After Secretly Having the Film Emperor’s Child 42

Chapter 42: Turning Point

“Xixi, be good. Don’t cry…”

In the car, Feng Yan hugged Yu Weixi and gently patted his back with a smile. “I’m the one who’s injured. Why are you the one crying?”

“I told you I’m not… hic, crying!” Yu Weixi sat up and wiped his eyes fiercely. “Who’s crying?!”

Feng Yan went along with him, “I’m crying.”

“Mmm, right.” Yu Weixi sniffled and desperately wiped the traces from his face with his sleeve.

Yu Weixi paused and said in a hoarse voice, “Does it really not hurt? Your hand.”

“It doesn’t hurt.” Feng Yan shook his head.

Yu Weixi nodded and started the car’s engine.

The car drove steadily towards their residential complex.

Feng Yan thought that since he was injured, Yu Weixi probably wouldn’t have the heart to leave him on the side of the road, so he asked, “Xixi, what happened four years ago?”

Yu Weixi paused and frowned slightly.

Feng Yan held up his fingers and said slowly, “There are three things we need to do now. One, find your alibi at the time of the incident. Two, compare your schedule with the evidence posted by President Li’s wife to find an alibi. Three, investigate President Li and the video. Four, explain the bracelet.”

“Let’s start with the simplest. What’s with the bracelet?”

Yu Weixi told Feng Yan about the bracelet exchange back then.

Feng Yan frowned slightly.

Feng Yan said, “The third item needs to be changed. Investigate President Li, the video, and Luo Yucheng.”

In that case, combined with what Director Zheng Xinhe had said, the person that night was Luo Yucheng. As for why he had left a flaw, that needed to be investigated further.

“The company and Sister Anna are already helping me collect my schedule to compare with President Li’s wife’s photos.” Yu Weixi shrugged. “They said that almost none of them match. They’ll release it all at once when they’re done.”

Feng Yan nodded.

Feng Yan said, “I’ll investigate President Li’s side. Then… the last one. Where were you when the incident happened?”

Yu Weixi: “…”

Yu Weixi thought for a moment and said ambiguously, “Anyway, I didn’t go, but there’s no evidence to prove that I didn’t go.”

“?”

Yu Weixi continued to explain, “Just… President Li asked me out that night. I hesitated outside the hotel for a while, went into the waiting hall and stood there for a while, and then left.”

“Then where did you go?”

“…None of your business.”

Feng Yan said helplessly, “Xixi, if you don’t tell me, how can I investigate?”

“I told you not to investigate. There will be no results!”

“Then at least tell me where you went. Is it a secret?”

…

“Xixi?”

Yu Weixi said angrily, “I went to eat at McX-Lao, O-fucking-K?!”

Feng Yan: “…”

Feng Yan: “???”

Yu Weixi pouted.

At that time, he had been looking at Feng Yan’s advertisement in the waiting hall, and then he had made up his mind. He had his own pride.

Yu Weixi had left the hotel. It was already midnight. Yu Weixi suddenly felt a little wronged, wronged to death. So Yu Weixi had gone to eat a fat otaku happy meal to comfort himself.

He had always been working hard and taking care of his figure, but today, reality seemed to be telling him that no matter how hard he worked, it was useless.

So Yu Weixi had eaten that day.

Feng Yan: “Is it the McX-Lao that I know?”

Yu Weixi: “What McX-Lao do you not know?”

“…” Feng Yan was speechless. “Why did you suddenly want to eat that…”

“I’ll eat whatever I love to eat. It’s none of your business.”

“…Oh.” As expected of a child, the old man thought.

“Right, that sasaeng fan in the parking lot…” Feng Yan paused and frowned. “I don’t think he’s a sasaeng fan, but a hater. It’s also possible that he’s a fan of Luo Yucheng. In any case, this matter can’t just be left like this.”

“Of course.” Yu Weixi glanced at Feng Yan’s bandaged hand, his eyes darkening. “Of course we have to pursue it.”

“Let’s do it later. Anyway, that girl is in the police station now. The organizers also have to give everyone an explanation.” Feng Yan shook his head. Yu Weixi’s fans were all battle-crazed demons. How could they let this go so easily.

“Mmm.” Yu Weixi nodded.

Feng Yan glanced at Yu Weixi’s still red eyes, which still held traces of his emotional outburst just now.

Feng Yan’s heart was a field of softness.

Yu Weixi doesn’t hate me. On the contrary, he trusts me.

It’s just that for some reason, the little friend is not good at expressing his affection, nor is he good at accepting others’ affection.

Realizing this, Feng Yan suddenly felt that the wound on his hand didn’t hurt at all.

The two of them rarely got along peacefully and rode back in the same car.

…

After returning home, he saw Niangao, who had also just returned not long ago, sitting on the sofa watching TV.

