Category: Male God is Chasing My Brother (Page 1 of 12)

Chapter 116.2 – Extra: Coming Out (End)
You can do whatever you want

A low voice rang from his ears; An Xumo looked up and was kissed lightly on his wet eyes.

“Good boy.”

The boy blinked his eyes.

He remembered something he had mentioned when he had dinner with Yin Hanxing a few years ago.

Back then, Yin Yuan was sent by Yin Hanyue to the sanatorium where his biological mother lived. There were a few reasons why Yin Yuan ended up in this situation, as suggested by Zhou Jinchen.

Yin Hanxing said that the only time Yin Hanyue and Zhou Jinchen had a private conversation was how to deal with this situation. 

At that time, the focus of the conversation was that Yin Hanyue hadn’t spent much time alone with Zhou Jinchen but now, An Xumo suddenly remembered this conversation.

Since my brother said that it would be unlikely to be bothered again……
 
It’s probably true.

When An Xumo thought about it, a hand suddenly appeared in front of him.

The hand touched the side of his face and then carefully touched the corner of his eye.

An Xumo wanted to laugh a little.

He tilted his head and pressed his side face into the palm of his hand.

The hand did not move.

The reassuring temperature passed through.

It took a long time before a low mellow voice sounded.

“How about going to California tomorrow? The flowers in the Carlsbad Flower Field are blooming, and they are quite beautiful.”

Hearing the words flower field, An Xumo subconsciously asked, “To commemorate it?”

Only after he finished did he remember that it was now March, far too early for the once-a-year May.

But before An Xumo took it back, the man already answered him.

“En.”

After a pause, Zhou Jinchen added, “Only a part of it.”

The Carlsbad Flower Field which covers an area of fifty acres is a very famous attraction, and it’s impossible for the government to agree to an entirely private takeover.

The first year was the Rose Valley in Bulgaria, the second year was the Tulip Fields in the Netherlands, the third year was the sea of r4p3seed flowers under the Qilian Mountains, and the fourth year was the Sunflower Garden in India……

The fifth year hadn’t arrived yet and his brother was already taking him to Carlsbad.

He thought seriously about a question.

— Are there any well-known flower fields where my brother hasn’t bought a place to live?

As time goes by, there are always flowers in full bloom.

It was not until May of the sixth year that An Xumo who could only find time to rest between filming every year really had a long vacation.

At noon on a weekend in late February, Mojia Media’s official Weibo account suddenly posted a Weibo with only one username.

After seven years of debut and nearly four years after his retirement, Zhou Jinchen’s popularity can’t be compared with that of his peak, he still made it into the top three of Weibo’s hot search list within two minutes, with an exploding character¹The exploding/boom character on the side of the hot search means that it’s more attractive than hot. It is when Weibo users search too much and follow this topic a certain number of times, Weibo hot spots will become explosive points. In other words, the number of people following this topic has reached an unprecedented peak.added after the keyword.

He actually opened a Weibo account.

The number of followers of user Zhou Jinchen was skyrocketing at a speed visible to the naked eye. Five minutes later, Weibo officially crowned this account with an Orange V,²Orange V is a personal identification like celebrities and Golden V is only awarded to the most popular accounts on Weibo.and then directly witnessed the process of the account rising from Orange V to Golden V.

This Weibo which had no single content posted surged to nearly one million followers within an hour.

Seven hours later, at around 7 pm, Zhou Jinchen, an account with nearly four million followers, changed his avatar.

The avatar is a peeled candy, snow-white, milk candy.

When the keyword ‘milk candy avatar’ also climbed onto the hot search tail, @Zhou Jinchen added his first following.

After refreshing, the first reaction of people who saw the new following was to guess that it was Mojia Media.

But after clicking on it, they realized it wasn’t.

It’s @An Xumo momo

At 7:30 in the evening, Zhou Jinchen’s Weibo finally released its first content while fans and passers-by were confused and wondering.³meant to let one’s imagination run wild

The content is a short video. According to the time, it should be taken exactly these days during the Chinese New Year.

Clicking on the short video, the person who appeared on the screen is Zhou Jinchen, wearing a turtleneck sweater, and rolling up his sleeves to reveal his wrists.

As a star who hadn’t had any edited photos or still photos out for nearly four years, his appearance is no less than when he won the four major covers before.

Time and career failed to snatch away the light from Zhou Jinchen but instead, it sharpened a deeper charm for him.

The handsome and upright man in casual clothes stood in the kitchen, serving up two plates of dumplings.

The dumplings which are crystal-clear, full and round, are steaming with heat, a hand reached over and took a plate of dumplings.

Before the video was finished, many people have remembered the video released by Zhou Jinchen’s official Weibo studio account a few years ago.

In it is also Zhou Jinchen serving dumplings and there is also a person who took the plate away.

This is an old video? But it doesn’t look like him ah?

The video went on soon.

As soon as the screen changed, two plates of dumplings with attractive aroma occupied all the space.

Then in the background was Zhou Jinchen’s voice.

“Happy New Year.”

Then there was another younger male voice.

“Happy New Year~”

Then the video ended.

The screen went black and jumped to the next recommended video.

But no one cared what the next video is about.

Everyone just wanted to know who the last voice was??

In fact, there is no need to bother with this question anymore.

In addition to the short video, the Weibo post also sent an emoji.

It’s a house symbol with the name [home] that comes with Weibo.

When people exit after watching the video, they found the emoji along with the name behind it that was @-ed.

@An Xumo momo.

Zhou Jinchen’s account did not close comments, and after a while, several posts that first occupied the comments “liked Zhou Jinchen for more than five years, praise me” and “Zhou Jinchen’s girlfriend, praise me” were suppressed by other expressions of shock.

The comments vary but they all mean the same thing.

??? What the? Is this a New Year’s greeting ma? Why does it look like you’re coming out of the closet?

Soon someone posted a link to the New Year’s video from a few years ago in the comments.

Those who clicked it will know that the hand that picks up the plate in the two videos belongs to the same person.

During the Chinese New Year holiday, Weibo has the busiest time when the traffic of people is too large coupled with the reading peak at 8 pm; the number of views of the short video directly broke through all records.

Just when everyone was still skeptical about the content of this Weibo post, An Xumo, who hadn’t posted a Weibo post for more than three months, forwarded the video content.

The caption he paired with it was, Happy New Year [Home Work Blessings]

This night was destined to be a day for all media to work overtime.

The next morning, the number of views on the video posted by Zhou Jinchen had already exceeded 20 million, and some finally contacted Mojia Media’s publicity department.

They confirmed the news.

Our boss did announce his relationship, the video is real, and so is the video from a few years ago.

Regardless of how the fans of the two reacted, the largest number of onlookers has expressed their supporting astonished mood of eating melons.

