boy was healing day by day.

There is more than one good news item. After signing with Mojia Media, the company worked with the original team to develop a new development path for An Xumo, and the script he has secured became more and more high quality. Apart from the best newcomer at the White Birch Awards, An Xumo began to transform towards the direction of an actor, and the next step is to take off the traffic label.

For this plan, An Xumo himself didn’t have too many ideas, he only thought that it was the team’s long-term development route, but in fact……

The decision maker’s idea is even more ‘long-lasting’.

“Jinchen, you want Xiao An to follow the same path as you?” When Xin Zimai saw the proposal, he sensed Zhou Jinchen’s intention.

Zhou Jinchen said faintly, “Xiao Mo needs to work on his own, he won’t last long relying on his fan’s strength.”

Moreover ——

“If there are accidents in the future, the identity of an actor is always better than an idol.”

Xin Zimai thought that Zhou Jinchen was talking about An Xumo’s identity. Recently, An Xumo’s fame was growing and would inevitably be noticed by the Zhou family. Zhou Jinchen was constantly running around to resolve the family’s influence, which is why Xin Zimai had this thought.

However, after the topic was turned over and being busy with other things for a while, Xin Zimai had a sudden divine enlightenment.

No, the identity of an actor is always better than an idol—— what does this mean? If it is really banned by the Zhou family, actors will not have any advantage over idols. If it’s a significant difference between the two, it’s more like……

The difference in treatment when announcing a relationship?

Xin Zimai froze.

He remembered again, the last time he was at Jin Dian, when Zhou Jinchen was looking at the public relations plan.

The other part said at that time, “It will be used in the future”. 

……Holy crap.


An Xumo did not know Xin Zimai’s shock and Zhou Jinchen’s long-term considerations, he only felt that the professionalism of his work had improved so much recently that he had once again picked up acting classes.

Dance training, acting practice, commercial activities, all these work piled up, and An Xumo’s time to go back to school was naturally squeezed out a lot.

However, no matter how long he went back or how short he stays at school, An Xumo still managed to meet Yin Hanxing every time. Yin Hanxing has even appeared in several activities Jin Dian has participated in.

By the time An Xumo realized this, the deadline for the three-month date that had been set was running out.

When he met Yin Hanxing once again when he returned to school, An Xumo finally couldn’t help it and invited him to a nearby café with an elegant environment.

“Are you filming recently?” The aroma of coffee wafted between the two of them, Yin Hanxing took the lead and said, “Do you have enough time to rest?”

An Xumo nodded, this was the first script that the new company had found for him. Both the creator and the co-stars were very rare, and most fortunately, his brother was also in the group.

His drama isn’t finished yet and this time he made a special trip back because of something at school. In this busy situation, the time An Xumo could go back to school was very little, and he didn’t want to drag out the agreement with Yin Hanxing any longer. He wanted to take advantage of this time to talk things out directly.

“Senior brother, I want to talk to you.”

Yin Hanxing is also a smart person and he saw An Xumo’s intention at a glance.

“Are you going to give me the answer?”

“En.” An Xumo nodded, he took a deep breath. “I apologize for delaying senior brother for so long and thank you for taking care of me during this period of time, but my answer is still the same as last time……”

Yin Hanxing interrupted softly, “Still refusing, right?”

An Xumo paused for a moment and nodded his head.

He softly said again, “I’m sorry.”

Yin Hanxing’s expression was slightly unnatural but he quickly adjusted himself.

“Although the outcome has been expected,” he smiled, “but when the results are actually announced, one may still be a little disappointed.”

“Nonetheless it’s all my own business,” Yin Hanxing winked at An Xumo, “Xiao Mo should still be happy.”

An Xumo pursed his lips, briefly forgetting even the matter of his sensitive lips.

“Senior brother……sorry.” He couldn’t resist the urge to apologize, “I……”

Yin Hanxing couldn’t help but laugh, “It’s not your fault, why do you need to apologize?”

An Xumo tried hard to ease the atmosphere and changed the subject, he didn’t know what he was talking about, “In fact, I still don’t quite understand why senior brother would like me……”

Yin Hanxing suppressed a smile, but there was still gentle warmth in those pair of peach blossom eyes.

“There are many reasons like I said last time, you are serious and cute……” he said softly, “but the real reason isn’t clear like is like. I see you for a moment and then I think of you every sudden moment, that’s all.”

An Xumo couldn’t help but be a little confused.

“Is it so…… simple?”

He couldn’t help but think of his feelings for his brother.

The road is so long that there is no end in sight, approaching, avoiding, resisting, until now, the boy has never been able to give a real definition of this feeling.

Yin Hanxing couldn’t help but laugh again.

He said in a warm voice, “Xiao Mo, love is a very simple thing ah.”

“To fall in love with someone, to tell him this feeling, to try to make yourself better, to try to pass on your feelings for them, isn’t that all there is to like?”

Yin Hanxing said, “As for whether or not you can receive the same feeling, that’s the other person’s business, and even if the other person doesn’t agree, because he likes him, he won’t blame him.”

An Xumo froze.

He had never thought……

He had never thought that love would be such a simple thing.

