Chapter 107 – I’m plotting against you
An Xumo walked out of the café, the air outside is much colder than in the warm room inside. He couldn’t help but shrink his neck and hurried into the car, waiting at the door.
When the warm air came to his face, An Xumo breathed a sigh of relief, his mind still recalling the experience he just had.
Yin Hanxing’s words gave the boy a new inspiration. He was grateful for the senior brother’s care and always wanted to reciprocate and repay the other person’s kindness.
Senior brother is a good man, he talked elegantly, he knows when to advance or retreat, and he excelled in all kinds of skills. However, when it comes to love, it’s impossible for him and the senior brother from the start.
It would be better to end it early lest you waste your time.
An Xumo leaned against the back of his chair, leaned his head against the pillow, and closed his eyes.
For so many years, the person who has given him the sweetest love and deepest pain has always been only one person.
A figure that can easily outline every detail appears in front of his eyes, that person has a cold face, deep eyes, and a perfect outline.
No one can replace it.
An Xumo also clearly realized this when he completed the three-month agreement with Yin Hanxing. He thought that if he didn’t cross the line and didn’t think too much, he wouldn’t get hurt. However, it was only after spending time with senior brother did he realized that the only person who could heal his wounds was his brother from the beginning to end.
An Xumo let out a light sigh and opened his eyes.
He looked sideways at the car, the window facing the café but the view of the room was blocked by the window decoration, so he couldn’t see the position of the innermost one.
An Xumo didn’t know that his brother was coming nor did he know how much the other party heard at the conversation just now. The atmosphere before coming out made him feel a little off, and it seemed that there was nothing serious to talk about.
He couldn’t help but be a little worried.
The boy waited for a long time until he wanted to get out of the car and go inside again when someone pushed the door out of the café.
It was Zhou Jinchen.
The man put his wallet back into his coat pocket, pulled open the door, and sat. An Xumo was about to ask him but he saw the coffee stains on the other party’s shirt at a glance.
The weirdest thing is that the coffee stain wasn’t spilled but was printed on…… similar to the shape of a fist’s seal, even the outline of the four fingers can be seen.
“……Brother? What happened to you two?” An Xumo was surprised and subconsciously looked toward the café but Yin Hanxing didn’t come out. “How did you get this on your clothes?”
Zhou Jinchen’s voice was still faint, “Nothing, we just took care of a personal matter.”
An Xumo wondered, “What about senior brother? Why didn’t he come out?”
“He spilled the coffee in the store and is still discussing with the boss.” Zhou Jinchen’s face didn’t change.
An Xumo frowned, “……but the bill was paid by you, brother.”
He saw the other party put the card back into his wallet.
Zhou Jinchen fell silent.
The driver in the driver’s seat lowered the soundproof barrier between the front and rear rows, and said to Zhou Jinchen, “Mr. Zhou, it’s almost time to go, shall we go back first?”
Zhou Jinchen responded. Although An Xumo didn’t see Yin Hanxing, he didn’t want to delay the work of the crew, so he could only watch the car slowly drive away.
Until the cafe disappeared from view, he did not see Yin Hanxing’s figure.
An Xumo turned his head but saw Zhou Jinchen’s face looked a little cold again. He didn’t know that the other party’s expression was because he (Zhou Jinchen) saw him (An Xumo) looking for Yin Hanxing and thought it was for other reasons.
“Hasn’t the matter with the Yin family already been resolved,” An Xumo asked, “something else went wrong?”
Zhou Jinchen was finally defeated. He raised his hand over and gently soothed the boy’s back.
“It has nothing to do with the Yin family, you don’t have to worry.”
The man’s voice was low, “In the future, things like Yin Yuan and the kind of things Lin Rui did before will not bother you again, I promise.”
An Xumo does not doubt this point.
From the time when he went to pretend to be intimate to bury the shadow because of Lin Rui to the recent Yin Yuan, this matter has been protected from the wind. An Xumo has obviously felt the change in his brother’s attitude. Not only these troubles cause by Zhou Jinchen, but even the various problems of An Xumo should also be solved by Zhou Jinchen —— the boy hardly cares about the contract which is the biggest headache for the artist.
However, this doesn’t mean that the problem now can be uncovered.
An Xumo looked at the man beside him, “That is to say, this time is a private matter?”
Zhou Jinchen looked back at him. There was slight helplessness in his gaze.
Failed to change the subject.
Eventually, he explained the coffee stain on his shirt.
“He punched me.”
“Why?!”
How did the two of them fight?
“Yin Hanxing thought I was plotting against you with the title of an elder brother.” Zhou Jinchen didn’t show any intense emotions, “In a moment of verbal dispute, he moved.”
Plotting against me? An Xumo froze for a moment.
“Why would senior brother think so? And even if there really was a dispute…… you shouldn’t hit someone either ah?”
“Probably influenced by Yin Hanyue, he was worried that I would influence you from a young age as Yin Yuan did.”
Zhou Jinchen said faintly, “When he saw Yin Hanyue pretending to be sick to avoid it, he thought that you didn’t succeed in avoiding me.”
“I,” An Xumo was momentarily speechless, “Senior brother, he……”
He could understand what Yin Hanxing was thinking but this is not the case between him and his brother. It’s rather complicated to explain this matter clearly.
The boy finally let out a low sigh and carefully reached out to check the marks on Zhou Jinchen’s shirt.
“Are you badly hurt?” An Xumo asked softly, “Brother, why didn’t you dodge?”
With his knowledge of Zhou Jinchen’s skills, it was unlikely that Yin Hanxing would have much of an advantage.
As he leaned forward to examine it, the two were extremely close to each other that Zhou Jinchen could see the soft black hair on the top of the boy’s head with his eyes downcast, as well as the very light scent of milk shower gel of the other party.
“It’s not a problem.” He whispered, “Yin Hanxing is also right so I didn’t dodge.”
“What?”
“I did plot against you.”
Zhou Jinchen had also considered a lot of things before opening his mouth. He had prepared mentally and even thought about how to remedy the situation.
But the boy’s reaction was extremely quiet.
Zhou Jinchen looked down and fully witnessed the process of his younger brother’s face and ears slowly dyed red.
Like a budding peach blossom in spring, inseparable and blooming at sunrise.
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An Xumo felt dizzy all the way as if he was sweating finely from the winter sun. After the two returned to the set, they were routinely busy again, and it wasn’t until the end of the filming that he thought of another problem.
My brother only said he didn’t dodge it but he didn’t say whether he hit (back) or not.
Thinking about the fact that Yin Hanxing never came out of the coffee shop in the end and the compensation to the store was also paid by his brother, An Xumo couldn’t help but find it a little worrying. While it wasn’t too late, he stood at the roadside and called Yin Hanxing.
“Hello?” After the phone was dialed, the other side quickly picked up.
“Senior brother,” An Xumo called out tentatively, “sorry to disturb you so late, today at the café…… are you okay?”
“I’m fine, Xiao Mo.” Yin Hanxing’s voice carried the usual smile. Indeed, he didn’t hear anything unusual. “Have you already returned to the crew?”
“Yes.” An Xumo said, feeling uneasy, he asked again, “You and my brother have no major problems, right?”
Yin Hanxing smiled again, “No, Third Young Master is a very decent person.”
An Xumo felt as if there was something in the other party’s words but soon, the topic was taken away by Yin Hanxing.
The two talked for a while until Zhou Jinchen who had finished buying, came over to take the person away, and An Xumo was seen hanging up the phone.
The crew is now in an intense filming stage with a huge workload every day which consumes a lot, it’s inevitable to be hungry at night. An Xumo’s stomach has been much better but he can’t still eat the crew’s midnight snacks. Zhou Jinchen will buy some easy-to-digest food for him to replenish calories to the boy so as to not have a craving.
An Xumo who was drinking sweet corn soup with the person back at the hotel didn’t know that the situation is not at all the same as he had imagined at the other end of the phone.
“Hiss….” Yin Hanxing couldn’t help but suck in a cool breath while the person applying the medicine didn’t even bother to raise his head and continued to rub the medicine on the bruise so that the ointment would melt away sooner.
“Dr. Lin, can you be a little gentler with the wounded?” Yin Hanxing smiled bitterly, “You’ll get complaints from patients later like this, okay?”
“One, I’m just a medical student, not a doctor.” The person being called expressionlessly squeezed out more ointment in his hand, “Two, even if there are patients in the future, they won’t be like you who repeatedly disobeyed and had to practice horseback riding.”
“This time it’s not horseback riding.”
Yin Hanxing seems to be tired and finally withdrew the smile on his face. He propped his forehead with his palm, blocking his eyes, and his voice sank.
“It was to make sure that the baby really doesn’t belong to me, which is why I got hurt.” There was a brief silence in the room.
“……So the baby has thorns and could hurt people,” “that’s why it beat you all over?” Another person asked the question subtly.
Yin Hanxing was amused by his words, and then he couldn’t help hissing again.
Even if it wasn’t serious enough to be covered in bruises, the wound directly on his chest was enough to limit the extent of Yin Hanxing’s smile.
“It wasn’t the baby that hurt me.”
He whispered, “It was the guardian of the baby, a fierce dragon with a thick and long tail who had the baby in his arms, and whoever dared to approach it would get clawed.”
“……”
The angel in white1laudatory term for a nursewho saved the wounded and rescued the dying, calmly said, “Then you are the knight who bravely seized the treasure2can also mean baby, it was used interchangeablyand dared to break into the dragon pond with a toothpick sword?”
“Then it’s still a wound from riding a horse.”
Yin Hanxing let out a low laugh, “Even if it is.”
Seeing that he was obviously somewhat in a different mood than usual, the person administering the medicine finally reassured him.
“Don’t be afraid. According to the usual story development, the knight or prince has to go through several setbacks and growth in order to retrieve the treasure at the end, the evil dragon will always be defeated.”
“It’s better to forget it ba, he’s not the evil villain in the story either.”
Yin Hanxing curved the corner of his lips, lowered his eyes, and gathered the darkness under his eyes.
“Moreover…..the baby himself probably doesn’t want to leave his dragon.”
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I think the chapter is full of sugar! The front and sides are sprinkled with the main cp sugar
Senior Brother Xingxing has successfully changed from the villain everyone suspected to a charismatic star…3play on words, xing also means star.
Then, the dragon will take his baby to fight monsters~
Category: Male God is Chasing My Brother (Page 2 of 12)
Male God is Chasing My Brother
Chapter 106 – The confession was run into by my brother
“Senior brother.”
An Xumo greeted the person and was not surprised that he would meet Yin Hanxing in the school. After the matter of Yin Yuan was settled, Yin Hanxing still continued his three-month appointment. Although the boy’s attitude remained unchanged after this period of time, the relationship between the two was much better than last semester.
After walking together, An Xumo was supposed to go on a class meeting but he received a message that the college had called away the counselor, and the class meeting was rescheduled, so the rest of the day was left empty. Yin Hanxing took the opportunity to propose to take a stroll by the lake. An Xumo had nothing to do so he agreed.
The cold winter has passed. The scenery by the lake was slightly deserted. As the two people chat casually, An Xumo mentioned the matter of Yin Hanyue, a young man who only had a few acquaintances but left a deep impression on him.
“Second brother? He’s still in S City. The shares have just been handed over. He shouldn’t be free in a short time.” Thinking of Yin Hanyue’s incredible expressions when he appeared at the main residence, Yin Hanxing couldn’t help laughing. “Second brother is probably the protagonist of the real version of a counterattack novel, and it’s wonderful enough to watch people change their faces all day.”
Thinking about the contrast between Yin Hanyue in front and behind people, An Xumo also felt the same.
“What about……Yin Yuan?”
An Xumo was also clear about his brother protecting him from Yin Yuan’s approach. Nonetheless, he still has deep memories of the rampant former director.
Yin Hanxing raised his eyebrow, “Didn’t Third Young Master tell you?”
An Xumo shook his head, “Brother is also very busy these days.”
Yin Hanxing heard a little unrevealed loss in the boy’s voice and couldn’t help but reach out his hand to touch the person’s hair. However, in the end, he patted the person on the shoulder instead, as a kind of reassurance.
An Xumo subconsciously looked over sideways and saw Yin Hanxing patting off a few yellow leaves from his shoulder.
……Where did the leaves come from?
The boy didn’t have the time to be surprised as the leaves were caught by Yin Hanxing. He closed his hands to cover the leaves and when he opened it again, it turned into a yellow straw rabbit in his palm.
Yin Hanxing placed the rabbit in An Xumo’s hand with pointed ears. He saw the loss in the other party’s expression being washed away by surprise before continuing, “Uncle has been sent to the sanatorium.”
An Xumo looked up with the straw rabbit in his hand, “Sanatorium?”
Yin Yuan is sick?
“It’s the sanatorium where second brother’s (Yin Hanyue) biological mother is.” Yin Hanxing explained, “Soon after she gave birth to second brother, she was driven crazy by the matters of uncle cheating. Before being sent to the sanatorium, she beat second brother a lot. Up until now, she often scratches and bites when she’s having an attack.”
An Xumo was stupefied. It seems that Yin Hanyue’s upbringing was actually more difficult than imagined.
“Second brother sent uncle to the same sanatorium and the same ward.” Yin Hanyue said, “He said it was for them to renew their previous relationship.”
“……” An Xumo couldn’t help but be silent for a moment.
Even if it can’t be said to be very pleasant, An Xumo also can’t have much sympathy for Yin Yuan.
On the contrary, what Yin Hanyue did gave him a bit of a brand new inspiration.
The two of them walked as they talked and it wasn’t until it was getting late that they separated on campus. In the following half of the month, Yin Hanxing still ‘bumped into’ An Xumo often at school and their relationship was similar to the end of last semester, except that after the misunderstanding, Yin Hanxing’s pursuit became even more direct. An Xumo received more and more small gifts. These gifts aren’t expensive so it’s difficult for the boy to refuse.