Zhou Jinchen has been quiet for nearly four years but his company has invested in a lot of Damai⁴Damai or Damai.cn is an entertainment ticketing platform and “comprehensive entertainment brand” in China, with 39 branches around China and based in Beijing. [Link]movies one after another and has also worked with Hollywood to sweep away the decline of the previous bad film cooperation between China and the United States, and reaping both box office and public praise at home and abroad.

Needless to say, An Xumo’s performance of 《Yin Yang Well》 let him take the first film emperor nomination, and the following year, he gained a real film emperor, and the release of 《The Guardian》, also made him famous overseas. To this day, his awards, box office, fashion, variety, and other kinds of resources have surpassed Zhou Jichen at the peak of that year.

If not for the recent interview, An Xumo who has always expressed that he wants to take a break, I’m afraid he would become an excellent standard model for ‘the most wanted star’.

It’s strange that the masses aren’t surprised when the two people announced their relationship.

In addition to whether or not support the usual verbal battles between same-sex couples, their identities are also really sensitive. Although An Xumo has no new films to be released in the near future and shows that he needs to take some time off, the impact of the announcement of the relationship is still not to be underestimated.

The slaughtering pages of the major domestic platforms have become difficult to control. Just when An Xumo’s fans almost got into a fight with Zhou Jinchen’s old fans, the news that the two men went to the Civil Affairs Bureau to get their certificates on the first day of work after the New Year was reported by the paparazzi on guard.

Not waiting for the media and the melon-eaters to finish digesting the news, the parties involved have already flown to the Netherlands for their honeymoon.

The flower field in the sixth year is the sea of daisies in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

At the beginning of March is the day when the daisies open. After living by the flower field for half a month, Zhou Jinchen posted a new Weibo post with a photo.

In the photo, the daisies blooming all over the mountains are pure and beautiful. An Xumo wearing a wide-brimmed straw hat looked back. The sun shines in his eyes and shoulders, making him look like he was gifted with a pair of white wings by the light. 

The only noisy fans who have been tired for a long time of quarreling were stuffed with a mouthful of sugar by the owners.

And the ChenMo CP fans who have been building up momentum for five years have gone to the streets to set off firecrackers.

Five years later, @An Xumo who had been silent for a long time, also sent a statement.

He said, the first thing, he has been going on for a long time and wants to rest for a while.

Second, the rest may be extended because of the honeymoon.

Third, thanking the fans for their love.

The old CP fans who are used to picking sugar have found out the press conference statement made by Zhou Jinchen when he announced his retirement.

As a result, the more you look at this sugar, the more frightened you are.

……An Xumo isn’t going to quit the entertainment industry, right?

“Who knows.”

When asked about this question, An Xumo was eating waffles covered with maple syrup.

“Maybe, I want to be a math teacher in the future.”

Seeing the man who asked the question looking over, An Xumo coughed lightly, “Just kidding.”

He took a big bite of the fluffy, sweet waffle, shook his legs and the satisfying sweetness spread across his taste buds.

“We’ll see when we’re well-rested.”

As a result, as soon as he finished solving the dessert in his hand when he took a sideways glance at the computer screen of the man beside him, he froze.

“No, no…no. I’m really joking; you need to stop looking up how to purchase a private high school!”

Zhou Jinchen’s voice is faint but carries the reassurance that people would believe enough to be 100%.

“You can do whatever you want.”

An Xumo shook his legs again.

He looked sideways and there was a bright and dazzling light in his beautiful eyes.

“Then……”

The boy pursed his lips and spoke softly.

His words were sweeter than the maple syrup that was just overflowed with fragrance.

“I want to kiss you.”

-Fin-

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Thank you for all your support, for all your criticisms and corrections, for your patience and tolerance.

It’s over! Thank you, everyone -3-

This book has a lot of shortcomings and deficiencies but I also received a lot of encouragement. I will continue to work hard, I will learn to write a new rhythmic outline, will update on time.

I also wish you all the best in running into your favorite novels, smooth academic studies, good luck with your work, and good health~ 

Looking forward to seeing you again 030

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Additional info: As mentioned earlier, the exploding/boom character on the side of the hot search means that it’s more attractive than hot. It is when Weibo users search too much and follow this topic a certain number of times, Weibo hot spots will become explosive points. In other words, the number of people following this topic has reached an unprecedented peak. Something like this: (which is the yellow one)

*pink one is for new, blue for advertising(?), orange for something hot/boiling. I’m not too familiar with Weibo, correct me if I’m wrong, please. Thanks. This was a screenshot I took lol. I hope it’s not blurred (and i hope I took the right screenshot).

Aaaaand, that’s the end of Male God is Chasing my Brother! I hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I did! Thank you again, everyone! 💜If you’re interested in my other translation, you can check out “He Woke Up and Became The Actor’s Cat”. This is a fluffy novel with a few misunderstandings here and there but isn’t too heavy or overboard, it’s mostly funny and heart fluttering too~

Jie Jie(1/17/22): This novel was previously in my Wattpad(some chapters) and in Otakutl(the rest of the chapters), in case anyone is surprised who am I mentioning(those who helped clear the translations).

Jie Jie: The last chapter is quite long so I had to divide it into two parts ~

I decided to upload the last chapter too as a gift for everyone! Thank you all for your support, comments, and even messages along the way! I really appreciate it! Especially the support this novel received which I never expected at all. Thank you again, everyone! Stay safe and have a great day/night! 💜

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Chapter 116.1 – Extra: Coming Out (End)
You can do whatever you want

 
《Yin Yang Well》 was a big box office success. The final box office speculation wasn’t over yet when another blockbuster headline broke the entertainment industry.
 
The famous actor Zhou Jinchen announced his retirement.       
 
As soon as the news came out, it immediately caused a huge uproar. Although the signs of Zhou Jinchen appearing less and less in front of the big screen in the past year have sparked a lot of secret speculations, no one expected that the 24-year-old movie star would actually take the initiative to give up his acting career at a time when his future was so promising.
 
Zhou Jinchen is still in the obvious rising period. If there are no mishaps, it wouldn’t be a problem to win three golds in a few more years, so it would be a pity to announce that he is no longer filming at this time. When the statement was released on the official Weibo account of the former Zhou Jinchen Studio and the current Mojia Media, the comments and forwards were filled with shock, suspicion, and disbelief. There were even reports that directly suspected that the news might be a joke that wasn’t funny.
 
But this is not a joke.
 
In the afternoon of the day the statement was released, Mojia Media held a press conference. The entire banquet hall was filled with reporters who came in a hurry, all of whom had a lot of questions to ask.
 
Is the news true or false? Did Zhou Jinchen decide to rest because he was physically ill? Or it wasn’t on his will at all but a calculated act of forced compulsion?
 
The accumulated urgency was like a monstrous wave, and it wasn’t until Zhou Jinchen himself appeared that the raging waves barely calmed down.
 