The boy looked across at Yin Hanxing, there was no negative emotion on the party’s face and his elegance also remained undiminished. From the night of the Equestrian club’s lottery ride together, An Xumo was clear about Yin Hanxing’s extroversion and self-confidence. He originally thought that it was just a difference in personality, but he vaguely felt that he should learn from the other party from today’s conversation.

Love and like……it’s not as grand and difficult as you think.

An Xumo’s heart warmed up, he also smiled a little. “……Thank you, senior brother.”

“No need to be so polite to me, Xiao Mo……”

Yin Hanxing didn’t finish his words, his eyes had already fixed behind An Xumo.

The privacy of this café is very good. There is sufficient distance and cover between each booth, so the two people chose to talk here. Due to An Xumo’s special status, they chose the innermost position, and no one came in except the waiter serving coffee.

An Xumo was attracted by Yin Hanxing’s line of sight, he turned his head along with him.

A person he thought would never appear here——

“……Brother?”

An Xumo subconsciously stood up, “How did you, how did you come here……”

Isn’t he still on the set?

The man who opened the cover and walked in had a cold and expressionless expression. He looked at Yin Hanxing coldly; his gaze was like a sharp ice blade. However, in this situation, Zhou Jinchen still moved his eyes away because of An Xumo’s words.

“I came out to sign the documents and pick you up on the way back.”

When facing the boy, Zhou Jinchen’s voice had obviously lightened up.

“Have you finished handling the school affairs?”

“En,” An Xumo hastily nodded his head. When he saw Zhou Jinchen’s slightly cold expression, he also took the initiative to explain, “I ended early and met senior by chance on the way……”

Zhou Jinchen didn’t let him finish his words.

“You go to the car first, okay?” Zhou Jinchen looked down at the boy, “I have something to talk to Third Yin-gongzi,¹son of an official; son of nobility; your son [honorific] I’ll be there soon.”

An Xumo was stupefied for a moment, not understanding the man’s meaning.

When he paused, Yin Hanxing on the opposite side also stood up.

“Go ahead, Xiao Mo.” He smiled, “Third Young Master might want to talk to me alone.”

An Xumo hesitated for a moment but finally nodded.

Zhou Jinchen watched him walk out the door and before he left, he calmly admonished, “I’ve already paid the bill, just go straight to the car.”

“Okay.”

An Xumo answered, lifted the cover, and walked out.

After the boy left, only two people were standing opposite each other in the silent space. The heat of the coffee is still rising faintly, and the strong fragrance is refreshing.

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Learn about Asura’s play

Senior Brother Xingxing’s confession was unsuccessful but he hatched Xiao Mo’s true feelings

However, big brother’s efforts need to continue to maintain

Senior Brother Xingxing: I want to talk to Xiao Mo about……love but it turned out to be an interview with Xiao Mo’s brother?

Chapter 105 – Is it okay to examine it

An Xumo couldn’t even react until the rose was handed to him.

He really didn’t expect Yin Hanxing to like him.

Despite the confession, Yin Hanxing didn’t get too close. He still had a graceful and elegant demeanor, sitting on the sofa not far away from the other.

An Xumo looked at the other person, trying to find the joke or disguise on the person’s face, but he didn’t. Yin Hanxing was wearing his usual smile but his eyes were serious.

Hesitating for a moment, An Xumo still said, “……I don’t understand why you would say that.”

Yin Hanxing smiled, “Is there anything I can help to answer?”

An Xumo asked, “You like me?”

“En.”

An Xumo was at a loss, “……Why?”

Yin Hanxing leaned forward with his upper body and narrowed the distance between them.

“You’re cute, kind, diligent, and serious. Every time I watch you dance or solve a problem, it makes people want to put you in their pocket and hide you.”

His tone was already mellow and after he deliberately slowed down his speech, it became even more elegant and beautiful.

An Xumo was shocked by this straightforward description.

Seeing that the boy’s face was still full of ‘disbelief’, Yin Hanxing reined in his smile and became even more serious in his tone.

“At first, I approached you because of my uncle’s order, except for the lucky draw on the first day of the new club, the girl who gave you a love letter, the varsity member who brought you water in PE class, and the one who chatted with you in the cafeteria……”

An Xumo listened to Yin Hanxing count the arrangements he had instructed one by one, his expression had turned from bewilderment to confusion.

When did these people appear?

“P University’s security is tight; it’s difficult for paparazzi to enter. My uncle’s intention is for me to take ambiguous pictures of you with these people. If Third Young Master had any close contact with you in the future, he will give these photos to him.” Yin Hanxing sternly said, “At the very start, I did follow his plan and I apologize for the troubles I caused you.”

“Third Young Master has seen these photos and then the plan didn’t continue later. The photos may be detrimental to you in the future so I have erased all those data.”

An Xumo nodded in delay.

He didn’t really care about this matter and did not blame the other party. Honestly, if Yin Hanxing hadn’t mentioned it, except for the girl who sent the love letter, An Xumo could no longer remember the others.

“I originally came to find evidence that you have an ambiguous relationship with someone else, but as a result,” Yin Hanxing laughed bitterly, “…. trapped myself in.”