So much so that later on, An Xumo was a bit afraid to wear clothes with a lot of pockets——as long as he ran into Yin Hanxing on campus, the two chatted for a while, and after they separated, An Xumo was able to dig out a lot of things from his pockets.
The admission ticket for the new event at Centennial Lecture Hall, exchange cards for the campus milk tea store, begonia flowers falling down from the west gate, and even the…… leave of absence signed by the counselor of the School of Mathematics.
Brother Yin’s magic skills are going to be full of magic.
In addition to a calm campus life, An Xumo also has a lot of commercial activities to attend. Despite a new agency, he also needs to take advantage of the rising period to increase his exposure as much as possible. Fortunately, apart from the significantly lower work intensity, he will also run into his brother who has been busy for a long time when attending many events.
Although Zhou Jinchen has been working overtime since after the New Year, his care for An Xumo hasn’t been lacking. In addition to the daily phone calls, he was also trying to get their schedules together, using various work opportunities to increase the chances of meeting with his younger brother.
And at this time, Tang Tang also brought back a piece of good news.
“Xiao Mo’s medical report came out, the doctor has seen it, and said that it can basically be regarded as a recovery.”
As soon as Tang Tang finished speaking, a gentle touch came to the back of An Xumo’s head.
The boy raised his head and saw that Zhou Jinchen was looking at him. Although his expression was slightly serious, he was the only one in his dark eyes.
“Good job.”
Zhou Jinchen rubbed the soft black hair again before taking his hand back.
His boy was healing day by day.
There is more than one good news item. After signing with Mojia Media, the company worked with the original team to develop a new development path for An Xumo, and the script he has secured became more and more high quality. Apart from the best newcomer at the White Birch Awards, An Xumo began to transform towards the direction of an actor, and the next step is to take off the traffic label.
For this plan, An Xumo himself didn’t have too many ideas, he only thought that it was the team’s long-term development route, but in fact……
The decision maker’s idea is even more ‘long-lasting’.
“Jinchen, you want Xiao An to follow the same path as you?” When Xin Zimai saw the proposal, he sensed Zhou Jinchen’s intention.
Zhou Jinchen said faintly, “Xiao Mo needs to work on his own, he won’t last long relying on his fan’s strength.”
Moreover ——
“If there are accidents in the future, the identity of an actor is always better than an idol.”
Xin Zimai thought that Zhou Jinchen was talking about An Xumo’s identity. Recently, An Xumo’s fame was growing and would inevitably be noticed by the Zhou family. Zhou Jinchen was constantly running around to resolve the family’s influence, which is why Xin Zimai had this thought.
However, after the topic was turned over and being busy with other things for a while, Xin Zimai had a sudden divine enlightenment.
No, the identity of an actor is always better than an idol—— what does this mean? If it is really banned by the Zhou family, actors will not have any advantage over idols. If it’s a significant difference between the two, it’s more like……
The difference in treatment when announcing a relationship?
Xin Zimai froze.
He remembered again, the last time he was at Jin Dian, when Zhou Jinchen was looking at the public relations plan.
The other part said at that time, “It will be used in the future”.
……Holy crap.
An Xumo did not know Xin Zimai’s shock and Zhou Jinchen’s long-term considerations, he only felt that the professionalism of his work had improved so much recently that he had once again picked up acting classes.
Dance training, acting practice, commercial activities, all these work piled up, and An Xumo’s time to go back to school was naturally squeezed out a lot.
However, no matter how long he went back or how short he stays at school, An Xumo still managed to meet Yin Hanxing every time. Yin Hanxing has even appeared in several activities Jin Dian has participated in.
By the time An Xumo realized this, the deadline for the three-month date that had been set was running out.
When he met Yin Hanxing once again when he returned to school, An Xumo finally couldn’t help it and invited him to a nearby café with an elegant environment.
“Are you filming recently?” The aroma of coffee wafted between the two of them, Yin Hanxing took the lead and said, “Do you have enough time to rest?”
An Xumo nodded, this was the first script that the new company had found for him. Both the creator and the co-stars were very rare, and most fortunately, his brother was also in the group.
His drama isn’t finished yet and this time he made a special trip back because of something at school. In this busy situation, the time An Xumo could go back to school was very little, and he didn’t want to drag out the agreement with Yin Hanxing any longer. He wanted to take advantage of this time to talk things out directly.
“Senior brother, I want to talk to you.”
Yin Hanxing is also a smart person and he saw An Xumo’s intention at a glance.
“Are you going to give me the answer?”
“En.” An Xumo nodded, he took a deep breath. “I apologize for delaying senior brother for so long and thank you for taking care of me during this period of time, but my answer is still the same as last time……”
Yin Hanxing interrupted softly, “Still refusing, right?”
An Xumo paused for a moment and nodded his head.
He softly said again, “I’m sorry.”
Yin Hanxing’s expression was slightly unnatural but he quickly adjusted himself.
“Although the outcome has been expected,” he smiled, “but when the results are actually announced, one may still be a little disappointed.”
“Nonetheless it’s all my own business,” Yin Hanxing winked at An Xumo, “Xiao Mo should still be happy.”
An Xumo pursed his lips, briefly forgetting even the matter of his sensitive lips.
“Senior brother……sorry.” He couldn’t resist the urge to apologize, “I……”
Yin Hanxing couldn’t help but laugh, “It’s not your fault, why do you need to apologize?”
An Xumo tried hard to ease the atmosphere and changed the subject, he didn’t know what he was talking about, “In fact, I still don’t quite understand why senior brother would like me……”
Yin Hanxing suppressed a smile, but there was still gentle warmth in those pair of peach blossom eyes.
“There are many reasons like I said last time, you are serious and cute……” he said softly, “but the real reason isn’t clear like is like. I see you for a moment and then I think of you every sudden moment, that’s all.”
An Xumo couldn’t help but be a little confused.
“Is it so…… simple?”
He couldn’t help but think of his feelings for his brother.
The road is so long that there is no end in sight, approaching, avoiding, resisting, until now, the boy has never been able to give a real definition of this feeling.
Yin Hanxing couldn’t help but laugh again.
He said in a warm voice, “Xiao Mo, love is a very simple thing ah.”
“To fall in love with someone, to tell him this feeling, to try to make yourself better, to try to pass on your feelings for them, isn’t that all there is to like?”
Yin Hanxing said, “As for whether or not you can receive the same feeling, that’s the other person’s business, and even if the other person doesn’t agree, because he likes him, he won’t blame him.”
An Xumo froze.
He had never thought……
He had never thought that love would be such a simple thing.
The boy looked across at Yin Hanxing, there was no negative emotion on the party’s face and his elegance also remained undiminished. From the night of the Equestrian club’s lottery ride together, An Xumo was clear about Yin Hanxing’s extroversion and self-confidence. He originally thought that it was just a difference in personality, but he vaguely felt that he should learn from the other party from today’s conversation.
Love and like……it’s not as grand and difficult as you think.
An Xumo’s heart warmed up, he also smiled a little. “……Thank you, senior brother.”
“No need to be so polite to me, Xiao Mo……”
Yin Hanxing didn’t finish his words, his eyes had already fixed behind An Xumo.
The privacy of this café is very good. There is sufficient distance and cover between each booth, so the two people chose to talk here. Due to An Xumo’s special status, they chose the innermost position, and no one came in except the waiter serving coffee.
An Xumo was attracted by Yin Hanxing’s line of sight, he turned his head along with him.
A person he thought would never appear here——
“……Brother?”
An Xumo subconsciously stood up, “How did you, how did you come here……”
Isn’t he still on the set?
The man who opened the cover and walked in had a cold and expressionless expression. He looked at Yin Hanxing coldly; his gaze was like a sharp ice blade. However, in this situation, Zhou Jinchen still moved his eyes away because of An Xumo’s words.
“I came out to sign the documents and pick you up on the way back.”
When facing the boy, Zhou Jinchen’s voice had obviously lightened up.
“Have you finished handling the school affairs?”
“En,” An Xumo hastily nodded his head. When he saw Zhou Jinchen’s slightly cold expression, he also took the initiative to explain, “I ended early and met senior by chance on the way……”
Zhou Jinchen didn’t let him finish his words.
“You go to the car first, okay?” Zhou Jinchen looked down at the boy, “I have something to talk to Third Yin-gongzi,1son of an official; son of nobility; your son [honorific] I’ll be there soon.”
An Xumo was stupefied for a moment, not understanding the man’s meaning.
When he paused, Yin Hanxing on the opposite side also stood up.
“Go ahead, Xiao Mo.” He smiled, “Third Young Master might want to talk to me alone.”
An Xumo hesitated for a moment but finally nodded.
Zhou Jinchen watched him walk out the door and before he left, he calmly admonished, “I’ve already paid the bill, just go straight to the car.”
“Okay.”
An Xumo answered, lifted the cover, and walked out.
After the boy left, only two people were standing opposite each other in the silent space. The heat of the coffee is still rising faintly, and the strong fragrance is refreshing.
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Learn about Asura’s play
Senior Brother Xingxing’s confession was unsuccessful but he hatched Xiao Mo’s true feelings
However, big brother’s efforts need to continue to maintain
Senior Brother Xingxing: I want to talk to Xiao Mo about……love but it turned out to be an interview with Xiao Mo’s brother?
Chapter 105 – Is it okay to examine it
An Xumo couldn’t even react until the rose was handed to him.
He really didn’t expect Yin Hanxing to like him.
Despite the confession, Yin Hanxing didn’t get too close. He still had a graceful and elegant demeanor, sitting on the sofa not far away from the other.
An Xumo looked at the other person, trying to find the joke or disguise on the person’s face, but he didn’t. Yin Hanxing was wearing his usual smile but his eyes were serious.
Hesitating for a moment, An Xumo still said, “……I don’t understand why you would say that.”
Yin Hanxing smiled, “Is there anything I can help to answer?”
An Xumo asked, “You like me?”
“En.”
An Xumo was at a loss, “……Why?”
Yin Hanxing leaned forward with his upper body and narrowed the distance between them.
“You’re cute, kind, diligent, and serious. Every time I watch you dance or solve a problem, it makes people want to put you in their pocket and hide you.”
His tone was already mellow and after he deliberately slowed down his speech, it became even more elegant and beautiful.
An Xumo was shocked by this straightforward description.
Seeing that the boy’s face was still full of ‘disbelief’, Yin Hanxing reined in his smile and became even more serious in his tone.
“At first, I approached you because of my uncle’s order, except for the lucky draw on the first day of the new club, the girl who gave you a love letter, the varsity member who brought you water in PE class, and the one who chatted with you in the cafeteria……”
An Xumo listened to Yin Hanxing count the arrangements he had instructed one by one, his expression had turned from bewilderment to confusion.
When did these people appear?
“P University’s security is tight; it’s difficult for paparazzi to enter. My uncle’s intention is for me to take ambiguous pictures of you with these people. If Third Young Master had any close contact with you in the future, he will give these photos to him.” Yin Hanxing sternly said, “At the very start, I did follow his plan and I apologize for the troubles I caused you.”
“Third Young Master has seen these photos and then the plan didn’t continue later. The photos may be detrimental to you in the future so I have erased all those data.”
An Xumo nodded in delay.
He didn’t really care about this matter and did not blame the other party. Honestly, if Yin Hanxing hadn’t mentioned it, except for the girl who sent the love letter, An Xumo could no longer remember the others.
“I originally came to find evidence that you have an ambiguous relationship with someone else, but as a result,” Yin Hanxing laughed bitterly, “…. trapped myself in.”
After listening to his explanation, An Xumo reacted. The gift from the horse farm, the chance encounter at school, the review questions before the exam, the incomparably precious materials sorted out, these bits and pieces aren’t disguises of Yin Hanxing’s intention to approach but his frank and sincere heart.
Yin Hanxing did not say too much. He looked at An Xumo and asked seriously for the second time, “Xiao Mo, can I be with you?”
An Xumo pursed his lips.
“Sorry, senior brother……” He said softly, “But I don’t have that idea about you at the moment.”
Although he was gratified to Yin Hanxing for his care over the past six months, he couldn’t possibly give any other answer.
After hearing this, Yin Hanxing didn’t have the fierce reaction he expected but rather, he appropriately took back the rose that had nowhere to rest in An Xumo’s hand.
“Xiao Mo, in fact, I have already expected this answer. Moreover, with your status, it’s impossible for you to decide your relationship as freely and simply as ordinary people.” Yin Hanxing said in a warm voice, “But I want to ask a deadline from you, three months. If you still have the same answer after three months, I will never continue to pester you.”
“I thought my attitude was already obvious before but I didn’t expect I did not really let you know it.” Most of the artists in the entertainment industry are used to seeing this kind of thing, Yin Hanxing didn’t expect An Xumo’s slowness. “These three months can be regarded as giving me a chance to really start fighting for it, okay?”
Yin Hanxing’s level of patience exceeded An Xumo’s imagination and he did seem to be very serious about this matter. An Xumo hesitated for a moment but finally nodded his head.
Even without mentioning anything else, Zhou Jinchen still had to work with Yin Hanyue during this period. At such a critical time, An Xumo didn’t want to make the alliance of these people appear to be at odds because of his own affairs.
“Good.”
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No matter the situation under the table is surging, the New Year is still getting closer and closer. An Xumo’s work is also becoming busier, even the time to read Weibo was hard to squeeze out on the road.
Many artists have posted short videos on Weibo to express good wishes for the Lunar New Year, most of which are showing their faces. However, An Xumo didn’t read much of the content of his peers; he deliberately opened the Weibo only for one person.
Although Zhou Jinchen doesn’t have a personal Weibo, his studio posted a small video with background music on his official account. An Xumo quickly found the address prompted by Tang Tang, he clicked the Weibo and froze.