Zhou Jinchen has a slender figure, nothing different. He’s still as handsome and eye-catching as ever, handsome and ruthless.
 
He adjusted the microphone and said three things before all the questions came.
 
First, retirement doesn’t mean quitting the entertainment industry. He will continue to stay in the Film and Television industry behind the scenes as the chairman and CEO of Mojia Media.
 
Second, the main reason for not acting is that the above work is too busy.
 
Third, we’ll talk about the future later. Thank you for the support from the media, movie fans, and audiences over the past seven years. Thank you to all the fans for their love.
 
Despite the uncertain-sounding phrase “we’ll talk about the future later”, the veteran reporters who had been following him for a long time had a unanimous premonition when they heard Zhou Jinchen’s separate thanks to his fans.
 
The young film emperor is determined to end his career as an actor.
 
Zhou Jinchen rarely communicates with his fans and rarely exposes his personal life during non-working hours. He has been an actor from the beginning, one-way output – I act for you to see. Just bursting into the limelight depends on fate. Even the initial Jin Dian did not expect that his ability to attract fans could actually be comparable to the site traffic.
 
In various ceremonies and publicity in the past, Zhou Jinchen would just say that kind of very official expression, this is the first time he has thanked his fans so formally.
 
It’s the first solemn gratitude and also the final farewell.
 
The press conference lasted for six hours. Zhou Jinchen did not leave until he had answered all the sharp or suspicious or regretful questions.
 
While gifts were still being distributed to the various reporters, he went through another special passage. When he came out, there was only a lone nanny car parked at the entrance with no lights on.
 
The bodyguard went to drive another car while Zhou Jinchen directly pulled open the door and walked up.
 
The headlights were also not turned on inside the car, and there was only a warm yellow light shining dimly. A boy fell asleep against a pillow on the car seat and the warm light made the outline of his face softer.
 
Zhou Jinchen walked over and sat next to the person. Maybe he didn’t sleep well, the boy moved his head as soon as he sat down, and opened his eyes in a daze to look over.
 
The man’s body carried a cold outdoor air but not particularly cold. Just as An Xumo wanted to rub his eyes, the burst of chill came over.
 
Then, there is a hot and humid, gentle and warm that is quite different from the cold.
 
Because the mouth is too sensitive, one can tell when you are kissed. Men have more hobbies for kissing other places such as the forehead, eyebrows, eyes, and the tip of the nose, and when the gentle touch fell, it’s as if a light kiss fell on the tip of the softest heart.
 
An Xumo called out in a small voice, “Brother.”
 
He took the initiative to pull the person’s slightly cool palm over, holding the person’s fingertips with both hands to keep them warm.
 
Then, a gentle warm touch came to the forehead again.
 
The RV began to move forward smoothly, and An Xumo suddenly let out a soft sigh.
 
The lights in the car had been turned on and he naturally noticed the questioning eyes of the person on his side.
 
“A long time ago, there was a time like this.” An Xumo said, “I fell asleep in the back seat of the nanny car and woke up to see my brother.”
 
“The birthday banquet.” Zhou Jinchen said in a low voice.
 
“Yes.”
 
An Xumo had just finished speaking when he was kissed again.
 
Zhou Jinchen explained to him, “Make up for that one kiss.”
 
An Xumo curved his eyes. His eyes were also beautiful with a delicate outline, long curly eyelashes, clear and bright.
 
A smile brings sweetness to the bottom of one’s heart.
 
Zhou Jinchen didn’t hold back and kissed him again.
 
An Xumo wrinkled the tip of his nose and asked in a small voice, “Didn’t you made up for it?”
 
Zhou Jinchen thought for a moment.
 
“Interest.”
 
Thinking about what happened two years ago, he felt that no matter how many times he made up for it, it would not be enough.
 
At the press conference, someone persistently asked Zhou Jinchen whether the matter of him retiring was due to the recent death of a celebrity who fell into depression, which affected Zhou Jinchen and began to reflect on his excessive mental stress.
 
Although Zhou Jinchen’s answer is official, it’s also sincere.
 
He didn’t stop acting because of psychological problems.
 
It’s because the psychological problems were solved that the decision was made.
 
His doctor, his lover, is the only person he cares about.
 
Right in his arms.
 
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After the success of 《Yin Yang Well》, Mojia Media has launched a series of actions and subsequent artists’ training work. By the year An Xumo graduated from university, Mojia has successively acquired two famous media companies in the industry. With the presence of media companies, coupled with the box office success of several movies, Mojia had become a leading entertainment company.
 
The biggest characteristic of Mojia is it is rich and powerful which is inextricably linked to its backing by the Yuan Duan Investment Group. Four years after the establishment of Mojia, driven by the high-level awareness of the top management, the Yuan Duan Group, headquartered in B City, acquired the American Superstar Pictures. While acquiring cinemas, they directly gained the right to say in the investment and production.
 
That’s why An Xumo had the opportunity to pass the audition and get an important supporting role in 《The Guardian》, a joint venture between China and the United States, produced by a giant Hollywood company.
 
However, when the collaboration actually began, it didn’t go as smoothly as it had started. On the third day of his arrival in Hollywood, An Xumo witnessed a chaotic hand-to-hand fight.
 
And the person who took the lead was Zhou Jinchen, who came with a Chinese investor title.
 
Zhou Jinchen’s personality is very calm, even to the extent that it can be described as cold. Originally, the purpose of his visit to the set was just to see the progress and chat with the American producers. He was accompanied by someone throughout the whole process and the total time was only two hours.
 
As a result, when he was about to leave, he fell out with one of the members of the American producer team, and the two got into a fight on the spot.
 
To be more precise, it should be a one-sided beating and being beaten.
 
At first, the two people just argued a little louder, until the American man put on a very incomprehensible expression, waving his round, hairy small arms, and the next person began to pacify them. Compared with that man, Zhou Jinchen can be described as thin and frail. It seems to others that he can never take advantage of anything. He is also the investment representative of the Chinese side. In any case, he has to guarantee his people’s safety.
 
But the pacifying didn’t work because Zhou Jinchen directly punched the person down.
 
When An Xumo rushed over to the side of the set, the two had been pulled apart. The American man was beaten black and blue, his big gray beard was stained with nosebleed and dust into a dirty look, and the whole person looked wretched to the extreme.
 
Zhou Jinchen next to him also had dust on his body but compared to the other side, he looked unscathed as if he had just gone to the garden to pick a flower.
 
An Xumo who wanted to come forward was stopped by Zhou Jinchen’s glance, and only then did he have the mind to recognize the identity of the man who had been beaten.
 
John, Statham.
 
The current husband of An Xumo’s biological mother, An He.
 
In order not to affect the progress of the film set, the two parties changed the place for discussion. By the time An Xumo finished work and hurriedly went back to the hotel in the evening, Zhou Jinchen had already returned.
 
