ã€ŠOne Useless Rebirthã€‹


 Chapter 1 - Murder Scene

    <h4>Chapter 1: Murder Scene</h4>

    What do you mean I¡¯m reborn?

    He Bai stared at theputer screen with his eyes open wide in shock, his hands shaking as he continuously erged the photograph he had just imported into hisputer.

    Inside the photograph, you could see a gorgeous scene of the city nightlife. The lights of ten thousand homes and stars spread out on the horizon, with soft and gentle natural starlight and extravagant artificial lights blending together, like the collision of reality and fantasy.

    This was a very sessful photograph of the evening scenery, very in line with the main theme of the International Photography Exhibition¡¶Sky¡·, which was hosted by the famous photographer Zhao Tianhu. His three days camping out on the mountain to take this picture were not spent in vain.

    But now, none of these were the main point. The main point was that in the corner of this photograph, next to H city¡¯s tallest clock tower, a human figure could be seen jumping from the tallest floor of some big building.

    His phone suddenly rang, calling him back from his thoughts. Picking up the phone, not waiting for the person on the other side to say anything, he said in an urgent tone, ¡°Uncle Zhao, I might have taken a photo of something crazy.¡±

    ¡°What did you take a picture of?¡± Zhao Tianhu asked in his very characteristic hoarse voice, with a very light tone showing his evidently happy mood, ¡°It looks like our newest master photographer Mr. Xiao He, is going to give these old guys a big surprise, huh? What happened, did you end up hallucinating after taking the photo of your dreams?¡±

    ¡°No.¡± He Bai¡¯s throat felt a little tight, he swallowed and said, ¡°It seems like... I might have photographed a murder scene.¡±

    ¡°What?!¡±

    The great Film Emperor Mr. Di Qiuhemitted suicide by jumping off a building!

    This explosive news quickly became viral, upying the front page headlines of all of the online news websites. Various fans and passersby crazily refreshed the sites of all the major newsworks, questioning whether this was just an April Fool¡¯s Day joke done in extremely bad taste, scolding the different news tforms as shameless for cursing Film Emperor Di to die.

    Nobody could believe that Di Qiuhe would evermit suicide. He was such a talented, gentle, and powerful person. Fifteen years after his debut, he brought so many excellent works to the masses. He established apany that fostered so many outstanding juniors in the entertainment circle. His rtions with other people were some of the best in the industry- anybody who mentioned him wouldn¡¯t be able to help themselves from saying something good about him. How can this kind of person, who even when he was banned from work in the industry was able to work hard for his dreams, decide tomit suicide! Most importantly, he was only 35 years old! He was still so young!

    The crazy questioning from his fans flooded the inte. Everybody thought that this was just a joke by someone with bad taste, but a message sent out by Huading Company¡¯s official Weibo plunged them all into the abyss.

    [It is with great pain and grief that we send our chairman Di Qiuhe to a better ce. Rest in peace.]

    The whole inte seemed to be shrouded in silence. The news from the official Weibo of hispany made it impossible for anybody to deceive themselves anymore.

    ¡°No! I don¡¯t believe it!¡± Di Qiuhe¡¯s little sister Di Chunhua cried and fell to the floor with her makeup running down her face and her hair a mess. Her pure white skirt became covered in dust aftering into touching the ground, ¡°That isn¡¯t my brother, my brother can¡¯t be like this...¡±

    On the other side of the shaking camera lens, Mr. Di Qiuhe¡¯s sister fell to the ground surrounded by a circle of reporters, crying in a disordered and pitiful way, letting anyone who listened to feel sad and anyone who saw her to cry as well.

    The policewoman turned off her cell phone that she had been using to look at the news with a darkened face, sneering, ¡°Of course he isn¡¯t your brother, your only brother is Di Xiasong! Her tears really look like they¡¯re real, but who doesn¡¯t know that Di Qiuhe doesn¡¯t have any kind of rtionship with this half-sister. She¡¯s so fake and hypocritical, only knowing how to act.¡±

    Inadvertently witnessing this scene, He Bai awkwardly coughed and leaned over slightly, ¡°Um, excuse me, I would like to report a case.¡±

    The policewoman finally noticed that there was a person standing in front of the desk, quickly put away the emotions on her face, put her cell phone back on the desk, and smiled at him a little embarrassed, saying, ¡°I¡¯m sorry, what would you like to report?¡±

    ¡°I think, murder.¡± He Bai pretended not to see her previous gaffe, pulled out the developed photos, and put them in front of her, and pointing at the magnified image, ¡°I am a photographer. Two days ago, I was on the mountains on the outskirts of the suburbs taking pictures of the night scenery, when I inadvertently took this photo and was a little concerned.¡±

    In the erged photo, a human figure could be seen leaping down from a window, while behind the curtain of that window, a white arm could be seen moving back inside.

    After seeing this picture, the policewoman suddenly stood up with her eyes focused on the blurred human figure and her facial expression distorted, ¡°It isn¡¯t suicide...¡±

    ¡°What?¡± He Bai was confused by her sudden agitated state.

    The policewoman didn¡¯t answer, turning over the other erged pictures, picking them up and running excitedly towards the captain¡¯s office at the back, ¡°Boss! There¡¯s been a major discovery! Di Qiuhe didn¡¯tmit suicide! He was killed! There¡¯s someone with evidence!¡±

    What? Di Qiuhe? The ck shadow in the photo is Di Qiuhe? The male protagonist of ¡¶Immortal Way¡·Di Qiuhe?

    He Bai felt like he couldn¡¯t process anything, wanted to walk up and ask for specific details, but identally knocked over the calendar on the policewoman¡¯s desk.

    The calendar hit the floor with a muffled crash. Taped onto it were several old photographs that fell to the ground as well, one of which just happened to end up next to his feet.

    He stopped, and picked up the picture.

    This was a picture of a man, a very young man, probably around twenty years old. The man¡¯s facial features were perfect, his eyes gentle and with a smile, wearing loose everyday wear- a white baseball shirt that on him added a touch of elegance.

    His mind shed the name of this person- Di Qiuhe, and he quickly realized that this person was already dead, and he seemed to have, probably, might have just... shot the moment this man had died.

    He Bai opened his eyes and looked at the familiar yet unfamiliar ceiling of his dorm room. He turned over, pulled the nket over his head, and painfully shut his eyes, ¡°No, right now I am thirty-three years old, not twenty, not twenty...¡±

    ¡°Xiao Bai,e down and eat!¡±

    He pulled on the nket, trying to trick himself into believing that what he had just heard was just an auditory hallucination.

    ¡°You have to turn in the photography homework on Monday. Quickly get up, I already helped you borrow the equipment.¡± The oldest in the dorm Lao Da, Wang Hu, stretched out his arms, pulled at his nket, ¡°Didn¡¯t you just get a zero for thest photography assignment, all you have to do is take another set today, and then beg Professor Xu for another chance. It¡¯s still possible to makeup the score, so get up quickly.¡±

    With the nket pulled away, He Bai opened up his eyes, sitting up with hair like a chicken¡¯s nest, looking sideways at Wang Hu¡¯s face that looked younger by at least ten years, with his heart full of despair.

    It had already been three days. He could no longer deceive himself.

    Four days ago, he had taken a bunch of photos to the police station to report a case, when he had identally knocked over a policewoman¡¯s calendar. He had been looking at a photograph that had fallen from the calendar, and then... and then he had just closed his eyes for one second, and opened his eyes the next, to see that he had disappeared from the police station only to find himself in a ssroom at his alma mater.

    Going from the age of thirty-three back to the age of twenty, from a savings of six million to a savings of six hundred, from a newly anticipated photographer to a journalism student with horrible grades in photography ss... in just a blink of an eye, the whole world seemed to have changedpletely.

    ¡°Okay okay, cheer up, it was only one assignment. People who don¡¯t know what¡¯s going on would think you just got your heart broken or something.¡± Wang Hu knocked on the railing of the bed, continuing to persuade him, ¡°Normally, that score is only twenty percent of the final grade. If you re-do it, you can definitely still get the schrship money, so don¡¯t feel so sad.¡±

    He Bai shook his head, saying apathetically, ¡°It¡¯s not me who¡¯s heartbroken.¡±

    ¡°What?¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s the third eldest, Lao San.¡±

    Wang Hu was confused, ¡°Lao San is heartbroken? When did he even have a girlfriend?¡±

    As soon as he finished saying this sentence, Lao San Niu Junjie burst through the door sobbing, huping while falling to the floor drunk. He hugged Wang Hu¡¯s thighs, ¡°Lao Da, I was dumped... Liu Huanhuan she cheated on me! She cheated! I treated her so well, bought her anything she wanted, and if she told me to go east, I would never go west! Why did she have to cheat on me? Why did she have to treat me this way?¡±

    Wang Hu was in shock, ¡°Liu Huanhuan? The Broadcasting Department¡¯s flower? You were dating her?!¡±

    Niu Junjie lowered his head, throwing up on his shoes, and passed out drunk.

    Wang Hu¡¯s face twisted up like he had just eaten a sour lemon.

    The bad smell floated up, He Bai pinched his nose, and fell back onto bed.

    Sure enough, this isn¡¯t a dream... so why the hell was I reborn?

    After helping Wang Hu settle down the passed out Niu Junjie, He Bai ate his lunch in two or three bites, picked up the borrowed camera on the table, and left the school.

    Bell bottoms, suspender skirts, stripes, checkers, ck rimmed sses... all the things that were in fashion more than a decade ago fell into his sight. He took a deep breath, squatted on the side of the road, raised his camera casually, and aimed at the crowd while adjusting the focus skillfully, found a good angle for light, and pressed down on the shutter.

    Ka-cha.

    The picture was taken when a ck SUV pulled up in front of him, making the dust rise from the road.

    The little girl who was supposed to be the main subject of theposition was reced by a blurred image of a car. He Bai¡¯s brows twitched, and waved his hands in front of his face to avoid the dust, looking at the SUV parked two steps in front of him.

    The back door of the car was opened, and a long leg stretched out.

    Basic clean sneakers, simple jeans, a white graphic tee, broad shoulders, a long slender neck, a perfect jawline, tightly pursed thin lips, a high nose bridge... and a pair of eyes that naturally brought a gentle taste.

    He Bai¡¯s eyes opened slightly in shock, this face... is Di, Di Qiuhe?

    ¡°Don¡¯t think that being a little famous will let you have an opportunity to turn over in this lifetime. You can only dream of it!¡±

    A slightly shrill female voice could be hearding from the car. A backpack was thrown out, followed by a thirteen or fourteen year old girl¡¯s body leaning out of the car towards Di Qiuhe who was standing outside, ¡°The only person who can be Huangdu¡¯s heir is my brother. You just wait to be blocked by everyone in the entertainment industry. Driver, drive!¡±

    The SUV left in a hurry. He Bai looked at Di Qiuhe standing at his side, and tried to reduce his presence.

    It seems like he saw something he shouldn¡¯t have seen...

    Ka-cha, his hand identally pressed down on the shutter.

    Di Qiuhe looked back.

    He Bai stuffed the camera back into his arms out of habit, then realized how this seemed to be a little bit silly, so he pulled out the camera again. Facing Di Qiuhe¡¯s expressionless line of vision, the corner of his mouth twitched as he said, ¡°The ground is dirty, your bag...,¡± pointing at the ck backpack next to his feet that had been thrown there by the young girl.

    Di Qiuhe withdrew his stare, lowered his head, picked up the bag from the ground, patted it a few times, and looked at him again. You couldn¡¯t see any awkwardness from having a shameful moment seen by others on his face, asking bluntly, ¡°Which newspany are you from?¡±

    ¡°What?¡±

    ¡°Next time don¡¯t take a picture in such an obvious position, someone will end up beating you up.¡± Di Qiuhe put his backpack on, stopped a cab, got on, and left.

    After He Bai was sprayed a face of car exhaust, he looked at the camera in his arms, and realized toote, ¡°Hey! What are you trying to say! I¡¯m NOT puparazzi!¡± (In Chinese, the phrase for paparazzi has dog in it, which is why I will write puparazzi as it will be relevantter on in the story).

 Chapter 2 - Signature

    <h4>Chapter 2: Signature</h4>

    Changing grades.

    The taxi turned a corner, and disappeared from view.

    He Bai wiped his face, was silently depressed for about a minute, and then raised his camera once more.

    The little girl had already been led away by her mother, so he changed his orientation and pointed the camera at an old couple holding hands walking in his direction.

    The light was just right, the dark orange and blue colors of the old couples¡¯ coats forming an effect that would let people¡¯s eyes light up when they saw it.

    Perfect. When the couple walked to the door of the tailor shop with an old-fashioned color scheme, he could press down on the shutter.

    One, two... right now!

    Ka-cha, the picture was taken right when a light blue taxi stopped in front of him, upying his line of vision.

    He closed his eyes forcefully, putting down the camera.

    The car door opened, and a pair of long legs in jeans stepped out.

    ¡°Di, Qiu, He.¡± He Bai gritted his teeth. It was this guy again! The photograph he had taken before his rebirth was ruined by this guy, and now the first and second photographs he had taken after his rebirth were ruined by this guy too. Did he offend this guy or something?

    Di Qiuhe turned his head towards the sound, and took one look at him before moving his line of sight towards the sidewalk. He picked up something that had fallen on the ground and stuffed it into his pocket. He suddenly paused, walked in front of He Bai, took out a notebook, and pulled out a pen to write something on it. Then, he ripped out the page in the notebook, and bent over to stuff it into his arms, ¡°Squatting on the side of the road isn¡¯t safe. I¡¯m not going toe back here anymore, so you should go back home.¡± After saying this, he used his long legs to walk back to the taxi, and sprayed He Bai with another face of car exhaust.

    He Bai: ¡°... ¡± **!

    Using the fastest speed possible to finish his homework, he went back to school. He first went to the equipment management office to return the camera, and then took the memory card to an off-campus inte cafe.

    After taking him a while to remember the details of the email address that he had used in college, he clicked open a browser to look up his email. When the page popped up he cracked his knuckles and put on an expressionless face to use words full of emotion to send Professor Xu an email full of ttery, repentance, assurance, and appeal, talking about his troubles and how in the future this would not happen again. After attaching thepressed file, he pressed send.

    After doing all of this, he opened another browser, hesitated for a moment, before typing in the three words ¡°Di Qiuhe¡± into the search bar. The page loaded again, he moved his mouse, and clicked open the first Baike page. (Chinese Wikipedia).

    Di Qiuhe, male, twenty-three years old. An artist at Huangdu, he debuted three years ago in a group act without much fame for around a year and a half until he went solo. In the first half ofst year, he acted in a low budget mystery TV drama as the second male lead, whichunched him into the public eye. In the second half ofst year, he won the leading role in Director Jia Sheng¡¯s end of year production¡¶Rouge Tears¡·, which led him to receive the Thousand Flower Award for Best Male Lead in the beginning of this year, sitting on the seat of Film Emperor for the first time, and leading him to bathe in the limelight.

    Recalling the photograph that he had taken prior to his rebirth, he closed the page with aplicated mood. He took out the signature that Di Qiuhe had given him from the pocket on his chest, opened the campuswork, clicked open the For Sale section, and then posted a picture of the signature, setting the price to start at ten yuan.

    Whatever, seeing as this guy was gonna die early and in his golden years, he would forgive his rudeness with a generous heart.

    When he returned to the dorms, Niu Junjie, who had passed out dead drunk, had already woken up, and was in the middle of slurping instant noodles whileining about the girl who had let down his trust and feelings.

    ¡°She wanted a diamond ring, so I bought one! Sheined about how living in the dormitory wasn¡¯t convenient, so I helped her rent a ce and move there! She said that it wasn¡¯t convenient for herpany to know about our rtionship, and we could only date secretly, I could also endure it, but why did she have to cheat on me!¡±

    The second oldest in the dorm Lao Er, Chen Jie, turned his head to avoid the bits of instant noodles that he spit out as he was speaking, pushed a napkin in front of him, and advised him, ¡°Okay okay, don¡¯t be sad anymore. There are many fish in the sea- when a bad one goes away, a good one wille.¡±

    Niu Junjie wiped away his tears, ¡°I just can¡¯t get over it! She lied to me! Saying that she couldn¡¯t go public with our rtionship because of herpany was all lies! She dumped me just so that she could sell the idea of a couple with the male anchor that she partners with! All I am is her spare tire, her wallet, a fool that she could y around with!¡±

    ¡°You seem to be quite clear on where your position is in her heart... ¡± Wang Hu said in a low voice.

    Niu Junjie stared at him, ¡°Lao Da, what did you just say?!¡±

    Wang Hu looked towards He Bai, changing the subject, ¡°Xiao Bai, why did you onlye home now? Did you finish the homework?¡±

    ¡°I finished it.¡± He Bai nodded in response, and then seemed to be in deep thought. He dragged over a chair to sit in front of the table where the other three were sitting, put his hand out towards Niu Junjie and said, ¡°Cell phone.¡±

    Niu Junjie stared at him with red and swollen eyes, asking him in confusion, ¡°What are you gonna do with my cell phone?¡± before obediently taking out the phone and putting it into his hand.

    ¡°Help you make Liu Huanhuan cry and beg you to get back together again.¡± He Bai opened his phone, found Liu Huanhuan¡¯s cell phone number, chose to send an SMS, and then quickly typed in some things into the page.

    The other three people all looked at him foolishly, not quite understanding what he meant with these actions.

    ¡°It¡¯s done.¡± After he finished writing the text message and sent it out, He Bai patted Niu Junjie on the shoulder andforted him saying, ¡°Don¡¯t feel sad anymore, what Lao Er said isn¡¯t wrong. When the bad ones leave, the good ones wille.¡± If he didn¡¯t remember incorrectly, in the near future, his third sister-inw would meet Lao San.

    Niu Junjie came back from his thoughts after being pat on his shoulder. He quickly took back his phone and opened the page for text messages, urgently asking, ¡°What did you send to Huanhuan? Will she, will she really cry and beg me to get back together again... huh? Why did you tell her my dad¡¯s name?¡±

    ¡°To let her regret her decision.¡± He Bai tugged at his messy blonde hair, saying with great emphasis, ¡°Lao San, in the future when you¡¯re choosing a girlfriend you have to make sure you wipe your eyes clean so you can see things more clearly. These kinds of women who stick to you just because you spend money generously, and then leave you for people who spend money even more generously, aren¡¯t suitable for you.¡±

    Niu Junjie opened his mouth wide in surprise, ¡°Xiao, Xiao Bai, why are you kind of strange today?¡±

    He Bai smiled, squeezing out a dimple on the left side of his face. Inside his twenty year old body lived his thirty-three year old soul. Being a little weird was normal. He only hoped that this group of lovely roommates would be able to adapt to his changes as soon as possible.

    Around midnight, when the lights on the clock tower finally reached their most gorgeous state, he carefully adjusted the of the camera, moving his fingers onto the shutter. The wind started blowing, and a dark shadow could be seen suddenly falling from a high floor of a building next to the clock tower. His hands shook, and the gorgeous night scenery in the camera lens turned into a blurry and distorted shadow.

    He Bai suddenly opened his eyes, and stared into space for a while at the ceiling of the dorm, before pulling the nket over his head.

    Damn it, why did he dream about that scene?

    ¡°Xiao Bai, why did you fall asleep again? Get up quickly, Professor Xu is looking for you.¡±

    The nket was pulled off, and Wang Hu¡¯s voice could be heard from the side of the bed.

    He opened his eyes, turned over to look at Wang Hu who was standing next to his bed, and asked, ¡°Professor Xu is looking for me?¡± Why was that strict and serious old man looking for me this early in the morning? Today was the weekend, so there shouldn¡¯t be any sses.

    ¡°Yeah, he said that your phone was off and he couldn¡¯t get in touch with you, so he called me instead.¡± Wang Hu, in a good mood, urged him saying, ¡°Quickly get up, when the Professor talked about you just now he sounded really excited. He praised your homework this time as particrly excellent, and wants to change your grades!¡±

    Change grades?

    He Bai¡¯s entire body went still in shock, and he quickly got out of bed.

    Changing grades= increase in his average GPA= increase in end of term scores= he still has hope in getting the schrship money= he can save on next semester¡¯s tuition!

    Long live Professor Xu!

 Chapter 3 - Film Emperor

    Chapter 3: Film Emperor

    On the weekend, the administrative building was empty. He Bai walked towards Xu Yinrong¡¯s office following the route in his memory, seeing the door was already open, pushed his head in to look inside.

    ¡°Why are you pushing your head inside withouting in?¡± The serious looking old man sitting behind the desk next to the window took off his sses, put down the photographs that he had just developed, and waved his hands at him, ¡°Come inside and sit over here,¡± saying this as he pointed towards a chair in front of his desk.

    The corners of He Bai¡¯s mouth raised up, smiling at him tteringly with his eyes squinted together like two crescent moons. He walked over there to sit down, leaned over, and rested his arms on the table. His slightly round eyes widened just a little, and showing dimple on the left side of his face, he said, ¡°Good morning Professor, have you eaten breakfast yet?¡±

    Xu Yinrong raised his eyelids to take another look at him. Pressing the pictures in his hands under his arms, he snorted, ¡°Don¡¯t try to act like a good student. I already saw the email you sent me yesterday. The photography homework that you retook is pretty good.¡±

    The smile on He Bai¡¯s face got bigger.

    ¡°So now, you better give me a good exnation. Since you obviously have the ability to take good pictures, why did you end up handing in such a horriblyposed set of photographsst time? Theypletely deviated away from the main theme, and the light and shadow werepletely overexposed.¡±

    The smile on He Bai¡¯s face stiffened. So, this is where the Professor was waiting for him.

    ¡°You can¡¯t speak all of a sudden? It¡¯s fine, you can slowly spend time thinking of an excuse, I¡¯m not in any rush.¡±

    ¡°...¡±

    The thirty-three year old He Bai, with a memory that wasn¡¯t that great, sighed with what seemed like the vicissitudes of life. He tried to remember what had happened this year- how he had felt as though he had been struck by lightning when he received a zero for this assignment, and the empty figures in his savings ount. His face fell, and very honestly said where he had gone wrong, ¡°I¡¯m sorry. I¡¯m poor and I¡¯m clumsy.¡±

    Xu Yinrong leaned back in his chair, silently watching him act out this scene.

    ¡°When I was taking the pictures for the assignment, the weather wasn¡¯t good. The camera I borrowed ended up having some little problems here and there... of course! This is definitely not a good reason for me for trying to get away with ackluster performance. Wrong is wrong. I¡¯m sorry Professor, I¡¯ve failed to meet your expectations!¡± After saying this, he lowered his head, looking very much the part of a little pitiful child who was ready to ept any type of scolding and abuse from his guardians.

    Xu Yinrong waited for a while, but didn¡¯t hear him continue speaking. He looked at the top of his head for a while before asking, ¡°Are you done speaking?¡±

    He Bai raised his head, blinked a few times, and then moved his line of vision towards some stic flowers inside a vase. He asked cautiously, ¡°Then I... will try and make amends?¡±

    The atmosphere was a little heavy.

    Xu Yinrong put on his near-sighted sses again, lowered his head, and took out the pictures that he had put in his arms. He flipped through them and finally loosed his mouth, ¡°It¡¯s possible for me to change your grades¡±

    He Bai¡¯s eyes started to sparkle like gold.

    ¡°Take two more sets of photographs and bring it to me.¡± Xu Yinrong took out one of the pictures from his hands and ced it in front of him. He lightly tapped on it and said, ¡°At this kind of level, with five pictures for every set, so I want ten pictures for two sets sent to my inbox by next weekend.¡±

    He Bai lowered his head to look at the picture, and then his eyes widened in shock.

    Di, Qiu, He!

    Isn¡¯t this the picture that he took when he identally pressed down on the shutter yesterday? When did he end up including it in his homework?! But this picture really is taken very well, with an angle facing upwards from below, theposition of him leaning downwards with the diagonal rays of sunlight that give full illumination, and the model¡¯s handsome side profile reflected in the camera lens... it was really perfect!

    ¡°Do you know why this picture is so good?¡±

    He was called back from his thoughts, with a somewhat guilty conscience, ¡°It¡¯s because of the...position?¡±

    Xu Yinrong took another look at him, shook his head, and spread out the rest of the photographs that he had been keeping under his arms. He put them all out in front of him, and pointed at them one by one. ¡°These are the photographs you took for this makeup assignment. The theme was ¡®people,¡¯ so you took pictures of little boys, little girls, a couple, elderly folk, a homeless person, and this young man right here. If we look at these photos from aposition standpoint, the picture of the little boys was taken the best. From the way you adjusted the light and shadow contrast, the one with the homeless person would be given a full score. If we¡¯re talking about concept, then the one with the elderly folk would definitely make your eyes light up when you saw it. All in all, this one that you took of the young man, is the one that you were the worst in technically.¡±

    Of course, a picture that he just randomly took wasn¡¯t going to be technically sound. He Bai tried hard to make his expression serious, ¡°Can I please ask Professor Xu to tell me why this is?¡± Before his rebirth, he had already achieved a little sess in the field of photography, but he specialized in taking pictures of scenery, not taking pictures of people. On the opposite end of the spectrum stood Xu Yinrong, who before bing a professor had been one of the best journalists and documentary photographers of his time. He was especially good at taking pictures that captured the happiness, anger, sorrows, and joys of the people that he was working with. His style became a genre of its own, and he enjoyed a pretty high position in the photography world.

    With a master photographer of the older generation standing in front of him, he still had a lot to learn.

    Xu Yinrong saw that he finally got his spirits back together, and silently nodded in his heart. He turned around to take out a set of developed photographs from a drawer, and spread them out on top of the other set of pictures. ¡°This is what you sent in for this week¡¯s homework. The theme was ¡®scenery.¡± When I first saw this set of photographs, I was really amazed. The technical skills,positions, contrast, concept... it was perfect from any angle. The effect from the visual impact almost immediately grabs the attention of the viewer. He Bai, although I don¡¯t know where your sudden progress came from, but from this set of photographs, when ites to taking pictures of scenery, you already have your own style, and you technique is already mature. I have nothing more to teach you in this respect.¡±

    ¡°Professor...¡± He Bai was a little taken off guard.

    ¡°Therefore, I have decided to give you and the other students separate homework assignments in the future. The theme will be people. I¡¯ll sponsor some equipment for you, and every week I expect you to hand in two sets of photographs which I will grade in person.¡±

    ¡°... huh?¡±

    Xu Yinrong furrowed his brows, ¡°What, I¡¯m going to open a back door for you, and you¡¯re still not satisfied?¡±

    The back door of a master photographer, a chance that students specializing in photography can only dream of because it can¡¯t be bought by money. He was only a student from the journalism department with grades in photography ss that were only slightly above average, and he just got this opportunity out of nowhere? And privately sponsored equipment... this was just like a pie had fallen from the sky out of nowhere!

    ¡°No, I am very satisfied!¡± He pressed down on the table in excitement, the corners of his lips uncontrobly turning upwards. Squeezing out the dimple on his left cheek, he said, ¡°Thank you Professor! I will definitely study hard!¡±

    Privately sponsored equipment= no need to borrow from the school= can save money= can save up his tuition as soon as possible= can eat meat! Professor Xu was simply like his parents that hade back to life!

    ¡°Yeah.¡± Making a stark contrast with his excitement, Xu Yinrong only very reservedly nodded his head and pointed to a camera bag on the cab near the door. Waving his head in dismissal, he said, ¡°Okay, bring the camera with you and go do your homework. Remember, five photographs for each set. Two sets is ten photographs. If i¡¯m not satisfied, then you have to retake them. You can go now.¡±

    He Bai nodded his head, happily picked up the camera bag, and then left.

    Xu Yinrong waited until he left to take off his nearsighted sses. He carefully put away the photographs that had been scattered on the desk, and a light smile could be seen on his serious and strict face. Taking out his cell phone, he gave his old friend a call, ¡°Hey Lao Jiang, I¡¯ve discovered a talented seedling... ¡±

    Squatting at the end of a street where a lot of people came and went, He Bai picked up his camera,ing to understand that he had unknowingly walked into a pit.

    From his recent trip to the office, he only got three conclusions: one, his grades still haven¡¯t been changed; two, his weekly photography assignment was not changed to two sets instead of one, and the theme was even the subject he was most weak at, people; and three, Professor Xu left him with a problem, and didn¡¯t tell him the answer. When he remembered to give him a call to ask what he meant, all he got was a profound and mysterious, ¡°Find a way to understand it yourself.¡±

    He really got the short stick in this bargain. So in the end, what was it about Di Qiuhe¡¯s picture that made it so good?

    He wiped his face, raised his camera, and aimed the camera lens at the crowd of people.

    One weekter, Old Comrade He Bai, as his young and tender college aged self, gradually adapted to university life. Because he couldn¡¯t remember what part-time jobs he had been working at this time, he simply flipped through his cell phone to call all the numbers of any suspected employers to call in his resignation.

    On Saturday, he came out of the Professor¡¯s office with a worried and bitter face, sitting on the bus to leave school with his camera in his arms.

    His technical skills were on par, but he wasn¡¯t able to take a picture with soul, so he needed to retake the photos. This was Professor Xu¡¯s evaluation after looking at the assignment he turned in this week.

    He wasn¡¯t able to grasp the soul... He furrowed his brow, stared at the picture of Di Qiuhe on his cell phone screen that seems almost fake, staring at the screen until he almost turned cross-eyed.

    Surely the Professor couldn¡¯t have meant that this picture was able to capture the soul of Di Qiuhe? Wasn¡¯t he just a little more handsome than average, with legs longer than usual, and with a jawline that was better looking than other people when he lowered his head? But this guy¡¯s hands seem to look really good, and his eyshes are also really long...

    His mind shed through an image of Di Qiuhe¡¯s eyes that seemed to have no emotion. His line of sight went upwards to look at the side profile of Di Qiuhe in the photograph. He really was a strange person. He obviously has a pair of eyes that look so gentle, but looks so indifferent when he looks at other people. He was a walking contradiction... wait a second, a contradiction?

    The public bus suddenly took a sharp brake, and he held onto the back of the seat in front of him to stabilize himself. As the other passengers shouted out in surprise, he raised his head to look at what was going on in the front.

    ¡°I¡¯m sorry, there was a puppy that suddenly rushed out into the street,¡± the slightly overweight middle-aged driver apologized in a raised voice, exining nervously. The passengers stoppedining after hearing the reason, and after indicating that there was nothing wrong, the bus gradually went back to the way it was before the ident.

    He Bai sat in a position where he could just so happen to see half of the driver¡¯s face from the rearview mirrors. He looked at the man¡¯s wrinkled but warm and gentle eyes. He raised the camera by reflex, and without taking into regard theposition, the lighting, or the shadows, and pressed down onto the shutter.

    Ka-cha.

    He took a deep breath, put the camera back inside his bag, got up and went to stand near the door in the back. After the bus stopped at the next stop, he went outside with the rest of the crowd.

    ... Then, he looked up.

    ¡°Di, Qiu, He!¡±

    It was really a small world. Even though the other party was wearing a mask and a hat, covering his face from top to bottom, but that figure, those god damned long ass legs- he had looked at this person¡¯s picture for so many days before and after his rebirth, so if he couldn¡¯t recognize him then he would livestream himself eating shit!

    Carrying a shopping bag while passing by the bus tform, Di Qiuhe stopped in his steps and turned his head to look his way.

    Both of their eyes met in midair, paused for two seconds, and then they started running away with very tacit mutual understanding- shouting the name of an actor in the middle of a crowd was really asking for death!

    One person running after the other, they hid in a small alleyway. After making sure that there was nobody following them, both of them stopped running to take some deep breaths.

    ¡°Really, really exciting, huh... ¡± He Bai wiped away his sweat, feeling his heart beat out of his chest, ¡°Haven¡¯t you only filmed two dramas? Even though you became the Film Emperor, your level of national recognition shouldn¡¯t be that high. How, how do you have so many fans? After just shouting out your name in the middle of the street, a huge crowd can juste running like that ...¡±

    Di Qiuhe raised his head, leaning back against the wall, taking off the mask on his face in order to stable his breathing. He lowered his head, taking out a bottle of mineral water from his grocery bag and said, ¡°Here.¡±

    His deep and low slightly out of breath voice after exercising was extremely sexy.

    He Bai rubbed at his ears, nced over at the long fingers holding the water bottle, and said a word of thanks. He opened it before taking a long drink.

    ¡°It hasn¡¯t been two days since I moved around here.¡± Di Qiuhe stood upright, suddenly opening his mouth.

    He Bai looked at him in confusion.

    ¡°You¡¯re really good at your job.¡±

    ¡°?¡±

    ¡°You found out my new address pretty quickly.¡±

    ¡°??¡±

    ¡°Don¡¯t follow me anymore. I¡¯ve been blocked by Huangdu, so even if you have any news about me, you won¡¯t be able to send it out.¡±

    ¡°...¡±

    Di Qiuhe bent down to look straight at him, and stepped forward to take a good look at him. He suddenlyughed, ¡°Have you evene of age? You should go back to school- being a part of the ¡°pup¡±arazzi isn¡¯t a good job. If you want to be a journalist, you should go back and obediently apply for college. After I¡¯ve established my own work studio, you¡¯re wee toe and interview me at anytime.¡± After saying this, he took out a business card to hand to him.

    He Bai¡¯s body froze in shock.

    This person... seemed to be a little different than how he imagined him to be.

    In hisst lifetime, he never paid much attention to news from the entertainment industry. He only knew about Di Qiuhe because he was really too famous. Most of the ssic TV dramas and movies broadcasted and re-run during the summer season were starring Di Qiuhe. He asionally would see an interview with the other party, and thinking about it now, only knew that this person had a very friendly personality. Most of the highest ranking members of the entertainment circle were friends with him, and also greatly respected him. But who would really take that kind of interview seriously? Maybe it was all just rehearsed- the intrinsic nature of the entertainment circle was poor, with any person that you picked out of the crowd being someone who¡¯s being supported by a sugar mama or daddy.

    Until the moment he took the photograph of the other party falling down from the building, his impression of him only stayed at the level of ¡°a very sessful actor.¡± But right now, just because of one smile, the static image of him in his mind suddenly came to life.

    ¡°Why don¡¯t you say anything?¡± When Di Qiuhe saw that he didn¡¯t take his business card, he slowly took back his hands and looked down at him to ask, ¡°Do you also think that I won¡¯t be able to open my own studio? That¡¯s right, I¡¯ve been blocked in the industry right now, and my career looks like its about to be over...¡±

    He took on a self deprecating tone, with the gentle smile in his eyes nowhere to be seen, seeming to have returned to the time when they first met.

    He Bai was called back from his thoughts, furrowed his brows, and his mind shed through the image of his blurred figure falling down through the air. He hesitated for a bit before lowering his head to take out his student ID from his pockets. He handed it over seriously, saying, ¡°I am not ¡°pup¡±arazzi, I¡¯m a second year in the journalism department of Q University. Both times that we met were just coincidences. Also, your career is not over. In the future, you¡¯re going to win more than a dozen awards for Film Emperor, set up your ownpany, stand at the top of the entertainment industry, and look down at all the people who used to look down on you. Di Qiuhe, you will definitely seed.¡±

    This time, it was Di Qiuhe¡¯s turn to be stunned. He was in a bad mood these past few days. He was extremely tired of having to deal with his stepmother who harboured evil thoughts and her two foolish children, so he decided to retreat in order to advance. He took the initiative to break off rtions with his father, gave up the right to the inheritance, and let his stepmother block him off from any jobs in order to make his father feel extremely guilty.

    His n seeded, and he achieved a short period of quiet and freedom, but the peace of mind that he imagineding never came.

    All paths of retreat had already been cut off, with the future full of uncertainty. Sometimes he also wonders if all of his nning were for naught. Besides his stepmother and his younger half-siblings, all of the people who saw him would praise him, and respond to his gentle demeanor with a friendly attitude. But that was just it- in the face of interests, goodwill can only extend so far. They would only go so far as to not kick him while he was down. As for sending firewood in the snowy weather, this basically would not exist.

    When he first saw this little ¡°pup¡±arazzi, he had believed that the other person was a trap that his not so smart sister had arranged. So, he wore his disguise of harmlessness out of habit, not giving the other person a chance to find any possible ways to ckmail him. He nned on silently increasing the other party¡¯s goodwill towards him, and then turn the other person to his side.

    He was born to be an actor. All of his acting was wless. But this time, he failed to calcte that the audience that he had performed for was really just a casual passerby that had coincidentally seen him, while also giving him the best response to his performance.

    ¡°Do you really think that I¡¯m going to seed?¡± He reached over to take the ID handed over by the other party, took a nce at the student information written on it, and raised his eyebrows slightly. His originally gentle expression suddenly took on a trace of evil, ¡°Are you one of my crazy fans? Or maybe just a regr fan?¡±

    He Bai rubbed at his eyes, seeing that the other party still kept a gentle expression on his face, fell into confusion for a few seconds before shaking his head to dispel his previous doubts about that slight feeling of vition earlier just now. He replied, ¡°Yes, you will seed.¡± As for one of his crazy fans or whatever, these kinds of questions that will let both sides feel awkward and embarrassed, he just wouldn¡¯t answer them.

    Di Qiuhe looked at his delicate eyebrows, and the dimple that appeared on the left side of his face as he spoke. His bad mood suddenly got a lot better, and he put the ID into his pocket. He waved at him, ¡°Thank you for your encouragement. If we¡¯re fated, let¡¯s meet again.¡±

    ¡°If we¡¯re fated let¡¯s meet... wait a second.¡± He Bai shouted at the other person to stop on an impulse. He considered his words for a few moments before asking, ¡°Film Emperor, do you want me to read your fortune?¡±

 Chapter 4 - White and Whiter

    <h4>Chapter 4: White and Whiter</h4>

    If we don¡¯t get drunk, we¡¯re not going home!

    Di Qiuhe stopped, and then turned around to look at him. The corners of his mouth raised in a gentle and harmless manner, with his voice very low, sounding very seductive in the small alleyway, ¡°Reading my fortune?¡±

    Why do he feel like this guy¡¯s tone was a little strange... He Bai unconsciously took a step back, and suddenly regretted calling him back. He didn¡¯t know what was wrong with him today- his long, unbeating heart ofpassion just started to crazily beat and start to overflow, and this was towards a man that he had only seen in person twice. These kinds of actions were not in line with the way he usually handled things, but... He rubbed at his camera, looking at the young face of the other person that was just in the springtime of his youth, and remembered that arm that was behind the window curtain. He sighed in his heart, nodded, and answered, ¡°Yes, I want to read your fortune.¡± He really couldn¡¯t bear to let such a brilliant person leave this world just because of a conspiracy. Just let this be his way of thanking the other person for filming so many amazing works of art, letting him kill all of his free time during those boring vacation days.

    Di Qiuhe took another look at his face, pinched the ID card in his pocket, and then slowly walked back again, ¡°What are you going to look at? My career, my fortune, or my lovelife?¡±

    ¡°No, I¡¯m going to read your lifeline.¡± He Bai got rid of any extra emotions, and tried to look as mysterious and profound as possible as he studied him from top to bottom. He started to try and trick him by saying, ¡°When I was young, I lived near a Daoist Temple. I was lucky enough to learn about reading the fate of other people from an old Daoist priest. Just now, what I said about you bing an extremely powerful big Film Emperor and starting your ownpany was all true- it¡¯s all written on your face.¡±

    Di Qiuhe raised his hands to touch his face, ¡°There¡¯s something written on my face?¡±

    That¡¯s right, it says two words- premature death.

    He Bai rubbed at his camera again, and continued to trick him by saying, ¡°Your facial features are honest, the area in between your eyebrows isrge and wide. This means that you were born in a very wealthy family, and that you should have a lot of good fortune in your life. However, your lips are slightly thin, and there¡¯s a mole on your ear. This means that there¡¯s also ws to your family life- it¡¯s not a happy one. Also, the dip above your lips is clear, you have a fair countenance, and you have a tall nose bridge. This means that in the future, you will definitely be someone who will be both rich and noble, but...¡±

    Di Qiuhe very helpfully prompted him by asking, ¡°But, what?¡±

    ¡°But the middle of your face gives a sense of brokenness. I¡¯m afraid that you will face misfortune in middle-age.¡± After He Bai finished putting together this mysterious and powerful facade, in order to increase his credibility, he even put on a very solemn expression to walk around him in a circle. He raised his hands to do some weird motions to simte reading his fortune, sighed, and said, ¡°This misfortune is very dangerous. If you are able to get through it, you will have a sessful, rich, and worry-free life. But if you can¡¯t...¡±

    ¡°What will happen?¡± Di Qiuhe¡¯s expression and tone were all very calm. It seemed like the person that He Bai was talking about wasn¡¯t him.

    ¡°You will die young.¡± Finally saying the main point, He Bai unconsciously rxed a little, and sped up what he was going to say next, ¡°Your misfortune wille when you are thirty-five years old. It has to do with a woman and a high ce. The direction of the misfortune is southeast. Okay, that¡¯s all I had to say. If we are fated, let¡¯s meet again.¡± Everything that he needed to say, he already finished saying it. If he kept on speaking, he would end up revealing something he shouldn¡¯t be revealing, so he was going to leave first.

    When Di Qiuhe saw that he was leaving, he quickly pressed down on his shoulder to stop him from going. With a quick eye and a fast hand, and with eyes that held a sincere smile, he said, ¡°Are you going to leave just like that? You¡¯re not even going to tell me how to escape this misfortune, or send me something to protect me, and then leave your contact information?¡±

    He Bai pulled back his legs that had just started to walk away, turned around, and patted him on the shoulder, ¡°Telling you this much is already revealing too much of heaven¡¯s secrets. Remember, do good deeds and umte good karma. Also, avoid women and high ces- that way, you¡¯ll be able to escape this disaster. Something like my contact information is unnecessary. You are a blessed individual. God will protect you.¡± After saying this, he turned around and left the small alleyway at a seemingly calm, but extremely fast pace, towards the nearest bus station.

    Leave his contact information? Everything he said just now was all made-up nonsense. If you thought about it carefully enough, there were a lot of ces that didn¡¯t quite add up. If Di Qiuhe could mix in the entertainment industry so well, it was in to see that he wasn¡¯t a stupid guy. He could trick him for a moment, but he couldn¡¯t trick him forever. Therefore, it was still better for him to run away quickly. He could only hope that they wouldn¡¯t meet again in the future, and that he wouldn¡¯t have that nightmare about him falling off that building again. His mental state was fragile, and couldn¡¯t stand all that tossing and turning!

    Di Qiuhe watched him leave, the corners of his mouth slowly dropping. He took that ID card out from his pocket, looked at it, and said, ¡°A Q university student...¡±

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    After sending this week¡¯s homework to Xu Yinrong¡¯s email, He Bai went back to the dormitory, and copsed on his bed. He looked at thest 500 yuan in his hands, and sighed worriedly.

    He needed to find a way to make money.

    The so-called, from rags to riches, from riches to rags. Before his rebirth, he had already spent more than a decade living off of the lottery ticket that he had won the year after he graduated from college. He didn¡¯t need to worry about what he ate or what he wore. So to let him go back to working those part-time jobs day and night that paid poorly, wasn¡¯t really something that he was willing to do. It wasn¡¯t that he wasn¡¯t able to suffer a little, but that he had broadened his horizons, and the ways that he used to make money were things that he naturally disdained doing.

    Thinking to here, he got up, and felt for theptop and pen under his pillow, listing the names of several famous development projects in B city in recent years, crossing them out one by one. The advantage of rebirth still existed, but he had no capital in his hands. Even if he knew about business opportunities, there was nowhere for him to start. Not to mention, he also believed in the idea of karma, so he didn¡¯t want to take advantage of the things in his brain to take away the opportunities that should have belonged to other people.

    What if he ended up taking advantage of foresight to seize another person¡¯s opportunities, and then ends up making that person live a life of hardship? Therefore, it was better to just take the things that he would have gotten anyway, and as for the opportunity that belonged to him... He opened the calendar in front of his notebook, and drew a circle on a date two yearster.

    After graduating from university, he started working at the evening newspaper in B city on the rmendation of one of his professors. He became an intern journalist in the education section. This was originally a good thing, but he was unfortunate enough to meet a very bad old journalist, and was suppressed and excluded by him at every corner. The nepotism at the newspaper was so serious, but being the foolish new graduate that he was, he didn¡¯t even realize that he was being put under the bus. Later on...ter on when his career was on the rocks, and he had juste out of a gambling house, he bought himself a lottery ticket using the numbers for his birthday on a whim, just for fun. As a result, he ended up winning the first prize, and became rich overnight.

    After winning the lottery, he was confused and lost for a while. When that old journalist tried to mess with him again, he decided to beat him up, resign, stuff his pockets full of money, and begin his journey visiting all the different famous mountains and rivers in his home country. After seeing enough of the dark side of humanity, he needed to wash his eyes with some beautiful scenery.

    He went from ce to ce, and after he had finished washing out his eyes, he wondered if he could take a record of all of the things he saw along the way, so that when he was old, he could reminisce about the past. So, he bought a camera, and officially stepped into the world of photography.

    Photography is a hobby that burns money- cameras need money, lenses need money, not working while looking around searching for inspiration to take photos cost money. But luckily, he was fortunate enough to be someone who didn¡¯tck money and was also willing to learn, and was also in his prime. Thinking about it now, his technical skills in photography were all basically learnt through using money.

    Slowly, his efforts paid off. He started to gain a reputation in the field of photography, got to know some people with the same interests, and started to have some small aplishments... and then in just one night, he went back to before this all began.

    It was still that sentence- why the hell was I reborn?

    He put away his notebook and pen,y down, and then rolled himself up in his nket.

    ¡°Why are you lying down again, Xiao Bai?¡± Wang Hu¡¯s voice sounded next to his bed, and then pulled at his nkets, ¡°Lao San reserved a ce at the old hotpot restaurant on the back street. He said he was going to treat us all to dinner. Get up quickly.¡±

    He Bai pulled the nket off, turn over to look at him, and wondered, ¡°Why did he think of inviting us to eat today?¡±

    Wang Hu smiled at him dryly, answering, ¡°He¡¯s heartbroken again.¡±

    He Bai furrowed his brows, ¡°Heartbroken again? With whom?¡± He remembered that Lao San was only heartbroken in college once. How could he have his heart broken a second time? Was it that the butterfly wings that he didn¡¯t dare to p, ended up pping anyway?

    ¡°With Liu Huanhuan.¡± Wang Hu¡¯s voice sounded like he was choking, with an expression that said it was hard to put it into words, ¡°This time it was Lao San who dumped Liu Huanhuan. He said that he wanted to celebrate.¡±

    ¡°...¡±

    In some upscale apartmentplex, Di Qiuhe opened up hisputer, skillfully logged into the Q University Campus Network, and entered in his ount number. Then, he picked up the card on his desk, entered He Bai¡¯s school ID number, and clicked on the search button.

    Some simple student information jumped out, followed by a school forum ID. He clicked on the ID that was called ¡°White (Bai) and Whiter (Bai),¡± and several posts asking about part-time jobs at the school could be seen on the screen.

    He really is my junior at school. That Mr. Fortune Teller didn¡¯t lie.

    He knocked on the table, copied the forum ID, went back to the homepage of the campuswork, opened the search bar, and searched his name.

    Even more information popped up, most of it consisting of him asking about part-time jobs, and responding to restaurant food suggestions. At the very top of the first page, a post about an item for sale, listed about a week ago, caught his eye.

    White and Whiter: Selling the up anding Film Emperor Di Qiuhe¡¯s autograph. Starting Price: 10

    Ten bucks?

    His finger on the mouse stiffened for a second.

    Without other people around him, the almighty film emperor, who could freely express his emotions, looked like he was in a bad mood almost immediately, looking at the words, ¡°starting price: 10,¡± unhappily, over and over again.

    ¡°I¡¯m only worth ten yuan?¡±

    The great Film Emperor, who was actually very narcissistic in his heart of hearts, couldn¡¯t help but shout out.

    ¡°How can I only be worth ten bucks?¡±

    He expressionlessly picked up the ID card, looked at it for a while, and then an extremely gentle smile suddenly appeared on his face. His long and slender fingers moved over the mouse, clicked on the bid button below, and bid one thousand.

    ¡°He Bai.¡± He loosened the mouse, staring at the good looking young man with a brilliant smile on the ID card, and couldn¡¯t help but poke his finger into the dimple on the left side of his face. With a low and deep voice, he said slowly, ¡°I¡¯ll remember you, little underssman.¡±

    With a clink, four beer sses knocked against one another.

    ¡°Drink!¡± Niu Junjie shouted proudly, draining all the beer in his ss in one gulp. Putting down the ss, he said, ¡°It really let me release so much of my resentment! I stopped my dad¡¯s car at the front door of the TV station Liu Huanhuan is signed at. She immediately ran out, crying and telling me that she regretted it, saying that she actually really loved me. Acting as a couple with that male anchor was something that the station asked them to do. She only did it because she was forced to.

    He Bai helped him fill up his ss again, asking, ¡°And then?¡±

    ¡°And then I took her hand affectionately.¡± Niu Junjie took another swig of his beer, drinking it all in one gulp again,ughing heartily, ¡°And I took off the diamond ring that I had given to her, pawned it off, and donated it to an orphanage! It really felt good!¡±

    He Bai pretended not to see his red eyes, and the way his hands were using too much strength to grip his beer ss. He shook his head at Wang Hu, who was looking worried and concerned, and filled Niu Junjie¡¯s ss to the brim again. He said with a smile, ¡°Out with the old, in with the new. The next one will be even better than this one was. Come, cheers!¡±

    ¡°Cheers!¡± Niu Junjie clinked sses with him, and held up his ss towards Chen Jie and Wang Hu, who didn¡¯t say anything the whole time and were just silently eating and drinking. With an expression that seemed like he was so excited that he could rise to heaven, he said, ¡°Comeee, drink. If we don¡¯t get drunk today, we¡¯re not going home!¡±

    Chen Jie and Wang Hu took one look at each other, shook their heads in unison, put on a happy smile, and also raised their sses.

    ¡°Okay! If we don¡¯t get drunk, we¡¯re not going home!¡±

 Chapter 5 - In Order to Eat Meat

    Chapter 5: In Order to Eat Meat

    In order to earn money

    Xu Yinrong put the ten photographs on the table, and took off his presbyopia sses to look at He Bai, asking, ¡°Which one do you think is the best?¡±

    He Bai rubbed his face to let himself look more spirited in spite of the headache from his hangover. He looked over the photographs one by one, raised his hand, hesitated for a moment, before pointing the picture in the upper right corner of the bus driver, ¡°This one.¡±

    ¡°Why do you think that is?¡±

    ¡°Just a feeling.¡±

    ¡°What kind of feeling?¡±

    He picked up the picture with the bad lighting and skewedposition, looked at the fine wrinkles on the corners of the dark brown eyes of the driver in the rearview mirror, and answered him while recalling the feeling that he had when he took the photo, ¡°I just felt... that the look in his eyes was really good. After taking the picture, the feeling I had in my heart was just that- that with this look in his eyes, the whole picture just felt like it came to life. I felt very satisfied, very happy.¡±

    Xu Yinrong¡¯s eyes moved a little, and continued to ask, ¡°Why were you happy?¡±

    ¡°Because I recorded a moment that was worth remembering.¡± The feeling of chaos caused by his hangover gradually disappeared. His mouth unconsciously turned up, with the dimple on his left cheek showing up, ¡°When I saw this photograph, my mind unconsciously shes through the time that this driver was both relieved yet apologetic for bringing inconvenience to his passengers because he was trying to avoid hitting a puppy. His eyes in that moment... were very kind. This is the only photograph in these ten pictures that let me have an urge to put it away in an album, and leave it for me to look back on my memories when I¡¯m old.¡±

    ¡°Uh-huh.¡± Xu Yinrong, with a faint smile on his face, nodded, ¡°Not bad. You can take a break next week.¡±

    He Bai couldn¡¯t keep up with train of thought, ¡°Take a break?¡±

    Xu Yinrong nodded, leaning over to take out a roster from his drawer, turning to the page that had He Bai¡¯s name on it, and using a red pen, he crossed out the score of zero, changed it to 95 points, closed the roster, and waved at him to leave, ¡°I¡¯m giving you a week off. Now go, take a nice break. It¡¯s better for young people to drink less- it¡¯s bad for your body.¡±

    He Bai¡¯s eyes lit up as he looked at the roster in his hands. After he changed his grades, he stood up excitedly and gave him a bow, and said while smiling foolishly, ¡°Thank you, Professor! Professor, you¡¯re really the best!¡± After he finished saying that, he took the camera to run away, scared that he would regret his decision and change his grades back.

    ¡°That little brat...¡± Xu Yinrong shook his head, but the smile on his face grew bigger without him realizing it. He picked put his phone, calling his good friend, ¡°Hey Lao Jiang- do you still remember that good seedling that I told you aboutst time? He¡¯s made some real big progress...¡±

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    For the first time, He Bai was praised by Professor Xu. He happily went to the back street to eat a meal of meat, and then with an extremely good mood, brought all of his possessions with him to go to the famous wedding photography street in B City.

    He thought about it for a long time, before finally deciding on a both quick way to make money that would also take into ount his major- editing photographs!

    A photographer who couldn¡¯t edit his pictures well, was not a good chef in the kitchen. One perfect picture definitely had the shadows of people tweaking it in theter stages. As a photographer who mainly took photos of the scenery, his photoshop skills couldn¡¯t be said to be at the top-notch, but they were still pretty good. Those blue skies, clear ocean water, gorgeous colors of the rainbow, birds flying away after being startled in the forest... He could also choose not to edit them, but as long as you edited them properly, a photo that was 80 points could immediately change into a photo worth 100 points! Even though he leaned more towards, and was also better at, takingndscape pictures, and the amount of editing he did on portraits couldn¡¯t match up to the amount he did on those of scenery, he had more than a decade¡¯s worth of experience on everyone else. As long as he was willing to learn and to practice, it would be more than enough to cover his living expenses.

    He adjusted the camera back to his side, looked up at the elegantly decorated photography studio in front of him, and stepped inside- this studio gave out the best pay, so he decided on this store!

    ¡°Good afternoon, wee to Saint Elephant Photography. Is there anything I can help you with?¡± Thedy at the front desk stood up from behind the table, smiling both politely and sweetly.

    ¡°Hello. ¡± He Bai squeezed out the dimple on his left cheek, returning her a friendly and harmless smile, ¡°I¡¯m here to apply for the job. I saw the ad posted at the door, saying that you guys were recruiting a person to edit photographs.¡±

    Thedy at the front desk blinked a few times, discreetly looking over his unstylish hair, and his obviously cheap clothing. Her gaze finally stopped at the camera bag hanging at his waist, barely maintaining the smile on her face, said, ¡°Thank you for choosing Saint Elephant. Please wait in the lounge area. I¡¯ll go ask my colleague in charge of supervising recruitment.¡± As she said this, she gestured for him to enter the small rest area to the right of the door.

    He Bai looked in the direction that she pointed, thanked her politely, walked to the rest area, sat down, and touched the camera bag at his waist. Even though thedy at the front desk¡¯s gaze was discreet, how could he not notice it? In this day and age, people depended on clothing to make the man, huh.

    Ten minutester, a serious looking middle aged woman stepped out in her high heels, looked He Bai up and down, furrowed her brows, and asked directly, ¡°Did you bring any samples of your work?¡±

    The other person was straightforward, so He Bai was naturally also very straightforward.

    ¡°Yes.¡± He got up, took out a stack of photos from a pocket in his camera bag, and used two hands to hand them over, ¡°The original pictures is on the top, the edited version is on the bottom, and there are a total of five sets of pictures. Please take a look.¡± Since he decided to apply for the position, he was naturally prepared.

    The pictures were all very new. They should have just been developed not too long ago. The top-most photograph was that of ake, letting people¡¯s eyes light up when they saw it. Li Ru thought that the original photograph was something that the other party just downloaded of some photographer¡¯s work, and only scanned it roughly before not looking at it anymore, and put all of her attention on the edited picture below it.

    As a result, she was immediately floored.

    It was still the same photograph of theke, but the colors were a lot brighter, the contrast between light and dark was also thicker, and she didn¡¯t know how the lines of the water were edited, but it was immediately made into the main subject of the picture. A photo that was originally only a little interesting, instantly became eye-catching, making people not able to help themselves but to take a second nce.

    She quickly put the original photograph next to the photoshopped picture, and with this directparison, you could tell that there was nopetition.

    ¡°You...¡± She raised her head to take a look at He Bai¡¯s young face, wanted to say something but swallowed it down, and quickly lowered her head to finish looking at the other four sets of photos.

    All of them were photographs of the scenery, ake, garden, nine-bend corridor, a swan returning at night, and the forest at sunset. The original photographs were already great by themselves, but were amazing after being edited. Even if it was her, she couldn¡¯t edit better than this. It wasn¡¯t that the other party¡¯s technical skill was that great, but that the person editing the photograph was able to urately grasp the focus and soul of the pictures of scenery. He used a kind of force that was able to touch the hearts of people, and brought out just how beautiful and vivid these pictures were.

    It was really too good- it let people hold their breath unconsciously.

    ¡°All of these were edited by you?¡± She calmed down her excitement, looking at He Bai, ¡°Howe there aren¡¯t any portraits?¡±

    He Bai took notice of the change in her attitude, smiling with more friendliness. He said straightforwardly, ¡°I¡¯m better at photographs of scenery. I haven¡¯t photoshopped as many portraits, so the effects aren¡¯t as good as these.¡±

    This sincere attitude, coupled with his young face and pleasant smile, seeded in making Li Ru¡¯s strict face soften a bit.

    ¡°You¡¯re still young, and having a preference is normal. You can slowly make up for thatter.¡± Li Ru said, and seeing there wasn¡¯t even a ss of water ced in front of him, took a stern look at thedy at the front desk, before gently saying to He Bai, ¡°My name is Li Ru, the director of the design department here. The pictures that you edited are great, but I still need to confirm the level of your editing skills for portraits and advertisements. Is this okay?¡±

    She¡¯s actually a director? Was there nobody else working today? Was it really necessary for a director to interview a part-time photograph editor?

    Thinking this in his heart, he still put on an expression of happy surprise. He took Li Ru¡¯s hand, shook it reservedly, before releasing her hands and nodding forcefully, ¡°Of course, of course. My name is He Bai. Thank you, Sister Li, for giving me this opportunity!¡±

    The slightly intimate address immediately drew the distance between the two people closer. Li Ru saw through his cute careful thoughts, smiled at him, and also started to have a more intimate attitude. He gestured for him toe with her to continue the interview inside. Then, walked in front of the front deskdy to stare at her angrily again.

    After being warned twice through her angry res, thedy at the front desk was too scared to even move. After she brought the young man wearing the cheap clothing into the room, she took a small sigh of relief, and used her hands to give herself a pat on the face, ¡°The director is so scary, I have to pay more attention in the future...¡± But that young man¡¯s photography editing skills were really good huh, he could even make that director use that kind of tone when talking to him.

    Leaving the front desk to go further inside, there was a big hall. In the middle of the hall, there were some desks and chairs, with all different kinds of props lying around, and there were stairs directly leading to the hallway on the second floor in the corners of the room. Looking up, the rooms on the second floor were all open, with people leaving and entering nonstop, like they were all busy doing something.

    ¡°Thepany has recently gotten work from a TV station. There isn¡¯t enough staff on hand, so it¡¯s a little crazy around here.¡± Li Ru saw him look around, exined the situation in as few words as possible, before bringing him across the hall towards a corridor, pushed open the small office to the left, turned on theputer, and said, ¡°The photographs that we need you do edit are on the desktop. It¡¯s divided into two folders- one is for portraits, and one is for advertisements. Editing two of each would be enough, and you can take as long as you need. Use thisndline to call me when you¡¯re done- this is my business card. It has my number on it.¡±

    She spoke very fast- He Bai guessed that she still had things to do, so he quickly took her business card to show that there were no problems, and then sat down in front of theputer.

    Li Ru saw that he knew not to waste time talking, and got a better impression of him. She personally went to the water dispenser to get him a ss of water, before putting it down and walking out with light steps.

    After confirming that there was only him left in the office, He Bai rxed his body, rubbed at his face that had gotten a little stiff from smiling so much, took off his camera bag, and opened the editing software while taking a drink of water. He found the folder of portraits on the desktop, and double-clicked to open it.

    ¡°Pu¡ª¡ª¡±

    All of the water that he had just drank was spit out. He quickly put the ss of water down, and picked up the keyboard that had been drenched in water. Then, he pulled out several tissues from the tissue box on the corner of the table, to wipe away at the wet screen. Looking at the piles of photos belonging to Di Qiuhe, the expression on his face twisted for a moment.

    How can it be this guy again! Why can¡¯t he just go a day without seeing a picture of this guy? Why couldn¡¯t he!

    He unwillingly wiped the keyboard and mouse clean, grabbed the mouse, and pulled out the photos from the folder. He tried to find a picture that was of another person, but his efforts were fruitless, making him so angry that his hair was almost standing on its ends.

    What the hell? Howe even when I apply for a part-time job as a photography editor, I still have to be ravaged by this guy¡¯s pictures? Can things still go on?

    After staring at the table for a while, he took a deep breath, and drooping his shoulders as a sign ofpromise, grasped the mouse again.

    Forget it. In order to eat meat, in order to make money, he would just edit them.

    Di Qiuhe took off his sunsses, sitting idly on the sofa in the rest area of Red Guest Photography, which was located on the opposite side of Saint Elephant Photography. He took out his phone, opened Q University¡¯s Campus Network, and selected the ce that showed goods that he had already bid on.

    Transaction Progress: The Seller did not respond.

    He squinted his eyes, using a hand to hold up his chin.

    Right now, it was two o¡¯clock on a Sunday afternoon. Was that guy taking an afternoon nap, or was he ying games? Or maybe he was holding his camera running around on the streets, pretending to be a ¡°pup¡±arazzi or a fortune teller?

    He furrowed his brows at the thought of this. Recalling the ¡°selling price: 10,¡± a trace of evil appeared between his gentle brows.

    Or maybe... that guy ran to ¡°coincidentally¡± meet with other Film Emperors, and then tried to continue scamming other people of ten yuan?

    ¡°How do you have the free time toe over here?¡± Jiang Xiuwen put a cup of coffee in front of him, sat down opposite him, leaned back on the sofa, folded his legs, raised his chin, and rejoiced at his misfortune, ¡°The pitiful Film Emperor who was blocked, what¡¯s wrong? Do you not have any money to eat, so you ran over to my ce to mooch off of me?¡±

    Di Qiuhe took a nce at him without any emotion, and snorted.

    ¡°I really should let those people who are tricked by you to take a look at the way you are now. What ¡®gentle and amicable, elegant gentleman,¡¯ more like ¡®mean-spirited, wolf-hearted.¡¯¡± Jiang Xiuwen said annoyed, mimicking the way he held his chin and reaching a leg out to kick him, ¡°How¡¯s it going with you trying to get my dad to agree?¡±

    Hearing him mention this, Di Qiuhe¡¯s expression became serious. He furrowed his brows, ¡°It¡¯s still the same result. Uncle Jiang thinks that I¡¯m too young, and that my looks fall too much towards the handsome side, to be in line with the character for that role.¡±

 Chapter 6 - Notebook Paper

    <h4>Chapter 6: Notebook Paper</h4>

    One ugly ass dog.

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    Jiang Xiuwen took a look at that face that was so handsome that it made people of the same sex jealous, and people of the opposite sex obsessed. He sourly made a noise of disapproval, and couldn¡¯t help but to use his legs to kick him again. He suggested unkindly, ¡°You can try sunbathing, making your skin a bit more rough, and then moving bricks in construction to get some muscles. As for your hair, you can just shave it all off. If you do all of these things, I promise that you¡¯ll look like you¡¯ve lived through hard times, and look more like a rough and tough manly man, never to look young and handsome again.¡±

    This idea couldn¡¯t be more off the mark. Di Qiuhe rolled his eyes at him, avoided the leg that he tried to use to kick him, raised his long legs, and deliberately put them down on the tea table in between the sofas. Hey on the sofa like he had no bones at all, lifted his cell phone, and sneered, ¡°If just doing this would let Uncle Jiang agree, then I would have done it sooner.¡± What Uncle Jiang wanted was a feeling, not the appearance, and he already made the decision of putting the script on the backburner if he couldn¡¯t find a suitable actor. This kind of attitude that put quality over anything else really let people have headaches, but was also something that was worthy of respect.

    A good movie needed a good director, a good script, good actors, a good team, and a good attitude. When he read the first draft of this script in Uncle Jiang¡¯s hands, he was immediately blown away. With the premise of having a good script, Uncle Jiang would definitely put together everything that was needed to make sure the good script was utilized to its full potential.

    He was now blocked by Huangdu, and his jobs were stopping one after the other. In not even half a year, he wouldpletely disappear from the public eye. Besides his true love fans, there would be nobody else paying attention to this new actor who poprity was so fleeting.

    On this point, he really had to admire that woman Qin Li, because she chose one of the most smart, and most simple ways to let him slowly, but surely, lose everything that he had worked hard to achieve.

    Letting warm water slowly be cold was a lot more effective than putting ice in boiling water to force it to lower its temperature. If an actor lost his exposure, and missed the golden age for development, the result would be exactly the way you imagined it to be.

    Jiang Xiuwen looked at hiszy appearance, and knew that his mood started to be bad again. Thinking about his current situation, he sat up and said worriedly, ¡°That stepmother of yours blocked you in the industry, and is even holding your contract. Your father¡¯s being swayed again by her pillowtalk, so what are you nning on doing? Even if you manage to persuade my dad, your contract is still with Huangdu. That stepmother of yours won¡¯t let you easily jump to my dad¡¯s boat.¡±

    The background picture on his phone was of a foolish looking handsome student¡¯s ID. He using his hands to poke the dimple on the other person¡¯s face, raised the corners of his mouth in a not so obvious manner, and said indifferently, ¡°If Uncle Jiang decides to use me, then I naturally have a way to make that contract useless, and even let that woman suffer a loss.¡±

    Jiang Xiuwen saw that he said everything with everything in mind, knew that he had his own ideas on how to handle everything, and put down the worries in his heart. He leaned back into the sofa, and went back to his not-so-serious appearance from before, asking, ¡°Then what if my dad isn¡¯t willing to use you no matter what? Are you really going to let your stepmother block you for five, ten years?¡±

    ¡°Two years, at the most.¡± He put down his cell phone, squinted at the delicate ceiling over his head, and said casually, ¡°Half a year. I can still spend half a year trying to convince Uncle Jiang. If after half a year, it¡¯s still not possible, then Lin Mo still has a TV drama waiting for me.¡±

    ¡°Lin Mo?¡± Jiang Xiuwen was stunned for a moment, before stretching out his legs to kick his feet that were resting on the tea table, annoyed. ¡°Leave leave leave. I just wasted my worries on you. I even used my thick skin to try and help you say good things in front of my father, and here you are with such a big escape route. Why don¡¯t you just ascend to heaven already? Looking at you makes me annoyed. Quickly leave, quickly leave.¡±

    Di Qiuhe took back his legs, turned over, and faced his back at him. He opened his phone again, opened the campuswork, and pressed again and again impatiently.

    Howe the transaction still doesn¡¯t have a response? That little ¡°pup¡±arazzi, did he not appreciate the fact that he helped him earn ten yuan? Does he know how hard it is to earn ten bucks? He really doesn¡¯t understand human suffering, huh!

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    He Bai sneezed three times in a row, before finally finding two photographs of Di Qiuhe, that were taken on the street, that he was satisfied with.

    After being ustomed to shooting scenery, sure enough, he preferred these photographs of people blending in harmoniously with the surroundingndscape. Not to mention, the photographs of Di Qiuhe taken on the street were even more casual and natural, looking even more realistic than his photo shoots and stills, making it a lot easier for him to edit.

    His mind shed through the image of the other person falling from the building, and he quickly sat up straight, taking out his cell phone to open the picture of Di Qiuhe that his Professor had praised. He took two hard nces, and then recalled the feeling that he had when he was taking the picture of the bus driver, while gripping at the mouse again.

    People¡¯s emotions can be expressed through action, expression,nguage, and so on and so forth, whereas a person¡¯s personality was more like being made up of a variety of different emotions pieced together. A person¡¯s character could speak more about their soul. When you discover the charm in another person¡¯s personality, you would naturally discover the shining points hidden within their soul. And on the opposite end of the spectrum, if a photograph could show the unique and attractive parts of someone¡¯s personality capturing that person¡¯s actions or expressions through pictures, then that photograph would be considered sessful, and to have a soul.

    He took a long time to ponder over this question. In the two pictures that Professor Xu hadplimented, both the emotions expressed through Di Qiuhe¡¯s actions, as well as the emotions expressed by that of the bus driver¡¯s actions, shared simrities. Even though he was still a little confused as to what the emotions that Di Qiuhe was trying to show through his actions were, he still felt like he had a better understanding of how to take good photographs of people.

    And editing portraits was different from taking portraits. When he was editing a picture, the actions and expressions of the main character were set in stone. He couldn¡¯t change any of these things, so why couldn¡¯t he simply just regard the person in the picture as a part of thendscape, and use that part to enhance the beauty of the picture as a whole?

    With a clear train of thought, doing things naturally took half the effort.

    He chose street photographs- one of Di Qiuhe¡¯s side profile, and one of Di Qiuhe¡¯s face close-up; one that used actions to express emotions, and one that used expressions to show emotions, just right for him to put what he just learned into practice.

    He imported the photos into the software, zoomed in, edited some obvious ws first, and then took a moment to stare at Di Qiuhe¡¯s handsome face for a while, recalling that day when he had a conversation with him in a small alleyway, and moved the mouse.

    This person... was full of contradictions- a contradiction between his facial expression and his eyes, a contradiction between his actions and the personality that he projected through the way he spoke, and a contradiction between his outward appearance and his soul. And what he had to do now, was to emphasize these contradictions.

    When a gentle person was dyed with other colors, that kind of impact would definitely be exciting.

    Li Ru basically looked at He Bai¡¯s edited portraits in amazement, not wanting to move away her eyes, with her gaze glued to the screen.

    ¡°You...¡± She was once again at a loss for words.

    ¡°This is the most I can do.¡± He Bai saw that she didn¡¯t speak, thought that she wasn¡¯t satisfied, and like a actual twenty year old young man, said nervously, and with a little embarrassment, ¡°Sister Li, I tried my best already. If you¡¯re still not satisfied, then I...¡±

    ¡°No! I¡¯m very satisfied!¡± Li Ru interrupted him, and finally tore her eyes away from the photograph. She looked at him with aplicated gaze, took a shallow breath, and held out a hand to him with a smile, ¡°You¡¯re too modest. The level of your editing on portraits isparable to that of your editing onndscape photos. They¡¯re both really good! He Bai, wee to Saint Elephant.¡±

    Comparable? The fact that she gave such a high evaluation was a little unexpected.

    He Bai squeezed out the dimple on his left cheek, shook her hand, and said, ¡°Thank you Sister Li. Actually, I kind of have a little request...¡±

    ¡°What kind of request? Just say it, and as long as it doesn¡¯t vite anypany regtions, I can help you fight for it.¡± Li Ru was always easy to talk with when it came to talented people, and she had a very good impression of He Bai. Intuition told her that this person wouldn¡¯t open his mouth to ask for crazy conditions just because he was a little talented.

    He Bai smiled at her ingratiatingly, saying a little shyly, ¡°Well you see, I¡¯m still a student right now. From Monday to Friday, I have sses. I don¡¯t have time to stay at thepany all the time, so I hope that I can take my work home with me...¡±

    It was actually such a simple request. Li Ru couldn¡¯t help butugh out loud, and intimately patted him on the shoulder, saying, ¡°We were recruiting a part-timer. We weren¡¯t asking for punctuality and punching in. As long as you can finish the work we give you on time, it doesn¡¯t matter where you edit the pictures. Of course, it¡¯s better if youe in on the weekends when you have time. Thepany has employee benefits, so remember toe and take advantage of them.¡±

    He Bai nodded happily, thanking Li Ru incessantly, making the smile on her face never stop. Then, he read the atmosphere, asked to leave first, and asked for the two portraits that he had edited before leaving. He wanted to bring them to Professor Xu to look at, and to research a little his new approach in taking pictures of people.

    Happilying out of Saint Elephant, seeing that it wasn¡¯t early anymore, he found the nearest noodle shop to fill his stomach. Then, he strolled out onto the street to head for the closest bus stop.

    ¡°Little ¡®pup¡¯arazzi.¡±

    He took out his phone, looking at the two edited portraits back and forth. His hands began to itch, and he took out his camera from his camera bag, put his phone back into his pocket, stopped, held the camera in front of his eyes, and aimed his camera lens at a little girl walking her dog. Seeing how the other party cutely squatted down to pet the little doggy, the corners of his mouth turned up, and his finger reached for the shutter.

    ¡°Little ¡®pup¡¯arazzi.¡±

    A tall and slender figure suddenly appeared two steps in front of him, arrogantly taking up the shot in his camera lens.

    Ka-cha.

    He Bai¡¯s hands tightened, he took a deep breath, and put down the camera. Looking at Di Qiuhe standing in front of him, he smiled without it reaching his eyes, ¡°What a coincidence, huh, Mr. Film Emperor. I just so happened to want to take a picture of a dog, and then you appeared.¡±

    ¡°Pu.¡± Sitting in the driver¡¯s seat in a ck car two meters away, Jiang Xiuwen couldn¡¯t help butugh out loud.

    Di Qiuhe¡¯s habitual gentle smile stiffened for a moment, before unhappily putting the ID card in his hand back in his pocket. He pushed down the baseball cap on his head, and asked indifferently, ¡°Why are you here?¡±

    He Bai had stared at his picture for the better half of an afternoon. He already didn¡¯t want to look at this face of his anymore. So, he moved his eyes away, and answered, ¡°I¡¯m here to find a part-time job. Many thanks to Mr. Film Emperor for your concern. Sorry, but I have to go back to school now. If we¡¯re fated, let¡¯s meet again.¡± After saying this, he lifted his feet and left, in a very heartless manner.

    Di Qiuhe¡¯s heart skipped a beat, and he raised his legs to chase after him. Barely maintaining his aloof and cool image as a Film Emperor, he used a low voice and a flirtatious tone to say, ¡°Little ¡°pup¡±arazzi. Last time, you read my fortune from my face. There were some parts that I didn¡¯t quite understand. I wanted to discuss it with you again.¡±

    He Bai stopped in his steps, took out a notebook from his camera bag, found a pen, and randomly drew a seal. Then, he tore out that page of notebook paper to solemnly stuff it into Di Qiuhe¡¯s hands. He said seriously, ¡°You¡¯ve recently offended a bad person. You shouldn¡¯t leave the house. This is for you- it can help you avoid one disaster. Farewell.¡± After saying this, he stepped back, turned around, and quickly ran onto the bus that had stopped a couple of steps away, mixed in with the group of other boarding passengers, and disappeared.

    Di Qiuhe¡¯s watched the bus drive away with eyes wide open in disbelief. His brows twisted and twitched. He looked down at the pink notebook paper in his hands, saw the ugly ass dog that was drawn on it, and couldn¡¯t help but grind his teeth in frustration.

    ¡°He, Bai.¡±

 Chapter 7 - Anti-fan

    <h4>Chapter 7: Anti-fan</h4>

    ¡°A Breath of Fresh Air at the Inte Cafe!¡±

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    Driving the car back onto the main road, Jiang Xiuwen turned to look at Di Qiuhe with eyes full of gossip, who was sitting shotgun, over and over again.

    Di Qiuhe noticed his line of sight, and put the notebook paper that he had been clenching in his hands onto hisp without saying a word. He turned his head over to face him, with that good-looking face of his, and a murderous aura.

    ¡°Cough.¡± Jiang Xiuwen removed his gaze, looked back towards the front, and tried to ask as casually as possible, ¡°So who was that guy just now? You and him seemed to be really close with each other. Is he a new friend of yours?¡±

    ¡°He¡¯s not.¡± Di Qiuhe answered in a heavy voice, his hands tightening their hold on the piece of paper. Just as he thought of saying that he was just a little ¡°pup¡±arazzi that didn¡¯t know how to distinguish between good from bad, he quickly swallowed the words as they came to his mouth. He finally also tried to act as casually as possible, and responded by saying, ¡°He¡¯s one of my little super-fans. Last time, I gave him an autograph. In order to pay me back, he decided to give me a signature as a return gift.¡±

    Jiang Xiuwen nced over at the piece of paper held in his hand with an odd expression on his face, ¡°In order to show his gratitude to his idol, a super-fan gave his own signature as a return gift, and then ran away from him like he was the gue?¡± And even implied that this idol was a dog? Are you sure this wasn¡¯t an anti-fan?

    Di Qiuhe¡¯s body stiffened. He turned his head away, and stuffed the piece of paper into his pocket. He adjusted the chair so he couldy down, pulled the baseball hat over to cover his face, and pretended to be dead, ¡°I¡¯m tired. Wake me up when it¡¯s time to eat.¡±

    ¡°...¡± It only takes five minutes to drive from here to the restaurant. I dare you to try and find a more reasonable reason to try and avoid having this conversation!

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    After annoying the Film Emperor, He Bai weed in a new Monday with both his mind and body rxed. Then, he was stunned silly when he went to the cafeteria window to buy breakfast.

    ¡°One bowl of rice porridge, two vegetable buns. Your total will be three yuan. Please swipe your card.¡± The loud voice of the cafeteria auntie could be hearding from the window.

    He took his hand out of the emptypartment in his camera bag, was silent for a few moments, beforeing out from the front of the line. He reached for his cell phone to call Wang Hu, ¡°Hey Lao Da- I need you toe save me. I forgot to bring money for breakfast...¡±

    After finishing breakfast, Niu Junjie, who had already walked out from the shadow of getting his heart broken, took a look at Wang Hu and Chen Jie, who were walking in front of him. He said in a low voice, ¡°Xiao Bai, did you run out of living expenses? I saw that you seemed to have quit all of your part-time jobs. The semester¡¯s about toe to an end, so it¡¯s better that you decided to stop working. This way, you can have free time to prepare for the end of term exams. So, um, you shouldn¡¯t make yourself too tired. With regards to your next semester¡¯s tuition and all that, if you have any problems, just know that your brothers are always here to help.¡±

    He Bai looked at how he tried to be as careful as possible, trying not injure his pride, and his heart felt warm. He couldn¡¯t help but lift up his camera and press down on the shutter, before smiling and putting his arm around his shoulder, saying, ¡°I still have enough living expenses. I just lost my ID card somewhere, so I had no way to swipe at the register, and need to get a new one made. Since you offered to help, then until my new ID card is ready, you¡¯re responsible for my three meals a day!¡± In the past, he used to be really sensitive towards money. He wasn¡¯t willing to take advantage of his good friends, which led to Wang Hu and the others always being as careful as possible when it came to the subject. But now, he had already lived many years surrounded by an ocean of money, and hade to understand the concept that ¡°even siblings need to return debts,¡± wasn¡¯t really realistic when it came to getting along with others. A good friend¡¯s good intentions should be epted when it was appropriate, and when there was a good opportunity in the future, you could always find a way to return that favor. This kind of interaction between friends, was the mostfortable way to get along.

    Niu Junjie saw his attitude, and took a sigh of relief in his heart. He immediatelyughed heartily, took a card out of his pocket, and stuffed it in his hand with a face that said, ¡°I¡¯m rich and I have a lot of money.¡± He replied, ¡°Of course, of course, of course. You can have this card- whatever you want to eat, just swipe it whenever! My dad put twenty thousand yuan in there, and if i¡¯m the only one to use it, I won¡¯t be able to finish even by the time we graduate!¡±

    Wang Hu and Chen Jie, who were walking in front of them, were listening to their conversation. When they looked back to see Niu Junjie¡¯s happy face, they understood that the problem had been resolved, and took a sigh of relief. They took a look at one another tacitly, and slowly joined the two others walking behind them. They naturally joined in the conversation, and walked side by side towards the teaching building.

    At noon, the four of them swiped Niu Junjie¡¯s card to buy some small dishes at the dining hall, and had a lively meal together. After eating, He Bai went to the ID card center by himself, and went through the process of getting a new ID.

    Without other people by his side, he finally had the time to try and remember where he lost his ID card. After thinking about it here and there, his mind shed through an image of Di Qiuhe¡¯s face.

    He vaguely recalled that day in the small alleyway, when his heart was uncharacteristically flooded with sympathy. He took out his ID card to seriously exin who he was, and even encouraged Di Qiuhe with some mind-numbingly sweet words... And then, the other person just took his card with him, just like that, without any shame at all?! What the hell kind of Film Emperor is this! Taking away something a poor student uses to buy food, doesn¡¯t this hurt his conscience at all?

    And then, he remembered how the other person ruined his photograph of the little girl ying with the dog. He couldn¡¯t help but angrily take out his camera, and flip to yesterday¡¯s picture. He started to click delete, dele-... huh? This guy¡¯s hand seems to be holding something...

    He looked at the camera screen more closely, erged the picture, and then saw that Di Qiuhe¡¯s slender and good-looking hands seemed to be holding some card-shaped object. Looking at the color and size, it seems to be, vaguely, as if, just like... it was his ID card...

    So that means that yesterday, Di Qiuhe called him out in order to return the ID card to him?

    ...

    He put down the camera, and guiltily looked up at the bright afternoon sun.

    Forget it. Just take it that they both repaid each other¡¯s grievances. Just let him and Di Qiuhe¡¯s fate end with him losing his ID card, and that piece of notebook paper with the drawing of the dog.

    After finishing the supplementary procedures, he went to an off-campus inte cafe. First, he sent the photos that he had edited yesterday (of Di Qiuhe at his workce), along with the sets of portraits to Xu Yinrong¡¯s inbox. Then, he downloaded the pictures that he needed to edit by the end of this week from the work email he reserved for Saint Elephant, and started working.

    An hourter, his afternoon ss was about to begin. He stretched out his arms, and called Wang Hu to help him bring his textbooks. Then, he uploaded the edited photos onto his email, closed hisputer, paid his bill, and left.

    After he left, the long-haired artsy youth sitting next to him took off his headphones, closed the game on his screen, went on the campus forum, and excitedly, with his fingers typing so quickly they seemed to be flying, made a new post¨C A Breath of Fresh Air Spotted at the Inte Cafe! A Cute Underssman Comes to the Inte Cafe to Finish Homework!

    At some high-end apartment buildingplex, Di Qiuhe had just returned home after settling an endorsement fee, and turned on hisputer. His fingers automatically clicked open the Q University¡¯s Campus Network, and went to the page for buying and selling items.

    Transaction Progress: The Seller did not respond.

    His expression turned cloudy. He picked up the notebook on his desk, opened it, took out the pink notebook paper, took a picture of it, chose the option for selling an item, priced it at ten yuan, and then clicked upload, uplo-... The operation was interrupted, and your item failed to upload.

    That annoying little ¡°pup¡±arazzi!

    He angrily closed the screen that said his item failed to upload, refolded the piece of notebook paper, ced it back into his notebook, thought about it for a while before taking it out again, stuffing it into his wallet, and ground his teeth. He gloomily thought about how He Bai said that this thing would help him block disasters. If it couldn¡¯t, then he would tear the university apart until he found him, and make that little ¡°pup¡±arazzi apologize forst night¡¯s deception! Admit that he was wrong! Massage his shoulders and legs and be his little brother!

    After ordering the little ¡°pup¡±arazzi around in his head for a while, he was finally in a good mood. He grabbed the mouse with a gentle and kind expression on his face, casually refreshed the forum, and then saw that a new post had gone viral, and appeared on the front page.

    Huh? A ¡°Cute Underssman?¡± Could they be as cute as his little ¡°pup¡±arazzi?

    Heughed out loud, and clicked open the post with a sort of pride that he couldn¡¯t really understand, skimmed over the content of the post, and then carelessly used his mouse to scroll down.

    A photo could be seen attached at the bottom of the post- the background was an inte cafe, and you could see from the picture¡¯s angle, that it was taken secretly. In the middle of the picture, was a slightly thin boy wearing a checkered shirt sitting on a ck sofa chair. He had a mouse in one hand, his posture was extremely good, and on the screen in front of him, aplicated photo editing software was open with a erged photograph for an advertisement that had been edited halfway.

    This person, was the little ¡°pup¡±arazzi?

    He unconsciously sat upright, and stared at the carefully blurred face of the person in the photograph. His gaze was so hot it could burn through the screen, and seemed to be able to look through the mosaic to see that face that was so good-looking, it was annoying, and the small dimple that was just asking to be poked that appeared on the left side of his face when he pretended to smile.

    ¡°Being in a messy ce like an inte cafe... he deserves to have his picture taken secretly!¡± He coldly snorted, and couldn¡¯t help but use his mouse to scroll back up to read the main contents of the post again, this time in detail. After he finished reading it, he couldn¡¯t help but right-click on the photo, and download it.

    And then, he started to feel upset again.

    When the little ¡°pup¡±arazzi does his homework, he has to go to an inte cafe. Is it because he doesn¡¯t have his ownputer? That guy seemed to dress pretty inly, and he even went to look for a part-time job yesterday... He suddenly felt like his heart hurt.

    He loosened his grip on the mouse, and red at the two photographs that were taken secretly for a few seconds. The more he looked at those mosaics, the more he felt like they hurt his eyes. He moved his eyes away from them, and noticed something on the screen in front of the little ¡°pup¡±arazzi. He furrowed his brows, and erged the photograph a little.

    In the middle of the editing software, on the corner of the half-finished advertisement picture, there were the words, ¡°Saint Elephant Photography.¡±

    He immediately thought of the studio opposite Red Guest Photography, and thought of how the little ¡°pup¡±arazzi said that he was there to find a part-time job yesterday. He couldn¡¯t help but feel even more bad, and took out his phone to call Jiang Xiuwen.

    Jiang Xiuwen was driving when he saw Di Qiuhe calling him. His eyes turned, and pretended to casually ask Jiang Guanshan, who was sitting shotgun flipping a script, ¡°Hey Dad, someone¡¯s calling me. It¡¯s not convenient for me to answer them since I¡¯m driving- can you pick it up for me?¡±

    Jiang Guanshan was called back from his thoughts looking at the script, picked up the phone, and red at Jiang Xiuwen when he saw the name on the caller ID. He then pressed answer, and turned on the speaker phone, making sure that his son didn¡¯t have an opportunity to pull one over him.

    Jiang Xiuwen¡¯s brows drew together when he saw this.

    ¡°You useless piece of trash.¡± After the phone connected, Di Qiuhe¡¯s voice could immediately be hearding out from the other end. Without giving the person on the other side a chance to reply, he continued, ¡°You can¡¯t even win when ites to recruiting part-timers. No wonder yourpetitors were able to get the business deal with the TV station instead of you guys.¡±

    Du du du, the phone was hung up on the other side..

    The Jiang family father and son: ¡°...¡±

    ¡°Qiuhe, he...¡± Jiang Guanshan started speaking first, with a somewhatplicated expression, ¡°In front of his peers, is he always this... uninhibited and unrestrained?¡±

    Jiang Xiuwen recalled how his good friend always maintained a gentle and friendly mask in front of his elders. He felt at a loss, and managed to try and give him an excuse, ¡°He¡¯s just worried about me. I mentioned the thing with the photography studio to him earlier, and he was pretty concerned for me... As you know, he has a soft heart. When his friends go through rough times, he gets even more anxious than they do.¡±

    ¡°Oh really.¡± Jiang Guanshan rubbed the edge of the script, and said with a look of indifference, ¡°I can tell from the way he spoke. You know, that he¡¯s really anxious.¡±

    Jiang Xiuwen took a sigh of relief, and continued to try and exin the situation with a smile on his face, ¡°Right, he¡¯s just too much of a good person. He always likes worrying about...¡±

    ¡°So, what¡¯s the deal with yourpetitors robbing you of the business deal with the TV station?¡± Jiang Guanshan looked at him from the side, with eyes zing like torches, ¡°Who was the person who told me that everything was going great at the photography studio? That business was going smoothly, and it would be profitable soon?¡±

    ¡°...¡±

    ¡°So tell me, is that kid Di Qiuhe really just worried about you, or is his real personality just like that?¡±

    ¡°...¡±

    ¡°Close the studio. Come home and learn how to direct with me.¡±

    ¡°His personality is just like that! But, the fact that he¡¯s worried about me is also true!¡± Jiang Xiuwen immediately abandoned his moral integrity, and lit a candle for his best friend in his heart, ¡°Dad, just listen to me. Actually, Di Qiuhe, he...¡±

    Before going to bed, He Bai opened the campuswork, and was about to ask about the progress of recing his ID card. As a result, the minute he opened it, he received a huge amount of transaction notifications. After being stunned for a couple of seconds, he remembered that he had listed Di Qiuhe¡¯s autograph for sale.

    At that time, what did he set the starting price at? Five bucks? Or was it ten bucks?

 Chapter 8 - Are you there?

    Chapter 8: Are you there?

    A Bird (¡®He¡¯ Means Crane) Born in Autumn (¡®Qiu¡¯ Means Autumn)

    There were hundreds of notifications about the transaction, the majority of which had been automatically cancelled by the system due to ack of response from the seller. He flipped through a long series of notifications that had already turned gray, and silently eximed at Di Qiuhe¡¯s poprity in his heart.

    This person... God is rewarding me with money for a meal, huh!

    Putting out the sudden me of jealousy in his heart, he deleted the expired transaction notifications, and tried to remember where the autograph was. Feeling slightly guilty, he moved his fingers, and prepared to delete the For Sale listing.

    System Reminder: The item has finished bidding. The final transaction has reached 1000 yuan. Deletion of goods will cause an automatic deduction of 5% asmission. Do you still want to proceed?

    What? Someone bid on it? And they even spent 1000 yuan?

    That¡¯s not right, wait a second, automatically deduct 5% as amission fee? How are they going to deduct it? From where are they going to deduct it? Who are they deducting it from? Why are there handling fees when all you¡¯re doing is deleting a listing?

    He ¡¤Poor As Fuck¡¤ Bai clicked open the page that exined in detail the fees for transactions on the campuswork with a stunned expression on his face. Ten minutester, he went back to the campuswork homepage, quickly selected Listed Goods, and looked at the both red and gorgeous looking words underneath the item that read, ¡°Winning Bid: 1000.¡± He clicked the button to agree to the transaction, and then quickly sent a private message to the buyer, asking for their shipping address and contact information.

    He would never have thought that in order to prevent students from arbitrarily using the resources on the campuswork, the school¡¯s leaders would set up so many rules and regtions for the buying and selling of goods. And people like him, who listed goods for ten days to half a month without responding to requests for transactions (people who only list goods but don¡¯t actually follow through), were the focus of thesemission fees!

    After waiting for several minutes without any response from the buyer, seeing that it was getting prettyte, he threw his phone under the pillow and covered his head with his nket.

    So dangerous- he almost lost one meal (with meat)¡¯s worth of money.

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    At some upscale apartmentplex, Di Qiuhe had just finished taking a shower before drying his hair and picking up his phone. Seeing that there was a new notification from the campuswork, and two private messages, he stopped drying his hair for a moment, and then quickly threw the towel aside. His fingers hesitated before he clicked open the private messages first.

    White and Whiter: Are you there?

    White and Whiter: Sorry to keep you waiting for so long. The transaction was sessful. Please send me your shipping address and contact information, and I will send the goods to you as soon as possible. PS: If you¡¯re a student from the North District, I can even send the goods to your door hehe. Thank you for your patronage ^-^

    What do you mean ¡°hehe?¡± And what¡¯s up with that smiley emoticon!

    Di Qiuhe raised his eyebrows, and poked at the smiling emoticon at the end of the private message. He clicked reply, and wrote a whole bunch of words, but his fingers cramped up before he could send it out. He then even more angrily deleted everything he just wrote, and sent him a short reply with an expressionless face.

    A Bird (¡®He¡¯ Means Crane) Born in Autumn (¡®Qiu¡¯ Means Autumn): I¡¯m here.

    A Bird Born in Autumn: I¡¯ve already left school to do practical training, so I¡¯m not at school. It¡¯s toote today¨C add my WeChat XXX to discuss the transaction in further detail. Let¡¯s talk whenever you¡¯re free. Good night.

    After sending out this message, he cleared his thought, raised his chin slightly, and used a kind of expression that an emperor would use when his subjects came to pay their respects to him. He started staring at at the phone screen with his eyes squinted in focus.

    Two minutester, he had still not received a response.

    He moved his body a little, and pressed his chin down slightly.

    Five minutester, there was still no response from the other end, and also no new friend applications on the WeChat page that he opened just in case.

    He red at the screen, and then clicked on the page for purchased goods, and moved his fingers.

    A Bird Born in Autumn: I identally pressed the button used to remind the seller to deliver the goods. I didn¡¯t wake you up, did I?

    After he finished typing, he hesitated, and added a smiling emoticon at the end of the sentence.

    Half an hour had passed, and the hour hand turned to twelve o¡¯clock. His half-dry hair had already thoroughly dried. He threw the silent phone to the side, andy on his bed with a stinky expression on his face. He poked the little ¡°pup¡±arazzi¡¯s dimple in his heart a hundred times before unwillingly closing his eyes.

    That damn little ¡°pup¡±arazzi!

    ¡°Xiao Bai, what are you looking for?¡± Wang Hu, who had toothbrush hanging from his mouth, looked strangely at He Bai, who was turning over all of the things in his desk the minute he woke up. He asked with a tone of uncertainty, ¡°Did you lose something? Do you need any help?¡±

    ¡°I found it!¡± He Bai took out the slightly wrinkled piece of notebook paper from the corner of his drawer, took a sigh of relief, and exined the situation to Wang Hu. Then, he took out his phone, opened the private message that he received the night before, opened WeChat, and added the other person as a friend¡ª¡ª It was good thing that he didn¡¯t lose the autograph. Otherwise, it would be horrible of him because not only did he make the buyer wait so long for his response in the first ce, but he would also have to cancel the transaction altogether. Not to mention, the other party had such a good attitude about it all.

    Using a book to press the piece of notebook paper t, he smiled while walking into the bathroom. He brushed his teeth while saying to Wang Hu, ¡°I justpleted a business transaction without using a cent of my own money. When I get the money, I¡¯ll invite all of you guys to eat !¡±

    ¡°Okay.¡± Wang Hu also wasn¡¯t polite with him, pulled the towel off the hanger to wash his face, and answered while smiling, ¡°It¡¯s almost the end of the semester. Getting everyone together to have fun would be perfect. We¡¯re going to that ce in the old alleyway, right?¡±

    He Bai stuffed his toothbrush into the side of his mouth, and gestured a sign of affirmation at him.

    When the semester started drawing to a close, all of the professors would start to review the important points of their sses. As a person who was reborn, and forgot everything to do with university sses, He Bai needed to work even harder than other people when it came to reviewing and studying. He made sure he paid attention at all times during sses, and didn¡¯t touch his phone even one bit... So Di Qiuhe, who had ran to Red Guest Photography in the early morning, was not happy again.

    He had a sour expression on his face as he curled into the sofa, and kept poking at his cell phone here and there.

    ¡°So...¡± Jiang Xiuwen sat opposite him, and tried to ask in a pleasing way, ¡°Qiuhe, have you had breakfast yet? There¡¯s a noodle ce that just opened nearby, and the food¡¯s pretty good.¡±

    Di Qiuhe¡¯s raised his eyebrows, put down his phone, and looked him over carefully, squinted his eyes, and said, ¡°There¡¯s something you¡¯re hiding from me.¡±

    ¡°How, how is that possible. How can hide anything from you?¡± Jiang Xiuwen avoided his line of sight, and smiled dryly, pulling over a pillow and hugging it in his arms. He nervously poked at it over and over again.

    Seeing him like this, Di Qiuhe was more and more certain that he had guessed correctly, thought for a bit, and furrowed his brows, ¡°Thest time I came over, you were still pretty normal. So the reason you¡¯re like this right now... is it because Uncle Jiang was next to you when I called you yesterday? And he heard the things I said to you?¡±

    ¡°Not exactly that...¡± Jiang Xiuwen carefully nced at him, with his voice getting lower and lower, ¡°I just wanted to help make more opportunities for you to talk with my dad. It just so happened that yesterday, when you called me, my dad was right next to me, so...¡±

    ¡°So that phone call was actually picked up by Uncle Jiang himself?¡± Di Qiuhe¡¯s eyebrows furrowed even further.

    Jiang Xiuwen nodded, and seeing that the expression on his face was even worse now, exined, ¡°I helped you exin afterwards. It¡¯s going to be alright. My dad doesn¡¯t have a negative opinion of you, so you can rest assured.¡±

    ¡°But there isn¡¯t any positive opinion.¡± Di Qiuhe answered expressionlessly, and then sighed while falling back onto the sofa, rubbing his forehead, ¡°I guess this is fine too.¡± When he kept on failing to get Uncle Jiang¡¯s approval, he had already considered exposing part of his real personality to the other party. With the current situation, he didn¡¯t need to hesitate anymore.

    Masks couldn¡¯t be worn for a lifetime. A little truth here, and a little lie there, would be able to get the job done even better. He had also been too careless. He had clearly decided that no matter where he was, he would never take off his disguise, and rx his ever tense nerves. But, he ended up forgetting a lot of important things without even realizing it, just because of the little ¡°pup¡±arazzi that ended up suddenlying into his life.

    He had really been too rxedtely.

    ¡°Qiuhe...¡± Jiang Xiuwen saw the expression that had just started to have a little bit of a shadow of Di Qiuhe¡¯s past self, gradually being reced by that familiar mask, and his heart felt sour. Finally, a strong sense of powerlessness came over him.

    It was a terrible feeling to see a good friend struggle to get out of a swamp, and not have any way to help. Everyone else in their twenties, like himself, were still recklessly spending their parent¡¯s money because of their parents¡¯ love and indulgence. [T/N: In Asian countries, children, especially children with rich parents, rely on their parents for a long time after what we usually consider independent in Western countries]. But, the other party had already started wearing a mask in front of other people very early on in life, for a future where he wouldn¡¯t get hurt. Di Qiuhe has had to live in an isted and helpless situation, having to watch himself every step of the way.

    ¡°Don¡¯t look at me like that. I¡¯m fine.¡± Di Qiuhe got up, and patted him on the shoulder. He smiled at him, ¡°Thanks for your hospitality. I¡¯lle over to have breakfast next time.¡±

    Jiang Xiuwen was stunned, ¡°You¡¯re leaving? Where are you gonna go? Is there still work you haven¡¯t finished?¡±

    ¡°I¡¯m going to go apologize to Uncle Jiang.¡± Di Qiuhe put on a baseball cap and sunsses, and took out his mask to put on his face. He waved his hands at Xiuwen, ¡°Uncle Jiang has always treated me sincerely, but I let down his expectations. Fortunately, it¡¯s not toote to try and fix things. Xiuwen, thank you.¡±

    Jiang Xiuwen watched him leave, had his shoulders copse in exhaustion, and took a long sigh.

    The buyer agreed to the Wechat¡¯s friend request, but didn¡¯t end up responding.

    They were probably busy with something.

    He Bai took out his phone, carefullyid the autographed piece of notebook paper t, and carefully ced it into a cute gift box. He also added some photographs as a free gift, and then took out a piece of paper to write a congrattory message. After cing the message on top of the photographs, he put the lid back on the box, and clumsily tied a bow around the box with ribbon.

    ¡°If I didn¡¯t know otherwise, I¡¯d have thought that you were giving this to your girlfriend. It¡¯s just an autograph. Is it worth you going out to buy a box just to put it in?¡± Niu Junjie used his fingers to y with the rather ugly bow, and pretended to dislike it, ¡°Xiao Bai, your technique in tying this bow is really horrible.¡±

    ¡°The other person spent 1000 yuan on a piece of paper. If I don¡¯t make the packaging at least look a little nicer, then I¡¯d really be a mean-spirited businessman.¡± He Bai pped his hand away, and pushed him away like he was trying to shoo away a fly, ¡°Even if it¡¯s ugly, it¡¯s still the thought that counts. Not only is the buyer patient, but they also have a good attitude. It¡¯s definitely a young girl with a good personality. She won¡¯t mind if the bow is ugly or not.¡±

    ¡°And what if it¡¯s a big, strong man?¡± Niu Junjieughed at him, and put an arm around his shoulders, ¡°Do you wanna bet? If the buyer is male, then I¡¯ll get hot water for you for two months [T/N: In Chinese university dormitories, hot water has to be taken and carried from a different location, so it¡¯s considered a chore]. If the buyer is a girl, then I¡¯ll let you use myputer for two months. I won¡¯t y games for the entire summer vacation! Lao Da and Lao Er can both be our witnesses!¡±

    Chen Jie and Wang Huughed and shouted words of encouragement.

    He Bai immediately understood the reason why Niu Junjie was teasing him after listening to hisstment. The smile on his face grew bigger, and he didn¡¯t poke through the other party¡¯s attempt at a bad joke. He patted the gift box, and answered, ¡°Let¡¯s make that bet! That buyer¡¯s WeChat avatar was of an extremely cute cartoon drawing of a dog. I just don¡¯t believe that a big ol¡¯ man would use that kind of picture for their profile!¡±

    ¡°You little brat, you¡¯re just too naive. Trust me, I¡¯m gonna have you prostrate before me and call me Daddy!¡± Niu Junjie said confidently, and as a result, was poked and prodded by He Bai. The inside of the dormitory instantly became a mess.

    At some teahouse, Jiang Guanshan drank the tea that Di Qiuhe handed to him, and didn¡¯t give any response to his apology.

    Di Qiuhe was sitting opposite him with his back straight as a rod. The hands that he put on his knees tightened lightly.

    Ka-da, the door of the boxed room was pushed open, and an old man with grey hair walked in after the waiter who had showed him the way.

    Di Qiuhe looked over to see who had arrived. After getting a clear look at who the man that walked in was, he stood up hurriedly and greeted politely, ¡°Elder Xu.¡±

    ¡°Yo, so Qiuhe is here too.¡± Xu Yinrong nodded in his direction, and then sat down opposite Jiang Guanshan. He looked back at Di Qiuhe, who was in the middle of pouring tea for him, and his eyes shed a bit of understanding. He looked at his good friend to ask, ¡°Why did you call me over in such a hurry? What¡¯s going on, have you decided to use him for the role of Cheng Jun?¡±

    Di Qiuhe¡¯s hand that was pouring tea shook a little, but went back to normal very quickly.

    ¡°I kind of had that in mind.¡± Jiang Guanshan still refused to pay any attention to Di Qiuhe, and put down his tea cup to say in a calm manner, ¡°But, the script was written ording to the characters and storyline that you provided. As the only person around, who has ever had personal contact with Cheng Jun, how do you think he would do?¡±

    Di Qiuhe unconsciously started breathing more lightly, put down the tea pot, and ced the tea that he had finished pouring in front of Xi Yinrong. Looking sideways at him, his expression was calm, but his hands couldn¡¯t help but clench together even tighter than before.

    Xu Yinrong saw the look in his eyes, and thought of the two pictures that his student had sent over that had left him feeling amazed. A slight smile appeared on his face, and he nodded, ¡°He¡¯s not bad. There are a lot of parts to him that we have yet to discover. He can y the part.¡±

 Chapter 9 - A Cute Girl

    <h4>Chapter 9: A Cute Girl</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Di Qiuhe inhaled a long breath out of nervousness, and he exhaled reservedly. He released his fingers which were clenching tight on the teacup, bowing deeply towards Xu Yinrong and said reverently, ¡°Elder Xu, thanks for the affirmation, I appreciate it.¡±

    Xu Yinrong leaned askew to avoid Di¡¯s courtesy, shaking his hands as a gesture of ¡°you are wee¡±.

    Jiang Guanshan coughed and tapped gently on the table.

    Di Qiuhe reached for the teapot and poured tea for him, looking him directly in the eye, said in a more reverent tone, ¡°Thanks for the opportunity, Uncle Jiang, and, sorry for letting you down in the past.¡±

    ¡°En.¡± Jiang Guanshan finally epted his apology, holding the teacup in the hand, he said, ¡°Qiuhe, you¡¯ve been close friends with Xiuwen for years, I watched you guys growing up together.¡±

    Di Qiuhe¡¯s eyshes quivered, repressing the excitement of getting what he had long wished for in the heart, lowered his head in silence for seconds. And he raised his head to smile at Jiang Guanshan, rxing his tight shoulders, ¡°Silly me, it was me who had been tunnel-visioned.¡±

    As a director, Jiang Guanshan had an eye for people. He and Xiuwen had been close friends for years, Uncle Jiang surely knew who he really was. It was ridiculous that he had been approaching Uncle Jiang with a mask on. No wonder when he tried to convince Uncle Jiang for the role of Cheng Jun, he was only told he couldn¡¯t quite deliver for his disguised personality. Now to think of it, Uncle Jiang was doing him a big favor be merely giving him a chance to read through the scripts, a shame that he hadn¡¯t understood Uncle Jiang and almost put Uncle Jiang¡¯s regard down the drain.

    ¡°He who was involved can¡¯t see as clear as a bystander.¡± Jiang Guanshan saw how Di Qiuhe finally came around, he continued straightforwardly, ¡°If you hadn¡¯t visit me today, you wouldn¡¯t get the role of Cheng Jun.¡±

    Di Qiuhe shuddered in the heart, waiting for Jiang Guanshan to continue.

    ¡°But you are here, and you apologized.¡± Jiang Guanshan¡¯s expression turned soft, he looked at Di Qiuhe withplicated feelings, and sighed, ¡°Qiuhe, I¡¯ve heard one thing or two about what happened in your family from Xiuwen, self-protection is human nature, I totally get that. But you are pushing people further when they approach you with good intentions. Qiuhe, you are leading yourself into a dead end.¡±

    Di Qiuhe looked on the ground, feeling his long-closed heart now cracking open a gap. He knew what Uncle Jiang said was right, they were neither rtives or stakeholders, Uncle Jiang could have not confided with him and watching him fumbling in the wrong way as a bystander, but Uncle Jiang not only did the opposite, but also he went so far to organize this meeting, Uncle Jiang must have treated him as an endearing junior. On reflection, he was the one who put on a mask and had misinterpreted Uncle Jiang, which almost cost him this opportunity

    ¡°I¡¯m sorry.¡± He apologized again, full of gratitude.

    Seeing Di Qiuhe like this, Jiang Guanshan knew Di Qiuhe had taken in what he said. He nodded in content, said gently, ¡°You are a good kid, just keep this in mind, don¡¯t give negative thoughts the chance to take over your mindset, the best self-protection is strengthening yourself instead of isting outside world by putting a mask on, it doesn¡¯t matter what you are isting is good or bad.¡±

    Di Qiuhe nodded in agreement, feeling his prospects that were deemed as negative now unfolding vividly in front of him.

    He Bai finally got messages from the buyer just before the afternoon ss.

    A Bird Born in Autumn: Sorry for the dy to reply. Please send the autograph to XX Street, Red Guest Studio. Recipient: Jiang Xiuwen. Ph: 13xxx. No rush, just send it at your convenience, and WeChat me after you send it.

    White and Whiter: Red Guest Studio?

    A Bird Born in Autumn: Yup.

    White and Whiter: At my convenience?

    A Bird Born in Autumn: Yup.

    White and Whiter: Do you mind waiting till Sunday when I can deliver it to you in person? I happen to need to go to XX Street this Sunday.

    Seeing this message, Di Qiuhe who had drank a bit with the two elders at lunch suddenly sat straight out of nervousness, and soon enough sinking himself into the sofa due to dizziness.

    No way could ¡°pup¡±arazzi [T/N: In Mandarin, the phrase for paparazzi literally means ¡°puppy squad¡±, which is why I put it as ¡°pup¡±arazzi as it will be relevantter on in the story] find out it was him who bid the autograph at such a high price, no way! He wouldn¡¯tmit such a stupid thing as bidding his own autograph at such a high price! It was not allowed by his high self-esteem!

    He pressed his head, and typed quickly as the dizziness repressed.

    A Bird Born in Autumn: No way!!!

    He Bai, who saw three exmation marks on the other side of the screen, touched his nose.

    There went his n of delivery in person.

    A Bird Born in Autumn: Xiao Bai.

    He Bai nced his WeChat ID, and repliedpliantly.

    White and Whiter: Yes, sir.

    A Bird Born in Autumn: ¡°Pup¡±arazzi, not cute.

    White and Whiter: If you are against the idea of delivering it in person, how about I post it after school this evening?

    Di Qiuhe was still under the influence of alcohol, he shook his head to see the screen clearly with a smile on his face.

    A Bird Born in Autumn: Yup, such a good boy Xiao Bai, as an elder brother, imma treat you to lollipops.

    He Bai was like ¡°......¡±. ¡°Did the buyer make a move on me?¡± Wait, elder brother?

    White and Whiter: You are a ¡°he¡±?

    There went Di Qiuhe¡¯s good mood, he tapped his phone with a solemn face. ¡°What¡¯s wrong with a ¡°he¡±? Can¡¯t a ¡°he¡± message you? Yeah, right. Not a ¡°he¡±. Cannot let him know it¡¯s me who buys the autograph.¡±

    So he kept typing with a bitter face.

    A Bird Born in Autumn: No!!!!

    He Bai saw one more exmation marks appeared on the screen, he felt a relif, ¡°Phew, no more fetching hot water.¡±

    A Bird Born in Autumn: I¡¯m a cute girl with a big cock.

    White and Whiter: ......

    A Bird Born in Autumn: Cute and handsome, that¡¯s what I am.

    Seeing the scree, He Bai fell into silence.

    He...he couldn¡¯t continue.

    The one on the other side of the screen seemed to read him through and didn¡¯t continue messaging. ss bell happened to ring, he quickly put his phone away and opened his textbook, ready to focus on the ss.

    After ss, four boys gathered at the canteen.

    ¡°So...what are we gonna do about the bet?¡± Chen Jie put He Bai¡¯s phone down with a funny look on the face, uttered the question in everyone¡¯s heart, ¡°That A Bird Born in Autumn, a ¡®he¡¯ or a ¡®she¡¯?¡±

    Wang Hu allocated the chopsticks, said in an uncertain tone, ¡°A ¡®he¡¯ I suppose, people blurt outy the truth when they say it inadvertently.¡±

    Niu Junjie (Lao San) kicked those two under the table, still managed to keep a thinking face, and replied, ¡°I think that¡¯s a ¡®she¡¯, some girls like to referring themselves as ¡®Elder brother¡¯, ¡®Daddy¡¯, ¡®Uncle¡¯, ¡®Grandpa¡¯, etc just for fun, so this is not enough to prove that¡¯s a ¡®he¡¯, what¡¯s more, that person made a move on Xiao Bai. Xiao Bai didn¡¯t hide his info on campus BBS or his WeChat profile, do you think a ¡®he¡¯ will make a move on Xiao Bai who is obviously a dude?¡±

    ¡°Lao San sure has a point.¡± Chen Jie got the signal and nodded along, ¡°A ¡®she¡¯, definitely a ¡®she¡¯. Gotta bet what you bet. Lao San, from now on, you need to stay away from yourptop and video games, we are all your supervisors here.¡±

    Niu Junjie wailed on purpose, he threw himself on He Bai, begging Xiao Bai to care for his endearingptop.

    ¡°Please rest assured, I¡¯ll care for it.¡± He Bai stroked his chin jokingly, epted his loot, and said, ¡°Poor boy, I¡¯ll fetch hot water for you before summer holiday, don¡¯t be sad, daddy loves you, daddy will see to it you pass all the exams.¡±

    Niu Junjie¡¯s eyes sparkled, kneeled at He Bai, ¡°Save my ass please. Help me on my professional courses. ¡±

    Chen Jie and Wang Hu snorted at him, calling him spineless. Jollification soon took over.

    Later that night, Di Qiuhe woke up from hangover. He cleared his throat, went to the kitchen for warm water, stroked his stomach ached from hunger, and he made an instant noodle from the fridge.

    He went to wash his face while waiting for the noodle, and he looked for his phone to chat about their transaction.

    Been silent for a day, hoping Xiao Bai was cool with that. Thinking about this, he tapped open the WeChat app with a smile on the face.

    The sole chatting frame stood out on the empty screen. He tapped the frame open, skimmed through chat history, only rendering the smile frozen on the face.

    A Bird Born in Autumn: I¡¯m a cute girl with a big cock.

    White and Whiter: ......

    A Bird Born in Autumn: Cute and handsome, that¡¯s what I am.

    Thest three lines zoomed in greatly in his mind, he grabbed the phone tight, all his thoughts were frozen as if he was plunging into an abyss.

    ¡°A cute girl with a big cock...¡± ¡°What was I thinking? Why on earth would I reply like that? Was I possessed? By a ghost? No, no, no, no way it was me who said such a thing like that, no way. A guy with such a good taste like me would never say such a thing.¡± Di Qiuhe thought to himself.

    And what was the matter with ¡°pup¡±arazzi¡¯s suspension points? Was he speechless? Was he embarrassed? Or did he find the reply low taste and off-color?

    ¡°It is not like that!¡±

    Di screamed in his heart, while he kept his cool on the outside and sat on the sofa, resumed his expressionless face, opened his noodle cup, stirred like a robot, and shoved a big fork in his mouth.

    ¡°Ouch.¡±

    It was so hot that he threw away the fork.

    ¡°Pup¡±arazzi¡¯s fake smile with a dimple on the left side of the face seemed to appear in his mind, he sank into the sofa with his eyes closed, and covered his face with a cushion in a self-avoidance way.

    The next afternoon, Jiang Xiuwen signed the delivery himself and sent the package only as big as a man¡¯s palm to Di Qiuhe.

    ¡°Why the long face? Shouldn¡¯t you be celebrating on getting the role?¡± Sitting across Di Qiuhe, Jiang Xiuwen stared at his hands busying opening the package with prying eyes, ¡°Who sent you this? It says it¡¯s from Q University. Was it the little anchorwoman who chased you hard? Hadn¡¯t you told me you had nothing to do with her?¡±

    Hearing Jiang Xiuwen mentioning that little anchorwoman, Di Qiuhe¡¯s face pulled longer, replied apathetically, ¡°This is from a fan, a boy.¡±

    Package bag was open wide, a cartoon box with a ribbon bow on it showed up.

    Jiang Xiuwen looked baffled, ¡°This is from a fan, a boy, are you sure?¡± ¡°Can this box be more girlie? A boy? Can a boy fan be so well-informed that he knew this address? Can you please put more thoughts when ites to lying?¡± Jiang Xiuwen thought in secret.

    Little did Di Qiuhe anticipate He Bai would use such a girlie box, his fingers went stiff, and he put the box in his bag in a self-though casual way, nodding, ¡°Yup, a boy fan who looks up to me, who admires me.¡±

    Jiang Xiuwen squinted, clearing not buying what he said. He wouldn¡¯t hide the box if that was really from a fan from a close friend for year. What has he got up his sleeve?

 Chapter 10 - Such a Niggard

    Chapter 10: Such a Niggard

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    With theputer sponsored by Niu Junjie, He Bai went full-on retouching photographs mode.

    The sry package offered by Saint Elephant Studio includes a basic sry plusmission from retouching photos. Since he was just a freshman in thepany, and worked part-timely, so the basic sry he got was just 1200 Yuan, which might be deducted if he couldn¡¯t reach the minimum number of retouching required by thepany. But luckily the number required was not that much, so it would be easy to finish.

    Themission for a retoucher varied widely. An experienced retoucher could get from a few hundreds at least to thousands at most with just one photo. But for a green-hand like him, a harsh photographic studio was justified to offer 1 Yuan for a photo, and nobody would argue about it. Luckily enough, Li Ru was quite generous with talents, so the basemission rate He Bai could get was 10 Yuan.

    A retoucher who worked fast could retouch a few hundreds of photos in a single day. So, if you could handle it, the earnings you could get were quite considerable, but it was also tiring. He Bai didn¡¯t intend to do the work for a long time, and once he could save enough money to cover his living expenses in summer holiday and to pay for his tuition for the next term, he would say good-bye to the monotonous assembly-line-like work.

    The tasks assigned to him by Saint Elephant were portraits for most of the time, among which the portraits of babies upied the majority, and scenery-oriented advertising photos made up a small part. The work didn¡¯t require much skill, and he could easily finish dozens of photos in a day if there were few sses that day, so he could earn good money.

    After packing the photos retouched today and uploading them to the mail-box, He Bai stretched himself. Noticing it was already past 11:30 p.m., he hurriedly turned off hisputer, took a shower and went to sleep.

    At the weekend, He Bai came to Saint Elephant Studio to handle the admission procedures he didn¡¯t have time to deal withst week.

    ¡°Ah, Hi, Xiao He,¡± walking out from the office on the second floor, Li Ru, standing beside the handrail, waved at him with a smile, ¡°Come on up, I have something to talk with you.¡±

    Noticing the Destroy Nun of the Design Department came out from her office suddenly, and talked with a stranger in a friendly manner, employeesing and going cast curious looks to He Bai who had just walked out of the Personnel Department.

    Having perceived the attention from the staff, He Bai greeted them with a shy smile, and went upstairs with the admission materials.

    After he followed Li Ru to enter an office, one employee who was moving clothes asked with curiosity, ¡°Who is the guy? He looks handsome, and even has dimples on his face. I noticed he took admission materials in hand. A newing trainee?¡±

    ¡°He is not a trainee, but a part-time retoucher hiredst week.¡± A receptionist girl came out of the tea room, and said in a low voice.

    ¡°You guys went to work in the fieldst week, so you didn¡¯t know. He was interviewed and hired by Chief Inspector Li in person, and his retouching skill is just like such.¡± While saying, the receptionist gave a thumbs-up, and then added, ¡°Besides, he is a top student from Q University, so don¡¯t boss him around the way you treat other trainees, or Chief Inspector Li will settle it with you.¡±

    Thinking of Li Ru and her RBF, these employees trembled, and didn¡¯t continue the topic any more tacitly.

    ¡°A newing retoucher he is! I have been wondering why the tasks assigned to me recently have been much lighter, and it turns out that somebody has helped me share the assignments.¡± A stubby young man with sses interrupted with a smile, ¡°That¡¯s great! Ms. Li is so considerate. The photos from the TV station are much too sizable, and we all have been focusing on them. It is good to have someone share some odds and ends for us.¡±

    Hearing what the young man said, the receptionist felt disdained in the heart, and thought ¡°Share? The fact might be that you are too bad at your job, so Ms. Li has allocated all your tasks to others. Just a lickspittle! Don¡¯t pretend to be generous! You must have hated the newer after being taken away the work. Pooh, Youckey.¡±

    The office was not properly closed, so Li Ru could hear clearly about the jibber jabber in the hall of the first floor. Li frowned. She got up to close the door, and poured a cup of water for He Bai.

    ¡°Thanks, Ms Li.¡± He Bai took the cup, pretending not to have heard what they said on from the first floor.

    ¡°Never mind.¡± Sitting on the opposite side, Li Ru exined with a tender voice, ¡°We trust your ability! The work had been carefully considered before given to you! You did it well, and our clients were quite satisfied.¡±

    ¡°That¡¯s great.¡± Drinking a sip of water, He Bai responded with a smile.

    Having been quite satisfied with him, Li Ru couldn¡¯t help giving a smile too. She took out a document, and said, ¡°Look! After one week¡¯s investigation, we think it¡¯s such a waste for your talent by just letting you retouch basic photos. So, we have decided to get you involved in working groups dealing with somemercial photos. This is a revised contract about you sry package. Have a look.¡±

    Taking over the document, and turning it over, He Bai widened his eyes in surprise, ¡°100 Yuan inmission from one photo?¡± That was as well-paid as an experienced employee. He just worked here temporarily, a highmission like this was simply unbelievable.

    ¡°Yes, 100 Yuan, and based on your ability, you are getting the short end of the stick to be honest.¡± Looking amusedly at his popped eyes, Li Ru felt the surprised look of the young man was just like a baby cat seeing a slice of dried fish. She exined, ¡°The photos I sent to you before didn¡¯t need to be refined bit by bit, so you could retouch them quickly. But themercial photos are different, and you have to retouch them once again carefully after going through the first time of retouching. What¡¯s more, it involvesyout and other aspects. You have to redo your work if the customers are not satisfied. Your workload will be doubled, and you tend to get high pressure.¡±

    He Bai was quite clear about what Ms. Li had said, but he couldn¡¯t reveal his thought. So, he just behaved as if he had been a young manpletely knowing nothing about all the knowhow in this industry. Looking as if he was suddenly enlightened, He Bai said, ¡°I see! But Ms. Li, pardon me, I don¡¯t know much aboutyout......¡±

    ¡°It doesn¡¯t matter. Your primary job is still retouching. Concerning theyout part, there will be other colleagues coordinating with you.¡± To pacify He Bai, Li continued, ¡°Our major tasks recentlye from the TV Station, most of which are portraits, so they don¡¯t involve muchyout work. Don¡¯t be nervous.¡±

    Expressing he had understood it at once, He Bai felt ecstatic in the heart.

    100 Yuan for one photo! Although retouching photos carefully took efforts, he was efficient. He could retouch 10 photos a day, so he could earn enough money to cover his tuition next term within a month! When summer holiday came, he would have more time to retouch photos, then he would get more money...... Fantastic! He would treat himself to eat meat to celebrate!

    After walking out from Saint Elephant Studio happily, he ran to a roast duck restaurant which he had longed for a long time. A bread winner now he was, so, he wouldn¡¯t even blink spending as much as 180 Yuan on a duck!

    Di Qiuhe withdrew his eyesight fixated downstairs, and now he looked gloom.

    ¡°You don¡¯t study the script at home, bute here every day. What¡¯s the matter?¡± Jiang Xiuwen got even more confused about this good friend of his. He had taken off his mask, but the bad temper he had hidden for many years got more severe.

    Casting a nce coldly at Jiang, Di took out a photo from his backpack, and put it beside his face. He asked Jiang seriously, ¡°Who is more handsome? He or I?¡±

    Here we came again.

    Putting down his coffee cup, Jiang took a glimpse at the photo taken on a street which would surely attract one yet again no matter how many times one had seen. Jiang pocketed his conscience and said, ¡°You.¡±

    ¡°Liar! Putting down the photo, Di looked even more gloom, ¡°The guy on the photo is me. How could I be more handsome than myself?¡±

    Jiang cast a contemptuous nce at him, and said disdainfully, ¡°The first time you asked me about this question, I replied this way. But what¡¯s the result? You said I was perfunctory since you thought how can the real you as handsome as the you in the photo. Can you go to see a doctor? Where did you get the photo? The man who took this photo was really good at it. It just showed well your temperament of deserving a beat. I¡¯ll employ him toe to Red Guests Studio, and offer him the sry package of a chief photographer!¡±

    Di Qiuhe took out another photo, and said without expression, ¡°Here is the original one.¡±

    Getting stupefied, Jiang picked up the original photo, had a look at it, and then looked at the photo in his hand. He looked surprised, ¡°That photo was retouched? My God! Till now I¡¯ve known the effect of retouching on a photo. The retouching guy seemed to have known you well, and he must have been blind to beautify you 200%.¡±

    ¡°The jealous look of a man is just too terrible.¡± Having pulled the corners of his mouth, Di rested himself in the sofa looking like a master. Raising his chin, Di¡¯s affection to himself swelled crazily. ¡°The retouching guy is a huge fan of me, one of the die-hard fans, who is obsessed with me, crazy, loyal, and he even stalks me for photos.¡±

    ¡°Uh, isn¡¯t that a pervert.¡±

    Di Qiuhe looked at him with his eyebrows up.

    Jiang Xiuwen couldn¡¯t stand it anymore. Getting up to take Di¡¯s backpack, and put it into his arms, Jiang began to drive Di outside. ¡°If you are suffering PMS, please go back and lie on your bed. Since you¡¯re young, don¡¯t give up treatment. My dad is still waiting for you to shoot a movie. Just cheer yourself up.¡±

    ¡°You¡¯re just jealous!¡± After showing himself off, Di Qiuhe felt good in the heart. Putting away the photo carefully, he stood up to grab his backpack, and said, ¡°Now you want to employ my true-love fan toe to your studio. Hum, it is toote.¡± Having said this, he threw his backpack casually onto his back, and left handsomely.

    Watching him leave with astonishment, Jinag Xiuwen pressed his hands on the chest feeling suffocated. What spell was the guy cast on? How could he rpse into what he was in his teenager years when he behaved like an idiot?

    ¡°Don¡¯t forget the imagebels you¡¯ve given to yourself! Be gentle and upright!¡± Jiang couldn¡¯t hold back the feeling of suffocation in the heart, and he shouted loudly towards the stairs, ¡°Remember to take some medicine! Nevere here without eating medicine!¡±

    The only response was the solicitous voiceing from the staff downstairs who led Di out shyly.

    ......That brat did piss Jiang off!

    There was a long queue for roast ducks. Having said in his dormitory WeChat group there would be an extra meal in the evening, He Bai went to buy a cup of milk tea, and stood at the end of the line while drinking the milk tea.

    ¡°I¡¯m going to star in a film.¡±

    A familiar voiceing from behind, He Bai stopped sucking the straw.

    ¡°The roast ducks here are not as delicious as those of SuXiangYuan in the southern city.

    He Bai spat the straw out silently.

    ¡°The signature I signed for youst time was too casual. Give it back to me, and I¡¯ll sign a new one for you.¡±

    His hands holding the cup of milk tea trembled slightly. Thinking of the meal a few days ago, He Bai turned around timidly and smiled at the man behind, ¡°What a coincidence! I meet you again! Are you here to buy roast ducks too?¡±

    Looking at the dimple on his left face, Di Qiuhe squinted his eyes, and said, ¡°You have lost the signature I gave to you, right?¡±

    He Bai turned around in an instant with his eyes rolled wildly. ¡°How...How could it be? As for the signature of a Film Emperor, such a precious item, I must have put it away well. Hah, hah...¡±

    ¡°Sure enough, you have lost it.¡± Thinking of the dust and folding mark of the signature card, Di reached out his hand, ¡°Give it back to me.¡±

    Staring at his pretty and long fingers, He Bai got speechless in the heart. To his surprise, there was such kind of Film Emperor who would take back the signature he had given out! Di Qiuhe was described as gentle, and generous to his fans in those news reports. Was it true or not? Then who was the niggard standing behind and arguing with him about a signature.

 Chapter 11 - Milk Tea

    <h4>Chapter 11: Milk Tea</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    ¡®Don¡¯t me me. You had iting.¡¯ With this thought, He Bai reached out his hands and held them above Di Qiuhe¡¯s.

    ¡°Well, you should return my school card.¡±

    With a serious look on his face, Di Qiuhe looked down at the tinny hands that were considerably smaller than his. That man was indeed the ¡®pup¡¯arazzi that people said he was. He had little dimples and tiny hands and was half a head shorter than him.

    He Bai was led to believe that he had outwitted him after getting no reply. With his dimples deepened, he withdrew his hand and said with a low voice, ¡°Film Emperor, this squabble between us will take us nowhere. Let¡¯s call it even, shall we?¡±

    ¡°Call it even?¡± said Di Qiuhe with his eyebrows raised, not afraid of shining his true colors. He shook his head in protest, saying ¡°No, never.¡±

    He Bai froze a bit as their eyes met. The odd feeling that he had vaguely experienced in the alley that day was once again raging and had be clearer than ever to the extent that it could no longer be ignored.

    His gentle eyes remained unchanged, but the look on his face, the tone of his reply and the rxed way he posed himself were all too foreign to him.... With a twitch of his eyebrow, he unconsciously squeezed the tea cup, ¡°Film Emperor, it doesn¡¯t suit you to behave like this. You want to be careful with how you carry yourself in public, gotta stick to your image.¡± ¡®Where have his tenderness and gentlemanly manners gone? Are those all just facades? It¡¯s no wonder that this guy always looks odd. It turns out that all the tenderness and amiability are staged. The truth is, he is a mean bastard! Last time we saw each other, he acted like a Film Emperor. Why is he acting so frivolously this time? Has he given up on himself because he is being cklisted?¡¯ thought He Bai.

    Thinking of this, he nced at Di Qiuhe¡¯s energetic eyes typical of the young people and sighed with great mercy. He chose not to hold it against this young man and lowered his head to take out 500 yuan from his wallet. He ced the money onto Di¡¯s hand which was still there motioned to ask the autograph back and said with an honest tone, ¡°The truth is, I have sold your autograph for 1000 yuan. Here, this is half of it. Your share. Don¡¯t give up just yet. Whatever doesn¡¯t kill you only makes you stronger. Your autograph will be worth 10000 yuan soon enough.¡±

    ¡®... He is not ying by the book,¡¯ thought Di Qiuhe.

    ¡°Keep up the good work.¡± said He Bai. Wearing an amiable smile of a kind elder, He Bai patted Di¡¯s shoulder and stuck a sticker in the shape of little red flower, which he had taken out from a filming prop kit when he was going through the formalities for his first day on the job, onto his chest. He gave a few pats on Di¡¯s chest and nodded in satisfaction, ¡°Well, look at that. It suits you. Being cklisted is not the end of the world. The game is not over until you give up. You must always keep up a fighting spirit. Go, go embrace your bright future!¡± After finishing these words, he turned Di Qiuhe around and pushed him two steps away out from the line.

    After being pushed out of the line, Di Qiuhe felt a sudden tightness on the part of chest where he was patted. He looked down at his chest with his eyebrows knit as he was also experiencing a sense of joy somehow.

    ¡°What¡¯s wrong with you? Didn¡¯t I tell you there is a line here? Go wait at the back of the line. We all want our roasted ducks. You don¡¯t get to cut in line. Off you go,¡± shouted He Bai. His public scolding was a stark contrast to his previous upliftingments.

    Suddenly, Di Qiuhe turned back and saw He Bai staring at him with a disapproving look on his face. Meanwhile, people in the line were all looking in their direction curiously. He hurriedly covered the mask on his mouth and lowered the cap peak of his cap. Looking at those elusive dimples on He Bai¡¯s face, he couldn¡¯t help but step forward.

    ¡°Hey, Hey, did you hear me? You¡¯re not supposed to cut in line. Everyone is watching you.¡± yelled He Bai loudly. Now, even the passersby also turned their gazes towards them.

    ¡°The queue jumper looks familiar. Don¡¯t you think so?¡± ¡°Yeah...I¡¯ve been watching him for a while. He keeps wearing the hat and the face mask. Do you think there is a possibility that he is Di...¡± Di Qiuhe halted his forwarding steps as he vaguely heard a discussioning from the back of the line. He squeezed his eyes to look at He Bai whose lips were widely stretched from side to side and then grabbed his milk tea. After that, he lowered down and growled ¡°¡®Pup¡¯arazzi, don¡¯t y any tricks during the time when I¡¯m filming.¡± After finishing those words, he turned back and strode away. Looking from behind, his straightened back looked so much like that of a gentleman.

    The triumphant feeling was as fleeting as aet as He Bai was immediately dumbfounded by what Di Qiuhe just did. That sudden robbery sent him into a rage.

    ¡°Hey! I was drinking that!¡±

    However, Di Qiuhe was nowhere to be found.

    ¡°Excuse me...¡± a long-haired girl suddenly popped out and smiled at him. She asked with a flushed face, ¡°I saw you talking to that man for a long while... He didn¡¯t actually jump the queue, did he? You two know each other, right? Well, is he... is he...?¡±

    ¡°What?¡± said He Bai who instantly put on a baffled look on his face and scratched his hair in embarrassment, ¡°I am sorry you have to see that. That man is my cousin. He¡¯s had measles and was told to avoid certain foods, but he still secretly followed me for roast duck, so .... I¡¯m really sorry. Next time, I¡¯ll remember not to talk loudly in public.¡± On hearing this, the long-haired girl held back what she was preparing to say. With the blush fading, she stuttered, ¡°Oh, he... he is your cousin. That¡¯s... that¡¯s alright. You didn¡¯t speak that loud. Never mind...¡±

    He Bai continued to let out an embarrassingughter which helped quash whatever resentment people might have towards them, and so this unpleasant episode eventually ended with his smile.

    Holding the lukewarm milk tea, Di Qiuhe smiled as he was recalling the surprised look on ¡®Pup¡¯arazzi¡¯s face when he took the milk tea from him.

    ¡°Where to?¡± asked the taxi driver as he started the car while pressing down the meter.

    The smile on Di Qiuhe¡¯s mouth quickly disappeared. He turned his head to look at the receding street view and pulled down his face mask a bit to answer the driver¡¯s question, ¡°The Heng Jing Vi. Drive slowly, please. I am not in a hurry.¡± Now that he had secured his role in the y, it was time to address the issues regarding the contract.

    Upon hearing that, the driver mistakenly stepped heavily on the gas pedal and the car raced forward a few meters. Luckily, there were no cars ahead and so no harms were done. He hurriedly stabilized the speed and replied in a more careful manner, ¡°Sure, sure. Rx, I¡¯ve got steady hands. I won¡¯t go above the speed limit.¡±

    The Heng Jing Vi was a renowned luxurious vipound in B City. Its residents were either rich or powerful. Who would have thought that he would be serving one of its residents? This experience was fairly exciting.

    Surprisingly, He Bai got a WeChat message from a buyer after buying the roast duck back to school.

    A Bird Born in Autumn: The giveaway is great. May I ask if you have more photos like this? I¡¯m keen to buy it.

    ¡®Buy photos?¡¯

    Thinking of this, he put the roasted duck on the table, and sat down to reply the message.

    White and Whiter: The photo was randomly downloaded from the Inte, but I edited it a bit. If you like it, I will send you a few more for free. ^-^

    A Bird Born in Autumn: That¡¯s so generous of you.

    White and Whiter: Don¡¯t mention it. As it happens, I am on a few editing works recently. It¡¯s really no trouble.

    A Bird Born in Autumn: Well, thank you very much.

    White and Whiter: You are wee.

    Five minutester.

    A Bird Born in Autumn: It¡¯s Building F dormitory, North District, Q university, correct?

    He Bai felt confused, but then gave a positive reply.

    A Bird Born in Autumn: Noted.

    White and Whiter: ???

    A Bird Born in Autumn: Your bowknot is very ugly.

    He Bai: ¡°...¡±

    A Bird Born in Autumn: But I like it very much. Thank you. ^-^

    He Bai was speechless, but he had to admit that he found this buyer to be very interesting.

    White and Whiter: Thank you for your kind words.

    ¡°Bai.¡±

    Niu Junjie¡¯s big head suddenly emerged from behind, which sent He Bai spring to his feet.

    ¡°Why do you walk like a ninja? You scared the hell out of me.¡±

    Rubbing his chin, Niu Junjie looked at He Bai with a crooked smile, ¡°In my experience, there are about three circumstances where a man would look at his cellphone with an enigmatic smile: First, he is watching something erotic. Second, he¡¯s making a bucket of money. Third, he is in love. With the way you smiled, I¡¯ll bet my money on the third scenario.¡±

    He Bai grabbed the roasted duck and hit him with it, ¡°Really, getting all detective on me? Aren¡¯t you supposed to be reviewing your ss notes? Come on, let¡¯s go buy some disposable tableware. We are running low.¡±

    ¡°...Fine¡±

    Di Qiuhe put down the cellphone. He was now in a better mood to present himself to confront Di Qiuhua¡¯s downcast face.

    ¡°Why the silence? Is that supposed to make a point?!¡± said Di Chunhua who had had enough with the way he ignored her by ying with the cellphone with his head down. She raised her voice and said, ¡°For a man who imed to have renounced his right to the inheritance, you sure are quick to crawl back in disgrace. What? Are you scared of being cklisted? Tell you what, there is no use in begging. There is no ce for you in this family anymore!¡±

    Di Qiuhe curved up his lips and showed her a scornful smile.

    Di Chunhua was struck dumb by his smile, and then she exploded. She stood up to fetch a cup of tea from the table and directed her aim towards him, ¡°What¡¯s so funny?! What? Are you finally done ying an innocent puppy? Humph! You are in no position to smile in front of me! You are just an ill-bred bastard!¡±

    ¡°Shut your mouth!¡±

    The door was thrown open by Di Bian, who was supposed to be in apany meeting. He strode in and red at Di Chunhua, looking both pissed and surprised at the same time, ¡°So that¡¯s how you treat your brother when I am not around! Who taught you to say those things? Speak up! Who?!¡±

    ¡°Dad... why have you returned?¡± Di Chunhua stood up in embarrassment, instantly looking a lot less aggressive. She stole a threatening look at Di Qiuhe, signing him to help with the situation. Instead, Di Qiuhe raised his eyebrows, looking more contemptuous than ever.

    ¡°You!¡± Being turned back by someone who had never dared confront her before was way too much of a change for Di Chunhua and she immediately flew into a rage, ¡°What¡¯s that look on your face?! Go exin this to dad. I was only joking!¡±

    Unlike her mother who was an expert at disguising herself, she was after all just a teenage girl who would show her true colors at the first provocation.

    At this moment, Di Qiuhe had finally understood his folly of pretending to be nice to everyone around him. After all, disguise onlyes in handy when it is in need . For those who harbor ill will towards you, it¡¯s only fitting that you show them the same malice that they¡¯ve shown you.

 Chapter 12 - I Feel Blue

    <h4>Chapter 12: I Feel Blue</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Di Qiuhe knew that Di Bian couldn¡¯t see his expression at this time, so he continued to make no secret of his taunting in his eyes, while on the other hand he talked to Di Chunhua gently, ¡°Chunhua, please m down, great anger is bad for your health.¡±

    ¡°Shut up!¡± Di Chunhua screamed.

    ¡°You should shut up!¡± Di Bian became angrier due to Di Chunhua¡¯s undisguisedmand and despise attitude towards Di Qiuhe. Thinking of her good behavior in the past, Di Bian feels buzzing in his head and has splitting headache. He shouts, ¡°apologize to your brother, right now!¡±

    Di Qiuhe reached out to Di Chunhua at the right time, and appeased her, ¡°Chunhua, I do not me you. Don¡¯t be angry. You are in poor health, don¡¯t get emotional.¡±

    ¡°Get away from me. You are insincere!¡± Di Chunhua hit his hand away without thinking.

    Di Qiuhe almost couldn¡¯t helpughing. He lowered his head for a while and pressed down his mood. Then, he stood up and faced Di Bian. He pulled his clothes which was wet by tea, said with a forced smile, ¡°Dad, is my room still there? I want to change my clothes. Do not me Chunhua. She is just joking. After all, there is even worse saying outside. Because she is still young, so she may be influenced by those rumors outside.¡±

    ¡®How shall be it a joke by calling you bastard? What do you mean of even worse saying outside?¡¯ thought Di Bian.

    Di Bian looked at his little daughter who became a stranger to him because of her face of rage; meanwhile, he looked at his eldest son who was forcing a smile and hadn¡¯t been home for a long time. He felt that some of his understanding was faintly crumbling.

    His daughter who was clever and obedient in front of him abused her brother by shouting andmanding behind his back without scruple. The disgust in her voice was so deep. It was obvious that it was more than just throwing a fit. If this was the real attitude of his daughter toward his eldest son, was the brother-sister moment in the past fake?

    ¡°Qiuhe, what happened to your clothes?¡± He asked with an angry face, suppressing his agitating mood.

    Di Qiuhe took one step forward and stood in the front of Di Chunhua, and replied briefly, ¡°I just identally knocked the cup over. Dad, don¡¯t worry.¡±

    Di Bian nced at Di Qiuhe¡¯s gesture of protecting Di Chunhua, and he felt his heart was blocked with a stone. He paused and tried to soften his tone of voice, ¡°You can go upstairs to change your clothes first.¡± Then, he looked at Di Chunhua who was justing out from the back of Di Qiuhe with a expression full of discontent, said with heavy tone on purpose, ¡°As long as I live, you shall have your room in this house!¡±

    Di Chunhua was stunned, and the dissatisfaction on her face was reced by astonishment quickly. She demanded, ¡°Dad, what do you mean?¡± ¡®Mom finally forced the bastard to renounce his inheritance. What Dad is doing will put all Mom¡¯s efforts into nothing.¡¯ thought herself.

    ¡®Look at her attitude and tone. I was just saying that for test. Unexpectedly......¡¯ Di Bian closed his eyes. Then he looked at her again and asked, ¡°What do you think my meaning is?¡±

    It was the first time for Di Chunhua to be gazed by her father with this kind of inquisitive and dark look. She was surprised and realized that she was toocent in her previous behavior, so she concealed all her dissatisfactions quickly and ran to her father. She lowered her head and talked fawningly, pulling his arm, ¡°Dad, I have been at home these days. Brother seldomes home, but he has been ying mobile phone and ignored me. I went angry, feeling neglected, so I said the wrong words. Sorry, I am not intentional.¡±

    The coquetry that used to soften his heart easily suddenly was colored with new meaning now. The daughter was fifteen years old and no longer a girl who did not understand anything. Di Bian looked at his eldest son who had been standing there calmly without any argument, and looked at two cups on the tea table, one full and one empty. He pulled down his daughter¡¯s hand slowly and said, ¡°Chunhua, please go to your room for rest. Qiuhe, follow me to the study room.¡±

    ¡°Dad.¡± Di Chunhua was really flustered. Her father had never spoken to her in this manner.

    Di Bian ignored her, picking up his briefcase, and went straight upstairs.

    Di Qiuhe watched his dad going upstairs and removed the staged gentleness from his face. He bent down to pick up his backpack on the sofa, smiling at Di Chunhua proudly, and turned to follow Di Bian.

    ¡°You!¡± Di Chunhua wants to get angry, but considering Di Bian, she had no choice but to calm down. Biting her lips, she ran to sofa to pick up her phone and dialed her mother¡¯s phone number.

    The father and son sat in the study room. Di Bian asked the housekeeper to send clean clothes and towels. After watching Di Qiuhe changed the clothes, he talked to Di Qiuhe in amanding tone, ¡°Qiuhe, as you havee home, don¡¯t leave again. I don¡¯t agree to cut off the rtionship between us. Huangdu is the property of Di Family. You are my son. Of course, you shall have your share for the right of inheritance.¡± He was confused in the past. The saying of letting Qiuhe suffer grievance for family safe andpensating him in future is nonsense. The son of Di Bian could ept anything but unfair treatment!