In the video, Zhou Jinchen who has always been strictly formal rarely took off his jacket. He was wearing a dark brown turtleneck sweater that showed off his figure and revealed a rare homely atmosphere. In addition to the clothes, he is also in a different environment than usual —
Mr. Zhou who has always appeared only at work and never smiled is actually standing in the open kitchen…… serving dumplings.
The video is very short. In addition to the audio processing, the video has also been sped up. After serving the dumplings, Zhou Jinchen handed the bowl to a hand next to him, filled a second bowl, then turned around and casually glanced at the camera.
Even if he hasn’t been paying much attention to the recent hot searches, An Xumo can fully imagine what kind of impact this video will have.
Zhou Jinchen rarely reveals his privacy, and when he first recorded 《Sunny Weekend》, even the matter of washing the dishes could be on the hot search which shows how rare such a daily clip really is.
But for An Xumo who has been living with his brother for almost half a year, this kind of clip is actually more than normal. Even when the video was shot, An Xumo was present.
The hand that took the dumpling bowl was his.
An Xumo briefly glanced at the comments, the message did have people guessing where the video was shot. There were also messages below asking who the person next to him was, many people guessed the answers of assistants or agents. The boy looked at it and had a subtle feeling.
The boy who was so slow that he made the other party laugh when he faced Yin Hanxing became extremely sharp at this time.
Why didn’t my brother show the clip of him with just himself?
An Xumo thought to himself, this couldn’t be…… on purpose, right?
This kind of video which has been processed several times doesn’t show much obvious information but it just reveals something about someone around Zhou Jinchen. An Xumo couldn’t figure out the reason for his brother to do this, he scrolled up and saw the accompanying text of the video.
In addition to a Happy New Year, there are three icons respectively, dumplings, the word fortune,1stands for good luck, good fortune, and good blessing, sometimes also means happiness. It is most popularly used during the Chinese New Year celebrations, hung upside down on the entrances of many Chinese homes. linkand a house.
An Xumo fixed his gaze on the house icon. He suddenly remembered something, quickly opened the Weibo emoji, selected the house icon inside it, then copied the input icon into the WeChat dialog box.
The cute cartoon icon turned into a word ——
[Home]
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Other than work, An Xumo didn’t have anything else to worry about. When his various tasks around the year ended, he finally had a little free time; he realized that Jin Dian has changed.
Because of Yin Yuan’s attitude towards An Xumo, Zhou Jinchen had been trying to avoid meeting the two since that housewarming party. When he heard Tang Tang’s analysis, An Xumo learned that the senior director whom he had only met a few times had been replaced by Yin Hanyue.
The Yin family is also a big family, and Jin Dian’s shares are naturally not all their assets. The shares in Yin Yuan’s hands were inherited by Yin Hanyue which is equivalent to still belonging to their branch. Although it will make people jealous, after seeing Yin Hanyue who has been pretending for twenty years, it gave birth to some fear.
As for the future development, that is Yin Hanyue’s own business.
Even though An Xumo had already known the news in advance, he was inevitably a little surprised when he saw Yin Hanyue’s picture in the updated profile. Yin Hanyue was too young despite holding shares left by his father, he looked a bit out of place among the group of top executives.
The reason he was able to succeed, in addition to Yin Yuan’s defenselessness and unpreparedness, there was also the help of Zhou Jinchen.
Apart from the scattered shares, the shares held by the Zhou family in Jin Dian also account for a large proportion. If Zhou Jinchen had not sold the majority of these shares to Yin Hanyue, the latter’s process of taking down Yin Yuan wouldn’t have been so smooth.
Zhou Jinchen had mentioned to An Xumo that he would change the contract that the latter had signed with Jin Dian. After selling these shares, not only An Xumo, but also Zhou Jinchen ended his contract with Jin Dian.
He left Jin Dian together with his agent Xin Zimai and the former general manager of Jin Dian Distribution, Lin Ziming, and established a new company —— Mojia Media
An Xumo went back to B City for the year and was told that he didn’t have to run to S City for work in the future.
Mojia’s address and registered office are in B City. An Xumo’s agent, team, and anyone who can dig and is willing to go, all signed to Mojia with him.
Overnight, his brother’s status changed from a senior to a boss. But in reality, An Xumo didn’t know that he was the one whose status changed the most.
From an artist receiving a trainee’s salary, he became a real shareholder.
After the establishment of the new economic company, Zhou Jinchen became busier and busier. An Xumo could only contact the other by phone for a week and even when he returned to school, he went back alone.
Although the situation in the outside world has turned upside down, on the campus of P University, the scenery remains the same and everything is as usual. An Xumo doesn’t live on campus and didn’t carry any luggage at the beginning of the school year, he only came back with a backpack. Compared to the large bags of students sent by their parents, he looked particularly relaxed when he walked on campus.
Coincidentally, An Xumo hadn’t taken a few steps when he met a familiar figure.
“Xiao Mo!”
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Next chapter teaser — the jealous brother who was raging when Mo was stolen in front of him.
The fine wine vinegar is ten miles away~ Look forward to it 【rubbing hands】!
When you enter into the new company, you can do whatever you want such as quietly showing love in the New Year’s video, for example, the Hollywood copy on the agenda 【WeChat frown】
Chapter 104 – Can I be with you
The first person to speak up was Yin Hanyue who said expectedly, “Once Third Young Master has agreed to the engagement, the date should not exceed more than a month.”
Zhou Jinchen’s expression slightly darkened, “Only a month?”
Yin Hanyue nodded, “The change in the shareholding of Jin Dian will definitely come to fruition next year. He wants the shares in Zhou family’s hands, so it’s impossible to wait too long.”
At the side, Yin Hanxing lazily interjected, “Moreover, my Uncle has been coveting you for so long, he must want to get it as soon as possible.”
Zhou Jinchen closed his eyes and thought for a moment.
While An Xumo sat on his other side, he only felt that he can’t intervene in the topic of the three. He’s the only one who doesn’t know the whole story, and the only thing he could understand was the word ‘engagement’.
Even though he was determined to let go and see the boundaries, even though he knew that his brother had asked him to stay in order to not hide anything from him, An Xumo still couldn’t bring himself not to care.
He doesn’t know why he still cares and there’s nothing he can do about it.
Thinking only for a moment, An Xumo quickly tried to adjust his state. As soon as he suppressed his emotions, he heard Zhou Jinchen’s voice.
“I will delay it until the end before agreeing, and then end this matter within a month.”
Yin Hanxing who had one hand on his cheek raised his eyebrow.
“There’s still some time between the engagement and the wedding, so you can delay it for a few days. Are you in such a hurry that you don’t even want to take part in the engagement?”
“There are too many variables in Jin Dian’s equity shares, so it’s a quick decision.”
Zhou Jinchen’s words are concise and comprehensive.
“Moreover, there is no need for an engagement.”
When he said the last half of the sentence, his tone was extremely decisive, causing An Xumo who was on the side to be stunned for a moment.
What the boy didn’t expect was that Yin Hanyue on the opposite side didn’t look a bit surprised and only nodded his head.
“I agree.”
“Within a month,” Zhou Jinchen’s tone was low and cold, “I will make Yin Yuan lose his reputation.”
Yin Hanyue gave a low laugh with his slightly mute voice, somewhat gentle.
“Happy cooperation.”
By the time An Xumo reacted to this informative conversation, the topic had changed into various indices and initiatives that he couldn’t understand.
The people who talked were mainly Yin Hanyue and Zhou Jinchen, Yin Hanxing would occasionally insert a few words and An Xumo was confused all the way to the end. It wasn’t long after the chat that Yin Yuan called. Looking at Yin Hanyue who was talking in a weak tone, An Xumo really found it difficult to link him with the calm young man who had just analyzed smoothly what kind of blow would be most fatal to his father.
Yin Hanyue’s performance was easy and flawless coupled with the presence of Yin Hanxing, the trusted nephew in the picture, Yin Yuan was quickly prevaricated.
“My uncle has arrived at the villa and was planning to go to your place.” Hanging up the phone, Yin Hanxing sputtered, “really can’t wait.”
It’s not the first time that Yin Yuan had such bad intentions and premediated harassment, and Zhou Jinchen has obviously already had the experience of dealing with it. However, noticing An Xumo beside him, he still paused for a moment.
The boy was drinking the hot porridge from the takeaway delivery. Zhou Jinchen watches his three meals more strictly than the alarm clock. Noticing his brother’s gaze, An Xumo quickly raised his head, “What’s the matter?”
Zhou Jinchen shook his head and said nothing. However, An Xumo seemed to realize something, and the boy carefully reached out his hand and gently patted Zhou Jinchen’s back as if he were touching the back fur of some large animal.
“Thank you for your hard work.1used to express how much one appreciates someone’s effort” An Xumo gently reassured him, “After you’re done, you can go back to B City where there are no neighbors next door.”
Zhou Jinchen listened in silence, the dark eyes under his eyes gradually softened down.
“Do you like it there?”
He asked in a low voice.
“Mm.” An Xumo nodded seriously.
That was the only place he had ever described as ‘going home’.
Yin Hanxing on one side watched the conversation between the two and couldn’t help but look at Yin Hanyue beside him.
“I originally thought my relationship with my second brother was already pretty good.” Yin Hanxing said.
Yin Hanyue gave him a look, “Hm?”
Yin Hanxing gestured towards the two people across the table and raised his eyebrow, “It turns out that now, it seems like it’s not as good as these two’s brotherhood.”
Slowly stirring the silver spoon in his hand, Yin Hanyue smiled and didn’t say anything.
Yin Hanxing was the only one who insisted that the two people on the other side were just brothers.
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The end of the year is approaching but there isn’t much joy and happiness within Jin Dian. Within two weeks, the Deputy General Manager of Jin Dian’s Film and Television and the General Manager of its distribution company left one after another, and the two executives kept quiet about the reasons for their departure. At the same time, some of the company’s diversified shares were bought by unknown forces in batches. This Chinese New Year was not destined to be an ordinary New Year for Jin Dian.
News from various sources continued but for An Xumo, what he was most concerned about was another matter.
The White Birch Awards ceremony, one of the four major awards for domestic films was about to take place, and 《Different Roads》 which grossed 4 billion yuan in the box office, was one of the films selected. Commercial films were not originally favored by the industry judges but with Ma Lao’s presence, 《Different Roads》 has won many awards. I’m afraid that the White Birch Awards this time will be no exception.
On the day of the award ceremony, the cast and crew of 《Different Roads》 reunited. After greeting the familiar seniors, An Xumo was led away by Zhou Jinchen and went on the red carpet together.
Lin Rui was unable to come for some reason and only his agent was there in his place. In this red carpet ceremony that is even grander than the premiere promotion, An Xumo walked together with Zhou Jinchen once again.
The silent LingBai party is once again boiling; the official stamp of sugar doesn’t stop until you’re in a coma. At the same time, the ChenMo party also quietly compiled a list of all the important red carpet shows attended by the two since their debut. An Xumo’s column is quite clear at a glance but Zhou Jinchen has a large and densely packed list. However, the most prominent data is also particularly conspicuous —— the only time I walked the red carpet with the same-sex artist and the only co-artist who walked the red carpet with two artists many times is all with An Xumo.
An Xumo who unconsciously finished sending sugar also received two nominations and an award at this first major film festival he attended.
The nominations for Best Supporting Actor and Best Newcomer both included An Xumo’s name, and finally, the Best Supporting Actor went to a sixty-year-old actor while An Xumo won the Best Newcomer trophy.
The host on the stage read out the names on the cards, and there was a burst of fireworks that exploded in congratulations and applause all around. The last memorable film festival was the Wutong Awards when Zhou Jinchen won the Film Emperor, and now, An Xumo has stood in front of the camera from outside the screen.
The figure that had been viewed from afar was standing next to the boy, and at the first moment the voice fell, he leaned over to hug him.
The man’s figure blocked the camera, and the cool wooden scent cut off a short space in the noisy environment. An Xumo was stunned for a moment, but finally reached out and hugged the other party back.
The aisle in the middle of the crowd leads to the stage, the spotlight was on top of the person’s head. An Xumo stood in front of the microphone, there were dazzling lights on the stage, and countless pairs of hot as the light eyes focused on the boy under the stage.
Acting, fame, winning awards, these things don’t matter for An Xumo, the only thing that makes him unable to move his eyes is the person next to the vacant seat in front of him.
Even if he doesn’t go near, the sun still emits warm light eternally.
At the White Birch Awards ceremony, 《Different Roads》 won seven nominations and eventually won four heavyweight awards, including Best Director and Best Newcomer. For a commercial film that is bursting with box office, to be able to achieve such result in the industry selection, it can be regarded as a great achievement.
By winning the Best Newcomer award, An Xumo is equivalent to getting recognition of the industry for the first time. He is not lacking heat and popularity, not short on idol traffics, what they lack are works and roles, but 《Different Roads》 is given to An Xumo, which happens to be such a masterpiece of extremely high quality. After the White Birch Award, An Xumo received a wave of interviews and media coverage, and the name ‘popular idol’ quietly evolved into ‘young actor’.
After the busy round, An Xumo only had time to listen to Tang Tang’s gossip. However, Tang Tang knew about this without saying it.
The engagement between Zhou Jinchen and Yin Hanyue has come down.
This news hasn’t been made public yet. After all, with Zhou Jinchen’s current state, the announcement of a relationship will bring a considerable impact, let alone a public wedding announcement. No matter how the two protagonists of the engagement plan secretly, all kinds of preparations are beginning to operate on the surface. The first and most critical link is the crisis in public relations.
The funds and shares need to be secretly turned around, Xin Zimai is so busy that he can’t keep his feet off the ground, but when he brought the documents over to someone for signature, he found Zhou Jinchen looking at the proposal submitted by the public relations team.
“What do you think of this?” Xin Zimai was puzzled, “Didn’t you say no engagement?”
He took a closer look and realized that the other party (Zhou Jinchen) was looking at how to reduce the damage of public opinion to the other party.
Zhou Jinchen flipped through the documents in his hands without raising his head, “It will be useful.”