“Daddy!”

Seeing Yu Weixi return, Niangao would always pounce on him enthusiastically, every day.

Yu Weixi picked up Niangao and took him to take a shower.

After they both finished showering and came out, Yu Weixi saw a missed call and a message from the security guard, saying that there was a delivery, a package and a meal box, and asked if Yu Weixi wanted him to bring it up.

Yu Weixi replied “thank you.”

Why is there another package? Yu Weixi thought.

Before showering, Yu Weixi had indeed ordered a takeout. Yu Weixi thought that since Feng Yan always sent him food, he wanted to order some nourishing soup for Feng Yan as well, to repay him. After all, his hand was injured like this because of him.

But that package… who had sent him something?

Anyway, he would know when he opened it. Yu Weixi couldn’t be bothered to care and directly called Feng Yan to come and get it.

When the security guard brought the things up, Feng Yan had also just finished showering and came over in a bathrobe.

Yu Weixi glanced at Feng Yan. The old man’s hair was still wet at this moment, and the gray bathrobe was loosely draped over his body. He didn’t look old at all.

Yu Weixi pouted and said with contempt, even in a bathrobe, he has to be so coquettish and imposing. He must think he’s filming a promotional video.

“Xixi is so considerate.” Feng Yan took the takeout, smiled, and reached out to pinch Yu Weixi’s face.

“Get lost.” Yu Weixi rolled his eyes and slapped Feng Yan’s paw away.

Feng Yan rubbed his nose and turned to pinch Niangao’s soft cheek.

“Yan-gege, hold me!” Niangao opened his arms towards Feng Yan.

In Yu Weixi’s murderous gaze, Feng Yan was bold and directly picked up Niangao, holding his takeout and swaggering into Yu Weixi’s home.

“What are you doing…!”

“I’ll eat at your place. I’ll go back after I eat.”

Seeing Feng Yan directly and familiarly sitting at his table, getting a bowl and drinking the soup, Yu Weixi bared his teeth.

“Daddy, what’s that?”

After Feng Yan sat down, Niangao jumped off him and ran back to Yu Weixi, hugging his leg. “Daddy, hold me.”

“You little bastard, you have no bones.” Yu Weixi smiled and patted Niangao, picking him up and letting him sit on his lap. He, on the other hand, took a pair of scissors and opened the package. Nuomi was nestled by Yu Weixi’s feet, resting against him.

Nuomi had already grown from a kitten to a small cat. It was much bigger and fatter than before. Its white fur was smooth and soft, looking very noble.

Feng Yan, on the side, saw the big one and the two small ones being affectionately all snuggled up together and couldn’t help but curl his lips.

This must be a home with warmth, Feng Yan thought.

And on the other side, after Yu Weixi cut open the box, he was a little surprised.

The inside was sealed and preserved very well, layer by layer. But even so, there was still a fishy smell coming from the package.

Yu Weixi was a little speechless.

It can’t be that that idiot Yao Xuhe has sent him some fresh fish again, right?

Yu Weixi began to consider whether to kick Yao Xuhe out of the group.

However, after opening it layer by layer, Yu Weixi found that it was not food.

“…!!”

Yu Weixi’s face turned pale with fright, and he directly threw the box away.

Then he heard Niangao’s scream.

At that moment, Feng Yan’s heart almost stopped. He immediately threw down his spoon and ran to their side.

“Wuwuwuwu, Daddy!!!”

Feng Yan saw Niangao holding on tightly to Yu Weixi, his head buried in Yu Weixi’s chest, trembling with fear. Yu Weixi also immediately hugged Niangao and stood up, moving away from the box.

Feng Yan turned his head and saw dark blood slowly flowing out of the box that had been thrown on the floor. The air was filled with a fishy smell of blood and a rotten stench.

Feng Yan went up to check and saw that in the box… was a cat’s head.

The black cat’s eyes were still wide open, as if it had died with a grievance.

Feng Yan’s gaze darkened.

…Here we go again.

Those lunatics.

On the side, Niangao was still crying, so scared that he kept hiccuping. Yu Weixi hugged him and patted his back to comfort him.

“Niangao, don’t be afraid, don’t be afraid. Daddy is here…”

Niangao was crying so hard he was out of breath. Yu Weixi held him tightly and kept kissing his cheek.

“It’s okay, that’s fake, fake.”

Feng Yan quickly put on a pair of disposable gloves, stuffed the cat’s head into the box, threw it into the trash can outside, and then took a mop to wipe the bloodstains on the floor.

“Good boy, Niangao… don’t cry, don’t cry.” Yu Weixi knelt on one knee and kept wiping Niangao’s tears with a handkerchief.

Feng Yan didn’t have time to comfort Niangao for the time being. He threw away the cat’s head, mopped the floor, and then immediately took a disinfectant to disinfect the floor, the mop, and his hands.