    ¡°Dad, if you do this, Aunt Qin will be in a pickle. She has devoted herself to the family a lot these years. It¡¯s The Board of Directors that is making trouble now. She has no choice but to propose that I quit Huangdu. If I can stabilize the situation by taking a step back, I would love to. You do not need to feel sorry for me. I believe that if Xia Song is the one who is asked to quit by the Board of Directors, he would make the same choice as me for the sake of family stability.¡± Di Qiuhe said that while folding the clothes that he had changed and put it aside. He talked in a gentle and catory tone, as if he had no idea of how much fortune that he was giving up on.

    After hearing this, Di Bian grew more dissatisfied with the Board of Directors, but also felt even more indebted about his eldest son who had always been sensible. Because he knew, if it was his second son who was put in this situation, he would never choose to quit decisively.

    ¡°Qiuhe, you......¡±

    ¡°Dad, stop please, I will note back. The members of Board of Directors have been changing over the years. Even you areborious in managing Huangdu. As your son, I am notpetent enough help you. Now, there finally came up a chance that I do not drag you down.¡± Di Qiuhe shook his head and changes the topic, ¡°In fact, Ie back home this time to ask you for help.¡±

    Di Bian¡¯s heart missed a beat when he heard the changes of the Board of Directors, and asked Di Qiuhe urgently when he heard that Di Qiuhe needed help, ¡°What kind of help? Do you need money or you agree to study abroad? I will agree whatever you want.¡±

    Di Qiuhe smiled gratefully, and shook his head, ¡°No. I have enough money. I earned endorsement fee before I was cklisted by Huangdu, couple millions RMB. Aunt Qin also gave me the downtown apartment. I am not short on money. I have thought about going abroad to study, but I may probably have to fail Aunt Qin¡¯s kindness. Our family is in trouble now, although I may not be able to help, I want to be close to you......Ie back this time to hope you can ask Aunt Qin to terminate my contract. Don¡¯t worry, I will pay the liquidated damages, and I will not sign contracts with otherpany. I love being an actor, and I want to fight for myself.¡±

    Di Bian didn¡¯t expect that he would only ask for this in the end. He swallowed his dry throat and asked, ¡°Did Aunt Qin give you the downtown apartment?¡±

    ¡°Yes.¡± Di Qiuhe nodded, looking calm and contented, ¡°The apartment is in good location. It is convenient for me. Aunt Qin also hires housekeeper for me. It is good.¡±

    Di Bian waspletely speechless. He knew that his wife gave apartment to his eldest son. At that time, he just thought his wife was being considerate to his son. But now, from a different perspective and with more information in hand, everything had changed.

    For families at the same level of Di family, almost every adult child had several houses and cars under his name. For the favored children, they even hadpany shares and started to participate in affairs of the Group. How about Qiuhe? He had been in Huangdu for three years. No one knew he was the member of Di family. He did not enjoy any benefit. The reason was that his wife said a young fe like Qiuhe might get pride easily; she meant to trial him and exercise his ability. However, three years had passed, Qiuhe had made some achievements with great effort, but he had to give up everything for this family. In the end, he only got an apartment.

    ¡°I am sorry.¡± What had been taken for granted suddenly was unveiled now, only to find the things underneath was so unendurable. How he failed as a father.

    ¡°Dad, where did thate from?¡± Di Qiuhe slightly frowned, hesitated for a moment, ¡°I¡¯m giving you a hard time, aren¡¯t I? Aunt Qin manages the contracts of all actors of Huangdu. If she terminates my contract without going through formalities, the Board of Directors may bring trouble again......It is only a seven-year contract. Three years have passed if counting this year. I can wait four years and continue my career by then. Dad, please do not feel sorry. Furthermore, Xia Song will grow up after four years. He can join thepany and give you a hand with Aunt Qin. I will also feel relieved.¡±

    Di Bian felt shocked and his expression became terrible again.

    His son only wanted to terminate the contract, yet he stooped so low topromise.

    The Board of Directors of Huangdu did undergo member-changing these years. Most of the current members were rtives from his wife¡¯s side. In addition, for the contracts of actors, because there were situations that the senior executive changed jobs and took actors away alongside, so he assigned all the contract issues to his wife. At that time, he only felt that his wife was a good wife who helped him to share affairs and solve problems. But now to think it carefully, was Huangdu still under the name of Di?

    Once doubts arose, they were hard to put down.

    Di Bian looked at his son, who had be so mellow, and he was panic-stricken.

    Qiuhe is his first child. He once outshined all his peers. Fancy him bing so edgeless within a few years.

    When exactly did all that start? Two years ago, or three years ago, or even longer?

    He hardly had any clue. The huge change seemed to take ce in a short moment. The child onceughed loudly and resplendently became such a person who wouldn¡¯t be angry even if his sister called him bastard. Was it possible that Huangdu, just like Qiuhe, which was also grinding off the edges of Di family inch by inch and was reced by a shell belonging to the Qin family?

    ¡°No. The contract must be terminated. I will terminate your contract personally. ¡± Di Bian seemed to wake up suddenly. He took out his phone hastily, as if trying to prove something, and called his wife. The line was busy. He called again, but the line was still busy. A sudden rage rose in his heart. He called his trusted subordinate, vice-president, instead, demanding, ¡°Send me the contract of Qiuhe. Then, ask someone to draw up a termination contract. As a president, since when do I need the approval of a manager for my request? Go and get it done. If someone obstructs you, let himmunicate with me directly!¡±

    Di Qiuhe looked at the red face of Di Bian due to anger. A sneer shed in his eyes. Then, he put on a worried expression quickly and walked forward to ¡°persuade¡±.

    No sooner had He Bai finished the roast duck than there came the WeChat message of the buyer again.

    A bird born in autumn: I feel blue.

    He Bai raised a hand to prop up his face, expressionless.

    ¡®You are feeling blue, so? We are just under transaction rtionship. We shall not cross the line when ites to deepmunication.¡¯

    A bird born in autumn:fort me.

    He Bai decides to pretend to be blind.

    A bird born in autumn: I was bullied by my half-sister today. My stepmother is very mean.

    He Bai halted the action of closing the chat box, and held the mobile phone again at eye level.

    A bird born in autumn: then I provoke my father to help me bully back, and I have dug a trap for my stepmother.

    The budding sympathy withered suddenly.

    A bird born in autumn: so I am happy again.

    He Bai: ¡°......¡±, ¡®is this buyer crazy?¡¯

 Chapter 13 - Longevity Noodles

    <h4>Chapter 13: Longevity Noodles</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    A bird Born in Autumn: But I know that my father shows favoritism only on a temporary basis. When my stepmotheres back and renders a curtain-lecture, I am still regarded as an outsider in this family. After all, such things have happened multiple times.

    He Bai sat straight. After a brief silence, he heaved a sigh and then weighed his words to type.

    White and Whiter: it¡¯s not hard for me to obtain an autographed photograph of Di Qiuhe. If I give it to you as a present, will you feel happier?

    Turning his head sideways, Di Qiuhe looked out of the window and saw Qin Li getting off the car in the yard. A breath of oppression was exhaled from his chest, which had been lingering on his mind since he returned home. With a smile on his mouth, Qiuhe fixated on his phone again and continued typing.

    A bird Born in Autumn: I feel blue. Only your hug and kiss can cheer me up.

    He Bai raised his eyebrows, staring at the phone screen for a long time with his face expressionless. All of a sudden, he stretched out one finger and poked hard at the keyboard.

    White and Whiter: a child who shows ill temper is not a good boy. In most cases, they were just putting on a show. What they need is nothing but a thrashing.

    Di Qiuhe was overwhelmed with joy instantly. To imagine the twisted expression White and Whiter had when typing that sentence insjected his body abundant energy again. Hearing the faint sound of door opening, he typed a sentence in a hurry, putting his mobile phone away, and walked over to Qin Li at the door.

    Qin Li was a beautiful woman, tall and delicate. Time seemed to have given her preferential treatment, leaving her only maturity and lingering charming. Like a bottle of precious wine, the older she got, the more charm she disyed.

    ¡°You already back?¡± She brushed away a strand of falling hair from her ears, greeting Di Qiuhe in a gentle and natural manner, and then handed the document to him, ¡°The vice president told me your father required your contract hastily, so I cut short the meeting to send it back. But where¡¯s your dad?¡±

    ¡°In Chunhua¡¯s room. She suddenly fell ill and called the family doctor over. Dad is worried about her and has been watching at her bedside¡±. Di Qiuhe also put on a gentle disguise, took the document and replied in guilt,¡± It¡¯s my fault. If I had not suddenlye back, she would not be angry like this. Thank you for sending me the document. Actually, you could have made others do this. Official business shoulde first.¡±

    ¡°Never mind. What¡¯s more, it has nothing to do with you. Chunhua herself is excitable by temperament.¡±Qin Li patted him on the shoulder as a way offort, shook her head and sighed, ¡°I also wonder what¡¯s wrong with her. She looks so strange these days that her teachers informed me she often wrangled with her ssmates recently. Her mother I am, I dare not to rule her over too hard. Teenagers tend to be overly sensitive, especially girls. I¡¯s so sorry that you are the one who suffered, Qiuhe.¡±

    Looking at her perfect-staged expression, Di Qiuhe expressed his approval to her acting skill at heart, and then wore a slightly deste expression, answering to her after a period of silence, ¡°It doesn¡¯t matter, Aunt Qin... But I have a suspicion that there is someone close to Chunhua having stirred up discord between her and me. Last time we went home together, she suddenly lost her temper, drove me out of the car on the way, and even dered to cklist me. In case it irritates Dad, I didn¡¯t tell him that. Luckily, Driver Li is a clever man who disclosed nothing to Dad. ¡±

    Qin Li knit her brows slightly, shot an unobtrusive nce at the staircase on the second floor, bowed her head and drew a wisp of hair away. A surge of anger emerged on her face when she looked up again with her voice raised, ¡°How dare she make you alight from the car? She is too willful! No wonder you cametest time and were hence scolded by your father. It is really ... Oh! It¡¯s extremely unreasonable for her to do so. Let me go upstairs and give her a piece of my mind! ¡±

    ¡°Please don¡¯t, Aunt Qin!¡± Di Qiuhe barred her way swiftly. He looked very restrained, but actually he pulled her hand very hard and then continued to persuade her, ¡°Chunhua was just exploited by someone. Her behavior of calling me bastard or alleging to cklist me must be the result of the dissension a certain viin sowed behind us. If you fall into rage, things will go as he or she wishes. Nowadays, Board of Directors in Huangdu is in flux, which adds the difficulty for Dad to manage it. I suspect that it is to some extent caused by sabotage of the base person, so our top priority is to smoke out the viin and solve the problem. Chunhua is still young. You have a lot of time to teach her. By the way, you¡¯d better make an investigation of people around Xiasong. Even Chunhua is surrounded by viins, let along Xiasong. He is a candidate the board thought highly of. There must be bad person around him. ¡±

    Shocked by Diu Qiuhe¡¯s prating words, Qin Li sensed clearly the viin he mentioned was nobody but her. In addition, he talked of the turbulence in Huangdu as well as the strain on Di Bian to manage thepany in the first ce, and then referred to that the directors fix their mind on Xiasong as their favorite and that anything should not go wrong with him. He was actually driving a wedge between Di Bian and her!

    She finally finds that things are quite wrong with the stepson. With her eyes dropped, she examined his facial expressions inch by inch with a critical eye, and drew her hand out, ¡°Qiuhe, let go of me. Where do you hear the rumor? You are as innocent as a child. Be careful not to be taken in by others¡¯ plot of sowing discord.¡±

    Di Qiuhe loosened his hand and slightly leaned to one side, with his back against the staircase. The original air of tenderness disappeared from his face, and an abominable smile revealed. With his body askew, he pointed with his finger at the direction of the staircase on the second floor, and then put on a gentle disguise again when Qin Li¡¯s expression changed all at once. He offered his apology, ¡°I know you would say so ... I¡¯m sorry. I didn¡¯t mean to bypass you and present the cancetion to Dad. I tried to reach your assistant several times but no one answered the phone, so ... But there¡¯s no need for you to get worried. After this thing is done, I will try to pay fewer visits to Dad lest the board stirs more trouble. ¡±

    When hearing his words, Qin Li¡¯s heart almost skipped a beat. How perfect his trick was¡ª avoiding the focus and then making concessions in order to gain advantages! Her calction to get sympathy from Di Bian as well as to throw mud at Di Qiuhe couldn¡¯t work at all under his words. In addition, he had also sowed discord between she and Di Bian! What happened to the boy who had been cowardly and timid before? Since when had he be so sharp-tongued!

    She subdued her dissatisfactions, lifting one hand to touch his hair, and said in a gentle voice, ¡°You silly boy, how could ites that I should me this on you. Leave those of the board alone. They are merely a group of clowns who make trouble. Later on, you are still the legitimate sessor to Huangdu.¡±

    Di Qiuhe also smiled when he dodged her hand without the least hesitation, with his smile shut off. ¡°You don¡¯t have to lie to me. I understand I have no chance to inherit thepany. Saying this is totally not my original intention, but now that I¡¯m leaving, I can¡¯t help worrying about my dad. ¡±

    A flicker of anguish gradually appeared on his mouth, ¡°I feel very tired and don¡¯t want to act any more. Eight years ago, I, 15 years old, was almost crippled by a thug outside the school, whose father turns out to be father-inw of your assistant; six years ago, when I was 17, a rabid dog bit me at the thigh on my way home, and the dog owner is a crack agent working for you now; four years ago, when I was 19, my roommate enticed me to go clubbing and handed me a cigarette mixed with drug. His mother, however, serves as the head of Qin¡¯s Supermarket; three years ago, I signed a contract with Huangdu, only to find that my partner was a gay of disreputable character, nothing but a pretty face. If I had not gone solo in advance, my reputation would have been spoiled since then. In spite of this, his brother, a consummate viin as wicked as one could be, took up the post of hotel manager of Qin¡¯s Hotel at your cousin¡¯s invitation; and one month ago, I unknowingly offended a grandson of one board member and was thus directed against by that person in coalition with other directors. Consequently, my father had to give me up. I am not a fool, Aunt Qin. Everything you did couldn¡¯t escape my attention, but given that you are the person my dad loves, I am willing to make a concession and help you cover up your mistakes. But you really shouldn¡¯t cklist me or purposely put obstacles in my way and refuse to terminate my contract. What I want is nothing more than being an actor. ¡±

    ¡°You ...¡±Qin Li was stunned by his bluntly-honest words. Recalling the vague figure looming up at the stairwell, she had no time to ponder how he knew those things, uttering hastily, ¡°Cut the nonsense, Qiuhe! I swear that I never intend to cklist you. What you said just now...¡±

    ¡°Now that you say you have no idea, what I can do is nothing but believe that. I acted on impulse just now.¡± Di Qiuhe interrupted her, taking a document out of his bag, gave it to her, and spoke with a hint of sadness, ¡°It¡¯s a document to sever my rtionship with Dad, on which I signed my name. But I dare not give it to Dad in person for fear that it grieves him a lot, so I have to bother you with this task. Please help me hand this document over to him and give him a few words offort. Besides, thank you for sending my contract back. I will entrust the letter of cancetion to mywyer, and mail it with the penalty fee to Huangdu. From then on, I hope neither of us will interfere with each other. I will continue my acting career, and you can pay attention to grooming Xiasong for the presidential post of Huangdu in the future. All I ask for is that you could stop making things difficult for me.¡±

    The situation took an abrupt turn for Qin Li. The document, which she had been drooling over for a long time, had be a hot potato now. Burning with inveterate hatred, Qin Li had no choice but to continue putting on an act, with her eyes brimming with tears, she exined, ¡°Qiuhe, you have misunderstood me. Just tell me who cooked up the story and cheated you, I guarantee to settle scores with him! As for this certificate, you¡¯d better retrieve it. As a saying goes, blood is thicker than water. Your emotional tie to your dad can never be ended by a piece of paper. I ...¡±

    ¡°Isn¡¯t a document enough? I¡¯ve already severed rtionship with Dad. What else do you want?¡± Di Qiuhe suddenly raised his voice to interrupt her. His heart was pounding heavily. It seemed that Diu Qiuhe was trying to suppress some painful emotions, and then he continued in a low voice, ¡°I understand. No wonder you have been persuading my father to send me abroad for study ... Aunt Qin, please take good care of my father. It¡¯s time for me to leave. ¡±

    ¡°Qiuhe!¡± Qin Li nearly cried a scream. She stepped forward to hold his hand and shouted at him, ¡°You can¡¯t do this! We are a family. When misunderstanding urs, what we need to do is to clear it up instantly. You father and I will be heartbroken if you leave in this way!¡± She was quite clear that Di Qiuhe couldn¡¯t go away before her very eyes. If he did, she could hardly get rid of nders on her, and the document he left behind would no longer take effect. Even if she finally coaxed forgiveness out of Di Bian, he would be forever extremely guilty of Di Qiuhe, his eldest son who had undergone such grievance, and she could hardly make any issue out of it.

    Di Qiuhe halted, turning around after a deep breath. He grasped her hand on his arm, pulled it down slowly, and said with tears in his eyes, ¡°Do you have any idea that I was actually ready to call you mom when I was 15? Unluckily, I overheard your talk with your assistant by phone then ... You must have been disappointed at the news that I wasn¡¯t crippled, haven¡¯t you? As to Chunhua, she is still very young. I already renounced my im to Huangdu and am ready to cut off rtion with the family. Please do not teach wrong thing to her. She should have been a lovable girl pure in thought.¡± After that, he shook her hand off and strode into the darkening night.

    ¡°Qiu ...¡±

    Oh, no! She was done...

    Looking at the empty gate and listening to the footsteps from the staircase, Qin Li shut her eyes in a fury.

    Di Qiuhe, you bad bastard! ¡®As the proverb says, a barking dog doesn¡¯t bite.¡¯ She had to admit that she indeed made an error of judgment!

    Early in the morning, He Bai walked out from the dormitory building yawning. Fiddling with the campus card that was re-applied just now, he headed for the canteen.

    ¡°I would like longevity noodles of the North Canteen. ¡±

    A tall, slender figure suddenly emerged from another pathway and drew more and more closer to him spontaneously.

    He Bai dropped his gaze and stepped sideways to draw a line between the two.

    Di Qiuhe looked up at the rising sun with his hands in his pocket and muttered, ¡°It¡¯s my 23th birthday today.¡±

    He Bai covered his ears with his hands to indicate that he was able to hear nothing.

    ¡°Yesterday I was kicked out by my family. Also, Huangdu terminated the engagement with me and demanded arge amount of penalty fee. Sometimes I really feel that life is so boring... Do you know what will happen to people when they die? Is there really Lethean soup for them to drink? ¡±

    There urs a lump in He Bai¡¯s throat as he heard this. Smoldering with sentiment, he turns into the other path at the fork and takes two steps forwards to find that the person who always tags him along does not keep up. Turning his head, He Bai darted a feigning furious look over his shoulders at Di Qiuhe, ¡°Aren¡¯t you the one who would like longevity noodles? Keep up!¡±

    On hearing what he said, Diu Qiuhe was taken aback at the fork, with his expression covered by the brim of his hat. Then he smiled, lifting his hat, and stepped forward, ¡°In return for your treat, I will give you something as a gift. How about one autographed photo of mine? You once said my signature can be sold for 10,000 in the future, let alone my autographed photograph, which will certainly be sold better. Little pup, you are about to make a bundle. ¡±

    He Bai:¡± ... ¡°He was so tempted to beat that Film Emperor up.

 Chapter 14 - Happy Birthday

    <h4>Chapter 14: Happy Birthday</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    The North Canteen was empty on Sunday morning and most of the windows where they served breakfast were closed, except the one serving longevity noodles, fortunately.

    After putting a bowl of hot noodles in front of Di Qiuhe, He Bai began to gnaw away at the steamed buns while drinking soy milk.

    ¡°I want the soy milk, too.¡± Di Qiuhe split the disposable chopsticks and gazed at He¡¯s hands with pretty, slightly widened eyes.

    He Bai paused as he was suddenly reminded of the milk tea that Di Qiuhe had grabbed from him. He put a straw into the soy milk without hesitation, took a swig, and then took it out. He then got up with his school card to buy another one.

    ¡°Got any sugar in it? I like it sweet.¡± Di Qiuhe requested with an innocent look.

    He Bai took a deep breath. ¡®It¡¯s his birthday after all. Besides, I shouldn¡¯t quarrel with an imbecile¡¯. Thinking of that, he got up in a rage and took the soy milk to add sugar. After that, he put a straw into it and ced the soy milk beside Di Qiuhe¡¯s bowl. Then, he picked up his bun and took a bite, looking ferocious with his eyes widened.

    His angry face looked a lot like that of a teenager. Di Qiuhe sneaked a look at his elusive dimples when He Bai was chewing and gave a small cough to cover hisugh. He slowly rolled up his sleeves before stirring the noodles with the chopsticks£¬gently picked up one and delivered to his mouth.

    He Bai¡¯s eyes followed his movements before finally fixing his eyes on his mouth.

    The lips were moistened by the wet noodle when it¡¯s sent to his mouth and now he had be even more attractive with glossy lips, slightly closed teeth and faintly revealed tongue. The wooden chopsticks holding the springy noodles were slowly being sent into his mouth.

    ¡°I want more pepper.¡± said Di Qiuhe while putting down the chopsticks.

    He Bai tried to get his breath back as he was nearly chocked by the bun after hearing his request. He hurriedly gulped down arge amount of soy milk to help with the choking and then throwed the bag of buns onto the table in a rage. After that, he got up again, saying ¡°Wait!¡±

    Di Qiuhe looked at him with a baffled and aggrieved face ¡°Are you ok?¡±

    He Bai, unconsciously gritting his teeth, said, ¡°I¡¯m fine.¡±

    Bang!

    A bowl of ming-red pepper oil was ced next to the soy milk.

    Di Qiuhe, with eyes lightening up, smiled gently at He Bai. ¡°Thank you. You are so considerate.¡±

    He Bai continued to bite his buns and decided to turn a deaf ear to whatever he was going to say next.

    ¡°That......¡±

    He was resolved to not respond to him and simply kept biting one bun after another.

    Di Qiuhe curled up his lips as he noticed his stuffed cheeks and uptight body, but then he held back his desire to mess with him further and instead lowered down his head and swallowed a mouthful of noodle into his mouth. Hemended, ¡°So delicious, just like before.¡±

    Like before?

    He Bai felt surprised. He swallowed the buns and looked up at him, asking ¡°Have you ever had longevity noodle here?¡±

    ¡°Hm,¡± replied Di Qiuhe with a smile after gulping down a mouthful of sweet soybean milk in the same way he did, ¡°I have tried it twice. Didn¡¯t I tell you? I am a student of the Q university, but I graduated this year. I¡¯vee back to collect my diploma. Never thought I will run into you here.¡±

    It was June and the fourth graders wereing back in droves for their graduation photos and diplomas. Although it did surprise him that Di Qiuhe was a student of this university. He was suddenly reminded of the buyer who bought Di Qiuhe¡¯s autograph. That man was also a fourth grader of the Q university and his ID on both the forum and WeChat bore uncanny resemnce to Di Qiuhe¡¯s name. Could they be the same person?

    ¡°Why are you looking at me like that? Is there something on my face?¡± Di Qiuhe touched his face and put on a gentle smile. ¡°Are you surprised that a handsome man like me would go to such a prestigious college? That¡¯s fine. I get that a lot. Though I study here, I seldomly came to school because of the nature of my job. Even my ssmates might not know me.¡±

    He Bai slightly lowered his eyes. The unreasonable doubts bothered him to ask, that....

    ¡°Did you sign in the school BBS? What¡¯s your ID? Let¡¯s friend each other.¡± He requested.

    ¡°School BBS¡± said Di Qiuhe with a confused face. He frowned as he tried to dig into his memory, then he drew out his phone to search the websites, all the while saying ¡°I remember I signed up when I got enrolled back then, but I used my school ID number instead of a registered ount name. Let me see...¡±

    Seeing that, He Bai quickly used his WeChat to send a message to the buyer.

    He sneaked a look at Di Qiuhe who was busy signing in the school forum. Di Qiuhe was obviously not using the WeChat, and he got an immediate reply from the buyer.

    A Bird Born in Autumn: Good morning. It¡¯s yet another beautiful day.

    ¡°Sorry, it would seem that mypany canceled my ID in order to protect my privacy.¡± Di Qiuhe showed him the screen of his phone, looking quite sorry. Then he withdrew his hand with a touch of mncholy on his face, ¡°It¡¯s the first time that an alumnus wanted to friend me... Thank you for being with me on my birthday. I¡¯m very happy today.¡±

    Looking at his sad face, He Bai almost felt guilty as if he had done something terrible to him.

    ¡°You... You¡¯re wee.¡± Ashamed of what he had in mind a while ago, he put away his phone.

    It made sense. They couldn¡¯t very well be the same person. After all, who would pay a fortune to buy back one¡¯s own autograph after giving it away? That was not something that a smart man like Di Qiuhe would do. He was not that rich.

    The more he thought of it, the guiltier he felt for being so paranoid a while ago. He then realized that what he said had deeply upsett Di and he hurriedly added, ¡°Today is your birthday. What else do you want except for the longevity noodles? Cake? I know just the ce to eat cake. Would you like me to order you one¡±

    ¡°Ok. Let¡¯s go have some cake.¡± Di Qiuhe chimed in and sped up to finish his noodle. ¡°I thought I¡¯ll be alone today. Thank God I ran into you, little puppy. Thank you.¡±

    He Bai swallowed what he wanted to say and looked towards his camera bag beside him.

    ¡®Perhaps, I just found the right model for photographic course this week.¡¯

    Each of them finished the breakfasts with their own axe to grind. Then Di Qiuhe went to get his diploma, while He Bai took photos of Di Qiuhe striding into the teaching building.

    With the sun rising, more and more students wereing out for exercises. To avoid causing disturbance, Di Qiuhe rode with He Bai downtown after getting his diploma. Afterwards, they drove together to a game center.

    ¡°Don¡¯t you want a cake?¡± Standing in front of the game center, He Bai felt as if he was about to enter the lion¡¯s den.

    ¡°I have already ordered a cake over the phone, but it needs time to be ready. Let¡¯s kill some time with this while we wait.¡± Di Qiuhe lowered his cap. From his pocket he drew 500 yuan and delivered them to He Bai, ¡°Here you are. Go exchange some game coins. Let¡¯s y to our hearts¡¯ content.¡±

    He stared at the money as if it¡¯s the same 500 yuan that he made yesterday. The shame for selling the autograph came out again. He took a picture when he saw Di Qiuhe ¡®s handsome face under that cap peak. He then took the money and strode into the game center, all the while thinking, ¡®Well, think of it as apensation for selling his autograph.¡¯

    They tried everything that the game center had to offer: basketball machine, fishing machine, street dancing machine and VR equipment. He Bai stood next to a doll machine with an emotionless face, quietly watching Di Qiuhe wrestling with the gripper trying to catch the dolls. At weekends, there were a lot of people. Earlier the two were able to go on unnoticed under the cover of the dim lights, but now in the section of doll machines where lights were sufficiently bright, more and more passersby were looking towards their direction.

    Holding back his impulse to yawn, He Bai suddenly noticed that not far away there were a few girls looking at his direction with sparkling eyes. With a twitch of his eyebrows, he looked around and saw a staff in a maid¡¯s uniform sellingic spin-offs. He hurriedly stopped her and bought something. Then, he came back, cing his hands on Di Qiuhe¡¯s shoulders and turning him around to face himself. ¡°What¡¯s up?¡± causally said Di Qiuhe, not minding the fact that this sudden interruption had totally ruined his best chance at catching the doll. Nheless, he wasn¡¯t pissed, and instead raised his hat a bit and gently asked, ¡°Getting impatient, hm? Shall we go get some drinks?¡±

    The blushed face after ying, the smile, and the gentle way he said those words almost made He Bai feel like he was flirting with him. What a horrible delusion it was!

    Holding back his desire to make sarcasticments, He Bai stuck a sticker on Di¡¯s face and then he squeezed a lot of paint, randomly rubbing them all over Di¡¯s forehead and cheeks. He nodded with satisfaction after the handsome face had turned into a messy drawing board and then waved him away, ¡°Ok. Go y. Childish Di.¡± He had figured out that Di Qiuhe was a childish man faking to be a mature grown-up. He was obviously a lousy gamer and the way he kept ying said a lot about his childish character. He now looked nothing like what he was made out to be.

    Di Qiuhe let him do what he would to his face, but then he, smelled at the paint with a frown, ¡°Childish Di?¡±

    ¡°How about Junior Di?¡± He Bai generously replied.

    Di Qiuhe suddenly grabbed the paint from him, squeezing out a handful and rubbing it onto the dimple on the left side of his face. He then pinched his face. ¡°You are younger than me. If I¡¯m Childish Di, what does that make you?¡±

    ¡°Your uncle.¡±

    ¡°Little puppy.¡±

    ¡°What?¡±

    ¡°My uncle has been dead for many years.¡±

    He Bai took away his hands. Then he quickly took some photos and snickered ¡°I¡¯m going to take all the ugly photos of you, then sell them to your stupid fan. Let¡¯s see whether she would stop idolizing you and turn against you instead.¡±

    Di Qiuhe put on a gentle smile while looking into the camera. ¡°Stupid fan? Who? The one spent 1000 yuan for the autograph? Little puppy, I forgot to ask you. Why did you sell my autograph? Do you hate me?¡±

    The guy in the camera was smiling, but with a sense of sadness. Unconsciously, He Bai pressed the shutter to take a picture, then put it down with a sigh. He put on his poker face again and tilted his head to looked at the door, signaling him to tag along, ¡°Let¡¯s go. I¡¯m starving. Let¡¯s go eat something.¡±

    ¡°Your treat?¡±

    ¡°... My treat.¡±

    ¡°I want to eat ribs. The most expensive kind.¡±

    He Bai paused suddenly and pulled over his hands for a quick shake. Then he let them go, waving ¡°Happy birthday. See you again!¡±

    Di Qiuhe couldn¡¯t help butugh. The moment He Bai turned around, Di Qiuhe quickly caught his bag belt. Being taller than him, Di Qiuhe took away his camera with ease, and then he waved ¡°All right. Thanks. See you again!¡±

    After finishing those words, he turned back and went away without hesitation as quickly as he could.

    ¡°Wait...¡± He Bai was dumbfounded, and then he stomped his feet, shouting ¡°You bastard! My camera!¡±

 Chapter 15 - Dying to Know?

    <h4>Chapter 15: Dying to Know?</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    There were too many people in the video game hall. Just in a sh, Di Qiuhe disappeared into the crowd from the view of He Bai. He had no choice but to chase him along a possible direction. After hitting a couple, he had to admit in despair that his camera bag had been snatched away by a bastard whom he offered to celebrate birthday and faced no shortage of money at all!

    A bastard who bit the hand that fed him!

    Quite ungrateful!

    Diu Qiuhe had appropriated his campus card, snatched the milky tea he had not finished, and took away his camera just now. Howe such a creature became the Film Emperor? He was more of a bandit than an actor! Such a person, such a person... What lousy luck he had to make the acquaintance of Di Qiuhe!

    He Bai did several twirls on the spot when he recalled he had stowed his mobile phone in his pocket. He stopped immediately and took the phone out to find in desperation that he had no way to get in touch with Di Qiuhe.

    The camera he borrowed from Mr. Xu was not cheap. What he could do if it was never returned... to call the police? Heid a finger on the emergency dial key and then turned his phone off ferociously after a slight hesitation! ¡®Fuck! Today is supposedly not fit for going out!¡¯

    Against a jewelry store shelf across the street stood Di Qiuhe who clicked the shutter at He Bai trotting down the street in a rage. Smiling, Di Qiuhe logged in WeChat on his phone and sent a message out with delight.

    A Bird Born in Autumn: Happy Birthday! Don¡¯t forget to eat cake ^-^

    Hearing the beep, He Bai logged in his WeChat, and a stroke of doubt was raised in his mind when he saw this message. He replied in a puzzle.

    White and Whiter: my birthday?

    A Bird Born in Autumn: Yeah, I notice that your WeChat ount name is thebination of an acronym plus a date, so I guess that date is your birthday, isn¡¯t it?

    He Bai blinked perplexedly. He quit the chat box, looked at his WeChat ount as well as the date, and then realized that it was really his birthday today...

    Staying alone for a long time, he had forgotten to care about things like his birthday which urred every year while Di Qiuhe should be so careful to find this detail and extended greeting to him unexpectedly.

    He Bai¡¯s rage was quickly appeased. He felt a little embarrassed and quite touched, replying in a hurry.

    White and Whiter: It¡¯s my birthday indeed. I myself didn¡¯t even realize. Thank you.

    A Bird Born in Autumn: My pleasure. Remember to have birthday cake and longevity noodles^-^

    He Bai smiled so dazzlingly that a pair of dimples appeared on his face. He thanked Di Qiuhe again when something urred to him suddenly.

    Di Qiuhe, Qiuhe (which means ¡°Autumn Crane¡± in Chinese). He remembered vaguely that the encyclopedia online reported Di Qiuhe was born in autumn so his parents named him Qiuhe. And now ... was certainly in summer! Early summer!

    S-H-I-T....

    He was a sheer liar and robber who behaved like a three-year-old boy!

    He Bai acted furiously again, pacing up and down, and ran briskly to the bus stop. Since Di Qiuhe was a student of Q University, he must have left his contact details and address there. As a saying goes, the monk can run away, but the temple won¡¯t run away with him. He told himself the camera must be taken back!

    Watching the slightly thin figure disappear from view, Di Qiuhe packed the mobile phone up and turned to the shop assistant who was staring at him carefully. He pointed to the camera bag hanging about his arm, and asked politely with his habitually gentle smile, ¡°Excuse me, can I have a gift box to hold this camera?¡±

    Looking at Diu Qiuhe¡¯s paint-stained face and colorful stickers on it, the clerk couldn¡¯t help treating him as a retarded youth. He helped to search out a pink-and-blue heart-shaped gift box with a sympathetic attitude and asked as softly as possible, ¡°Is this OK?¡± In his eyes, Di Qiuhe was obviously a game enthusiast who had lost his mind so much that he dared not to provoke him.

    Di Qiuhe sized the box up and recalled that He Bai wore a sky-blue T-shirt today. He nodded with satisfaction and added, ¡°Please fetch me a ribbon that looks cute.¡±

    The clerk responded and turned around to get a ribbon when he paid silent tribute to his gift-receiver: the girl who was pursued by such a neurotic person must feel very painful.

    Due to traffic jam at weekends, He Bai spent over two hours on the way to campus. Being looked up and down in the taxi, He hurried to his dormitory to wash his face as soon as he got off... However, he was taken aback by two ribbon-decorated pink-and-blue boxes on the ground, one smaller and the otherrger.

    ¡°What¡¯s this?!¡± He looked at the door te first and then the dreamy boxes on the ground, rubbing his eyes.

    ¡°You¡¯re finally back, Bai! Look, someone sent you a gift!¡± Niu Junjie sprang out and cried excitedly. Puzzled, he looked at He Bai¡¯s face and asked, ¡°What¡¯s wrong with your face? Were you beaten up?¡±

    ¡°No, it¡¯s paint.¡± He rubbed the paint which dried out on his face and replied in puzzlement, ¡°Sent me a gift? Are these for me?¡±

    ¡°Sure¡±, Wang Hu came towards him, with a pair of scissors in his hand, and signaled him to look at the note on the box, ¡°There are your information on it, including your faculty, major, school card number and your name. The housemaster told us the two boxes were sent half an hour ago by a guy in takeaway uniform. He didn¡¯t have your number and thus gave them to the housemaster. If Junjie hadn¡¯t passed by and looked on, your name would be on the ckboard at the door of the housemaster. ¡±

    The ckboard bulletin was prepared specially for students who returnedte, stayed out all night or lost their belongings. Whoever was recorded on it would be ridiculed for an entire week.

    He Bai wiped his face, gave Niu Junjie a grateful look, and spoke in a sincere way, ¡°thank you, Junjie.¡±

    ¡°You¡¯re wee.¡± Niu Junjie waved his hand while his eyes glued on the box. He made faces to He Bai, ¡°Open them and have a look at things inside! Judging from their color and package, the giver is definitely a girl! Ha, a girl courts you, Bai!¡±

    Chen Jie who kept quite all the while held his sses up and burst into im, ¡°Why not a boy?¡±

    Silence reigned the room, and it suddenly struck them that a foreign exchange student once pursued He Bai in a crazy manner. They stepped back in concert without previous arrangement, far away from the two boxes.

    Touching the scissors in his hand, Wang Hu uttered slowly, ¡°The anonymous gift-giving is to some extent like the guy¡¯s style... Does Locke, the romantic art student,e back?¡±

    ¡°I suppose he is not. The exchange endedst semester and he already went home ...¡± Niu Junjie said with little confidence.

    Chen Jie bent his head to look at the note, and made a rational analysis, ¡°The note is written in Chinese with elegant handwriting, so it is by no means penned by foreigners.¡±

    Hearing his words, Niu Junjie also stared at the note, flustered, ¡°But this handwriting looks so unrestrained that no girl couldpose it.¡±

    He Bai racked his brains, trying to remember things about Locke with his eyebrows raised. He came up to see that note and something crossed his mind. Expressionless, he stretched one hand to Wang Hu, ¡°Bro, give me your scissors. Don¡¯t panic! These boxes aren¡¯t from Locke. ¡±

    ¡°Not Locke?¡±

    ¡°No.¡±

    Hearing his definite answer, the other three drew closer again, all asking at once why he was so sure as well as whether he already knew who it actually was.

    ¡°I had no idea originally, but after seeing the handwriting on the note, I think I know who he is. Don¡¯t worry. The giver is an enemy, no, a friend of mine, but he is really not Locke.¡± He Bai answered with a sullen face, cut the ribbons around the box directly and opened the box while scolding Di Qiuhe secretly.

    With the box lid opened, a delicate threeyer cake revealed in front of the crowd, which greatly shocked Wang Hu and the other two.

    He Bai¡¯s mouth twitched slightly. He opened the other box and found his camera robbed as expected.

    ... Di Qiuhe was certainly a retard, of which He Bai was now quite sure.

    ¡°A threeyer cake from J. It must be quite expensive!¡± Niu Junjie crouched over the cake and rubbed his chin, ¡°But why did your friend draw a dog on it?¡±

    ¡°There are words next to the dog.¡± Chen Jie pushed his sses up, lowered his head, and made every effort to identify those extraordinarily small words next to the puppy, ¡°Happy birthday, Little Pup! Thank you for sending photos to Mr. Xu Yinrong. Plus, my birthday is on September 7th. Don¡¯t forget to present me with a gift in return!¡±

    Wang Hu took the phone to look at the date, and pped himself hard on the forehead, ¡°My memory is so poor that I almost forget today is Bai¡¯s birthday. How about going out for dinner at night to celebrate?

    Niu Junjie gave his consent immediately by raising his hand. Chen Jie also nodded with a smile.

    He Bai looked at them, smiling, ¡°my treat¡±, and looked down at the cake with his brow slightly knitted. ¡®Why did Di Qiuhe thank me for the photos? Which photos? Was he familiar with Mr. Xu? Did he refer to the picture I took by chance? But how did he know I had sent the picture to Mr. Xu? Wait, does this mean Di Qiuhe had already knew I handed in his picture as my homework?¡¯

    ...

    Looking at the threeyer cake on the ground and the camera bag in the box, He Bai heaved a deep sigh.

    ...The feeling was like having sugar mixed with shit.

    He Bai thought his ¡°surprise¡± was finished and didn¡¯t expect that another box was sent over two dayster, and that his name was recorded on the ckboard after all.

    ¡°Was it also sent by that friend of yours?¡± Niu Junjie moved over curiously, took a look at the pink boxes and then at He Bai¡¯s tender face, and sighed with gloom, ¡°s, Bai, you¡¯d better get a girlfriend.¡±

    He Bai threw him a sidelong nce, pushed his face aside, tore off the note on the box and opened the lid. Then he lookedpletely stunned.

    The box was half full of photos Di Qiuhe had taken the other day with his signature on them.

    There was another note glued to the surface of the box. He tore it off to find that a phone number was written on it. After some hesitation he took out his phone, saved the number and sent a text message to the number after circumspect typing.

    He Bai: I have received your photos. Thank you. In addition, as regard to what you mentioned on the cake about the photos and Mr. Xu, could you please tell me exactly what was going on?

    Di Qiuhe was listening to discussions between Jiang Guanshan and Xu Yinrong about the script when his phone rang. Thinking that the photo was delivered at this moment, he broke into a smile. Under the cover of the script, he took out the phone, nced at the message from an unknown number and quickly browsed the content. His eyes ran down a folder near Xu Yinrong¡¯s hand, and then he started typing.

    Di Qiuhe: Wanna know why I thank you?

    He Bai: Yes.

    Di Qiuhe: Dying to know?

    He Bai: ...Yeah.

    Di Qiuhe: Me too.

    He Bai: ?

    Di Qiuhe: Dying to have you beg me.

    He Bai: ...

    Di Qiuhe: You looked so cute when you trotted down the street.

    Bang!

    He Bai tucked his phone into the drawer with indignation.

 Chapter 16 - The First Time

    <h4>Chapter 16: The First Time</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    There were two sets of photos in the box. One was signed under the name of Di Qiuhe, and the other Childish Di.

    With a frown, He Bai collected the photos signed with the name Di Qiuhe in a rage. After that, he bought a new box for those photos and also put in the ones he had once edited. Then, after he had the photos delivered, he sent the buyer a WeChat message, thanking him for the birthday message.

    Rather than receiving an immediate response, as was the casest time, he waited for two minutes before putting down his phone. Then, he picked up his phone and put it into his drawer.

    After all was done, he finally felt a little bit refreshed. Moreover, having only a few lessons in the afternoon allowed him to review them in advance. With that done, he then turned on hisputer to download the new tasks from Saint Elephant Studio.

    This time the Saint Elephant didn¡¯t sent him as many photos as before. There were only five sets, each containing six photos, and he was expected to finish them in a week.

    All the photos were portraits. Out of five people in those photos, three of them being males and two females, there were two that looked familiar to He Bai. After a while of painstaking memory-searching, he remembered that those two were the up-anding hosts of the local TV station of B city. However, right now they were just a couple of new hosts of the TV station.

    He then picked out six photos, all featuring one particr person. He zoomed in on that person with the help of Photoshop, and all the while his mind started to wander off.

    It¡¯s no wonder that Li Ru would promise him such a highmission. It turned out that the Saint Elephant was cooperating with the TV station of B city. As far as he knew, though the local TV station was not as prestigious as the Central Station, it was nheless high on the ranking list with good resources and political support. The most important was that the local TV station would rmend excellent hosts to the Central Station from time to time, so it was usually the preferred choice for most new hosts.

    He remembered that Liu Huanhuan, LaoSan¡¯s ex-girlfriend, was also signed by the TV station after pulling a lot of strings... But Liu Huanhuan didn¡¯tst long there and resigned early. After being off the radar for a few years, she married a divorced rich man with a record of domestic violence. In her most desperate times, she once went back for LaoSan, which almost caused his wife to break up with him.

    Thinking about the old-time gossips didn¡¯t slow down what he was doing. He skillfully removed some obvious ws on the photos and readjusted their overall tones. He also zoomed in on the people for more detailed editing and then edited them again so that the people in those photos wouldn¡¯t look out of ce with the backgrounds. After all was done, he clicked save and have them exported. Whenever he had an inspiration, he would also make an extra version that was more to his aesthetic taste.

    It took him three days to finish all the tasks. Then he sent those edited photos to Li Ru to look over so as to make sure that they were approved before e-mailing them to thepany. With all done, he then asked Li Ru for next week¡¯s tasks.

    Li Ru was satisfied with the high-quality photos as well as the speed with which he carried out the task and was rather impressed by that extra version of the photos he made. She encouraged him to edit more and be more creative in his future works. Meanwhile, she ordered three weeks¡¯ worth of works to be assigned to him all at once and generously offered to help him with this month¡¯s bonus.

    He Bai listened to themendation carefully, and then, in his moment of joy, cklisted Di Qiuhe who kept texting him while he was editing!

    At the weekend, Di Qiuhe came to Red Guest again, looking through the script with an absent-minded face.

    ¡°Here, your gift from that ¡®male fan¡¯¡±. Jiang Xiuwen put down the coffee and the box, and sat opposite to him with a look that clearly read ¡°I want to kick you out¡±. Impatiently shaking his legs, he asked, ¡°What have you been doing these days? I¡¯ve been calling you to take the box. You didn¡¯t show up. Nor did you discuss the script with my dad. Are you going to let this rare opportunity pass you by and bail on my father?¡±

    Di Qiuhe ignored him and still looked down at the box on the table.

    ¡®Well. What does that mean? Last time, he was so excited when he received a gift from the fan. Are they fighting?¡¯

    Intrigued by his reaction, Jiang Xiuwen stopped shaking his legs and tilted his head to steal a few peeks at him. Finally, he leaned over, asking ¡°What¡¯s up? Is there a problem with this gift?¡±

    Di Qiuhe still stared at the box in silence with a poker face.

    The sight of his silence gave Jiang Xiuwen the creeps and he boldly reached out to the box, thinking, ¡°Is there something dangerous in it? But it doesn¡¯t make any sense. This box has been here for two or three days and nothing happened....¡±

    ¡°Don¡¯t touch it.¡± Di Qiuhe grabbed back the box.

    Jiang Xiuwen stopped, sweeping a look at the way he grabbed the box into his arms. Then he felt relieved, sitting up straight before immediately falling back into the sofa in a rage. With a slow tone, he said, ¡°Tell me. What the hell is wrong with you?¡±

    The box was very light, but Di Qiuhe felt it¡¯s a little heavy in his hands. Then he replied with a bitter tone, ¡°I was cklisted online.¡± For the first time, he was cklisted online.

    ¡°By whom?¡± asked Jiang Xiuwen with a gloating voice and with a touch of new-found admiration on his face for the one that held ountable.

    Di Qiuhe looked up suddenly and fixed his gaze on him with razor-sharp eyes.

    Jiang Xiuwen avoided his eyes, coughing in a low voice to conceal the gloat in his tone. With a frown, he said ¡°That¡¯s too much. How dare he! That¡¯s really... That¡¯s really too much!¡±

    There was no worse performance than this.

    Curling up his lip, Di Qiuhe put the box into his backpack and then raised his hand to support his face. He tilted his head to look outside the window and said with an uncaring voice, ¡°It¡¯s nothing. Being cklisted is only temporary. Young men can be touchy sometimes. I get it.¡±

    It was all Jiang Xiuwen could do not to whistle. ¡®Well, well, well. Look at the gritting teeth and twisted face and all the big words he was talking about. It¡¯s so obvious that he is pissed like hell right now. Kudos to the man who cklisted him!¡¯

    The phone beeped suddenly, and immediately Di Qiuhe sat up straight to take out the phone from his pocket.

    White and Whiter: Haven¡¯t got a reply from you recently. Are you ok? Have you received the photos? P.S.: I¡¯ve edited a few more photos of Di Qiuhe. Are you in Red Guest? I am on the way to XX Street. If you are keen, I can deliver them to you. ^-^

    Di Qiuhe frowned.

    ¡®What¡¯s so funny? Since when you did you be so obliging and start providing home delivery service? Just a buyer. Why are you so eager? Why do you cklist me, while being so generous to a WeChat friend whom you¡¯ve never met? Do you need a spanking? Man, do you know how I felt when I was told that the number does not exist? Elder Xu could get through it thest minute!¡¯

    Looking at his furious face, Jiang Xiuwen took out his phone anxiously and carefully asked, ¡°Qiu.. Qiuhe, have you been under any stress recently? Schizophrenia, brain disease?¡±

    Di Qiuhe was still staring at the phone.

    White and Whiter: Hello? Are you online?

    White and Whiter: ? ? ?

    White and Whiter: @A Bird Born in Autumn?

    White and Whiter: Qiuqiu (Qiu means autumn in Chinese)? Hello?

    Di Qiuhe¡¯s heart skipped a beat all of a sudden with the furious look disappearing quickly off his face. Curling up his lips, he looked up at Jiang Xiuwen and stopped smiling. ¡°Call me.¡± said he with eager eyes.

    Jiang Xiuwen swallowed while pressing his finger on ¡°1¡±, asking ¡°Call you? Di, Di Qiuhe?¡±

    Di Qiuhe shook his head. ¡°No, call me by my nickname.¡±

    With finger on ¡°2¡±, ¡°Qiuhe?¡±

    Di Qiuhe stared at him, ¡°Is that my nickname?¡±

    Jiang Xiuwen took a breath in desperation and moved his finger to ¡°0¡±. (TN: 120 is the emergency number in China) When he was pressing on the button, he said, ¡°Qiuqiu, I think you need a doctor.¡±

    ¡°No.¡± Di Qiuhe suddenly raised his voice and shook his head. ¡°No, not this tone.¡± ¡®Little puppy would never call him in such an obedient tone!¡¯

    Thinking of that, he couldn¡¯t help but stride away after shoving the script into his backpack.

    Jiang Xiuwen froze and pressed on another button, which triggered a beeping, warning him that it was an empty number. He got up to pull back Di Qiuhe, saying patiently ¡°Don¡¯t leave. I think you¡¯ve been under too much pressure recently, so you need a rest....¡±

    White and Whiter: It seems that you¡¯re offline. Well, it just so happens that I¡¯ve got something up right now, so I couldn¡¯t deliver them to you today. Rain check? ^-^

    After hearing the beep, Di Qiuhe grabbed his phone and took a quick look at the message. Then he suddenly halted, turning around and striding back to the window.

    At the gate of the Saint Elephant across the street, He Bai put the phone into his pocket. He looked at the short guy wearing sses who poked his head out of a van from the shotgun seat. He searched hard in his memory for his name, and then he put on a friendly smile and said, ¡°Brother Ma, did Li send me to go out with you?¡±

    ¡°Yeah¡±, said Ma Qun with a sincere smile. He promptly got off the van and opened the back door for him. Wiping off the sweat on his forehead that he had when moving the equipment, he said ¡°The TV station decided at thest minute to take a set of anniversary photos for the newly signed intern hosts. But some of the field crew members were assigned to cover a group wedding, and there are simply not enough men for this ad hoc task. So Li sent in the editing crew. Li said you are good at taking high-quality photos. If you like, you cane with me. You¡¯ll get paid for overtime work plus the allowance formute and food. It¡¯s not mandatory. Would you like toe? The location is near the Li Hu Park. It¡¯s not far and the view is great. I highly suggest that youe with us if you are free. ¡±

    ¡°Right, you are so young. Spending some time in the field will do you good.¡± Another member of the editing crew poked his head out of the van. After greeting He Bai, he continued, ¡°Besides, this time Mr. Ma will lead the team. He is Ma Qun¡¯s uncle and the best photographer in Saint Elephant. I always see you carrying a camera, so I guess you must like photography. If you go, you might learn a thing or two from him.¡±

    When they finished talking, He Bai nodded. He thought about how Li Ru had been caring for him all the time, and he smiled. ¡°How can I pass up such a good opportunity? Thank you for giving me this opportunity.¡±

    ¡°We are all colleagues here. No need to thank us.¡± Ma Qun helped him close the door before going back to his seat and fastening his own seat belt. While signaling the driver to drive ahead, he said, ¡°As long as you work hard, there will be plenty of such opportunities.¡±

    Upon hearing his words, He Bai broke out an uneasy smile and touched the camera strap in his hand.

    Ma Qun seemed weing and friendly, but the way he looked at He Bai told a different story... This was a little bit interesting.

    Di Qiuhe watched He Bai getting on the van and leaving. He tried to hold back his feelings but he failed, curling up his lips with a sneer.

    Jiang Xiuwen who was standing far away from him, cautiously asked, ¡°Qiuhe, the hospital is very close. Shall we, shall we go there?¡±

    Di Qiuhe looked back at him and took a step back to the sofa. He put down his backpack to take out the script. Lowering his head, he¡¯spletely absorbed into the script. The elegant posture, and the gentle temperament evident in the way he flipped through the script were in stark contrast to the furious look on the guy standing on the road just now.

    Jiang Xiuwen: ¡°... I see... It¡¯s schizophrenia.

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 Chapter 17 - An Opportunity

    <h4>Chapter 17: An Opportunity</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Lihu Park, as the name implied, was a park which was built around Lihu. For this time, B city TV station choosed to shootmemorative photos for the new hosts here for two reasons: one for it was set in a quiet and beautiful environment here; and the other for it was....cheap to book here.

    ¡°The TV station has booked the west side of theke for two days and set up istion belt. Some colleagues have already been there for setting the scene.¡± Lin Rui, another member of photo retouching group moved the equipment outside while exining. Seeing that He Bai lifted the heaviest box directly, he could not help raising his hand and patting He Bai¡¯s shoulder, and said: ¡°Don¡¯t force yourself. If it is too heavy to move for one time, make it two times. I will apany you. You can still grow a little taller at your age. You need to pay more attention for this. Don¡¯t press on your bones.¡±

    The hand that patted on the shoulder was very gentle, it was an considerate gesture in a polite manner. He Bai took a look at slightly thin body of Lin Rui and the heavy equipment in his arms, and then looked at Ma Qun who was taking light props cloth in his hand in the front of cars. He Bai¡¯s dimples on his face changed from shallow to deep quickly. He reached out to help Lin Rui to lift the equipment and said: ¡°It¡¯s ok. I can lift it. I just had my 21st birthday. My height might not grow anymore. But look at your glowing face, any good news at home?¡±

    Lin Rui couldn¡¯t help but show a smile on his face after he heard the question of He Bai, and replied: ¡°Not a big deal, but just my wife finally gives birth to a girl for me after so many years.¡±

    ¡°Girl is good, she will be close to you. Congrattions to you and your wife.¡± He Bai looked at the face of Lin Rui with very infectious expression of happiness, he wanted to take photos of Lin Rui, but due to the box in his hand, he couldn¡¯t reach take the camera, so he whispered ¡®what a pity¡¯ in his heart.

    Lin Rui and He Bai chatted while walking towards the photography destination. Having a topic, their rtionship became close quickly. They quickened their steps unconsciously and left other people behind far away.

    After looking at Lin Rui and He Bai, the driver who walked beside Ma Qun smiled and shook his head, pokinges Ma Qun, ¡°Mr. Lin must be talking about his daughter again. That guy will definitely dote on his daughter in future. He Bai has good temper so that he has the patience to listen to those long-winded parenting talks.¡±

    Ma Qun staggered a little after being poked by him. The expression of Ma Qun was not good, but he concealed it quickly, and said with smile, ¡°He Bai is a good person, but not sure how long he can work in Saint Elephant. After all, he is just a sophomore student, not mature or perseverant.¡±

    ¡°Why he is not mature and perseverant? I think he is good. Moreover, he will be a junior student next semester and he will graduate soon. I feel that Ms. Li also wants to keep him in Saint Elephant. Ms. Li asked us to persuade him toe this time. She wants to know his photography skills. It looks like the top management is ready to train him into a photographer.¡± The driver gossiped what he heard from others with a sigh, ¡°it is good to be a photographer, earning more with good development prospects awaiting. He Bai has good ability and is driven to learn. He will certainly have a bright future. It is true that as in the Yangtze River waves urge waves, so the younger generation excels the old generation.¡±

    A listener might perceive an unintended meaning in what was said. Ma Qun frowned and there emerged a sullen look in his eyes.

    ¡®As in the Yangtze River back waves urge front waves, so the younger generation excels the old generation.¡¯ At present, his uncle was the best photographer in Saint Elephant. The meaning of the driver was that his uncle was like the front wave that will be beaten on the sand beach by the neer? And uncle had promised to train him to a photographer. He felt grieved that He Bai emerged suddenly and was taken seriously by Li Ru and robbed resources that were supposed to be his.

    The shoot scene had already set up by thekeside. The colleagues who came here first rushed over to them and took over the equipment after seeing them, and guided them for other works.

    After busy work for half an hour, the scene setting waspleted. The car of the TV station wasing by and a group of young people got off the car.

    ¡°Makeup team and costume team, please get ready. Where is leader Ma? Somebody go to the car and ask leader Ma toe here.¡± A management staff shouted with a loud voice.

    Ma Qun came out from the crowd and took the job of asking leader Ma toe.

    With that being done, there was nothing that He Bai could help with. He retreated to the periphery of the crowd and watches the working staffs lead the young people into the temporary makeup shed. He found and talked to the driver, and then he took the camera and walked around theke, not far from the shooting ce.

    The sunshine was just pleasant, and the water ripples were floating on theke gently. Suddenly, a white dove entered the camera. It bypassed the weeping willow, flied over the gallery of thekeside, andnded on the top of the pavilion in the center of theke. After grooming its feathers with its peak, it pped and filed into the woods not far away.

    He Bai pressed the shutter button gently. He smiled and checked someke scenes that he just took. Seeing the shooting began, he walkeds back quickly.

    On the white swing chair, a beautiful girl leaned obliquely, holding a book in her hand. She raised her head and closed eyes. It seemed that she was feeling the warm sunshine caresses her face.

    ¡°Good, good state, hold on, rx your shoulders and smile a little sweeter.¡±

    A middle-aged fat man who was wearing cotton and linen tribal clothing was holding the camera around the girl to shoot. He guided the staffs beside to adjust the lighting board from time to time.

    He Bai looked at all these things with a novel perspective. His eyes focused on the middle-aged fat man who was filming, and finally fell on the girl. A breeze blowing by lucky coincidence, it swayed the skirt of the girl. He was touched and held his camera to capture the scene that the girl bowed her head and fondled her skirt.

    ¡°The wind is blowing. Everyone, please pay more attention.¡± The photographer put down the camera, guided the people of costume team to adjust the clothes and hair of the girl. He frowned slightly, ¡°there is just a few hours of good natural lighting, everyone, please hurry up.¡±

    The crowd responded and sped up their action.

    ¡°He is Ma Xingtong, the team leader and Ma Qun¡¯s uncle. He has been invited to shoot covers of four major fashion magazines, top yer in the game.¡± Lin Rui exined to He Bai in a low voice. He Bai did not know since when Lin Rui was standing behind him. After seeing Ma Qun gave a bottle of water to Ma Xingtong during the shooting, Lin Rui paused and talked in an even lower voice, ¡°He, Ma Xingtong does not have children, so he loves his nephew, Ma Qun. He intends to cultivate Ma Qun as his sessor. Ms. Li is satisfied with you. Although Ms. Li and leader Ma are old friends with good rtionship, anyway, you shall pay more attention.¡±

    He Bai tried to digest these words. Finally, he understood where the strange attitude of Ma Qun came from and he appreciated Lin Rui in his heart for the exnation. However, there were many people around at this time. He couldn¡¯t say much about it, so he nodded to show understanding, indicating that he would pay more attention.

    Both of them reached tacit understanding, neither did they talk anymore, nor moved forward. They just stood on the outside and watched people inside busy working; and then went to help to move the equipment at appropriate time when the scene changed.

    When inspiration came asionally, He Bai would also hold his camera to capture and shoot the young hosts, quietly done, he tried to be unnoticed.

    At lunchtime, the food truck ordered by the TV station arrived on time. People gathered together to have lunch. He Bai still did not go to crowd center. He squatted outside and talked to Lin Rui about parenting and experience of retouching. Ma Qun, who took him here and talked fair-sounding, now seemed to have suddenly forgotten him. He only followed Ma Xingtong around, leaving the two in the corner.

    Everyone continued their work after lunch. Four hourster, the shooting finally came to an end.

    ¡°Take a break first, everyone. Then, put your things away and we will continue tomorrow.¡± Ma Xingtong put the camera away, and wiped his sweat on his forehead. He mademand after looking at the weather.

    Ma Qun came up and offered a bottle of water considerately.

    ¡°You have good performance today.¡± Ma Xingtong took the water and praised Ma Qun. He smiled and said, ¡°We do not have a tight shooting schedule tomorrow. I looked at your photos which you handed to mest time. They are good. I can let you try tomorrow.¡±

    Ma Qun¡¯s eyes sparkled after he heard this, nodding in a hurry and promised that he would do a good job.

    Seeing them act like this, all the people know that Ma Xingtong was paving the way for Ma Qun. Thus, they madepliment and encouraged directly or with implication.

    Lin Rui was still standing in the periphery. He frowned and said with doubt, ¡°it is not right. Ms. Li said if the shooting progress is fast, you can follow and have a try. Why is it Ma Qun now? Didn¡¯t Ms. Li talk to leader Ma in advance?¡±

    ¡°Perhaps so,¡± He Bai pressed his shoulder and patted to appease him, he meant to stop Lin from going forward to confront Ma Xingtong, and said, ¡°Not a big deal. He might forget. It is also good that we can take rest. The work of shooting is so tired, with big pressure. It is not asfortable as chatting with you about parenting.¡±

    Lin Rui pushed He Bai¡¯s head resignedly, and shook his head, ¡°hey boy, as a man, how can you always hide for rest. If it is your opportunity, you shall seize it. Do not let those dirty men take advantage of the loophole.¡±

    This was a little straightforward. He Bai smiled, showing dimple on his left face, and said carelessly, ¡°Thanks for your instruction. However, not everyone cherish this kind of opportunity. For me, although I want to be a photographer, my main task is to study now. Ie to Saint Elephant for earning tuition and living expenses, not for other purpose.¡± Furthermore, that uncle and nephew were clearly in a league. They had tacit understanding to ignore him. He, as an outsider, did not want to ask for troubles.

    It meant that he was not going to stay in Saint Elephant for long. He nned to leave after he earned enough money, and did not care about the opportunity that was snatched away from him. Lin Rui looked at He, so young and childish, Lin was speechless for a moment. Then, he shook his head and smiled, ¡°You are right. Students do have to focus on study. As for the ostensible obedience of Ma Qun today, leave it to Ms. Li after shees back from business trip.¡±

    There was another car of TV stationing when people were ready to pack things up and go back home. Two girls got off the car in a hurry, followed by a person in charge.

    ¡°Sorry, sorry, we arete. Please do us a favor and help to take photos for them.¡± The person in charge said that while taking the girls towards Ma Xingtong. His forehead is beamed with sweat due to the heat and he exined hastily, ¡°Mr. Ma, these two girls need to go out of town tomorrow to shoot a program. Their photos must be taken today. Sorry for making you work again, I will buy you dinner tonight.¡±

    A trace of displeasure shed in the eyes of Ma Xingtong. His eyes fell on his nephew for a moment and an idea came up. He replied diplomatically, ¡°You are wee. It is no problem to continue shooting, but the sun is going down. There is not enough time if we shoot them one after another. We need to shoot them at the same time. ¡± The person in charge nodded quickly, ¡°It¡¯s ok, we follow your instruction.¡±

    ¡°Do not worry. I have a situation here.¡± Ma Xingtong handed him a bottle of water and continued, ¡°Because it is the work out of the n, so we did not make preparation. I am the only experienced photographer here. Besides me, there is only a newer who can take photos. But I can ensure that the newer is skillful, but justck of experience. Thus, for these two girls, who follows me for shooting, and who follows the newer?¡±

    All people present remain silent after they hear this.

    The people of Saint Elephant remained silent because they knew Ma Xingtong was really the only photographer who could take photos today, while the newer who could take photos as mentioned by Ma Xingtong shall refer to Ma Qun. However, the photographic skill of Ma Qun was......doubtful ...

    The employees of TV station who came here to help remained silent because for these two girls, one girl had close rtionship with the old host, Haoge in the station; the other had background reputedly, however, they did not know who it was behind that girl. Anyway, neither of them could be offended. Thus, it was a big problem to decide.

    He Bai also remained silent because one of these two girls was Liu Huanhuan, who betrayed Niu Junjie.

 Chapter 18 - What Happened?

    <h4>Chapter 18: What Happened?</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    The person in charge looked at Ma Xingtong, and then looked at two confused girls behind him, and felt awkward.

    ¡°You¡¯d better decide soon. The time waits for no man.¡± Ma Xingtong urged the person in charge for decision and despised in his heart for the hesitation of the person in charge at this time. ¡®Just two new girls, why bother to take photos seriously. Why he hesitates so much? Doesn¡¯t the person in charge believe his word?¡¯

    The person in charge frowned after he heard this. After a moment¡¯s thought, he turned to two girls behind him, and asked, ¡°Who wants to follow Mr. Ma and who wants to follow the new photographer?¡±

    In this way, the option was transferred to the two girls who were going to take photos. The public sight moved to the two girls.

    The two girls looked at each other. One girl with ponytail moved and was just about to talk, the other girl with her hair down stepped forward and said softly, ¡°let me shoot with Mr. Ma, Xiaofu is prettier than me. She looks beautiful in every way.¡± Then, she smiled at the girl with ponytail, looked at the person in charge with her bright eyes, and fingerings thenyard around her neck slowly.

    That was the pass card of project team which the host, Du Hao applied for her specially. For the group of newers who joined the TV station with her at the same time, only she had this pass card.

    A young host from other channel who had finished shooting and was ready to go back could not help but sneer after seeing her like this. Then, the young host was pulled back by her partner quickly.

    The person in charge frowned more tightly, instead of answering her, he looked at the girl with ponytail and asked gently, ¡°How about you? If you two cannote to an agreement, I can let you draw lots.¡±

    The girl with her hair down stopped fiddling with her pass card, and became unhappy.

    ¡°It¡¯s ok. I will follow the newer for shooting. Huanhuan is the main person for next program. Her souvenir picture will be on desk calendar of the TV station. It is important. Furthermore, I believe the capability of Saint Elephant¡¯s photographer. The person that is rmended by Mr. Ma must be good.¡± The girl with ponytail replied with smile. She took over the embarrassing situation at this time actively by a word and also secretly praised the people of Saint Elephant who were forced to work overtime.

    After hearing this, He Bai smiled with his mouth slightly curled up, and admiration could be seen in his eyes. ¡®This little girl has high EQ. Compared with her, Liu Huanhuan¡¯s edgy and utilitarian performance is unlikable.¡¯

    Obviously, people had the same idea with him. At this time, they looked at Liu Huanhuan with strange light.

    ¡°Then, Liu Huanhuan shall follow Mr. Ma for shooting, and Xiaofu shall follow the new photographer.¡± The person in charge made a decision and looked at the girl with ponytail gently. He ignored Liu Huanhuan and talked to Ma Xingtong, ¡°Mr. Ma, who is the new photographer that you are talking just now? I want tomunicate with him first. Xiaofu hosts a children¡¯s program. There are a few matters require special attention to when taking photos.¡±

    Ma Xingtong intended to show off his nephew in front of people. After hearing this, he chimed in with the person in charge for the attention of children¡¯s program, looked back at Ma Qun, and waved to Ma Qun toe forward and said hello to the person in charge.

    While at this moment, the people of Saint Elephant thought that Ma Qun was so lucky for having this opportunity. However, Ma Qun was flustered and was eager to disappear on the spot. Having a try was not the same as shooting the photo independently. Ma Xingtong said he would let Ma Qun have a try. That meant to let Ma Qun follow Ma Xingtong to take photos. The photos which would be finally submitted shall be under the name of Ma Xingtong. If Ma Qun did a good job, one or two of his photos would be selected and submitted. It belonged to on-the-spot teaching. However, for the current circumstance, he nned to directly use Ma Qun¡¯s photos which he shot independently. No matter the photos were good or not, there was no time to shoot again. Furthermore, the photos shot this time would be finally printed on the autograph albums of the TV station. If Ma Qun failed, it definitely would be his dark past after he developed sessfully in future.

    The most important thing was that, in order to let his uncle lead him as a photographer as soon as possible, the photos which he submitted to his uncle for the first two times were from someone else. In fact, his photographic skill was.....

    ¡°Qun,e here.¡± Ma Xingtong looked at him with smile, with great confidence in him.

    Ma Qun felte more and more flustered. He nced at He Bai who was standing under the slope of periphery and watching, stepped forward and talked with a loud voice without deep consideration, ¡°Uncle, are you looking for He Bai? I saw him here just now. Please wait a moment. I will bring him here soon.¡± Then he pretended to look around and waved at He Bai passionately, ¡°He,e here. It¡¯s your turn for shooting. Come on, don¡¯t disappoint Ms. Li¡¯s trust.¡±

    The people of Saint Elephant were all bewildered.

    Lin Rui¡¯s eyes widened in surprise, ¡°What happened? Is Ma Qun insane?¡±

    He Bai was also confused. He brought his camera bag and hesitated to take a step, slightly frowned, ¡°I don¡¯t know......Did I misunderstand Ma Qun? In fact, he wanted to give me opportunity more than anyone else?¡±

    Lin Rui shook his head, puzzled.

    ¡°Hurry up, hurry up, we are working against the clock.¡± Ma Qun ran over actively, pulled He Bai out and brought him in front of the person in charge without giving He Bai the opportunity to refuse, and made introduction affably, ¡°he is the excellent newer that my uncle was talking about, top student from Q University, the talent that our director is training personally. You canmunicate with him for any requirement.¡±

    As things developed, He Bai had to adjust his mood and waved at the person in charge, talked politely, ¡°Hello, I¡¯m He Bai, I will try my best to take photos that satisfy your TV station.¡±

    The person in charge did not feel at ease when he saw the young face of He Bai. After he knew that He Bai was the top student of Q University and talent that the director was training personally, the person in charge settled down his heart suddenly, shakinghands with He Bai and said, ¡°Hello, thanks for your hard work. Let me exin to you what you need to pay attention to during shooting. Xiaofu,e here. Let¡¯smunicate with Mr. He together.¡±

    Yang Fu answered liquidly, getting close to them, and joined them to a quiet corner tomunicate.

    As soon as they left, there were only Liu Huanhuan who was shocked after seeing He Bai; Ma Qun who breathed a sigh of relief and nervously he looked at Ma Xingtong who was confused and unhappy;; and the whole crowd who didn¡¯t know what was going on either.

    ¡°Makeup team and costume team,e here and bring this Miss Liu Huanhuan to make up and change clothes.¡± Ma Xingtong was the first to return to reality and mademand with a calm face.

    All the people returned to reality and spread out for busy work with different expressions in their eyes.

    The crowd dispersed in a moment. Ma Xingtong took a nce at Ma Qun and made a sign to him to talk alone.

    Ma Qun followed Ma Xingtong guiltily.

    ¡°What¡¯s wrong with you? Don¡¯t you know how rare this opportunity is? Although that girl is just a newer, the souvenir picture of TV station is not like others, a lot of people will see it. It is a good start. You......¡± As the conversation went on, Ma Xingtong was getting angry, almost could not suppress the fidgety mood in his heart.

    ¡°Uncle, I am sorry.¡± Ma Qun apologized at once. Then, he looked up with an aggrieved smile, sadly, ¡°but Ms. Li is satisfied with He Bai......she specially gave me the task of leading He Bai before her business trip. If I don¡¯t do well in this, it will be bad for you too. Uncle, it is my fault. I should not ept Ms. Li¡¯s advice arbitrarily......¡±

    The expression on the face of Ma Xingtong changed. Finally, he eyes were getting sullen and snorted, ¡°I see. Li Ru asked you to take care of He Bai on purpose. She is afraid that I will promote you with selfish motives. Hum, just a young guy of sophomore. He takes this opportunity without effort. I want to see how he is going to end up. Qun, do not be foolish anymore in future. In this world, honest people are destined to be bullied.¡±

    Ma Qun answered meekly and couldn¡¯t help hating He Bai in his heart.

    What a good opportunity. Why did he give the opportunity to He Bai without deep consideration at that time? ¡®I hope He Bai to screw up.¡¯

    The uncle and nephew of Ma family were immersed in working field conspiracy theory, while He Bai had obtained the good impression from the person in charge quickly.

    ¡°You do live up to your reputation. You understand quickly by little instruction. I expect to see your photos.¡±

    He Bai smiled ashamedly, ¡°Thanks to your detailed exnation. Please rest assured. Miss Yang Fu has good appearance. Her photos must be beautiful.¡±

    Yang Fu also smiled, and said gently, ¡°Mr. He, you are so modest.¡±

    The three people praised each other and the atmosphere became harmonious. Then they went to get makeup done. After settling down Yang Fu, the person in charge left with a smile on his face. He Bai found the makeup artist andmunicated what kind of vibe he was looking for. Then, he retreated to one side and started to get his camera prepared. He was thinking about how to shoot good photos in the scene made by the Saint Elephant.

    This was his first time to shootmercial portrait, so he was somewhat nervous that he might not be able to do a good job for such importantmemorative photos. However, since the opportunity had dropped into his bowl, of course, he would try his best and strive to deliver satisfying photos for the customer.

    ¡°He Bai?¡±

    A unfamiliar female voice rised close to He Bai. He Bai stopped his action of adjusting the camera and turned his head.

    ¡°Really it is you.¡± Liu Huanhuan just changed her clothes and was about to get her makeup done. She smiled at He Bai, raises her hand to groom her messy hair, said shyly, ¡°What a surprise meeting you here. When did you join Saint Elephant? You have be a photographer. You are amazing.¡±

    He Bai also smiled and asked politely, ¡°Excuse me, who are you?¡±

    The smile on the face of Liu Huanhuan stiffened. Then, she covered her mouth by hand and said in surprise, ¡°Don¡¯t you know me? I am a friend of Junjie, Liu Huanhuan from Broadcasting Department. We met on the birthday party of Junjiest year.¡±

    Yes, they met before. However, Liu Huanhuan, as the ¡°ordinary friend¡± of Niu Junjie at that time looked down upon poor He Bai. She even did not look at He Bai in the eye, let alone had a conversation. Thus, they were strangers.

    He Bai remembered that meeting, and also recalled Niu Junjie who cried and vomited after getting drunk. The smile on his face became more polite and he shook his head, ¡°Sorry, Junjie is a good person. He has many friends. I may not know all of them. The dresser is shouting, Miss Liu, please hurry up.¡±

    Liu Huanhuan felt embarrassed because she took the initiative to talk but was driven away by He Bai. Thinking of Yang Fu who was sitting behind her for makeup, and she must had heard this conversation, Liu Huanhuan felt more embarrassed in her heart. Thus, she put away her smile and said coldly, ¡°The friends of Junjie are also divided into different levels. It is normal that you don¡¯t know me. Xiaofu is my good friend. I hope Mr. He do not screw up her souvenir picture.¡± Then she turned and walked away. Her back so erect, like a proud peacock in victory.

    He Bai was amused by her reaction, he couldn¡¯t help taking out his mobile phone and sending WeChat message to Junjie.

    He Bai: Encountered your ex-girlfriend, had a hard time. You were so blind in the past.

    Di Qiuhe was reading the script when he heard the tone of WeChat. He stopped and picked up his phone in a very casual manner. He tapped open the WeChat and nced at the message. Then he red slightly and typed quickly.

    A bird born in autumn: My ex-girlfriend? Who?

    He had been single for 23 years. No ex-girlfriend. He Bai, the puppy, stigmatized his innocence.

    He Bai: Liu Huanhuan, how should you forget her so quickly?

    ¡°Liu Huanhuan? Why this name seems a little familiar to me?¡± Di Qiuhe frowned and talked unconsciously.

    Jiang Xiuwen who was sitting opposite him and reading reports raised his head after hearing this, confused, ¡°Liu Huanhuan? Isn¡¯t the name of a host who was in hot pursuit of you in the past? Why you mention her again?¡±

    After being reminded by him, Di Qiuhe finally remembered who Liu Huanhuan was. His face became gloomy suddenly. He looked at the message of He Bai again with his face sulky and eyes blurred.

    Why the puppy knew Liu Huanhuan and sent message to this WeChat ount? Did he find that this was his secondary ount? So the reply of cute girl with big cock......He was so terrified that he threw his phone immediately and raised his hands to cover his face.

 Chapter 19 - Blow you a Kiss

    <h4>Chapter 19: Blow you a Kiss</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    There urred a muffled noise when his cell phone hit the fruits basket on the teapoy. ncing at the guy who threw a fit, Jiang Xiuwen had no alternative but to bend over to pick his phone up, asking, ¡°What¡¯s the matter? Is the z-list host pestering you again?¡±

    Di Qiuhe got into a sheer panic, his mind stuffed with He Bai¡¯s derision. Not in the mood for Jiang¡¯s words, he covered his head with his hands and seemed on the verge of a breakdown.

    ¡®Dumbass in the flesh.¡¯

    Jiang Xiuwen heaved a sigh, ready to inquire what happened to He Bai when his mobile phone vibrated all of the sudden. The screen turned bright immediately, and another new message came.

    White and Whiter: Are you feeling sad now? Cheep up, Bro Three! Liu Huanhuan and you are definitely ill-matched in terms of deposition. You deserve better.

    The text not only puzzled Jiang Xiuwen but also took him by surprise, ¡°Isn¡¯t this man the one who you asked me the other day to send a WeChat message in your name in reply. I remember you specially urged me to add a smiling emoji at the end of the text. But why does he call you Bro Three? Who he really is? The ¡®male fan¡¯ of yours?¡±

    ¡°He called me Bro Three?¡± Di Qiuhe raised his head, bucked up in a sh, grabbed his phone from Jiang Xiuwen and looked at the message again and again. His expression kept changing and finally put on an air of anger. With his lower jaw slightly lifted, he started typing hard.

    A Bird Born in Autumn: I am not Bro Three! I have no ex-girlfriend! You wronged me and scared me!

    After sending the text, he found the tone of his message appeared quite strange, not in line with the manner of speaking of an adorable girl, thus hurrying some remedy.

    A Bird Born in Autumn: What a lovely single girl I am ^-^

    A Bird Born in Autumn: Thank you for the photo. I like it very much.

    After some hesitation, he cast a nce at Jiang Xiuwen, leaned to one side and covered the phone screen with his hand, typing quickly.

    A Bird Born in Autumn: Blow you a kiss.

    Seeing He Bai send message in a furtive manner, Jiang Xiuwen waspletely dumbfounded. A myriad of feelings welled up within him... He must have been so possessed by devil that he had made friends with such a neurotic!

    Noticing the reply from Bro Three, He Bai¡¯s mind went nk for a while. He cast an eye on the top of the chatting box, only to find that he had sent messages to a buyer¡¯s WeChat ount which used simr profile pic with that of Bro Three ¡ª a careless mistake. Both images were brown toned, quite simr at the first sight. Besides, his mobile phone was cheap and nasty, making it hard to tell the pics apart with its low-quality screen and disappointing color rendering performance. Therefore, he mistook the buyer for Di Qiuhe due to carelessness.

    What a bad thing he had done to gossip about another person when her back was turned! ... He was slightly embarrassed and then moved by the considerateness the buyer disyed. It was very considerate of ¡®her¡¯ to help him resolve the awkward situation with a teasing yet lovely reply.

    What a kind and sweet girl she was! Plus, the habit of spreading one¡¯s gossip behind his back must be kicked in that it¡¯s proved immoral. Thinking in this way, he hurriedly replied the message to apologize.

    White and Whiter: Sorry, I had mixed your ount up with that of another person.

    White and Whiter: Thank you for reminding me. Kiss back.

    After he sent the message, his dresser came along to discuss something with him. Stowing his cell phone away, He Bai followed her to the car to choose the clothes Yang Fu were to wear in a while.

    Considering Yang Fu is the hostess of Children¡¯s Channel, he selected a few articles of clothing in the style of teenage girls to be picked out after scanning each piece hanging in the clothing car. Due to this, the dresser even teased him a little. She told him photographers hardly ever picked out clothes for models in person and asked him whether he had a crush on the beautiful girl.

    Faced with the bantering out of goodwill, he tended to palm them off with a ¡®shy¡¯ smile, and this time was no exception.

    The dresser was a middle-aged woman, and her children were almost the same age as He Bai. On seeing his adorable smile, she couldn¡¯t bear to tease him again as expected and changed the topic. Very soon, she was hoaxed into uttering a lot of gossips about Saint Elephant staff in answer to several seemingly random questions of He Bai.

    Get the costume and makeup settled at high speed, He Bai said goodbye to the make-up artist, and led Yang Fu to a photographer¡¯s studio.

    ¡°I¡¯m sorry, but Miss Liu selected here first, and the photography has begun. Please move to the spot over there.¡± Ma Qun stopped them and pointed to another scene that had been torn apart in half, looking very apologetic.

    He Bai didn¡¯t utter a single word. ncing at Liu Huanhuan in a sexy long gown who upied the flowery gallery scattered with swings, and then at the other half-torn forest scene which looked rough and messy, he pondered for a while and sought Yang Fu¡¯s advice, ¡°Do you mind taking photos by theke instead of inside these scenes?¡±

    Yang Fu also cast a nce at Liu Huanhuan and smiled gently, nodding, ¡°Sure, It¡¯s up to you¡±.

    He Bai gave her a smile, and then looked back to Ma Qun, towards whom his attitude became much colder and less courteous than before, speaking bluntly, ¡°Where the hell are juicers? Assign me at least one.¡± Portraits taking differed greatly from scenic photographing. Lightning yed an important role in the former.

    Ma Qun looked a lot more apologetic. He indicated the frantically busy team directed by Ma Xingtong and said sheepishly, ¡°We are too busy to spare anyone to help you right now... Or you wait for a while?

    It was getting dark very soon. After a while, despite lightening, photos couldn¡¯t be taken.

    It was obvious that he deliberately made things difficult for them. He Bai frowned and looked around other staffers, only to find that they shunned his eye contact, which made him a little angry. It is understandable that people in the workce fight and scheme against each other or seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, about which he didn¡¯t care. But now he was working for customers as well as for thepany, they still made no clear distinction between public and private interests, which vited professional ethics a lot.

    ¡°I noticed several sparemp panels were lying over there. I¡¯ll help you, He.¡± Lin Rui came from the periphery. Without looking at Ma Qun, he went straight there and took a panel in hand.

    He Bai¡¯s expression turned slightly bright. He bypassed Ma Qun, gave Lin Rui a friendly nod, signaled thekeside and said, ¡°Thank you a lot, bro. It is quitete now. Let¡¯s go to thekeside.¡±

    ¡°Count me in, too.¡± A makeup artist came over with a makeup box in her hand, ¡°I can help touch up Miss Yang¡¯s make-up.¡±

    Yang Fu smiled at her, ¡°Thank you a lot.¡±

    ¡°You... You¡¯re wee.¡± The girl blushed at her words answering.

    While waiting for Liu Huanhuan to fix her make-up, Ma Xingtong checked the camera and asked, ¡°Only four people? Do they use the camera ourpany provided?¡±

    ¡°No, they don¡¯t. He Bai used his own camera.¡± Ma Qun handed a bottle of water over, hesitated for a while and said, ¡°Uncle, is it right to do this? After all, He Bai is backed by Mrs. Li, and Yang Fu works in the TV station. Will our behaviors offend Li and the whole TV station?¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s all right.¡± Ma Xingtong gave a careless wave of the hand, his voice a little cold, ¡°Li Ru getscent recently. A sessful photographypany relies more on photographers than directors. As for Yang Fu, she¡¯s nothing but a mere intern host, a neer of neers. The station won¡¯t fall out with Saint Elephant for such a neer.¡±

    Ma Qun nodded his agreement and ttered Ma Xingtong all the more, ¡°You¡¯re really knowledgeable, uncle.¡±

    ¡°There¡¯s a long way for you to learn from me.¡± Ma Xingtong gave him a mild look and sighed, ¡°You are too simpleminded.¡±

    As an hour and a half passed, the sun sunk, and the shooting finally came to an end for Liu Huanhuan.

    Liu Huanhuan lifted up the skirts and headed for where Ma Xingtong stood. Seeing a few of ready-made photos, she felt quite satisfied and ttered him in a few words. Afterwards, she pretended to ask in a casual way, ¡°How¡¯s Fu getting along? Haven¡¯t they finished? By the way, how long has it been since Mr. He entered Saint Elephant Company? Young he is, Mr. He has be a photographer. Really awesome!¡±

    ¡°Not very long. He was only recruited to fill the gap on a part-time basis. There¡¯s a long way for him to go.¡± Replied indifferently Ma Xingtong, who didn¡¯t care at all that what he said ran counter to the previous introduction of He Bai by his nephew. Stowing the camera away, he called a staffer over and asked, ¡°Where¡¯s He Bai? Tell him to hurry up. Everyone wants to wrap up early. Even if he couldn¡¯t take good photos, dawdling is not allowed. Given that he is a neer of low ability, the quality of his photos won¡¯t necessarily be improved even though he spends more time.¡±

    The staffer looked embarrassed when he nced at Liu Huanhuan, replying, ¡°Leader Ma, Mr. He and Miss Yang finished photographing and left half an hour ago... Miss Yang intended to wait for Miss Liu and leave together, but unfortunately the TV station called her and urged her to go back. So Mr. He sent her over immediately.

    ¡°Have they left?¡± Ma Qun couldn¡¯t help but to interrupt.

    The staffer nodded, ¡°It¡¯s been a while.¡±

    Anger crossed Ma Xingtong¡¯s face. He asked, ¡°Where are photos he has taken? Does he hand them in?¡±

    ¡°Yes, he does. But it¡¯s only a backup. He took away the original copy and told us that he must hand them over to Director Li for a routine check after retouching the photos.¡± The staff replied.

    Handing in the backup only and specially exining that he would retouch the photos himself and then delivered them to Li Ru, it was beyond doubt He Bai guarded against him! Ma Xingtong was seething with anger but feigned magnanimity with scruples that Liu Huanhuan was still there and that he might beughed at by an outsider, thus speaking, ¡°I got it. Do as he likes. Today he takes photos for the first time, so it¡¯s normal for him to be nervous and unconfident. Asking Director Li to check will help.¡±

    Liu Huanhuan bowed the head and ruffled her hair, giving a contemptuous smile.

    It turned out that He Bai took photograph for the first time on a part-time basis. Humph! She originally considered He Bai a skilled photographer, who only turned out to be a nobody. Indeed, howe a poor wretch was able to pursue such a money-consuming hobby like photography? Yang Fu¡¯s photos must be messed up.

    Covering her mouth with one hand to feign yawning, Liu Huanhuan tried hard to restrain herself from smiling. She hadplete confidence to substitute for Yang Fu now.

    Saying goodbye to He Bai and getting into the car her family sent to pick her up, Yang Fu was bubbling over with excitement. She took out the mobile phone, dialed her aunt¡¯s number and cried, ¡°Aunt, I met a very cute and skilled photographer today! Seen from the photograph he took of me, I¡¯m just like a celestial fairy! I hear that you are worried recently aboutcking in good clothing photographer. I rmend him to you! To be frank, he is really an excellent man, patient and considerate. Plus, he has a dimple which appears when he smiles. I would definitely court him if I had no fianc¨¦!

    Thumbing through the product manuals her subordinates sent over, Zhu Ke replied smiling, ¡°Is he really as good as you said? Zehang will get jealous if he hears you praise another man to the skies. By the way, do you adapt to the working conditions at Station Five? Remember to tell me if you don¡¯t so that I could assign you to other posts. Anyway, your father is Station Head. Don¡¯t let such a good resource go to waste.¡±

    ¡°I¡¯m well adapted.¡± Yang Fu reclined in the back seat of the car. Recalling Liu Huanhuan¡¯s nauseating actions, she muttered with her nose wrinkled, ¡°Everyone is nice, and hosting program with children is full of fun, but...¡±

    Zhu Ke listened to her chatter patiently. Looking at the vacant column for clothing photographer on the product manual of a newly created teenager girl brand, she couldn¡¯t help heave a sigh.

    It¡¯s not all rainbows and butterflies for apany to develop at a quite fast pace. New talents proved hard toe by.

 Chapter 20 - It Serves Her Right!

    Chapter 20: It Serves Her Right!

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    After returning to campus, He Bai had Yang Fu¡¯s photographs sketchily retouched. Then he asked Niu Junjie out for ate-night snack. ¡°Have you bumped into Liu Huanhuan?¡± Niu Junjie stopped gnawing chicken wings and emerged grim-faced while asking it. He dropped his eyes and said evasively, ¡°Well, it doesn¡¯t matter. What you need to do is nothing but pretend unacquaintance.¡±

    ¡°I wish I could, but she herself osted me.¡± He Bai bought him a bottle of orange juice, took the beer in front of him away and gave a brief ount of what had happened today, persuading him, ¡°You hope to have no entanglement with her, while she should bear no grudge and try to strike up conversation with your friend. Today she came across me, and maybe tomorrow she would meet another friend of yours? Your dad has a wide range of business interests, and many of your friends are of great ability. Be on the alert for her, and you can¡¯t go wrong.¡±

    In the previous incarnation, when Liu Huanhuan was reduced to dire straits, she came back to seek Niu Junjie¡¯s help. Good-hearted, Niu asked one of his friends to give her a hand. However, both he and his friend who had a fianc¨¦e then were all entangled by Liu Huanhuan, which almost led to the martial breakdown of the two. Therefore, person like Liu Huanhuan was definitely a bomb that would explode at any time, and it¡¯s better to be far away from her.

    Niu Junjie frowned on hearing it, and then nodded after some thinking. Giving a self-deprecating smile, he replied, ¡°I get it, thank you for reminding me. As for Liu Huanhuan, I¡¯ll handle her myself. My mind wasn¡¯t in the right ce before. Judging from her character, she wouldn¡¯t behave herself until she came to grief and learned a lesson. When she was in a rtionship with me, she had two-timed me for many times... Well, let¡¯s drop it. How¡¯s your part-time job? Was she spoiling your work?

    ¡°No, she wasn¡¯t.¡± He Bai narrowed his eyes, smiling, and continued the topic, ¡°I messed her scheme up instead, and her plot to spoil another girl¡¯s photographing had fallen through.¡± Niu Junjie looked stunned and then burst outughing, patting He Bai¡¯s shoulder hard, ¡°Good job, my bro! Help yourself and order whatever you¡¯d like¨Cmy treat!¡±

    The shooting took two days. Next day He Bai went to the park again and offered his help. This time he got no opportunity to take photographs himself but kept running errands all the while. Standing at the periphery of the crowd, he had been watching Ma Xingtong and his nephew put on an act by disying their attachment to each other. Ma Xingtong taught Ma Qun something, and thetter ttered his uncle.

    Afterwards, he went straight back to campus and hurried a meal. Then he sorted out the pictures he snapped, sent them to Xu Yinrong¡¯s mailbox as his homework, and searched Yang Fu¡¯s photos out for final retouching. At eleven o¡¯clock in the evening, the work was eventually done. Rubbing his eyes, He Bai sent the photographs to Li Ru¡¯s mailbox, climbed into the top of the bunk and reclined on the bed.

    As a new week began, the Department of Journalism entered the period of exam preparation. After rebirth, He Bai became poor at study, so he had no other choice but to make every effort to review his lessons, during which he was almostpletely unplugged except answering the calls. Throughout the day he buried himself in the reference books to revise for his lessons like crazy.

    Di Qiuhe checked his WeChat message for countless times, but still received no reply from He Bai. Subsequently, his excitement and astonishment at the word ¡°blow you a kiss¡± were all reced by a feeling of anger.

    ¡°I¡¯ll be damned if I send MORNING to you again!¡± Di Qiuhe stuffed his phone into the pants pocket with a scowl, took out his schedule under the script and circled a variety show. Since the previous contract was rescinded and the lead-up to his film had begun, it¡¯s time to make relevant information public andy a trap for his step-mother.

    A busy week passed. On Saturday, He Bai, with deep shadows under his eyes, was summoned to Shengxiang by Li Ru who returned from a business trip.

    ¡°There were two pieces of news, one good and the other bad. Which one do you want to hear first?¡± Li Ru poured a cup of tea for him and seated herself opposite him.

    ¡°Thank you.¡± He Bai took a sip, feeling him sober-minded a little, and replied, ¡°Bad one, please.¡±

    ¡°I guess so.¡± Li Ru leaned back into the chair, with a faint smile on her face, ¡°You have received twoints, one from our customer and the other from a colleague. The customer¡¯sint was sent to our group leader Ma Qun, and thetter bypassed me and went to my superior.¡± Comints?

    It was quite unexpected. He Bai raised his hand to massage his puffy eyes, thought for a while and asked, ¡°Let me guess. The customerining about me is Liu Huanhuan, isn¡¯t she? And the colleague... Ma Xingtong?¡±

    ¡°You guess out only half the story.¡± Li Ru shook her finger and replied, ¡°The colleague who made aint of you is indeed Ma Xingtong. He said you were too self-assertive to conform to the rules and regtions of ourpany as well as to the requirements of the television station and conduct the shooting in the appropriate scenes. He also said you arecking in team spirit.¡±

    It was quite a groundless countercharge. He Baipletely did not expect Ma Xingtong, a skilled photographer, should spare no efforts to push him aside.

    ¡°What shall I do with theints?¡± He asked, with his face hardening.

    Li Ru found his childish expression amusing. Shaking her head, she said, ¡°The regtions stipte that a regr employee, when receiving aint from his customer, must apologize to the customer in person, and make every effort topensate his client for his losses after finding reasons out; whenined of by a colleague, the employee would face dismissal (if his error is of a serious nature) or wage deduction (if his error causes no considerable consequences) plus demerit recording. One who has three demerits shall be forced out.¡±

    It was indeed an undeserved catastrophe. He Bai was neither willing to make apology to Liu Huanhuan nor expecting wage deduction. After all, that¡¯s his hard-earned money ... He Bai was getting desperate.

    Li Ru couldn¡¯t helpughing eventually, ¡°But you¡¯re not a regr employee and work on a part-time basis. So it¡¯s me, your supervisor, who needs to make an apology and inquires about the cause. Besides, given that you work part-time and that your superior considers theint from your co-worker may be a nder, so theint is overruled and you¡¯ll receive two hundred yuan as constion prize.¡±

    He Bai sat up in a sh and stared at her with joy, ¡°Sister Li ...¡±

    ¡°Don¡¯t look at me this way. It¡¯s too sappy.¡± Li Ru waved her hand and teased him, ¡°Are you in the mood to hear the good news now?¡±

    One dimple appeared on He Bai¡¯s left face as he smiled. Then he gave a nod, and poured a ss of water for Li Ru attentively.

    Li Ru enjoyed his service, and spoke slowly, ¡°As for the good news ... The station personnel were quite satisfied with those refined pictures you had taken. The person in charge happened to hear that you also snapped some pictures of other hostesses to good effect, so he decided to make a sidelight collection with those snaps so as to boost the online publicity of the station¡¯smemorative activities. You can get a good price for each photo.¡± She stuck a finger while speaking.

    He Bai¡¯s eyes lit up, and his body leaned forward unconsciously, ¡°one hundred each?¡±

    Li Ru shook her head, ¡°Mind you, I myself negotiated the price with them on your behalf. You can add a fourth digit.¡±

    ¡°A thousand?!¡± He Bai was agape with astonishment, ¡°They... They decide to buy the snaps at such a high price before seeing them?¡±

    ¡°I believe in your capability.¡± Li Ru put her finger down, and affected by his emotion, her smile broadened, ¡°And the television station believes my judgment as well as the charm that the series of Miss Yang¡¯s photos have disyed. Come on, He. I¡¯ve got your back.¡±

    Breathing a sigh of relief, He Bai stood up, gave a bow to Li Ru and smiled in a radiant but silly way, ¡°Thank you, Sister Li, I will do my best!¡±

    When he left Saint Elephant, He Bai met Ma Qun, with a camera hung on a string around his neck. It seemed that he had be a regr photographer.

    ¡°Good morning, Bro Ma.¡± He Bai greeted him, as ifpletely unaware that he had just beenined by Ma Qun¡¯s uncle. He Bai looked very happy and spoke to him in a grateful manner, ¡°Thank you a lot for offering me the opportunityst week. The TV station was extraordinarily gratified with my photos and decided to buy the snaps I took that day to make a sidelight collection. Thanks so much for your help, I really appreciate it. When I¡¯m paid, please let me treat you to dinner!¡±

    ¡°Real... Really? Congrattions.¡± Ma Qun forced a smile. Seeing He Bai left, he grasped the camera firmly when a button on it dropped all of the sudden.

    ¡°My god! What are you doing? This is a new camera that ourpany has bought recently! There are only several ones! You¡¯ll beined about damaging the corporate property purposefully!¡± The receptionist girl who had watched their exchange attentively yelled angrily.

    Recovering from shock, Ma Qun clenched the button and rushed to ingratiate himself with the girl.

    Having Ma Qun irritated, He Bai strode down the street in high spirits. He sent the snaps to Li Ru immediately when returning to campus. The next morning, Li Ru gave him a call and informed him that the television station selected arge part of his pictures for use and paid the wage into his bank ount.

    The station staff worked at such a great efficiency that it took them only one day to finish the montage and post the photos along with the sidelights video online via the official Weibo ount of B City¡¯s television station, causing a heated discussion amongizens.

    ¡°Wow, there¡¯s my photo. My God, I look so good in this suit! I would have thought I must be done for when Mr. Ma showed us his refined pictures. After all, I don¡¯t photograph well in the garment!¡±

    In one of the green rooms, a hostess held her phone tightly and screamed in her excitement.

    Another neer leaned close to her, with a blush warming her cheeks, ¡°Yeah, yeah, you¡¯re right. I wonder who took such beautiful photos. In his photograph, my thick calves look so charming! I couldn¡¯t love him more!¡±

    ¡°Wow,izens say the girl in Photo 7 is so cute! It¡¯s me! I am the person in the seventh picture! These snaps prove better than the feature! Awesome! I remember these photos are taken by the young photographer who¡¯s responsible for taking photographs of a neer at Children¡¯s Channel. I really envy the hostess for her photographer is of great ability!¡±Another round-faced hostess holding her cell phone was so excited that she nearly cried out.

    ¡°Of course. Among all the neers who were sent for photo shoot that day, who wasn¡¯t envious of Yang Fu?¡±A bob-haired girl came in interrupting them, and scoffed while picking her working card off, ¡°But Liu Huanhuan, the neer who has gained major support of the station, must be an exception. After all, she demanded strongly that Mr. Ma serve as her photographer. I also heard that she filed aint about the young photographer who took photos of Yang Fu. Hmm, no wonder she doesn¡¯t appear in the sidelights. It¡¯s obvious that her behavior deeply offended the photographer. It serves her right!¡±

    The three hostesses exchanged nces on hearing it and dared not to respond. Everyoneughed at Liu Huanhuan on the quiet when the sidelights came out. It was said that she was rebuked by the head of the television station for spoiling the cooperation between the station and Saint Elephant, and her program was suspended for two weeks.

    Seeing them stand in silence, the bobbing girl showed the whites of her eyes disdainfully, ¡°Look at you who are scared stiff. A word of warning: keep away from Liu Huanhuan recently. Someone intends to sort her out.¡±

    Shocked by her words, the three went closer to her and asked out of curiosity, ¡°Who? Who wants to sort her out?¡±

    ¡°The media magnate at Channel 4. Rumor has it that Liu Huanhuan was the girlfriend of his son and two-timed him. It¡¯s too kind of the guy who never brought her to ount and let her off, while she should lodge aint against one of his best friend. Indeed, she was down on her luck right now. The giant warned that he would stop putting advertisements on the station if Liu Huanhuan continued to work there. There are arge number of TV stations. He could choose any one at will.¡±

    What a juicy gossip!

    Excited at her words, the three girls approached the bobbing girl and asked her more details.

    Their support gave the bobbing girl a chance to vent her anger at Liu Huanhuan. She simply pulled a chair to sit in and continued her talk with gusto.

    Outside the door, a staffer raised his hand to wipe the sweat, looking at Di Qiuhe who stopped for the gossip, and carefully said, ¡°Mr. Di, the program is about to start, you see...¡± One of his seniors once told him that Liu Huanhuan had had the audacity to seduce the good-tempered idol. Now the situation ... was quite embarrassing.

 Chapter 21 - Shocking!

    <h4>Chapter 21: Shocking!</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    ¡°Sorry.¡± Di Qiuhe stepped forward again and looked at him with his head tilted slightly. It seemed like his gentle and smiling eyes were covered with ayer of light created by the dusky light in the corridor, causing a tempting vibe. ¡°Has thememoration activity of your TV Station begun yet?¡±

    Soft and low voice, attentive and deep eyes and slightly upturned lips were so tantalizing that one was attempted to kiss him involuntarily. The working staff was stunned for a moment, and then ufortably moved his sight away from Di Qiuhe. He pinched his red earlobes while pretending to adjust the sses and his attitude was unconsciously softened. ¡°It¡¯s just a preliminary act for building up the momentum and the formal event is still at preparation stage. As soon as it begins, we will send you an invitation letter. We hope you will be able to do us the honor toe.¡±

    Di Qiuhe nodded his head to show that he understood, and then it looked like something came to his mind, so he frowned and replied with a trace of regret on his face. ¡°I am d that the TV Station is so hospitable that you want to invite me, but... I have left Huangdu now and all the team members have been called back. Today¡¯s TV show will be thest time I appear on stage as a Huangdu entertainer. It is still unknown that whether I can keep working in the entertainment industry after that, so I am afraid I will not be able to live up to your expectations.

    The working staff stared at him without noticing his manners. ¡°You are no longer a Huangdu entertainer? Why haven¡¯t I...¡± Remembering the quiet scene that Di Qiuhe came to the TV station to record the TV show all alone by himself today, he quickly swallowed his words down with a storm stirred up in his heart.

    Di Qiuhe had just won the Best Actor Award at Thousand Flowers Award with Tears of Rouge. He was in the limelight, and rumor also had it that this man had a very powerful background which would definitely make his career in the future extraordinarily bright. But it had been just a few months since he won the award, how could he have left Huangdu? He also said that it was uncertain if he could keep working in the entertainment industry in the future. Was he cklisted or forced out by Huangdu? Howe? No wonder there were rumors that all product endorsements of Di Qiuhe had been withdrawn recently. It turned out to be... an explosive news!

    What did Di Qiuhe mean by telling him all of this now? What was Di Qiuhe¡¯s purpose? He was just an inferior working staff at the TV Station. What could Di get by telling him this information? What did Di want?

    All kinds of conspiracies were swirling in his mind and his expression unconsciously became somewhat stiff.

    Di Qiuhe did not seem to have noticed his abnormal reaction. Taking out his cell phone from his pocket and searching for the official blog of the TV station of City B, he asked, ¡°Is this video posted and used for building up the momentum by your station obtained from Saint Elephant Studio? What is the name of the little photographer who provided the material?¡±

    ¡°It is Saint Elephant Studio. The photographer¡¯s name is He Bai.¡± The staff answered instinctively, then quickly regained his sense and asked nervously, ¡°You, you are asking about this to...¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s a pity that I will not be able to participate in yourmemoration activity, so... well, I wish you all the best with thememoration activity.¡± Di Qiuhe smiled, he forwarded the video on his weibo ount, posting a few words of congrattions, and praised the unknown photographer who provided the material and the working staff who edited the material incidentally. He showed his cell phone to the working staff and asked with a smile, ¡°Hope you don¡¯t mind me using thememoration activity of your TV Station to create some hype.¡±

    Watching Di Qiuhe doing all of this and wearing a gentle smile all the time, that working staff suddenly felt embarrassed. Though the future of this man standing in front him was bleak, he was still thinking about helping the TV station promote the momentum-building activity, and he showed respect by saying that he was taking advantage of the TV station to attract attention, this was...Good person! A very good man! How could such a good man make use of an inferior working staff like him? It was him who mentioned at first to invite Di Qiuhe to participate in thememoration activity, that man was just responding to his invitation and then exined why he refused the invitation. What on earth was he thinking about!

    ¡°Thank you very much, Mr. Di.¡± That working staff¡¯s attitude became more and more enthusiastic, it even got intimate. Then he said sincerely, ¡°As such an excellent person, you will absolutely shine brightly in the entertainment circle in the future. You get it!¡±

    Di Qiuhe beamed more gently and genially, he looked at this working staff kindly and nodded, ¡°Well, hope all things can work out as you said, thank you.¡±

    ¡°Well, you¡¯re wee.¡± What a good temper he had got. Once again, the working staff had red ears and looked away for being shy.

    He Bai came to the Computer Town with the money he just earned. He was ready to choose aputer for himself.

    Suddenly the notification tone of the cell phone rang, he pulled out his cell phone from the pocket and was stunned at the sight of a lot of Wechat message notifications on it. It reminded him that he had not checked the Wechat messages for a long time, so he hurried up to check the unread messages.

    A Bird Born in Autumn: Good morning ^-^

    A Bird Born in Autumn: Good night ^-^

    A Bird Born in Autumn: Being busy?

    ...

    A Bird Born in Autumn: Liar! Didn¡¯t you say that you will mail me the pictures which you failed to deliver to my doorst time?

    A Bird Born in Autumn: I was just kidding. The final exam is around the corner. You must be very busy. Come on ^-^

    ...

    A Bird Born in Autumn: Good Morning ^-^

    ...

    A Bird Born in Autumn: What are you doing?

    Messages had been sent on and off to him fromst week till present. He Bai went through all the messages and pounded on his forehead, then he hurried to type words and replied.

    White and Whiter: Sorry, because I have been busy reviewing all this time, I have not been able to check the Wechat messages. I will send you the photoster.

    The buyer replied very fast as if he did not need time to type in words.

    A Bird Born in Autumn: That¡¯s ok. Work harder at the end of the semester. What are you doing?

    White and White: Buying aputer.

    A Bird Born in Autumn: At Computer Town?

    White and Whiter: Yes. I will mail the photos to you as soon as I finish buying theputer, sorry to keep you waiting for such a long time.

    A Bird Born in Autumn: Take your time.

    White and White: ???

    A Bird Born in Autumn: Buying aputer is something that needs caution. You should take your time in choosing aputer.

    He Bai fell in silence for a few seconds and could not helpughing.

    Though the buyer was a bit nuts, he asionally was warm-hearted...It was lovely.

    He Bai hesitated for a long time betweenptop and desktopputer. Considering that he would be leaving school for an internship in another year and the budget was sufficient, he finally bought a super expensiveptop whose performance could endure his torment for at least three years.

    He Bai went out of the Computer Town with hisputer case. He took a look at the watch and walked toward the bus stop.

    ¡°Little puppy.¡±

    Familiar voice, familiar intonation, familiar scenario.

    He Bai paused his forward steps and then made a decisive sharp turn.

    ¡°Do you want to know why I want to thank you for sending teacher Xu Yinrong those photos?¡±

    He Bai stopped and turned his head to look at Di Qiuhe, who managed to look handsome and shining even in a casual shirt and jeans a few steps away. Knitting his eyebrows together, He Bai thought he should first change a new cell phone, one with the almanac app to check whether it was an auspicious day.

    Di Qiuhe raised his hand to lift the brim of his cricket cap, pulled his mask and raised his eyebrows. ¡°Don¡¯t try to expose my identity and run away. If you do so, I¡¯ll take you to have an experience of alley escape again.¡±

    He Bai choked, ¡°I did not think that... About the photos, I can ask teacher Xu.

    ¡°A long time has passed, why haven¡¯t you asked him?¡± Di Qiuhe looked at him with his arms held across his chest and chin raised. His gentleness and courteous manners were gone, and his bodynguage was provocative.

    He Bai choked again. Because he asked about those photos, but teacher Xu did not utter a word, he gave him an unfathomableugh and more homework.

    Di Qiuhe crooked his finger to beckon him, smiling gently, ¡°Come on, get in my car.¡±

    He Bai stood there thinking for three seconds. Finally, curiosity prevailed. He walked towards him with an expressionless face and raised his chin. ¡°Lead the way.¡±

    Di Qiuhe looked at He Bai¡¯s staged poker face. He hummed and turned around to lead the way, thinking proudly that what use did it do to cklist him in WeChat because He Bai was now in his hand anyway?

    The sports car in shy red color sped all the way to the center of the city and steadily parked outside the alley where the two used to escape from the crowd.

    He Bai covered his mouth and wanted to vomit.

    ¡°Although my father kicked me out of Huangdu, hepensated me for several luxury cars and many houses, and more money than that I can spend in my life.¡± Di Qiuhe unfastened his seat belt and turned his head to look at He Bai. ¡°Do you like this car? Is it cool?¡±

    He Bai opened a bottle of water and drank it slowly. He suppressed the nausea feeling and said numbly, ¡°You...¡±

    ¡°What?¡± Di Qiuhe ran his fingers through his hair with his body half tilted. Two of his shirt buttons were unbuttoned, revealing his sexy vicle lines. As the shirt was a little tight, his sexy waist line was clearly exposed.

    ¡°Your driving skills stink.¡± He Bai tightened the water bottle cap, opened the door with his feebly hand, and got off the car. He then supported himself with his arm put against the car roof and buried his face in his arm to relieve his dizziness.

    Di Qiuhe stared at the steering wheel with a stiff expression and an unhappy face. Then he pulled his cor, got out of the car, walked to He Bai and poked him on the shoulder. ¡°Are you okay?¡±

    He Bai turned his head and gave him a lifeless look.

    Only then did Di Qiuhe find that He Bai¡¯s face was a little ghastly, his lips were very pale and slightly closed, which made him feel an impulse to help him redden his lips.

    Here it came again, that inexplicable heart tremor. He pressed his chest with doubt and twisted his eyebrows slightly. Then he put one hand on He Bai¡¯s shoulder and the other hand on his waist. Unconsciously holding his breath, Di Qiuhe leaned over and slowly moved his hand down He Bai¡¯s waist...

    ¡°What are you doing?¡± He Bai knitted his eyebrows.

    ¡°You look terrible. I¡¯ll take you to the doctor.¡± Di Qiuhe said with a serious face.

    He Bai gritted his teeth. ¡°That is the reason why you touched my butt?¡±

    Di Qiuhe was stunned, he took a look at his hands and raised his eyebrows. ¡°This is butt? This is clearly the back of your waist!¡± As he spoke, he moved his hand down, pressed on He Bai¡¯s butt and patted it hard. ¡°This is butt!¡± Do you have themon knowledge, little puppy?¡¯

    He Bai opened his eyes widely and looked at Di Qiuhe incredibly. Then he turned around, hooked Di Qiuhe¡¯s neck, pressed him down and pounded on him. ¡°Di, you are a piece of garbage!¡± You touched me...you took my milk tea, you took my camera and you caused me to be reported by the newspaper! You send me harassment messages in the middle of the night, you destroyed my photos, made me have nightmares! And you...¡±

    ¡°You have ever dreamed of me?¡± At first, Di Qiuhe stood still to allow him to pound on him. When he heard this, he could not help grasping He Bai¡¯s hand and raising the corner of his mouth at a satisfying angel. ¡°I know you are one of my fan-boy! It doesn¡¯t matter, as long as you restrain your worship of me a little, idols and fans can be friends.¡±

    The hands gripped He Bai¡¯s shoulder and wrist were very big and warm, and the strength used was not too big, but it made him not being able to move, so he could only passively cling on Di Qiuhe¡¯s body. As Di Qiuhe knew Kungfu, he was no rival of him.

    He Bai knew that ¡®a wise man submits to fate¡¯. He lowered his voice. ¡°Let go of me first.¡±

    Di Qiuhe was very satisfied with both of their present posture. He grabbed him and walked away with an unruly expression. ¡°Then beg me.¡±

    ¡°...You¡¯re not afraid to be photographed by the ¡°pup¡±arazzi and then tabloid news of ¡°Shocking! The famous handsome young star is gay, flirting and cuddling with a person of the same sex in a secret alley?

    ¡°No.¡± He found it very abominable when Di Qiuheughed at him gently. ¡°The monitoring devices around here are all not working. If someone appears at the front and back exits, it will be very obvious. The people in the alley can find that right away. Most importantly, I was forced out and no news about me can be published. Qin Li is a clever woman. Under this circumstance, she knows better than anyone what to do.¡±

    Since Di Qiuhe was not having any sense of shame, He Bai could only take the unwise decision.

    He Bai drooped his eyelids silently and then said quietly, ¡°I want to pee.¡±

    Di Qiuhe stopped.

    ¡°And I am carsick and want to vomit.¡±

    Di Qiuhe loosened him, turned him to a trash can in the alley, patted him on the back, and gently said, ¡°Pee and vomit by the way. I will watch out for you and not let others see your Little Bai.¡±

    He Bai: ¡°...¡± The script did not seem right?

    ¡°Do you need me to untie your belt?¡±

    He Bai decisively turned around and ran away. He found out that the reason why this crappy Film Emperor blocked his way today was to revenge himself for making a fool of him in front of the roast duck restaurant. He had to run. Otherwise, today would be his doomsday.

    ¡°Your camera andputer are all in my car.¡±

    He Bai halted quickly and scolded himself for being so stupid in his heart. Then he turned around and ran back to Di Qiuhe. He took his hand and said sincerely, ¡°I am your fan-boy! The one totally with no brains! Do you want to eat steak? My treat, not the most expensive one, but the general expensive one is still OK!!

    ¡°Good boy.¡± Di Qiuhe touched his head and the force used was very gentle. ¡°I heard you were bullied by a little host some time ago? Do not be afraid. As your big brother, I will help you out.¡±

    He Bai: ¡°...¡± ¡®Why does it seem that I have heard this tone of ¡°big brother¡± before?¡¯

 Chapter 22 - Itâ€™s Better to Take the First Move

    <h4>Chapter 22: It¡¯s Better to Take the First Move</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    The alley was long and on the opposite side of the exit on the other side was aplex shopping mall.

    He Bai walked behind Di Qiuhe with no expression on his face and asked, ¡°Where are you taking me?¡±

    Di Qiuhe pressed the brim of his cricket hat, raised his slender fingers and pointed to the mall across the street. ¡°Go to the supermarket, buy steak, go home and cook.¡±

    He Bai was surprised. ¡°You can cook?¡±

    ¡°You invited me to eat steak.¡± Di Qiuhe turned his head to look at him, the corner of his mouth curled, his voice was low and gentle, but He Bai only found it very abominable, ¡°Therefore, it is absolutely you who should cook, and I will choose the steak, you pay for it.¡±

    ¡°...I can¡¯t cook.¡±

    ¡°Then learn.¡± Di Qiuhe patted him on the head like patting his wayward puppy. And heforted He Bai in a I-don¡¯t-care way, ¡°Don¡¯t be afraid, I¡¯ll find you a cooking tutorial, if you blow up my kitchen, it¡¯s okay, justpensate me, I will give you a 50% discount.¡±

    ¡°Thank you for your generosity....¡± He Bai shook his head and shook off his hand.

    Di Qiuhe raised his eyebrow, took back his hand and gently tugged at his hair. He smiled contentedly, ¡°Don¡¯t always show me your admiration, I will feel embarrassed.¡±

    ¡°...¡± It was impossible tomunicate with someone who had no sense of shame.

    Finishing buying the ingredients with the fastest speed, Di Qiuhe paid the bill, crossed the alley and returned to his car with He Bai.

    As soon as He Bai got in the car, he immediately took his camera bag into his arms and took out his cell phone. He looked at Di Qiuhe, saying, ¡°Tell me your ount number and I will transfer the money to you.¡± Since he said he would treat, then he would pay the bill. It was an ident that Di Qiuhe paid for those ingredients just now. His wallet, cell phone and camera bag were all left in the car and that was why he could not pay.

    ¡°I only ept cash.¡± Di Qiuhe leaned over to help him fasten his seat belt, then he sat up, fastened his own seat belt, and started the car. ¡°And brand-new notes only.¡±

    The handsome face of that man approached and left. He could smell a faint smell of male perfume. He Bai stayed still with his wallet in hand for a moment, and then gritted his teeth, ¡°Di Qiuhe, you are doing this on purpose!¡±

    ¡°You finally found out.¡± Di Qiuhe turned the car around and drove towards his residence. He looked sideways at him with a smile. ¡°So, you want to continue beating me now? Little puppy, my shoulder hurts a little, which may affect the filming progresster. Do you want to pay me for my loss of working time?

    He Bai put away his cell phone with a sullen face and decided to change a pile of coins to bash this bastard.

    The car drove into the underground garage of a high-grade residential area. He Bai carried his camera bag andputer case, Di Qiuhe carried the food ingredients, and they stood side by side at the elevator entrance.

    Click.

    He Bai turned his head sensitively and looked at a dark corner of the garage.

    ¡°What¡¯s wrong?¡± Di Qiuhe turned to look at him. He took off the hat and pulled his fingers through his hair. His posture was quite rxed. ¡°Is theputer too heavy? Give it to me and I will carry it for you.

    There was another faint sound of the shutter. He Bai frowned. He decisively put theputer into Di Qiuhe¡¯s arms, took out his camera, adjusted the exposure number, turned on the shmp and pressed the shutter madly toward the dark ce.

    Ding! The elevator arrived.

    Di Qiuhe realized that something was wrong. He turned his head toward that dim spot, squinted, and asked, ¡°Somebody is snapping photos?¡±

    ¡°Yes, if it is not that I y with the camera myself and am very sensitive to the shutter sound, I probably would not have found it.¡± He Bai nodded, put down his camera and turned to look at him. ¡°Should we call a security guard?¡±

    ¡°Of course.¡± Di Qiuhe took out his cell phone and made a phone call to the property management office. Then, it seemed as if something came to his mind. He smiled, grabbed He Bai on the shoulder in an intimate gesture, took him to the elevator and said, ¡°Little puppy, do you want to make a scene?¡±

    With the weight imposed on his shoulder, He Bai could feel the body temperature of Di Qiuhe transmitted through his twoyers of clothes. He felt ufortable when two people who were not really familiar with each other did such intimate actions. But he was afraid that Di Qiuhe had done it deliberately for the photographer to see, so he waited patiently for the elevator door to close before he stepped aside, pulled Di Qiuhe¡¯s hand off and asked with a frown, ¡°What are you going to do?¡±

    Di Qiuhe took back his hand, pressed the button of the top floor, looked up at the direction of the camera in the elevator, and curled up his lips. ¡°It is better to take the first move.¡±

    He Bai also looked at the direction of the camera in the elevator. Something blurry appeared in his head and disappeared quickly. He rubbed his forehead doubtfully and grasped the belt of his camera bag unconsciously. Snapped photographs, elevator, Di Qiuhe... It seemed as if he had ever heard some sentence or phrase with these three connected together somewhere?

    Di Qiuhe lived in arge duplex apartment. Most space of the first floor was broken through and arge living room was formed. There was a small room in the corner adjacent to the living room. That was Di Qiuhe¡¯s bedroom. The second floor was empty and the decoration was of the deserted style. It did not look like a home, but rather like a temporary hotel.

    He Bai stood in front of thending window and looked out at the broad city view.

    He felt the hatred of the rich in his heart was roaring for a moment. Then he turned his head to look at Di Qiuhe who was walking towards this side with a te of fruit on his hand and He Bai quietly felt the jealousy.

    Broad shoulder, narrow waist, long legs, fair skin, rich and handsome face, it made him very upset whenparing himself with Di Qiuhe.

    ¡°Eat some fruit to first to line your stomach, I will search for cooking recipe for you.¡± Di Qiuhe put down the fruit and walked toward him. Suddenly he put his arm on He Bai¡¯s shoulder and took a picture of them with his cell phone.

    ¡°What are you doing?¡± He Bai moved sideways to avoid his arm.

    ¡°As I said, it¡¯s better to take the first move.¡± Di Qiuhe took back his arm before He Baipletely got out of the way. Then he went to the sofa, took out aptop, hit the keyboard for a few times, turned the screen to He Bai and clicked to y the video, ¡°Okay, the cooking tutorial of fried steak has been found, watch it and cook.¡±

    He Bai, who was waiting to see him make a scene, could not help but stare at him, ¡°The first move you mean is this?¡± ¡®To arouse one¡¯s curiosity yet fail to meet the satisfaction is what animals do!

    ¡°In a second.¡± Di Qiuhe picked up his cell phone and took a quick picture of He Bai staring at him. Then he pointed at He Bai¡¯s camera bag on the sofa and said, ¡°You don¡¯t mind me borrowing the pictures you just took, right?¡±

    An impatient person would probably get furious at his casual and care-for-nothing style.

    He Bai raised the corner of his mouth, stepped forward to pull the memory card out of the camera, took out a card reader, inserted the memory card in the card reader, and put it in front of him. ¡°Use it as you wish, as long as you do not delete my photos.¡±

    ¡°Good boy.¡± Di Qiuhe reached out to touch his head.

    He Bai resolutely picked up a pillow and mmed it into his face.

    Di Qiuhe pulled down the pillow and smiled gently, lowering his head.

    Theughter was clear and melodious, echoing in the living room and matching his handsome side face when he lowered his head. It was so perfect that it looked like a painting.

    He Bai was so attempted. He could not help but picked up the camera and pressed the shutter at Di Qiuhe, and then found that the camera was not working without the memory card. He rolled his eyes and sat across Di Qiuhe, pulling theputer to him to watch the cooking lessons attentively.

    ¡°You can take the photographs as soon as my work is done. Don¡¯t get angry.¡± Di Qiuhe pushed the fruit tray to He Bai, then pulled out aputer from the inteyer of the tea table, opened theputer, plugged in the card reader, and quickly operated.

    The tone of that sentence just now seemed to have a gentle and friendly touch...No, it was all illusions. Such a terrible fellow had nothing to do with the word gentleness! He Bai rubbed his forehead and tried to fix his eyes on the video.

    Eight minutester, the cooking video was over and the sound of Di Qiuhe typing letters stopped.

    ¡°All right.¡± Di Qiuhe snapped his finger.

    He Bai looked up at him.

    ¡°Look at this.¡± Di Qiuhe turned theputer to him, got up and went to the kitchen.

    He Bai pulled hisputer closer with curiosity and touched the touchpad with his finger.

    On theputer screen was the website of Weibo, Di Qiuhe¡¯s ount was logged in, and there was a new post on it.

    Di Qiuhe: When I came home from recording scene, I met one of my junior alumni and invited him toe to my home. But what was unexpected was that we met a reporter who followed us to take pictures. My junior alumni studies at the school of journalism yed with the reporter and took some pictures of the reporter. How many points do you think he could get with these photos? [Picture] X 9

    He Bai clicked open the pictures one by one and found that the first eight pictures were all the pictures of that ¡°pup¡±arazi shot by him, all of those pictures were pixted. The remaining one was the selfie of him with Di Qiuhe and only his face was pixted.

    A few minutester, hundreds ofments were left below that post. He took a nce at thosements below and found that they could mainly be divided into four types: first, directly scored the photos; second, criticized the ¡°pup¡±arazi for being shameless andplimented Di Qiuhe¡¯s junior alumni for doing a good job; third, analyzed the location of where the photos were taken and finally drew the conclusion that the location was the garage, hence it could be concluded that the ¡°pup¡±arazi followed Di Qiuhe to his home; fourth, cursed Di Qiuhe for being selfish, abusing the influence of a public figure to expose the appearance of the ¡°pup¡±arazi, inciting the fans to scold the ¡°pup¡±arazi, making a fuss, being petty and abusing cyber violence.

    This was indeed a scene, but that was all? Posted a Weibo message to let others curse him?

    He Bai did not understand what Di Qiuhe was thinking. Just when he was ready to ask Di some questions, he found several webpages beside the Weibo page. He clicked those webpages open in confusion.

    It was another Weibo page which stayed on the homepage of a marketing ount. On the top of that webpage was a tip-off newly posted.

    I love gossip, I am proud: Explosive news, explosive news! A handsome young star surnamed D was forced out by his previous employer and he terminated his contract in anger. Tip: This handsome young star surnamed D has been rumored to have an affair with a new TV host and it is rumored that he is actually the younger master of his previouspany. However, you get a stepfather when you get a stepmother. so...You know.

    He Bai opened his mouth slightly and clicked on the remaining webpages in a hurry.

    There were seven or eight webpages in total. Except for the first one which was the homepage of Di Qiuhe¡¯s Weibo ount, the rest were all the homepages of various marketing ounts. Various tip-offs were posted at simr times, all rted to Di Qiuhe. Most of them were negative news. He could foresee how lively Weibo would be during this period of time.

    ¡°Finished watching them all?¡± Di Qiuhe came out with two sses of juice. He put a ss in front of him, sat across him with his hand supporting his chin,ughing. ¡°This is the first batch, the second batch will catch up immediately, and I will end up being scolded very miserably, and then cancel my Weibo ount desperately, disappear in public view from now on until my new workes on the market.¡±

    The vague things in his mind suddenly became clear. He recalled the personal interview with Di Qiuhe before he was reborn. It was mentioned that Di Qiuhe had to be forced out by his employer due to some negative news and he cancelled his Weibo ount in depressed mood. It was not until the Immortal Way came out that he reappeared in front of the public, and then he rified the negative news posted before with substantial evidence.

    The negative news posted at that time seemed to be something like ¡°the handsome young star is suspected of losing control due to his use of drugs, he pulled the sneaky paparazzi into the elevator and caused serious injuries to that paparazzi, leading him on the verge of death¡±. When this happened, he was reviewing his studying courses around the clock and just took a careless look at that news. Even though he just followed that news in such a casual way, he probably knew how miserable that handsome young star was bullied by the mass media in that year.

    In this way, if he did note back with Di Qiuhe today, Di Qiuhe would probably be blocked in the elevator by that paparazzi, causing the extremely sensational ¡°seriously injured reporter¡± incident in his previous life? The first move referred by Di Qiuhe turned out to be sabotaging his own reputation before those reporters did?

    ¡°Are you nuts?¡± He Bai could not help asking.

 Chapter 23 - Three-in-one (1

    <h4>Chapter 23: Three-in-one (1)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Di Qiuhe stared nkly for a moment, then, he shook his head and smiled, ¡°No, it is my stepmother who is insane.¡± Before discovering the candid cameras, he thought Qin Li would be smart recently,ying low and trying to regain the favorable impression of his father and daring not y any trick on him. After discovering being taken photos secretly, he knew that he misunderstood her. Now, Qin Li not only wanted to regain the favorable impression from his father, but also wanted to block Di Qiuhe¡¯s outlet.

    He stabilized his position in the heart of his father by making concessions in order to gain advantages, and broke away from the control of Huangdupletely. This made Qin Li nervous. She would definitely try her best to force him to go back to Huangdu and control him again; then, cut off his outlet. After leaving Huangdu, he had thought about all the actions that Qin Li might take. However, he had never thought that she would react so fast.

    This apartment was given by Qin Li. He had already guessed the purpose of this present. Now, in such a tightly managedmunity, paparazzo suddenly appeared and hided for taking candid photos in the garage. This was undoubtedly a signal that Qin Li had lost her patience.

    He could almost imagine what Qin Li would do next. First of all, she would ssh dirty water on him. Then, she would disclose that thepany cklisted him out of helplessness. By using the rtionwork in her hand, she would block him secretly and forced him to return to Di Family awkwardly. Then, she would pretend to be a good wife and mother in front of his father and epted him to go back so as to stabilize the heart of his father. At that time, his father would be touched; while he, as an actor full of bad records, could not work in the entertainment industry anymore, and too disqualified to be the sessor of Huangdu. As a result, he would be left witt no choice but to live under the shadow of Qin Li and two of her children, and reduced to the tool of Qin Li for performing and pretending a mother¡¯s love. The reason that Qin Li who did not take any action before but suddenly became impatience was probably the information vaguely disclosed recently that Uncle Jiang had confirmed the leading actor for his new movie. If the puppy were not here today, what would the paparazzo do? Would they be just taking candid photos? Or they would do something else? He was pretty sure that he did not leave any video image in the monitor of the building that may turn the potential bad records of him before he took puppy home today. Then, what was the purpose for the paparazzo to take photos today? ¡®Test? Or take some usible photos and make up some usible news? What will Qin Li do next?¡¯

    He was thinking about the unpleasant things in his head, so the smile on his face unconsciously got stiff. There was a gentle look of eyes and eyebrows with smile, but no temperature in his eyes, only indifference.

    He Bai looked at Di Qiuhe at this moment and remembered the breaking news that he saw just now and how Di Qiuhe ended his life in previous life. Then, his anger at the tease by Di Qiuhe before was dissipated slowly, and he could not help sighing.

    This was a poor young man. The mask was his protective shell, and the showing of emotions like before was probably his only indulgence.

    ¡°Is there anything I can help you?¡± He moved theputer away and looked at him carefully.

    From rebirth to now, he encountered with this man again and again. From holding a position of not willing to interfere in his life path at the beginning to giving veiled reminders and now hoping to help him, he understood that he had taken him as a friend unconsciously, although this man was bad and naive, and made him angry each time they met.

    Di Qiuhe recovered from thought and felt the eye contact of He Bai. He was shocked by the pure concern in the eyes of He Bai. Then, he looked away reflexively, smiled and turned offtheputer. He raised his chin to indicate the kitchen, ¡°hello, I am hungry. I¡¯d like some steak, medium rare.¡± After that, he stretched himselffortably and lied on the sofa with a domineering posture like andlord waiting for dinner.

    The serious expression invalidated suddenly. He Bai stiffly looked at Di Qiuhe who was lying on the sofa, not giving a damn of the way he looked; he stepped on him angrily and strode towards the kitchen.

    ¡°I¡¯d like to drink red wine. You need to drink with me.¡±

    He Bai flipped his middle finger and felt that he was a pure fool for thepassion just now.

    There came the sound of the kitchen venttor. Di Qiuhe moved the leg which was stepped on by He Bai, moved away the pillow on his face, and squinted at the ceiling with absence of mind. Then he jumped up with smile and fetched his cell phone, scrolling to the phone number of Jiang Xiuwen and texting.

    Di Qiuhe: Xiuwen, my younger brother is cute.

    Jiang Xiuwen: ......What makes you think that Di Xiasong, a hypocritical man is cute? Are you controlled by witchcraft?

    Di Qiuhe: What is the qualification for Di Xiasong to be my younger brother? Does he have dimples on his face? Is he as cute as puppy, as considerate as puppy? Can he roll his eyes like puppy?

    Jiang Xiuwen: Who is puppy? Wait a minute, why I feel this name is familiar......you are not talking about that male fan of yours, are you? Is that White and Whiter that you tricked with using your second ount?

    Di Qiuhe: Yes, he is not only my fan, but also my junior at college, who can be called as younger brother. As his upperssman, I shall protect him well.

    Jiang Xiuwen: I have helped you to register at the hospital, the reservation for an expert, expert in psychiatry department. Do remember to go there on time, do not waste my money.

    Di Qiuhe: You are jealous.

    Jiang Xiuwen: ...... I beg you, please take your medicine.

    ¡°Gee, jealous man is really ugly.¡± Di Qiuhe showed off and threw the cell phone away with satisfaction. He reflected the word of ¡°younger brother¡± for several times and the more he thought about it, the more he found this name very good and suitable for He Bai.

    No wonder he felt affectionate toward puppy. It was because he wanted puppyto be his younger brother. It was good. He had a good taste. ¡®His bark is worse than his bite. He is much better than Di Xiasong, definitely a perfect younger brother he is.¡¯

    Notifications of newments and likes constantly rang, which Di Qiuhe ignoredpletely. He bounced up happily and walked to the kitchen door, looking at He Bai who was turning side of the steak skillfully. What a surprise, ¡°You can cook?¡±

    As a single man that had been on his own for years, cooking was a necessary skill. He Bai sprinkled a little sauce on the steak, but reluctant to look at him.

    Di Qiuhe did not care that He Bai did not want to talk to him. Instead, he felt that He Bai who was angry but still cooking for him was cute. He couldn¡¯t help walking behind He Bai, rubbing the head of He Bai with satisfaction, ¡°Good brother, I will treat you well.¡±

    ¡®Cool! That¡¯s a great thing to say.¡¯

    He Bai halted the cooking shovel and twitched his brows. He moved his right foot backwards decisively and stomped down severely.

    The hand on the head of He Bai paused. Then Di Qiuhe said gently and stably, ¡°If you hurt me and influence the shooting progress, you are not able to afford the charge for loss of working time, little brother.¡±

    He Bai was speechless. He pulled his foot back silently and shook Di Qiuhe¡¯s hand off putting the fried steak on the te and turned back, putting the te on the hand of Di Qiuhe, he said seriously, ¡°Eat, keep your mouth shut.¡± Do not challenge the bottom line of his temper again.

    Di Qiuhe took over the te and enjoyed the smell of the food. Then, he poked the dimple on the left cheek of He Bai by his finger and rotated his finger, ¡°Little brother, smile please.¡±

    He Bai sneered, smearing all the oil on his hands onto the abominable face of Di Qiuhe.

    Ten minutester, the two people that roasted each other sat by the tea table and gulfed the steak. The red wine in the disposable paper cup was at their hand.

    ¡°What do you n to do after the release of bad record? Are you going to wait and make rification whenunching new works to the market?¡± He Bai couldn¡¯t help asking during eating.

    Di Qiuhe took a sip of the red wine, squinting to taste, and replied with smile ¡°No. After I cancel my Weibo ount, those bad records will be rified slowly. Then those people who cursed me on the inte will regret their behavior before and wish they hadn¡¯t done that......By then, I will be shooting new film in border province.¡±

    He Bai was stunned, ¡°Are you going to shoot new film in border province?¡± He remembered that the works of Di Qiuhe which made him sessful in his previous life was a drama of chivalrous man ¡°Immortal Way¡± which was directed by Lin Mo. The filming location was the movie city in China and various scenic spots, which had nothing to do with the border province.

    ¡°Yes.¡± Di Qiuhe nodded. Although he was sitting on the floor, his action of cutting steak was still gracefully, ¡°My new movie is the new work of the Director Jiang Guanshan. I y the leading role of the movie, a cop who joins in transnational drug gangs as undercover. There are a lot of fight scenes. We get the shooting permission of movie recently. It¡¯s still a while before we start shooting, but I need to go there in advance so as to get familiar with the environment. Then, I will participate in closed training. ¡±

 Chapter 24 - Three-in-one (2)

    <h4>Chapter 24: Three-in-one (2)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    He Bai¡¯s hand trembled. The meat on the fork fell into the te again. He raised his voice due to surprise, ¡°Movie? Movie directed by Director Jiang Guanshan? No......¡± ¡®Isn¡¯t it a teley? How is that things arepletely different than they were in his previous life?¡¯

    Di Qiuhe looked at the unconsciously open mouth of He Bai and had a deepening smile on his face. He suddenly reached out and forked up the piece of meat that He Bai dropped on the te and put it into He Bai¡¯s mouth quickly, and then touched the teeth of He Bai by his fork, and said, ¡°Yes, movie, so you may not see me for months. Don¡¯t miss me too much.¡±

    He Bai leaned back and spat out Di Qiuhe¡¯s fork. His surprise was choked in his throat by the sudden movements of Di Qiuhe, looking quite unpleasant.

    ¡®Fork......The fork that he just ate with......put into my mouth......saliva exchange......indirect......¡¯

    Di Qiuhe looked at the changing expression of He Bai and took back his fork with good mood. He forked up thest piece of meat in his te and put it into his mouth slowly and chew carefully. Then, he put down the fork and got a tissue to clean his mouth, and smiled to He Bai gently, ¡°Thanks for your steak. It tastes good. I am satisfied.¡±

    ¡®......He ate it. He ate thest meat with the fork which touched my teeth......¡¯ He Bai¡¯s three views (means world view, value view, and life view) are copsed, speechless, and he decided he¡¯d better just keep eating.

    He Bai finished the steak without feeling the taste. He thought that Di Qiuhe would continue tomand him to wash tes. Unexpectedly, Di Qiuhe collected the tes of his own will, considerately recing the red wine that he did not drink for a cup of juice.

    Clear sound of te collision and the sound of water came from the kitchen. He Bai raised his hand and pinched himself. He felt what happened today was like a dream, a super big nightmare.

    The mobile phone rang suddenly. It was WeChat. He came back to his senses and took the phone out from his pocket.

    A bird born in autumn: I was bullied by my stepmother again.

    He Bai looked into the kitchen reflexively. Then, he took back his sight after hearing the sound of water stop, and sighed silently. The idol has a stepmother and his fan has have stepmother too. Is it called simrity attraction?

    A bird born in autumn: I will run away from home.

    He Bai was shocked, and hurried tofort her.

    White and Whiter: Calm down. It is dangerous for girls to stay outside alone.

    A bird born in autumn: I am sad.

    White and Whiter: Then......how about watching someedy movies for districting attention?

    A bird born in autumn: That¡¯s a bad idea.

    White and Whiter: Anyway, you¡¯d better not run away from home, it¡¯s not safe. Does your father know that your stepmother is bullying you?

    A bird born in autumn: He knows, but he is partial.

    A bird born in autumn: I still feel sad. Xiaobai, how about you call me Qiuqiu again? I like this name.

    He Bai hesitated for a moment, and sent a voice message forfort patiently.

    There was the cracking sound of tes breaking.

    He Bai was scared and rushed to the kitchen to check.

    Di Qiuhe was standing in front of the sink innocently. He was wearing rubber gloves with full of bubbles on it. There were a pile of broken tes around his feet. After seeing He Bai came in, Di Qiuhe turned his head and smiled, ¡°Sorry, hand slippery.¡±

    He Bai sighed, pushing him aside and rolling up his sleeves, ¡°Let me wash these. You do not need to pour so much dishwashing liquid. Go and get the broom to clean the floor. Do not pick up the debris with your hands. It will cut your fingers.¡±

    ¡°OK.¡± Di Qiuhe took off the gloves and looked at He Bai¡¯s hand in the sink. He touched his phone which was a little hot in his pants pocket secretly, with eyes twinkling.

    ¡®My brother is...... really cute.¡¯

    After washing the tes, He Bai carried a box of choctes in his arms, camera bag on his back andputer case in his hand, and then he wasstuffed into the taxi by Di Qiuhe.

    ¡°Sorry, I drank wine, so I cannot drive you home.¡± Di Qiuhe bent down and looked at He Bai through the car window which was half closed, with gentle smile on his face.

    ¡°Thanks for apanying me today. That cheered me up. By the way, wish you have good achievement of photography. Your works are great. The new script of director Jiang Guanshan is written based on the character prototype provided by Xu Yinrong. The reason that Xu Yinrong agrees to hire me is because he was touched by the two photos that you retouched. So, thank you.¡±

    The question that He Bai had been wondering for a long time was answered. He looked at the gentle face of Di Qiuhe at this time and suddenly didn¡¯t know how to reply to such a gentle Di Qiuhe, too strange.

    ¡°Liu Huanhuan will soon pay the price.¡± Di Qiuhe stretched out his hand into the car window and poked the dimple on He Bai¡¯s left cheek. ¡°There will be a lot of news on the inteter. Don¡¯t worry, I will be fine. Come on, smile.¡±

    He Bai came to himself and frowned, and pulled down the hand of Di Qiuhe off the window.

    ¡°Is this how you treat your creditors?¡± Di Qiuhe raised his eyebrows. The unruly expression took ce of the gentle one on his face. ¡°Remember, you still owe me RMB 163.78. I will keep the receipt of buying the steak. Do not try to repudiate the debt.¡±

    He Bai searched his wallet and wanted to throw total RMB 132 in his wallet on the face of Di Qiuhe.

    ¡°Sir, go to Q University.¡± Making a gesture to the driver, Di Qiuhe said that and then took three steps backward to the ce where He Bai cannot touch. He raised his hand to adjust the brim of his hat, and smiled, ¡°Puppy, you¡¯ve got a nice ass.¡±

    The car started. He Bai dug his ear and couldn¡¯t believe what he had heard. He poked his head out of the window angrily and shouted at Di Qiuhe who was disappearing slowing in his sight, ¡°Rubbish Di, what are you, a three-year-old? I will not return the money. Be mad as you pleased.¡±

    The car took a turn and disappeared. The off-key roar was dissipated in the wind. Di Qiuhe lowered his head and chuckled. He turned around, took out his phone and dialed the number of Di Bian and spoke while walking to the apartment, ¡°Dad, sorry. I am afraid I have to leave B city for a while......¡±

    The explosive news about Di Qiuhe was disclosed on the inte furiously. Firstly, someone disclosed that Di Qiuhe was actually the eldest son of the family of Huangdu, with powerful background. Then, someone disclosed that Di Qiuhe, as a student of Q University, taking advantage of the actor status, did not go to ss and got the graduation certificate by pulling strings. Later, Huang Xunzhou, an outdated singer who once formed an acting duel with Di Qiuhe appeared and said that Di Qiuhe had been discriminating and bullying him because of his homosexual identity, Di even suppressed him using his superior identity as the eldest son of the family of Huangdu, and forced him to give up acting career and go to foreign country.

    One stone makes a thousand waves. People were all stunned.

    Di Qiuhe was actually the eldest son of the family of Huangdu. His former acting partner was gay. He pretended to be gentle and friendly in front of people. In fact, he was a bully, and shameless guy who got the graduation certificate by pulling strings.

    The image Di set copsed seriously. Theizens felt they were cheated and went toWeibo Di Qiuhe¡¯s Weibo to give him a piece of their mind.

    Two dayster, the news that Di Qiuhe being a phnder towards the new innocent host and dumped herter by use of his identity as the eldest son of the family of Huangdu was disclosed. The name of Liu Huanhuan appeared on the headline of entertainment section for the first time and she became the object of sympathy from the people on the inte.

    On that night, Liu Huanhuan sent an ambiguous message on her Weibo whereWeibo she had a fan base of less than ten thousands surging to hundreds of thousands now. She sighed that she encountered bad people in the past and only wanted to work hard and became a stronger and better woman than before.

    The people on the inte supported her action of not being trapped in the romance world and bing positive quickly. Theirments for supporting her became the top one hot topic quickly.

    ¡°Bitch.¡± Niu Junjie turned off theputer andmented with one word coldly.

    He Bai looked back at him and remembered the words that Liu Huanhuan said on the inte. He Bai understood where Niu came from and started tofort him, ¡°She will be doomed sooner orter by making use of the hype maliciously. Do not pay attention to the news anymore. We are going to take the first exam tomorrow. Let¡¯s review lessons.¡±

    Niu Junjie looked back at him and suppressed the anger in his heart. He nodded and made a fist, ¡°Ok, Let¡¯s study. The most important thing is not to fail exam.¡±

    He Bai leaned and patted him on the shoulder. He turned around to close the website and picked up the books too.

    They studied for the whole afternoon. At dinner time, the explosive news on the inte raised to a new level.

    ¡°That Di Qiuhe who had affair with Liu Huanhuan takes drugs? Oh my god.¡± Niu Junjie stared in surprise. After he found that the other three roommates were looking at him together, he smiled in embarrassment and lowered his voice, ¡°Well, please keep studying. I will not disturb you again.¡±

    Wang Hu and Chen Jie went to the library that afternoon. They did not know that He Bai hadforted Niu Junjie about the issue of Liu Huanhuan in the past. When they heard Niu Junjie talking about her at this point, they couldn¡¯t help toforting him, ¡°Brother, let bygones be bygones. We need to move forward.¡±

    Chen Jie nodded in agreement, and proposed, ¡°How about we drink with you after the exam?¡±

    ¡°No, no, no, do not misunderstand, I do not care anymore. I just saw that news by ident, and I couldn¡¯t help but express my feelings.¡±

    Niu Junjie exined and raised his arms to the two people for surrender, ¡°I swear, I will not pay any attention to the news anymore. I will not touch myputer. I swear.¡±

    Wang Hu and Chen Jie barely believed his promise and supervised him to turn off theputer. They stopped looking at Niu Junjie after he picked up the book.