Xin Zimai: “……”
Who does he want to use it with?
Zhou Jinchen’s marriage with Yin Yuan’s son had caused a considerable impact on the situation in Jin Dian, and at the same time, there was another person who was affected.
“Senior Brother Yin?” Seeing the visitor through the peephole, An Xumo couldn’t help but be startled, “Why did you come?”
“I came to deliver something to Third Young Master.” Yin Hanxing wore a warm brown coat and had one hand in his pocket, “It’s only you here?”
“En.” An Xumo nodded and let the person in, “Brother and Brother Yin are next door.”
Yin Hanxing sneered thinking that it was Yin Yuan who called them again. He was used to seeing Yin Yuan’s absurdity so he didn’t pay much attention to it, and only when he saw An Xumo’s expression did he pause slightly.
The boy brought a cup of green tea and a cup of honey water which was in stark contrast to the plain boiled water Yin Hanxing used to entertain people last time. The honey water was hot and like An Xumo, it continued to bubble out a sweet aroma.
Yin Hanxing looked at him with a cup in his hand, “You’re not happy about the Third Young Master?”
An Xumo was stunned for a moment.
Yin Hanxing didn’t pursue, “Both of you brothers are close, it’s normal that you feel unhappy about this engagement. It’s no big deal.”
An Xumo couldn’t help but say, “You too?”
Yin Hanxing laughed, “My relationship with my second brother is not that good yet. Besides, it’s not like they’re really engaged.”
He held the cup with one hand and the other hand’s fingers kept moving at a fast pace.
Before An Xumo could see the movement of Yin Hanxing’s right hand, his attention was drawn by his voice.
“Junior Brother, you only have Third Young Master being close to you since childhood…… Now, it’s justifiable that you would feel worried about your brother being snatched away.”
“Since childhood?” An Xumo frowned.
“Are you investigating me?”
“Just some rumors,” Yin Hanxing said, “about Fourth Uncle Zhou, which happened many years ago.”
“Oh.”
Despite the other party’s explanation, An Xumo still didn’t want to continue the conversation. Because of the engagement, he was already emotionally unstable and he really didn’t want to uncover old scars in front of others.
He directly said, “Is there anything else, Senior Brother Yin?”
Faced with such obvious dismissal, Yin Hanxing acted as if he didn’t understand. He smiled and said, “Yes.”
An Xumo raised his eyes to look over and a lifelike paper rose appeared in front of him out of nowhere.
Yin Hanxing handed the rose that had just been folded in his right hand and said with a smile, “We haven’t seen each other for seventeen days since the last annual meeting.”
An Xumo hesitated and didn’t reach out to pick it up.
“…… and then?” (T/N: lmao pls. E/N: klfjklfsfhnlskfn plis)
“Even if this marriage contract is fake, Third Young Master will get married in the future, and when you grow up, this kind of familial attachment will fade.”
Yin Hanxing’s voice was elegant and mellow like a fine wine poured into the heart.
“Xiao Mo, are you willing to accept a new companion?”
An Xumo thought he had heard wrong but in front of his eyes, Yin Hanxing who had already put down his glass, gently flicked his left hand and the paper rose that was still in his hand turned into a nice, delicate, dew-stained red rose.
The rose in full bloom was brought in front with a faint aroma accompanied by an elegant and beautiful male voice.
“Can I be with you as a companion?”
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Xiao Mo: Senior Brother approached me because of Lu Pinghui, right?
Xiao Mo: It turns out that Senior Brother approaching me was because of Yin Yuan……
Xiao Mo: So Senior Brother, because
Xiao Mo (wakes up suddenly): ……?
Brother: ……
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Jie Jie: poor Hanxing……😢
Editor: I kent I die hanxing gwenchana gwenchana sdhsidhld
Chapter 103 – Talk about engagement
This marriage contract is too ridiculous. An Xumo’s first concern is Zhou Jinchen’s safety.
My brother already knew Yin Yuan is planning something bad, so why didn’t he just refuse?
Zhou Jinchen noticed An Xumo’s expression. He looked sideways at the boy and asked in a low voice, “What’s wrong?”
An Xumo hesitantly said, “……Can you refuse this matter?”
In fact, when he said this sentence, he already realized that it was wrong.
If it can be directly refused, from the beginning, my brother wouldn’t say “I haven’t been able to make a statement yet”.
Sure enough, Zhou Jinchen and Yin Hanxing both explained.
The Yin family has a great influence in the entertainment industry, not only do they hold a large share of Jin Dian but they also hold an important position within the Northern Circle of the Film and Television Industry. The Northern Circle is full of big names and the phenomenon of group gathering is particularly obvious. Even the A-list artists may not be able to get on this big boat. Compared to Zhou Jinchen, a rising star that is fighting alone, the Yin family is clearly more profound which is why Yin Yuan can freely play in the circle with impunity.
The Zhou family’s power is concentrated in Jiangnan while the Yin family has always been rooted in B City, and the horse farm that Yin Hanxing was in before is also a Yin family asset. The marriage between the two families wouldn’t be bad, that’s why Yin Hanxing said that Yin Yuan felt that the Zhou family’s attitude would not be a problem.
Zhou Jinchen’s parents were married for business. After they got married, they played their own roles. They had different dreams, in the same bed they seem to get along with each other and have no emotional foundation. And after Zhou Jinchen’s debut, he didn’t go home for several years. The only thing that has moved the Zhou family is Old Zhou. The Zhou Yunlin couple didn’t care at all but what Old Zhou and Zhou Jinchen mentioned is all about the analysis of interests after the marriage.
If it had been a year ahead, Zhou Jinchen wouldn’t feel anything wrong. He also believes in the interests first, but now it’s different, he has a more precious treasure.
Zhou Jinchen would hesitate to take a stand and would not consider the benefits of the marriage. He has his heart set on another so it’s impossible for him to be promised to another. Not to mention the presence of Yin Yuan who has evil intentions, but Zhou Jinchen needs help to get out of the Zhou family, and Yin Yuan is one of the directors of Jin Dian, so it’s not a good idea to rip his face off.1to shed all pretensePlus—
“Xiao Mo’s contract was signed for ten years,” Zhou Jinchen said. “We can’t wait to waste so much time, this contract should be changed.”
With An Xumo’s recent momentum, his popularity has been among the first line traffic. In front of interests, the company has taken him as a key target, it’s impossible to give in easily.
The topic suddenly turned to him, An Xumo floundered for a moment, and then he remembered the money that Tang Tang had said that his brother paid for him.
The contract was something he hadn’t even considered himself.
“To put it simply, this is the reason why Mr. Zhou didn’t reject the marriage contract outright.” Yin Hanxing summarized, then said, “As for me, I came for my second brother.”
Apparently, Yin Hanyue is not as sickly and weak as he appears to be.
Yin Hanxing came to discuss the cooperation with Zhou Jinchen. They knew each other earlier than An Xumo imagined, the two sides had their own needs so they would sit together. After explaining to An Xumo, the two began to talk about business. The boy didn’t listen for a while; he understood why Yin Hanxing wanted to leave the scene before.
Even though he couldn’t understand the exact operation, An Xumo could understand the secrecy and complexity involved.
He wasn’t sure why his brother would let him stay here or why Yin Hanxing would agree to stay, but the talk did last the whole night by the three people.
It was late at night when Yin Hanxing left. An Xumo who had been hit by the marriage contract hadn’t rested for nearly two days. Zhou Jinchen saw the boy’s tiredness and sent him straight back to the bedroom. He went to get the quilt. An Xumo was already asleep and forgot to ask about the backyard corridor.
Zhou Jinchen stood by the bed and looked down. The tired boy was a little restless in his sleep and his eyebrows were still faintly wrinkled. Zhou Jinchen raised his hand over and gently pressed his fingertips on his forehead, waiting for the other party’s brow to gradually unfold before moving his fingers down.
The long and slender fingers follow the tip of his nose and hover above the slightly parted lips. The pale pink lips can be imagined to be soft when touched just by looking at them, and deep in the memory, it really preserves the tender and soft touch when tasting. The original experience not only makes people’s hearts full but it became an itchy little hook, poking at the bottom of his heart, encouraging people to try again.
The night was silent, the wind is cool and the leaves fell but inside the room, it’s full of spring.
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Early the next morning, An Xumo flew to Huangcheng TV to participate in a variety show recording. The end of the year is approaching and the year-end inventory in the entertainment industry is coming. Endless party ceremonies are emerging one after another. When he really has time to meet with Zhou Jinchen, more than half of An Xumo’s winter vacation has passed.
The two had just finished attending the Weibo Night celebration and returned to the company in S City to rest. Because he went to school in B City, An Xumo’s single dormitory has been taken back. He originally wanted to find a hotel nearby but he haven’t even move when he was directly led away by Zhou Jinchen.
This was the first time An Xumo came to his brother’s penthouse. The structure of the villa was the same as his previous visit to Yin Yuan’s new residence but the interior decoration was completely different. The two rested overnight at the villa and early the next morning, they went together to attend the company’s annual meeting.
With makeup and styling, the annual meeting officially began in the afternoon before two o’clock. This is a rare opportunity for many familiar faces to get together. However2this last word was left as it is just like in the raw, probably a typo or something; it’s probably for the next line below.
For An Xumo, what attracted his attention was not the one big-name-first-rate artist after another, but a thin, pale and handsome young man.
The youth was only about twenty years old with a faint pallor on his face and a little blood on his lips so he did look physically ill. His features were so obvious and his face was three times smaller than Yin Hanxing. In addition, when facing Yin Yuan’s claim, without waiting for an introduction, An Xumo recognized his identity.
It was Yin Hanyue.
Yin Hanyue has never appeared at Jin Dian before and the meaning of his presence this time was self-explanatory. As soon as he appeared, the surrounding eyes fell on Zhou Jinchen.
Although taking into account the identity of Zhou Jinchen, the content of the marriage contract has not been widely spread but for the people in Jin Dian, as long as one is well-informed, this matter is no longer a secret.
Last night at the villa, his brother had already mentioned this matter so An Xumo was not too surprised. When Yin Hanyue walked towards the man in full view of everyone, Zhou Jinchen held his glass of wine but glanced at An Xumo first.
An Xumo looked at him for a moment, he lowered his head and went on with the pudding on his plate.
Not only Yin Hanyue, but Yin Yuan also followed him. The scene of the annual meeting was already very lively and with the several key figures gathered, the atmosphere became more and more heated. An Xumo finished his pudding and served a triangle-shaped cheesecake. It wasn’t until Tang Tang came over to remind him did he stop eating.
Yin Hanyue did not stay for the whole show, his body did not seem to last that long. After the most important part of the speech, Yin Han Yue, who was a little shaky, left the scene early, and Zhou Jinchen followed along, sending him out.
Before leaving, Zhou Jinchen glanced back at the person again. An Xumo waited for a while and also made an excuse to leave early as agreed last night.
The group photo and top-level (executives) speech had already ended, so leaving now would not be too conspicuous. An Xumo walked out of the company and just found a remote place to call his brother when a black car pulled up in front of him.
Yin Hanyue was in the passenger seat while Zhou Jinchen sat in the back row. The man opened the door and let An Xumo in. What An Xumo didn’t expect was that the person in the driver’s seat who was greeting him through the rearview mirror was actually Yin Hanxing.
“To avoid Yin Yuan tonight,” Zhou Jinchen explained, “I found him to be a cover.”
Yin Yuan had bought the villa next door to Zhou Jinchen and it was only when he was away yesterday that Zhou Jinchen took An Xumo back. But tonight, several people are present, although there will be Yin Hanyue and Zhou Jinchen together, there is no guarantee that Yin Yuan will not do anything.
The four left the company and drove all the way to another district before stopping at a villa complex.
They got out of the car and walked into the villa. The two Yin brothers walked in front. An Xumo curiously looked at Yin Hanyue’s back. Unexpectedly, the other party’s pace looked much stable than at the annual meeting.
Noticing An Xumo’s line of sight, Zhou Jinchen asked him, “What’s wrong?”
An Xumo took another look at Yin Hanyue before asking, “Is Mr. Yin’s health okay? Just now at the company, his face didn’t look too good.”
Zhou Jinchen frowned and paused for a moment before saying, “He’s fine.”
The four people walked into the living room. Yin Hanyue heard An Xumo’s words and gave a light smile. “I’m fine, thank you for your concern.”
Yin Hanyue’s voice was slightly hoarse but it sounded inexplicably comfortable. An Xumo froze for a moment only to feel that the other party’s previous sickly aura that could be detected through the crowd has visibly faded a lot this time.
“In order to show it to others,” Zhou Jinchen made a direct explanation and looked at the boy more, “But you, did you eat more just now?”
Being suddenly asked, An Xumo hurriedly shook his head, “……No.”
“You ate pudding, three pieces of cake, and a glass of sake.” Zhou Jinchen didn’t intend to expose it so easily. “Didn’t you say you don’t drink?”
“I just took a sip……” An Xumo originally thought that the man was dealing with Yin Yuan but he didn’t expect that he would keep an eye on him. “I didn’t touch much, really.”
Yin Hanyue sat opposite An Xumo, he smiled and didn’t say anything. It was only when Yin Hanxing who was carrying four cups came out that the topic was stopped.
“It’s been so long since I’ve been here, everything has expired. Let’s just make do with this.” Yin Hanxing coughed lightly, “Only plain boiled water.”
He divided the cups and sat next to Yin Hanyue.
“Well, isn’t it time to talk about business now?”
Sweeping his eyes over the two people sitting diagonally opposite each other, Yin Hanxing directly said, “Concerning the engagement ceremony between the two of you.”
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The author has something to say:
Xiao Mo: It seems like I should be jealous
Xiao Mo: ……But the jealousy seems to be eaten away by my brother
Xiao Mo: I thought I was the one who should be jealous, but that doesn’t seem to be the case……
Brother: Turn on the all-around-no-dead-angle-corner-staring brother mode control.