After listening to his explanation, An Xumo reacted. The gift from the horse farm, the chance encounter at school, the review questions before the exam, the incomparably precious materials sorted out, these bits and pieces aren’t disguises of Yin Hanxing’s intention to approach but his frank and sincere heart.

Yin Hanxing did not say too much. He looked at An Xumo and asked seriously for the second time, “Xiao Mo, can I be with you?”

An Xumo pursed his lips.

“Sorry, senior brother……” He said softly, “But I don’t have that idea about you at the moment.”

Although he was gratified to Yin Hanxing for his care over the past six months, he couldn’t possibly give any other answer.

After hearing this, Yin Hanxing didn’t have the fierce reaction he expected but rather, he appropriately took back the rose that had nowhere to rest in An Xumo’s hand.

“Xiao Mo, in fact, I have already expected this answer. Moreover, with your status, it’s impossible for you to decide your relationship as freely and simply as ordinary people.” Yin Hanxing said in a warm voice, “But I want to ask a deadline from you, three months. If you still have the same answer after three months, I will never continue to pester you.”

“I thought my attitude was already obvious before but I didn’t expect I did not really let you know it.” Most of the artists in the entertainment industry are used to seeing this kind of thing, Yin Hanxing didn’t expect An Xumo’s slowness. “These three months can be regarded as giving me a chance to really start fighting for it, okay?”

Yin Hanxing’s level of patience exceeded An Xumo’s imagination and he did seem to be very serious about this matter. An Xumo hesitated for a moment but finally nodded his head.

Even without mentioning anything else, Zhou Jinchen still had to work with Yin Hanyue during this period. At such a critical time, An Xumo didn’t want to make the alliance of these people appear to be at odds because of his own affairs.

“Good.”

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No matter the situation under the table is surging, the New Year is still getting closer and closer. An Xumo’s work is also becoming busier, even the time to read Weibo was hard to squeeze out on the road.

Many artists have posted short videos on Weibo to express good wishes for the Lunar New Year, most of which are showing their faces. However, An Xumo didn’t read much of the content of his peers; he deliberately opened the Weibo only for one person.

Although Zhou Jinchen doesn’t have a personal Weibo, his studio posted a small video with background music on his official account. An Xumo quickly found the address prompted by Tang Tang, he clicked the Weibo and froze.

In the video, Zhou Jinchen who has always been strictly formal rarely took off his jacket. He was wearing a dark brown turtleneck sweater that showed off his figure and revealed a rare homely atmosphere. In addition to the clothes, he is also in a different environment than usual —

Mr. Zhou who has always appeared only at work and never smiled is actually standing in the open kitchen…… serving dumplings.

The video is very short. In addition to the audio processing, the video has also been sped up. After serving the dumplings, Zhou Jinchen handed the bowl to a hand next to him, filled a second bowl, then turned around and casually glanced at the camera.

Even if he hasn’t been paying much attention to the recent hot searches, An Xumo can fully imagine what kind of impact this video will have.

Zhou Jinchen rarely reveals his privacy, and when he first recorded 《Sunny Weekend》, even the matter of washing the dishes could be on the hot search which shows how rare such a daily clip really is.

But for An Xumo who has been living with his brother for almost half a year, this kind of clip is actually more than normal. Even when the video was shot, An Xumo was present.

The hand that took the dumpling bowl was his.

An Xumo briefly glanced at the comments, the message did have people guessing where the video was shot. There were also messages below asking who the person next to him was, many people guessed the answers of assistants or agents. The boy looked at it and had a subtle feeling.

The boy who was so slow that he made the other party laugh when he faced Yin Hanxing became extremely sharp at this time.

Why didn’t my brother show the clip of him with just himself?

An Xumo thought to himself, this couldn’t be…… on purpose, right?

This kind of video which has been processed several times doesn’t show much obvious information but it just reveals something about someone around Zhou Jinchen. An Xumo couldn’t figure out the reason for his brother to do this, he scrolled up and saw the accompanying text of the video.

In addition to a Happy New Year, there are three icons respectively, dumplings, the word fortune,¹stands for good luck, good fortune, and good blessing, sometimes also means happiness. It is most popularly used during the Chinese New Year celebrations, hung upside down on the entrances of many Chinese homes. linkand a house.

An Xumo fixed his gaze on the house icon. He suddenly remembered something, quickly opened the Weibo emoji, selected the house icon inside it, then copied the input icon into the WeChat dialog box.

The cute cartoon icon turned into a word ——

[Home]

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Other than work, An Xumo didn’t have anything else to worry about. When his various tasks around the year ended, he finally had a little free time; he realized that Jin Dian has changed.

Because of Yin Yuan’s attitude towards An Xumo, Zhou Jinchen had been trying to avoid meeting the two since that housewarming party. When he heard Tang Tang’s analysis, An Xumo learned that the senior director whom he had only met a few times had been replaced by Yin Hanyue.

The Yin family is also a big family, and Jin Dian’s shares are naturally not all their assets. The shares in Yin Yuan’s hands were inherited by Yin Hanyue which is equivalent to still belonging to their branch. Although it will make people jealous, after seeing Yin Hanyue who has been pretending for twenty years, it gave birth to some fear.

As for the future development, that is Yin Hanyue’s own business.

