Chapter 47: Old Man’s Mid-life Love Crisis
“Sister Anna, are you sure?? Really??”
On the other end of the phone, Yu Weixi’s manager said helplessly, “Yes, the prince was originally played by Lin Xiao. However, I heard that Mr. Feng personally went to find him and negotiated with his team to exchange resources. Lin Xiao went to act as the male lead in another major movie. Suddenly being promoted to the male lead of a famous director’s movie, Lin Xiao is extremely happy now.”
Yu Weixi: “…”
Has Feng Yan gone crazy??
Yu Weixi: “Why is Feng Yan acting in a historical idol drama! He’s a major Film Emperor, why is he acting in a fucking historical idol drama!”
Anna smiled. “It’s said that because of the car crash of Linglong Jade before, Film Emperor Feng said that he would get up where he fell and insisted on proving to the audience that”
After a pause, Anna’s tone was a little teasing, “Of course, there is this reason, but none of us believe it.”
“…Then what other reason is there!”
“Hmph.” Anna said, “Xixi, it’s okay to create a ship, and it’s also okay to film with Film Emperor Feng. You’ve always been casual and have no pretense in front of the camera. No one will say anything, but…”
Anna’s tone changed, and she became a little stern, “If you really want to make an official announcement, no.”
Yu Weixi was taken aback.
What????
Anna said seriously, “Think about it. With your current popularity, what will happen to your fans if you make an official announcement? Not to mention that Mr. Feng will be attacked, but your own career will also be in some danger. You’re an idol, you understand?”
Yu Weixi shouted, “Who the fuck wants to make an official announcement! I’m not dating Feng Yan!!”
Super! Loud!
“Mmm, that’s for the best. Don’t act rashly, don’t be impulsive. Impulsiveness is the devil. Most importantly, you must report to the company if you’re in a relationship, you must report to the company! You know?”
“…” The corner of Yu Weixi’s mouth twitched.
“That’s it then. I’ll say it again, you must report it! Of course, in fact, it’s best not to be in a relationship at the moment.”
Yu Weixi “hehe”-ed and hung up.
When had he ever cared about these things? The company had never been able to restrain him.
But…
Yu Weixi lay on the sofa, his thoughts uncontrollably starting to fantasize.
Indeed, with his kind of traffic, if he were to announce his relationship one day, it would only bring harm to Feng Yan… right?
In any case, Yu Weixi couldn’t guarantee what would happen.
…No.
No!
Fuck!
Announce what!!
Yu Weixi slapped his own head.
What am I thinking!
How could I possibly be in a relationship!
—He, Yu Weixi, would die here today, jump down from here, and would not have any relationship with Feng dog that went beyond friendship!
After Yu Weixi washed his face to clear his head, Yu Han returned with Niangao.
These past few days, Yu Weixi had been busy catching up on the work and birthday banquet that had accumulated because of the storm. Yu Han had simply taken Niangao out to play for two days and had just returned home.
“Daddy!!” The moment Niangao stepped into the house, he jumped and pounced into Yu Weixi’s arms.
Yu Han didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. “These two days have been really tough. The first day was fine, but the second day was so noisy… he kept crying and wanting to find you. If I hadn’t taken him to the amusement park to play all sorts of exciting games, I don’t think I would have survived until now.”
Yu Weixi scratched his cheek. “Thank you for your hard work.”
This Niangao… is really becoming more and more inseparable from me.
Why is Niangao becoming more and more clingy to him? Yu Weixi thought. As Niangao grew older and became more conscious and thoughtful, he became more and more afraid of being separated from him. Before, he could still barely go out with Yu Han, but now it was really not possible.
“It’s not hard, it’s not hard.” Yu Han said with a bitter smile, “It’s just that I couldn’t sleep.”
“Ah…?”
Yu Han said, “Niangao couldn’t sleep at night. He said he was afraid you wouldn’t want him anymore.”