Chapter 102 – The amount of information is still a lot
It was late at night when he arrived home. An Xumo reluctantly looked at the trip schedule along the way but still failed to restrain his sinking chest and constantly racing heartbeat. He hurriedly pushed open the door and walked in. He went straight to Zhou Jinchen’s room as soon as he entered.
There was no light in the room and no one answered the door when he knocked. An Xumo froze for a moment and turned around to go to the study.
There was no familiar figure in the bedroom, study, living room, and every room. It wasn’t until the housekeeper came over that An Xumo finally remembered that there is an event tonight and that his brother would not come back.
The final exams were over and so were accompanying him to study every night.
An Xumo did not go back to his room but went alone into the study that he had been going to every night for these days. The stationery he left here yesterday is still on the table. There was a fountain pen given by Zhou Jinchen with ‘MO’ engraved in the body of the pen in a floral style, and it was very smooth to write. He looked at the pen for a long time then stretched out his hand, and covered the pen.
Can’t look at it anymore.
But brother still remains in my heart.
It was a long night and An Xumo spent most of the night alone in the study. The next morning, he had things to do and the driver had already said that he would pick him up at six o’clock, but as the hour hand moves slowly, An Xumo had been wide awake.
At almost four o’clock, An Xumo decided to go to his room and take a shower. The sky outside was so dark that no light could be seen. An Xumo walked towards his room but halfway through, he was attracted by a bright light not far away.
The housekeepers and security guards were all resting in the early hours of the night, and there was a faint guiding light in the courtyard but there was a faint light coming from the tall screen wall1Spirit screen or screen wall is used to shield an entrance gate in traditional Chinese architecture. It can be positioned either on the outside or the inside of the gate they are protecting. Linkat the back of the courtyard.
……Why is there light?
An Xumo looked at the screen wall, he always thought that behind the screen wall is a solid wall. His brother didn’t show him around but the light is really turned on, not at all like an illusion.
If he is in a fully conscious state, An Xumo will not necessarily want to find out, but after the stimulation of the news of the engagement coupled with half a month of busy and sleepless nights, the boy didn’t even think carefully and walked towards the wall deep in the courtyard.
The surrounding area was so quiet that even the sound of footsteps could be heard. The screen wall and the wall are only one person wide apart. An Xumo looked back around the edge of the wall only to find that behind the wall was actually an open door, and the light was coming from behind that door which was reflected on the translucent screen wall and was noticed.
There’s actually a building behind the wall? An Xumo frowned. He had previously understood the structure of the courtyard; most of it in B City was square. An Xumo always thought that this mansion was in the shape of ‘口’ a one-entry mansion. After living here for so long, he has never touched the back but now, it seems that this courtyard should be two-entry similar to the shape of ‘日’.
Who is in the back? With only the two of them living in the house, the only answer left seemed likely the person he was waiting for tonight. An Xumo didn’t think much about it, he went straight around the screen wall and walked towards the back door of the two lights.
Outside the door is a long corridor with lanterns lit up in unison on both sides. An Xumo walked forward, the decoration here was obviously recently renovated but it was more quaint than the front yard.
There was a door at the end of the long corridor. An Xumo tried to push it open but found that the door was unlocked by fingerprints, just like the doors of the courtyard. He tried to place his finger on it and the recognition system gave a direct indication that the command was invalid.
The door and the screen wall are of the same material and the light that comes through can be seen faintly but it’s impossible to see exactly what it looks like. An Xumo tried to feel around a little bit but in the end, he couldn’t find a way to open the door.
The temperature was low in the early morning of late autumn, there was a cool breeze coming from the corridor, An Xumo was pricked by the cold breeze on the back of his neck. He felt uneasy in hindsight and turned his way back to the front yard the same way.
More than an hour later, the sun rose. After taking a shower and ate breakfast, the driver was already waiting at the door. Before leaving, it was as if the demons and gods were at work,2unexplained event crying out for a supernatural explanation; curious coincidenceAn Xumo went to the screen wall at the back of the courtyard. As a result, when he looked back, the door that showed light last night has disappeared.
The left-behind screen wall was a wall without any difference and there’s not even a trace that it could be opened.
An Xumo was stunned for a moment but the driver was waiting, he couldn’t think much about it, and left the courtyard.
After a busy day of activities and an additional interview at the end, An Xumo came back more than an hour later than expected. When he returned home, he ran into an unfamiliar car.
A somewhat familiar figure stepped down from the car. When he saw An Xumo who had just gotten out, the other party also froze for a moment.
“How come you’re here?”
Yin Hanxing asked what An Xumo wanted to say first. He took off his sunglasses and his peach blossom eyes were curious. “Isn’t this Mr. Zhou’s house?”
An Xumo looked at him warily and was about to ask when the housekeeper came out to welcome him.
The two entered the courtyard together and An Xumo finally saw a familiar figure. He had a stomach full of doubts to ask about the rumored engagement and the disappearing door behind the screen door. However, with Yin Hanxing present, these doubts could only be withdrawn for the time being.
They sat down in the living room and the housekeeper served tea. Yin Hanxing glanced at An Xumo and looked at Zhou Jinchen.
“Mr. Zhou, is junior brother also invited by you today?”
Zhou Jinchen was originally looking at An Xumo. The two hadn’t seen each other for a day but the dark color under the boy’s eyes was more obvious than when he was studying before. It was only when he heard Yin Hanxing’s voice did he turned his eyes.
“Xiao Mo is my younger brother, this is his home.”
Yin Hanxing raised a brow, “I’ve met all of the brothers of Third Young Master, when did senior brother……”
He was halfway through his sentence when he suddenly stopped.
“……is that the one from Fourth Uncle Zhou’s family?”3in case you forgot: Zhou Yunshan [4th son of Zhou family, An Xumo’s nominal father]
Zhou Jinchen’s tone was slightly cold, “I didn’t invite Mr. Yin over to talk about Xiao Mo.”
Yin Hanxing raised his hands and consciously withdrew from the conversation.
An Xumo sat aside, his intuition told him that he should not be present at this conversation, but before he could open his mouth to leave, Zhou Jinchen looked over again.
“Xiao Mo, there’s something I want to tell you.”
“What?”
“Yin Yuan, the director of Jin Dian has proposed an engagement to me for his son.”
An Xumo subconsciously bit down the tip of his tongue.
He didn’t expect that the secret hidden in his heart would be revealed directly by his brother.
“I haven’t been able to make a statement yet.” Zhou Jinchen looked at him with a serious gaze. “But out of selfishness, I want you to know about it.”
Yin Hanxing from across the table looked at them thoughtfully. Rumors said that the Zhou family had kicked out that extra child but according to the current situation, these two seemed to be closer than ordinary brothers.
An Xumo was a bit overwhelmed. Zhou Jinchen reached out and covered his hand and said in a low voice, “I will discuss this matter with Mr. Yin, can you stay here?”
“I……” An Xumo didn’t want to know the ins and outs of this matter but he didn’t understand why his brother would say that.
Yin Hanxing also opened his mouth, “Third Young Master, are you sure you want to talk about this matter in front of a third person?”
Zhou Jinchen didn’t waver, “I’m sure.”
The two looked at each other for a moment; Yin Hanxing looked at An Xumo again, and finally agreed.
Yin Hanxing came over this time to talk about the engagement. Yin Yuan was indeed his uncle but to An Xumo’s surprise, Yin Hanxing did not stand on the same side as his uncle.
“My little uncle knows the character of your family’s Old Zhou. He had a good idea when he proposed the engagement. The Zhou family’s consent wasn’t a problem. The only variable lies in your attitude, that’s why he’s focused on you.”
When it comes to serious matters, Yin Hanxing’s attitude is much more solemn than usual.
“In addition to those actions against you, he also found out how you take care of your junior brother. That’s why he asked me to come over and find out the real relationship between you two.”
Only then did An Xumo react, so Yin Hanxing approached him not because of Lu Pinghui.
Zhou Jinchen frowned at Yin Hanxing who waved his hand, “Don’t worry. I didn’t say anything nonsensical.”
“But if you really have plans, you’d better be careful to keep your distance from your junior brother.” Yin Hanxing reminded. “My uncle is very sensitive to this kind of thing. Before, someone hugged his other thigh and tried to climb his bed, he was directly beaten up by a bodyguard in the hotel, and was banned after being thrown out.”
Zhou Jinchen’s eyes were slightly deep, “En.”
He asked, “About the engagement, Yin Yuan is sure that no one in the family will object?”
Yin Hanxing smiled, “My aunt only has eyes for money. She wasn’t second brother’s biological mother. She can’t take care of what my little uncle is playing with and she doesn’t want to care.”
“As for my second brother, he looks sick all day in front of outsiders. It’s not clear how many years he can live, and my uncle will not bother to consider his opinions.”
“There are no exceptions to those who were previously supported by uncle, they all comply with his wishes and called him Daddy. Moreover, what uncle likes most is forcing people to call him Daddy in bed.”
Yin Hanxing gave a sarcastic laugh.
“I think he is more excited about the matter of you and second brother getting married than the direct unspoken rules.”
On the side, An who has been listening was dumbfounded.
He thought about it a lot when he was alone in the study last night. Yin Yuan’s strange treatment to Zhou Jinchen can be regarded as the father-in-law taking care of his son-in-law, so it seemed like An Xumo was overthinking.
The boy was originally blaming himself for thinking too much but he really didn’t expect that the truth would actually make people disgusted.
This engagement……Unexpectedly, this engagement is a front for Yin Yuan to satisfy his own perverse hobby?
Zhou Jinchen also frowned, “Why would he have such a hobby?”
He thought more than An Xumo, “What about Yin Hanyue?”
An Xumo who was still in shock barely heard the words, thinking that his brother was asking if Yin Hanyue knew about it but Yin Hanxing understood the meaning of the man’s words.
“This is uncle’s own hobby; he was like this before he got married.”
Yin Hanxing said, “And second brother is weak since he was a child. My uncle isn’t interested in medicine jars. He still has so many illegitimate sons and daughters outside, my second brother is still safe, you don’t need to think much about this.”
An Xumo felt even more incredulous.
So, what they mean is that Yin Hanyue is also even in……danger as well, because he is physically weak and only narrowly escaped disaster?
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The author has something to say:
There is no most perverted, only even more perverted……
① The name of the third generation of the Yin family: The sun, moon, and stars4日月星辰 not really sure.
Yin Hanyue is the son of Yin Yuan, ranked second; Yin Hanxing is the son of Yin Yuan’s brother, age ranked third. I hope you don’t get them mixed up~
➁ Some people guess that Yin Hanyue likes the brother (Zhou Jinchen), in fact, his brother’s peach blossom has obvious features wa. Han Ming, Lin Rui, Yin Yuan, haven’t you noticed? [laughing and crying]
③ Yin Hanxing mentioned the cannon fodder that was beaten out of the hotel, it was Han Ming [must’ve been forgotten by many people, just mentioned it casually
④ Each peach blossom of the protagonist cp has a different promoting effect. Advance spoiler, Yin Yuan’s appearance will allow the brother to rescind Xiao Mo’s unreasonable harsh contract. Otherwise, Xiao Mo will always be on a trainee contract which will be a great disadvantage in the future.
Brother is wholeheartedly thinking about Xiao Mo, and the following article is really sweet, sweet, sweet la.
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Jie Jie: Good news! Update schedule will be 2x a week again, every Sunday and Wednesday~~
Spirit screen/Screen wall:
Chapter 101 – Anyway, a lot of information
An Xumo spent most of the month in the set of 《Joy In Going Out》. He films until the last few days, just in time for the release of Ming Entertainment’s magazine on sale.
The magazine’s cover is an outdoor picture of two people, and the background is a mountain of half-golden and half-red maple leaves. Zhou Jinchen wearing a dark blue trench coat, looking down from above, An Xumo wearing a denim jacket and a silk scarf tied around his neck, sitting on a wooden box. The two stood and sat with shoulders in line simultaneously, looking at the camera together.
After the magazine went on sale online, it broke three records in a row: 67,000 copies were sold in one second, the limited edition of 100,000 copies sold out in five seconds, and the actual amount paid exceeded three million. In addition to the sales figures, the nine-square grid photo1The rule of the thirds is commonly used in photography that is, an image is divided evenly into thirds, both horizontally and vertically, and the subject of the image is placed at the intersection of those dividing lines, or along with one of the lines itself. Something like this: link teaser released on Weibo by Ming Entertainment’s official microblogging service according to the usual practice of each issue also broke to the highest record of official Weibo forwarding after only one day
The nine-square grid photos were all double photos, the most popular of which was a horse riding picture. The light brown cloak-wearing An Xumo is riding on a black horse while Zhou Jinchen, wearing a black cloak, is standing in front of a red horse. The ground is full of golden grass leaves. The two look at each other like partners and old friends, having a tacit understanding, seeing through each other with a look.
Fans look at the data and passers-by look at the photos, this combination of shooting the nine-square grid photos has really been forwarded out of the circle. As a result, between the forwarding group of support stations and support associations also emerged a lot of “suddenly standing on this cp…..” and “unexpectedly a good match” remarks.
[CP – I think everyone knows this lol. Being paired together like a couple.]
What people didn’t expect, after the magazine was released, all the photos were made public. In one of the single pictures, Zhou Jinchen was wearing the same outfit, a long cloak, and black horseriding boots, holding a whip in his hand, but it was a very different feeling from the double photo.
—— It was a complete refusal, standing high and forcing people to submit.
The temperament and style of this single photo are far from that photo taken together, so it’s difficult not to think of the idea of ‘being gentle only to one person’ and so on thoughts. There was even a paragraph written on the spot, and it reached first place in the hot forward rows.
The main collaboration between Zhou Jinchen and An Xumo was in 《Different Roads》, which was also mentioned in the magazine’s interview on the inside of the page. Despite the normal cooperation in front of them, there are still many people who interpreted something different from this combination —— one true pairing.
