CH 36
Further off in the distance, Song Wen could be heard shouting vigorously along with the soft murmurs of two screenwriters discussing the plot. Ye Fei’s fingertips trembled; he had never realized more clearly than this moment that Yan Xiao was not just in love with him.
A minor illness that Ye Fei did not mind was treated as a major event by him.
What Yan Xiao had given in care and love was not received by Ye Fei in two lifetimes. He took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down. “How did you know I was here?”
“I asked Gu Ruijia.” Yan Xiao deftly replied.
“Why didn’t you tell me in advance?” Ye Fei questioned once more. Yan Xiao looked away, trying not to meet eyes with him.
“You probably don’t want me to come.” His voice was slightly lower than usual.
“Is the company busy?” Ye Fei knew that Feixiao Technology’s latest game had not passed review by the authorities. The whole company was working towards getting approval. Furthermore, Yan Xiao was working on the development of Feixiao Video. This would culminate in a substantial workload.
“Not busy..” Yan Xiao paused, and under Ye Fei’s unceasing gaze, he rethought his words, “I can work online.”
“President Yan!” Before Ye Fei could say anything, a breathless voice interrupted. Ye Fei turned his head and found a member of the field management team.
“President Ye,” the young man in his early twenties faced Ye Fei and Yan Xiao at the same time, his whole body trembling in terror. He greeted Ye Fei first, before turning to Yan Xiao, “Your luggage has been delivered to the door of President Ye’s room.”
Ye Fei caught on to the key phrase of the message. “My room?”
“Yeah,” the groundskeeper scratched his head naively and told Ye Fei, “Our boss said so.” After a pause, he asked, “Do you have any other orders?”
Ye Fei thanked him, said “no more”, and sent him away.
It made sense. In the eyes of others, he and Yan Xiao were legal husbands, of course they had to sleep in the same room.
As soon as the field manager left, the two of them did not have time to say a word before Song Wen brought a group of people to greet Yan Xiao again.
Luckily for them, after these successive interruptions, Ye Fei’s chaotic thoughts calmed down and in the end, he had regained his unflappable composure.
“You guys are busy, don’t worry about us,” Ye Fei knew that Yan Xiao did not like to socialize, so he dealt with them and ended their conversation quickly. “I’ll take him to see where he lives first.”
“Okay,” Song Wen nodded, “Come to me if you need anything.”
“At this point, are we strangers?” Ye Fei smiled and turned to the rest of the crew. “President Yan has already ordered something to treat you, and it will be delivered at noon tomorrow. If you have anything to eat, you can report tonight to the assistant director, I’ll be in charge of ordering. ”
Ye Fei’s lips were upturned in a smile, though his eyes were filled with cunning. “Seeing that our President Yan is so generous, we should make proper use of his offer. Give President Yan a lesson and let him see the combat effectiveness of our crew.”
As soon as these words came out, the crew cheered. With this boost to morale, the weirdness in the staff’s hearts died down as they rubbed their hands in anticipation.
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“I know.” Ye Fei expressed his thoughts, “I said it on purpose, don’t worry about it, I’ll arrange the rest.” Yan Xiao was the largest investor in?<<Super Time Redemption>>. If he did not do something for the crew when he came, then Yan Xiao would have been viewed with suspicion due to his sudden visit. Of course, Yan Xiao would not care about reassuring their hardworking team.
But Ye Fei did. Ye Fei was unable to tolerate the thought of Yan Xiao being criticized, even for something as simple as this.
“Okay.” Although he still could not understand Ye Fei’s intentions, Yan Xiao acquiesced. Of all the people in the world, the only one who could make Yan Xiao agree without compromise or principles was Ye Fei.
Ye Fei silently laughed at the one who had no idea about interpersonal relationships. For Feixiao to develop to its current state, Cheng Minghao had really put in a substantial effort.