Even though An Xumo had already known the news in advance, he was inevitably a little surprised when he saw Yin Hanyue’s picture in the updated profile. Yin Hanyue was too young despite holding shares left by his father, he looked a bit out of place among the group of top executives.

The reason he was able to succeed, in addition to Yin Yuan’s defenselessness and unpreparedness, there was also the help of Zhou Jinchen.

Apart from the scattered shares, the shares held by the Zhou family in Jin Dian also account for a large proportion. If Zhou Jinchen had not sold the majority of these shares to Yin Hanyue, the latter’s process of taking down Yin Yuan wouldn’t have been so smooth.

Zhou Jinchen had mentioned to An Xumo that he would change the contract that the latter had signed with Jin Dian. After selling these shares, not only An Xumo, but also Zhou Jinchen ended his contract with Jin Dian.

He left Jin Dian together with his agent Xin Zimai and the former general manager of Jin Dian Distribution, Lin Ziming, and established a new company —— Mojia Media

An Xumo went back to B City for the year and was told that he didn’t have to run to S City for work in the future.

Mojia’s address and registered office are in B City. An Xumo’s agent, team, and anyone who can dig and is willing to go, all signed to Mojia with him.

Overnight, his brother’s status changed from a senior to a boss. But in reality, An Xumo didn’t know that he was the one whose status changed the most.

From an artist receiving a trainee’s salary, he became a real shareholder.

After the establishment of the new economic company, Zhou Jinchen became busier and busier. An Xumo could only contact the other by phone for a week and even when he returned to school, he went back alone.

Although the situation in the outside world has turned upside down, on the campus of P University, the scenery remains the same and everything is as usual. An Xumo doesn’t live on campus and didn’t carry any luggage at the beginning of the school year, he only came back with a backpack. Compared to the large bags of students sent by their parents, he looked particularly relaxed when he walked on campus.

Coincidentally, An Xumo hadn’t taken a few steps when he met a familiar figure.

“Xiao Mo!”

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Next chapter teaser — the jealous brother who was raging when Mo was stolen in front of him.

The fine wine vinegar is ten miles away~ Look forward to it 【rubbing hands】!

When you enter into the new company, you can do whatever you want such as quietly showing love in the New Year’s video, for example, the Hollywood copy on the agenda 【WeChat frown】

Chapter 104 – Can I be with you

The first person to speak up was Yin Hanyue who said expectedly, “Once Third Young Master has agreed to the engagement, the date should not exceed more than a month.”

Zhou Jinchen’s expression slightly darkened, “Only a month?”

Yin Hanyue nodded, “The change in the shareholding of Jin Dian will definitely come to fruition next year. He wants the shares in Zhou family’s hands, so it’s impossible to wait too long.”

At the side, Yin Hanxing lazily interjected, “Moreover, my Uncle has been coveting you for so long, he must want to get it as soon as possible.”

Zhou Jinchen closed his eyes and thought for a moment.

While An Xumo sat on his other side, he only felt that he can’t intervene in the topic of the three. He’s the only one who doesn’t know the whole story, and the only thing he could understand was the word ‘engagement’.

Even though he was determined to let go and see the boundaries, even though he knew that his brother had asked him to stay in order to not hide anything from him, An Xumo still couldn’t bring himself not to care.

He doesn’t know why he still cares and there’s nothing he can do about it.

Thinking only for a moment, An Xumo quickly tried to adjust his state. As soon as he suppressed his emotions, he heard Zhou Jinchen’s voice.

“I will delay it until the end before agreeing, and then end this matter within a month.”

Yin Hanxing who had one hand on his cheek raised his eyebrow.

“There’s still some time between the engagement and the wedding, so you can delay it for a few days. Are you in such a hurry that you don’t even want to take part in the engagement?”

“There are too many variables in Jin Dian’s equity shares, so it’s a quick decision.”

Zhou Jinchen’s words are concise and comprehensive.

“Moreover, there is no need for an engagement.”

When he said the last half of the sentence, his tone was extremely decisive, causing An Xumo who was on the side to be stunned for a moment.

What the boy didn’t expect was that Yin Hanyue on the opposite side didn’t look a bit surprised and only nodded his head.

“I agree.”

“Within a month,” Zhou Jinchen’s tone was low and cold, “I will make Yin Yuan lose his reputation.”

Yin Hanyue gave a low laugh with his slightly mute voice, somewhat gentle.

“Happy cooperation.”

By the time An Xumo reacted to this informative conversation, the topic had changed into various indices and initiatives that he couldn’t understand.

The people who talked were mainly Yin Hanyue and Zhou Jinchen, Yin Hanxing would occasionally insert a few words and An Xumo was confused all the way to the end. It wasn’t long after the chat that Yin Yuan called. Looking at Yin Hanyue who was talking in a weak tone, An Xumo really found it difficult to link him with the calm young man who had just analyzed smoothly what kind of blow would be most fatal to his father.

Yin Hanyue’s performance was easy and flawless coupled with the presence of Yin Hanxing, the trusted nephew in the picture, Yin Yuan was quickly prevaricated.

“My uncle has arrived at the villa and was planning to go to your place.” Hanging up the phone, Yin Hanxing sputtered, “really can’t wait.”