    The dormitory returned to quiet again. He Bai was a little worried, so he turned on theputer to search thetest news about Di Qiuhe. Then, the words of ¡°Drug Abuse¡± ¡°Lewd Private Life¡± which were highlighted in red made his brain twitch. He could not help taking out the phone and taking the phone number of Di Qiuhe out from the cklist to send message.

 Chapter 25 - Three-in-one(3)

    <h4>Chapter 25: Three-in-one(3)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    He Bai: How are you recently? Is it you who release the news of taking drug? How are you going to end this?

    Di Qiuhe: Are you missing me?

    He Bai: ¡°......¡±

    He Bai: Please calm down first. Then we¡¯ll get down to business.

    He kept a straight face, threw he phone into the drawer, hit the close button hard on the webpage and buried himself in reading.

    Half hourter, he took the phone out from the drawer and opened the short message page again.

    He Bai: When are you going to rify, and then put on an act of sadly cancelling your Weibo ountWeibo?

    Although he knew that explosive news were fake, maybe some people on the inte who abused Di Qiuhe seriously were arranged by Di Qiuhe himself, he still felt notfortable and unhappy after he saw the information full of negative energy.

    Di Qiuhe: Are you feeling sorry for me?

    He Bai thought he needed to drink some cold water to calm down.

    Di Qiuhe: Do you ignore me again?

    Di Qiuhe: Puppy, you are so cruel-hearted.

    Di Qiuhe: The news will be rified soon.

    Di Qiuhe: Check out my WeiboWeibo.

    He Bai was stunned. He held his mouse, logged into the Weibo and searched the ount of Di Qiuhe.

    It took a while for the page to jump out. On the home page of Di Qiuhe, which had not been updated for several days, a video Weibo appeared on the top.

    He moved his mouse to click it.

    ¡°Hello, everyone. I am Di Qiuhe, the eldest son of Di Bian who is the President of Huangdu. I was the partner of Huang Xunzhou, former actor of Huangdu.¡±

    The face of Di Qiuhe appeared in the video. The background of the video was the back seat of a car.

    ¡°I have seen all kinds of news on the inte and I want to make the rification as below: first of all, during the contract period with Huangdu, I never used the power of my father to do anything. This can be proved by any employee of Huangdu. That is because till now, except some people of top management, most of the employees do not know that I am a son of Di Bian. Secondly, I never discriminated against the gaymunity or had I bullied my partner. The reason that our actingbination was dissolved and I worked alone at that time was because my partner said that he would go to foreign country and marry his boyfriend and live a quite life without disturbance. This can be proved by my agent at that time. If you think that my agent¡¯s evidence can be false, then I have nothing else to say. Thirdly, I was a student of Department of Economics of Q University. I lived in campus when I was a freshman; and moved out after signing the contract with Huangdu as a sophomore. After then, I began to be absent from ss for a long time, but I learned by myself and came back to participate the examination of every semester. I entered into Q University by formal entrance examination and got the graduation certificate fair and square. Wee to inquire about my academic performance in the office of academic affairs of Q University.¡±

    Then, he paused and suddenly smiled.

    ¡°As for the drug abuse rumors today, I am on my way to the hospital now, with a notary staff around me. My urine test results will be released by the notary personnel first time it came out. You are wee to supervise. In addition, the love affair between Miss Liu and I is also nonsense. She was the ex-girlfriend of the roommates of one of my alumni in lower grade, and now the girlfriend of Du Hao who is the host of B city. I have nothing to do with her. ¡±

    He spoke his viewpoints one by one, coherent, well organized, neither too fast nor too slow. That was indeed the grace of one elegant gentleman. It put an end to the rumors that he was in fact a bully.

    The car stopped and the video shot wobbled.

    ¡°I have arrived at the hospital.¡± Di Qiuhe took a look outside and the smile on his face became faint and his expression was colored with a touch of loneliness, ¡°Gossip is a fearful thing. A repeated nder makes other believe. Hereby, I want to make solemn statement, my father Di Bian is not a person who use public source for personal purpose. He is an excellent enterprise manager. It is ok to stigmatize me, but please do not question the responsibility and moral quality of my father as the highest ruler of the Huangdu. Furthermore, I have terminated my contract with Huangdu one month ago. Please do not misunderstand Huangdu because of me. Finally, my Weibo ount will be canceled ten minutester. Thanks to the fans that always apany and encourage me. Bye.¡±

    The video was over and the dormitory was so quiet as if you can hear the falling needle.

    Niu Junjie got close to He Bai unknowingly, and asked carefully, ¡°The roommate of his alumni of lower grade as mentioned by Di Qiuhe......is it me? Who is this alumni that he was talking about? ¡±

    Wang Hu sighed, ¡°It is true that gossip is a fearful thing. Di Qiuhe speaks with reason and evidence, neither too fast nor too slow. We can see that he is a man with good temper. The people who scolded him on the inte went too far.¡±

    Chen Jie pushed his sses and there was an iPad on his hand suddenly. He shook his head, ¡°No wonder that he is so frustrated that he cancelled Weibo. I heard that some extremeizens found his residence, put dead mice, poured the paint and stuck curse at his door.¡±

    Niu Junjie was left speechless, ¡°They are not sworn enemies, are they? It¡¯s awful.¡±

    He Bai felt uneasy after he heard that. He picked up his phone and called Di Qiuhe.

    The call could get through, but no one answered. Then, a short message was sent to his phone.

    Di Qiuhe: Don¡¯t worry. I am fine, my well-behaved brother.

    Niu Junjie saw the message by ident. He was panicked suddenly, ¡°Did I misread it? Di Qiuhe? Is he texting you? He calls you brother?¡±

    Wang Hu and Chen Jie came over and looked at He Bai wickedly.

    He Bai was stiff and said simply, ¡°I can exin.¡±

    Three people moved the chairs and sat down with tacit understanding, and circled He Bai in the middle.

    He Bai twitched the corner of his mouth, looked at the three people and tried to exin the acquaintance process with Di Qiuhe as short as possible.

    ¡°It is destiny.¡± Niu Junjie sighed after he heard the exnation.

    ¡°It looks like Di Qiuhe is really a good person. The bad rumors on the inte are all nders......Xiaobai, please try your best tofort him, s.¡±

    Wang Hu patted on his shoulder, and felt sad.

    Chen Jie pushed his sses, ¡°He was the person who sent the birthday cake to Xiaobai. He is really a good person and considerate. Xiaobai, don¡¯t be ungrateful. He is now at the bottom of his life, in a difficult situation. You, as his friend, remember tofort him.¡±

    Niu Junjie and Wang Hu nodded in agreement.

    He Bai: ¡°......¡± Why my roommates react like this? Good person? Isn¡¯t he a childish person? Are they blind?

    ¡°By the way, since he has already terminated the contract with Huangdu, it is not necessary for him to get the approval from thepany to ept advertisement contract, right?¡± Niu Junjie jumped suddenly, and took out his phone happily, ¡°He helped me to expose the true personality of Liu Huanhuan on the inte, help me to revenge. I must thank him. My father is looking for a spokesperson for the new light luxury watch series just released. I have decided. We will hire him.¡±

    He Bai looked at him with disbelief, ¡°Are you going to sign him as a spokesman? The watches of your family always hire A-list movie king or movie queen to be the spokesman.¡±

    ¡°Oh, we need to change the taste once in a while. His appearance and temperament are quite suitable for my family¡¯s new series of watches.¡± Niu Junjie waved his hand carelessly and called his father. He walked to the balcony and said excitedly, ¡°Dad, you need to help my benefactor. Do you remember Liu Huanhuan that I mentioned to you before? Someone has avenged me. We need to thank him......¡±

    ¡°But, Junjie¡± He Bai stood up agape.

    ¡°I think he is right. As a man, a favor of drop of water received shall be repaid with a surging spring.¡± Wang Hu held his shoulder and pushed him back into the seat with a serious face, ¡°Your task now is tofort Di Qiuhe. He must be sad now. Since he is not answering his phone, then you shall send short messages tofort him.¡±

    Chen Jie held the other shoulder of He Bai and nodded with a solemn face, ¡°That¡¯s right. It is really terrible for getting dead mice in the front gate at home. You mustfort him.¡±

    ¡°......¡± What¡¯s wrong with the people in the dormitory?

    On the other side, Di Qiuhe said goodbye to the notary personnel after leaving the hospital. He came to an upscale club and opened the door of a room at the highest floor by the password card.

    ¡°Qiuhe.¡± Di Bian stood up and walked towards Di Qiuhe. He hugged Di Qiuhe, ¡°I am sorry to put you to such trouble. It is my fault.¡±

    ¡°Don¡¯t say that.¡± Di Qiuhe embraced Di Bian too, with full of son¡¯s attachment to the father on his face, ¡°I did not expect that Aunt Qin would turn to such extreme measures this time. Before I saw the evidences, I even doubted that someone ndered Aunt Qin. I did not expect......Dad, I¡¯d rather believe all these are misunderstanding.¡±

 Chapter 26 - Three-in-one(4)

    <h4>Chapter 26: Three-in-one(4)</h4>

    There was a somber look lingering on Di Bian¡¯s face. He patted Di Qiuhe¡¯s shoulder, loosed Di Qiuhe and led him to the sofa, and sighed, ¡°I did not expect this either......It is my fault that I brought such a threat to the Empire. If it is a misunderstanding, it¡¯s all right, but if it is not......Qiuhe, I need your help.¡±

    Di Qiuhe looked at Di Bian putting on a look of kind father, he sneered in his heart, but showed admiration on his face, ¡°Go ahead, as long as I can help, I will do my best.¡±

    Di Bian looked at him with a moving face and sighed, ¡°You are still as sensible as you were little, like your mother......Now, the board of directors of Empire is mostly controlled by the Qin family. I can do nothing about the things you are stigmatized even I want to help you. But you can rest assured that when those activities of espionage in the board of directors are pulled out, I will help you to revenge.¡±

    ¡°Thanks, Dad.¡± Di Qiuhe¡¯s got somewhat diposed with his eyes turning red, and then asked, ¡°Youe out to see me today, what did Aunt Qin say? By the way, Chunhua did not feel well suddenly when I left homest time, is she getting better now? Xiasong studies abroad, does everything go well with him? Did my bad rumors influence them?¡±

    Di Bian looked at him helplessly, ¡°Kid, you are in trouble now, yet you still care about them. Don¡¯t worry. No one knows that Ie to see you. Qiuhe, are you really going to leave B city?¡±

    Di Qiuhe nodded and made a forced smile, ¡°That¡¯s the best solution. The information that I am your son has spread out. Any of my bad rumors may affect you, and further affect Huangdu. It is not what I want to see. Uncle Jiang has a movie and he asks me to be the hero. I have good rtionship with Xiuwen, so I cannot refuse. It is good for me to shoot a movie and avoid the current trouble as well.¡±

    These words were really what Di Bian cared. Recently, Huangdu was turbulent due to the exposure of Di Qiuhe¡¯s identity. Furthermore, Qin family made more trouble in thepany. Di Bian could hardly cope with all these troubles. If Di Qiuhe chose to leave of his own ord at this time, it was no doubt the best solution to stabilize the current situation.

    ¡°I feel sorry for you. Now, you do not have the support from thepany, you must find it inconvenient when you shoot film outside. I will arrange two assistants for you. Then, it will be easier for you.¡± Di Bian resorted to ¡°carrot policy¡±, and then spoke to the main topic, ¡°Now, Chunhua and Xiasong have grown up. Your Aunt Qin is more ambitious under the brainwash of Qin family. She does not think deeply. Huangdu will belong to Chunhua, Xiasong and you in future anyway. Meanwhile, you are not a person with aggressive personality. Except for disappointing the members of our family, what she can get by doing this?¡±

    Di Qiuhe stepped forward anxiously, ¡°Dad, don¡¯t be sad. Aunt Qin is just muddleheaded temporarily. She must be tempted and cheated by the Qin family to pay marketing ount to nder me and y a dirty trick in my apartment. After I am gone, she will be fine.¡±

    ¡°If only it were as easy as you say.¡± Di Bian sighed and turned around to get a few documents in his briefcase and put them in front of Di Qiuhe. He paused and said, ¡°Qiuhe, as you know, Huangdu is no longer the ce that I can control by myself alone. I am powerless, and sad......There are some proposals. You can take it and study. When you are outside, if there is an opportunity to help Dad to get back some shares of thepany, please try...... Do you understand what I¡¯m saying?¡±

    A thought came to Di Qiuhe, but he showed an incredulous look, and said sadly, ¡°We are family, do we really need to go this far?¡±

    Di Bian put up his hand and wiped his face, with a face full of decadence, ¡°I do not want to do this too, but your Aunt Qin is muddleheaded, and the Qin family is......it is ok if thepany does not exist, but how about you? Chunhua and Xiasong still have half of Qin family¡¯s blood. Your Aunt Qin will protect them, how about you? Dad only wants to leave something to you after I die. You, please do not me me. I let you down these years. It is ok if you do not want to help. I am still in good health. I can help you to keep some......¡±

    ¡°Dad!¡± Di Qiuhe stopped Di Bian, closed his eyes and put the documents away, ¡°Don¡¯t say that. I will help. You can rest assured that I will try my best to finish what you have assigned.¡±

    ¡°Good boy.¡± Di Bian looked at Di Qiuhe with relief and finally smiled, he picked up the menu on the table and said, ¡°You have not had dinner yet, right? Come on, the dishes here are great. You would like it.¡±

    Di Qiuhe smiled too, and put the documents into his backpack, with a trace of ridicule in his eyes. It was an ugly thing for a husband and wife to be suspicious of each other like this. If Qin Li knew that his husband who she thought waspletely convinced was actually calcting Qin family secretly behind her back, wouldn¡¯t she re up and be anxious to kill Di Bian?

    Di Qiuhe¡¯s Weibo was canceled amid the worries of his fans and the skepticism ofizens. Some marketing ounts with quick action had screenshot thest Weibo messages that he sent out. A more subtle action for rifying his innocent was under way quietly.

    I love to gossip and I am proud: I find a strange thing. Di Qiuhe, as the eldest son of the family of Huangdu, was not supported at all during the first year of his career. His resources were much worse than those of his peers, even worse than his partner, Huang Xunzhou. Huangdu did not take any action for his bad rumor this time. It looked like Huangdu was acting like a looker-on. The people who said Di Qiuhe was a bully, do you feel shame?

    Secondary ount for disclosure: That means, as the saying goes, once you have a stepmother, you have a stepfather at the same time. After the stepmother talks on the bed, the gentle, cultivated and graceful eldest son is reduced to a bully. The four people of Di family live in a vi, while the eldest son lives in an apartment alone. What a poor man.

    Insider: There is big news for the contract termination between Di Qiuhe and the Empire. However, I do not want to mention it today. I want to analyze whether the bad rumor of Di Qiuhe is true or not, whether we can believe the saying of Di Qiuhe. [Link to full article]

    The analysis articles emerged endlessly. While analyzing, theizens found something wrong.

    First of all, the girl who was taken as Di Qiuhe¡¯s girlfriend did not have any rtion with Di Qiuhe at all. Furthermore, that girl was an attention whore who liked to show off. Her program was cancelled by B city television station due to her fault. The reason was that she cheated her ex-boyfriend who was the son of a big advertisingpany, and had an affair with Du Hao, a host of the television station. Secondly, the moral quality of Di Qiuhe was out of question. All the people who had worked with him in entertainment circle had praised him. There were a lot of people in the entertainment circle spoke for him at the beginning of the bad rumor. However, due to the strong public opinion at that time, theizens directly ignored thements which supported Di Qiuhe. Thirdly, a student of Q University checked Di Qiuhe¡¯s academic performance. All his academic scores were above 90 points, quite outstanding performance. In the column of university admission score, his score was close to the full score, which made the people who questioned him for entering the university by pulling strings speechless. Finally, taking drugs? It did not exist. The urine test results were disclosed. The neutral notary office witnessed the whole process. It was impossible to tamper with the result.

    Once the major bad rumors were rified, some pieces of information were disclosed slowly.

    For example, Huang Xunzhou was a person with moral quality problem and promiscuous private life. He might be paid for releasing bad rumors of Di Qiuhe for this time. The employee of the television station disclosed that Di Qiuhe had terminated the contract with Huangdu before the bad rumor was released. The reason for contract termination was that Di Qiuhe was not supported by thepany for resources. Thus, the bad rumor that Di Qiuhe used his identity as the eldest son to bully other people was nonsense. He was of little importance in thepany. Some irrationalizens found Di Qiuhe¡¯s house, they went so far as to put dead mouse in front of his door and pour the paint and curse Di Qiuhe......

    They acted over the line.

    Theizens were angry, then felt shamed, and then they wanted to apologize. Finally, they regretted after they found that Di Qiuhe had canceled his Weibo due to the bad rumor, and could not understand why they cursed such a hardworking and low profile young man at the beginning, acting like they were blindfolded.

    The direction of public opinion waspletely turned at this point. The topics of asking Di Qiuhe back ranked the hot topic quickly andsted for a long time.

    After turning off the Weibo, He Bai put away his phone numbly and saw Di Qiuhe who was walking towards him, strutting his long legs.

    ¡°You are chasing me to the airport. Puppy, are you reluctant to let me leave? ¡± Di Qiuhe sat opposite to him, held up his chin by his hand and looked at He Bai with a smile.

    He Bai did not want to answer him, he took a document out from his bag and tapped on the table for attention, ¡°Here you are. Remember to call the person after you read it. You refused to answer all the unknown calls recently, and the person has no choice but ask me toe. ¡±

    Di Qiuhe raised his eyebrows, opened the document to see, and surprised, ¡°Endorsement contract? Buffalo Watch wants to hire me as spokesman?¡±

    He Bai nodded, taking a bag of coins in his bag, and pushed in front of him, ¡°Here you are. RMB 164, I return RMB 0.22 more to you. Do not need to thank me for my generosity. You are wee.¡±

    The sound of coin rubbing was very clear and pleasant. Di Qiuhe put down the document and squinted at He Bai, ¡°Puppy.¡±

    He Bai looked at Di Qiuhe without any expression on his face, and corrected Di Qiuhe, ¡°Please call me He Bai, thank you.¡±

    ¡°Oh, Xiaobai.¡± Di Qiuhe answered perfunctorily. Then, he calcted the coins in the bag, got close to He Bai and blew in He Bai¡¯s ear, ¡°Are you worried about me? You know I am leaving, so youe here to give me money?¡±

    Warm breath went along the cochlea of He Bai. He Bai gave a shudder and then retched.

 Chapter 27 - A Nagging Housewife(1)

    <h4>Chapter 27: A Nagging Housewife(1)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Having retched for a while, He Bai hurriedly rubbed his ears and took tissues out from the camera bag to cover his mouth and nose. He stared at Di Qiuhe, with his voice lowered, ¡°Have a good trip. I¡¯m leaving.¡± said He Bai when he was ready to go.

    Di Qiuhe frowned, pressed He Bai¡¯s shoulder to make him sit down and touched his forehead.

    It felt a little warm but with no fever.

    ¡°Have you got a cold?¡± Diu Qiuhe sized He Bai up to find that he didn¡¯t look well. With his lips darker in color, the guy seemed washed-out.

    He Bai shook his hand off and leaned backward to keep a distance with Diu Qiuhe, ¡°Stay away from me, or you¡¯ll be infected. I caught the influenza from my ssmates.¡± Moreover, he behaved in a strange way when catching a cold-neither sneezing nor running at the nose like anyone else. Instead, he would only shudder and retch from time to time, which made him very ufortable.

    Hearing He Bai¡¯s hoarse whisper, Diu Qiuhe cast a nce at the contract at hand when his brain was teeming with a whole tangle of emotions all of the sudden. He did not sit away from He Bai as he said but moved much closer, asking, ¡°Are you taking exams these days? Sending this over must hinder your revision, doesn¡¯t it?¡±

    ¡°You held me up many times. Fortunately, it¡¯s only half a day.¡± He Bai reached out his hand to push Diu Qiuhe back and patted him on the shoulder, ¡°Don¡¯t get too close. Work hard with the shooting. Plus, I prophesied that luck would be on your side in six months when I observed the heavenly bodiesst night. Remember to go back to B City at that time. There may be a surprise waiting for you.¡± Despite a slight discrepancy between Di Qiuhe¡¯s present life and his incarnation, the general trend remained the same. Immortal Way, as a hit fantasy TV drama, had received poprity among the old, the middle-aged and the young in his previous life, by which Di Qiuhe became an idol of countless audiences. Therefore, He Bai hoped Di Qiuhe wouldn¡¯t miss this opportunity due to his rebirth.

    A scowl emerged on Di Qiuhe¡¯s face. Giving He Bai a re, he gestured towards a man and a woman sitting not far away from them.

    ¡°Who are they?¡± Seeing the two peoplee closer, He Bai felt a little strange. They were now in the coffee shop of the airport, and before this he saw Di Qiuhee alone and thought he must rush here by himself, little did he expect that there were another two keeping himpany.

    ¡°They¡¯re assistants my dad assigned me, whose task is to supervise me, and meanwhile,e to my aid if necessary.¡± Di Qiuhe replied in an indifferent way and then put on a gentle look when the two came over, ¡°This guy who came to see me off at the airport had a cold. Please go to the medical room to fetch him some medicine. Also, buy a cup of hot water for him.¡±

    He Bai hastened to stop him, ¡°Please don¡¯t. I¡¯ll take medicine when I¡¯m back to campus. If I take it now, I¡¯ll definitely doze off in a while. Just give me a cup of hot water, please.¡± Meanwhile, he pushed the coffee undrunk towards the direction of Di Qiuhe, ¡°It¡¯s untouched. Don¡¯t let the coffee go to waste. Have it.¡± The coffee at the airport was sold at an extraordinarily high price. He Bai couldn¡¯t have ordered it but for fearing that he would be kicked out.

    ¡°It doesn¡¯t matter. I¡¯ll hail a cab for you when you feel sleepy.¡± Di Qiuhe took his coffee naturally and reached for his camera bag, ¡°Where¡¯re your cold pills? Take one, in case you have a fever.¡±

    He Bai gripped his camera bag firmly to prevent him from touching it, ¡°Leave it to me. What¡¯s your boarding time? Be careful not to miss the ne.¡±

    The two assistants standing by his side tried to speak when Di Qiuhe turned his head and threw a nce at them. In spite of the smile on his face, he looked at them with a frigid stare and ordered peremptorily, ¡°An, could you please fetch me a cup of hot water? And Wang, please hail a taxi for me.¡±

    The two people were shocked by his action. They exchanged nces and were astonished at the imposing manner the gentle and amiable young master disyed at this moment. Thinking of their boss¡¯s order, the two restrained their surprise, responded to his demand in a respectful way and followed his instructions separately.

    When they left, He Bai reached his hand out to turn Di Qiuhe¡¯s head thus to talk to him face to face, frowned and said, ¡°Be careful in case your image is spoiled. Have you forgotten howizens scold you before? Besides, are these two assistants designed to help your father monitor your activity? Is he really your dad?¡±

    The hand patting him on the face felt cool andfortable. Di Qiuhe turned back to look at him, and his attempt to disguise his look failed. Raising his eyebrows, he smiled, ¡°Such kind of father is everywhere. Are you worried about me? How about joining the training with me? See it like a summer internship, and I¡¯ll pay you. How about that ?¡±

    ¡°Not good.¡± He Bai rolled his eyes at Di Qiuhe, took his hand back and spoke in a serious manner, ¡°Take care when you were trained on the border. Don¡¯t go out alone. The public order is poor in the area.¡±

    Di Qiuhe beamed with pleasure and couldn¡¯t help poking him in the dimple, ¡°You¡¯re so sweet. Give me a smile, please.¡±

    He Bai pulled Di¡¯s hand away from his cheek angrily, pointing to the coffee, ¡°Drink it, and then shut up. I have a headache. I don¡¯t want to banter with you.¡±

    Di Qiuhe rubbed the finger which touched He Bai¡¯s dimple just now and kept quiet for two minutes. After Assistant An sent the hot water over, he took a candy out of his pocket as if by magic and said coaxingly, ¡°Take the medicine, good boy, and you¡¯ll get a candy.¡±

    He Bai kicked him under the table, took the pill quickly, consulted his watch and wondered, ¡°You¡¯ve been dawdling here for so long. Is it really okay? When does the ne take off?¡±

    ¡°All right. It¡¯s quite early. You see, my assistants look so calm.¡± Di Qiuhe gave an equivocal reply. ncing at He Bai¡¯s lips that seemed a little redder after drinking the water, Di Qiuhe asked reluctantly, ¡°Do you have an exam this afternoon? Are you leaving now?¡±

    ¡°Yeah. I¡¯m going to take the exam of a specialized course in the afternoon.¡± He Bai seized the opportunity and said goodbye to him decisively, ¡°Enjoy your trip. I¡¯ll go.¡±

    Just then Assistant Wang pushed the door open and entered. Di Qiuhe bit his tongue, gulped the coffee down and picked up the contract and coins from the table, smiling at him, ¡°Let¡¯s go. I¡¯ll see you off.¡±

    Watching his taxi disappear from view into the traffic flow, Di Qiuhe fiddled with the old shopping bag that held coins and looked reserved.

    ¡°Sir, we missed the flight. We...¡±

    ¡°Transfer to another flight.¡± Di Qiuhe turned his head to look at the assistant and put on an anxious look, ¡°Poor guy, he went alone to B City to pursue his studies... When I was vilified, he had beenforting me. Today he specially came over to see me off... What a kind boy.¡±

    Seeing the way Di Qiuhe holding the shabby shopping bag as if it were a treasure, the two assistants looked at each other, and their suspicion was gradually ayed. Their younger master was indeed a good-hearted and gentle person as others said. It might be a mere illusion that he had an aura of domineering.

    After sailing through the final exams, Wang Hu and Chen Jie, who came from other districts, returned home immediately. Niu Junjie tried to take He Bai to his yacht but failed, also going home on He Bai¡¯s advice.

    As summer vacation began, the dormitories became empty gradually. This day, He Bai got up at 6:30 am and stood in a trance when brushing his teeth.

    ¡®There¡¯s no need to attend ss or review lessons.¡¯ As to Saint Elephant Company, he had applied for leave before the final exams began, so he didn¡¯t have to go there for the time being. Due to the summer vacation, Teacher Xu Yinrong set him no more homework, and Di Qiuhe who emerged from time to time to make fun of him left for the border ... Emptiness overwhelmed him. He Bai feltpletely at a loss.

    In the mirror reflected a young face, which made him feel strange for he hadn¡¯t seen it for a long time.

    Who was I? Where I came from? Which destination I would get to?

    The inquiries deep in his soul crossed his mind and rang in his ears, and then they were interrupted by the sudden beep of WeChat.

 Chapter 28 - A Nagging Housewife(2)

    <h4>Chapter 28: A Nagging Housewife(2)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    He spat the toothpaste foam and washed his face with cold water.

    Picking up the phone on the desk, he clicked on WeChat messages to find the buyer who hadn¡¯t contacted him for a long while suddenly appeared.

    A Bird Born in Autumn: I¡¯m boiling with anger, Bai. Recently I have made the acquaintance of two people. Both of them are nice, but I didn¡¯t expect that one of them actually took orders from my step mother! She made friends with me on purpose!

    A Bird Born in Autumn: I was fooled. I want to kill myself. I wanna die.

    He Bai frowned at the message and heaved a sigh. He almost forgot that the neurotic fan was still on his WeChat friends list although his idol, who was as insane as him, had gone.

    White and Whiter: How about I photoshop several your idol¡¯s pictures for you?

    A Bird Born in Autumn: Not enough. I want him to use Weibo again.

    White and Whiter: Maybe not gonna happen for a while... How about changing an idol?

    A Bird Born in Autumn: You should encourage me to have a new sweetheart? You¡¯ve gone too far! Could you say this on your conscience?

    White and Whiter: ...

    A Bird Born in Autumn: Bai, I¡¯m so sad.

    Giving his face a rub, He Bai had no choice but to continue to type.

    White and Whiter: Just tell me what you want. I¡¯ll try my best to satisfy your needs.

    A Bird Born in Autumn: I want a vocal message: Good night, and xoxo. At the beginning of the message, please call me ¡®dear autumn¡¯. I¡¯ll set it as my ringtone to serenade me to sleep at night.

    A wry smile lifted the corners of He Bai¡¯s mouth. All that he wanted to do was to sham death, while his conscience drove him to type.

    White and Whiter: It¡¯s quite difficult. Your idol has gone to another city recently. I have no way to contact him.

    A Bird Born in Autumn: I don¡¯t want his voice but yours. Leave such a message to me, please. I know you are the best, xoxo.

    White and Whiter: ...

    A Bird Born in Autumn: I¡¯m sad! I wanna die! I¡¯m going to kill myself!

    He Bai also felt a deep pang of ¡®sorrow¡¯, and almost failed to restrain himself from throwing the mobile phone out. It¡¯s only several weeks since they discontinued the contact. Howe the buyer went so crazy...?

    A Bird Born in Autumn: Are you angry with me, Bai?

    A Bird Born in Autumn: Dear Bai [Crying]

    He Bai¡¯s shoulders drooped. Despite the shyness, he sent a message over: Dear Autumn, good night. Kiss you.¡±

    A Bird Born in Autumn: Thank you, Bai^-^. Would you mind sending me a second one to say good morning?

    He Bai pretended that he was offline, while the buyer began to bombard him with words like ¡®killing myself¡¯. He had no alternative but topromise on his request and sent a good morning message over.

    A Bird Born in Autumn: How about sending me a GOOD AFTERNOON...?

    He Bai logged out his WeChat immediately and took a deep breath. ¡®One thing is for sure; all the fans must have the same character with their idols.¡¯ The buyer¡¯s imprudent attitude and insatiable demand were absolutely learned from Di Qiuhe!

    The phone rang suddenly. He Bai looked down at the screen. With his brow furrowed, he picked up the phone and roared, ¡°You are presenting a gentle and considerate public image, aren¡¯t you? But why does your fan act so shamelessly? Have your true colors revealed?¡± A chuckle was heard from the earpiece. It seemed a bit strange under the influence of long distance and current flow.

    ¡°Little puppy, the training wore me out. I am thinner and tanner.¡±

    He Bai managed to calm his irritation at the buyer and frowned, ¡°What training have you received? Howe your voice bes so hoarse?¡±

    ¡°A variety of physical training, boxing, fire opening... Besides, we set off on a long march on foot these days. Been dehydrated, I had a sore throat. My voice must be unpleasant to the ear, isn¡¯t it? Will you dislike it?¡±

    Even-toned, he spoke in a slightly hoarse voice, poor but sexy.

    He Bai moved the mobile phone to the other side and gave an insincere reply, ¡°Yes, I will. You¡¯re as hoarse as a crow. I hear that you¡¯ve received enclosed training, but why are you able to use the cell phone?¡±

    ¡°Today a few martial arts coaches arrived, so the team head gave me a holiday.¡± Di Qiuhe coughed, with his voice hoarser, ¡°We have to treat those coaches to a dinner in a while. There¡¯s no more time for me to use the phone. Please be patient. By the way, I have sent you something by mail. This time I attached your number to it. It¡¯s delivered express and will arrive tomorrow. Don¡¯t forget to sigh for it.¡±

    Neither bantering nor annoying him intentionally, such a Di Qiuhe seemed really strange and threw He Bai at a loss for words. He had nothing to say but utterances of solicitude, ¡°Thank you... You¡¯d better stop talking and drink some honey water if you have a throat ache. Don¡¯t have spicy food. Remember to get some rest.¡±

    ¡°Ok.¡± Di Qiuhe really stopped speaking as He Bai said.

    There was awkward silence between them. The dorm was so quiet that He Bai could even hear the sound of Di Qiuhe¡¯s breath.

    He Bai cleared his throat and forced a few words, ¡°How long will the training take?¡± Thinking of Di Qiuhe¡¯s throat, he added, ¡°Don¡¯t... don¡¯t talk. We put the phone down and chat with texts. Go fetch yourself a ss of honey water and drink it.¡±

    Di Qiuhe burst intoughter over the phone.

    ¡°Why are youughing?¡±

    Beep-

    Di Qiuhe hung up the phone and sent He Bai a text.

    Di Qiuhe: You sound like a nagging housewife just now.

    He Bai raised his eyebrow.

    Di Qiuhe: So cute.

    He Bai pressed the keyboard hard, ready to tell him off to vent his anger.

    Di Qiuhe: There will be one of my seniors asking you to take birthday photograph of his granddaughter in a few days. He¡¯s not a liar. You can ept the job. The man has considerable resources in hand, which will be beneficial for your further development.

    Di Qiuhe: Saint Elephant is indeed a good tform, but its boss is devoid of moral quality. You can work there on a part-time basis, but you must think carefully before you be a regr worker.

    Di Qiuhe: Don¡¯t miss me too much. My phone will be turned off. I promise to bring you specialty when I go back to B City.

    He Bai¡¯s typing slowed down. Having deleting the spur-of-the-moment words, he looked grim-faced in a sh and continued typing.

    He Bai: I got it. Thank you. Take care not to get hurt over there.

    After a while, there was still no reply. He Bai tried to dial Di¡¯s number, only to find his phone shut down. He put the mobile down and heaved a sigh after a silence. It¡¯s not easy for him to get a break while he only called He Bai, who was bound to him by no ties. Presumably, he had nobody to contact. After all, none of his families were kind people ... s.

    The next day, a tightly wrapped box was delivered to He Bai¡¯s dormitory. He opened it and was taken aback by piles of tropical fruits inside. Di Qiuhe was really... How could he finish them off by himself on the premise that his roommate returned home all.

    On the weekend, Jiang Xiuwen lounged in the rest area with no neurotic friends to bother him. Browsing through the refined pictures his subordinates sent over, he drank iced coffee in a cross-legged posture.

    There urred a loud knock at the door, and the new front-desk receptionist craned her neck inside, speaking hesitantly, ¡°Boss, a young man called He Baies and tells us he is here to see... see...There was a pocket of fruits in his hand.¡±

    Jiang Xiuwen rocked the coffee cup gently and asked in a good mood, ¡°See what? Don¡¯t ham and haw. As a front-desk receptionist, you must be able to put thoughts into clear speech. Come on, don¡¯t be afraid. Speak it loud.¡±

    The girl darted a careful nce at him and made up her mind to cry out in a high voice, ¡°He said... He said he had a few things to talk with Miss Jiang Xiuwen!¡±

    Yikea!

    The coffee Jiang Xiuwen had drunk spurted from his mouth.

 Chapter 29 - Resignation(1)

    <h4>Chapter 29: Resignation(1)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Like the Saint Elephant, the Red Guest Studio was also a three-story building erected along the street. From the outside, they looked simr in size, but their insides looked very different. Compared with the grandeur of the Saint Elephant, the decoration of the Red Guest was much cozier. Although both were duplex hall, the Red Guest divided its hall into separate areas by soft partition. The environment there was also moreid-back with fewer staffpared to the Saint Elephant.

    ¡°Would you like some tea?¡± After putting the tea and the snack in front of He Bai, the long-haired slim receptionist pointed at the magazine rack next to the seat in the rest area, and said, ¡°I¡¯ve sent one of my colleagues for the boss. Please wait a moment. There are magazines and some excellent works of ourpany. Please feel free to have a look.¡±

    He Bai was growing to like the Red Guest because of this considerate reception. He thanked her hospitality with a smile and asked, ¡°Is Ms. Jiang Xiuwen the boss of thispany?¡± The buyer once said she just graduated and that she was an intern... but this Red Guest ...

    The receptionist froze for a second, but she quickly covered it and nodded, all the while holding back her desire tough, ¡°Yes. Our boss is Jiang Xiuwen. Well .... Please wait a moment. Let me bring you some new snacks.¡± After finishing that, she took away the tea tray and walked away quickly with a hand covering her blushing face.

    ¡®She is really the boss. And... New snacks?¡¯

    He Bai curiously swept a look at the tea and the snack which were served together on the table. His fondness for the Red Guest kept growing more. The nice reception here dwarfed that of the Saint Elephant.

    After putting the fruit on the table, he took out his mobile phone to log into the WeChat. When he found no reply from the buyer to whom he sent a message in the morning, he was a little agitated.

    ¡®Is it rude for me toe here without informing her in advance?¡¯ But there were way too many fruits. He had given away some to the Saint Elephant and Elder Xu and still he got enough fruits to fill half of the box. Those fruits couldn¡¯tst long as they rot easily, and he didn¡¯t like wasting things. When he was reminded of the buyer who wanted tomit suicide several days ago, he thought maybe he could pay a visit with some fruits.

    But his trip here was not in vain. He never thought that such a noising and childish WeChat friend could be a studio owner. Of all the information revealed by the buyer before, who knew how much were real and how much were false? Was it also false that the stepmother¡¯s bullied her intomitting suicide? Was it all just staged for the merchandise of her idol?

    Thinking of how he was preparing to make the buyere around when he saw her, he couldn¡¯t help but frown and swept a nce at the fruit on the table with a sigh. Then he leaned over to take a photo gallery out of the rack next to him.

    ¡®Well, I¡¯m already here. If the buyer is full of shit, I will simply ignore her going forward.¡±

    Jiang Xiuwen was anxiously waiting for Di¡¯s replies in the lounge upstairs. The air conditioner was operating at full capacity, but his forehead kept sweating.

    ¡°Damn it. Why is his phone always off!¡±

    He canceled the call and raised his hands to scratch his head. Again, he regretted making friends with Di that year.

    ¡®What should I do now?¡¯ He knew a little about Di Qiuhe using a backup ount to approach his fans, but he didn¡¯t know how. Now there was someoneing for him, but he couldn¡¯t get in touch with Di Qiuhe. Was this whole thing going to fall through?

    Thinking about Di¡¯s smirking face when talking about the ¡®younger brother¡¯, he rubbed his temples in desperation and gritted his teeth. After tidying himself up, he went downstairs.

    Seeing as how things were at the moment, he had to y it by ear. First things first, the priority was to stabilize this fan! Di Qiuhe¡¯s disguise mustn¡¯t be exposed here, or else the Red Guest would be demolished by the fan!

    Jiang Xiuwen halted his steps after spotting a young, slim man sitting in the lounge from a distance. After taking over the snacks from the receptionist, he waved her off. Then he adjusted his facial expression and stepped forward.

    ¡°Sorry to keep you waiting.¡± He put the snacks in front of the young man and smiled at him as He Bai looked up. Then he reached out to He Bai. ¡°Nice to meet you. I am Jiang Xiuwen, the owner of the Red Guest Studio.¡±

    Bump.

    The photo gallery dropped from He Bai¡¯s hands.

    ¡°Ah, sorry.¡± Immediately he bent down to pick up the album. He was still a bit stunned when he shook hands with Jiang Xiuwen. ¡°Nice to meet you, too. I¡¯m He Bai. WeChat ID: White and Whiter.... Are you A Bird Born in Autumn?¡± ¡®It¡¯s a man! Or it¡¯s a woman trapped in a man¡¯s body! So, all he said waspletely made up? Have I been cheated all the time? This man looks quite decent. Who would have thought that he is a fan of Di Qiuhe¡¯s£¿And he even chatted with him in that girlish way.

    Too many thoughts were running through his mind, and a sense of being cheated was growing ever stronger. He took back his hand and quickly put on a friendly face. He then said politely, ¡°Sorry. I¡¯m just a bit surprised. I thought you were .... Well, sorry. I should have informed you in advance before I came. There are some fruits sent by my friends from the border province. I thought you were not in good mood, so .... Sorry, I have been thinking too much. Just want to make sure you are OK.

    ¡®What a tone. Damn it!¡¯

    Noticing his change in attitude, Jiang Xiuwen got rmed. Immediately he wore an intimate smile and said, ¡°No, Mr. He, you are mistaken. The buyer ¡®A Bird Born in Autumn¡¯ who bought things from you was my cousin. As she is abroad, it isn¡¯t convenient for her to collect and send delivery, so she filled in my address when she was shopping online. I usually repost those things to her after I receive them.¡± ¡®Yes, like this, calm down. It¡¯s the cousin who bought the things and now she is abroad, so she couldn¡¯t receive the delivery in person, nor can shee out to meet him. This is a wless excuse.¡¯

    He Bai froze a bit and the feeling of being deceived suddenly disappeared. He asked in surprise, ¡°Your cousin? Abroad? But didn¡¯t she just graduate and work as an intern? Is it a foreign internship?¡±

    ¡°......Yes,¡± Jiang Xiuwen nodded. After he seated He Bai down, he exined, ¡°My aunt wanted a broader career prospect, so she arranged a foreign internship for her. Actually, she didn¡¯t go far. She has her internship in Country R, which is right next to us. It¡¯s only one-hour timeg from us.¡± ¡®Keep it up. Keep making it up. Now the issue of time difference is also solved. Good job!¡¯

    He Bai sat down, looking more surprised. ¡°Arranged by your aunt? Well... If your cousin feels safe enough to trust you with her deliveries, she must have trusted you very much. Honestly speaking, your cousin recently revealed her dislike towards her stepmother to me on WeChat and she seemed convinced that her stepmother was sending someone to get close to her. I thought she was close to losing it, and so I decided toe here with the fruits to check up on her. I want to make sure she is OK. You are her cousin and she trusts you very much. So, how is she? Is she alright?¡± The feeling of being deceived hadpletely gone, instead he was now worried about her. He doesn¡¯t feel odd any more after hearing the exnation. It was no wonder that the buyer always confided in him even though they had traded only once. It was because she was sent abroad by her stepmother, and there was no one she could talk with...... What a poor girl.

    After hearing those words, Jiang Xiuwen¡¯s face twitched. He couldn¡¯t help but curse Childish Di three hundred times over. How could the bastard say those words to others? How was he supposed to further spin this story?

    ¡°Actually, she is fine... Thank you for your concern. I will have a talk with her.¡± Crossing his legs, he clenched the tablecloth under the table. Then he looked up at He Bai with a reluctant smile and sighed, ¡°Girls are sensitive. They rather remain silent than sharing with their elder brothers. Thank you for chatting with her. She always put on a brave face in front of me. I didn¡¯t know that... Mind if I ask what else she has told you? Sorry, I don¡¯t mean to pry. I am just a bit worried...

 Chapter 30: Resignation (2)

    "Not at all. I can understand. She has got a brother who cares for her, so maybe it¡¯s not all that bad for her." He Bai was a little embarrassed. After putting on a nice face, he took some time to organized what he was going to say next. He talked with Jiang Xiuwen over some minor topics and then he focused on the buyer¡¯s n to run away from home.

    Jiang Xiuwen was getting more shocked. Cursing Di Qiuhe was not enough for Jiang Xiuwen, he wanted to kill him! What kind of bullshit had he been sharing with others? Thank God. If he hadn¡¯t asked in advance, the lie would have been exposed already!

    ¡°I know about her n to run away,¡± he sighed, shaking his head. He was getting better at this now. ¡°She was sad at that time. My aunt would like her to settle abroad and nevere back, but my cousin didn¡¯t like it. That¡¯s why they quarreled. My uncle never cared about this. The elders in my family had already scolded him.¡±

    He Bai frowned, and he felt sorry for that. He never expected that the buyer was in a much worse family environment than he previously imagined. All this time the buyer had been pretending to be lively when they were chatting. She must have been really depressed.

    Noticing his silence, Jiang Xiuwen held back his desire to ask about the condition of his ¡®cousin¡¯ and pretended to be depressed for a while. Then he changed the topic, ¡°My cousin has mentioned that both of you are the fans of Di Qiuhe. And you are very good at taking photos and editing. Well, are you interested in working here with us?¡±

    He Bai suddenly got out of his trance. Fans of Di Qiuhe? Did the buyer have any misunderstanding about who he was?

    "Thanks for the offer. What a pity. I have a part-time job at the Saint Elephant." With a smile he took a sip of tea and then he took his leave, "Since your cousin is abroad, you will have to receive these on her behalf. And thanks for your time. I really enjoyed it. "

    Jiang Xiuwen finally felt a ton being lifted off him. He tried to restrain himself from appearing too excited and got up to see He Bai off at the door. He put on a hospitable face and sighed ¡°What a pity. I was a stepte in winning you over. Thank you for the fruits. I will convey your concern to my cousin. You will always be weed in the Red Guest.¡±

    ¡°That¡¯s very kind of you.¡±

    After a short conversation, Jiang Xiuwen saw He Bai off at the door. He was suddenly reminded of something and stopped him, ¡°Wait a minute. You said the fruits were send by your friend from border province. They have just arrived here?¡±

    He Bai nodded in agreement, "Right. He sent an urgent delivery. The fruits are still fresh now. Any problem with that?¡±

    ¡°No, nothing. I notice that the fruits are very fresh, so I want to buy some for my family, too. It seems you have a good friend. Even in border province he still remembers to send you fruits. I¡¯m a bit jealous.¡± Heughed, but deep in his heart, he had chopped Di Qiuhe into meat sauce. Di never gave him a call, but he had time to send fruits to He Bai. And he made such a mess for him to clean up? WTF. He should stop making shitty friends going forward.

    Astonished by his overly radiantugh, He Bai quickly left and strode back to the Saint Elephant.

    After Jiang Xiuwen saw He Bai off, the smile on his face suddenly disappeared. Turning around, he entered the Red Guest in a rage. Seeing the employees looking at his direction, he shouted with widened eyes, ¡°What¡¯s so funny? Have you finished your work? Don¡¯t you dare talk about what happened today. You do well to remember this!¡±

    Employees were deeply shocked and started to go about doing their usual businesses...

    After returning to the Saint Elephant, He Bai felt strange when others looked at him.

    ¡°What¡¯s wrong?¡± He got hold of a passing driver, and asked, ¡°Why do they look at me like that?¡±

    "No, nothing. They are thanking you for those fruits." The driver muttered a reply, and then he ran away, pretending that he was needed elsewhere.

    This reaction looked very odd.

    Raising his eyebrows, He Bai swept a look at the people who was peeking at him. Having thought about it for a few seconds, he walked towards Li Ru¡¯s office.

    "Okay, I will have a talk with him... Well, thank you for your invitation... Ok, talk to you soon." After Li Ru hung up, she heard a knock and saw He Bai¡¯s heading up from behind the half-closed door. The expression on his face became rxed and he waved to He Bai. "Just in time, I have something to tell you."

    With a smile, he walked up and took a seat opposite of Li. He magically produced a big and delicious fruit from his bag and presented it like a treasure to Li Ru. ¡°Here you are, Sister Li. I have been hiding this one from others. It smells the sweetest among those fruits. It must be delicious.¡±

    ¡°Aren¡¯t you sweet?¡± Li Ru smiled and promptly epted it without being coy. After that, they got right down to business. ¡°Here is the thing. The work over the TV station ising to an end. The busy period is over, so the demand for part-time workers is not as urgent as before. But considering your ability, thepany decided to keep you.

    Putting on a serious face, He Bai sat up straight and listened carefully to what she said.

    ¡°Don¡¯t be so uptight.¡± Li Ru smiled to soothe his nerves and suddenly changed their topic, ¡°Have you logged on Weibo recently?¡±

    He Bai froze for a moment and shook his head. ¡°No, I have been busy with my exam recently. I haven¡¯t turned on myputer for some days... Why do you ask?¡± Is the topic of Di Qiuhe still trending? Have there been some new developments?

    "Nothing. It¡¯s just you are famous now." Li Ru replied in a teasing way. She clicked on the tablet on the table and held it up for him to look, "Look, what are the odds? A while ago, some negative news of an actor went viral and the actor ended up closing his Twitter ount. Right before he closed it, he reposted a behind-the-scene video of the B City TV station and praised the person who provided the materials. Later, when theizens wanted to help redeem the actor¡¯s image online, they dug into the posts which he posted before closing off the ount, and among those posts the onemending you was second tost, so you are also noticed by theizens. The B City TV station noticed that the behind-the-scene video was gaining poprity at the actor¡¯s expense and decided to take advantage of the situation. They removed Liu Huanhuan from her ce on the album, and instead used the set you shot for Yang Fu and posted it.

    On the screen of the tablet were the hot topics on Twitter. Under the trending hashtag #Pleasee back, Di Qiuhe# was a topic #want to be photographed by the young, handsome photographer#. He clicked on the topic link and all he could see were the selfies ofizens captioned with mawkish subtitles.

    ¡®These people just want to post their selfies,¡± He twitched his lips.

    Sensing his silence, Li Ru thought he was shocked and she proceeded with a smile. "You did a good job on the photos of Yang Fu. The enthusiastic responses that you received from theizens speak volumes of your ability. Considering your current poprity, thepany decided to offer you the position of photographer after discussion. Your will be responsible for the promotion ofmercial films on Weibo. We think that will strengthen your poprity.¡±

    ¡®Strengthen poprity? Are they going to make me an Inte celebrity and a poster boy for Saint Elephant?¡¯

    He Bai immediately put down the tablet and asked with hesitation, ¡°Ms. Li, if I am not mistaken, thepany wants to move me off the probationary period?

    ¡°Yes. That¡¯s it.¡± Li Ru nodded her head. Then she took out a document from the drawer and delivered to him, ¡°This is the contract. Your sry will be almost as high as the team leader Ma. Since you are a student and have sses, thepany agrees to reduce your monthly workload and you don¡¯t need to clock in. The only thing that thepany needs is your full cooperation when the it needs online promotion.¡±

    When taken at face value, this offer sounded very good, but He Bai knew things would not be as simple as that.

    He did not answer but took the contract to look it over. He paused over two articles in the contract and looked up at Li Ru with a serious face, "Ms. Li, thepany wants to sign a ten-year contract with me? And this supplementary use here says the adaptation period is one year. After one year, thepany will consider whether I should be transferred to another position. What does this mean?"

 Chapter 31 - Resignation(3)

    <h4>Chapter 31: Resignation(3)</h4>

    Looking at his trusting eyes, Li Ru was reminded of the instructions from her superior. After struggling for a while, she said to him with a sigh, ¡°He Bai, you should be able to understand the meaning of this contract. The trending topic on the Inte always changes far more quickly than we could imagine. If you could retain your current poprity, then that¡¯s a yay for all of us. If you couldn¡¯t, thepany will need some insurances and a n B to make up for what it has invested in you.

    In other words, the ten-year term is to prevent the situation where you bail on thepany after it props you up to fame. And if you prove to be a bad investment, then thepany couldn¡¯t very well continue to pay you that well, hence the one-year probationary period. That¡¯s to say that thepany would take the offer back if you fail to deliver any good result in a year and by then you could only get what you are due.

    ¡®In other words, the risks are all on me while thepany reaps all the benefits.¡¯

    He Bai finally understood why Di Qiuhe¡¯s said ¡°The big boss of the Saint Elephant is a bad guy. Think twice before you sign the employment contract.¡± Such an unfair contract could achieve nothing other than driving people away.

    ¡°Ms. Li.¡± He closed the contract and for the first time he refused her, ¡°I am not stupid, and there is no way I would sign this. I appreciate your trust and the care I felt during my time in the Saint Elephant, but poprity is just too fragile a thing for me. I¡¯d like to support myself by working hard, not by some online poprity¡±

    Deep in her heart, Li Ru admired his attitude, but considering her position, she could only try to persuade him, ¡°Luck is also an integrate part of one¡¯s strength. If you are not satisfied with the contract, we could talk about it. Why don¡¯t you think about it and get back to meter? There is no rush.¡±

    ¡°Sorry,¡± said He Bai as he pushed the contract back with a bitter smile, ¡°Ms. Li, I am to be a junior student soon. I am only here to earn tuition. And after the incident over at the Li Hu Park, I have already seen what thepany can be. Short-term cooperation is fine, but long-term cooperation is just not what I want.¡± The offer had already been made, and if he didn¡¯t refuse it outright, he would run the risk of being seen as a snooty person living off his poprity. If the negotiation failed, thepany might evene after him on the Inte. He was never an indecisive person and he thought it best to get out now.

    After finishing his words, he got up and bowed to Li Ru, ¡°Thank you for giving me this opportunity. I am sorry things don¡¯t work out the way you want. The task that thepany assigned to me will be finished as soon as possible and I will email it to you. Good bye.¡±

    Hearing him mentioning the previous incident in which thepany sided with Ma Xingtong, she realized He Bai had been gradually alienated from thepany. As she thought about this, she felt more tired than she was sorry for the situation, Seeing that he was about to go, she hurriedly stopped him and said ¡°You have a long way to go. There will never be a just working environment. If you insist on doing it your way, then work harder. Only when you reach the top can you enjoy the scenery. Best wishes to you.¡±

    He Bai was a bit touched. He turned around and took another bow, ¡°Thank you, Ms. Li. I will do my best.¡±

    Seeing that, Li Ru felt a ton being lifted off her and reminded him in a subtle way, ¡°You have gone to the Red Guest today. Many people here have seen that. I believe you were just there to give your friend fruits, but others might not think the same. The summer vacation has just begun. If you still want to find a part-time job on this street, best avoid the Red Guest.

    He Bai was reminded of others¡¯ odd looks back in thepany. It all made sense to him now and he found it ridiculous. After thanking her again, he turned around and left.

    It would seem that the transition from a promising photographer to a jobless vagrant could happen as quickly as the time it took for him to deliver the fruits.

    Lying in the chair, he dragged over theputer and turned it on. Then he took out his phone to check on the deposit. He had a minor headache when he saw the figures on the screen. If he had known this earlier, he would have bought a cheaperputer. It¡¯s just the beginning of the summer vacation and he still had two months before the school started, so he needed to find a new part-time job ASAP.

    Suddenly He Bai¡¯s phone rang up. Lowering his head, he found that it¡¯s an unknown call. Reminded of what Di Qiuhe had told him about a potential client, he sat up straight quickly and answered it courteously with a ¡°Hello¡±.

    ¡°Hello, is that photographer He Bai speaking?¡± A gentle and sweet female voice came out from the phone.

    ¡®Photographer He Bai? This is definitely a business call.¡¯

    He held back his excitement and replied in a polite way, ¡°Yes, this is. You are?¡±

    ¡°Hello, Mr. He. I¡¯m Lin Xia, the head of the Yi Ka apparel. We saw some photos you took for the hostess of the B City TV station on Inte and we love it very much. We think your photographic style is very consistent with our subsidiary girl¡¯s apparel brand. So I¡¯m calling to ask you may I invite you to work with us.¡±

    The woman on the other end of the phone cut right to the chase and that startled He Bai a bit, ¡°What kind of cooperation are we talking about?¡± ¡®Girl¡¯s apparel brand. What¡¯s that?¡¯

    Lin Xia didn¡¯t mind that his question was too shallow. At first, she patiently introduced him to herpany and then she walked him through the details of this potential cooperation. Atst, she said that he did not need to decide now and that he should give it some thoughts.

    He Bai agreed and told her when he would reply. After hanging up the phone, he was quiet for a few seconds to digest what had been offered to him.

    ¡®Taking photos for girl¡¯s apparel brandes with highmission. And I don¡¯t need to clock in. I can begin with a short-term contract and if everything goes fine, I get to discuss long-term cooperation with them. Perfect! That¡¯s the kind of part-time job I want for summer vacation!¡¯

    He jumped out of joy and immediately took out his phone to make a call to Xu Yinrong. Taking photos of clothes wasn¡¯t exactly the same thing as taking photos for models and he needed to consult his teacher first!

    In the border province, Di Qiuhe finally got half a day off after the tough training with the martial arts coach. He stuck to his gentleman image and said farewell to everyone. Then he sent away the assistant under the pretense that he was tired and needed some rest. After that, he returned to his room, charged his phone and turned it on.

    Suddenly, a rush of missed calls and messages popped out and they were all from Jiang Xiuwen.

    Feeling disappointed, he just ignored it outright. When he found the message from the little puppy, he looked it over carefully. Then he found out the phone number of the shop owner from whom Di bought the fruitsst time and ordered another batch of fruits for the little puppy. He was about to make a call to the little puppy, but on second thought, he decided to chat with him via WeChat.

    So, he quitted the dialing page and opened the WeChat while lying in sofa by the window.

    White and Whiter: Are you in the Red Guest?

    White and Whiter: My friend sent me a lot of fruits and it¡¯s too much for me. Would you like some?

    White and Whiter: Are you there? Qiuqiu?

    Fixing his eyes on thest sentence, Di Qiuhe curled up his lips with a satisfied sigh, ¡°Well. Just some fruits. Why do you have to share them with me? What a clingy child...¡± And, it¡¯s not from your friend. It¡¯s from your senior schoolmate, elder brother and idol!

    ¡°You little puppy. Always saying these things when you mean the other.¡± He clicked on the profile image of He Bai and started typing words with a face that read ¡®It¡¯s your honor that I would chat with you.¡¯

    A Bird Born in Autumn: I¡¯ve been busy these days and I haven¡¯t been using WeChat for quite a while. Thank you for your concern, Bai. ^-^

    A Bird Born in Autumn: Love you, Bai.

    A Bird Born in Autumn: My stepmother haven¡¯t been making any trouble for me recently. I feel so good. Thank you for all the photos and gifts that you gave me before. Where is your dorm? I would like to send you gifts in return. ^-^

    Before he left B City, he saw Xiuwen purchased a batch of new cameras. The little puppy loved photography so much. If he could get a new camera as a gift, he must love it very much and thank him for a thousand times.

    Perfect! Smart! Di Qiuhe was very satisfied with his n.

    Ding-dong. A new message. He lowered his head.

    White and Whiter: You don¡¯t need to do that. I already know. If you feel sad, you can just tell me and I would hear you out.

    A Bird Born in Autumn: ¡°?¡± ¡®What¡¯s that about? What does he know? I¡¯m sad? About what?¡¯

    White and Whiter: I met your cousin in the Red Guest. He told me one thing or two about what you are going through... Anyway, you gotta take care of yourself out there in the foreignnd. Don¡¯t dwell on these ideas likemitting suicide or running away from home. Think about your family who care about you. Life is beautiful after all.

    Di Qiuhe: ¡°??¡± ¡®Foreignnd? Cousin? What?

    White and Whiter: You don¡¯t need to send me a gift in return. If you have money, you should go treat yourself. And, your cousin is a good person. He cares about you. You could talk to him if you have any trouble. Your family is far more important than what your idol could give you. Life will get better. Just have a little faith. ^-^

    Di Qiuhe: ¡°?!!¡± ¡®What? What does that mean? Idol? What does he take me for? I am very down to the earth and I am every bit as good as that so called ¡°cousin¡±. Just a few days out of contact. What¡¯s going on with this little puppy?

 Chapter 32 - Being Haunted (1)

    <h4>Chapter 32: Being Haunted (1)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    White and Whiter: Why do you stop talking? Are you angry?

    White and Whiter: Sorry, I was too self-assertive before. I shouldn¡¯t have gone to Red Guest to look for you.

    Having received another two messages, Di Qiuhe calmed down quickly and looked over all the messages He Bai had sent inplete earnest as if he was doing the readingprehension section in the college entrance examination. Finally, he came to a conclusion that He Bai had paid a visit to Red Guest to look for him, the ¡°buyer¡± in his eyes!

    Red Guest, cousin... Jiang-Xiu-wen! Howe He Bai considered Jiang Xiuwen more reliable than him?!

    Diu Qiuhe¡¯s brow furrowed. He typed angrily, and his eyes swept across the French window before sending the message over. Seeing the much thinner figure of him, Di Qiuhe paused for a moment and quickly deleted the text that was already edited. Rubbing his forehead and keeping silent for a few seconds, he switched to another mode and typed slowly.

    A Bird Born in Autumn: It doesn¡¯t matter. I know you care about me. ^-^

    A Bird Born in Autumn: Please don¡¯t stand on ceremony with me. If you feel embarrassed to ept my present, we can exchange gifts.

    A Bird Born in Autumn: Wait a minute, I have something pressing.

    On convincing He Bai, Diu Qiuhe dialed Jiang Xiuwen¡¯s number immediately and asked as soon as he got through, ¡°What did you say to He Bai?¡±

    Jiang Xiuwen: ¡°... hmm.¡±

    Di Qiuhe: ¡°?¡±

    Ten minutester, Di Qiuhe who got a good scolding put down the mobile phone indifferently and cast a look at the darkening sky outside. It¡¯s quite thrilling to have ups and downs in life. As social practice declined day by day, people as kind and civilized as He Bai were hard to find.

    Drawing a long sigh, Di Qiuhe picked up the phone again and made a call to the greengrocer, telling him to prepare one more box of fruit and send it to Red Guest Photography in B City. After that, he turned off the mobile phone reluctantly and slumped down in a chair listlessly. In view of the fact that his sockpuppet was likely to be revealed, Diu Qiuhe found that he couldn¡¯t contact He Bai at will ... it could only be done when the timees!

    He Bai waited for a long while but received no words like ¡°I¡¯m back¡± from the buyer, only to be in receipt of another box of fruit by express delivery next afternoon. He Bai¡¯s mouth twitched slightly when he looked at the seeminglyrger box. He took the cell phone out to call Di Qiuhe.

    ¡°Sorry, the subscriber you dialed is powered off.¡±

    ¡°......¡±

    So when he went to discuss cooperation matters with Yi Ka, its staffers were all taken aback by the ¡°bribe¡± fruit in heaps the young photographer took with him with effort.

    ¡°It¡¯s really kind of you.¡± Lin Xia was at a loss how to react. She had never seen one who gave fruit to his cooperative partner on their first meeting before. If you called it ingratiation, it didn¡¯t make sense for this cooperation was proposed by Yi Ka and the party which needed to fawn was nobody but Yi Ka¡¯s members. As to bribery, it¡¯s quite unnecessary for He Bai to offer bribes, and such amount was far from enough. In addition, no way he just brought the fruits as a gesture of appreciation. After all, it was obviously not cheap, and this seemed way too generous for a gesture.

    ¡°My friend sent me a lot of fruit, but I can¡¯t finish it by myself. So could you do me a favor and take some?¡± He Bai looked embarrassed and raised his hands in a requesting gesture, ¡°I know peeps in fashion design industry pay much attention to your diet, so my request may put you in an awkward position. But it¡¯s a pity to let such fresh fruit go to waste, so... Sorry to trouble you. I really appreciate it.¡±

    He Bai gave a pretty good reason for sharing the fruit, thus winning the affection of everyone in the conference room, who got more and more friendly with the young adorabled.

    Seeing how her ¡°art-obsessed¡± subordinates readily captured by a bag of fruit, in surprise, Lin Xia¡¯s brow furrowed. She nced at He Bai, smiling, pat the table and said, ¡°The lunch break is just over. I¡¯m afraid that everyone is still in fooda, so how about having afternoon tea with Mr. He and getting down to business in an hour?¡±

    The crowd looked stunned and burst into cheers. Thanks to He Bai, they could take half an hour more break.

    Overwhelmed by their enthusiasm, He Bai was integrated into the team after a little chat.

    Lin Xia looked on, with an affectionate smile on her face, while plenty of thoughts crossed her mind. No wonder that Mrs. Ke spoke highly of He Bai. Young as he was, the guy was skilled at drawing others in by untactful but extraordinarily effective means, which could achieve much more remarkable sess than that of socialites. Given that he was really a master photographer, such a capable and adorable person would be in great demand in the future.

    Wining and dining, they spent half an hour in idle chit-chat andpleted the rest work efficiently in an atmosphere of harmony and warmth.

    ¡°That¡¯s all. Before signing the contract, you shall shoot a set of sample photos for assessment. I hope you can understand, Mr. He.¡± Lin Xiaid down thest condition of herpany when she covered the folder.

    He Bai closed the contract and nodded in agreement, ¡°That figures. You make me a generous offer. Given preferential treatment, I¡¯m supposed to hand in an utterly convincing work in return. Thanks ever so much for giving me this opportunity, Mrs. Lin. May I ask when the sample photographs will be taken?¡±

    Lin Xia looked at the time, her smiled broadened, ¡°If possible, I hope you can start now.¡±

    ¡°Now?¡± He Bai was astonished by her words because it was nearing four o¡¯clock.

    ¡°Yes, it¡¯s now.¡± Lin Xia stood up and gestured towards the door, ¡°The studio is ready, and models and costumes are all in ce. Please follow me.¡±

    They seemed well prepared.

    He Bai couldn¡¯t helpughing. He stood up in a natural and poised manner and picked up the camera bag.

    Mr. Xu once told him the shooting skills requirements varied greatly, depending on your focus. When you focused on models themselves, you could use whichever skills you wanted, provided they photographed well. However, most of the skills became redundant when the focus was on their dress, and your goal was nothing more than to restore and explore the beauty of clothing.

    As a clothing giant, Yi Ka had many sub-brands, including luxuries designed for high-ie groups and medium-end brands aimed at well-off families. The Little Mermaid he¡¯s going to shoot today was a new attempt by Yi Ka, which was a light-luxury brand targeted at teenage girls in high-consumption family.

    There was a considerable number of photographers able to shoot luxury brands, few of whom, however, corresponded to Yi Ka¡¯s brand style. He Bai was aware that what Yi Ka sought for was more his ¡°style¡± than skills, so his task today was to reproduce the style Yang Fu¡¯s photos presented in the costumes.

    ¡°The target market of Little Mermaid is girls at the age of 12 to 18, so its style features fantasy and innocence. Now the brand has yet gone on market, so your photos will serve as the first major hits, which counts for much.¡± Lin Xia exined to him and handed over a document, ¡°Today you¡¯re going to shoot the princess series, our mainstay costumes. Here are the sketches as well as the original, revised and final versions of the series. Also, the cloth details, the characteristics of its decoration and its design elements are included within ... You have fifteen minutes to get to know them and this studio. A quarterter, the shooting will begin on time. Come on, I look forward to your work.¡±

    Taking the document which symbolized trust and expectation, He Bai gave Li Xia a confident smile, ¡°Thank you. I will try my best to hand in photos that satisfy you all.¡±

    A smile spread across Lin Xia¡¯s face. Giving He Bai a pat on the shoulder, she tactfully retreated from the studio, leaving him a quiet working environment.

    The document was thick, and the contentplex, with which He Bai were quite unfamiliar for he shotndscapes mainly in his previous incarnation, but he found it roused his enthusiasm. It¡¯s not only a daunting challenge but a rare opportunity for his development.

    When Lin Xia called him the other day, she only asked whether he would like to take costume photos for a newlyunched girl brand, not mentioning that the positioning of the brand was light luxury. Light luxury, which means his photos were very likely to be printed on a variety of tforms essible to high-consumption groups and served as a major boost to his development given that his photos were adopted by the brand. Besides, if he constantly upied the post of Little Mermaid¡¯s costume photographer, he would gain entry into the fashion circle of photography and rose from an obscure photo-taker to be a real photographer in name and in fact!

 Chapter 33 - Being Haunted (2)

    <h4>Chapter 33: Being Haunted (2)</h4>

    In thest life, He Bai had reached the peak of photography by taking photos ofndscapes, and now, after his rebirth, there was another way ahead.

    Excitement stirred inside him, while he still kept a straight face.

    He Bai browsed through the file, and then strolled along the castle, tracery walls and swings in the dreamy studio, where he even found several cute rabbits in the corner.

    The studio was well matched with the theme of princess series. It must have cost a bomb, he guessed.

    Imagining that models in delicate longuette stood in this scene, He Bai stopped at the castle gate, opened the document again and examined carefully the sketches of the princess series.

    Lin Xia came in a quarter of an hour. He Bai returned the document to her immediately, let a shallow breath out and smiled at her, ¡°Please start. I¡¯m ready.¡±

    At midnight, Di Qiuhe turned on the mobile phone secretly. After some hesitation he gave up ringing He Bai up and checked WeChat with a rather sour face.

    A Bird Born in Autumn: Are you asleep?

    He received a reply within seconds.

    White and Whiter: No.

    Di Qiuhe wasn¡¯t pleased with the reply. Instead, he looked more ghastly.

    A Bird Born in Autumn: Is the summer vacation busy?

    White and Whiter: Yeah.

    The words choked in Di Qiuhe¡¯s throat. Deleting the half-edited sentence ¡°Are you too busy to send me a message when I show no initiative¡±, he continued to type as his expression changed.

    A Bird Born in Autumn: Have you found a new part-time job? Is the work tiring?

    When chatting with Xiuwenst time, Di Qiuhe learned that He Bai had quitted Saint Elephant. There was no reason for him to be on the go recently. After all, the photo-taking job Di Qiuhe had introduced to him was quite easy, which could bepleted in a few days. Also, the pay was pretty good.

    White and Whiter: I¡¯ve found another job. My life is quite full now.

    A Bird Born in Autumn: Which kind of job? Photo taking?

    White and Whiter: No, my task is to take first publicity photos of the mainstay costumes for a new brand that has yet to beunched. I was originally asked to shoot the costumes, but the person in charge made the final decision to let me take the publicity photographs, which kept me fully upied recently.

    Di Qiuhe sat up from the bed with a frown. He Bai was taking costumes¡¯ publicity photos? Why did he have no appointment? It was close to mid-July, and the birthday celebrations of Mr. Jia Sheng¡¯s granddaughter would be held on July 23rd. Given that birthday photographs were arranged to be disyed during the banquet, the shooting must begin at least a week in advance. However, He Bai said he received no appointment. Was anything wrong? After all, Mr. Jia Sheng tended to fit everything into his schedule. If it continued to drag on, the screens were likely to go nk at the party.

    Thinking of this, Diu Qiuhe typed hurriedly to confirm it.

    A Bird Born in Autumn: Why do you turn off appointments of shooting? Such a cushy job will get you highly paid. You¡¯ve won favor on the Inte just now. There must be a lot of people who would like you to photograph them.

    White and Whiter: ¡¾embarrassed¡¿ You living abroad should be informed what happened on the Inte, fancy that! In fact, it¡¯s a sheer exaggeration. I once worked on part-time basis at Saint Elephant, and the shooting appointment must be made through thepany. Now I quit, so people who need me to take photographs have nowhere to arrange an appointment.

    White and Whiter: What¡¯s more, the job I¡¯m doing now is in my eyes better and more promising than shooting by appointment. I like it very much. ^-^

    White and Whiter: So you see, opportunity could be found everywhere. Keep a good state of mind and work harder, things will get better little by little.

    White and Whiter: It¡¯s quitete. Why are you still up? Staying up can damage you girls¡¯ skin.

    Di Qiuhe looked sullen, his eyes fixating on the line ¡°the shooting appointment must be made through thepany¡±. The Little Puppy was really vulnerable to bullying, which made him angry. Unaware that his formerpany had cheated him of a golden opportunity, he also tried to enlighten him, an unacquaintedizen, as to the philosophy of life.

    ¡°How stupid you are!¡± Diu Qiuhe felt like giving He Bai a scolding. He even hoped to drag him over and poke him in the dimple, asking why he was too silly to realize that he had been unfairly treated.

    The clock struck twelve when his mobile phone automatically rang the bell ¡°Good night, Dear Autumn. Kiss you¡±, which was set to remind him to go to sleep.

    Affected, he continued to type smoldering with anger.

    A Bird Born in Autumn: I¡¯m about to. Don¡¯t sleepte. Good night. Kiss you.

    White and Whiter: Good night.

    Two minutester, Diu Qiuhe was sure that He Bai would return no message. With a scowling look, he gnashed his teeth when thinking of Saint Elephant Company. In one hand, he regretted not mentioning He Bai¡¯s name but only evasively telling Jia Sheng the person he introduced was a new photographer of Saint Elephant, in case Jia Sheng got the impression that he pulled strings for He Bai. In the other hand, Di Qiuhe also got angry with Saint Elephant¡¯s cheating!

    Mr. Jia never went back on his word, so the reason why He Bai received no shooting appointments was only because Saint Elephant yed a dirty trick! When he introduced He Bai to Jia Sheng, his description was as follows: a graduate of Q University and neer to Saint Elephant who tookmemorative photos for B City TV station recently and enjoyed great poprity online. Throughout Saint Elephant, was there anyone in ordance with these premises except He Bai?

    ¡°How dare you cheat my little puppy?¡± Seething with anger, Di Qiuhe couldn¡¯t help giving a sneer. He picked up the phone and dialed Jiang Xiuwen¡¯s number heedless of the time. On getting through, he spoke bluntly, ¡°Xiuwen, help me inquire about...¡±

    ¡°Di-Qiu-he! We are no friends anymore! I¡¯ve done with this!¡±

    ¡°Beep¡ª¡±

    Di Qiuhe put down the mobile phone, rubbing his ears that were almost deafened by the howl, and searched out He Bai¡¯s photo he had taken the day they had beefsteak with a slight sense of grievance. Having the picture erged, he jabbed a finger at He Bai¡¯s face and put on a ferocious act, ¡°Everything I have done is all for you. You heartless little devil, enjoyed my fruit but made no contact with me. I¡¯ll get even with you when I¡¯m back to B City!¡±

    Flipping through He Bai¡¯s sample photos, Lin Xia eximed in admiration, ¡°You are right about making less change in their tones. We are selling clothing, not retouching software. The texture and colors of the cloth need to be restored to its original state. You¡¯ve done a pretty good job.¡±

    A dimple appeared on his left face when He Bai smiled. Spoken highly of, he glowed with pride and also got a little embarrassed.

    It always worked for Lin Xia. She put down the photos and said, ¡°My original expectation of you is to be a qualified clothing photographer, but you actually gave me a surprise. Thank you for saving the money to hire another publicity photographer for us.¡±

    ¡°You¡¯ve paid me the wage of the publicity photographer, so I just pulled my own weight...¡± He Bai bowed his head and humbled himself to be the foil to the generosity of thepany, speaking, ¡°In fact, I have a lot of shorings, and everyone¡¯s experience has made up for my deficiency. I will continue to work hard.¡±

    He was sincere in hisst words. Others considered his photographs brilliant, while he knew that he still followed the shooting routine in hisst life. Thanks to the meticulous help of other team members who had a deep understanding of costumes, he was able to jump out of hisfort zone and forged ahead to take photographs that satisfied everyone.

    ¡°You¡¯re too modest. It¡¯s a remarkable achievement for you to take such great photos at this age.¡± Seeing him really embarrassed, Lin Xia considerately concluded the topic and got down to business, ¡°Most of the princess series and publicity photos are finished, and the rest are likely to bepleted soon ording to your efficiency. So it¡¯s time to sign a long-term contract.¡±

    She took out a document and handed it over. Putting a pen on it, Lin Xia said with confidence, ¡°Take a look, and put your signature to it. I would like to treat you to dinner.¡±

    He Bai took the document and browsed it through. He signed it quickly, smiling at her, ¡°Sister Lin, I hope we can have a cordial working rtionship.¡±

    Hearing the different appetion, Lin Xia beamed with pleasure. She stood up and reached out her hand, ¡°Wish us a good cooperation, He.¡±

    Having signed for the express delivery, He Bai looked at this familiar box, heaved a sigh and dialed Di Qiuhe¡¯s number.

    ¡°Sorry, the subscriber you dialed is powered off.¡±

    The same result.

    Putting his cell phone down, He Bai crouched in front of the box and stared nkly, his hands holding up the face.

    It was half a month since the phone call. He Bai tried phoning Diu Qiuhe but couldn¡¯t get through all the time. Only the fruit sent on regr basis reminded him of his presence.

    It was getting hotter and hotter. He Bai wondered whether the guy in clover could endure the frowst on the border...

    The longer they were separated, the more blurred He Bai¡¯s memories for his harshness and childishness were, and the clearer Di Qiuhe¡¯s unpleasant care loomed within He Bai. Strange as it was, He Bai found him slightly anxious for Di Qiuhe.

    Unconsciously clicking on thest texts Di Qiuhe had sent, He Bai scanned them through. Suddenly his eyes fixated on one of his messages, which got him puzzled. Pondering it over, he rolled his eyes and edited the reply.

    He Bai: You childish, where¡¯s the appointment you said? Are you fooling me again?

    Di Qiuhe: I didn¡¯t lie to you.

    Di Qiuhe: How dare you wrong me? You¡¯re done, Little Puppy.

    Di Qiuhe: I¡¯m leaving for B city right away. Wait and see.

    Di Qiuhe: See you tonight.

    He Bai: ¡°...¡±

    Isn¡¯t he powered off? Then who returned his texts? A ghost?

 Chapter 34 - Being Haunted (3)

    <h4>Chapter 34: Being Haunted (3)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    He hurried to call Di Qiuhe up, only to find his phone was turned off. The monotonously mechanical female voice suddenly sounded gloomily frightening. Rubbing his arms and looking around the empty dorm, He Bai promptly packed up two sets of clothes and called Niu Junjie, ¡°Bro, are you, are you in B city? Our dorm is... is haunted by ghosts. I need you to take me in...¡±

    Niu Junjie was reveling away the time on a luxurious yacht, ¡°Is Bai speaking? Ah! Are there ghosts?¡±

    Assistant Wang brought the mobile phone to Di Qiuhe and spoke in a low voice, ¡°Boss said the recent days were a bit inconvenient for him and that you could contact him by phone if necessary.¡±

    Assistant An also came over, ¡°Dear young master, it¡¯s time for boarding.¡±

    ¡°I see. Get on the ne first.¡± Di Qiuhe turned off his phone again after using it for three minutes only. He stood up in a good mood, put on his sunsses and said, ¡°You must be tired in these days. Both of you can have a holiday to take a rest when we return to B city.¡±

    The two exchanged their nce, and Assistant Wang replied, ¡°Not at all. You must have a lot of affairs to deal with when we get back. How about we work in rys? In this way, your burden could be lifted somewhat.

    Contemptuous of his intention, Di Qiuhe pretended to be moved by his words and nodded his agreement, ¡°Up to you. Lady first, so Assistant An takes a break first. Wang shall be on duty for several days.¡±

    Assistant Wang replied it¡¯s his pleasure and ttered Di Qiuhe a lot. Then they got on the ne together.

    Niu Junjie rushed back to B City overnight, picking He Bai up with a box of fruit from a small hotel outside the campus.

    ¡°Is it proper for me to go straight to your home? I hear you have a small apartment in your name...¡± He Bai finally got rxed in hispany. His reason was back, and a sense of shame shed through his mind.

    ¡°It¡¯s all right. My parents are still on the yacht. Don¡¯t be nervous.¡± Niu Junjie turned the steering wheel in a skillful way,ughing at He Bai, ¡°Bai, aren¡¯t you an atheist? Howe you be scared of ghosts? It¡¯s said that ghosts are afraid of masculinity. Our dormitory building is full of boys and the masculinity there must be more than enough. Even ghosts dare not to get in.¡±

    Remembering that he received texts from Di Qiuhe¡¯s phone which was powered off, He Bai went pale. Rubbing his face, he said, ¡°I didn¡¯t believe in ghosts before, but...¡± But even the rebirth had happened to him; he had no choice but to believe that nothing was impossible.

    ¡°But what?¡± It¡¯s quite rare for Niu Junjie to see such a spiritless He Bai. The spirit of brotherhood constrained him from falling into convulsions ofughter, and he thoughtfully changed the topic, ¡°Drop it. You know, the yacht is simply unfit for stay. It was fun to spend one or two days on it, while I¡¯ve passed more than half a month at sea and been sick to death now. In contrast, my parents are still in high spirits. But for your phone call, I couldn¡¯t have found an excuse toe back in advance.¡±

    On hearing his words, He Bai cast an envious nce at him. Throughout the two lives, he only embarked a yacht for the purpose of shooting a cier, when he was nearly freezing to death, there was no such luxury as having fun on a yacht.

    ¡°Don¡¯t look at me like this, bro. Let¡¯s have a big meal! I¡¯ve brought a box of seafood from the yacht. We can have a barbecue when returning to my home.¡± said Niu Junjie while his mouth was watering, ¡°I tell you what, my parents hired a wonderful cook. He¡¯s pretty good at making seafood dishes...¡±

    As Niu Junjie chattered on, He Bai couldn¡¯t help recalling the happy days in hisst life when he had all kinds of delicacies at will. Thinking of today¡¯s toil from dawn to dusk to make money, he heaved a long sigh.

    He Bai now hardly pondered over the reason for his rebirth, but today, he would like to utter in affection: To hell with the viin that led to his rebirth!

    ¡°Atishoo!¡±

    Di Qiuhe gave his nose a pinch and looked at Assistant Wang who had seen An off, asking, ¡°Done with the downtown house?¡±

    ¡°Yes, dear master.¡±Assistant Wang stopped in front of him and answered respectfully.

    Di Qiuhe nodded. After a brief silence, his gentle mask disappeared, and a wicked grin emerged on his face, ¡°Do you know what ¡®serving me only¡¯ means?¡±

    Trembling with fear, Assistant Wang recalled that Di Qiuhe had caught him in the wrong. He gritted his teeth and replied, ¡°Yes, I do. From now on, I¡¯ll serve as the assistant of yours only.¡± He was well aware that if he didn¡¯t make clear his position today, Di Qiuhe would definitely make life difficult for him in that he saw the young master in his true colors in addition to his guilty doings.

    ¡°A wise man submits to circumstances.¡±Di Qiuhe shed him a smile, ¡°You seem to be the best among the wise men.¡±

    Bowing his head, Assistant Wang dared not to look directly into Di Qiuhe¡¯s eyes and acquiesced to the slightly sarcasticment.

    ¡°Since you¡¯ve made up your mind to be my assistant only, you might as well call me in another way.¡± Di Qiuhe took a coin out of his pocket and fiddled with it, ¡°Besides, aren¡¯t you supposed to inform your boss, my dear dad, that Miss An is a member of Qin family?¡±

    Qin family?

    Assistant Wang raised his head suddenly and lost self-control, ¡°It¡¯s absolutely impossible! Assistant An was recruited together with me, so it¡¯s unlikely she...¡±

    ¡°She works for Qin Li.¡± Di Qiuhe raised his hand to hold his face, his slender fingers constantly poking himself in the face. Though he looked casual, his eyes were so sparking that Wang dared not look into them, ¡°Not only she but her boyfriend works for Qin Li. Wang, you¡¯re made fool of.¡±

    The news was like a bolt from the blue. Assistant Wang was at a loss, ¡°Her, her boyfriend? Then I ...¡±

    ¡°Qin Li¡¯s usual ploy is honey trap, which tends to be of use. Her men also learn it well.¡± Gazing out of the window at the sinking sun, Di Qiuhe pointed to the vi and the scenery that stretched out of window, and said faintly, ¡°Money talks. The shameless can do anything to make money.¡±

    Assistant Wang also looked out of the window, with his hands unconsciously clenched, and said reluctantly, ¡°You are right. Money is really a good thing... Boss wanted to meet me next morning, Mr. Di.

    Di Qiuhe looked back at him and smiled to his heart¡¯s content, ¡°Well, tomorrow morning. It¡¯s a good time.¡±

    After Assistant Wang left, Di Qiuhe had a simple dinner. Then he picked up a backpack and went out of the provisionally arranged vi, ready for a ¡°chance encounter¡± with Little Puppy at Q University.

    ¡°No, it¡¯s a sheer waste of ingredients. I wouldn¡¯t like to have loose bowels at night.¡±

    ¡°Believe me. It smells so good.¡±

    ¡°Turn it over, you¡¯ll find it¡¯s scorched by fire.¡±

    A vague noise caused by the collision of cooking utensils came.

    ¡°Well, I¡¯m unskilled. Roast more, and I can cook well! Don¡¯t throw my meat away! It is edible if I cook it again!¡±

    Di Qiuhe halted and cast a nce at the walls of a vi by the wayside.

    ¡°You¡¯ve messed it up. If you don¡¯t stop, we¡¯ll have nothing for dinner. Just leave it to your cook. I¡¯m terribly hungry.¡±

    ¡°Okay... How about we go swimming? You can put on my swimming trunks. It¡¯s too hot. Let¡¯s swim ap first to cool us down. They¡¯ve changed the water inside. I guarantee you¡¯ll have fun!¡±

    ¡°Sure.¡±

    ¡°Take off your coat and trousers. Let me see... You¡¯re thinner than me. This pair of swimming trunks may suit you, which I wore only once... Don¡¯t, there are few people in the yard¡ªyou, me and my cook, all male. Don¡¯t bother to go inside. You can change the clothes here. If you mind me putting on it once, you can keep your underwear inside. But it may make you ufortable.¡±

    ¡°I choose to cover the underwear with it. I hope you can follow me, in case I see something too personal!¡±

    ¡°You have already seen it before. After all, we¡¯re close friends... Oops, Bai, there¡¯s a bite of a mosquito on your back. Aren¡¯t you getting itchy? Ha-Ha, I¡¯ve mistaken it for a worm.¡±

    ¡°Don¡¯t touch it! I do feel itchy!¡±

    Di Qiuhe¡¯s brow knitted. He took out the phone and dial He Bai¡¯s number.

    ¡°Bai, your phone seems to be ringing.¡±

    ¡°Let me take a look... O, crap, it¡¯s a ghost¡¯s call!

    ¡°What the hell? Hmm, his name is Di Qiuhe.¡±

    Di Qiuhe¡¯s patience suddenly snapped and he put the phone down angrily. Drawing a few steps back, he leapt over the parapet after a run-up, yelling at He Bai who wore nothing but a pair of swimming trunks under the tree at a short distance, ¡°Little Puppy, put it clear, who is the ghost?¡±

    Beep¡ª

    The vi rm went off, and the searchlight at the corner of the wall shone down on Di Qiuhe¡¯s body.

    A banging sound came. He Bai was so scared that he couldn¡¯t help but let the cell phone loose, which hit a stone and fell into the swimming pool.

    ¡°Ah!¡± Niu Junjie bowed his head, staring straight at the swimming pool. He somewhat got into a panic, ¡°Bai, the phone your parents left you is gone, so are the texts saved inside...¡±

    He Bai didn¡¯t realize his phone was gone until Niu Junjie reminded him. He looked at the empty palm and his mind went nk.

    ¡®Where¡¯s my phone?¡¯

    Throwing a nce at He Bai who was still gazing at his palm, Di Qiuhe frowned. He jumped off the parapet, removed his backpack and casquette, strode to the pool and sprang into it.

 Chapter 35 - Shitty Memory! (1)

    <h4>Chapter 35: Shitty Memory! (1)</h4>

    As a loud crash came,

    Di Qiuhe jumped into the water, while He Bai¡¯s instep was dripping wet from the spray.

    ¡°... What is he doing?¡± Niu Junjie was shocked by Di¡¯s sudden move. He looked down at the surface of the pool, baffled.

    He Bai shook his head and came to himself. It seemed that something urred to him and made his face distorted, then he also jumped into the water.

    Another spray came, wetting Niu Junjie¡¯s face.

    Niu Junjie: ¡°...¡±

    The fat cook running over with a barbecue fork, pushing Niu behind with a serious face, ¡°Don¡¯t be afraid, Master, security ising. That intruder seems mental disordered, do not approach him. I...I learnt dog paddle when I was young, maybe I can go to save Master He...¡±

    ¡°Rx, uncle Hu, I knew that wall-climber, not an intruder.¡± Niu Junjie patted the cook¡¯s shoulder and wiped away the water on his face. After a second-of-thought, he walked to the pool and jumped into it. Since He Bai, his good mate, vigorously helped to save the phone, he could not stand by!

    Uncle Hu: ¡°...¡±

    The surface of the pool gradually resorted calm. After a short struggle with his mind, uncle Hu took off his apron, gritted his teeth and jumped into the water. Since his Master jumped, he had no excuse to escape, or he might well lose his job.

    The security that arrived: ¡°...¡±

    The water in the pool was fresh and clear. He Bai immediately found Di Qiuhe floundering about in the water. He was totally speechless, instantly swimming to him. When Di Qiuhe noticed him, He Bai gave him a hint to stay there and threw his arms around Di¡¯s waist. He did kick and stroke in the water, trying hard to surface.

    After bncing himself, Di Qiuhe blinked and looked down at the arm seizing his waist. He suddenly moved his head closer to He Bai and gave him a smile.

    He Bai gave him a glimpse with a stolid face.

    Di Qiuhe smiled slightly, also sping He Bai around his waist. They are attached so close, like glued together.

    He Bai stopped swimming for a while, resisting the impulse to tear him off. Then he looked up, trying harder to surface.

    Suddenly, there was a ssh and something fell clumsily into the water. He Bai was dumbfounded, but held Di Qiuhe aside in time.

    Niu Junjie¡¯s eyes sparkled when he saw the other two. He beckoned them the position of the phone and then pointed to the ground. ¡®Did you find the phone? Now went back to the ground?¡¯

    Di Qiuhe took one look and buried his head in He Bai¡¯s neck.

    He Bai pushed his head aside with dislike and waved to Niu Junjie, and pointed to Di Qiuhe who clinging to him, then pointed to the surface: Stop looking now, this fool couldn¡¯t swim, take him to the ground first.

    Niu Junjie burst outughing but got choked.

    Suddenly, another bigger thing was flung into the pool and floundered in the water, with cries for helping from there.

    He Bai: ¡°...¡±

    The one attached to him suddenly moved. He Bai turned back, only to find that Di Qiuhe¡¯s face had gone red and eyebrows had frowned closely, with bubblesing out of his mouth. He was shocked. After he calcted the time Di Qiuhe stuck in the water, he hurriedly took Di to continue surfacing.

    Di Qiuhe felt He Bai¡¯s movement and slowly opened his eyes which were smarting from the water. Gazing at He Bai¡¯s dimmed face, Di Qiuhe prodded his dimple with a finger. As his head tilted, he got closer and closer to He Bai¡¯s lips.

    He Bai stared at him, with his head falling backward in a hurry.

    But Di Qiuhe continued to get closer.

    He Bai patted him on the head with anger and managed to get out of the water with the help of Niu Junjie. After a long breath, he shouted to Di Qiuhe, who was also panting for breath: ¡°What was that? You want to get a thrashing?¡±

    After a cough, Di Qiuhe finally could breathe normally. He turned to He bai with innocent eyes: ¡°I just acted like some romantic stories in TV: when you are almost suffocated, the other one will kiss you to transfer the oxygen. My little puppy, do you hate me so much that you even refused to give me a breath when I was dying?¡±

    He Bai didn¡¯t know how to respond, but he was even more furious due to Di¡¯s bold me. He pulled Di Qiuhe by the pool and let him cling to the pool edge, scolding seriously: ¡°I didn¡¯t know you wanted to...You knew you couldn¡¯t swim and you still jumped? That could have killed you! A non-swimmer should stay on the ground. You want to kill yourself, huh? Or you think you just have lived long enough?¡±

    Di Qiuhe slicked his wet hair up and stretching hand to fondle He Bai¡¯s face: ¡°Sorry, don¡¯t be mad at me.¡±

    ¡°You want to deny quibble, don¡¯t you? Or what? Wind me up? Sorry?¡± He Bai was a little bit surprised. He frowned and gazed at Di Qiuhe in disbelief: ¡°Are you real Di Qiuhe? Absolutely real?¡± Di Qiuhe would apologize so frankly? That childish guy should have insisted until the end and winded me up, fancy him apologizing now!

    ¡°I¡¯m terribly sorry to have worried you.¡± Di Qiuhe pinched his face and stretched the other hand to show him something that had been held tightly: ¡°And...sorry for your phone.¡±

    The old phoney in his clean and fair hand. This scene should have touched He Bai a little.

    He Bai looked at his palm without taking the phone or saying anything, but his anger was fading.

    ¡°It has beenpletely damaged by water.¡± Seeing He Bai not take the phone, Di Qiuhe withdrew his hand and held the phone tightly again: ¡°Sorry, I will get it repaired, if not possible, at least restore the data in it...I know it is important to you, sorry again.¡±

    He Bai was not used to such an honest tone.

    Looking at him, He Bai filled his mind with a myriad of thoughts. Finally, he turned around with a long sigh and grabbed the phone from Di Qiuhe¡¯s hand. He sat on the edge of the pool and shook off the drips on his hand, saying: ¡°Never mind, it¡¯s just an old phone. Everything in it has been copied, so don¡¯t me yourself, my fault after all. Come on, you cannot swim, better stay on the ground.¡±

    Di Qiuhe observed his face without blinking, carefully analyzing all the moods behind it. He lowered his eyes and got out of the pool, sitting beside He Bai. De Qiuhe buddy bumped him, ¡°Bai...Bai.¡±

    He Bai picked up the dry clothes beside the pool to wipe the screen of his phone and responded casually.

    Di Qiuhe tilted his head and looked at him. Somehow he desired to hug He Bai...and he did.

    ¡°Hey!¡± He Bai was almost pushed into the pool.

    ¡°Sorry.¡± Di Qiuhe rubbed his chin against He Bai¡¯s wet hair, with a vague sense of panic. The abnormal family rtional deprived his ability to be close to others. Having dissembled himself for too long, Di Qiuhe, in face of this new person in front of whom he could be assured to put down his mask, would always act improperly, doing something that angered him.

    He liked his little puppy to lecture him energetically when he got mad, but he didn¡¯t want to see him feeling sad...Therefore, Di Qiuhe felt awful-he had intended to be a good senior, good role model and good big brother to take care of him, but ultimately messed it up. Di Qiuhe¡¯s words were brimmed with so much remorse that He Bai was dumbfounded. He stopped pulling up Di Qiuhe¡¯s arm and instead, patted him on the shoulder as afort: ¡°Forget it. I am indeed sad for the phone but I have copied all the data before so it doesn¡¯t matter. Anyway, ¡®keep the old, you get nothing new¡¯. Now I have an excuse to buy a new one. It¡¯ too old. Even if it didn¡¯t fall into water, it may go broken soon.¡±

    In hisst life, this phone also didn¡¯t ¡°make it¡± through his sophomore summer vacation. Before the new term, it totally died. He Bai was anxious at that time. He quitted his part-time job ahead of schedule and took it for repair. However, it was stolen on the way to the phone store and left nothing for him to be nostalgic for.

    In the first few days of his rebirth, he led a messed-up life due to his shock. But instantly he saw this phone, he rushed out of school and bought a USB drive to copy all the messages in the phone.

    Now this phone just left him a month earlier in another way. It¡¯s OK, at least this time, he got a ¡°corpse¡±.

 Chapter 36 - Shitty Memory!(2)

    <strong>Chapter 36: Shitty Memory!(2)</strong>

    Hearing what he said, Di Qiuhe grabbed He¡¯s arm tightly. His Adam¡¯s apple moved slightly, ¡°This phone...¡±, he said in a low voice.

    ¡°It belonged to my mum. After she and dad passed away, I continued to use it. Many daily messages of her and dad were kept in this phone, so I¡¯d like to browse them from time to time.¡± He Bai exined in a few words and eased Di Qiuhe¡¯s arm tofort him again, ¡°I conversed the screenshots of their messages into text files, so don¡¯t worry, and it¡¯s really my fault. Oh, by the way, why are you here?¡±

    How could text files be the same as the original messages?

    Di Qiuhe pulled back his hand obediently. He was glum deep inside to see He Bai trying tofort him, bursting with various feelings and ideas that he himself could even not understand.

    ¡°I moved here and heard your voice when I passed by, so I came to you.¡± He took the opportunity to change the topic and turned to the barbecue in the yard, ¡°What are you doing here? Visiting your friend? And...who are you guys?¡±

    The security who had enjoyed the ¡°show¡± for a long time: ¡°...We are nobody, just go on, please.¡±

    ¡°Well...¡± Niu Junjie and the cook who supported each other in water reminded others of their presence, ¡°Are you guys finished? Can we...get on the ground and speak?¡± Just now the atmosphere between He Bai and Di Qiuhe was weird, so he was not willing to interrupt them. Since their conversation was now at an end, he felt it safe to chip in.

    After all, the cook was really heavy and supporting him in water almost killed his arms...

    He Bai was speechless and found that he had been so absorbed with the conversation with Di Qiuhe that he forgot there were other people in the yard. He hastened to jump into the pool and help them out.

    It was a false rm. Having checked the rming apparatus in the yard, the security left with strange expressions. Niu Junjie called the servants to lead Di Qiuhe and the cook into the house to get changed, while he and He Bai just wiped their body casually with towels. Draped in bath towels, they resumed their barbecue.

    ¡°Was that Di Qiuhe?¡± Niu Junjie asked abruptly.

    He Bai gave him a strange nce, ¡°Yes? You just called his name back then.¡±

    Niu Junjie shook hands, ¡°Not the same thing. I used to see his videos and photos, now I see him in front of me. But I still want to confirm, as he seems a little bit different in the flesh after all...¡±

    His voice faded. Suddenly, he turned his head towards the house and stealthily moved closer to He Bai, lowering his voice: ¡°Bai, level with me, is that Di Qiuhe...into you?¡± Given the atmosphere between He Bai and Di Qiuhe, gee, it was impossible for others to interrupt them.

    He Bai looked at him with suspicion, ¡°You are simply not in your right mind.¡±

    Niu Junjie pressed down He Bai¡¯s shoulders and said seriously: ¡°Don¡¯t diver the topic. Tell the truth and I¡¯ll let it go.¡±

    ring at him, He Bai threw Niu Junjie¡¯s hands and said in an earnest manner: ¡°My dear friend, you should be weaned off indecent dramas, or you may be someone like Locke.¡±

    Locke? That bold guy who had courted He Bai? He drew back his head a little with a cold shiver running down his spine. But he refused to give up: ¡°That¡¯s...that¡¯s different. I am asking you whether Di Qiuhe is...¡±

    ¡°No, he isn¡¯t.¡± He Bai turned around and pushed a grilled shrimp into Niu Junjie¡¯s open mouth. He patted Niu on his shoulder and asked sincerely, ¡°Will you be into other two roommates?¡±

    Niu Junjie trembled abruptly. Hand mped over his mouth, he wanted to spit out that boiling shrimp.

    He Bai continued with a benevolent face: ¡°So, never doubt our sexual orientation. Di Qiuhe likes girls, especially D-cup, leggy girls. He acted strangely just now because he med himself too much for the phone. Don¡¯t be silly, OK?¡±

    ¡°D-cup leggy girls?¡± Niu Junjie forgot his doubt instantly with bright eyes, ¡°Wow, that guy has the same interest as me! No wonder he is the future poster man of our family, same taste, same taste!¡±

    ¡°...¡±

    ¡°I have many videos about leggy D-cup girls, but you guys always refuse to enjoy them with me. However, Di Qiuhe is a mild person, if I invite him to share our experience in videos, will he...¡± Niu Junjie¡¯s filthyughter interrupted his own words.

    ¡°...Whatever.¡±

    After changing clothes, Di Qiuhe saw that young man who had stood beside He Bai before bending his arm around He Bai¡¯s shoulder. He was speaking in high spirit. However, He Bai didn¡¯t resist at all, allowing his arms to ¡°intrude¡± his body. He just roasted food on barbecue carefully, nodding asionally, like a kind of echo.

    A sense of suppression attacked Di Qiuhe again, but seemingly different from the feelings before.

    He rxed himself and loosened the ill-fitting clothes. Then he came to them with an increasing voice: ¡°Bai, what are you roasting? They smell good.¡±

    He Bai and Niu Junjie nced back as they heard his voice. Niu Junjie was gazing at Di Qiuhe¡¯s long legs, full of jealousy, ¡°Did you notice he¡¯s got a six-pack when his clothes got wet just now? Damn! I thought this gentle, mild guy must be weak and fragile.

    He Bai elbowed him and responded to Di Qiuhe. Then he told Niu Junjie in a low voice: ¡°This is how you get along with your family¡¯s future poster man?¡±

    ¡°Course not!¡± Niu Junjie immediately put on a serious face and freed his hands from He Bai¡¯s shoulder, grinning to Di Qiuhe. He also said in a low voice to He Bai: ¡°Just watch, man. My social ability is the best.¡± Then he came to Di Qiuhe and rested his hands on Di Qiuhe¡¯s shoulder, saying loudly with a bright smile: ¡°Hi, Qiuhe, are you hungry? Come on, have a taste of Bai¡¯s food. His cooking skill is not equal to uncle Hu, but not bad at least.¡±

    He Bai felt it too awkward to see him and turned back to continue his barbecue. The intertwinement of Di Qiuhe¡¯s annoying personality and Niu Junjie¡¯s weird behaviors, emmm, that¡¯s not too easy on the eye.

    ¡°Oh yeah? Then I must have a taste.¡± Di Qiuhe, who stopped avoiding Niu Junjie¡¯s arms, allowed Niu Junjie to put his arms around his shoulder. Di Qiuhe asked with a smile, ¡°So, are you his ssmate? I haven¡¯t known him for long, not mentioning his friends.¡±

    Seeing him an easy-going person, Niu Junjie got more excited, ¡°More than that, we are roommates! Good brothers! At first, I was not ustomed to the dormitory life, so he helped me make my bed for a long time and washed the sheet and quilt for me. He was a good mate.¡± He thumbed up as he was talking.

    Di Qiuhe¡¯s smile turned stiff, but he covered it up soon. He followed Niu Junjie and sat down beside the barbecue. Watching He Bai¡¯s figure, he tried hard to m down and asked: ¡°Well, he helped you wash quilt? That¡¯s so sweet, isn¡¯t it?¡±

    ¡°Not only quilt! Once I got sick and Bai asked time off to take care of me. He even washed my...Oh, after that I counted him as my brother!¡± Niu Junjie sat in front of He Bai, saying generously: ¡°So, Bai¡¯s friend is also my friend. Just consider here as your own home. Feel free!¡±

    He Bai rolled his eyes, and swallowed a grilled meat.

    Di Qiuhe noticed He Bai sneak a taste, wearing a dangerous smile. He turned to Niu Junjie and moved closer, said moderately: ¡°Bai is a great man, so we all like him. It¡¯s a pity that I only lived in dormitory for a short time due to my career...¡±

    After the cook came back, He Bai handed the barbecue job to him. He sat beside those two with a te of meat in hand, only to find that they talked like good brothers.

    He Bai: ¡°...¡± I just left for a second to take some meat and add some coal, what happened to them?

    ¡°Yeah! I thought he would be like other refined men, full of jealousy and hard to deal with, but I was wrong! I like his temperament, cheers!¡± Niu Junjie raised a beer out of nowhere, excitedly.

    Di Qiuheughed and toasted with him, acting like an outgoing and generous person, ¡°You ttered me, I¡¯m not as straightforward and free as you. I am still too constrained.¡±

    ¡°Oh man, that¡¯s so sweet.¡±

    ¡°All the words from my heart.¡±

    Then, they kept toasting and drinking.

    He Bai gave Di Qiuhe a warning nce, indicating him to stop jerking his innocent roommate around.

 Chapter 37 - Shitty Memory!(3)

    <h4>Chapter 37: Shitty Memory!(3)</h4>

    Di Qiuhe gave a tender smile to He Bai and gazed at him with hands supporting the chin. Through Di¡¯s eyes, He Bai could see that he was tipsy, but also seductive.

    He Bai thought that he needed to jump into the water again to calm himself down.

    After the meal, it had already been dark. Niu Junjie was a cheap drunk, so he had sumbed to it and fallen on the table. Di Qiuhe on the other hand was also slightly drunk and dizzy. He Bai had tried to stop them from drinking too much but failed, so he was a little bit mad now. He called for the servants to carry Niu Junjie into house, and crossed his arms over his chest, watching Di Qiuhe rising from the chair wobblingly and then falling on the ground.

    ¡°...¡±

    ¡°My little puppy...¡± The drunk guy on the ground moved a little and stretched his hand, ¡°Bai, sorry...I love you...¡±

    He Bai was baffled and pulled him up with a clouded face, patting his forehead, ¡°I must have been owed to you in my previous birth. Where there was you, there was ill luck. You will hassle yourself to death sooner orter!¡±

    Di Qiuhe said something vaguely, with his body clinging to He Bai limply, rubbing against his face.

    He Bai pushed him away with dislike. When uncle Hu came, He Bai beckoned him over to help him.

    With a click, the room door was shut.

    Di Qiuhe, who seemed drunk and delirious just a second ago, woke up consciously now. He gave a look at the closed door, and then covered his eyes with hand. After a long sigh, he wrapped the quilt around himself unpleasantly.

    When he got up in the next morning, He Bai had already left for work. Niu Junjie invited him to stay but he refused politely and went home. After shower, he changed clothes and called his assistant, Wang. Then, he went to the Red Guest Studio directly.

    Frowned, Jiang Xiuwen looked his corpse-like friend lying on the sofa, asking madly, ¡°You told me that you would be pretty upied when you returned this time, but why do you lie on my sofa like a corpse now?¡±

    Di Qiuhe turned around and watched him, asking in a weak voice, ¡°Xiuwen...am I reallyme?¡±

    ¡°You finally realize that you are annoying and bothersome?¡±, Jiang Xiuwen answered with a surprising face. Then he looked at him mildly, nodding, ¡°True indeed, you¡¯ve got a terrible temperament, but since you are aware of it, you can still make it up. Don¡¯t worry, take some medicine and you will get you chance to be normal.¡±

    Di Qiuhe snorted in the blues and turned his back to him.

    It was strange that he should have not rebutted, so Jiang Xiuwen jabbed at him and asked: ¡°What¡¯s wrong? You seemed upset...Your stepmother troubled you again?¡±

    ¡°No.¡± Di Qiuhe shook his hand and buried himself in the pillow, ¡°Just wait.¡±

    ¡°For what?¡±

    ¡°You¡¯ll see.¡± Di Qiuhe raised his hand and pointed out of the window, ¡°Today, Saint Elephant Studio will be quite noisy, as Mr. Jia wille to confront them.¡±

    Jiang Xiuwen was confused at first, but then he was quite thrilled, ¡°Confront? By Mr. Jia? That¡¯s an evil day for Saint Elephant, isn¡¯t it?¡± No wonder he was so excited. As door-to-doorpetitors, the unluckier the Saint Elephant was, the happier he was.

    By the afternoon, two low key SUVs parked at the entrance of Saint Elephant. As the car doors opened, an elder man and five or six middle-aged men got off.

    ¡°Here he is. His two sons, sons-inw and an apprentice alsoes. That¡¯s a big troop.¡±

    ¡°Jiang Xiuwen watched through the window, full of curiosity, ¡°How had Saint Elephant offended him? Mr. Jia is noted for his good temper.¡±

    ¡°But also noted for shielding his children.¡± Di Qiuhe picked up, leaning against the arm of sofa and watching outside, ¡°They deserve it. Saint Elephant should have allowed an amateur to take birthday photos for his granddaughter. The birthday party is on the day after tomorrow, how can Mr. Jia not be angry after seeing such awful photos?¡± Jiang Xiuwen gave an ill-manneredugh, ¡°That¡¯s insane. Mr. Jia has been devoted his life to photos. Who could be more particr than him about photos? Saint Elephant should have messed with his granddaughter like that.¡±

    ¡°Isn¡¯t it just?¡± Di Qiuhe responded emotionlessly, with hand reaching into the pocket and fumbling coins. He saw the manager of Saint Elephant hastily ushering Mr. Jia and others in, and then looked away, asserting: ¡°The boss of Saint Elephant was very shortsighted and favored ¡®jobs for the boys¡¯. He will mess it up sooner orter.¡±

    Jiang Xiuwen was a little bit suspicious about that, ¡°But I remembered that Saint Elephant hired a quite responsible director, who has charged everything. Could she allow the boss to do those stupid things?¡±

    ¡°That director has been suspended.¡± Before he came back, Di Qiuhe had had this thing figured out. Since Jiang Xiuwen asked now, he told him all, ¡°The director had intended to inform Mr. Jia that the originally decided young photographer had resigned, but Saint Elephant forced her to close her mouth, or they would fire her. Without any other means, shepromised and suggested that they could send Ma Xingtong to take the photos. However, somehow the boss believed Ma Xingtong¡¯s nderous talk and allowed him to send his nephew, an inexperienced amateur, to take the job.¡±

    ¡°He might think that taking birthday photos is an easy job, which could be handled well by an amateur? Or they could resort to retouching?¡± Since they were all in the same line, Jiang Xiuwen could guess the calcting of Saint Elephant¡¯s boss. This could work for an ordinary client. The worst situation was just aint. But when it came to Mr. Jia, it was totally ridiculous. As a professional photographer, he would have taken the photos himself if it had not been his terrible hand tremor.

    ¡°They cannot me anyone for their own stupid faults.¡± Jiang Xiuwen shook his head and turned to his friend, ¡°But how could you know those things? And, why didn¡¯t you tell me that before?¡±

    ¡°You ask me?¡± Di Qiuhe turned around and looked at him, saying in a low voice: ¡°Do you remember the night when you hung up on me and said you were finished with me?¡±

    ¡°...¡±

    ¡°I have to go.¡±

    Jiang Xiuwen stopped him, ¡°To where?¡±

    ¡°Hyping.¡±

    ¡°What?¡±

    Di Qiuhe waved his hand and took his bag, left.

    Jiang Xiuwen frowned, ¡°He has be more mysterious during the time we haven¡¯t met...¡± But who was the photographer that Mr. Jia originally set eyes on? The young photographer that had left Saint Elephant...Wait? A young man? Just resigned? That He Bai? The crazy fan of Di Qiuhe?

    He turned to the window abruptly, with hand scratching the window unconsciously.

    So, Di Qiuhe investigated all of this just to avenge for that fan? That was too much for him. Was there something wrong in his mind?

    Di Qiuhe¡¯s phone was off again. He Bai put down his cheap phone that was bought when he applied for another phone card. After packing up his things, he said goodbye to Niu Junjie. When he came back to dormitory, he knew that the haunting event was not real, so he was not afraid now.

    Li Ru called him suddenly the next day.

    ¡°He, I have a presumptuous request.¡± Li Ru said in a tired and hoarse voice, ¡°First I need to apologize to you. The day you resigned came a client, directly saying that he¡¯d like to book you, the young photographer who had taken anniversary photos for B City TV Station, to take the job. That client was influential, so the boss wanted to wield the opportunity to promote a new photographer, so he chose another in lieu of you without informing you.¡±

    He Bai was dumbfounded. The client that looked for him? The one that Di Qiuhe had said?

    ¡°Is this an elder man who wanted to take birthday photos for his granddaughter?¡± He asked hurriedly.

    It threw Li Ru in surprise a little, ¡°How do you know that? No, I don¡¯t mean that. It¡¯s just...Anyway, the studio should apologize to you.¡±

    Frowned, He Bai asked straightly: ¡°Can I interpret it as your business with that elder man is going wrong? What can I do for you?¡±

    ¡°Yes, it is. Ma Qun took the job this time, and Ma Xingtong directed him during the whole process. However, the photos were...After being retouched, these photos actually had reached the normal standard of Saint Elephant, but the client himself was a professional photographer, quite sensitive to retouching, so...¡± Li Ru herself also thought her words untenable, so her voice got lower and lower, ¡°Now Saint Elephant hope that you can represent the studio to deliver an apology to that client and take another set of photos aspensation. The studio would like to pay you 5 times the original price.¡±

    He Bai¡¯s face clouded, ¡°Above all, I don¡¯t care about that ¡®5 times the original price¡¯; I will try to contact that elder man andpensate him with another set of photos, not in name of Saint Elephant, but myself instead. This chance was created by my friend, so I don¡¯t want to let him down and let him beined by this older man; atst, I understand it is Saint Elephant that sends you to talk with me. They think that, to oblige you, I will help them to take care of this awful mess. But I can give you a definite answer, I¡¯ll not. Moreover, I will issue a statement on the Inte to rify the fact that I have resigned from Saint Elephant. I don¡¯t allow Saint Elephant to use my poprity that I have gained through my good luck to do something going against my own principles any more. Saint Elephant deprived my opportunity, and now they want me to deal with the aftermath. This is an absolutely unequal treaty.

 Chapter 38 - Shitty Memory!(4)

    <h4>Chapter 38: Shitty Memory!(4)</h4>

    ¡°Xiao He...¡± Li Ru didn¡¯t know how to respond to his tough attitude.

    ¡°Miss Li.¡± He Bai interrupted her and lowered his voice: ¡°I don¡¯t want to ask why you didn¡¯t tell me privately that a client had gone there for me. You have to listen to your boss, I understand. But that doesn¡¯t mean that I can give up my principle out of mercy. Saint Elephant ignores the demands of clients and only cares about its own development. This kind of studio cannot survive long. Do you want to waste your career in that hopeless ce?¡±

    Li Ru fell into silence. She recalled the recent suspension announcement and her years of devotion to making Saint Elephant stronger, all of which upset her

    ¡°I understand¡±, she took a slight breath and picked up again, forcing a smile: ¡°I still owe you an apology. This is also my fault. I will convey your idea to Saint Elephant, thank you, Xiao He.¡±

    Then she hung up. Watching the off-line calling interface, He Bai rxed his shoulders and gave a sigh, then a new message came.

    Li Ru: The elder man¡¯s contact number is 13XXX. After this mess, I will resign from Saint Elephant and try in otherpanies. Sorry and thanks, see you.

    He Bai was shocked and then type with a smile.

    He Bai: See you, and look forward to the next meeting.

    ¡°Master Di, you really decide to leave in advance?¡± Assistant Wang was a little bit hesitant, ¡°The boss has begun to investigating Assistant An, and he wants to meet you. I don¡¯t think it is a good idea to leave now.¡±

    ¡°No, it¡¯s very good.¡± Di Qiuhe nced at the hot issues and shut down theputer, saying emotionlessly, ¡°Oh, he wants to see me now and I have to go for him? And when he doesn¡¯t want to see me, I have to be kept under surveince? What am I? A dog? The training is very tight. The crew has already urged me back during my days of absence, so I have to return now.¡±

    After hearing what he said, Assistant Wang dared not to continue, so he packed up luggage quietly.

    ¡°You...¡± Di Qiuhe said abruptly.

    Assistant Wang turned to him instantly, ready for any orders, ¡°At your disposal!¡±

    Di Qiuhe looked at his dumb face, and the pictures where his little puppy sat beside the pool with phone in his hand shed in his mind. He looked down and shook his head, ¡°Nothing, just pack up the things. I¡¯m going out for a while.¡±

    ¡°The flight is tonight...¡±

    ¡°Don¡¯t worry, I¡¯ll make it.¡± Di Qiuhe interrupted him and took his bag, ¡°You go to the airport first and don¡¯t forget tofort Assistant An when you¡¯re free.¡±

    Assistant Wang got rigid, and responded with a lowering head.

    A fragile woman was the best target to pick up. The ¡°honey trap¡± was a good trap, but if you could follow this trap return a ¡°handsome trap¡±, that will be perfect.

    The sun had not set yet. The heat in summer still swept over the campus of Q University, making people fidgety.

    At the end of the road came a familiar figure. Di Qiuhe, who sat on the bench under the tree raised his head, gazing at He Bai. He passed Di Qiuhe by, obsessed with his camera. Di Qiuhe stood up with a smile and approached him. He stretched his remaining ice cream to He Bai¡¯s face, asking: ¡°If you behave well, I will buy you an ice cream.¡±

    He Bai was shocked, staring at the pink strawberry-vor ice cream, with a faint sneer hanging on his lips. He grabbed the ice cream and rubbed its package against Di Qiuhe¡¯s face. He grinded his teeth, ¡°Your childish behavior will buy you a punch sooner orter!¡±

    ¡°Then go ahead.¡± Di Qiuhe allowed him to wet his face and threw back his shoulder, ¡°I have a well-built body and will not be hurt,e on, punch me.¡±

    ¡°There you go again.¡± He Bai saw his forehead full of sweats and noticed the scorching weather, withdrew his hands and frowned. He brought out wet tissue from his camera bag and threw it in Di Qiuhe¡¯s arms, waving: ¡°Come on, go to my dormitory to enjoy the air condition. Why are you here? Want to see me for something? By the way, I cannot get through to your phone, why? I don¡¯t know whether it¡¯s your phone¡¯s problem or mine. I cannot contact you anyway.¡±

    Di Qiuhe wore a smile, quite pleasant, ¡°What, you miss me? I shut down the phone as I don¡¯t want some annoying people find me. It won¡¯t happen again.¡±

    ¡°I would rather miss the pancake sold in the south gate than miss you.¡± He Bai said and went ahead alone, and continued, ¡°How is your training in the frontier province? Don¡¯t mail me fruits, I cannot eat them up. And, you said in the message that my photographing job was stolen by Saint Elephant. They messed it up. You¡¯d better call that elder man and don¡¯t let him misunderstand you. I¡¯ll fix it, I was careless this time...Why are you standing there still? Let¡¯s go.¡±

    He turned back and found that Di Qiuhe didn¡¯t follow him, and his eyebrows rose, ¡°What¡¯re you doing here? Need I carry you with eight sedan-chairs?¡±

    Di Qiuhe lowered his head and smiled, waving at him, ¡°Maybe next time. I¡¯ve got a flight to catch tonight, gotta go. Don¡¯t worry about Mr. Jia, I¡¯ll help you fix it. My little puppy, on the Inte they all say I¡¯m 23 now, but that¡¯s nominal age. I¡¯m turning 23 this September.¡±

    He Bai: ¡°So?¡±

    ¡°When my birthdayes, I will make you willing to call me brother.¡± Di Qiuhe announced with a big smile and waved his hand, striding away.

    ¡°What? Come back! Don¡¯t leave!¡± He Bai was baffled and then tried to chase him, ¡°You ungrateful brat have to piss me off every day, don¡¯t you?¡±

    Ultimately, he failed to catch the leggy Di Qiuhe. In a sweat, He Bai returned to the dormitory building, but was stopped by the supervisor of the building.

    ¡°You¡¯ve got a package. A handsome boy wearing a hat delivered it here. I don¡¯t know what it is. He doesn¡¯t wear uniform or drive expressing car.¡±

    A big box was pressed on his chest. He Bai lowered his head and examined it and immediately recalled Di Qiuhe¡¯s dress today. He smiled and thanked the supervisor, returning to his dorm.

    ¡°It¡¯s so heavy, what is it?¡±

    After turning on the air condition, he tore of the package with scissors and opened the box.

    There were two boxes in it, a big one and a small one. He put down the scissors and checked the small one first. When he opened it, he was shocked.

    Two phones lied in it. One was the same type as his old one, and the other was the Apxle¡¯s newest phone, which was very expensive and perfect to show off.

    ¡°That guy...¡± He picked up the old one and turned it on familiarly. Then he was speechless, but eyes full of warmth, ¡°I¡¯ve told him it¡¯s OK, he should have taken it serious...¡±

    It took some time for an old phone to turn on, so he put it down and opened that bigger box.

    A brand-new camera jumped into his eyes, the same type as the one Mr. Xu had lent him, but this one was the newest.

    With hand on the box got stiffed, he didn¡¯t know how to react.

    ¡®What is he doing...¡¯

    Ding-dong, the old phone suddenly vibrated-a new message came.

    He was dumbfounded and put down the box lid and picked up the new but also old phone.

    He found that the operator was some telmunicationpany and beside that was an unread message.

    So, he clicked it open.

    Brother Di: This is my new private number. This former one has be my working number, operated by my assistant. You can call this number to contact me. P.S.Sorry for the loss of your parents¡¯ messages. Aspensation, I¡¯ve decided to use the same phone as you so that we can create sweet memories as your parents¡¯.

    Brother Di: Don¡¯t be too touched. This is what a big brother should do.

    He Bai was totally speechless, his mixed feeling about these expensive gifts disappearing instantly.

    ¡®Sweet memories? Don¡¯t be so touched? Big brother?¡¯

    Brother Di: My little Brother? Are you too surprised?

    He Bai: Screw you! You can never be my big brother! And, my parents¡¯ memories are about love, romantic love. Can our memories be the same as theirs? Totally different!

    Brother: I don¡¯t see any difference?

    How dare him contradict me!

    He Bai: I don¡¯t see anything same?

    Brother Di: Everything is the same.

    He Bai¡¯s face distorted with fury. The air condition was on, but his nose got sweaty. He Bai cannot help swearing: ¡°Go screw our memories! We can create nothing but shit! You dumb idiot! It is the unluckiest thing for me to know you!¡±

 Chapter 39 - Candid Photos(1)

    <h4>Chapter 39: Candid Photos(1)</h4>

    Although mad, He Bai still replied a message to express his gratitude and asked what gift he would like in return.

    ¡°My little puppy.¡± Di Qiuhe said pleasantly with a smile, ¡°I want you to make steak for me.¡±

    He Bai restrained his desire to scold him and stood under the air condition to calm down. ¡°Change it up, steak is too cheap.¡± The gift was a token of the other¡¯s regard, so he would not reject it, but the present in return must be in equal value. That¡¯s how friendshipsted.

    ¡°No, I insist.¡± Di Qiuhe watched the passing objects outside the car window with azy posture, ¡°And I would like you to make a cake for me, wish me happy birthday andpany me to set off fireworks on the riverbank.¡±

    He Bai was confused, ¡°So you want me to celebrate your birthday with you?¡±

    ¡°Yes.¡± Di Qiuhe turned his gaze and yed the coins in his hand. His eyes glittered with nostalgia for the days of yore, ¡°My mum passed away when I was four. Before that, she had promised me to celebrate birthday for me. Then my stepmother came...At that time, my grandfather controlled the whole Huangdu, so she dared not to show her wicked idea on me in front of him. She appeared as an understanding wife and a loving mother, spoiling me as possible as she could. Every year she would hold a grand party for me, but I don¡¯t like them at all.¡±

    He Bai ran his fingers through his unsmooth hair that had been dried by the air condition and sat back to the table. He lowered his voice, ¡°OK, I promise you. I¡¯ll celebrate your birthday with you andpany you to set off fireworks.¡± As he recalled, Di Qiuhe¡¯s brother Di Xiasong was four years younger than him, which meant his stepmother had been pregnant for several months when Di Qiuhe¡¯s mother passed away...

    Father¡¯s liaison, mother¡¯s death, mistress¡¯s appearance and a younger brother¡¯s birth...These were the dark secrets behind his family. No wonder Di Qiuhe was cynical and indifferent every time his families were mentioned, and his father was no exception.

    ¡°My little puppy, you really know how to make my happy.¡± Di Qiuhe held the coin tightly and continued after a pause: ¡°But I was spoiled by Qin Li anyway. If it had not been my grandpa, I could have been a fop now. Year after year, I grow up yet my grandpa got older. When I was 14, my stepmother pushed father to take over Huangdu from my grandpa. Due to the sudden bouts of anger and anxiety, grandpa fell ill and stayed in hospital. At that time, I finally saw my father¡¯s guard to me and my stepmother¡¯s hypocrisy and malice. Several yearster, my grandpa passed away, and my father ultimately controlled Huangdu. Half a yearter, when I was 15, my stepmother, who believed that she had totally controlled my family business, started to marginalize me.¡±

    Maybe the setting temperature of the air condition was too low, He Bai felt a little bit cold suddenly.

    ¡°So, my little puppy, don¡¯t block me again.¡± Di Qiuhe¡¯s voice got milder with a touch of sadness and ingratiation, ¡°Or you can inform me first before you block me and tell me why. It would be better if you can tell me when to release me.¡±

    He Bai: ...¡±

    ¡°Given my miserable childhood, can you give me a chance to be your nice big brother?¡±

    ¡°I trust you without hesitation, so you can also trust me.¡±

    ¡°I¡¯m getting to the airport, gotta go, bye.¡±

    (The phone was bleeping)

    He Bai put down the phone and pressed his forehead, giving a long, bewildering sigh.

    So, after all this, Di Qiuhe wanted to convey one thought: he had a miserable childhood, so you should not me him for his annoying temperate, and you should be generous, never mad at him. If you wanted to be mad, that¡¯s fine, but you couldn¡¯t block him and must tell him why you were mad. It depended on his mood that if he would improve or not. See, he had been so nice to you, so you had to be nice to him too. If you could call him big brother, that would be best.

    Maybe his feelings were a little bit different, but the core meaning was simr to that...He Bai had never seen such a person who tried to ingratiate with others by his miserable experience but in a justified and confident manner! What a nerve!

    His heart was still softened shamefully. While He Bai said nothing, Di Qiuhe should have kept saying so much. It was obvious that he had foreseen that He Bai would be touched.

    He was such a Film Emperor who was good at exploiting others¡¯ sympathy.

    Heined in his heart, but still picked out the cheap phone that he had bought before from the pocket. He pulled out the SIM card and inserted it into the old type phone given by Di Qiuhe. Fortunately, this phone supported dual-cards, or he would have to bring two phones everywhere, which was indeed annoying.

    He sighed anxiously, and then put the cheap phone and Apxxx Phone side by side on the table, giving a sad sigh again.

    How should he deal with these two phones?

    The number Li Ru gave him belonged to Jia Zhang. The girl that took the birthday photos was his daughter.

    ¡°I know you.¡±

    Different from his expectation, his attitude was kind and even somehow guilty, ¡°I have known the details from Qiuhe. I¡¯m sorry to hear that you were fired by Saint Elephant.¡±

    He Bai was baffled and replied cautiously: ¡°Fired? I...uh...Anyway, I am sorry.¡± He Bai didn¡¯t know what story Di Qiuhe had told them. He said some vague words and then apologized.

    ¡°It¡¯s not your fault. It¡¯s Saint Elephant that has cheated both of us. That¡¯s far across the line.¡± When he mentioned Saint Elephant, Jia Zhang was still angry. When he calmed down a little, he said: ¡°So, why did Mr. He came for me? You can be assured that we will not me you, as you are totally innocent in this event. Don¡¯t worry.¡±

    ¡°No, you¡¯ve mistaken my purpose. I am not worried about being med.¡± He Bai exined hurriedly and rified his purpose briefly, saying with guilt: ¡°Anyway, if allowed, I hope topensate your daughter by taking a new set of birthday photos, with my own name.¡±

    Jia Zhang was silent. It was obvious that he did a double-take.¡±

    He Bai was uneasy, fearing that his words might contradict with Di Qiuhe¡¯s story, which could make He¡¯s family me him more. Therefore, all the words that he had prepared before had been in vain.

    It took half a minute for Jia Zhang to respond.

    ¡°I appreciate your work ethic, but I need to inquire my father and daughter first before I give you an answer, sorry.¡±

    ¡°Of course, it would be better.¡± He Bai released a sigh of relief, and didn¡¯t put down the phone until the other side hung up.

    Jai Zhang hadn¡¯t rejected, which was better than expectation. He smiled and called Di Qiuhe instantly. It was urgent to check if their words were consistent.

    ...But both of Di Qiuhe¡¯s phones died.

 Chapter 40 - Candid Photos (2)

    <h4>Chapter 40: Candid Photos (2)</h4>

    That damned confined training!

    He grinded his teeth angrily.

    An hourter, Jia Zhang called back, but it was the old gentleman that spoke.

    ¡°He Bai?¡±

    He Bai was shocked by this old voice, hustling to reply, ¡°Yes, it is. Greetings, sir.¡±

    ¡°Well.¡± The old voice was smooth and indifferent without any emotions, ¡°I heard that you are Qiuhe¡¯s junior schoolmate? Which major are you in? How is your academic performance? And who is your photography teacher?¡±

    His questions were a little bit strange.

    ¡°Yes, Mr. Di is my senior. I major in journalism. As for my grades...I¡¯ve never failed. And my photography teacher is Mr. Xu Yinrong.¡± He answered as brief as possible as he couldn¡¯t figure out the elder man¡¯s mind.

    The old gentleman responded emotionlessly, and asked after a pause, ¡°When did you resign from Saint Elephant?¡±

    He Bai told him the date and hold his breath unconsciously.

    ¡°I see.¡± The old gentleman said and paused. It seemed that he turned around and said something to the person next to him, then replied: ¡°The birthday party will start at 8 pm tomorrow. The guests will begin arriving around 6. The birthday photos will be yed in loop on the screen at 7. So, if you have confidence to give me a new set before 7 pm tomorrow, the job is yours.¡±

    Then he hung up. An address was sent to He Bai a minuteter.

    He Bai gazed at the address dully for 2 minutes and suddenly jumped from the chair as if his butt had been stuck by a needle. He hurriedly turned on theptop and searched this address. It was a vacation resort on the outskirts, which featured an ecological garden. He Bai had an idea and packed up his things, taixing to Yika.

    ¡°You want to borrow elf series to take photos?¡± Lin Xia frowned slightly. She never thought that He Bai should have made such an unusual request.

    He Bai understood the meaning of her eyes, and realized that he was too impulsive. So, he scratched his face and exined, ¡°It¡¯s just that an idea shed in my mind. Elf series is not featured, so it is not selected as the promotional photos...Sorry, I am too silly.¡±

    He just thought that it was a win-win method. On the one hand, the elf series could be promoted, and Mr. He¡¯s photos could also be polished. However, in face of Lin Xia, He Ba realized that it was a stupid idea.

    The promotion of each brand had its own decided n. Such an abrupt request was indeed unprofessional.

    ¡°Sorry.¡± He Bai apologized sincerely.

    Looking at his poor and self-ming look, Lin Xia was less unpleasant about his request. Instead, her heart was softened and felt a little bit amusing. Sheforted He Bai with a mild voice: ¡°You are still young. It¡¯s normal for you toe up with some unusual ideas, which can give you more inspiration. That¡¯s good, tell me why you want to use elf series.¡±

    Her better attitudes made He Bai feel more foolish. He lowered his head and told her all.

    ¡°Wait, who would wear the elf series?¡± Lin Xia interrupted him when she heard a name.

    He Bai stopped the topic and answered: ¡°The granddaughter of Mr. Jia Sheng, Miss Jia Beilei.¡±

    Lin Xia got excite. ¡°Jia Sheng? The famous director that won numerous international awards?¡±

    He Bai was scared by her shining eyes and stepped back unconsciously. He nodded, ¡°Yes, I had intended to borrow elf series for her granddaughter¡¯s birthday photos...¡±

    ¡°How many people will see them?¡± Lin Xia went straight to the point and became serious.

    Seeing she getting urgent and interested, He Bai felt the possibility and exined more specifically, ¡°This is the 18th birthday party for Miss Jia Beilei, so it will be quite grand. All the people who have cooperated with Mr. Jia may attend. These photos will be yed in loop on the party, which means all of the guests can see them.¡±

    All the people who have cooperated wit Mr. Jia could see them...which meant, half of the people in the biz would see these photos, see our elf series! And they would definitely post some photos on Wei Bo, including the photos of girl of the day...

    Indeed, this was a brilliant promoting chance! Besides, it could serve as a stepping stone for our princess series and little mermaid series! ¡°Let¡¯s do it!¡± Lin Xia banged the table excitedly and picked up the phone on the table, ¡°I am asking the apparel department to bring you the elf series. By the way, bring the team that produced previous promotional photos. These are the birthday photos of Mr. Jia¡¯s granddaughter, make sure you nail it! Show him your best!¡± He Bai was baffled and then ecstatic. He didn¡¯t expect that she could have given the permission so quickly, what a windfall!

    Therefore, when Jia Beilei and his father weed the legendary Photographer Mr. He, they saw a whole professional team. Jia Zhang was shocked by this grand team, but then satisfied with it. As a father, it was pleasant and proud to see they attached so much importance to her daughter¡¯s birthday photos.

    ¡°So, I can count on you about my daughter¡¯s birthday photos.¡± He held He Bai¡¯s hand with a bright smile, more and more satisfied with this young man. After the handshake and greeting, He Bai turned to Lin Xia and introduced the team, ¡°Mr. Jia, this is the manager of Yika Apparel Company and its brand Little Mermaid, Miss. Lin, Lin Xia. She is my boss now. Knowing that I am going to take birthday photos for Miss. Jia Beilei, she gave me the whole team. If it were not her support, I would not have dared to take the task alone.¡±

    This was a huge boost for Lin Xia and Yika, which satisfied Lin Xia. Hence, in turn she also praised He Bai¡¯s excellent skills and his ¡°brave request to take photos for Miss Jia Beilei with unreleased clothes¡± during the greeting.

    Hearing their words, Jia Zhang could understand why she bring the whole team with her, but he didn¡¯t care about it. He knew Yika, whose brands were pretty good. Since He Bai had been quite serious and motivated to his daughter¡¯s birthday photos, it was not a problem to use several clothes of hispany.

    ¡°I want to extend my gratitude to Mr. He and Miss. Lin, thank you very much.¡± He said impressively. The he waved to a smiling youngdy behind him, ¡°Beilei,e to greet manager Lin and others.¡±

    He Beilei came over with a smile. She first greeted with Lin Xia politely and then looked that He Bai with a brighter smile, calling sweetly: ¡°Brother He!¡±

    All of them fell into silence. Jia Zhang coughed awkwardly and pulled his daughter back, exining: ¡°She was quite out-going, especially to handsome young man. No offence.¡±

    This was the simplest interpretation for face-judgers, Lin Xia grumbled in her mind.

    It was a mysterious feeling for He Bai to be called brother suddenly. But he only replied vaguely, fearing that Jia Zhang might be unhappy about it. He told Jia Zhang just called him Xiao He.

    Jia Zhang epted his advice and weed them into the resort.

    Along the way there were balloons and colored ribbons, but without any other guests. It was obvious that they had made the block booking.

    ¡°Book a whole holiday resort to treat guest? It was really a grand birthday party. You won a huge business for ourpany. You will get your bonus.¡±

 Chapter 41 - Candid Photos (3)

    <strong>Chapter 41: Candid Photos (3)</strong>

    He Bai was surprised to find that such a stable and mature woman would also whisper. After that, he said: ¡°I hadn¡¯t thought that we could have such a big opportunity...We have to get on with some serious hard work.¡± So, what a huge opportunity Di Qiuhe had earned for him...

    Lin Xia nodded, ¡°Yes, we must work hard!¡±

    After a short talk, the car had arrived at the main building of this resort. Jia Zhang and his followers got out of the car and led other people in. He left after a few words, leaving two female assistants topany Jia Beilei. He made himself scarce in case he might burden them, as the time was already very tight.

    He Bai had found suitable locations on the way. After Jia Zhang left, he immediately asked the team to start. When the team headed to the locations to prepare, he brought the photos of elf series to Jia Beilei, telling her the arrangement of photography.

    ¡°Miss Jia, you don¡¯t have to pose for the camerater. The locations I chose are surrounded by trees, on which the fruits have ripened. So, you just need to take the basket and walk around, picking some fruit and flowers. The lighting operators will cooperate with you as best as he can, so will I. So, just rx.¡±

    Jia Beilei was a tall, beautiful girl, who exactly matches the fairy-spirit design concept of elf series. She listened to He Bai carefully and browsed all the photos of elf series with blinking eyes, asking excitedly, ¡°Am I really the first to wear them?¡±

    After all she was a just a youngdy, who could not reject the attraction of beautiful clothes.

    ¡°Yes, you are.¡± He Bai smiled at her. The dimple on his left face gave him some childishness, which would made anyone drop the guard and feel affectionate, ¡°You are very tall, Miss Jia, so the clothes suit you well.¡±

    Jia Beilei smiled more brightly, ¡°Don¡¯t call me Miss Jia, that¡¯s too distant. Just call me Beilei or Leilei. The photos you took for sister Xiao Fu are very amazing, I like them. Will you take the same wonderful photos for me?¡±

    He Bai was a little bit surprised, ¡°Jia...Beilei knew Miss Yang?¡±

    Jia Beilei rubbed her chin when she heard He Bai called Yang Fu ¡°Miss Yang¡±. Sheughed in a low voice and replied: ¡°Of course. She is my future sister-inw. She is engaged to my brother.¡±

    There should have been such a rtionship.

    He Bai nodded, ¡°Congrattions to them.¡±

    He Bailei suddenly lowered her head andughed secretly.

    He Bai: ¡°...¡± He wondered whether he had said something funny.

    ¡°You are exactly what sister Xiao Fu described-polite to the extent of ¡®straight¡¯.¡± Jia Beilei raised her head and burst out a red-faced smile, ¡°You are a good-looking young man, but speak like my father. That¡¯s so funny. Uh...no offence. I just think you are amiable and good-temperate photographer, much better than those in Saint Elephant who are portentous.¡±

    He Bai didn¡¯t know how to respond, so he just gave a smile. Nowadays, young men were also lively and changeable, which was difficult for him to be used to. In this term, Di Qiuhe was a good boy with consistent temperate¡ª always annoying.

    Photographing began in a joyful and harmonious atmosphere. As he said, He Bai didn¡¯t ask Jia Beilei to do any poses. He just allowed her to do whatever she wanted. For fear of her awkwardness, he also put a rabbit in her basket.

    Wearing the elf series suit and make-up, Jia Beilei¡¯s new appearance was even more beautiful. She carried the edge of her skirt and looked at the rabbit in her basket with surprise, asking with a slightly higher voice, ¡°How do you know I like rabbit? Thank you! This is the best birthday gifts I¡¯ve received this year.¡±

    He Bai paused for a while and stopped the make-up artist who had intended to say something, smiling, ¡°Good to see you love it. Go ahead, now the sunlight is brilliant.¡±

    Jia Beilei nodded joyfully and went to the deep of the botanic garden with her rabbit. The lighting operator followed her hurriedly and spared enough space for He Bai to take photos.

    Lin Xia stepped forward to He Bai, who was adjusting his camera and told him in a low voice, ¡°Nice one on the rabbit, you are very considerate.¡±

    ¡°...¡± He Bai just sympathized with an elder woman who sold rabbits, so he bought one. It was really a beautiful coincidence. He had intended to send the rabbit to his university¡¯s animal rescue association.

    Sunlight dipped into the garden through the gaps of leaves. A youngdy with green chiffon skirt was wandering pleasantly. She might pick the fruit, held a flower or yed with the rabbit, which was as beautiful as a fine painting. asionally, the shutter clicked, producing a harmonious sound with birds and butterflies.

    The sunset was near, and thest set of photos was finished. Except Jia Beili, who could enjoy blowing machine, other workers had been drown with sweats.

    ¡°Thank you for your hard work.¡± Jia Beilei looked at the workers with guilt, with the rabbit in her arms, ¡°Sorry, I have been too fond of ying. You must be very tired.¡±

    ¡°No, no, never mind.¡± The whole teamforted her that it was fine.

    The manager of the resort showed up in time and led others to taking shower. He Bai still stayed with Jia Beilei and told her the key points of retouching in details, asking for her opinions.

    ¡°He, you are really responsible. I almost fall in love with you.¡± Finally, Jia Beilei stopped calling him ¡°Brother He¡±. She sat down and allowed her assistant to remove make-up and take off the ornaments on the hair. She gazed at He Bai with much admiration, ¡°You are so amiable. When I go to the university, I will find a boyfriend as kind as you.¡±

    ¡°...You definitely will.¡± He Bai stepped back and kept a distance. He didn¡¯t to be mistaken as a wretched man who wanted to abduct a girl.

    ¡°You have also worn out. Go have a rest.¡± Jia Beilei said kindly.

    He Bai followed her advice and prepared to leave. But before that, he asked whether she had any ns this night.

    ¡°Yep. I have a party with my friends tonight. Personally, I would like to invite you, but you know, girlfriends party, so no boy.¡± Jia Beilei cupped her face in her hands, sighing sadly, ¡°I know they will all like you, so it may be wise to not invite you. At least they will not distract your attention from me.¡±

    ¡°...Actually, I kinda want to join.¡±

    Jia Beilei stared at him with shock, ¡°What? You want to take my girls?!¡±

    How did shee up with this conclusion.

    ¡°No.¡± He Bai was utterly dumbfounded. He exined, ¡°The 18th birthday is the most important one in your life, so I want to take some photos when you spend this special asion with your families and friends. I can be disguised into a waiter, so you can ignore mepletely.¡±

    Jia Beilei blinked, ¡°Good idea, why haven¡¯t I thought of that before! You are really amazing!¡±

    ¡°I thought it would be a rude request.¡±

    ¡°Not at all! I like it!¡±

    So, that was settled. After dinner, the working team left first while He Bai stayed here and continued his photographing.

    After a day-long training, Di Qiuhe turned on his phone secretly. After a thought, he chose to chat with his little dog on Wechat.

    Cute Bird Born in Autumn: Evening Bai, what¡¯re doing? ^-^

    He received He Bai¡¯s reply after ten minutes.

    Little Little White: Evening, I¡¯m taking candid photos for beautiful girls.

    The water that Di Qiuhe just opened fell on the ground. He was overwhelmed by shock, confusion, and then anger and somewhat jealousy.

    Cute Bird Born in Autumn: What? Candid photos?!

    Cute Bird Born in Autumn: No!!! Stop!!!

 Chapter 42 - Woof Woof (1)

    <h4>Chapter 42: Woof Woof (1)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    He Bai didn¡¯t reply, presumably engaged in ¡°secretly photographing¡± the girls.

    ¡°You bastard, little puppy!¡± Staring at the chat page, Di Qiuhe kept tapping on the screen. Meanwhile, he kept picturing that little puppy crouching down in the grass or hiding behind the parterre secretly photographing beautiful girls in the way he once did to him.

    ¡°Already told you to behave yourself. Why don¡¯t you listen to me?¡± He started pacing back and forth out of rage and kicked the mineral water bottle away. The gentleness had gonepletely, and instead he looked irritated.

    After pacing for a while, he couldn¡¯t help but send a message.

    A Bird Born in Autumn: Turn off your camera right now. Delete the photos and go back to sleep! No more secret photography! Reasons? That.... that¡¯s because it¡¯s wrong to secretly photograph girls! Absolutely wrong! This is way over the line! What were you thinking?

    He was in the locker room right now as his training was just over and his vest was still sweaty. With his sweaty, newly cut hair and his furious face, he looked rather masculine and wildly sexy.

    When Wang Boyi walked in, he saw such a different Di Qiuhe. He halted his steps and stooped down to pick up the mineral water bottle on the ground. After pausing for a while, he stepped forward and whispered ¡°Mr. Di, the martial arts choreographer sends me over to check up on you and ask why you haven¡¯t gone out yet. Is the water supply got suspended again in the bathroom right next to the changing room?¡±

    Di Qiuhe turned to look at him with abstruse eyes and didn¡¯t reply.

    Lowering his head, Wang Boyi looked away to avoid eye contact with him. His body slightly tightened when he saw his pectoral and abdominal muscles through the vest, ¡°Also, tomorrow is Miss Jia¡¯s birthday. We have finished the preparation work for theing media coverage and the studio needs to know when you would like to release it.¡± As he was saying that, he gradually lowered his head as a sign of subservience.