The two walked through an alley and arrived at the place where the crew rented. It was a rural area consisting of a row of peasant cottages. The one where Ye Fei was staying was on the outermost side, and it was much more sturdy and intact compared to other houses. Ye Fei opened the door for Yan Xiao to enter. “Tonight President Yan has to lower himself to live with the humble me.”
Rather than comment, Yan Xiao visibly glanced away when he looked inside. What was going on here? Ye Fei was puzzled as he followed Yan Xiao’s line of sight.
Oh. Ye Fei had forgotten that he had unpacked a new set of disposable underwear this morning, used one, and threw the rest by the pillow. It was this sight that greeted Yan Xiao.
Ye Fei was thick-skinned and lacked shame. He walked over to put away the bag of underwear, and said with a smile, “President Yan, what are you thinking?”
Yan Xiao looked at him quietly for a while before he put down his luggage. His eyes traced over Ye Fei’s face, lingering on his eyebrows.
“I’m thinking of you, Ye Fei.” Yan Xiao twitched his fingers, as if he wanted to touch Ye Fei, but self-restraint held on. “Am I making you uncomfortable by taking initiative?”
For a moment, Ye Fei’s heart seemed to be tangled and pulled by dense silk threads, and there was an endless dull pain.
“I only have a bad throat right now,” he lowered his eyes to shield his inner thoughts and changed the subject, “When are you leaving?”
It took Yan Xiao a long time to understand what Ye Fei meant. Although he could not read Ye Fei’s expression, Yan Xiao’s mood was obviously lighter than before.
“Tomorrow, the company is preparing to build the new Feixiao Building, and I need to go back and confirm the design plan.”
After a while, he called Ye Fei’s name.
“Hm?”
“Can we meet occasionally?” Yan Xiao said, and hurriedly followed up. “When you’re not busy.”
The words “occasionally” and “not busy” were like two heavy hammers hitting Ye Fei’s chest hard. His eyes soured, and he took a while to flatten his voice.
“Okay.” Not wanting Yan Xiao to go on, he grabbed a few pieces of clothes at random. “I’m going to take a bath, can you wash up later?” Yan Xiao accepted this, and nodded.
“Do you need me to avoid looking at you?”
“Are you from the Qing Dynasty?” They were both men, and doors existed; what’s with the sudden need to look away?
Yan Xiao did not know what to reply, and was about to report his birthdate. Then he caught on; Ye Fei was joking, and so he did not speak.
“No need.” Ye Fei did not want to trouble him further and walked to the bathroom while continuing to talk. “You can do what you want, I’ll be done soon.”
When Ye Fei came out, Yan Xiao was working at the desk, and the room was filled with the sound of the keyboard’s clacks. Ye Fei was filled with an inexplicable sense of grievance as he watched a tall and broad man crouched at a stool with no back, typing away.
“Go ahead,” Ye Fei put the wet towel on the hanger and fiddled with the wet hair on his forehead, “Did you bring your toiletries? You can use mine if you did not.”
He had just gotten out of the shower and was wearing a voluminous T-shirt, revealing large swaths of steamed-pink skin. Water droplets dripped down from the end of his hair, beading around his shoulders before finally vanishing into the chest that was hidden by his T-shirt.
Furthermore, he was wearing white, and the wet shirt clung to his body, barely hiding the slender curve of his body.
Lively, fragrant and delicious.
“Yan Xiao, Yan Xiao?” Ye Fei called him several times but the other failed to respond. He could not help but shove at him and teased Yan Xiao, “What are you thinking, come back.”
Yan Xiao’s Adam’s apple rolled, and he robotically got to his feet, looking as though he had lost his soul. Ye Fei had no choice but to repeat what he just said.
Yan Xiao gazed at him before he slowly mumbled, “I didn’t bring mine, I’ll use yours.”
“Okay, then you can go,” Ye Fei sat on the bed, picked up his phone and opened Weibo, “There is still a lot of hot water.”
“Okay.” Yan Xiao obediently went to the bathroom.