It’s not the first time that Yin Yuan had such bad intentions and premediated harassment, and Zhou Jinchen has obviously already had the experience of dealing with it. However, noticing An Xumo beside him, he still paused for a moment.

The boy was drinking the hot porridge from the takeaway delivery. Zhou Jinchen watches his three meals more strictly than the alarm clock. Noticing his brother’s gaze, An Xumo quickly raised his head, “What’s the matter?”

Zhou Jinchen shook his head and said nothing. However, An Xumo seemed to realize something, and the boy carefully reached out his hand and gently patted Zhou Jinchen’s back as if he were touching the back fur of some large animal.

“Thank you for your hard work.¹used to express how much one appreciates someone’s effort” An Xumo gently reassured him, “After you’re done, you can go back to B City where there are no neighbors next door.”

Zhou Jinchen listened in silence, the dark eyes under his eyes gradually softened down.

“Do you like it there?”

He asked in a low voice.

“Mm.” An Xumo nodded seriously.

That was the only place he had ever described as ‘going home’.

Yin Hanxing on one side watched the conversation between the two and couldn’t help but look at Yin Hanyue beside him.

“I originally thought my relationship with my second brother was already pretty good.” Yin Hanxing said.

Yin Hanyue gave him a look, “Hm?”

Yin Hanxing gestured towards the two people across the table and raised his eyebrow, “It turns out that now, it seems like it’s not as good as these two’s brotherhood.”

Slowly stirring the silver spoon in his hand, Yin Hanyue smiled and didn’t say anything.

Yin Hanxing was the only one who insisted that the two people on the other side were just brothers.

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The end of the year is approaching but there isn’t much joy and happiness within Jin Dian. Within two weeks, the Deputy General Manager of Jin Dian’s Film and Television and the General Manager of its distribution company left one after another, and the two executives kept quiet about the reasons for their departure. At the same time, some of the company’s diversified shares were bought by unknown forces in batches. This Chinese New Year was not destined to be an ordinary New Year for Jin Dian.

News from various sources continued but for An Xumo, what he was most concerned about was another matter.

The White Birch Awards ceremony, one of the four major awards for domestic films was about to take place, and 《Different Roads》 which grossed 4 billion yuan in the box office, was one of the films selected. Commercial films were not originally favored by the industry judges but with Ma Lao’s presence, 《Different Roads》 has won many awards. I’m afraid that the White Birch Awards this time will be no exception.

On the day of the award ceremony, the cast and crew of 《Different Roads》 reunited. After greeting the familiar seniors, An Xumo was led away by Zhou Jinchen and went on the red carpet together.

Lin Rui was unable to come for some reason and only his agent was there in his place. In this red carpet ceremony that is even grander than the premiere promotion, An Xumo walked together with Zhou Jinchen once again.

The silent LingBai party is once again boiling; the official stamp of sugar doesn’t stop until you’re in a coma. At the same time, the ChenMo party also quietly compiled a list of all the important red carpet shows attended by the two since their debut. An Xumo’s column is quite clear at a glance but Zhou Jinchen has a large and densely packed list. However, the most prominent data is also particularly conspicuous —— the only time I walked the red carpet with the same-sex artist and the only co-artist who walked the red carpet with two artists many times is all with An Xumo.

An Xumo who unconsciously finished sending sugar also received two nominations and an award at this first major film festival he attended.

The nominations for Best Supporting Actor and Best Newcomer both included An Xumo’s name, and finally, the Best Supporting Actor went to a sixty-year-old actor while An Xumo won the Best Newcomer trophy.

The host on the stage read out the names on the cards, and there was a burst of fireworks that exploded in congratulations and applause all around. The last memorable film festival was the Wutong Awards when Zhou Jinchen won the Film Emperor, and now, An Xumo has stood in front of the camera from outside the screen.

The figure that had been viewed from afar was standing next to the boy, and at the first moment the voice fell, he leaned over to hug him.

The man’s figure blocked the camera, and the cool wooden scent cut off a short space in the noisy environment. An Xumo was stunned for a moment, but finally reached out and hugged the other party back.

The aisle in the middle of the crowd leads to the stage, the spotlight was on top of the person’s head. An Xumo stood in front of the microphone, there were dazzling lights on the stage, and countless pairs of hot as the light eyes focused on the boy under the stage.

Acting, fame, winning awards, these things don’t matter for An Xumo, the only thing that makes him unable to move his eyes is the person next to the vacant seat in front of him.

Even if he doesn’t go near, the sun still emits warm light eternally.

At the White Birch Awards ceremony, 《Different Roads》 won seven nominations and eventually won four heavyweight awards, including Best Director and Best Newcomer. For a commercial film that is bursting with box office, to be able to achieve such result in the industry selection, it can be regarded as a great achievement.

By winning the Best Newcomer award, An Xumo is equivalent to getting recognition of the industry for the first time. He is not lacking heat and popularity, not short on idol traffics, what they lack are works and roles, but 《Different Roads》 is given to An Xumo, which happens to be such a masterpiece of extremely high quality. After the White Birch Award, An Xumo received a wave of interviews and media coverage, and the name ‘popular idol’ quietly evolved into ‘young actor’.