‘ChenMo’ CP quietly emerged. A variety of frame-by-frame roadside and video clips quickly sprang up, high quality and high sweetness of CP sugar came out, and all previous cooperation between the two has been resurfaced.
And once you start looking back at the past, it’s hard to ignore the unique atmosphere between the two.
CP fans knocking on sugar into a coma, but because of the traffic identity of both parties, this CP did not cause much splash in the end. Only in the majority of the fans is the mainstream to control the field ahead of time and refuse to pair up. Seeing that the relationship between the two fans was good when collaborating in the main film, the two fans didn’t tear each other up.
The artists’ studio will monitor the fans’ movements, and the recent flurry of disturbances cannot escape the eyes of both teams. However, as one of the parties involved, An Xumo knows nothing about it.
He’s still busy filming the movie.
When his scene in 《Joy In Going Out》 was over, An Xumo was able to leave the film and television base. He flew back to B City from Jiangnan, not even staying one more night.
It was already evening when he arrived. The sun was like blood, enveloping this ancient and modern city. When he got off the plane and saw the familiar airport bus, An Xumo suddenly found that he actually felt an inexplicable nostalgia and attachment to this city even though he had lived for only a few months.
Tang Tang went back to S City; An Xumo came back alone. There was an arranged driver waiting at the airport exit. He handed his luggage to the other party and put it in the trunk. Somewhat tired, An Xumo took off his glasses and mask, rubbed his eyes, and bent down to directly sit on the back seat.
The journey was light and easy, and he didn’t even see the bodyguard. An Xumo habitually thought that the driver also came alone. When he opened his eyes and saw the familiar figure in the backseat, his whole person directly froze.
The car is smoothly on the road, Zhou Jinchen who was dressed up, looked at him sideways but his eyes are much softer than those strict clothing.
But soon, his expression changed.
“Xiao Mo, you…….”
An Xumo was so dizzy that he responded half a beat slower, “Ah?”
Zhou Jinchen didn’t say anything. He reached over directly and covered An Xumo’s nose with a wet wipe he hastily unwrapped.
The other hand came over and encircled the boy’s shoulder to help him stabilize his body. The deep male voice rang out in the still dazed An Xumo’s ears.
“You have a nosebleed.”
An Xumo subconsciously raised his hand to touch it, and only in the midst of it did he react. He felt the other’s fingers that reached over to help.
As a result of helping to stop the bleeding, the distance between the two was quite close, and the man’s impactful face is only a finger away from An Xumo. He can touch the other with a slight raise of the head.
An Xumo’s brain ‘buzzed’, the rest of his face was as red as blood.
“I……”
“It’s okay, don’t be afraid.”
Zhou Jinchen’s expression was serious, but his voice slowed down significantly. He whispered soothingly to the boy, “There’s an ice pack in the car. I’ll apply it for you.”
An Xumo struggled in vain.
“I’m fine,” he jarred and insisted on clarifying, “Just, I’m not overly excited. I don’t need to cool down…….”
“……”
Zhou Jinchen was silent for a moment.
He took out an ice pack from the car refrigerator with his free hand, pulled out the towel, and wrapped it up. He carefully applied it to the root of An Xumo’s nose.
“The cold compression is to stop the bleeding.”
There was nothing in the man’s voice, and his expression was as usual.
But An Xumo can swear on sugar that his brother must be smiling.
“The north is dry in autumn, and you have just come back from the south. If you don’t adapt to it, you will have a nosebleed, not because of excitement.”
“……”
An Xumo unexpectedly didn’t want to apply it to his nose.
He felt that his red side face and ears are needed to be cooled down more.
Despite saying that the nosebleed was due to not adapting to the dry weather, blood flow stopped a few minutes later. When they returned to downtown B City, Zhou Jinchen still chose to take the person to the hospital and had a good examination up and down before he was willing to let it go.
Time passed slowly in the courtyard where the two lived together, and common memories were scattered in every corner of B City. When the first snow hung all over the golden glazed tiles, An Xumo suddenly realized that he had spent nearly half a year in B City.
In addition to the filming of 《Joy In Going Out》, An Xumo was also involved in other activities. Work squeezed out about one-third of his study time, and when the end of the semester came, there will be another difficult revision waiting for him.
When he was studying with his roommates, An Xumo was blocked at the door by Yin Hanxing, who took the initiative to find him. This senior brother appeared so frequently that he could find him as long as he was at school, so much so that An Xumo once wondered if his schedule has been leaked.
Yin Hanxing didn’t say much and left after shoving a pile of loaded information to An Xumo. Although he appears many times, he just said hello every time or left with something to finish, but there is no way to really hate it.
After getting the answers to the last midterm exam, An Xumo sent back a pair of equestrian gloves. This time he took things back and went through them. Needless to say, it was exam material again, and there were even questions from several professional courses.
However, when sharing information this time, Zhao Yongjing gave An Xumo a message.
“Remember that girl who handed you a confession letter at the beginning of the school year? At that time, there were several other people from previous levels with her. I met a few of them recently when I was at an event, some of them were in the Equestrian Club, and some were in the International Student Association.” Zhao Yongjing entered the school association. Naturally, he had the opportunity to come into contact with more people from other faculties. He subtly hinted, “Do you know the identity of this Senior Yin, ba?
Yin Hanxing, the president of the Equestrian Club, is a British Chinese.
Zhao Yongjing didn’t disclose the matter, but the meaning of the words is apparent. At that time, in that scene, the confession was not the point, and it was weird to go straight to An Xumo.
Because of his previous speculation about Lu Pinghui, An Xumo was already wary of Yin Hanxing. After thanking Zhao Yongjing, he labeled the senior brother as ‘ill-intentioned’.
At the end of January, the wind was bitterly cold in B City. The quiet and cozy evening ended with the final exams. Just after coming out of the exam room, An Xumo was pulled by the nanny’s car to the advertiser’s event.
After the party, Tang Tang called. The end of the year is a holiday for students but the busiest time for artists.
After resting for so long, An Xumo has replenished a lot of energy, but for the team that helped him pushed off so many activities, the boy felt rather somewhat embarrassed.
“Xiao Mo, this activity is not easy to push. That’s why I dragged you here right after the exam…….”
“It’s okay, the exam doesn’t take any physical strength.” An Xumo said, “It’s been really hard on you guys lately. Tang Tang, thank Brother Shen and the others for me, too.”
Tang Tang responded, her voice obviously hesitant. Only after An Xumo asked did she speak, “Xiao Mo……Actually, it’s not our fault that we were able to put off these activities.”
An Xumo froze for a moment, “……Then?”
“The company did not agree to you going to a normal university in the beginning and when you went to P University, the company gave indicators to maintain the same amount of income during the school year as you worked this summer.”
The summer is the time when 《Different Roads》 was released. It’s also when An Xumo’s popularity is at its peak, and no less than ten advertising endorsements have been approached. Even without having deep memory of the total amount of money, An Xumo could imagine the severity of this company’s indicator.
But even so, An Xumo couldn’t afford to resist. His contract was signed during his trainee period with the harshest conditions, and the breach of contract was sky-high.
An Xumo’s original ease immediately disappeared, and he frowned, “Are the indicators still there now?”
“The indicators have not changed, we have fought for it, but the top always refused to let it go.”
An Xumo’s heart ached. The money he owes now, I’m afraid……
“In the end, it was Brother Zhou who stepped in to settle the matter.” Tang Tang let out a low sigh, “Xiao Mo……Brother Zhou directly handed over the money to the company for you and never let us tell you for fear that you would be distracted while studying at P University.”
How huge would a monthly bill be? The team’s total share of money since An Xumo’s debut is not this much. If not for Zhou Jinchen, it’s impossible to exchange the money for study and recuperation.
Even for Zhou Jinchen, this money is definitely not a small amount.
An Xumo was stunned.
…… Brother?
He didn’t know how to describe his current mood.
The thawing riverbed, the new sprouts, and the vitality of recovery, the fiery red sun rose from beyond the tightly jointed high walls, sunlight shining in along every seemingly nonexistent crack.
“……I will thank him, and thanks to you all.” The boy’s voice was slightly hoarse.
However, Tang Tang’s words were not yet finished.
“Do you want to go now Xiao Mo? Brother Zhou might be a little busy lately. Why don’t you wait for a while…….”
“Busy?”
An Xumo has some doubts. When he prepared for the last exam last night, his brother stayed with him for nearly three hours, just like every day of the week, and didn’t show any difference.
“Is there something special?”
“Ah yes, you are not in S City. I don’t think you’ve heard of these things.”
Tang Tang’s voice came out of the microphone and fell on the listener’s ears, it actually seemed a bit low and high, and it was annoyingly powerful.
“There has been a recent change in equity within the company and that Director Yin Yuan who invited you at the banquet before brought up the engagement to Brother Zhou and wanted him to marry his son……”
An Xumo sat in the spacious back seat. The smooth journey almost turned the bones of his whole body upside down.
…… Engagement?
The two words2Two words in rawfell from the sky and hit An Xumo squarely on the spine, heavier than the huge debt that could not be repaid in a lifetime a few minutes ago.
The two words are so heavy that one can’t breathe.
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The author has something to say:
There will be no more dog blood misunderstanding plot la, it’s all sweet, sweet, sweet, I promise.
The last drama of the Yin family, no one had guessed right yet xd
Chapter 100 – I want to hear your voice
After the magazine shoot, An Xumo participated in several more activities arranged by the team and made use of all available space to complete an endorsement shoot and renew the contract. However, he still spends most of his time on his schoolwork. It wasn’t long before the first midterm exams of the university came.
The mathematics department of P University is known as ‘the first department of the first university’ where the ranking in the country is estimated to be far ahead of the second and third place. Not to mention the many big cows1‘niu people’ online term which refers to outstanding people in a certain field.within the department, just looking at the student population, every year there are half of the students who enter the competition and the fierce competition can be seen. In addition, the failure rate is significantly higher than the other departments so one can imagine the heavy workload of the Math department and the difficulty of the exams.
Therefore, when the results came out and found that he had not failed any subjects, An Xumo who had been at the top of the list was obviously relieved.
After all, he had asked for many leave before, it was good to make sure that his grades didn’t fall below the bottom line.
The week before the exam, not only An Xumo himself was busy, Zhou Jinchen also specially made time to come out in the evening to accompany him to study. There is a separate study in the courtyard, the room has a large space, and the furnishings and layout also make people feel very comfortable. In the study, where the aromatherapy lamp is lit, there is the sound of keyboard and pen resounding from time to time. The time and night together are quietly slipping over people’s shoulders. Obviously, intangible things can’t be touched, but it carves deep traces in people’s hearts.
Although there is no intersection between the two people’s work and although An Xumo has long been used to studying by himself for a long time, as a result, when he looks back after the exam, he has to admit that those complicated steps he has solved have become blurred to the point of not being able to see them clearly and that he had forgotten when the solution was finished.
All that remains is the aromatherapy, the wooden floor, and the familiar figure that can be seen not far away.
In addition to Zhou Jinchen who accompanied him, there was also another person who appeared in An Xumo’s life because of the midterm exam.
Not only the major courses but the freshmen also had some big courses to test. An Xumo originally wanted to follow his roommates to ask for some review materials but someone took the initiative to sort out and send over the previous years’ original questions and answers.
This kind-hearted brother is Yin Hanxing.
When Yin Hanxing came over to deliver the stuff, the other people in An Xumo’s dormitory were present. Once the smiling senior brother left, three pairs of eyes were fixed on the stack of materials. Taking into account the matter of Lu Pinghui, An Xumo originally wanted to warn everyone that there might be a fraud. As a result, several people checked the answers and found that there was no big deviation between the reference answers and the scattered data collected from various places. Finally, they took over the original topic.
After the exam, An Xumo also found that these materials sent by Yin Hanxing did not have any misleading information which made him have another layer of doubt about Yin Hanxing. Apart from Lu Pinghui, An Xumo really couldn’t understand what other reason the other party had to insist on approaching him.
If he could read a few more young adult novels, or pick up a school idol drama, he might be able to understand Yin Hanxing’s intentions — all these chasing tactics are overused but they still work well.
So much that An Xumo only needs a little more confidence in his self to guess the real reason.
Unfortunately, he has neither.
After the midterm, An Xumo took on a new movie. He needed to leave the school to film with the group. As soon as he got busy, he completely forgot about Yin Hanxing.
The team had originally agreed that they would wait for the winter break before giving An Xumo a movie but the company pressed too hard and the team couldn’t hold on. Tang Tang had no choice but to confirm that An Xumo’s condition had improved. After discussing with others, she took the film contract before the midterm.
An Xumo doesn’t feel anything personally, for him, he still likes the feeling of fulfillment when working. The team treated him very well and An Xumo didn’t want them to have a hard time. After the crew started work, he soon joined the group within the allotted time.
The team was able to get a script of significantly higher quality than the previous one because of the preceding relationship with 《Different Roads》. The next film they took up this time was one of the best in terms of overall conditions.
The movie is titled 《Joy In Going Out》 which is a road comedy movie. The director has been transformed from a well-known actor. His first film, directed and acted by himself, has reaped a lot of box office which is a very successful example of transformation. This time, coupled with the director himself as the main actor in 《Joy In Going Out》, several other important roles in the film are also his old partners he had worked with, including many actors with strong box office appeal. Just by watching the movie, the film’s cast is a sufficient guarantee for the box office after its release.
In 《Joy In Going Out》, An Xumo is still a supporting actor. The film’s overall plot is divided into four parts and he will appear in only one of them, so there aren’t many scenes. However, judging from the plot, if he can really act well, this role is still very likable, along with the momentum to absorb a wave of fans is also very possible.
Therefore, for An Xumo who currently needs to consolidate his impression on behalf of the role and does not have much working time, this opportunity can simply be said to be the most suitable.