“No…!” Niangao wrapped his arms around Yu Weixi’s neck, his face red and his neck stiff. “I, I was obedient!”
Yu Weixi raised an eyebrow.
“Really! Really, really!” Niangao buried his face in Yu Weixi’s neck and said in a muffled voice, “Daddy… I was obedient.”
Seeing that Niangao was about to cry, Yu Han quickly coaxed him, “Mmm… yes, Niangao was very obedient. He even wrote several new pages of homework. You can show them to Daddy later.”
“Mmm!”
Yu Weixi kissed Niangao’s cheek. “Mmm, Niangao is the best. Daddy missed you so much these past few days.”
“Really?”
“Of course. Daddy missed you super much.”
Niangao happily nuzzled Yu Weixi’s neck.
Yu Weixi looked up and saw Yu Han’s gaze. He pinched Niangao. “Good boy, Niangao. Go to your room and make the bed first. Wait for Daddy to come in and tell you a story, okay?”
“Okay!”
After Niangao left, Yu Han and Yu Weixi sat on the sofa. Yu Han served Yu Weixi the nourishing soup he had brought and said, “Xixi, I think Niangao… is very insecure.”
Yu Weixi was taken aback and frowned slightly.
“Niangao is becoming more and more inseparable from you. You’ve also noticed.” Yu Han said helplessly, “And he’s not at ease in his heart.”
Niangao was different from other children. He had a gentle personality and was not naughty, so he was more dependent on his family. And he only had Yu Weixi as a relative, and Yu Weixi was often away from home for work, which naturally made Niangao feel uneasy.
Yu Weixi frowned slightly.
“Mmm…”
Yu Weixi sighed. “It’s my fault…”
He had actually tried very hard to be good to Niangao, but the conditions were always not allowed.
In fact, Yu Weixi had already turned down a lot of work, but he was the number one top-tier celebrity in the industry, not a nine-to-five job.
“What I’m mainly worried about is, I heard from Ah Ze that you and Yan-ge are going to act in Rabbit Immortal together. You’ll be in the production team for at least three months, right? I heard that the filming location is not here, but in the mountains. Then what about Niangao? To take a step back, even if the filming location is here, you can’t go home often.”
Yu Han paused and continued, “Okay, to take three steps back, even if you can go home often, it’s still not enough.”
Yu Weixi drank his soup in silence.
It had been almost a year since Yu Weixi had filmed anything. Ever since that stinky tofu movie with Ji Shilin last year, Yu Weixi hadn’t filmed a TV drama for a long time.
But the company would not allow a blank period in this aspect for too long.
Yu Weixi said in a low voice, “I think… maybe I can bring Niangao to the set…”
Yu Han was taken aback, then smiled. “You should have done that a long time ago.”
“I’m just worried that others will gossip about Niangao.” Yu Weixi frowned. “I don’t like that.”
“Who cares what others say? In any case, this is your ‘nephew’.” Yu Han shook his head. “Niangao needs your company.”
Yu Weixi looked at the room with some worry. The small figure was inside, diligently and trying hard to make the bed.
He couldn’t leave Niangao alone anymore. Then he could only…
Yu Weixi took a deep breath. In any case, he just had to protect Niangao well outside.
It was naturally risky to expose Niangao to the camera, but if this continued, it would be really unhealthy for Niangao’s mind.
“Right.” Yu Han glanced at the large bouquet of roses on the sofa on the side and said with a smile, “Who sent that?”
Yu Weixi: “…”
Yu Han rested his chin on his hand and whistled teasingly. “Oh my, who sent it? Xixi is even blushing.”
“…Shut up!”
“Tsk tsk.” Yu Han blinked and said gossipy, “Yan-ge didn’t confess on your birthday, did he??”
“…”
“Woc, he really confessed?? Are you two together??? No wonder you’re going to film a drama together!”