After the busy round, An Xumo only had time to listen to Tang Tang’s gossip. However, Tang Tang knew about this without saying it.

The engagement between Zhou Jinchen and Yin Hanyue has come down.

This news hasn’t been made public yet. After all, with Zhou Jinchen’s current state, the announcement of a relationship will bring a considerable impact, let alone a public wedding announcement. No matter how the two protagonists of the engagement plan secretly, all kinds of preparations are beginning to operate on the surface. The first and most critical link is the crisis in public relations.

The funds and shares need to be secretly turned around, Xin Zimai is so busy that he can’t keep his feet off the ground, but when he brought the documents over to someone for signature, he found Zhou Jinchen looking at the proposal submitted by the public relations team.

“What do you think of this?” Xin Zimai was puzzled, “Didn’t you say no engagement?”

He took a closer look and realized that the other party (Zhou Jinchen) was looking at how to reduce the damage of public opinion to the other party.

Zhou Jinchen flipped through the documents in his hands without raising his head, “It will be useful.”

Xin Zimai: “……”

Who does he want to use it with?

Zhou Jinchen’s marriage with Yin Yuan’s son had caused a considerable impact on the situation in Jin Dian, and at the same time, there was another person who was affected.

“Senior Brother Yin?” Seeing the visitor through the peephole, An Xumo couldn’t help but be startled, “Why did you come?”

“I came to deliver something to Third Young Master.” Yin Hanxing wore a warm brown coat and had one hand in his pocket, “It’s only you here?”

“En.” An Xumo nodded and let the person in, “Brother and Brother Yin are next door.”

Yin Hanxing sneered thinking that it was Yin Yuan who called them again. He was used to seeing Yin Yuan’s absurdity so he didn’t pay much attention to it, and only when he saw An Xumo’s expression did he pause slightly.

The boy brought a cup of green tea and a cup of honey water which was in stark contrast to the plain boiled water Yin Hanxing used to entertain people last time. The honey water was hot and like An Xumo, it continued to bubble out a sweet aroma.

Yin Hanxing looked at him with a cup in his hand, “You’re not happy about the Third Young Master?”

An Xumo was stunned for a moment.

Yin Hanxing didn’t pursue, “Both of you brothers are close, it’s normal that you feel unhappy about this engagement. It’s no big deal.”

An Xumo couldn’t help but say, “You too?”

Yin Hanxing laughed, “My relationship with my second brother is not that good yet. Besides, it’s not like they’re really engaged.”

He held the cup with one hand and the other hand’s fingers kept moving at a fast pace.

Before An Xumo could see the movement of Yin Hanxing’s right hand, his attention was drawn by his voice.

“Junior Brother, you only have Third Young Master being close to you since childhood…… Now, it’s justifiable that you would feel worried about your brother being snatched away.”

“Since childhood?” An Xumo frowned.

“Are you investigating me?”

“Just some rumors,” Yin Hanxing said, “about Fourth Uncle Zhou, which happened many years ago.”

“Oh.”

Despite the other party’s explanation, An Xumo still didn’t want to continue the conversation. Because of the engagement, he was already emotionally unstable and he really didn’t want to uncover old scars in front of others.

He directly said, “Is there anything else, Senior Brother Yin?”

Faced with such obvious dismissal, Yin Hanxing acted as if he didn’t understand. He smiled and said, “Yes.”

An Xumo raised his eyes to look over and a lifelike paper rose appeared in front of him out of nowhere.

Yin Hanxing handed the rose that had just been folded in his right hand and said with a smile, “We haven’t seen each other for seventeen days since the last annual meeting.”

An Xumo hesitated and didn’t reach out to pick it up.

“…… and then?” (T/N: lmao pls. E/N: klfjklfsfhnlskfn plis)
“Even if this marriage contract is fake, Third Young Master will get married in the future, and when you grow up, this kind of familial attachment will fade.”

Yin Hanxing’s voice was elegant and mellow like a fine wine poured into the heart.

“Xiao Mo, are you willing to accept a new companion?”

An Xumo thought he had heard wrong but in front of his eyes, Yin Hanxing who had already put down his glass, gently flicked his left hand and the paper rose that was still in his hand turned into a nice, delicate, dew-stained red rose.

The rose in full bloom was brought in front with a faint aroma accompanied by an elegant and beautiful male voice.

“Can I be with you as a companion?”

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Xiao Mo: Senior Brother approached me because of Lu Pinghui, right?

Xiao Mo: It turns out that Senior Brother approaching me was because of Yin Yuan……

Xiao Mo: So Senior Brother, because

Xiao Mo (wakes up suddenly): ……?

Brother: ……
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Jie Jie: poor Hanxing……😢

Editor: I kent I die hanxing gwenchana gwenchana sdhsidhld

Chapter 103 – Talk about engagement
 
This marriage contract is too ridiculous. An Xumo’s first concern is Zhou Jinchen’s safety.
 
My brother already knew Yin Yuan is planning something bad, so why didn’t he just refuse?
 
Zhou Jinchen noticed An Xumo’s expression. He looked sideways at the boy and asked in a low voice, “What’s wrong?”
 
An Xumo hesitantly said, “……Can you refuse this matter?”
 