The film is shot at the film and television based in Jiangnan.2referring to lands immediately to the south of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. An Xumo’s scenes took more than half a month, which he needs to shoot with the team. Naturally, he can’t return to B City so the course was also temporarily placed on leave.
However, although he didn’t go back, he received a phone call from B City.
Before the call came, An Xumo was watching the broadcast of CCTV News. On the screen was a celebration ceremony attended by representatives from all walks of life, and the person whom An Xumo was most familiar with was one of them.
The lighting of CCTV news programs has always been indescribable but the faces on the TV are still so good that one can’t help but take screenshots. The actor living with him hadn’t returned yet, An Xumo hesitated for a moment and pointed his phone’s camera mode at the TV.
He only took one picture and stopped, which is a big improvement compared to the previous time when he couldn’t move his eyes once he saw the picture of his brother.
As a result, once the photo was just put into the album, a phone prompt suddenly popped up on the screen.
The person who had just been photographed by An Xumo was calling.
In fact, he really didn’t talk about anything in particular. He just asked the boy if he was comfortable with the filming and whether he had eaten on time during the day. Until the phone hung up, An Xumo was still a little unresponsive.
Before that, it was hard for him to imagine that his brother would specifically call to ask about these trivial matters. After all, in An Xumo’s impression, his brother has great self-control, and each of his actions has his own purpose.
Yet this impossible imagination has clearly become a reality in front of him.
It also changed every day.
The phone call every night became the norm, coupled with the usual inquiries, the phone call also slowly talked about other things such as filming. Because of signing the confidentiality contract, the specific content of the script cannot be disclosed, but from some general issues, Zhou Jinchen also gave An Xumo a lot of very useful advice.
Not only with the filming skills but also because of the previous cooperation, Zhou Jinchen has an understanding of several actors in the crew. Which actors will patiently bring up their juniors, who likes to steal the show, and some advice on how to get along with the others, he also told it to An Xumo.
In a trance, An Xumo seems to have returned to the nights when the script was discussed during the filming of 《Different Roads》.
Due to the irregularity of the completion of work every day, the phone call became An Xumo’s call later on. There were times when he came back late from a night shoot, after dialing the phone, he fell asleep without saying a few words, and only to find himself holding the phone in his hand at dawn.
The first few times he fell asleep, An Xumo didn’t pay much attention to it until he suddenly woke up in the middle of the night, and he realized that the phone screen was still showing the connection status.
An Xumo whispered a sentence as to why he didn’t turn it off and was just about to hang up when he heard the man’s voice on the other side.
“Xiao Mo? Are you awake?”
“…… Brother?” An Xumo froze for a moment, taking into account his sleeping roommate, he did not dare to raise his voice. In a daze mixed with a nasal voice, it sounded even softer.
“Why didn’t you hang up the phone……?”
“I want to hear your voice.”
When saying this, Zhou Jinchen’s tone was no different from the past as if he was calmly stating a fact.
The night was deep and his voice was low and slow, “Go back to sleep ba. It’s still dawn.”
An Xumo was so sleepy that he didn’t think about it. After fumbling to charge his phone, he fell asleep and didn’t hang up the phone. It was not until the next morning when he woke up when his roommate went to wash up, in the sound of water, An Xumo was dumbfounded by the call log on his phone.
Four hours and thirty-nine minutes, hanging up only after 5:00 am.
It’s also possible to flip forward.
In addition to those dozen or so minutes of calls that were actively hang up when awake, there are also some five hours, six hours, which are large segments of call records.
While An Xumo was asleep.
No matter how late the call is, you will pick it up as soon as possible. I think I worked overtime at night, and recalling the voice of late last night, my brother was also very awake.
Listening to your own voice…….
What is there to listen to after falling asleep, the sound of breathing?
An Xumo propped his forehead and frowned in confusion.
Moreover, he now realizes in retrospect that, except for the few times he fell asleep, he actually hung up first on all the daily calls too.
His brother has been waiting for him.
Like Yin Hanxing, An Xumo also did not understand Zhou Jinchen’s intention. However, Yin Hanxing could be ignored but not his brother.
He took another look at the two hundred and seventy-nine minutes on the screen.
….. Does the treatment need to be so serious?
An Xumo once again wavered.
In his state of being bruised all over, the boy used his bare hands to build up his defenses a little bit with the broken bricks that had been hit hard twice. He planted steel bars into the high walls he built and poured them with cement. He built them into a tall fortress, turning it into the strongest heart defense.
The boy took back all the keys he had given and even the doors he had left before were firmly sealed so that no one could ever cross this line of defense and hurt him again.
An Xumo stayed alone in the dark fortress, even if it was cold, he felt safe.
Then one day, he suddenly heard — someone sang a soft and warm song outside the fortress.
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The author has something to say:
One hundred chapters, hands out some sugar~
The rotten peach blossom will be explained in the next chapter. How to make a person who lacks security who had a crush on you feel loved?
The brother’s paper on this issue must pass with high marks (^o^)
About [Why are all the rotten peach blossoms are owned by the brother, Xiao Mo doesn’t have such things as being kept, speculated, and tied]
I’ll also explain it later (in fact, the answer is very obvious la)
The sweet part has actually started wa~
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Jie Jie: Wow~ we’re already at the 100th chapter! Congrats to us! 🥳
Chapter 99 – Look at me and take your time
The photographer with a small ponytail is surnamed Zhang, the photographer responsible for shooting An Xumo. As Zhou Jinchen had previously instructed, during the trial shoot, he gave An Xumo a number of requirements that sounded rather odd. However, judging from the final effect, it is clear that the demands made by Ponytail Zhang are still very reasonable.
Compared with Zhou Jinchen’s cold, hard, and handsome style, although An Xumo is also wearing black and white, it gives people a completely different impression. He wore a white shirt with a lace collar, a one-piece suit with a deformed design similar to a pair of suspenders, a slightly fluffy short shawl, and a pair of brown round leather shoes. The design sense of the clothes, mixed with his temperament, made An Xumo look like a noble young master who has never been through the affairs of the world, pure and lovely.
The contrast between this outfit and the one Zhou Jinchen wore was somewhat obvious which is why An Xumo froze for a moment when he just saw his brother in a horse riding outfit. He had been worried whether the two would not match if they stood together like this. As a result, after the trial shoot, he was called to the dressing room and came out with a new set of clothes.
Unlike Zhou Jinchen who can handle most styles, An Xumo still lacks a lot of shooting experience. The working group didn’t know him very well so they prepared several sets of plans and took their time to discover the feelings in him.
Therefore, in this way, An Xumo spent a little more time than Zhou Jinchen.
After the trial shoot, the team finished a set indoors and then moved to the pasture. Working until late at night, the team left the pasture and stayed in a hotel not far away.
Early the next morning, the weather turned clear. Before the sun fully rose from the sky, the light was much better than it was yesterday. The person in charge made a prompt decision to shoot outside first.
While the sky is not yet bright, the two people have to carry out a simple horse riding training. Zhou Jinchen has no problem since he has even shot several costume literary works. This intensive training is in fact carried out for An Xumo.
The working group hired a coach to come over and guide the relevant skills but is also responsible for the protection of the artists’ safety. However, what made the coach a little curious was that although An Xumo hadn’t ridden a horse before, his movements and riding posture were quite standard. When he sat on the horse, he didn’t have the nervousness that ordinary people have when they first come into contact with horses.
“Are you sure you really haven’t ridden it before?” the coach couldn’t help asking. Chatting with the guest is actually a way to distract and ease the tension but now, it seems that the person he has to take care of doesn’t seem to need this kind of initiative.
An Xumo thought for a moment, “Was helped once……”
“He previously rode for ten minutes.”
Before An Xumo’s finished his words, he was interrupted by an interjected voice.
Yin Hanxing walked over, he reached out and patted the black horse underneath An Xumo and smiled, “Rode Jade Rabbit with me.”
The coach was hired by the working group at the racecourse, naturally, he knew his young boss. After nodding and gesturing, he went around to the other side to hold the reins, leaving space for the two.
“Don’t be nervous, take it slow,” Yin Hanxing’s voice was pleasant and carried a magical effect that soothes people. “Black Rabbit is very well behaved and runs steadily.”
An Xumo couldn’t help but smile, and his taut back relaxed a little.
“Why are all your horses called rabbits?”
“Because the best horse in the stable is called Red Rabbit which is a red date.” Yin Hanxing said smiling with his peach blossom eyes, “so, the best horse in every other color has the same name.”
“Red Rabbit was also rented by you guys……”
Before Yin Hanxing finishes his words, An Xumo already looked up towards his back.
As if Yin Hanxing felt something, he turned his head back and an enlarged, wet horse’s nose appeared in front of him. Yin Hanxing staggered a step away and the maroon, tall horse snorted.
Sitting on the horse, Zhou Jinchen looked condescendingly at Yin Hanxing. The sun’s rays were blocked behind him, making the expressionless man look even more intimidating.
Yin Hanxing paused for a moment before resuming his smile.
“Mr. Zhou.”
An Xumo did not notice the strange atmosphere between the two, he called out “Brother Jinchen” and looked curiously around the man, “You can already ride by yourself?”
Zhou Jinchen withdrew his eyes on Yin Hanxing and when he turned to An Xumo, even his voice slowed down a bit.
“I’ve practiced before.”
The two horses walked side by side and soon left Yin Hanxing, who only had two legs behind. Under the care of the coach and Zhou Jinchen, An Xumo also quickly adapted to the bumpiness and speed of the black horse. When the sun came up, the sky was bright, and the shooting on horseback began.
The shooting on horseback was quite smooth. When the photos were finished, the difficulty of the rest of the shooting was significantly reduced. Although there was a constant need to change clothes and makeup, for An Xumo who is used to the life of an artist, this kind of thing is no longer a challenge.
The only special thing is that the photo is a double cover which is much more difficult than a single photoshoot.
There are two types of two-person fashion magazine photoshoots, one is the group shot method, where the subjects do not overlap with each other much and even two people can be shot in separate studios and then edited together in a post. The shooting of Ming Entertainment clearly belongs to the second type — there is a clear sense of interaction between the subjects and blocking anyone will have an impact on the perception of the photo.
Therefore, during the initial shoot, Ponytail Zhang and another ace photographer wearing a blue square scarf specifically told the two that they need not purposely look at each other or intentionally create obvious eye contact but that they had to conform to the shot.
An Xumo remembered these instructions and did what they said. As a result, after shooting a few sets in the pasture, Zhou Jinchen went to change clothes, and Ponytail Zhang and the blue square scarf who were in charge of the two, stood together to discuss for a while but walked towards An Xumo.
Ponytail Zhang spoke briefly but bluntly, “You don’t give enough attention to Teacher Zhou.”
When he said that, not only An Xumo, but also the whole working group was a little confused.
In fact, at the very beginning, the person in charge had also considered the lack of interaction between the two. But at that time, everyone was worried about Zhou Jinchen — even when he was just starting out and couldn’t get any resources, he hadn’t done any cover shoots with others. So far, all the group photos Zhou Jinchen has taken are movie stills, and it’s easy to see his rejection of non-single covers when you look at his past shooting experience.
As for the other person, the working group didn’t worry much about it. Generally, this kind of cooperation object with a disparity in status, the lower one needs to restrain emotions. If one side is too headstrong, it will appear a little awkward in front of the camera.
As a result, when they arrived on set, anyone with eyes could see that Zhou Jinchen was the one who cared most about An Xumo — even An Xumo’s own agent couldn’t follow him around at all times. The person in charge put this worry aside for the time being but to his surprise, when the shooting really started, An Xumo became the one who did not interact enough.
An Xumo nodded stiffly in full view of everyone. He was about to say something but he was called out by Zhou Jinchen who came out of the dressing room.
“Xiao Mo,” Zhou Jinchen signaled, “it’s your turn.”
“Okay!”
An Xumo answered hurriedly.
There are only temporary changing rooms on the pasture so they need to take turns to go in to change clothes. An Xumo trotted over and quietly breathed a sigh of relief as he walked past Zhou Jinchen, with his clothes in his arms, he was about to close the door when the doorknob was pulled.
An Xumo subconsciously looked up and the man outside the door looked over. He had handsome looks and a deep and low voice.
“Relax, take your time.”
The dressing room’s door was closed and the focus of attention was quickly taken back by Zhou Jinchen who turned around.
Zhou Jinchen looked back at the dressing room and then walked towards the crowd.
What he wanted to say just now was actually “look at me”.
When he opened his mouth, in the end, he changed it to “take your time”.
Perhaps it was the photographer’s advice or perhaps because of Zhou Jinchen’s comforting, after changing into a new costume, An Xumo quickly entered the state, and the shooting process became increasingly smooth.
After the grassland part was finished, the team moved to Ye Mountain for the next shoot. Before leaving, Yin Hanxing also appeared, after talking to the person in charge, he came over to find An Xumo.
In fact, from the looks of it, Yin Hanxing is not the type of person who is very easy to get along with. Although he often wears a smile, he always gives people a feeling of distance. However, for some reason, he always took extra care of An Xumo.
After the two talked a few words, Yin Hanxing handed over a pendant in the shape of a snow-white pony.
“It’s braided from the hair dropped by Jade Rabbit and it’s given to you as a souvenir.”
While waiting for the person to take the item over, Yin Hanxing smiled again and said, “Looking forward to our next meeting.”
An Xumo paused. He always felt that they did not seem to be familiar with each other to this extent.
Without waiting for the boy to figure out how to answer, Zhou Jinchen who was at the side reached out and directly pulled the person away.
The scenery of Ye Mountain is also captivating. The maple leaves began to turn red, dappled with fiery red burns among the leaves, dyed with a strong sense of autumn. It took a whole day to shoot and it was only the next afternoon that the team left N City and returned to B City.
It wasn’t yet late when he returned so An Xumo went back to school first. As soon as he came back, he received the Equestrian Club’s leaflet on campus. Looking at the figure on the paper that was placed in the most extreme position, An Xumo couldn’t help but frown.