    At the very beginning when he was threatened by Di Qiuhe, he simply felt unfair and unlucky that he should get the goods on him. But ever since he saw Di Qiuhe¡¯s secret crazy team, he had bepletely convinced and had grown terrified of this man.

    There were a lot of showbiz-rted marketing ounts and paparazzi teams operating on the Inte. On one hand, the stars hated them, on the other hand, they relied on them. Because they were usually the necessary evils whenever those stars needed help hyping up their events, propping up their poprities, or starting a smear campaign.

    This kind of business had only truly be a thing for these few years and it¡¯s the product of the rapidly developing Inte. He did not know much about them, but he had dealt with them several times when he worked for the big boss.

    They were a bunch of mean profiteers who actually took pride in what they were doing. He despised them and mocked them inwardly, but he never thought that the most fanatical bunch among them would be Di Qiuhe¡¯s men.

    No, to describe them as a group of people would be a mild understatement. In fact, they were rather like a bunch of loyal dogs raised by Di Qiuhe and would bite whoever Di Qiuhe asked them to. Among those dogs, there were respectedmentators who appeared to be neutral, and there were also notorious jerks, Inte celebrities who either were famous for being funny or blunt-speaking. The mixed types made it almost impossible for people to realize that they all actually belonged to the same team.

    He finally realized that it wasn¡¯t bad luck that he got caught. It was because he had been deliberately targeted ever since he was assigned to Di Qiuhe.

    Di Qiuhe was only 23 years old this year, but many of his minions had been popr for seven or eight years. That¡¯s to say, Di Qiuhe had been controlling those people since he was a teenager at the age of fourteen or fifteen.

    That was simply too terrible a hypothesis, one which was beyond anyone¡¯s imagination.

    ¡°What are you thinking?¡±

    Di Qiuhe asked in a such aposed and cold manner that his casual tone led people to feel like he didn¡¯t mean anything by asking this question. Wang Boyi was startled upon hearing this question, but he soon regained hisposure. After taking a step back and a deep breath, he replied, ¡°Yes, Mr. Di. I was thinking about when you organized the team.¡± By now he had known a thing or two about how to deal with Di Qiuhe, which was that you could make mistake, but you should never lie to him. ¡°No, it wasn¡¯t me who arranged this.¡± Di averted his eye contact. He put the phone into his pocket and opened the locker. ¡°That¡¯s a gift from my grandpa.¡±

    In shock, Wang Boyi suddenly looked up at him.

    Who would have thought that it was actually a legacy passed down from the retired Chairman! Back then it was rumored all over thepany that the retired Chairman had a deep affection for his grandson but was unsatisfied with his only son. To quash this rumor, the old chairman even went so far as to fire arge number of senior managers.

    He once heard from aid-off senior staff that the retire Chairman had a very important resource in hand, and he did not pass it on to the next chairman but instead to his grandson Di Qiuhe. From a few asional conversations he had with the chairman, he found that the sitting chairman seemed also suspicious about the authenticity of the rumor. However, after he had removed most of the senior staffs of Huang Du until there was virtually no one who had known about this grandson Di Qiuhe, Di Bian gradually dropped his suspicion as he had now controlled everything in Huang Du. On the contrary, the supposedly empowered Di Qiuhe after receiving the old chairman¡¯s secret heritage had be weaker and weaker ever since. A capable man, no doubt, but he seemed like such an easy target to be picked on.

    But all these were just facades! Di Qiuhe was not an easy target at all! He was a wolf in disguise!

    Maybe the team wasn¡¯t the only thing that Di Qiuhe inherited. The old chairman built Huang Du from scratch and he must have had some underhand resources. The current operation of Huang Du seemed so too legit and not at all smooth and aggressive like how it used to be when it was captained by the retired Chairman.

    ¡°Tell the martial arts choreographers that my stomach feels funny and so I won¡¯t be having the midnight snack with them. I gotta take a rain check.¡± After taking out clean clothes, he waved to Wang Boyi and turned around to the bathroom. ¡°Assistant Wang, you can think about me all you want, but you do well to keep your mouth shut. I am not the type to dwell on the unpleasant past but going forward you must follow my lead.¡±

    Wang Boyi suddenly realized that he had been in a trance for a while, and so he hurriedly replied in a respectful manner, ¡°Yes, Mr. Di.¡± Maybe he had had some other thoughts about Di before, but now...... He dared not think about them anymore.

    The man in the mirror was very young, yet he was wearing a somewhat sullen look on his face. Di Qiuhe raised his hand to wipe off the mist on the mirror and curled up his lips a little bit until gradually a gentle smile broke out on his face.

    ¡°I am not angry.¡±

    He tapped on the mirror and looked away from his phone beside the washbasin. He curled up his lips, ¡°Nothing. A naughty little brother has been acting up recently, that¡¯s all. It takes time to discipline him.¡±

    Snap.

    He took down the towel from his neck in one quick swing and hung it onto the steel towel rack. The gentle look on his face was no more and with a frown, he took out his phone to search for He Bai¡¯s number, then he dialed his number, all the while gritting his teeth, ¡°How dare you take photo of these girls like a pervert? A brat like you deserves a good spanking! This kind of obscenity ends right now!¡±

    ¡°Hello?¡± He Bai answered over the phone in bewilderment, and on the background were the birthday song and girl¡¯sughter. ¡°Why do you call me now. The training is over? Yeah, right. I¡¯m at Miss Jia¡¯s birthday party to take photos for her and Mr. Jia Er has just mentioned you. What did you tell him? Why would he think that I was fired by the Saint Elephant?

    Upon hearing that, all Di Qiuhe¡¯s anger and the strong desire to yell suddenly vanished. He racked his brain toe up with a logical exnation and yet found none. Coincidentally, he spotted the twisted look on his face in the mirror while he was turning his head around. His body froze a bit and he quickly covered the phone camera as if he was afraid of being seen by the man on the other side.

    ¡°Hello? Why aren¡¯t you speaking? Did you butt dial me? Wait, is that water sshing?¡±

    In the mirror was a man awkwardly covering the phone camera. It wasn¡¯t a pretty scene to look at.

    Putting down the phone, Di Qiuhe turned his back to the mirror. Then he leaned on the washbasin, and said with a cough, ¡°I just get out of the shower and water sound you heard came from the bathroom. Anyway, you said you are taking photos for Miss Jia at her birthday party?¡±

 Chapter 43 - Woof Woof (2)

    <strong>Chapter 43: Woof Woof (2)</strong>

    ¡°Yes. I¡¯m still shooting now. Miss Jia and her friends are enjoying the party. They are singing Happy Birthday now.¡± Being present at a birthday party surely put He Bai in a good mood and he was more talkative than before. ¡°How about I shoot a set of photos for you at your next birthday party? Just like today, you could y with friends, and I will be taking photos around you.¡± He thought it¡¯s more interesting to celebrate the birthday with more people. It would be a bit boring if there were only two of them.

    ¡®So that exins those photos...¡¯ Di Qiuhe finally felt rxed and put on a smile on his face. But in his heart, he was poking the little puppy¡¯s dimples out of rage. ¡®He just doesn¡¯t know when to shut up,¡¯ thought Di Qiuhe.

    ¡°Well, as you wish. You can take as many photos of me as you want.¡± Di Qiuhe turned around and looked at himself in the mirror. His short-haired reflection looked rather dapper. He paused for a while and rolled up the vest to look at his six-packs. Suddenly he felt embarrassed, so he pulled down the vest and turned around again to continue the conversation, ¡°Is everything going OK today?¡±

    ¡°Very smoothly.¡± He Bai¡¯s voice suddenly got clearer, along with the vague sound of him pressing down on the shutter. ¡°But I have to stay upte tonight to edit these photos as it has to be done before 7:00 pm tomorrow. I am in a bit of a hurry. Right, you haven¡¯t told me how you lied to the Jia. And, going forward, would you please talk to me first before you lie to people? I almost failed to cover up your story today.¡±

    ¡°It doesn¡¯t matter. I will be able to fix it if that happens.¡± Di Qiuhe could almost picture that little puppy holding his phone with his shoulder while holding up the camera to take pictures. As he heard the voice getting clearer, Qi Qiuhe suddenly felt an itchy sensation in his ear, but he was not willing to switch his mobile phone to the other side. Instead, he smiled and said, ¡°Well, noted. I will make sure to run my story by you in advance. I didn¡¯t say too much, just mentioning how the Saint Elephant had been shamelessly taking advantage of your sorry ass...¡± ¡°Wait!¡± He Bai¡¯s voice suddenly increased, and then a shuffling sound came from the other end of the line. ¡°Wait till I plug in this earphone.¡±

    Picking up his clothes, Di Qiuhe got up, opened the door of the bathroom and went outside. ¡°Take your time. I¡¯m not in a hurry,¡± said he with a pampering tone.

    After inserting the earphones, He Bai waited a second and said, ¡°Okay, shoot.¡±

    ¡°Well, actually the Jia Family...¡±

    The girls suddenly burst intoughter over something. Wearing a smile, He Bai talked with Di Qiuhe in a low voice, all the while raising up the camera to take photos of the birthday girl who was surrounded by other girls.

    The party wasn¡¯t over until eleven. From a distance He Bai waved to Jia Beilei who was escorting the guests to the door and with a bunch of photos he went back to the room that the Jia Family arranged for him.

    After taking a shower and changing into pajamas, he made a cup of coffee and turned on theputer provided by the Jias to start editing.

    The clicking sounds of the mouse and keyboard were amplified by the quiet night and through the current they passed to the ear of Di Qiuhe who was on the other side of the phone.

    Looking at the screen, Di Qiuhe noticed that they had been on the phone for several hours straight. He found it quite soothing when he pictured the little puppy working hard. Although it was his usual bedtime, he didn¡¯t feel like sleeping at all.

    ¡®Good luck with your work.¡¯

    He wished inwardly. Then he took out the other Apxxx cellphone which had the same color as the one he gave to He Bai. He logged in twitter and flipped through the to-be hot news, all the while twitching his lips and tapping his fingers.

    The sun was already hanging high in the sky, and the light managed to squeeze in through the curtain gap.

    After rubbing his eyes, He Bai turned off the deskmp and leaned forward to sleep on the table.

    ¡°All done?¡±

    Crack.

    Hearing that, He Bai immediately sat up straight, and in a panic his arms identally swept away bits and pieces on the table.

    ¡°Scared? Good morning, little puppy.¡±

    To He Bai¡¯s ears, the voice sounded rather obscure and vague, but he was sure that it¡¯s Di Qiuhe.

    He looked around in horror and raised his hand to bang his forehead. ¡°Am I starting to hear things after pulling an all-nighter?¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s not an illusion. We talked over the phone yesterday. Have you forgotten that?¡±

    Although it was still vague, it¡¯s enough for him to make sense of the words being said to him.

    With eyes widened, He Bai hurriedly took out his cellphone from his camera side bag on the table corner. When he turned on the phone, he saw that they were still on the phone with each other. Apparently, this call hadsted for a long time. It seemed that he indeed forgot to hang upst night. One minute he was talking and the next thing he knew, he was back on taking photos and when he finally finished, he simply took down the earphones without disconnecting the call.

    He thought that Di Qiuhe had already hung up, but...

    ¡°Why didn¡¯t you hung up the phone?!¡± Nowpletely awake after that initial shock, he very much wanted to follow the current to rip his head off. ¡°Do you know how much money you have wasted over that past ten hours?

    ¡°But you didn¡¯t hang up, too¡±

    ¡°..... that¡¯s... I forgot.¡±

    ¡°Me too,¡± after spinning a shameless lie, he quickly changed the topic, ¡°you have been busy all night. You must be sleepy. Don¡¯t go sleep now. Eat something. I¡¯ve ordered you breakfast.

    He Bai felt that he was a bit slow in his response. Obviously, theck of sleep has somehow hampered his ability to think.

    ¡°You ordered me breakfast? How?¡±

    ¡°By making a phone call.¡±

    ¡°What do you mean?¡±

    ¡°I found out the phone number of the resort, gave them a call, and ordered the breakfast.¡±

    ¡°Okay... But how do you know my room number?¡±

    ¡°I told them your name, and the staff would find you.¡±

    ¡°Hmm......¡±

    ¡°Sleepy now?¡±

    ¡°A bit.¡±

    ¡°Call me brother.¡±

    ¡°Asshole¡±

    ¡°.... Aren¡¯t you sleepy now?¡±

    Rubbing his face, He Bai sneered, ¡°I¡¯m sleepy, not stupid. And I haven¡¯t finished the editing yet, so I can¡¯t sleep now. Got work to do. Thank you for the breakfast. I¡¯ll enjoy it.

    Di Qiuhe frowned, ¡°Haven¡¯t finished yet? How many photos have you taken?

    ¡°Not many, just dozens of them. Childish Di, it¡¯s very cute of you to order me breakfast. Thank you.¡±

    Although Di Qiuhe rather enjoyed the way He Bai called him, he still pretended to be angry, ¡°Don¡¯t you dare call me cute! Need a bit of discipline, don¡¯t you? You naughty puppy.¡±

    He Bai suddenly burst intoughter and quickly asked, ¡°How does a dog bark?¡±

    Having never heard of himughing so loud, Di Qiuhe froze for a while. He felt his ear getting hot and his heart racing. In a trance, he unconsciously replied, ¡°Woof, Woof.¡±

    ¡°Good boy, I will treat you with bones.¡± Having mocked him, He Bai stopped Di Qiuhe right there and then and immediately hung up the phone. Then he went to the bathroom to wash his face and waited for breakfast.

    ......Woof.

    Di Qiuhe took off the phone and stared at the screen.

    Di Qiuhe still could feel his ear burning and he felt as if he could hear the echo of hisughter.

    ¡°What¡¯s so funny!¡± Grinding his teeth, he rubbed the ear and tapped on the chest. Holding back his desire tough, he continued with his furious face, ¡°What a naughty puppy. I really should be stricter with you! I gotta teach you a lesson when I am back.¡±

    At 6 pm, all the resortnterns were lit up. Along the way leading up from the entrance gate to the main building there were blooming flowers and trees decorated with ribbons. It was absolutely gorgeous. In front of the main building there was a red carpet spreading out from the inside with flowers nking it¡¯s both sides.

    ¡°Howvish. Those flowers are transported by air, right?¡± Looking out of the car window, the new person Wu Meng of the Bai Xiu Entertainment eximed, ¡°Ms. Ouyang, thank you for taking me here. This is absolutely mind blowing.¡±

    Ouyang Linlin was retouching her makeup when she heard Wu Meng talking. Upon hearing what she said, she quickly pulled Wu Meng over to sit with her. After sneaking a look at the agent sitting at the front seat, she said, ¡°No need to thank me. If it were not for thepany, we wouldn¡¯t have been here. Well, stop looking around and get your m fixed. We are expecting media coverageter.¡±

    Wu Meng obediently stuck out her tongue and started to reapply her makeup.

    The agent sitting at the front seat nodded in agreement. After the girls finished their m, he said, ¡°Ouyang, Meng, thepany doesn¡¯t expect you to make friends with big shots here. We only hope that you don¡¯t make any trouble and get yourself some face time with these people. Bear it in mind that the Jia Family has only one girl, and so all the family members spoil her. You are about the same age as her. Don¡¯t get too much attention and steal her thunder. Understand?

    The girls kept nodding.

 Chapter 44 - Woof Woof (3)

    <h4>Chapter 44: Woof Woof (3)</h4>

    The agent said a few more words to Ouyang Linlin and told her to keep an eye on Wu Meng. Then she tidied herself up and got off with the invitation that thepany gave to her and led them towards the area where red carpet ended.

    They entered the hall and handed the invitation to a waiter. After taking photos and signing their names, they were led by the waiter to the ballroom on the second floor.

    ¡°Wow, Tian! I saw Tian!¡±

    The moment Wu Meng came in, she couldn¡¯t help but exim all the time with eyes full of excitement.

    Ouyang Linlin hurriedly pinched her hand to calm her down. She was really disappointed at what just happened.

    This little girl was almost perfect, what with her professional acting skills, sweet look and nice character and all. However, she could be really hysterical sometimes, always getting psyched over nothing. A typical fanatical groupie.

    After seeing that the agent turned her head back and gave her a warning look, Wu Meng promptly stopped yelling. Nheless, she still kept searching for her idol with her big eyes until she finallyid her eyes on a strange person.

    All the guests in the hall were well dressed in morous outfits. Even the waiters were wearing tuxedos with delicate makeup on their faces. But the young man who was talking with a hotel staff was wearing a short-sleeved shirt and casual pants. He looked very much out of ce.

    How did that man get in? Was he a guest, too?

    She felt it strange, so she couldn¡¯t help but look at their direction.

    Having discussed with the person in charge about the streaming of the photos and inspected the location of the big screen on the spot, He Bai was preparing to tell the Jias that he was leaving.

    ¡°Mr. He, thedy over there has been watching you for a while. Do you know her?¡± said the manager while secretly pointing to the direction of the hall.

    Surprised, He Bai turned around and followed his finger to look towards the hall. Incidentally, he met the eyes of a girl wearing a yellow gown.

    ¡°I don¡¯t know her. Probably she was wondering why I could be here dressing like this.¡± He Bai replied with augh and gave the girl a nod before looking away. Then he followed the manager out from the side exit of the hall.

    Hearing what he said, the manager apologized with a smile, ¡°It¡¯s our fault. We forgot to prepare you a proper outfit. Mr. Jia has sent someone on it. He¡¯ll be back in no time.¡±

    He Bai was utterly surprised to hear that as he didn¡¯t actually mean anything by what he had just said. It seemed impossible to leave now since they are preparing his outfit. Clearly, the Jia Family wanted him to stay for the birthday party.

    But he was so sleepy...

    Half an hourter, with a tuxedo and a new hair style, He Bai was led into the hall by a waiter and he was arranged to sit next to the Jia Family.

    The moment He Bai stood next to Jia Zhang, all the eyes of the guests in the hall were fixed on him.

    He Bai: ¡°...¡± He suddenly felt like a frog which was going to be toasted by other¡¯s gaze.

    ¡°Bai, I have seen your work. They are so good. Thank you! ¡± Jia Beilei let go the arm of his brother, ran past her father and held He Bai¡¯s arm. She kept shaking it out of excitement and said, ¡°I¡¯m so happy. I also want you to take photos for my on my next year¡¯s birthday.¡±

    ¡°...¡± Medium rare to medium well.

    ¡°I¡¯m d you like it.¡± He Bai gently took out his arm from her hands and distanced himself from her. Then he said hello to the others of the Jia Family with a smile.

    Jia Beilei looked at him with a sad expression, ¡°Bai, you promised me that you would never call me Ms. Jia again. Why are you standing so far from me? Is it because my perfume makes you ufortable?¡±

    Coughing in a low voice, Jia Zhang was so embarrassed that he turned his head back, pretending that he didn¡¯t hear what his daughter just said.

    He smiled in front of them, but in fact, he was rendered absolutely speechless, ¡®Ms. Jia, please don¡¯t say more.¡¯ Those who were close to them were gazing at him in an odd way. It seemed that they were picturing something foul in their minds.

    Jia Zehang noticed his embarrassment, so he swept a look at his own sister with a sigh. He walked over and reached out to He Bai, saying ¡°Hello, Mr. He. My sister is very born socializer. I hope you don¡¯t mind.¡±

    He Bai shook hands with him, saying that he didn¡¯t mind. Then hemended Jia Beilei for being so cute and honest.

    Upon hearing that, Jia Beileiughed again and tried to hold his arm for the second time.

    ¡°Lei.¡± Jia Zehang quickly grabbed her by the arm and winked at her. ¡°Grandpa and parents are watching you. Don¡¯t make Mr. He feel embarrassed.¡± said he, while signaling her that all guests were watching her as well.

    With a twitch of eyebrows, Jia Beilei paused and finally regained herposure. Then she took hold of his brother¡¯s arm with a smile.

    Seeing that, He Bai felt relieved.

    ¡°Sorry.¡± Jia Zehang apologized once more and led him to Mr. Jia who was surrounded by his family. ¡°Grandpa and the others were very satisfied with the photos you took. They want to thank you in person.¡±

    ¡°Thank you very much. It¡¯s my fault. I should havee over earlier to say hello to you.¡± He Bai replied in a rather courteous manner without appearing to be too intimate, lest people might get the wrong idea. ¡°Besides, I offered to do it, so I should thank you for giving me this opportunity.¡±

    ¡°This is very kind of you.¡±

    Jia Beilei felt nauseous standing aside listening to them exchangingpliments. The conversation between two prim men was as boring as it got.

    ¡°Grandpa, Mr. He is here,¡± said Jia Zehang who stopped in front of Mr. Jia with He Bai on his heels.

    The gray-haired old man turned his head back and looked at him with gentle eyes.

    He Bai quickly tidied himself up and respectfully bent slightly over to greet him.

    ¡°Nice to meet you, too. Come sit over here.¡± Mr. Jia waved to him. He then looked at his granddaughter and said with a gentle voice, ¡°Your aunt said that Fu has already arrived at the door. You should take Zehang and go greet her.¡± After that, he looked at his children around him and waved them away, ¡°All right. Leave us. Go entertain our guests.¡±

    Hearing that, they knowingly took their leaves, but not before they greeted He Bai first.

    He Bai thanked them one by one, feeling ttered. He felt like they were being way too nice with him. Like he was not a photographer who came to take photos, but a family friending over for a get-together.

    ¡°Bai, take a seat.¡±

    Mr. Jia was in poor health. Now, he was drinking tea at the head table in front of the main stage.

    He Bai came to sit down next to the old man as told... Sitting this close to the family elder was usually a sign of friendship with the family.

    After instructing the waiter to serve tea for him, Mr. Jia asked, ¡°How old are you?¡±

    It sounded like a weird way to start a conversation.

    ¡°Twenty-one years old.¡± He Bai answered.

    ¡°Hm.¡± The old man nodded and said, ¡°Thank you for the photos. Yesterday, you said that Xu Yinrong is your photography teacher. How long has he been teaching you?¡±

    ¡°We started taking photography ss on the second semester of the freshman year and so he has been teaching me for a year and a half.¡± He Bai replied with baffled face, wondering inwardly whether Di Qiuhe had said something he didn¡¯t know to the Jias, for he didn¡¯t know why else Mr. Jia will be so nice to him.

    ¡°One and a half year. You¡¯re a decent learner.¡± Elder Jia nodded, looking more amiable. ¡°Xu is a talented and passionate teacher. Keep learning. Don¡¯t let him down.¡±

    He Bai nodded, but he was surprised at the way this old man called his teacher. Did they know each other? He never heard of that in his previous life.

    The old man also asked some trifling things, like his performance in school, his previous work, his future n, his work at Yi Ka and how long he had known Di Qiuhe. He Bai replied one by one in details. As the conversation continued with the old man asking questions in a slow manner, he gradually got rxed. In fact, he felt sofortable that he would have told him everything without reserve.

 Chapter 45 - Woof Woof (4)

    <strong>Chapter 45: Woof Woof (4)</strong>

    ¡°So your parents are war correspondents. That¡¯s tough. Considering the bad international situation in those years, those volunteer war correspondents are truly heroes.¡± Mr. Jia was surprised upon learning his parents¡¯ professions. Then he asked out of concern, ¡°So where are your parents working now? There should be corresponding allowance for war correspondents after returning from the frontline.¡±

    The smile on He Bai¡¯s receded upon hearing this question, and then he replied, ¡°Unfortunately, my parents died in a terrorist attack... It¡¯s been many years.¡±

    They went there alive but came back in urns. People only managed to salvage a phone that his parents once used. Nothing more.

    Mr. Jia was struck dumb for a while. Then with a long sigh, he raised his hand up and patted him on his shoulder, ¡°So, all the more reasons to take good care of yourself.¡±

    The tapping was very slight, but He Bai still could feel the genuine concern from the old man, so he nodded with a smile, ¡°Of course.¡±

    The time went by quickly when they were talking. It was already 6:50. When Jia Zhang went up to the stage together with the senior host, they attracted everyone¡¯s attention.

    Noticing that, He Bai stopped talking and together with Mr. Jia, they looked towards the stage.

    After the host finished his festive opening remarks, the birthday party began. The first part was to y the video of Jia Beilei¡¯s growth. The childhood photos of her appeared on the big screen one after another, while Jia Zhang talked a lot about her childhood as the host requested. Together with the guests, he watched how a little girl grew to be that beautiful woman in the video.

    Then the screen suddenly darkened. The host excitedly pictured how she would live an exciting and meaningful life after she grew up and then after the host expressed his best wishes to Ms. Jia, a new photo was shown on the screen with back ground music.

    The moment the photo appeared, it caught everyone¡¯s attention. The deep green reminded everyone of the Mother Nature and those people in fine outfits were immediately drawn to this ineffable beauty.

    The girl in green tulle dress was wearing a wreath and was sitting on the branch of a low tree. The bare feet were swaying, and her hands were stretching upward as if she was plucking something. However, her face is directed at the camera with confused eyes, looking very innocent, like a beautiful fairy who identally spotted a stranger barging in her territory.

    There was a moment of silence on the scene, and it was soon followed by the muffled exims of the women.

    ¡°She is gorgeous!¡± Wu Meng was so excited that her face flushed, and her hands unconsciously tighten her skirt, ¡°I, I... It¡¯s pretty! I want to look that good!¡±

    Ouyang Linlin was calmer than her, but her eyes were also glued to the photos. The focus was not on people, but on the elegant dress that perfectly brought out the girl¡¯s body line. It was really good-looking. Every woman would kill to look that pretty.

    After sneaking a look at the male guests, she found it quite hypocritical that those otherwise high and mighty gentlemen who looked down on newbies should have their eyes tightly fixed on the girl in the photo. They were so full of shit! They only care if you were pretty. Only if you were pretty. They were no more than a bunch of lecherous creatures.

    Before the audience were able to snap out their trance, the next photo appeared on the screen.

    It was the same forest setting, but this time the girl didn¡¯t wear the previous long dress, and was instead wearing a short slip dress with irregr hem. The girl was stepping into a stream with a basket and her delicate ankles had immerged into the water. With slender vines around her arms and right leg and with unfastened curly hair, she stooped down to pick up the petals drifting from the upper stream.

    People looked at the flock of birds flying over above her head and in a trance, they felt like they could almost hear the chirping sound of birds among the gurgling sound of water.

    The green was manifested in various shades. It was truly a beautiful sight to behold.

    It was getting quieter and quieter in the hall. All eyes were glued to the photo. As they enjoyed the beauty of the current photo, they were also savoring the memory of thest one, all the while looking forward to the next photo.

    Excellent. These photos were amazing works, either from a professional perspective or from a personal view. They were simply wless. In those pictures, Jia Beilei looked like a beautiful creature between an innocent girl and a sexy woman that, instead of provoking erotic desires, stimted people¡¯s innermost yearning for beautiful things. Even if for a second you were to have that impulse to embrace this beauty, you would immediately dismiss this idea out of shame.

    ¡°So beautiful.¡± Yang Fu eximed with hands cupping her cheeks. ¡°I would like to be photographed by photographer He one more time.¡±

    Jia Zehang covered her eyes and unpleasantly swept a look at the male guests around. With a frown, he said, ¡°This set of photos should not have been yed at all. My grandpa has already nned to cancel this part. But...¡±

    ¡°But photographer He saved the day!¡± Yang Fu pulled down his hands and continued to hold her cheeks. ¡°Zehang, don¡¯t be jealous. I think Lei is very happy to have those photos for her birthday party. Look at her. She wasughing like crazy.¡±

    Hearing those words, he looked towards his sister who was being surrounded by her friends. Apparently, she was enjoying this. He let out a sigh and poked at her forehead, ¡°You smart ass. If you like, we could ask him to take wedding photos for us when we get married.¡±

    Yang Fu grunted, ¡°How long would that be!¡±

    ¡°We can do this anytime if you want.¡± Jia Zehang held her hand and gave it a kiss, ¡°Let¡¯s get married soon?¡±

    With a flushed face, Yang Fu gave him a stare in a flirtatious manner and ignored his question.

    Jia Zehangughed, but deep down he wrote down He Bai¡¯s name. Since this person could make his fianc¨¦e and sister happy, he was willing to promote the young photographer as a way to thank him.

    After the photo was yed, the host reappeared on the stage, only to find that the guests were not as enthusiastic as they had been minutes ago when they looked at him. Instead, they were now looking at him with a tad of disappointment.

    The host felt upset. The audience¡¯s love really was as flimsy as people said.

    The birthday party continued, and the photos were yed on loop in random order. The attention of the guests slowly shifted.

    Finally, it was the time for the birthday girl to make her speech. Jia Beilei walked to the stage under the escort of his brother and graciously greeted everyone present and extended her thanks them. After that, she suddenly changed the topic and started talking about the previous set of photos.

    ¡°Today I want to take a few seconds to thank a person who made those pictures possible. His name is He Bai. If it weren¡¯t for him, I wouldn¡¯t have looked so good in the pictures.¡± She smiled slyly, and the guests apuded.

    ¡°Now, let¡¯s wee Mr. He toe on to the stage and give us a few words.¡± Jia Yulei made an invitation gesture to He Bai who was sitting under the stage, and a beam of light immediately followed and illuminated where he sat.

    He Bai, who was in the process of pouring tea for Mr. Jia, was struck dumb by this sudden attention.

    ¡°Go.¡± Mr. Jia took away the teapot in his hand and smiled at him. ¡°Lei likes you very much.¡±

    ¡°...¡± He was not sure that he could handle such affection.

    The guests looked at Jia Beilei¡¯s eyes and were surprised to find that her beloved photographer was surprisingly the strange young man who was once seen with the Jias before! They were also stunned by the fact that this man, who looked no more than 20 years old, was to be credited for those fascinating pictures. They were wondering why they haven¡¯t heard of such a genius before. Standing up under everyone¡¯s gaze, He Bai felt like his hands were sweating.

    He had always been a man of low profile and right now he simply didn¡¯t know what to do.

 Chapter 46 - Fake Tumble on a Level Ground(1)

    <strong>Chapter 46</strong>: <strong>Fake Tumble on a Level Ground(1)</strong>

    In the previous incarnation, as andscape photographer, He Bai spent all his life exploring around, which brought him into contact with mountains, rivers and people who had same hobby. As a man of means, he was so self-willed to have hired a distinguished assistant at a high price to help him deal with external affairs since he won fame. Therefore, he was totally unustomed to any big asion, and the grandest event he had experienced in thest life was nothing more than the International Photography Awards Ceremony, during which he received an award and made a causal eptance speech on stage... Shamefully, the speech was written by his assistant.

    A beam of light focused on him. When he took a step forward, the light moved ahead in the meanwhile.

    Under the stage sat arge crowd of well-known actors, singers, popr celebrities... as well as those old artists who had been on good terms with Mr. Jia, bosses, screenwriters, producers and investors of major entertainmentpanies/ brokerage houses/record corporations/TV stations, and a variety of businessmen who had cooperation with Jia family... Most of all, there were definitely some photographers who were of high prestige in the entertainment circle...

    He Bai dared cast no nce at the auditorium. Anyone who sat there was richer and prestigious than he, thus much more qualified to have a ¡®casual¡¯ speech on stage. In contrast, He Bai, a sheer neer to photography, seemed not to achieve an eptable standard.

    Jia Beilei stood on the stage staring at him smilingly, and the host, even not knowing him, looked friendly with an expectant face.

    He Bai threw a quick nce at the auditorium when he stepped on the stage. When the light beam disappeared from his head, he forced a polite smile, went forward and held Jia Beilei in a tender embrace. Then he shook hands with the host and took the microphone from him. Turning around to face the audience, He Baiforted himself:

    It doesn¡¯t matter. Those people were neither stars nor giants but some obscure models, the thing in his hands were no microphone but a camera, and the reason why he came on stage was tomunicate with his ¡®models¡¯ so that he could spot the best angle for shooting.

    ¡°Good evening, everyone.¡± The tension was gradually eased, and He Bai¡¯s smile became natural, ¡°I¡¯m He Bai, the costume photographer for Little Mermaid of Ika Costume. It¡¯s both my great honor to have taken a birthday photograph for Miss Jia yesterday and to be recognized now.¡±

    He Bai turned around to look at Jia Beilei when he took out a handkerchief-folded rose from his pocket and handed it to her with a gentleman¡¯s etiquette, ¡°Happy birthday. May you stay beautiful forever.¡± When he was dressed before, he got bored and fiddled with the handkerchief, only to find it difficult to restore it to the former state. He had no choice but to fold the handkerchief in the shape of a rose and stuff it into the pocket. Fortunately, he did so, or he would find nothing to ease the embarrassment.

    Well dressed, He Bai looked like a refined elite. He slightly bent down, his hands stretching ahead. The dress sleeves were rolled up a little, revealing the white shirt cuffs and his delicate wrists, which looked so charming that anyone would like to give a touch.

    Surprised at the flower in He Bai¡¯s slender and white hands, Jia Beilei ran her eye over his face and hands when she cheerfully grabbed the flower and pounced on him excitedly, ¡°Oh my god, how handsome and romantic you are! Thank you! I was wrong. You are not a prig like my brother. Instead, you are much more romantic than him. If only you were my brother!¡±

    The guests were shocked and burst into sincereughter.

    Jia Zehang¡¯s face fell. He was on the verge of rushing to the stage.

    Covering her face and bending down, Yang Fuughed so much that she nearly cried when she saw the reaction of her future sister-inw, ¡°Ha, what a lovely girl Lei is. Ha-ha, Mr. He¡¯s face goes pale. He must be scared. A poor guy, ha.¡±

    Jia Zehang took her in his arms and patted her on the back to get her breath back, replying, ¡°Beilei is more than willful. There¡¯re so many guests today. Rumors about her will certainly go around tomorrow, and those newsmen are surely gonna report the thing as exaggerative as possible!¡±

    ¡°Don¡¯t be angry. There¡¯re arge number of celebrities here. As long as one of them posts a Weibo to praise Beilei for her forthrightness andmends those two for their instant friendship, the reporters are unlikely to cook up fake news. If they dare to, they¡¯ll be scolded.¡± Yang Fu was more philosophical about it than Jia Zehang, and she continued to soothe him, ¡°You¡¯ve worried too much. Considerable big bosses sit under the stage, so howe reporters write without basis at the risk of ruining their career? Besides, don¡¯t you Jia family have the ability?

    Jia Zehang calmed down, and his anger subsided as he saw He Bai try to make up for his sister¡¯s ¡®brave utterance¡¯ with a joke and the flexible response of the host, while his face was still sullen.

    ¡°What a little devil she is to call a random stranger brother while me, a prig!¡±

    Seeing him jealous of He Bai, Yang Fu couldn¡¯t helpughing again. She wasn¡¯t in conscience tell him that Mr. He was not ¡®randomly chosen¡¯. If he were less young and more mature, many would lose their heart to him. Fortunately, Lei didn¡¯t understand love now, or things would be hardly wound up.

    Jia Beilei¡¯s words made He Bai rxed a lot. He took up the thread of the conversation to stabilize the situation, and expressed his good wishes for Ica¡¯s Little Mermaid brand and gave a brief publicity. When all this was finished, He Bai seized an opportunity to get off the stage.

    After a hesitation, he went to Mr. Jia¡¯s table and made his farewells.

    ¡°My driver is at your service.¡±

    Unexpectedly, Mr. Jia did not ask him to stay but arranged a car to drive him to campus.

    ¡°You¡¯ve been busy with Lei¡¯s photograph. It¡¯s time for you to have a rest.¡± Mr. Jia was very considerate to arrange a waiter to pack He Bai¡¯s things up. Having a short conversation with him, Jia ordered Jia Zhang to send He Bai out of the door.

    ¡°You must be tired these days.¡± Jia Zhang patted him on the shoulder, took out a red gift box and put it in his hand. He Bai intended to refuse it while Jia Zhang prevented him and said, ¡°Yi ka sent a team over with an eye to publicizing their brand on the party. I gave Yi Ka what they wanted, and Yi Ka paid for it. Everything was settled, so I didn¡¯t go any longer. But your situation is different. Youe for Beilei only, so please ept the pay you deserve.¡±

    The box felt quite heavy. There must be piles of money inside. He Bai felt it inappropriate and continued to say, ¡°Mr. Jia, you don¡¯t have to. I took pictures of Miss Jia with the purpose ofpensation...¡±

    ¡°The one that needs topensate Beilei is Saint Elephant, not you.¡± Jia Zhang squeezed the box into his hands and retreated, with his hands at the back. He gestured towards the car, ¡°It¡¯s quite embarrassing to tug each other at the gate. Just take it as the reward for that set of party photo. I¡¯ll be angry if you refuse it again.¡±

    Hearing Jia Zhang¡¯s words and seeing someone was about toe out, He Bai had no choice but to ept it and thank Jia Zhang again.

    ¡°Uncle Jia gets it. Wee to our house when you are free.¡± Jia Zhang smiled, and he looked warm and friendly.

    He Bai was stunned by his self appetion. Then he responded smilingly and got into the car.

    It¡¯s nine o¡¯clock when He Bai arrived at the dorm. He removed the dress and tie, took out the gift box and unpacked it carefully. One, two, three, four, five stacks... There was also a shopping voucher of a chain store, whose face value was unknown, as well as a bunch of bits and pieces the birthday gift box originally held.

    He Bai worked for two days and earned fifty thousand yuan, which was enough for his tuition and living expenses in the next two years... It was generous of Jia family to pay him so handsomely.

    He Bai heaved a sigh of relief and gave his forehead a rub. He took a chocte ball from the gift box and ate one, reclining in a chair with his eyes closed.

    The entertainment circle was a sheer vanity fair piled up with money... He wondered how on earth Di Qiuhe, the childish guy, lived an easy life in it. It¡¯s quite amazing. Was he surrounded by something like ¡®main character halo¡¯?

    ... Maybe he wasn¡¯t. After all, no main character would die so young like him.

    Lost in thought, he actually fell asleep in the chair and waked up until he turned over and rolled to the ground at midnight. Then he took a bath in a daze and climbed to the bed to continue his sleep.

    Probably because he stayed upte, or falling to the ground affected his sleep quality, or perhaps he thought about something during the day, He Bai couldn¡¯t sleep well when he lied on the bed and had been constantly dreaming.

    ¡®The lights on a clock tower were shining, that familiar figure falling, and a white arm slowly retracted. Then the picture changed suddenly where Di Chunhua cried her heart out in despair. A fit of dizziness overwhelmed He Bai when the picture switched again... a ward, a middle-aged man who was ill in bed, and a hysterical middle-aged women standing in front of the bed.¡¯

 Chapter 47 - Fake Tumble on a Level Ground (2)

    <strong>Chapter 47: Fake Tumble on a Level Ground (2)</strong>

    There urred vaguely a shrill cry of a woman, but her voice waspletely unclear to He Bai. All of the sudden, he suffered weightlessness, and his brain released a wake-up message. In thest picture, a bony man in a multicolored shirt appeared from the street corner with a needle-like thing in his hand, and rushed towards a tall man standing in front of the green grocery.

    ¡°Di Qiuhe!¡±

    He Bai opened his eyes and sat up, and his mind was in a whirl. He suffered a ckout, his fingers fumbling around under the pillow for the mobile phone. No sooner did his sight recover a little than he dialed Di¡¯s number.

    He got through immediately, and Di Qiuhe¡¯s joyful sound came, mixed with whistles of vehicles, ¡°Why do you call me so early? Do you miss me? I thought you would sleep in.¡±

    ¡°Di Qiuhe.¡± He Bai pressed his forehead, every scene in the dream crossing his mind over again. His voice unconsciously lowered, ¡°Where... where did you buy the fruit you sent me before?¡±

    ¡°Are you craving for fruit?¡± Di Qiuhe raised his eyebrows and switched the mobile phone from one hand to the other in good mood. He gestured for Wang Boyi to step back a little and continued, ¡°I have no training today, and I¡¯m in the open air. If you would like fruit I can go buy for you in a moment.¡±

    ¡°No, I wouldn¡¯t.¡± He Bai swallowed hard and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, only to find his temperature was somewhat abnormal. He got sick probably because the air-conditioning of the resort worked all the time and he stayed upte to retouch the photographs when the temperature was sometimes hot and sometimes cold, He Bai suspected. He felt ufortable and covered his forehead with a hand, saying, ¡°Do you remember what I told you once? I can tell people¡¯s fortune and have predictive dreams asionally. Last night I dreamed of you...¡±

    Di Qiuhe couldn¡¯t help but raise his mouth, smugly snorting, ¡°Okay, I know you miss me very much. I¡¯m free today, so if you want something, I¡¯ll buy you, my little bro...¡±

    ¡°Does the green grocery where you bought fruit call Cloud¡¯s Home?¡±

    Di Qiuhe became silent.

    ¡°Its owner is pretty fat and wears a gold ring on his finger. There¡¯s a tree in front of the shop.¡± He Bai tried to recall the dream and revealed everything what he could. He had no idea why he was so reckless to tell Diu Qiuhe this. After all, it sounded highly suspicious, and he was likely to be regarded as a spirit by Di Qiuhe if they were right. If not, he might be considered a madman. Both could do harm to He Bai, but intuition told him he had to be honest. Otherwise, Di Qiuhe would be in danger, just like his ¡®jumping from a building¡¯ before rebirth.

    Di Qiuhe was only twenty-three years old, and he deserved to live longer than hisst life. He Bai felt that the dream he hadst night was a signal. There urred a ¡®butterfly effect¡¯, and he yed the role of the small butterfly in Di Qiuhe¡¯s border trip. If he died young owing to this small change, He Bai would never forgive himself.

    There wasplete silence, and nothing could be heard except their sounds of breath.

    ¡°Bai,¡± Two minutester, Di Qiuhe¡¯s voice came when his tone was no longer gentle and smiling but became serious ¡°What else have you seen in your dream?¡±

    He Bai was relieved somehow. He reclined in the bed and quickly replied, ¡°I also see you stood in front of the green grocery when a boney man in a colorful shirt dashed out of the corner and injected you with something.¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s supposed to be virus.¡±

    ¡°What?¡±

    ¡°There have been several cases where XK23 infectors injected their blood into other people¡¯s body to spread the virus on purpose. The crowd stole across the national border from our neighboring countries, whose whereabouts were hard to find. So the istion treatment didn¡¯t work at the very beginning, and it caused a great deal of panic in the area.¡± He Bai was shocked. He hurriedly sat up and suffered a second ckout. His voice raised unconsciously, ¡°XK23? Is it the virus which has an 80 percent fatality rate? Since you¡¯re so clear, why are you running around? Aren¡¯t you afraid of death?¡±

    ¡°Don¡¯t worry.¡± Di Qiuhe smiled again and soothed He Bai, ¡°I¡¯m not running around. Everybody is allowed to have a free time. There have been three months since the infection, and we¡¯re very safe now. I remember the incident was widely reported and heatedly discussed, so I thought you knew it.¡±

    His rebirth happened after that, so no wonder he could hardly remember it. After all, more than one decade passed since he heard the news for the first time.

    The fact choked He Bai up. He said after a silence, ¡°Anyway, You¡¯d better go back soon. Safetyes first.¡±

    ¡°It doesn¡¯t matter. I¡¯m going to the hospital to have a vine. Don¡¯t worry about me.¡± said Di Qiuhe, in order to pacify him. Waving at Wang Boyi who stood guard outside the alley, Di Qiuhe gestured for him to hail a car. Then he leaned against the wall, looking at the green grocery opposite, and continued, ¡°It has been a long time since the virus incident came to an end, but now a fugitive reappears and intends to do harm to people. It¡¯s rather suspicious, and I suspect I¡¯m his target, so staying away is of no use. My safety can¡¯t be guaranteed until the bad guy gets captured.¡±

    He Bai frowned, ¡°Do you mean... you n to lure him out?¡±

    ¡°Yeah, if I¡¯m lucky enough to seed... Little Puppy, what kind of reward do you want as my lifesaver? How about sharing my surname and being my little brother?¡±

    He Bai suffered from dizzy spells, which he thought was all Di Qiuhe¡¯s fault!

    ¡°No, thank you. If you really want to return my goodness, the only thing you need to do is to transfer all your savings to my ount so that I could rise to wealth overnight. Besides, aren¡¯t you suspicious of my words? Aren¡¯t you afraid that I¡¯m a liar or a bad guy your stepmother sent?¡±

    Di Qiuhe burst intoughter and teased He Bai mercilessly, ¡°You? A bad guy? Little Puppy, you must have some misunderstanding of yourself.¡± He Bai was so simple-minded that he could hardly hide his emotions and was vulnerable to bullies. Howe he was a bad guy? People as crafty as Qin Li would never allow such an ¡®innocent¡¯ ¡®spy¡¯ to work for her. In addition, as an old saying goes, rather believe it to be true than not. Since there might be danger, he¡¯d better pay more attention.

    ¡°Well, get up and have a breakfast, Psychic He.¡± Seeing Wang Boyie back in a taxi, Di Qiuhe stood up and went over, with a cranky smile on his face, ¡°I¡¯m ready to sort the bad guy out. When it¡¯s over, I¡¯ll buy you fruit. Be a good boy.¡±

    He Bai hung up simply and got up to wash his face. Then he went to see a doctor after asking for a sick leave from Yi Ka.

    Niu Junjie hurried to the hospital and found He Bai was put on a drip. After touching He Bai¡¯s forehead, he got anxious, and his voice raised, ¡°No wonder you sounded as if devoid of vigor. You told me it¡¯s because you slept in. It¡¯s a total lie. If I don¡¯t go to the dorm to look for you, you could be dead in the care of nobody.¡±

    ¡°Be quiet. I was wrong. Come and sit down.¡± He Bai dragged him down, smiling with apology to the patients around, and soothed him, ¡°It¡¯s just a minor illness. I¡¯ll get well after this infusion. Please don¡¯t, don¡¯t shout, I know I was wrong. Come on, what¡¯s going on?¡±

    Seeing He Bai was not very weak, Niu Junjie finally rested assured. He frowned and said in a lower voice, ¡°You be popr again, much more popr than before! Fromst night on, the entertainment circle kept posting photos on Weibo like crazy and left no room for other things. Netizens have gone insane. Tell me, what¡¯s your rtionship with Miss Jia like?¡±

    ¡°Well...¡± He Bai stopped, vaguely aware of something, and exined, ¡°Nothing at all. She¡¯s my client, and I¡¯m her photographer. I just took a set of birthday photographs of her.¡±

    ¡°Then why does the little girl call you brother?¡± Niu Junjie felt strange and intended to scold him but finally gave up when seeing him feel wretched. He said, his brow furrowed, ¡°You poor guy, the girl is doted on by the whole Jia family. You¡¯ll suffer a lot if you get entangled with her!¡±

    Niu Junjie worried about this, which made He Bai relieved. He replied, ¡°Don¡¯t worry. They are all nice people. Miss Jia simply likes pretty faces. She is a vivacious girl, and it¡¯s just her joke to be my sister, of which her families are well aware. Yesterday her father also told me not to take it seriously when he saw me off, so I¡¯ll be fine.¡±

    ¡°Really?¡± Niu Junjie was in a half-and-half state of belief and doubt.

    He Bai nodded hard and told him what happenedst night to calm him down.

    Hearing his exnation, Niu Junjie¡¯s worry was finally lifted. He cheered up immediately and said with joy, ¡°You¡¯ll be a star soon, Bai! My god, what an excellent set of photos you¡¯ve taken! Those celebrities, especially female ones, all spoke highly of you! It¡¯s a pity that your Weibo ount is for private use. If not, you would have had considerable fans. Nowizens are actively finding you out in that they would like to see whether the talented photographer possesses superhuman powers!¡±

    He Bai didn¡¯t care about it. He asked, ¡°What¡¯s going on with Yi Ka?¡±

 Chapter 48 - Fake Tumble on a Level Ground (3)

    <strong>Chapter 48: Fake Tumble on a Level Ground (3)</strong>

    ¡°Yi Ka¡¯s chairman must be grinning from ear to ear! Its official WeiBo ount shared Jia Beilei¡¯s blog immediately to im the Elf Series and extended their thanks to stars who raved about it as well as to go public on the news that Yi Ka was about to set up a girl brand Little Mermaid. They must have hired a group of Inte ghostwriters to post onlinements in their favor, and now the topic of fairy¡¯s skirt has blown up on social media.¡±

    As expected. It seemed that the publicity of Elf Series was a sess. Smiling, He Bai felt gratified at the news.

    ¡°Anyway, you, Yi ka and Jia family are all real winners, while your formerpany is down on its luck.¡± Niu Junjie suddenly changed his tone of voice and made a face. He snickered when he picked out the mobile phone and enabled WeiBo to show him something, ¡°This morning, your photographs became Trending 1 after one night¡¯s sharing and reposting, and an Inte celebrity said she was eager to make a shooting appointment with you and, hmm, and tagged Saint Elephant in the meanwhile.¡±

    He Bai¡¯s expression changed, ¡°She tagged Saint Elephant? How does Saint Elephant respond?¡±

    ¡°No response. They just y dead.¡± Niu Junjie learned from He Bai that Saint Elephant grabbed his work, which incurred his displeasure a lot. He chuckled, ¡°It¡¯s also because you have only a few dozen of inactive followers on WeiBo. Therefore, few have noticed the statement you posted before you left Saint Elephant, which leftizens the wrong impression that you still work for thepany. These photographs have drawn much more attention than the sidelights you took for the TV station, and you suddenly be Yi Ka¡¯s clothing photographer, which arouses a lot of curiosity amongizens who are ready to dig the reason up.¡±

    He Bai took his cell phone and browsed through the trending topics, which gave him a general understanding of the ins and outs of the matter.

    Netizens acted so efficiently that it took them only half a day to find out some clues. For instance, Ma Qunined about the preferential treatment He Bai had received on his personal WeiBo ount; a staffer who was suspected to be employee of Saint Elephant groused about thepany; The Jias came to Saint Elephant to ask for an exnation; the director of Saint Elephant resigned all of the sudden; there urred some anonymous revtions from Saint Elephant staff that He Bai was treated unfairly, pushed aside and forced to quit his job. Finally, someone exposed that He Bai was actually the Q University guy who Di Qiuhe said was bold enough to take photos of paparazzi the other way round. Besides, Di had introduced He Bai to Miss Jia to take birthday photographs for her, while the job was grabbed secretly by Saint Elephant.

    A variety of details as well as the timeline was dug up. After an analysis,izens found that He Bai left his job the moment Saint Elephant undertook the job of taking birthday photos of Miss Jia, and finally came to the conclusion that Saint Elephant actually drove He Bai out in order to snatch the business away from him. And the reason why Di Qiuhe failed to watch thepletion of He Bai¡¯s cooperation with Jia family closely was because he was forced to log off WeiBo and was in no mood for anything, thus leaving Saint Elephant an opportunity to take advantage of...

    Saint Elephant had gone too far!

    Never did they see such a shamelesspany!

    Theizens who thought they found out the truth got angry immediately, especially Di Qiuhe¡¯s fans. They started to defend He Bai and made up their mind to ask for justice for ¡°their idol¡¯s lovely younger schoolmate¡±!

    ¡°Thements section is temporarily shut down on Saint Elephant¡¯s official WeiBo ount. I guess viewers bombarded it withints.¡± Niu Junjie shook his head and sighed in an insincere way, ¡°That¡¯s why we are told to behave with integrity. You see, Saint Elephant is done for.¡±

    He Bai logged out in a mixed frame of mind.

    He was to some extent attached to Saint Elephant. After all, it was Saint Elephant Company that offered him a ce to work when he lived in dire poverty. But his attachment to thepany was due inrge part to Li Ru. Now that Li Ru quitted her job, Saint Elephant was nothing but a ce with people he hated. Furthermore, with regard to today¡¯s plight, Saint Elephant only had itself to me. He Bai was simply worried about Mrs. Li¡¯s reaction.

    Seeing He Bai upset about it, Niu Junjie knew he was moved to pity. He put his arm on He Bai¡¯s shoulders,ughing, ¡°You¡¯re getting popr, and your social prestige must be rising now. I guess there are countless stars and celebrities dying to make shooting appointment with you. Don¡¯t forget to promote me when you make a fortune in the future.¡±

    ¡°I promote you? Your parents are filthy rich.¡± His words greatly amused He Bai. He naturally shifted the topic away from Saint Elephant and stopped thinking of the hot news online.

    It was at a hospital on the border.

    Having sent the crew members away, Wang Boyi gently closed the door of the ward and said to Di Qiuhe reclining on the bed, ¡°The Inte is full of hustle and bustle when Ma Xingtong and his nephew be the targets of attack now.¡± Curious to know why Master Di took up the cudgels for a younger schoolmate, he was sensible enough to keep his curiosity suppressed.

    Di Qiuhe stroked the bruises on his arm, gave a nod and said, ¡°Tell them to make Bai¡¯s statement a Trending Topic and expose the two people¡¯s bullying of Bai at Saint Elephant. Don¡¯t post the set of photos Ma Xingtong and Ma Qun took for Miss Jia until the thing is discussed heatedly. Try to pick out as beautiful pictures as possible, and remember to cover Miss Jia¡¯s face with mosaic.¡± He indeed nned to uphold justice for He Bai but had no intention to make a young girl¡¯s unsightly photos seen everywhere.

    ¡°Mosaic?¡± Wang Boyi was confused, ¡°How can we prove the person in the photo is Miss Jia when mosaic is added?¡±

    ¡°There¡¯s a mole on her arm, which Bai shot in close-up when he took that set of photographs. He also asked the make-up artist to draw a vine flower to cover it. Netizens are perceptive enough to recognize her.¡± exined Qiuhe with a sense of pride when he mentioned He Bai. Seeing Wang Boyi nod, he continued, ¡°Report to my father on the attack today. Now that the criminal has been caught, my suspicious dad will certainly make every attempt to find out the viins behind. As long as he looks into it, the Qins can¡¯t stay out of trouble.¡± Wang Boyi took out his cell phone immediately, ready to ring somebody up.

    Di Qiuhe was quite satisfied with his attitude. He closed his eyes and signaled to Wang that he needed a rest.

    Wang Boyi went away obediently.

    When the ward door closed, Di Qiuhe snapped his eyes open, groped for the mobile phone and called He Bai. When his call was put through, Di Qiuhe feigned grievance. ¡°Bai, as you predicted, I was attacked. The man wanted to flee. I caught him but hurt my arm...¡±

    ¡°What? You¡¯ve been attacked?¡± Niu Junjie¡¯s voice came. He shouted blusteringly, ¡°You got hurt, didn¡¯t you? Are your injuries severe? You and Bai are really a well-matched pair of brothers. The one has a fever and is put on a drip, and the other hurt his arm.¡±

    Di Qiuhe stopped pretending immediately, frowning and asking, ¡°Had a fever? Is Bai ill?¡±

 Chapter 49 - Fake Tumble on a Level Ground (4)

    <h4>Chapter 49: Fake Tumble on a Level Ground (4)

    ¡°Yes, he is. It seems to be caused by the alternation of heat and cold, that is to say, air conditioning sickness. Fortunately, his temperature hase down. He has gone for a pee.¡± Niu Junjie exined it to Di Qiuhe and kept rattling on, ¡°I am ready to move back to our dorm and stay for several days. Bai always forgets to take medicine, so he¡¯s getting better slowly. Other two roommates aren¡¯t here, one in the countryside and the other, abroad. Neither can be counted upon, so I have to take care of him. By the way, have you seen the news online? Bai is a celebrity now, Ha-Ha. When you¡¯re back, how about we go out for a meal to celebrate?¡±

    </h4>

    Di Qiuhe looked at his arm, on which there was a pretty small bruise. Thinking of He Bai¡¯s slightly hoarse voice during the morning call, he leaned to the wall and heaved a silent sign, his shoulder drooped. ¡°Sure. Let¡¯s enjoy ourselves when I¡¯m back. Please take care of Bai and make sure he takes medicine on time.¡± Aware that Bai¡¯s voice was quite abnormal before, Di Qiuhe opinionatedly believed that it was because he woke up just now. He also felt the sleepy voice so cute...

    He was a pretty awful friend.

    Diu Qiuhe raised his hand to massage his forehead. He said several words and hung up before He Bai came over. He looked at the time and calcted the distance from his location to B City when an impetuous idea crossed his mind.

    Wang Boyi finished his reporting and was ready to buy some food for Di Qiuhe when his master pushed the door open and ran out, giving amand, ¡°Book a ticket for me. I¡¯m going back to B City!¡±

    ¡°Hm?¡± Wang Boyi caught him up in haste, utterly baffled, ¡°But you have a training tomorrow, dear master. And the police wille at any time...¡±

    ¡°You stay here to deal with them. I¡¯ming back in the evening and won¡¯t miss training.¡± Di Qiuhe pressed the elevator button, ¡°I¡¯m going to the green grocery for some fruit. Book me a flight. We¡¯ll meet at the airport very soon. Be quick.¡± After saying this, he strode into the elevator and pressed the switch, leaving Wang Boyi outside.

    Wang Boyi: ¡°...¡± If he had no idea that Master Di was single and had no intimate friend of the other sex, he would have thought Di Qiuhe was about to court ass thousand miles away...

    Having a hurried meal outside, Niu Junjie drove He Bai to campus, murmuring, ¡°There¡¯re someone cooking and washing clothes for us in my house. I don¡¯t know why you insist oning back. Even staying in a hotel is better than living in the school. Here you have to go to the boiler room when you would like a cup of hot water.¡±

    ¡°Your parents havee back. How could I bother them when I¡¯m sick?¡± He Bai exined, and then said, ¡°My fever has gone. I¡¯m feeling well. There¡¯s no need for you to look after me. Besides, your quilt isn¡¯t aired, and your sheet is still dirty. How could you sleep on it? Go straight hometer to keep your parentspany, will you?¡±

    Niu Junjie kept silent in disapproval... But it didn¡¯t work. He Bai urged him towards the car and drove him to return home. Unfortunately, he forgot to bring the key to his dorm, thus unable to go in.

    ¡°The other two will read you a lecture when theye back!¡± Niu Junjie said indignantly. He bought arge bunch of food and requested the housemaster to give them to He Bai. After that, he drove home with a long face.

    Watching Niu Junjie¡¯s car running far away, He Bai smiled, went downstairs and fetched things from the housemaster. Then he took the Thermos sk, heading for the boiler room. The water dispenser downstairs broke down, while no maintenance worker would provide home service during the holiday.

    The sun zed down, while He Bai didn¡¯t feel hot at all. He strolled along, with a full sk in his hand.

    ¡°Little Puppy.¡±

    He Bai raised his hand to touch the forehead, puzzled. Strange as it may, something was ringing in his ear, and he suffered from delusions when his fever was obviously gone.

    ¡°Would you like it?¡±

    Another shadow loomed up beside his, and a delicate but strong hand was reached over him, with arge mango inside.

    He Bai stopped, stared at the mango for three seconds, and turned around to look at the person behind, frowning, ¡°You childish guy, Why are you here?¡±

    ¡°I got hurt and came back to get sympathy from my father.¡± Di Qiuhe wore no hat this time but a T-shirt, a pair of running pants and canvas shoes. Short hair made him look pretty handsome. He poked He Bai in the dimple with the other hand, smiling, ¡°Pity my father went out. My n failed. So I turn to you. Could you please take me in?¡±

    He Bai got rid of his hand and cast a nce at his bruised arm when his anger faded. He rolled his eyes at Di Qiuhe, ¡°Why are you so silly to seek sympathy without inquiring about your dad¡¯s whereabouts in advance? ... Come on, hurry to my dorm where there¡¯s air conditioning. You¡¯re sweating a lot.¡±

    ¡°Don¡¯t you think I look sexy when sweaty?¡± Di Qiuhe walked closer to He Bai, grabbed the sk from him, shook it and sighed with emotion, ¡°It has been many years since I fetched hot waterst time. I really miss it.¡±

    He who unted his wealth really needed a spanking!

    When Di Qiuhe recollected what hot-water fetching was like, He Bai looked at a bag of fruit in his hand, his brows raised, ¡°You brought it from the border, didn¡¯t you?¡±

    ¡°Of course not.¡± Di Qiuhe also raised his eyebrows in a more charming manner than He Bai, ¡°This is bought on my way here. I¡¯ll get embarrassed if Ie to visit you empty-handed. The fruit I selected are all your favorites. Am I good enough?¡±

    ¡°So good that I want to be your elder brother!¡± He Bai answered back and stopped at the college supermarket, asking, ¡°Have you had lunch?¡±

    Di Qiuhe covered his stomach with his hands, ¡°I¡¯m starving. I feel I can eat an elephant up.¡±

    ¡°...¡± He¡¯s really good at seizing an opportunity.

    He Bai forced a smile, flinging his head back at ease, ¡°Keep up. Your brother will go buy an elephant for you.¡±

    Di Qiuhe caught him up,pletely putting his dignity on the shelf, ¡°It¡¯s really kind of you, brother. I would like the elephant you made by yourself.¡±

    He Bai: ¡°...¡±

    ¡°Brother?¡±

    He Bai opened the freezer at the door, took an ice cream from inside and staffed it into Di Qiuhe¡¯s mouth. Then he strode into the door to pay, keeping as far from Di Qiuhe as he could.

    The Ice cream is milky, in which raisins were sandwiched. Di Qiuhe pulled it from his mouth, took a look at the brand name and smiled, with his eyes narrowed. Just as he expected, Little Puppy adored him a lot. It was obvious that he had inquired about his favorite ice cream brand.

    They got some food and went back to the dorm. He Bai took out a small electric rice cooker, plugged something in and started to cook noodles for Di Qiuhe.

    ¡°Why do you plug this in?¡± Di Qiuhe seemed awfully curious about it. He squatted in front of the rice cooker and kept touching the appliance.

    He Bai put the noodles in boiling water, beat an egg in, and began to unpack sausages, answering, ¡°The switch will trip when excessive electrical devices are used in the dorm. Now it is equipped with air conditioning, so we have to pay more attention, but with it, everything will be okay.¡±

    Di Qiuhe nodded. He stared at the bruise on He Bai¡¯s hands, which was caused by injection, and somehow had a sudden impulse to hold his hand and blow onto it to relieve the pain. Aware of what he was thinking about, he jumped out of his skin, walked to the air conditioning as if he was hot and talked nonsense, ¡°It¡¯s too hot. What¡¯s the temperature of the air conditioning?¡±

    ¡°Is it hot?¡± He Bai looked up at him, found out the remote control and threw it over, ¡°I¡¯ve had an injection just now and did not switch the air conditioning to lower temperature. You can make it several degrees lower if you feel hot.¡±

    Di Qiuhe immediately stopped pressing the button of the remote control and put it back, saying as if nothing had happened, ¡°Actually, it¡¯s not too hot. I just need to wash my face.¡± He walked to the washstand on the balcony while speaking. When he raised his eyes, a pair of underwear hanging on the window frame greeted him.

    A thump came.

    Di Qiuhe tripped up on the level ground, as if a fake tumble.

 Chapter 50 - A Clap (1)

    <h4>Chapter 50: A p (1)</h4>

    ¡°What¡¯s going on? ¡° He Bai heard the voice and raise his head, and then he turned his head promptly as if he hadn¡¯t seen anything when he saw Di Qiuhe falling on bottom. He then turned sideways to pull and rummage the bag of stuffs that Niu Junjie had bought. ¡°I remember there were spices, where it is...¡±

    Di Qiuhe got up, rushed into the bathroom and mmed the door all at a dash.

    ¡°...¡± How nimble he was.

    He Bai put aside the shopping bag and sighed. Certainly, man surely is a creature with high self-esteem no matter how puerile he is. It was too embarrassing to be seen slip and fall before the bathroom or so...

    Di Qiuhe firmly pressed his hands on the door handle of the bathroom, his face and ears were blushed, his heart was pounding and his forehead was sweating.

    ...It was the slippery ground that should be med!

    He raised his eyebrows and wondered which one should be mad at.

    The pup must have had mopped the floor today! The wet floor was the cause that he slipped! Furthermore, the under, underwear...How could it hang on the window frame? Shouldn¡¯t it be hung on the clothesline pole? The underwear at the window frame can be seen whenever people wash hands there, let alone the students outside as they may look up...

    What the hell!

    Next second, he snapped the door, went to the window frame as he was boiled over, and reached out his hand...then he grabbed the hanger hook with two fingers and took down the underwear, turned to He Bai, who remained squatting on the floor stewing noodles, and said, ¡°How could you...hang it on the window frame! Have you had no idea that it may be seen by the students passing through downstairs!¡±

    He Bai looked up at him.

    It was seen that a handsome young man with broad shoulder and long legs stood with his back in the light, he wore an imposing posture and frightening expression, while he pinched a hanger which hung an underwear on his hand carefully and took it half a meter away from himself awkwardly.

    What a weird scene?

    He Bai was about tough as his mouth slightly curled up. However, looking at Di Qiuhe¡¯s blushed ears and such a malicious expression Di made and recalling the scene that Di had fell on asses, he struggled in mind for a bit, suppressed hisughter and solemnly replied, ¡°Even if I hang my underwear on the clothesline pole, one may walk through under it as one need to wash face there.¡± As a matter of fact, the washed clothes in their dormitory were hanging on the clothesline pole, underwear was no exception. But he was so tired in the past two days that he washed his clothes in haste and hung the underwear on the window frame for being disinclined to hang it on clothesline pole...but he was never intended to irritate the kid born with a silver spoon in his mouth¡ªthe endearing Childish Di.

    Oh, no, this was a good topic to distract attention from the disgraced Film Emperor.

    ¡°...But, but hang it on the window frame was terribly rude! One can catch a sight of it if one look up when washing faces. Di Qiuhe felt a bit hot as he raised his voice, and his back seemed to be sweated. He couldn¡¯t help conceiving himself walking under He Bai¡¯s white underwear, then he gave the rein to his imagination until he thought that the hanger may be broken down abruptly and the underwear crashed to...

    ¡°It is prohibited to hang it on the clothesline pole!¡± He was agitated and raised his voice while he was unaware of all this, just like the sternest parent in the world. ¡°You have to change the hangers! Buy some steel ones! stics can be easily broken! In short, socks and jocks are prohibited to hang on the window frame for they may be seen by the students passing through by below. It may have a bad influence. Go and buy a vertical clothes hanger and put it in the corner!¡±

    He Bai looked at him in disbelief. ¡°Do you think it¡¯s possible to put a vertical clothes hanger in such a narrow dormitory?¡±

    Di Qiuhe looked around the bedroom of four, focused on Niu Junjie and the other one¡¯s beds, and then he paused and frowned, ¡°You can move out.¡± I didn¡¯t realize a dormitory of four can be so troublesome and inconvenient? All in all, it¡¯s bad enough!

    A ¡°ssh¡± sound.

    He Bai threw the sliced sausage into the electric cooker and stirred, and he took out the disposable bowls and chopsticks and said, ¡°No way, I¡¯m gonna live here for four years, moreover, LaoDa and the others don¡¯t mind seeing my underwear when they wash their faces. Everyone gets used to it. Why do you care about this so much?¡±

    That was to say, the little pup¡¯s underwear had been seen out by all the others in the dormitory?

    The news was a real Thunder p!

    Di Qiuhe felt like a fire burning in his heart, though he could not figure out where the fire came into being and why it burnt. What he knew was that he was unhappy. Just not feeling well! He used to hang his washed underwear on the clothes hanger back in the days he lived in dormitory, just as everyone else did.

    ¡°So how long are you gonna hold my underwear?¡± He Baiid the bowl of filled noodles on the table, went straight to take the clothes hanger from Di Qiuhe¡¯s hand, and hung the underwear back on the window frame. He then turned around and pressed on Di Qiuhe¡¯s back to push him toward the table, said in a manner like coaxing a wayward child, ¡°Eat noodles first, The Godmother (Lao GanMa, a China-brand chili sauce) is at the corner of the table, please help yourself as you wish. Our neighboring buildings are all boy dormitories. What¡¯s the matter of seeing an underwear? Didn¡¯t other boys see your underwear in your dormitory before? By the way, all your clothes were washed by housekeeping aunts and your wardrobe was tidied by these aunts when you lived in apartment. Why didn¡¯t you consider it was inconvenient to have your underwear to be seen by the aunts at that time? Besides, your stepmother had bought you some socks and jock to show her virtue when you lived in Di family¡¯s house? Anyway, all of my close-fitting clothes were bought by my mother when she was still alive. Just calm down, that¡¯s nothing but a piece of cloth.¡±

    ¡°...¡± The noodles were so delicious as he finally realized he was hungry, but suddenly he felt low. He Bai was right, his underwear had been seen by so many people. No wonder He Bai disliked it.

    ¡°Not anymore.¡± He sat down and pinched his chopsticks, and said in earnest, ¡°I¡¯ll wash my underwear myself. And I¡¯ll buy some new ones and throw out all the old ones.¡±

    He Bai stared at the back of Di Qiuhe¡¯s head, speechless for a while, and raise hand and patted Di perfunctorily for two times and boasted, ¡°Well, Childish Di is really matured as you know to wash underwear by yourself. That¡¯s pretty good.¡±

    Di Qiuhe put his chopsticks into the noodles bowl, turned his head while raising his eyebrows and staring at He Bai in anger. ¡°You have to wash it yourself, too! Except the guys in the dormitory...you are not allowed to disy your underwear to others!¡±

    How could he chatter on such a stupid topic.

    He Bai hold Di¡¯s head and turned it back, and then he said angrily, ¡°Eat the noodles! Don¡¯t be naggy like an amah.¡± He was not a psycho. Why should he disy others his underwear? And how their conversation got so far here? Can¡¯t Di Qiuhe and he have a healthy and normal chat?

    Di Qiuhe was ready to get up with his tensed muscles, then he said in a warning voice. ¡°What am I look like did you say? An amah?¡± He Bai was so naughty that he even dared to provoke his big brother¡¯s dignity.

    ¡°Sit down and eat! Just behave yourself!¡± He Bai took a decisive action to press Di down, patted him on the back of the head, and let go and stepped back. He Bai then took out pajamas from the cupboard and warned Di, ¡°You¡¯d better not do that again. There¡¯s ice water in that bag. Please eat and drink to calm down. I¡¯ve been getting injections all morning and I smelled like somewhat liquid medicine. I need to take a shower first, and you shall eat noodles! He then turned back to the bathroom and ended the boring conversation.

    With a ¡°kada¡± sound, the door locked inside, and then came the sound of running water.

    Brother¡¯s anger for protecting dignity was temporarily quenched.

    ¡°What a devil...a little haughty pup.¡± Di Qiuhe raised his hand and touched the back of his head, looking at the blurred frosted ss on the door of the bathroom and the underwear that had hung back on the window frame for quite a long time. He took out his cell phone and started typing.

    Di Qiuhe: Assistant Wang, I may have a fever. Please prepare me some antipyretics.

    Di Qiuhe: Xiuwen, what should I do if my brother doesn¡¯t listen to me?

    Wang Boyi¡¯s call came right away.

 Chapter 51 - A Clap (2)

    <strong>Chapter 51: A p (2)</strong>

    Jiang Xiuwen texted back: kill him and eat him.

    Di Qiuhe raised his eyebrows, then powered his cellphone off and picked up his chopsticks. Such a valuable time for him to cultivate brotherhood with the pup shouldn¡¯t be disturbed.

    The bathroom¡¯s door opened when he had eaten half bowl of the noodles. He Bai, in a singlet and underpants, full of smell of soap, walked out while wiping his hairs dry. Di Qiuhe was stunned as shown in the way he held the chopsticks, but soon he recovered and ate the noodles faster.

    ¡°Are you full?¡± He Bai came up to Di and looked at the bowl. He frowned at Di¡¯s devouring appetite, then took and opened a pack of noodles served with soy sauce out of his shopping bag, and poured some hot water and said, ¡°It¡¯s all my fault. You have to eat more than usual as you¡¯re training every day. I would have stewed more noodles if I knew better. The noodle is pretty good. You can have a taste. And it doesn¡¯t matter if you can¡¯t finish it. I¡¯ll finish the rest.¡±

    Watching He¡¯s proficient movement in dealing with instant noodles, Di Qiuhe wandered his eyes over He¡¯s singlet.

    With He Bai stooping to put down the water bottle, his broad singlet cor loosed, revealing almost half of his chest and two delicate nipples.

    Crash.

    The chopsticks in Di Qiuhe¡¯s hand fell to the ground.

    ¡°You brat...¡± He Bai couldn¡¯t help looking up at him, then picking up the chopsticks on the ground and threw them into the garbage can, and getting a new one for Di and telling him, ¡°Don¡¯t lose this one. We are running out our disposable chopsticks saved in dormitory.¡±

    ¡°In, in fact, it can be used if it is washed.¡± Di Qiuhe turned his head to avoid Di¡¯s eyes, took over the new chopsticks and rubbed, fixed his eyes on the noodles¡¯ bowl as he dared not turn around and stuttered, ¡°Pup, even, even if there are only two of us, you¡¯re still supposed to behave yourself.¡±

    He Bai was confused. ¡°What are you talking about?¡± He then reached his hands out and pulled out a sausage from the shopping bag. He unwrapped the package, took a bite and chewed, half leaning on the table and looking at Di Qiuhe.

    The singlet was really loose that Di could even see the waist from the cuff once He¡¯ hands reaching out, by the way, the thin hand holding sausage were really pretty, as well as the lips...

    Di Qiuhe was engrossed in eating noodles at once, and his heart was burning again, but he was still dim about what was it for. What he only knew was that he didn¡¯t know how to describe today¡¯s pup, somewhere was wrong...

    ¡°You are not pup!¡± His eyes lit up all of a sudden, then he put down the chopsticks and put his hand on He Bai¡¯s face, turning the face around and pinching the side of the face. ¡°Tell me, are you wearing a mask? Where is the genuine pup? What have you done to him?¡±

    What the hell?

    He Bai rolled his eyes to him and pulled his hand away, then sliced the sausage into two halves which had bitten twice, stuffed the half bit one in mouth and the other half in Di Qiuhe¡¯s mouth. And finally He Bai patted Di and asked, ¡°When will your fathere home?¡± It¡¯s toote to find a ride here. Watch your time.¡± Di was afraid to look after the mischievous Childish Di. It was better to send Di away.

    Di Qiuhe was stunned just like a bucket of cold water poured down on him, then he raised his hand pulling out the sausage from his mouth, looking at He in disbelief, ¡°Are you chasing me away?¡±

    He Bai gave him a gentle smile and said, ¡°How could I? It¡¯s just a reminder: you should go back early so as can have a ride. By the way, don¡¯t forget your n of evoking sympathy.¡±

    The underwear, the singlet, the pleasant smell of soap, the heart-burning...all the manifold feelings faded away. Di Qiuhe calmed down right away, moved his eyes away from He¡¯s dimple, and bowed his head and looked at the noodles in the bowl. Then his voice lowered, ¡°You don¡¯t want me to stay at all.¡±

    ¡°...¡± What was the matter with such a sudden chagrin?

    ¡°I had sold the downtown apartment.¡± Di Qiuhe put the sausage in the bowl, picked up the chopsticks again and stirred the noodle soup. ¡°I know that my father is in City B, but he doesn¡¯t want to see me. After all, he has to rely on the Qin family to stabilize Huangdu. To do this, he must first stabilize my stepmother, and that¡¯s why he can¡¯t meet me¨Cthe eldest son, who is hated by the stepmother...¡±

    He Bai dedicated to watch his performance.

    ¡°I have to stay in the vi where I met with youst time if I go back to City B, but it¡¯s empty and dirty, I...¡± He took a soft sigh, managed to smile at He Bai, followed by a bitter curl of his mouth. ¡°I¡¯m so miserable, right? I could only talk to you even if Ie back.¡±

    p.

    He Bai raised hand and pped on Di¡¯s cheek.

    Di Qiuhe was stunned in his sad expression.

    ¡°A mosquito.¡± He Bai withdrew his hand, showed the mosquito¡¯s body in his palm and blew it off. He looked at Di up and down, and turned to find some electric mosquito repellent.

    ¡°You...¡± Di Qiuhe was exasperated once again and then the feeling moved to his hand. His itchy hand was intended to hold and beat the pup.

    ¡°Congrattions. I¡¯ll let you stay for you put on a genuine performance.¡± Then He Bai plugged in the electric mosquito repellent, turned around and climbed onto Niu Junjie¡¯s bed, rolled up and held down the mattress. And next he dragged the chair over to the window below the balcony,id down the mattress to have it a sunbath, and returned to the wardrobe to get out a clean sheet and quilt cover and threw them on his bed. Finally, he climbed up and changed the sheet and quilt cover in a skilled manner.

    Di Qiuhe looked up at his thin legs stretching out of the bed. He had a little expectation as well as fear, and he finally asked, ¡°What are you doing?¡±

    ¡°Make your bed.¡± He Bai changed the clean sheet and quilt cover, took up the old ones and put them out of bed. He then went to the washstand and put them in a bucket and said to Di Qiuhe who followed him, ¡°You can stay in my bed, and I in Lao San¡¯s. Such a sunny day should dry up the sheet and quilt.¡±

    Di Qiuhe nodded in amazement and looked at him arranging everything in a systematic manner. He was filled with an inexplicable mood little by little, and then he came up to He and apple-polished, ¡°What can I do for you?¡± Actually, we can sleep in a bed so that you don¡¯t need to wash these sheets.¡± It¡¯s well for brothers to sleep together and talk through the night.

    ¡°Are you sure the single bed can fit us two?¡± He Bai started pouring washing powder into the bucket and looked back at Di. ¡°Do you want to help me?¡±

    Di Qiuhe was suspecting the possibility of them sleeping together, then he nodded without any hesitation.

    ¡°Then you shall finish the noodles, then pour out the water in the bowl, and finally add some seasonings to keep eating.¡± He Bai sshed the water on hands to Di¡¯s face, pressed his shoulder and turned him around when he closed his eyes, and pushed him into the dormitory. ¡°Shut up and keep quiet until you¡¯re full.¡±

    Di Qiuhe obeyed, raised his hand to wipe off the water on his face. Di looked back at He Bai after he took two steps, who was focusing on washing. He couldn¡¯t help smiling and humming back to the dormitory, going on eating noodles in a good appetite.

    He Bai heard the gibbering tune and rolled his eyes with augh. Di seemed like a child as expected as Di always did whatever he liked. A naive Childish Di.

    Ten minutester, Di Qiuhe came with the noodles.

    ¡°Finished?¡± He Bai threw the washed sheet into the basin and continued to wash pillowcase and quilt cover.

    ¡°No.¡± Di Qiuhe showed He the bowl, then scooped some noodles with chopsticks and fed He in an upright look, he then said, ¡°It was you said that you¡¯ll finish it if I cannot. Here you are.¡±

    Nevertheless, He overestimated the mental age of Di Qiuhe.

    He Bai tilted his head back and said, ¡°Put it on the table, please, I¡¯ll eat it after washing these.¡±

    ¡°Then it may be cold.¡± Di frowned.

    He Bai exined, ¡°It doesn¡¯t matter as it is dry mixed noodles.¡±

    ¡°But you¡¯re sick. That¡¯s not good for you.¡± Di Qiuhe did not give in, and stretched forward the chopsticks.

    ¡°...¡±

    They stalemated for half a minute, then He Bai made apromise and opened his mouth to eat the noodles. He was regretting that he had taken such a childish guy in his dormitory.

    Di Qiuhe looked at He¡¯s cheeks while He chewing the noodles, and he was flirted once again. Although the chopsticks were new, the noodles were half eaten by him. Now the pup had not loathed to eat the noodles that he had eaten without hesitation...the pup admired himself as expected! To such an extent that didn¡¯t mind his saliva at all!

    Being in a delighted mood, his IQ, which was suppressed by EQ, was finally went back to normal level, then he said, ¡°Don¡¯t worry, I had heard the gossips online. Jia family will then issue a statement, exining those birthday photos. I will never allow the Saint Elephant Studio and online gossip to impact your work.¡±

    He Bai stunned, then he asked after swallowing the noodles, ¡°Did you call Jia family again?¡±

    ¡°Yeah.¡± Di Qiuhe rolled up another bite of noodles and fed it to He, telling He in an unintentional manner, ¡°I called Elder Jia. Besides, Miss Jia has just grown up. It is too young to marry her off in Jia family¡¯s view.¡±

 Chapter 52 - A Clap (3)

    <strong>Chapter 52: A p (3)</strong>

    He Bai swallowed the noodles and wondered, ¡°What¡¯s it got to do with Miss Jia? She just turned eighteen. No normal family will marry an eighteen-year-old daughter off. She is still a kid.¡±

    Although had heard the fact of the online incident ¡°Acquainting Elder Brother¡± from Elder Jia, Di Qiuhe finally dispersed the strange depressed feeling from his heart until now he saw the pup¡¯s wholly casual looks. He then fed He Bai again and said in earnest, ¡°Pup, it¡¯s not good to fall in love at an early age.¡±

    ¡°I agree.¡± He Bai nodded. Girls of seventeen to eighteen-year-old are fragrant and innocent, whereas may easily be deceived by some y boys. Therefore, it¡¯s better to have parents supervising the girls or try to avoid an early love. If she does like someone, it¡¯s better to first inspect the guy¡¯s character before establishing a rtionship.

    Di Qiuhe¡¯s smile turned even bigger and he fed the pup with more gusto as he saw the pup agreed with him.

    Hence one fed, the other one ate. And when the sheets were cleaned, they had had a chat of the online gossips, and the noodles were finished.

    The wind from air conditioner was blowing, and the washed sheets were hung on the clothesline pole, dripping water from time to time. Under the window, a mattress was lying on a chair, being heated by the sun.

    ¡°Shall we?¡± He Bai searched out a horror film and opened a bag of snack for Di Qiuhe. He then took up a mango and dragged over a garbage can, peeling the mango with a knife and saying, ¡°I¡¯ve been longing for watching this film, but I have no time. Now is the time. Would you like to watch a horror film?¡±

    ¡°Ok.¡± Di Qiuhe narrowed a chair toward He Bai, feeling that everything was fresh at this time, and he talked more than ever before he realized it. ¡°That¡¯s great. Well, I can shoot some horror filmster if you enjoy this genre.¡±

    He Bai recalled the ssic horror film that Di Qiuhe had invested and performed, which would run a few yearster, he nodded with a smile, ¡°Great, your film must be excellent.¡± Profitable, of course.

    Di Qiuhe was in a good mood for he was fondled once by He, then he picked up a snack and fed it to He, filled with the idea that ¡°I should be nice to pup if pup worships me to such an extent.¡± And then he made an implicit promise that, ¡°I will pick up splendid script and perform it well.¡±

    Staring at the snack for almost three seconds, He Bai then craned his neck and ate it. Then he cut off a piece of mango and fed it to Di, shamming a smile. ¡°Then I¡¯ll wait. Eat now, keep quiet, and hold on to a normal state. ¡°

    Di Qiuhe raised his eyebrows looking at He Bai and craned his neck to eat the mango from He. Di was pleasant, which can be sensed from his unconsciously pampering voice. ¡°Take it easy, it won¡¯t be too long.¡±

    He Bai quivered once and then took a pack of snacks and stuffed it in Di¡¯s hand.

    Di Qiuhe held the snack and sighed in ¡°distress¡± while he was cheerful actually. He took his mobile phone and sent a text message to Jiang Xiuwen.

    Di Qiuhe: My brother is so clingy. What should I do?

    Jiang Xiuwen: Kill yourself and make your brother a dinner.

    Ah, what a jealous man.

    Di Qiuhe put away his mobile phone and leaned closer to He Bai, who was concentrating on the film.

    It was time for dinner when they got through the film. He Bai made some easy bites to feed them up, then found another film to go on watching with Di Qiuhe.

    At ten in the evening, He Bai turned off hisputer, took off the dried sheet and quilt and made the bed. Then he turned off the light andid down on Niu Junjie¡¯s bed, he yawned and said to Di Qiuhe, who was already lying on the bed, ¡°Good night.¡±

    Di Qiuhe turned sideways looking at He¡¯s blurred figure, smelling the scent of He Bai on the sheet and quilt, kept smiling and whispered, ¡°Good night, pup.¡± I wish you¡¯ll dream about me.

    There was no reply. And a few minutester, he heard some smooth breath.

    Di Qiuhe waited for a while to make sure that Di was asleep. He then got up with great care, took off He Bai¡¯s pajamas and put on his old clothes, looked around at the sleeping He Bai, said a goodbye in mind, and opened the door and left.

    After begging the supervisor of dormitory to open the door, he walked out of the building, took out his mobile phone and powered it on.

    He then received arge number of missed calls and text messages of Wang Boyi at once.

    He picked up one missed call and dialed it.

    ¡°Thanks god, master Di, I finally get on the phone! Have you just got off the ne? I¡¯ll send a car to pick you up.¡±

    ¡°No.¡± Di Qiuhe looked back at the dormitory building in the dim night and showed off in his unintentionally rxed voice. ¡°I stayed here for a longer time than expected for He Bai missed me so much. Thus I had to reschedule my ticket.¡±

    Wang Boyi turned his voice up in surprise. ¡°You mean, you¡¯re in City B now? ! And you want to hurry back tonight? But you have a training session of marching on foot tomorrow, if you don¡¯t have a quality rest...

    ¡°I know. Send a car in time to pick me up. That¡¯s all.¡± Di Qiuhe hung up the phone, looked back at the room where He Bai was, and stepped outside the school.

    The gossip online had thoroughly fermented. After He Bai¡¯s announcement was found out, his Weibo fans soared by more than 100,000 overnight, and were still increasing. Several younger generations of Jia family and the official ount of Yi Ka apparel followed his Weibo for the first time, and forwarded his statement to support him silently.

    Shortly afterwards, another batch of B-list celebrities also followed his micro-blog, and blogged to support him. It was as if they and He Bai had be good friends at the first meeting at Jia family¡¯s dinner party.

    Compared with the boisterous situation happened to He Bai, the Saint Elephant Studio was somewhat miserable. The Weibo of Ma Qun and Ma Xingtong were all dominated byizen, while theizens who paid for the feature of photo reply having tacitly updated the photos taken by Ma Qun for Miss. Jia¡¯s birthday under their ount.

    He Bai sat in the back row of the bus and cannot get through Di Qiuhe. He then kept on surfing the photos circted on the Inte. He realized that the boss of the Saint Elephant who had consented Ma Qun to take birthday photos probably had shit in head.

    Where did their confidencee from? Insisting on booking a novice Ma Qun to be the main shoot, who was at low level even in theposition of a picture. Was it because thepany going too well?

    He shook his head, opened his Weibo homepage, ignored the praisingments ofizen. He first back followed the Weibo of Jia families and the official ounts of Yi Ka apparel, then posted a thanks message to his supporters, and finally he posted a message to appease Di Qiuhe¡¯s fans after thinking for a while.

    White and Whiter: Thank you, fans of Di¡¯s, for your support and encouragement. Your idol now is a good eater and sleeper, all is well. And he is working hard to make a new start. Take it easy and bless him.

    After a brief lull, the Weibo was soon discovered and reposted by Di Qiuhe¡¯s fans, and the number of He Bai¡¯s fans soared...While He Bai, who was preparing to get off, was unaware of all this.

    Little Mermaid hade to the final preparatory stage before going to the public, and He Bai had generally aplished his work. Whereas he went topany every day, and was ready for new ideas that maye out of the Publicity Department.

    ¡°I¡¯ve never seen such a dedicated costume photographer like you.¡± After the sessful publicity of the fairy series, Lin Xia was much less stressed and treated He Bai in a more affable manner. ¡°You should have a good rest as you just recovered. You¡¯ll be called if something important happened. There¡¯s no need toe day by day.¡±

    He Bai slouched in the sofa, said in a wilful tone, ¡°Sister Lin, are you trying to drive me away for I enjoyedpany¡¯s air conditioner and WIFI? No way, I won¡¯t go for I¡¯m one of the Little Mermaid. I deserve these resources!¡±

    Lin Xia was amused by his words. As soon as she was intended to amuse him back, He Bai¡¯s cell phone rang on the desk. She then shut up and motioned him to answer the phone.

    He Bai picked up the phone and saw that it was an unknown number. He answered in doubt, ¡°Hello, who¡¯s that?¡±

    Lin Xia was sensible to get up to avoid listening to his conversation.

    ¡°Hold on!¡± He Bai¡¯s facial expression became weird all of a sudden, motioning Lin Xia to stay, and he asked as confirming over the phone, ¡°Excuse me, you mean to take a set of photos for your daughter, Miss Di Chunhua, by taking the advantage of the Little Mermaid¡¯s main Princess collection?¡±

 Chapter 53 - Summer Cold (1)

    <strong>Chapter 53: Summer Cold (1)</strong>

    Lin Xia sat back immediately at the moment when He Bai said this.

    The man on the other side of the phone said a few words more, and He Bai got more and more confused. He looked at Lin Xia, while trying to make sure on the phone with a slower pace, ¡°I understood. You mean you would like to have your daughter choose her favorite set of clothes to take photos in all of the clothing series to beunched currently by Little Mermaid?¡±

    Lin Xia frowned and her eyes were shadowed with a shade of unhappiness.

    ¡°Yes. I¡¯ve heard that Mr. He and my son Qiuhe are good friends. So if we cooperate sessfully, then Qiuhe will be very happy as he loves his sister so much.¡± Qin Li got a gentle and pleasant voice, yet she spoke in a directive tone which was usual to a superior.

    He Bai saw that Lin Xia was displeased, and he guessed that Lin Xia was not quite willing to lend out the princess series. Therefore he replied in a good manner, ¡°Mrs. Di, I and Qiuhe are indeed good friends. But I think public and private lives should always be kept separate. I am now just a photographer of the clothes of Little Mermaid, so I can¡¯t decide if the clothes should be lent out or not. Thank you for your appreciation and invitation. I will definitely convey your request honestly to the person in charge of Little Mermaid. And once there is a result the person in charge will inform you instantly. Thank you again for your love and support towards Little Mermaid. Good-bye.¡± He hung up right after the speech and looked at Lin Xia.

    Lin Xia was consoled a little bit by him, and she asked, ¡°It was Qin Li the chairman¡¯s wife of Huangdu who wanted to borrow the Princess collection?¡± He Bai nodded and showed her the number on the phone.

    Being in charge of a luxurious clothing brand, Lin Xia had a whole picture in mind of all the contact details of those wives from the upper ss of city B. So after a nce at thest few digits of that number, she was quite sure that it was Qin Li¡¯s daily working number. She frowned and thought for a while, ¡°I¡¯ll handle this, you don¡¯t need to care about it anymore. If she calls you again, just brush her off like before.¡±

    He Bai said yes and asked tentatively, ¡°Then what about Mrs. Di¡¯s request to borrow the Princess collection...¡±

    ¡°Not gonna happen!¡± Lin Xia replied firmly. She then said ironically, ¡°We have been promoting our brand for so long by saying ¡®unveiling the secret Princess collection upon the day weunch it.¡¯ As long as she was sane she would never havee here and made such an unreasonable request. Besides, the Princess collection is the highlight of Little Mermaid, so thepany has already decided who to wear it first a long time ago. Not even I can decide it. That¡¯s why there is only one answer to her request, which is no.¡±

    He Bai was struck by thought after hearing it. He recalled the scene of Di Qiuhe falling down from the building in thest life and how Di Chunhua looked like when she cried her heart out in front of the reporters¡¯ cameras. He also recalled the cute look of Di Qiuhe eating noodles in his dormitory, and suddenly wanted to protect him. He frowned on purpose and asked her in confusion, ¡°But Ms. Lin, why didn¡¯t Mrs. Di ask you directly if she wanted to borrow the Princess collection? Why did she call a newly-appointed photographer like me? And why did she mention the friendship between me and Di Qiuhe? What did she mean? If she wanted to seek for a favor through my friendship with Qiuhe, then she should have called him first and asked him to tell me. It would be better that way. I don¡¯t see it¡¯s making any sense the way she handled this matter. But if she just wanted to borrow the clothes and then patronize the work of Qiuhe¡¯s friend, which was me, she should also have gone to you first. She should haveplimented me in front of you and then it might work. Now she went to me directly without contacting you so that I still needed to tell you about that. No matter if she could borrow it or not, I would be suspected of taking Little Mermaid as my own wardrobe and doing favors on my own will. Then you wouldn¡¯t be happy about that. This is purely sowing division between us. So what does she want for all of this?¡±

    Lin Xia was quite confused by his speech. She hadn¡¯t thought that much, but now she couldn¡¯t help thinking about it further.

    Of course, as the wife of Huangdu¡¯s chairman and the manager of the department of artists reserve, Qin Li would never have done such a stupid thing. Her phone call today was very improper, either out of private or public reason. If she wasn¡¯t by He¡¯s side when he was answering the phone, she would definitely had felt unhappy about him making an unreasonable request when he mentioned it. Although she wouldn¡¯t do anything to He, but if there was a discord between them, it would somehow affect their cooperation and that would be very harmful to the future work.

    Little Mermaid was a new brand and it wasn¡¯t easy to find the right photographer. Now a great sess was right at the doorstep, if He went into a quarrel with Little Mermaid because of this clothes-borrowing incident, then the poprity of Little Mermaid would probably be halved, as it relied heavily on He Bai¡¯s photography technique.

    Moreover, she heard that, as a stepmother, Qin Li didn¡¯t have a good rtionship with the oldest son. Now she suddenly made such an improper phone call to the good friend of the oldest son, and also in the name of the oldest son. That was really confusing.

    Let¡¯s assume that the phone call was not made by Qin Li out of stupidity, but on purpose...then not only did she want to set the oldest son up, but also she wanted to set the good friend of him up. So she aimed at driving a wedge between the oldest son and his good friend?

    She was struck when thinking about that and had a feeling that she might have found the truth. Women know how bitchy they peers could be. Qin Li must have hated the son left by the first wife so much that she wished he had been isted by all of his friends and family.

    Even if she had already had a conclusion, Qin Li asked cautiously, ¡°He, how long have you known the oldest son of Huangdu? Has he got many friends around him?¡±

    He Bai shook his head honestly and kept forging a poor image of Di Qiuhe, ¡°Not for so long. And I think you have already heard that Di was my senior. His family was not in a good condition, and ever since his grandpa died he has been...I never saw any other friend of him anyway.¡±

    The more uncertain the answer is, the more space to specte.

    Lin Xia slightly frowned and her eyes were filled with sympathy. ¡®Ever since the grandpa died he has not been in a good situation...That¡¯s why people always say with a stepmotheres the stepfather.¡¯ For all these years, no one ever knew that there was an oldest son in Huangdu. That was definitely because of Qin Li.

    Di Qiuhe had always been regarded as a great kid of great personality and capability. He was a senior who took good care of his junior student that he even introduced a great job to him, yet he didn¡¯t have any friends around. Maybe, it was because of the interference of the stepmother that he dared not to make any friends.

    Now Di Qiuhe had terminated the contract with Huangdu and left the Di family. He finally made a new friend but the stepmother again...The more Lin Xia spected, the more sympathetic she was towards Di Qiuhe. She looked at He Bai¡¯s innocent face and sighed, ¡°He, Mrs. Di¡¯s phone call was definitely not friendly, and you should keep distance to her and try not to have any contacts with her. Since Di Qiuhe could introduce this deal with the Jia family to you, he must cherish you a lot. So you should cherish his goodwill as well. I think you should tell him about what happened today.¡±

    He Bai didn¡¯t expect that his camouge was so sessful, so he nodded right after and said that his senior was doing good and he would keep their friendship, also telling him about today¡¯s story honestly.

    Lin Xia was satisfied with his words and told him some other stuff about work, then she left to deal with the clothes-borrowing issue of Qin Li.

    Watching Lin Xia leave, He Bai recalled the tone of Qin Li in the phone call andbeled her as unfriendly. Then he took out his phone and wrote a message to Di Qiuhe.

    ¡°Your stepmother just called me to borrow the Princess collection for your sister to take photos. My boss rejected and felt sympathetic about your situation.¡±

    Di Qiuhe¡¯s call came immediately.

    He Bai was astonished for a second then asked surprisingly, ¡°Gee! You turned on your phone?? Is the training over?¡±

    ¡°Yeah, the martial coach just returned me my phone.¡± Di Qiuhe leaned on the tree with sweat all over his body. His camouge was totally wet and his face was full of fatigue, yet his voice was quite steady. He asked, ¡°My stepmother called you? What did she say?¡±

    He Bai roughly repeated the phone call and told him about his conversation with Lin Xia, then asked with confusion, ¡°Ms.Lin left with a terrible face. It looked like she was going to handle some kind of national affair, which was super weird. I¡¯ve never seen her that way.¡±

    Di Qiuhe had already analyzed his words and got the whole picture of that story. He couldn¡¯t helpughing and praising him, ¡°Nice job, puppy.¡±

    ¡°Huh? What do you mean?¡± He Bai got even more confused.

 Chapter 54 - Summer Cold (2)

    <h4>Chapter 54: Summer Cold (2)</h4>

    ¡°The brand positioning of Little Mermaid is a light luxury. As its brand leader, Lin Xia must have maintained a good rtionship with the executives of Yi Ka Apparel, probably even rted in blood. Now you have built a good image of me in front of her, also you smeared my stepmother at the same time. That was equal to bringing shame to my stepmother in front of all the upper-ss wives of B city, and also consolidating my image of a poor kid bullied by his stepmother.¡± Di Qiuhe couldn¡¯t help smiling at the thought of He Bai defending him. He slightlyughed and continued, ¡°My stepmother wanted nothing but getting closer to you so that she could get to know my current situation thus she could trick me ordingly. That¡¯s why she called you. She bribed my former roommate like this before, so you don¡¯t need to respond to her at all. She tried to y the same trick this time, but she failed to consider about Yi Ka Apparel. She deserved that. As for Lin Xia¡¯s expression...puppy you should never underestimate women¡¯s sense of justice and their deep hatred towards some ethical issues.¡±

    ¡°...¡± He Bai was so enlightened and asked, ¡°What are youughing about?¡±

    ¡°I¡¯mughing because you are adorable.¡± Di Qiuhe unbuttoned the cor of his camouge uniform and looking up at the burning sun. He spoke slightly in a slow and gentle voice, ¡°Bai, you really have a terrible sleep look, and you snore like a piggy.¡±

    In the very beginning, He Bai was touched by his voice, butter on, he was irritated by Di¡¯s words and hung up the phone. He sneered and thought, ¡°Snore? For so many years that I have lived through, no one ever said I snore! How dare this dumbass try to fool me? Never!¡±

    Listening to the engaged tone on the phone and thinking about the angry look of the puppy right now, Di Qiuhe bowed down his head andughed for a while. He then called Wang Boyi and told him, ¡°Go check to whom will Little Mermaid lend the Princess collection, and spread some pieces of news about how Di Chunhua bullies her ssmates and how Qin Li connives her daughter¡¯s bullying behavior. Let¡¯s cheer my father up.¡±

    Wang Boyi said yes and asked as he didn¡¯t really get it, ¡°Why would the boss be happy when seeing that kind of news?¡± Well, in order to be a reliable assistant, you have to keep it up with your boss¡¯s mind, or you will fuck it up sooner orter. Wang was obviously trying to keep it up like that.

    ¡®It is absolutely a good thing that your subordinates like to use their brains and raise questions when they don¡¯t understand.¡¯ Di Qiuhe was in a good mood, so he exined a bit, ¡°Your big boss is trying so hard to take control of the Qin family and Qin Li. If there appear some unpleasant rumors about his wife and daughter, he will definitely add fuel to the me secretly. And of course, he will pretend to worry about the situation of his wife and daughter and act like a good husband and father. Now such a nice chance is at his doorstep, why wouldn¡¯t be happy about it?¡±

    ¡°Yes, he would.¡± Wang Boyi was speechless and got a deeper understanding of family love in rich and powerful families. If all of those assumptions were true, then what kind of human was the boss who set traps to his own wife and daughter? He trembled and felt abruptly lucky that he betrayed his big boss.

    ¡°Go get things done if you understood.¡± Di Qiuhe wiped out the sweat on his forehead and hung up his phone. He took out a coin out of his pocket and yed it with his eyes squinted.

    He sneered and thought, ¡°How dare she try to get to puppy. It seems that somebody is going too far off the line.¡±

    Soon a week had passed, Qin Li called twice to try to connect with He Bai, but got all rejected by him politely. Maybe she had realized something, or Lin Xia had responded to her, Qin Li finally stopped her action when it entered August.

    The countdown had begun for the market news conference of the Little Mermaid. The publicity department finally started to change ideas quite often and He Bai was getting busier gradually.

    Just three days ahead of the news conference, the news of the daughter of Huangdu¡¯s chairman bullying ssmate at school broke out on the inte all of a sudden.

    The news was quite detailed in describing the evil behaviors of Di Chunhua, such as always escaping from school events by feigning sickness, throwing her weight about, bullying students from ordinary families relying on her money, being rude to the teachers, forming cliques with the reason of helping students be celebrities and messing up school discipline, etc. All of those improper behaviors were pointing to the misguiding of Qin Li as a mother to her daughter so that she was raised up as a bully at school.

    This news was soon brought up to the top news board. Many students who knew the truth spoke up in thements. They said that Di Chunhua had done way more bad things than those, yet money talks! Those bigger things were covered by her family, so those things we saw right now were just side dishes.

    For example, Di Chunhua once forced a newly-assigned teacher to kneel down and apologize to her, just because she scolded her once in public. Also, Di Chunhua once pushed a girl who was more popr than her off the stairs, which almost disfigured her face. In the end, her family paid a lot of money and forced that girl to change her school and leave B city.

    Theizens were attracted by this scandal, but all of a sudden, it just went 404 before they could discuss it at all. And those heating topics disappeared too as if they had never existed.

    There must be something shady going on in this. Someone was paying the PR to handle this!

    Theizens were shocked then thrilled. They all went to the official Weibo ount of Huangdu and asking for the details. However the official ount had closed itsment, so they could only stay curious as they had nowhere else to share their enthusiasm.

    Without exposure, the heat of the news was soon cooling down. In that night, a Weibo ount that was famous for its righteousness and neutrality posted a piece of anonymous breaking news. It said that Qin Li and her daughter were so shameless that not only did they let the PR cover the news, they also went to the school to threaten the school principals. How dare they do that!

    The person in the know was a student at school. And ording to her words, she must be an introvert girl. She imed that she was the child of a teacher and was in the same grade as Di Chunhua. And the young teacher who was forced to kneel down was her rtive who was forced to resign. Probably out of the grievance for her rtive, she spoke out a lot of deeds Di Chunhua had done at school, and she said that it was true that Di Chunhua pushed a student off the stairs. That girl was now in D country for medical treatment, for she had got mental issues.

    Finally, theizens had found a ce to vent their raging anger about the scandal, so they rushed into this Weibo post and started to voice theirments. More and more breaking news showed up in thements, and this post was right about to go up to the heating news board. Yet suddenly, it got deleted again. The poster sent a sticker of ¡°too weak to provoke¡± and then disappeared.

    Once and again. Now the poster dared not to show up all because of the excessive behavior of Qin Li and her daughter. And the speed of their PR operation also proved that all those breaking news were true!

    Now theizens were furious, and the public opinions had fermented, and you could see people talking about Di Chunhua incident at all thement sections of heating Weibo posts that they almost upied the tform. At the same time, a group of people showed up and said it was totally reasonable that Qin Li had brought up a daughter like that, as she once bullied the son of the first wife so harsh.

    Therefore, the public opinion has turned from ¡°opposing the bully of the rich daughter to the students¡± to ¡°checking out those bad things done by the stepmother¡±. Those secrets of the Di family were digged out byizens by all means and became the topic of their gossiping.

    ¡°Bullshit! Full of bullshit!¡± Di Chunhua smashed her phone to the ground and her mind was blown up, ¡°They were all licking my ass before and trying so hard to appease me when they want to be a superstar. Now they are cursing me so hard like that! What a bunch of bitches!¡±

    Qin Li was also quite unsettled and impetuous, she jumped on her after hearing that, ¡°Just shut up! What the heck did you just say? Who taught you those dirty words? For how many times have I told you to stay low at school? Look at you, causing trouble every day as if you¡¯re crazy, finally someone has turned you in. Now you arebeled as a bully who bullied both the student and teacher, how am I supposed to find you a husband when you grow up?¡±

    ¡°Mom!¡± Di Chunhua said in a lower voice, but also with some disturbance and anger, ¡°I was so wronged! I didn¡¯t do that!¡±

    ¡°Did you force that teacher to kneel down? Did you push that student down the stairs?¡± Qin Li tried so hard to keep herself calm down, indicating Chunhua to sit down next to herself. She eased her temper for a bit and said, ¡°Chunhua, now you are a big girl, you have to understand that people will talk. You can, of course, look down upon those who are inferior to you, but you should always keep it to yourself and never show it up! Rumor can never really hurt you, but it can cause damage to your interests. This time you should have learned a lesson and please behave yourself in the future. That bastard Di Qiuhe is indeed a pest, yet he does one thing better than you, which is with his camouge. He is just so good at it that people all think he is the one getting bullied.¡±

    Di Chunhua was very resentful, ¡°Mom! So you want me to copy that bastard? Never!¡±

    ¡°I didn¡¯t want you to copy him, I just want you to learn to only show them the good side of yourself.¡± Qin Li tapped her and cuddled her into her arms then said, ¡°It just happened so instantly. I talked with the headmaster the day before and rified the whole thing, but the disclosure of me threatening the headmaster came out right on the other day. I couldn¡¯t even help you through the channel of the school. Besides the trick of putting it up to the heating news board then deleting it, which worked theizens up into a frenzy. That was just so well-nned and quick. There must have been someone behind the scene.¡±

 Chapter 55 - Summer Cold (3)

    <h4>Chapter 55: Summer Cold (3)</h4>

    ¡°Who was that?!¡± Di Chunhua went explosive again and raised her voice, ¡°Was it Di Qiuhe the bastard? I knew it must be him! I¡¯m gonna ruin him.

    ¡°What did I just tell you?¡± Qin Li grabbed her and thought about the phone call from her assistant An. Her eyes shed and then she said in a low voice, ¡°No. It can¡¯t be Qi Qiuhe. He is not that powerful. This drama of blowing a breaking news then deleting it might look easy, but it needs a lot of connections and money to practice. Di Qiuhe doesn¡¯t have them.¡±

    Di Chunhua was struck hearing it and she asked immediately, ¡°Then who could it be to pick on me?¡±

    Suddenly someone knocked on the door, and heard the nanny saying, ¡°Madam, Sir has just returned and is looking for you.¡±

    Qin Li couldn¡¯t help but sneer for a second, and then changed into her calm face soon. She dragged Di Chunhua up and spoke to the nanny, ¡°Okay, I¡¯ming.¡±

    ¡°Mom?¡± Di Chunhua was terrified by her sneering, ¡°What¡¯s wrong with you and dad?¡±

    ¡°Nothing.¡± Qin Li looked down at her and touched her hair with a gentle smile, ¡°Chunhua, always remember that all of mom¡¯s tolerance and sacrifice now are for you and Xiasong to have a future that you don¡¯t need to obey anyone. So please just stand for the moment, okay?¡±

    Di Chunhua barely understood her yet she nodded.

    In the border province, Di Qiuhe leaned on the window and was ying coins in his hand.

    ¡°So you mean assistant An wants to be with you?¡±

    Wang Boyi¡¯s eyes were full ofplexity and nodded, ¡°Yes, she said she has already shown her sincerity.¡±

    Di Qiuhe raised his eyebrow and looked at him with a faint smile. He asked, ¡°Then what about your decision?¡±

    Wang Boyi bent down his head and went silent. He then looked up at him after a bit of struggling and said firmly, ¡°I will listen to you.¡±

    That was out of expectation but reasonable.

    Di Qiuhe nodded and put those coins into his pocket and replied, ¡°Then you can go back and console her. I will give you a short vacation.¡±

    Wang Boyi unconsciously rxed his slightly tightened body, and then a trace of self-mockery shed in his eyes as he realized his change. He answered respectfully and then turned and left.

    After he had left, Qi Qiuhe took out his phone and opened his secret WeChat ount after a second of hesitation.

    The message was from White and Whiter, ¡°How have you beentely? Do you feel better now?¡±

    It was from two days ago but he still hadn¡¯t replied. It had been millions of times that he deleted those words in the reply column after typing them. He couldn¡¯t help but felt a bit suffocated when he unconsciously thought of the way puppy squatting on the ground and cooking noodles for him.

    This kind of clueless feeling made him confused and agitated, and he didn¡¯t know how to get rid of it.

    After a few minutes, he finally came back to himself and sighed slightly. He fell on the couch and then dialed Jiang Xiuwen¡¯s number.

    ¡°Shoot, I would love to help if you want to kill your brother or yourself this time.¡±

    Hearing a good friend¡¯s voice, his suffocated mind got a little bit better. He asked, ¡°What would you do if you just met a new friend and was being totally nice to him but he tricked you with a secret ount?¡±

    Jiang Xiuwen was struck for a bit and swallowed his sarcasm. He sat straight and asked, ¡°So you were busted by puppy?¡±

    ¡°No. I am just asking. What would you do if you were tricked?¡±

    ¡°Well, I¡¯d punch him and never speak to him again.¡± Jiang Xiuwen answered without hesitation.

    Di Qiuhe went into silence.

    ¡°Now you want to be a good man and no more cheating?¡±

    Di Qiuhe remained silent.

    Jiang Xiuwen rolled his eyes. ording to his understanding of his best friend, if he refused to speak then it was definitely because he was in a bad mood and mad at himself.

    ¡°That oue I just mentioned is based on the situation that he finds out the truth first.¡± He stopped for a second and continued to say in a lower tone, ¡°But if the cheater could tell the truth and apologize sincerely, I might just punch him but wouldn¡¯t just cut off the rtionship.¡±

    Yet Di Qiuhe still remained silent.

    Jiang Xiuwen had to suspect, ¡°Hey you dumbass! Are you off the line or fooling me?¡±

    ¡°No.¡± Di Qiuhe finally talked, with a normal tone but sounded crestfallen, ¡°Then what was the case when you are with someone and always feel hot and sweaty? Were you sick?¡±

    ¡°Hot and sweaty?¡±

    ¡°Yeah. Also tend to be emotional and stutter.¡±

    Jiang Xiuwen¡¯s face went funny and asked, ¡°Tell me first, with whom you would have those feelings?¡±

    ¡°My brother.¡± Now he sounded like he was in a good mood.

    ¡°That puppy?¡± Jiang Xiuwen suddenly felt a bit choked and asked again, ¡°A boy?¡±

    Di Qiuhe was a little bit mad, ¡°How can a brother be a girl?¡±

    Jiang Xiuwen turned away his head and took a deep breath. He grabbed his phone tightly and then continued to ask, ¡°What else symptoms do you have aside from feeling hot and sweaty? Such as heart bouncing, face blushing, legs rxing or wanting to touch him and hug him and so on?¡±

    ¡°No heart bouncing.¡±

    Jiang Xiuwen relieved.

    ¡°Sometimes my heart will bounce, but it¡¯s just normal that my face blushed because it¡¯s hot summer. And my brother is so cute, don¡¯t you want to touch your brother in a friendly way?¡± Di Qiuhe answered naturally and also with some dissatisfaction, ¡°Why are you asking so much? I thought you know a lot since your mom is a doctor. Now it seems that I have expected too much from you.¡±

    Jiang Xiuwen covered his phone and screamed silently for a bit then went back to the line with a serious voice, ¡°You just got a hot fever and it¡¯s no big deal. You don¡¯t need to take medicine, just drink some cold water and rx.¡±

    Di Qiuhe doubted, ¡°Drinking cold water for a hot fever? And howe I only get hot fever when I am with puppy?¡±

    Jiang Xiuwen was racking his brain and fooled him, ¡°Well, now it¡¯s hot summer, I bet you are quite excited going to meet your brother. Also it takes a while for you to go there by car and walking, so you will definitely feel hot when you meet him. That¡¯s totally normal, just drink more water.¡±

    ¡°Now it makes some sense.¡± Di Qiuhe answered with a thoughtful expression on his face.

    This retarded...how dared he to say ¡°Now it makes some sense.¡± Look how gay he had be for his ¡°brother¡±! He deserved it all!

    Jiang Xiuwen cursed secretly and tried so hard tofort Di Qiuhe in a more certain tone. Finally he fooled all of his questions about his pure puppy love.

    After the call, Jiang Xiuwen was covered with sweat. He fell on his couch and thought about the look and personality of He Bai, and also the personality and bad behaviors of his best friend. He was so in despair.

    It was so screwed up. His best friend was gay. And he had fallen for a mysterious junior.

    His best friend was already calling him ¡°brother¡± all the time now, and this was because he was still innocent. What if he finally became not innocent...How could he get He Bai who was getting more and more talented and outstanding? He was such a bad dude and with all of those dishonest past. He would write his name backwards if they didn¡¯t end up as enemies. And once he failed to get him...

    That would be the end of the world!

    No way! He would never let his best friend get it before he came up with a sound idea.

    He stood up and cursed Di Qiuhe thousands of times at heart and then started to search for gay rtionship tips.

 Chapter 56 - He was Screwed (1)

    <strong>Chapter 56: He was Screwed (1)</strong>

    The day before the press conference of the Little Mermaid, the heat in regard to Di Chunhua¡¯s disclosure online had faded drastically under the instruction of Di Bian. The Netizen¡¯s attention can be diverted by some other hot topics, then everything concerned would be left behind. But that very night, Di Chunhua went online topete for Darwin Award. To everyone¡¯s surprise, she posted a Weibo, using He Bai of not making a clear distinction betweenpany and his personal interests, alleging He of being instigated by Di Qiuhe to take no pictures of the Little Mermaid¡¯s main collection for her. Besides, she warned He not to be triumphant, and such rags were only for beggars. No big deal to her at all! Anyone who disgraced her should be doomed!

    The post was deleted within just five minutes, however, the tactfulizen had taken screenshot.

    Netizen one: How can Photographer He be involved in the affair? Miss, are you trying to divert our attention? How could it be possible that apany¡¯s photographer in charge of clothes lending matters. Photographer He was made a scapegoat. Are you ashamed? Come on. No one knew that you were refused to borrow the clothes if you don¡¯t tell, okay?

    Netizen two: The Little Mermaid has been publicizing for a long time, addressing that the Princess collection will be unveiled on the very day of the press conference. How could you ask them to lend you the garments before that day? You may take it for granted that everyone else should spoil you like your mother. They just did a right thing. How could it be med on Di Qiuhe, as does He Bai. How could they always run into fool and be such a scapegoat.

    Netizen three: Rags? For beggars? I¡¯m afraid that Miss Di may put on gold on a daily basis. I hope you keep your words that never ever wear Little Mermaid¡¯s clothes afterwards.

    The ironicments came one after another and were connected to the Little Mermaid.

    Shortly afterwards, Yi Ka apparel made an official statement, exining the process of borrowing clothes, and then thanked Di Chunhua for her affection and support for the Little Mermaid, retrieving the Di family¡¯s reputation in a gentle manner, so as not to an awkward extent to both sides.

    Unexpectedly, Di Chunhua looked for trouble once again. She posted a new one saying that her ount had been usurped, and thest post was not sent by her.

    Netizen: ...You treat us like fool?

    If you have made a reasonable exnation from taking advantage of Yi Ka¡¯s statement, you¡¯ll get over it smoothly. How dare you give us such a stupid excuse to fool us all. Are you trying to give a p in Yi Ka¡¯s face who had just spoke for you, or to destroy your family¡¯s reputation?

    ¡°That¡¯s true! My ount was usurped! Which bitch did it to me!¡± Di Chunhua screamed and smashed her new mobile phone one more time.

    With her face as calm as water, Qin Li was thinking over every single possibilities. But the more she thought about it, the more irritated she became.

    She had sent someone to investigate Di Bian, but there was no clue. If Di Bian did usurp Chunhua¡¯s ount, what did he do that for? She had done everything he wished, such as, letting the Qin family to be tractable by stopping making trouble in Huangdu. By this time, Di Bian had graduallye around and changed his mind. . . No, it couldn¡¯t be Di Bian. Although he put interests as the paramount, he still loved both his son and daughter on the premise that the interests could be ensured.

    As such a bigpany, Yi Ka apparel shall never offend her, one of its major clients, for a few Weibo posts sent by her daughter. Thus those Weibo posts will not lead to any substantial damage to Chunhua except for a few more scolds.

    It was more like a prank against her daughter than a conspiracy.

    So who had usurped the ount? What was his or her purpose of sending those Weibo posts? Only her assistant and service staff of Yi Ka knew the process of borrowing clothes, whereas the one who could get daughter¡¯s Weibo ount. . .

    She frowned and looked at her daughter and asked, ¡°Chunhua, have you ever told your ssmates about your Weibo ount? Are there any of them who don¡¯t get along well with you?¡±

    Di Chunhua¡¯s thought was taken away in an instant. After a moment¡¯s reflection, she nodded and expressed her resentment.¡± Yeah! Quite a few!¡±

    The mother and daughter were further misled, they had made various analysis of Di Chunhua¡¯s several ssmates. At the same time, the Little Mermaid brand¡¯s market release had been grandlyunched as nned. Countless big celebrities were present, shining on the scene.

    As a costume photographer of Little Mermaid, He Bai was arranged to show up with the costume designer of the Little Mermaid, receiving congrattions from guests and praises from the boss. Only then did he know that Zhu Ke, the owner of Yi Ka apparel, was Yang Fu¡¯s aunt, who had made a great contribution to his getting of the current job.

    ¡°Thank you, Miss Yang.¡± He found Yang Fu and gave her a sincere thanks after the reception began.

    ¡°It¡¯s me that should thank you for all that. In order to express her heartfelt thanks for helping her find such a talent as you, my aunt has given me a lot of benefits.¡± Yang Fu held her wine cup and muffled her voice with her hand over her lips, being approachable and friendly.

    He Bai smiled and thanked her for her kindness and understanding. He made fun of her words and cut the formalities.

    Over the main stage, Zhu Ke and Lin Xia proposed their toast, nced at the He Bai, who was smiling and talking with Yang Fu, and asked, ¡°What do you think of him?¡±

    Lin Xia also looked at He Bai, smiling and nodding, ¡°Pretty good, but Yi Ka apparel may be unable to stay him for long.¡±

    ¡°What do you mean?¡± Zhu Ke was surprised.

    ¡°He gets progress so fast that costume photographers can never be his career¡¯s destination. Sister Ke, we shall get ready to look for the next costume photographer for Little Mermaid.¡± Lin Xia said with some regret that she blessed him on the one hand while felt pity for couldn¡¯t keep him in the Little Mermaid on the other. ¡°When he came to Yi Ka to seek cooperation, the samples he took could only be regarded as qualified or slightly superior than qualified. Amazing as it was, I could see that he had to practice more before saving up enough experience. That¡¯s why I gave him the opportunity to take publicity photographs. I meant to let him practice and learn more, as well as work with the team. But I never foresee that...¡±

    Ju Ke got interested and asked, ¡°Foresee what?¡±

    ¡°Consequently, he managed to ovee the problem of inexperience during the short period of time of taking propaganda photographs.¡± Lin Xia said, smiling resignedly and shaking her head. ¡°I thought he would encounter sorts of difficulties, or struggle for a long time in shooting, and then grow up step by step...I underestimated his efforts. He is the person who determines to be perfect once he undertakes the job. He is gifted, young and prepared to learn and practice more. Such a promising person will not be limited to be a costume photographer forever.¡±

    Zhu Ke took another look at He Bai, somewhat could not conceive such a young man working like a horse.

    ¡°Sister Ke, have you seen the elf collection of photos of Miss Jia?¡± Lin Xia asked unexpectedly.

    Zhu Ke moved her nce, took back her sight and nodded, ¡°Of course, it¡¯s marvelous. That¡¯s good enough for the Big Four fashion magazines.¡±

    ¡°By the way, sister Ke, do you think how many celebrities here now would like to recruit him?¡±

    Beyond all question, a great many! In particr those female celebrities and fashion-engaged ones. It was estimated that 80% of them yearned for such a genius whose skills were better than Facetune as He Bai.

    ¡°I see what you mean.¡± Zhu Ke sighed in her mind and looked at Lin Xia with some regret.¡± I¡¯ll seek out a qualified costume photographer...I¡¯m sorry, I meant to alleviate your workload, but it seems to have caused you some trouble.¡±

    Lin Xia smiled and answered, ¡°I have never thought it¡¯s a trouble. Thanks to He Bai that the Little Mermaid got such an instant hit. He¡¯s not a trouble but a mascot.¡±

    Zhu Ke rxed and smiled when she saw Zhao Xia did not take it to heart, she then nodded and replied, ¡°Right, he¡¯s a mascot.¡± Once the mascot set foot in the entertainment circle, and became a popr choice among numerous fashion photographers. The Little Mermaid, as the first brand he served, shall definitely shine in reflected glory.

    Three hourster, the release and opening reception came to an end smoothly. Then the Little Mermaid¡¯s first gship store opened in a luxury shopping mall. The richdies, who had been drooling over the Little Mermaid for a long time, snapped up the limited edition of princess and elf collection at a stormy speed, online and offline.

 Chapter 57 - He was Screwed (2)

    <strong>Chapter 57: He was Screwed (2)</strong>

    Ten minutester, an honorabledy from G district with some political background posted a picture on her Weibo, and she @Yi Ka apparel and the official ount of Little Mermaid. She thanked Yi Ka apparel for the sponsorship of her daughter¡¯s engagement dress, which was highly appreciated by her daughter.

    There was a slimdy with her back to the shot in the picture. She was wearing a white-pink gradient fantasy tulle dress, with her hair coiled, and a pink diamond ring on her finger hanging by the side, holding flowers in her hand.

    Spectators online soon recognized that the dress she wore belonging to the Princess collectionunched today, and was the most expensive one named Cindere among the whole collection. The masses were truly shocked.

    Netizen one: This is the first one who wears the princess collection. How quick! Amazing.

    Netizen two: The ragging dress that Miss Di Chunhua disliked is truly lovely. The bride is gorgeous in her dress. Though targeting at maiden consumers, the apparel of Little Mermaid seems to be suitable for young girls in their early twenties.

    Netizen three: If the bride can put it on so quickly, the honorabledy must have got the dress from the Little Mermaid in advance through some special channels. Maybe she has signed some kind agreements. I can¡¯t tell what the honorabledy may think at the moment if she knows that her daughter¡¯s engagement dress is said to be rags worn by beggars.

    Netizen four: Thedy must be feeling annoyed. What a happy thing it is for her daughter to get engaged. She even got a special dress that¡¯s off the market for her daughter, who shall be as beautiful as a princess¡¯s, and to be the unparalleled first ¡°princess¡±. To her surprise, someone brings contempt upon herself.

    Netizen five: Haha...no wonder the Little Mermaid did not lend the dress to Di Chunhua, such a bad-mannered ygirl. How could she match the daughter born by thebination of a schrly family and a political bigwig? Who is the real princess and who is not can be differentiated at a nce. Haha...

    Qin Li¡¯s face was twisted with anger when she scanned thements below the Weibo post.

    She just couldn¡¯t believe that! This was this ultimate goal of this trap! Recently, the Qin family was nning to develop the market in district G, and had invested quite some money to pull strings and make contact with the officials in that district. Now her daughter had offended the local bigwig by saying that ¡°ragging dress for beggars¡±. The Qin family was bound to be targeted against!

    ¡°Di Bian!¡± She clenched her fist and shook her hands in anger. ¡°I always value our couple¡¯s mutual affection, I¡¯ve never doubted you. But you, treating my Qin family as a thorn in the eye, set us up. For the sake of disgusting my family, you went so far as to take advantage of our daughter!¡± Now our daughter was bearing the name of a fake princess who had offended the genuine one. It would be difficult for her to marry a good man in the future.

    It was the first time that Di Chunhua saw her mother mentioning her father in such a hateful tone, she felt more frightened than ever before. Then she rushed to hug her mother in a panic. ¡°Mom, please don¡¯t. Dad would never do that to me. He loved me so much. No, it must be a mistake. I know, it is Di Qiuhe!¡± Right, Di Qiuhe must have had instigated dad! Mom, don¡¯t quarrel with dad, I¡¯m afraid, I¡¯m afraid...

    Qin Li came back to herself and saw her daughter was frightened. She subdued her anger and hugged her daughter,forting while gnashing her teeth, ¡°Yes, it¡¯s Di Qiuhe¡¯s fault. Mom and dad are at peace. Don¡¯t worry. You are our little dove. Don¡¯t be afraid...¡± No way! The kids were far from being matured. Their surname was Di. They should get whatever they deserve. I had to endure everything. Di Bian, if you dare to reap profit at our children¡¯s cost, then you shall not me me for not caring about our couple¡¯s mutual affection anymore!

    Day by day, there were new hot topics online. With the cancetion of Di Chunhua¡¯s Weibo ount, the bubbling and gurgling gossip of ¡°a ygirl of the ck rich family¡± had finally came to an end.

    Though it was over, Di Chunhua earned a bad reputation in the views of people concerned in the long run, while Qin Li¡¯s image of a ¡°good wife¡± had also been shadowed by a ¡°vicious stepmother¡±.

    The Qin family began to take a low profile approach, while Di Bian was retreiving the rights of Huangdu step by step. Qin Li concentrated less on dealing with Di Qiuhe and more on family issues.

    ¡°Sorry, the subscriber you dialed is off.¡±

    He Bai put down his mobile phone and frowned.

    It had been nearly a week that he failed to get through Di Qiuhe or receive any text messages...Was the traininge to the final sprint?

    He had no idea, and he shook his head and sent Di Qiuhe another text message, asking where Di was going to celebrate his birthday. Then he went to Yi Ka with his camera.

    For princess and elf collections were sold in limited editions and had no restocking if sold out. Thus the Little Mermaid had recentlyunched several other capsule collections to make up for the vacancy. Furthermore, for the autumn wasing, he had to prepare a new round of publicity for new autumn clothes. He kept busy once again.

    At the end of August, the sales of Little Mermaid kept rising steadily. The photograph for autumn clothes had shot while the effect of these finished photograph was excellent. These photographs were even employed by a fashion magazine abroad, which was a good chance for the Little Mermaid to make a free publicity. Lin Xia was so delighted that she applied for arge bonus for He Bai, and then gave him a vacation in advance, telling him that he coulde to thepany only on weekends or when he had no sses in theter term on the priority basis that he had finished his due work.

    He Bai thanked her and epted it with gratitude, he stopped going to Yi Ka every day after finishing his work.

    September approached, students returned to school one after another, and the school was getting busy.

    On September 1st, He Bai and Niu Junjie picked up Wang Hu and Chen Jie, who had returned to school on the same day, in the airport and the railway station. They had a good meal outside, chatted about their vacation experiences, and then came back to school to unpack their stuffs for theing junior year.

    On Friday, September 5th, the sses of first week in junior year ended. He Bai parted his roommates and took a bus to the airport.

    Hended at ten pm, and then he cabbed toward a hotel nearest to Di Qiuhe¡¯s training base. After checking in, he had a good sleep.

    He got up early On September 6th, rented a kitchen from the hotel manager and set about baking cakes.

    He made a in fruit cake after quite a flurry. He looked at the cake with disappointment, put it in a box and started to cook ¡°birthday noodles¡±.

    It was dark when he was ready. He then went out to buy two fireworks, called a car, moved everything to the car, and told driver the address of the training base.

    He took out his mobile phone as the car started, there were several missed calls from Di Qiuhe. He thought for a while, replied Di a text message.

    He Bai: I was stayed by my teacher at night, and I didn¡¯t pay attention to the phone. What were you calling for?

    Di Qiuhe dialed him right away, but he hung up, and then sent Di another text message.

    He Bai: I can¡¯t answer your call right now. I¡¯m in the library.

    Di Qiuhe: May youe to celebrate my birthday? Shall I book you a ticket?

    He Bai looked sideways at the unfamiliar city scene outside the window, smiled and typed back: I have my weekend off, and it is convenient to see you. You should concentrate on your training. I have bought the ticket. Don¡¯t worry.

    Di Qiuhe: When? I¡¯ll send a car to pick you up.

    He Bai: Ten a.m. tomorrow. Just in time for lunch there.

    Di Qiuhe: OK, I¡¯ll wait for you.

    Di Qiuhe: Don¡¯t get conned by strangers if youe. Don¡¯t ept water and food from others. Keep your wallet and certificate close.

    Di Qiuhe: Keep me updated about your itinerary. Do youe to stay with me or in a hotel?

    Di Qiuhe: Stay with me. Hotel is not safe for you.

    Excuse me? The hotel owner shall be pissed off by these words.

    He Bai couldn¡¯t helpughing and answered, ¡°You amah.¡±

    Di Qiuhe: What did you say?

    Di Qiuhe: What do you mean?

    Di Qiuhe: You pup want to be punished again? You know what you are gonna get for being naughty!

    He Bai: Then I won¡¯te. Happy birthday, bye.

 Chapter 58 - He was screwed (3)

    <h4>Chapter 58: He was screwed (3)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    As soon as He Bai¡¯s message was sent out, the message prompt rung out frantically. He was amused by such a response, then set his mobile phone mute and put it into backpack. He rubbed the red and swollen injure on hand that engendered by oven, took a look at the Bento box on his legs and started humming at ease.

    The night grew darker. And half an hourter, the deste ce ahead finally came out the silhouette of the training base. He Bai asked the driver to park the car by the river outside the base. After paying the fare, he got off and moved the fireworks to a tree.

    ¡°Young man, will your friende soon? Should I apany you until that? The driver looked at the ignorant face and expressed his worry for He Bai. Young men should also protect themselves outside today.

    He Bai soothed with a smile, ¡°Take it easy, my friend is in that base, and he wille out right away. We have an appointment to set off fireworks here.¡±

    The driver took a look at the distance between the base and here and the fireworks at He¡¯s feet, rxed a little bit, and said a few more words of exhorting He Bai to be careful before drove off.

    He Bai turned around and sat down against the tree after he saw the driver off, and his eyes started to wander around.

    From time to time, his mobile phone rang, but he ignored and beat off mosquitoes in leisure. Until midnight, he then took out his phone without haste, clicked on a short message and called the number back.

    ¡°Won¡¯t youe? Do you really mean to break your words, Pup!¡± As soon as the call got through, Di Qiuhe¡¯s urgent voice came over.

    He Bai raised his eyebrows and smiled, found out the fuse of the firework, pulled out a lighter, and asked, ¡°Childish Di, was the building you live in facing the river outside the training base?¡±

    ¡°What?¡± Di Qiuhe was stunned.

    ¡°You told me your room is on the fourth floor. . . Oh, I see, the light is on at thiste hour. Do you know that people who restte are prone to have kidney failure. You ought to be careful.¡±

    Di Qiuhe realized that He Bai was here, and his breath became heavy for nervous, ¡°You, you are outside the base? You are here! Are you here already? You, you wait for me, I¡¯ll pick you up in.¡±

    ¡°No.¡± He Bai pressed on the lighter and got close to the fuse, and then lit it and ran away. He yelled at the phone when the first sparkle went up, ¡°Childish Di, look out of the window!¡±

    Bang. The firework exploded, illuminating the sky.

    A familiar tall figure showed up in the only window that lighted up of the fourth floor. He Bai waved his hand over there and cried out to his phone, ¡°Happy Birthday, Di Qiuhe! Congrattions on being one year older!¡± Young as they were, of course, were fond of surprise and excitement. He Bai thought that his surprise for Di was ingenious, and the Childish Di may be moved to tears.

    Bang.

    Bang. Bang.

    The firework kept exploding.

    Di Qiuhe¡¯s heart beat as fast as the booming fireworks.

    He looked at the dim figure bouncing under the gorgeous sparkles. He was moved, and then raised his hand and held his chest.

    ¡°Pup, you¡¯ve got me catch a summer cold again.¡±

    ¡°What?¡± The sound of the firework was so loud that He Bai couldn¡¯t hear clearly.

    Di Qiuhe kept his eyes on He Bai, not even took a look at the sparkles of the firework. He felt a lump in his throat and a heat in his eyes. The impulsion of catching and embracing tight the smart little ¡®liar¡¯ lingered in his heart. He then gritted his teeth and said, ¡°You¡¯re screwed.¡±

    ¡°What did you say?¡± He Bai still had not caught word by word.

    ¡°You¡¯re screwed!¡± Di Qiuhe raised his voice and growled, his eyes tinged with ruthlessness. ¡°How dare you to deceive me, you...you¡¯re screwed!¡± As for what would happen, no one had any idea. Someone must be screwed here today.

    He Bai heard it clearly in quiet as the firework had just finished. He grunted andughed, ¡°There are two fireworks, I have lighted one, and one left. Now that you say so, I¡¯ll light it myself.¡±

    ¡°Stop!¡± Di Qiuhe raised his eyebrows and blurted out.¡± If you dare to light it, I¡¯ll never let you go back to City B!¡±

    He Bai sneered and hung up the phone. Such a naive man, whose childish words could never be a threat to anybody.

    Di Qiuhe, with his broad shoulders and long legs and buzz cut hair style, ran here at his fastest speed, panted and stared at He Bai sitting on the ground without saying a word.

    He Bai paused as he saw Di, and then looked at Di¡¯s muscr body in a bit jealous, and shook head. ¡°Your fans praise you¡¯re a gentle and cultivated man who looks like an Adonis, but look at the muscr man in a vest and buzz cut hair standing here now, it¡¯s...¡±

    Di Qiuhe stepped forward and looked down at him.

    ¡°What do you want?¡± He Bai reared his head back and put his hands in front for defense. ¡°You look like a fighter! Ie to celebrate your birthday and take great pains to prepare you a surprise. Really?

    Di Qiuhe looked at the bites left by mosquitoes on He¡¯s arms, turned his head sideways and wiped the tears in his face, then bent down and pulled Di¡¯s arm all of a sudden. He pulled Di up and held Di tight in his arms, rubbed his head around Di¡¯s neck, gritted and gnashed. ¡°Don¡¯t do this for me next time.¡±

    As the shoulder bumped into Di Qiuhe¡¯s pectoral muscles, the pain therefrom stiffened He Bai. He then grimaced in pain and struggled, and said in a sour tone, ¡°Next time? Are you kidding me? Let me go. Are your muscles made of iron? Well, happy birthday. A 23-year-old man should try to be mature. That¡¯s enough to express your joy and gratitude with a gentle hug, while shouldn¡¯t employ brute force at will.¡±

    Di Qiuhe strangled He¡¯s waist and lifted him off the ground.

    ¡°Fxxk!¡±

    He Bai felt his dignity as a man was challenged and then he was irritated. ¡°You childish Di! Let go of me and calm down!¡±

    Di Qiuhe rubbed He once again, then put He on the unwrapped firework, squatted down to see the cake box and two Bento boxes beside the firework, saying nothing.

    ¡°Overjoyed?¡± He Bai was confused by Di¡¯s behaviors. He rubbed his shoulder and jumped down from the firework, got closer to and patted Di on the shoulder, asked gingerly, ¡°Are you really moved to tears...Please don¡¯t, though I¡¯ve had such an expectation...Well, we are mature man, you can justugh when people prepare you a surprise...¡± If he had known that Childish Di was so vulnerable to surprise, he would not have prepared all these.

    Di Qiuhe looked up at him in a serious face and had no sign of tearing at all.

    He Bai relieved.

    ¡°Is that a cake in the box? You made it yourself? Di Qiuhe said something atst, in a steady and normal tone, which was exactly abnormal to some extent.

    He Bai, feeling nervous, took a step back on the quiet and nodded, ¡°Yes, I made it.¡±

    ¡°Where did you do it?¡± Di kept asking.

    ¡°The hotel.¡± He answered.

    ¡°When did youe?¡± Di asked in a more serious tone.

    He Bai swallowed a mouthful of saliva, ¡°Last night, right after ss.¡±

    Di Qiuhe nodded to signify he heard it, then he turned around and untied the ribbon on the cake box.

    ¡°How can I feel breathless?¡± He Bai thought and coughed, went over to crouch in front of Di, took out birthday candles and disposable stuffs from his backpack, and said, ¡°I¡¯m not good at making cake. It may not be tasty. Please put up with it. Here you are, blow candles first and make a birthday wish.¡±

    It was the most in candlese in number shapes. One numbered ¡°2¡± and one ¡°3¡±, garish and ugly.

    The ugly candles inserted on the shoddy cake, making it a stronger eyesore. Di Qiuhe, however, viewed it as the best cake he had ever seen.

    He Bai ignited the candles with a lighter, looked at and waited Di Qiuhe in hope, and then raised camera, ¡°Come on, blow the candles and make a birthday wish.¡±

 Chapter 59 - He was screwed (4)

    <h4>Chapter 59: He was screwed (4)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Di Qiuhe frowned when looking at the camera before him, was about to say something but gave up. ¡°Never mind, the happy Pup was the paramount.¡±

    ¡°Why are you motionless? Are you shy?¡± He Bai moved his head out from behind the lens.

    Di Qiuhe took the opportunity to bow his head and blow out the candles. He then closed his eyes and made the wish, ¡°I hope the Pup will call me brother for good.¡±

    He Bai was stunned and moved back to press the shutter. Then he shot an angry nce at Di. ¡°How can you y tricks! I¡¯ll forgive you one time for your birthday.¡± Besides, the birthday wish won¡¯t work if you say it out loud. It serves you right that you have wasted it.¡±

    Di Qiuhe was still wearing a serious face. After taking a deep look at He, he took a picture of the cake with mobile phone, then removed the candles softly, hesitated for a moment with the knife. He then put down the knife and picked up the Bento box.

    ¡°What¡¯s in it?¡±

    ¡°Birthday noodles.¡± He Bai thought Di may didn¡¯t want to eat dessert at night as Di gave up cutting the cake. He picked up the other Bento box as well and said, ¡°The boiled noodles can¡¯t keep long, so I made two cold noodles in sauce instead. Shall you make do with it? Anyway, it¡¯s the thought that counts.¡±

    The hot and sour vor of cold noodles greeted them as soon as the boxes were opened, which was extraordinarily appetizing.

    ¡°Here you are, chopsticks.¡± He Bai took out a pair of disposable chopsticks from his backpack and handed them to Di. He then took one for himself, sat down on the ground and ate, and mumbled, ¡°It¡¯s difficult to make a cake as it cost me one whole day. I had only have some ingredients of the cake at lunch and dinner to sustain me. I¡¯m about to starve to death.¡± In his mind, the birthday was over after blowing the candles and making a birthday wish, and that was the reason heined without scruple at this time.

    Di Qiuhe watched He eating the noodles, some grieving and pleasing feelings emerged in his heart. The he bypassed the cake, sat down beside He, then took apart his chopsticks and ate noodles, and whispered, ¡°Thank you.¡±

    ¡°We¡¯re best friends. Never mind.¡± He Bai pounded him on the shoulder with augh, pretending to be an amiable buddy.

    Di Qiuhe tensed up for a moment, then he rxed gradually. Then he moved sideways, keeping out the sudden night breeze from the river for He.

    After finishing the noodles, they set off the remaining firework together. And then they went back to Di Qiuhe¡¯s room with cake in hand and dirt on their buttocks, braving the curious gaze of the base¡¯s night watchman.

    Upon putting the cake on the table, Di Qiuhe asked He Bai to take a bath first, then he bathed promptly. And Di walked to the bedside in nervousness to some extent.

    The bed was broad enough to amodate the two of them. Therefore, He Baiy directly in bed without saying some polite greetings. He was too sleepy at the moment as he got his hand full for a day and just ate his fill. When Di Qiuhe came out atst, he managed to say a good night, and fell asleep at once.

    He wore the familiar baggy vest pajamas with an untidy cor, revealing half of his chest.

    Di Qiuhe¡¯s gaze swept the white skin, which seemed like glowing in the light. His hands turned off themp faster than he ceased the reverie in his mind. Then he took several deep breaths, went around the other side of the bed in cautious, behaved himself by lying down along the bed and closed his eyes.

    Here came a ¡°patter¡± sound.

    He Bai, with his bold sleeping posture, turned over and put his arm on Di Qiuhe.

    Di Qiuhe opened his eyes right away and tensed up, then looked at the man beside.

    It was dark inside the room, and he could only make out He Bai¡¯s head on the pillow and the whole figure.

    Di Qiuhe felt sultry even if the air conditioner blew cold wind.

    The summer cold he was suffering seemed to be aggravated. ¡°No, I can¡¯t infect the pup.¡±

    He held his breath, trying to turn sideways, and grabbed He Bai¡¯s arm to put it carefully on the bed.

    The skin touched was softy, and it wasfortable for it¡¯s cool against his sweating palm.

    ¡®...I did hope to hold it at the rest of my life.¡¯

    He Bai moved unexpectedly, and Di was so frightened as to let go of the hand. Then He Bai¡¯s arm fell freely into the bed while bounced once or twice.

    ...The quality of the mattress was beyond belief.

    ¡°What¡¯s going on?¡± He Bai was awakened, opened his eyes half awake, raised his hand and fumbled Di Qiuhe¡¯s head close by, frowning and mumbling. ¡°Something is wrong, Childish Di. Why are you talking less today? Be good. Quit tossing and turning and sleep.¡±

    He talked to Di in a ferocious manner, coaxed him like a child while bringing him closer, patted him twice, and fell asleep once again.

    It was too close for Di that he could even feel He¡¯s smooth breath right on his forehead. His shoulders were hugged by He and their legs skin to skin, and he could smell the same fragrance of body wash on He same as his own.

    He Bai had a good night¡¯s sleep, whereas Di Qiuhe was stiff right now, with sweat running down like raindrops.

    ¡®The air conditioner must have had a malfunction.¡¯

    He opened his eyes as he couldn¡¯t rx a bit, let alone fell asleep.

    His symptom got worsened which caused him having trouble breathing...the Pup smelt pleasant...he was desperate to get closer...

    As He Bai moved again against expectation, Di Qiuhey back hastily, gasped and tumbled out of bed in awkwardness, picked up the phone on the bedside table, and ran out of the door without turning round.

    The wind was cool in the balcony at night. Di Qiuhe drank a whole bottle of ice water and held the guardrail for a while. He found Jiang Xiuwen¡¯s number and dialed it. Then he frowned andined after it got through, ¡°It¡¯s no use of drinking ice water at all!¡±

    There came Jiang Xiuwen¡¯s grumpy voice. ¡°What¡¯s up at such an ungodly hour? Ice water? Why do you drink ice water?¡±

    ¡°It was you said that ice water would cure me. I drank plenty, but it¡¯s useless!¡± And I¡¯ve got hotter!