In fact, when he said this sentence, he already realized that it was wrong.
 
If it can be directly refused, from the beginning, my brother wouldn’t say “I haven’t been able to make a statement yet”.
 
Sure enough, Zhou Jinchen and Yin Hanxing both explained.
 
The Yin family has a great influence in the entertainment industry, not only do they hold a large share of Jin Dian but they also hold an important position within the Northern Circle of the Film and Television Industry. The Northern Circle is full of big names and the phenomenon of group gathering is particularly obvious. Even the A-list artists may not be able to get on this big boat. Compared to Zhou Jinchen, a rising star that is fighting alone, the Yin family is clearly more profound which is why Yin Yuan can freely play in the circle with impunity.
 
The Zhou family’s power is concentrated in Jiangnan while the Yin family has always been rooted in B City, and the horse farm that Yin Hanxing was in before is also a Yin family asset. The marriage between the two families wouldn’t be bad, that’s why Yin Hanxing said that Yin Yuan felt that the Zhou family’s attitude would not be a problem.
 
Zhou Jinchen’s parents were married for business. After they got married, they played their own roles. They had different dreams, in the same bed they seem to get along with each other and have no emotional foundation. And after Zhou Jinchen’s debut, he didn’t go home for several years. The only thing that has moved the Zhou family is Old Zhou. The Zhou Yunlin couple didn’t care at all but what Old Zhou and Zhou Jinchen mentioned is all about the analysis of interests after the marriage.
 
If it had been a year ahead, Zhou Jinchen wouldn’t feel anything wrong. He also believes in the interests first, but now it’s different, he has a more precious treasure.
 
Zhou Jinchen would hesitate to take a stand and would not consider the benefits of the marriage. He has his heart set on another so it’s impossible for him to be promised to another. Not to mention the presence of Yin Yuan who has evil intentions, but Zhou Jinchen needs help to get out of the Zhou family, and Yin Yuan is one of the directors of Jin Dian, so it’s not a good idea to rip his face off.¹to shed all pretensePlus—
 
“Xiao Mo’s contract was signed for ten years,” Zhou Jinchen said. “We can’t wait to waste so much time, this contract should be changed.”
 
With An Xumo’s recent momentum, his popularity has been among the first line traffic. In front of interests, the company has taken him as a key target, it’s impossible to give in easily.
 
The topic suddenly turned to him, An Xumo floundered for a moment, and then he remembered the money that Tang Tang had said that his brother paid for him.
 
The contract was something he hadn’t even considered himself.
 
“To put it simply, this is the reason why Mr. Zhou didn’t reject the marriage contract outright.” Yin Hanxing summarized, then said, “As for me, I came for my second brother.”
 
Apparently, Yin Hanyue is not as sickly and weak as he appears to be.
 
Yin Hanxing came to discuss the cooperation with Zhou Jinchen. They knew each other earlier than An Xumo imagined, the two sides had their own needs so they would sit together. After explaining to An Xumo, the two began to talk about business. The boy didn’t listen for a while; he understood why Yin Hanxing wanted to leave the scene before.
 
Even though he couldn’t understand the exact operation, An Xumo could understand the secrecy and complexity involved.
 
He wasn’t sure why his brother would let him stay here or why Yin Hanxing would agree to stay, but the talk did last the whole night by the three people.
 
It was late at night when Yin Hanxing left. An Xumo who had been hit by the marriage contract hadn’t rested for nearly two days. Zhou Jinchen saw the boy’s tiredness and sent him straight back to the bedroom. He went to get the quilt. An Xumo was already asleep and forgot to ask about the backyard corridor.
 
Zhou Jinchen stood by the bed and looked down. The tired boy was a little restless in his sleep and his eyebrows were still faintly wrinkled. Zhou Jinchen raised his hand over and gently pressed his fingertips on his forehead, waiting for the other party’s brow to gradually unfold before moving his fingers down.
 
The long and slender fingers follow the tip of his nose and hover above the slightly parted lips. The pale pink lips can be imagined to be soft when touched just by looking at them, and deep in the memory, it really preserves the tender and soft touch when tasting. The original experience not only makes people’s hearts full but it became an itchy little hook, poking at the bottom of his heart, encouraging people to try again. 
 
The night was silent, the wind is cool and the leaves fell but inside the room, it’s full of spring.
 
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Early the next morning, An Xumo flew to Huangcheng TV to participate in a variety show recording. The end of the year is approaching and the year-end inventory in the entertainment industry is coming. Endless party ceremonies are emerging one after another. When he really has time to meet with Zhou Jinchen, more than half of An Xumo’s winter vacation has passed.
 
The two had just finished attending the Weibo Night celebration and returned to the company in S City to rest. Because he went to school in B City, An Xumo’s single dormitory has been taken back. He originally wanted to find a hotel nearby but he haven’t even move when he was directly led away by Zhou Jinchen.
 
This was the first time An Xumo came to his brother’s penthouse. The structure of the villa was the same as his previous visit to Yin Yuan’s new residence but the interior decoration was completely different. The two rested overnight at the villa and early the next morning, they went together to attend the company’s annual meeting.
 