He said to set his mind on filming the movie without worries.
 
However, the next day, John Statham resigned with three people from the U.S. producer team, and on the same day, an investor from the U.S. announced their withdrawal of investment.
 
Even if it wasn’t put on the surface, anyone who uses their heads could guess that there must be a gap in the film’s funding.
 
The atmosphere of the crew became a little depressing for a while. If it wasn’t for the rare famous director who came out with the script, I’m afraid that even the progress of the filming would not have been completed smoothly.
 
But fortunately, the situation didn’t worsen, within a few days, the production company found a new investment company.
 
Before the crew could breathe a sigh of relief, they heard another shocking update.
 
The investment company that previously pulled out of the company was suspected of fraudulent voting for candidates in the general election has been investigated by the FBI. Tom Statham, as the company’s director, along with other senior executives was among the first group to have their assets frozen.
 
All the business of the investment company was shut down. If they hadn’t insisted on immediately withdrawing funds from 《The Guardian》, and completed all the procedures early, I’m afraid that even the movie would have been implicated.
 
The film’s shooting time wasn’t long, and the focus is still on the post-production’s special effects so by the time An Xumo heard the news, all his scenes ended.
 
“……fraud?” An Xumo was stunned by the whole story. After digesting it for a while, he looked at Zhou Jinchen, “Brother, what’s going on with Statham’s company?”
 
Zhou Jinchen recounted the facts again.
 
“No,” An Xumo shook his head, “I’m asking, him (John Statham) resigning on that matter, was it you who instigated it……”
 
Zhou Jinchen was silent for a moment and finally shook his head, “It’s not me.”
 
An Xumo stared at him.
 
Zhou Jinchen’s voice was completely indifferent, “My plan was for him to be exposed for sexual assault, and fraud is a coincidence.”
 
“……”
 
An Xumo naturally knew that his brother couldn’t be involved in voting or anything like that but exposing sexual assaults certainly requires careful planning in advance.
 
He asked softly, “You know who Statham is, don’t you?”
 
“Then, have you recently had contact with……” An Xumo paused for a moment before naming the person, “his wife?”
 
Zhou Jinchen looked at him, and the boy moved his eyes away somewhat uncomfortably.
 
“Do you want to see her?” Zhou Jinchen asked.
 
An Xumo clasped his hands, his fingertips were a little white because of too much exertion.
 
After a while, he said.
 
“No.”
 
If you don’t look, it won’t hurt.
 
A hand reached out and pulled the boy into his arms.
 
“She won’t bother you again. If you don’t want to have any ideas, don’t think about her.”

Chapter 115 – Extra: Rose (3)

An Xumo was stunned.

The others were stunned, too.

The scene was very quiet for a while until An Xumo took the gift box and returned a thank you. Zhou Jinchen said, “The essential oil is the second special reward from the host.”

He side-stepped to make room for the two waiters to move the large flower basket to the front and revealed a delicate card.

The people fixed their eyes on the card, between which was drawn a strange triangle-shaped pattern consisting of three 9s connected from the beginning to end. The lower right corner of the card also had three words printed on it.

— Yin Yang Well.

The director’s team came out at the right time to say that these roses are blessings from the cast of 《Yin Yang Well》 to the show. The reason why 999 will be sent is that 999 is a quite important concept in the movie 《Yin Yang Well》. Moreover, all of these roses will be dried out and made into scented tea which will be given to the lucky audience of 《Here We Are》.

The crowd, “……”

Although it looks like all the reasoning makes sense, why does it still feel like…… there seems to be something wrong???

All eyes focused on the two people standing beside the flower basket.

……Are there really no pink bubbles next to these two?!

No matter how the guests think in their hearts, because of the identity of An Xumo and Zhou Jinchen, they really can’t express what they think. After leaving the rose promenade, several people had a meal in the manor and went to the town square to watch the bonfire.

At the end of the day, the group rested early. Early the next morning, they set out for the prestigious Rose Valley.

The Rose Festival in Bulgaria has been around for more than half a century. Now, tourists from all over the world come here in June to participate in this grand and fragrant event.

The beautiful ladies wore bright flower crowns, the streets were filled with the scent of flowers and flower essential oils, and the program’s camera shot enough of the brilliant colors along the way. Several guests not only experienced the grandeur of the Rose Festival firsthand but also successfully completed several levels set by the program and received the grand prize for this episode from Zhou Jinchen.

After the recording, it was already dark. The team and the five permanent guests had to transfer to another country to record the next episode. On the other hand, An Xumo as a temporary guest had to take the flight back to China with Zhao Yutian and Zhou Jinchen that night. However, before he could go back and pack his luggage, he was intercepted halfway.

“Brother?” Looking at the man who pulled him down the stairs, An Xumo was a bit confused, “Where are we going, aren’t we going back today?”

It takes at least three hours from the Rose Manor to the airport but the plane takes off in three and a half hours.

“En, we’re going to have dinner.”

The two walked from the twenty-seventh floor to the twenty-sixth floor which is exactly where Rose Manor’s high-rise restaurant is located. The décor here is as gorgeous and chic as the entire manor, and the prices are naturally quite complementary.

Unlike the group dinner last night, as soon as the two walked into the lobby, a waiter took the initiative to greet them and brought them to a box with an excellent location.

In addition to the dining table, the box is also equipped with an open-air rooftop. An Xumo curiously walked to the sliding door. When Zhou Jinchen saw this, after a few words with the waiter, he led the person to the rooftop.

There was still a great distance beyond the rooftop. After the two finished walking forward, An Xumo stood in front of the railing and looked down. Although it was getting late, the shock he received did not diminish at all.

“Wow……”

Under the bright night lights, a large sea of flowers spread endlessly. Bright flowers were like a thick blanket, gently covering the fertile soil.

The rooftop extends in the direction of the large rose field behind the Rose Manor. This is also the best location to overlook the rose fields from a high vantage point.

“It will be even more beautiful when we see it tomorrow during the day.”

Zhou Jinchen walked behind the boy, raised his hand, and wrapped his arm around the other party’s slightly thin shoulder.

“In two days, the roses will all be harvested, leaving only that heart-shaped rose field.”

An Xumo remembered the field of flowers during the day and the wooden sign standing next to each rose, his eyes slightly warmed.

He asked softly, “Those dates……”

Zhou Jinchen lowered his head and gently pressed the soft side of the boy’s slightly cool face.

“It’s the days when we’re together.”

An Xumo bit the tip of his tongue.

“When you moved away from S City, the things you didn’t take with you were left at my place. When I was taking inventory of the things, I found a calendar.”

A low voice slowly flowed into his ears, and An Xumo’s shoulders stiffened slightly.

The calendar left by him……

“I saw every circle drew on it.” Zhou Jinchen tilted his head and gently kissed the boy’s cheek as he said, “That year, the whole 365 days, we didn’t see each other, did we?”

