Chapter 71: Qingbao’s Little Red Book
Huo Li stared blankly at the score. In the front, there were two lines, and in the back, it had become three.
In the end, the three lines were indistinguishable from each other.
“I like it very much,” he said, his voice hoarse.
To be honest, he didn’t quite understand the song. He only knew that the music was very diverse but also very beautiful and gentle.
But he still liked it, very, very much.
He lowered his gaze with a smile. “This is my happiest birthday.”
It was also the first time. Before, he had never celebrated his birthday, mainly because there was no one around.
“Really…?” Chu Qing lowered his head, a little happy.
“Mmm,” he said, and hugged him, the strength of his embrace tightening slightly. He rested his head on his shoulder and took a deep breath. “Qingbao, why are you so good? I’m so in love with you I’m going crazy.”
His tone was even a little unsteady, with an unconcealable excitement.
In any case, there was no one on the loft. He didn’t care about anything and just pulled him into his arms and kissed his lips.
“Ngh…”
The kiss came passionately and roughly, and he grabbed his shoulder, feeling as if he had been invaded.
His nostrils were filled with the man’s scent. He closed his eyes and tried to respond.
A moment later, he, with a flushed face, patted his shoulder, signaling him to stop.
His eyes darkened, but he directly pressed him against the wall behind him and continued.
With a “thump,” he only felt himself hit the wooden wall, and then, as if he had been nailed to the wall, he was kissed fiercely.
“Huo… Sir… ngh…”
He kicked his legs slightly.
It took him a long time to let him go.
His lips were broken, and he looked at him with a red face, panting.
Bastard, bastard… old rogue…!
He still had a righteous look on his face and said with a smile, “I like you, Chu Qing.”
He was stunned.
“I really, really like you,” he said. “I’m so happy… you’ve written me into your future.”
He lowered his head and turned his head away shyly.
“I…”
He responded in a low voice, “After meeting Mr. Huo, the moonlight every night is incredibly beautiful.”
His voice was gentle and elegant, and his smile was like a clear breeze on a pond.
He had already looked up the meaning of “moonlight.” Now he finally understood that he was confessing to him.
He was even more excited. “I also, I also think the moonlight is very beautiful! I also especially like you. I fcking want to fck you right here!”
Chu Qing: “………”
This atmosphere destroyer.
He pushed him away with a blank expression and pointed to the table. “Eat dinner.”
“…?”
He looked at him blankly.
Has the mutual confession segment already ended?
He glanced at him and, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, he mimicked the way he always did to him. He got up slightly from his chair and reached out to stroke his dog head.
Mr. Huo’s appearance is strong and aggressive, but his hair is soft.
“Mr. Huo, happy birthday.”
He was like a big wolf who had been soothed and even nuzzled the back of his hand.
He pulled his hand back with a red face.
“Eat, eat meat…” he said, his hand gently on his other hand with a smile. “The steak here is delicious.”
After they finished eating, they didn’t rush back but walked hand in hand on the streets of the Italian town.
At night, it was quiet all around, with only the lights of thousands of homes and the moonlight.
“This time… it won’t be like last time, right?”
He looked at the streetlights, then at him by his side, and said so.
Before, they had been assassinated in this kind of situation, and he had been injured because of it. But he was thick-skinned and was fine in no time.
“Don’t. If it happens again, I’ll have to question my men’s business ability,” he said, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.
The two walked through a street. He paused. “Qingbao, after we go back to the country… let’s get our marriage certificate, okay?”
“…Ah?”
His eyes widened.
He held his hand tightly. “I didn’t plan to do it so quickly at first. At least until my company is stable, and after I’ve proposed to you properly, then we can talk about this. But…”
He glanced at his stomach with a helpless smile. “The one in your belly is rushing us. He’s not letting us take it slow.”
He was unwilling to let him suffer any criticism. With a child, they had to get married.
In any case, he had already planned it. It was just a little earlier now.
“Ah… I…” he was a little nervous.
He, he’s not ready yet…!