And because Niangao was frightened and had been crying his heart out, and the smell of blood was too strong, he felt nauseous and threw up all over the floor.

Yu Weixi’s heart ached. He kept patting Niangao’s back.

After a whole night of fuss, after cleaning up and coaxing Niangao, it was already the latter half of the night.

Feng Yan had already cleaned the floor, using a strong disinfectant and fragrance to cover the fishy smell. And Yu Weixi sat on the side, holding Niangao. Yu Weixi gently patted Niangao’s back.

Niangao had just recovered and was lying in Yu Weixi’s arms, hiccuping.

Feng Yan sat down next to Niangao and reached out to ruffle his hair. “Niangao, don’t be afraid. It’s gone.”

Niangao nodded.

Yu Weixi glanced at Feng Yan’s hand and said in a low voice, “I’m sorry…”

Feng Yan was already injured, and he still had to help him mop the floor and do chores.

“It’s okay. It’s not like I only have this one hand.” Feng Yan smiled. “It’s no trouble.”

“It’s very late now.” Feng Yan ruffled Niangao’s hair and said gently, “Niangao should go to sleep.”

Niangao, however, held on tightly to Yu Weixi, kept shaking his head, and kept looking at the table from just now.

Seeing this, Feng Yan asked Yu Weixi, “How about… you guys come over to my place to sleep tonight?”

…

…?

Yu Weixi’s eyes widened.

Feng Yan said, “Niangao is scared. I don’t think he can sleep in this house. You guys come over.”

“…” Yu Weixi frowned slightly.

“Don’t worry.” Feng Yan smiled. “I have an empty guest room. You guys can sleep there.”

Yu Weixi glanced at Niangao, who was curled up in his arms, and could only nod.

…

Feng Yan’s home was as clean as ever, with a simple and even uninteresting, old-fashioned black and white style.

It was completely different from Yu Weixi’s somewhat messy and colorful mix.

Niangao had not yet truly recovered. At this moment, his face was pale as he lay on Yu Weixi’s shoulder and stared at Feng Yan blankly.

“Is Niangao tired? I’ll go make you some milk, and then we’ll go to sleep, okay?” Feng Yan tapped Niangao’s nose.

Niangao said softly, “Thank you, Yan-gege.”

Yu Weixi’s eyes widened.

“You know how to make milk…?”

“Mmm-hmm.” Feng Yan rubbed his nose. “When you were drunk before, I learned on the spot.”

“…”

Alright then.

Yu Weixi’s face was a little red.

What is this…

After settling down and taking care of everything, Yu Weixi lay on the bed, holding Niangao. Feng Yan sat on the side, watching over them, reading a book with a weak table lamp on.

The room was silent, so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

After a moment, Yu Weixi fell asleep. He was already prone to drowsiness, and after experiencing so much today, including the fact that just now, it wasn’t just Niangao, but Yu Weixi, who had opened the box, was even more scared. It was just that he was a father, and he couldn’t show weakness.

Seeing that Yu Weixi and Niangao were both sleeping quietly with their eyes closed, Feng Yan stood up and turned off the light.

With a “click,” the light was turned off, but Niangao was scared again and opened his eyes, blinking at Feng Yan.

Feng Yan paused and asked gently, “What’s wrong? Can’t you sleep?”

Niangao nodded.

Feng Yan sat down again. “Then I’ll tell you a story. After I’m done, you have to go to sleep, okay?”

“Okay…!” Niangao’s eyes were sparkling.

A story…!

“Let me find one for you.”

Feng Yan rummaged through a small cabinet on the side, wanting to find a suitable one to read to Niangao.

Ah.

This one will do.

Feng Yan took out the book The Little Prince.

Niangao looked at the little boy on the dark blue cover and immediately became curious.

Feng Yan randomly flipped to a page and slowly read in a steady and pleasant voice.

“The first night, I slept on the sand, and for thousands of miles around, it was a deserted area. I was even more helpless than a sailor who had encountered a shipwreck in the vast sea. So you can imagine how surprised I was when a slight and strange voice woke me up at dawn. This voice said, ‘Please… draw me a sheep.'”

…

The night grew deeper. Feng Yan read more and more, and Niangao listened more and more intently.

“On the little prince’s planet, there was a beautiful rose…”

“…Although the little prince was very willing to love and protect her, he soon became suspicious. The little prince always took her words seriously, but many of the things she said were actually just said casually, which made the little prince very unhappy.”

In fact, Niangao didn’t understand much, but he still found it pleasant to listen to and kept asking questions.

“Why did the little prince go on a journey? Isn’t the rose the little prince’s wife?” Niangao rested his chin on his hand and asked.

“Because the little prince doesn’t understand love.” Feng Yan didn’t know the real answer either. This was all philosophy, so he could only tell Niangao what he understood.