An Xumo hesitated for a moment but finally nodded.

It was the calendar he had brought with him when he was a trainee at Jin Dian. At that time…… he hadn’t seen his brother for 365 days in a row.

“From that day on, I also began to record the dates.”

An Xumo asked in a whisper, “With flowers?”

“In the beginning, it was trees.”

“I bought a forest garden in Yuan Dian which has more than three hundred trees in it. Every day that passes, a tree will be hung with a metal plate with a date.” Zhou Jinchen said in a low voice, “When the 262nd tree was hung, you gave me a trial period.”

Then, he began to use roses to count the date.

“The heart-shaped rose field can count 365 days. After that, there are also moth orchids, iris, and lavender fields……”

An Xumo turned his head sideways, looking into the deep eyes of the man.

Those beautiful eyes with perfect contours were filled with him.

“We can count another seventy years.”

In his own way, his brother walked the same path that An Xumo had experienced.

An Xumo felt as if he had a lot to say but by the time he opened his mouth, his voice felt like it was blocked.

He said he wanted to buy flowers for his brother, but his brother…… had brought a large field of flowers for him, long before he knew it.

The boy took a deep breath and ended up saying nothing, and stood on his toes.

The field of flowers sent a light fragrance, lingering around the two embracing each other.

But this time, it was Zhou Jinchen who took the initiative to separate their lips first.

He lowered his eyes to look at the boy’s soft, moist lips, and his eyes darkened but his voice still carried calmness.

“Go back ba, dinner is coming up. We’ll come back tomorrow to see.”

If it’s too swollen, the boy will have trouble eating.

Dinner was even more sumptuous than expected, and An Xumo learned the true owner of this five-star hotel.

“……there is half of mine?” An Xumo’s surprise was no less than when he saw the May 6th sign during the day. “Why is my share there?”

His previous contract had been in Jin Dian, his earnings can be counted on one’s hands. Even if he had later signed in Mojia to earn money, the time isn’t right.

“It’s the shares that Fourth Uncle left with you at the beginning.” Zhou Jinchen said, “Xiao Mo, do you remember that birthday banquet?”

Old Zhou’s birthday banquet, An Xumo was called back. The Zhou family originally wanted him to sign on the spot but he ended up being sent away early by Xin Zimai.

Zhou Jinchen blocked it for him at that time but it was impossible to directly oppose the Zhou family. Later, Xin Zimai approached An Xumo and still made him sign the equity waiver.

An Xumo didn’t care about this kind of thing. After signing it, he left the matter behind. This was not his in the first place, and even if he did get his hands on it, the misfortune incurred would definitely be much more than the benefits.

“The shares left by Fourth Uncle were relatively independent and were later taken over by me, and exchanged with cash.” Zhou Jinchen explained without reservations, “Money was urgently needed in the establishment of Yuan Dian in the beginning; this fund played a big role.”

“Based on the amount at that time, you were one of the largest asset holders of Yuan Dian.”

So now, not only Bulgaria’s Rose Manor, but even Mojia Media has quite a few shares that belong to An Xumo.

“But……” An Xumo was a little hesitant, “Those things weren’t originally mine either. I’m also not involved in the company’s operation or anything…… brother was the one who was busy.”

“I think,” the boy paused, “……I don’t deserve it.”

Zhou Jinchen was also silent for a while.

“Besides that, there are other reasons,” he looked at An Xumo.

“I want you to have something better.”

The man frowned slightly, “Maybe I’m not very good at expressing it but Xiao Mo, I think it’s the same idea as to when you said you wanted to give me roses during the day.”

In his eyes, these priceless things were no more valuable than the one his younger brother cut and gave him.

Zhou Jinchen asked in a low voice, “Then, are you willing to accept it?”

An Xumo replied.

“I am willing.”

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Dinner lasted for more than an hour. Afterwards, the two took a walk around the manor, and by the time they returned to the twenty-seventh floor, it was already past ten o’clock.

“When are we going back?” An Xumo asked.

“Tomorrow night’s flight,” Zhou Jinchen said, “you haven’t been jet-lagged before. Let’s rest for a day before we leave. There’s no rush.”

He took An Xumo to take a bath. The two chose a spacious and gorgeous bath. The natural hot spring water brought in the effect of relieving fatigue. The self-produced rose essential oil was also dripped into the pool water, emitting a lingering fragrance.

Zhou Jinchen was hesitant to share a bath with his brother. This move was a bit dangerous, especially for An Xumo who had been working for a long time and was in need of rest.

But An Xumo who was sitting at the edge of the pool and carefully dipping his feet into the water turned around and called out to him.

“Brother, aren’t you coming?”

After he asked, he realized something, his pale side face burned with awareness.

“I didn’t mean that……”

Zhou Jinchen had already walked over.

He stood at the edge of the pool, looking down at the sitting An Xumo, whose calves had been submerged in the water and his fair complexion becomes more and more moisturized in the water.

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Flower Field Motor Tour Program is closed.
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The author has something to say:

The Hollywood part is very tricky, I don’t know enough about it to know how to do it. I may need to study it again but I’m not sure if I can really research anything, then I’ll write about it when the time comes.

If it’s too bad and outrageous, it may be better not to write it. So whether the face slapping part will be written in detail depends on my state. I will work hard. If it really doesn’t work, I will make another plan……

By the way, I’ll advertise a new novel again. I’ll write a good outline and update it regularly. After being busy for a while, ask for a new novel collection and author collection~ APP and wap, click on the author’s column and you can see it!

《After Marriage, I’m Finally Full》

Yun Zixiu is good at everything, clever and honest, letting anyone slaughter him,¹eing taken advantage of; being trampled ona flower vase.²a person who is pretty but otherwise useless

There is just one thing: Eating too much.

After the family finished calculating his parents’ inheritance, they packed him up and married him off to the Han family’s Young Master Han who was gloomy, crippled his wife and relatives,³克妻克亲 note sure but I found that it’s about people having bad marriage which reflected in the unharmonious married life and poor relationship between husband and wife. Even if the husband and wife’s relationship is good, it’s easy to bring various disasters to the spouse after marriage. Linkand who was bound to die in three years.

When the others saw Young Master Han, they couldn’t wait to walk around. Only Yun Zixiu whose eyes lit up the first time he saw Young Master Han.

This man has the smell of his favorite food!

Yun Zixiu, who has been hungry for more than 300 hundred years, was finally able to eat. For the sake of long-term sustainability, he decided to help the other party live longer.

As a result, he helped but found out that the other person seemed to have lived longer than him.

Yun Zixiu: ……I’m full, I don’t want it!

Han Yi: Be good, eat more.

In fact, the cutie shou who is very talented and full of food and everything is deeply attacked by X. Pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger by 6 deep gong. First marriage and then, love which is refreshing and invigorating.