“In a little while, your belly will start to show. You’ll definitely be talked about when you’re promoting,” he said with a smile. “In any case, it’s just getting the certificate, getting a little red book. You don’t have to be afraid.”
“Oh, okay…” he lowered his gaze with a smile. “I’ll listen to Mr. Huo.”
The night was as it was.
And the next day, The Blooming Rose finally welcomed its last day of shooting.
That night, the crew held a celebration banquet, which lasted until late at night.
He received a large bag of gifts from the crew, as well as gifts from Director Roseland, Monk, and many teachers from the music group. He promised them that he would send them local specialties after he returned to the country.
After that, he set off to return to the country.
At the airport, Monk came to see him off.
“Don’t forget me when you go back,” he said with a grin. “Come and play with me when you have time. I’ll be waiting for you here.”
“Good…” he said with a smile. “I’ll remember you. Thank you for your guidance during this time. I… have benefited a lot.”
He bowed seriously.
“Mmm,” he lowered his gaze, paused, and said, “Shall we hug?”
He opened his arms.
The two had a brief hug, like a farewell hug.
“Goodbye, Teacher Monk.”
“Mmm.”
Then he also finished his customs procedures and came back. The two turned and boarded the plane.
He looked at him, who was being held by him, and sighed helplessly.
Maybe he will never meet someone who understands him as well as him again.
But maybe he will. Who can say for sure?
…
After returning to the country, he took him to get their marriage certificate, and they got two little red books, with the date and their two names written on them.
He looked at the little book for a long time.
He has a home, a sense of belonging.
In his small apartment, he was trying hard to cook, while he was huddled on the sofa, looking at the red book.
“Is it that beautiful?” he said, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.
At this moment, he was still fighting with the egg.
But congratulations, he had finally successfully fried two eggs, although the first one was too raw, and the second one was too cooked.
But in any case, he had removed the yolk, and with the egg white left, he could pretend that nothing had happened.
“Mmm, it’s beautiful,” he said with a grin.
He only felt a warmth in his heart, and his feet suddenly felt solid.
He was no longer alone. His name was officially tied to another person by the country. From now on… he had someone with him.
Although he had been with him before he got the red book, now after registering, there was a different kind of feeling.
He looked at him, who was smiling foolishly at the little red book, and was very helpless. He pulled on his apron. “How about you come and help?”
“Okay,” he was finally willing to put it down and stood up to go over.
However, when he looked at him, he was stunned.
He could only see his back. At this moment, the man was standing in front of the sink, wearing an apron that looked extremely out of place, his sleeves also rolled up, and his movements were a little clumsy as he cracked an eggshell.
The sunlight from the balcony outside shone in and hit the man’s back.
The tall back looked gentle and reliable.
His heart stirred. He took out his phone and took a photo of him, and also recorded a video.
“Silly Qingbao, what are you doing again?” he said, and turned his head to meet the camera. He helplessly went over and hugged him with a grin. “You didn’t miss me, did you? Come on, let’s hug.”
He laughed in a low voice.
“Qingbao, I have to go out for a while in the afternoon to discuss a business. You rest well at home, okay?”
Now he had no work for the time being. Even if he did, it had been pushed aside by him. He was basically at home writing songs and preparing for his album, while he was busy with his new company.
“Mmm, okay,” he was still sitting on the sofa. He looked at him in front of him, lifted his legs, and wrapped them around his waist, muttering, “But you have to give me a kiss before you can go.”
Huo Li: “…”
He raised an eyebrow. “I’m afraid I won’t be able to leave like this.”
He was triumphant.
“Silly Qingbao,” he said, and bent down to plant a kiss on his forehead.
“Be good. I’ll give you some milk when I come back tonight.”
“Rogue,” he said, and kicked his stomach with his leg.
He smiled.
In the afternoon, he left.
He had often gone out these days, and he was used to it. He stretched and was about to go and continue writing songs.
He opened his phone and scrolled, only to find that he had been tagged and was on the trending topics.