“Doesn’t the little prince love the rose?”

“He does.”

“Then how could he run away? The rose would be eaten by insects and blown by the wind if she were alone.” Niangao pouted, “The book says so.”

“Maybe… the little prince was too young and didn’t understand what love was, didn’t understand the meaning behind the rose’s affectations, didn’t understand how to get along with the rose. The rose’s thoughts were too delicate, too sensitive, and also too sharp and proud.” Feng Yan lowered his eyes. “So he ran away, he escaped.”

“Oh…” Niangao seemed to understand, but not really.

“Then will the little prince come back?”

“He will.”

“Alright, go to sleep.” Feng Yan pinched Niangao’s cheek. “Good night.”

After listening to the story, Niangao gradually fell asleep.

Feng Yan pulled the covers up for the two of them.

Under the night sky, the big one and the small one hugged each other and fell asleep quietly.

Feng Yan smiled and also pulled the floor-to-ceiling window shut.

“Good night… my babies.”

The next day, Yu Weixi’s side had completely controlled the comments, suppressing both President Ye’s water army and the haters.

It had started with Director Zheng Xinhe. From the moment he spoke, the situation had changed a little.

And then it was Chu Qing. Chu Qing posted on Weibo, detailing the matter of the bracelet exchange back then.

Chu Qing’s account was very, very detailed. He must have thought about it for a long time.

Then it was the members of Yu Weixi’s group. They all came out to support Yu Weixi, saying that they believed in his character.

What was unexpected was that not only the boy band members and all the mentors of All-Round Teen Idol, but also other actors, idols, directors, and industry insiders all came out to speak up for Yu Weixi, like passing the torch in the Olympics.

In the end, almost half of the entertainment industry was backing Yu Weixi.

Among them, there might have been some who were riding on the hype, and some who were following the trend, but Yu Weixi—his good popularity was confirmed.

The various fanbases found it magical.

Yu Weixi was clearly a contrarian, but how did he have so many friends?

And then, Yu Weixi’s company issued a lawyer’s letter and attached a schedule that was compared with President Li’s wife’s.

With this comparison, when President Li was cheating, Yu Weixi was either abroad or on tour. Almost none of them matched.

@EntertainmentBaBaBa:

XXXX: I’m starting to feel that something is not right. Could it be that someone is targeting Yu Weixi? After all, he’s such a big contrarian. It’s not strange that he has offended people.

XXXX: The person above, our Xixi is just straightforward. He doesn’t just randomly offend people, okay? Look who’s speaking up for him this time? How many people are there? Basically, Xixi has only offended one person, right? That bitch!

XXXX: This matter feels inseparable from a certain white lotus whose persona has collapsed! Yesterday, Xixi’s fans analyzed and even used a color picker to compare the skin color of Yu Weixi and Luo Yucheng’s hands from four years ago with the hand in the video. It corresponds to Luo Yucheng’s hand, not Yu Weixi’s. You know what I mean, right?

XXXX: Chu Qing also said about the bracelet. If Chu Qing’s words are credible, then… hehe, you know what I mean, right?

XXXX: Even if Chu Qing’s words are not credible, there’s still Zheng Xinhe. Could it be that a big director’s words are not credible?

XXXX: Mmm… I, a passerby fan, am starting to feel a little sorry for Yu Weixi. He’s been splashed with so much dirty water.

XXXX: The matter has not yet come to light. Xixi’s fans, don’t be so self-moved and self-congratulatory, okay? I still believe that little Yu is a kind person. It’s too pitiful to be forced into this by Xixi’s fans.

The internet was in an uproar.

And Luo Yucheng… he was starting to panic.

He really hadn’t expected Yu Weixi’s fate to be so hard. Even at this point, he couldn’t be hammered to death. Not only could he not be hammered to death, but he could also turn the tables and lead the black water back to him.

Luo Yucheng’s image had already collapsed. Now, encountering this matter, he could not gain an advantage. Most people on the internet now suspected Luo Yucheng and felt that all of this was his conspiracy.

But if anything else was dug up, Luo Yucheng knew that he would be finished. He really wouldn’t be able to stay in the industry.

So… Luo Yucheng went to find Chu Qing.

He had to go all in…!

Just as Chu Qing had finished recording All-Round Teen Idol and was about to go home, he saw Luo Yucheng block his way.

“Let’s talk?”

Chu Qing frowned slightly and was about to turn and leave.

“Mr. Chu.”

Luo Yucheng blocked Chu Qing’s way and smiled. “You’ll regret it if you don’t talk to me.”

Luo Yucheng took out his phone and showed Chu Qing a photo.

Chu Qing was first taken aback, then he sneered.

“Okay, I’ll talk to you.” With that, Chu Qing secretly fumbled in his pocket for the recording pen he always carried with him, just in case.