This Yin Hanxing……who exactly is this person?
After dealing with the accumulated news over the past two days, An Xumo thought about it and finally opened the school’s forum.
He searched for Yin Hanxing as keywords and a whole page of related posts soon popped up on the screen.
It seems that Yin Hanxing can be considered a popular figure in P University.
An Xumo roughly browsed through, there were three or four independent posts related to Yin Hanxing alone. In addition, there are also a variety of activity posts, selection posts, gossip posts, and so on, in which there is a lot of news related to Yin Hanxing.
What An Xumo didn’t expect was that Yin Hanxing was actually foreign Chinese.1Chinese having foreign citizenship.
Yin Hanxing was admitted to the school as an international student and is a senior this year. Since he had created the Equestrian Club, he had been gossiped about his family’s situation. Despite all kinds of news, they prove that his family was indeed very well-off.
An Xumo clicked on an event post that showed Yin Hanxing’s name. It talks about some of the top ten singers of previous years. Yin Hanxing seems to have also participated in this competition and some people spoke in the post, wondering why he had such good conditions but didn’t debut.
The following post caught An Xumo’s attention.
[Panda burning candles: Isn’t his uncle one of the top-level members of Jin Dian? All he needs to make a debut is a word. It’s just not his aspiration.]
The next few pages were filled with gossip and some people questioned the content of this follow-up post. However, this information seems to have been available three or four years ago, and a number of links were soon posted. In addition to the scattered clues, there was one related piece of information that was particularly noteworthy — Yin Yuan, a director of Jin Dian, whose son is named Yin Hanyue.
Yin Hanxing, Yin Hanyue, just by looking at their names, one can guess that they are family.
When he saw the name Yin Yuan, An Xumo couldn’t help but stare blankly.
Isn’t he the one who previously moved next to brother’s residence and also frequently talked to brother at the housewarming banquet…. is he the one who is the top executive of Jin Dian?
So Yin Hanxing came into contact with him because of Yin Yuan?
An Xumo thought and couldn’t help but have some doubts, but his relationship with his brother, there should be no one in the entertainment industry know about it.
However, apart from his brother, what did he have to do with this Director Yin?
An Xumo suddenly paused.
He remembered.
During the filming of 《Different Roads》 previously, a supporting actor who once spread news about him on Weibo was finally dismissed by the crew. At that time, when Xin Zimai said this matter, he mentioned Yin Yuan’s name.
Lu Pinghui’s dismissal had something to do with him more or less. The more An Xumo thought about it, the more it makes sense. It seems likely that it was because of Lu Pinghui that Yin Hanxing came to deliberately approach him.
Moreover, this kind of thing probably has nothing to do with Yin Yuan — if Yin Yuan wants to take revenge, he can do it directly at the company, why go around in such a big circle and choose the school.
So, it was Yin Hanxing’s own idea?
An Xumo wondered vacantly. How could this young master think of standing up for Lu Pinghui?
Is it because…… Yin Hanxing likes Lu Pinghui and can’t bear to see the person he likes suffer so he deliberately came close to him and wants to wait for an opportunity to retaliate?
Thinking about it, An Xumo couldn’t help touching his nose.
Then he must take note to stay away from Yin Hanxing in the future. People who like Lu Pinghui…… are certainly birds of the same feather flock together.
An Xumo’s thinking is extremely divergent, but from the very start, he denied all the possibilities that Yin Hanxing had taken the initiative to show his kindness is because he was interested in him.
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The author has something to say:
The love rival has not made great achievements and was strangled to death in the ashes by Xiao Mo himself.
Brother expressed his satisfaction.
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Jie Jie: Poor Hanxing lmao 😂
Chapter 98 – The use of horsewhip and love rival
In the distance, Yin Hanxing and the person in charge chatted for a while before the two of them came their way.
The costume and prop team were still preparing so the two people who were about to be photographed were still free from the time being. The person in charge introduced Yin Hanxing to them and said, “The horse farm is owned by Mr. Yin’s family and he will show us the horses to be used in the shooting later.”
Yin Hanxing was wearing a denim jacket with a pair of Dr. Martens boots on his feet. His hair was simply tidied, looking fresh and handsome. He obviously also recognized An Xumo, without waiting for the person in charge to introduce him, he came up and took the initiative to call out the other party’s name.
“Xiao An? What a coincidence.” Yin Hanxing smiled, “I just sent Jade Rabbit1[Chinese mythology] The Jade Rabbit; alternative name for 月兔 (yuètù, “the Moon Rabbit”). (literary, figuratively) the moon.back. My family asked me to come over to help the crew but I didn’t expect to meet you here.”
The person in charge didn’t expect Yin Hanxing to know An Xumo but he was clearly happy to see the two talking to each other. When someone called him from the side, the person in charge went ahead and only the three people were left in the same place.
It was indeed a coincidence. An Xumo greeted Yin Hanxing and asked, “Jade Rabbit?”
Yin Hanxing looked at An Xumo, his peach blossom eyes were smiling. There was always an illusion of affection when he looked at the person.
“It’s the white horse that we rode together.”
When the two talked, Zhou Jinchen on the side never said a word until he heard this sentence. Blue veins appeared on his forehead and finally opened his mouth and interrupted, “Mr. Yin.”
Yin Hanxing turned his eyes over as if he only saw another person next to him.
He didn’t ask why Zhou Jinchen called him instead he showed a smile but not a smile kind of expression and took the initiative to extend his hand towards Zhou Jinchen, “Mr. Zhou.”
Zhou Jinchen looked at him and the two people’s eyes crossed. Finally, Zhou Jinchen raised his right hand and they simply exchanged a handshake.
An Xumo stood at the side and looked at them curiously, always feeling that the atmosphere between the two was a bit odd. He couldn’t help but say, “Brother Jinchen, did you know each other before?”
The person who answered was Yin Hanxing. He looked at Zhou Jinchen and smiled meaningfully, “Mr. Zhou is so famous, how can anyone not know him?”
Zhou Jinchen narrowed his eyes but did not retort.
This slightly weird atmosphere did not last long. Soon, someone came and told them to put on make-up and change clothes. After hurriedly saying goodbye to Yin Hanxing, An Xumo and Zhou Jinchen went into the dressing room in the wooden house together.
This time, Ming Entertainment’s invitation wasn’t only for the cover, but also to complete a set of more than twenty shots. The shooting process is much more wearisome than ordinary studio shooting. Before the official shooting, they also have to complete a makeup trial.
The team arrived at the meadow at a late hour, coupled with a cloudy day. Today, the light became even more inadequate. After finishing the styling and changing clothes, the team moved to the indoor area where the conditions were satisfactory.
Zhou Jinchen was the first to put on makeup while An Xumo changed clothes and came back. Zhou Jinchen was already standing under the spotlight. He wore a long slim black jacket with a pure white lining on his upper body and dark gray tights on his bottoms, plus a pair of black shiny riding boots, a complete set of riding outfits.
Zhou Jinchen’s appearance is already eye-catching, coupled with these tailor-made clothes, he looks even more aggressive. He simply stood in place which was enough to give people the illusion that they will be burned but can’t help but want to look even more. In addition to the spotlight overhead, the man’s light spread more dazzlingly, so much that the originally messy field at this time seemed to be suddenly pumped out of air, repressed and quiet.
An Xumo missed a beat before he found his breathing.
Ming Entertainment’s two ace photographers have not yet arrived, those present are backup photographers. With Zhou Jinchen’s status, he doesn’t need to receive regular instructions. Coupled with the accumulation of long experience, his natural camera sense also allows him to effortlessly show full tension. Along with the advantage of no dead angle, Zhou Jinchen can easily get the feeling that the photographers desire without even thinking about choosing the most photogenic angle.
No one spoke at the scene and the photographers directly began to shoot. The set was still very quiet, the ‘click’ ‘click’ sounded constantly and every sound is clearly audible.
An Xumo stood not far away from the place, looking at the photos shown on the enlarged screen. The man’s body proportions are excellent, wearing a long black cloak to make his body more slender. The outline of his side profile is stiff and three-dimensional, his brow ridges cast a light shadow over his eyes, and when he faces the camera, it is a kind of aggressive beauty that makes people can’t help but hold their breath.
Every move is a breathtaking experience.
After a brief shot, a staff member handed over the props needed for the shoot. An Xumo looked over only to see that the horsewhip he had taken a fancy to before was held by the slender fingers wrapped in white gloves.
While lying in the long brocade box, the whip handle has attracted An Xumo’s attention but when it was held in the hands of Zhou Jinchen, it really came to life.
The slim-fit riding outfit carried restrictions and restraints similar to uniforms that are somewhat wilder. This contradictory temperament has been perfectly rendered by Zhou Jinchen and the same goes for the horsewhip that is black in body and cold in luster.
It imparts discipline and cold abstinence but gives birth to a deeper desire.
The set was already very quiet but the atmosphere becomes more subtle when the strongly suggestive horsewhip is shown in the light.
There is fear, the torture device made for beast arouse fear from the bottom of people’s heart but at the same time, there is a kind of suppression, forbearance, and explicable expectation that slowly grows out.
A man with handsome eyebrows and a cold face holding a horsewhip, the long and hard whip handle will draw a cold snap in the air. The square whip’s snap shows a hard texture and the pain caused can be imagined at a glance.
It was an overwhelming and high sensual pressure that one couldn’t help but surrender. The desire to be dominated surged from the bottom of one’s heart and even the pain that is supposed to arouse fear has become a gratifying gift. (T/N: Author…please aaahh qaq)
This was supposed to be a makeup trial session but no one cared about the makeup anymore.
As An Xumo watched, he suddenly understood what the little brother had said at that time — this horsewhip was for Mr. Zhou.
Only his temperament can accomplish such a perfect fit.
An Xumo actually did not quite understand why the atmosphere around him was so odd. He only felt that looking at Zhou Jinchen as such, he couldn’t help but feel an indescribable feeling in his heart.
The brother in front of the camera reminded him of the feeling a long time ago, the sun hanging high in the sky, emitting an incomparable dazzling light.
Warm and bright but unattainable.
There was a commotion outside the door, An Xumo looked up and saw the person in charge walking in with a few people followed by the two ace photographers and Yin Hanxing, whom he had just met.
They had just gone to check the environment of the pasture and thus, have just come back. Once they saw Zhou Jinchen under the spotlight, several people also paused for a moment, especially the two photographers as their eyes were all lit up.
Yin Hanxing who was following at the end first glanced at An Xumo who was standing by the monitoring screen and then turned his gaze to Zhou Jinchen. He raised his hand and rubbed the corner of his lips with a meaningful look in his eyes.
Zhou Jinchen’s makeup trial ended. When he left the lighting board, the others were still a bit unresponsive. The person in charge and the two photographers went over to look at the photos that had just been taken, while Zhou Jinchen walked over in the direction of An Xumo.
The man’s dress hasn’t changed and he was still holding the whip. A staff member next to him wanted to take it but he waved his hand and said something to the person.
When Zhou Jinchen walked up to An Xumo, the aura around him was completely different from that in front of the camera.
“Wait until you try it out.” There is a gap in height between the two and Zhou Jinchen lowered his eyes to look at the boy. “Ming Entertainment’s photographers are not the same as other magazines. You don’t have to be nervous, just listen to their requirements.”
His tone remained calm and steady but it doesn’t sound cold at all. “Relax, don’t be nervous.”
An Xumo looked up at him and nodded obediently. Zhou Jinchen glanced back and saw that several of them were still looking at the photos so he handed over what he was holding.
Reaching out to take the whip, An Xumo’s face still had obvious doubts written on it.
“Do you like this?” Zhou Jinchen said, reaching out to cover the back of An Xumo’s hand.
With leather gloves on the back of his hand, he actually doesn’t feel any strange body temperature. It’s just that the man’s movements are gentle and he is very patient in correcting his gestures.
“Like this, put it here and hold it.” Zhou Jinchen taught the correct way of holding the whip to An Xumo, then let go of his hand and let the boy try it himself.
“If you like it, you can use it when riding horses on the location afterwards.”
An Xumo’s eyes lit up for a moment, “Can I use it too?”
“Mm.” Looking at the boy’s expression, Zhou Jinchen couldn’t help but want to touch the other’s hair. However, taking into account the environment, he finally resisted the desire to raise his hand. “The horsewhip is originally for horseback riding.”
A staff member came up to help An Xumo to put on simple makeup, the boy reluctantly returned the whip. Apparently, he had thrown away the unattainable thought he had just a moment ago to an unknown place.
Soon, someone came to call him and under the watchful eyes of Zhou Jinchen, An Xumo walked towards the spotlight and started his own trial shoot.
Unlike Zhou Jinchen just now, this time the person mainly in charge of An Xumo’s shooting was replaced by one of the two new aces. He had a small ponytail at the back of his head and quickly made a lot of requests to An Xumo in front of the camera.
An Xumo’s appearance and camera sense is not bad but compared to Zhou Jinchen, he still needs certain supplementary conditions to get into the shooting state.
While the boy was shooting, Zhou Jinchen was watching not far away, he was still wearing a long black jacket. After reining in the gentleness he had just faced with An Xumo, he looked a little repulsive this time.
However, there is still a person who approached very naturally.
As soon as Zhou Jinchen raised his eyes, he saw Yin Hanxing beside him.
Yin Hanxing raised his hand to gesture and said with a smile, “Don’t look at me so fiercely, Mr. Zhou.”
“Perhaps……” He smiled at the expressionless man, his voice softened so that only the two of them could hear.
“We might even be a family in the future.”
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Let’s see if anyone can guess the meaning of the last sentence correctly.
Xiao Mo (excited): My brother said la, I can use the whip~
Brother (face unchanged): Mm.
Everyone: ……? ? ? ? We may not be thinking of the same usage…….
In fact, my brother wants to teach another one, but he is reluctant.