By the time they both finished washing up, it was past eleven o’clock.
“Do you want to rest or continue working?” Ye Fei asked Yan Xiao while he flung his slippers off. He was used to the action of kicking off his shoes, and threw them off one by one. Yan Xiao bent down, straightened his slippers, glanced over the two side-by-side pillows, and replied, “Rest.”
“You’re done with your work?” Yan Xiao asked subconsciously. Yan Xiao quickly jabbed at the dismiss call button when he saw Cheng Minghao’s name, set the phone to mute, and maintained that he had finished his work.
Ye Fei glanced at him with a half-smile, but chose not to point out his lie. “Then go to sleep. Since you’re outside, you can turn it off.”
Yan Xiao let out an “hm”, climbed onto the bed with an expressionless face, turned off the light, and laid flat beside Ye Fei.
There was no soundproofing in the farmer’s house, and the sound of laughter and noise from outside can be heard into the house from time to time, forming a sharp contrast with the quietness in the room. As his eyes gradually got used to the darkness, Yan Xiao turned his head slightly, and clearly saw the side profile of Ye Fei’s face, which was beautiful and three-dimensional.
It was the first time they were so close. As long as Yan Xiao turned around, he could completely wrap Ye Fei in his arms.
But he did nothing. After a long, long time, the noise outside had calmed down.
“Ye Fei, are you asleep?” Yan Xiao suddenly called Ye Fei’s name. Ye Fei did not answer; he must have fallen asleep.
So, Yan Xiao turned sideways, reached out and touched his face very lightly.
Unbeknownst to him, in the darkness, Ye Fei’s eyelashes moved.
Because Yan Xiao’s phone was muted and he did not reply to his WeChat message, Cheng Minghao could not find him. It was not as if there was anything urgent, but he just wanted to ask Yan Xiao when he would be back so that they could arrange a meeting about the new Feixiao Building.
“He still hasn’t picked up yet. Could he still be asleep? What did he do last night?” Cheng Minghao threw the phone onto the front passenger seat with a sly smirk, and slowed down to enter the parking lot.
Unexpectedly, the barrier at the entrance was slow to rise.
“What’s the situation?” Cheng Minghao stopped the car, rolled down the window and asked the security guard.
“Mr. Cheng, is your car a new one?” The security guard glanced at it and said, “The license plate information has not been entered.”
The parking lot of Feixiao Technology could only be used by Feixiao Technology’s staff. When employees joined the company, they needed to report their license plate numbers to the administrative department. Then, the administrative department would enter them into the system. This way, the electronic system would recognize the license plate number and allow them in.
“It is indeed a new one, but my assistant has already addressed the administration department.” Cheng Minghao frowned, got out of the car and told the security guard, “Ask the administration department what’s going on.”
The security guard nodded, said a few words into the earphone, and then turned to Cheng Minghao: “Mr. Cheng, please wait a moment, they’re checking it.”
Cheng Minghao gave a “hm”, took out a pack of cigarettes, offered one to the security guard, and waited while smoking.
He did not put on airs and could talk to anyone in the company. The security guard was not afraid of him either. After chatting with him for a while, he suddenly said, “I haven’t seen President Yan in the past two days.”
“Your President Yan went to the northwest to find his family.” Cheng Minghao exhaled a smoke ring and smiled. The security guard was dumbfounded but was quick to respond with praise.
“President Yan and President Ye have a really good relationship.” Cheng Minghao gave a chuckle. What a fart! It was obvious that Yan Xiao was the one shaving his head due to the heat, but the other party could not be bothered.
Just as Cheng Minghao was about to say something else and divert the topic, he heard the security guard say again, “I have seen President Ye before, and he is very good-looking. That day, President Yan was accidentally hit by a billboard, which made President Ye anxious. The fellow even ran over to have a look!”
Cheng Minghao’s eyes widened. His mouth opened, letting his cigarette fall to the ground. “What did you say?”