A story of a man who originally wanted to be fed but was completely eaten dry.

T/N: This story isn’t yet picked up by any translators, and I don’t have plans to take it either~I wasn’t planning on adding it along with the author’s note but I ended up doing it so I’ll just put it here too lol.

Chapter 114 – Extra: Rose (2)
Xiao Mo: Only for you

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An Xumo grew up in the Zhou family, coupled with the fact that he has been working as an artist to travel around in recent years, there are by no means places that can be described as luxurious, but even so, when he stepped into this room that occupies the entire floor, the shock did not diminish at all.

The twenty-seventh floor covers exactly the same area as the other twenty-six floors, and the bathing pools alone have a dozen different styles. There are also conference rooms, exclusive theaters, kitchens, wine cabinets, rooftops, and other areas. An Xumo walked for a while but did not finish half of it. He was dazzled and the amazement in his heart became stronger and stronger.

How to say it? It’s like the kind of luxurious and resplendent palace that has been made into a film. When the audience sees it on the screen, they already feel shocked enough, let alone move the palace in front of them.

An Xumo could not help but worry about the cost of the program team.

He asked Zhou Jinchen, “Brother Jinchen, are we the only people living here?”

In terms of the area, it would not feel crowded for two hundred people to live here.

Zhou Jinchen nodded. The two entered the room, an attendant in a suit picked up his luggage. He turned his head and said something that An Xumo did not understand, and the attendant responded by pulling away the luggage and went to pack things. After that, he introduced all the areas to An Xumo, what each area was used for, without a single mistake.

An Xumo’s doubts are getting deeper and deeper. Did brother came over one day ahead of time and memorized the locations here? But with the accompanying director inside, he couldn’t freely communicate with the person, and could only press these questions at the bottom of his heart.

The program team was actually very bitter inside. They had already filmed the luxurious furnishings of the twenty-seventh floor before, which was an excellent material. According to the usual routine, the program team should have also filmed the awe-inspiring expressions of the lucky residents, but after meeting this special guest in this episode……

They immediately dismissed the idea.

After a brief tour of the guests’ rooms, the two went downstairs from the exclusive elevator. The Rose Manor covers a wide area, apart from the hotel itself, it seems that the wide field of roses in the back is also attributed to the manor. When the two walked to the rose promenade, the remaining six people were watching several young girls picking flowers to the side. Because of the early completion of the challenge that was supposed to last all day, the program team had temporarily decided to make up a portion of the Rose Manor and rose fields in the afternoon. This promenade was surrounded by roses, and it led all the way from the interior of the manor to the depths of the rose fields, making it the best viewing path to the fields.

In addition to roses, Bulgaria is also quite famous for its rose essential oils. The young girls who pick the flowers were all around twenty years old. The foreign bright girls and the intense blooming roses complement each other; really pleasing to the eye, beautiful.

As people gathered, a group of members slowly walked toward the flower fields, and more and more flower-pickers could be seen on the periphery of the promenade. In the end, the female guests in the team participated enthusiastically, borrowing gloves to pick roses.

They wanted everyone to pick a bunch of flowers, several male guests couldn’t just watch them, and finally, they also went to borrow gloves to help.

There were four men and four women, and only Zhou Jinchen did not enter. He is a special guest and he didn’t need to do any task, there weren’t many rules to restrict him. But when An Xumo went further away to borrow gloves from someone, he went straight to him and handed the boy roses that had its thorns peeled off.

The camera wasn’t on his side and no one is paying attention in all directions. Zhou Jinchen handed the roses and also smoothly pinched the boy’s soft cheeks.

“This should be enough for you to pass.”

“Where did this come from ah?” An Xumo asked in passing and came, “This is not a necessary task, it’s to give them to the sisters, at most a shot……”

The one opposite him, at first, Mr. Film Emperor even wrap a wound to face the camera as a job but he said with an extremely serious tone, “I don’t want you to give your hand-picked roses to others.”

Zhou Jinchen finished and also moved his eyes to a rose that An Xumo had just plucked from his hand.

An Xumo followed his line of sight.

“……”

In the end, Mr. Zhou exchanged a bouquet of roses of neat length and without thorns for a lone rose with thorns that had lost two petals, and also expressed a very satisfied attitude.

An Xumo followed the man not knowing whether to laugh or cry, watching the man solemnly hold the rose that was cut badly because of his unskilled technique, and his chest felt hot.

There was no one around, only a beautiful mass of flowers swaying with the wind. The boy said softly, “I will buy it for you……beach rose, moth orchids, any flower is fine……only for you.”

Zhou Jinchen’s footsteps paused.

He held the rose in his hand, lowering his eyes to look over. The gentle breeze brought a light floral fragrance that lingered around the two.

An Xumo waited nervously for the other party’s response but heard a low sigh.

He was a little confused, “What’s wrong……?”

“It’s a pity it’s recording.” There are too many crews waiting, Zhou Jinchen thought nonchalantly. He reached out to rub the top of the boy’s hair, “When the recording is over, can you say it again for me?”

An Xumo nodded, “O-of course.”

The two continued to walk back, holding a bunch of properly cut roses; An Xumo became the fastest one. He divided the roses in his hand equally among the four female guests, and only after the other six had all finished picking and the other four female guests had a handful of roses tied with ribbons in their hands did the group continued to walk forward.

They didn’t walk far when they met an area that had been especially isolated off. A few people walked over and realized that hundreds of roses had been purposely planted in the shape of a heart. On the side, there were two florists. What was strange was that they were not pruning and fertilizing the flowers, but are standing and putting up signs outside the rose heart.

After asking for permission, few people carefully walked over and saw that there was more than one sign. About dozens of roses had been erected in front of the sign. Each sign had a different date written on it, starting from May until today. In addition to the date, there was an English sentence on it.

“The stars are beautiful, because of a flower that cannot be seen.”

A member read the words out. An Xumo thought about it and said, “《The Little Prince》?”

“The stars are beautiful, because of a flower that cannot be seen,” —— this is a sentence from 《The Little Prince》.

After communicating with the two florists in English, several people learned that this heart-shaped rose field was an area specially reserved for their lover by the owner of the Rose Manor. There are a total of 365 roses in it, and the owner of the manor and his lover had to overcome all difficulties to finally get together. That’s why the owner opened up this heart-shaped rose field and asked them to mark the date for a rose every day, to record every day he and his lover were together.

These roses are not like the other roses in the field, they aren’t picked. After 365 days, it’s May again, and the flowers and trees will bloom into a heart shape again.

This kind of personally heard love story is moving enough, coupled with being in the middle of this dream-like sea of flowers, it’s difficult not to be infected. Several female members called it romantic and even the cameramen who were following the scene went up and carefully recorded the signs that were erected.

It was only then that everyone realized that apart from the lines of The Little Prince and the date, there was also a flowery English word on each sign.