Real-time trending topics:
2. Chu Qing is being kept
5. Chu Qing and Huiying CEO Huo Li
…
8. The Blooming Rose official announcement
First was The Blooming Rose‘s official announcement on Twitter. Then someone watched the trailer and immediately started to diss him.
XXX: Not to be that person, but in the trailer, is Chu Qing still in this half-dead state? Everyone else is a gif, and only he is a jpg?
XXX: wodema, I’m so embarrassed my hands and feet are curling up. Can’t you at least use a little emotion, bro!! Are you out of character? Or are you just being perfunctory?
XXX: Oh my god… Losessi is such a sad person. Why is Chu Qing so expressionless? Ahhh ahhh ahhh another Losessi has been ruined!! A fan of the original is crying here. Why doesn’t he just go and die!! When will his backer fall!! When will he be a flop!!
XXX: So angry! Why does someone who gets resources by selling his ass have to ruin my Losessi?!
XXX: As expected, he’s an Adou who can’t be helped. It’s a waste of a top-tier crew, a waste of Director Roseland. He’s already gotten such a resource by using his body. Why can’t he be a little more motivated?! Does he want to sell himself for the rest of his life? Can’t he learn from this crew?
In the trailer, only a short segment was cut, and there was no music, so you could only see his Losessi playing the piano with a blank expression, and you couldn’t fully feel his emotions.
After all, the trailer was only that short.
In addition, he originally had many anti-fans and rival fans. Now, under the guidance of the antis, the curses were even more intense.
Not only that, but to make matters worse, someone had taken a photo of him and Huo Li in Italy, including them intimately biting each other’s ears, holding hands, and staying in a hotel together.
The vast number of netizens compared the photos with the previous photos of “Mr. Bodyguard” and found that it was the same person, and it also matched the “lover” from the amusement park and the cinema.
And then, because of the front-facing photo from Italy, someone had dug it up. That Mr. Bodyguard and lover was—the head of the Huo family, the CEO of the Huiying Group, Huo Li.
XXX: Woc, I told you! As expected? So he really is being kept? No wonder he has good resources all along! And he can even make a comeback!
XXX: This time, the previous rumors of being kept by Huiying are confirmed, right?! Ugh, that Huo Li… I looked at his posters and interviews in a US financial magazine. He’s really so handsome and capable. Why did he fall for this crooked melon and cracked jujube? They don’t match at all…
XXX: Wait, isn’t it rumored that the Huo family went bankrupt?
XXX: I checked Tianyancha. The company under him is gone, but he’s still in control of the Huo family’s shares, little cutie. And he controls the most of the company under Mr. Pan, second only to him. As for the rest… I don’t dare to explain, to save my dog life
XXX: Um… has CEO Huo’s image collapsed? Didn’t they say that the CEO of Huiying was clean? So he’s also the kind of person who keeps people? But… is he blind?! Why on earth would he choose this rotten ass!
XXX: Maybe his skills in bed are good? Look at his weak appearance. Isn’t that what some men love the most? Especially a successful man like this. He must be a chauvinist. So if he acts cute, is obedient, and is introverted, isn’t that just to his taste? Disgusting.
XXX: Aww… being kept is not right… but they’re really so cute, and they’re both so handsome… I can’t help but want to stand. So the Rubik’s Cube CP is real?! Although… mmm…
XXX: The person above is crazy?? Being kept is really so disgusting. What’s so cute about a person who sells his ass and a person who plays around in the love field!?
His career and relationship were both being dissed. He looked at these public opinions online, as if he had returned to the time when he was blacklisted by the entire internet.
But…
He couldn’t help but laugh as he looked.
Tsk tsk, so stupid.
He and Huo Li are not like what everyone says… these clueless netizens are too stupid!
He had a grin on his face and went to get the two little red books with a “thump, thump, thump,” and then carefully held them up to the camera for a long time, wanting to take a photo.
He thought, I want to tell the whole world that he and Mr. Huo… are certified!
He was like a child who was eager to show off his good things. After he had happily taken the photo, he also searched his phone for a photo of him and Huo Li.