“…”
“No, I mean, Xixi…” Yu Han was both happy and worried. “Then you two have to control yourselves in front of the camera! If this gets exposed, it will be difficult to clean up the public opinion! But still, congratulations to you two. Ah, why didn’t you say, we…”
“Shut up!!” Yu Weixi said angrily, “We’re not together!”
“Ah…?” Yu Han’s eyes widened, and he looked at the bouquet with confusion.
Then what’s going on?
“We’re! Not! Together!” Yu Weixi said, “I didn’t agree! OK?”
“…Why?”
Yu Weixi turned his head away.
Yu Han frowned. “Why… don’t you like him?”
Yu Weixi lowered his head and didn’t speak.
“None of your business.”
Yu Han paused, then seemed to understand a little.
“Xixi… isn’t it good to give someone a chance?”
“I just don’t want to be in a relationship.” Yu Weixi drank the soup and muttered, hugging his knees, “One or two, so nosy.”
“No, Xixi…” Yu Han opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.
He had followed Yu Weixi all the way, so he naturally understood a little.
Yu Weixi just liked him too much, and had liked him for too long.
So long that he had no expectations, and the liking had turned into fear.
If they were never together, then they would not lose, would not be hurt. But if they were together, then the person he liked, if Feng Yan didn’t want him in the future, then what would he do?
Yu Weixi didn’t dare and couldn’t bear to lose a second time.
Or rather, not only was Yu Weixi afraid to bear this responsibility, but he also didn’t want to give himself away.
“But Xixi, you know how Yan-ge treats you.” Yu Han frowned. “If you don’t make it clear, aren’t you just taking advantage of his kindness to you? Xixi, you have to understand. You like Yan-ge, so you covet his kindness to you and have been tacitly allowing it. But you don’t give him an answer, and you keep stringing him along to be good to you. That’s not good.”
Yu Weixi was taken aback.
He… had never thought of it that way.
That’s not what I mean!
“I…” Yu Weixi opened his mouth.
“I know you don’t mean that, but Xixi, you have to sort it out and think it through.”
Yu Weixi was silent.
After Yu Han left, Yu Weixi was still thinking about this problem even when he was snuggled in the covers with Niangao.
That’s right…
It’s really not good for him to treat Feng Yan like this.
But he has thought it through. He doesn’t care about Feng Yan being good to me, and he will draw a clear line with him.
It was just…
The moment Yu Weixi thought of entering the production team in a few days and acting as a couple with Feng Yan, he felt troubled.
Ma le ge bo, what kind of human suffering is this!
…
While Yu Weixi was struggling, Feng Yan was actually also troubled.
Feng Yan sent a WeChat message to Yan Xingcai.
Feng Yan: Why didn’t he accept my confession?
Yan Xingcai: …?
Feng Yan described the situation at the time of the confession to Yan Xingcai.
Yan Xingcai: …
Yan Xingcai: I feel sorry for you.
Yan Xingcai: Maybe you didn’t perform well enough… not enough to make him feel at ease to be with you…
Feng Yan: Then besides continuing to be good to him, is there any other way?
Yan Xingcai: You can try to be good to the people around him. First, win over the people around him and get a wave of good feelings.
Yan Xingcai was trying hard to give Feng Yan some ideas.
Yan Xingcai: When my husband was chasing me back then, it was also like this. The people around me were all praising him.
Feng Yan thought about it. Indeed, before, Yan Xingcai’s husband would also ask him out for a drink.
So Feng Yan thought for a moment and logged into Taobao.
T/N: “Taobao” is a major Chinese online shopping platform, similar to Amazon.
Feng Yan waved his hand and directly ordered countless new and strange toys.
Feng Yan had decided. He was going to start with Niangao!
The thing Yu Weixi cared about most was that child who had come from who knows where. Then he naturally had to get closer to that little friend.
Feng Yan seriously wrote a lot in his memo.
Ah, what kind of human suffering is this.