– Silence.

“What does it mean, quiet? Silence?”

“Could it be silent love? I remember silence has this meaning……”

Several people were talking about but An Xumo looked at the flowery word in the lower right corner of the wooden sign with wide eyes as if he was suddenly hit.

Silence……ChénMò?¹沉默 – means silence, taciturn. Eyy~~ ChenMo~

He took a few steps around and looked at the first wooden sign that was erected.

May 6.

An Xumo abruptly looked up and looked beyond the crowd at Zhou Jinchen.

The man stood straight, he was still as cold and serious as ever but his eyes were extra gentle when he looked back at An Xumo.

The sixth of May is the day that when his brother and he spoke all about the past, they kissed for the second time.

Could it be, could it be that…

The more An Xumo thought about it, the more astonished he was, yet he found it increasingly reasonable.

The most luxurious accommodation since the three seasons of the show, the right to stay in the presidential suite on the twenty-seventh floor, instead of the attendant’s careful introduction, and the bouquet of roses that came out of nowhere and were built.

The owner of this Rose Manor……is clearly brother.

An Xumo looked back at the heart-shaped flower field in front of him. All the flowers were in full bloom, and the clusters of flowers were bright and dazzling.

This is the flower field that Mr. Fox gave to the Little Prince, and each rose represents their days together.

The guests stayed at the rose field for more than two hours and all of them were drenched in the light scent of roses. The female guests happily held their roses and took an unknown number of photos in the rose field, and the crew was satisfied that they had harvested enough quality shots.

It wasn’t until the sun was setting and the fiery red sun was burning in the sky that the group was ready to turn around and head back. When they retraced their steps to the field of heart-shaped roses, they were stopped by an attendant in a suit.

Before the surprised others could react, Zhou Jinchen walked over to them.

The man took a ribbon-wrapped box from the attendant’s hand, and not only that, after he had a brief exchange with the man, the attendant turned back and called out two more men who came over from a short distance.

The two men carried a flower basket with hundreds of red roses with a meter wide in diameter.

Zhou Jinchen came back and handed the carefully wrapped box to An Xumo. The two men followed and raised the basket of flowers to the right height.

The red roses that burned like flames were neatly tied together, and the color of those rose bouquets in the arms of several other female guests was directly suppressed.

‘The Little Prince’s crown and 999 roses.’

Zhou Jinchen opened the box and a delicate perfume bottle in the shape of a crown was revealed, filled with elaborate and expensive rose essential oil.

He looked at the stunned An Xumo. His low voice carried an intoxicating charm.

“Xiao Mo, are you willing to accept it?”

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The author has something to say:

I told you it would be sweet that would make your teeth fall, so everyone be careful to taste the sweet cookies~

Originally, I didn’t want to ride a motorcycle,²I’m not quite sure, but the ones I found said that it means: Boring, petty, or stingy; can also mean having many problems; and something that is not good so they changed it into a milder one. Does anyone know this? Let me know in the comments~but then thought about it, in the Bulgaria Rose Garden, such good conditions, it’s a pity I can’t drive a motorcycle……I’ll have it in the next chapter and it will be explained when it’s updated.

Only for the genuine motorcycles that chase serialize readers, wait for me =v=

——by 【Hundred Thousand Stars to Pick Up the Stars 】 【Hundred Thousand Stars to Pick Up the Stars 】 【Hundred Thousand Stars to Pick Up the Stars 】³Author’s pen name

Chapter 113 – Extra: Rose (1)
Big Brother said: Surprise

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In order to promote 《Yin Yang Well》, which was released in the Spring Festival, An Xumo participated in Baicheng TV’s 《We are Here》 in June. 《We》¹The show “We are Here” was shortened in the raw as only “We”is a travel variety show that has been aired for two seasons. For its excellent reputation, it has now become one of the ace variety shows of Baicheng TV. An Xumo participated in the recording of the sixth episode of the show’s third season as a guest member. Not long after receiving the notice, he flew with the show’s team to the recording location, Kazanluk, Bulgaria.²Originally it was Caslók City in Belgalia if translated according to the raw but there’s really no place like this when I look it up. It only shows Bulgaria. The author probably intentionally written it differently in the raw or maybe a typo to use different names.
 
Each episode of 《We are Here》 has five permanent guests and two guest stars. Due to an unforeseen situation with another guest, Zhao Yutian, the crew temporarily changed the schedule and let An Xumo board the arranged international flight alone.
 
Only one guest was missing, there were other people on the show, so An Xumo didn’t pay much attention when he received the news. It was only before boarding the plane that he discovered something was wrong.
 
Mr. Zhou who was supposed to see him off unexpectedly sent him all the way to the plane.
 
“Brother Jinchen,” regardless of whether they were brothers or lovers, their relationship hasn’t been made public yet and when there were outsiders around, An Xumo still kept to his original title. “Are you going to Bulgaria too?”
 
Zhou Jinchen took the blanket and pillow from the stewardess and gestured for An Xumo to lean forward, and then he placed the pillow under the person’s neck.
 
“To record the show with you.”
 
An Xumo, who had not received this news before, asked, “You’re replacing Zhao Yutian?”
 
“No,” Zhou Jinchen said, “I’m the host.”
 
In addition to the six guests, a mysterious special guest sometimes appears on the 《We are Here》 show, which is the host. The four hosts who appeared in the first two seasons were all well-known actors who settled in tourist destinations. In the final episode of the second season, when the superstar Li Zusheng who had stopped working for many years and settled in the United States, appeared as a special guest, it made the ratings of 《We》 hit a record.
 
The identity of the host had to be kept secret from the guests so An Xumo didn’t know about it beforehand. But now that Zhao Yutian is not around, the program team just agreed to have Zhou Jinchen and An Xumo take the same flight.
 
An Xumo no longer knew whether to ask the program team why they’re so good at talking or to ask his brother how he could be a host in Bulgaria. But being able to record the show with his brother was the last chance to relax before the busy work and final exams.
 
After arriving at Sofia Airport, it was already ten o’clock in the evening. As soon as they got off the plane, the two of them were going to be separated under the arrangement of the program team. When they rushed to take the airport shuttle bus, the lights were on in the distance, and the lights around them were dim. The staff walked in front of them and An Xumo was pulled before he got to the vehicle.
 
They exchanged a kiss that was sweeter than the fragrant scent in the air on the night in a foreign country.
 
Despite the cover of the night, An Xumo was still a little nervous. Zhou Jinchen smoothed his hair and helped the person straighten his collar.
 
“Take care of yourself. I will see you as soon as possible.”
 
An Xumo wanted to say work well and no need to worry but when the words came to his lips, he decided to be honest.
 
“En,” he said softly, “I’ll wait for you.”
 
A staff member was calling their names in the distance and An Xumo was just about to walk forward when something was stuffed in his pocket.
 