    Jiang Xiuwen was wholly sobered up when he heard this. He then asked, ¡°How do you catch a cold in the night? Do you go back to City B to visit Pup?¡± Jiang Xiuwen thought, it was said that Di was busy, because the training was drawing to a close. Was it a hearsay?

    ¡°No, I don¡¯t.¡± Di Qiuhe quieted down by lowering his tone.

    ¡°But the Pup came to me.¡± He then unted, with joys and shyness. ¡°He came to celebrate my birthday and made me a cake and birthday noodles. He did it all day for me! He was so tired that I took him back to bed after lighting the firework.

    To bed, to bed, to bed...Jiang Xiuwen forced himself not to make any assumption, then he took a deep breath and continued his nonsense, ¡°It may be you had stayed upte that it aggravated your symptom, that¡¯s why the ice water won¡¯t work, just supply yourself enough sleep. By the way, you should sleep in sofa but not the bed, to avoid infect to He Bai. It was you said that he had a hard day, and he must be weak now. You have to keep a distance with him! What¡¯s more...¡±

    Whatever Xiuwen said always made sense. Then Di Qiuhe was soothed, who nodded like chicken pecking rice. Yeah, Xiuwen was right. Now he must have a good rest, a rest without distraction, to entertain the Pup in a spirited condition.

    After hanging up the phone, for taking good rest to take better care of his younger brother, he went back to sleep on the sofa. It was hard to tell whether it was the psychological effect or the body signaled the need for rest. He fell into a deep slumber as soon as hey down.

    In his dream, he seemed to be cuddling something soft, and then they rolled over and over...

    ¡°Qiuqiu, good morning, my darling.¡±

    The familiar rm rang, he opened his eyes sharply and sat up, staring at his crotch in shock, and kept repeating the scenes he had dreamed ofst night. How embarrassing!

    Why did I dream of the naked Pup?

    ¡°Qiuqiu, good morning, my darling.¡±

    The rm sounded again as it wasn¡¯t turned off.

    A hand reached over, picked up the phone that had fell under the sofa, and turned off the rm.

    Di Qiuhe was numb and was about to look at the person standing beside the sofa. However, the more he moved, the stronger he sensed the mucus between his legs. Then he froze even more.

    ¡°Di Qiuhe.¡± He Bai¡¯s voice sounded over his head, without any emotion. His white thin fingers click on Di¡¯s phone and asked, ¡°Would you mind telling me, why the voice message I sent to my Wechat friend ¡®A bird born in autumn¡¯ could be heared in your phone, and it is your morning rm ringtone?¡±

    The dim dream scenes gushed out again. Looking at He Bai¡¯s feet and ankles on the dark floor, Di dazed for a few seconds, then he reached out and grasped He¡¯s hand holding the phone and gripped it gradually.

    He was screwed.

    He was clearly aware of it.

    He...He was perhaps screwed.

 Chapter 60 - Farewell (1)

    <strong>Chapter 60: Farewell (1)</strong>

    He Bai looked down at Di Qiuhe¡¯s hand and then his lowered head. He found himself quite calm somehow, so calm that he could still noticed that Di Qiuhe had two cowlicks.

    It was said that children with two cowlicks were smart...

    He came to himself and tried to pull back his hand, but failed. He just suddenly sat cross-legged on the ground and examined Di Qiuhe¡¯s face from bottom to top carefully, ¡°No exnation?¡±

    Di Qiuhe didn¡¯t expect that he would sit down so their sight met identally. Di Qiuhe immediately looked away as if He Bai¡¯s eyes had been burning. He squeezed his legs together while still clenching He Bai¡¯s hand tightly. Then his ears gradually turned red.

    What the hell was his reaction? y dumb with me? y dead? Or blow me off with silence?

    He Bai stretched the other hand to try to throw Di Qiuhe¡¯s clenched hand away, asking indifferently, ¡°What¡¯re you doing? A cute girl with a big cock...?¡±

    Di Qiuhe resisted He Bai¡¯s hand and kept stiff.

    ¡°I guessed it right, didn¡¯t I?¡± Seeing his reaction, He Bai gave up hisst illusion that Di Qiuhe might be a friend or something of ¡°A Cute Bird Born in Autumn¡±. He threw Di Qiuhe¡¯s hand away cruelly and scolded, ¡°Bullied by stepmother? Wanna suicide? Wanna run away from home?¡±

    Di Qiuhe got more and more embarrassed and curled on sofa in a shy manner. He scratched the trousers at the knees and said in a low frightened voice, ¡°I can exin.¡±

    ¡°Then go ahead.¡± He Bai threw the phone on the ground, giving him a fake smile, ¡°But if you tell one more lie, I will kick your ass and make you vomit up all the cold noodles you ate yesterday.¡±

    Di Qiuhe quick glimpsed He Bai¡¯s bare legs and the phone beside him. His body burst into mes while the heart turned cold. The emotion impact was so strong, so he said by instinct, ¡°I have to go to the bathroom.¡±

    He Bai: ¡°...¡±

    ¡°Nature is calling.¡± Di Qiuhe suddenly was like a puppet who gained spirit. He should have talked fluently and dared to make an eye contact with He Bai for a moment. He said quickly, ¡°Even a criminal who is being interrogated will be allowed to go bathroom.¡±

    ¡°...¡± There was something in his words.

    He Bai thought with a sneer.

    Scared by his sneer, Di Qiuhe was frightened again. The spirit he had gained just now fled away. He lowered his body as if all his spirit were drained. He lowered his head, ¡°I am so sorry, I didn¡¯t mean to...¡± No, with hindsight, he exactly meant to tease him...He suddenly felt guilty.

    After hearing his unfinished words, He Bai immediately understood his meaning and couldn¡¯t help bursting out. He shouted angrily, ¡°Just go!¡±

    Di Qiuhe turned around and gave him a frightened look like a shocked muscr rabbit.

    He Bai grinded teeth, ¡°Isn¡¯t the nature calling? What, do you need me to get you in the bathroom and take off your pants for you?¡± Who was the one got cheated? Why did air now wear a poor face while He Bai looked like the bad guy? That¡¯s unfair!

    Di Qiuhe couldn¡¯t help imaging the scene where He Bai took his pants off. He blushed in a sudden and strode to the bathroom, closing the door shily.

    Bang£¡

    He mmed the door.

    He Bai banged the sofa, ¡°What? You little liar should get angry!¡±

    The door was opened and then shut gently.

    He Bai: ¡°...¡± He was even angrier.

    He Bai took a deep breath and tried to calm down as he heard flushing in the bathroom. He noticed Di Qiuhe¡¯s phone beside him. He didn¡¯t give up and took his phone on the nightstand, sending a WeChat message to the ¡°Cute Bird born in Autumn.¡±

    Ding-dong.

    Di Qiuhe¡¯s phone rang.

    He Bai totally lost his mind.

    ¡°Damn childish Di Qiuhe!¡± He shouted and began changing clothes.

    It was all fake...bullied by the stepmother, running away from home, suiciding...All his lies! And study in Japan? No wonder the boss of Red Guest Studio was the friend of film emperor. He really did a great job in acting like a considerate brother caring about his little sister! There should be some cheers for him!

    He stuffed the clothes into his bag and picked up the phone, reviewing his chats with ¡°Cute Bird Born in Autumn¡±, and he got more furious. He finally couldn¡¯t control his anger and came to the door of bathroom, kicking the door hard, shouting: ¡°Di Qiuhe, I want to see you outside now! Just you and me! I will kick your ass!¡±

    As he heard it, Di Qiuhe who was changing underwear slipped and lost bnce.

    Then there came a great thrashing and crashing,

    Followed by a groan.

    He Bai was shocked by this sound and pulled the doorknob, directly rushing in, ¡°What¡¯s wrong? What happened...to...you?¡±

    He found that Di Qiuhe reclined in the bath with legs spread. Some body lotions remained on his body and his hand carried an underwear. His two legs and...some parts were all bare, only a fallen towel covered his body, tastefully half naked.

    Di Qiuhe instantly sat up and closed the shower curtain.

    ¡°Uh...¡± He Bai stepped back and didn¡¯t really know where to look, asking, ¡°Well, are you OK? Um...Actually it is not wired at all to take off underwear before pee, it¡¯s really not wired...Although you lied to me and I am angry, you can be assured that I will still keep my principles and will never leak your privacy...Well, just take your time...I¡¯d better go out.¡±

    He said as he was stepping back. But he didn¡¯t notice that behind his feety a small bar of soap, so...

    ¡°Oh, my!¡± He Bai shouted and slid, also losing bnce. His hands were groping subconsciously, trying to hold something, it just so happened, his handsnded on the curtain, then...

    Bang! He pulled the curtain pole off, which exactly fell on the head of Di Qiuhe who was standing up to see what happened.

    Finally, He Bai bent and held the edges of bath, keeping bnce. Di Qiuhe, on the other hand, was totally baffled by this mess, and the towel that had covered his body had gone.

 Chapter 61 - Farewell (2)

    <strong>Chapter 61: Farewell (2)</strong>

    He Bai raised his head.

    While Di Qiuhe looked down.

    They looked at each other.

    ¡°Well...nice body.¡± He Bai said calmly in a dumbfounded and objective tone.

    Di Qiuhe was frozen. He noticed that He Bai was gazing at his intimate area and didn¡¯t know what to do. Neither covering this private part nor disying like nothing happened was appropriate. His ears and neck all turned read, ¡°d you like it...¡±

    He Bai: ¡°...¡± God, what had I said...

    Di Qiuhe: ¡°...¡± Oh no, I poured my heart out.

    ¡°...¡±

    ¡°...¡±

    The facial cleanser stood on the edge of the shelf finally fell with a tter.

    It seemed that the dead time began to run again. Both finally moved. He Bai turned around and went out while Di Qiuhe covered his body with curtain.

    ¡°Just get washed...This curtain is really of poor quality, isn¡¯t it?¡± He Bai stammered.

    Di Qiuhe turned his head sideways with a red face, ¡°Yeah, yeah, it is...I need to change a new one.¡±

    They washed up respectively quietly and came to the canteen courteously to have breakfast. They dared not to have any eye contacts, forgetting the cheating mess for now.

    ¡°Have a walk outside?¡± After the breakfast, Di Qiuhe took a car key and invited him cautiously.

    He Bai, who was pretending drinking water, was baffled. He nodded, ¡°Well...of course. You are the boss today.¡±

    So, they got into the car awkwardly. They drove to see some famous spots around the training base and took many photos. He Bai also posted a happy-birthday message on Weibo before Di Qiuhe, attached was Di Qiuhe¡¯s photo with his new style-brush cut.

    Near the sunset, Di Qiuhe took He Bai to the airport.

    ¡°Call me when you arrive.¡±

    ¡°Yep.¡±

    ¡°Thank you, for celebrating my birthday with me.¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s all right.¡±

    ¡°I had a very nice day.¡±

    ¡°Me too.¡±

    ¡°The bath...¡±

    ¡°Never mind! It¡¯s just a little ident.¡±

    ¡°...¡±

    ¡°I am going to the security check. See...see you.¡±

    ¡°Wait!¡± Di Qiuhe stopped him and stretched his arms, giving him a nervous and expectant smile, ¡°Can you hug me?¡± He Bai looked at him. This was the first eye contact after the morning mess. He paused and stepped forward to hug him. He Bai patted his shoulder, ¡°Happy birthday. And wish you a sessful filming.¡±

    Di Qiuhe tightened his arms with satisfaction and buried his face into He Bai¡¯s neck, rubbing against him. His eyes were full of tenderness and of course, sadness. He said in a low voice: ¡°Filming will start soon, so I will be quite busy then. I may not have much time to visit you...¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s OK. This film is important for you.¡± He Bai patted him again, like a mild seniorforting and encouraging a young man, ¡°True friendship willst, no matter we meet or not. You can make it.¡±

    ¡°Not just friends.¡± He rebutted.

    He Bai turned into a serious face, ¡°I will never call you big brother.¡±

    ¡°...¡±

    Di Qiuheughed slightly and rubbed his lips against He Bai¡¯s hair. He closed his eyes and allowed his body topletely fall on He Bai, sighing, ¡°I know...This film will be shot on many locations, and this is just the first one. Then there will be country K, J, district D...and atst, city B. If everything goes on fine, it may take me at least 3 months to go back to B. My little puppy, don¡¯t miss me too much.¡±

    He Bai rolled his eyes and pushed him away,ughing, ¡°Don¡¯t worry, it¡¯s just 3 months. I will not miss you at all.¡±

    ¡°You are such a heartless person.¡± Di Qiuhe also let him go. He stood straight and jabbed at He Bai¡¯s dimple, alsoughing, ¡°I will mail you special local products whenever I get to a new ce. I may inform you or not, so remember to sign for them.¡±

    ¡°Not fruit again.¡± He Bai teased like a good brother. But the embarrassment was finally gone. He told Di Qiuhe, ¡°Don¡¯t skip meals, and looking forward to your new film.¡±

    Di Qiuhe nodded. He was so desperate to hold his hand and kiss him, but he didn¡¯t. He said, ¡°I heard that your Little Mermaid collection photos have been published on international magazines, congrattions.¡±

    ¡°Thank you.¡±

    They looked each other but didn¡¯t know what to say. The atmosphere was subtle.

    He Bai pulled his bag and said, ¡°I¡¯m just gonna go.¡±

    Di Qiuhe was nodded reluctantly, with hands in his pockets, clenching. However, he still wore a mild and cool smile, ¡°Just go, don¡¯t miss your ne.¡±

    The ne took off. He Bai browsed the magazine on the ne and scratched his head. It seemed that he forgot something very important. That¡¯s wired.

    A couple of hourster, the nended. He Bai turned on his phone and saw dozens of messages of Di Qiuhe.

    He raised the eyebrows, smiling delightfully.

    Di Qiuhe: Thank you for celebrating my birthday with me. I am very happy.

    How many times he had thanked me...? He Bai thought.

    Di Qiuhe: I¡¯m sorry to cheat you with my WeChat alt.

    He Bai¡¯s smile suddenly frozen.

    Di Qiuhe: Thank you for forgiving me so quickly. You are truly my cutest little puppy^-^

    He stared at the ¡°^-^¡± on the end of the sentence for a while and then moved to the next message.

    Di Qiuhe: I will not lie to you again.

    Di Qiuhe: I promise to make you happy in the future, not make you angry.

    Diu Qiuhe: Mua~

    That familiar ¡°Mua¡± again.

    He narrowed his eyes and looked up at the dark sky with no stars. He had decided to forget it at first, but finally, he chose to strike back and began to type.

    Di Qiuhe was now full of bashfulness, pleasance, waiting his beloved to reply his messages. And then his phone vibrated. He quickly opened the message interface.

    He Bai: No thanks.

    He Bai: And thanks for your reminding, I haven¡¯t forgiven you yet.

    He Bai: Is it funny to wield my sympathy and trick me to send you a shameful voice message?

    He Bai: And set that voice message as your rm?

    He Bai: Do you think this ^-^ is cute?

    He Bai: I begin to regret that I didn¡¯t kick your ass now.

    He Bai: Farewell, film emperor^-^.

    Di Qiuhe, who just had his first serious crush, was heartbroken.

 Chapter 62 - Drinking Three Cups of Wine as Punishment (1)

    <h4>Chapter 62: Drinking Three Cups of Wine as Punishment (1)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Once again, Di Qiuhe was cklisted by He Bai, together with his exposed alt WeChat ount.

    ¡°So, you¡¯re saying...¡±, cautiously asked Jiang Xiuwen after spending some time pondering over this new information, ¡°since you realized you are in love with him, you have never got a chance to say something or do something about it? So... why did you say you¡¯ve broken up with him? ¡±

    Bang!

    After giving the sandbag a hard punch, Di Qiuhe straightened up and took off the boxing gloves. Then he picked up the phone right beside him, turned off the speaker and put it to his ear, murmuring, ¡°Well. I thought it was just I was suffering a summer cold... ¡±

    Jiang Xiuwen: ¡°...Maybe I can exin it.¡±

    ¡°Ok, you give it a try.¡± Sitting on the ground, Di Qiuhe took a towel from the bag and wiped away the sweat. Then he warned him with a rather gentle tone, ¡°If you dare fool me again, I will make you spit out the fruit that I sent you in the same way you ate them.¡±

    ¡°...¡± It seemed that the breakup took a heavy toll on his friend. Normally, he would just sneer at him, but now he began to threaten him.

    ¡°Why don¡¯t you exin? You don¡¯t want to help me?¡± asked Di Qiuhe.

    Upon hearing that, Jiang Xiuwen who was looking for an excuse to hang up the phone froze for a second, then replied with a strainedughter, ¡°Nonsense! We are old pals. About that..... I was just so shocked. Let me put it this way. You have never shown any sign of homosexuality, and then, all of sudden, you are gay. I¡¯m just dumbfounded. Besides, you don¡¯t have many friends and you never fall in love with anyone, so I¡¯m afraid you are just temporarily lost. What if it¡¯s an illusion?¡±

    ¡°I want to kiss him, hug him, sleep with him and I dream about him all the time. Are these all illusions?¡±

    For a moment, words escaped Jiang Xiuwen, and then he burst into coughing.

    Di Qiuhe listened to his coughing with an abstruse expression on his face.

    A minuteter, Jiang Xiuwen stopped, then he asked sincerely, ¡°Qiuhe... Are you serious?¡±

    Serious?

    With eyes slightly closed, Di Qiuhe was reminded of the little puppy eating cold noodles while sitting on the ground, and also the slight swelling on his hand and the tasty fruit cake. In the end, he thought about the first time they met. At that time, the little puppy was crouching by the roadside like an idiot.

    ¡°I wanted to be nice to him. I wanted him to live the life he wants. Moreover, I wanted to be a part of his life.¡± He said in a casual tone which was not to be mistaken for insincerity. ¡°Those have been my desires long before I figure out what it is that I feel about him. That¡¯s why I wanted him to be my little brother, because in this way I would have a legitimate reason to be nice to him.¡±

    Jiang Xiuwen kept silent while listening to him.

    ¡°Now I still want to be nice to him. I want him to live the life he wants.¡± With a pause, he added in a matter-of-factly manner, ¡°I still want to be a part of his life, but I want more. I want him to be by my side, and I want to be with no one but him.¡±

    Jiang Xiuwen held the phone with mixed emotions, then he whispered with a sigh, ¡°Qiuhe...¡± He knew well about his friend. If he was determined to do something, he would see it through. Though technically he didn¡¯t promise to love him forever, the message couldn¡¯t be clearer.

    One wanted to be nice to the other and upy the other¡¯s life. ¡®This is clearly not a simple crush.¡¯

    He couldn¡¯t understand how he could fall so deep in love as they had only known each other for less than three months and he only just figured out what he wanted in life yesterday.

    ¡°So, Xiuwen, take care of him for me while I¡¯m out of B City. Don¡¯t let anyone make trouble for him.¡± There was amotion over at the entrance of the training hall and then they heard Jiang Guanshan¡¯s voice wafting through the air. Di Qiuhe swept a look at that direction and added quickly, ¡°Keep an eye on Qin Li. She knew our rtionship. I¡¯m afraid she would make trouble for him. His career is on the rise. I don¡¯t want him to get into any troubles because of me.¡±

    With a frown, Jiang Xiuwen said, ¡°The Qin Family has some troubles entering Area G, so they have been quiet recently. Qin Li is conducting psychological warfare against Di Bian. If she has no time for you, then I doubt she would pay much attention to He Bai.¡±

    ¡°Just in case. It¡¯s best to be on the safe side.¡± Noticing Jiang Guanshan had entered the hall, Di Qiuhe put down the towel and got up to wee him. Before he hung up the phone, he said, ¡°Just take care of him for me. Uncle Jiang has got here. I gotta go.¡±

    ¡°Wait! Have you thought this through? As an actor, if you and He Bai were to be together, what would your father think about that? And what about the public...¡±

    ¡°I will deal with it. If he is willing to be with me, I wouldn¡¯t hide him behind my back. Gotta go, bye.¡± Di Qiuhe hung up and put the phone into his pocket. At that time, Jiang Guanshan had already approached him and they had a hug.

    Jiang Xiuwen put down the phone after he heard beeping from the other side. He fell back into sofa and rubbed his forehead with mixed feelings.

    Di Qiuhe sounded very serious and without the least hesitation. It was obvious that he had already thought this through and was prepared to face all the potential challenges in the future. But, .... looking at the cellphone and camera on the table sent from Q university this morning, Jiang Xiuwen miserably covered his face with hands.

    He didn¡¯t dare to mention this to Di Qiuhe.

    His friend was prepared to face the potential consequences, and yet He Bai was trying to draw a line between them. What aplicated rtionship. This was truly a shitty situation.

    How about sending it back?

    Sitting up straight, he put the camera and phone back into the box and put the lid on carefully.

    ¡®Send a message to inform him of this after sending it back. Best let him dream about it for a while.¡¯ In fact, he was partially responsible for this mess. He would apologize to He Bai in personter in hope that it made things easier for his friend to pursue his girlfriend, hmm, boyfriend......

    After a whole day of sses, the four roommates got together for dinner. Later, Wang Hu went to y basketball and Chen Jie went to library. Seeing that they were alone, Niu Junjie quitted the game, grabbed a chair and sat next to He Bai. He asked cautiously, ¡°Bai, you and Qiuhe...¡±

    ¡°I cklisted him.¡± He Bai replied matter-of-factly. He looked at him with an emotionless face and said, ¡°You have only met twice. We¡¯re going to live together for two years. Recently, there are a lot of news about people poisoning their roommates. ¡±

    Niu Junjie was dumbfounded. Immediately he forgot about the future spokesman for his family. He held the shoulders of He Bai and solemnly proimed, ¡°A liar should be punished! Good for you. Don¡¯t be sad. Let¡¯s have some midnight snack. My treat.¡±

    ¡°Thank you.¡± With a smile, He pointed at hisputer screen. ¡°I have a lot of work to deal with. You should go with LaoDa and LaoEr and bring me something if you¡¯d like.¡±

    ¡°Okay, okay, no problem!¡± Niu Junjie answered without hesitation. Then he returned to his seat, took out of his phone and typed quickly.

    Niu Junjie: Qiuhe, Bai is in rage. It¡¯s very bad! What have you done? Did you really just use an alt WeChat ount to mess with him? Bai doesn¡¯t look like a man who will get so easily offended.

    Di Qiuhe had been waiting expectantly for a reply, but his heart sank when he finally got it. Thinking about the message that Jiang Xiuwen sent earlier, he slouched, feeling even worse than a while ago. Depressed, he started typing the following message:

    It¡¯s my fault. I shouldn¡¯t have kept deceiving him with that back-up ount after I bought back the autography. How has he been recently? Is he busy at work? Has he been eating properly?

    Niu Junjie: Everything is fine. His career is on the rise and he got more bonuses than he can count. He asked another half bowl of rice for dinner and said Elder Xu finally promised to teach him new things. Everything looks good. But he still gets mad whenever he thinks about you.

    Di Qiuhe¡¯s heart sank at the word ¡°mad¡±.

    Niu Junjie: Dude, tell me the truth. How did you offend him? I can¡¯t help you if you don¡¯t tell me the truth.

    With a sigh, Di Qiuhe replied.

    Di Qiuhe: I told him I am a girl.

    Niu Junjie: That ... is not that bad. Buying back your own autography can be quite embarrassing. It¡¯s quite understandable that you want to hide who you really are. Bai won¡¯t get offended over this. Besides, he is the one who sold out your autography. Both of you have made mistakes. I don¡¯t see why he will get mad at you over this.

    Di Qiuhe: I also tricked him into sending me gifts and voice messages.

    Niu Junjie: Gifts? Those photos? That¡¯s fine. You also gave him a gift in return. Sounds fair.

 Chapter 63 - Drinking Three Cups of Wine as Punishment (2)

    <h4>Chapter 63: Drinking Three Cups of Wine as Punishment (2)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Di Qiuhe slowed down his typing thinking about something. If you noticed his pause, you would know he was deeply upset about what he had done before.

    Di Qiuhe: The point is that I didn¡¯t tell him the truth when I got the chance. And there is also the voice message.

    Niu Junjie: What about it?

    After taking a deep breath, Di Qiuhe said: I lied to him about how I was bullied by my family and how I wanted tomit suicide in desperation, just so that I could get him to send me messages like ¡°Qiuqiu, Good Morning. Good Night. kiss you.¡±

    Niu Junjie froze for a while and typed: ... Dude, what¡¯s wrong with you?

    A normal person wouldn¡¯t coax his friend into sending such intimate voices. What a bad past of him. This Di Qiuhe looked reliable. Who would have thought that he would be this crazy.

    Di Qiuhe wiped his face and started beating himself up: I also set those voices as my rm and he heard it when he came over for my birthday.

    Struck dumb, Niu Junjie turned his head to sweep a look at He Bai, and then quickly turned back. He tapped so hard on the screen that it felt like it¡¯s gonna break any minute: How dare you set those disgusting voices as your rm?! Moreover, Bai was not supposed to hear them! He was nice enough to show up at your birthday party and that is how you repay him? What the fuck, man! You deserved it! Dude, you¡¯d better keep a distance from him, otherwise you would be dead.

    Di Qiuhe with a pale face: Is there a way to fix this?

    Niu Junjie: No way. What with your lies and those shameless voices, the best you can do now is to run away.

    Di Qiuhe: But I don¡¯t want to run away. I hope Bai would forgive me. Do you think it¡¯s possible?

    Upon hearing that, Niu Junjie fell into deep thought. He sneaked a look at He Bai who was busy working on his photos and continued typing: Of course. For starters, you can drink three cups of wine as punishment. Then you will offer a humble apology and shouted ¡°Boss, it¡¯s my fault.¡± three times to him. Last, you are to serve him for three months. Only then will it pass. Don¡¯t worry. Bai is very kind. If you apologize sincerely, he would feel it and forgive you sooner orter.

    After a while of pondering, Di Qiuhe typed determinedly: Ok.

    Niu Junjie nodded in satisfaction: Good luck.

    Feeling confident, Di Qiuhe replied: Thank you.

    After plotting like two sneaky thieves, both of them felt quite good about themselves. Niu was d that he had done Di a favor, while Di was delighted that he found a way to get his lover back.

    At the beginning of the new semester, students were required to re-select their optional courses. He Bai logged in the campuswork and a bunch of private messages from A Bird Born in Autumn popped out. With a sneer, he clicked ¡°Delete¡± without hesitation.

    Sitting next to He Bai, Niu Junjie clenched his hands tightly and took out his mobile phone: Bai didn¡¯t read them. He simply deleted them all!

    With a twitch of eyebrows, Di Qiuhe put on a serious look: I¡¯ll keep sending.

    So, during the entire process of course selection, He Bai was bombarded with countless private messages over and over again.

    Noticing that, Niu Junjie couldn¡¯t help but pretend to be curious and asked, ¡°Howe you have so many private messages? Why don¡¯t you read them? Maybe some of them are notices from the school. ¡±

    ¡°Have you received a notice from the school?¡± He Bai turned to look at him.

    Niu Junjie shook his head, ¡°No.¡±

    He Bai deleted all the newly private messages as well and said with a smile. ¡°We are in the same ss. If you didn¡¯t receive any notice, neither will I. So, it¡¯s unnecessary to check those spam messages. Besides, it¡¯s fine if I miss any notice, because the monitor would inform us again in the ss group chat.

    Niu Junjie: ¡°...¡±

    ¡°Anything else?¡±

    ¡°No... nothing.¡± Niu Junjie sat up straight and texted a message quickly when he got the book: Dude, Bai is too smart. There is nothing I can do. I¡¯m sorry.

    Di Qiuhe fell back into the lounge, put down his phone, and then with a long sigh he picked up the script.

    The deputy director came close to Jiang Guanshan. He swept a nce at Di Qiuhe who was concentrated on studying the script at the corner and praised, ¡°Jiang, you are a good judge of character. Di Qiuhe is very mature for his age and he is hardworking. He has got a lot of potentials.¡±

    Jiang Guanshan nodded with a smile, ¡°Hmm, he has grown a lottely.¡± It seemed that the early training had paid off.

    Di Qiuhe, on the other hand, was staring nkly at the script. He kept folding up and down the corner of the page, all the while thinking: Bai would forgive me, Bai wouldn¡¯t¡¯ forgive me. Bai would forgive me .....

    He Bai simply ignored the iing Weibo messages. After posting a Weibo to advertise the Little Mermaid autumn new arrivals, he turned off theputer. Then he took out piles of posters of TV series, films, MVs from his backpack and started poring over them.

    Since this semester, Teacher Xu had talked to him once. Xu thought He Bai had got the hang of taking portraits and all he needed was to umte experience going forward. Now he could learn new skill on how to take group portrait .... like the ones on those piles of posters.

    As far photography was concerned, it was easy shooting a personal portrait, but difficult shooting a group of people. Elder Xu assigned him a new task to take one group portrait every week. The workload sounded less than before. However, it was actually more difficult.

    It was simple to capture a person¡¯s unique features in a photo. As long as you keep shooting, you would eventuallye out with a good one. While a group portrait might sound simple, when you put several people into one image, it was anything but easy. When you were cramming several people into a photo, there were several factors that had to work together to make it a great image.

    Each person has their special traits, and if you want to capture the traits of more than two people into one image, you must first have a goodmand of the basic photographic skills and also the ability to bnce the configuration of the photos.

    As a group portrait was to cram several people into one photo, if you were not paying attention, your photo would lose its focus. He Bai had solid photographic skills, but he was quite new with the portrait photography, and he needed to gain more experience in taking a bnced picture.

    What should he do if hecked experience? Practice more, read more, study more in order to umte more.

    After knowing his weaknesses, he immediately went to the library with a pen and paper.

    There were thousands of excellent group portraits throughout history, and you could easily find piles of outstanding works in the library. He spent a whole day studying the works, and as he did that, he was getting more and more confused. When he came out from the library with the intent to shoot the schoolyard, he was frustrated to find that he had no inspiration at all after seeing such a pile of group portraits. If anything, this experience had disrupted his otherwise organized way of thinking.

    The students walked up and down, and the click sound of the shutter rang again and again, but none of the photos turned out OK. After half an hour of fruitless shooting, he put down the camera with a sigh and left the school.

    Taking photos for a single person was indeed different from taking group portrait, and it was impossible to start with the basics like taking snapshots. Let alone establishing a theme, he even had no idea how to bnce a picture.

    If you want to cram two people into a photo, then you must consider how they should be appropriately posed.

    How to bnce a photo with three people in it?

    When taking photos for a crowd of people running back and forth, where should he focus on to make it look harmonious, while at the same time brought out each character¡¯s distinct features?

    There were too many questions, and he could only solve them one by one. Firstly, he needed to picture how he wanted to pose the group and frame the photo. Well, in this field, the most sessful andmercialized example were those various posters of major movies and TV series.

    There was more than one protagonist in a movie or a TV series, so their posters were typical group portraits. Except for a small number of matting posters, the rest all featured carefully arranged configuration and well thought out poses. They were definitely worth learning.

    Niu Junjie was lying in bed quietly observing how He Bai was absorbed in writing and painting under the light of tablemp, and then he took out his phone.

    Niu Junjie: Bai did not check the Twitter message.

    Di Qiuhe: He hasn¡¯t slept yet?

    Niu Junjie: Yeah. He was working on new photography assignment given by his teacher. By the way, don¡¯t let your friend send camera back over and over. It¡¯s a waste of money. Bai has bought a new camera already.

    For a while, Niu Junjie didn¡¯t get any reply. Feeling frustrated, he typed: You just focus on your filming. Let me know when youe back. Let¡¯s have a meal together with Bai. You could apologize to him in face. Then he would forgive you. Get some sleep.

    After a few minutes, Di Qiuhe sent a message back: I see, thank you.

    Niu Junjie: We are brothers. You are wee.

 Chapter 64 - Drinking Three Cups of Wine as Punishment (3)

    <h4>Chapter 64: Drinking Three Cups of Wine as Punishment (3)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Getting no reply from Di Qiuhe, Niu Junjie sneaked a look at He Bai who was concentrating on study and scratched his hair out of frustration.

    One wanted to apologize. The other was still in rage and not in a mood for reconciliation. How to fix that?

    After escorting the doctor to the door, Di Qiuhe took a sip of water delivered by his assistant, and then asked, ¡°How are things over there at the set?¡±

    ¡°Director Jiang lost his temper, scolding the crew in charge of properties and fired them¡±. Assistant An stood in front of him nervously and replied in a ttering way.

    Di Qiuhe nodded as a reply. Then he put down the water bottle and said, ¡°Let¡¯s go. Back to the set.¡±

    Assistant An froze for a second and swept a look at his wrapped, wounded arm. ¡°But, your injury... Director Jiang said the following scenes are all action-intensive ones. Your arm was wounded. We could put off the shooting, so you can have a rest for two days.¡±

    ¡°No.¡± Di Qiuhe waved his hand and said casually with a move of his arm. ¡°It¡¯s not a big deal. I am the lead actor. If I call one day off, I will slow down the shooting progress. I can¡¯t do that.¡±

    Assistant An persisted, ¡°Why not? The director said so himself that you could take a break...¡±

    ¡°I don¡¯t want to rest.¡± Di Qiuhe cast a sideways nce at her and said with a determined tone. ¡°Assistant An, I know that you care about me. Thank you for that, but I don¡¯t want to repeat myself.¡±

    Assistant An took a step back the moment she met with Di¡¯s emotionless eyes. Then she bowed her head and said, ¡°Sorry, sorry.¡±

    Di Qiuhe looked away and strode out.

    It just so happened that Wang Boyi came back with a list and he was struck dumb when he saw Di Qiuheing out with a poker face. Then he swept a look at assistant An who was right behind Di. With a twitch of eyebrows, he quickly looked away. When Di Qiuhe approached him, he quickly turned around and tried to catch up with him. He said while walking, ¡°Mr. Di, I have all the things you want. Do you need to send them right away?¡±

    Upon hearing that, Di Qiuhe¡¯s face softened a bit, but he shook his head and said, ¡°No. Bring me a recorder pen and a notepadter. I have other things to send.¡±

    Wang Boyi nodded, then he looked back at the assistant An who was right on their heels and sighed inwardly.

    The next day, He Bai ran into the courier when he went out for lunch and signed for a big box and other two small boxes.

    ¡°I guess the big box is stuffed with fruits.¡± Holmes Niu said while rubbing his chin, then shouted at Wang Hu and Chen Jie, ¡°Brothers, move this box to the dorm! We have enough deserts for this week. Let¡¯s thank Bai for sharing this with us!¡±

    Wang Hu and Chen Jie looked at each other and shouted at the same time, ¡± Bai, Thank you for this!¡± After saying that, they suddenly burst intoughter over something and move the box to the dorm as quickly as they could like they had never eaten fruits before.

    He Bai: ¡°...¡±

    A ssmate saw this while passing by and murmured in jealousy, ¡°Look at this. Someone¡¯s definitely got a sugar daddy. If not, how could you exin these. Why did he always disappear at weekends. How could he afford fancy outfits and new cameras all of a sudden. And now, he even receives gifts every day......Pooh, disgusting toy boy.¡±

    He Bai fixed his eyes on him looking emotionless and said, ¡°Why not say it out loud? Huang Wei, do you really think your post will stay anonymous forever? You spread rumors about me. Aren¡¯t you afraid the counselor woulde to you?¡±

    ¡°What, what anonymous posting? What are you talking about? I didn¡¯t spread any rumor!¡± feeling guilty, Huang Wei stuttered out his rebuttal and then dragged his bag belt and ran away.

    Seeing him running away, He Bai was reminded of the fact that he got kicked out of school in his previous life for theft. Then with a frown, he went to sit down on the bench in front of the dormitory. While waiting for his roommates, he opened the rest of the two small boxes in his hands.

    The wooden boxes were of ethnic style. They looked unadorned, but very sturdy. There were a recorder pen and a note in one box, and a tumbler with a note under it in the other one.

    ¡®What¡¯s this?¡¯ Confused, He Bai picked up the notes in the boxes and unfolded them.

    Di Qiuhe: Bai, I am sorry. There is a recording in the pen. Please listen to it when you are alone.

    Di Qiuhe: Bai, I am sorry, I have drunk three cups of wine as punishment. I have had it on tape and stored the video in the memory card under the cup. To show my sincerity, I sent the cup to you, so you could tell me whether you are satisfied with its size. If not, I will use arger cup next time.

    ¡°...¡± Is he an imbecile? Three cups of wine as punishment? Video? And cup? How much did the courier fee cost him?

    He Bai stared at the two boxes for a while with mixed feelings. Finally, he stuffed the boxes into his backpack forcefully, and then walked towards the dormitory. He wondered why they had note out yet.

    Niu Junjie retracted his head and gave a high five with Wang Hu and others. He happily took out his phone to send a message to Di Qiuhe: Bai has received the two small boxes. Good for you. Keep it up!

    Di Qiuhe: Thanks. I will.

    After putting away his phone, Niu Junjie wrapped his arms around the necks of Wang Hu and Chen Jie and eximed, ¡°Let¡¯s go! Your big brother is in a good mood today. Let me treat you with seafood!¡±

    Wang Hu and Chen Jie got away from him andughed. ¡°Big brother? How dare you call yourself ¡®big brother¡¯ in front of us? You¡¯ve been very cocky recently, LaoSan. You should be punished.¡±

    Niu Junjie struggled to break free and ran outside. He then waved to He Bai who was looking at this direction. ¡°Bai, run away! LaoDa and LaoEr have gone crazy!¡±

    ¡°You are the crazy one,¡± replied He Bai as he approached him.

    After dinner, Niu Junjie took Wang Hu and Chen Jie to the badminton hall, leaving He Bai alone in the dormitory to work on his assignments he took back.

    He was busy with the works until 9:30. He Bai swept a look at the time. It waste, but none of them came back. With a frown, he made a call to them.

    ¡°We are having nigh snacks. We¡¯ll be back in a jiffy,¡± yelled Niu Junjie with all the noises going around in the background. ¡°Would you like something to eat? I can bring it back for you. When you are done, you can go watch some videos for a rest. Don¡¯t go too hard on yourself!¡±

    ¡°Ok, bring me a bowl of porridge.¡± He Bai was touched by his considerate roommate, and then he shouted, ¡°No drinking, please. It¡¯s bad for your stomach. Come back early. Don¡¯t be toote.¡±

    Niu Junjie nodded in agreement.

    With a smile, He Bai hung up the phone. After taking a shower, he sat down in front of the table to get all the materials organized. He was preparing to turn off theputer when he noticed the two boxes at the corner of the table. Then he paused and picked them up.

    He hesitated for a while, not knowing what he should take first between the recorder pen and the memory card. Finally, he chose to watch the drinking video in the memory card first.

    He clicked on y and could see nothing first. Then Di Qiuhe appeared in a strange room, wearing a camouge uniform and with a bottle of wine and a cup on his hands. He sat up straight in front of a small table in the middle of the picture like a national leader who was going to announce some important decisions. With a serious face, he bent down and apologized sincerely, ¡°Bai, I¡¯m sorry. It¡¯s my fault.¡±

    He Bai: ¡°...¡±

    ¡°I shouldn¡¯t lie to you. I¡¯m sorry that I didn¡¯t apologize to you in personst time. Now, I would drink three cups of wine as punishment,¡± said Di Qiuhe seriously. Then he opened a new bottle of wine, filled it up and drank up.

    He Bai couldn¡¯t help but look away and frowned.

    He couldn¡¯t bear himself to watch this act of sanity.

    After a cup of wine, Di Qiuhe¡¯s face immediately turned red. His watery eyes looked quite attractive.

    After finishing that, he turned the cup upside down and looked at the camera with a solemn face. He said, ¡°This one is for our rtionship!¡±

    He Bai: ¡°...¡± He was rendered speechless.

    ¡°This one is for betraying your trust.¡± After drinking up another cup full of wine, his neck turned red.

    He Bai took a deep breath and held up his phone. It was all he could do not to make a call to Di Qiuhe immediately to ridicule him.

    ¡°This is the third cup.¡± It looked like the alcohol was beginning to take effect as Di Qiuhe¡¯s voice was getting slightly muffled. However, he tried to remain steady. With a serious look, he kept his hands still and proposed a toast. ¡°Cheers for our encounter!¡±

    Once again, he drank it up. After that, he dropped down the cup and looked at the camera with a solemn face. ¡°Bai, I¡¯m sorry!¡± said he. Then he took out an A4 paper from under the table and wrote something on it. After that, he showed the paper to him.

    He Bai saw three scratchy characters on the paper: I am sorry!

    He Bai was dumbfounded when he saw that. He couldn¡¯t help but pick up his phone, pulled Di Qiuhe¡¯s number out of the cklist and called him.

    ¡°Sorry, the subscriber you dialed is power off.¡±

    ¡°...¡± fuck!

    Putting down the phone, he wiped away the tear on his face and swept a nce at the video which had finished ying. Then in a rage, he cklisted Di Qiuhe¡¯s number again!

 Chapter 65 - Xiao Bai (1)

    <strong>Chapter 65: Xiao Bai (1)</strong>

    Having been shocked by the video, He Bai didn¡¯t want to check the recorder at all. His intuition told him that the content in that recorder would be his nightmare.

    Filming set, deep jungle, frontier province.

    ¡°Cut! This shot passes!¡±

    Jiang Guanshan waved his hand. First it was silence, then came the loud, thrilling cheers. The staff all surrounded Di Qiuhe, who had already worn out. They gave him a towel, checked whether he had been injured and praised him for his excellent performance in that chasing shot.

    The supporting actor, Yang Wentian, drank the water given by the assistant, watching Di Qiuhe with a smile, who had picked himself up. Yang thumbed up and praised, ¡°You¡¯re amazing. The shot where you avoid the broken ss is impable.¡±

    Di Qiuhe restored his normal breath and responded with a fist bump, smiling, ¡°You have refused to use substitute andpleted your fighting shot between the roofs of two running trucks. If such a brilliant actor says I¡¯m awesome, then I¡¯m really super awesome.¡±

    As an action movie actor, audience were familiar with Yang Wentian, but he didn¡¯t y in a hitting movie. Therefore, his poprity was just so-so and the resources given to him were also barely satisfactory. He was often marginalized and mocked directly and indirectly by some popr actors. He had thought that Di Qiuhe, as a popr star and a young mater of Huangdu, must be arrogant. But he found that Di Qiuhe was actually mild and easy to get along with just as the hearsay-Di Qiuhe didn¡¯t put on airs or emphasized his rtion with Huangdu, showing great respect to this senior.

    The indirect praise by Di Qiuhe satisfied him a lot. He wore a more sincere smile and said in a milder manner, ¡°That¡¯s a piece of cake. My shot on the car roofs just seemed dangerous, but the whole team was ready to get my back, so nothing risky. But yours is different. The trajectory of the broken ss was uncontroble, but you really took the risk and rejected substitute, very professional attitude. Amazing!¡±

    Di Qiuhe squinted a smile and lowered his head, rubbing the nose. It seemed that thepliment from the senior made him shy.

    ¡°After all this work you should still have energy topliment each other? You don¡¯t look tired, how about another shot?¡± Jiang Guanshan shouted behind the camera, and the staff broke up with smiles.

    Di Qiuhe and Yang Wentian looked each other and also burst outughing. They became closer virtually. Then they came to Jiang Guanshan together.

    After the director¡¯s summary, Di Qiuhe backed to the makeshift resting area. He entered his room and asked the Wang Boyi who wasing towards him, ¡°Have anyone wanted me?¡±

    Wang Boyi didn¡¯t attend the night shot, so he just got up. Hearing Di Qiuhe¡¯s question, he checked the working phone that Di Qiuhe gave him, shaking his head, ¡°Nope. The team said Qin Li has been quite well-behaved recently, nothing happened.¡±

    Di Qiuhe nodded and let him leave. Having washed up, he reclined on the bed and took out his private phone from the drawer. It was dead. Frowned, he found the charger and connected the phone.

    It took a little more time for an old phone to turn on. After all-night work, he had been extremely tired. When the phone finally turned on, he had closed his eyes unconsciously and almost felt asleep.

    Ding Dong.

    The ringtone of messages rang one after another.

    He opened his eyes abruptly and became wild awake quickly, raising the phone in front of his eyes.

    There were three messages. One from Jiang Xiuwen, one from Niu Junjie, and thest one was a missed call.

    He rubbed his dted eyes and checked them one by one.

    Jiang Xiuwen: Don¡¯t be discouraged. I will apologize to He Bai and intercede for you in a couple of days. You can only chase him step by step. Focus on your film first.

    Niu Junjie: Xiao Bai had checked the things you mailed, but he was quite indifferent. I couldn¡¯t see through him. Try harder!

    His shining eyes dimmed, and he checked that missed call reminder. Actually, he didn¡¯t attach much attention to it, thinking that it must have been from Jiang Xiuwen who didn¡¯t like sending messages. It was not necessary to scan carefully.

    But He Bai¡¯s bark was always worse than his bite. Being indifferent and showing no thoughts might be his best response... ¡°Or maybe I should go back to city B another time and talk to him seriously...and buy him some food and things he likes...¡±, he thought.

    Then, he gradually lost his consciousness again. Just as his eyes almost closed, his blurred sight swept over the dimmed screen, and he saw ¡°He Bai¡± vaguely. He was surprised and again became clear-headed.

    He touched the screen and saw two words, ¡°He Bai¡±, stood in the top of the screen, middle of the brief message. On the end of this message was the time of this call...10 p.m. yesterday!

    Di Qiuhe sat up with rounded eyes. He repeatedly checked the content of this message with disbelief.

    ¡°It was him! He Bai called me at 10 p.m. yesterday.¡± It seemed that Di Qiuhe just finished a shot and took a short break at that time...but he didn¡¯t bring his phone!

    He...didn¡¯t...bring...his...phone!

    So he missed He Bai¡¯s call.

    He hit the bed and looked at the time. He Bai must have gotten up now. Di Qiuhe rubbed his face to cheer up and called back cautiously.

    ¡°Sorry, the number you dialed is no longer in service.¡±

    He was baffled and called again hurriedly.

    ¡°Sorry, the number you dialed is no longer in service.¡±

    ¡°...¡±

    So...he had been blocked again? Because he didn¡¯t answer the call?

    He pressed his head unconsciously.

    He Bai was willing to call him probably because his heart had been softened and ready to forgive him. But Di Qiuhe¡¯s phone was dead...he missed the call...

    And then got blocked again...

    His brain got nk for a while and then the rtionship tips sent by Jiang Xiuwen shed in his mind. In ¡°One hundred behaviors lovers hate¡±, there was ¡°Not answering the call!¡±

    He lowered his shoulders and suddenly something urred to him. He immediately got out of the bed and turned on theputer, connected campuswork and searched for the ount of He Bai. He sent a bunch of exnation messages. Then he logged on his Weibo alter that he had registered recently, clicked his only ¡°special attention¡±, and then another bunch of messages were sent again.

    These were not enough for him. Di Qiuhe took out the camera and began to record apologizing videos again.

    Yep. He Bai called him after watching his ¡°apologize by drinking three shots¡± video. So if Di Qiuhe sent more videos, he would call again?

    Xu Yinrong took off his presbyopic sses and frowned for a while. He looked at He Bai whose eyes were full of anxiety, asking, ¡°I told you to hand me one photo each week, why do you give me ten now?¡±

    He Bai scratched the belt of the camera bag and came up with numerous excuses and reasons in his mind. However, ultimately, he said honestly, ¡°Because...I think none of them is satisfactory.¡±

    He felt upset as he said, so he lowered his head gradually, ¡°I have mastered the basic theory for group portraits photography, but when it came to practice...¡±

    Xu Yinrong nced him, saying nothing. He tiled the photos in front of He Bai and asked, ¡°Then you tell me what their problems are.¡±

    He Bai raised his head and carefully examined these photos one by one, criticizing himself without any consideration, ¡°The color processing and theposition proportion are bad. The primary has been confused with secondary, and no theme is highlighted. Some portraits are even taken on the wrong angle, which has led to proportional distortion...Sorry, sir, I will redo it.¡±

 Chapter 66 - Xiao Bai (2)

    <strong>Chapter 66: Xiao Bai (2)</strong>

    ¡°Redoing is also in vain, as you are on the wrong track.¡± Xu Yinrong shook his head and said, ¡°If the full marks are 100, then your photos only deserve 0. Last time you asked me how to improve disorderedposition, and I suggested you to refer to some posters. You clearly missed my points.¡±

    He Bai was baffled and couldn¡¯t help leaning forward. His posture and expression revealed his desire for the answer, regardless of all that harsh criticism.

    And that was exactly why Xu Yinrong liked him¡ªnot afraid of criticism, willing to learn and to hear others¡¯ opinions, not stubborn and able to improve when he found problems.

    ¡°Posters are all well-designed, which means the portraits on them are the results of deliberate cooperation of photographers and objects, but your photos...¡± Xu Yinrong slowed his tone unconsciously, and tapped the photos on his table, suggesting, ¡°Your photos are still shot in a single-portrait way, and all of them are captured. Couldn¡¯t the captured group portraits photos be excellent? No, instead, there are a lot, but they¡¯re elusive. Most of the group portraits photos, especially themercial ones, require the cooperation between photographer and object. So, Xiao He, you have to learn to instruct the model to follow your photographing track, rather than be obsessed with capturing models.¡±

    Well, that was very illuminating.

    Staring at those ten photos on the table, He Bai recalled his experience in shooting portraits during this period. He got a sense of dawningprehension.

    Indeed, he had been used to shootingndscapes, so he always thought subconsciously about capturing, about how to one-sidedly follow others instead of cooperating. As nature would never cooperate with anyone, if you wanted a desirablendscape photography, you would have to wait there day and night, for the perfect moment that nature seldom gave.

    When it came to portrait photography, he also gave models their heads and he captured them with camera, hardly asking them to cooperate with him.

    ...So he had been taking photos with thendscape pattern, which meant essentially there were no breakthrough and progress.

    ¡°Sir...¡± When he realized it, he got flurried.

    Xu Yinrong raised his hand to stop him and took a photo collection from his book case. Sitting back, he presented this collection to He Bai and tapped the first photo, ¡°This is my first group portraits photo. At that time, I was just an inexperienced journalist. I followed my senior to take pictures for the news about police escorting criminals to home. This photo was criticized harshly by him.¡±

    He Bai looked at it. It was a ck-and-white photo with a low resolution. In the picture, the police were queuing up to get into the cars, looking loosened up and tired, without any sense of tension when they escorted criminals.

    ¡°The domestic conditions were not good at that time, so escorting criminals was a tiresome work. On their arrival, the police and criminals were all worn out.¡± Xu Yinrong exined and turned to another page, ¡°This one was shot by him, which was adopted by the newspaper.¡±

    It was also a blurred, ck-and-white photo, but it adopted close-up photographing, only included one policeman and one criminal. In this photo, they were looking right at the camera. Although the policeman seemed tired, but he stood straight and used his strong, stable hands to hold the criminal, while the criminal was avoiding the camera and lowering his head, full of regret and shame.

    ¡°I captured this photo.¡± Xu Yinrong turned to his photo to let He Bai look at it again. Then he turned back, ¡°When took this photo, my senior asked that police men to pose as if he had subdued the criminal. As they knew this photo would be posted on newspaper, they both expressed their real feelings subconsciously. The policeman would like the readers to see justice, while the criminal was shameful for his guilt.¡±

    He Bai gazed at the eyes of these two men, feeling a little bit terrified.

    ¡°Later, this criminal behaved well and pled guilty actively, so he got abatement on penalty and was released from prison prior to the expiration of the sentence.

    Then, He Bai looked at his own photos, frowned.

    ¡°Xiao He, a good photographer not only can discover the traits of each model and capture them, but also can make full use of these traits when you see them and let them form the picture that you want most.¡±

    ¡°Photographers are not only the recorders and onlookers, but also the participants and controller. Due to the multiple objects, group portraits photographing are uncontroble, but you¡¯ve got your eyes, hands and mind, so you have to use your eyes to discover them, use your hands to capture them, and after all, I hope you can use your mind-when you discover the beauty of your objects, control it, erge it and deliberately arrange it.¡±

    He Bai finally got his messy mind clear and found a direction. After digesting teacher¡¯s words silently, he looked at the photos on the table again, releasing a deep sigh. He raised his head and smiled to Xu Yinrong, saying seriously, ¡°Sir, I will hand the desirable photos next week!¡±

    Seeing him begin to understand, Xu Yingrong leaned against the back of his chair with satisfaction. He waved his hand, ¡°Then go get it. Do a good job this time.¡±

    ¡°I will!¡± He Bai stoop up with a bright smile. He collected the photos on the table and ran outside urgently.

    Xu Yinrong shook his head and burst outughing. He took a look at the calendar, sighing, ¡°Only a few months left. Hope he can make it...¡±

    After he got out of Xu Yinrong¡¯s office, He Bai rushed back to the dorm, grabbed his wallet and went out. He bought a Proid as quick as possible and ran to the biggest funfair in city B. He bought the ticket and entered. Next, he bought arge white board and wrote ¡°Free Photography. Instantly Take the Photo After Shooting. Assigned Poses Only! Group Photo First!¡± Then he stood in front of the fountain with heaviest poption, and waited.

    After ten minutes, there were some look-on people, but no one asked for a shoot.

    He Bai looked at other stalls and bought arge box of lollipops, adding ¡°Student Practice, With FREE Lollipops. He chose a less popted ce and continued to wait.

    Another five minutester, a couple came out of curiosity.

    He Bai got excited and quickly scanned the clothes and other things of this couple which could reveal their traits. Theposition proportion for two portraits photography shed in his mind and gave him endless inspiration.

    ¡°Once I went to a remotendscape. Local people called it ¡°Love Fountain.¡± It was said that if a couple drank the water from the fountain together, they would never part.¡± He gave both a lollipop first. Then he smiled at them as he adjusted his camera, showing his left dimple, ¡°When you drink the water of that fountain, you have to pose in a special way. Do you want to try it?¡±

    ¡°The girl already adored his dimple and nodded without hesitation, saying, ¡°Of course! Although my boyfriend is a little dumb, but it¡¯s great to be with him forever.¡±

    The tall boy beside her gave her a wry smile, and petted her heavily.

    The girl stared at him and fought back.

    He Bai looked at them and recalled the modeling of those two Love Stone at the remotendscape, then grinned. He didn¡¯t teach them how to pose until they called a stop on their cute bantering.

    The first couple left with satisfaction. Followed by a gang of girlfriends who had watched this also came, then came a mother and son, father and daughter...After thest family photo, he had given out all the lollipops. He put his white board away and stretched himself.

    The results were good today. He nned toe again when he was free.

    The next day, He Bai received a call from Jiang Xiuwen.¡±

    ¡°You are in the Q University not?¡± He was surprised.

    ¡°Yes¡± Jiang Xiuwen replied with sincere attitude, ¡°Ie to apologize for lying together with Di Qiuhe before. Sorry!¡±

    He Bai looked at the small box he just received and sighed in his heart, saying, ¡°All right, where are you, I¡¯ming now.¡±

    They met at the yground and He Bai took him to the tea bar in north canteen. They found a quiet ce and sat down.

    After the waiter sent their drinks to the table, Jiang Xiuwen organized his words and said, ¡°Mr. He,st time at Red Guest, I arbitrarily decided to fabricate a ¡°cousin¡± to cover for Di Qiuhe¡¯s alt ount, I am very sorry for that.¡± He came to apologize in person and with a modest attitude. His sincerity was adequate.

 Chapter 67 - Xiao Bai (3)

    <h4>Chapter 67: Xiao Bai (3)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    He Bai looked at him and recalled the ¡°apologize by drinking three shots¡± video. His mild heart was softened. After a few-second silence, he said, ¡°I ept your apology. As for Qiuhe...I will talk with himter.¡± After these days, he had basically cooled down. Besides, blocking and farewell were just tricks to frighten him so that he could remember this lesson and never did it again. ¡®Now Jiang Xiuwen came to apologize for his friend in person while Di Qiuhe had also learnt from it, so, it¡¯s time to move on.¡¯

    ¡°Thank you for your forgiveness.¡± Hearing that, Jiang Xiuwen finally breathed a sigh of relief. He hadn¡¯t expected that things could go on so smoothly. Gazing at He Bai¡¯s gradually mature face and recalled Di Qiuhe¡¯s determined, ¡°he-is-the-one¡± face, he couldn¡¯t help saying something nice to talk his friend up, ¡°Mr. He, Qiuhe is a little bit childish. Sometimes he might go too far, but he bears no ill will. He had intended to use the joke to get closer to you. He is kind of dumb and adopted the inappropriate method, and hisplicated family background has also made him...Anyway, if he does anything stupid in the future, don¡¯t hesitate beating and scolding him. He won¡¯t resist, just hope you do not ignore him again. He doesn¡¯t have many friends and susceptible to friends¡¯ emotions, so even if he is sad, he will not show it.¡±

    He Bai was baffled by hisst words. He remembered that Di Qiuhe was clearly happy at his birthday night, but he just restrained his happiness and did not know how to express it, making him even less talkative than usual. He had great sympathy for Di Qiuhe, sighing unconsciously. Then he smiled to Jiang Xiuwen and said, ¡°I see, thanks for your reminding.¡±

    ¡°Not at all¡±, Jiang Xiuwen said hurriedly, full of gratification and anxiety.

    His friend had an infallible eye for He Bai, who was really good. But as considerate as He Ba, who was also blessed with such good temperament, such strong ability, and such a handsome face...Anyway, he worried about whether Di Qiuhe could capture the heart of such an excellent boy. It would be slightly easier if He Bai was gay, but what if he waspletely straight...Then that would be tragic and miserable. Back to the dorm, He Bai recalled all the things happened in these days and sighed again. He took out the box he received today from his bag.

    He Bai felt speechless but also thought Di Qiuhe was funny.

    Di Qiuhe...was so childish that he could only use such childish way to apologize. What a blockhead.

    While roommates were out, he inserted the card intoputer and yed the video.

    ¡°Xiao Bai.¡± Di Qiuhe was in a more inly furnished room. He sat on the bed with boxer shorts and night trousers, as well as a serious face.

    His skin was even more tanned in just a few days. And an injuryy on his arm, a scar on his forehead. Yet his eyes became more powerful, but now they were mixed with unease and ingratiation. This kind of contradiction made him lovelier. ¡°I was on the set when you called me yesterday, so I missed it, sorry.¡± He stood upright as he was saying, ¡°Jiang Xiuwen told me that apology must be full of sincerity. I am afraid that you will miss the messages that I have sent you on Weibo and campuswork, so I recorded this video. I have to continue my filming tonight, so, I cannot drink. I willpensate you these three shots next time, sorry.¡±

    He Bai looked at Di Qiuhe¡¯s tired, bleary red eyes and then turned to his dark circles. Finally, there went hisst anger.

    ¡°And...¡± Di Qiuhe sat in a more overcautious manner and said with a stiff face, ¡°To not make it worse, I decide to confess one more thing.¡±

    He Bai was shocked and then frowned. ¡®Did he cheat me for something else?¡¯

    ¡°After pissing you off, I secretly contacted Niu Junjie and asked for the ways to obtain your forgiveness. It¡¯s not spying on you or inquiring about your privacy. If you feel offended, I will stop, sorry.¡±

    Withplex expressions, He Bai gazed at this guy who was apologizing seriously. Finally, he shook his head and took out his phone, removing Di Qiuhe from the cklist.

    ¡°I will never miss your call again.¡± Di Qiuhe promised at the end of the video, and smiled at the camera. He looked dumb, but mild, ¡°Xiao Bai, look forward to our next meeting.¡±

    As the video was over, He Bai had already worn a smile. After a thought, he took out the recorder.

    There was only one recording in it. He found it and yed out.

    ¡°Xiao Bai, I¡¯ sorry.¡±

    Familiar opening remarks with apology.

    ¡°It is my fault to cheat you into sending me voice. Please ept my apology.¡±

    He Bai¡¯s smile was frozen and he felt an uneasy sense of foreboding.

    ¡°Xiao Bai, good morning, mua~¡±

    ¡°...¡±

    ¡°Xiao Bai, good evening, mua~¡±

    He Bai buried his face in his hands.

    ¡°Anotherpensating recording.¡± The mild deep and mellow voice paused, and then tinted with shyness. He said slowly, ¡°Xiao Bai, Let me scoop you up and cuddle you with a warm kiss!¡±

    Bang!

    He Bai turned off the recorder indifferently and took a deep breath. He took the phone and blocked Di Qiuhe again. But he recalled the words of Jiang Xiuwen and cancelled the block, turning off his phone.

    He shouldn¡¯t believe that Di Qiuhe could be normal. What? Is him a girl? ¡®Cuddle and kiss? We are two men.¡¯

    Another night shooting was over. Di Qiuhe took his private phone from Wang Boyi, still no He Bai¡¯s call. He lowered his eyes disappointedly.

    ¡°Master Di.¡± Wang Boyi said with hesitation, having noticed the conflict between his boss and He Bai. He handed Di Qiuhe his own phone, ¡°I browsed news about Huang du today and found this identally...Although this picture doesn¡¯t show his whole face, but I think he is your junior schoolmate at Q University...¡±

    Di Qiuhe, who had leaned against the chair casually, suddenly sat upright, and grabbed his phone. Wang Boyi: ¡°...¡± Such a bandit action. And the gifts his boss mailed to Q University...People who didn¡¯t know the fact must have thought that he was coursing a girl.

    There was a pink Weibo homepage on his phone. Telling from the profile photo, the blogger was most likely to be a beautiful girl. The verified information showed that she was a GuFeng music (some kind of newage folk that contained the elements of both Chinese modern and ancient songs) singer with a lot of works and hundreds of thousand fans. The top blog was a publicity, and the second one was a newly released travelling blog, which contained nine photos. The first seven werendscape photos, the eighth one was a couple photo and thest one, was obviously a candid photo.

    Di Qiuhe recognized immediately that the person standing sideways on the camera was his little puppy. Then he clicked the picture with a speed seemingly quicker than his brain responses. He gazed at this person in the picture and touched him at his dimple.

    Wang Boyi pretended not seeing his action and said, ¡°This blogger said she and her boyfriend met this student who took free photos for visitors when they dated in the fairnd. She said the student was kind and had wonderful skills. They also got free lollipops after that. When she posted this photo, many recognized that this student was Mr. He and attracted a lot of fans, who made it a hot issue on Weibo.¡±

    ¡°Xiao Bai is amazing, so wherever he goes, he can be the focus of others.¡± Di Qiuhe couldn¡¯t help smiling and said with a proud tone. He was about to save the picture when he realized that this was Wang Yibo¡¯s phone. He cancelled the saving and returned the phone, then he took out his own.

    Wang Yibo epted phone and was a little bit surprised. Master Di felt better now? But why?

    Ding Dong. Just as he took out his phone, a message came. Di Qiuhe frowned and hesitated on whether he should open Weibo or check the message, then he chose to check the message reluctantly.

    Jiang Xiuwen: I have talked with He Bai. He has epted my apology and said that he would contact youter. Seize the chance.

    Di Qiuhe was shocked. He immediately found He Bai¡¯s phone number and called him without any thoughts.

    ¡°Sorry, the number you dialed has been switched off.¡±

    It was ¡°switched off¡±, not ¡°does not exist¡±!

    He recalled that in the picture, little puppy¡¯s profile was so beautiful, and he subconsciously curled up his lips when he was adjusting his camera. Di Qiuhe wanted to see him right now. He turned to Wang Boyi and pressed his shoulder, saying seriously, ¡°I am going back to city B!¡±

    Wang Boyi withstood his hand and pain, his body turning stiff, saying, ¡°But your filming...¡±

    ¡°After night shooting, I got a one-day break. Book the ne ticket for me, I¡¯ll make it!¡± Di Qiuhe cannot restrain his desire anymore and his eyes even began to shine. He said hurriedly, ¡°I go back to pack up and prepare gifts now. Just book the ticket as quickly as possible. There is only one night shooting to go, hurry up!¡± Then he strode back to his room.

    Wang Boyi: ¡°...¡± Master Di was somewhat wired...

 Chapter 68 - Why does the Bird Go Missing? (1)

    <strong>Chapter 68: Why does the Bird Go Missing? (1)</strong>

    The weather got cooler and cooler after the arrival of an autumn rainy spell. Major shopping malls stopped selling summer clothing and put autumn wear up for sale. Also, main fashion magazines kept abreast of seasonal changes and focused on rmending fine products of leading brands.

    Lin Xia opened Vision and carefully spread the folded page right in the middle. Touching the clothing picture that belonged to herpany, she let out a contented breath and smiled at He Bai who sat opposite her, ¡°The magazine is running your photo again. Congrattions!¡±

    ¡°Credit for it must go to costume designers and the whole team.¡± He Bai never imed credit for himself, only an adorable smile could be seen on his face whenever he was praised.

    Lin Xia smiled at him affectionately, ¡°You always speak in sweet words. For this reason, everyone has been pampering you. Tell me, what are you rushing over for?¡±

    Seeing Lin Xia read his mind, He Bai gave a shy smile and took a stack of invitation letters from his backpack to show her, replying in a fawning way, ¡°Some people have invited me to take photographs. I turned them down previously, while... I hate to bother you, but could you help me deal with them?¡±

    As Little Mermaid became the hottest brand and his photos frequently appeared on major tforms, more and more people came in admiration to make shooting appointments with him. As a student, He Bai felt it difficult to attend simultaneously to his studies and work, and no extra time was left to him for anything else. Besides, once he relented and took an appointment, he could hardly stop even if he would. After all, if he agreed to take photos of one person but refused to another, he or she would see it as sheer contempt.

    What was more, he was skilled in photography butcking in experience, and... he had a striking weak point. From a long-term perspective on career development, he wasn¡¯t supposed to take overly advantage of his poprity at present, and what he needed most was to strive to enrich his mind.

    Aware of He Bai¡¯s difficulties, Lin Xia was on one hand gratified that he trusted herpanypletely and took on no extra-official jobs without their permission; on the other hand, she felt sorry for him in that it quite embarrassed him, a young guy who had few connections in this industry, to afford to turn down those stars who had a lot of contacts in entertainment circle. Softened up, she helped decline a number of offers to shoot in the name of person in charge of Little Mermaid brand and under the pretext that He Bai would be in breach of contract if he took photographs privately.

    However, only He Bai and Lin Xia knew whether the contract stipted that He Bai was not allowed to make private shooting.

    ¡°Who are they?¡± Lin Xia nced at the pile of invitation letters, pulled them over and flipped through the letters, which got her both annoyed and amused, ¡°It¡¯s really... Those b-list celebrities say nothing but that they look forward to cooperation with youter when we decline their invitations, and some stars just express euphemistically that they hope you can give priority to their business once you are willing to take shooting appointments in the future. In contrast, these starlets who has newly entered entertainment circle and won mediocre poprity were extraordinarily enthusiastic about inviting you to take photos of them. Knowing that you stay at the campus, they have the impudence to send the invitation letter to your university. They¡¯ve really gone too far.¡±

    ¡°They probably do this without the permission of their agent.¡± He Bai scratched his face and made a guess.

    Hearing his words, Lin Xia gave him a quick nce. In her heart, she knew that it was not the case. Those unknown actors had no resources and totally counted upon agents and theirpany to give support, so they didn¡¯t dare to act rashly in case their agents and thepany would be irritated. No doubt that these invitation letters were wrote by agents who considered He Bai a neer with no contacts and tried to sound his bottom line out. How stupid they were even not to realize that He Bai was backed by Jia family and Yi Ka! No wonder they remained obscure until now.

    But there was no need of exining it to He Bai who was destined to serve high-end customers and would have no contact with those rash starlets and chaotic brokeragepanies. It¡¯s simply unnecessary to tell him the reason behind, which was good for nothing but would get He Bai annoyed.

    Sneering at those unqualified actors and agents, Lin Xia threw the letters into the trash can and soothed He Bai, ¡°Don¡¯t worry about this. We¡¯ll help you deal with them. By the way, youe just at the right moment. There is a piece of work for you, so I want to ask whether you would like to do it.¡±

    A piece of work for him? Why did Lin Xia have to ask him first? As autumn clothing publicity came to an end, his shooting had been wound up. What else could be done?

    He Bai looked at her, perplexed.

    ¡°Don¡¯t worry, It¡¯s not shooting appointment.¡± Lin Xia eased his mind and took a document out to show him, smiling, ¡°I suggest that you should ept the offer. It will be to the benefit of your career prospects. Of course, it¡¯s up to you. The man gave us three days to decide, so you can give full consideration to the job.¡±

    Out of curiosity, He Bai opened the document and browsed through it rapidly. He couldn¡¯t help crying out in surprise, ¡°What? Jun Chen invited me to shoot the cover for his MV? Why me? Is there something wrong with him?¡±

    Amused by his reaction, Lin Xia burst outughing and chimed in, ¡°I also wonder why you, an unknown neer, should tickle the fancy of Jun Chen, the famous singer who has regr photographers at hand.¡± In addition, he offered to let actresses wear Little Mermaid costumes when starring in his new MV in order to achieve cooperation with He Bai. In this way, original private appointment was transformed into the cooperation between Jun Chen¡¯s Studio and Little Mermaid brand, bypassing the provision of ¡°No private shooting¡± which had served as their pretext before.

    He Bai leafed through the document, which left him all at sea.

    He had never shot MV cover and had no idea what to do with it.

    Walking out from Yi Ka¡¯s building, He Bai hesitated for a while and got on a bus to the amusement park as nned. With work to do at weekends and lessons to take in working days, he could only squeeze practice into his negligible amount of free time.

    Seating himself in the bus, He Bai took out his phone, enabled the browser and did a search on ¡®Jun Chen¡¯.

    It brought up a lot of items. The first one was his introduction.

    Jun Chen, a man of twenty-seven, was a former singer of Yangyao Record Company and now is in charge of Jun Chen¡¯s Studio. He made his debut at the age of 20 and has created arge number of masterpieces, thus known as ¡®Young God of Song¡¯. His records sell like hot cakes in H area every year ...

    He Bai skimmed through the materials and counted up how many albums the guy had released. Frowning, he struggled to recall songs that had prevailed in the previous incarnation and finally guessed out which album Jun Chen was going to release this time.

    ... But if he remembered rightly, Jun Chen would make ¡®Dear¡¯ his album theme. It was done in honor of his deceased family and thus meant a lot to him. In thest life, the cover of this album seemed to be an old photo which He Bai had noticed many times from some music apps. He vaguely remembered aizen revealed that it was Jun Chen¡¯s most cherished picture, behind which there was a quite touching story...

    Why did Jun Chen change his mind this life? What did he want to do? That album had hit such an all-time high that CCTV (national TV station) yed it regrly. He Bai had no idea why he asked a neer to shoot its cover.

    He Bai racked his brains but failed to figure it out. When he put down the mobile phone and was ready to turn it off, Di Qiuhe gave him a call.

    The ring he heard a few days ago¡ª¡°Let me scoop you up and cuddle you with a warm kiss¡±¡ªsprang to mind as if a conditioned reflex and was constantly resounding. He Bai raised his eyebrows, hung up without hesitation and sent Di Qiuhe a text.

 Chapter 69 - Why does the Bird Go Missing? (2)

    <h4>Chapter 69: Why does the Bird Go Missing? (2)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    He Bai: I don¡¯t want to hear your voice for the time being.

    Di Qiuhe: I miss you.

    He Bai: ¡°...¡±

    He Bai: Mind yournguage, or I¡¯ll add you to my cklist again.

    Di Qiuhe didn¡¯t reply his message in a long while.

    Di Qiuhe: Where are you? What are you doing?

    The conversation eventually went on the right track, with which He Bai was satisfied a little, so he kept typing: I¡¯m on a bus and ready to do my shooting homework. How¡¯s it going at work these days?

    Di Qiuhe: Fine. To be honest, it¡¯s a bit tiring, and my face was almost scarred.

    He Bai was shocked, and a feeling of pity emerged in his heart. Aware that Di Qiuhe was kind of acting pitiable, he couldn¡¯t help but feel sorry for him. Less grim-faced, he returned the message: Be careful you don¡¯t hurt yourself when acting your role, and remember to dine on time and have a good rest. Also, don¡¯t bother to send me anything again. Given free time, you might as well spend it in sleeping. In addition to the hot and humid climate on the border, I hear that it¡¯s quite tiring to act in an action movie, so you must take care of yourself, in case you get sick.

    Di Qiuhe: It¡¯s very kind of you, Little Puppy.

    The line¡ª¡°Let me scoop you up and cuddle you with a warm kiss¡±¡ªcrossed He Bai¡¯s mind again, which raised gooseflesh on his skin. He quickly typed: Why are you speaking such sappy words? Please behave in a normal way!

    Di Qiuhe: ... hm.

    Did his text upset him?

    He Bai awkwardly moved his bottom, did some thinking and tried to soothe Di Qiuhe serious-faced: You are indeed a nice friend except that you lied to me. Well, just this once. You¡¯re forgiven. When you go back to B city, I¡¯ll treat you to a dinner.

    Di Qiuhe: I would like you to cook steak for me. I can help wash the dishes!

    This guy was really good at seeking favor.

    He Bai rolled his eyes and made a perfunctory reply as if Di Qiuhe had been a little child: Okay. I cook steak, and you wash the dishes.

    Di Qiuhe: You¡¯re so sweet, Bai.

    He Bai felt it difficult to continue the conversation and decided immediately to end the senseless chat, thus typing: I¡¯m getting off the bus. Let¡¯s drop it. Work hard and take a good rest every day. TTYL.

    Di Qiuhe made no reply. Looking at the amusement park ahead, He Bai stowed his cell phone away into the pocket, got up and walked towards the door. No sooner did he erect the whiteboard than visitors who came to take pictures swarmed around him immediately and inquired when he usually came over.

    ¡°Ie here whenever I¡¯m free, not on a regr basis. So you don¡¯t need toe specially waiting for me. After all, tickets for the amusement park are pretty expensive.¡± He Bai handed out lollipops to these enthusiastic girls and answered them in a gentle way, ¡°Maybe I will go to another amusement park next time. Anyway, I really appreciate your support and will try my best to take good pictures of you all.¡± He smiled habitually after saying this.

    ¡°God, how lovely he looks! What a handsome man! I made cookies for you, so please take my picture first. I¡¯m your super fan!¡± The foregoer screamed excitedly, while she was too shy to get close to He Bai. Blushing scarlet, she jumped up and down emotionally.

    ¡°... Thanks ever so much for your love.¡± Dumbfounded by her ¡®lovely¡¯ praise, He Bai felt quite warm.

    When he started the practice, He Bai hadpletely not expected that he would have fans, to be exact, fans extraordinarily enthusiastic about his shooting. After getting a line on his location, not only did they wait for him every day but also they have created a topic ¡®He¡¯s daily photographs¡¯ on WeiBo and refreshed it from time to time.

    Fortunately, they were thoughtful enough to cause no disturbance when he was practicing and would leave obediently after getting a little benefits.

    He Bai took a collective photo of these lovely fans and epted several inexpensive gifts they brought. Soft-spoken to sending them away, he continued to practice photographing.

    An hour passed before he realized it, and there was only a lollipop left. When he was ready to knock off, a slender strong hand holding an orange was stretched over from behind.

    ¡°Can I trade you my orange for your lollipop?¡±

    The voice sounded familiar, so did the scene.

    Amazed by that, He Bai turned around immediately to look at the person behind, letting out a cry of astonishment, ¡°Why are you here? Aren¡¯t you supposed to be in the set?¡±

    Worn out by the journey, Di Qiuhe looked quite tired. He smiled at He Bai and raised his peaked hat habitually. Seeing He Bai¡¯s eyes grew wide, Di Qiuhe fought down an impulse to embrace the guy and replied, ¡°Although you have forgiven me, I think it necessary to make an apologize to you in person. Luckily, the director gave me one day off, so I bought a ticket and went back to see you.¡±

    He Bai stared at him, and for a moment he didn¡¯t know what he ought to say.

    His new drama y had begun shooting. No doubt that Di Qiuhe, the leading hero, must have run off his feet. It was quite rare for him to take a day off when he didn¡¯t seize the opportunity to have a rest but chose to get back! Never had He Bai seen... seen such a bad and...stupid person. How stupid he was!

    Seeing He Bai staring at himself without a word, Di Qiuhe thought he had yet to cool down, his smile fading. The guy bowed his head, took a cup out of his backpack and said, ¡°Don¡¯t be angry. I can drink three cups of alcohol as forfeit...¡±

    The man who always got on his nerves suddenly became well-behaved and even kind of pitiable. He Bai was stuck for words...

    ¡°No drinking. It can damage your health.¡± He Bai frowned, grabbing the cup from Di Qiuhe and throwing it into the trash can next to him. Then he bent down to put the whiteboard away, carried the camera and picked his backpack up, ring at Di Qiuhe usingly, ¡°Have you had lunch?¡±

    ¡°Yes, I...¡±

    ¡°You won¡¯t lie to me again, will you?¡±

    Di Qiuhe gave up lying and replied honestly, ¡°No, I haven¡¯t.¡±

    It was past two o¡¯clock in the afternoon, while Di Qiuhe didn¡¯t have lunch yet. It was really... He Bai found the guy was always able to irritate him. Maybe they were ill-matched in horoscope!

    ¡°Tip your cap forward, and keep up with me!¡± He Bai couldn¡¯t help giving Di Qiuhe a re, and turned around to go outside. Taking a few steps forwards, he found that Di Qiuhe wasgging behind, which made him seething with rage. Considering that he was an actor, He Bai tried hard to restrain himself from giving Di Qiuhe a scolding. He walked back, pulled his arm and berated him in a low voice while dragging him down the street, ¡°Why you stand still? Wouldn¡¯t you like a meal?¡±

    Diu Qiuhe felt as though his arm went limp when He Bai touched it. Catching a glimpse of the dimple on He Bai¡¯s face, which was faintly discernible while he was speaking, as well as his sparkling eyes, Di Qiuhe was eager for a touch of them but soon restrained himself and replied honestly, ¡°I see a bathroom over there, and I want to...¡±

    He Bai halted hurriedly.

    Di Qiuhe bumped against He Bai, his chest rubbing against He Bai¡¯s back. Despite several pieces of clothing, Di Qiuhe felt his heart was beating much faster. He took a firm grip of He Bai¡¯s shoulder as if he had knocked him down, and asked nervously, ¡°Does your back hurt? If you are in a rush, I can take care of thatter.¡±

    ¡°Shut it!¡± He Bai freed himself from Di Qiuhe¡¯s hand, turned around and grabbed his arm again. While stepping back, he ground his teeth and said, ¡°Don¡¯t be silly. How could you dy the call of nature? It¡¯s bad for your health. Go pee now, and then I take you to dinner. ¡±

 Chapter 70 - Why does the Bird Go Missing? (3)

    <strong>Chapter 70: Why does the Bird Go Missing? (3)</strong>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Di Qiuhe followed He Bai obediently and broke into a smile. His eyes were fixated at the man beside him, and his heart palpitated with indescribable excitement. Cared about by his beloved, He Bai became extraordinarily well-behaved and nodded shyly, ¡°Okay. It¡¯s up to you.¡±

    ¡°Your tone of voice sounds a little strange¡±. He Bai looked back at him suspiciously and stopped, letting go of his hand. Then he gestured a public restroom and said, ¡°Over there. Tell me what you would like so that I can order a restaurant.¡±

    ¡°Order whatever you like.¡± Di Qiuhe was as good as gold and wore a smile all the time. He also warned, ¡°I¡¯ll finish soon. Don¡¯t run around.¡±

    ¡°I¡¯m not a kid, and I won¡¯t run around.¡± He Bai frowned and felt that there was something odd about Di Qiuhe¡¯s words, which put He Bai on his guard. He looked at Di Qiuhe on full alert and asked, ¡°It strikes me that the note in your apology video... So you give up the brotherhood y now and start to act father-and-son one? Let¡¯s not mince words: I want neither a son as old as you nor a father at my age.¡±

    Di Qiuhe was stupefied, and his heartbeat was restored to normal rate. Since he realized he was sweet on He Bai, Di Qiuhe had been restraining himself from giving it away. But at the moment, the idea cropped up again. He sounded He Bai out in a joking way, ¡°What if I want to put on a husband-and-wife y?¡±

    He Bai¡¯s expression changed greatly. He stepped back, looked Di Qiuhe up and down with a frown, and fixed his eyes on the lower half of Di¡¯s body, replying in a low tone, ¡°Sure, but you may lose your ¡®bird¡¯.¡±

    Di Qiuhe, A Bird Born in Autumn, noticed He Bai¡¯s sight, which made his heart leap once more. Feeling a physiological reaction took ce on his penis, Di Qiuhe leaned sideways hurriedly and asked without thinking, ¡°What do you mean? Why may I lose my bird?¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s gone.¡± He Bai sighed.

    ¡°Why?¡± Di Qiuhe put his coat straight.

    He Bai shifted his gaze to Di Qiuhe¡¯s face and gave a gentle smile, ¡°Now that you want to be my wife, how could you continue to have your ¡®bird¡¯?¡±

    ¡°Perhaps you can start by going to women¡¯s restroom and adapt to your new identity little by little?¡± He Bai smiled broadly.

    Di Qiuhe¡¯s penis cooled down, so did his happiness and bashfulness about seeing He Bai.

    ¡°Dear Little Puppy,¡± Di Qiuhe turned his head and stared at He Bai, teasing him in a husky voice, ¡°Perhaps you would rather have an escape in the amusement park?¡±

    ¡°...¡±

    ¡°Or,¡± Di Qiuhe looked around and smiled gently, with his eyes narrowed, ¡°you want to hit the headlines: ¡®A popr gay photographer kissed has-been star Di Qiuhe in the amusement park¡¯?

    He Bai¡¯s smile faded, and there urred a nk expression on his face. He took out the mobile phone, ¡°It seems that someone only deserves to be cklisted.¡±

    ¡°...¡±

    ¡°And there¡¯s no need to dine. I might as well go back to school to have a rest.¡±

    Di Qiuhe took a step forward in rm to hold He Bai¡¯s hand and looked at him genuinely, mouthing something ¡°It¡¯s quite arduous to woo you, but I only have myself to me.¡± Then he said to He Bai sincerely, ¡°Little Puppy, my profound apologies for that. Let¡¯s go out to lunch¡ªmy treat.¡±

    He Bai replied politely, ¡°If you insist...¡±

    ¡°And dinner¡ªmy treat.¡±

    He Bai signed, ¡°The days fly. Autumn is around the corner...¡±

    ¡°I treat you to hairy crabs!¡±

    He Bai stopped, patted him on the shoulder and said with affection, ¡°Go pee, in case you get something wrong with your cock.¡±

    ¡°... Thanks for your warning.¡± Di Qiuhe raised his hand to pinch He Bai¡¯s cheek, and turned around, a smile reappearing on his face. He stepped into the public toilet in a hurry and couldn¡¯t help but bow his head, brace his fist against the lips and burst intoughter when thinking of He Bai¡¯s aggressive manner. Overwhelmed with satisfaction and delight, Di Qiuhe felt his tiredness of the journey vanished without a trace.

    Eventually, they didn¡¯t have hairy crabs for there were no restaurant had crabs avable near the amusement park.

    He Bai chose a restaurant at random and ordered an easily digested wheaten food for Di Qiuhe as well as a dessert for himself. While they were having the meal, He Bai asked Di Qiuhe about his work on the border.

    ¡°Yang Wentian ys the secondary lead?¡± He Bai was somewhat surprised at the news. Seeing Di Qiuhe cast a constant nce at his lips, He Bai rolled his eyes at the guy, forked a blueberry on the cake into Di¡¯s te and said, ¡°Don¡¯t look at me. Focus on your noodles. I¡¯ll order you another if you would like blueberries.¡±

    Di Qiuhe took his eyes off He Bai, forked the blueberry into his mouth and pointed to his own lips, smiling and saying, ¡°There is cream on the corner of your mouth.¡± So lovely that Di Qiuhe wanted to kiss on.

    He Bai wiped his lips with a napkin, finding that there was indeed cream. He gave an embarrassing cough and changed the topic, ¡°Then who was casted in the female lead? Judging from what you said, Director Jiang chose actors based on their ability instead of poprity, so the main female character shouldn¡¯t be any of those actresses popr among people, should she?¡±

    ¡°No, she shouldn¡¯t. The female lead is a new talent.¡± Di Qiuhe reached out his hand to fork a blueberry from He Bai¡¯s te and smilingly enjoyed it when He Bai looked at him as if he were a robber. Then he forked a piece of shrimp meat from his own te into He Bai¡¯s dish and continued, ¡°Uncle Jiang originally had two scripts at hand, and he nned to give up the first one and shoot the other if there were no actors suited to its roles. The neer was casted in the female lead of the second y. Now Uncle Jiang shoots the first y andys the second one aside. Given that this y contains few of her scenes, Uncle Jiang made her the female lead.¡±

    A neer who was casted in the female lead of the second y directed by Jiang Guanshan? Something urred to He Bai. He asked, ¡°What¡¯s her name? Why Director Jiang singled her out?¡±

    ¡°Her name is Dong Ni, and she hasn¡¯t graduated yet. It was a student of the director who introduced her to Jiang Guanshan.¡± answered Di Qiuhe. Seeing He Bai seemed to be attracted to the actress, Di Qiuhe got jealous and added, ¡°As far as I know, there¡¯s someone who pulls strings for her. She is said to be the mistress of a big shot. Although Director Jiang appreciates her ability, he actually doesn¡¯t like her.¡±

    Dong Ni?! As He Bai recalled, the infamous actress hyped her love details with Di Qiuhe for months, and it was finally confirmed that she was a big shot¡¯s mistress and Di Qiuhe was used as a pretext.

    He Bai¡¯s expression suddenly changed. Handsome as he was, Di Qiuhe tended to behave like Goofy. He Bai took pity on the guy from the bottom of his heart and said, ¡°Qiuhe... you... you¡¯d better keep away from Dong Ni, in case you two are hyped as a couple.¡±

 Chapter 71 - Why does the Bird Go Missing? (4)

    <h4>Chapter 71: Why does the Bird Go Missing? (4)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Di Qiuhe paused to consider He Bai¡¯s words, his eyes sparkling, and felt him out, ¡°Why? A much-reported romance among the costars can facilitate the movie promotion. It¡¯s a usual tactic of the entertainment world.¡±

    ¡®However, it¡¯s not a tactic but a trap.¡¯

    ¡°Qiuhe, you¡¯d best have loft aspirations and prove yourself via your ability instead of a romance.¡± He Bai said in all sincerity. Thinking of those actors who had an affair with Dong Ni and was fixed good by the big shot, he felt genuinepassion for Di Qiuhe and exined it to him, ¡°As you said, Dong Ni was someone¡¯s mistress. If you have a romance with her, the man may be irritated and can sort you out... Now that you¡¯re no staffer of Huangdu, you have to proceed with extreme caution. Do you understand?¡±

    In thest life, if the big shot hadn¡¯t been brought to justice, those dark secrets about Dong Ni wouldn¡¯t have been made to public, and Di Qiuhe could have been down on his luck. After all, the news had hit the headlines on political columns rather than entertainment ones, and people who had close contact with Dong Ni, without exception, were interrogated, so was Di Qiuhe. Having suffered from an unexpected misfortune, Di Qiuhe got heartfelt sympathy from a number ofizens, who shed tears ofpassion for him.

    It never urred to He Bai that his rebirth actually led to an earlier encounter of Di Qiuhe and that scourge. He was at fault.

    Di Qiuhe was kind of disappointed to hear He Bai¡¯s exnation and to see his sympathetic look. He couldn¡¯t help but fork another blueberry away from his te and replied, ¡°Don¡¯t worry, I have a sense of propriety. You may rest assured that, with my step-mother keeping her eye on me, I daren¡¯t have any romance.¡± In addition, since he fell in love with Little Puppy, it¡¯s necessary for him to draw the line at romance.

    He Bai¡¯s attention was immediately diverted away from his behavior of snatching the blueberry. He asked, ¡°Your step-mother? Why?¡±

    ¡°I am the eldest son of Di family.¡± Di Qiuhe deliberately forked a piece of shrimp meat and shed it in front of He Bai¡¯s eyes. He didn¡¯t had it until the act gave rise to He Bai¡¯s discontent and answered in a satirical way, ¡°This identity itself is of great value. In addition to inheriting Huangdu Company, I can also choose to form a matrimonial alliance with another wealthy and influential n. Taking the power of my future wife¡¯s family into consideration, my father would be more likely to be on my side, which runs counter to my stepmother¡¯s wishes. In order to prevent this from happening, she will ruin my reputation by hook or by crook so thatdies of noble birth would despise me and disdain to marry me. To that ends, what do you think my stepmother will do?¡± said Di Qiuhe when he forked another piece of shrimp meat to sh it before He Bai.

    He Bai rolled his eyes at Di Qiuhe, forked a piece of shrimp meat into his mouth from Di¡¯s te and swallowed it smilingly in reprisal for his former act, replying, ¡°It¡¯s quite easy to guess. If I were her, I would definitely make up innumerable romances about you and find ways to convince the crowd that you have a bunch of notorious gossips girlfriends.¡±

    When He Bai spoke of this, a long list of Di Qiuhe¡¯s gossip girlfriends in thest life sprang to mind. He couldn¡¯t help but sigh with contempt for strife urred in those rich families. ncing at shrimp meat in his dish, He Bai readily cut Di Qiuhe the other half of the cake and said gently to the guy who maintained a good name, ¡°Help yourself to it.¡± Poor kid, he must be full up before he could score a triumph over adversity.

    Di Qiuhe raised his eyebrows and stared at He Bai for a while when he reached one hand out to pinch He Bai¡¯s cheek, ¡°You are so cute, Little Puppy.¡±

    ¡°Cute, cute your ass.¡± He Bai pushed his hand away and smeared cream over his face.

    When Di Qiuhe filled up, He Bai took him straight to the airport and booked a room in a nearby hotel.

    Di Qiuhe¡¯s face darkened, ¡°How could you drive me away, Little Puppy?¡± Be that as it may, he didn¡¯t like being a burden on his sweetheart and followed He Bai obediently into the hotel.

    ¡°Do you honestly think I¡¯ll drive you away?¡± He Bai turned his head and rolled his eyes at Di Qiuhe, pushing him into the room. Then he ran a bath for Di Qiuhe, snatched his luggage, searched his pajamas out and pushed him into the bathroom, ¡°Go take a bath and then have a sound sleep. You¡¯ve had dark circles under your eyes.¡±

    Di Qiuhe was taken aback.

    ¡°I¡¯ll wake you up when it¡¯s time for dinner. What time are you leaving?¡±

    ¡°Four o¡¯clock in the morning. I have to reach the set by eight.¡± answered Di Qiuhe in front of the bathtub when he was pushed into the bathroom.

    On hearing what Di Qiuhe said, He Bai gave him a pat on the head and said unhappily, ¡°Since you¡¯re going to act at eight o¡¯clock tomorrow, you shouldn¡¯t have taken me to watch a movie or y games and left in the small hours. Don¡¯t you know it¡¯s detrimental to your health? Tell me, when did you knock off yesterday?¡±

    Di Qiuhe was about to speak.

    ¡°You said you wouldn¡¯t lie to me again.¡±

    Di Qiuhe bit his tongue.

    ¡°Ten o¡¯clock?¡± He Bai made a conservative guess.

    Di Qiuheid his clothes down and pushed He Bai out, ¡°I¡¯m going to take a bath. Please go out.¡±

    He Bai clung on the door case and replied, his teeth clenched, ¡°Don¡¯t tell me you finished your work at midnight and just slept for a few hours before you got on the ne!¡±

    Di Qiuhe tried to pull his hand away and kept avoiding eye contact with him.

    ... A thought crossed He Bai¡¯s mind. He roared, ¡°You must have had a long night! You told me in the video that you were acting the movie and thus missed my call, but I called you at about 10 p.m. and you obviously talked to me on video at dawn! Besides, you wore a vest and pajama bottoms then, and your hair was still wet. No doubt that you just finished a bath and were ready to sleep!¡±

    Speechless, Di Qiuhe stepped forward, carried He Bai in his arms as though he was a child and took him out of the bathroom. After that, he loosened his grip, ran back to the bathroom and closed the door, shouting in a seemingly guilty voice, ¡°I¡¯m bathing. It¡¯s too loud to catch your words!¡±

    What the hell!

    He Bai was driven up the wall and returned the roar immediately, ¡°Be quick! Then go to bed! Staying up for acting and fatigued by the journey, you is very likely to die young!¡±

    There was a brief silence inside, and then a small voice came.

    ¡°I¡¯ll try my best to outlive you.¡±

    ¡°Don¡¯t wish me evil!¡± He Bai answered back and yelled, ¡°If you dare talk nonsense again, I¡¯ll cut your bird off!¡±

    Di Qiuhe who was taking off his pants immediately caught hold of his belt and whispered after a hesitation, ¡°You have nothing to use when it¡¯s cut off...¡±

    ¡°What did you say?¡± He Bai was all ears.

    ¡°Nothing. I say I would like a poached chicken for dinner.¡± answered Di Qiuhe. He took his clothes off, headed for the bathtub and put his head into the water to hide his blushes. After that, Di Qiuhe gave a sudden bellow ofughter.

    He had He Bai¡¯s forgiveness... What a nice thing!

 Chapter 72 - Apprenticing (1)

    <h4>Chapter 72: Apprenticing (1)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Being stared by He Bai¡¯s vicious eyes, Di Qiuhe dried his hair and then crawled to his bed.

    ¡°Just sleep.¡± He Bai drew the curtains and the room suddenly went dark.

    After a whole night up and a relentless day, Di Qiuhe¡¯ nerves had already calmed down after the shower. And the moment he touched the soft and cozy bed, his brain immediately sent out the signal of sleep.

    ¡°Bai.¡± His eyes were a bit dried out and he really wanted to close them. Yet looking at He Bai who was standing by the bed, he just was loath to take the short time being together with him to sleep. He forced himself to stay awake and said, ¡°It¡¯s still early, shall we watch a horror movie together? We can have dinner right after it.¡±

    ¡°No! Just go to sleep!¡± He Bai stared at him in a serious face, and he looked quite unhappy as his eyebrows tightly knitted, ¡°I will just send you back if you keep staying up.¡±

    His serious face made Di Qiuheughed, so he stopped teasing him and moved to the other side. He tapped the other pillow and asked, ¡°Are you tired? Wanna join?¡±

    He Bai didn¡¯t reply and dragged the quilt to cover his face. Later on, he tapped his body as if he was babysitting a baby, and then threatened, ¡°Close your eyes and mouth or I knock you out.¡±

    Now he couldn¡¯t see anything at all, but he could feel that his chest got tapped over the quilt. That was really something new and peculiar.

    Di Qiuhe slowly lifted up his mouth and turned over his body. He then dragged down a bit of the quilt and held He Bai¡¯s waist all of a sudden. He curled up himself and snuggled his face against his waist with his eyes closed.

    ¡°Hey!¡± He Bai lost his bnce because of the cuddle that he wanted to kick the ass of this naughty boy who refused to sleep. But the moment he raised his hand, he realized that the brat had already loosed up his arm and put one arm on his leg, the other on the bed.

    Was he asleep now?

    He Bai¡¯s lips twitched and he pushed the head on his waist slightly. There he saw a totally rxed sleeping face.

    Falling asleep so fast...he rubbed his face and surrendered after all. He took Di Qiuhe¡¯s arm off and walked to his backpack and took out an album. He hesitated for a second then put the album back, walking to the bed to tuck the quilt for Di Qiuhe.

    What a tight sleep with not even one single dream.

    Di Qiuhe unconsciously rubbed against the soft pillow. His eyelids moved a bit and then his eyes opened slowly.

    His eyesight got gradually clear and he saw a familiar figure sitting on the armchair by the window reading a book. Beside him stood amp set with the dimmest light.

    His tense body gradually rxed after sleep and he looked at Bai who was reading under the light. His eyes softened and his face were covered with a smile.

    The dear puppy was still here and he didn¡¯t run away.

    He blinked and slowly moved his eyes.

    Puppy¡¯s hair looked so furry under the light. He had a full forehead and round eyes, with a nicely-carved nose and a chubby nose tip. His lip line was so plump that you want to rub them. His face was a little bit chubby and if he smiled his eyes would curl up and you could see a dimple on his face.

    ¡®Howe I didn¡¯t find out that puppy¡¯s face was so delicate?¡¯

    His slender fingers turned the page and made some rustling sound.

    His move on the arm stretched out his shoulders, and his cotton shirt turned into a soft curve. His white T-shirt popped out from the shirt, and you could see part of the line of his corbone. Going upward, you could also see his beautiful neck. Even his Adam¡¯s apple looked much adorable than the others¡¯.

    The room was very quiet and curtained that no views from the outside could be seen. The spot where puppy was sitting was the only ce with light in this room, so it looked quite warm and made you want to get closer.

    He moved his body and put his arm back under his head to look it up, and then he lifted the other arm to outline his shape. He really wished that time could go slower so that he could stay longer quietly with this man.

    Maybe now he was dreaming, he thought. Would there be any better dream other than waking up seeing your lover staying by your side?

    Another page turned, finally the book was read. The man on the armchair suddenly raised his arm up, massaging his bending neck.

    As if struck awake from a lost dream, Di Qiuhe put his numb arm down and slid back to the quilt. He closed his eyes and counted to three, then he stretched himself and opened the quilt to sit up. He then smiled at the one who looked towards him and said, ¡°Morning, puppy.¡±

    The one sitting on the armchair was struck for a second and rolled his eyes and said ironically, ¡°Save it and get up for food. I¡¯m starving.¡±

    There went the sweet dream. Di Qiuhe got up immediately and jumped to the man who was just about to get up with the book. Following his desire from his heart, he rubbed his head against his shoulder and cling on him like a ko. He murmured, ¡°I¡¯m still sleepy.¡±

    ¡°Me as well! Then sleep more after we get food. It¡¯s almost midnight and I don¡¯t know if the hotel still serves food.¡± He Bai pressed his belly andined while trying to get away from his intimacy.

    Di Qiuhe was struck and got off his arm on him and said with his eyebrows frown, ¡°It¡¯s already midnight? Why didn¡¯t you wake me up for dinner?¡±

    He Bai looked at him in a poker face and put the album back to the bag without speaking a word.

    Di Qiuhe looked at his unconsciously tense lips and his heart was gradually filled with joy. He raised up his eyebrows and jumped on him again. He grabbed his neck and said, ¡°Little puppy, was it because you just love me so much that you didn¡¯t want to wake me up?¡±

    ¡°I¡¯d rather love a pig than you! Go brush your teeth and wash your face. Don¡¯t you ever rub your eye gums on me?¡± He Bai was pissed off and tried to pull his arm off himself, ¡°Hurry up! Just be quick cause I don¡¯t wanna die of starvation.¡±

    Di Qiuhe cracked a smile and pinched his face. He then let him go to the bathroom and said, ¡°Little puppy, you don¡¯t need to hide your affection towards me. I won¡¯tugh at you as I am very generous...um, what do you want to eatter?¡±

    ¡°I want to eat your flesh and drink your blood!¡± He Bai replied angrily. He thought he was just so stupid to not go back just for this childish dumb-ass, and he hoped that no dorm checking tonight.

    The two of them went back to the room after having some random food. He Bai went directly to the shower and Di Qiuhe took out his phone to send messages to Jiang Xiuwen.

 Chapter 73 - Apprenticing (2)

    <h4>Chapter 73: Apprenticing (2)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Di, ¡°Puppy just went showering!¡±

    Jiang, ¡°What?!¡±

    Di, ¡°Shall I wait for him naked on the bed?¡±

    Jiang, ¡°WTF, you two are an item now?¡±

    Di, ¡°No. I haven¡¯t confessed yet.¡±

    Jiang, ¡°...well then you will only get one result if you go naked. You will be cklisted.¡±

    Di, ¡°You are just jealous.¡±

    Jiang, ¡°Yeah, of course. :)¡±

    Di Qiuhe turned off his message after subtly showing off him being with his lover in the same room. He then looked at the bathroom door feeling very excited yet uncertain.

    Ten minutester, He Bai went out in the white hotel robe and was wiping his hair. He yawned and said, ¡°Go wash yourself up and sleep. We gotta get up early tomorrow.¡±

    Di Qiuhe said in dismay, ¡°Okay...¡± Puppy didn¡¯t wear the pajama he left in the bathroom. That was just so disappointing!

    The matching pajama n failed.

    However, more disappointing was waiting. He Bai had already fell asleep when he finally finished his carefully cleaning. The ¡°lying-on-the-same-bed-and-romantic-talks ¡° scene he was dreaming of ended without even a beginning.

    He looked at the quilt pile and turned off the light silently. He then pulled the quilt andy carefully next to his lover, reaching out his hand secretly.

    Right after He Bai fell asleep he got woken up by his move. He turned over unconsciously and went right under his stretching arm.

    Di Qiuhe¡¯s body was frozen and he could feel the warmth in his arm. He rxed his body carefully and turned his head to take a deep breath. Then he moved a bit forward more cautiously andid his arm under that one¡¯s waist. He kissed his head buried in the pillow and closed his eyes after some breaths.

    That was expected to be a sleepless night, yet he went asleep so fast, and he even dreamed of one trace of warm white light.

    ¡°Qiu, morning with kisses.¡±

    Di Qiuhe opened his eyes on the first beep of the rm. He immediately took his phone and turned it off. Seeing the one next to him still in a sound dream, he relieved and got up carefully.

    Not wanting to wake up anyone, he didn¡¯t even turn on any light when he was packing the bag and doing the washing. He was like a thief for the whole time.

    After everything was packed, he put his luggage to the doorstep first and then walked back to the bed with his socks on. He squatted down to look at He Bai¡¯s sound sleeping face and left a soft kiss on his left dimple carefully.

    Sweet dreams, Bai.

    He said silently and touched He Bai¡¯s soft hair on his forehead softly, and then he stood up and left.

    ¡°Click.¡± The door was closed.

    He Bai knitted his eyebrows and he looked as if he was barely awake. In the end, he surrendered to the sleepiness and fell into the dark again.

    He slept until the next morning. He Bai looked at the greeting message sent by Di Qiuhe 30 minutes ago, massaging his forehead with eyebrows tightly knitted.

    He didn¡¯t even notice that Di Qiuhe got up. He didn¡¯t really sleep so tight usually.

    He put off his hand and called back, but only heard a turned-off notice.

    Maybe he had already started the shooting at that time. He put down the phone and took a deep exhale. He then pushed back the quilt and got off the bed.

    ¡°Padak.¡± A little box was swept by the quilt and fell down to the ground.

    He stopped for a second from getting off the bed and bent down to pick up that box.

    Seeing the familiar ethnic style, he didn¡¯t even need to wonder who had left it.

    ¡°This guy...¡± He sighed but couldn¡¯t help smiling, and then opened the lid gently.

    There stood an adorable golden dog in the middle of the box, who was smirking at him. A tip was stuck on the neck of the dog, and there was an ugly camera drawn on it. So, that was a dog with a camera on his neck.

    Bang!

    He Bai¡¯s smile was reced by grievance, he clenched his teeth and said, ¡°Childish Di, you asked for it!¡±

    He handed in the photography assignment for the new week, and Xu Yinrong gave him a nice score of 90 in satisfaction.

    ¡°Well done.¡± He closed the name book and took off his reading sses. Then he smiled and shook his head, looking at He Bai who sat there and just took an obviously relieved breath and said, ¡°You¡¯ve made great progress, and I can tell that you are making a lot of effort. So you don¡¯t need to do any assignments for the next two weeks.¡±

    He Bai¡¯s smile was frozen for a second and he asked doubtfully, ¡°No assignments? Then what about my daily performance...¡±

    ¡°Just make up the assignments in the future.¡± Xu Yinrong put the name book back and exined to him, ¡°I know you have got a new job and you must be really upied. Then I am not giving you more pressure as working in the field is the best assignment for you.¡±

    He Bai was so touched and he stood up to fill his teacup and then served the tea to his teacher. He said sincerely, ¡°Thank you so much, Mr. Xu. Once I finish my work I will definitely make up my assignments as fast as possible.¡± The official Weibo ount of Little Mermaid had just announced its cooperation with Jun Chen and Mr. Xu already knew it today. He even suspended his assignments. It seemed that Mr. Xu had always been following his career development, which was so diligent of him.

    Xu Yinrong was dumbstruck by his tea serving gesture and looked up to get the tea. He sat up and sipped the tea, then took out a red packet from his drawer to him. Xu tapped his hand and said, ¡°Keep going.¡±

    He Bai looked at the red packet in his hand and was dumbstruck, ¡°Mr. Xu, what do you mean...¡±

    ¡°Just take it as a gift for apprenticing.¡± Xu Yinrong looked at his dumb stricken face, turning his serious look into a smile and said, ¡°Go to your ss. I will introduce two seniors to you when we have time. When I am not avable in the future, you can just go to ask them if you have any questions.¡±

    Listening to his words, He Bai¡¯s heart was beating faster. His eyes were filled with incredible surprises and he asked carefully after a deep breath, ¡°Mr. Xu, so you mean...you want to have me for your official apprentice?¡± As far as he knew, Xu Yinrong had said a few years ago that he would never have any more apprentices. But look what was going on now...

    Xu Yinrong stopped smiling and looked at him with his eyebrows frowned, saying deliberately, ¡°What? I¡¯ve given you the apprentice gift and you think I¡¯m joking? Or...you don¡¯t want an old guy who has not many years left to live like me as your master? Fine, give me my red packet back. ¡±

    ¡°No!¡± He Bai immediately put the red packet into his bag and took a deep bow to Xu Yinrong. He prepared another cup of tea and kneeled down abruptly, and then raised the teacup above his head and said respectfully to Xu Yinrong, ¡°Master, please have the tea.¡±

    A teacher and a master were just different on the term, but their rtionship was totally changed by this transition.

    Xu Yinrong smiled with satisfaction and drank up the tea. He then helped him get up and tapped his shoulder, saying benignly, ¡°I am old and I didn¡¯t really want to have an apprentice. But you are truly a good student and I don¡¯t want to give you to someone else. Just keep studying with all of your efforts as I don¡¯t have many years left to teach you. And I might be a bit more strict to you, so please don¡¯t me me for that.¡±

    Looking at his grey hair and the wrinkles on his face, He Bai felt a little bit sad yet he smiled even brighter and nodded vigorously, ¡°No worries, master. I will devote myself to it and always be with you in your long-live life.¡±

 Chapter 74 - Apprenticing (3)

    <h4>Chapter 74: Apprenticing (3)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    ¡°Save your ttering.¡± Xu Yinrongughed because of him and took out a name card from the drawer to him and said, ¡°What a coincidence that your new job is somehow rted to your second senior. If you have any doubts about your new job, just ask him for some advice. I¡¯ll talk to him and he will take good care of you.¡±

    Somehow rted to his new job? Could this second senior be from Jun Chen studio?

    He Bai was confused and looked at the name card with curiosity. His eyes opened so wide when he saw the name on it that he almost threw it away, ¡°Xu, Xu Ying? Is he the one who focuses only on...ugh...¡±

    ¡°Yes, exactly the one who focuses only on body art photography.¡± Talking about this apprentice, Xu Yinrong¡¯s facial expression went hard to tell. He sighed while shaking his head, ¡°He is talented and working so hard. And he really has some talent on the portrait. But...forget about it. At least he is still on the right track and is still working on something serious. Don¡¯t worry, although he is a little bit too wild, but he is definitely not evil. He is still a good boy.¡±

    ¡°Oh, okay, well, I don¡¯t worry about it. I¡¯m not worried at all.¡± He Bai grabbed the name card tightly and cracked a fake smile, while dripping a salty tear secretly at heart.

    Xu Ying...he knew him from thest life! And he couldn¡¯t have stayed farther from him!

    From a professional and art-appreciating perspective, Xu Ying¡¯s body photography is brilliant and beautiful and totally not erotic. But...but this dude fell in love with his body asionally on a photography exhibition, and he said Bai was the model he had been searching for a long time. He begged Bai so hard to let him take some photos for him and it was just impossible to avoid him.

    In order to get away from Xu Ying, he even took his luggage and stayed a few months on a cruise. But now this dude had be his senior? ¡®This is pure tragedy and it couldn¡¯t be worse.¡¯

    Had he known it before he would never take the job at Jun Chen.

    Xu Ying, the man who was looking for beautiful bodies all over the world and insanely holding photography exhibitions, had be a photographer of Jun Chen in this life! How did this happen? Why would things go like this?

    Wait...there were rumors from thest life saying, Xu Ying actually had found two beautiful bodies before he met him. And they were said to be male and they were all working in the entertainment industry. Therefore, Xu Ying never spilled out a word about those two just for keeping their privacies.

    Yet now Xu Ying had weirdly be Jun Chen¡¯s photographer, so one of the two beautiful bodies could be...

    His body trembled and he immediately opened hisputer to search for photos from Jun Chen.

    He closed the webpages after two minutes with a painful look, starting to pray for Jun Chen.

    Xu Ying had his special taste for choosing the bodies. He was particrly fond of those people with long legs, slim bodies, fair skins and those who had different personalities than their looks. And Jun Chen had white skin, long legs with a shape of a model. He also looked a little bit cold yet gorgeous, which was right hitting on Xu Ying¡¯s G-spots.

    Shit...he should have never taken that fucking job!

    Yet despite of his unwillingness, he had already taken it. Since the Little Merimaid had already signed the contract with Jun Chen, what was expected was already on its way.

    The office door opened with a click. He Bai¡¯s body was frozen for a second and he looked it up to the door, trying his best to keep a calm face.

    ¡°Junior?¡± There came in a tall guy with a serious face and low sound voice, yet his eyes were totally different. He looked at He Bai for three seconds and then turned to shut the door immediately. He dragged a chair and sat next to He Bai, frowning and asking him with his stereo-like voice, ¡°Do you want me to take some pictures of you, junior?¡±

    ¡°...No, thanks.¡±

    That was likest life all over again. He Bai abruptly stepped back and pushed all those documents on the table to him and said quickly, ¡°These are all the clothing pictures of Little Mermaid for this cooperation. You can check them and see if they are okay or not. If not we will do our best to make any changes. Besides, when will Mr. June here? I would like to talk to him regarding the shooting for the cover page.¡±

    ¡°You can talk to me about that. I know all the requirements of Jun Chen.¡± Xu Ying took those documents without even one single look and kept asking, ¡°Do you want to take pictures, my junior? You don¡¯t need to do full nudity, you get to keep your panties.¡±

    Different location and time it was, but those were exactly the same lines from thest life , and especially his face and tone were god-damn the same.

    He Bai clenched his teeth and took out his phone from his pockets. Then he heavily struck the phone on the table and threatened him, ¡°Senior, I dare you to say that again to our master.¡±

    Xu Ying was shocked for a second and continued to make excuses, ¡°Junior, our master might have told you some false information before you came here, and I have to rify that all I have photographed are just art. He might just have some misunderstanding about me.¡±

    ¡°No, he doesn¡¯t. I appreciate your art too.¡± He Bai interrupted him and replied in a more serious face, ¡°But I don¡¯t want to be part of your art.¡±

    Xu Ying kept silent for a few seconds, refusing to take no for an answer, ¡°People¡¯s mind changes.¡±

    ¡°Not on this matter.¡± He Bai fought back.

    Xu Ying looked at him sadly.

    He Bai swept his clothes and said sincerely, ¡°Senior, I know the way you choose your model. I can¡¯t change my appearance and I¡¯d like to ask if there is anything contradictory in me that make you so insisted on shooting it. I will change it for sure.¡±

    ¡°No, you can¡¯t. You can never change something about your aura.¡± Xu Ying sighed and looked at him in aplicated way, ¡°A young body with a matured soul, do you think you change something like that?¡±

    He Bai was struck and started to be vignt, yet he slowly calmed down after that.

    No. Xu Ying couldn¡¯t see anything through. He didn¡¯t reborn when he tangled with him in thest life. Then what did that mean that he said so...

    ¡°Are you saying that I look young but I am actually an old guy inside?¡± He Bai looked at him with a poker face and grabbed his phone, ¡°Senior, don¡¯t make me be a snitch who tells things from behind.¡±

 Chapter 75 - Apprenticing (4)

    <h4>Chapter 75: Apprenticing (4)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Xu Ying looked at him deeply and sighed again, ¡°The third one now...aye...¡±

    He Bai¡¯s mouth twitched and asked immediately, ¡°Who were the former two?¡±

    ¡°Jun Chen and Di. Junior...¡±Xu Ying regained his vigor and pleased him with sparkling eyes, ¡°I heard that you are quite close to that Di Qiuhe?¡±

    He Bai looked at him in surprise, ¡°Don¡¯t tell me the second person you didn¡¯t convince is...¡±

    Xu Ying nodded and looked at him with great expectation, ¡°Since you are so close to him, can you please persuade him for me? I mean we have the same master and I can show you my personal collection if we make it.¡±

    Personal collection of a photographer who specialized on Body Art. He Bai didn¡¯t think he would like to see it.

    ¡°No, I¡¯m not close to him at all. We are merely nodding acquaintances.¡± He Bai lied naturally and looked at him in a persuasive way, ¡°Senior, there are hundreds of thousands of beautiful bodies out there, why are you refusing to let go of this one, wait, these three ones?¡±

    ¡°But these three are the most attractive...¡± Xu Ying looked back at him in sorrow as if he was about to cry, ¡°Wait, it was two. Why are you showing up here? Junior, had I known you are this type, I would, I would...¡±

    ¡°You would do what?¡± The door was opened again, and Jun Chen stood by the door in casual wear, asking with his cold voice.

    ¡°I would betray our master!¡± Xu Ying waved his arm and looked back more sadly when he realized that it was Jun Chen who was asking. He asked relentlessly after thousands of failures, ¡°Jun Chen, wanna take photos?¡±

    Jun Chen sneered, ¡°No. And you can just fxxk off when the contract ends.¡±

    Xu Ying pounded the table and said in distress, ¡°I shouldn¡¯t have taken my personal collection with me that day!¡±

    ¡°Thank God that I saw your damn collection that day!¡± Jun Chen pressed the throbbed veins on his forehead and stopped sneering. He looked at He Bai, stood up and walked to him. Then he reached out his hand and said politely, ¡°Nice to meet you Mr. He, I am Jun Chen, and it¡¯s nice to cooperate with you.¡±

    He Bai took a look at Xu Ying who was despised by his employer yet still being disappointed at his ¡°three trees¡±. His mouth twitched and then he collected the documents and shook his hand while replying politely, ¡°Thank you so much for your invitation, Mr. Jun. It is nice to cooperate with you.¡±

    The two of them greeted each other tacitly as if Xu Ying didn¡¯t exist.

    Xu Ying looked at his two loving trees in sorrow and came up with a new idea when he saw He Bai¡¯s phone on the table. He looked at the two who were starting to talk about work and secretly grabbed the phone. Then he pressed it and found out it was unlocked. His gaze sharpened and opened the contact list and found Di Qiuhe¡¯s number, and sent a message immediately. Heter deleted that message from the record and put it back with a satisfactory smile.

    During the break on the shooting set, Wang Boyi gave Di Qiuhe his phone when he was having a rest and said in a low voice, ¡°Mr. Di, the team has called and said the Qin family is up to something new again. And it seems that they are trying to have a marriage with Liu family from Dieyou Records.¡±

    ¡°Dieyou?¡± Di Qiuhe raised his eyebrows and scanned thework of the Liu family in his mind and smiled, ¡°That was quite thoughtful of the Qin that they take the Liu seriously. So how is Qin Mingqiang the old fox gonna unite by marriage with the Lius? With their daughter or son?¡±

    ¡°With the daughter.¡± Wang Boyi answered. He abruptly changed the topic when he saw some staff passing by and said in a louder voice, ¡°Assistant An has just caught a bit cold, and I will take her to get some pills. You don¡¯t have to worry too much.¡±

    Hearing the words, those staff looked at them and sighed secretly.

    What a nice guy Di Qiuhe was! He was serious at acting and he had a great personality that he treated his subordinates so nice. Huangdu was just so blind that they ended the contract with such a cash cow of boundless future. Also the boss and his wife of Huangdu....tut tut tut, that¡¯s why people say nine out of ten stepmothers are evil.

    Those staff walked away shaking their heads. Di Qiuhe looked at Wang Boyi and curled up his lips, saying, ¡°I got what you said. Just tell them to rx because the marriage between Qin and Liu won¡¯t work. And, you can console assistant An more and tell her don¡¯t be so sensitive.¡±

    ¡°Thank you for your consideration. I will talk to her.¡± Wang Boyi nodded and passed him his personal phone, saying, ¡°The phone buzzed when you were on set, and I suppose it should be a message.¡±

    Di Qiuhe¡¯s gaze brightened and he took the phone and waving at Wang to ask him to leave. He leaned his body so that to cover the phone screen, and then opened it when there was no one around.

    He Bai, ¡°I want to take a set of nude photos for you. Are you keen?¡±

    Di Qiuhe got suffocated all of a sudden and pressed the phone on his chest. He opened the bottle nearby and drank half of it directly. He stood up with a blushed face and greeted Jiang Guanshan shortly, then rushed to the restroom and washed his face with cold water like crazy.

    Howe puppy suddenly have this kind of request? It was just, just a few days that he didn¡¯t allow him to take photos secretly. And now he...nude...nude photos? How could he take that kind of photos and what if they were leaked out...But if he really wanted then it was not absolutely forbidden...

    He looked at his sopping and blushed face in the mirror, turning back and leaning awkwardly against the sink. He then checked eachpartments in the restroom carefully, and took out his phone to read the message after making sure that they were all empty.

    He Bai, ¡°I want to take a set of nude photos for you. Are you keen?¡±

    His eyes shed and his fingers were rubbing the phone screen. His heart was beating so fast and his mind was rehearsing every kinds of reply.

    If he said yes directly, would puppy think he was too frivolous? But if he refused directly, then puppy must be really sad...so, so he should just tease him and pretend to be torn. And then epted it reluctantly after he had got some benefits...

    The water on his finger rubbed on the screen. He wiped it out and slid over that message which he thought was ended. There he saw the message under,

    He Bai, ¡°I want to take a set of nude photos for you. Are you keen? If yes, please contact number 13XXXX. He Bai¡¯s second senior, Xu Ying. P.s. My little junior He Bai finally agreed to let me take photos of him. So you don¡¯t need to worry that I might be a pervert or fraud, cause I am a real body art photographer!¡±

    Padak. The water drop on his hair dropped down and smashed on his eyelid that he was forced to close his eyes.

    He wiped out the water on his face slowly and held the phone tight. He then took a deep breath and opened his eyes and scrolled the message all over for many times. Later on he dialed Jiang Xiuwen¡¯s number and called him. When the call was connected, he clenched his teeth and said, ¡°Help me check out on a dude called Xu Ying! Kill him! Must kill him! Dig out his eyeballs first and then chop his hands and then kill him! How dare him to covet little Bai. I¡¯m gonna tear him up!¡±

 Chapter 76 - A Hen-pecked â€œHusbandâ€ (1)

    <h4>Chapter 76: A Hen-pecked ¡°Husband¡± (1)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    ¡°Xu Ying?¡± Jiang Xiuwen was stupefied. He then scrolled down the Weibo page with while rubbing his chin. ¡°The Xu Ying you were mentioning, is he the exclusive photographer in Jun Chen Studio, who was reced by He Bai? Well, has your He Bai offended any ssmate or hindered anyone? Why did someone say that relying on close rtions with teachers, He Bai grabbed his ssmates¡¯ schrship by revising his grades through pulling strings?¡±

    Di Qiuhe calmed down promptly and frowned, ¡°What¡¯s going on? Who said that? When did it happen?¡±

    ¡°An anonymous person, just now, and these nders are updating. Let me see...Oh, there¡¯s something new. The blogger also ims that He Bai was financially supported by a rich woman, and he bullied ssmates, rode on rich ssmates¡¯ coattails, asocial...That¡¯ s all. There¡¯s definitely a pushing hand, otherwise, it won¡¯t go viral so fast. Jiang Xiuwen asserted, and then asked, ¡°Shall I dispose it?¡± As the saying went: Love me, love my dog. He shall undoubtedly do a favor to his friend¡¯s lover. How could he not pay back to the one who hurt the person he cared about?

    Di Qiuhe frowned, and he replied after a moment of pondering, ¡°Look it up first, and I have to ask XiaoBai about how to deal with it.¡±

    Jiang Xiuwen was stunned when he heard it, and then he said in despise, ¡°Qiuhe, you¡¯re definitely going to be hen-pecked.¡± Di was obedient to He Bai to such an extent even if he wasn¡¯t courting for He at the moment, you could only imagine when they actually became a lovebird one day. It was estimated that Di shall have no limits and boundaries when treating with He Bai and things rted to He.

    ¡°How can I be hen-packed?¡± Di Qiuhe raised his eyebrows and was somewhat dissatisfied. ¡°XiaoBai would never like me to call him...Anyway, never ever say the word before him. He is a man like us, and he shall be upset if he is named that way.¡±

    So was this the point?

    ¡°...Okay, I see. Let it be hen-pecked ¡®husband¡¯.¡± Jiang Xiuwen responded reluctantly, realizing that he had made a terrible mistake. Di had already had no limits and boundaries to He, even if there was, it would be set by He Bai.

    Jun Chen grabbed the garment photo album under his arm, raised his hand to support his face, and kept his voice down, ¡°He must be texting Di Qiuhe with your mobile phone.¡±

    He Bai looked away, nodded his head expressionlessly, grudged and calmly replied, ¡°He is dead in my heart.¡± Ten thousand times of torture could not setoff the fault of using his cell phone without authorization.

    ¡°When we finish talking, he will surelye to you and confess about it.¡± Jun Chen put down his hands and leaned back in his chair to look at Xu Ying, who was trying to look like nothing had happened, then Jun Chen gritted and said. ¡°Then he will lie to you, saying that he has obtained Di Qiuhe¡¯s permission, taking advantage of his absence to fabricate lies and y dumb.¡±

    He Bai looked at Jun Chen, who unconsciously clenched his hands that seemed to be intended to beat someone, paused and asked, ¡°Did he use your phone to text your friends?¡±

    ¡°Not a friend.¡± Jun Chen squinted, giving a grim expression. ¡°It¡¯s my cousin who just goes to high school.¡±

    ¡°...¡± The Second senior disciple of his was a real Darwin Awards¡¯ fan.

    ¡°Sooner orter, we¡¯ll get him.¡± Jun Chen turned his back to Xu Ying and looked away. He then lowered his head, picked up the album, and turned it over quickly. Finally, he nodded in satisfaction and said, ¡°The Little Mermaid is so thoughtful that it providesprehensive style of garments. There is nothing to change.¡±

    As Jun Chen got down to business, He Bai restrained his mind and answered, ¡°Once the matter regarding to clothese to an agreement, there will follow the formal shooting preparation period. Mr. Jun, I¡¯d like to confirm with you first that whether I should shoot the album cover or the MV cover of a song?¡±

    When Jun Chen Studio first sought cooperation with the Little Mermaid, they simply mentioned the appointment of shooting MV cover for they only made a tentative invitation, and they did not finalize the album cover and MV cover together.

    He had never dealt with these things before. When he first learned about the invitation, he thought MV cover and album cover were the same thing. He¡¯d even struggled with it for a long time and believed that themon practice had been inexplicably changed somehow.

    Luckily, Lin Xia exined to himter that the concepts of the two covers were totally different. He then was relieved and realized that themon practice had not changed much. Jun Chen Studio would probably end up using old photos for album cover. All he had to do was shooting the MV cover.

    However, he was relieved too soon. When the two parties formally talked about the contract, the Jun Chen Studio demanded him to shoot all the covers needed for the album. That was why he got confused again as he could not figure out what the other party meant, so he asked the question.

    ¡°It¡¯s undoubtedly both the covers.¡± Jun Chen replied, he then paused and added, ¡°But I have a reservation option for the album cover, which means I may give up using your photos and choose another cover for the album if yours do not meet my expectation. Sorry.¡±

    ¡°I understand that. And it should be so.¡± He Bai rxed quite a lot as he had a clear idea of the situation. He then questioned in a smile, ¡°May I have the honor to appreciate your new album in advance before the shooting starts?¡±

    He Bai¡¯s professional attitude of asking for listening to the contents of the album, to grasp the overall tone before taking photos, pleased Jun Chen. With a slight smile, he got up and made a gesture of invitation, and then said, ¡°As you wish, please.¡±

    ¡°Thank you very much.¡± He Bai got up and saw Xu Yinging over. Recalling that there was such a scourge, the smile on his face froze. He frowned and took his mobile phone, lowered his voice and said, ¡°I¡¯ll deal with youter, Second senior disciple.¡±

    The guilty Xu Ying was stunned, and looked at Jun Chen involuntarily.

    Then Jun Chen sneered without even looking at him, opened the door and went out first.

    ¡°That¡¯s the expression! Perfect! Shame that he¡¯s dressed!¡± Xu Ying sighed again.

    He Bai stepped out and paused, then quickened his pace. No wonder Xu Ying was the most notorious photographer in the field. Whoever could tolerate his wicked ideas?

 Chapter 77 - A Hen-pecked â€œHusbandâ€ (2)

    <strong>Chapter 77: A Hen-pecked ¡°Husband¡± (2)</strong>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    There were ten songs in the album. The theme song Wish expressed children¡¯s yearning for and love for their parents. The other songs were senior¡¯s love for theirter generations, love between couples, and wanderers¡¯ love of their homnd. The tone of the whole album was warm and a little bit sentimental, and only thest one Pets depicted pets¡¯ love for their owners, cheerful and light-hearted, which was a relief for the whole album to some extent.

    Throughout the afternoon, He Bai was indulged in the music, allowing emotions to be driven by musical notes, sad and joyful at times.

    ¡°Our master said that the junior disciple was adept at getting the point and had broadest love in his heart. I have faith in that he¡¯s able to shoot the cover you desire.¡± Xu Ying came out behind Jun Chen somehow, looking through the window with Jun Chen to the corner of the room, in which sat He Bai, who had headphones on. Finally, Xu Ying looked normal and soothed, ¡°I¡¯ve seen his works, which are in ord with the style of your album. You should set your mind at rest.¡±

    Jun Chen did not sulk this time, looked some distance away, and finally whispered back, ¡°I hope so.¡±

    The songs evoked emotions which induced memories further. He Bai, who lost his parents when he was a teenager, called to mind the warm and sweet days with his parents unwittingly. He couldn¡¯t help shedding tears, and finally came out of the room with red eyes.

    Jun Chen had already left, whereas Xu Ying got closer to him right away and tried to y tricks.

    ¡°Give it up, I will never throw you a bone by allowing you to shoot me naked, even if with an underpants on.¡± He Bai ceased Xu¡¯s wishful thinking before he spoke out, then grabbed his cor and pressed him against the wall. Then He raised his fist in a threatening way, and asked faintly, ¡°Is my mobile phone fun to y with, Second senior disciple?¡±

    Xu Ying was so frightened that he started to hit the wall. ¡°Jun Chen, you betrayed me!¡±

    He Bai began to fondle him.

    Xu Ying, like a frightened girl who was assaulted, with a manly stern look, crossed his chest and eluded, then eximed, ¡°What are you doing, Little Brother? We are fellow disciples, you, you can¡¯t harbor malicious intentions to me. It¡¯s incest!¡±

    ¡°Full of lust and pornography! Behave yourself!¡± He Bai picked up Xu¡¯s cell phone from his pocket, squinted to find Xu Yinrong¡¯s number, typed and sent a quick text message, then gave the phone back and patted Xu Ying on the shoulder in smile. ¡°Well, you shall know the feeling of your phone being fiddled with by others.¡± Then He Bai walked away, leaving him a grim figure.

    Xu Ying was stupefied and then turned on his phone to the short message page.

    Xu Ying: Master, I¡¯d like to take naked photos of the senior disciple. Would you please intercede for me?

    ¡°Oh no! Master hates me to caste eyes at close rtions. How could you...¡± He fell into breakdown and couldn¡¯t help beating the wall.

    At this time, his mobile phone rang. It was Xu Yinrong.

    His hands trembled, his heart rate grew faster after a sudden tremble, his forehead broke out into cold sweat, and he walked around in anxiousness.

    ¡°By the way.¡± He Bai came back, smiled and reminded Xu, ¡°I have texted master with my phone, telling him that you are only working here because you are up for no good for Jun Chen. And unfortunately, you have been denounced and will soon be fired. Second senior disciple, it¡¯s the time to fend for yourself.¡±

    ¡°What! How can you be such an asshole!¡±

    Xu Ying came to a halt. He was dying for digging a hole to bury himself at this point.

    The ring ceased, and then rang again. Xu gritted and answered, ¡°Hello...No, no, no, master, listen to me...No, no, I haven¡¯tpelled anybody or take secret photos...Please! I was wrong! I refuse to repent to Big Brother!¡±

    The day was getting shorter in the early autumn. Jun Chen was in a daze, sitting in a rattan chair on the balcony of the second floor of the studio, at the time when He Bai came to him.

    He Bai gave a sign to stop staff from informing Jun Chen, and nced at the music scores and some old photos scattered on the table beside. Then he found a suitable angle, set the camera ready and adjusted the light. Finally, he pressed the shutter.

    Click.

    Jun Chen came back to earth and looked back.

    He Bai pressed the shutter again, shooting the way Jun Chen looked back in doubt, then put down the camera and smiled at him. He Bai went over and turned over the old photos on the table, picked out the one had been selected as the album cover in his previous life, and asked, ¡°Who¡¯s that?¡±

    Jun Chen looked at the photo, paused, and answered, ¡°My parents.¡±

    ¡°Your parents?¡± He Bai was puzzled. He looked at the photo in which only stood one person and asked, ¡°Where¡¯s the other one?¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s my father, he¡¯s taking photos.¡± Jun Chen smiled and yearned. ¡°There were many hills in my hometown. My mother loved flower, and she often went for a walk in the hills after dinner. My father worried about her so much that he apanied her every time... He borrowed a camera from a neighbor, and this photo was taken by my father before thendslide ident.

    He Bai was affected, looked down at the prettydy in a long skirt, who was bending down to pluck flowers, then moved his eyes to the overcast sky in the photo, and stayed mute for a few seconds for he felt sorry about the ident.

    ¡°I was studying abroad and longed to see them, thus I requested them to take some photos to send to me... It was because of me that they went up the hill in that gloomy day.¡± The sentiment of attachment to his parents was reced by bitterness and guilt, then Jun Chen said in a lower voice. ¡°For the sake of showing me at their best, they specially wore their favorite clothes and borrowed a technical camera from neighbor...¡±

    The sun was about to set in the west and the sky was covered with sunglow.

    He Bai looked at Jun Chen, who was sideways on the setting sun. He Bai recalled how he kept reading his parents¡¯ text messages forfort, and then an impulsive thought came into his mind. He suggested, ¡°Mr. Jun, let¡¯s sweep the tombs.¡±

    Jun Chen was stunned. ¡°I beg your pardon.¡±

    ¡°Well, where are your parents buried?¡±

    ¡°On the hill of my hometown, they loved it there...¡±

    He Bai bowed his head to pack up the music scores and old photo.

    Chapter 77: A Hen-pecked ¡°Husband¡± (2)

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    There were ten songs in the album. The theme song Wish expressed children¡¯s yearning for and love for their parents. The other songs were senior¡¯s love for theirter generations, love between couples, and wanderers¡¯ love of their homnd. The tone of the whole album was warm and a little bit sentimental, and only thest one Pets depicted pets¡¯ love for their owners, cheerful and light-hearted, which was a relief for the whole album to some extent.

    Throughout the afternoon, He Bai was indulged in the music, allowing emotions to be driven by musical notes, sad and joyful at times.

    ¡°Our master said that the junior disciple was adept at getting the point and had broadest love in his heart. I have faith in that he¡¯s able to shoot the cover you desire.¡± Xu Ying came out behind Jun Chen somehow, looking through the window with Jun Chen to the corner of the room, in which sat He Bai, who had headphones on. Finally, Xu Ying looked normal and soothed, ¡°I¡¯ve seen his works, which are in ord with the style of your album. You should set your mind at rest.¡±

    Jun Chen did not sulk this time, looked some distance away, and finally whispered back, ¡°I hope so.¡±

    The songs evoked emotions which induced memories further. He Bai, who lost his parents when he was a teenager, called to mind the warm and sweet days with his parents unwittingly. He couldn¡¯t help shedding tears, and finally came out of the room with red eyes.

    Jun Chen had already left, whereas Xu Ying got closer to him right away and tried to y tricks.

    ¡°Give it up, I will never throw you a bone by allowing you to shoot me naked, even if with an underpants on.¡± He Bai ceased Xu¡¯s wishful thinking before he spoke out, then grabbed his cor and pressed him against the wall. Then He raised his fist in a threatening way, and asked faintly, ¡°Is my mobile phone fun to y with, Second senior disciple?¡±

    Xu Ying was so frightened that he started to hit the wall. ¡°Jun Chen, you betrayed me!¡±

    He Bai began to fondle him.

    Xu Ying, like a frightened girl who was assaulted, with a manly stern look, crossed his chest and eluded, then eximed, ¡°What are you doing, Little Brother? We are fellow disciples, you, you can¡¯t harbor malicious intentions to me. It¡¯s incest!¡±

    ¡°Full of lust and pornography! Behave yourself!¡± He Bai picked up Xu¡¯s cell phone from his pocket, squinted to find Xu Yinrong¡¯s number, typed and sent a quick text message, then gave the phone back and patted Xu Ying on the shoulder in smile. ¡°Well, you shall know the feeling of your phone being fiddled with by others.¡± Then He Bai walked away, leaving him a grim figure.

    Xu Ying was stupefied and then turned on his phone to the short message page.

    Xu Ying: Master, I¡¯d like to take naked photos of the senior disciple. Would you please intercede for me?

    ¡°Oh no! Master hates me to caste eyes at close rtions. How could you...¡± He fell into breakdown and couldn¡¯t help beating the wall.

    At this time, his mobile phone rang. It was Xu Yinrong.

    His hands trembled, his heart rate grew faster after a sudden tremble, his forehead broke out into cold sweat, and he walked around in anxiousness.

    ¡°By the way.¡± He Bai came back, smiled and reminded Xu, ¡°I have texted master with my phone, telling him that you are only working here because you are up for no good for Jun Chen. And unfortunately, you have been denounced and will soon be fired. Second senior disciple, it¡¯s the time to fend for yourself.¡±

    ¡°What! How can you be such an asshole!¡±

    Xu Ying came to a halt. He was dying for digging a hole to bury himself at this point.

    The ring ceased, and then rang again. Xu gritted and answered, ¡°Hello...No, no, no, master, listen to me...No, no, I haven¡¯tpelled anybody or take secret photos...Please! I was wrong! I refuse to repent to Big Brother!¡±

    The day was getting shorter in the early autumn. Jun Chen was in a daze, sitting in a rattan chair on the balcony of the second floor of the studio, at the time when He Bai came to him.

    He Bai gave a sign to stop staff from informing Jun Chen, and nced at the music scores and some old photos scattered on the table beside. Then he found a suitable angle, set the camera ready and adjusted the light. Finally, he pressed the shutter.

    Click.

    Jun Chen came back to earth and looked back.

    He Bai pressed the shutter again, shooting the way Jun Chen looked back in doubt, then put down the camera and smiled at him. He Bai went over and turned over the old photos on the table, picked out the one had been selected as the album cover in his previous life, and asked, ¡°Who¡¯s that?¡±

    Jun Chen looked at the photo, paused, and answered, ¡°My parents.¡±

    ¡°Your parents?¡± He Bai was puzzled. He looked at the photo in which only stood one person and asked, ¡°Where¡¯s the other one?¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s my father, he¡¯s taking photos.¡± Jun Chen smiled and yearned. ¡°There were many hills in my hometown. My mother loved flower, and she often went for a walk in the hills after dinner. My father worried about her so much that he apanied her every time... He borrowed a camera from a neighbor, and this photo was taken by my father before thendslide ident.

    He Bai was affected, looked down at the prettydy in a long skirt, who was bending down to pluck flowers, then moved his eyes to the overcast sky in the photo, and stayed mute for a few seconds for he felt sorry about the ident.

    ¡°I was studying abroad and longed to see them, thus I requested them to take some photos to send to me... It was because of me that they went up the hill in that gloomy day.¡± The sentiment of attachment to his parents was reced by bitterness and guilt, then Jun Chen said in a lower voice. ¡°For the sake of showing me at their best, they specially wore their favorite clothes and borrowed a technical camera from neighbor...¡±

    The sun was about to set in the west and the sky was covered with sunglow.

    He Bai looked at Jun Chen, who was sideways on the setting sun. He Bai recalled how he kept reading his parents¡¯ text messages forfort, and then an impulsive thought came into his mind. He suggested, ¡°Mr. Jun, let¡¯s sweep the tombs.¡±

    Jun Chen was stunned. ¡°I beg your pardon.¡±

    ¡°Well, where are your parents buried?¡±

    ¡°On the hill of my hometown, they loved it there...¡±

    He Bai bowed his head to pack up the music scores and old photo. ¡°Is your hometown in C province?¡± He then asked.

    ¡°Is your hometown in C province?¡± He then asked.

 Chapter 78 - A Hen-pecked â€œHusbandâ€ (3)

    <h4>Chapter 78: A Hen-pecked ¡°Husband¡± (3)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Jun Chen nodded while he could not keep up with He, then he hesitated, ¡°Right now? The air tickets and high-speed rail tickets may be sold out at this time...¡±

    ¡°Then go by train.¡± He Bai put the music scores and old photo into Jun Chen¡¯s hands and smiled, ¡°Airport was only avable in several major cities in the days when your parents escorted you away from your home to study, and there was no high-speed railway station. You had left your parents by train, why don¡¯t you go back to them the same way now?

    Jun Chen¡¯s heart sank, then he lowered his head, looking at the old photo on the music scores.

    Perhaps he was moved by He Bai, or it was the emotional backlog from creating the album that finally reached the critical point, or it was the opportunity he finally got to face up to the pains and guilt buried in his heart along these years...

    ¡°Fine.¡± He nodded, gripped his hands slowly, and looked up at He Bai with his red-rimmed eyes. ¡°Let¡¯s go back by train. I¡¯m gonna visit them.¡±

    They took leave without dy, despite the studio¡¯s work or next day¡¯s sses. They drove to the railway station, and finally got on the train to C province when night fell.

    The train travelled slow, and it was a torture to them. To Jun Chen, however, the several hours passed were the most peaceful moments in his mind over the years.

    He took with him the music scores and the old photo. Seeing that there were few people in the carriage, he came to a more quite ce and told He Bai about the past in detail.

    He Bai opened his ears to listen and snapshot from time to time, trying to be an ideal listener and recorder.

    They took a taxiter, and then went on foot. Jun Chen detoured to buy some flowers, but when he got to the foot of the hill, he loathed these stereotyped flowers, which had been carefully cultivated. ¡°Mother won¡¯t like it.¡± He thought. Then he gave it to He Bai, and plucked the wildflowers by the roadside. Finally, he bunched it up in a clumsy way.

    At dawn, along the bumpy mountain road, they finally arrived at the two graveyards that were adjacent to each other on the hillside. The graveyards had been watched by specially-assigned person, because it looked neat and tidy without weeds around.

    Jun Chen halted at ten steps away. He ttened the wrinkles in his shirt, groomed his hair, and then proceeded with flowers carefully.

    He Bai sensibly stopped, and then he looked around to seek a ce where he would not bother Jun Chen, waiting in peace.

    It was a misty morning in the hill, with dew on the grass-de. Jun Chen, who was on the go overnight, somewhat dispirited after casting off his daily morous appearance. However, only before his parents, Jun Chen could find the true self.

    He bowed his head at the gravestones, standing and whispering, with the flowers in his hands. Somehow he had not put it down.

    The sun was rising while the fog dispersing. When the first ray of sunlight broke through the thick fog and shone on the gravestones, Jun Chen, who had kept mute for long, stooped down and ced the bouquet atst.

    Click.

    The scene was fixed.

    At this time, Jun Chen, who was stooping down to present flowers in front of the tombstone, ovepped with the prettydy, who was plucking flowers in the old photo. One of them dressed up to console her homesick son and the other came back to his parents regardless of the hardships of travel and his personal image, only because he missed them.

    It was all about love.

    In the morning breeze, He Bai put down the camera,id the delicate flowers handed over by Jun Chen on the grassnd, and fell back two steps andid on his stomach. He then took a photo through the gap of the flowers, of which Jun Chen was sitting and ying the harmonica before the tombstone.

    It was noon when they went down the hill. He Bai was scolded by roommate through phone call, while Jun Chen received urgent calls from assistant. They looked at each other and said nothing, then rushed to the airport without any dy and bought tickets to B city.

    In the evening, He Bai handed over the album cover he had edited. Most part of the old photo was the same, as he had only edited some defects. On the back side of the cover, Jun Chen stood in the rising morning twilight, bending over to the tombstone toy a bouquet. It was covered with flowers where the new and the old photo ovepped, and there were some butterflies or things like that dancing to the music yed by Jun Chen.

    Ten minutester, He Bai received a short message with a simple ¡°thank you¡± from Jun Chen. He Bai knew that his cover had been adopted. He was content for his work, however, he was long-awaited by his roommates, who went into madness upon seeing him.

    ¡°XiaoBai, you¡¯re screwed! How could you skip sses!¡± Niu Junjie rushed to him and shook him on the shoulder. ¡°Do you know someone is smearing you online? Everyone is waiting for your response, but you skipped sses. With this misstep, they are abusing you even more now! And some fence-sitters are wondering whether you¡¯re the bastard described in the gossip!¡±

    Wang Hu frowned and raged, then he inferred, ¡°It must be our ssmate who initiated the nder, because he knows XiaoBai well. And it¡¯s impossible for others to know that much.¡±

    Chen Jie calmed down and analyzed, ¡°It mentioned the schrship at the very beginning. Thus I suspect that XiaoBai was the block to the person who failed to get the schrship, while Huang Wei was the only one in our ss who didn¡¯t get the schrship because of XiaoBai.¡±

    ¡°I knew it was that son of a bitch!¡± Niu Junjie released He Bai and rolled sleeves in anger. ¡°He called me a good-for-nothing 2G Rich, fxxk him!¡±

    Wang Hu soothed him right away. ¡°Calm down. We may be recorded a demerit for fight!¡±

    Chen Jie urged either, ¡°LaoSan, it¡¯s unwise. It would be better to ask the counselor to handle the affair, because we are the victim of the incident now. If we resort to fisticuff, we¡¯ll be the viin who are in the wrong and ashamed into anger to revenge. Other ssmates know XiaoBai well, thus they don¡¯t believe the stories at all, while only theizens who have no idea of the truth are tricked.