With makeup and styling, the annual meeting officially began in the afternoon before two o’clock. This is a rare opportunity for many familiar faces to get together. However²this last word was left as it is just like in the raw, probably a typo or something; it’s probably for the next line below.
 
For An Xumo, what attracted his attention was not the one big-name-first-rate artist after another, but a thin, pale and handsome young man.
 
The youth was only about twenty years old with a faint pallor on his face and a little blood on his lips so he did look physically ill. His features were so obvious and his face was three times smaller than Yin Hanxing. In addition, when facing Yin Yuan’s claim, without waiting for an introduction, An Xumo recognized his identity.
 
It was Yin Hanyue.
 
Yin Hanyue has never appeared at Jin Dian before and the meaning of his presence this time was self-explanatory. As soon as he appeared, the surrounding eyes fell on Zhou Jinchen.
 
Although taking into account the identity of Zhou Jinchen, the content of the marriage contract has not been widely spread but for the people in Jin Dian, as long as one is well-informed, this matter is no longer a secret.
 
Last night at the villa, his brother had already mentioned this matter so An Xumo was not too surprised. When Yin Hanyue walked towards the man in full view of everyone, Zhou Jinchen held his glass of wine but glanced at An Xumo first.
 
An Xumo looked at him for a moment, he lowered his head and went on with the pudding on his plate.
 
Not only Yin Hanyue, but Yin Yuan also followed him. The scene of the annual meeting was already very lively and with the several key figures gathered, the atmosphere became more and more heated. An Xumo finished his pudding and served a triangle-shaped cheesecake. It wasn’t until Tang Tang came over to remind him did he stop eating.
 
Yin Hanyue did not stay for the whole show, his body did not seem to last that long. After the most important part of the speech, Yin Han Yue, who was a little shaky, left the scene early, and Zhou Jinchen followed along, sending him out.
 
Before leaving, Zhou Jinchen glanced back at the person again. An Xumo waited for a while and also made an excuse to leave early as agreed last night.
 
The group photo and top-level (executives) speech had already ended, so leaving now would not be too conspicuous. An Xumo walked out of the company and just found a remote place to call his brother when a black car pulled up in front of him.
 
Yin Hanyue was in the passenger seat while Zhou Jinchen sat in the back row. The man opened the door and let An Xumo in. What An Xumo didn’t expect was that the person in the driver’s seat who was greeting him through the rearview mirror was actually Yin Hanxing.
 
“To avoid Yin Yuan tonight,” Zhou Jinchen explained, “I found him to be a cover.”
 
Yin Yuan had bought the villa next door to Zhou Jinchen and it was only when he was away yesterday that Zhou Jinchen took An Xumo back. But tonight, several people are present, although there will be Yin Hanyue and Zhou Jinchen together, there is no guarantee that Yin Yuan will not do anything.
 
The four left the company and drove all the way to another district before stopping at a villa complex.
 
They got out of the car and walked into the villa. The two Yin brothers walked in front. An Xumo curiously looked at Yin Hanyue’s back. Unexpectedly, the other party’s pace looked much stable than at the annual meeting.
 
Noticing An Xumo’s line of sight, Zhou Jinchen asked him, “What’s wrong?”
 
An Xumo took another look at Yin Hanyue before asking, “Is Mr. Yin’s health okay? Just now at the company, his face didn’t look too good.”
 
Zhou Jinchen frowned and paused for a moment before saying, “He’s fine.”
 
The four people walked into the living room. Yin Hanyue heard An Xumo’s words and gave a light smile. “I’m fine, thank you for your concern.”
 
Yin Hanyue’s voice was slightly hoarse but it sounded inexplicably comfortable. An Xumo froze for a moment only to feel that the other party’s previous sickly aura that could be detected through the crowd has visibly faded a lot this time.
 
“In order to show it to others,” Zhou Jinchen made a direct explanation and looked at the boy more, “But you, did you eat more just now?”
 
Being suddenly asked, An Xumo hurriedly shook his head, “……No.”
 
“You ate pudding, three pieces of cake, and a glass of sake.” Zhou Jinchen didn’t intend to expose it so easily. “Didn’t you say you don’t drink?”
 
“I just took a sip……” An Xumo originally thought that the man was dealing with Yin Yuan but he didn’t expect that he would keep an eye on him. “I didn’t touch much, really.”
 
Yin Hanyue sat opposite An Xumo, he smiled and didn’t say anything. It was only when Yin Hanxing who was carrying four cups came out that the topic was stopped.
 
“It’s been so long since I’ve been here, everything has expired. Let’s just make do with this.” Yin Hanxing coughed lightly, “Only plain boiled water.”
 
He divided the cups and sat next to Yin Hanyue.
 
“Well, isn’t it time to talk about business now?”
 
Sweeping his eyes over the two people sitting diagonally opposite each other, Yin Hanxing directly said, “Concerning the engagement ceremony between the two of you.”
 
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The author has something to say:
 
Xiao Mo: It seems like I should be jealous
 
Xiao Mo: ……But the jealousy seems to be eaten away by my brother
 
Xiao Mo: I thought I was the one who should be jealous, but that doesn’t seem to be the case……
 
Brother: Turn on the all-around-no-dead-angle-corner-staring brother mode control.