The shuttle bus was crowded, and when they got off, they separated. When he got to the bright light, An Xumo felt his pocket and something round lay quietly in his hand.
 
It was milk candy.
 
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After meeting with the resident guests who arrived early, the next day, Zhao Yutian who had been delayed for half a day also arrived, and the crew officially began recording.
 
At the beginning of June, it was the time for the International Rose Festival in Bulgaria, which is world-famous for its roses and holds a grand celebration every June to attract tourists from all over the world. It was because of the festival that the crew chose this place.
 
The Rose Festival will be held on Sunday. On the morning of the first recording, the show began and the guests were required to complete a series of tasks in order to obtain residency at the Rose Manor and the tickets to attend the Rose Festival the next day. The crew originally set aside an entire day for the members to complete the tasks but the team was extraordinarily lucky. Around two o’clock in the afternoon, they found the key pass for the last task.
 
The members boarded the bus to Rose Manor three hours in advance, and their happiness was beyond words. When several people were celebrating excitedly in the car, An Xumo had a vague premonition.
 
Rose Manor……may have something to do with brother.
 
It was already past three o’clock when they arrived at the Rose Manor. Before the group got off the bus, they repeatedly marveled at the beauty of the scenery outside the window.
 
Rose Manor is an upscale hotel contracted by private individuals in the local area. The entire hotel is located directly in a field of flowers. When climbing up to the upper floors to look out, apart from flowers in the manor, you can also see a large field of roses in the distance. In June, the season when roses are in full bloom, it can make people intoxicated just by looking at them.
 
During the peak of the tourist season, it’s hard to find a high-rise room in the Rose Manor. The team found three high-rise double rooms from nowhere but the remaining one was missing, and there is only a single room on the ground floor.
 
Among the seven people in the team, there are four female guests and three male guests, and to live in a single room can only be a male guest. The three originally wanted to discuss with the crew whether they could squeeze in a double room but the program team did not allow it. In this case, it’s very awkward who to single out, and the plan to arrange another round of games was also rejected by the female guests.
 
In the end, it was An Xumo who took the initiative to stay in the single room.
 
His idea is very simple. He is the youngest, he should be courteous to his seniors and this time, he came to promote the film, so it makes no difference that he can’t live at the upper level.
 
After the discussion, the seven members went to their rooms with their luggage, and the elevator rose to the third floor. After saying goodbye to the others, An Xumo took the lead and walked down.
 
The conditions of the Rose Manor are very superior. According to the several resident guests, it should be considered as one of the best hotels in terms of conditions in several periods. So even if it’s a ground floor room, the décor and furnishings in the corridor are quite elegant and doesn’t make too much of a difference. An Xumo took the key from the front desk, opened the door, and pushes it in. He just turned back to pull his luggage when he saw that there was actually a person standing in the room that was originally a single room.
 
“……?!”
 
The word ‘brother’ almost didn’t come out of his mouth, and when An Xumo, who couldn’t easily swallow the voice, a brightly colored rose was already on his lips.
 
“Surprise.” The man’s eyes were filled with an imperceptible smile.
 
The rose was handed to the boy’s hand, and in the dutiful follow-up shot, the two moved closer and hugged. An Xumo hasn’t yet reacted, he dumbly held the rose and look at the other, making Zhou Jinchen’s eyes become softer and softer.
 
“Congratulations on getting the privilege of this show,” Zhou Jinchen said. “…to live with the ground floor companion.”
 
“I, don’t I have to live here?”
 
“No, we’re staying in another double room.”
 
After Zhou Jinchen finished his words, he took away An Xumo’s luggage. The boy looked at the cameraman and the filming director beside him blankly; there was no surprise on their faces. He thought it should’ve been an arrangement made by the team in advance.
 
“Xiao Mo, let’s go.”
 
Patting the boy’s shoulder, Zhou Jinchen directly led him out of the room with his luggage.
 
The two didn’t go far when they met the six people who came down from the upper level, they had already put away their luggage and were planning to come over to see An Xumo but they did not expect to see Zhou Jinchen here.
 
The dumbfounded expressions of the six of them were even more vivid than the surprised An Xumo just now.
 
“Mr. Zhou?! You ……”
 
The director who followed then explained that Zhou Jinchen was the show’s special guest at the Bulgaria station. He had the identity of the host and could provide extra help to the seven members.
 
The hosts who appeared in the previous episodes were also well-known artists, and the help they gave was very useful, it was even possible to help to complete the task directly. So as soon as they heard Zhou Jinchen’s identity, the remaining people couldn’t help but get excited.
 
“I really didn’t expect to meet you here ……”
 
“Brother Zhou, have you ever lived in Bulgaria?”
 
The chatter didn’t last long and Zhou Jinchen’s character is well-known in the circle. After he briefly chatted with the people and greeted them, the six people gave way and let Zhou Jinchen who was still carrying his luggage to go ahead and put his things away.
 
At this time, they saw An Xumo on the side and realized that something was wrong.
 
“Xiao An, why didn’t you put your backpack down? Is the luggage still confiscated?”
 
Some people recognized the luggage Zhou Jinchen was carrying in his hand.
 
“Is that luggage Mr. Zhou’s holding……Xiao An’s?”
 
An Xumo said, “They just informed me that I don’t live on the third floor……”³Idk why it was suddenly on the third floor lol when he was supposed to be on the ground floor.
 
“He lives with me.” Zhou Jinchen opened his mouth, “The person who draws a single room will get the right to live in a double room on the highest floor.”
 
The remaining six people: “……”
 
The program team’s set-up is too deep, right?! Is it too late to regret?
 
In fact, it’s no use regretting at any time. An Xumo couldn’t help but touch his nose, he had enough reason to suspect……that the development of these things is all in his brother’s plan.
 
“Xiao Mo.”
 
Zhou Jinchen called out to the person again, and An Xumo hurriedly followed him.
 
“Let’s put our luggage and come down. I’ll see you in a moment in the Rose Corridor.”
 
After greeting several people, Zhou Jinchen took An Xumo to the elevator.
 
This elevator was not the same as the one An Xumo had just come up in. As he watched Zhou Jinchen press the number of the highest floor, An Xumo couldn’t help but be a little confused.
 
If he remembered correctly, the number on the top floor of this elevator seemed to be one more than in the other elevator.
 
“Doesn’t this hotel have the twenty-six floors?”
 
An Xumo couldn’t help but ask a question.
 
“There are twenty-seven floors in total,” Zhou Jinchen said, “but there is only one elevator leading to the highest floor.”
 
An Xumo didn’t understand at first why there was only one elevator to the highest floor. After a soft sound, the elevator door opened and he was led into the twenty-seventh floor, only then did An Xumo know the real reason.
 
It was because on the entire twenty-seventh floor, there was only one room.
 
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The author has something to say:
 
The extras are all sweet and greasy.

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”∠)_