    He Bai was confused, he tried to digest the information in their words and made a conclusion, then he was surprised, ¡°Huang Wei ndered me online? When?

 Chapter 79 - A Hen-pecked â€œHusbandâ€ (4)

    <h4>Chapter 79: A Hen-pecked ¡°Husband¡± (4)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    The three paused, looking at him at the same time. Then, after realizing the doubts shining through He Bai¡¯s eyes, they couldn¡¯t help rushing to him, and became even more furious. ¡°While we¡¯re scratching our head in anxiousness about how to counterattack the nasty snobs, you have no idea of the ferocious battle online! ¡°Do you want to piss us off?¡±

    He Bai hurriedly begged for mercy, picked up his cell phone at the same time. Then a number of notifications above the screen came to his eyes just as he was about to open Weibo.

    ¡°Well, why are there so many unanswered and unread notifications?¡±

    The other three who were rubbing him looked at his screen then. They recalled what the guy here had done, including stayed out while lost contact all night, and how he skipped sses today. Everything he had done had crossed the limits of their endurance. Finally, they pressed him to the ground and hammered him.

    How irritating! A workaholic like him, sparing no attention on other matters, should leave school early than others once they got enough credits!

    Ten minutester, He Bai hid in the bathroom with messy hair. First of all, he called Xu Yinrong to justify himself about his work and missed sses. Next, he opened all the missed calls and messages, looking through ten lines at a nce. He was relieved to find it all from his roommates and Di Qiuhe. Finally, he called Di Qiuhe back.

    ¡°You are calling back finally?¡± The call got through at once, but Di Qiuhe was...

    ¡°I couldn¡¯t get in touch with you all day and night, huh?¡±

    Di Qiuhe had a soft and pleasant voice, talking in a rxed and calm tone. And he tended to elongate hisst syble, which made him sound like he was careless about everything, but that was attractive and seductive...Even Di did not speak out, He Bai knew that this guy was angry, very much.

    ¡°Well.¡± He cleared his throat and softened his voice, exined, ¡°I was busy with my work today, and my phone was in my backpack, that¡¯s why...¡±

    ¡°Saint Elephant.¡± Di interrupted him.

    He Bai was stunned. ¡°What?¡± Why did he mention Saint Elephant suddenly?

    ¡°The person who ndered you online is Huang Wei. He¡¯s your ssmate. It¡¯s Jin Cheng, boss of Saint Elephant, who assisted him make the post hot. But this is only the first step. Then Jin Cheng is about to ask one of the receptionists of the Saint Elephant to frame you that once she was sexually harassed by you. They intended to smear you thoroughly.

    He Bai was startled. How long had he left the Saint Elephant? Why did the boss who he had never met hate him so much? Why? Just because of the Jia family?

    ¡°Liu Huanhuan wants to meddle and intervene in, but I have already let Xiuwen find a way to warn her. She dares not do anything.¡± Di Qiuhe continued, his voice became fainter and calmer. ¡°You told me to focus on shooting, I obeyed; You told me to keep early hours, I obeyed; You told me not to deliver you anything, I obeyed. Whereas I told you to behave better in B city, you went MIA and yed traunt. Pup, I¡¯m incensed.¡± Di hang up the phone the moment he finished talking.

    ¡°Hello? No, Qiu...¡±

    ¡°Du, du, du¡±

    ¡°...¡±

    He Bai stared at the screen of his mobile phone and imagined Di Qiuhe hanging up the phone with a sour face. That was really a headache to him.

    ¡°I¡¯m screwed. Childish Di gets angry. It¡¯s my doomsday!¡± He Bai thought.

    There came a knocking sound.

    ¡°XiaoBai, are you constipated? What¡¯s taking you so long? Do you need glycerine enema? Niu Junjie said outside the bathroom. He then sighed in earnest, just like a parent who regretted after punishing his disobedient children, ¡°XiaoBai, we¡¯re not bullyragging you on purpose, it¡¯s just that your behaviorst night went too far.¡± Everyone was worried about you. Don¡¯t worry, we will face up to the nders online with you, those are just rumors, our ssmates know you very well. Take it easy.¡±

    He Bai, felt warm in the heart yet speechless at the same time, picked up his phone and opened the door. He took a look at the three concerned roommates outside, sighed, ¡°I¡¯m sorry to have worried you. Don¡¯t care about the nders. I¡¯ll manage it right away.¡±

    ¡°Ah?¡± Niu Junjie was stunned. ¡°That¡¯s it? Do you have any idea?

    He Bai nodded, rubbing his hands and clenching his fists, and sneered, ¡°Quite a lot.¡± Huang Wei, Saint Elephant, you were definitely ying with fire with your intrigues and plots.

    Turned on theputer, He Bai logged on to the Campus Network first, and checked his academic achievements in each semester and screenshot the records. Then he opened his personal email box, and screenshot the photo-editing correspondence had sent to Saint Elephant during part-time employment there. Next he turned to the short message page on the phone to screenshot his monthly sry notification text. Finally, he called Xu Yinrong to ask for the roster record of the students¡¯ grade registration, screenshot and pixted the irrelevant names, and RARed them together with the rest screenshots.

    The other three gaped at him doing all this.

    ¡°What else is there online besides revising my grades, vying for schrships and being a boy toy?¡± He Bai opened his Weibo, ignored the influx ofments and private messages, and uploaded screenshots one by one, while asking his roommates without even looking back.

    ¡°Bullying ssmates?¡± Niu Junjie recalled nkly.

    Wang Hu looked at He and added, ¡°Riding on rich ssmates¡¯ coattails.¡±

    Chen Jie set right his sses and said. ¡°Asocial, uncooperative, and immoral. Besides, you skipped sses.¡±

    He Bai nodded to show that he caught on, started typing and humming, ¡°How ridiculous Huang Wei is! No one in our ss has not revising the grades of homework, and he has done it twice. In addition, the schrship is evaluated by our teacher and issued by the school. How can I vie for it? He must have forgotten what the counselor had warned himst time. He doesn¡¯t even know why he doesn¡¯t have schrship. He deserves to be a cat¡¯s paw.

    ¡°Mostizen thought the revision of homework is quite normal, the most talked one is that you¡¯re being a boy toy.¡± Chen Jiewei frowned and said, ¡°It took only a few months for you from a Saint Elephant¡¯s retoucher to the Yi Ka apperal¡¯s garment photographer, and it happened that both of the person in charge who recruited you were women, thus Huang Wei...¡±

    ¡°Screw him and his dirty mind.¡± He Bai checked the edited content once, rectified the wrong word, and clicked on Send. Then he looked back at his three roommates and smiled, ¡°Well, the troubles online have been settled. Would you like to have a night snack? It¡¯s my treat.¡±

    They looked at each other and suspended thinking about the annoyances online, nodded and echoed, ¡°Of course, barbecue or kebab?¡±

    During having night snack, He Bai texted Di Qiuhe multiple times, but got no response. He wanted to call but was afraid of distract Di from filming. Gradually, he became restless.

    It was strange for him. After all, there were few things in the world could disturb him.

    ¡°Ha-ha-ha, now the table has turned for Huang Wei after only an hour or so! It serves him right! ¡°Niu Junjie took his cell phone,ughed and patted on his thigh frantically. He was overjoyed to the extent that he almost overturned the barbecue tray. ¡°You¡¯re a genius! XiaoBai. As soon as your sry screenshot is sent out,paring with the photo-editing quantity during employment, theizen are shocked. They express that talented and hardworking like you are, you ought to live like you¡¯re supported by someone!

    He Bai widened the distance from Niu with the phone, and then poured him a ss of iced orange juice. ¡°Drink it and calm down.¡±

    Niu Junjie ignored and kept on leafing through the webpage. He was even more hysterical when he saw something else. ¡°Ha-ha-ha, the monitor told Huang Wei to keep his phone on, because counselor would like to have a talk with him tomorrow morning.¡±

    ¡°Let him be.¡± Wang Hu patted He Bai on the shoulder and pulled the barbecue tray inward. ¡°He has suppressed all day and night. I¡¯m afraid he may wreak Huang Wei if we don¡¯t let him abreact.¡±

    ¡°He gets what he deserves! Sooner orter, I¡¯ll sack him up!¡± Niu Junjie looked up and responded unexpectedly, then looked down at his cell phone, bursting withughter. ¡°Thisizen are right on! He Bai makes decent money now, and it happens that the client he is working for is a fashion brand. What¡¯s wrong with him wearing some expensive clothes? It¡¯s pure jealousy! How could Huang gossip his own ssmate! A skilled liar as he, he would certainly do well if he is a tabloid editor, and he¡¯s definitely a dissipation of national education resources!¡±

    He Bai packed up his phone and decided to invite LaoSan to have a few more night snack, because he was deeply touched by LaoSan¡¯s reaction.

    On the filming set, Di Qiuhe finished today¡¯s workload. He took over his personal phone from Wang Boyi on his way back to room. He then opened the door and clicked his screen, looking through casually.

    There were more than 20 unread messages from He Bai! Never happened before! An unprecedented grace! It was outright unreasonable!

    He stood at the door, keeping the motion of pushing the door with one hand and clicking the phone with the other, numbed for half a minute.

    ¡°Childish Di?¡± Wang Boyi, who lived in the room next to Di¡¯s, seeing him keeping his body unmoved, tempted and reminded in earnest, ¡°You¡¯d better take an early rest as we¡¯ll fly to D zone tomorrow.¡±

    Di Qiuhe was surprised like wakening from a dream. He looked at Wang in an unfathomable expression, nodded and opened the door in a weird and prudent manner.

    Bang.

    The door was shut.

    Wang Boyi frowned with doubts.

    The way Childe Di just walked...as though he was strutting?

 Chapter 80 - Getting into a Dispute (1)

    <h4>Chapter 80: Getting into a Dispute (1)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Di Qiuhe leaned against the door and bowed to browse over the texts before the light was turned on.

    He Bai: Are you really mad at me?

    He Bai: Sorry for worrying you.

    He Bai: I¡¯ve been working all the day, so I set my phone to vibration mode and put it into the bag, thus not knowing you¡¯ve texted me.

    He Bai: I skipped ss and paid a visit to C Province together with a client.

    ...

    He Bai: The problem online was resolved. Thank you for helping find out the truth.

    ...

    He Bai: Are you still on the set? Get some rest when it¡¯s finished.

    Di Qiuhe examined these texts over and over again, his expression keeping changing. Considering that Little Puppy was sincere in what he was saying, he eventually epted his apology. Letting out a smiling groan, Di Qiuhe put on the light, walked to the bedside and reclined on the pillow, slowly typing: I just finished my work and will fly to D district tomorrow. I¡¯m relieved that you are aware of your mistake. Be a good boy, Little Puppy, or I¡¯ll...

    His phone beeped. Another text message came.

    He Bai: You must be knocking off this time, aren¡¯t you? Still angry?

    He Bai: Are you going to work at D district? I have couple days off for National Day holiday. Shall I go to see you?

    Di Qiuhe sat bolt upright, stared at these two texts for about ten seconds, deleted the words he already edited and gave He Bai a call immediately. No sooner did he get through than he began to talk, ¡°Little Puppy, I hope you aren¡¯t lying to me! See you on October 1st!¡±

    Di Qiuhe finished talking before He Bai said ¡°hello¡±, which made him burst intoughter. Di Qiuhe was so easy to be content that a little sop filled him with childlike delight.

    Peals of gentleughter came in a seemingly affectionate way when Di Qiuhe felt his ears were somehow burning. He raised his eyebrows and tried hard to appear fierce, ¡°What¡¯s so funny? It¡¯s you who made a mistake, so you¡¯re supposed to make an apology! And, it¡¯s necessary to... to give somepensation!

    ¡°Okay. I was wrong, and thank you for forgiving me. You¡¯re so magnanimous.¡± He Bai coaxed Di whiling checking photos he had taken today, ¡°It¡¯s not a lie. D district is very close to my hometown, so I can also go home to mourn for my parents after seeing you... Hey, wait a minute.¡±

    He Bai¡¯s smile faded when he had the picture erged. He frowned unconsciously, tried to distinguish the two women who appeared in the corner of the picture, and asked hesitantly, ¡°Qiuhe, is there any rtive of your family or Qin family in C Province?¡±

    At the very beginning, Di Qiuhe was delighted that He Bai woulde to D district, but his joy was reced by an indescribable nerviness when He Bai said he was about to go home to visit his parents¡¯ tomb. Before he figured out why, he was, however, told to ¡°wait a minute¡±, which put him on tenterhooks. He thought He Bai might go back on his words... Unexpectedly, the guy only asked him a question.

    Having experienced an up-and-down physiological activity, Di Qiuhe strangely calmed down and answered, ¡°No, there isn¡¯t. Why do you ask me this?¡±

    Having the phone wedged under his chin, He Bai quickly searched the Web for Qin Li¡¯s photo, made a meticulousparison between two pictures and then replied, ¡°I¡¯m organizing the photos I took at the airport of C Province today, only to find that there¡¯s a woman who bears a striking resemnce to your stepmother in the corner of one picture. What¡¯s more, she is apanied by a teenage girl, who I suspect is your sister Di Chunhua. I¡¯ll send you the photo. Turn on yourputer and make sure whether they are your stepmother and sister or not.¡±

    Di Qiuhe was surprised, for things were beyond his expectation. He slightly frowned, answered ¡®yes¡¯ and turned on theputer.

    One minuteter, He Bai sent the photo over. Di Qiuhe followed his instructions to erge its right lower part and saw at a nce Qin Li and Di Chunhua carrying luggage among the crowd.

    ¡°Are they your stepmother and younger sister?¡± asked He Bai.

    ¡°Yes, they are.¡± Di Qiuhe¡¯s brows furrowed when he tried to figure out why they went to C Province. Suddenly something shed through his mind. He strode toward the wardrobe, knocked the suitcase down and took out several business ns from the inteyer that Di Bian had given him. Di Qiuhe flipped through one of them and couldn¡¯t helpughing, ¡°Little Puppy, you are really my lucky star.¡±

    ¡°What do you mean?¡± He Bai asked, looking puzzled.

    A smile spread across Di Qiuhe¡¯s face. He stood up, took the n to the bedside and sat down, looking out of the window at the night sky. A smirk emerged on his face when he answered in a low voice, ¡°The couple who always makes a public disy of affection eventually gets into a dispute.¡±

    ¡°What?¡±

    ¡°I want to send you a present, Little Puppy.¡± Di Qiuhe stopped smirking immediately, as if he had always been serious.

    ¡°Don¡¯t go crazy.¡±

    Di Qiuhe browsed through the business n and asked happily, ¡°Would you like D district¡¯s specialty or jade from the border?¡±

    ¡°... No, thanks, I just want to know what youughed at.¡±

    ¡°Well, I¡¯ll send you both.¡± Di Qiuhe made the final decision when he closed the document.

    He Bai frowned but asked patiently, ¡°What did those two go to C Province for? For travel?¡±

    ¡°Do you want to know?¡± Di Qiuhe¡¯s voice was soft and gentle.

    ¡°Yes, I do.¡± He Bai replied. There was a nk expression on his face.

    ¡°Then beg me.¡± Di Qiuhe got cocky.

    ¡°...¡±

    ¡°Or call me ¡®sweet¡¯ and say goodnight to me.¡± There was joy in his voice.

    He Bai kept silent for seconds, then took a deep breath and roared, ¡°Go to hell! I¡¯m not leaving for D district! I¡¯ll work an extra shift on National Day! Goodbye!¡±

    His voice rose to such a deafening pitch that Di Qiuhe shook like a leaf and unconsciously moved the mobile phone away. After he moved it back, Di Qiuhe dared not tease He Bai, exining, ¡°I was only kidding, Bai. My stepmother went to C Province because...¡±

    ¡°Beep...¡±

    ¡°...¡±

    Di Qiuhe was dumbfounded. He put down the cell phone and carefully dialed He Bai¡¯s number again.

    ¡°Sorry, the subscriber you dialed is power off.

    His heart sank.

    Di Qiuhe stood for several seconds, his head bowed. He searched out Jiang Xiuwen¡¯s number, dialed it and asked in a shrill tone, ¡°I got on Bai¡¯s nerves. He switched off the phone and told me he wouldn¡¯te to D area to see me. Now what?¡±

    Jiang Xiuwen: ¡°... You can go to hell.¡±

    His words drove Di Qiuhe to despair.

    Having had a sound sleep, He Bai turned on his phone, only to find that Di Qiuhe sent him more than 30 text messagesst night and that thest one was sent over at 1 a.m.

    He frowned and typed hard: Sleep early next time, or I¡¯ll give you a thrashing!¡±

    Di Qiuhe¡¯s text came immediately: Just this once, sir.

 Chapter 81 - Getting into a Dispute (2)

    <strong>Chapter 81: Getting into a Dispute (2)</strong>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    It was quite surprising that Di Qiuhe should learn to act like a good boy. He Bai¡¯s face turned less clouded. He flipped through those texts and forgave the guy for his smugness yesterday, typing to ask: What are you going to do with it?

    Di Qiuhe: Report to my father urately, letting them fight like cat and dog.

    Recalling the chaotic situation in his family, He Bai frowned and replied: Remember not to put yourself into trouble.

    Di Qiuhe: Don¡¯t worry. I can handle it.

    Entertainmentpany as it was, Huangdu sat its foot in some hot lucrative industries, such as real estate of C Province, which was a gold mine they had been coveting. The business ns Di Bian gave Di Qiuhe were about programs that Qin family strongly supported in Huangdu, and the reason behind lied in the fact that Di Bian hoped Di Qiuhe could ruin those programs at the right opportunity so that Qin family had little say in how Huangdu was run

    It was obvious that Di Bian resolved to drive Qin family out of Huangdu despite the cost, in which his dissatisfaction with Qin family was fairly manifested.

    And now, Qin Li who was supposed to take a holiday with his daughter abroad actually appeared at the airport of C Province without Di Bian¡¯s permission, and Qin¡¯s staffers seemed to follow her, which deserved rumination.

    Considering that Qin family hoped to form a matrimonial alliance with Liu family recently, Di Qiuhe made an informed guess: Qin Li was quite dissatisfied with Di Bian, so her calctions changed ordingly. Previously, she made every effort to push Di Qiuhe aside so that she could achievepete dominance in Huangdu and they four could live a happy life. However, she now aimed at appropriating Di¡¯s belongings to back Qin family, involving Qin family in entertainment business by means of matrimonial tie topete against Huangdu, and finally living a happy life with her two children.

    That was to say, Qin Li excluded Di Bian from her future nning and saw he as an enemy now.

    ¡°Does he work for Qin Mingqiang?¡± Di Qiuhe pointed at the man in the corner of the photo who stood five meters away from Qin Li and asked Assistant An.

    ¡°Definitely, he...¡± An Xixi cast a sidelong nce at Wang Boyi, biting her lip and replying, ¡°He¡¯s my ex-boyfriend¡¯s uncle. Although he holds a rather lowly position in Qin¡¯s Company, the man was in fact a trusted subordinate of Elder Master Qin.¡±

    Her words brought no reaction from Wang Boyi, who stayed calm and didn¡¯t seem to care her former cheating. ¡°Your ex-boyfriend appeared to have every confidence in you by telling you this.¡± Di Qiuhe tapped the photo and paid no heed to An Xixi who went stiff with embarrassment. Then he looked at Wang Boyi and said, ¡°Go to tell my father that I¡¯ve received a photo on which there urred Qin Li, and you caught sight of her identally.¡±

    ¡°Yes, Master Di.¡± Wang Boyiplied respectfully.

    Seeing Wang Boyi even hated the sight of her, An Xixi bowed her head, dejected.

    After two assistants left, Di Qiuhe picked up his phone, found out a number he hadn¡¯t rung for a long time and dialed it.

    ¡°Hello, who¡¯s speaking?¡± A husky, gravelly male voice came.

    ¡°It¡¯s me, Uncle Ke.¡± Di Qiuhe walked to the window and went straight to the point, ¡°Strife between Huangdu and Qin family has begun. It¡¯s high time Huading had its day by targeting the real estate of C Province.¡±

    After a brief silence, an infectiousughter came, ¡°Awesome! I can¡¯t imagine this day wille so soon. Qiuhe, you¡¯re much more determined and industrious than I expected.¡±

    ¡°No,¡± Di Qiuhe looked back at the golden dog on the table which was seemingly one of the pair with that he gave He Bai and shed a smile, ¡°I¡¯m just luckier than you expected.¡±

    Byte September, He Bai almost finished his work at Jun Chen¡¯s Studio.

    ¡°You¡¯ve had a long tiring month.¡± Jun Chen poured He Bai a cup of scented tea and reclined in a rattan chair. Bathed in the afternoon sun, his arresting appearance seemed not so striking as before. Instead, there urred an air of fairyism on him. ¡°There¡¯s only one MV cover left. Time flies, doesn¡¯t it?¡±

    Since the trip to C Province, the two struck up a friendship and talked more openly.

    ¡°Do you think I won¡¯t ask you for a red packet when you say so?¡± teased He Bai. He rubbed his shoulders, took a sip of the tea and heaved a sigh of relief, asking, ¡°Why I haven¡¯t seen Xu Ying these days? Where did he go?

    Speaking of this man, Jun Chen became grim-faced and turned his head, replying coldly, ¡°He went somewhere to take pictures.¡±

    ¡°Take pictures?¡± He Bai got puzzled and sounded him out after a brief silence, ¡°Has he had a new target?¡±

    ¡°Yes,¡± Jun Chen answered with no emotion, ¡°He¡¯s bound to leave here sooner orter, thus necessarily finding another way out. Maybe it¡¯s good for both of us, for his ideal life is nothing more than to take photos he likes and hold lively photo exhibitions, while the boring and regr shooting work here will surely get him bored, which I¡¯m not d to see. How about you? Would you like to join my studio and seed him as my exclusive photographer?¡±

    Having worked together with Jun Chen for these days, He Bai found that he was the sort of person who seemed difficult to get along with but in fact cherished friendships greatly. Aware that Jun Chen was only kidding, He Bai smiled and shook his head, replying, ¡°No, thanks. I like to photograph different people, so it¡¯s unlikely for me to stay at a regr ce and shoot one person only.¡±

    Jun Chen cracked a faint smile and sighed, ¡°You two are quite alike in your disposition¡ªboth unwilling to shoot only one person... Well, it¡¯s not a bad thing. At least, we can keep a feeling of freshness for each other and have cooperationter.¡±

    Hearing his words, He Bai cast a sidelong nce at him and shifted the topic, ¡°Is the pet model for tomorrow¡¯s MV ready? I hope it isn¡¯t a big dog which is difficult to get along with, in case neither the director nor I could handle it.¡±

    ¡°Yes, it¡¯s ready.¡± Jun Chen took a mouthful of tea and added, ¡°You may rest assured that it¡¯s a docile dog which has shooting experience. So you¡¯ll have no problem in taking photos of it. By the way, could you give me a hand to create some hype for the album?¡±

    He Bai paused and then asked with puzzlement, ¡°How? What can I do for you?¡±

    Jun Chen raised his eyebrows and said smilingly, ¡°I heard that you were vilified on the Inte a few days ago. Although you rified what the truth was, things that happened between you and your formerpany were dug up, which flooded our screen for many days. Would you mind me, a has-been singer, creating some hype for my album with the aid of your poprity?¡±

    He Bai was amused and answered, ¡°Definitely not. Just do whatever you want.¡±

    Based on his ce in the entertainment world, there¡¯s no need for Jun Chen to ride on He Bai¡¯s coattail. Instead, he intended to take the opportunity to help rify why He Bai skipped ss that day. In addition, it would inevitably raise He Bai¡¯s profile in the entertainment industry and pave the way for his future development!

 Chapter 82 - Getting into a Dispute (3)

    <h4>Chapter 82: Getting into a Dispute (3)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Later on, when those Z-list celebrities sent him invitation letters, He Bai could turn them down in Jun Chen¡¯s name and didn¡¯t need to trouble Little Mermaid.

    Above all, Jun Chen was taking a bit of a risk in inviting him, one who had a half-negative image online, to help promoting the album. How loyal and generous he was!

    After receiving the news from Wang Boyi, Di Bian flew to D district in person and met Di Qiuhe secretly, of which Qin Li had absolutely no inkling.

    ¡°What¡¯s it all about?¡± Di Bian asked directly without inquiring after Di Qiuhe.

    ncing at people following Di Bian, Di Qiuhe feigned a hesitant and worried look. He took out erged photos from the backpack, handed them to Di Bian and said after a hesitation, ¡°Dad, you must know I made the acquaintance of a junior schoolmate months ago and had a good rtionship with him. He worked at Yi Ka. The other day, he went with Jun Chen, a singer, to C province... The photos were taken by him identally at the airport. You can have a look.¡±

    Di Bian took the photos and browsed them through, his brows furrowed. He turned around to hand them to his subordinates, looked at Di Qiuhe and questioned him, ¡°Since they¡¯re taken several days ago, why don¡¯t you tell me earlier?¡±

    Di Qiuhe slightly drooped his eyes, as if upset by Di Bian¡¯s tone of voice, and replied, ¡°I haven¡¯t noticed before that there are Aunt Qin and Chunhua in the pictures. It¡¯s Assistant Wang who spotted them and reminded me of it. Later on, he told me that Aunt Qin originally said she would go on holiday abroad with Chunhua. I felt that something was amiss, so I... Dad, even Assistant Wang can get in contact with you, but I can¡¯t. I really feel a bit defeated.¡± Speaking of this, Di Qiuhe gave a self-mocking smile and threw his head back, without looking at Di Bian.

    At this time, Di Bian¡¯s subordinates finished checking the photos and signaled at Di Bian from under the table that these pictures were neither retouched nor faked.

    Di Bian¡¯s face fell, and at the same time his suspicion of Di Qiuhe was ayed. Seeing him look sad, Di Bian felt a paternal love well up within him. His expression became less stern when he said in a gentle voice, ¡°You are busy with your acting career, so I dare not visit you at any time, in case I disturbed you. The only thing I can do is to ask Assistant Wang to take good care of you. I was wrong. Forgive me, Qiuhe. Now our family was about to fall apart, while Xia Song stayed abroad who I can¡¯t count upon. As for Chunhua, she has been at odds with me for your Aunt Qin led her astray. Both thepany and the family were in a terrible mess, I...¡±

    ¡°Dad,¡± Di Qiuhe interrupted him. Seeing Di Bian softened towards him and seemed partial to him, Di Qiuhe seized the opportunity and changed his attitude, soothing him, ¡°things may not be as bad as you expected. Perhaps Aunt Qin felt it troublesome to go abroad and thus took Chunhua with her to have a trip at home. Last time Chunhua was seriously told off on the Inte. Rest and rxation can do good to her.¡±

    ¡°You are too simple to be on the alert for your family, Qiuhe.¡± Di Bian shook his head and sighed, ¡°Do you remember those business ns I handed youst time? Qin Li headed for C Province secretly to help Qin family scramble for programs from Huangdu. Her heart hasn¡¯t been in our family.¡±

    ¡°Howe she...¡± Di Qiuhe looked pretty shocked.

    ¡°I did nothing but sacked a few idlers who worked for Qin family from Huangdu... How could she treat me in this way and disappoint me bitterly?¡± A look of sullen resentment appeared on Di Bian¡¯s face. He dropped his shoulder as if an old man, ¡°No doubt that she intends to rob Huangdu to pay Qin family. Deep in her heart, she doesn¡¯t see herself as member of Di family any more...¡±

    Di Qiuhe seemed deeply shocked by the news and couldn¡¯t say anything at all.

    ¡°Therefore, Qiuhe, we can¡¯t allow Huangdu to copse and Qin family to tower over it.¡± Seeing Di Qiuhe in a trance, Di Bian grasped the opportunity to have him brainwashed. He sat bolt upright and slightly approached him, coaxing in a deep voice, ¡°You must be on my side, Qiuhe! It¡¯s quite difficult for me to make any move in B City, and I have no one to rely upon but you. We can give up the business in C Province, but it can¡¯t be captured by Qin family! Qiuhe, I¡¯m getting old. Help me defend our home, please.¡±

    Di Qiuhe was profoundly moved, his expression keeping changing. Pondering it over for a long time, he made up his mind, stared straight into Di Bian¡¯s eyes and replied, ¡°Sure, with pleasure. I¡¯m willing to do anything to keep our family from crumbling.¡±

    Di Bian rejoiced at his words and hurried to take a document from one of his subordinates. He opened it and said, ¡°I have a team at hand, of which Qin Li and her family have no idea. Now they are at yourmand. You shall lead them to...¡±

    Di Qiuhe pretended to listen carefully, though he felt it extremely ironic.

    The drama finally started.

    As the shooting of thest MV cover was finished, He Bai built up a collection of snaps he took when apanying Jun Chen to C Province and posted it on WeiBo as nned. Also, in the post, he showed his appreciation of Jun Chen¡¯s recognition online, talked about his understanding of shooting, and expressed his sincere wishes that Jun Chen¡¯s new album could be a hit.

    Jun Chen¡¯s Studio immediately retweeted He Bai¡¯s post via its official WeiBo ount, returned his thanks, and revealed something new about the album.

    He Bai¡¯s poprity soared after a whole series of things happened one after another: being vilified, making rification,izens¡¯ expose of the person who vilified him as well as the behind-the-scene boss of Saint Elephant, and getting considerable sympathy from them for working for such a boss at the very beginning. Peoplemented that geniuses¡¯ path to fame was always full of trouble and misfortune. Coupled with the fact that He Bai had been a hotly talked about figure for some time while doing his shooting homework at the amusement park and made a good impression on passers-by, his post that promoted Jun Chen¡¯s new album flooded the screen immediately.

    The news that a popr photographer joined hands with famous God of Song hit the headline instantly.

    Netizen No. 1: What? Jun Chen! It¡¯s more than half a year since he started to make his new album! The tears I shed are tears of joy!

    Netizen No. 2: Ha-Ha, those rumormongers have been bitterly attacking He Bai for ying truant, why they stop now? Mr. He hasn¡¯t missed sses in campus until that day due to work! Dare you say you have never skipped any ss or work for something important? Nobody¡¯s perfect. Do you rumormongers have any sense of shame?

    Netizen No.3: I am also willing to skip ss only if I had the opportunity to shoot for Jun Chen!

    Netizen No.4: Originally, I thought He Bai could take good pictures of teenage girls only, only to find that collective photos he took were also pretty. It¡¯s not until now that Ie to know... god, he takes better photographs of men! These photos simply changed my impression of Jun Chen! Previously, I only dare to watch him from a distance, but now I really want to rush in and give him a hug! I¡¯m about to be a fanboy!

    Netizen No.5: He Bai, would you mind my asking whether you gonna dump Qiuhe? Please don¡¯t...

 Chapter 83 - Getting into a Dispute (4)

    <h4>Chapter 83: Getting into a Dispute (4)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    The hype creating n ended with a bang, and He Bai¡¯s poprity scaled a new high after heated discussions of Jun Chen¡¯s fans flooded the screen! Besides, He Bai finally attained a very important ce in the entertainment industry and was seen an excellent and popr photographer who could take on prominent shooting work instead of the former talented neer!

    From a retoucher to a photographer, from photographing unknown hosts at TV Station to shooting album covers for God of Song, He Bai rose to prominence from nothing like magic and caught the attention of people at the top of the entertainment industry immediately. Lin Xia hung up on the fifth person who called to sound out Yi Ka¡¯s opinion and sighed with joy and sorrow.

    Happily, Jun Chen¡¯s album won such great poprity before it was officiallyunched, and Small Mermaid was bound to be a hot ticket ordingly. However, once the album cover met with sess, He Bai would leave Yi Ka soon.

    She sighed, picked up the mobile phone and dialed Zhu Ke¡¯s number, asking in a slightly helpless way, ¡°Sister Ke, how¡¯s it going in looking for a new costume photographer...¡±

    National Day wasing. He Bai temporarily handed over his WeiBo ount to the staffer who was in charge of it and boarded a ne to D District with his luggage on September 30th.

    It got cooler and cooler after the advent of autumn. He Bai straightened his cor, adjusted his mask and sunsses, and appeared outside the shooting base with his luggage.

    The shooting of Jiang Guanshan¡¯s new film Cheng¡¯s Army was shrouded in secrecy, and all the crew signed a non-disclosure agreement for this reason, while a strange young man carrying luggage suddenly turned up outside the isted base, which made the security personnel on high alert. Afraid that the man was a paparazzi some well-informed newspaper sent, they hurriedly went ahead to drive him out under a familiar pretext, ¡°Please detour. The road is under construction.¡±

    He Bai took off his sunsses and mask, gave the security guards a pleasant smile and said, ¡°Hello, my teacher Xu Yinrong assigned me to send some materials over. This is my calling card. Please notify Director Jiang of my visit.¡±

    Dumbfounded, the two guards took He Bai¡¯s card and had a look. Then they became friendly and smiled, ¡°You turn out to be Mr. Xu¡¯s student. Director has been waiting for you. Please follow me.¡±

    He Bai nodded, hauled his luggage and followed them into the base.

    On the set, Di Qiuhe finished his acting, took the mobile phone from Wang Boyi and turned it on, to find that He Bai still made no reply to his text, his eyebrows drooped unconsciously.

    It was several days sincest call. Little Puppy suddenly became busy and did neither answer his phone nor return his texts, even not mentioning that he woulde to D District. It seemed that he had forgotten this thing.

    He must be angry...

    Di Qiuhe looked at a corner of the set and fell into a state of deep depression.

    Tomorrow was National Day. Little Puppy might have returned home. Even if he rushed back to B City, he was likely to miss He Bai...

    ¡°Master Di, Director Jiang said that there would be tourists everywhere these days, so is our base. For the sake of secrecy, the crew can take three days off. Shall I book a ticket to B City for you?¡± Wang Boyi who had just asked about those things came over and said respectfully.

    Di Qiuhe earthed to himself, cast a nce at his mobile screen and shook his head gently, ¡°Don¡¯t do that. I¡¯m waiting for...¡±

    ¡°What are you waiting for?¡±

    A familiar voice came from two steps away.

    Di Qiuhe halted and turned his head for he couldn¡¯t believe his ears. His eyes grew wide in anticipation when he pushed aside Wang Boyi who watched out for the sound and strode toward the young man carrying a suitcase. He kept a straight face and unconsciously clenched his fist.

    ¡°Why do you react in this way?¡± He Bai raised his eyebrows, reached out his hand to straighten Di Qiuhe¡¯s cor and pinched the bulging muscles on his arm, asking deliberately, ¡°Are you braced for a fight?¡±

    Di Qiuhe stared at him, and the part He Bai touched had an uncontrolled temperature. He cleared his throat, suddenly he stretched his arm to hold He Bai in his arms, rubbed his head against He Bai¡¯s hair, and said this while gritting his teeth, ¡°Little Puppy, I hate such a surprise.¡±

    ¡°You call this a surprise?¡± He Bai slightly moved his body, for he was still unustomed to his way of expressing happiness. He raised his head backwards and said, ¡°I told you before I woulde to see you on National Day, so it isn¡¯t a surprise.¡±

    Di Qiuhe raised his hand to hold the back of He Bai¡¯s head, pulled him back to his arms, and carried him to the resting chair regardless of his struggle and shouting. Then he squatted down, put his hands on the armrests, looked up to He Bai and said in a deep voice, ¡°Little Puppy, I ...¡±

    ¡°Wait!¡± He Bai patted Di Qiuhe on the head and interrupted him, turning his head to signal Wang Boyi to carry his suitcase over.

    Having guessed who he was based on Di Qiuhe¡¯s reaction, Wang Boyi obediently helped him take the suitcase over.

    He Bai thanked him, bent down to open the suitcase and took his camera out from inside. Turning it on and setting it, he focused the camera on Di Qiuhe who was squatting in front of him, patted him on the head and pressed the man, ¡°Show me the look again, please. It¡¯s so charming as if a wolf sees its prey. It seems that you maintain the sympathy with the role you yed, really awesome. My teacher assigned me a task this time. Be quick, please!¡±

    Di Qiuhe who almost bared his heart on impulse: ¡°...¡±

    ¡°Hmm,¡± He Bai put down the camera and looked at him unhappily, ¡°I shouldn¡¯t have praised you. Just in a sh, you turn from a wolf to a dog. Why don¡¯t you make a good showing? Show your teeth, quickly!¡±

    Di Qiuhe started at him.

    ¡°Hurry up, or my vacation will be ruined without homework.¡± He Bai raised the camera again. ¡°...¡±

    ¡°You childish!¡± He Bai yelled in a threatening tone of voice.

    Wang Boyi frowned and felt that the student would get a thrashing for his impudence.

    Di Qiuhe bowed his head, his hands gripped and loosened once again. Then he looked up at He Bai and shed a smile, ¡°... like that?¡±

    Wang Boyi who was ready to stop the thrashing: ¡°...¡±

    ¡°Good. . . Can you be a little more aggressive?¡±

    Di Qiuhe slightly lowered his head and drooped his eyebrows, asking, ¡°Is it okay?¡±

    ¡°Barely.¡± He Bai showed less enthusiasm.

    Di Qiuhe hurriedly changed his expression to meet his requirement.

    Wang Boyi who looked on in silence was at a loss this time, and it struck him that his master, when faced with the younger schoolmate, was quite like a dog.

 Chapter 84 - Fxxk... (1)

    <h4>Chapter 84: Fxxk... (1)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    He adjusted his facial expression time and again, whereas He Bai was not content. Thus Di Qiuhe was getting impatient, with his eyebrows furrowed unconsciously and his body stressed, and his eyes were filled with distress and depression as he considered himself helpless.

    Click.

    ¡°That¡¯s great.¡± He Bai put down camera and fondled Di¡¯s hair in ways of patting a dog, grinning from ear to ear, while extruding the left dimple on his face, which made hisugh somewhat detestable. ¡°Childish Di,e on, left hand.¡±

    Staring at the white palm, Di Qiuhe got close to and grasped it instinctively, while raised his eyebrows the moment he realized something was wrong, then looking at He seriously, and gnashed again. ¡°Pup!¡±

    At the very moment, He Bai raised his camera and clicked agilely, then there followed a shutter sound.

    Di was freezing in the cruel expression.

    ¡°Done.¡± He Bai patted Di on the shoulder and looked down to check the final image.

    Upon seeing He¡¯s smile of satisfaction, Di Qiuhe¡¯s anger just stirred up vanished and he calmed down. He had no other way. All right, now that he was several years older than Pup, it was his responsibility to be patient.

    He Bai was lighted up with pleasure. He turned off the camera, stretched out his hand to pull Di Qiuhe, who was still squatting in front of him. Looking around, he saw no other chair, thus he sat down shoulder by shoulder beside Di, and inquired, ¡°When I just came here, I heard that the crew was going to have a holiday. Do you get to have days off as well?¡±

    For rxing, Di Qiuhe¡¯s rest chair was ratherfortable, which was enough to amodate two men sitting down side by side. However, Di Qiuhe had ulterior motives, thus he couldn¡¯t help but stood up promptly when he felt He¡¯s breath spraying on his shoulder. He concealed his nervousness by taking a bottle of water from the water tank beside him and gave it to He Bai. Then he leaned sideways to a pir beside and tried to give a natural response. ¡°Yeah, three-day-off, enough to treat you well.¡±

    He Bai hold the water bottle, watching Di leaning on the pir in a deliberate posture, smiled but not exposed Di in this delicate situation, and replied, ¡°Great, I have five days off, enough to finish my assignment and y with you.¡±

    Wang Boyi came up at the proper moment and put a chair beside He Bai.

    He Bai looked at Wang Boyi and thanked him with a friendly smile.

    Di Qiuhe took a look at Wang Boyi likewise, then he stepped over and sat down, made a brief introduction about Wang after meeting He¡¯s confused gaze. Then he turned to Wang and said, ¡°You and assistant An deserve some rest as well. Come back to the studio on time three dayster and contact me by phone if it¡¯s necessary.¡±

    ¡°Yes, Master Di.¡± Wang Boyi responded respectfully, nodded politely to He Bai and turned away.

    He Bai watched the one leaving, narrowed his eyes and thought for a while, then he turned around and asked, ¡°Is Wang the assistant your father arranged for you? You bribed him?¡±

    ¡°Yeah.¡± Di Qiuhe nodded and replied in candor, ¡°I looked him up and got some of his dark history. Now he¡¯s working for me.¡±

    He Bai was amazed. ¡°Wield both the carrot and the stick?¡±

    Di Qiuhe was somewhat perturbed when exining it to He Bai. He was fond of He Bai, and hoped He Bai could care for him as well, the real him. He never concealed his malice and calction to his family before He Bai, and he was not intending to conceal himself before subordinates or outsiders in the future.

    It would be nice for him if He Bai could ept him like this, otherwise...Then he shall find another way to be epted step by step. Fortunately, He Bai responded him the best, no repulsive but absolute eptance and trust.

    ¡°Well, the carrot and the stick is an outmoded method, but it works.¡± He couldn¡¯t help but be happier, which could be seen from his eyes for he thought he loved the right guy. Pup was considerate, far better than he thought.

    He Bai raised his eyebrows to pretend he was irritated when he saw Di was showing off. But he swallowed the teasing words on the tip of his tongue as he saw from a distance that the staff around director Jiang left one by one. Then he put down the water bottle and stood up, ¡°I¡¯m going to say hello to director Jiang. Are youing with me?¡±

    Di Qiuhe looked back at director Jiang, restrained himself and got up, and then went over with He Bai.

    Yang Wentian just finished talking with Jiang Guanshan and left, and met He and Di halfway. Di Qiuhe took the initiative to say hello to Yang, who replied and made fun of Di, seeming quite close.

    He Bai looked curiously at Di Qiuhe, who appeared as a totally different person, regretting that he hadn¡¯t brought the camera with him, otherwise, he could shoot Di¡¯s countenance right now.

    Jiang Guanshan was talking to the assistant director. He saw Di Qiuheing when he raised his eyes, then he raised hand and waved to Di before the one came near, and said, ¡°Qiuhe, you¡¯re right on time. I forgot to tell your assistant that Dong Ni will be on the set after the holiday. Your first co-star y is wire work, and it will be very strenuous. So please don¡¯t overtax your energy on your vacation, and make sure you have a good rest. Your shooting assignment will be heavier after Dong Ni back.¡±

    Hearing Dong Ni was mentioned, Di Qiuhe looked at He Bai beside, and then withdrew his sight hurriedly after catching the doubtful look of He, he looked back at Jiang Guanshan and replied. ¡°I see, director Jiang.¡±

    Jiang then noticed He Bai standing beside Di Qiuhe, who looked unfamiliar, and frowned a bit.

    He Bai gave a smile right away, then took out his business card and a USB disk, handed it to Jiang respectfully with both hands, then made a self-introduction politely, ¡°Nice to meet you, director Jiang, I¡¯m He Bai. This is the material that my master, Mr. Xu Yinrong, asked me to deliver to you. Sorry to have kept you waiting, sir.¡±

    Jiang Guanshan eased down when he heard it, with his eyes full of kindness. He epted the business card and looked at it. Then he handed the USB disk to the assistant director and held out his hand to He Bai. ¡°You¡¯re LaoXu¡¯s little disciple. Thank you for taking the hard trip. I heard from LaoXu that you would like toplete your assignment on the set. Make yourself at home, but no sh please.¡±

    He Bai held Jiang¡¯s hand with both hands promptly, paused for a few seconds and then let go of it sensibly. With a pleasant smile on his face, he thanked Jiang for the opportunity to shoot, and then sincerely promised that he would never cause any trouble to the crew.

    Di Qiuhe, who considered He Bai was just about to make a simple greeting, frowned and looked at He with the head ant.

    After parting Jiang Guanshan, they left the base. He Bai went back with Di to the hotel where the crew stayed and prepared for dinner and rest.

    ¡°Did you formally acknowledge Elder Xu as your master?¡± After backing to the room, Di Qiuhe, who had suppressed his curiosity all the way, finally could not help questioning.

    He Bai took off his coat, slumped on the sofa and nodded, ¡°Well, not long ago.¡±

    Di Qiuhe nced at the waist figure and long legs of He, sidled over to put He¡¯s suitcase beside the wardrobe. Then he turned around and sat down on the edge of the bed, frowning at He, and finally posed an aggrieved question, ¡°So you¡¯re not here for me but Jiang?¡±

    He Bai was amazed, cast a nce at Di funnily and kicked him with foot. ¡°And that¡¯s why you wore a sour face all the way. How naive you are to be bothered about by it.¡±

    Di Qiuhe mped He¡¯s leg to keep He from breaking away without saying a word, He was apparently sulking.

    With such a temperament, He Bai thought, the upper limit of Di¡¯s mental age was three-year-old at most!

    He Bai felt disappointed, stopped struggling and moved his body. He then exined, ¡°Visiting you is my paramount purpose, and delivering material is in passing. I was too busy toplete two weeks¡¯ photography assignment when I took the cover for Jun Chen, and master heard that I wasing to you during National Day holidays, he asked me to bring the material and then gave me a new assignment after asking Jiang¡¯s advice.¡±

    After hearing the exnation, Di Qiuhe was in a better mood. He saw He Bai lying in front, then his eyebrows eased and mouth curled up on the sly, asked, ¡°You were shooting me as soon as you get here. Am I your new assignment?¡±

    ¡°No.¡± He Bai denied mercilessly.

    Di Qiuhe wore a poker face as soon as he was frustrated. He loosened He Bai¡¯s leg, stooped to grasp He¡¯s ankle and pulled it, cing He¡¯s leg onto his knees and holding it down to keep He from moving.

    ¡°Hey!¡± He Bai did not see thating, and he was almost jumping out from his skin. Thus he kicked Di with his other leg, and rebuked, ¡°How could you behave like a kid. You¡¯re not like this when I first met you...Let it go! My assignment this time is to snapshot the protagonists in your crew, and then manage to edit the rest of the crew into the same scene for making posters, or to snapshot an applicable crew image during filming. So yes I am taking photo of you but not just you, do you understand?

    Di Qiuhe held both He Bai¡¯s legs down altogether, and then with a neat drag, pulled He Bai down from the sofa directly.

    ¡°What the fuck!¡± He Bai broke away from the sofa and was about to fall down.

    Di Qiuhe stretched out his arms to support He Bai¡¯s back, moved his legs forward and put his hand back,ying He Bai steadily across his leg.

    He Bai: ¡°...¡±

    Di Qiuhe was satisfied, grinned with a gentle smile. ¡°You have no need to snapshot others, because I¡¯m the leading role during the two days after the holiday, just shoot me.¡±

    He Bai loosened his hand, which was at Di¡¯s waist for keeping his body bnce, then lifted Di¡¯s shirt resolutely.

 Chapter 85 - Fxxk... (2)

    <strong>Chapter 85: Fxxk... (2)</strong>

    Di Qiuhe¡¯s facial expression and his whole body froze, daring not to move, and stuttered, ¡°You, what are you doing?¡±

    He Bai sneered, put his palm on Di¡¯s waist as soon as lifting Di¡¯s shirt. Then, after sensing a sudden quiver in his hand, he bent his fingers and scratched Di, weighting his body to bump against Di aside, and finally he was on top. He sneered, ¡°Is there any connection between muscle and power? How dare you to tease me, Childish Di. I¡¯m afraid that you have no idea about what you¡¯re up against!

    Looking upward to downward, He Bai¡¯s small Adam¡¯s apple seemed to be right under his nose, to the extent that he could kiss He Bai whenever he got up slightly. He Bai¡¯s hand was lingering in his body, and their legs were intimately contacted...Di Qiuhe¡¯s ears were flushed first, and then extended to neck and cheeks.

    To avoid being detected by He Bai, Di swiftly counter-restrained He Bai, who then lied upon his stomach and was pressed at back to keep him from turning over. Then Di lifted He Bai¡¯s skirt, touching his waist with a reserved scratch, and retorted, ¡°I think it¡¯s you that will beg for mercy today.¡±

    He Bai struggled to get free and intended tounch a backhand attack. Then he protested. ¡°You fool, I¡¯m not ticklish, let me go!¡±

    He Bai¡¯s skin was smooth and warm, and soft forck of exercise, which was totally different from Di¡¯s stiff muscles. Di was almost choked before he realized that he had to stop before it was toote. However, lust and desire drove him to stretch his hand in again, then grasped the thin waist and kneaded instinctively.

    ¡°Fxxk...¡±

    He Bai gave a sudden low scolding while his body quivered.

    Di Qiuhe froze as he was conscious of something. He tenderly pinched where he had just grasped.

    ¡°Hmm.¡±

    He Bai grunted, trapped in bed feebly. But a few secondster, he struggled even more. His ears, which could be seen, were reddish, and his intonation revealed that he was ashamed into anger. ¡°Childish Di, let me go! Mercy!¡±

    Di Qiuhe was really getting in the mood by He Bai¡¯s soft breath and muffled hum, then he noticed that his cock was about to get erected. Thus he pulled the quilt over He Bai¡¯s head. After that, he got up promptly, rushed into the bathroom and locked himself inside.

    ¡°Asshole Childish Di!¡± He Bai snatched the quilt off ashamedly, making his way to the entrance of the bathroom, then mmed the door and cursed in rage, ¡°What are you hiding from? Are you ying tricks while shedding off your responsibility? Even a three-year-old knows to apologize for wrongdoing, you¡¯re 23 years old! Do you have a backbone?¡±

    ¡°What have I done?¡± asked Di Qiuhe in the interval of washing face with cool water.

    ¡°You touch! Pooh! You almost dragged me to the ground!¡± He Bai could not help rubbing and kneading his waist of some pleasant sensation, blushed and gritted his teeth.

    Damn it! Two lifetimes had he finally knew that his sensitivity area was on his waist!

    As if he could still feel the soft skin, Di Qiuhe rubbed his fingers, noticing that his cock was getting hard again. Thus he plunged his head in the cold water, and pretended to be calm and retorted, ¡°But I got you.¡±

    How could the asshole talk back for his mistake!

    He Bai found it both funny and annoying. He reached out and twisted the door¡¯s handle, and shouted, ¡°Get out! Shall it offset your wrongdoing? Out and fight!¡±

    ¡°I had a busy day on the set, and it¡¯s ufortable to soak in sweat. I need a bath.¡± Di Qiuhe was unmoved.

    Then He Bai sneered. ¡°Me too! I had a long and arduous journey, and I was tainted with sorts of smells. Anyway, open the door!¡±

    Di Qiuhe paused, supposing them meeting in naked, in which his cock got strong. He hit the wall after he imagined all these scenes. Then he took off his clothes, twist the sprinkle, and lowered his voice. ¡°I called dibs first, you next. Wait for a few minutes, XiaoBai.¡±

    He Bai stepped back in disbelief. ¡°What was the sound just now? Did you hit the door? Now YOU are throwing a fit?¡±

    The person he loved seemed to be whispering in his ear, and he imagined the expression of He Bai speaking. Cold water poured on his body, whereas he was getting hotter and hotter. Di Qiuhe was wholly tantalized, then he held his cock.

    ¡°XiaoBai...¡±

    The sound of rushing water covered the murmur, thus only a faint sound could be heard outside the door.

    ¡°Are you taking a bath?¡± He Bai red and frowned, then the ineffable feeling generated from triggering his sensitive area disappeared. He recalled the way he had just acted up, felt embarrassed, then he coughed and said, ¡°Ok, I, I¡¯ll watch TV.¡±

    Di Qiuhe opened his half-closed eyes and pressed his lips, with his Adam¡¯s apple moving up and down. Finally he sniggered.

    Damn Pup knew how to work me up...A good spanking would serve him right.

    Lazy as they were, they declined to go out for dinner after bath, so they ordered takeout.

    ¡°The sushi is tasty. Try it.¡± Di Qiuhe put the sushi assortments in front of He Bai.

    He Bai took a look at the sushi, conceiving Di was fawning on him for wrongdoing. He was nearly satisfied and ate one by chopsticks. Then he was delighted as it was better than expected. He then thumbed up to Di, ¡°It¡¯s delicious and superb.¡±

    Di Qiuhe grinned, poured He Bai a ss of plum wine. ¡°It¡¯s in. Have a taste. You will like it.¡±

    He Baiplied, savored it carefully and nodded, ¡°Sweet, it¡¯s ptable.¡±

    Seeing He Bai appreciate it, Di Qiuhe was lighted up with pleasure. He then poured himself a ss.

    They cast the farce erewhile away through watching TV, eating and drinking. Time passed quickly. When they were satiated, it was the usual time for He Bai to bed.

    ¡°I¡¯ve got to take a bath.¡± He Bai¡¯s cheeks were flushed, he lengthened hisst syble when speaking, together with his clear and energetic voice, was rather coquettish to some extent.

    Di Qiuhe rubbed his ears, bowed his head and pretended to tidy up the tes, answered vaguely.

    p, the door of the bathroom closed.

    Di Qiuhe eased and raised his hand to rub his ears.

    ¡°Childish Di!¡±

    He was stressed out, put down his hand swiftly, raising his voice and asked, ¡°What, what¡¯s wrong?¡±

    He Bai, who had taken off his coat, popped his head out from the bathroom, frowning as if trying to recall something. Finally he borated, ¡°Forgive me. I¡¯ve made a change in my n for fulfilling my assignment that I decide to go back home tomorrow to sweep my parents¡¯ tomb. Would you like to join me? Or you¡¯d like to rest here wait for meing back.¡±

    Di Qiuhe turned around and replied, ¡°I¡¯ll go with you!¡± It was impossible for him to let go such a good opportunity of visiting the Parents!

    The next day, He Bai, who had a hangover, was woken up by Di Qiuhe. The first scene he saw was a sexy back, he couldn¡¯t help but touch it.

    Di Qiuhe tightened his body for a moment, looked back at He, and whispered, ¡°Have I awakened you?¡±

    He Bai pressed Di¡¯s stiff muscle in a daze, nodded approvingly, then took up his mobile phone to see what time it was. He asked, ¡°What are you doing in the early morning?¡±

    ¡°Keep sleeping.¡± Di Qiuhe pushed a pile of clothes under the bed, turned around to tuck He in, and murmured, ¡°It¡¯s early, take some more sleep, I won¡¯t bother you anymore.¡±

    He Bai was still drowsy. He said a few vague words and buried himself in the quilt and went on sleeping.

    Di Qiuhe fondled a strand of curled hair of He in scrupulousness, turned around to pick up the pile of clothes, went into the bathroom, and embarked theundry work.

    The room quieted down soon. He Bai rolled up the quilt. Just as he was about to fall asleep, the doorbell rang suddenly and harshly. He opened his eyes and sat up with heavy head while kneading his forehead, then he shouted, ¡°Childish Di, the doorbell is ringing. Someone visits you. Go check!¡±

    There was no response, the light in the bathroom seemed to be on.

    He frowned and got up, groomed his hair casually, took his coat and put it on to cover the pajamas, and then he opened the door.

    Outside the door, there was a young girl in a delicate makeup and a cotton and linen embroidered dress. She smiled and greeted kindly as the door opened, ¡°Hello, I¡¯m Dong Ni, your partner in the new scene, I happen to...Who are you?¡±

    He Bai frowned a bit. He sized her up, seeing her deep V dress and disheveled curly hair, considering the time now, and then raised his hand and held his forehead as he realized something.

    A woman, a woman painted with exquisite makeup, passed by the room of the male partner protagonist in such an early morning. Seemed unlikely!

 Chapter 86 - ouâ€™re Handsome (1)

    <strong>Chapter 86: You¡¯re Handsome (1)</strong>

    Dong Ni saw He Bai pressing his forehead, with a confused look expressing that he had just been waken up. She slightly frowned and checked the room number with uncertainty. She opened her mouth with a hand running through her hair, saying with confusion and hesitation, ¡°Sorry, Ie to the wrong room...Sorry to bother you, bye.¡±

    ¡°Wait.¡± He Bai stopped her and examined her dressing carefully. ¡°You are in the right room. It is Di Qiuhe¡¯s room.¡± That plum wine tasted like juice, but had a strong dyed effect. The more sober he was, the worse his headache was.

    And this Dong Ni who showed up suddenly...made things moreplex.

    Dong Ni quickly pulled back her leg and looked at He Bai from top to bottom. She kept her smile and asked politely, ¡°Sorry, but you are...?¡±

    ¡°His friend, juste to visit him during the vacation.¡± He Bai answered briefly. He imagined theplicated things in the future and decided to eliminate all the potential troubles in the bud as quickly as possible. So, he entirely opened the room door, ensuring that even if there was paparazzi or someone copied the monitoring video, they could not see any possibility that the people in and out the room had any special rtionship. He smiled to Dong Ni and said, ¡°Wait a minute, let me call him out.¡± Before Dong Ni could refuse, he went to knock the washroom door. Then he came to the bed, taking his camera bag and phone, standing in the doorway again.

    Dong Ni: ¡°...¡± She never thought of this result as she came here early in the morning.

    She nced at He Bai¡¯s camera bag and phone and then checked the room number again. Then she saw the monitor at the end of the corridor. It was a safe distance between her and He Bai. She lowered her head to remove her stiff expression and then asked with a smile, ¡°So, why do you carry a camera?¡±

    ¡°Oh, well.¡± He Bai leaned against the door frame and smoothed his hair, smiling, ¡°Forget to introduce myself. I¡¯m He Bai, the junior schoolmate of Di Qiuhe, majoring in journalism andmunication, a future journalist. I like to carry a camera with me due to my major.¡±

    Dong Ni: ¡°...¡±

    ¡°Maybe in the future, I can have the chance to cooperate with Miss Dong as a journalist.¡± He Bai began to talk nonsense. He raised his hand and massaged his forehead, trying to relieve the headache after intoxication. He continued: ¡°I heard you from Director Jiang. With your talent, efforts and resources, you will be a hit sooner orter. By then, I will be the one who has ever chatted with the superstar Dong Ni in a hotel in the early morning. My colleague must be very jealous.¡±

    He deliberately entuated ¡°efforts¡± and ¡°resources¡±, which made Dong Ni nervous and shocked. She almost failed to restrain her feelings. When she looked at He Bai again, her eyes were tainted with curiosity and scruple. She suggested, ¡°Mr. He, I am just a new...¡±

    ¡°What¡¯s wrong, Xiao Bai?¡± Di Qiuhe walked out from the washroom with brand-new shirt and trousers. When he saw the widely opened door and Dong Ni, the mildness and intimacy in his eyes disappeared. Di Qiuhe frowned for a second and soon relieved. He showed a polite and confused expression, pressing He Bai¡¯s shoulder. He stood behind He Bai with a slightly intimate posture, looking at Dong Ni and asking politely, ¡°Who are you, please?¡±

    Seeing him, Dong Ni¡¯s eyes were glued on him and shined. She couldn¡¯t help stepping forward with a sweet smile, ¡°Hello, I am your new costar Dong Ni. Our cooperated filming will be on the day after tomorrow, I think...¡±

    ¡°Ah, so it¡¯s you.¡± Di Qiuhe interrupted her with a smile and patted He Bai¡¯s shoulder to assure him. Then he came out of the room sideways and nodded to Dong Ni. He strode to the room door diagonally across theirs and rang the doorbell.

    Dong Ni woke up from that bewitching face yet still showed a face full of bewilderment, while He Bai just twitched his lips.

    A few secondster, Jiang Guanshan, who apparently just got up, opened the door. Seeing Di Qiuhe standing there, he said with confusion, ¡°Why do you get up so early? Anything wrong? Where is Xiao He, let¡¯s have a breakfast together.¡±

    ¡°Thanks for your invitation. He just got up, so he couldn¡¯t make it.¡± Di Qiuhe answered with regret, ¡°So Miss Dong is here and tells me that she wants to get familiar with the filming after the vacation, but I have promised Xiao Bai to visit his parents¡¯ graves, so...¡± Then he turned sideways and presented Dong Ni to him. Jiang Guanshan looked at Dong Ni and frowned deeply. He checked the time and said with slight dissatisfaction and dislike, ¡°Why now?¡±

    Dong Ni: ¡°...¡± Things seemed to be heading in a wrong direction.

    ¡°It¡¯s good for a new actress to be work hard, but that working ethic should be disyed on appropriate asion.¡± Jiang Guanshan knew her background, but he was not afraid, so his dissatisfaction showed a little on his face. But he still said with responsibility, ¡°But since you¡¯re here, go prepare your filming. Your first shot requires wire work. There are many things to watch out. Come with me, let me take you to the action choreographer.¡±

    ¡°Thank you.¡± Di Qiuhe said and turned to Dong Ni, saying apologetically, ¡°Miss Dong, I¡¯m sorry that I cannot wee and apany you. Director Jiang will walk you through the key points about the following scene. I am going to order breakfasts for you, see you.¡±

    He Bai immediately turned on his camera and took a titbits photo ¡°The director and actors discussing the script harmoniously.¡± He waved to Dong Ni with a smile, ¡°Miss Dong, wish you a good work and hope you can spring into fame.¡±

    Hearing that, Jiang Guanshan bantered, ¡°Nonsense. There are so many actors springing into fame but onlyst for a short time in showbiz. A good actor should delve into acting skills and make efforts to maintain his fame. Xiao He, your acting awareness is not high enough.¡±

    He Bai hurriedly sped hands and apologized.

    Di Qiuhe smiled and said something for He Bai, ¡°Xiao Bai just hopes that Miss Dong¡¯s first performance can impress the audience. I believe that with her talent and resources, she will make us proud.¡±

    Dong Ni smiled with embarrassment. She lowered her head, running a hand through her hair and smoothed her cor.

    The first experience in showbiz was a little bit different from her imagination. Maybe because she got too early and had an unclear mind, she felt it hard to distinguish whether these people were satirizing her or just some simple talk to tter each other. All they said was just something beautiful but contrived.

    Anyway, she mmed up for nothing today. ¡®Geez, talking about getting off the wrong foot.¡¯

    After Dong Ni and director Jiang left for the action choreographer, He Bai finally rxed. He covered his mouth and yawned.

    And Di Qiuhe just finished ordering breakfasts and hung up. He turned around and saw He Bai yawning. Frowning, he examined He Bai¡¯s face and asked with care, ¡°Didn¡¯t sleep well? I saw your eyes are bloodshot, go back to have some sleep.¡±

    ¡°No, just some dyed effects and a bit of a headache.¡± He Bai massaged his temples and shook his hand, ¡°I can¡¯t sleep sound now, just wash up and get ready, so that we cane back early.¡±

    Hearing that, Di Qiuhe was even more dissatisfied with Dong Ni and her sudden appearance. He took He Bai¡¯s camera and phone from his hands and said, ¡°I have borrowed a car from filming group. We will be driving there so that you can sleep on the car. What are you craving for? I¡¯ll order now.¡±

    ¡°Something light, please.¡± He Bai answered and narrowed his eyes, examining Di Qiuhe from top to bottom. He rubbing his chin confusedly, ¡°It¡¯s weird. For this while I woke up, you still haven¡¯t riled me up, on the contrary, you are being so considerate, do you...¡±

 Chapter 87 - Youâ€™re Handsome (2)

    <h4>Chapter 87: You¡¯re Handsome (2)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    ¡°What?¡± Di Qiuhe stiffened at his look. He suddenly felt that his hand-picked shirt was a little bit burning. Di Qiuhe¡¯s expression was frozen unconsciously and he was a little bit flurried. Did he behave too obviously just now? Had his little puppy noticed his secret love? If he had noticed, should he tell...

    ¡°Are you under a spell or something?¡± He Bai punched his right palm with the left hand and showed a mysterious smile as if he had discovered some truth, ¡°Or you want to thank me for sending away that Dong Ni? Don¡¯t bother. We are good brothers; I have the responsibility to block the girls that are not suitable for you. Of course, that Dong Ni has a good figure and beautiful face, but girls like her are ubiquitous in art college, so, why does director Jiang choose her? By the way, you just became another person in front of Dong Ni. I almost apuded for your acting skill.¡±

    ¡°...¡± Bai...

    He Bai looked at him with sparkling eyes. Even the headache after hangover could not stop him from gossiping, ¡°Why do you think director Jiang choose her?¡±

    He Bai raised his hand and wiped his face. He turned back to He Bai and wanted to be alone for a while.

    They got into the car and fastened the safe belt. He Bai was eating the pan cake bought on a stall. He nced at Di Qiuhe again and again.

    ¡°What?¡± Di Qiuhe turned his head sideways and couldn¡¯t resist asking.

    ¡°You are handsome.¡±

    Di Qiuhe pressed the elerator hard.

    He Bai was attached to the back of the seat due to inertia. He didn¡¯t swallow the pancake in his mouth until the car drove smoothly. He was almost choked. He Bai stared at Di Qiuhe beside him, ¡°How did you get your driving license? I have never seen a driver worse than you.¡±

    Di Qiuhe reached up to loosen his tie and suddenly wanted to perform a drift trick to prove his driving skill.

    ¡°The elerator is a little loose. I was not used to it just now.¡± He exined with a serious face.

    ¡°Sure, I buy it.¡± He Bai rolled his eyes. When the car was truly at normal speed, he lowered his head and ate his pan cake again, saying vaguely, ¡°But you are really handsome today. This suit is not too formal or too frivolous. It suits you well, thanks.¡± Di Qiuhe usually worefortable clothes, but today he wore suit for apanying him to sweep graves, which made He Bai felt warm.

    This time, Di Qiuhe didn¡¯t press the elerator but spun the wheel sharply, and the car took an S-shaped turn.

    He Bai hurriedly clenched the handrail and put his pan cake aside. He said urgently, ¡°You stop at the next junction, and let me drive. Your driving skill will get me heart disease sooner orter.¡±

    Di Qiuhe had been pleased by He Bai¡¯s praise, but now this pleasure disappeared. He frowned and said with anger, ¡°I can drive well as long as you keep silent. You said you didn¡¯t sleep wellst night, then get some sleep now.¡±

    ¡°How can you me me?¡± He Bai couldn¡¯t help raising his voice, but given that Di Qiuhe was driving, he restrained his anger and said with worry, ¡°I am afraid that if I fall asleep, your terrible driving skill will send me to see my parents.¡±

    Di Qiuhe turned his head sideways and stared at him, ¡°Stop the nonsense!¡±

    ¡°Watch out! Please keep your eyes on road!¡± He Bai fastened his seat belt tight and thought that it was a total mistake to let Di Qiuhe drive him home. He stopped chatting with him and mmed down the chair hopelessly. He Bai covered his face with the nket from the back seat and said with a shaking voice: ¡°I have set the navigation for you, just follow it. I¡¯ll keep quiet, so just focus on driving. Don¡¯t let me down.¡±

    Hearing this, Di Qiuhe couldn¡¯t help rubbing He Bai¡¯s waist.

    Di Qiuhe twitched on the seat like a dead fish. He threw the nket and stared at Di Qiuhe, ¡°You wanna die?¡±

    Di Qiuhe felt better and gave an oblique look to He Bai with a smile on his lips. He gave a snort and pressed the contributor.

    He Bai leaned back. He looked at Di Qiuhe, who was even more handsome when he put on some swagger. He dared not to scold him nor beat him now, so he could only keep this hatred in his heart and covered his face with the nket again. ¡®Out of mind, out of sight, after all.¡¯

    The person on the front seat gradually rxed. He fell asleep with his head tilted.

    Di Qiuhe pulled the nket for him at the red light, and jabbed at his left dimple, smiling, ¡°naughty little puppy.¡±

    He stopped the car at a cemetery in the suburban area in the neighbor city in D district. He awakened He Bai, and then entered the cemetery with some rtive items with him.

    ¡°When did you prepare these.¡± With flower in his arms, He Bai didn¡¯t have any sense of heaviness. He just looked at the joss paper and other items in Di Qiuhe¡¯s hands curiously.

    Di Qiuhe smoothed his tie and cuffs, replying, ¡°I told assistant Wang to prepare thesest night.¡±

    Following the sequence of his movements, He Bai nced at his delicate dark-stripe suit. He raised his hand and bent his arm around Di Qiuhe¡¯s shoulder with a smile, saying, ¡°My parents will like you.¡±

    Di Qiuhe was touched. He hurriedly held He Bai¡¯s back to keep bnce and tried to ask in a calm manner, ¡°Why...¡±

    ¡°Because you¡¯re handsome.¡± He Bai patted his shoulder and released him. He looked at the deepest side of the cemetery, with eyes full of memories. ¡°Maybe my parents had seen too many ugly things, so they particrly like things that can please people, such as beautiful flowers, good-looking people and fine paintings...You are good-looking and handsome today. They will definitely like you.¡±

    Di Qiuhe didn¡¯t expect that answer. He wore a smile and turned his head to He Bai. His face gradually rxed and said mildly, ¡°It¡¯s my pleasure.¡±

    He Bai also smiled and gave him a ¡°you-behave-well¡± look. He led Di Qiuhe in front of a joint grave.¡±

    ¡°That¡¯s it.¡± He Bai bent to put the flower in front of the grave, and then sat down quickly. He waved at the grave with a smile as if he had been an old friend of them, ¡°Mum, dad, Ie to visit you. How are you there? I bring a friend here this time. Isn¡¯t he very handsome? So, when you bless me, just also bless him.¡±

    Di Qiuhe was baffled by his words. He looked at He Bai with deep emotions and also stepped forward. He put down the flower and joss paper, tidied up himself and bowed to the grave solemnly. He said in a serious manner, ¡°Nice to meet you, I¡¯m Di Qiuhe.¡±

    Di Qiuhe squatted down and helped him. He promised to He Bai¡¯s parents in the heart that he would take care of him well. They stay there for an hour, and He Bai finished everything he wanted to say. He stood up and patted the dust off on his trousers. He picked up a joss stick and worshiped his parents, ¡°Mum, dad, I will visit you next time. Don¡¯t forget to wish me a fortune.

    Di Qiuhe also burnt a joss stick and said silently, ¡°Please be assured to entrust He Bai to me. I will try my best to take care of him.¡±

    After worshiping, He Bai sank the joss stick in front of the grave.

    Di Qiuhe also followed him.

    Suddenly, the roaring and rumbling of thunder came with a lightning. It began to rain without any signs.

    The burning joss sticks were extinguished immediately.

    He Bai: ¡°Mum, dad, don¡¯t you want me to get rich?¡±

    Di Qiuhe: ¡°...¡± No, it must be a coincidence.

 Chapter 88 - Villa Resort (1)

    <h4>Chapter 88: Vi Resort (1)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    The rain was getting heavier, it got to a point where it looked like God was pouring it down.

    They rushed back to the car and took a look at each other, both of whom resembled drowned rats.

    ¡°Ha-ha-ha, how interesting.¡± He Bai took off his coat and lifted his hand to flick the wet hair, seemed to be in a very good mood. He was smiling, with a deep dimple on his left face, which attracted Di to stare at him.

    ¡°Luckily, I didn¡¯t bring my camera.¡± He wrapped his coat and threw it in the back seat, from which he leaned forward to take a nket and threw it over Di Qiuhe¡¯s face. He then found a dry towel and wiped the raindrops on his face casually, urging, ¡°Come on, take off your wet coat and wipe your body dry. You have filming work two dayster. By no means can you get sick.¡±

    Di Qiuhe took down the nket, which lingered the smells of He Bai, looking at He¡¯s messy hair and sparkling eyes, his Adam¡¯s apple budged for such an allure. Then he undid his tie and coat, as slow as a turtle.

    ¡°Quick!¡± He Bai reached out to pull Di¡¯s coat off, then bent forward to find another dry towel and threw it into Di¡¯s arms. After checking the time on the cell phone he picked up, he suggested, ¡°Let¡¯s have a feast first, then buy clean clothes, and finally get back...No, no, no, you¡¯re so eye-catching that you shouldn¡¯t wander outside...So, what size do you wear? I¡¯ll get it for you. Wait for me in the car, and I¡¯ll buy you a mask and sunsses by the way. We shouldn¡¯t have lunch until you¡¯re ready.¡±

    Di Qiuhe took a look at the time likewise, knew that it was time for lunch. He frowned after looking at the wet jeans clinging to his legs, nodded to the proposal, ¡°Okay, let¡¯s buy clothes from a mall first.¡± He then turned on the heater, threw the nket back on He Bai and set the car going.

    Covering by nket, He Bai got warming up soon. He meant to give it back to Di but realized it could be not safe to drive in a nket. Therefore, he leaned it back on the seat, and just then he observed Di concentrating on turning the car around, which was so beckoning. He then leaned over to pick up the camera from the back seat and focus the lens on Di at once.

    Click.

    Di Qiuhe looked sideways at He Bai the moment he heard it.

    ¡°I¡¯ve got a photo of the driver in a wet shirt! I¡¯ll take it for auction when you go abroad. What a windfall.¡± The joyous He Bai put down his camera, went through the photos of these two days,ughing like a greedy fox. ¡°Childish Di, you should take more filming to win more awards and be more popr. My down payment shall count on you.¡±

    Di Qiuhe was amused by He Bai, who was treading on air of picturing the prosperous future. Di raised his hand deliberately to untie two of the shirt buttons, put the ¡®thunder and lightning strike¡¯ scene during sweeping tombs behind. He then sounded out in a low and ambiguous voice. ¡°Do you have any intention of shooting a set of art photos of my naked body? Not only will you have a down payment of your house but also a car.¡±

    He Bai looked over at Di.

    The sky was dark and it was dim in the car. Di Qiuhe¡¯s gorgeous eyebrows were shadowed in half, thus He Bai could only discern Di¡¯s impish eyes full of glimmer of a smile, as well as his charming lips.

    His nicely-carved nose outlined a sexy arc in the dim light, alluring others to kiss on it.

    His slender fingers rested on the cor, the rainwater-soaked shirt half-pasted on the body, revealed his handsome muscle figures. Two of the shirt buttons were untied and his bone cor half-exposed, and his Adam¡¯s apple budged slightly while talking. The raindrops left unattended slid down the neck and disappeared in the cor.

    Beauty, of course, was unisex.

    He Bai came to his sense from the attractive man, picked up the camera without hesitation and clicked several times.

    ¡°Freeze...Perfect! You absolutely should try to take a set of sexy photos, which will definitely attract lots of fans licking the screen!¡±

    Di Qiuhe: ¡°...¡±

    ¡°My Second Senior Disciple is proficient in naked photography. You cane to him if you¡¯re interested. He will jump up for absolute joy. But don¡¯t worry, I¡¯ll ask him to spare you an underwear.¡± He Bai offered the sweet suggestion.

    Di Qiuhe retied the button at once while withdrawing his smile and then stepped on the elerator.

    He Bai grabbed the handrail in a hurry to stabilize himself, looking at Di with a worrying face. ¡°Are you feeling cold? I see you can¡¯t even distinguish the elerator and the brake. It¡¯s unsafe for us to drive so fast in the heavy rain.

    ¡°...I don¡¯t feel cold, I just slipped.¡± Di Qiuhe gnashed and his eyebrows knitted tightly, seemingly quite fierce and ferocious. He was not feeling cold at all, quite on the contrary, hot was what he was feeling, to the extent that he was desperate to give Pup a spanking!

    Consenting someone else taking naked photos of him? Wearing nothing but a pair of underwear? Pup is so generous that pissed him off!

    He must weigh himself on Pup on the bed and treat Pup this way when Pup was enlightened! Nothing but a pair of underwear! Of course, it had to be a sexy one.

    Boom.

    He Bai marveled at the dark clouds rolling and gathering in the sky, raising his camera up to click without stopping. He eximed, ¡°I¡¯ve never expected there were loud crash of thunder in autumn. How eye-opening!¡±

    Ceasing the reverie, Di Qiuhe grasped the steering wheel, ncing sideways at the insensitive He Bai taking photos with great interest. Di paused and fantasized that besides the underwear, a vest was allowed...

    A sharp lightning shed. He Bai put down his camera and muffled his eyes. ¡°Jesus, my eyes. The lightning is much too cool and dazzling.¡±

    Di Qiuhe: ¡°...¡±

    The fragrance skimmed over his mind. Then he took a breath and tempted that if Pup expressed willingness, they could wear matching underwears together...

    tter! It was raining cats and dogs in the turn of a hand.

    He Baiid down his hand and frowned. ¡°How could the rain get heavier? Be careful of the wet ground.¡±

    ¡°...¡±

    Finally, they got to the nearest shopping mall. He Bai got off to buy clothes while Di Qiuhe waited him in the car.

    City M, which next to D District, was a small developing city with a small poption, made a quiet and suitable ce for elders. At this time, the rain was putting on hold. Viewing this new city, Di Qiuhe conceived how young Pup walking through the streetsughing and ying. Before realizing it, he had curled his lips.

    ¡°What are you thinking about? You look like a snickered trafficker, who is about to kidnap an ignorant girl.¡± He Bai, who had changed his clothes into a new one, ran back and pulled the car door to throw several shopping bags in after confirming no one was around, then he prompted, ¡°Hurry up and get dressed, and I¡¯ll call to book the seats.¡± He turned around and was ready to guard the door.

    Di Qiuhe nced at the clothes He Bai had worn and the pile of shopping bags in his arms, he was so disappointed as his wishful thinking of ¡°they were unable to suppress their emotions when getting off their clothes at the car together¡± went down to the drain and vanished into pieces of fragments.

    It was crowded everywhere on the holiday. After a careful selection, He Bai finally chose a private home cuisine ce where was less hustle.

    It was two p.m. after dinner. Di Qiuhe got on car with He Bai and drove toward D District.

    On their way back, He Bai, who was satiated, fell asleep once again. When he woke up, he saw no hotel gate but an unfamiliar vi resort.

    ¡°There are two days left for us. Instead of going back to cope with Dong Ni, we should rx here.¡± Di Qiuhe exined while unfastening He Bai¡¯s seat belt. ¡°I reserved a small yard. Let¡¯s get some privacy.¡±

    He Bai was in a daze until catching the name of the resort, he then woke up at once. He was totally brightened up and ted, ¡°Hot Spring? There are hot springs? Can we take a bath in hot springs?

    The three questions in session had fully revealed his excitement.

    Knowing He Bai was satisfying, Di Qiuhe smiled and nodded to response, ¡°Of course, and there¡¯re sundry ptable food.¡±

    ¡°Childish Di, how cool you¡¯re!¡± He Bai patted Di on the shoulder in great joy, then stepped out of the car first and was pleased to stretch himself.

    A holiday consisted of hot springs and ptable food. Howfortable!

    It was a chic courtyard that Di Qiuhe had reserved, of which the scenery was awesome inside. There was a small building in the courtyard, and the only master bedroom there could catch sight of the open-air hot spring pool in the courtyard when the door was opening. The spacious corridor outside the master bedroom was covered with floors, seducing the passing residents to climb up and roll them over and over.

    He Bai put on a bathrobe for he could never withstand such temptation. Heid prone on the corridor and reached his hands out to feel the hot spring, only to find that his arm was not that long enough.

    ¡°We¡¯ll have some vegetable dishes for dinner.¡± Di Qiuhe suggested, sat down beside He Bai in a bathrobe, smoothed He¡¯s untidy hair andughed, ¡°Only then did I find that your hair are somewhat naturally curly.¡±

 Chapter 89 - Villa Resort (2)

    <h4>Chapter 89: Vi Resort (2)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    ¡°It is curled when I was sleeping!¡± He Bai turned his head and pulled Di¡¯s hand away, he rolled himself over to lie on the floor like the shape of the Chinese character ¡®Da¡¯ (on the back with outstretched arms and legs), just like a starfish, sighing, ¡°That¡¯s a vacation called by its right name. Someone waits there to serve me, all I need to do is off my feet to eat and drink, appreciate the scenery before my eyes as well.¡±

    Di Qiuhe smiled, hey down next to He Bai, staring together at the wooden roof in the corridor, whispered, ¡°Right, that¡¯s the right way to enjoy a vacation.¡± He meant that, staying with He Bai without sorrow and anxiety, all he needed to do was devoted himself to please the other.

    The past twenty-three years was upied by infighting and plot, which kept him in suspense. Neither his home nor family could be called as it meant to be. Furthermore, he may forfeit everything he got in a trivial mistake.

    He used to perceive that was his destined life, full of contest, conspiracy and plot...He never thought he would fall in love with someone, let alone having a family. There were only two of his future assumptions: being defeated in the infighting, and giving up to the bitter and humble life; or making a clean sweep, and leaving the life to the one who against him.

    But he had Pup now. Although the infighting was going on, there was a new choice for him to let go of the old memories that were too bitter to recall. Now he¡¯s got a new choice of a happy life to spoil and stay with Pup.

    The courtyard was quiet except for the rustle of running water and wind through the leaves.

    ¡°Pup.¡± He called suddenly and looked sideways at the one lying beside him.

    ¡°Huh?¡± He Bai seemed to be particrly sleepy, narrowing his eyes for drowsiness.

    ¡°Stay with me.¡± Di Qiuhe replied, moving his hand to firmly grasp He Bai¡¯s waistband of the bathrobe little by little. ¡°Stay with me and don¡¯t betray me. I¡¯ll give you whatever you want, just keep true to yourself.¡±

    The mesmerizing sound of running water, together with Di¡¯s gentle and low voice, finally a drowsy feeling crept over He Bai. He turned over and let up on his eyes, seeming had got what Di Qiuhe just said, also seeming he didn¡¯t hear anything. There was a vague response.

    ¡°I¡¯ve got your promise.¡± Di Qiuhe turned sideways, looking at He¡¯s peaceful sleeping face, approached to kiss He on the head, ¡°Pup, I like you, can you like me in return?¡±

    Owing to sleeping too much during the day, He Bai woke up at three o¡¯clock in the morning. He then found that the well-behaved Di Qiuhey beside him, holding the waistband of his bathrobe, as if for fear that he might run away at night.

    Failing to fall asleep again, he took out his belt gently, got up and opened the door facing the courtyard, then went out and stood in the corridor to take a deep breath of the cool night air.

    He was a bit hungry.

    He cast back Di calling him to get up for dinner when he was in a dazest night. But he seemed to kick Di out impatiently and turned over and fell asleep soon.

    There came an ineffable sense of guilty.

    Two dim-lightnterns were hanging at the gate of the courtyard, dangling in the night breeze, as pleasing as a painting.

    He Bai was tempted, turned back into the room for the camera, and then strolled out of the courtyard.

    The housekeeper serving them cropped up at this time, wittingly withdrew from disturbing his night trip after handing him a thermal hamper.

    He Bai expressed his thanks in surprise. He then found a small pavilion to rx in, opened the hamper for food to fill up his belly. He got up after the housekeeper appeared again to take the hamper away. He then strolled around the elegant resort with camera.

    He had not photographed any night scenery since his rebirth. Therefore, he was so engaged that he took no notice of stepping into the depth of the vi.

    ¡°Where is Fan Da?¡±

    A nice but flirtatious male¡¯s voice came across behind a rockery. He Bai halted and was about to turn-back to leave.

    ¡°I¡¯ve got it. He¡¯s in a sanatorium in country V, and has been a little dateless.¡± Said another male in a slightly hoarse voice dripping with sarcasm, seemingly despising the other one. ¡°I¡¯ve done whatever you asked, Di Xiasong. Please send a word to your mother, telling her to stop being bossy, otherwise, I¡¯ll make an aplice of Qin Mingqiang!¡±

    He Bai paused at once and looked sideways at the other side of the rockery.

    What did he just hear? Di Xiasong? The brother of Qiuhe¡¯s? Wasn¡¯t the guy studying abroad? Why the guy was here? Or did he get it wrong?

    Just when he was suspecting, the first male joked in an intimate tone, which was totally different to thest minute, ¡°Uncle Zeng, you¡¯re absolutely regarding me as an outsider if you say that. I know you¡¯re somewhat displeased for my disturbance, but I have no choice. I have to rush back to country Y for my lessons tomorrow. Please forgive me.¡±

    ¡°Stop putting on an act. You cannot even hold a candle to your brother.¡± The man called Uncle Zeng snorted and sneered, ¡°Your mother cuckolded me and left without consideration for me. Now she wants to take advantage of me, but dares not evene out in person. It really disgusts me of sending you, a little brat out here. Well, shall I perceive that you are the zygote once I put in her belly? Ah, you? Am I blind or foolish? Get out and never evere here. I want my ce clean!¡±

    He Bai was dumbfounded, feeling it difficult to digest the mass information. He kept close to the rockery and showed up until the other¡¯s footsteps faded away.

    ¡°Nauseous scoundrel!¡± The other one left from the other direction after a low curse.

    He Bai heaved a sigh, tightened his camera. After making sure that they had left, he turned around and walked quickly toward the courtyard he lived, following his memory.

    When he returned, the lights in the small building were on, while Di Qiuhe was walking out in a hurry in seriousness.

    ¡°Why are you getting up so early?¡± He Bai opened the door and greeted Di. Then he stepped up and pulled the man who stopped to look up. He pulled him into the building and expounded quickly, ¡°You¡¯re just in time. I have something to tell you. I just woke up and went out for a walk with my camera. You know, I happened to hear something terrific. Seriously, do you know Fan Da?¡±

    With the arm dragged and the man he cared about right there, the frightened Di Qiuhe waking up from finding He no longer by his side gradually. However, he paused and frowned after hearing that. ¡°Fan Da is my grandfather, and he has been missing for years. How do you...¡±

    ¡°Your grandfather?¡± He Bai was stunned, and soon realized that something was wrong. He quickened his pace to pull Di into the room. After making sure that the wall had no ears, he made a quick repeat of the conversation he had heard and asked, ¡°Do you know Zeng Peizhong?¡±

    Di Qiuhe shook his head, then took out his mobile phone and made several calls to his subordinates after he¡¯s done some sober reflection, then he sized up He Bai, with an entric look.

    He Bai, nervous as he was, strolled back secretly and queried, ¡°What¡¯s the problem of you?¡±

    ¡°Pup.¡± Di Qiuhe stretched forward his hand, pinching He Bai¡¯s face gently, ¡°Are you really a man but not some spirit whoe to repay my kindness?¡± Everything from helping him to be the film¡¯s leading actor, to counter shooting with the ¡°pup¡± arazzi in the apartment¡¯s elevator, to shooting Qin Li at the airportst time, and to now getting the whereabouts of his grandfather by chance. By the way, Pup¡¯s ¡°Dream¡± of the virus events in the border province had also helped him a lot...How amazing. It¡¯s just like God awarded him a golden finger named He Bai forpensating his frustrating life.

    He Bai disdained to pull down Di¡¯s hand in a seemingly annoyed manner and sneered. ¡°If I were some spirit, I would eat you off first but not indulge you to piss me off all the time.¡±

    Di Qiuhe was well aware of that he was a helpless man. He thought He Bai¡¯s every particr gesture and behavior were so cute that he couldn¡¯t help approaching and ambiguously suggested, ¡°Then eat, I¡¯m wholly clean and fresh.¡±

    Di came so close that he could see clearly every single eysh of He Bai, who paused and got closer.

    Di Qiuhe was nearly falling into temptation. He was stunned while his heart beat faster than normal, and his Adam¡¯s apple budged when staring at the red lips close by.

    ¡°You...¡± He Bai suddenly stated.

    Staring the seductive lips, Di Qiuhe was a little feverish, then asked in a hoarse voice, ¡°What?¡±

    ¡°Gum in the eyes.¡±

    ¡°...¡±

    ¡°Is that the clean you mean?¡± He Bai retreated.

    Di Qiuhe¡¯s ears were flushed. He raised a hand to rub his eyes, but found nothing, then looking at He Bai at loss.

    Click.

    He Bai put down his camera and toppled on the tatatami inughter.

    Di Qiuhe raised his eyebrows and rushed to rub He¡¯s waist until realizing that he had been tricked.

 Chapter 90 - Villa Resort (3)

    <h4>Chapter 90: Vi Resort (3)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    He Bai floundered to dodge.

    They made a noise until He Bai¡¯s face got tense fromughing. Di Qiuhe then took a cold bath in a sour face.

    After breakfast, He Bai saw that Di Qiuhe showed no sign of packing up and leaving. He couldn¡¯t help asking, ¡°You are not going to find your grandfather? Judging from their conversation, it seems that they are scheming something.¡±

    ¡°I¡¯ve sent someone over there.¡± Di Qiuhe searched out a horror film and clicked on the y, and signaled the ce beside. ¡°Come here, let go everything messy when we¡¯re on vacation.¡±

    He Bai climbed over and doubted, ¡°Is it messy?¡±

    ¡°Yeah.¡± Di Qiuhe remained unmoved and there was no joy of knowing his grandfather¡¯s whereabouts. ¡°My grandfather was a tough investor who enjoyed freedom. Thus he was sick of my mother for fettering him. Afterwards, he entrusted his child to the care of his friend after my grandmother died of illness. He paid them on a regr basis and pursued his free and easy travel around the world.¡±

    He Bai: ¡°...¡± That was definitely a father beyond evaluation.

    ¡°My father¡¯s father, or say grandpa, was the one who took my mom in. When my mom grew up and married my dad, my grandfather cut off contact with my family once and for all.¡± Di Qiuhe exined peacefully, added, ¡°Depending on my grandfather¡¯s sufficient funds, my grandpa was finally able to set up Huangdu in the first ce. Thus I wholly understand my father¡¯s fear of me and hatred of my mother. Seriously speaking, Huangdu was co-founded by Di and Fan family, and I¡¯m one of Fan.¡±

    He Bai frowned.

    ¡°Although my grandfather was not the responsible type, he was truly open-minded about money and willing to spend money on his daughter, whose dowry was utterly generous, let alone the sumptuous wedding ceremony. And that¡¯s one of the reasons why Qin Li is jealous. She was an unmarried pregnant concubine whening to my family. Neither she nor my father did dare to have a wedding, nor my grandpa allow it.¡±

    The horror film was ying, but no one was watching.

    He Bai sorted out the information he got and asked, ¡°What does Qin Li want to do now through entrusting her, oh, her old lover to trace your grandfather?¡±

    ¡°As I said, my grandfather was a great investor.¡± Di Qiuhe looked at He Bai and pointed to the face. ¡°He was rich and not begrudged to spend money on his children. But he was ignorant of when my mother gave birth to me, what I look like, or the news that my mother died long ago or Di Bian and Qin Li are couple now. I¡¯m so much like my mother. Whereas Di Xiasong looks like Di Bian. What do you think my grandfather will do if Di Xiasong pretended to be me to visit my grandfather?

    ¡°Transfer the possession of all his property to the grandchildren he has never met.¡± He Bai replied, then copsed in the Lazy Sofa and sighed, ¡°Zeng Peizhong said that your grandfather was a bit dateless...Holy shit. Then they could do whatever as they pleased.¡±

    ¡°That¡¯s why I called you a grateful spirit from nowhere, who brings me unexpected pleasure.¡± Di Qiuhe stretched out his hand to catch hold of He Bai¡¯s bathrobe belt again, squinted at the screen ying horror film while his thoughts drifting away. Finally he murmured, ¡°I thought my grandfather had died in a remote beautiful country...That will be fine. He¡¯s been free all his life, and it¡¯s time to let him know, in those irresponsible years he had spent, what had his only daughter that the woman he loved gave birth to had experienced.

    He Bai looked at him sideways, raised his hand and patted him on the shoulder forfort.

    Everything about Fan Da seemed to be just an episode that they forget about minutester. They were still on vacation mode by means of watching the film, reading books and enjoying hot springs.

    When the housekeeper came to deliver dinner, Di Qiuhe spoke highly of the resort. And then, he queried who the owner of the resort was casually. He praised that the owner was so talented to manage such a distinctive resort.

    The housekeeper had never expected it as drawing secret out of him. Heplimented his boss in the same way and gave them a basket of high-end fruits for appreciating their favorablements.

    After dinner, He Bai soaked himself in the hot spring and watched Di Qiuhe take out his phone. Di was quite calm, telling someone about the secret meeting between Di Xiasong and the owner of the vi that he happened to see at the resort.

    Di Bian expressed his misdoubt! Somewhere must be wronged!

    Di Qiuhe repeatedly agreed, and then rmended the resort. Finally he showed filial piety that he must invite Di Bian to have a good time here if Di Bian had time off.

    Di Bian responded perfunctorily and hung up the phone in a hurry.

    He Bai watched Di Qiuhe throw away his mobile phone and shook his head. ¡°Childish Di, you are so cunning.¡±

    Di Qiuhe took off his bathrobe and sat in the hot spring. He then took a cup of juice, wobbled it and took a sip, squinted and said, ¡°Di Xiasong brings such a good vulnerable point to me, if I don¡¯t make good use of it, shall it be a waste of your early morning outing?¡±

    He Bai snorted and hummed, ¡°Aren¡¯t I doing you a great favor?¡±

    ¡°A super one.¡± Di Qiuhe looked at him and smiledzily and pleasantly. Put aside Fan Da first. Zeng Peizhong, an old lover of Qin Li. Once Di Bian knew she let Di Xiasong met Zeng under the table, he was prone to suspect Di Xiasong, and then the veneer of mutual respect between Qin family and Di Bian should be torn off...Despite Di Xiasong resembled to Di Bian, once he was suspicious of Di Xiasong, there will be no more trust.

    The dim light, the vapor on the hot spring, the handsome man who nced at somewhere sideways, such is life.

    He was desperate to snap the impressive scene, yet the camera was in the room, so he could only suppress the impulse and acted coquettishly, ¡°Then, why don¡¯t you thank me with a big red envelope, or I¡¯ll turn around and sell you.¡±

    Di Qiuhe could not helpughing and murmuring, ¡°You are so cute, Pup.¡±

    ¡°What?¡± He Bai didn¡¯t catch the words.

    ¡°I said.¡± Di raised his voice, leaned over the edge of the pool, looking at him smilingly. ¡°If you want a red envelope, beg me.¡±

    He Bai scattered the water toward at once to his indignation, ¡°You stingy asshole.¡±

    The leisure vacation was always transient. On thest day of the vacation, wore glowing ruddy cheeks, they left the resort and drove back to the hotel.

    ¡°It¡¯s so kind of the housekeeper of sending us another basket of fruit before checking out.¡± He Bai, in the co-driver seat, picking up the peaches in the basket, casually asked, ¡°By the way, how did it take you so long to check out this morning? Are there many check-outs?¡±

    ¡°Yeah.¡± Di Qiuhe responded without thinking and looked in the rearview mirror at the housekeeper seeing them off. He recalled the morning conversation with Zeng Peizhong and then smiled.

    Everyone could be allies as long as one could give what the others need. This resort belonged to Zeng Peizhong. Once someone he sent to country V took Fan Da away secretly, Di Xiasong and Zeng Peizhong would surely realize that somewhere was wrong and got down to check out. He and Pup made no preparation before that, instead of being find outter, which may get Pup into trouble, it was better to take the initiative to be explicit now and won over Zeng Peizhong as well as developed Zeng into an ally, who was obviously dissatisfied with the mother and son.

    After returning to the hotel, He Bai went back to the room to rest, while Di Qiuhe went to director Jiang and others for a small meeting.

    They had a good night. And early the next morning, He Bai followed Di Qiuhe to the film set with great enthusiasm.

    ¡°It¡¯s a chase-and-run battle today, there are scenes of climbing up and down on the balcony and house. Qiuhe, you have the experience of Wire stunt, it¡¯s your responsibility to take care of Dong Ni.¡± Jiang instructed and emphasized, ¡°ording to the plot, you two have already had feelings for each other, and there should be many a lot eye contacts during the pursuit. Qiuhe, the role Cheng Jun is reserved but not explicit, affectionate but not greasy. Have you got it?

    Di Qiuhe looked at He Bai with a camera beside him and nodded stiffly.

    Jiang Guanshan then turned to Dong Ni. ¡°The role Tu Xiu you are ying considers Cheng Jun as a drug dealer. She¡¯s confused by love and hate. Thus you should let out your struggle through your eyes. The first scene starts from the middle of the plot, and it may be difficult for you to get into. But don¡¯t worry, Qiuhe has got you.¡± He then looked at Di Qiuhe, with eyes full of trust.

    Dong Ni looked at Di Qiuhe in the same way.

    He Bai raised his camera toward them.

    Di Qiuhe: ¡°...¡± He was stressed out to perform a lovey dovey scene with a woman who obviously yearned for him before his sweetheart.

    ¡°Qiuhe,e on!¡± He Bai waved his fist in a tone full of anticipation and excitement about the imminent gaining of knowledge.

    ¡°...¡± As ill luck would have it, his sweetheart was putting a cat among the pigeons in high spirit beside.

 Chapter 91 - Popsicle (1)

    <h4>Chapter 91: Popsicle (1)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    He Bai stood next to Jiang Guanshan, and he suddenly got a bit nervous while looking at Di Qiuhe who stood on the balcony on the second floor in the front.

    The action choreographer and the securities were doing the final check and the dresser was working on his makeup and clothes. Di Qiuhe¡¯s eyes were closed as if he was building up his mood. The smiling between his eyes was drawn back deliberately that he looked quite thoughtful and steady.

    The first take was Di Qiuhe¡¯s monodrama. ording to the former blockings, he needed to run out from the room first and then looked back at the pursuing troops. After that, he should jump out of the balcony on the second floor and fell on the stic roof of the first floor. Then he should pull out his leg to grab the window frame on the first floor after rolling on the ground, and shed into the alley right after.

    It wasn¡¯t that easy to shoot those scenes that might not evenst for only a few seconds in the final film.

    A few minutester, the dresser left with his cosmetic kit. The action choreographer and other staff had made the final check and they were packing their stuff to leave gradually. Jiang Guanshan waved and all the staff on each position were ready quickly. They were ready to start the shooting right after he and Di Qiuhe gave the sign.

    Finally, Di Qiuhe was the only one left in the scene. He adjusted his body and turned to look downstairs.

    Jiang Guanshan gave him an ¡°Okay¡± sign.

    Di Qiuhe nodded and waited for a second. Then he put his eyes on He Bai who was dumbly holding a camera and looking at him without blinking.

    He Bai waved his hand as he saw him looking at himself, and he said a silent ¡°fighting¡± with his mouth moving. He then held up his camera and pretended to take a snap, meaning he would take good pictures for him.

    Di Qiuhe couldn¡¯t help raising his lips and his eyes were full of smile. The gentleness covered deliberately before had now been revealed unconsciously, and some staff was blushing as they were overwhelmed by how handsome Di Qiuhe was.

    Dong Ni¡¯s eyes shed and she was blushing as well because he was indeed handsome. And he was totally different from her fat and greasy sponsor who kept on gazing at her.

    Jiang Guanshan looked around the environment and made a strong cough and stared at Di Qiuhe angrily. He then pped to tell them the shooting was about to start.

    Di Qiuhe arranged his emotions immediately and withdrew his stare from He. He hid half of his body in the room after taking a few steps back.

    He Bai grabbed his camera tightly and couldn¡¯t help holding his breath.

    There was also a camera stand inside the room, and it was charged by the deputy director. The continuity called the scene number and pped the clip stick to kick off the shooting.

    The atmosphere around Di Qiuhe changed promptly along with the shooting. He ran to the balcony with his eyebrows tightly knitted and looked at the pursuing troops seriously. His fist was getting hard and he abruptly pushed against the rails on the balcony and jumped down agilely.

    He Bai had totally forgotten that he was there to do his assignment that he couldn¡¯t help looking at that vigorous shadow falling down. His heart was beating so fast out of worry.

    Landing safely on the roof, Di Qiuhe rolled on the ground without a break. He then grabbed the window frame on the first floor and disappeared after stepping on it to sh into the alley near the side of the house.

    ¡°Cut! Pass!¡±

    Director Jiang waved and then the staff ran into the alley immediately to check on Di Qiuhe. He Bai couldn¡¯t help but follow them up.

    There were some mats prepared in the alley, so Di Qiuhe was actually falling on them after he shed agilely into the alley in the camera. He was about to stand up with the help of those staff when He Bai rushed into him.

    ¡°Are you alright?¡± He Bai ran into him and grabbed his arm to scan with his eyebrows furrowed.

    Di Qiuhe was struck for a second andughed happily. He pressed his hand back and consoled him, ¡°It¡¯s okay. They have checked the security for so many times. No worries.¡± He was just so addicted to this feeling of being cared for by his lover. That was just so fresh and addictive.

    The pressing hand was too intimate for He Bai that he was struck for a while. The action choreographer came to grab Di Qiuhe¡¯s wrist and asked him to make a few gestures to check if he was alright from the falling. He Bai¡¯s weird feeling then disappeared right after.

    Maybe it was a shooting habit to tell them that he was alright by making gestures after shooting.

    He thought that way and drew his hand back to keep some distance with Di Qiuhe. He then held up his camera and took a picture of Di Qiuhe talking with the action choreographer.

    Di Qiuhe heard the sound of the shutter click while he was feeling depressed because of his empty hand. He couldn¡¯t help looking back and then he felt that his empty heart was getting a refill.

    He Bai pressed the shutter again and moved away the camera to smile at him.

    Di Qiuhe smiled back and the love in his eyes was about to overflow.

    It was getting weirdly sweet. Dong Ni was holding a bottle of water and trying to get closer to him. She looked at those two people who were smiling at each other, and she couldn¡¯t help stopping herself but then was pushed aside by some staff arranging the set.

    ¡°Dong Ni! Where is Dong Ni? It is about to be your turn! Come here again and check the blockings!¡± The deputy director called somewhere on the other side.

    Therefore, the ignored Dong Ni suddenly became the spotlight in the crowd, although not that kind of fancy spotlight.

    All of the staff knew that she was still raw yet with some kind of unspeakable background. They also knew that on her first day in D district she didn¡¯t visit the director but she knocked on the door of Di Qiuhe early in the morning when the others were still in their dreams. She said she was trying to check the script with him. What a piece of insincere raw meat!

    Luckily Di Qiuhe didn¡¯t stay alone in a room because he was hosting his junior who was visiting him. And there were no reporters lurking outside as this was a closed shooting. So there were not weird scandalsing out.

    Director Jiang hated it the most when scandals of the actors spreading out even before the film was released. Was Dong Ni trying to challenge director Jiang¡¯s fierceness of scolding people that she was now trying so hard to get closer to Di Qiuhe with a bottle of water?

    Dong Ni felt quite embarrassed by people¡¯s staring that sheughed awkwardly and said, ¡°It¡¯s alright. I¡¯ll just go check on my blockings.¡±

    She left right after as if she was just passing by.

    ¡°It is notmon to see a novice trying to familiarize the shooting procedures before so that not to cause trouble to the others. Ms. Dong is very dedicated.¡±

    Di Qiuhe suddenly sighed and looked at He Bai gently, ¡°I still need to take a few close-ups for these set of shots. You can get closer by chance to get more familiar with your camera, and don¡¯t forget about your assignment.¡±

    The embarrassment was suddenly gone. And all the staff was looking at Di Qiuhe in a praising way as he found an excuse for the novice to ease the situation. He also changed the topic smoothly into caring for his visiting junior and telling him to do his assignment. How considerate, gentle and thoughtful Mr. Di was that he lighten up the atmosphere!

    The crowd was won over immediately.

    He Bai squinted at Di Qiuhe, ¡°This dude...he is putting on an act again.¡±

    Di Qiuhe smiled gently and he looked exactly like an elegant gentleman.

    He Bai rolled his eyes and spat secretly in his heart.

    It was quite a trivial thing to take close-ups that it took about 4 or 5 times for Di Qiuhe to finish all the shots needed. He Bai was so worried while watching it as the task was too hard to take. No wonder Di Qiuhe was so toned, he might have failed to finish the exhausting shooting task otherwise.

    Dong Ni had finished her blockings on the other side and she was shooting the demo for her first shot which was a basic chasing scene on the street.

    ¡°The next one is the love scene.¡± After talking with director Jiang, Di Qiuhe went behind He Bai who was holding his camera to take snaps of Dong Ni. He put his chin on his head and rubbed on it as he was a bit taller and standing on the stairs as well.

    He Bai was struck and hit his waist without thinking, saying with dislike, ¡°Stop rubbing on me! Your face is covered with sweat and foundation. Dare you to do your tricks again I¡¯m gonna take a lot of ugly snaps of you and post them online!¡±

 Chapter 92 - Popsicle (2)

    <strong>Chapter 92: Popsicle (2)</strong>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Di Qiuheughed and stepped back from his hit. He then moved his jaw away from him and flipped his hair, saying, ¡°The dresser said my skin is in good condition so it looks weird with foundation. Therefore, he only applied some concealer on my face, no foundation at all.¡±

    ¡°How thick-skinned you are! Don¡¯t you blush to say that?¡± He Bai couldn¡¯t take snaps for Dong Ni because of his interruption, so he just put down the camera and turned over to look at him. He then looked around that surreal filming site and came up with an idea. He pointed at a phone booth by the street and raised his chin to him, ¡°Go stand there and lean on it. Oh, by the way, does Cheng Jun, the character you y smoke?¡±

    ¡°Yes.¡± Di Qiuhe guessed his intention and walked there on hismand and looked at him with smiles, ¡°But I don¡¯t have one with me.¡±

    ¡°Be serious!¡± He Bai asked for one cigarette from a passing-by staff and put it into his mouth. He then took a few steps back to adjust for better light and angle and said while checking the camera, ¡°You are Cheng Jun instead of Di Qiuhe now. Stay in character.¡±

    Di Qiuhe bowed and giggled and then raised his head, hiding all his smile and slightly frowning his eyebrows. As he still kept the instinct of a soldier, his back was still quite straight even if he¡¯s leaning on the phone booth. However, since he needed to cover as a drug dealer who did all the nasty things, he pretended to look cruel and vicious by biting a cigarette in his mouth.

    Yes, biting, not holding. And there you saw how cruel and vicious he was.

    A total stranger with exactly the face of Di Qiuhe showed up in the camera.

    He Bai couldn¡¯t help holding his breath. He soon changed his mind of taking a few random pictures and got serious and tried to adjust the angle more carefully.

    ¡°Cheng Jun.¡± He asked all of a sudden.

    ¡°Yes?¡± The man who was biting on a cigarette looked over. His deep eyes were full of mysterious emotions.

    ¡°Will youe back alive?¡±

    The man was struck and made a careless smile and said in a low voice, ¡°Who knows.¡±

    ¡°Be alive.¡±

    The man looked over again without smiling.

    ¡°Come back alive.¡±

    The man moved his eyes and took off his cigarette. He stayed silent for a long while and nodded, ¡°Okay.¡±

    Click.

    Then it came to the apuse.

    Both He Bai and Di Qiuhe were struck. One dropped his camera and the other was over the acting mode quickly. Then they looked to where the sound came from together.

    Jiang Guanshan put down his hand and walked to them with the script. He looked at He Bai and asked, ¡°Did you read the script?¡±

    He Bai nodded and replied with a bit uncertainty, ¡°Yes. My master showed me a part of it and I also looked through Qiuhe¡¯s script. Is it forbidden? Just rx director Jiang, I won¡¯t speak out a word about it.¡±

    ¡°Don¡¯t be nervous.¡± Jiang Guanshan smiled and asked for his camera to check on those photos he just took. Then he nodded and said benignly, ¡°You just had quite a good feeling about those lines with Qiuhe. I would have given this role to you if you weren¡¯t talking the main actress¡¯s lines.¡±

    He Bai waved his hand hastily and said humbly that it was too ttering, and he was just doing that on a random impulse with Qiuhe, and...

    Di Qiuhe had a thought and looked at He Bai then put his hand on his shoulder, saying ambiguously, ¡°Rx my heroine, I wille back alive to you no matter what. I love you so much after all.¡±

    He Bai¡¯s eyebrows cramped and he pushed him away then threatened him by waving his fist. What a naughty piece of junk!

    Di Qiuhe sneered and raised his eyebrows. He knew he could never beat him up and he would surrender on purpose, so he was just being provocative like a child.

    He Bai really wanted to punch him.

    ¡°You two are really close to each other.¡± Jiang Guanshan stopped an uing domestic violence just on time. He smiled and returned the camera to He Bai, saying, ¡°Now I seem to understand why old Xu insisted on having you on his own instead of giving you to someone else. He, do you want to join the crew and help me shoot the poster and promotion pictures for this film?¡±

    He Bai¡¯s mouth was wide open and his hand was shaking that he almost fell the camera off. Di Qiuhe caught it immediately and seized that chance to touch his hand.

    ¡°Di...director Jiang, so, so you mean you want me to...to...¡± That was too big a surprise for He Bai that he couldn¡¯t help stuttering.

    That was a film poster! A film poster for a director Jiang film!

    A director Jiang film would definitely be shown abroad as he was an international-awarded director. And the film would definitely go for the awardpetition. By then the poster and promotion pictures of this film would appear in every cinema home and abroad. Also they would be seen and studied by those judges of major awards.

    What did that mean? That meant that if he shot the post of this film sessfully, his name would appear in front of the eyes of the audience here and abroad, also those top practitioners in the film industry!

    Mostly, if he shot the poster sessfully, his position as a photographer in the entertainment industry would be leveled up a lot!

    From shooting clothes to the album cover, and then to the shooting of film poster, he was walking in a totally different way than before. And that meant he had an unlimited future in his career! The scope of his choice of work had expanded to more fields that he could choose which work to do instead of the other way around!

    The prerequisite for all of those was to shoot the film poster for director Jiang¡¯s film sessfully!

    ¡°Yes, it is.¡± Jiang Guanshan was amused by his reaction and said, ¡°Didn¡¯t your master tell you? Your assignment for this time was a test. If you can have a nice work that satisfies him and me, then you can shoot the poster for this film. But, if anyone of us is not satisfied, then you need to practice longer. And we will let you try again after a few months when the film is about to be finished. I just saw your pictures, they were great. I think your master must feel the same, so you have passed the test and got the poster shooting.¡±

    He Bai would have never thought that there was another meaning in his shooting assignment for this time. He was surprised and thrilled by the trust of his master.

    He recalled that the master told him to study about posters when he was just starting to learn group photograph. Now he suddenly understood and felt so touched and grateful that he almost said yes to this offer right away. But he also thought about his study and the job at Yi Ka, so he restrained and said embarrassed, ¡°Director Jiang, thank you for giving me this opportunity, and I¡¯d love to shoot the film poster. But about joining the crew, I...¡±

 Chapter 93 - Popsicle (3)

    Chapter 93: Popsicle (3)

    ¡°I know you¡¯re worried.¡± Jiang Guanshan interrupted him and said benignly, ¡°As a student, you should focus on your study, so we don¡¯t need to hurry about the film poster shooting. You can go back to school to talk with your master, and then tell me a proper time for you to do it.¡±

    He Bai finally heaved a sigh of relief heavily, and he immediately told him that he would go back to school and discuss it with his master.

    There were some issues in Dong Ni¡¯s shooting scene, so Jiang Guanshan left right after that on the deputy director¡¯s call.

    He Bai couldn¡¯t suppress his excitement any more and gave Di Qiuhe a couple of heavy punches. He had a big ear-to-ear smile on his face and said, ¡°Qiuhe, I¡¯m gonna shoot a film poster! This is my first formalmercial group photograph work!¡±

    ¡°Puppy is so impressive.¡± Di Qiuhe smiled as well. He then pressed his head and rubbed him when he stopped his punching. He was so excited that he wished he could hug him into his arms and rub him all over. But his beloved puppy could be so aggressive when he was excited, and that meant he could suffer from ¡°domestic violence¡±. So he held his emotion and said, ¡°I¡¯ll wait for you with the crew, you juste here quickly.¡± He had got used to seeing his puppy every minute after the few days being together. Director Jiang¡¯s offer was indeed a big pie in the sky, and so was it to him.

    Wang Boyi, the man who was standing behind them all the time was thinking, ¡°Mr. Di, did you forget about your assistant is still here? You are now smiling like a silly puppy, and I see your reputation is copsing...¡±

    Di Qiuhe¡¯s excitement onlysted for ten minutes. After ten minutes, bumpy it was, Dong Ni had finally wrapped up her first scene, and they were going to have their first cooperation.

    Cheng Jun ran to the dock alone as he almost got rid of those cops chasing after him. He was stuck at the entrance of thene by Tu Xiu who was yed by Dong Ni and had a fierce quarrel with her. Tu Xiu begged Cheng Jun to surrender, yet Cheng Jun couldn¡¯t exin to her as he had got a mission to finish. The cops were catching up and Tu Xiu seemed to call for herpanions for help. He could do nothing but topromise and knocked her down when she approached him. He then left with the guilt and love of his beloved one, and went for the battle of life and death.

    That was a y that required a lot of emotional expressions. Both Dong Ni and the director were very stressed, but Di Qiuhe was feeling stressed out.

    ¡°It¡¯s endless! Cheng Jun, if you are still a man then you shouldn¡¯t follow that way!¡± Tu Xiu yelled at him and her eyes were full of tears. Her hairs fell scattered on her trembling shoulders and she was already on the verge of emotional copse.

    Cheng Jun stood on the darker side and he could only keep silent as he couldn¡¯t exin anything to her.

    ¡°Follow me.¡± Tu Xiu rubbed her face. She became quite determined and pointed her gun at him, ¡°Cheng Jun, you forced me to do this...stay down and hands up! Do not resist!¡±

    ¡°Tu Xiu.¡± Cheng Jun finally spoke to her. He walked one step further into the light with a gloomy face.

    Tu Xiu couldn¡¯t help but stepped back. She took her eyes off him and yelled again, ¡°Freeze! Hands up! Now!¡±

    ¡°Cut! Pass!¡±

    Director Jiang waved his hand and then all the nervous staff watching aside got relieved.

    This scene had been filmed many times, and if it still couldn¡¯t pass the whole crew would have been drowning in the dreadful atmosphere.

    ¡°Let¡¯s have a ten minutes break and then we take thest scene!¡± Director Jiang tapped on the script and said.

    The crew held their nerve again and looked at each other. They all saw Di Qiuhe walking from the scene for a break, and they were wondering how tired it was for him to film that scene again and again with Dong Ni, as watching them filming was already quite tiring.

    Ugh...what a terrible job to train a rookie.

    He Bai passed the water to Di Qiuhe with his eyebrows furrowed and asked in a voice full of worries, ¡°Are you alright?¡± In order to have a better light effect, Di Qiuhe had been standing in a dark ce for long. The corner was quite suffocating as there was no wind, so he was sweating just standing there for a short time, which was indeed ufortable.

    ¡°It¡¯s alright. Even as a girl, Dong Ni didn¡¯t say she¡¯s tired. Then howe I can¡¯t outmatch her as a man?¡± Di Qiuhe drank the water and consoled him with his joking and said in a rxing tone, ¡°Little Bai, I can rest after this scene. I¡¯m so sweaty and I want to change my clothes after work. Can you get them in my car for me?¡±

    Wang Boyi, the man who was standing aside the whole day, now jumped out to get some attention. ¡°Mr. Di, I¡¯ll get them, you and Mr. He can just have some rest.¡± Then he turned and strode away like a perfect personal assistant.

    Di Qiuhe was so speechless that he tried so hard to keep He Bai away from thest scene as it involved hugging. Maybe the assistant was too considerate for him.

    ¡°Then...¡± He struggled for a second and came up with another excuse, ¡°Little Bai, I want some cold water. You go.¡±

    He Bai took out a bottle of water from the minibar and put it into his hand. His eyebrows were still frowned and he said, ¡°I knew you would want something cold. Here, I asked assistant Wang to prepare it.¡±

    ¡°......¡±

    ¡°Why don¡¯t you drink it?¡± He Bai was confused.

    Di Qiuhe opened the bottle and took a sip silently and said, ¡°And wet towel...¡±

    He Bai magically took out a small basin out of the minibar. There were water, ice and a white towel in the basin. He grabbed the towel and said while squeezing it, ¡°When the make-up artistes to do your make-upter, don¡¯t rub your face too hard with this, just wipe your neck and shoulders. Got it?¡±

    ¡°Got it. What about the fan...¡± He was trying so hard.

    He Bai put the towel into his hand and took a little fan from behind the minibar. He opened it and pointed it to his body while avoiding the hair, telling him, ¡°Your hair can¡¯t be messy, so you can¡¯t use a big fan, just make it with this one.¡±

    Di Qiuhe took a deep breath and looked at the minibar with hatred, ¡°Howe assistant Wang can be so considerate as a man?¡± Cut his sry! I had to cut his sry! He usually wasn¡¯t so considerate like that!

    He Bai crossed his arms and looked at him in despise, ¡°So a man can¡¯t be considerate? Why are you so sexist?¡±

    Di Qiuhe was struck and he looked up at him carefully, then asked in a surprised and excited tone, ¡°Was it you who prepared all of these, wasn¡¯t it...¡±

    He Bai sneered at him and pushed him down to the resting chair, while he himself sat on a small stool nearby and took out a popsicle out of the minibar. He then stopped talking with him but sipping the popsicle and checking his camera.

    The little fan was blowing a cool breeze, and Di Qiuhe was getting a bit thirsty while watching He Bai sipping his popsicle. He took another mouthful of the cold water and then moved to him and said in a low voice, ¡°Puppy...¡±

    He Bai sneered.

    Di Qiuhe said, ¡°...I want a popsicle too.¡±

    He Bai stopped for a bit and licked the other half of his popsicle.

    Di Qiuhe just couldn¡¯t help swallowing his drool.

    ¡°...¡± Wang Boyi returned and saw that scene and finally he felt there must be something wrong with Mr. Di.

    Di Qiuhe stood in front of the camera yet with that popsicle all over his mind. He tried to hypnotize himself and imagined that Dong Ni standing right in front of his to be the popsicle that was just licked by puppy. Then his face suddenly turned so constrained and lustful, which matched exactly Cheng Jun¡¯s feeling at that time.

    The continuity pped the clip stick and started filming thest scene.

    Tu Xiu yed by Dong Ni finally convinced Cheng Jun, and she dropped the gun and ran to Cheng Jun, wishing to hug her once-lost lover.

    Cheng Jun opened his arms to hold her. He then closed his arms and his hand moved slowly to touch her neck.

    The camera in charge of the close-up was moving closer gradually, but Di Qiuhe¡¯s body got suddenly frozen.

    ¡°Cut!¡± Director Jiang¡¯s eyebrows furrowed and he looked at Dong Ni and said, ¡°What are you doing? Tu Xiu was indeed very excited, but she hasn¡¯t confessed to Cheng Jun at the moment. So her hug was constrained and also with some caution! Why did you get so close to Qiuhe? And your face, don¡¯t go too close to his neck. Cheng Jun is a soldier, and he is a very vignt one. Were you expecting to be pushed away by him that you stayed so close to his neck?¡±

    Di Qiuhe stepped back earlier than director Jiang shouted out that ¡°Cut!¡±, and he was now wiping the lip print on his neck.

    Director Jiang was even more furious when seeing that and said angrily, ¡°Who is Dong Ni¡¯s make-up artist?! Why did you apply such a red lipstick on her? Wipe it off!¡±

 Chapter 94 - Popsicle (4)

    <strong>Chapter 94: Popsicle (4)</strong>

    ¡°Director, I didn¡¯t use any lipstick and I just put some lightener on her lips...¡± The makeup artist exined to him fearfully that she was not to be med. Then all the staff looked at Dong Ni all at once.

    Dong Ni bit her lips and smiled awkwardly, exining, ¡°I just put some...¡± Actually, the lipstick wasn¡¯t bright, but a bit more watery than the one used by the makeup artist. That was just a trick of girls, but she was busted when Di Qiuhe wiped that lip print.

    She took a look at Di Qiuhe who went to his junior after wiping off the lip print. He seemed to speak something to the junior and his eyebrows frowned. Did she get that close to him that she even left some lipstick on him...

    The first take failed and the second one started.

    Di Qiuhe made a fake action to knock on the neck of Dong Ni, and put her down when she passed out. He then looked at her in aplex way for a few seconds and turned to stride away.

    ¡°Cut!¡±

    Director Jiang felt a bit dizzy and he scolded, ¡°Dong Ni! Will someone fall down like that when he got knocked out? I told you to not get so close to Qiuhe. You did quite well when the action choreographer was checking it with you, and howe it doesn¡¯t work with Qiuhe now?¡±

    He Bai frowned and he felt a bit sympathy for Qiuhe because Dong Ni was obviously trying to throw herself at him on purpose.

    Di Qiuhe came close again when Dong Ni was getting scolded. He looked alright butined in a poor tone, ¡°Puppy, that woman was taking advantage of me.¡± Since he couldn¡¯t get puppy away, then he would try to exin his unwillingness by all means! He would try to disassociate himself from Dong Ni, and he would never let puppy misunderstand him!

    He Bai¡¯s lip twitched and he couldn¡¯t speak out a word tofort him, although he knew that he was telling the truth. He felt that if heforted him, he would fly to the moon.

    ¡°She left her lip print on me and rubbed herself on me.¡± Di Qiuhe said embarrassingly and took his hand to his chest as if he was a muscr bunny got bullied. ¡°Puppy, it feels as if there are some worms where she touched,e and get them off me.¡±

    He Bai finally couldn¡¯t stand and got rid of his hand and said bitterly, ¡°I think you enjoyed a lot. Stop making a scene!¡± He would never believe that the cunning Di Qiuhe would fail to nail a new flesh trying to seduce him during the shooting. He was obviously just having fun!

    ¡°You¡¯ve wronged me, puppy.¡± Di Qiuhe got closer to him and exined in a careless way, ¡°I just gave her a chance to show herself.¡± A rookie would never grow up without getting scolded.

    He Bai pushed him away in disgust and said while ying with thenyard on his camera, ¡°Stop ying around and go finish the shooting. Dong Ni is the leading actress and she mostly ys her part with you. If she keeps acting like that then you will be the one who suffers.¡±

    ¡°Are you worried about me?¡± Di Qiuhe kept getting closer and smiled. It seemed that he was finally satisfied with his jealous behavior, ¡°Puppy, just look how I nail her quickly.¡±

    He Bai rolled his eyes and didn¡¯t want to speak to him.

    Then the third scene started.

    Finally, Dong Ni didn¡¯t make any drama and the story went to the hugging.

    Realizing the sliding of Dong Ni¡¯s hand on his back, Di Qiuhe was struck and looked at the direction of He Bai. He bent down and said in a low voice that could only be heard by the two of them, ¡°Dong Ni, you can win your sponsor¡¯s favor only because you look like his first love.¡±

    Dong Ni¡¯s body was suddenly struck.

    Di Qiuhe took the time to make that action of knocking on her neck and then hugged her tightly as in the script. He let go of her and kept saying in a low voice, ¡°So you are not as important as you imagine. What kind of result are you expecting for a wicked and deceitful pet?¡±

    Dong Ni stared at him in surprise and fear, and she couldn¡¯t help grabbing the clothes on his back as support.

    ¡°He boomed your poprity because it¡¯s convenient for him to do moneyundry.¡± Di Qiuhe slowly dragged off her hand and looked up, so that the camera could only catch his undemonstrative and soulful eyes. He said in a low voice, ¡°Don¡¯t mess around with me. He would worry if you keep tangling with me, so just stay cool. It¡¯s so easy to find a substitute that looks like you, and I can always find a way to let your sponsor dump you.¡± Then he knocked on Dong Ni¡¯s funny bone and she suddenly got struck and fell down unconsciously, ¡°You...¡±

    Di Qiuhe bent down and held her for a second, asking, ¡°Close your eyes.¡±

    Dong Ni closed her eyes by instinct and fell down to the ground.

    Di Qiuhe drew back his hand and leaned his head to the direction of He Bai. He pretended to look at Dong Ni lying on the ground with sympathy and left after a few seconds.

    ¡°Cut! Pass!¡±

    Director Jiang waved and he was surprised by their performance for this scene, ¡°You caught exactly the feeling when Dong Ni was knocked over that she was so shocked yet hurt. Let¡¯s give some credit to Qiuhe. Please keep going!¡±

    The whole exhausted crew was so thrilled hearing his speech.

    Di Qiuhe walked back from the other side of the alley, and he helped Dong Ni stand up when she was still on the ground. He then pretended to not have seen her pale and bewildered face. Later, he greeted Jiang Guanshan and went back to He Bai, jumping to him, rubbing andining, ¡°Puppy, I¡¯m dirty now. Dong Ni¡¯s perfume was unpleasant.¡±

    ¡°Then why are you rubbing it on me.¡± He Bai finally came to himself from hisst affectionate nce. Thinking about Dong Ni¡¯s face when she was carried away by her assistant, he frowned and pushed him, asking, ¡°What did you just say to Dong Ni? Why did she look so weird?¡±

    Di Qiuhe smiled and blew on his ear, ¡°I told her that I am into men instead of women. Can¡¯t get hard facing women.¡±

    He Bai was struck and pushed him away. He rubbed his goosebumpsing from nowhere and grunted, ¡°Why don¡¯t you just say you are the bottom and your little bird is just a decoration!¡± He was so reckless to say that! What if Dong Ni bought some zombie fans to attack him!

    Di Qiuhe smiled and kept getting closer to him. He grabbed his hand and said ambiguously, ¡°Then touch it and see if it¡¯s a decoration.¡±

    He Bai dropped his hand off with disgust and finally epted that he just had no sense of shame.

    ¡°Fine, you have already seen my little bird, and you said it looks quite good.¡± Di Qiuhe couldn¡¯t help getting conceited as he thought he was in Bai¡¯s good graces that day.

    Yet He Bai felt that he wanted to smash him.

    Wang Boyi who just came here to give them the water halted all of a sudden. His poker face was about to break down. He must have heard something wrong.

 Chapter 95 - Chicken Soup for the Soul (1)

    <h4><strong>Chapter 95: Chicken Soup for the Soul (1)</strong></h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Having followed closely the crew all the day, He Bai finally got a clear understanding of the working intensity of Di Qiuhe and was softened up when it urred to him that Di Qiuhe had rushed back to B City immediately to apologize to him the moment his night shooting finished. However, his anger was stirred up within seconds.

    ¡°Let¡¯s go out to dote-night shopping!¡± Di Qiuhe kept clinging to He Bai as soon as he finished a bath, his mind in a whirl, ¡°you¡¯re returning to B city tomorrow, so there¡¯s little time left for us to wander the streets of D Area. The night fair is bustling and lively. You¡¯ll have fun.¡±

    He Bai plucked the card reader off theputer and turned it off. Then he got up, grabbed the pajamas cor of Di Qiuhe and ferociously pushed him to the bed, warning, ¡°Lie still! Tell me what you¡¯d like for dinner, and I¡¯ll have Assistant Wang get it for you.¡± After one day¡¯s filming, the guy was bound to take a rest instead of going shopping!

    Di Qiuhey down obediently but jumped out of bed in a sh, ¡°You must be fed up with the box lunch. How about we go for a seafood feast? There¡¯s a century-old restaurant in D District, which serves good seafood. I can ask Assistant Wang to make a booking.¡±

    He Bai stared at him expressionlessly and began to take his clothes off.

    Di Qiuhe was dumbfounded and fell backwards on the bed after a slip. Surprised, happy and shy, he shifted his gaze from He Bai and turned his head within seconds. Watching the revealing lines of He Bai¡¯s body, Di Qiuhe stuttered, ¡°What... what do you take off your clothes for? Would... would you like...?¡±

    He Bai threw the dirty clothes at Di Qiuhe¡¯s face, picked up his pajamas and said, ¡°I¡¯m tired and just want to sleep now. Please order a takeaway. I¡¯ll have it after a bath.¡± Then he entered the bathroom without another word.

    A clunk.

    He Bai closed the door of the bathroom.

    Di Qiuhe held his breath and took the coat and T-shirt away from his face, his ears and face turning red. After a brief hesitation, he quickly buried his head in the clothes, and then got up from the bed, kept a straight face, found out his mobile phone and called Wang Boyi, ¡°Assistant Wang, go and buy some easily digested food.¡± After hanging up, he nced at the clothes on the bed, his fingers gripping the seam of his pajama firmly, and rushed to tidy the clothes away in a careful way, rubbing and blinking.

    ¡®Since Little Puppy got tired, maybe... maybe they can visit the night market next time. Today is thest night when he and Little Puppy shared the same bed, of which he must make better use... Wait,st night?¡¯

    Shyness, joyfulness, excitement and other emotions disappeared immediately and were reced by sadness and reluctance to part with Little Puppy.

    Di Qiuhe put down the clothes in stunned silence, and in a few seconds his shoulders slowly drooped. He shot a sidelong nce at the half-packed luggage of He Bai, his eyes falling.

    Time flied. Little Puppy was about to go back...

    He Bai took a bath and walked out, only to find Di Qiuhe who was in high spirit before looked crestfallen, copsing on the sofa by the window.

    Was he dying to go out? Did his words upset him so much?

    He Bai raised his eyebrows, put down the towel used for wiping his hair and sighed silently.

    Di Qiuhe was, after all, a restless young man. In contrast, he himself was in reality a middle-aged man who didn¡¯t like running around.

    ¡°Are you angry?¡±

    He Bai went to the sofa opposite and sat down, leaning forward to take a can of drink and another of beer and putting it on the small table between them. Then he gave Di Qiuhe the drink and picked up the beer himself, shaking and asking, ¡°Have a drink?¡±

    Di Qiuhe cast a nce at him, stretched his arm to snatch the beer away from He Bai and changed it to a juice. Reclining in the sofa, he felt depressed and said, ¡°You have a ne to catch tomorrow, so don¡¯t drink alcohol tonight.¡±

    He Bai tapped on the beverage can, raised his eyes and carefully sized Di Qiuhe¡¯s up. Holding his arm on the table, he asked smilingly, ¡°Don¡¯t want me to go?¡±

    Di Qiuhe paused and shifted his gaze from He Bai.

    How childish he was!

    He Bai gave a faint smile, clinked sses with Di Qiuhe and soothed him, ¡°I¡¯lle to see you when I¡¯m free.¡±

    He thought carefully before adding, ¡°Qiuhe, you¡¯ve been friends with few people, only me and Jiang Xiuwen, which is no good for you. It¡¯s quite rare to find close friends in the entertainment world, but it doesn¡¯t mean there are no sincere and honest persons. You can have a try and make a few more like-minded friends.¡±

    Having been closely associated with Di Qiuhe these days, He Bai came to realize that he had unconsciously developed a shut-in personality, which didn¡¯t mean he suffered autism or other physical or mental illness, but that he had been involuntarily rejecting intimate friendship with others.

    Di Qiuhe was indeed popr among the cast and crew. All the staff spoke highly of him, and co-actors always came to chat with him during the shooting. But He Bai observed clearly that Di Qiuhe tended to mask his true feelings and keep them at a distance.

    In a word, in Di Qiuhe¡¯s eyes, ¡®he can make friends with everyone, but no one is his true friend.¡¯

    This kind of life was quite tiring.

    He who kept hiding his emotions and giving no vent to his feeling would have psychological problem sooner orter.

    Di Qiuhe was in extraordinarily high spirit all the day, especially when faced with him. He Bai noticed that and thus intentionally cooperated with him, letting the man release his emotion. At this moment he was very d that Di Qiuhe saw him as a bosom friend and had never masked his feelings in front of him.

    He really appreciated his trust and sincerity and hoped that Di Qiuhe could live a much easier life.

    ¡®It¡¯s quality rather than quantity that counts, as the old saying goes.¡¯ However, friends few in numbers would also cause a problem. Unlike partner, friend was unable to take into ount each other¡¯s emotions constantly. The more rxed and happier Di Qiuhe became when He Bai came over, the more depressed he would get after he left. He Bai believed that Di Qiuhe would adjust soon, butpulsive adjustment wasn¡¯t a pleasant experience.

    He Bai hoped that Di Qiuhe could have more friends, wear less masks and live a more rxed and free life. He also hoped that after he left, Di Qiuhe would have more ways to vent his emotions instead of suppressing himself.

    On hearing He Bai¡¯s words, Di Qiuhe was stunned, his eyebrows frowned again. He stared at He Bai, pinched the drink can and said in a deep voice, ¡°I don¡¯t need more friends.¡± For Di Qiuhe, considerable uncertainties existed about friendship. Without knowing what his fate would be, he didn¡¯t want to waste his energy on things like friendship. Besides, Little Puppy meant more than a friend to him.

    Di Qiuhe didn¡¯t like He Bai¡¯s look or his tone of voice, as if he was nothing but such a heavy burden on him that Little Puppy couldn¡¯t afford to shoulder and wished him off on to others.

    He Bai originally nned to share some chicken soup for the soul with him but chocked his words at the sight of his gaze.

    He wasn¡¯t Di Qiuhe, thus having no idea what he was thinking and what he wanted. At this moment He Bai suddenly realized that perhaps the life he considered tiring was the safest and mostfortable one for Di Qiuhe.

    ... It seemed that we could never really put ourselves in others¡¯ shoes. Men tended to make indiscreet remarks on other people¡¯s life on the grounds that ¡®I did it for your good¡¯, which was in realty a stupid behavior that would easily cause burdens on others and make them unhappy.

    At least for now, he was quite sure that his ¡®good-for-you¡¯ utterance put Di Qiuhe in a worse mood.

    ¡°I¡¯m sorry.¡± He Bai touched the can in Di Qiuhe¡¯s hand, looked into his eyes and said, ¡°I was self-righteous. You¡¯re very nice, and thank you for your hospitality. I¡¯ve had a good time.¡±

    Looking at his warm and apologetic gaze, Di Qiuhe felt his sadness and anger disappeared instantly. After a brief silence, he opened a can, gulped down a mouthful of drink, looked out of the window and said, ¡°You don¡¯t need to apologize. I know you care about me.¡± Soft-hearted but straight-tempered, Little Puppy couldn¡¯t wish him on under the pretext that ¡®I did it for your good¡¯ but swiftly cklisted the guy who he considered his burden.

    Little Puppy was genuinely concerned for him and changed his way immediately when he expressed a little unhappiness.

    This was the one he loved, a gentle and thoughtful person.

 Chapter 96 - Chicken Soup for the Soul (2)

    <strong>Chapter 96: Chicken Soup for the Soul (2)</strong>

    Di Qiuhe turned back. Watching He Bai¡¯s maturing face, he couldn¡¯t resist the impulse to kiss him. He put down the beverage can, got up and walked to He Bai. Puzzled, He Bai looked up at him, only to find that Di Qiuhe reached out to hold his shoulder and slowly bent down.

    Never had Di Qiuhe seen so nice a person like He Bai, so he decided to bare his heart now and endeavor to win He Bai¡¯s heart down until he fell in love with him. He would, if possible, even dote upon the man to extremes and spend the whole lifetime together.

    He Bai¡¯s eyes grew wide in astonishment. Looking at Di Qiuhe who rose all of a sudden and put one hand on his shoulder, he was scared stiff, slightly moving backwards, and said, ¡°Qiuhe, I know it¡¯s quite annoying to inculcate chicken soup of the soul in you, but... but you don¡¯t need to give me a thrashing ...¡±

    ¡°Little Puppy,¡± Di Qiuhe tightened up his hand expressionlessly and bent towards He Bai with a seemingly predatory gaze, ¡°Since you care about me so much, how about we...?¡±

    Jingle-jingle.

    The doorbell rang, and Wang Boyi¡¯s voice came from outside, ¡°Master Di, Mr. He, dinner is here.¡±

    He Bai¡¯s eyes lit up. He responded instantly, carefully pulled Di Qiuhe¡¯s hand away and said while running to the door, ¡°Sit down, Qiuhe. I go to get dinner, and you... you drink something first.¡±

    Stuck on the affirmation, Di Qiuhe took a deep breath, slowly tightened his fists and looked at Wang Boyi, his teeth clenched, ¡°Assistance W-A-N-G, you¡¯re really quick!¡± If only he¡¯de back five minutester!

    Wang Boyi was modest about his praise, ¡°Thanks, it¡¯s my duty.¡±

    Shit!

    Di Qiuhe was choking with rage.

    Howe his father selected such a stupid person who always missed his cue as his assistant! He wanted to give him a sry cut!

    After sending Assistant Wang away, He Bai found Di Qiuhe was more listless and almost stuffed the food into his nostrils.

    ¡°Are you tired?¡± He Bai handed Di Qiuhe a tissue and patted him on the shoulder, coaxing, ¡°Sorry, I shouldn¡¯t have remarked on your way of life. I¡¯m leaving tomorrow. Could you forgive me?¡±

    Di Qiuhe lifted his eyelids to look at him, took the tissue and covered his face with it, ¡°No, I thought you saw me as a burden and wished me on to others, which hurt me badly.¡±

    ¡°...¡± The tone of voice sounded as if he¡¯d been abandoned. Di Qiuhe was really good at getting sympathy from him.

    ¡°My stepmother is right. People like me deserve neither a happy life nor good friends.¡± Di Qiuhe removed the tissue, gave He Bai a quick nce and added, ¡°as well as a steady partner and a loving family.¡±

    ¡°...¡± He Bai put down his chopsticks, feeling him full up.

    Di Qiuhe alsoid down his and looked out of the window with a sad face, ¡°I ought to lead a rather solitary existence like a ghost until the end of my life... Oh!¡±

    He Bai stuffed a whole piece of shrimp meat into his mouth andpromised, ¡°Tell me what you want!¡±

    Di Qiuhe licked He Bai¡¯s fingers in a seemingly casual way when chewing on the shrimp meat, pointed to the bed and answered vaguely.

    He Bai pped the table, ¡°Speak clearly!¡±

    Di Qiuhe swallowed the shrimp, and sadness on his face sunk without a trace. He said in a shy and well-behaved way, ¡°I want you to... to sleep beside me tonight.¡±

    ¡°...¡± He Bai began to consider the possibility of booking a flight and returning back now.

    ¡°Are you thinking about going back now? Do you want to abandon me after wishing me on? Little Puppy, how could you treat me like this?¡± Di Qiuhe sat bolt upright, his eyebrows furrowed and his voice getting higher and higher. He pointed to the soup on the table, ¡°You want to go, don¡¯t you? Ok! Drink this, and I¡¯ll let you go!¡±

    He Bai bowed his head and looked at the chicken soup when a feeling of regret crossed his mind.

    He shouldn¡¯t have shared chicken soup for the soul with the childish guy the night before he left! What he needed was not chicken soup but poisonous mushroom soup!

    ¡°Are you swearing at me secretly?¡± Di Qiuhe narrowed his eyes, and a variety of expressions crossed his face, including sneer, self-depreciation, sadness and feigned calmness. Then he tilted his head and said, ¡°Little Puppy, I know that I¡¯ve pestered you so that we¡¯re on familiar terms now, but you actually look down upon me.¡±

    ¡°Shut up!¡± He Bai couldn¡¯t bear him and interrupted his words. Then he gave Di Qiuhe a pat on his head, pushed him towards the bathroom and said ferociously, ¡°Go brush your teeth and lie on your bed!¡±

    Di Qiuhe held on to the bathroom door, turned his head and stared at him with burning eyes.

    He Bai clenched his teeth, ¡°I¡¯ll cuddle you to sleep!¡±

    Di Qiuhe loosened his grip and ran happily to the washing-stand to get his toothbrush.

    He Bai took a deep breath, banging the door behind him.

    Well, it¡¯s not strange for Di Qiuhe, one who hadn¡¯t received much maternal love since childhood, to make such a request! He Bai had no choice but to act like a mother and coax him to fall asleep. He Bai swore to eat shit on live streaming if he came to see Di Qiuhe again!

    A click.

    Thest bedsidemp went out, leaving them in darkness.

    He Bai stretched his arm, pulled Di Qiuhe into his arms, patted him on the head and back, and said fiercely, ¡°Go to sleep. If you kick up a fuss, I¡¯ll give you a punch!¡±

    Joyfully, Di Qiuhe also held He Bai in his arms, wrapping his limbs around him. Much taller as he was, Di Qiuhe nestled by He Bai¡¯s side and desperately pressed his head close to He Bai¡¯s neck,ining, ¡°Little Puppy, you are too bony to cuddle.¡± However, his body moved a little closer despite the grumble.

    Di Qiuhe clung to He Bai, and his hair tickled He Bai¡¯s neck. Taking a deep breath, He Bai overcame his impulse to suffocate Di Qiuhe under a pillow, grabbed his ear and pulled it, his teeth gritted, ¡°Then loosen your hold on me, or I can¡¯t sleep well!¡±

    ¡°I won¡¯t! I¡¯m punishing you for making me sad.¡± Di Qiuhe rubbed his chin against He Bai¡¯s shoulder, beaming with pleasure, ¡°Anyway, you can¡¯t doze off until I fall asleep.¡±

    He Bai tried his best to calm down. It¡¯s him who made the bed, so he must lie on it. He closed his eyes and decided to stop talking. In this way, Di Qiuhe might shut up too, he guessed.

    No doubt that He Bai underestimated the power of Di Qiuhe.

    ¡°Little Puppy, I want to hear a bedtime story.¡±

    ¡°...¡± ¡°Little Puppy, can you sing luby?¡±

    ¡°...¡±

    ¡°Little Puppy, I¡¯m not sleepy at all.¡±

    ¡°...¡±

    ¡°Little Puppy, why don¡¯t you talk?¡±

    ¡°...¡±

    ¡°Little Puppy, my back is itching. Could you please give me a scratching?¡±

    ¡°...¡±

    ¡°Little Puppy, I want to sleep naked.¡± Di Qiuhe withdrew his hands and started to take his pajamas off.

    He Bai couldn¡¯t bear him. He opened his eyes and pressed Di Qiuhe¡¯s arms, his teeth clenched, ¡°Don¡¯t you dare sleep naked! I¡¯ll cut your penis if you do so!¡±

    Di Qiuhe paused and gave a meaningful smile, ¡°You must be jealous of me, Little Puppy.¡±

    ¡°...¡±

    ¡°You¡¯re jealous of my penis, which is bigger than yours.¡±

    He Bai got up and intended to borrow a cook chopper from the hotel kitchen.

    With surprising agility, Di Qiuhe dragged him back and pulled his pants like crazy, ¡°Little Puppy, you¡¯ve seen my penis. For the sake of fairness, I want to see yours.¡±

    ¡°D-I-Q-I-U-H-E!¡± He Bai burst into roar, pounced on him, stared coldly at his eyes and ground his teeth, sneering, ¡°Your adolescence is quitete, isn¡¯t it? I swear to strip you and shut you out naked! Sleep, now!

 Chapter 97 - Chicken Soup for the Soul (3)

    <strong>Chapter 97: Chicken Soup for the Soul (3)</strong>

    ¡°But it¡¯s too early. I can¡¯t sleep.¡± Di Qiuhe was deeply upset, his eyebrows drooped, as if he had been severely bullied.

    Looking at Di Qiuhe¡¯s open cor and his striking facial features in the dim light, the Bully He Bai took a deep breath, sat up, fanned himself with the hem of his pajamas and tried to calm himself down. Then he sat up, pulled up the quilt in a rude way to cover Di Qiuhe,y down and hugged the guy, patting him on the back while whispering, ¡°Once there was a mountain...¡±

    Di Qiuhe wrapped his limbs around He Bai¡¯s body and made a request, ¡°I¡¯ve heard this. Please tell me another.¡±

    ¡°... A long time ago, there was a...¡±

    ¡°I¡¯m twenty-three years old, and I want to hear aing-of-age story.¡±

    He Bai paused. Looking at the guy who made annoying demands but had child-like glowing eyes, he thought for a while, turned his head while rxing the body, closed his eyes and said, ¡°Once upon a time, there was a child called He Bai...¡±

    Di Qiuhe was surprised and finally stopped disturbing him.

    He Bai opened his eyes to shoot a nce at Di Qiuhe, relieved, and continued his telling.

    Before this tomb-sweeping, he hadn¡¯t visited his parents for a long time, nor recalled his past. If his stories could make Di Qiuhe well-behaved, He Bai was absolutely willing toe clean even about his family tree.

    The room was very quiet, and Di Qiuhe¡¯s temperature pretty warm. He Bai¡¯s voice dropped when his memories came flooding back.

    He recalled his happy childhood when the family travelled widely, his parents¡¯ tragic death before he came of age... as well as making joyful acquaintance of the three roommates after entering the university, learning about photography with curiosity and doing tiring but meaningful part-time jobs...

    He Bai paused when he spoke of hising summer vacation in the sophomore year.

    Di Qiuhe felt puzzled and looked up at him, ¡°Why do you stop talking?¡±

    ¡°Because you know things that happened afterwards.¡± smiled He Bai. Hey on his back in the bed when a smile lifted the corners of his mouth. Slowly closing his eyes, He Bai asked, ¡°Di Qiuhe, what do you think your future is like?¡±

    With his arms empty, Di Qiuhe put his hands under his head, looked at He Bai¡¯s indistinct visage and replied, ¡°I¡¯ll achieve sess and win recognition.¡±

    Remembering his dazzling fame in thest life, He Bai nodded his agreement, ¡°Sure, you will.¡±

    Di Qiuhe¡¯s eyes were fixated on He Bai¡¯s smiling mouth when he continued, ¡°And live a peaceful life with the one I love.¡±

    He Bai¡¯s smile faded when the picture where Di Qiuhe fell down a building consciously shed through his mind. He asked, ¡°How long is it?¡±

    ¡°It depends on how long my lover lives.¡± Di Qiuhe replied in a gentle voice when he slowly reached out his hand under the quilt and pinched a corner of He Bai¡¯s pajamas.

    What a romantic answer it was!

    He Bai couldn¡¯t helpughing, while his voice lowered, ¡°It must be such a blessing to be your lover, for you will love... love...¡± His eyes closedpletely before he finished the sentence.

    As He Bai dozed off, Di Qiuhe slowly approached him, held the guy in his arms and kissed him on the forehead, saying in a low voice, ¡°Will you be my lover? I¡¯ll love you with all my heart.¡±

    Awake from a sound sleep, He Bai found Di Qiuhe was gone, with a note left on the bedside cab.

    Di Qiuhe: I¡¯m heading for the set, and Assistant Wang will drive you to the airportter. Remember to have breakfast and send me a text when you arrive, for I¡¯m probably too busy to answer your call.

    He Bai put down the note and shook his head when thinking of what Di Qiuhe didst night. Then he got up, washed his face and packed up the luggage.

    At lunchtime, the ne arrived in B city. He Bai sent a text to Wang Boyi as soon as he got into a taxi to make sure all the crew members were having lunch, and then he dialed Di Qiuhe¡¯s number.

    ¡°Are you getting to B City?¡±

    He Bai quickly got through, and Di Qiuhe¡¯s gentle and pleasant voice came with a slight distortion.

    He Bai suddenly found himself somehow ill-adapted to his voice, paused and replied, ¡°Yes, I¡¯m taking a taxi to my school. Are you having lunch?¡±

    ¡°Yeah, why don¡¯t you eat something before going back to school?¡±

    ¡°I had ate breakfast, and I¡¯m not hungry now.¡±

    ¡°Remember to eat something when you arrive at the campus.¡±

    ¡°Okay.¡±

    After an everyday conversation, both of them kept silent, while no one hung up, and the atmosphere became quite awkward.

    For some inexplicable reason, He Bai felt ill at ease. He turned his head to look out of the window at the familiar smoggy air and tried to utter something to end the embarrassing silence, ¡°What do you have for lunch? Don¡¯t be a picky eater. Vegetables are also good for your health.¡±

    ¡°Sure, I¡¯ll finish it.¡± answered Di Qiuhe. He paused and asked, ¡°Bai, when will youe to the set?¡±

    The atmosphere still seemed strange.

    He Bai rubbed his cheek, and replied purposefully, ¡°Do you miss me?¡±

    ¡°Yes, I do.¡± Di Qiuhe responded honestly.

    He Bai: ¡°...¡±

    There was another silence. Finally, Di Qiuhe opened his mouth, ¡°I have to go, for the director hurries me. Text me when you get to school, and I¡¯ll give you a call when my work is finished.¡±

    He Bai ruffled his hair, made a vague response and hung up quickly.

    It¡¯s still weird... Could it be said that his mood changed seasonally as autumn came? He looked at the mobile phone and pondered it over. After a brief hesitation, he called Niu Junjie and said seriously, ¡°I miss you, bro.¡±

    Half a minuteter, Niu Junjie¡¯s voice broke the silence, ¡°Bai, are you recalling old memories at tomb-sweeping sights, or...haunted by ghost?¡±

    He Bai: ¡°...¡±

    After He Bai was back, the whole dormitory dined out and then went to the court to y basketball. Exhausted by the sport, He Baiy down on the ground when a relieved smile spread over his face.

    Having spent several days with Di Qiuhe, He Bai nearly forgot how to get along with friends on a normal basis. Luckily, he had three roommates, with whom he was able to return to normal status.

    The holiday wound up, and He Bai continued to engage himself in his study and part-time job.

    It took him a few days to sort through all the photos taken on the set, and then he carefully retouched a poster and handed it to Xu Yinrong. One dayter, Xu called him and informed that there¡¯s something about cooperation that needed discussing with Jiang Guanshan.

    ¡°You¡¯re still an employee of Yi Ka, so you have to tell them about it before you take the appointment.¡± Xu Yinrong soothed him kindly, ¡°Just take it easy. Director Jiang suggests you shoot with the crew members so that you could umte more experience. He won¡¯t insist it if you are short of time. Academic performance is more important to you. You are already a junior and about to have an internship next year, so your main task now is toy a good foundation.¡±

    He Bai nodded. Seeing Xu Yinrong¡¯s grey hair and softening eyes, he was open about his decision, ¡°Mr. Xu, I decide to resign from Yi Ka and concentrate on my studies, only to do part-time work during vacations. A full-time job overworks me now.¡±

    Xu Yinrong was quite surprised, ¡°Have you made up your mind?¡± He was well aware that his student always had a sense of gratitude. In order to repay Yi Ka for their offer, he would rather exhaust himself hurrying between two ces, but now...

    ¡°Yes, I have. I¡¯ll submit my resignation next week. It¡¯s October, and there will be publicity surrounding Little Mermaid¡¯s winter collections. When it¡¯s done, I¡¯ll not leave Yi Ka until they find a photographer to rece my job.¡± exined He Bai. Then he added, ¡°From October to next January, there will be a constant market for winter wear. Despite long cycle, the working intensity is moderate, so I can cope with it. During the period, Yi Ka, I believe, will be surely able to find a perfect photographer to seed me. Besides, Director Jiang¡¯s shooting on location canst about three months, and he¡¯lle back to B City before next Chinese New Year, when I¡¯m in winter holiday and can just shoot on set.¡±

    Xu Yinrong took the calendar and calcted the time, his eyebrows unknitted. He nodded, ¡°Sure, in this way, you can save both time to study and trouble on the go. Well, I¡¯ll discuss specific arrangements with Jiang on your behalf, and you can focus on Yi Ka¡¯s work for now. Remember to exin the situation to your leader and carry out yourst duties.¡±

    ¡°Yes, Elder Xu.¡± nodded He Bai. Relieved, he was sentimental about his departure. His cooperation with Yi Ka was kind of ill-considered, for which Sister Lin had been bothering to amodate the team to his identity as a student. He owed her a lot on making the decision to leave, which made him extremely guilty.

 Chapter 98 - Divorce (1)

    <h4>Chapter 98: Divorce (1)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    The moment Lin Xia saw He Bai showed up at her office solemnly, she realized that the parting was finally on the agenda.

    ¡°Don¡¯t look at me like that, take a seat.¡± She greeted He Bai with a smile, motioning with her hand to signal him to be quiet first, then bowed her head to pull out a document from the drawer and presented it to him. She finally started to talk, ¡°I knew the day woulde, and I¡¯m grateful that you can stick to your post till now. After all, the workload of Little Mermaid is a bit burdensome for you.¡±

    He Bai froze.

    ¡°You have a hard junior year, while Little Mermaid has just hit the market. There are quite many different matters to deal with. And you must be tired of running from both ends.¡± Lin Xia poured him a ss of water, motioned him to read the document, she sighed and continued, ¡°I¡¯ve seen that you¡¯re in a pickle and exhausted, but it¡¯s too bad to let go of such a talent like you, therefore, I kept ying dumb.¡±

    ¡°No, Sister Lin, thank you for the trouble you¡¯ve taken on my behalf.¡± He Bai came to himself and replied. He felt even more uneasy and awkward for her consideration.

    Little Mermaid, was kind to him, as well. There was no need to clock in or dispose any trifles. The team worked to his schedule to the greatest extent while they gave him the first-ss benefit. Today, he hade for a scolding, yet he ended up beingforted instead.

    Seeing he was uneasy for that, Lin Xia was more relieved for having trusted the right person. She smiled and soothed, ¡°A photographer like you, who has savedrge publicity expenditure for thepany deserves that. Without you, the Little Mermaid could not have made a big hit from Jia family¡¯s birthday feast, and even less could we have had the chance to cooperate with the Jun Chen Studio. The invisible interests you bring to Little Mermaid,paring with the benefits you¡¯ve got, are nothing at all.¡±

    He Bai was ill at ease and didn¡¯t know how to answer, ¡°That¡¯s not the point...¡±

    ¡°That¡¯s what I said.¡± Lin Xia leaned back in the chair with a smile, was much more rxed than he was, and she borated, ¡°Let me be brutally frank here. Although I consent to your dimission, you have to keep on taking publicity photos for us each issue until we find another qualified photographer. Of course, if it¡¯s possible, I hope you can give some instruction and take a set of publicity photos together with the new photograph if we get one.¡± Then she raised her eyebrows looking at He Bai, looking like she won¡¯t let him go unless he makes the promise.

    She had yed both roles of good cop and bad cop, which choked back He Bai¡¯s long-prepared rhetoric. He was moved after being stunned, then bowed his head and opened the file in his hand and read it through. He signed it as agile as when he signed the employment contract at the beginning. Then he got up and reached out to Lin Xia and smiled. ¡°Of course, I won¡¯t let go of such a good chance to make a show of authority in front of the newbie. Sister Lin, thank you and Little Mermaid and Yi Ka for the convenience all the time.¡±

    Lin Xia smiled and got up to hold his hand. ¡°I¡¯d like to thank you on behalf of Little Mermaid and Yi Ka, and wish you a bright future.¡±

    He Bai called Yang Fu aftering out of Yi Ka. He thanked her for setting him up with Little Mermaid, and apologized for his leave.

    ¡°Never mind, there are chances to cooperate again in the future, and we¡¯ll be friends all the same.¡± Yang Fuforted him intimately and changed the topic, ¡°But if you feel so sorry, there¡¯s a chance topensate me. Well, Zehang and I are going to advance our wedding date to next year. Are you free to take our wedding photos?¡±

    He Bai smiled and eded with pleasure, ¡°Of course, it is my honor to be invited by you.¡±

    ¡°Dear me! I¡¯m totally charmed by you. I¡¯m a fan of yours now.¡± Yang Fu cried exaggeratedly, and then he heard Jia Zehang vaguely, then Yang Fu hastily hung up the phone after an exmation ofughter.

    He Bai, a witness of such a Public Disy of Affection, put down his mobile phoneughingly. After exiting the photo call page, he opened the text message page involuntarily, in which he found no new text messages. He then checked the time and spected that Di Qiuhe should still be filming. He turned off the text message page and put the mobile phone back in his pocket.

    After nearly quitting the job, He Bai didn¡¯t need to punch in Yi Ka regrly on weekends and after school. He had much more free time then, and he found that recently Niu Junjie was a bit suspicious.

    ¡°He ys basketball every afternoon!¡±

    Wang Hu nodded, ¡°Well, he wants to lose weight.¡±

    He Bai almost spewed the beef jerky out of his mouth in disbelief, ¡°He is not fat at all. Why should he do that?¡±

    Chen Jie looked up from the table, stabilized his sses and exined, ¡°The ¡®lose weight¡¯ he meant, was more like toning up, like an abdominal muscle training, converting the belly into a six-pack. Do you remember? We had a hot pot of high calorie the day you went back to school, God knows, he went to the yground to y basketball for two more hours the next day. He¡¯s resolute to persevere in.¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s good to take more exercise, so as to save him from ying games in dormitory every day.¡± Wang Hu nodded and turned his head to pat He Bai on the shoulder in seriousness. ¡°XiaoBai, you have to exercise more as well. You backed down half timest time we y basketball. You definitelyck of physical strength and your future girlfriend may look down on you.¡±

    He Bai rolled his eyes. ¡°Who said I should have a girlfriend? How happy I am now. LaoDa, you have a dirty mind.¡± In hisst life, he had no intention of starting a family until he was 33. He was only 21 at present. He still longed to be single. A girlfriend and the like would not be taken into consideration within at least 12 years.

    ¡°You won¡¯t say so when you meet someone you¡¯re fond of.¡± Chen Jie said casually, then turned the topic back and estimated, ¡°LaoSan is suspicious indeed recently. He ys no game, keeps early hours and has physical training. Furthermore, he starts to study in the library.¡±

    He Bai raised his eyebrows, rubbed his snack bag, squinted to recall the words and deeds of LaoSan in these days. Then something came to his mind as his eyes twinkled, he got up and beckoned. ¡°If things go wrong, there always is something behind. Brothers, let¡¯s go and see what LaoSan is up to.¡±

    Wang Hu and Chen Jie looked at each other and got up inugh.

    The three arrived at the basketball court shoulder to shoulder and saw the vigorous Niu Junjie as soon as they entered.

    Wang Hu touched his chin: ¡°The hairstyle is new.¡±

    Chen Jie held his sses: ¡°The shoes and polo shirt are both newly bought.¡±

    He Bai find the key point in a decisive manner and fixed his eyes on a figure he knew very well in hisst life on the sidelines. He then squinted. ¡°I¡¯ve got it. Each time LaoSan scores a goal, he will peek at the girl with a ponytail and a brown blouse on the sidelines.¡±

    Wang Hu and Chen Jie looked over and saw the girl and Niu Junjie, then phonated a tacit and meaningful word ¡°ah~¡±.

    For love, the handsome and rich 2G turned out to be a hardworking and good youth!

    The three approached with a crafty smile and quickly blocked Niu Junjie off to the corner of the stadium during the half-time, ready to interrogate.

    Wang Hu: ¡°We¡¯re lenient to those who confess and strict to those who resist.¡±

    Chen Jie: ¡°There is no forgiveness to the one breaking away from the organization and off the market surreptitiously.¡±

    He Bai hit the point straight: ¡°LaoSan, that girl in brown coat, I want her!¡±

    Niu Junjie retorted at once while keeping his neck up, ¡°No! No! Change one! Not her!¡±

    He Bai grilled, ¡°Why?¡±

    ¡°Be, because ...¡± Niu Junjie lowered his voice down and took a flickering look at the girl there. He was blushed all over from his ears first and then his neck to the whole face. Finally, he pulled up his jersey to cover his face and mumbled, ¡°Any, anyhow, not her. I¡¯m the first one who has a crush on her.¡±

 Chapter 99 - Divorce (2)

    <strong>Chapter 99: Divorce (2)</strong>

    The three looked at each other, then gave a fatherly smile at the same time and pulled Niu Junjie down to inquire him.

    Knowing that he had exposed himself, Niu Junjie stuttered to spoke without reserve about the cause and effect of falling in love with the girl.

    So the story was like this: One day, the rich 2G Niu Junjie, inpany with his father, attended a business partner¡¯s birthday party. He ran into a kind-hearted, beautiful and generous adorable young girl. The girl could y the piano! She was especially nice to children! She threw herself forward and defended him when he was ridiculed by some upstart for dressing too low-key.

    Then they met, only to find out after a chat that they were alumni. They got to know each other step by step, and then the rich 2G was tempted and sought to make her his girlfriend.

    Wang Hu: ¡°Is that the reason youe to y basketball every day?¡±

    Niu Junjie was embarrassed. ¡°She is one of the basketball club members whoe over often to watch the game...¡±

    Chen Jie: ¡°And the library?¡±

    Niu Junjie scratched his face and stated. ¡°She majors in Department of Chinese, of which the courses have nothing to do with our department. I can only meet her at the library.¡±

    He Bai recalled how the sister-inw disliked LaoSan when mentioning how they getting to know each other. He prayed for LaoSan in heart and asked, ¡°So you kept early hours to fit her time?¡±

    ¡°Hmm? Well, she gets used to go to the yground for morning exercises ...¡±, Niu Junjie was blushed as a red monkey¡¯s ass.

    The three looked at each other again, then pushed Niu out and winked, ¡°Go on, go bold!¡±

    Niu Junjie shyly hid away.

    The three kicked his ass as they were exasperated at his flinch.

    Turned to look back repeatedly at every step, Niu Junjie narrowed the distance between the girl and him gradually.

    It seemed that Mind acted upon Mind, the girl suddenly looked back toward Niu Junjie, who pretended to look away immediately.

    The three turned around as they could noty their eyes on the coward!

    At that moment, the girl diverted her attention suddenly after ncing at the three, and she kept a close watch on He Bai and strode over.

    Niu Junjie halted to stare at He Bai.

    Wang Hu and Chen Jie stayed three feet away from He Bai at once.

    He Bai: ¡°???¡±

    The pretty tall girl strode to He Bai and fixed her eyes upon him for a few seconds. Then she held out her hand excitedly and blushed. ¡°Hello, my name is Zheng Ya, a junior in Department of Chinese. Nice to meet you.¡±

    Avoiding Niu Junjie¡¯¡¯s terrible gaze at the moment, He Bai held her hand and loosened within a second. He was all at sea, ¡°Hello, I¡¯m He Bai, a junior in Department of Journalism. May I ask you...¡± Obviously, he hazed that it never happened in hisst life. What was going on now?

    ¡°Oh, sorry, I¡¯m so excited.¡± Zheng Ya raised hand to cover her face out of embarrassment, then she made an outspoken narration, ¡°I am a fan of you who¡¯s fond of your photographs very much. I heard that you and Junjie are roommates, so ... I¡¯d like to take the liberty of inviting you to take wedding photos for my brother. Thanks in advance!¡±

    ¡°... Wedding photos?¡± A fan? Everything changed so fast that He Bai was unable to keep pace with.

    Wang Hu and Chen Jie were distracted. They went back to He Bai when they saw things went well.

    So did Niu Junjie, whose murderous look was reced by doubts. ¡°XiaoYa, hadn¡¯t your brother¡¯s wedding photo taken two months ago??¡±

    Instead of having a talk at the yground, they found a tea bar outside the school and got a box there for bettermunication.

    ¡°Excuse me, I was being abrupt just now.¡± Zheng Ya made an apology once again and exined in detail.

    Zheng Lei, Zheng Ya¡¯s elder brother, had a fianc¨¦e who had grown up with him together. After eight years of dating, they finally decided to get married this year. However, life was not all roses and butterflies that everything was going on smoothly except the wedding photos.

    ¡°My sister-inw fell illst year. She put on dozens of pounds because of taking medicine, which made her felt so vulnerable that she wanted to break up with my brother. As you see, my brother would never ever leave her alone. In order to ease her, he discussed with family and set a wedding date in this year.¡± Zheng Ya felt a little embarrassed, she nced at He Bai, and continued, ¡°My sister-inw had been losing weight, whereas the oues were not that ideal. Although she was a little thinner when taking the wedding photos, she was still ... Just two months ago, a distant uncle of my sister-inw brought an old doctor back and promised that as long as she was nursed by the doctor, she would definitely lose weight. Everyone didn¡¯t take it seriously at all until something marvelous happened that my sister-inw finally got back into shape.¡±

    Chen Jie nodded and said, ¡°Your sister-inw got fat on pills, that¡¯s why it¡¯s useless to lose weight only but she needs to recuperate from the inside.¡±

    ¡°Exactly.¡± Zheng Ya relieved a bit as they got what she meant to, she looked at He Bai and requested, ¡°My brother fixed the wedding date on the day of proposing to my sister-inw, that is, the end of this month. Now that my sister-inw was back in shape, she¡¯s dying for rephotographing the wedding photos while she doesn¡¯t have too much time. You know, marriage is once-in-a-lifetime. My sister-inw once chitchatted with me that she appreciated your elf series very much and would like to make an appointment with you once she got thinner, so I ... ¡±

    ¡°So you¡¯re not my fan but your sister-inw is?¡± He Bai answered with a smile and saw Zheng Ya was ill at ease. He then pacified, ¡°You are Junjie¡¯s friend. Naturally, you are my friend. I should surely undertake my friend¡¯s request.¡±

    ¡°Really?¡± Zheng Ya was pleasantly surprised that things would go so smoothly. She stammered. ¡°I, I heard that you didn¡¯t take any outside tasks unless they are Yi Ka rted. I assumed... Thank you very much anyway. Thank you!¡±

    ¡°You shouldn¡¯t regard me as an outsider. I¡¯ve left Yi Ka earlier this month, thus it doesn¡¯t matter if I take some outside tasks.¡± He Bai exined, and then said, ¡°You have helped Junjie out, who has cared for me all the time. It¡¯s a pleasure for me that I can return a favor now. You can thank Junjie if you really want to.¡±

    Zheng Ya was still carried away by his promise and she just looked sideways at Niu Junjie with eyes filled with gratitude.

    Niu Junjie was so ted that he couldn¡¯t help to giving He Bai a thumbs-up under the table.

    He Bai cracked a smile and took a sip of tea, surrounded by both sess and fame.

    As night fell, He Bai was lying in bed. He pulled out his cell phone and opened the text message page, intending to text Di Qiuhe.

    He Bai: What are you bustling about?

    No response.

    He took a look at the time while the shooting intension of the crew and the chanceful Dong Ni crossed his mind. Then he frowned for worrying and texted again.

    He Bai: Text me when you¡¯re free. Have a good rest.

    After that, he put down the phone, closed his eyes to sleep. Then he opened his eyes half a minuteter. He couldn¡¯t help getting his cell phone again and continued typing.

    He Bai: I have basically settled the matter of being a staff of crew in my winter vacation. But the exact date is still up in the air.

    He Bai: Sleep early and have a good night.

    No response as always, he put down the phone again and sighed.

    He worried about Childish Di day and night so much as a father did to a son that he would surely be prematurely senile.

    He was just about to close his eyes, the phone beside the pillow vibrated wildly.

    He held up his cell phone sideways and saw a familiar number lightening out on the screen. He got it through and asked, ¡°Finished?¡±

    ¡°Pup, do you miss me?¡±

    There came a familiar soft voice and tone of lure.

    He Bai didn¡¯t resist wearing on his supercilious look and snorted, ¡°It¡¯s far better to think about what¡¯s for breakfast tomorrow than miss you.¡±

 Chapter 100 - Divorce (3)

    <h4>Chapter 100: Divorce (3)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    ¡°How about the longevity noodles of north canteen?¡± There was a faint music from Di Qiuhe, much like the evening luby yed every night by Q University, mingled with theughter of students. ¡°Pup, the weather is getting cold in city B, and I had no preparation at all. Come and rescue me.¡±

    He Bai sat up in disbelief and raised his voice unconsciously, ¡°Are you back? At Q University?¡±

    Di Qiuhe chuckled but made no response.

    ¡°You asshole!¡± He Bai scolded. He hung up the phone, got out of bed in a coat casually, and then took another one from the cupboard before running out of dormitory, leaving his astounded roommates behind.

    Wang Hu wondered, ¡°Who¡¯s that? Why he¡¯s so excited?¡±

    Niu Junjie, who had the experience of love affairs recently, touched his chin and made a guess, ¡°Is the girl he cares for?¡±

    Chen Jie thrust his sses. ¡°Maybe it¡¯s a man he likes.¡±

    Wang Hu and Niu Junjie looked at him in shocked expression.

    Chen Jie then made a shruggie. ¡°Don¡¯t be so serious.¡±

    The other two felt relieved, pretending to beat him.

    Inte autumn, city B was somewhat cold. When He Bai found Di Qiuhe on the cement stand beside the yground amidst the cold night wind, Di¡¯s face was already flushed by the wind.

    ¡°Why are you back all of a sudden? Are you finished with your filming work? ¡°He Bai stood in front of Di, threw the clothes on him and asked with a frown.

    Di Qiuhe wrapped up the clothes, sat on the steps with his long legs bent, looked up at He Bai, smiled and said, ¡°My father is getting divorced.¡±

    ¡°What?¡± He Bai was astounded, with brows knitting harder, he then asked in a shrill voice, ¡°What¡¯s going on? Are you sure?¡± Huangdu and the Qin family is an interest group at present, and both of them would be undermined if Di Bian divorced Qin Li. Is he out of his mind?

    ¡°Sure, he said it on the phone.¡± Di Qiuhe raised his hand to stroke his hairs, while his smile was tinged with sarcasm. ¡°Last time I told him about Zeng Peizhong, he remained unconvinced but sent someone to check up on Zeng Peizhong at once and did a paternity test secretly after hanging up.¡±

    He Bai had a sh of inspiration in his mind and guessed, ¡°Is Di Xiasong really...¡±

    ¡°Not him. He¡¯s quite a copy of my father.¡± Di Qiuhe said, but his tone growing queer, ¡°The dubious one is Di Chunhua. She is neither the offspring of Di family, nor Zeng Peizhong.¡±

    He Bai red at Di for there was too much information for him to take in.

    ¡°Guess what.¡± Di Qiuhe tidied his clothes again, leaned forward to hold He Bai¡¯s hand, which were cold. He then frowned and drew He¡¯s other hand, took off the scarf covering his face around He¡¯s neck with a hrious bow, and lowered his head and said slowly, ¡°You¡¯ll be awarded if you guess this one right and there¡¯s a hint. Di Chunhua has been in poor health since childhood. She¡¯s irritable and is of typical features of Qin family.¡±

    ¡®Poor health, irritability, took after Qin Li, that is, the Qin family...¡¯ He Bai gasped, and an awful conjecture came to him. He stammered, ¡°Your stepmother ,shemitted in, incest ...¡±

    ¡°You¡¯re right, you deserve a hug.¡± Di Qiuhe got up and hugged him, with his head brushed against He¡¯s hair, then he lowered his voice, ¡°My dad has caught such a big soft spot of Qin family, which meant he could do whatever he wanted to. He wants not only a divorce, but also the Qin family shall suffer a great loss. You see, he always regards his love as a bargain price. Di Chunhua is the most one he loved among his three children, and now the secret is discovered by coincidence. He was not grieved or shocked but overjoyed at first, because he gets the most favorable demerit to restrain the Qin family, of which he no longer needs to scruple against.¡±

    He Bai recognized there was something wrong, he held still while neglecting Di was hugging him, and hesitated, ¡°Qiuhe ...¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s so ridiculous that I¡¯ve been seeking by all means to defeat Qin Li and Qin family, but I never expect they could be disintegrated and torn by dissension so easily.¡± Di Qiuhe was not satisfied at all, whereas there was a sense of emptiness after reaching his goal abruptly. He raised his hand to touch He Bai¡¯s back and continued, ¡°If you hadn¡¯t overheard the conversation, it would never have been known...you are my lucky charm, Pup.¡±

    He Bai was at a loss for words, he was somewhat muddled by such a big keyhole report. And how on earth did Di Bian find out that? After all, in thest life, Di Chunhua was a little darling of Di family until Di Qiuhe died after falling from a window. She even put on an act as a sad and good sister in front of reporters after Di¡¯s death, but in this life...Wait! In thest life Di Qiuhe fell from the building, the arm retracted from the curtain was obviously a woman¡¯s...Could that be Di Chunhua? She silenced him because he discovered her birth secret!

    His jumbled brain suddenly became as clear as daylight, yet the crisis awareness soared in his mind.

    If that was true, would Di Qiuhe, who fell to the floor and died after discovering the truth in hisst life, follow the track this life, and after discovering the truth...

    ¡°Qiuhe!¡± He was shocked, struggled to free himself from the scarf, hold Di¡¯s shoulder and pushed him away, scowled at him, ¡°How many people know Di Chunhua¡¯s birth until now? How did your father find out that? And your father, has he just had the idea or is he already negotiating with the Qin family? ¡±

    ¡°Calm down, it¡¯s ...¡±

    The cell phone rung suddenly.

    Di Qiuhe took out the phone and looked at it as their conversation was interrupted. He frowned when he saw it was Wang Boyi. He raised his hand to cate and pat He Bai on the shoulder, signaling him to wait. Then he turned on the phone sideways and asked, ¡°What¡¯s wrong?¡±

    ¡°Master Di!¡± Assistant Wang¡¯s voice was so loud that He Bai could hear faintly for standing close by. ¡°The butler of Residence Di just called your work number, said the chairman identally fell down from the stairs half an hour ago. He suffered from cerebral hemorrhage and was in aa. He¡¯s now being rescued in hospital, of which the doctor said that his life might be in danger!¡±

    ¡°Half an hour ago?¡± Di Qiuhe¡¯s face was distorted by anxiety instantly and strode toward the school gate while whipping round every two steps.

    ¡°I¡¯ll go with you!¡± He Bai got flustered like never before. He picked up the coat and scarf that fell to the ground, and followed him up without thinking. A sense of foreboding haunted him, thus he whispered, ¡°From now on, you are not allowed to leave me, not even a step!¡±

 Chapter 101 - Crack the Whip (1)

    <h4>Chapter 101: Crack the Whip (1)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Di Qiuhe was touched by his words and gazed at him with deep feeling. He leaned forward and cuddled him, burying his face into He Bai¡¯s neck. Di Qiuhe croaked: ¡°Of course, I will never leave you.¡± I will be with you forever.

    They entered taxi. Di Qiuhe told driver the hospital address, while He Bai sat beside him, clutching his arm more and more tightly.

    ¡°Don¡¯t worry.¡± Di Qiuhe, who was anxious in his heart, wasforted by He Bai¡¯spanion. Now, Di Qiuhe looked terrible, and his heart was totally softened. He leaned on He Bai and held his hand, as if it was afort to both of them. ¡°My dad has always been in good health, and the stairs in the house are not steep. It shouldn¡¯t be so terrible as we imagined. Besides, we don¡¯t know whether the butler has been nobbled by Qin Li, so the call may just be a trap. Don¡¯t rush just yet.¡±

    ¡°Could she tell you the specific hospital address if it is a trap?¡± He Bai reacted intuitionally. Then, he took out the phone as if something urred to him. He began to search the phone number of that hospital and said quickly, ¡°If the call is true, your father must have been sent to emergency center. Just call them and ask if they have received a cerebral hemorrhage patient, and we can verify it.¡±

    Reminded by him, Di Qiuhe pressed down his hand and took out his own phone. He found the number of several team members and called them one by one.

    A series of organized orders were released. From media control to monitoring Qin families, from contacting his families andwyers of Huangdu to several executives of Huangdu. He let Wang Boyi keep contacting the butler and then arranged people to monitor the hospital. One order after another, Di Qiuhe became more and more calm, while his mind also got clearer.

    Last second, he was a childish boy who was anxious and emotional due to his father¡¯s ident, but now, he had calmed down, bing a mature man who could control the overall situation.

    ¡°Di Qiuhe...¡± He Bai called him subconsciously. Di Qiuhe seemed to have had some strength and m that he showed in his previous existence when he got sessful and attended an interview. At this thought, He Bai clutched his fist tightly.

    In current situation, the more Di Qiuhe was developing on a track simr to his previous existence, the more frightened He Bai felt. He was afraid that Di Qiuhe would die young as his previous existence, or even younger...No, that¡¯s cannot happen! In the previous existence, Di Qiuhe was just a stranger to him, so whether he died or nor had nothing to do with He Bai. But not, Di Qiuhe was his friend, his naughty boy who always caused him worry. He could not die and had to survive all along, and then he must be sessful and lead a satisfying, smooth life.

    Di Qiuhe heard his voice and turned to him. Seeing his pale face, Di Qiuhe frowned. He finished the arrangement quickly and hung up the phone. He pulled He Bai into his arms and patted him, assuring him, ¡°It¡¯s OK, don¡¯t worry. I have the definite information on my father. It¡¯s not a trap, he was in the emergency center, but it was not that severe. He has been downgraded from critical to serious.¡±

    He felt Di Qiuhe¡¯s familiar breath; he heard Di Qiuhe¡¯s mild voice. Came the softness and calm, gone the strangeness and anxiety.

    He Bai came to himself and also held Di Qiuhe. He patted him and organized his mind, saying, ¡°It should be me thatfort you, but we y the opposite roles now. Just rx, I¡¯m fine. How are Qin¡¯s families now?¡±

    The driver had stolen many nces at them. Di Qiuhe frowned and released He Bai reluctantly, and then replied briefly, ¡°They have all gathered in the hospital. Assistant Wang has also arrived there. My familywyer and Huangdu¡¯swyer are on their way. When we get to the hospital, don¡¯t hurry to enter. We gotta wait for ourwyers first.¡±

    He Bai frowned again. It was so quick for Qin¡¯s families to reach the hospital. There was indeed something obscure in this ident.

    The care had arrived at the hospital while they were talking. Before getting out of the car, Di Qiuhe recorded driver¡¯s badge number and car te number. When they got off, he called his team and told them the driver¡¯s information, letting them handle him.

    He Bai watched the taxi driving away, and finally realized something. He pressed his forehead and med himself for being careless. The driver had heard the whole story and if he exposed it to media, it would be a disaster.

    It would take a while for thewyers toe. He Bai wanted to check the situation of Di Bian in the hospital tofort Di Qiuhe, but he could not forget the scene where Di Qiuhe fell of the building. He was not assured to leave him alone.

    ¡°Assistant Wang will report to me with regr checks, don¡¯t worry.¡± Di Qiuhe saw through his concern, so he kindlyforted him. He took He Bai to a bench in shadow, and turned to the hospital. He remained calm and said, ¡°There is something rather strange about all this. It¡¯s probably the plot of Qin Li and her families. If I entered the hospital, the matter may develop in two possible directions.¡±

    He Bai couldn¡¯t see his face clearly. He only knew that he seemed to be quite m, so calm that He Bai even missed that childish, naughty Di Qiuhe.

    ¡°First, Qin Li and her families have known that I returned to city B and have prepared well for that; Second, they don¡¯t know it and my appearance will be a shock to them.¡± Di Qiuhe said and leaned against He Bai, feeling his warmth, ¡°Only you and my father know that I have returned. The presence of assistant Wang may make them suspicious, but not to the extent that they can be sure I am back. Besides, assistant An can patch up for me, so I guess it¡¯s very likely that they don¡¯t know I am back. Now the only question is that who the butler is working for...Fortunately, I hurried to see you when I came back to city B, which separated me from assistant Wang, or I will be stuck in a passive position now. You are my lucky charm, puppy.¡± He said very slowly, even the joke was mild, totally different from that normal Di Qiuhe. He Bai paused for a second and held his hand.

    ¡°Whether it is an ident or not, Qin¡¯s families will use this chance to control my father and eliminate the truth.¡± Di Qiuhe looked down at their clutched hands and entwined his fingers with He Bai¡¯s, ¡°Now there are a lot of Qin¡¯s people in Huangdu¡¯s management level. If my father is not a threat to them anymore, Qin Li and her families withpletely control Huangdu. Qin Li now is still Mrs. Di, so it is natural for her to operate thepany for her husband without arousing public¡¯s suspicion. Next, she will send my father abroad with the excuse of recuperation...then everything is done.¡±

    ¡°So, they have no idea that you already know the truth about Di Chunhua?¡± He Bai figured out his meaning and was a little relieved. But he remained frowned, ¡°But will your sudden appearance draw their attention? You are thest person they want to see now.¡± As the eldest son in Di¡¯s family, he could fight for the control of Haungdu. Now there was an invisible war between Di and Qin on the management level. In order to repress Qin Li, Di¡¯s supporters may well use Di Qiuhe as the excuse to pin down her.

    At this thought, He Bai¡¯s face turned ck and he gnashed his teeth with anger, ¡°You just suffer from your ¡°eldest son¡± identity, which has so far brought you nothing but troubles.¡± Without this identity, he could lead any kind of life that he liked. He could act and y any roles without disguise. He could have been so sessful now and enjoyed a carefree life, instead of suffering.

    ¡°Your family name is a pure curse!¡± He added furiously.

    Although a little bit inappropriate, his tone made Di Qiuheugh, and his heavy mood was relieved a lot. Di Qiuhe raised his hands and pulled up He Bai¡¯s cor, saying mildly, ¡°They don¡¯t want to see me? I persist in showing up right in front of them. I should make full use of my identity.¡± Half of Huangdu belongs to his mother. Therefore, as the eldest son in his family, as the son of his mother, he had to take the control of Huangdu.

    As they were talking, a call of Wang Boyi came. He told Di Qiuhe that the butler would like to talk with him.

    Di Qiuhe was surprised and let Wang Boyi give the phone to the butler.

    ¡°Qin Li wants to send Di Qiuhua abroad this very night. I have stopped them, do you have any orders?¡± Butler Hu Zhao came to point without any nonsense.

    ¡°Take her to the hospital. How could she not visit her badly-injured father?¡± Di Qiuhe wore a smile and was totally pleased now. He asked, ¡°Do you know anything about my fathers¡¯ ident?¡±

    The butler paused for a while and replied, ¡°Not really. There were only the master, Qin Li and their daughter on the second floor. But they seemed to have had a quarrel before the ident.¡±

 Chapter 102 - Crack the Whip (2)

    <h4>Chapter 102: Crack the Whip (2)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    The butler even changed the way he addressed Qin Li and Di Chunhua. It seemed that he knew a lot of inside stories, and was a trusted servant of Di Bian.

    Di Qiuhe now waspletely assured. He gave some instructions and hung up the phone. Then he looked at He Bai with a smile, ¡°We¡¯re going to see some fun!¡±

    Since he had resorted to his ¡®being a-pain-in-the-ass¡¯ state, He Bai knew that things would be settled satisfactorily and he was also relieved, but he still warned, ¡°Just take it seriously. If you cannot handle it well, we will both be done.¡±

    Hearing his words, Di Qiuhe smiled more pleasantly, saying in a low voice, ¡°Don¡¯t worry. Even for the sake of a quiet life in the future, I must guarantee that we can enter the hospital and then go back safely.¡±

    Besides, he liked the word ¡°we¡±.

    Di¡¯s and Huangdu¡¯swyers arrived subsequently. Assistant Wang also called to tell that the operation was done and Di Bian had been downgraded from critical to serious. But when he could resuscitate depended on the mitigation of his brain congestion, and Qin Li was trying to keep him away.

    He Bai thought for a while and allowed assistant Wang to leave, while he went to meet butler Hu Zhao.

    Thewyers had been a little panicked when they heard Di Bian¡¯s ident. As Di Qiuhe told them that he was OK now, they all relieved, then turned their eyes to He Bai who was in pajamas. ¡°Hiwyers, I think you are well aware of why you are here today.¡± Di Qiuhe stepped forward and stood right front of He Bai. He gave them a slow glimpse and frowned, ¡°You are all thewyers loyal to my family, right?¡±

    They were shocked by his words and looked at each other, finding that all of them were Di¡¯swyers. But Di Qiuhe had few presences at his family and Huangdu, nor did he engage inpany stuff. How could he pick out thesewyers so precisely?

    Di Qiuhe didn¡¯t wait for their answer and continued, ¡°Before entering the hospital, I would like you to do a thing for me.¡± The representativewyer was the first one who saw through the situation. He looked at his colleagues and thought for a while with lowered eyes to cover his concern. Then he stepped forward with more respect, ¡°What¡¯s your order, master?¡±

    Di Qiuhe turned to him and said clearly, slowly, ¡°I want you to call the police. Tell the police that there was a servant abetted by someone to murder my father. He pushed my father over on the stairs. Lawyer Wang, you are my father¡¯s most trustedwyer, and you must know where to report to the police, right?¡±

    Lawyer Wang was frightened by the question. He now regarded this young master with new eyes. He lowered his head slowly and replied, ¡°Yes, master, I¡¯ll do it now.¡±

    ¡°Thanks.¡± Di Qiuhe was quite satisfied with his cooperation, and glimpsed at otherwyers who were shocked by his attitude. He made a gesture of invitation and said with politeness, ¡°Lawyers, my father is waiting for you, this way please.¡±

    They dared not to say one more word and followed him.

    He Bai watched all this withplicated feelings. The Di Qiuhe in front of him was not the normal Di Qiuhe...He even thought that the current Di Qiuhe was a little bit handsome and ambitious? Not, that must be an illusion.

    Di Qiuhe walked after thewyers and looked at his puppy with care, asking in a low voice, ¡°Are you hungry or cold? I¡¯ll take you to eat something after this.¡±

    He Bai looked at him and shook his head, ¡°Neither. It¡¯s just you were not mild and amiable just now. You frightened them. Be careful.¡±

    Di Qiuhe smiled and said in his familiar annoying tone, ¡°Don¡¯t worry. I¡¯m a professional actor. I can frighten them and also canfort them. I¡¯m good at it.¡±

    ¡°...Yeah.¡± ¡®It¡¯s definitely his illusion to feel Di Qiuhe handsome.¡¯

    Although Di Bian survived, hepsed into aa. This result was not bad but also a time bomb that would explode anytime.

    ¡°Transfer to another hospital!¡± Qin MingQiang said with a serious face. He glimpsed at his son and daughter with a twitching face, restrained his anger and felt displeased, said, ¡°This thing must be kept in secret and Di Bian must be controlled! Huangdu doesn¡¯tpletely belong to us yet, so he cannot die, but nor can he lead a free life, understood?¡±

    Qin Li turned her eyes away from her father and brother. Her body tautened violently and said, ¡°These things are at your disposal. I have only one request, Qin¡¯s families can be ced in Huangdu, but their family name must be Di! It belongs to my son!¡±

    ¡°Li, What do you mean? Are you indicating that I¡¯ll grab your things?¡± Qin Rong turned to her with an upset face, full of disbelief. Heined, ¡°For so many years, I cooperate with you and give you advice. You think I do that for whom? Now, Chunhua has made things like this, I...¡±

    ¡°Oh,e on, you are thest one fit to mention Chunhua! If it hadn¡¯t been you...You are a monster!¡± Qin Li swore at him with some restraint. Her eyes were a little reddish about the rims and could almost ate Qin Rong, ¡°Don¡¯t put on that disgusting show! If Huangdu is not so valuable, why don¡¯t you let it go? Now dad has to worry about all this shit! You are an unworthy son!¡±

    ¡°I...¡±

    ¡°Shut up!¡± Qin Mingqiang couldn¡¯t hold his anger anymore and interrupted them, ¡°Is it the right time to quarrel? I will have a serious talk with you about this messter! You two good-for-nothing, I shouldn¡¯t have given birth to you at all! Now go to find your familiar hospital. While Di Qiuhe was not in the know, we have to send Di Bian to...¡±

    ¡°Where do you want to send my father, grandpa Qin?¡± Di Qiuhe pushed the door open and looked at Di Bian who was ina, lying in bed. He was relieved that he noticed that Di Bian looked fine. Then he turned to Qin¡¯s families.

    ¡°Why are you here?¡± Qin Li was shocked and stood up, shouted, ¡°Aren¡¯t you filming in district D? Assistant Wang and An just...¡±

    ¡°They don¡¯t know I¡¯m back. It is a coincidence anyway...But that¡¯s not the point. The point is we have to find the murderer who pushed my father over on the stairs. I have ordered Lawyer Wang to call the police on the way to hospital. The police will arrive soon, then please cooperate with them to record testimony and tell them how my father fell over the stairs.¡± Then he walked to the bed of Di Bian and let thewyers in. He asked Qin Li as if he had been a worried junior who didn¡¯t know the truth, ¡°Aunt Qin, why hasn¡¯t Chunhuae here? And why did my father tell me he wanted to divorce you? Did you have a quarrel?¡±

    Qin Li was totally frightened by thewyers and the word ¡°police¡±. Her legs were so weak that she could hardly stand. But she still put on a domineering manner and asked, ¡°That was an ident. Why did you call the police and bring thesewyers? Do you have to make a chaos in this room?¡±

    ¡°It may be an ident or a murder. Before police give me the definite result, I can only say fifty-fifty.¡± Di Qiuhe looked directly at her and did notpromise a little, ¡°I have always been staying out of thepany stuff andck experience, so I bring thewyers to help me. And my father just went through an operation and needs recuperation, can you lower your voice?¡±

    Qin Li was chocked by her own words and was extremely panicked. She couldn¡¯t help turning to Qin Mingqiang. He looked away from thewyers and gave her aforting stare.

    ¡°Qiuhe, I know you¡¯re filial. You may be flurried right now, so it¡¯s OK to call the police, as long as it canfort you. Your father is stable now, and it¡¯s gettingte, you can go back and have some rest. As for thesewyers...¡± Qin Mingqiang raised his eyes. Although his expression remained the same, his tone be grave, ¡°It¡¯s not necessary toe here. It¡¯s our family business, we cannot bother them.¡±

    ¡°Why is it just family business?¡± Di Qiuhe sat by the bed with a vague smile, ¡°Now my father is ina. Even if he restores consciousness, he still needs time to recover. During this period, who should run Huangdu? Who will be responsible for my father¡¯s case? Who can make the decisions for the proceeding projects in Huangdu? We get so many pending issues, and all of them requirewyers to supervise.¡±

 Chapter 103 - Crack the Whip (3)

    <h4>Chapter 103: Crack the Whip (3)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Qing Mingqiang looked at him mildly and replied, taking advantage of his seniority, ¡°Of course, you mother will...¡±

    ¡°Sorry, my mother had been dead for over a decade.¡± Di Qiuhe rxed his expression and said bluntly, giving no consideration of saving this elder¡¯s face, ¡°I know you want aunt Qin to run Huangdu, but I¡¯m sorry, that¡¯s not gonna happen. The reason why I sneaked back was a call from my father. He told me that he wanted to divorce with a furious tone and firm attitude. His words were tinted with some dislike and hatred. I don¡¯t understand why he would make such a decision, but I know that after I came back to city B, my father, who has been strong and well-bnced in work and life, identally fell from that not-steep, carpet-covered stairs, and almost died. Chairman Qin, don¡¯t you think I have a right to be ¡°flurried¡± and call the police for this coincidence?¡±

    Thewyers were all shocked by his words and looked at Qin Li. The chairman wanted to divorce? That¡¯s such big news...

    Qin Mingqiang was chocked by his words and his face darkened.

    ¡°Moreover,¡± Di Qiuhe looked at Qin Li with a more sullen face, deliberately saying, ¡°My father said he was sorry that he couldn¡¯t believe that he have left me out for so long just for a bastard. I want to ask you, aunt Qin, who is that bastard anyway?¡±

    Qin Li¡¯s face was totally distorted. She stepped back but almost stumbled over a chair. She shouted furiously, ¡°Nonsense! You father has just been in hospital and you bring a bunchwyers to nder me, what do you want? We are all conceived by your modest and retiring mask! Damn you!¡±

    ¡°My father has not died yet, and you can¡¯t wait to curse me as well? How much you hate us? It seems that my father and I are the people cheated by your mask.¡± Di Qiuhe lowered his eyes indifferently, ¡°If we are harmonious, I will not say anything. But now, my father is lying on the bed, dying. If I keep silent now, I will only see you and your families grab Huangdu from me, let that bastard use our family name, contaminate our family blood and upy our family wealth. As for the nder? We can do paternity test right now in this hospital. Dare you call Xiasong and Chunhua here and let them do a paternity test with my father under the witness of thewyers?¡±

    His questions paled her face, and her eyes shined the light of hatred. Di Qiuhe was doing this deliberately! He pushed her to a dead end to humiliate Xiasong and destroy Chunhua. No, she could not answer any of his questions, or Xiasong and Chunhua would be real bastards!

    ¡°I notice that only part of thewyers havee?¡± She restrained her emotions and tried to change the topic, ¡°Why don¡¯t you invite all of them? It¡¯s easy to tamper the paternity test. I¡¯m not sure that whether there will be some evil guy that wants to alienate one person from us while your father is ina.¡±

    She would give up only at the sight of the truth. Di Qiuhe took out his phone with sarcastic eyes, ¡°OK, since aunt Qin asks me for that, then I will call all thewyers here. In order to prevent the false test, should I invite some media and notarial officials? If you are still not assured, then I can also invite the TV news reporters to broadcast it live. After all, Huangdu has nothing but resources and connections.¡±

    This proposal was so affirmative, so relentless and so pushy. Thewyers who had had some doubts about his words now all believed him and took a weird look at Qin¡¯s families. They also trusted Di Qiuhe more.

    It was natural anyway. The young master was never engaged in any business stuff. Now he was just too worried about his father and mad at the betrayal of Qin¡¯s families. If what he said was true, then Qin¡¯s families were so gross.

    The situation was bad for Qin¡¯s families.

    ¡°Di Qiuhe, shut your mouth! That¡¯s how you talk to a senior?¡± Seeing his sister was put in a tight corner, he slipped his arm around her waist and couldn¡¯t restrain the impulse to shouting to He Bai, despite his father¡¯s warning eyes, ¡°How can you a junior know seniors¡¯ matters? Your father was just injured. Is it necessary to make all of us so embarrassed?¡± ¡°Manager Qin, you really have a good rtionship with your sister.¡± It seemed that Di Qiuhe just said this casually, but it shocked Qin Li so much that she immediately pushed Qin Rong away and kept a distance from him. She tried hard to adjust her emotions with her body still shaking.

    Di Qiuhe smoothed the quilt for his father and continued, ¡°This time, I will not only make you all embarrassed, but also tear down your fig leaf and expose all your dirty secrets to thewyers here. After all I¡¯not the one who is trying to cover something, so why do I care? Moreover, it was aunt Qin that wanted more people toe just now. I¡¯m just helping her to create more hype.¡±

    It was so obvious that he made his mind to do a life-and-death struggle, so Qin Mingqiang couldn¡¯t avoid it anymore. He didn¡¯t understand why things would go on like this. Just a second ago, everything had been in his control.

    Now things had been exposed. It was impossible to cover. As thewyers witnessed everything here, he couldn¡¯t circumvent them. The police might take some time to investigate this ident, so it was not so urgent. But it seemed that Di Qiuhe didn¡¯t know the truth about Chunhua, so he would not be overly demanding. Maybe he still could fix things while Di Bian was ina.

    With that thought, Qin Mingqiang¡¯s emotion subsided. Although filled with unwillingness, he still asked with a low voice, ¡°Di Qiuhe, what do you want?¡±

    Di Qiuhe knew exactly his n and sneered, ¡°What do I want? I want my father to live well, I want all of you stay out of my family¡¯s business, I want to kick out the bastards from my home, and I want all those who had betrayed my family to be trampled by us!¡±

    Qin Mingqiang¡¯s pupils contracted abruptly and banged the chair, shouting, ¡°You¡¯re crossing the line!¡±

    ¡°Crossing the line?¡± Di Qiuhe looked at him with an indifferent expression, ¡°Now my father is lying on the bed. No one knows when he can regain consciousness. We are cheated by your daughter and have raised the bastards of hers for well over a decade. And your son has vered after Huangdu for so long. Which line you are referring to? Isn¡¯t that what you deserve?¡±

    Qin Mingqiang gritted his teeth, with his temples veins bulging. He stared at Di Qiuhe viciously and threatened, ¡°Di Qiuhe, you are really an ungrateful wretch! You are just ame rich kid without any power. How can you have the courage to crack the whip in front of me?¡±

    ¡°Of course, it¡¯s my family name Di and my family blood flowing in my veins that are giving me courage!¡± Di Qiuhe didn¡¯tpromise andpletely ignored the threat, ¡°Unless you do the same thing to me as my father, or I will definitely crack the whip until thest moment!¡±

    The room suddenly fell into silence. Qin Mingqiang slowly clutched his fist and stared at Di Qiuhe with cold and gloomy eyes, as if he had been a viper trying to prey.

    Click!

    The sound of camera broke the stifling atmosphere.

    He Bai put down his phone and led the police into the room, ¡°It¡¯s them! They are suspected of threating my friend and pushing his father over on the stairs. They acted as if they were going to kill my friend. If something happens to him in the future, they are the prime suspects!¡±

    Suddenly, all the eyes were focused on him¡ªQin¡¯s families¡¯ were anger, thewyers¡¯ were entricity. Di Qiuhe couldn¡¯t help wearing a mild smile.

    His little puppy should have used this way to protect him, so lovely.

 Chapter 104 - Frightmare (1)

    <h4>Chapter 104: Frightmare (1)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    ¡°We will pay more attention to Mr. He¡¯s request.¡± The chief officer walked into the ward and checked out Di Bian who was lying on the bed first. Then he secretly exchanged nces withwyer Wang and walked to Qin Li, saying in a low voice, ¡°Mrs. Di, we have just received a call suspecting that your husband Di Bian was pushed off from the stairs out of malicious intent and got severely injured. Now I would like to know more about the situation back then and I am asking for your cooperation.¡±

    The situation got worse all of a sudden. Qin Li looked back and tried to stay calm and said, ¡°That suspect was totallying from nowhere. It was just an ident that my husband fell off from the stairs, and all of our servants at home can testify.¡±

    The officer declined toment and asked some junior officers to go to the Di house for more information from the servants. He then looked at Qin Li and asked, ¡°I heard from the butler of the Di house that your daughter Di Chunhua was at the scene when Di Bian fell off. Where is she now?¡±

    Qin Li¡¯s face changed and when she was trying to find an excuse, a familiar voiceing over from the doorstep.

    ¡°Stop pulling me! Let go of me! Let go of me!¡±

    Di Chunhua was screaming when she was sent into the ward by the butler and Wang Boyi. She saw Di Bian who was lying on the bed when she finally got rid of them, and she couldn¡¯t help trembling and jumped into Qin Li¡¯s arms out of fear, crying, ¡±Mom! Auntie Liu is a traitor! You asked her to take me to the airport, but she took me to the old fool¡¯s house and locked me up! You have to punish her for me!¡±

    Qin Li immediately covered her mouth and looked at Hu Zhao, the butler of the Di house, also the ¡°old fool¡± called by Di Chunhua. She was shocked and angry, asking, ¡°Hu Zhao, you...So you came to me on purpose? You are with Di Bian?¡±

    Hu Zhao kept calm and polite as a professional butler. He replied in a calm yet cold voice, ¡°Ms. Qin, you are wrong. I am with no one. I am just the butler of the Di house.¡±

    Ms. Qin? Where did thate from? Was it because she was no longer one of the Di family so that she could be betrayed and whatsoever?

    Qin Li clenched her teeth and thought about how gentle Di Bian was in the past few days and how cruel he was in these days. Then she recalled how aggressive Di Bian was tonight and how her daughter pushed him off on an impulse. She felt so much hatred and looked into the bed while clenching her fists.

    Fake! All fake! She thought she had already controlled Di Bian, but she didn¡¯t expect that he was ying tricks with her all the time! If he hadn¡¯t called her a bastard on her face, how could she have pushed him off the stairs? And how could things have gone like this? And Di Qiuhe...Everything was under control but it was all staring from him. If he didn¡¯t show up... if only he hadn¡¯t shown up...

    Knack.

    He Bai stepped forward in front of Di Qiuhe. He put down the phone and looked into the rather gloomy eyes of Qin Li, saying to the officer with his eyebrows frowned, ¡°Sir, the butler said when Mr. Di fell off from the stairs, there were only two people with him, which were Ms. Qin and Miss Di Chunhua. I¡¯m afraid you should take them out for more information. And this is the ward, the patient needs to rest in a quiet ce.¡±

    Di Qiuhe was struck and smiled when he looked up seeing He Bai stood in front of him. He stood up and covered his eyes from behind, saying pleasantly, ¡°Little Bai, don¡¯t look at dirty stuff, it hurts your eyes.¡± He would definitely protect his puppy since he tried so hard to protect him.

    He Bai¡¯s eyebrows raised and he knocked him with his elbow as his eyes were cked out. He then leaned to take off his hand and said in a low voice, ¡°Mind yournguage, your public image is suffering so please just shut up if you don¡¯t know how to talk.¡±

    ¡°What¡¯s wrong with mynguage? A bastard that has taken our surname but doesn¡¯t belong to my family. It is absolutely just dirty stuff.¡± Di Qiuhe smiled and said in a voice that could be heard by everyone in the room. He then helped him hold his coat and put him to sit down on a chair by the bed as if Qin Li and her daughter¡¯s warning looks did not exist.

    Di Chunhua stared at Qiuhe and got rid of Qin Li¡¯s hand and shouted, ¡°Who are you referring as a bastard? You are the bastard! You are the one who is not supposed to stay in the Di family! You deserve to die! Go die!¡±

    He Bai frowned and was stopped by Di Qiuhe right when he was about to stand up. But what was unexpected was that Hu Zhao walked to Di Chunhua and pped her so hard.

    ¡°Shut up! You are the ck sheep of the Di family!¡±

    The room went silent again. He Bai was so shocked that he never expected the calm and constrained butler would go violent so suddenly.

    Di Qiuhe was shocked as well. He looked back at Hu Zhao with his eyes squinted as if he was thinking about something.

    Di Chunhua raised her hand up and covered her face out of astonishment. She couldn¡¯t speak out a word but staring at Hu Zhao.

    Qin Li screamed out after a while and went to check on Di Chunhua. Seeing her face turning red and swollen quickly, she couldn¡¯t help but shout at Hu Zhao, ¡°What are you doing? How dare you!¡±

    ¡°How dare you have even given birth to her to put shame on my master. I just taught her a lesson and yes I dare.¡± Hu Zhao interrupted her words and took out a handkerchief to wipe his hand. And then he dropped it on the ground as if dropping something dirty. He looked at Qin Rong who was about to stand up, and he gave out a cold and cruel smile, saying in a low voice, ¡°Don¡¯t you think that you are safe just because the master is now in aa. If you want to keep a secret then just don¡¯t make one in the first ce. God knows every nasty thing you have ever done. Our young master is well-behaved so he wouldn¡¯t hurt a woman. But I used to be a real cad and I have no boundaries. So please mind yournguage, Miss Qin Chunhua.¡±

    From Di Chunhua to Qin Chunhua, one should naturally get it. Even if they didn¡¯t know, they would take it as the butler had deprived her of the surname for the master. Thosewyers who were watching aside now understood that the bastard with Di as her surname was Di Chunhua.

    The disdainful sight from the people, Hu Zhao¡¯s p, her mother¡¯s trembling body, Di Qiuhe¡¯s mocking look from afar...Di Chunhua was tasting all of them and her heart was full of hateful thoughts. Thinking of Di Bian¡¯s sight with disgust, she trembled and said in a low voice, ¡°Why did you give birth to me...¡±

    Qin Li was shocked and looked down at her with a pale face, ¡°Chunhua...¡±

    ¡°Stop calling me!¡± Di Chunhua pushed her away and her breath got heavier gradually. She stared at Di Qiuhe and said in a repressed voice, ¡°No, you are the bastard, you are the one who doesn¡¯t deserve Di as the surname!¡± Then she rolled her eyes and fell onto the ground while her body started to shake violently. Some threatening words and malicious groans kepting out of her throat that it sounded quite horrible.

    ¡°Chunhua? What¡¯s wrong with you, Chunhua?¡± Qin Li finally came to herself from the impact of being med by her daughter. She squatted down and held her in her arms and tapped on her back, trying to calm her down.

    Qin Rong stood up immediately but he was dragged back to sit down by Qin Mingqiang who¡¯s showing a scowling face.

    ¡°She has to pay for those nasty things she has done. Our master was too benevolent to her all along. Now she is the ck sheep of the family that she failed to win his love for raising her up, then the karmaes for sure.¡± Finishing his speech, Hu Zhao stepped back behind Di Qiuhe and stood with his eyes looking down in a calm and respectful way.

    Di Chunhua was irritated by his speech and she became more and more fevered that she trembled more violently. Her arms and legs were like frozen and she pointed at Di Qiuhe as if she was an evil ghost asking forpensation.

    Qin Li was panicpletely.

 Chapter 105 - Frightmare (2)

    <h4>Chapter 105: Frightmare (2)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    ¡°Call the doctor!¡± Qin Mingqiang stood up and said. He looked at Hu Zhao and Di Qiuhe in a hateful sight and said with his teeth clenched, ¡°You will have to pay for all of the humiliation our Qin family has got here today!¡±

    Di Qiuhe didn¡¯t even change his face and asked indifferently, ¡°So why are you so sure that there will still be a Qin family in the future?¡±

    Qin Mingqiang was choked and he was in a towering rage, but he still pretended to be steady and pushed away those police to stride out of the ward. Qin Rong and Qin Li followed him while carrying Di Chunhua who was getting more and more out of control.

    The officer tapped on the ce got pushed and nodded towyer Wang. He then followed them with a small group of police.

    Now the drama was about to end since the viin had left.

    Thewyers discussed and asked for Di Qiuhe¡¯s opinion. Then they decided to make three teams, one to follow the police to check on the testimony of Qin Li and Di Chunhua. The other was to go to the Di house and check on the process of investigation and evidence collection. Thest one was assigned to go to Huangdu to tell Di Bian¡¯s trusted subordinate deputy chairman Liu to handle the management of Huangdu for the time being.

    After less than 15 minutes, the crowded ward became quite empty.

    Seeing the people had left, the doctors finally dared toe inside to check on Di Bian¡¯s situation. Making sure he was alright, they were relieved and fled away immediately.

    Sending away the doctors, Di Qiuhe asked assistant Wang and Hu Zhao to buy some snacks for him. He then closed the door of the ward and went back to the bed to pour a cup of hot water for He Bai to warm him up. He dragged a stool to sit in front of him and looked at him in a smile.

    He Bai took a sip of the hot water and looked up at Di Qiuhe who was having a quite gentle and sweet smile, saying frowned, ¡°Why are you looking at me like this? You¡¯re retarded? Your dad is still in aa, so please at least pretend to be a good son and make a sad face, okay?¡±

    ¡°No.¡± Di Qiuhe moved forward a bit and put his elbow on his knees, looking up and keeping smiling at him.

    Although the smile was sweet but he looked quite goofy.

    He Bai rolled his eyes and moved backward with his stool, covering his cup, ¡°Don¡¯te so close to me. You will spit your saliva into my cup. Stay away.¡±

    Di Qiuhe raised his eyebrows as he was despised, and he reached out his hand, trying to touch his cheek.

    He Bai¡¯s eyebrows raised and he leaned back immediately.

    Di Qiuhe smiled and took his cup to drink up the water right away. He then took a deep breath and said while crushing the cup, ¡°Warmed up, so good.¡±

    He Bai was struck and sat up confused. He looked at his empty hand and that crushed paper cup in his hand, feeling a sense of anger hovering up from the bottom of his heart. He couldn¡¯t help but yelled at him, ¡°Childish Di! Don¡¯t you know how to get yourself water if you want some? How dare you rob mine!¡±

    ¡°But I poured this cup of water.¡± Di Qiuhe said in an innocent face.

    He Bai was choked by his words and wanted to punch him so bad.

    ¡°I¡¯m so happy, puppy.¡± Di Qiuhe threw away that cup and took the scarf on the bed to wrap him up. He then took another coat and put it on him, saying again, ¡°I¡¯m so happy, so happy.¡±

    The scarf on his neck still got the smell of Di Qiuhe, so He Bai¡¯s anger suddenly disappeared. He held the coat and said in a calm voice, ¡°I know how to put on clothes. And, it was me who brought this coat to you...¡±

    Di Qiuhe drew back his hand and kept smiling at him with no words.

    He Bai ended the endless small talks andforted him gently, ¡°I know you¡¯re happy because you have finally felt proud and ted in front of the Qin family. But you better just keep it to yourself. Your dad is now still in aa. What if he saw you saying you¡¯re happy by his bed when he woke up? He would kick you out of the Di family! And those butlers andwyers, they are all with your dad, you should still be careful.¡±

    ¡°It won¡¯t work. When he wakes up I will still be that invisible young master.¡± Di Qiuhe said as if he didn¡¯t care. He looked at Di Bian who was lying on the bed and looking quite more weaker than usual, turning his smile into a sneering, ¡°He broke up with the Qin family, that doesn¡¯t mean he would fear less about me. On the contrary, if he knew that I handled the issue with the Qin family sessfully and also got a good reputation among his men, even though he might feel relieved and grateful for a short while, a man like him would fear me much more and end up being more cautious about me.¡±

    He Bai was totally struck hearing his speech and he said in surprise, ¡°But he¡¯s only got two sons which are you and Di Xiasong, and now Qin Li has cheated on him, why would he fear you anyway? Is there another secret love child to inherit Huangdu? Or he wants to bring Huangdu with him to death?¡±

    ¡°Well, in his mind he does want to control Huangdu until his death, but he is not capable of doing so. So he will have to choose an heir to train, yet it might not be me.¡± Di Qiuhe looked at his round eyes and moved a step forward till their legs touched, saying continually, ¡°I am quite sure that he doesn¡¯t have a secret love child, but Di Xiasong means much more to him than me. Now he¡¯s got the goods on the Qin family, so he can control them easily. And Di Xiasong now has a mother who is in the wrong, which means he will always be guilty in front of him . They would never be like just father and son, so he can control him more easily as well. Therefore,paring with me, the eldest son that he used to let down and still doesn¡¯t want to get close to, he would definitely prefer Di Xiasong.¡±

    He Bai felt so speechless that he couldn¡¯t help but look at Di Bian who was still on the bed, feeling that he was looking at a fool. If all of Di Qiuhe¡¯s analysis finally came true, then Di Bian was indeed the biggest dumbass on earth.

    ¡°Don¡¯t try to understand his thoughts, you¡¯ll be misguided.¡± Di Qiuhe turned his face over and poked at his dimple, smiling, ¡°You only have to understand mine, it¡¯s way easier to understand.¡±

    He Bai frowned and pulled off his hand, saying in despair, ¡°I¡¯d rather not understand yours because I don¡¯t want to lower my IQ to your level. What are you going to do now?¡±

    Di Qiuhe didn¡¯t get grumpy about his words, and he even smiled when replying, ¡°I¡¯m just going to enjoy the show for sure, and let the messy Di faction and the dying Qin faction fight. I am just a young master who¡¯s never taken control of anything, how am I supposed to handle everything. What do you say?¡±

    ¡°That¡¯s good. Just let them fight over each other and we stay clean.¡± He Bai nodded and then asked again, ¡°But what are you going to do with the truth of Di Chunhua? Are you gonna give it out?¡±

    ¡°Not now.¡± Di Qiuhe shook his head and sat back to the chair, smiling wickedly, ¡°If that was disclosed, the Qin family would definitely fight back no matter what. For all those years Qin Li has spent in Huangdu, she must have got many secrets to tell. Huangdu might fail to fight back if she started to fight back. Huangdu belongs to my grandpas from both sides, I can¡¯t just let them ruin it. Now let¡¯s just wait and see how the Qin family will struggle with Di Bian as they are now in such trouble.¡±

    So he wanted to see the Qin family grovel to beg the Di family for their life even after they have got so much humiliation and lost so much money? That would be a more severe punishment than smashing the Qin family all at once.

    He Bai clucked and sighed, ¡°Childish Di, how treacherous you are!¡±

 Chapter 106 - Frightmare (3)

    <h4>Chapter 106: Frightmare (3)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Di Qiuhe loved the way he spoke in a tone as if he was quite old yet he¡¯s got a baby face face. His smiled gently and teased him, ¡°Rx, I won¡¯t be treacherous to you. I will love you as always.¡±

    He Bai got a bit terrified by his words and replied defensively, ¡°Did you learn your Chinese from your P.E. teacher? Do you know how to use that word? It was me who has always been taking care of you.¡±

    Di Qiuhe was struck. He then smiled and said while nodding, ¡°Oh yeah, I can feel your love and I am happy.¡±

    His smile...ugh...was quite witchery. He Bai trembled and took off the scarf to throw it onto his face. He then walked behind him and pretended to strangle him.

    Di Qiuhe begged for mercy immediately.

    While outside the ward, Wang Boyi stopped from knocking the door and turned around to look at the quiet hallway in the hospital, thinking about whether he should go to check his eyes. It¡¯s so weird that he thought master Di and Mr. He made a great couple. They were both male! He should definitely go to get his eyes checked.

    An hourter,wyer Wang returned with the information of the Qin family.

    Di Chunhua was having an epilepsy seizure and just got stabilized. But it seemed that she had got some other problems caused by this epilepsy that she needed careful observation. Anyway, she couldn¡¯t leave the hospital at that moment, let alone go abroad.

    They only had Qin Li¡¯s confession and she insisted that what happened to Di Bian was just an ident. Also the news from the Di house said that no useful clue was found there by the police and the confessions of the servants were too confusing to use. So the investigation failed with no progress.

    Lawyer Wang was quite upset saying that, and the case could only be ssified as an ident before Di Bian woke up.

    ¡°Thanks for your efforts,wyer Wang.¡± Di Qiuhe had expected that already and he called the police because he didn¡¯t want Di Chunhua to be taken away by the Qin family. And now he had achieved his goal, so he didn¡¯t really care about the rest.

    ¡°Let¡¯s wait until my father wakes up.¡± Di Qiuhe pretended to be tired and sad, saying while pressing his forehead, ¡°I heard that there is an expert in Y country who is really good at handling cerebral hemorrhage, so I am going to invite him here to check on my father. I¡¯ve already booked the tickets and I¡¯m about to leave soon. Please forgive me for bothering you,wyer Wang and deputy chairman Liu, for taking care of Huangdu. You can call me if you have any problem, or you can go to my assistant and our butler Hu Zhao. They will help you handle everything.¡±

    Lawyer Wang was quite shocked and asked hesitantly, ¡°Are you leaving tonight? All of a sudden? The chairman is still in aa and maybe tomorrow he...¡±

    ¡°I dare not to take any risks on my father¡¯s life.¡± Di Qiuhe interrupted him with a soft but firm attitude, ¡°I¡¯ve asked the doctor, and my father won¡¯t get better immediately. So he needs to rest and just in case, I better ask the expert in this field for some help. Huangdu can¡¯t live without my father.¡±

    Lawyer Wang stopped speaking and sighed. He looked at him and said more sincerely, ¡°Our chairman will definitely get better soon with your careful consideration.¡±

    Di Qiuhe shook his head with a bitter smile. He looked at Di Bian in the bed worriedly as if he was a devoted son.

    He Bai pped in his heart as an audience. That was indeed a good acting that he could absolutely win his reputation back.

    After the midnight snack, Di Qiuhe left the hospital with He Bai with great reluctance as if they didn¡¯t want to go, and then jumped into the car heading to the airport.

    ¡°When did you get the tickets?¡± He Bai asked him right after they hopped on the car. He looked at Di Qiuhe who sat next to him and asked, ¡°Are you really going to Y country? What if the Qin family ys their tricks again? And what about your y in D district?¡±

    Di Qiuhe dragged his cor and gave Wang Boyi a sign to start the engine. He then fell into the seat and said with his eyes closed, ¡°Assistant Wang booked the tickets when he was buying the snacks. And I have three reasons going to Y country this time, first to invite the expert, and second to get my grandpa, the third one is to bring back Di Xiasong who takes the excuse of studying but actually is hiding there. Just rx, the Qin family can¡¯t y any trick as they are monitored by the police and the Di faction. I¡¯ve also asked for some days off from the crew, and Dong Ni is also out of form so director Jiang will let her rest for a few days. I won¡¯t mess it up.¡±

    Seeing how tired he was, He Bai didn¡¯t ask him when he took Fan Da to Y country but said in a low voice, ¡°It¡¯s still a bit far from the airport and it takes around 1 hour to get there by car. So you can just take a nap now and don¡¯t get too tired.¡±

    Di Qiuhe opened his eyes and took a look at him, and he suddenly fell on him. He held him in his arms and buried his face in his shoulders, saying in a vague voice with his eyes closed, ¡°Puppy, thank you for always being there for me.¡±

    He Bai stumbled because of his hug and hugged back after he regained his stability. He said while tapping on his back, ¡°Just sleep. I¡¯d like to be there for you when you don¡¯t mess around with me.¡±

    Di Qiuheughed silently and held him tighter. He sighed satisfactorily, ¡°You are so nice, puppy.¡± How could he not fall in love with such a good man?

    ¡°Stop your ttering.¡± Although He Bai despised him by words, he held him tighter instead. He then said after tapping his back gently, ¡°Just sleep.¡±

    Di Qiuhe rubbed his shoulder and rxed his body slowly.

    It was already quitete. He Bai looked at the outside of the window and became sleepy as well.

    ¡°Puppy...¡±

    He struggled to open his eyes and asked, ¡°What?¡±

    There was no response. Di Qiuhe was sleeping sound and it was maybe just his dream word.

    He blinked and was nk for a few seconds, and had no choice but to tap him with a smile. He closed his eyes andined, ¡°Still messing around with me in your dream. Did I owe you something from thest life?¡±

    His mind sank into darkness when those lights he saw outside the car slowly went twisted and turned into beautiful sparkles up in the midnight lighthouse. Yet that far away lighthouse was right at hand this time, and he suddenly saw a slender shadow appearing in front of him, standing on the balcony of a tall building.

    That was a familiar shape but he still couldn¡¯t see that face clearly.

    He tried to stay closer, but the scene abruptly changed into the hospital ward. An older version of Di Bian was lying on the bed while Qin Li who was still in good shape was yelling at him.

    That older Di Bian seemed to be unable to move, and he stared at Qin Li with his red eyes, saying excitedly, ¡°Go to hell with me, Qin Li!¡±

    Qin Li screamed and shouted, ¡°No! You are part of the death of Fan Lianxiu! How can you me all on me for that!¡±

    The scream of that woman punctured into his ears and exploded as if it went through time and space. He Bai was struck and opened his eyes all of a sudden.

    ¡°You wake up?¡±

    Di Qiuhe¡¯s soft voice covered that woman¡¯s scream. He Bai rolled his eyes and realized that he was lying on Di Qiuhe¡¯sps. And the car had stopped while the driver Wang Boyi disappeared.

 Chapter 107 - Frightmare (4)

    <h4>Chapter 107: Frightmare (4)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    ¡°Why are you so sweaty...¡± Di Qiuhe touched his forehead and helped him sit up with his eyebrows frowned. He then touched on his back, finding out it was also sweaty. He med himself and said, ¡°It¡¯s all my fault to bother you for the whole night. I¡¯ll ask assistant Wang to get a room in the airport hotel so that you can go there to take a hot bath and have a nice sleep. If you still feel no good just call him, don¡¯t hold it.¡±

    He Bai stood up and looked into his gentle and caring eyes. Thinking about what he had seen in the dream, he couldn¡¯t help holding him. He tried to say something but his throat was so dry that he couldn¡¯t say a word.

    Fan Lianxiu, the only daughter of Fan Da, mother of Di Qiuhe, died of illness soon after Qin Li was pregnant with Di Xiasong. What if Fan Lianxiu didn¡¯t actually die of illness but of Di Bian and Qin Li...He was startled and recalled that Di Qiuhe once said that Di Xiasong means much more than him to Di Bian, a horrible assumption came into his mind.

    Was it out of guilt that Di Bian feared Di Qiuhe so much? Or is it because Di Qiuhe is the child of Fan Lianxiu who was killed by him? Di Bian must have worried about the death of Qiuhe¡¯s mother that he didn¡¯t dare to trust and stay close to his son. Then was it possible that Di Qiuhe didn¡¯t get killed by Di Chunhua in thest life, but by Di Bian, Qin Li and Di Chunhua altogether?

    What a giant conspiracy! He held his arms tighter and shouted immediately, ¡°Qiuhe! Don¡¯t save Di Bian! Just leave him there and let him run his own course!¡± Why would he ever save such a cruel and heartless person? It would be just great to let him die!

    Di Qiuhe was hugged by him for the first time, but he didn¡¯t feel happy at all because he realized that He Bai was trembling. Although he only trembled for a few seconds, the fact was he trembled, which was really bizarre.

    ¡°Alright, we leave him there, just leave him there.¡± Di Qiuhe held him back and tapped on his back gently tofort him, ¡°It¡¯s okay, I am right here. I won¡¯t be going to Y country and I will just stay here with you. It¡¯ll be alright.¡±

    He Bai suddenly cooled down after saying those as he realized the hug was too intimate. So he stepped back and looked at Di Qiuhe¡¯s young face, withdrawing his horrible assumption. He thought for a while and shook his head, saying, ¡°No. You should take care of him. The show has been on for a half and it¡¯s not good if you stop halfway.¡± What happened in thest life should just stay inst life, and Di Qiuhe¡¯s fate in this life was already changing slowly. It would be troublesome if he acted blindly by the dream fragments. Besides...

    Looking at Di Qiuhe¡¯s furrowed eyebrows, his heart was softened that he couldn¡¯t help rubbing his head gently.

    Although he looked quite naive and childish, he was actually a thoughtful person. And Di Qiuhe needed to make his own decision instead of letting him fill his head with nonsense.

    When Di Qiuhe died in thest life, both Huangdu and the Qin family were almost torn apart by Huading. So if Di Qiuhe didn¡¯t die, both the Di family and the Qin family would have been doomed. And Di Qiuhe was still young in this life that he still hadn¡¯t established Huading, but the Di family and the Qin family had already split. So as long as Di Qiuhe stayed careful enough to not be plotted, he could expect his bright future without those evil rtives.

    ¡°Childish Di, you must live long and get rid of those bastards. You got me?¡± Telling him in a proud voice, he was like a parent who¡¯s super confident about his kid that he rubbed Di Qiuhe¡¯s head with a smile again.

    Di Qiuhe just let him rub his head yet his eyebrows frowned tight. He touched on his forehead and said with worries, ¡°Not in a fever, but why is he saying nonsense? Bad dreams?¡±

    He Bai felt the warm touch on his forehead and suddenly stopped his smiling and knocked on Qiuhe¡¯s head, saying with his eyebrows wrinkled, ¡°Stop your nonsense...¡± But he abruptly stopped speaking as it reminded him of that dream.

    He was really acting as if he had got some bad dreams. But howe he only had these messy dreams after his rebirth? And they were all about Di Qiuhe? It was always at the right time that it felt like God knew that Di Qiuhe was in danger so he told him in dreams so that he could help Di Qiuhe escape from the danger. Wait! Back then when they were in the holiday vi, Di Qiuhe might have said that he was his mascot and golden finger. Also, the way he met Di Qiuhe was like a bad romance. Howe they met each other and howe they became good friends?

    And thinking about what had happened after he helped Di Qiuhe call the police in thest life...He Bai opened his eyes widely and came up with an assumption that he was reborn because of Di Qiuhe! Was it because that God thought Di Qiuhe shouldn¡¯t have died inexplicably so that he let him help Di Qiuhe be reborn?

    Shit! Then why him! He was having his own life and why would God choose him to be the goddamn angel of that Childish Di? Just because he took that picture in the middle of the night and called the police in hisst life?

    Di Qiuhe noticed that he stopped speaking in the middle and his expression kept changing, so he was getting worried all of a sudden. He held him tight andforted him, ¡°Okay, I¡¯ll listen to you. I¡¯ll go to Y country and finish the show. Don¡¯t be scared and it¡¯s alright. I¡¯ll be with...¡±

    ¡°Be with ghosts!¡± He Bai pushed him away and grabbed the cushion from the backseat. His anger finally released like a volcano ever since he had been reborn. He was so mad that he started to punch him and said furiously, ¡°You disaster! Dumbass! Why did you die! Is it that hard to just stay alive? Why did you go to the balcony in the middle of the night and why didn¡¯t you just sleep! You think you¡¯re the chosen one? Beloved by God? You think you can reset your life all over again! What did I do wrong then! You bastard!¡±

    Di Qiuhe was so struck by his punching and he felt so wronged and also worried about him. He held him and said, ¡°Puppy don¡¯t be scared. I¡¯m not dead. Don¡¯t be scared. I won¡¯t die. Don¡¯t be scared.¡± He started to feel great again byforting him.

    It seemed that puppy was dreaming that he died and got scared. Although that was puppy showing he cared about him, it was quite...powerful, but it was just okay because he was older than him that he could take all of his lover¡¯s temper.

    The more heforted, the angrier He Bai got. He was getting tired of punching so he threw away the cushion and opened the door with a sneer, then he tried to push Di Qiuhe out of the car when he was trying to get closer. He shouted in a poker face, ¡°Go to your Y country and enjoy your life there! Dare you to die...¡±

    He looked down there at his body and pretended to cut his little bird with his hand as a knife, ¡°I¡¯ll cut it off!¡±

    Bang!

    The door was shut.

    He Bai crawled to the front to turn on the car and left.

    ¡°...¡± Di Qiuhe stood in the dust feeling quite confused. Wasn¡¯t his lover just hugging him so warmly and now he was kicked out of the car? Why did his lover change so fast? Why?

 Chapter 108 - Blocking (1)

    <h4>Chapter 108: Blocking (1)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    With his mobile phone vibrating nonstop, He Bai parked the car without answering the call, and started texting instead.

    He Bai: I parked your car at the airport hotel. Tell Assistant Wang to drive it away in a minute. Plus, remember to deal with your business with caution, ande to me when it finishes, for I have something to tell you.

    After that, he tucked the phone into his pocket, got out of the car, checked in a hotel room and drifted off to sleep dizzily.

    He Bai slept badly over this night when he had dreams one after another, while he could hardly recall their content the moment he woke up.

    Seeing innumerable texts Di Qiuhe had sent, He Bai scanned through them, rubbing a hand across his forehead and sighing deeply. After some consideration, he sent Wang Hu a text to ask him to bring his textbook for the first ss of the day.

    At eight o¡¯clock in the morning, Wang Boyi showed up with breakfast and clean clothes.

    ¡°Thank you, please wait for a minute.¡± He Bai took the clothes and went to bathroom to change them. After that, he called Wang Boyi in to have breakfast and asked, ¡°When did your boss leavest night?¡±

    Wang Boyi who sat up straight opposite him answered honestly, ¡°At 4:50 a.m.¡±

    He Bai paused in a real mood. Since Di Qiuhe got to the hotel at around two o¡¯clockst night, he must have stayed at the airport for more than two hours before leaving.

    He Bai somehow lost his appetite. Recalling what he dreamedst night, he shook his head and asked casually, ¡°I heard that you once worked for Di Bian. How long has it been?¡±

    Wang Boyi didn¡¯t expect him to ask about this. It surprised him that Master Di should keep no secrets from He Bai, while he maintained a reserved and rigid look and replied, ¡°It¡¯s over seven years. I was one of the poor college students that received financial assistance from Huangdu and was specially recruited there when graduating from university. I¡¯d been working in a branch office before Di Bian assigned me the task.¡±

    Over seven years, almost a tenth of life... He Bai nodded in understanding and gobbled up the breakfast. As soon as Wang Boyi picked him up to Q University, he ran straight to the ssroom.

    In the next few days, Di Qiuhe vanished off the face of the earth, and there was no news about him, so was Huangdu and Qin family, as if what had happened that night was nothing more than a dream.

    When He Bai nned to go to the hospital where Di Bian was admitted to get some updates, an obscure newspaper secretly exposed that Huangdu¡¯s big boss had a quarrel with his wife and went on holiday alone, leaving thepany in the care of its vice director.

    The news sounded overly untrustworthy and soon became the object of ridicule amongizens. Before long, it was suddenly deleted. People spected that the newspaper must have been given a warning from Huangdu about spreading rumor.

    Despite scant attention among the crowd, this joke-like story gave the impression that Huangdu¡¯s boss bore sour rtion with his wife who temporarily left thepany.

    Logging off WeiBo, He Bai guessed that it should be a piece of fake news Di Qiuhe had made up. Concerning that there was still no response to his text, he decided not go to the hospital. Before the situation became clear, he must believe in Di Qiuhe rather than making reckless move.

    As another two days passed, Di Qiuhe finally called He Bai. He said slowly in a gravelly voice, ¡°Little Puppy, things are done. My fatheres round, and I can go back to continue my work.¡±

    He Bai who was retouching photos loosened the mouse, nced at the time and asked, ¡°Where are you?¡±

    ¡°I¡¯m waiting outside your dormitory¡±.

    He Bai was dumbfounded and hurriedly ran out of his dorm.

    It¡¯s only several days He Baist saw Di Qiuhe, and he seemed a little thinner, with something indiscernible in his eyes.

    He Bai strode toward Di Qiuhe and stopped, looking him up and down. He was relieved to see the guy safe and sound, and asked, ¡°When do youe back? Are you done? What¡¯s the result?¡±

    Di Qiuhe¡¯s eyes kept rolling and finally fixated on He Bai. He bent slightly, with his sight at the same level as He Bai¡¯s, and shed a smile, ¡°Little Puppy, if I¡¯m not a sessor to Huangdu any more, would you keep mepany?¡±

    He Bai frowned, raised a hand to rub the corner of his mouth and said, ¡°Your standing means nothing to me. Stopughing. Tell me, what¡¯s going on with you?¡± He was quite uneasy about Di Qiuhe¡¯s physiological state. Happy as he looked, the guy took a serious look,den with anxiety.

    Di Qiuhe was stunned and suddenly raised his eyebrows. A big smile spread across his face. He stood up and reached out his hand, ¡°Thank you for epting me who have not a penny to my name... Could I use your cell phone?¡±

    With his brows knitted even more, He Bai took out the mobile phone and handed him, ¡°Have not a penny? You have no other things to cherish except the lifeless title? We bring nothing with us when we¡¯re born and take nothing when we die. It¡¯s of little value, isn¡¯t it?¡±

    Dumbfounded, Di Qiuhe paused for several seconds and saw the light all of the sudden, feeling relieved. He clenched the phone and nodded, ¡°Yes, it is... Little Puppy, can I use your WeiBo ount?¡± There was rxation in his tone.

    ¡°Sure.¡± Seeing Di Qiuhe in a good mood, He Bai felt better. He looked around, held Di Qiuhe¡¯s hand and said in a low voice, ¡°This ce is unsuitable for chatting. We need to find another site. Cover your face, in case you cause a scene. Fortunately, it¡¯s lunch break now, and no one gets out ores in.¡±

    The words lifted Di Qiuhe¡¯s spirits. He looked down at their ovepping palms, raised one hand to cover the lower half of his face, and said softly, ¡°My face is covered. Only you can see me now.¡±

    Just then, a batch of students walked out of the dormitory. He Bai turned around and pulled him toward a non-beaten path without catching what he said.

    They booked a private room at a tea bar outside school when Di Qiuhe always held He Bai¡¯s mobile phone without any operation.

    He Bai poured him a cup of hot tea and confirmed the news stern-faced, ¡°Di Bian drove you out the instant he woke up?¡±

    ¡°Yeah, he gave me some money and euphemistically told me to leave earlier.¡± Di Qiuhe put down the mobile phone, took a sip of his tea and added, ¡°Actually, he behaved in a quite normal way the moment he woke up, but his attitude became strange since Qin Li met him secretly. After that, he kept insinuating that it was time I shall depart.¡±

 Chapter 109 - Blocking (2)

    <h4>Chapter 109: Blocking (2)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Thinking of his dream, He Bai couldn¡¯t help but cast a sidelong nce at Di Qiuhe who seemed calm but wore a repressed look, which threw him in a real mood. Despite his indifference to Di Bian, Di Qiuhe was after all his son and grew up in hispany. How could he sever ties with his father easily? But the dream sounded extraordinarily dreadful, and if Di Qiuhe learned the truth...

    ¡°After meeting Qin Li, he made three announcements: first, a subsidiary of Huangdu is to be set up in Qin¡¯s charge; second, his marriage with Qin Li would end in divorce on the premise that he gives up custody of Di Chunhua and allows Di Xiasong to rece Qin Li in thepany; atst, I can get arge sum of money and innumerable real estates I simply don¡¯t need as long as I¡¯m willing to return to D District.¡± Di Qiuhe fiddled with a teacup and said, his eyes fixating on the tea, ¡°He drove me off with money while empowering Di Xiasong to save the face of Qin Li and her n... What he intends was no more than disgracing me.¡±

    Di Qiuhe was right. When Di Bian went into aa, Di Qiuhe directly tore a strip off Qin family to support him. However, he let those viins off and sent his eldest son away the moment he regained consciousness. How disgusting this behavior was!

    He Bai¡¯s brows were tightly knitted, dying to even tear Di Bian into shreds. People like that were the sheer scum of the earth!

    ¡°I guessed that he must be partial to Di Xiasong, but I didn¡¯t expect he would tolerate Qin family to such an unprecedented degree.¡± Di Qiuhe raised his teacup, reclined in the chair and squinted at the tea misting up, saying in an indifferent voice, ¡°I¡¯m not angry with his partiality and unfair treatment, but curious about and unreconciled to the sudden change in his attitude. If my memory serves me right, he made up his mind topletely break off his rtions with Qin family before the ident.¡±

    He Bai dropped his eyes and gently stroke a teacup like a nervous wreck, hesitant about telling him about the dream but not upsetting the guy badly...

    ¡°Then I made a rough guess, pondered it over and analyzed all the details within memory.¡± Di Qiuhe suddenly turned around to look at He Bai, cast a nce at his constantly scratching fingers, and shed a smile, ¡°Then it urred to me that Qin Li married my father during pregnancy and that my mother passed away abruptly.¡±

    He Bai closed his fingers, turned his head and stared him with eyes wide open.

    ¡°Judging from Di Bian¡¯s temperament, he can never ept being a cuckold and incest of this kind, but he did. So I guess Qin family must have some evidence against him. Before the secret talk, he wasn¡¯t ready to put up with them, which fully proves that I was right. Besides, the thing must have happened so long that Di Bian couldn¡¯t recall it until Qin Li reminded him.¡± Di Qiuhe put down the teacup, propped his head on his hands and gave He Bai a gentle smile, saying in a low voice, ¡°I¡¯ve thought a lot in solitude since Di Bian came round... Please tell me, Little Puppy, what on earth did you dream about on the way to the airport? Why did you warn me to be on the alert? You said you would tell me something when I came back, what¡¯s that?¡±

    Questions came one after another, while Di Qiuhe sounded clear and calm all the way.

    He Bai bit his lips and slowly lowered his eyes.

    He suddenly understood what message Di Qiuhe¡¯s look had conveyed¡ªhatred, deep and bitter hatred. Despite his previous indifference to Di Bian, he never hated his father, but now he did. The reason behind was nothing but what he had guessed.

    ¡°I...¡± He Bai slightly adjusted his mood and opened his mouth. Facing Di Qiuhe¡¯s seemingly knowing gaze, he tried to utter in a normal way, ¡°I dreamed that a much older Di Biany in a sickbed, quarrelling with Qin Li who stood in front of him. I didn¡¯t catch what they said, except Qin Li¡¯sst word.¡±

    Di Qiuhe dropped his eyes and touched the teacup, ¡°what did she say?¡±

    ¡°She said...¡± He Bai reached for his teacup and took it away. Making sure that there was nothing around him that might hurt him, he continued, ¡°She said, ¡®No! You were also involved in Fan Lianxiu¡¯s death. How could you shift all the me onto me?¡¯ Qiuhe, my dream is not necessarily true, perhaps...¡±

    ¡°No,¡± Di Qiuhe looked up at He Bai, suddenly smiled, reached out one hand to touch his face, and said, ¡°you are not only a Taoist priest who grew up in an abbey but also my lucky charm. Your dream also saved my life, so I believe you.¡±

    Feeling Di Qiuhe¡¯s fingers slightly cool, He Bai couldn¡¯t help holding his hands but had no idea how tofort him. After some hesitation, he uttered, ¡°I¡¯ll keep yourpany, Qiuhe.¡± Somehow, he felt a little breathless.

    He Bai hoped that the childlike Di Qiuhe would never be contaminated by the cruel and terrible reality and that the guy was able to live an easy life without extra burden.

    But his hope was likely to be shattered...

    ¡°Remember what you¡¯ve promised, and never leave me alone.¡± After a brief silence, Di Qiuhe held He Bai¡¯s hand, picked up his mobile phone, logged on WeiBo, then took out a folded paper from his pocket like magic, spread it out on the table, took a picture and uploaded it, typing quickly.

    Dumbfounded, He Bai nced at the document and asked in surprise, ¡°Will you give up your right of session to Huangdu?¡±

    ¡°Yeah,¡± Di Qiuhe nodded, posted his edited blog, lounged in the chair, looking sideways at him, and said jokingly, ¡°I would rather get thepany demolished than inherit it from the ughter.¡±

    He Bai picked up the mobile phone to take a look, only to find that Di Qiuhe dered a waiver of his inheritance to Huangdu under his ount and tagged its official ount, with a stamped file photo attached.

    The post went viral rapidly, and news came one by one. Bombarded with messages, He Bai¡¯s antiquated mobile was about to crash.

    ¡°I¡¯ve cancelled my WeiBo ount, so I have no choice but to use yours.¡± Di Qiuhe gave a seemingly reasonable cause. He took He Bai¡¯s mobile phone away, logged out WeiBo in case it copsed, and flung his hands round He Bai¡¯s face, poking his dimple, ¡°I¡¯m flying to D District tonight and maye back in a long while. Come on, give me a smile.¡±

    He Bai would have told him off but somehow he paused, only forcing a reluctant smile.

    ¡°Look at your smile, too ugly!¡± Di Qiuheughed at him freely, and then said generously, ¡°But I still like it, for you are my lucky charm. I¡¯ll be damned if I abandon you.¡±

    <h4></h4>

 Chapter 110 - Blocking (3)

    <h4>Chapter 110: Blocking (3)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    He Bai frowned and gave him a kick.

    Di Qiuhe smiled and couldn¡¯t resist the impulse to pinch He Bai¡¯s face when his mobile phone suddenly rang in his pocket.

    He paused, took out the phone to have a look, his smile fading, ¡°It¡¯s Di Bian.¡±

    He Bai raised his eyebrows and reached one hand out to hang up.

    Di Qiuhe hurriedly stopped him, shook his head and asked, ¡°Little Puppy, you hate him, don¡¯t you?¡±

    He Bai nodded his head without hesitation while cursing under his breath, ¡°Damn it, what a scumbag!¡±

    ¡°Don¡¯t you think the punishment is too light for him?¡± Di Qiuhe loosened He Bai¡¯s hand, shed a smile at him, and answered the phone, turning on the speaker so that Di Bai¡¯s voice could be heard.

    ¡°What¡¯s the matter with the statement on the Inte, Qiuhe? It must be your schoolmate who posted it in your name? He went too far! Ask him to delete the article and besides, stop any of your connection with him!¡± came Di Bian¡¯s booming voice. It seemed that his health conditions got well.

    With his fist clenched, He Bai red at the phone indignantly and had an overwhelming urge to tell him off!

    Di Qiuhe broke into a smile, raised one hand to pinch his bulging face, and said to the phone, ¡°You must have some misunderstanding, Mr. Di, for the one who posted the statement was nobody but me. My signature is on it, at which you can have a look.¡±

    He Bai viciously pulled his hand away and scolded Di Bian in a whisper.

    His behavior amused Di Qiuhe greatly and dragged him out of utter depression.

    There was silence for a while, and then Di Bian¡¯s suspecting voice came, ¡°What did you call me just know, Qiuhe? Why do you...?

    ¡°You may have forgotten that our rtionship broke up when Qin¡¯s people countered me.¡± Di Qiuhe pacified He Bai by patting him on the knee and said without sparing Di Bian¡¯s sensibilities, ¡°For the sake of domestic harmony, I could endure anything before, but it doesn¡¯t mean I won¡¯t get hurt or disappointed, Mr. Di. Ridiculously, until now I don¡¯t see it clearly that you are willing to cater to everyone except me, whom you can drive off anytime. So it¡¯s better for both of us to leave each other the way we are, you still the Chairman, and I, an unknown actor. How about it?¡±

    Astonished to find the easily coaxed son extraordinarily determined, Di Bian appeased him hurriedly, ¡°Don¡¯t act on impulse, Qiuhe. I understand that my decision upset you, but I have no intention of driving you out of thepany. The reason why I allowed Xia Song to enter Huangdu was to cate Qin¡¯s people who are still working there. I give you my word that you will get your fair share...¡±

    ¡°I never want to inherit Huangdu from you. Mr. Di, I¡¯m not so stupid as to be oblivious to the fact that you¡¯ve been guarding against me. You considered Chunhua your child before and gave me the cold shoulder for her sake; now she almost killed you, while you still chose to defend her. Compared to her, I¡¯m much more like a bastard who deserves no birth at all.¡± His voice got lower as he continued. After a pause, Di Qiuhe added, ¡°So much for that, Mr. Di. Judging from Qin¡¯s nasty tricks, I may ¡®meet my death unexpectedly¡¯ one day, so you¡¯d better tell yourself that you have one son only from now on. As for the things you gave me, I¡¯ll return them all. By the way, I wish you a happy family and longevity.¡± After saying it, Di Qiuhe simply hung up and blocked Di Bian.

    He Bai struck the table, ¡°Is this over? Just like that? Why don¡¯t you vent your full fury on him? Continue your scolding, no stop!¡±

    Di Qiuhe looked at him, his eyes growing wide as if frightened by his sudden anger.

    He Bai stroked his chest, still shocked to see the pure look Di Qiuhe exhibited.

    A phone rang came again before they said anything more, but it was He Bai¡¯s mobile this time.

    He Bai nced at the screen and noticed an unknown number. Something urred to him, and he answered it, putting them on the speakerphone while covering Di Qiuhe¡¯s mouth.

    ¡°Mr. He, this is Di Bian, the chairman of Huangdu. I saw your post on WeiBo, please delete it immediately. Also, tell Qiuhe to answer the phone.¡±

    What an annoyingmand-like tone of voice!

    He Bai gave a supercilious look and said coldly, ¡°I¡¯m afraid that you may not get what you want. I¡¯m no Huangdu¡¯s employee and have no need to obey your orders. Qiuhe was indeed with me just now, but he¡¯s out. Chairman Di, you went to the hospital in my presence, so I have a rough idea of your family affairs. Pardon me for saying this, since your true love Qin Li can groom your daughter to push you down the stairs, she naturally can also teach your son to kill his father. Qiuhe was so silly that he, despite the hostility and taunts, flied abroad at midnight to hire experts to cure you, a total scum! Driving such a kind child off but having wolves in sheep¡¯s clothing inpany, you may live to regret it. I¡¯m waiting to see that you and Qin Li end up inmon ruin! Pah!¡± He Bai hang up with a p and also blocked Di Bian, sinking into a chair in a sulk.

    Gazing at He Bai¡¯s angry look, Di Qiuhe was dumbfounded and then shed a smile. His smile broadened intoughter, and finally he tumbled on the table,ughing hysterically.

    He Bai pulled a grim face and asked angrily, ¡°What are youughing at?¡±

    Di Qiuhe cast him a nce and buried his face in the arms, hisughter softer while his shoulders rolling even more.

    He Bai: ¡°...¡± Neither the father nor the son is good person!

    A minuteter, Di Qiuhe was stillughing.

    Two minutester, hisughter became less loud.

    Five minutester, Di Qiuhe got up, wiped his joyful tears and turned his head to He Bai, his eyes slightly reddening.

    He Bai raised his eyelids, ¡°Have you had enough?¡±

    Di Qiuhe nodded obediently, ¡°Yes, I suppose.¡±

    ¡°You must be hungry, don¡¯t you?¡± He Bai picked up the teacup and blew the already cold tea.

    Di Qiuhe touched his stomach and answered pathetically, ¡°Yeah.¡±

    He Bai took a sip of tea and continued to ask, ¡°Do you still have a ce to live in without Di Bian¡¯s offering?¡±

    Di Qiuhe narrowed his eyes and recalled for a moment, nodding, ¡°Probably yeah... anyway, there¡¯s always a ce for you to live in.¡±

    He Bai raised his eyebrows and asked, ¡°Are you surely hungry?¡±

    Di Qiuhe met his gaze and nodded pitifully.

    He Bai dropped the teacup, leant towards him, raised one hand to touch his head and shed a gentle smile. Then he pressed Di Qiuhe¡¯s head hard and cursed him, ¡°Serves you right! Like father, like son. You are also a hundred-percent scum!¡±

    Di Qiuhe: ¡°...¡±

 Chapter 111 - Red Flag of Danger (1)

    <h4>Chapter 111: Red g of Danger (1)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    An hourter, Di Qiuhe led He Bai to a grand vi with a garden and swimming pool. He Bai was so jealous and asked, ¡°This is...yours?¡±

    ¡°Yep, mine.¡± Di Qiuhe nodded and appreciated thisrge, beautiful vi with him. ¡°My grandpa gave it to me.¡± He added.

    He Bai was shocked and turned to him, ¡°Your grandpa?¡±

    ¡°Yes.¡± Di Qiuhe nodded and turned his head to look at him. He said indifferently with a calm face and tone, ¡°My Grandpa.¡± No trace of feeling excited or happy of finding his rtive could be sensed.

    The door of the vi opened suddenly, as it had echoed his words. An old man with grey, grizzled hair on a wheel chair appeared. And the person who pushed the wheel chair was...

    ¡°Hu Zhao?!¡± He Bai stared at him with a shocking face, ¡°Aren¡¯t you...the butler of Di¡¯s house? Why are you here?¡±

    ¡°Master Di, Mr. He, wee.¡± Hu Zhao first greeted them with great respect and turned to He Bai, exined, ¡°Mr. He, I have resigned from Di¡¯s house several days ago. Now I work here.¡±

    He Bai was totally baffled.

    What happened? So Di Bian¡¯s confidant just turned his coat to Di Qiuhe? They had been so unfamiliar and courteous at hospital before!

    They couldn¡¯t have put on a show like that. He Bai knew clearly that Di Qiuhe¡¯ guard and concern on Hu Zhao were real! Seeing how he was in disbelief, Di Qiuhe smiled and poked him on his face, exined, ¡°Uncle Hu is my grandpa¡¯s confidant, I didn¡¯t know that before.¡±

    He Bai raised his hands to cover his face. He was less shocked but various things shed in his mind.

    So, Hu Zhao had been secretly arranged into Di¡¯s house to take care of his daughter? Then Fan Lianxiu died for unknown reason while he could not reach Fan Da, so he just stayed in Di¡¯s house. He pretended being loyal to Di Bian so that he could continue to protect the son of Fan Lianxiu, Di Qiuhe!

    So he just pretended like a bad guy but actually he was an undercover? Double-sided spy? That was a film action!

    ...What a fascinating spectacle!

    He looked at Hu Zhao and then at Di Qiuhe, finally the old man on chair. It seemed that Fan Da was not so irresponsible. Although he went to enjoy his life, he didn¡¯t forget to send a man to take care of his daughter in case she was bullied...But he failed anyway...

    But why didn¡¯t Fan Da say anything? They had been standing here for a while! Was he really turning into a dotard?

    He turned to Fan Da while he was thinking.

    The old man had a medium build and looked good. He was kind of mild and refined. But he didn¡¯t have any expression on his face and appeared dull. It seemed that he was really getting senile.

    The old man¡¯s eyeballs moved, as if he noticed that He Bai was sizing him up. He turned to He Bai. Suddenly, the dull eyes restored focus and his eyebrows gathered up. He looked wise and deep!

    He Bai was shocked by that look and fell into confusion.

    Was he really a dotard?

    ¡°Who are you?¡± The old man measured He Bai from top to bottom and then nced around, finally looked at Di Qiuhe. He turned to Hu Zhao and asked, ¡°Where is Lianxiu?¡±

    He Bai was a little bit surprised and looked at Di Qiuhe.

    He smiled and gazed at Fan Da, answered before Hu Zhao, ¡°She has been dead, for almost 20 years.¡±

    Fan Da¡¯s body trembled and stared at him with a serious and angry look.

    Di Qiuhe didn¡¯t avoid his eyes and smiled slightly. He stepped forward to smooth the nket for him. He said in a casual tone, as if he was talking about the weather, ¡°I¡¯m Fan Lianxiu¡¯s son, Di Qiuhe. I told you that several days ago, don¡¯t you remember that?¡±

    Fan Da didn¡¯t say anything and just looked at him. He measured Di Qiuhe with guard and his eyes lingered at his eyebrows. A few secondster, he seemed to understand something suddenly and rxed. He looked down at his old palm and blinked slowly for seconds. Then he leaned back and closed his eyes, said in a low voice, ¡°Yes, I remember, you are Qiuhe, the son of Lianxiu. Lianxiu went to look for her mother, and left you to allow me to atone for me sin.¡±

    Hu Zhao looked at him with worry, ¡°Uncle Fan...¡±

    Fan Da opened his eyes and waved to interrupt him, asking: ¡°Have you got the files I want?¡±

    ¡°Yes.¡± Hu Zhao looked at Di Qiuhe and bent a little so that the old man could hear more clearly. He answered slowly: ¡°I have got them in the morning and put them in the living room as you ordered.¡±

    ¡°Good.¡± Fan Da nodded and looked at Di Qiuhe who stood upright.

    Di Qiuhe looked at him without any expression.

    Fan Da chuckled to himself, and turned to He Bai again. He shook Di Qiuhe¡¯s hand and said like a child, ¡°Little Qiuhe, who is he? Is he your friend?¡±

    Di Qiuhe also held his hand and turned back to He Bai. His extremely indifferent eyes were softened and tinted with some warmth. He replied, ¡°He is He Bai, my lifesaver.¡±

    He Bai wanted to step forward but stopped. He rolled his eyes in his heart and scolded that crap introduction.

    ¡°Lifesaver? Then you have to reciprocate him.¡± Fan Da replied slowly and looked at He Bai with mild eyes. He beckoned him over and said, ¡°Come,e here my little friend, let me show you something.¡±

    He Bai restrained his mood and went ahead.

    The front door was closed and they entered the living room.

    The living room was a little bit empty, which indicated that the host had moved to here in a hurry and got no time to decorate.

    There were several sealed boxes on the tea table in front of the sofa. And several safes lied under the tea table. In the further ce, a bunch of carved chests crowded there and stretched to the stairs, seemingly endless.

    Seeing these, Fan Da¡¯s dull eyes restored some brightness.

    Assisted by Hu Zhao, he stood up and slowly approached to the sofa, then sat down again. He first leaned forward and tore down the seals on boxes, and took out the files one by one. Then he took his pen and stamp from Hu Zhao. He gave Di Qiuhe a look, signing and stamping these files one by one. He said slowly, ¡°When Lianxiu was married, she begged me to save dowry and money for her future child. She said it got be arge amount of money, or she would never forgive me for leaving her out for so many years...For her whole life, she never asked me for anything, so I have to satisfy her this time.¡±

    His voice got hoarse and vaguely shaking, but the hand that signed the files was still stable.

    ¡°I have watched so many things in this world, but left out her...I felt sorry for her...She was as beautiful as her mother when she was a child...I have done so many wrong things...¡±

    A file after another, he signed all these files in different typefaces and presented them in front of Di Qiuhe.

 Chapter 112 - Red Flag of Danger (2)

    <h4>Chapter 112: Red g of Danger (2)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Fan Da put down his pen and gazed at Di Qiuhe¡¯s eyes, which were so simr to his daughter¡¯s. His clear eyes lost focus for a while and he suddenly wore a childish smile. Fan Da said in a proud manner, ¡°Those people believe that I have been senile, and they carve for my properties, but they are not Lianxiu nor you. So, I cannot give them...I can¡¯t...Don¡¯t cry my Qiuhe, I will protect you.

    Di Qiuhe looked at him silently.

    He Bai watched them and also smiled. He turned to Di Qiuhe and thought that no wonder he was Fan Di¡¯s grandson, their smiles were so simr.

    There was a second of silence in the room.

    Fan Da blinked and looked down at his palm, then turned back to Hu Zhao, asked, ¡°Is Lian Xiu about to be married? Can you bring me to visit her? I am so afraid to see her get bullied.¡±

    ¡°Of course, uncle Fan, I will.¡± Hu Zhao answered mildly. He took the nket from the wheel chair and covered Fan Da¡¯s kneels.

    Hearing his words, Fan Da smiled with satisfaction. Then his eyes be dull again, murmuring to himself, ¡°Money gives a girl more courage. Now Lianxiu is to get married, I have to prepare dowry for her, much, much dowry...¡±

    The sun was setting and light in this room was dimming.

    He Bai looked at this old man who was murmuring to himself and nced at the files on the table embodying endless wealth, and finally his eyes stopped at Di Qiuhe, who was indifferent. He Bai felt that sense of suppression in the chest, which made it difficult to breath.

    Soon, somewyers and assistants came and got busy with these files and transference of properties.

    They ordered in for dinner, after which Di Qiuhe talked with thewyers and assistants. Then he pushed the door open and went out beside He Bai, who was standing next to a swing in a trance. Di Qiuhe sat on the swing immediately and ordered, ¡°Little puppy, Hya!¡±

    He Bai came to himself and kicked the seat hard. Then the white, iron, carved swing went high.

    Di Qiuhe swung beside He Bai and smiled at him, saying, ¡°Little puppy, can you send me message every day? Even a ¡°morning¡± can satisfy me.¡±

    He Bai leaned against the post and looked at his smile, saying nothing.

    Di Qiuhe swung back again and separated their gaze.

    Di Qiuhe didn¡¯t hear his answer so he didn¡¯t talk anymore. He just sat in the swing rxingly and waited it to stop.

    A car drove in the yard and several middle-aged men and women got off. Hu Zhao, on the other side, was ushering them in enthusiastically.

    ¡°There are family doctors called by uncle Hu.¡± The swing stopped. Di Qiuhe sat in it and narrowed his eyes, looking indifferently at those people entering the house, as if they were not asked for taking care of his grandpa.

    He Bai also looked at them, changed a posture and continued to lean against the post.

    He Bai gazed at him sideways and raised his lips, ¡°My memory of my mother has been quite ambiguous, let alone my grandpa, so every time I see her, I have a sense of unreal.¡±

    He Ba turned back to him. Thinking for a while, he stepped forward and sat beside him, listening quietly.

    Seeing that, Di Qiuhe smiled bitterly and changed a topic, ¡°Hu Zhao was my mother¡¯s driver. After she died, Di Bian decided to keep him as his drive, as Hu Zhao was well-behaved and quiet. Then gradually, when I was in middle high school, he finally became the butler. By that time, my grandpa had been weaker. So, now that I look back, I think Hu Zhao should take the credit big time. He guaranteed that I could leave Di¡¯s house and entered my university safely.¡±

    He Bai bent over to deliberately uce one shoe and then tied it again.

    Di Qiuhe moved his eyes to He Bai¡¯s fair-skinned fingers and the white shoces, continuing, ¡°My grandpa had an ident at year, so he lost contact with my mum. His head was injured and stayed ina for half of a year. He has been so senile these years and even cannot remember where his daughter lives, as he has been to so many ces. Then he began to look for her, in every country he has been to with my grandma. He made several investments while searching for her and then got rich, as you have seen, but he is still living alone and indifferently.¡±

    ¡°Little puppy, why people like my grandpa do not cherish their originally happy family? They just won¡¯t regret until they lose it.¡±

    Seeing him still in full flow, He Bai uced another shoe and continued to tie it.

    ¡°If I were him...¡± Di Qiuhe looked at the shoces dancing in He Bai¡¯s hand and just leaned against him with head lying on his shoulder. He studies He Bai¡¯s serious face when he was absorbed in weaving the shoces. Di Qiuhe said mildly, ¡°I would try every method to stay with the one I love, go nowhere, and never fall apart. I love him, so I will give him much love and receive much love from him, instead of giving him money and abandoning him.¡±

    The shoce was gradually weaved as a fat bird with a bald tail. He Bai finished it, raised his great work and turned to Di Qiuhe. He was about to show off his great memory and told him that he still remembered how to weave a bird he learnt as a child, while he met with Di Qiuhe¡¯s mild and attractive eyes. He Bai¡¯s heart was tightened and opened his eyes wide. All he wanted to say was chocked back.

    Now all he had intended to do¡ª to change a topic andfort him, to give him a present to make him happy, to use a bird to amuse him¡ªall disappeared suddenly.

    Di Qiuhe didn¡¯t expect that He Bai would suddenly turn to him. He looked away panickily andndedl at his hands. Di Qiuhe was baffled for a while and wore a bright simile, took away that fat bird and pulled its short tail, asking, ¡°Gift for me? That¡¯s cute, thanks.¡±

    The mild eyes, tinted with smile and delight, were as bright as the Milky Way.

    Their hearts raced uncontrobly.

    He Bai fumbled for his camera subconsciously. When he reached the buttons of his coat, he recalled that he forgot to take it as he left in a hurry.

    He should have forgotten his camera...

    He was unable to think or move, just looked down at his empty palms. A sense of loss attacked him.

    No matter in his previous incarnation or now, He would definitely take his camera all the time. The world in camera was so beautiful and fascinating. He could encounter nice scenery anytime, so it would be a pity if he missed it for not taking the camera.

    He had never forgotten, never, but now...

    Another car entered the yard and stopped in front of the door. Wang Boyi got off.

    ¡°Time to go to the airport.¡± Di Qiuhe was pleased to take the gift from his lover and was embolden to rub against He Bai¡¯s hair, smiling, ¡°You have been so silent, are you tired? Just sit here, I will drive you back to university when I finish packing.

 Chapter 113 - Red Flag of Danger (3)

    <h4>Chapter 113: Red g of Danger (3)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    He Bai looked at him walking away and clutched his empty palms slowly.

    Was that man so important? He should have forgotten to take his camera for Di Qiuhe.

    He slowly frowned and looked down at his sneakers without shoces on.

    Camera, his shoes...As he worried about Di Qiuhe, so he hurried away without taking his camera...As he wanted was tofort Di Qiuhe, so he removed his shoces to weave a lovely bird...He totally forgot how much inconvenience this would cause to him. Without shoces on, it was hard to walk and find a good angle to take photos.

    The strong heart beat had died out now. He looked up at the sky without a star, which reminded him of the Milky Way in Di Qiuhe¡¯s eyes. He pressed his chest and gave a deep sigh: Besides, he had skipped my sses for the sake of Di Qiuhe, including the ss this afternoon...He repeatedly broke his principles and habits just because he was worried about this man...This was the first time he felt danger in his two lives.

    The car ran smoothly. He Bai rested his hand on the car window and squinted to measure Di Qiuhe beside him, from top to bottom and then bottom to top.

    Di Qiuhe noticed his stare, so he deliberately smoothed his clothes, but he became more and more stiff. His expressions changed from m, d and delightful to suspicious, anxious and antsy. He was so agitated like a restless rabbit.

    ¡°What are you looking at?¡± He failed at pretending reading magazine, so he turned to him and asked with a serious face, and then adjusted his posture secretly.

    He Bai squinted and nced at his long and slim legs, which were even more attractive after he improved his posture. He gave that legs a full mark and fixed his eyes on Di Qiuhe¡¯s extremely handsome face, then flicked around the part below his umbilicus, saying slowly, ¡°Qiuhe, do you want to take a nude picture?¡± Since he was not sure, then a juicy question might give him answer.

    Hearing that, Di Qiuhe tore a page unconsciously. The restless rabbit in his heart had hit a wall and died. He turned to He Bai with angry eyes and gritted his teeth, ¡°Hell no! Don¡¯t even imagine it!¡± No wonder Little Puppy was measuring him! Xu Ying was still thinking about that and how dare him to have let Little Puppy to persuade him! How dare him!

    Stingy Di Qiuhe.

    Using physiological arousal to test the danger signal failed. He Bai sighed mildly and looked out of the window. The signal might be wrong anyway. After all, from the previous incarnation to this morning, his imagination about his future lover was all D-Cup lovely girls type, but Di Qiuhe...

    He turned to Di Qiuhe again. Watching his handsome face, broad shoulders, slim waist and long legs, He Bai couldn¡¯t help jabbing at his pecs and abs, and then sighed heavily.

    The muscles were too hard for him...So, the signal must be wrong. Maybe his memory wasn¡¯t as good as it once had been, which was quite normal. So, if something happened to Niu Junjie, he would probably also...

    No! He suddenly recalled the night when Niu Junjie¡¯s wife gave birth. He called He Bai frightenedly. His sputtering even made He Bai think that his wife might have a difficultbor. He still remembered that he left home in a hurry, that he even wore the wrong shoes, but still took his camera bag...

    ¡°...¡±

    That went too far!

    He covered his face and criticized himself with deep sorrow.

    How could he do that? Niu Junjie¡¯s wife was giving birth, and Niu Junjie was even frightened to cry, how could he still take his bloody camera? Fortunately, he recorded the scene where Niu Junjie hugged his wife and son, crying. But anyway how could he bring his bloody camera? How could he?

    Di Qiuhe got stiffened when he was jabbed and then turned back to him. Sighing and frowning, he seemed to be touched by something dirty and his innocent heart was broken to pieces, saying with ager, ¡°Little Puppy, I took shower yesterday and shaved my beard. I even applied body lotion!¡± He was of course clean and fragrant! He was fully ready to have his little puppy to flirt with him, but his puppy should have given him a look of dislike!

    He Bai gazed at his bright and vigorous eyes, squinted and moved closer to him, fixed his eyes on Di Qiuhe¡¯s lips.

    Di Qiuhe goggled at him, held his breath and dared not to move. Little puppy¡¯s look was so hot, but why...why did he... move so close...

    They got closer and closer, even could felt each other¡¯s breath.

    ¡°Yep, you did shave your beard.¡± He Bai said and tilted he head, sniffed Di Qiuhe¡¯s neck. If he immediately kissed Di Qiuhe, that would be OK...Frowning, he retreated to his seat, sighed gently, and looked out of the window.

    He should have felt OK with that, and he thought Di Qiuhe was really fragrant...Although vague, this danger signal was quite prative...That¡¯s not cool.

    Di Qiuhe, who noticed He Bai frowned and looked away at the window with dislike right after smelling him, was so shy, angry, anxious and embarrassed. Arge gulp of air was stuck in his throat. His ears and neck turned red. He held his breath and said, ¡°That hotel¡¯s toiletries didn¡¯t smell good, I had to make do with them.¡± So it had got nothing to do with his taste on toiletries. His own toiletries were carefully selected with fruit scents, which were He Bai¡¯s favorite. That would drive He Bai throw himself to Di immediately.

    He Bai was going through a shocking feeling that was deconstructing his rational outlook, so he was in no mood to take care of Di Qiuhe¡¯s sensitive heart. Hearing Di Qiuhe¡¯s words, he just waved casually and kept gazing out of the window and sighed asionally. Damn this reincarnation experience.

    Di Qiuhe felt like he had vented his anger on a cotton ball¡ªno reply: ¡°...¡± He really wanted to find a decent hotel and take afortable shower now.

    The car stopped at the side entrance of Q University. Di Qiuhe nced at He Bai who seemed to be ready to get off. He was almost about to pour out hisint and grievances in his heart, but he still wore a serious face, maintaining thest dignity for himself.

    The car door was pushed open suddenly.

    Di Qiuhe clutched his hands and threw his dignity away, saying: ¡°See...see you.¡±

    He Bai turned back, seeing Di Qiuhe deliberately looked away from him. He raised his eyebrows, sat back into the car, closed the door, stretched his arms and said: ¡°Di Qiuhe,e into daddy¡¯s arms.¡±

    Di Qiuhe tore another page and stared at He Bai, ¡°Daddy? Little Puppy, you are getting on my nerves.¡±

    He Bai scooped him into his arms, patting his back and smoothing his hair, and said with a smile, ¡°Just work hard on your filming. I will text you every day. Just move on and forget all the burdens you have kicked away. You have to lead a better life than those who bully you, OK?¡±

    This was the second time He Bai took the initiative to hug him. Di Qiuhe was shocked for a while, and then quickly threw the magazine, also hugged him. He buried his face into He Bai¡¯s neck and rubbed against him, said in a low voice, ¡°Shh, my Little Puppy, you are so talkative.¡±

    ¡°If I don¡¯t like you, I would not talk so much to you.¡± He Bai wore an amiable face and rubbed against the back of his head. Then he slightly turned his head sideways to kiss his hair ends.

    He pushed Di Qiuhe away next second and rubbed his nose, ¡°Your shampoo sucks. I hate its smell.¡±

    Di Qiuhe: ¡°...¡±

 Chapter 114 - Elementary Japanese (1)

    <h4>Chapter 114: Elementary Japanese (1)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Having skipped his sses for the entire afternoon, He Bai got med by his roommates with no surprise. After he had admitted his misbehavior and promised to not skip ss again, he was finally let go and then sat back to his seat.

    Theputer stayed excatly the same way as when he had left. When the screen was lit, a picture showed up on it, half-photoshopped.

    Beside the payphone booth, a tall man leaned on it casually. He turned his head slightly to look at the camera with a rather naughty look. Yet when the light fell down and covered half of his face in the dark, his eyes were so still that he looked so paradoxical and handsome, sexy and mysterious.

    His little Bai was very calm down there and his heartbeat was steady as well. He even wanted to sing a song to get rid of the boredom.

    But it seemed that the damn signal was sent in the wrong direction.

    He moved the mouse to save that half-done picture, and then went back to the desktop to open up the photo album for Di Qiuhe¡¯s pictures, looking through them one by one.

    This one was a bad one...this one seemed with nice face...this one was a pity that it failed to catch the long legs...this one was good despite the outfits was wrong...this one got a nice catch of him speaking with his head down, what a handsome side face!

    But his little Bai down there was still quiet. The heartbeat was still steady. Not even one pulse was triggered.

    He closed the photo album and bent over the desk. Then he took out his phone to open the message, checking on those old conversations between him and Di Qiuhe. He Bai cursed him secretly for a thousand times and then he closed the message with his eyes rolled up and opened his WeChat instead.

    A cute bird born in the autumn with a big cock...

    He closed the WeChat with an indifferent face and bent down his head to think. Maybe he had misunderstood something about himself. Why would an ordinary human, a normal guy, a man who was quite into cute girls fall in love with a childish guy who had done so many bad things and been super provocative and difficult?

    Oh wait, was he straight?

    That seemed to be a super-serious question.

    He Bai looked at the other three people in his dorm and went directly to Niu Junjie who was surfing on the inte. He tapped on his shoulders and asked reservedly, ¡°Hey man, you got porn? Big booty gal?¡±

    ¡°Holy shit.¡± Niu Junjie was some that he threw away the mouse and looked back at him with his eyes widely open. He said while tapping his chest, ¡°Bai, howe you walk without making any sound? And what did you just say? You want what?¡±

    ¡°Porn.¡± He Bai helped him rub his chest gently and said again as if nothing had happened, ¡°You got porn? Big booty type. I would like to appreciate your collection of porn.¡±

    Wang Hu who was getting the clothes and Chen Jie who was reading books turned over together. They looked at He Bai as if they were watching the eighth miracle of the world.

    The dorm was so quiet. Niu Junjie got rid of He Bai¡¯s hand on his chest and leaned back secretly. He swallowed his saliva and asked him in a low voice, ¡°Bai...what¡¯s wrong with you?¡±

    ¡°I got a big shock.¡± He Bai put up his hand and touched Niu¡¯s hair. It was not as good as to rub Di Qiuhe¡¯s hair. So he frowned and put down his hand, saying in a deep whisper, ¡°The shock was too big that I need to watch some porn to rx.¡±

    ¡°...¡± Then that was really a super big shock.

    After 10 minutes, the four sat neatly in front of Niu Junjie¡¯s desk. Curtains closed, door locked from within, everything was ready but the onest thing.

    ¡°You really want to watch it?¡± Niu Junjie was delighted yet reluctant that he started to feel shy. Back in the old days when he first entered this dorm, he tried to ask for some porn resources from the others just like everyone else did, but he was rejected ruthlessly. So he was so hurt. And now they suddenly came to sense that they were d to share, but he just felt super weird.

    He felt that he had caused some moral pollution to his innocent dorm-mates. Sad.

    He Bai took the best seat with the best angle. He lifted his chin up to ask him, ¡°Lao San, hit it.¡±

    ¡°Sure...sure I¡¯ll y it.¡± Niu Junjie stopped sighing and wiped off the sweat on his palm and then grabbed the mouse.

    Wang Hu and Chen Jie moved their stools back secretly.

    The mouse moved to the folder named ¡°Learning Materials¡±, it opened it with double click and got a bit hesitant over ¡°Elementary Japanese¡± and ¡°English Exercise¡±. Then it chose the ¡°Elementary Japanese.¡±

    Wang Hu and the others cast him a meaningful smile and then Niu Junjie turned his head with a shy grin.

    The video started and the leading girl showed up in the scene. She had got long hair and big eyes and was wearing a sailor uniform. You could see her cute canine teeth when she smiled, but the most important was that she¡¯s got big boobs. They looked really perky.

    Two minutester, the leading girl went into the room with the guy and they started to kiss each other.

    He Bai felt barely nothing.

    15 minutester, the pinkce underwear of the girl¡¯s showed up.

    Niu Junjie¡¯s ears turned red, but He Bai started to yawn.

    20 minutester, the girl and the guy got naked and started to do their business.

    Niu Junjie went excited but He Bai touched his chest and then looked down there, still feeling nothing.

    ¡°Oh yeah...yes, yes...ah...¡±

    Niu Junjie went to the bathroom, and Wang Hu finished half of the bottled water when Chen Jie took out his textbook to read.

    He Bai sighed and got up. The moment when he wanted to turn off the video, his phone started to ring.

    He took it out and saw Di Qiuhe¡¯s name shining on the screen.

    He was struck for a moment and glimpsed at the nasty scene on the screen. After a short while of thinking, he answered the phone directly and said hello in a low voice.

    ¡°I¡¯m at the airport already.¡± came to his ears.

 Chapter 115 - Elementary Japanese (2)

    <h4>Chapter 115: Elementary Japanese (2)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Di Qiuhe walked a few steps away from Wang Boyi and talked through the phone in a reluctant and clinging voice. Yet he heard something unspeakable and got struck for a few seconds. He asked in a suddenly lowered voice, ¡°What was that sound? What are you doing, little Bai?¡±

    Sweet moans of that AV girl on the left ear and gentle low voice of Di Qiuhe on the right. He Bai thought that was definitely something exciting to experience.

    ¡°I¡¯m watching porn.¡± He replied calmly and being very straightforward, ¡°Girls with big boobs, totally naked.¡±

    Di Qiuhe was shocked and stood astonished.

    ¡°You wanna watch? I can ask Junjie to send it to you.¡± He Bai showed his generosity and became surer that he preferred Di Qiuhe¡¯s voice than the girl¡¯s a lot more.

    ¡°No, thanks.¡± Di Qiuhe said frigidly and hung up the phone with a shudder in his hands. Looking at the ever bright floor in the airport, Qiuhe felt that his brain was totally nk. He pressed his lips tightly together and his eyes went dim and dark. It felt as if something crazy inside of him was about to burst out.

    That was what he had not wanted to think and face, that if puppy was a super straight guy.

    The phone started to ring and it was He Bai who called back.

    His mind suddenly came back from hell and answered the phone after quite a few seconds. Yet he put the phone close to himself but didn¡¯t speak a word.

    ¡°Are you being shy now? It was just a joke. That girl was not even cute and she is nopatible with you. Just boring.¡± He Bai¡¯s voice came through the phone call, steady as if he wasn¡¯t watching that porn, and he sounded quite as usual, ¡°It went viral over the inte now. Please watch it and don¡¯t let someone else nder you. Don¡¯t make any scandals and just focus on your shooting. I¡¯ll visit you when I have time.¡±

    Niu Junjie¡¯s shout wasing through the phone, ¡°Bai! Are you even a man? Don¡¯t you even feel anything from porn? Yawn? Oh and LaoEr! Are you serious? Reading the textbook when the girl was moaning so loud?¡±

    ¡°Ugh, hang on, Qiuhe.¡± He Bai stopped with a cough and walked out of the dorm while covering the speaker.

    Niu Junjie¡¯s voice disappeared from the phone, but Di Qiuhe felt his words were still there, repeating again and again. He felt that his formerly-frozen heart was getting warm slowly.

    Don¡¯t feel anything but yawn...

    A man of normal sexual orientation would definitely react to porn more or less, but Bai yawned out of boredom. Was it because he was not into girls? Then he was not into girls...

    His heart rocketed to heaven from hell.

    ¡°Sorry for the long waiting. LaoSan was watching porn so he was a little bit excited. Don¡¯ mind him.¡±

    Hearing the familiar sounding through the phone, Di Qiuhe¡¯s heart started to beat fast. He came up with a thrilling guess in his mind that he couldn¡¯t help think about it.

    ¡°It¡¯s alright.¡± He moved his stiff fingers and asked while grabbing his phone tight, ¡°So you...Bai...¡±

    ¡°Beep beep beep¡±

    ¡°...¡±

    He hung up the phone and called back carefully.

    ¡°Sorry, the number you dialed is power off.¡±

    ¡°...¡± So this was...the phone was out of power and turned off automatically?

    He stared at the phone angrily but he didn¡¯t know whom he should be angry about.

    He Bai put down the powered-off phone and pressed it with his eyebrows frowned. He was about to go back to the dorm for his charger and met the instructor and the tutor appeared together at the corner of the hallway. He was struck and put the phone in his pocket immediately. He knocked on the door of the opposite dorm first and said rapidly, ¡°The instructor is here to make the rounds.¡± He then ran back to his form and turned off Niu Junjie¡¯sptop fast. After a while of chaos, the dorm checking was over.

    Sending away the instructor, He Bai charged his phone and dialed Di Qiuhe¡¯s number. He unsurprisingly got a power-off notice.

    What a pity. He was trying to ask Childish Di about his preference for his future lover.

    He sighed and put down his phone and then get changed ready for washing up. He then climbed up to his bunk bed with a half-charged phone and his earphones, rolling himself in the quilt.

    Getting prepared from within, he opened an app and sneaked into an app then a group chat and a resource sharing group afterward. After all of those steps, he finally got a link of gay porn.

    The midnight came before he knew it and the other three had already fallen asleep. He inserted his earphones into his phone and covered his face with the quilt to watch his porn.

    A muscr man showed up...another muscr man showed up...and they snuggled up together...

    His face turned awkward but he tried pretty hard to not turn off the video.

    The two men kissed each other and they touched, kissed, rubbed each other and fell on the bed...

    Just at the moment when they were down to the key point, he turned off the video out of scare.

    ¡°Holy...shit...that really is how they do it...¡±

    He wiped off the sweat on his forehead and deleted the video immediately. He then ¡°purified¡± his eyes with some pictures from the scenery album but still felt scared.

    The signal must have been wrong. This was not possible.

    However, his little Bai down there didn¡¯t react to AV, and not to gay porn either...Maybe he was asexual? Or he should be a monk? After all, he had never had a reaction to any human being despite the morning erection...

    He identally clicked on WeiBo and turned on the app. A lot of notices came up to him that his phone almost died.

    He frowned and tried to turn it off, but he saw two heating news sent in.

    Some KOL released that Di Bian the chairman of Huangdu might have been cheated by his second wife and his daughter was not his own and they were in the process of getting a divorce!

    Shock! Stock market earthquake! Huangdu¡¯s shared dived! Huading came as a dark horse!

 Chapter 116 - Matesâ€™ Rate (1)

    <h4>Chapter 116: Mates¡¯ Rate (1)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    HuaDing?

    He Bai frowned. He remembered clearly it was Di Qiuhe who founded thepany in thest life, which, with tremendous momentum of development, took only ten years to supnt Huangdu as the leading entertainmentpany in an aggressive way. But if he remembered it correctly, Di Qiuhe didn¡¯t set it up until yearster... Or was it a different HuaDing? Was there anything wrong with his memory?

    With those doubts and guesses, He Bai clicked on the second push notification and nced through it.

    He knew very little about those stock market things, but given that its information was rtively simple, He Bai summed up two points after reading: A big shot withdrew its capital for Huangdu, and on top of that, thepany made a wrong strategic decision on the real estate project of C Province, thus suffering a catastrophic loss; Innumerable giants injected funds into HuaDing, the little-known smallpany, to help it sessfully secure the project.

    There were thousands ofments under this post. Netizens discussed it heatedly and soon connected it to the news of Di Bian¡¯s impending divorce.

    Netizen one: You who don¡¯t understand the matter have no say. The reason why Huangdu¡¯s stocks took a tumble was not limited to its decision-making failure or divestment. The biggest problem is that Qin family also meddled in the real estate project secretly at the opposite side of Huangdu. Huangdu and Qin family were originally a union, but now suddenlypeted with each other, which, in those giants¡¯ eyes, was an upsetting signal that they¡¯re about to dissolve the partnership. That exined how things happened recently. HuaDing yed big luck indeed and benefited from their disintegration.

    Netizen two: You alsock good knowledge of the situation. Despite small scale, HuaDing has been steering a steady course. Now it attracted a major investment from a big shot and is very likely to rise to the top. In contrast, Huangdu was divested and lost the project; besides, Di family is totally in a mess and has broken up rtionship with Qin family. Faced with the striking discrepancy, even a retard knows which to choose.

    Netizen three: Both of you have left out an important detail¡ª Di Bian has three children only. The youngest one is a daughter, whose biological father is very probably another man rather than Di Bian. The second son was born of Qin Li who cuckolded Di Bian. He¡¯s so young that people find it hard to have confidence in him, for he will probably waver between Huangdu and Qin family. His eldest son, the most reliable and ablest one, was forced by the Qin family to leave thepany long ago and, in order to draw a clear line between him and Di family, actually gave up his right of inheritance. Look at the three heirs, one may not be Di Bian¡¯s child, another is likely to amount to little, and the other has great ability but was forced to leave. It is said that Di Bian is now ill in hospital, leaving thepany run by the deputy director. Given that the old captain is failing while the younger one hasn¡¯t grown into an independent man, how could the boat avoid sinking?

    Netizen four: You¡¯re right, but I wonder who the big shot that withdrew money from Huangdu was. What a wise man! Besides, who did inject capital into HuaDing? Is he reliable?

    Netizen five: He¡¯s absolutely reliable. It¡¯s reported that more than onepanies put considerable amount of money into HuaDing. Some people have all the luck.

    Discussions ofizens here were rather rational, whilements under another push notification flooded the screen, which shocked He Bai greatly.

    Netizen one: The ugly Inte celebes to mooch poprity off Qiuhe again! Let¡¯s teach her a lesson!

    Netizen two: Divorce? I heard that Qin Li was once a mistress of Huangdu¡¯s chairman Di Bian. Now she was divorced, and maybe reced by another woman?

    Netizen three: I really feel sorry for Qiuhe who has such scum-like father and step-mother. Oh, no, I was wrong. He will have no such partial father and evil mother from now on. Happy for him, cheers!

    Netizen four: Ha-ha, Di Chunhua, the damn slut, was actually a bastard. How ridiculous it is for her to put on airs as a young master of Huangdu. I really expect to see the looks of those who licked her boots in order to make it to showbiz at Huangdu now.

    Netizen five: Why some would attack the person who tells the Inte celeb off? This scoop can be proved by several photos, thus most likely to be true. He who spreads no rumor deserves no ying. In addition, don¡¯t you feel curious about why Di Bian and Di Chunhua were taken to hospital at the same time?

    Netizen six: I¡¯m a nurse attendant. Tell you a secret, police came when Di Bian was hospitalized. He didn¡¯t fall ill but was pushed down the stairs. As for the suspect... it was nobody but the one in the hospital atm. You may guess that the bastard dared not believe her life story and took desperate measures. I start to take pity on Di Qiuhe now, the orthodox younger master of Di n, who spared no effort to support the family but received no rewards at all. In Di Bian¡¯s eyes, he was even less important than a bastard. He must bepletely discouraged and left, poor thing.

    ... Now He Bai was pretty sure that there must be paid posters among theizens who stayed upte leavingments. Judging from their words, most of them spoke well of Di Qiuhe... He was quite witty to influence public opinion in advance.

    He rested easy a little and felt sleepy. Turning his cell phone off, He Bai went to bed.

    He who did nothing to feel guilty for was sound asleep, while those who had ulterior motives were still worried about thepany¡¯s affairs in the middle of the night.

    ¡°What¡¯s going on? Why did Da¡¯ze divest? Hispany has been investing in Huangdu since my father¡¯s day! It is not supposed to withdraw its money even if Qin family does!¡± Di Bian leaning against the bed roared angrily and raised one hand to cover his forehead, his face paler.

    Lawyer Wang hurriedly rang the bell at the headboard and persuaded him, ¡°Chairman, given your health status, please rx and ease up. People are sent to negotiate the issue with person in charge of Da¡¯ze. We guess that their divestment should be rted to the separation of Huangdu and Qin family. Therefore, as long as we can guarantee that the disintegration will proceed in a gentle way and do no harm to us, they may probably change their mind.¡±

    Hearing his words, Di Bian finally calmed him down. He moved his hand off, frowned and said, ¡°I hope so... And, how does HuaDinge about?¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s a smallpany which was set up a few years ago, so you don¡¯t need to pay much attention. It¡¯s just a stroke of luck.¡± Wang reported Vice Director Liu¡¯s previous guesses and gave a hesitant look, with a document he just received in his grip.

    Di Bian pulled his face and asked, ¡°What else? Did Qin familyy down another condition? Tell them there¡¯s no way!¡±

    ¡°No, they don¡¯t.¡± Mr. Wang nced at his face and whispered, ¡°It¡¯s your eldest son... He sent awyer over and returned all belongings you gave him.¡±

    Di Bian gripped the quilt tightly, his expression kept changing. A myriad of thoughts¡ªguilt, regret, etc.¡ªcrowded into his mind and was finally repressed. He slightly closed his eyes, saying, ¡°Qiuhe tends to be softhearted. He¡¯s in a temper now, but it¡¯s okay, I¡¯ll coax himter.¡±

 Chapter 117 - Matesâ€™ Rate (2)

    <b>Chapter 117: Mates¡¯ Rate (2)</b>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Seeing Di Bian¡¯s determined look, Lawyer Wang heaved a sigh. Didn¡¯t he realize that the younger master was truly infuriated? The chairman had actually gone too far, tremendously letting his eldest son down. If he were Di Qiuhe, he would also...

    Thinking of this, Wang shot another nce at Di Bian, took an envelope out of a folder and handed it to him, whispering, ¡°Chairman, your son¡¯swyer sent this over. He told me only you can read it.¡±

    Di Bian immediately opened his eyes and unfolded the envelope, only to find a key to a bank safe as well as a list.

    There¡¯s a line below, which was obviously written by Di Qiuhe. It read: ¡°Dear father, I¡¯ve finished all the tasks you assigned me, and I¡¯m afraid it¡¯s thest time that I give a hand. It¡¯s the key to the bank safe in which I stowed the business proposal away as well as the list of the team members. I wish I could perform my filial duty if possible. See you, Mr. Di.

    ¡°See you, Mr. Di...¡±

    The list fell down when Di Bian¡¯s hand was shaking.

    That was from Qiuhe who tended to have a good temper. How could he...?

    ¡°The doctor¡¯s here.¡± Lawyer Wang picked up the list and noticed the line. Looking up at Di Bian, he sighed and made way for the doctor.

    The tall blue-eyed doctor examined Di Bian carefully and politely expressed his wish to leave for his homnd tomorrow. Lawyer Wang frowned and tried to persuade him, ¡°Chairman¡¯s still in hospital recovering, so would you mind...¡±

    ¡°It took me much time to pay the cross-border home visit. But for Mr. Di Qiuhe¡¯s perseverance and filial piety, I would not dy domestic work and take this trip.¡± said the doctor, frowning. He watched Di Bian with disdain, ¡°It¡¯s a shame that his father doesn¡¯t deserve this. Mr. Di Bian has revived, and the rest of the routine process can be taken by any doctor. I¡¯m leaving.¡±

    Mr. Wang was speechless.

    ¡°Let him go!¡± With a guilty conscience, Di Bian couldn¡¯t bear to be mocked, which provoked him. He roared loudly, ¡°There¡¯re thousands of excellent doctors in China. I can definitely be back on my feet without you!¡±

    ¡°Humph!¡± The doctor was cross and immediately retorted, ¡°There¡¯re also thousands of ignorant patients who showed no respect for their doctors. I¡¯m unlucky enough to meet one. Mr. Di Bian, all men are equal, so you don¡¯t need to make a show of authority in front of me. Plus, I can tell you, Mr. Di Qiuhe visited me the moment he arrived in Y country; after that, he went to pick up your younger son. I remember clearly that the boy was totally unworried when he heard that your life was in great danger and asked whether you are dead and he was asked to perform your will instead. Mr. Di Bian, as an old Chinese saying goes, ¡®Of all virtues filial pietyes first¡¯. Your younger son proved him to be your child, who was as indifferent as you. It¡¯s a pity that Mr. Di Qiuhe, such a kind person, has a scum-like father!¡±

    Di Bian had a splitting headache and felt dizzy. At the moment, he couldn¡¯t think of anything to talk back.

    Seeing this, the doctor dutifully gave him an injection and a gentle massage, helping him lie down. When Di Bian felt better, the doctor wore a mocking look, sneering, ¡°I hope you won¡¯t faint again, for nobody will necessarily go abroad and ask you a doctor to cure you like Mr. Di Qiuhe.¡± After saying it, he closed the record book and walked away.

    His words brought a warm flush to Di Bian¡¯s face, and he closed his mouth for want of words, for even he himself understood that only Di Qiuhe could give him wholehearted support in the world. If only he weren¡¯t...

    He recalled Qin Li¡¯s threats, and gave vent to his anger by ming all the mistakes on Qin Li, his teeth gritted, ¡°Lawyer Wang, I want to divorce Qin Li! Now! Make a statement as soon as possible and go public on everything she¡¯s done! I want her detested by all!

    Wang responded yes but took no action, for he knew the chairman said it in the moment of anger. In order to stabilize Huangdu¡¯s stock price, he couldn¡¯t divorce for now.

    Huangdu and Qin¡¯s family engaged in endless haggling, and their stocks continued to slump.

    Netizens shifted their base from He Bai¡¯s WeiBo page to that of Huangdu, gossiping about Qin Li¡¯s affair. The official ount had to suspend itsmenting function for a while.

    Affected by the negative news of their boss, actors of Huangdu backed down and dared not to be high-profile.

    Inte October, the wedding of Zheng Ya¡¯s brother was around the corner. The day before the wedding, He Bai came to their family in Niu Junjie¡¯spany and began to make preparations.

    After a basicmunication with Zheng Lei, the groom, He Bai let Niu Junjie stay at their house as his liaison, and he himself left for the bride Yan Meng¡¯s home to formally carry out follow-up photography.

    The work was usually misceneous and toilsome, and photographers should be both adept at snapping and behave in a flexible way. In order to present an amazingly satisfying set of photos, He Bai crammed hard for matters needing attention, carefully studied excellent wedding albums, and even consulted Xu Ying who had a full understanding of human photography... though ending up with an escape.

    It had been some time sincest time they met. He Bai was surprised to find that Xu Ying actually looked for no other jobs and instead, was cajoling Jun Chen into extending their contract. Busy with preparatory work on new albumunching, Jun Chen was pestered beyond endurance and fell into icy coldness. Innocent as he was, He Bai was left out in the cold without exception.

    The bride Yan Meng came from a well-off family that ran an electrical equipments business. She had an elder sister who insisted on celibacy.

    ¡°Mr. He, wee to my bachelorette party. Enjoy yourself.¡± Yan Meng, a tall and graceful beauty, spoke to He Bai in a pretty gentle manner, ¡°I nned to invite little Ya, but his elder brother dragged her to his bachelor party. He¡¯s really annoying. ¡±

    ¡°Mr. Zheng must hope you and your friends could have a rxing night, in case his sister disturbs you. Miss Yan, what a sweet husband you¡¯re to have!¡±

    Hearing her seemingly ming but sugary words, He Bai gave Yan Meng a ttering when he followed her to visit the party venue in her house.

    Yan Meng¡¯s smile broadened, muttering, ¡°He tends to be meticulous. Little Ya¡¯s also one of my besties, how could she disturb me? Instead, she¡¯s so considerate...¡±

    Yan Meng seemed to be a little embarrassed. She cast a nce at He Bai and changed the topic, ¡°I¡¯m very d you¡¯re here today, Mr. He. Thanks foring. I bought every issue of Little Mermaid¡¯s brochures. Pity that I can¡¯t wear their clothes.¡±

 Chapter 118 - Matesâ€™ Rate (3)

    <h4>Chapter 118: Mates¡¯ Rate (3)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    He Bai thanked her with courtesy when he took an unobtrusive look at her figure. What Professor Xu Ying taught him suddenly urred to him, which rendered him an inspired guess, ¡°Miss Yan, have you learned dancing?¡±

    ¡°Yeah, but how can you tell?¡± Yan Meng looked at him in surprise, nodded and said, ¡°I¡¯ve learned to dance, but it¡¯s been some time before I restarted practicing it.¡±

    It must be done after her figure recovered to former level, guessed He Bai. When he nced at this beautifulkeside vi of Yan family, an idea struck him, ¡°Miss Yan, how many wedding dresses do you have?¡±

    A tall charmingdy in knee-length wedding dress stood bare-foot on the grass, dancing trippingly to the music. A few steps away, a photographer was patiently looking for angles to shoot her.

    As it grew darker, lights came on in a row, and girls arrived at the party one after another. It¡¯s some time since Yan Meng had a dance, so she gotpletely excited and joined the sequence. The steward came timely, taking dozens of well-prepared costumes with him.

    He Bai asked a few servants to act as juicers for the time being, and he took several snaps while reviewing what Xu Yingrong once taught him in the heart. Then he walked closer to arrange for the girls in ce.

    When he finished shooting, He Bai moved outside sensibly and left room for them to revel.

    The party ended with dance as it did in the beginning. He Bai patiently looked for angles and snapped timely, asionallying forward to remind the bride and her friends to adjust their positions and expressions.

    As night fell, the hall began to empty.

    Girls all went to rest, while He Bai stayed to snap the servants and stewards who were busy in cleaning up the house.

    Next day, the bride got up early to put on make-ups. He Bai also rose at dawn to capture the process with his camera.

    After that, bridesmaids arrived one after another well-dressed and took a few photos with the bride. Then her family came in and continued to photograph, and then her rtives and friends turned up...

    Once the indoor shooting finished, He Bai ran downstairs to take photos of the groom¡¯s wedding car and then upstairs to photograph the bride who wore a shy and cheerful look.

    Happy smiles were everywhere, and some even let out cries of delight.

    After seeing innumerous families as icy as Di¡¯s, He Bai rejoiced at the prospective couple in his camera but also felt a pang of sorrow for Di Qiuhe.

    Why did he grow up in nobody¡¯s care?

    Given that he found his true love, would Di Qiuhe also give a happy smile and dispel all the negative feelings resulting from the icily cold family?

    His words ¡°I hope to live a happy life with my sweetheart¡± shed through He Bai¡¯s mind when he pressed the shutter to record a lovely kiss. He felt his thinking was clearer now.

    He might be favorably disposed to Di Qiuhe, which, however, was not enough to shake his principles. Also, he would never cajole him or take forcible possession against Di Qiuhe¡¯s will and sexual orientation. If he was straight...

    Through the camera lens, the groom was seen to hold the bride in his arms, ready to take his loved one to church and make a lifetime promise.

    Outside the lens, Zheng Ya shed tears of joy, and Niu Junjie cautiously took a handkerchief out, intending to wipe her tears.

    He Bai put down the camera and recalled the picture where Niu Junjie clumsily carried their baby and Zheng Ya looked at them smiling in thest life. He tapped his nose, lost in thought. If Di Qiuhe was no gay, he would snuff out his slight adoration and remain friends with him.

    The poor guy died young in the previous incarnation and continued to live an unhappy life in this world. How could he cause more trouble for him? Besides, Di Qiuhe looked so good, and could definitely have a cute baby if married.

    In this state of mind, He Bai shot the whole process of the wedding, spent three days on retouching, and finally got his work done, sending a full set of 108 photos, together with the original ones and edited videos, to Zheng¡¯s house before Zheng Lei and his wife left for their honeymoon.

    Three hourster, Yan Meng transferred a good half a million yuan to his bank ount.

    Dozing in his chair, He Bai totally got a shock when he saw the six-figure number, his mouth agape. He called Yan Meng immediately to remind her of the excessive pay.

    ¡°There¡¯s nothing wrong with it. Nowadays top photographers are all paid by the hour, so it¡¯s quite normal. He, as your fan, I have to tell you that you¡¯ve already won great poprity, and only those luxury brands and stars like Jun Chen are qualified to hire you as their photographer! You must offer a higher price next time you receive an appointment.¡± Yan Meng advised in an earnest way, as though she were his agent, ¡°Before you, I hired a wedding photographer. Guess what! A set of photos was priced at 20,000 yuan! Besides, he only worked for one day! You¡¯ve shot for two days and handed me 108 fine photos as well as a video clip. Half a million yuan may be a little lower, if anything!¡±

    Dumbfounded, He Bai exined, ¡°But your former photographer took his team with him, while I did it by myself. Work like make-up, lighting arrangement was carried out by your domestic helps, and my equipment must be not as good as his...¡±

    ¡°Despite this, you sure did a good job. I like your pictures very much.¡± Yan Meng smiled and interrupted him. Seemingly finding his stunned look adorable, she exined in a low voice, ¡°He, do you have any idea that Jun Chen¡¯s album hits the market? The cover you shot is disyed on a variety of tforms, whose poprity soars. Unlike other industries, one¡¯s poprity in the entertainment world is of much higher value than work itself, so you can no longer look at the fruit of yourbor based on the traditional notion. Photographers in the entertainment and fashion circles arepletely different from those in portrait studios in general. I suggest you employ an assistant to deal with shooting appointments, and that you should get familiar with the rules in this world. After all, you are also a big shot now.¡±

    He Bai thanked her with courtesy when he took an unobtrusive look at her figure. What Professor Xu Ying taught him suddenly urred to him, which rendered him an inspired guess, ¡°Miss Yan, have you learned dancing?¡±

    ¡°Yeah, but how can you tell?¡± Yan Meng looked at him in surprise, nodded and said, ¡°I¡¯ve learned to dance, but it¡¯s been some time before I restarted practicing it.¡±

    It must be done after her figure recovered to former level, guessed He Bai. When he nced at this beautifulkeside vi of Yan family, an idea struck him, ¡°Miss Yan, how many wedding dresses do you have?¡±

    A tall charmingdy in knee-length wedding dress stood bare-foot on the grass, dancing trippingly to the music. A few steps away, a photographer was patiently looking for angles to shoot her.

    As it grew darker, lights came on in a row, and girls arrived at the party one after another. It¡¯s some time since Yan Meng had a dance, so she gotpletely excited and joined the sequence. The steward came timely, taking dozens of well-prepared costumes with him.

    He Bai asked a few servants to act as juicers for the time being, and he took several snaps while reviewing what Xu Yingrong once taught him in the heart. Then he walked closer to arrange for the girls in ce.

    When he finished shooting, He Bai moved outside sensibly and left room for them to revel.

    The party ended with dance as it did in the beginning. He Bai patiently looked for angles and snapped timely, asionallying forward to remind the bride and her friends to adjust their positions and expressions.

    As night fell, the hall began to empty.

    Girls all went to rest, while He Bai stayed to snap the servants and stewards who were busy in cleaning up the house.

    Next day, the bride got up early to put on make-ups. He Bai also rose at dawn to capture the process with his camera.

    After that, bridesmaids arrived one after another well-dressed and took a few photos with the bride. Then her family came in and continued to photograph, and then her rtives and friends turned up...

    Once the indoor shooting finished, He Bai ran downstairs to take photos of the groom¡¯s wedding car and then upstairs to photograph the bride who wore a shy and cheerful look.

    Happy smiles were everywhere, and some even let out cries of delight.

    After seeing innumerous families as icy as Di¡¯s, He Bai rejoiced at the prospective couple in his camera but also felt a pang of sorrow for Di Qiuhe.

    Why did he grow up in nobody¡¯s care?

    Given that he found his true love, would Di Qiuhe also give a happy smile and dispel all the negative feelings resulting from the icily cold family?

    His words ¡°I hope to live a happy life with my sweetheart¡± shed through He Bai¡¯s mind when he pressed the shutter to record a lovely kiss. He felt his thinking was clearer now.

    He might be favorably disposed to Di Qiuhe, which, however, was not enough to shake his principles. Also, he would never cajole him or take forcible possession against Di Qiuhe¡¯s will and sexual orientation. If he was straight...

    Through the camera lens, the groom was seen to hold the bride in his arms, ready to take his loved one to church and make a lifetime promise.

    Outside the lens, Zheng Ya shed tears of joy, and Niu Junjie cautiously took a handkerchief out, intending to wipe her tears.

    He Bai put down the camera and recalled the picture where Niu Junjie clumsily carried their baby and Zheng Ya looked at them smiling in thest life. He tapped his nose, lost in thought. If Di Qiuhe was no gay, he would snuff out his slight adoration and remain friends with him.

    The poor guy died young in the previous incarnation and continued to live an unhappy life in this world. How could he cause more trouble for him? Besides, Di Qiuhe looked so good, and could definitely have a cute baby if married.

    In this state of mind, He Bai shot the whole process of the wedding, spent three days on retouching, and finally got his work done, sending a full set of 108 photos, together with the original ones and edited videos, to Zheng¡¯s house before Zheng Lei and his wife left for their honeymoon.

    Three hourster, Yan Meng transferred a good half a million yuan to his bank ount.

    Dozing in his chair, He Bai totally got a shock when he saw the six-figure number, his mouth agape. He called Yan Meng immediately to remind her of the excessive pay.

    ¡°There¡¯s nothing wrong with it. Nowadays top photographers are all paid by the hour, so it¡¯s quite normal. He, as your fan, I have to tell you that you¡¯ve already won great poprity, and only those luxury brands and stars like Jun Chen are qualified to hire you as their photographer! You must offer a higher price next time you receive an appointment.¡± Yan Meng advised in an earnest way, as though she were his agent, ¡°Before you, I hired a wedding photographer. Guess what! A set of photos was priced at 20,000 yuan! Besides, he only worked for one day! You¡¯ve shot for two days and handed me 108 fine photos as well as a video clip. Half a million yuan may be a little lower, if anything!¡±

    Dumbfounded, He Bai exined, ¡°But your former photographer took his team with him, while I did it by myself. Work like make-up, lighting arrangement was carried out by your domestic helps, and my equipment must be not as good as his...¡±

    ¡°Despite this, you sure did a good job. I like your pictures very much.¡± Yan Meng smiled and interrupted him. Seemingly finding his stunned look adorable, she exined in a low voice, ¡°He, do you have any idea that Jun Chen¡¯s album hits the market? The cover you shot is disyed on a variety of tforms, whose poprity soars. Unlike other industries, one¡¯s poprity in the entertainment world is of much higher value than work itself, so you can no longer look at the fruit of yourbor based on the traditional notion. Photographers in the entertainment and fashion circles arepletely different from those in portrait studios in general. I suggest you employ an assistant to deal with shooting appointments, and that you should get familiar with the rules in this world. After all, you are also a big shot now.¡±

 Chapter 119 - All-round Assistant (1)

    <h4>Chapter 119: All-round Assistant (1)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    He Bai hang up the call with confusion. Before he could digest her words, Niu Junjie rushed in with a big express box, shouting excitingly: ¡°I bought it, I got it! My rtive pulled some strings to get that for me! It is such a valuable product. It marks the first time for Xiao Bai¡¯s works included on an album. Here, everyone will take one as a keepsake!¡±

    He unwrapped the package quickly, in whichy the ten brand-new albums with familiar covers.

    ¡°It should include posts and calendars. So generous. What¡¯s that? A glow stick?¡± Niu Junjie checked the free gifts and gave everyone two albums, saying seriously, ¡°One for collection, one for listening. Xiao Bai, you can give thest two to Mr. Xu, he must be proud of you!¡±

    He Bai was stuffed with four albums in the palms. He looked down and immediately saw his name at column of photographer. He was both a little bit confused and curious. Before he cleared his mind, he had subconsciously taken out his phone and texted Di Qiuhe.

    He Bai: Jun Chen¡¯s released his album.

    It was natural that he didn¡¯t get any reply. Since Di Qiuhe returned to district D, he had been busy with the filming stuff, work from dawn to night, so his phone would be in mute for whole day. He could only reply He Bai¡¯s morning message in midnight or before dawn.

    His off time must have been upied by sleeping. Poor guy.

    He put that concern aside and watched his roommates, who were genuinely happy for him. He thought of the hundreds of thousands of yuan that he had earned with a smile and waved to them with generosity, ¡°I am so happy today. Let¡¯s have a feast, my treat!¡±

    They cheered and put their albums away, walking out of the dorm shoulder to shoulder, arm in arm.

    They didn¡¯te back to dorm until 10 pm. They took turns to wash up and soon fell asleep after they went to the beds.

    He Bai forced his eyes open and checked his phone. He killed the time by reviewing the gossip news of Huangdu and Qin¡¯s family.

    Finally, his phone vibrated. A new message came at 12:30.

    Di Qiuhe: Congrattions! What gift do you want? I¡¯ll get it and mail you.¡±

    Lovely and sweet tone, not the annoying way Di usually carried on.

    He Bai smiled and replied: Your eyes must have felt heavy-lidded.

    Otherwise how could he be so well-behaved?

    Di Qiuhe didn¡¯t reply for half a minute and then immediately called him.

    He Bai hung up and replied: They are asleep, so just text. Have you finished your filming today?

    This time he replied quickly.

    Di Qiuhe: Just finished. Dong Ni slowed us down again. Why are you still up? Lost sleep? I thought you had been asleep.

    He Bai: Waiting up for you.

    Silence for half a minute, then a brief message came: Little Puppy, do you miss me? Seeing this message, He Bai felt as if Di were whispering that by his ears.

    He Bai imagined the proud, smiling face of Di Qiuhe and burst intoughter, replying deliberately, ¡°Yes, daddy miss you.

    Silence, again.

    He Bai tapped the screen and counted.

    One, two, three...One hundred and six, one hundred and sixty one...He wondered whether Di Qiuhe had fallen asleep while texting, then a new message came.

    Di Qiuhe: I just checked my schedule. If we hurry up, the filming in district D can be finished on Thursday, then I will have one day off. I can talk to Uncle Jiang and return to city B to see you.

    Di Qiuhe: How about bring some snacks from your hometown to you?

    Gazing at these two sincere messages filled with care, He Bai softened his eyes and hadplicated feelings. He sighed in his heart.

    The next filming spot of Cheng¡¯s Army was country K, a dozen hours¡¯ flight from district D. The filming group gave artists one day off so that they could adjust to the jetg after they reached country K.

    Now, Di Qiuhe decided to hurry up his filming, which was already very tight just because he said ¡°miss you¡±, and even gave up the off time to go back to city B to see him. This sweet behavior really...really made him...

    He Bai: Have good rest, don¡¯t take so much hassle for me. I will visit you this weekend.

    He just couldn¡¯t help spoiling him...He put down the phone with an upset face and sighed. He had decided to be an unapproachable man, but he couldn¡¯t help it! He just wanted to coddle Di Qiuhe! Damn!

    He just med himself while still texting: Just go to sleep. If you get ck eyes, daddy will not like you. But it would not be a bad thing to see him. He could settle his confusion haunted him for many days face to face. The he could be an unapproachable man as nned.

    He persuaded himself for a while and then texted a night-night message to Di Qiuhe, although he didn¡¯t want to. He turned off his phone, covered his body with quilt and fell asleep.

    D district, hotel.

    Di Qiuhe sat on the bed in a daze. After gazing at the message for a minute, he came to himself and rushed to the washroom. He checked his eyelids and ensured that his dark eye circles were not so serious. Then he rushed back to the bed, taking out his phone and texted ¡°good night¡± to He Bai. He closed his eyes and forced himself to sleep.

    Five minutester, he opened his eyes energetically. He tried not to call Jiang Xiuwen but failed. He said excitedly, ¡°Xiu Wen! Little Puppy just said he liked me! He likes me! He must be gay! Absolutely! He also said that he woulde to district D to see me! This weekend!¡±

 Chapter 120 - All-round Assistant (2)

    <h4>Chapter 120: All-round Assistant (2)</h4>

    ¡°...Fine.¡± Jiang Xiuwen replied indifferently and told him the harsh truth, ¡°Then did you bare your heart? Did you confirm his orientation? Did you hold his hand, kiss him and have sex?¡±

    Di Qiuhe quickly calmed down. After a short silence, he said with a serious face, ¡°Xiuwen, you are turning less and less lovely.¡±

    ¡°Better than you. You have never been lovely.¡± Jiang Xiuwen ridiculed him.

    ¡°You just envy me.¡±

    ¡°Envy you what? You are still a single man who is having a crush on a man.¡± Knowing each other for long, he had known exactly how Di Qiuhe yed his card. He scolded, ¡°Qiuhe, it¡¯s not the right time for daydream now, wake up.¡±

    ¡°...¡±

    ¡°You little virgin.¡±

    Di Qiuhe hung up immediately and decided to break off with Jiang Xiuwen for 72 hours.

    Friday after ss, He Bai packed up and went to the airport with luggage.

    The passengers on red-eye flight were all tired. He Bai sat down and took out a picture album to kill time. Suddenly, he was distracted by the noise behind.

    ¡°That¡¯s gross. I don¡¯t want to sit with him. Where is the attendant? I have to change a seat!¡±

    ¡°I am afraid the pustules on his head would burst when the ne takes off. Ugh...I¡¯m gonna vomit.¡±

    ¡°How did the airport conduct the security check? How could they allow a patient like him to get aboard? That¡¯s a neglect to the lives of other passengers! I am afraid that he may carry some kind of infectious virus. I have to change the seat!¡±

    Another couple also began to shout some bad words, making people ufortable. He Bai frowned and turned to them. A middle-age couple blocked the passenger way and pointed to a passenger behind him, crying for attendant to change a seat from him.

    Other passengers were rmed by him and gathered around him, watching the man behind him. They all frowned and looked away from him, as if they saw something terrible.

    ¡°See? No one can stand that. How could a man like him get on the ne? It¡¯s better for him to be confined in his home. That¡¯s immoral, how many children will be frightened by him?¡±

    Seeing others also avoided that man, the couple said with stronger tone as if they had gained support from others.

    He Bai frowned deeply and couldn¡¯t help untying his safe belt, stood up with his album and walked to check that man.

    The man also got irratated with the couple¡¯s words and took off his mask, unveiling a face that was almost filled with scars, pustules, half bald. Frowning, he said, ¡°Enough is enough. You got my hat off and keep attacking me, which makes me very ufortable. This is discrimination.¡±

    He Bai goggled at him with shock.

    This voice, this tone, this portrait...Xing Shaofeng?!

    The middle-age woman stepped back bombastically, and cried, ¡°Holy shit! You must have done something awful and punished by God! You face is even more disgusting than your head! Call the police, please call the police now! He may be some murderer atrge and destroyed his face deliberately to avoid police!¡± The middle-age man pushed the woman behind and picked up the hat on the floor, throwing it to the man rudely with cruel attitude, ¡°Disgusting crap! You deserve being discriminated. Your face just...¡±

    ¡°Enough!¡± He Bai suddenly came to himself and realized that he was an old friend. He seized the hat and interrupted that man unpleasantly with a low voice, ¡°Since he passed security check, he is clean. And he is healthy enough for a flight! Your words are pure nder, even the police will not support you! I¡¯ll change the seat with you, move!¡± Then he took his bag and sat next to that passenger.

    People around him fixed their eyes on He Bai, but he ignored that. He flickered around the hat and gave it to the person next him. Then he opened his album again, reading.

    The passenger protected by him took the hat and thanked him. He measured He Bai secretly and a light smile shed into his eyes. He suddenly raised his head and smiled to the couple. They were frightened to step back and almost fell. He wore his hat and mask again pleasantly, then also began reading.

    The couple felt ashamed, but before they could say something, the attendants came byforted them and brought them away.

    The ne took off, but He Bai had little mood to read his album. He turned sideways to measure that man. He was so excited that he almost burst into tears. He was Xing Shaofeng! His all-round assistant in his previous incarnation! The strong support for his care-free andfortable life!

    That was a miracle. But who could imagine the bloody awesome Xing Zhaodeng in the previous incarnation should have been so ugly now! And that¡¯s absolutely not his self-depreciatory words, but the truth!

    That was indeed a timely help. Just a few days ago Yan Meng advised him to hire an assistant, now Xing Shaofeng showed up. Wasn¡¯t it their destiny?

    ¡°It seems you know me.¡± The disfigured Xing Shaofeng looked at him sideways. The mask made his voice quite low, but it was obvious that he was smiling, ¡°Your eyes tell me that you need me now. But above all, I only work, never sell myself; Second, I have no interest in man; Last, my sry must be no less than 1 million yuan a year, no ceiling. But I don¡¯t think you can hire me.¡±

    ¡°...¡± He Bai¡¯s exciting face stiffened. He was chocked by Xing Shaofeng¡¯s words.

    Of course, he was not the He Bai who hit the jackpot and could even sleep on cashes.

    The reality was too cruel.

    He lowered his eyes. After few-seconds disappointment, he recalled the destination of his trip, so he cheered up soon and asked with shining eyes, ¡°Yes, I don¡¯t have money to hire you, but my friend can! If you intend to find a new job now, how about trying one in showbiz, the manager?¡±

    Anyway, he could not be hired by someone else. He had to attract this genius to his own side!

 Chapter 121 - The Worried â€œOld Fatherâ€

    <h4>Chapter 121: The Worried ¡°Old Father¡±</h4>

    ¡°Manager?¡± Xing Shaofeng got interested and supported his head with his hand. The horrible skin of his face contrasted sharply to his slender and beautiful fingers. He asked, ¡°So your friend is a celebrity? Do you mind telling me who he is?¡±

    He Bai had spent so many years with him in the past life, so he knew that he got interested when he asked that way. He then replied immediately, ¡°My friend is Di Qiuhe. He used to work for Huangdu but now he is working on his own. He has got the perfect look and acting skills, and he is also very hardworking and with huge potential. You will get much more from him, trust me!¡±

    Xing Shaofeng had strong capabilities but he didn¡¯t want to be controlled by thepany. He also didn¡¯t want to start his own business, so he only wanted to work for someone.

    His preference for a job was quite special that he only chose individual person to work for. And he only chose the one who had huge potential and who was particrly good at something. In his words from the past life, he would say, ¡°I really enjoy the feeling of cultivating my own boss.¡±

    He was also quite peculiar in asking for sry. The more potential his boss got, the less money he would ask for; yet the less potential his boss got, the more money he would require on the contrary. It was said that he believed that he felt ¡°not willing to fight at all, and sometimes wanting to smash the boss¡± when developing a person with less potential. And instead, he felt ¡°super eager to fight and would rather pay his own money to witness the process of a nobody turning into a great one.¡±

    Anyway, this was a guy with strong capabilities and also interesting personality. Yet a person like him saw He Bai as a guy with huge potential in the past life, and he had only asked him for 1 million as his annual sry, which was his lowest request for god¡¯s sake!

    Back then, He Bai had felt that the price was a bit expensive, and then he had been totally

    convinced by Xing Shaofeng¡¯s financial nning. It was just super hard to find someone like him who managed your money to make more money to pay his own sry! One must be retarded to not hire him!

    But maybe because no one was retarded, so Xing Shaofeng could never get along with his bosses. Ordinary people always wanted to keep their cash cow for their entire life, but the cash cow didn¡¯t think the same.

    Therefore, there were many dramas going on, such as looting, forcing, or something like ¡°if you aren¡¯t mine then you aren¡¯t his either.¡± And then, that was quite a good-looking cash cow, who was so lovely and considerate. So apart from those money-looting bosses, there were also some lunatics who wanted to ruin him as they couldn¡¯t get him.

    What a sad story. Could anything be more pathetic?

    It seemed that Xing Shaofeng¡¯s face was ruined because a former female boss failed to get him and got mentally ill that she put a poisonous bug on his face. Yet luckily, that bug was not as horrible as the sulfuric acid, so he could still be cured. Also, Xing Shaofeng was born to be handsome, so after half a year of recovering, he regained his beautiful face and didn¡¯t have any scar left.

    So jealous.

    ¡°What are you thinking?¡±

    ¡°I¡¯m wondering about how your face...¡± He Bai wisely stopped speaking with a sly grin. That was so close that he almost got busted. He Bai has just spent too many years with him in the past life that he had no guard up in front of him.

    ¡°Face?¡± Xing Shaofeng saw that he suddenly stopped speaking with his grin, so he thought maybe He Bai was afraid of touching his sore spot. Heughed lightly and said, ¡°Just got ill and it¡¯s gonna be alright after a few months. Sorry for scaring you.¡±

    He Bai immediately said that he was not scared and changed the topic right away.

    Xing Shaofeng looked at his face and saw his clear eyes. He smiled even more and said, ¡°I know the Di Qiuhe you said. He is the oldest son of Huangdu. And the thing about his family is quite heatedly discussed on the intetely. I know barely anything about the showbiz, so can you tell me something about it?¡±

    Hearing that, He Bai knew that he might have a chance, so he talked Di Qiuhe up from head to toe as if he was a big fan of him.

    Xing Shaofeng looked at him while listening and he was quite suspicious about Bai¡¯s trust in him, yet he really liked that. Therefore, he rxed when talking to him, and they got closer to each other soon.

    When the nended, Xing Shaofeng was super curious about Di Qiuhe. And he and He Bai had be good friends from strangers at rocket speed.

    Xing Shaofeng was quite surprised about how rxed he got today, but he just let it go after making sure that He Bai meant nothing bad. There were just so few right people to meet in this world, and now that he¡¯s met one, how could he just let him go?

    At the airport.

    Di Qiuhe worked intensely for two big scenes on purpose, just to make the time for tonight to pick He Bai up at the airport. But when he finally met his lover, he found out that he was with someone! And that was a guy! A guy with wide shoulders, a slim waist, and long legs. A guy who was his matched rival!

    That totally rmed him that he frowned and dragged down his mask a little bit, and then went from the dark corner into the crowd in a brighter ce so that He Bai could easily see him.

    Then He Bai walked closer to him without even noticing because he was talking with hispanion devotedly and passed him by.

    Bang!

    His joy was short-lived and he strode along to press He Bai¡¯s shoulders with his eyes drooped. He held him in his arms and dragged him close, and then squinting at Xing Shaofeng who looked back after hearing the noise. He said by He Bai¡¯s ear with his eyes half-opened, ¡°Puppy, who is this? Is he some stranger you met on the ne?¡±

    Since he was wearing a mask, there was no breath blowing in the ear. He Bai just got surprised lightly and then went grumpy that he rxed his tense body to hit him with an elbow. He Bai turned over to face him and rubbed his head, saying with eyebrows knitted, ¡°Are you trying to freak me out? Why are you here to pick me up? Have you finished your drama?¡±

    Di Qiuhe just stood there to get rubbed and he even bent down his head a little bit. He replied while making his scarf neat, ¡°I finished early today so here I am. It¡¯s sote, are you feeling cold? Let¡¯s go back to the hotel.¡± Then he tried to take him away.

    ¡°Wait!¡± He Bai felt that Di was really good at ignoring other people, so he dragged his arm to pull him back. He pushed him to Xing Shaofeng and introduced, ¡°This is Di Qiuhe. How do you feel? Told you he¡¯s got the perfect shape. Look at the legs, waist, pecs, fine bones...can¡¯t see his face right now because of the mask but please don¡¯t worry, because he is definitely more handsome in person than in the picture!¡± He tapped on Di Qiuhe¡¯s waist, back and face with tons of affection.

    What a pity that his little Bai and heart still didn¡¯t feel anything.

    However, Di Qiuhe was totally turned on by his touches. The moment when he wanted to rub him in his arms, he saw that guy who fully covered his face was following He Bai¡¯s words to look at him up and down. So he dragged down He Bai¡¯s hand and asked with his eyebrows frowned, ¡°Bai, who is this...¡±

    And howe puppy was acting like a pimp trying to pimp out his whores?

    ¡°Oh, by the way, I forgot to introduce.¡± He Bai was acting just like a worried ¡°old father¡± who was trying to set up his silly son with a pretty girl. He walked out and stood next to them and introduced them to each other, ¡°Qiuhe, this is Mr. Xing Shaofeng, a friend I met on the ne. He is an excellent talent manager. Shaofeng, this is Di Qiuhe, my good friend.¡±

    Di Qiuhe was getting super jealous.

    Shaofeng? Howe he got so intimate with a stranger he just met? Besides, why did he introduce more about him than me? He favored him?

    With all of those questions in his mind, Di Qiuhe pretended to be just as usual and reached out his hand to Xing Shaofeng, saying politely, ¡°Hello, nice to meet you. Bai is a simple person and thank you for taking care of him on the ne, Mr. Xing.¡±

    Xing Shaofeng looked at them and realized something. He shook his hand with him and smiled, ¡°Hello, you¡¯re wee Mr. Di. Bai was such a nice person that he helped me out on the ne. I should thank him a lot, if anything.¡±

    Di Qiuhe became even more jealous hearing it that he was almost going crazy.

    This guy...seemed to be challenging him.

 Chapter 122 - Lucky Bead (1)

    <h4><strong>Chapter 122: Lucky Bead (1)</strong></h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    They are roughly of the same height and Di Qiuhe was slightly taller. However, it was hard on He Bai when those two stood together looking at each other as he was half a head shorter than them. He looked at those locked hands and observed those two faces covered with masks. After much deliberation, he backed up two steps and held up his camera.

    Click.

    This was the first picture ever taken between the two working partners.

    Seeing that, Di immediately let go of Xing Shaofeng and tilted his head to look at He Bai. He wiped his hand on his clothes to show that what happened didn¡¯t mean anything. He was reminded of how the little puppy introduced him like a pimp. He simply couldn¡¯t allow anyone ruin his chance with the little puppy! He couldn¡¯t afford to let the little puppy get any weird idea about what he just did back there!

    Upon seeing Di¡¯s reaction, Xing Shaofeng withdrew his hand into the pocket of his coat and said slowly, ¡°Mr. Di. Do you have something against a patient like me?¡±

    He Bai turned the camera closer to Xing.

    Frowning, Di turned sideways to block his camera and cast a bewildered look at Xing Shaofeng.

    Xing swept a look at how he stood and raised his head to meet with Di¡¯s eyes. He suddenly realized something and pulled his mask half way down to show him his face before quickly pulling it up again. He then carefully observed how Di reacted to his look.

    It was by no means a pretty face, what with the swollen pimples and blisters. The sight of that yellow and white residues from applying the medications was too much to take that it could kill anyone¡¯s appetite.

    The surprised look onlysted for a second before Di quickly regained his usually calmness. He reached out his hand to Xing Shaofeng again and said slowly, ¡°Mr. Xing, I didn¡¯t mean anything by that. I am sorry and I wish you get better soon.¡± As a photographer, Little puppy had some beautyplex. It was highly probable that Little Puppy only became friend with him out of sympathy for his wretched face. Seeing as Little Puppy was so kind, naturally he couldn¡¯t be too harsh with the one close to Little Puppy.

    Determined not to embarrass Little Puppy, he softened up his expression and eyes and by the look of him now, he looked just as amiable as he was made out to be by everyone around him.

    Seeing that, He Bai quickly turned his camera back to him, all the while pressing on the shutter like crazy. Inwardly, he couldn¡¯t have agreed more with how Di carried himself now.

    ¡®This is it! That¡¯s how you win over the heart of those rich people. Let¡¯s get him! You can be quite dependable at a moment like this! Good job!¡¯

    As if sensing the recognition of his loved one, Di smiled even more heartily.

    ¡®What an astonishing break away from the previous aloof altitude.¡¯

    With that thought, Xing put on a smiling face and reached out to hold his hand. He didn¡¯t loosen his grip for about two seconds and as he saw He Bai approaching, he took out his name card and delivered it to him, ¡°I will think about your suggestion. In the meantime, my condition requires me to stay in the hospital for a little while. I am really sorry. I will contact you once I am out. See you around.¡± After saying those words, he gave Di a nod and turned back and left.

    Di¡¯s jealousy lightened a bit when he saw that He Bai had not the slightest intention of asking him to stay. He came closer to He Bai and asked with a ttering voice, ¡°Little Puppy, what suggestion have you made to him? Does it have anything to do with me?¡± After finishing those words, he stretched out his hand, trying to hug him.

    ¡°Shoot! I forget to take photos!¡± With the name card in his hand, He Bai hurried to him and targeted the camera at the back of Xing¡¯s receding figures. He didn¡¯t stop taking pictures until Xing was long gone. ¡°What a pity. I should have taken some pictures of that rare scene. What a waste!¡±

    Disappointed at the fact he failed to hug him, Di Qiuhe withdrew his hands and tried hard to regain hisposure, ¡°You know him well? You wanna take photos of him?¡±

    ¡°Of course. Don¡¯t let that wretched face fool you. When he gets better, you will see just what a handsome man he is! This is my best shot at taking his ugly pictures! Right, what was your question again?¡± He Bai turned back to look at Di Qiuhe, only to see that the gentleness was slowly fading away from his face and his eyes was growing sharper. His heart skipped at a beat when he saw this sudden change. Di Qiuhe, however, tried to rein in his frustration and replied, ¡°Nothing. I was just wondering whether you have had dinner yet? Are you hungry?¡± So he was just being mischievous. It was not because he liked him. He Bai didn¡¯t feel the need to take special measure at this moment.

    With the masking covering the lower half of his face, He Bai couldn¡¯t read his overall expression. He only noticed a sudden change in his look and then he gradually calmed down, as if the previous excitement was just an illusion.

    He Bai frowned when he noticed something weird going on inside his chest, which was usually not a good sign.

    The two got on the car parked outside and together they left the airport.

    The car moved to the main road and kept on going smoothly. Just when Di Qiuhe was about to ask He Bai about Xing, he noticed that He Bai had already dozed off with his head tilted to one side.

    He paused, and thest bit of jealousy left in his heart was overtaken by his affection. He slowly stretched out his hand, trying to stroke He Bai¡¯s face. Suddenly, a car whizzed by and the frightened Di quickly withdrew his hands back to the wheel and kept focusing on the traffic.

    Inside the car, there was only silence. So silent in fact, that one could hear other people breathing. He Bai kept his eyes shut and clenched his hands holding the camera. He had nned to stay cool, but now, he wasn¡¯t sure what he should do. Should he confirm what this feeling going on in his heart was right now, or should he stick to his original n?

    Most importantly, he was not sure whether he should stick to his n to sleep in a separate room. After all, his mind was now filled with juicy plots. If they shared a bed, there was no telling whether he would be able to stop himself from taking advantage of Di. What if his desire got the better of him and he ended up tearing up Di¡¯s clothes? What if he couldn¡¯t quench his desire to try out what he had learned from the gay movies on Di Qiuhe?

 Chapter 123 - Lucky Bead (2)

    <h4>Chapter 123: Lucky Bead (2)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    He had always been single, both in this life and in the previous one, and as such, he was not sure whether his animal nature would get the better of him when he was lying in bed naked with someone he liked. After all, when Xing Shaofeng was around just now, he had already stepped out of the line.

    But then again, if it turned out that he was wrong about his feelings, and in fact he didn¡¯t actually want Di Qiuhe in that way, then a test to ascertain his true feelings would be necessary. But if he was right about his feeling all along, and the above mentioned scenario dide to pass in which he ended up traumatizing the already unfortunate Di Qiuhe...

    The two thoughts fought a fierce fight in his mind, He Bai was torn.

    He changed to a better sleeping position and after much deliberation, he decided to sleep alone as he didn¡¯t want any trouble for Di Qiuhe. After he made that decision, his otherwise strained nerve soothed a lot and the already worn out body drove him to the slumbernd

    With a plunging sound, He Bai¡¯s hand fell down to the lower side of his chair.

    As soon as Di Qiuhe heard that, he turned around and as he saw what had happened, his heart softened a bit. He grabbed He Bai¡¯s hand, trying to put it back to hisps, but when he touched his hand, he found it hard to let go, and since he was driving an automatic car, he felt it safe to just hold onto He Bai¡¯s hand.

    ¡®If Little Puppy wakes up, he would definitely scold him for being a lousy driver with a terrible driving habit... What a nagging bastard.¡¯ thought Di Qiuhe.

    His lips curved up, a note of gentle smile shing across his eyes.

    But He Bai¡¯s hand was really slim... The smile was reced by a tinge of concern as Di Qiuhe loosened his grip on his hand.

    When they got back to City B, he would find a way to help Little Puppy gain some weight. If Little Puppy didn¡¯t want to be fed, then ... Some erotic thoughts came up in his head and his ear immediately went flushed.

    By the time they reached the hotel, He Bai was waked up. Still in a daze, he followed Di Qiuhe into the lobby. Hardly when he was about to be taken to the elevator did hee back to his senses. He rushed to the reception desk and booked a single room with his ID.

    By the time when Di Qiuhe realized what had just happened and walked over, there was a room card in He Bai¡¯s hand.

    ¡°Little Puppy, what are you doing? Di Qiuhe frowned.

    ¡°Booking a room.¡± He Bai replied while letting out a yawn. He put back his ID and turned to look at Di. He replied as the drowsiness gradually left him, ¡°You are busy with the shooting and you should get more rest. I am a bad sleeper and will likely to disturb you. Trust me, you will be better off if we sleep separately.

    Di Qiuhe¡¯s face went dark and he stretched out his hand to grab that room card, ¡°You are not a bad sleeper. The film crew has booked the whole floor and I will get worried if you sleep on a different floor. Return the room key. We can sleep in the same room.¡±

    ¡°No, I want my own room. Rx, it¡¯s a big hotel. I have booked a room directly above yours. I can find you easily.¡± He Bai put the card into his pocket and patted on his chest. He winked at him with a dimple showing up in his left cheek. ¡°You are supposed to get up early tomorrow to go to the set. Go back to sleep. I have work to do and I should have sleep early.¡±

    Di Qiuhe cast a look at his chest and stood there without a single word.

    The curious staff at the reception desk looked over to see what was going on.

    ¡®He was really upset over this. How clingy and na?ve.¡¯

    He Bai sighed inwardly and stepped up to grab his arm. Together they turned around. He grabbed the suitcase with one hand, and led Di to the elevator, all the while consoling him, ¡°Well, don¡¯t be mad. You know what? Just a few days ago, I made a small fortune out of a task and bought you a gift. Care to guess what it is?¡±

    The two were walking side by side, but somehow Di felt empty like he was losing someone he liked. Even the promise of a gift couldn¡¯t get him excited.

    Di entered the elevator and pressed on the button to his floor. He then turned sideways, blocking the panel. Instead of ignoring He Bai¡¯s question like any angry man would do, he reluctantly guessed, ¡°Food? Clothes? Watch? Or some electronic devices?¡±

    Looking at his frustrated face, He Bai felt amused. Instead of pressing on his floor button, he poked at Di¡¯s cheek and smiled, ¡°You looked ugly with this stern face.¡±

    Di frowned and crimped his lips as he turned around to ignore He Bai.

    He Bai hurriedly squeezed his nose to turn him around and produced a box out from his pocket. He opened the box and took a ck bracelet with three lucky beads adorned.

    Di widened up his eyes, but this time it was because he was pissed off.

    He thought there will be something elseing out of that box.

    ¡°I get this from a temple. It¡¯s got your zodiac sign on the central bead and the ones on each side are lucky beads. People say they will bring luck to you if you carry them along long enough.¡± He Bai raised his hand up and helped him with the bracelet. He poked at the bracelet and looked up to look at him with a smiling face, ¡°It fits you. I tried hard to get your size right.¡±

    The bracelet was made of leather and so it wouldn¡¯t felt too cold. There are two gold beads along with a gold iid with jade. There was a gold ingot right below the jade that didn¡¯t seem to match what he was wearing. But surprisingly, it fitted well with his character.

    Di Qiuhe stroked the lucky bead that were on his wrist and slowly started to feel less angry. He then looked at his panda eyes and put the hands into his jeans and asked, ¡°Busy recently?¡±

    Seeing that he was willing to speak, He Bai suddenly felt rxed and smiled, ¡°Not quite, but I was thinking about taking on more tasks to make more money. I need the money to buy me a small house before the end of this year. I celebrated New Year¡¯s Evest year in the rental house and I prefer to spend this year in my own house.¡±

    The elevator arrived at his floor after he finished those words and immediately he walked out with his suitcase. He turned around and said, ¡°You are more than wee to visit me at my new house.¡±

    Upon hearing this, Di hurriedly followed and said bluntly, ¡°No need for a new house. You can stay with me during the New Year.¡±

    With his heart thumping, He Bai frowned, suppressing his desire to turn back. He then replied with a smile, ¡°Thanks. But I think I am going to buy a house anyway. I will be a year-four student in college and I need to intern outside the campus. It doesn¡¯t feel right to not have a ce of my own. As for the New Year, I suggest you spend more time with your grandfather during New Year. He¡¯s had it rough when he was out wandering around the world.¡±

    Before he could finish his words, they¡¯ve arrived at Di¡¯s room. He Bai halted, stooping down to put down the suitcase. He pulled a second box out of it and ced that box into Di¡¯s hand. He smiled, ¡°This is the second gift. Well, I¡¯ve got to go rest. Good night.¡± As soon as he finished that, he grabbed the suitcase and fast walked a few steps. He then took a turn and climbed up the stairs.

 Chapter 124 - Lucky Bead (3)

    <strong>Chapter 124: Lucky Bead (3)</strong>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Di Qiuhe, who had been thinking about how to persuade He Bai intoing back with him for New Year, was struck dumb. He hurriedly stepped forward with the box in hand, but the light in the corridor went off the next second and before he knew it, He Bai had disappeared around the corner.

    He halted his steps and remained quiet for a few seconds, then he looked down at the box and gradually pursed his lips.

    Little Puppy seemed to be avoiding him... But why? Was it because he had sensed his intention and found it hard to ept?

    The previous happiness was gradually fading away and his mood was constantly switching from bright to dim like that light ced in between the area where the passageway joined the corridor.

    The ingot beside the lucky bead suddenly touched his skin and upon realizing this, he thought for a bit and opened the box.

    Inside the box was a golden crane whose head got a small stic ball glued on it, much like that golden dog he sent.

    He pictured how Little Puppy glued that ball onto the head and smiled. He stretched out his hand to poke the stic ball and the already unstable ball immediately dropped to the ground, making a crisp sound.

    The light went on immediately after this, much like how his suddenly brightened heart.

    It¡¯s fine if Little Puppy was avoiding him. The fact that he flew over to see him said a lot about how he cared for him. All he had to do right now was to get closer to him. It didn¡¯t matter if He Bai had realized what he was up to. This way he wouldn¡¯t have to worry about startling him.

    Thinking about this, his mood brightened up again and he strode forward to pick up the ball and then ran upstairs.

    He Bai had just put down his luggage and took off his coat when suddenly the doorbell rang. Befuddled, he went to the door and looked out through the peephole. Much to his surprise, it was Di Qiuhe. He hurriedly opened the door and asked, ¡°What¡¯s up? You forgot something?¡±

    The moment He Bai opened the door, he had his hand pressed onto the door and looked down on him. Then he held him up and stepped into the room. Before He Bai realized what had happened, he turned around to close the door, took off his coat and strode into the bathroom.

    Bang. The door of the bath room was closed in front of He Bai.

    He Bai, on the other hand, was very much astonished by what he had just seen. He rubbed the areas where Di Qiuhe had touched when he held him up and started pounding on the door, ¡°Qiuhe, what are you doing?¡±

    ¡°Taking a shower,¡± Di Qiuhe¡¯s voice wafted through the door, which sounded very determined, ¡°I am sleeping here tonight!¡±

    On hearing that, He Bai paused, not understanding what he meant. ¡°What?¡±

    ¡°I am sleeping here tonight!¡±

    ¡°What about me?¡±

    ¡°You can sleep next to me!¡±

    He Bai¡¯s heart started racing like crazy and he pounded the door even harder as a way of expressing his protest, ¡°No way. Go back to your room!¡±

    Click. The door opened and Di Qiuhe¡¯s face emerged from behind it. He¡¯s got that emotionless poker face which looked very cold, ¡°I left my room card in my room.¡±

    He Bai couldn¡¯t help sweeping a look at his naked chest and waist... But he immediately withdrew his gaze and kept focusing on Di¡¯s face. He frowned, ¡°Go get the concierge to open your door. They must have a spare room card!¡±

    Di Qiuhe drew open the door and stood in front of him like he didn¡¯t care and asked with a stern face, ¡°Little puppy, why don¡¯t you want to sleep with me?¡±

    He Bai tried hard to keep his eyes from wandering off again and said, ¡°I have already told you. I am a bad sleeper. You will be disturbed.¡±

    ¡°Then I will hold you. That way you can¡¯t move.¡±

    ¡°I also talk when I am asleep.¡±

    Di slightly bent over in order to look him in the eye. Then he raised his hand to pinch his cheek and asked, ¡°Little Puppy. Why are you avoiding me? Think I will eat you up?¡±

    He Bai¡¯s heart was pounding out of control.

    ¡®I am right about my feelings!¡¯

    He Bai gritted his teeth and thought, ¡®Well, you asked for this! It¡¯s not my fault!¡¯

    He had tried so hard to control himself. Who would have thought that Di would throw himself at him!

    Spurred by his animal nature, he touched Di¡¯s chest and swept him a look all the way down to his private part andughed like a street rogue, ¡°Don¡¯t want to sleep? Are you sure you want to do this? Well, let¡¯s do this then. Go back inside and finish your shower. Let¡¯s see who is the boss here!¡± After finishing those words, he patted on his arm and waist and kicked him into the bathroom. Then he mmed shut the door.

    ¡®... Why does him suddenly act like this? This is so exciting.¡±

    The water kept running and the man inside the bathroom started washing himself like he said he would.

    As the animal desire mitigated a bit, He Bai suddenly realized something odd.

    Ever since he realized his feeling towards Di, he had been focused on trying not to cause Di any trouble, but he might have missed an important issue and that was he was not sure that Di is a straight guy. What if Di didn¡¯t like girls at all and therefore couldn¡¯t start a family with any girl?

    It had never urred to him before, but after what just happened, he began to spot something unusual in Di¡¯s attitude towards him that he wouldn¡¯t normally be able to realize. Di was indeed being awfully intimate and open with him.

    Putting aside his earlier behaviors, a normal straight guy wouldn¡¯t normally greet his friend with an intimate hug from behind and that little episode just now did seem a bit awkward.

    Now that to think of it, although Di had got many rumors about his romance life, he didn¡¯t admit to any of those rumors. Could it be that he did have a lover, it was just that he couldn¡¯t reveal to the public the gender of that lover?

    Thinking about this, He Bai took two steps back against the wall and started stroking his chin like a detective.

    ¡®If Di is gay, then what he did just now might say something about his feeling about me.¡¯

    Now that they were in the same room. He Bai started thinking that maybe he could test out his theory.

    After finishing his shower, Di came out in a robe. Unlike the domineering way in which he carried himself when he entered the room, this time he walked up to the bed like a well-behaved kid, lifting up the quilt and preparing to go to sleep.

    He Bai put down the album and sized him up from head to toe. He then beckoned him toe over and said, ¡°Go over here and let me have a look.¡±

    Di halted his movement and tightened up his robe. He walked up to He Bai¡¯s side, stretched out his hand to take the kettle and asked matter-of-factly, ¡°Are you hungry? How about a midnight snack? They say they have a new specialty in this hotel.¡±

    He Bai suddenly leaned over, his nose stroking across Di¡¯s hair.

    Di kept his mouth shut and the kettle almost fell down to the table.

 Chapter 125 - Bromance (1)

    <h4>Chapter 125: Bromance (1)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    ¡°Nice Shampoo, I like the smell.¡± He Bai stopped for two seconds and stepped back. He nced at Di Qiuhe¡¯s hand in the midair that still held the tea pot, and said in a casual tone, ¡°Let¡¯s skip night snack. It¡¯s toote, just wash up and go to sleep.¡±

    Di Qiuhe rxed his tightened body and restrained his expression. He poured half cup of tea for him, also replied in a casual tone, ¡°You will lose your sleep if drinking too much. Just drink a little and shower, it¡¯ste.¡± Then he put the tea pot back, in an elegant and slow manner.

    Normal face, stable tone, unflushed face and ears. After he put down the tea pot, he gave He Bai a normal look, and sat in an attractive posture...It seemed that Di Qiuhe was totally indifferent.

    He needed to step up the game.

    He Bai looked away and drunk up the tea. He stood up and began to unbuttoned his shirt, saying, ¡°Can you bring me the pajamas in my luggage? I want to have a bath.¡± Meanwhile, he unbuttoned in a steady speed, one off, two off, three...Then his corbone showed up, followed by the skin of chest revealing...And the killjoy singlet.

    He should have worn a singlet in the shirt...Di Qiuhe looked away naturally. He poured a cup of tea and drank up, then stood up to take the pajamas in the case. He walked quickly as he was afraid that his little Qiuhe got excited, actually so quickly that he seemingly didn¡¯t had any interest in He Bai who was stripped down to a singlet.

    He Bai noticed that. He raised his eyebrows and looked down at his slim body, so disappointed at Di Qiuhe¡¯s indifference. Was he not interested in man? Or couldn¡¯t his slim body turn him on?

    If that¡¯s true...He looked at Di Qiuhe who was searching for his pajamas, and he buttoned, went to the washroom with heavy step. He mmed the door and thought, ¡°a perfect body is not everything, bah!¡±

    Hearing the door closed, Di Qiuhe finally relieved his held breath. He picked out the pajamas with a little anger and took a nce. Then he took out a new underwear with 2 fingers and threw it into the pajamas vexedly. But his breath got heavier.

    Damn! Why was little puppy so seductive today?

    He Bai¡¯s breath still hovered around the ends of his hair. He rubbed against them hard. He could not restrain his strong heartbeats, and his face started heating up. He was afraid that He Bai would notice it, so he came to the small fridge and took out a bottle of cold water, taking a big mouthful and then using it to cool his face.

    He came to the window for some fresh air. After he cooled down, he took the pajamas on the bed and walked to the washroom. He made some preparation and knocked the door, saying in a low voice, ¡°Little puppy, your pajamas.¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s unlocked,e on in.¡±

    There was no water flow sound, which meant he hadn¡¯t begun washing. He was assured, smoothed his hair and walked in, saying, ¡°Have you turned on the water? Don¡¯t stay in the bath for too...¡±

    He Bai leaned against the tub and smiled, showing his left dimple. He raised his hand and waved, ¡°It is a jacuzzi, so awesome. Just put the pajamas on the shelve, thanks.¡±

    Di Qiuhe couldn¡¯t help watching his figure from his shoulders to the part under water.

    Seeing that, He bent his leg to hide his private part. He sat up and bent over the bath, asking deliberately, ¡°What? Wanna join me? The bathtub is big enough, it¡¯s OK,e on.¡±

    The warm yellow light gave He Bai a beauty of haziness and made his delicate, smooth skin more attractive. Maybe because he always worked in the field and travelled a lot, he arms and legs were slim but fit, giving him a sense of youth and vigor.

    Di Qiuhe felt a little bit dizzy. The heartbeat and his temperature that had been cooled down by cold water became astir again. He hadn¡¯t even imagined the scene of cavorting with He Bai in a jacuzzi.

    He wanted to press He Bai against the bath, fondled his body, kissed his eyes and pouting lips, knelt between He Bai¡¯s two slim legs, wrapped them around his body, and finally, he leaned his body on him.

    It was harder and harder for him to restrain his lust for He Bai. He felt a sense of excitement in his nose and came to himself. He reluctantly looked away from He Bai¡¯s private part. He feared to show his emotion, so he frowned and strived ahead to drew the shower curtain, hiding this alluring scene. He said in a low voice, ¡°No, just don¡¯t sit there for too long. By the way, little puppy, you are too thin, you gotta eat more!¡± Then he left, closed the door and rushed to the small fridge.

    Di felt He Bai¡¯s legs were so slim that if he touched them with a little more strength, they might be broken...The sense of excitement in his nose became stronger. He suddenly felt a gush a warm liquid flew out of his nose. With rounded eyes, he put down the cold water panickily and snatched the tissue to block his nostrils, daring not to think about that lust.

    On the other hand, Di Qiuhe looked at the shower curtain, smile frozen.

    ¡°Too slim? Eat more?¡±

    His smile disappearedpletely. He pulled back his arms and looked down at his thin chest without any muscles and then at his lean legs without any sense of beauty. Then he pulled at his light unmanly fine hairs on his arms, eyes full of disappointment. But he still gave a short sneer.

    Were muscles a big thing? Why did he always wrinkle his annoying brows? He should have drawn the curtain after he nced at my body? Was my body that unattractive? A man without muscles could not be counted as a man?

    He got it, even if Di Qiuhe had interest in man, he would never, ever liked a man as He Bai, because that wide-shoulder, narrow-waist, leggy, muscr handsome Di Qiuhe would never be turned on by his thin, tiny body! Di Qiuhe would only frown at this kind of body, he just told him to eat more and left!

    Screw you! It was not his fault that he was thin anyway! In his previous incarnation he lived to middle age, the easiest stage for a man to get fat, but he had been still slender! Yeah, you heard that! Slender, not thin!

    He stayed in the bath for half an hour out of anger and humiliation. He didn¡¯te out until his skin got pruny. Then he walked out of the washroom and found that fool had fallen into sleep!

    He should have fallen into sleep!

    Di Qiuhe was the one who had begged him to sleep together, now he just went to sleep himself and turned off all the lights except two dim bedsidemps? He was not even afraid that He Bai might get tripped by something in dark!

    Fool! Selfish fool!

    He Bai, overwhelmed by anger, ignored the floormp that Di Qiuhe had sweetly left for him and got to bed immediately even with his wet hair. He deliberately got closer to Di Qiuhe and wettened his pillow, turned off themps, closed his eyes. He grabbed the quilt hard and thought ¡°If you disliked me then you lose the quilt¡±, and fell into sleep madly.

    Hearing He Bai¡¯s breath became steady, Di Qiuhe, who did lose half of the quilt, woke up and touched the wet pillow. Frowning, he fondled He Bai¡¯s head, then got up, entered the washroom and took the hair drier.

 Chapter 126 - Bromance (2)

    <h4>Chapter 126: Bromance (2)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    He chose the bottom gear, sitting cross-legged behind He Bai. His nose was a little bit red after he wiped the nosebleed. He dried He Bai¡¯s hair carefully, eyes full of mildness and love.

    ¡°He never knew how to take care of himself....¡±, Di Qiuhe smooth He Bai¡¯s wet, tangled hair and dried it. He couldn¡¯t help fondling his calm face and smiled.

    So lovely.

    After thest wisp of hair was dried, Di Qiuhe turned off the drier,y close to He Bai quietly and cuddled him. He kissed He Bai¡¯s forehead and fell into sleep.

    When He Bai woke up in the morning, he sat on the bed confusedly. When he groped for the man beside him, he found that Di Qiuhe had left.

    There was a note on the bedside table. He rubbed his face and picked the note.

    Di Qiuhe: I go for filming now. Breakfast has been delivered, don¡¯t forget to eat. Call assistant Wang when you get to the spot, he¡¯ll take you in.

    Putting down the note, he looked around the room and found a warm twoyer breakfast box. He smiled pleasantly. The instant he opened the box, his smile stiffened.

    The firstyer was filled with delicious steamed buns with meat stuffing. The secondyer was a porridge with preserved eggs and pork as well as a Rougamo. A boiled eggy in a side cell. Beside the box was a red apple, giving out sweet and fresh scent, under which was a cake box.

    That was really a feast, which was enough to feed two He Bai! But Di Qiuhe¡¯s words still haunted him, ¡°You are too thin, eat more.¡±

    Why didn¡¯t Di order such a banquetst time he visited?

    Bang!

    He reced the lid of the box and walked into the washroom indifferently, brushing teeth angrily.

    Judging his body type in the heart was already out of line, now he should have been acting that out to show his dislike! Stupid Di Qiuhe!

    Di Qiuhe noticed that his Little Puppy, who had been here to visit him, totally forgot him when he reached the spot.

    Havingpleted his action scenes quickly, he went to the rest area and looked around, didn¡¯t find He Bai. Frowning, He drank the water handed by Wang Boyi and asked, ¡°Where it Xiao Bai? Washroom?¡±

    ¡°Nope.¡± This was the fifth time for Wang Boyi to answer this question. He motioned to look at Yang Wentian, answering: ¡°Mr. He is taking photos for Mr. Yang. It has been a while.¡±

    Di Qiuhe was disappointed and walked to Yang Wentian.

    Wang Boyi stopped him hurriedly: ¡°Master Di, your next shoot is about to start, you...¡±

    Before he could finish, the make-up artist came here with a big cosmetic case. She asked Di Qiuhe to sit down to reapply for him.

    Di Qiuhe could only restrain his impulse to find He Bai and sat down with a straight face and upset eyes.

    It was the fifth time. He hadn¡¯t seen Little Puppy for a whole today, except on the lunch table. The first time, he was taking photos for Dongni, second time for another actress, third time for a supporting actor, fourth time for a walk-on, and now, for that Yang Wentian.

    He was really indiscriminate, both leading and walk-on actors were OK, only excluded Di Qiuhe, who was the actual leading actor and undertook the heaviest work today. But He Bai didn¡¯t take even one photo for him.

    What? Tired of his appearance?

    Frowning, Di Qiuhe touched his own face.

    Wang Yibo was worried about his dark face. The make-up artist was still here, his expression might well damage his own image.

    ¡°Don¡¯t touch it, or you may mess up your make-up.¡±

    While he was thinking, the make-up artist stopped his hand, and her face was full of disapproval. Wang Yibo got anxious, trying to say something for his boss.

    ¡°Sorry.¡± Di Qiuhe came to himself quicker than Wang. He realized that his mind wandered, so he rxed his eyebrows and sighed, ¡°Just absorbed in the filming...Sorry, please go on, I¡¯ll keep still.¡±

    The womanughed when she heard that, ¡°That¡¯s not a big deal, and it¡¯s a good thing to be absorbed. The quicker you film, the sooner we finish. Recently we have all been overworked, so a quicker filming helps a lot. We need to thank you.¡±

    Di Qiuhe smiled and said something humbling. He not only saved his image but also left a dedicated impression.

    Wang Boyi: ¡°...¡± Master Di was definitely awesome. ¡°I am still too na?ve.¡±

    Di Qiuhe sat and raised his head while the woman bent mildly. They looked at each other with smiles.

    That was quite sweet.

    He focused the lens on Di Qiuhe and looked at his smile and eyes. He was a little bit unwilling to click the shutter.

    The lighting was good, and their expressions perfectly suited the theme of his homework ¡°emotion¡±, but he just thought that it was better not to take it.

    The selfish motive just stayed for a while, and he still clicked the shutter the next second.

    Click!

    Hearing that sound, Di Qiuhe turned sideways. His mild smile suddenly became stronger but lips turned tter immediately. Frowning slightly, he tightened his legs and waist, raised his arms a little bit, seemed to be ready to stand up and reach for someone he had seen.

    Click!

    The picture was taken. He Bai suddenly felt his heart raced. He touched his chest confusedly. When he looked at the lens again, he could only see that woman and Wang Boyi. Then his lens was covered by a hand.

    ¡°Finally want toe back?¡± A gentle and low voice came, with a sense ofint and dissatisfaction, but ended with a higher tune, seemed to be a contradictorily happy one.

    The idea that he had thought impossiblest night overwhelmed him again. He Bai paused for a while, put down the camera, turned to Qiuhe and looked at him, asked tentatively, ¡°Why are you so aggrieved? Miss me? One hour apart seems like three years?¡±

    ¡°Nonsense, you only have disappeared for an hour?¡± Di Qiuhe jabbed his dimple with a serious face and said grumpily, ¡°Don¡¯t run all about. Just stay here and wait for me. I¡¯ll finish in an hour, then I¡¯ll take you for dinner.¡±

    He rubbed against He Bai¡¯s hair hard and then left.

    The make-up artist just passed by and smiled at them: ¡°You two really have a good rtion. Di Qiuhe must be an amiable big brother to you, but his family... Sorry, I get work to do, see you.¡±

    Hearing that, He Bai frowned. He rubbed against his hair seeing the girl leaving.

    Amiable big brother? He vaguely remembered that Di Qiuhe once called himself big brother...So was all that care and sweetness just out of his desire to be a big brother? After all, Di Chunhua and Di Xiasong didn¡¯t deserve that.

    If that was true, then no wonder Di Qiuhe didn¡¯t have any interest in his body and showed a judging attitude. After all, no considerate big brother would like to see his younger brother have a thin body. And the feast this morning, it was also his care as a big brother...That could exin all. He was no longer angry, but some uncertain emotion attacked him instead.

    He looked down at the photo he had taken. The close and intimate atmosphere between him and the make-up artist made him confused.

    Maybe He Bai misunderstood him? Maybe Di Qiuhe was straight?

 Chapter 127 - Bromance (3)

    <strong>Chapter 127: Bromance (3)</strong>

    The endless guesswork made He Bai emotionally disturbed. Looking at the heavy meal, He Bai had no appetite. He missed that carefree He Bai who had no romantic entanglement with anyone so much.

    Thinking of that, he couldn¡¯t help ncing at Di Qiuhe who buried in eating. He Bai said indifferently: ¡°You little menace.¡± Di Qiuhe put a pork ribs into He Bai¡¯s bowl. He frowned and asked: ¡°What did you say? Why aren¡¯t you eating, don¡¯t like the food? Shall I order something else for you?¡±

    He Bai looked at his worried face, he felt he was choked in his chest. He lowered his head and decided to turn his upset into appetite.

    So, Di Qiuhe just cared about him as a big brother? Or even as a father? After all, he sometimes treated He Bai like a son...He stopped chewing and clutched his chopsticks, eyes turning intent.

    That was too bad. Di Qiuhe had too much impact on his emotion. He Bai decided to avoid him from now on.

    He swallowed the rib and wiped his mouth, saying to Di Qiuhe, ¡°This week my homework is ¡°emotion¡±. I have taken enough photos here today, so I want to take a look at somewhere else tomorrow, you know, for inspiration. Oh right, I will visit Xing Shaofeng by the way, so I¡¯ll not go to the spot with you.¡±

    Di Qiuhe, who was making a roasted duck roll for him, turned to him quickly and raised his voice, ¡°You want to visit Xin Shaofeng? For a whole day?¡± He altogether had two days off, and he should have nned to spare one day for Xing Shaofeng?

    ¡°A whole may be too long, half day, I think. Hees here to find a doctor and was admitted this morning for treatment. Since we n to hire him, we should be more considerate, so I have to visit him.¡± He Bai exined.

    Di Qiuhe¡¯s eyebrows knotted: ¡°When? When had we talked about hiring him?¡±

    ¡°Yester...¡± He Bai stopped and goggled at him confusedly, ¡°Haven¡¯t I told you? That I want to hire him as your agent? He ispetent and can definitely help you a lot.¡±

    Diu Qiuhe was also baffled. He had a drink, trying to restrain his smile and then looked at him, asking, ¡°So you do that for me? You know I don¡¯t have an agent and you find me one?¡±

    He Bai was frightened by his serious face, and the emotional stuff was all left behind. He also said seriously, ¡°Qiuhe, don¡¯t me me as a busybody. An actor can work without apany, but he must have an agent. Assistant Wang ispetent, of course, but his energy is limited. When he has to take care of you, he doesn¡¯t have time to deal with other stuff. Assistant An, on the other hand, is still inexperienced, and cannot deal with these alone. This film will be finished in two months, then what will you do next? Someone has to make a n for you. Although the image of Xing Shaofeng is bad now, and he doesn¡¯t have connections with the showbiz, but as long as he is willing, no other agents can be better than him.¡±

    Seeing He Bai doing his best to convince him, Di Qiuhe was deeply touched...Little Puppy approached Xing Shaofeng for him. Jealousy immediately transformed into sweetness.

    He Bai noticed Di Qiuhe didn¡¯t say anything and thought that he didn¡¯t buy it, so he put down the chopsticks and borated it: ¡°As Xing Shaofeng¡¯s old boss was selfish and didn¡¯t want him to be famous, he kept Xing Shaofeng at his side closely. That¡¯s why he wasn¡¯t famous now. If I had enough money, I would have hired him as my agent. Qiuhe, believe me, he¡¯s worth it. You will never regret...¡±

    Di Qiuhe couldn¡¯t restrain his happiness any more and pinched He Bai¡¯s face gently.

    He Bai was shocked and frowned. He pulled Di Qiuhe¡¯s hand away, ¡°Stop it. I¡¯m talking about real work.¡±

    ¡°You¡¯re the boss.¡± Di Qiuhe smiled at him and couldn¡¯t help jabbing his dimple again. He was so happy and said that, ¡°My Little Puppy, I will keep feeding you till you gain weight.¡± Then he could keep He Bai¡¯spany all the time.

    He Bai couldn¡¯t understand that vague whisper of love. His face turned dark when he recalled his dislike yesterday and today¡¯s big brother¡¯s love. He squeezed a dumpling into Di Qiuhe¡¯s mouth and said angrily: ¡°Just shut up! I can feed myself! Give me your credit card. When Xing Shaofeng agrees to take the job, he will ask for money. I don¡¯t have that much.¡±

    Di Qiuhe blinked and chewed the dumpling silently. He took out his wallet and gave He Bai, saying vaguely: ¡°All yours, at your disposal.¡±

    He Bai¡¯s heart raced uncontroble. He pressed Di Qiuhe¡¯s face and pushed it towards the table, saying angrily, ¡°Don¡¯tugh! It¡¯s not polite to talk while eating! Just eat!¡± His generosity to give him the wallet must alsoe out of his big brother¡¯s love! Di Qiuhe turned his head sideways and wiped his mouth on He¡¯s hand.

    He Bai¡¯s hand apparently felt Di Qiuhe¡¯s mouth. He took back his hand abruptly and swallowed a pig¡¯s foot, which got his mouth oily and he rubbed against Di Qiuhe¡¯s hand vengefully, then let go of his hand, sneering, ¡°Assistant Wang told me that you were a neat freak. That¡¯s a good habit.¡±

    Di Qiuhe stopped smiling and clutched his hands gradually, eyes staring at He Bai.

    He Bai goggled at him, ¡°What? Want a fight?¡±

    He pressed his mouth into a thin line, Di Qiuhe immediately pulled He Bai into his arms and rubbed his head against He Bai¡¯s neck and shoulders. Then he made He Bai sit on his legs, held him closely, hands fondling him randomly.

    He Bai was shocked and struggled, ¡°Ugh! Your hands are oily, don¡¯t touch me! Neither can your mouth! Damn! Don¡¯t rub my waist! Eww, I don¡¯t want this shirt anymore!¡±

    Getting oily by that big brother, He Bai came back to the room and kicked Di Qiuhe out. Then he called director Jiang indifferently, telling him that Di Qiuhe wanted tomunicated with him about some different opinions on the plot but shy to say it. Then Di Qiuhe was called to burn the night oil on discussing the scripts.

    The next day, He Bai took his camera and arrived at Xing Shaofeng¡¯s luxurious single ward.

    ¡°Thanks for visiting me.¡± Xing Shaofeng let him sit on the sofa and poured him a cup of tea. He asked with a smile, ¡°I hear that you only have two days off. I thought Di Qiuhe would never let you out.¡±

    He Bai¡¯s dimples got deeper. He gritted his teeth tightly, ¡°Who is he?¡± He was just an arrogant big brother. He had no say in this matter anyway.

    Xing Shaofeng nced at his expression and smiled more brightly. He poured a cup of tea for himself, saying nothing.

    ¡°What does the doctor say?¡± He Bai regained his calmness quickly and asked. He put down the cup and adjusted his expression.

    ¡°Quite well. After the scab of affected parts on the face fell off, I will receive some minor reconstructive surgeries, then I can leave the hospital.¡± Xing Shaofeng answered. He noticed He Bai¡¯s camera bag and asked, ¡°I have been a little bored since I moved in yesterday, so I searched you and Di Qiuhe on the Inte. Are you a photographer?¡±

    He Bai nodded and asked, ¡°Yeah, what do you think?¡±

    ¡°Quite interested, in both of you.¡± Xing Shaofeng didn¡¯t hide his interest and pointed at his camera bag, asking, ¡°Can I see your works?¡±

    He Bai gave him the camera without hesitation.

    There were not many photos, most of which were taken in the filming spot yesterday. It would take several minutes to browse them, yet it took Xing Shaofeng quite a long time. He Bai noticed that Xing Shaofeng particrly liked some pictures, gazing at them repeatedly.

    Xing Shaofeng put down the camera half an hourter.

    He Bai also put down the magazine he took randomly and said in a seemingly casual manner, ¡°Most of them were taken in Di Qiuhe¡¯s new filming spot. As something bad had happened to his family, I thought that he and other workers would have been affected by that. However, I found that everyone was fine yesterday, as good as before.¡±

    He was signaling that Di Qiuhe was popr.

    Xing Shaofeng returned the camera and nodded with a smile, ¡°Good pictures. Obviously, Di Qiuhe is working on a big-budget film. I can¡¯t find any information about it, so it is shot secretly? Is it OK for me to see these photos?¡±

    He Bai shook his head, ¡°It doesn¡¯t matter. I trust your professional ethics and your honesty.

    ¡°It¡¯s a privilege to get your trust.¡± Xing Shaofeng refilled the cup for him and said after a short thinking, ¡°Di Qiuhe is outstanding. I can take this job, but I still have a concern.¡±

    He Bai was excited and said hurriedly, ¡°Is it your illness? That¡¯s nothing. You can start after you heal. Besides, currently Di Qiuhe still needs some time to finish his filming.¡±

    ¡°Not that.¡± Xing Shaofeng shook his head with a smile and measured He Bai¡¯s expression carefully, saying, ¡°I am concerned about some private issues of him. Can I have his contact? I would like to directly talk with him.¡±

 Chapter 128 - What a Happy Coincidence (1)

    <h4>Chapter 128: What a Happy Coincidence (1)</h4>

    It was lunchtime when Di Qiuhe got He Bai¡¯s phone call. Before he could ask when he went back, the call was passed to Xing Shaofeng.

    ¡°Hello, this is Xing Shaofeng.¡± A lovely male voice came through the phone, followed by the sound of a dragged-away chair and footsteps. The phone went totally silent after a few seconds, then came the male voice again, ¡°Sorry for interrupting, but I would like to confirm some details regarding our cooperation.¡±

    Di Qiuhe put down the chopsticks and informed the crew eating with him, and then he stood up to walk a few steps away from the table, replying the call, ¡°It¡¯s fine, please continue.¡± He knew he should behave in front of the person he was going to work in the future.

    Xing Shaofeng leaned on the balcony and looked at He Bai who was in the ward fiddling with his camera, saying, ¡°You are very brilliant and with great potential, so it is just a matter of time for you to take off. You will definitely reach the top even without me. So the first thing I need to make sure is, do you really want to hire me? The prerequisites of cooperation are mutual trust and willingness, and I don¡¯t want our cooperation to start from reluctance.¡±

    Di Qiuhe was quite surprised because he had thought maybe Xing Shaofeng wanted to talk about the sry issue. But he understood him right away. Their cooperation was proposed so suddenly, and it was puppy who had beenmunicating in between, so it was absolutely normal for him to question.

    ¡°I wanted to hire you because of Bai originally.¡± Since he was very honest to talk, Di would definitely not treat him casually, so he said honestly, ¡°But after I met you for the first timest night, I changed my mind. Bai was right, I won¡¯t regret to hire you.¡±

    He was in aplicated situation, so he had to be cautious when choosing a manager. Before he had tried to hire someone from his team and made him his manager, but that would take more efforts.

    Now that Bai had offered him an alternative, so he would love to try it for Bai¡¯s will. But he still needed to do some investigation before the cooperation officially started. And he would never hide it, because if they couldn¡¯t understand him in this way, then the cooperation was totally unnecessary in the first ce.

    Xing Shaofeng understood him and he didn¡¯t mind. Actually he really appreciated his attitude of handling businesses like that. So he skipped this question and said, ¡°It¡¯s nice that we reached an agreement on something. Second question, how do you see your family? This matters to how I handle things in the future so I hope you can understand.¡±

    It was definitely a pleasant thing to talk with smart people. Di Qiuhe smiled and replied in short, ¡°I don¡¯t have a family now, so you don¡¯t need to think about it.¡±

    Another satisfying answer.

    Xing Shaofeng changed his standing pose and looked at He Bai who was ¡°enjoying¡± the healthy meal with disgust, and he smiled while replied slowly, ¡°I love that answer. Huangdu at the moment is only a burden to you and makes no benefits to your career. So onest question. Di Qiuhe, how are you going to deal with your sexuality and your love to He Bai? If you be a couple in the future, are you going to hide it or tell it to the public? Are you going to show up in public pretending you are a hetero, or you would juste out? I am sorry for asking such a private question, but I do hope you can answer me honestly. Because this will have a huge impact to your career so I need to be prepared.¡±

    Di Qiuhe suddenly got tense and his eyes turned sharp.

    He could understand why Xing Shaofeng asked him that question, but how did he find out? He was pretty sure that no one around knew his affection to He Bai. Maybe Wang Boyi noticed something but he was just too straight to think it that way. So if Xing Shaofeng could give out a question like that, then maybe Bai had noticed something and told him?

    If so...he recalled that He Bai kicked him out of the room and frowned deeply.

    ¡°No one told me anything about it and He Bai didn¡¯t notice anything either.¡± Xing Shaofeng acted as if he knew what he was thinking, and he exined slowly, ¡°I just guess it from the way you treat He Bai, and those photos.¡±

    Di Qiuhe rxed a bit and asked in a still dark face, ¡°Photos?¡±

    ¡°Yes, photos. Those photos He Bai took for you.¡± Xing Shaofeng realized the change of his tone so he changed as well and replied, ¡°You can never hide the way you look at your lover. And when your lover photographs it with his camera, therees a trace to find the love you¡¯ve been hiding. You should be thankful that the photos are still not allowed to go public, or you are going to face countless reasonable inquiries just like mine.¡±

    Di Qiuhe never thought that his mind would ever be disclosed to other people like that. Thinking about how He Bai took his camera with him all the time, Di felt it was quite dumbfounding so he just said without any more hiding, ¡°Please don¡¯t tell Bai anything about it as I don¡¯t want his life get affected in a bad way just because of me.¡±

    So that was his first reaction?

    Xing Shaofeng found these two really interesting and replied with smile, ¡°Just rx, I do have my principles as an honest man and work ethics as an employee. So what is your answer for myst question?¡±

    ¡°I¡¯ll go public.¡± Di Qiuhe calmed down and he sounded more serious, ¡°If he wants to be with me, I won¡¯t let him get hurt.¡±

    Xing Shaofeng felt betterpletely. He was super sure after the three questions that this was the boss he was looking for. He felt his life was finally getting some new hopes when he met such a wonderful couple like He Bai and Di Qiuhe, especially when he was pestered by hisst boss and considering retiring at the moment.

    ¡°One million for annual pay. We can start our cooperation after you finish the current movie you are working on. I¡¯ve prepared the contract yesterday and I will ask He Bai to give it to you after I sign it. And you can give one copy back to me when you have read all the uses with your signature. Besides, I only start working after the payment is done, please understand.¡±

    He asked all the questions straightforwardly and got a straightforward yes from the other side unsurprisingly, so he hung up, opening the door on the balcony to walk into the ward. He then saw He Bai who looked up at him on hearing the sound and passed him the phone, ¡°We can start to sign the contract now.¡±

    He Bai was so delighted hearing that. He gave him a big smile and put down his chopsticks to pick the phone. He then said happily while shaking his hand, ¡°Happy cooperation!¡±

 Chapter 129 - What a Happy Coincidence (2)

    <h4><strong>Chapter 129: What a Happy Coincidence (2)</strong></h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Xing Shaofeng was touched by his joy that his smile was getting bigger unconsciously. He replied, ¡°Happy cooperation!¡± It must be really lovely to witness how this lovely couple establishes a romantic rtionship.

    Hanging up the phone, Di Qiuhe went back to the lounge for his meal but there was still something stuck in his mind.

    ¡°It was impossible to hide the way you look at your lover...¡±, he stopped his motion and frowned a bit.

    Even someone like Xing Shaofeng who met him for once could tell his love towards puppy just by watching the photos taken by puppy, then what about Wang Boyi who spent most of the day with him...

    He turned to look at the assistant nearby with his curious eyes.

    Wang Boyi noticed that he was watching, so he sat up straight and looked around at the crew which was having lunch together. He then leaned over and asked in a low voice, ¡°Master Di, how may I help you?¡±

    Di Qiuhe thought for a while and put down the chopsticks to end his tasteless meal, and then he beckoned to Wang Boyi to follow him.

    Walking to a quiet ce in the lounge, they made sure that there was no one else around. Di Qiuhe thought for a while and asked, ¡°How is assistant An doingtely?¡±

    ¡°She is quite quiet and Qin Li didn¡¯t contact her.¡± Wang Boyi answered and took out his phone to check the memo, saying again, ¡°The team has been releasing news regrly on your instructions. So Huangdu and the Qin family have always been the center of the public opinion swirl and can barely step out. Di Bian hasn¡¯t contacted me ever since he asked me if you wanted to fire me. And on your instructions, I also made him believe that it was the Liu family who released the breaking news online because they weren¡¯t satisfied with the marriage with the Qin family.¡±

    Di Qiuhe nodded to show that he understood, and he said while staring at his face, ¡°I love He Bai, and I want him to be my partner. So I hope you can treat him the way you treat me.¡±

    Wang Boyi was struck and raised his head to look at him. After seeing his ambiguous eyes, he was shocked and constrained his astonishment and his emotion of ¡°I knew it¡±. Wang lowered his head and replied obediently, ¡°I understood, master Di.¡±

    Sending away Wang Boyi who was quite calm just then, Di Qiuhe rolled his eyes and pressed his forehead because he felt a bit headache.

    Wang Boyi had noticed it just as expected...then was his affection towards Bai that obvious?

    Bai visited him twice in the shooting set, then maybe someone else in the crew had also noticed...he shook his head when thinking about that and denied that assumption.

    Last time when Bai visited him, he was busying shooting while Bai was busy doing his photograph assignment, so they barely had time being together. And this time Bai was not even around him the entire day, so he didn¡¯t have the chance to show his affection.

    But he didn¡¯t show it this time was due to he didn¡¯t have a chance to, he would get the chance sooner orter. When they returned to the B city and Bai joined the crew, they would get busted as a matter of time, unless he restrained his love and stayed away from Bai. But how could he stay away from Bai...

    He frowned deeply and soon felt even worse by this thought. After the terrible feeling, he got depressed again.

    Now the situation of Huangdu and the Qin family were both not great. Although Huading was growing rapidly, Di himself still had a lot to catch up. He was still quite green in showbiz, with no resource or contact, he couldn¡¯t just do as he pleased.

    Once his affection for He Bai went public, then both he and He Bai would get heavily affected on their career. He could definitely deal with the oue because he didn¡¯t really care that much if his got destroyed. But it was just too hard for Bai toe so far as a student, so he couldn¡¯t let Bai get involved in a homosexual scandal just because of him. That would ruin his study and career, which was just so unfair.

    To step forward or to step back? What should he do?

    He Bai put the contract back and asked to leave politely.

    Before he left the ward, He Bai recalled how reluctant he had felt thest night, so he stopped and looked back at Xing Shaofeng. Xing was sincerely not a good-looking guy anymore, yet thinking about those troubles he had solved for him, He Bai asked straightforwardly, ¡°Shaofeng, if you had a crush on someone who only sees you as his little brother, what would you do? Telling the person the truth directly and starting to chase him?¡±

    Xing Shaofeng was struck hearing that, and he asked, ¡°Little brother? So it was a big sister?¡±

    He Bai shook his head and smiled at him slightly.

    Xing Shaofeng pretended to get him immediately and replied after thinking for a while, ¡°Well, then I would find out his sexuality first and think about the next step.¡±

    It had happened millions of times in the past life when he and Xing had this kind of conversation. So He Bai epted his advice easily and nodded after thinking for a while. He continued to ask, ¡°Then how am I going to find out his sexuality? I um, I tried to seduce him, but it didn¡¯t seem to work, so maybe he is straight.¡±

    Xing Shaofeng was surprised by his bravery and frankness. Thinking about how Di Qiuhe behaved in the airport, he asked with some confusion, ¡°No offense but may I just ask what kind of seduce was that?¡±

    He Bai didn¡¯t want to hide as they were both grown-up men and he trusted him so much, he also knew him so well in the past life. So he told him simply about what had happened the night before yesterday.

    Xing Shaofeng was so amused by him and he said while trying so hard not tough, ¡°Sorry, I¡¯m notughing at you. I just feel that what you did was just...cute. I think, well, since you are so close just like brothers, then maybe asking him directly would be the best way. Probing and guessing might have too much personal emotion inside, but seducing...You should know that even between two persons who are in love with each other, it is basic respect to not do anything offensive to his or her body. So maybe there were other reasons why he didn¡¯t do anything and not because he was not into you.¡±

    Asking him directly?

    He Bai thought for a while and pounded his head with full of regrets. Exactly! He could have asked him directly. It was just more than easy to get the truth from Childish Di. He must have lost his sanity that he tried to seduce him. So stupid!

    Suddenly the gloomy prospects between them became clear. He said goodbye to Xing Shaofeng in a hurry and strode away to try a second time.

    Now the table has turned. He Bai started to follow around Di Qiuhe since he returned to the scene that he tried so hard to chat and take photos with him. But Di Qiuhe seemed to try to stay away from him all the time. He would go to the bathroom, or reapply the makeup, or just went to discuss the script with the director, always upied. Anyway, he just tried so hard not to be with him alone, and he behaved rather cold as well.

    He Bai pointed his camera at Di Qiuhe who was going through the lines with the third male lead. He frowned after pressing the shutter.

 Chapter 130 - What a Happy Coincidence (3)

    <h4>Chapter 130: What a Happy Coincidence (3)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Was Childish Di mad at him? Because he didn¡¯t stay with him in the morning?

    ¡°You meanie, I will deal with youter.¡± He put down the camera and roasted him when thinking of Xing Shaofeng¡¯s advice.

    Di Qiuhe finished his shooting for today at the fastest speed and said good-bye to Jiang Guanshan so that he could drive He Bai to the airport on his own.

    ¡°Don¡¯t forget to call me when you arrive there. I¡¯ll keep my phone on because I¡¯ve finished today¡¯s shooting.¡±

    He Bai nodded while ying his camera as if he didn¡¯t care.

    ¡°I¡¯ve told assistant An to buy some snacks from your hometown, don¡¯t forget to eat them and don¡¯t leave them go bad.¡±

    He Bai took out his phone to y games on it.

    Di Qiuhe frowned when seeing that, so he tried to take away his phone and said, ¡°You¡¯ll get dizzy if you stare at your phone when the car is driving.¡±

    ¡°No wonder I feel a bit suffocated.¡± He Bai let him take away his phone and reclined the seat to lie on it. He then dragged the nket over from the back seat and covered his face, saying in a vague voice, ¡°Then I¡¯ll take a nap. Please drive safely.¡±

    Di Qiuhe stopped a second on his hand and took a look at the nket covering on his face. He then put down the phone to focus on the road, and drove more steadily.

    He Bai opened the nket a bit to peep at Di Qiuhe¡¯s face. He guessed that he might be mad because he didn¡¯t see any smile on his face, just a serious expression. So he smiled and resumed his nap.

    The car stopped safely. He Bai reached out his hand quickly when Di Qiuhe tried to unfasten the safety belt for him. He dragged his arm to pull him against himself, and opening the nket to smile at him, saying in aplimentary voice, ¡°Nice drive, you¡¯ve improved on your driving skills.¡±

    Di Qiuhe fell on him and his body got frozen immediately.

    Now their chests and faces were against each other, so Di Qiuhe couldn¡¯t hide the change of his expression and his racing heartbeat anymore. He Bai squinted his eyes and realized how silly he was before that he had even tried to seduce him. So he grabbed him quickly and wrapped his legs on him as well, he then leaned in andughed at heart.

    Bromance? Didn¡¯t the love between two brothers with no blood lineage just equal to sexual love?

    Di Qiuhe held his breath unconsciously and his muscles got so tense like a rock. He put his hands against the seat to try to stand up but he didn¡¯t, as the bulging veins showed how hard he was trying to restrain himself. Di¡¯s eyes were getting deeper as he looked down upon his approaching lips and he couldn¡¯t help but bend down.

    ¡°Hoo.¡±

    After confirming the other party¡¯s feelings, He Bai turned his head when they were just about to kiss each other. He took a light breath at the hairs near his ear and let him go. He then pushed him up and said with a smile, ¡°You got some dust on your hair and I just blew them off.¡± Then he sat up and got out of the car before he could catch him and stood in public.

    Di Qiuhe looked at him in the car and asked him with a restrained voice, ¡°Bai.¡±

    He Bai looked at him with confusion in the eyes on purpose, ¡°What?¡±

    Di Qiuhe clutched his fists as he saw his innocent eyes like what had just happened was just an ident. He turned his head and took a deep breath to calm himself down, saying with a low voice, ¡°Nothing.¡± Then he took out his mask and hat to put them on and hopped off as well.

    He Bai raised his eyebrows and sneered secretly. He was really trying hard to suppress his feelings, huh.

    Entering into the airport, getting boarding pass, checking the luggage and passing the security check...He Bai turned around and looked at Di Qiuhe with a serious look before going through the security check and said, ¡°Qiuhe, I have a question for you.¡±

    Di Qiuhe abruptly hid his wistful feelings in his eyes and pulled down his mask. His face was getting more serious as he frowned, ¡°What question?¡±

    He Bai took a step forward and asked him word by word while looking in his eyes, ¡°Qiuhe, do you like man?¡±

    Di¡¯s gentle eyes suddenly opened wide and his pupils constricted for a second. Later on, his eyes became cold after a trace of panic shed. He asked, ¡°Why are you asking me that? Did Xing Shaofeng tell you anything?¡±

    His reaction was so obvious. Things that had been certain for only 80% now turned to 100%.

    ¡°I got it.¡± He Bai hid his pleasure and nodded with his poker face. He pressed his shoulders quickly and leaned in to whisper by his ear, ¡°Xing Shaofeng didn¡¯t tell me anything. He is your agent, so please trust him. Besides, if you really like man, then what a happy coincidence as I do too.¡± Then he stepped back and smiled at him, turning around to walk through the security check.

    Di Qiuhe held his breath for a second and rxed immediately. He felt that he was punched by a giant hammer that he followed him up without thinking and asked in a hurry, ¡°Bai! What do you mean? Please don¡¯t go inside now. Is it what I¡¯m thinking? I... ¡±

    He Bai didn¡¯t even turn back and texted him after passing the security check quickly, ¡°If you make the headlines tomorrow because of making a scene at the airport, I would block you. And you are not visiting me in B city. Focus on your film and let¡¯s meet in the winter break.¡±

    He turned off his phone after the text and exhaled a long breath afterward. Just like a fool, He Bai leaned on the wall with a burst ofughter.

    Who would have thought that it was not a one-sided love? Who would have thought Childish Di would make such a surprising reaction? Who would have thought that it could be...it could be so smooth? Admitting his love, flying over to make sure, and all of those foolish ideas and swinging...Having experienced all sorts of feelings, he was definitely living a worthy life.

    ¡°Sorry, the number you dialed is power off.¡±

    Di Qiuhe hung up the phone. He couldn¡¯t even think anymore as his brain had received too much information that it seemed to refuse to work.

    Was it a dream? He had been so unsure about whether to go or not and now...What did Bai just say before entering the security check? He couldn¡¯t recall it...It must have been an illusion as he had been busy shootingtely. Yes, it must have been an illusion. How could a man with no family like him ever be so lucky in love?

    Di Qiuhe put the phone back to the pocket and walked out of the airport with his stiff arms and legs. His eyes were totally drooping and could barely focus on anything.

    ¡°I should have a good sleep. Bai said that before, he would never love me again if I got dark eye circles.¡±

    It was after four entire days when He Bai finally received Di Qiuhe¡¯s phone call again.

 Chapter 131 - What a Happy Coincidence (4)

    <h4>Chapter 131: What a Happy Coincidence (4)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    ¡°Bai...¡±

    ¡°What?¡± He Bai put the retouched photos into a file and sent it to Xu Yinrong. He then logged in his own Weibo to write a post for hiring an assistant, ignoring those crazy fans who suddenly showed up and were shipping him and Di Qiuhe. Later on, he pinned that post to the top on his personal page, changed his self-introduction and logged off.

    Maybe his tone was too calm that Di Qiuhe turned into curious after stopped for a second and asked, ¡°Bai, what you just said at the airport...¡±

    Hearing his rather poor tone, He Bai got a touch of smile shed across his eyes. He supported the phone on his shoulders and opened the message sent before by Jun Chen. His fingers were dancing on the keyboard as he replied, ¡°What did I say? Oh, by the way, are you in K country now? I remember that the crew¡¯s ne took off yesterday.¡±

    ¡°Just arrived. It¡¯s so warm here.¡± Looking outside at the shining sun, Di Qiuhe heard some clicks on the keyboard from the phone. He missed him even more and said in a gentle low voice, ¡°Bai, I miss you so much. I...¡±

    Ding.

    New emailing in.

    He Bai shut down the message with Jun Chen and opened his mailbox to check the email. He got shocked right after, ¡°C Magazine?¡±

    ¡°What?¡± Di Qiuhe¡¯s expressing of his love got interrupted so he was a bit at a loss.

    ¡°C Magazine invited me to shoot their covers.¡± He Bai sat straight and read that email fast to make sure it was not a prank or spam. He raised his eyebrows and voice getting high, ¡°This is one of the big four fashion magazines, and they only invite senior photographers for their covers. It is just so unbelievable that they invite me to do it now.¡±

    Years ago Ma Xingtong won the respect of Saint Elephant Studio¡¯s boss just because he once shot the covers for the big four fashion magazines, and the boss dared not to treat him casually ever since. Although he found outter that Ma Xingtong was just there with his instructor and didn¡¯t really get the chance to take the pictures, it still showed that the four big fashion magazines were dominating the arena of fashion photography.

    But now, C Magazine, one of the big four invited him to do the cover, which was definitely an approval and also an encouragement to his ability, so he felt really thrilled.

    ¡°Congrattions.¡± Di Qiuhe greeted him right after a short while of being stunned. He added with a smile, ¡°You are getting more and more impressive, puppy.¡± Yet he was still green in the industry himself...which made him feel that he was not good enough for puppy.

    ¡°Thanks for thepliment.¡± He Bai felt a bit tantalized by his gentle voice on the phone, so he put it on the other side and scratched his ear. He then coughed to cover the shyness inside and asked, ¡°What did you just say? I was replying Jun Chen¡¯s message so I didn¡¯t catch you.¡±

    The voice from the other side stopped for a bit and went with a lower tone, ¡°Bai, are you serious that you said you like men?¡±

    He Bai stopped for a few seconds and pretended to answer in a calm voice, ¡°Yeah, so do you, right?¡±

    ¡°...yes, I do.¡± Di Qiuhe sounded delighted, yet his voice turned a bit careful and attaching, full of affection, ¡°Then what if I say...I never thought I would fall in love with a guy before I met you?¡±

    This was just a normal afternoon. He Bai looked around at his roommates who were upies respectively, and he took a light breath after the phone speaker was covered tightly by his hand. Then he took back the hand and said in a low voice as well, ¡°Then I could just say, what a happy coincidence, me too.¡±

    Bang!

    There came a loud noise from the phone.

    He Bai¡¯s shyness suddenly disappeared and his eyebrows were furrowed with confusion, ¡°What is that sound?¡±

    ¡°Sorry.¡± Di Qiuhe¡¯s voice turned weirdly calm and he said inly, ¡°I think I need to have a good sleep because I am having illusions again. Goodnight, puppy. See you in the winter break.¡±

    ¡°Goodnight? Why are you saying goodnight in the daytime? And does it make you that sleepy talking with...¡±

    ¡°Toot toot toot...¡±

    ¡°...¡±

    He Bai put down the phone with a poker face and dialed Di Qiuhe¡¯s number right after.

    ¡°Sorry, the number you dialed is power off.¡±

    ¡°...¡±

    He Bai clenched his teeth and dialed Wang Boyi¡¯s number instead.

    It got through this time and he asked directly, ¡°What is your boss doing right now?¡±

    Wang Boyi glimpsed at Di Qiuhe who was lying on the back seat and staring at the roof after he had got a swollen forehead by hitting on the window, so he tried to answer in a fair-minded way, ¡°Lying down.¡± Actually his boss looked so out of his mind as if he was bathed in the saint aura. But since he had appeared to be like this a few days before, Wang didn¡¯t exin to him specifically.

    He did go to sleep?

    He Bai was really outrageous, ¡°Where are you guys now? And is there anyone else with you two?¡±

    Wang Boyi answered frankly, ¡°Except for me and master Di, there is a local driver of K country in the car who doesn¡¯t understand Chinese.¡±

    Very good. He Bai told him with a smile on his face, ¡°Turn on the speaker and put the phone to your boss¡¯s ear.¡±

    Wang Boyi hesitated for a while, but he still said yes because he recalled what Di Qiuhe once had told him. So he turned on the speaker and put the phone to Di Qiuhe¡¯s ear.

    He Bai waited for a while and shouted, ¡°Di Qiuhe?¡±

    Lying on the backseat, Di Qiuhe moved his eyes and looked at the phone. He grabbed the cushion on the backseat the moment when he recognized the voiceing through the phone. He covered his blushed face and ear immediately with the cushion and said in a low voice, ¡°Bai, I just had a dream which was so exciting. You won¡¯t believe me if I tell you what that is.¡±

    Had a dream? Exciting?

    He Bai sneered and asked, ¡°I¡¯ve got something more exciting. Do you wanna hear?¡±

    Di Qiuhe started to breathe heavily as his blood was getting hot, ¡°If it is you...yes.¡±

    ¡°Then listen.¡±

    ¡°Yes.¡±

    He Bai took a deep breath to calm down and shout at the phone, ¡°Dumbass! I am going to be a monk! Off you go with your daydream! Want to see me in the winter break? Then don¡¯t speak to me before it!¡±

    Di Qiuhe was shocked and suddenly woke up from his disillusion. He sat up and took the phone, saying anxiously, ¡°Bai? No, I was just...¡±

    ¡°Toot toot toot...¡±

    ¡°...Bai?¡±

    The calling interface exited automatically as the call ended and disappeared from the screen.

    Di Qiuhe dialed He Bai¡¯s number carefully.

    ¡°Sorry, the number you dialed does not exist.¡±

    ¡°???¡±

    He returned the phone to Wang Boyi immediately and took out his own phone, turned it on and called again.

    ¡°Sorry, the number you dialed does not exist.¡±

    He opened his eyes so wide and pressed his chest as he felt a bit suffocated.

 Chapter 132 - Just Shut up (1)

    <h4>Chapter 132: Just Shut up (1)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    It was the third time that Di Qiuhe was blocked by Di Qiuhe, right after they expressed love to each other. Now, Di Qiuhe was like a kite with a broken string, sad, upset and depressed.

    ¡°You mean...You hung up his call and turned off your phone after he epted your little ¡®love confession¡¯?¡± Jiang Xiuwen¡¯s big face on theptop screen wore an entric expression, as if he had been talking to an idiot.

    Di Qiuhe, who had taken a cold shower, leaned against the sofa with wet hair. He gazed at the cell silently.

    Jiang Xiuwen stepped back a little to take a good look at that hopeless Di Qiuhe. He actually quite enjoyed this scene, but out of his conscience, he suggested, ¡°He just blocks your phone number, but you are still his sweetheart. You can borrow a phone to call or text him to exin. Since you like each other, you can try just your best to pamper him, and he will definitelye around.¡± The dead Di Qiuhe finally budged, but he just raised his hand and started counting with a more hopeless tone, ¡°WeChat, phone number, QQ , Weibo alt, email...I have tried them all and all blocked. Just now, I received an email by Xiao Bai, he said...¡±

    Jiang Xiuwen¡¯s eyes brightened and he leaned closer to the screen, asking in a higher voice, ¡°What did he say?¡±

    Di Qiuhe lowered his head. Jiang Xiuwen¡¯s in joy on his face and his curiosity for gossip just disgusted him. He ended the video chat indifferently.

    Jiang Xiuwen: ¡°...Damn!¡± His curiosity was stirred but he only got an unfinished gossip. That¡¯s too cruel!

    Venting his anger on Jiang Xiuwen, Di Qiuhe felt better. He nced at the filming schedule in country K, got a little bit depressed. Then he glimpsed at the plot revisions sent by director Jiang, more depressed. And another look at the flight itinerary sent by Wang Boyi, more and more depressed. Finally, he found the email shown after the video chat and nced at the words in bold, ck font, which made his depression overflowed. He copsed on the sofa sideways.

    He Bai: Now you have tried all social apps. One more, and you will never see me until the new year. P.S.: Focus on your filming. If you dare toe back, I will break your legs. P.P.S: Your third leg!

    ¡°...I want to see Xiao Bai, I want him to bully my third leg...I just want to go back for him, hug him, pamper him and hear his voice...¡± Di Qiuhe stood up suddenly. He began to walk away with wallet and passport, and his pajamas. ¡°Where are you going?¡±

    The opposite door suddenly opened and Jiang Guanshan showed up with scripts in hand.

    Di Qiuhe put his passport and wallet into pocket quickly and replied naturally, ¡°Just a little bit hungry. So, I want to ask the receptionist for some takeaway rmendations.¡±

    ¡°Don¡¯t be silly. We¡¯re not in China, where takeaways are everywhere.¡± Jiang Guanshan smiled. He beckoned Di Qiuhe over while closing the door and patting on the scripts, ¡°Three meals are provided in this hotel. You can call them to order some if you¡¯re hungry. Oh, order more, the action director and other crew members wille here too. We just have a small meeting first. The filming task is very tight here, and the rental time for the filming ce is limited, so we have to hurry up.¡±

    Di Qiuhe nodded and turned back to make a call. His expression seemed quite normal, but his steps were extremely heavy.

    The n to go back for Xiao Bai...failed.

    Compared with Di Qiuhe, He Bai was much happier.

    He found the contact number of C studio in their invitation email and called them. He soon contacted the manager and had a nice conversation regarding the cover shoot.

    ¡°10,000 yuan per cover?¡± Niu Junjie pulled his chair over and saw the digital contract sent by the C studio, saying with dissatisfaction, ¡°I thought the payment of top magazine cover shoot would be very high.¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s high enough.¡± He Bai browsed the contract quickly and said, ¡°The magazine cover shoot has to take model¡¯s schedule into ount, it will not take long time, one day at most. Besides, fixing the shooting time and model¡¯s make up also need time. Eventually my working time may be just one hour or two. It¡¯s a rtively easy job. And the intangible profit is very huge, therefore the actual payment given by the studio is not all.¡±

    ¡°It does make sense...¡± Niu Junjie sighed and nced at him. It seemed that He Bai was in a good mood, so Niu Junjie got closer to him and said tentatively, ¡°Well, Xiao Bai, I heard that you have blocked Qiu...¡±

    ¡°Stop.¡±

    He Bai pressed a book against his mouth. He raised his eyebrows and looked at Niu Junjie sideways, saying, ¡°If you have a fight with Zheng Ya, as your friend, I will never interfere in your stuff, unless you make that really big.¡±

    Niu Junjie blushed and pushed that book away, saying shyly, ¡°She is not my girlfriend yet. She told me that she would test me for a while...No! Xiao Bao, these two are entirely different things. Your rtionship with Qiuhe is different of mine with Xiao Ya. That¡¯s different!¡±

    He Bai pulled back his book and said casually, ¡°It will be same, sooner orter.¡±

    ¡°How? Xiao Ya and I will not be friends forever, we will marry each other, but you and Qiuhe...¡±

    ¡°Maybe we will too.¡± He Bai squeezed a strawberry candy into Niu Junjie¡¯s mouth and he also ate one. He took his camera and said vaguely, ¡°I¡¯m going to finish my homework now. You crave for anything? I can get you some food on my way back.¡± Niu Junjie was chocked by that candy.

    The pen on Chen Jie¡¯s hand fell on the ground.

    Wang Hu¡¯s hand twitched suddenly and pressed the wrong skill button in the game and the character was killed by the BOSS.

    The dormitory fell into dead silence.

    ¡°So, no...Then I¡¯ll have it way, see you.¡± He Bai smiled and looked around the dorm, then walked out slowly and closed the door considerately.

    Big noise came from the dorm.

    He Bai heard his roommates asking each other shockingly for his gossip and left with a good mood.

    Leaving the campus, he first went to check the advertising of Little Mermaid, and then got on a bus at random, sat casually, began to look for his inspiration.

 Chapter 133 - Just Shut up (2)

    <strong>Chapter 133: Just Shut up (2)</strong>

    He Bai had been quite familiar with skills in profile shoot, now he needed to umte experience. There was no magic form for that except time. So, when he was free, he would find some beautiful sites to take somendscape pictures to practice his skills and refresh his mood. Sometimes he would post some photos to Weibo and shared with his fellow shutterbugs online.

    He had never expected that his works would be quite popr, which sometimes went viral, and thus won him a group of fans.

    The fans of Di Qiuhe and Jun Chen who were once active all disappeared, as the gossip news were not popr anymore. Instead, those who truly loved his works stayed at his Weibo and thements below also became more harmonious.

    He Bai was quite satisfied with this change. He liked many people with the same interest gathered together and discuss in a nice atmosphere, instead of an instant poprity like a sh in the pan.

    He got off at a park. Following the elder who came to exercise, He Bai entered the park. He invited some of them to be his models and took some photos, with the theme ¡°A Rxing Day in the Park¡±. He had a lot of fun.

    ¡°Mr. He?¡±

    He Bai, who was talking with an old man about the weather, got confused and turned around. He saw He Bai pushing Fan Da, just several miles away from him. Hu Zhao was surprised and excited to meet him.

    He Bai was more confused, ¡°Mr. Hu, Mr. Fan, why are you here?¡±

    Hu Zhao was amused and replied mildly, ¡°You forget? Uncle Fan and I just live near the park.¡±

    ¡°...Oh!¡±

    Half an hourter, He Bai was invited to their vi and said embarrassedly, ¡°Last time I just remembered the name of the vi, but not the route. I cannot believe that I have not realized that I¡¯m just around...I¡¯m so sorry.¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s not a big deal. It must be fate what we meet again.¡± Hu Zhao served him tea and dessert. Then he sat beside Fan Da and said with a smile, ¡°So, youe here to take photos? That park is pretty good, perfect for photographing.¡±

    He Bai took the tea and thanked him, also replying with a smile, ¡°I just want to wander around and take some pictures for my homework. The air here is quite fresh, I like it.¡±

    ¡°Taking some pictures?¡± The silent Fan Da without any movement just now suddenly said and looked at the camera in He Bai¡¯s hands. He stretched his hand and asked, ¡°Can I see them?¡±

    He Bai was baffled and gave him the camera.

    Hu Zhao hurriedly stretched his hand below the camera in case that Fan Zhao couldn¡¯t hold it steady and break it. He gave He Bai an apologizing smile.

    He Bai waved to assure him.

    The memory of this camera had been cleared by him. The photos of filming set and Di Qiuhe had all been transferred to an encoded file on hisputer. So, now there were only pictures ofndscapes and passers-by snapped by He Bai. It wouldn¡¯t take long for Fan Zhao to browse.

    Two minutester, Fan Zhao put down the camera. He Bai didn¡¯t know whether it was an illusion or not, but he felt that the old man¡¯s eyes were brighter.

    ¡°Do you have more pictures like this?¡± Fan Da returned the camera to him and sized him up carefully. He smiled, ¡°I remember you. You have saved Qiuhe¡¯s life, right, Xiao Bai?¡±

    His conditions must have been getting better...He took the camera and smiled at him: ¡°Elder Fan, I¡¯m d that you still remember me. I have more pictures like these, but on my Weibo andputer. I can send you if you like.¡± Fan Da was still that old man who longed for freedom, who could even be inspired byndscape pictures.

    Fan Da shook his head and corrected, ¡°No Elder Fan, but Grandpa Fan. Lian Xiu is my only daughter, and you are Qiuhe¡¯s best friend.¡±

    ¡°OK, Grandpa Fan.¡± He Bai obeyed him.

    Fan Da nodded with satisfaction and turned to Hu Zhao , ordering, ¡°Go help He Bai bring me his Weibo andputer, I want to see those pictures.¡±

    ¡°But...¡± Hu Zhao looked at He Bai with hesitation and nodded. Then he stood up and said, ¡°Of course. Wait a second, I am bringing them to you.¡±

    He Bai shut his mouth before he exined to the old man that Weibo was not a physical thing. He talked with the old man while wondering how Hu Zhao would bring his Weibo andputer.

    Three minutester, Hu Zhao came back with aptop.

    He Bai noticed that the log in page of Weibo had been opened. He felt surprised and entered his ount. Then he opened the Weibo photo album, turning the screen to Fan da and said mildly, ¡°Grandpa Fan, these are the pictures.¡±

    Fan Da took the presbyopic sses from Hu Zhao and picked theputer, gazing at the screen. He appreciated every picture as if he were examining a treasure.

    The living room was silent only the clicking of keyboard could be heard. He Bai drank a mouthful of tea. He found Hu Zhao and Fan Da were busy with theputer, He Bai looked around the newly-decorated living room and got more anxious to take photos for it.

    So many antiques and artware!

    There were a number of antiques of various styles spinning each period on every corner of the living room. He didn¡¯t pay much attention to those at the first sight, only feeling that the room was quite elegant and artistic with pleasant colors. But when he took a careful look, surprises were everywhere! Art in the air.

    The living room was filled with precious treasures.

    ¡°You can take photos if you like.¡± The old man suddenly said. His tone was no longer vague, it became clearer and powerful.

    He Bai came to himself and turned to him, meeting his wise and unfathomable eyes.

    Fan Da looked away at the direction that He Bai had gazed at. His eyes shed a light of nostalgia, ¡°That double-faced embroidery was bought by Qiuhe¡¯s grandmother, and Lianxiu also liked it. I exhibited in the study in our old house. After Qiuhe¡¯s grandmother passed away, I left the house, which was torn down, so the embroidery had been locked in the bank¡¯s safe, even Lianxiu forgot it.¡±

    Complete sentence, normal tone, clear logic, serious face, now Fan Da was a changed person. Hu Zhao goggled at him with shaking hands: ¡°Uncle...uncle Fan?¡±

    Hearing that, Fan Da turned to him with an amiable smile, ¡°After some many years, you¡¯ve also aged. I have given you too much burden.¡±

    ¡°No, not at all. Please do not say anything like that, I...I...I¡¯m so d that you are getting your old self back, I...¡± Hu Zhao was so thrilled that he was almost incoherent, with eyes reddish about his rims.

 Chapter 134 - Just Shut up (3)

    <h4>Chapter 134: Just Shut up (3)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    ¡°Getting my old self back? No, I¡¯m not, I¡¯m still senile, I know it.¡± Fan Da looked down at his wrinkled palm and smiled like a kid, ¡°Just these photos remind me of the old ces and the stupid things I have done...Xiao Hu, thiske, it just looks like the nameless Lake that I took Lianxiu to see. She was only 3 years old then, and we lived in a small tropical country for months. Her mother was nning to go back to her old home and told me that although the outside world was fascinating, she still missed her old home. Besides, our daughter was about to enter kindergarten...¡±

    He Bai was baffled for a while and stood up suddenly, saying to Hu Zhao hurriedly, ¡°Where is the doctor? Call him over now! Quick!¡± Hu Zhao was shocked, ¡°What...What happened? The doctors are upstairs. You are here seeing Bai so I didn¡¯t ask them toe downstairs...¡±

    He Bai hurried to upstairs. Palms slightly sweating, which was not a good sign! A senile old man suddenly got clear-headed and even smiled like a kid. It meant either he was on the mend due to some stimulus or instead, deteriorated. Only few patients could recover in a sudden, so many thoughts were shing in Hu Zhao¡¯s mind.

    Hu Zhao came to his sense on hearing Bai¡¯s hurried footsteps and looked back at that old man with a peculiar smile. His excitement was reced by panic and anxiety.

    Doctors and nurses came down quickly and practiced basic examine on the old man. Then they helped him upstairs so that they could do a more thorough examination with various equipments and performed intravenous infusion.

    ¡°Doc, what¡¯s wrong? Does he take a turn for the worse?¡± Hu Zhao didn¡¯t dare to interrupt them when the doctors were examining Hu Zhao. Now that they¡¯ve finished, Hu Zhao came to ask anxiously.

    ¡°No, this is a good sign.¡± The doctorforted him with a smile and beckoned the nurses to look after the old man. He led Hu Zhao out of the room and detailed the situation of the old man.

    He Bai, who was worried, listened carefully. Except the unfamiliar jargons, he seized some information: The old man didn¡¯t get worse, his conditions got better instead; The ident was part of the cause of his being senile, but his long-term depression was also a contributor; He must have been stimted by something, which disarmed his self-guard and evasion mechanism, so he forced his brain to recall some past things. This mood stimted his body and the blocked part might well get dredged. The old man was suggested to go to hospital for a better examination.

    Anyway, the old man needed to stay in hospital and might recover.

    Hu Zhao burst out joyful tears and then slightly calmed down. He recalled the old man¡¯s words just now and covered his face with shaking hands, ¡°That¡¯s it! The trigger for Uncle Fan¡¯s depression turns out to be...¡±

    He Bai was confused.

    ¡°Thatke! Thatke is his trigger!¡± Hu Zhao sobbed out, throwing away his consistently calm image. ¡°Uncle Fan and his wife once quarreled beside theke. His wife wanted to return to her hometown as soon as possible, yet uncle Fan disagreed. Aunt Fan got angry and left with Lianxiu. Uncle Fan stood on his pride and didn¡¯t go after them. However, he never thought that Aunt Fan would be critically ill soon after that. It should be thatke...Xiao He, you are the life-saver of Uncle Fan. No, you are the mascot of Fan¡¯s family!¡±

    He Bai: ¡°...Please don¡¯t say that.¡± Now he didn¡¯t like the word ¡°mascot¡± at all, which reminded him of something bad.

    Hu Zhao finally calmed down and insisted on giving honorarium. He Bai graciously declined and went back to the dorm with strong feelings. Then he was taken to hotpot restaurant outside the university by his roommates.

    They ate and drank and He Bai was asked to tell his little secret. He finally came out of the closet to them. Fortunately, they hooted and epted that pleasantly. Niu Junjie promised, ¡°Long live our brotherhood. As your best man, I will never interfere with your quarrel with your little boyfriend.¡±, and he also blocked Di Qiuhe.

    Country K. After a day¡¯s filming, Di Qiuhe took out his phone and called He Bai, still blocked. He pursed his lips and texted to Niu Junjie.

    Di Qiuhe: How does Xiao Bai feel these days? Still mad at me?¡±

    System Prompt: Failed to send message, unknown number.

    ¡°? ? ?¡±

    He paused for a while and called him.

    ¡°Sorry, the number you dial does not exist.¡±

    ¡°...¡±

    He tried again.

    ¡°Sorry, the number you dial does not exist.¡±

    He got stiffened. He took the phone apart. It must have had broken, or why did everyone¡¯s number not exist? That¡¯s impossible.

    Wang Boyi came at a proper time and said in a low voice, ¡°Your call from Fan¡¯s house. It says Mr. Fan is likely to take a turn for the better.¡±

    Di Qiuhe stopped, ¡°Turing better? Why so suddenly...What did the doctors say?¡±

    ¡°They were busy with looking after Mr. Fan, so they didn¡¯t borate. They just said that if everything went on smoothly, he could recover within a month.¡± Wang Boyi referred to his memo and continued, ¡°And the marriage arranged by Liu¡¯s family and Qin¡¯s family didn¡¯t work. Di Chunhua left the hospital and was sent to country Y. On the other hand, Di Xiasong transferred to Q University in order to deal with the affairs of Huangdu.¡±

    Q University?

    Di Qiuhe¡¯s good mood was destroyed by this shitty news. His face darkened, he frowned and said, ¡°Keep your eyes on Di Xiasong, and make some shes for him and that Liu Cefei. Keep him busy. Don¡¯t leave him time to trouble Xiao Bai.¡±

    Di Xiasong was trapped between Huangdu and Qin¡¯s family. He didn¡¯t have any time to trouble Mr. He...Wang Boyi said with a low voice and wrote down all the orders. Then he looked at Di Qiuhe and said with hesitation, ¡°One more thing...Your team said that Di Bian seemed to n to ban Mr. He in showbiz. He issued internal document yesterday, banning all the actors of Huangdu from cooperating with Mr. He.¡± Di Qiuhe¡¯s face turned darker. He clutched his phone and some killing intent flew out of his eyes. He sneered, ¡°Ban? He is truly bold enough. Maybe he is still living in his old dream when my grandpa was chairing Huangdu. Ridiculous!¡±

 Chapter 135 - Just Shut up (4)

    <h4>Chapter 135: Just Shut up (4)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    On the day of cover shoot, He Bai arrived on time. He firstmunicated with the director and looked around the set with a staff member to know the theme of this shoot.

    As he adjusted his camera and considered how to integrate the actress¡¯s demeanor into the set¡¯s atmosphere, a staff member with a badge walked to him with a ghastly expression. He looked at He Bai strangely and whispered to the director. He Bai didn¡¯t know what he said, but the director changed his expression suddenly and also took a look at He Bai, and then left.

    The crew was confused by that and began to whispering together.

    Luckily, the director came back to He Bai soon with a smile. He told He Bai that the actress would bete for a while and he could have a rest at the lounge.

    He Bai noticed that the director lifted his voice deliberately and glimpsed at other staff who looked away when they heard it. He picked up his camera bag, thanked the director and went to the lounge with him.

    Not surprisingly, he first saw the staff member with a badge in the lounge.

    The director closed the door and let He Bai have a sit, then looked at the staff member, saying embarrassedly, ¡°Mr. He, we¡¯re honored to have you to take the cover shoot for us, but we get a small situation now. Our cover girl is He Fenwei from Huangdu, just now her agent called us...¡±

    Hearing the word Huangdu, He Bai immediately understood. He found the director said in a slower and more awkward manner, and interrupted him in time, saying considerately, ¡°He Fenwei is an emerging movie queen. It¡¯s natural that she doesn¡¯t trust a new photographer¡¯s skills. I understand your situation and appreciate your invitation. It¡¯s a pity we cannot cooperate this time.¡±

    Seeing He Bai being so sensible, and even extricating them from awkwardness, the director got more guilty. He also disliked the sudden break of agreement and Huangdu¡¯s threat. If he didn¡¯t change a photographer this time, Huangdu would not allow He Fenwei to shoot the cover and withdraw all their advertisement.

    The photographer had been decided long time ago and they also informed He Fenwei of that. Now their request to change a photographer was an obvious humiliation to Mr. He. However, if Mr. He was humiliated, the C studio which made great efforts to invite him was also humiliated.

    Huangdu went too far this time! Had the withdrawal of the actress and the change of advertiser not dyed the publication, he would have immediately kicked out He Fenwei. After all, the C studio had a renowned reputation.

    After that, Huangdu would considerablypensate the C studio, and might even gave them more advertisement, but what about Mr. He...The director looked at He Bai¡¯s young and innocent face, all sorts of feelings welling up in his mind.

    Though he was a talent, he might encounter some difficulties in showbiz. It was said that he and the oldest son of Di family, who had left Huangdu, were on a good term. He Bai often defended him and even used his own Weibo to post a sign-away-inheritance statement. But if Huangdu took that personally, that was just petty.

    He Bai saw through his guilt and empathy and his dissatisfaction with the loss of his job lessened. He was about to me this on Di Qiuhe andfort the director to leave a good impression for a potential opportunity in the future, while someone was pushing the door open.

    ¡°Oh, what are you doing here, I¡¯m looking for you everywhere.¡± The manager of the C studio walked in and said, ¡°Chop chop! Prepare for the shot, Hui has arrived. You guys got to nail it this time.¡±

    The director was baffled by his words, ¡°Ms. Hui? Which Hui? Isn¡¯t the actress for the cover He fenwei?¡±

    ¡°Of course Director Jia Sheng¡¯s chief actress, the one who has been awarded ¡°Movie Queen¡± for numerous times and now half retired. It¡¯s our privilege to have her here.¡± The manager patted director¡¯s shoulder and urged, ¡°Why are you standing here? Go help those awkward guys, don¡¯t make Hui feel neglected!¡±

    The director left with much confusion.

    So did He Bai, and he didn¡¯t know whether he should stay or leave. The situation changed so fast, now even the actress had been changed, so what about him? The manager seemed to let him stay, but the director said... ¡°Mr. He.¡± As he was hesitating, the manager approached him with a smile and stretched his hand to invite He Bai, ¡°Thanks foring. We are looking forward to your works, this way please.¡±

    He Bai immediately understood his undertone and adjusted his mood. After exchanging some brief greeting, he left the lounge but still full of confusion.

    So, what happened?

    The manager noticed his confusion. After leading him to the set, he said meaningfully, ¡°With the support of Da Ze Investment and emergingpany Hua Ding, I am sure that Mr. He is promising. After this shot, we expect the next cooperation with you.¡± Then, he left with a smile.

    He Bai saw him leaving and slightly frowned, sinking into deep thinking.

    So, Da Ze Investment and Hua Ding helped him against Huangdu and saved his job?

    Apart from Da Ze, Hua Ding...This Hua Ding, and that ¡°stock dark horse¡± Hua Ding...Could it be the Hua Ding that Di Qiuhe founded in the previous incarnation?

    So, now he was protected by his boyfriend?

    No...Di Qiuhe was not his boyfriend yet...

 Chapter 136 - What Do You Want for Christmas (1)

    <h4><strong>Chapter 136: What Do You Want for Christmas (1)</strong></h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    But Huangdu¡¯s move against him was also incurred by Di Qiuhe.

    ...Di Qiuhe was definitely a menace!

    He took the camera bag and walked to the dressing room.

    Mrs. Yu, or Yu Hui, was the chief actress of Jia Sheng. During her 20-year career in showbiz, she had been awarded with numerous ¡°Movie Queen¡± and endorsed for famous brands. In her heyday, even foreign fans worshipped her as goddess. Now she established a small studio to help emerging actors, of course, just for fun. Even though she was half retired currently, she could still be on the cover of C Studio¡¯s international-edition magazine. However, she offered to take photos for the cover of domestic edition, as a substitute for an emerging movie queen. That indeed stroke them dumb.

    As a super star, Yu Hui had fans everywhere, including the make-up artist of C Studio. Currently, she was applying make-up for her idol, which was so thrilling that her hands began to shake. She almost ruined the eyeliner due to her nervousness.

    ¡°Rx.¡± Yu Hui said slowly and amiably with mild eyes. She was sitting at ease wearing in dress and a loosely tied bun, ¡°I want you to give me a wonderful make-up. These wrinkles, see? Cover them up.¡±

    The make-up artist got even more excited by Yu Hui¡¯s words. She nodded vigorously with a red face, ¡°Of...of course...No, no, your skin is good, I don¡¯t see any wrinkles, it¡¯s easy to apply make-up for you! Your natural look is also wonderful! Perfect!¡±

    Yu Hui seemed to be pleased by her ttery. She looked at the side of her face and asked mildly, ¡°So, Which kind of make-up do you think suits me most? What¡¯s the theme of this shoot? Is it interesting?¡±

    ¡°You can pull off any style! The theme is snow, super interesting. We will make artificial snow while shooting.¡± The make-up artist was diverted to answer her goddess¡¯s questions, full of excitement. She quickly exined the setting of this shot.

    Yu Hui listened to her and chimed in asionally. When the girlpletely rxed, Yu Hui began to lead the topic to make-up. The make-up artist followed her and finally returned to her profession. She came to herself and did the make-up calmly.

    He Bai leaned against the door, observing the model that he would shoot soon. He overthrew all the ns for He Fenwei and rearranged everything for Yu Hui.

    Maybe Yu Hui noticed his gaze, she suddenly turned to him and blinked at him as she was about to get changed. She winked at him and left with staff members to change clothes, leaving He Bai baffled.

    He Bai gazed at her receding figure with confusion, with hand touching his face.

    ¡®Why did this mild goddess¡¯s smile looked meaningful...That¡¯s strange.¡¯

    About half an hourter, Yu Hui was all set, a beauty with white-red gradient dress was presented by the staff member. The lighting still needed some adjustment when the model arrived, while He Bai walked to Yu Hui,municating with her about the shoot affairs. ¡°You are indeed a meticulous and polite kid, as Di Qiuhe told me.¡± Yu Hui said after theirmunication with a mild, intimate, but a little bit kidding tone, right before the shoot began.

    He Bai didn¡¯t know how to respond to her change and got baffled again.

    ¡°Your baffled, rounded-eyes face is also cute.¡± Yu Hui suddenly pinched his face and patted his shoulder quite intimately, saying, ¡°I¡¯ll hold a small party at Christmas. You and Qiuhe cane around and have fun.¡±

    The artificial snow was in ce. The staff member signaled them to begin.

    He Bai came to himself, wondering what Di Qiuhe had told her, while Yu Hui was walking to the camera, ready for shooting.

    He Bai was a little bit speechless. He looked at that smiling Yu Hui and walked to the camera provided by C Studio. It seemed that this goddess was a little different from what he had heard of.

    The theme was snow, so it would be on the special edition for Christmas. In order to match the atmosphere of Christmas, the costumes for the model were either red or white, featuring ¡°rakish and sweet¡±.

    He Fenwei, a delicate and cute girl, was perfect for the costumes this time, while Yu Hui was elegant, magnificent and dignified. Meanwhile, she was much more seasoned than He Fenwei, so the sweet costumes could not suit her.

    Fortunately, the manager of C Studio was capable enough. He got some new costumes specially delivered for Yu Hui thus the problem was solved. However, a new problem emerged. Although these new costumes suited Yu Hui, the backdrop was totally mismatched, especially when the snow was falling.

    The mature and ssy model against sweet and dreamy backdrop, absolutely a sh.

    He Bai looked at Yu Hui through the lens and sighed is his heart. He put down the camera. The effect was exactly as he had anticipated, mismatched. Even though they had gotten rid of unnecessary decorations, the situation did not take a turn for the better.

    The staff also began to notice it and stopped their work, looking at the director. He frowned, also helpless.

    The whole crew got distracted by the change of the actress and ends up paying no attention to adjusting the backdrop. Now the model and photographer were in position while the backdrop was not satisfactory. That was indeed unprofessional and awkward.

    ¡®What¡¯s next? Rece all the backdrops? Even a day was not enough for that work.¡¯

    ¡°Of course, Christmas is a day full of happiness, but the overwhelming sweetness may make people satiated.¡± As everyone was stumped, He Bai stepped forward and broke the silence.

    He pointed at the backdrop, which was white and decorated with stars while he looked at the staff member responsible for the sets and asked, ¡°Can you change the color into ck and remove all these stars? All of them. And do we have any lights? I mean the multi-colored lights, bring me a string of them please.¡± The staff member looked at him with confusion, ¡°Huh?¡±

    He Bai then pointed at the few sweet-style props and continued, ¡°The light color decorations are not necessary, take them away. We just need as less things here as possible. And bring some ck and red chiffon please.¡±

    Then he looked at Yu Hui and asked, ¡°Do you mind changing your make-up?¡±

    Yu Hui considerately epted it, as she liked to try different styles.

    Now, He Bai turned to the make-up artist who had got ready and said mildly, ¡°Can you do a heavier, morous make-up for Mrs. Yu?¡±

    She looked at the elegant, smiling and amicable Yu Hui and recalled all the loving characters she yed. She imaged a morous and bewitching goddess, but that scene really shocked her. She dared not to say anything.

    ¡°Follow his lead.¡± The manager suddenly appeared. He pped his hands to draw their attention and raised his voice, ¡°We have to trust our photographer, now move! Time is ticking.¡±

    The staff understood something, taking a look at He Bai and Yu Hui and began to work.

    It would take a while to arrange the backdrops and sites, so Yu Hui and He Bai came back to the dressing room.

    The new make-up was finished within 10 minutes. Yu Hui appreciated her ¡°viin¡± make-up that she rarely wore and looked at He Bai with a smile, ¡°I guess you have a lot of questions to ask.¡±

 Chapter 137 - What Do You Want for Christmas (2)

    <h4>Chapter 137: What Do You Want for Christmas (2)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    He Bai nodded honestly. He was totally confused by twists and turns today.

    ¡°What an honest boy.¡± Yu Hui smoothed the cape sent by her assistant and winked at He Bai. Then she signaled her two assistants to block the room from other staff members and said in a low voice, ¡°Qiuhe called me early this morning and begged me to help out a new photographer that might be picked on. I failed to talk him out of this matter. But only on the condition that he promise me considerable benefits, including helping me to cultivate the emerging actors in my studio. So, this is a profitable offer for me anyway.¡±

    ¡°...¡± Her image in He Bai¡¯s mind cracked a little.

    Yu Hui was amused by his expression and deliberately showed a money-mad face. She rolled her eyes and stopped teasing him, continuing, ¡°As for Da Ze and Hua Ding, I don¡¯t know what happened, why don¡¯t you ask him yourself?¡± Before He Bai could refuse, she took the phone from her assistant and called Di Qiuhe.

    He Bai had no time to stop her and stood upright subconsciously. It seemed to be the first talk with Di Qiuhe after they confessed their love to each other.

    Di Qiuhe answered promptly and a familiar, mild voice came from the receiver:¡± Hello? Ms. Yu, how is the shoot going on?¡±

    He Bai couldn¡¯t help scratching his ears... Di Qiuhe¡¯s voice was indeed sweet.

    Yu Hui nced at him with a smile and replied slowly, ¡°It hasn¡¯t started yet. They need to rearrange the set. Oh, and there are many people around me and I¡¯m putting you on the speakerphone now.¡±

    Di Qiuhe paused for a while and said with a more cautious voice, ¡°Many...people?¡±

    He Bai moved subconsciously and despised Di Qiuhe in his heart. How could he be so frightened and cautious? What a shame.

    ¡°Yep, a lot of people.¡± Yu Hui smiled more brightly and deliberately said in a slower tone, ¡°Two of my assistants, one make-up artist, the staff members of C Studio...and your polite, cute little photographer.¡±

    He Bai could almost imagine the awkward face of Di Qiuhe who was teased by Yu Hui¡¯s slow tone, so his face turned sullen. Gutless Di Qiuhe. How did he act so weak to her...Served him right that he was getting teased.

    Another short pause and then came Di Qiuhe¡¯s milder voice, ¡°Thanks for your reminder...Xiao Bai, are you there?¡±

    Yu Hui considerately passed him the phone and beckoned him to speak.

    He Bai¡¯s eyebrows twitched. Under the witness of everyone, he replied nervously, ¡°Yeah, I¡¯m here. Thanks for your help today, I¡¯ll treat you for dinner when you are back.¡± Good, normal tone, normal content, which would not make others get suspicious.

    Di Qiuhe fell into silence for a while and said in a softer voice, ¡°I¡¯m sorry, Xiao Bai, if it were not me...¡±

    He Bai pretended to hawk to interrupt him. He ignored others¡¯ attention and said stably, ¡°Just focus on your filming and take care of yourself. I will take good pictures for Ms. Yu, don¡¯t worry.¡±

    Another silence and Di Qiuhe restored his normal tone and said with an obvious smile, ¡°OK, I will do my best, and try to go back for you at Christmas. What do you want for Christmas?¡±

    What? How could he say something so disgustingly romantic in front of so many people?

    He Bai nced at Yu Hui and pressed his red ears subconsciously, responding quickly, ¡°Just bring some gifts for Ms. Yu and Mr. Jia. Anything is OK for me. I have to check the arrangement now, I¡¯m passing the phone to Ms. Yu, see you on Christmas.¡± Then he tried to leave in a not so hurried manner and smiled at Yu Hui and other staff, striding out of the room.

    ¡°See you on Christmas.¡± He replied. Di Qiuhe noticed that He Bai had helped him smooth things over and impressed Yu Hui. He smiled happily and heard that receding footsteps with reluctance.

    Yu Hui turned off the speaker and put the phone to her ear. She raised her eyebrows and wore a more meaningful smile, which suited her make-up. She said in a casual tone, ¡°Qiuhe, I don¡¯t think you¡¯ve told me the whole story when you called me before, right?¡±

    When everything was in position, the rearrangement waspleted soon. When He Bai was in the dressing room, the backdrop had been covered with ck and red chiffons. The overall style of the set was totally different.

    ¡°Is that OK?¡± The director asked as he put down a little pumpkin and wiped his sweats.

    ¡°Very good.¡± He Bai handed him a tissue and asked after a thought, ¡°I remember that yourst cover adopted the magnificent Tang Dynasty style. At the corner of the backdropy an ancient chaise longue, do you still keep that?¡±

    The director was baffled and nodded, ¡°Yes, the props we usedst time is all in our storehouse. We have no time to clear it. You need that? But will it be a little bit inappropriate for thest time¡¯s item to appear in a new cover?¡±

    He Baiforted him with a smile, ¡°Sure it will, so we have to make some change about it.¡±

    The director was confused, ¡°Change? How?¡±

    The set would overwhelm any audience with its extravagant and degraded attraction against the deep-colored rose petals and the little pumpkins with evil faces in the corner further -the chaise longue was entangled with a jumble of ck and red chiffons, while the pillows with overborate patterns scattered on the ground.

    He Bai let Yu Hui lie on the lounge and looked at the lens sideways. Then he tangled the bright multi-colored lights around the feet of the lounge, with chiffon covered on these lights. All the brighter lights on the set went out, leaving the multi-colored lights covered by chiffon glittered, giving out a sense of dimmed light.

    Yu Hui¡¯s red-white gradient dress didn¡¯t match the overall vibe, so He Bai just grasped some ck chiffon and covered Yu Hui¡¯s body. Then he scattered some petals, making the white color vaguer. When the artificial snow fell, the static, half-covered white would echo with the dynamic and free white of the snow. The whole scene created a vivid visual contrast that could draw audience¡¯s attention instantly.

    ¡°That¡¯s so beautiful...¡± The make-up artist gazed at the mildly smiling Yu Hui lying on the lounge. She was clustered around by chiffons, tinted with a sense ofid-back and mor. The make-up artist couldn¡¯t help cupping her blushing face in her hands.

    Jia Sheng was good at directing literary film. As his chief actress, Yu Hui mainly yed angelic and elegant roles. During her 20-year career, she of course had yed some viins, but today it was her first time to try such a characteristic viin style.

    The visual impact was so strong that the make-up artist could barely breathe.

    The director who was also obsessed with that scene heard her murmur and came to himself suddenly. He coughed sideways to cover his faux pas, and then reminded other workers who were dumbfounded as well to do their job, or the shoot might be affected.

    People came to their senses gradually and coborated in a more efficient manner. They looked at He Bai with bright eyes and had never been so desirable to appreciate the final photos. This new photographer definitely lived up to his reputation that he could infinitely magnify beauty! If He Fenwei hade, they wouldn¡¯t have had the chance to witness such a brilliant work!

    Yu Hui noticed the change of the atmosphere and looked at that young man who shot the lens at her. She recalled what Di Qiuhe had said on the phone and smiled more wildly. This trip was indeed worth it.

    When the shot was finished, it was already dusk. People that had been busy for a whole day weren¡¯t tired at all. Instead, they were quite energetic and jubnt. ¡°Thanks for your hard work, Mr. He. I¡¯m looking forward to our next cooperation!¡± The director shook He Bai¡¯s hand, thrilled to bits, with his face full of excitement andplicated feelings. His eyes were so bright as if there had been stars overflowed from them. That was amazing work! The pictures without retouching had already been wonderful. No one could imagine how excellent they could be after retouching! This new photographer was a genius, was he really new in the industry? His profession and skills were even much better than many experienced photographers! That was brilliant!

    He Bai noticed the director¡¯s tone became more respected. He thought for a while and also smiled, ¡°It¡¯s indeed a pleasant cooperation. I hope I can work with your distinguished magazine next time.¡±

    His humble and modest attitude again deeply impressed the director. His fondness towards He Bai was immeasurable. He couldn¡¯t helpmunicating with He Bai about more things. He hospitably called for the studio¡¯s car and apanied He Bai to the car, leaving the set.

    Meanwhile at Huangdu:

    Di Bian¡¯s assistant was frightened in front of his desk with lowered head. He dared not to watch his boss¡¯s angry and almost twisted face.

 Chapter 138 - What Do You Want for Christmas (3)

    <strong>Chapter 138: What Do You Want for Christmas (3)</strong>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    ¡°What? C Studio has withdrawn all the scheduled covers with us for the next year? Don¡¯t they want our advertisement any more?¡± Di Bian threw the documents in his hands away. He felt a tremendous pressure on his chest, ¡°What¡¯s going on? Why did Yu Hui turned her coat and helped that He Bai suddenly? Your useless bastards even can¡¯t get one job done, can you?¡± The assistant nced at him and replied in a low voice, ¡°We don¡¯t know the exact story now, but they had agreed to rece He Bai...¡± Someone suddenly knocked the door. The vice chairman Liu couldn¡¯t wait any response and pushed the door open immediately. He strode forward and said hurriedly, ¡°Mr. Di, Da Ze, who had almost reached cooperation with us, suddenly had changed their mind and chose C Studio instead of us.¡±

    ¡°What?!¡± Di Bian stood up panickily. Now he got ame, ¡°What¡¯s all this about? Why does Da Ze have rtion with C Studio!¡±

    ¡°Not only C Studio, Da Ze has also invested Hua Ding.¡± Liu added with a ghastly expression. He was about to say something but stopped as he nced at that assistant.

    Di Bian noticed his misgiving. He restrained anxiety and sent the assistant out. Then he asked, ¡°What else? Make them clear!¡±

    Liu got closer to him and said in a low voice, ¡°The things that we have investigated before, I¡¯ve found something. The actual boss of Hua Ding is Ke Shi. He was once a subordinate of the old chairman. They had some conflicts, so he left. It was likely that it was him who had snatched this project from us in C Province.¡±

    Di Bian banged the table and said furiously, ¡°I knew it! Recently, Hua Ding has be a new force emerging unexpectedly. Almost all its businesses had ovepped with ours, this is an obvious challenge to us. I have known that there must be someone behind it! What about Da Ze, what do you find about it?¡± ¡®All our best-cooperatedpanies suddenly betrayed us. There must have been someone putting every obstacle in our way.¡¯

    Liu replied, ¡°Yes, Da Ze changed its decision due to an equity change in theirpany. A major shareholder who only invested regrly but never engaged in their affairs suddenly gave all his equity to a young woman named Hu Lan. It seemed that Da Ze¡¯s investment to C Studio and Hua Ding¡¯ move were both the works of this woman.¡±

    Hearing that, Di Bian clutched his fist. He restrained his anger and continued to ask, ¡°What¡¯s her background? Do you have sent people to get in touch with her?¡±

    ¡°We have only made some investigations, no contact.¡± Liu¡¯s tone suddenly became weird, ¡°Our investigation shows that she grew up abroad. Her appearance, background and ability are all about the average. What¡¯s more, she was barely 19, a little girl full of romantic imagination. I think she is not the one who led Da Ze to change their decision. She is just a puppet. The person behind her holds the entity.¡±

    Di Bian frowned, ¡°Then can you find out who he is?¡±

    Liu shook his head, ¡°We are on it, but haven¡¯t found any clue yet.¡±

    So, they¡¯ve got nothing in hand. It was nearly impossible to win Da Ze back.

    Di Bian¡¯s face darkened. He recalled Da Ze¡¯s investment to Hua Ding and those two betrayers¡¯ investment to C Studio. Suddenly, he thought something startling, ¡°Are you sure that He Bai is only a poor student without any background and connections? They are too many coincidences now. Could it be Da Ze actually was intending to help him, so they invested Hua Ding and C Studio, instead us?¡±

    Influenced by his words, Liu also thought about this possibility, then he shook his head and said with hesitation, ¡°We¡¯re sure that he is an orphan. All the connections he gets are only Niu¡¯s family, Jia¡¯s family, Jun Chen and Xu Yinrong, no more. The only one that is close to him recently is Master Di Qiuhe...Sir, could all of this be rted to Master Di Qiuhe? He has cooperated with Yu Hui before...¡±

    ¡°Nonsense!¡± Di Bian interrupted him and said angrily, ¡°Qiuhe is filming in country K. He only has some money he saved before. Besides, my people are around him. He couldn¡¯t y any tricks! Don¡¯t act like those fence sitters brainwashed by Qin¡¯s family. They just want to nder my son! Those people try every method to force me to admit that I only have one son, Xia Song! That¡¯s not gonna happen!¡±

    Liu stopped talking. Qin¡¯s family was a huge offence to Di Bian. Whoever mentioned it would outrage him, he¡¯d gopletely unreasonable.

    Di Bian restored some calmness after his shout. He put on a serious face, analyzed the situation and said with certainty, ¡°All the mess must be rted to that Ke Shi. These days he has led Hua Ding to confront Huangdu everywhere. He probably helped He Bai to drive me mad. Forget that He Bai, he is Qiuhe¡¯s friend after all, just do Qiuhe a favor. But you need to investigate that person behind Hu Lan. Now Huangdu is separating from Qin¡¯s family, so we need a new capital inflow. We can¡¯t afford to mess things up now.¡±

    Now he realized that he couldn¡¯t walk over Di Qiuhe, so he wanted to do him a favor...Liu despised Di Bian¡¯s hypocrisy but he still pretended to obey him with respect and then strode for the door.

    He Bai sent the retouched photos to C Studio. It took him several days to finish it, so he went directly to bed and had a sound sleep. When he was refueled with energy, he browsed some resumes sent to his mailbox, only to feel disappointed.

    None of them were satisfactory, either too young without any experience or too worldly with too many requests. He was recruiting an assistant, not an apprentice or a guest. He was not in the least bit touched by these resumes.

    It was really difficult to find a sophisticated assistant with great emotional intelligence...Xing Shaofeng was so good that He Bai subconsciously lifted the bar to a much higher level.

    On the bottom of the mailboxy Di Qiuhe¡¯s numerous emails sent several days ago. He paused for a while and checked those emails again. Then he recalled the phone call at C Studio and gradually lost himself.

    How was his filming going on in country K? He Bai remembered that Di Qiuhe had a car racing scene. Di Qiuhe was such a bad driver. He Bai wondered whether the racing shoot would go wrong...

    Suddenly, the scene where Di Qiuhe fell from the building shed in He Bai¡¯s brain. He was fine recalling this scene before, now he felt agitated. He came to himself and pressed his chest to feel his strong-beating heart. He rubbed his face and thought for a while, finally took out his phone, opened WeChat and added ¡°A Cute Bird Born in Autumn.¡±

    Di Qiuhe wouldn¡¯t see the befriending request until he finished today¡¯s filming. He Bai put down the phone and went to the bathroom.

    The other roommates went to y basketball, so he ordered in after he washed up. Feeling quite lonely, he began to browse the real estate market. The uing spring festival in several months reminded him to buy a house as soon as possible.

    He didn¡¯t have arge savings ount, at least not enough for arge sized house. But he still needed to find one that he could move into immediately, so those unfurnished or unable to deliver instantly were ruled out; The Residential Property Management and environment must be decent, so no oldmunity; it¡¯d better be near toDi Qiuhe¡¯s house...He suddenly realized something and crossed out this one without hesitation. He thought indifferently: ¡°No, I have to live as far from DiQiuhe as possible, or he would stick to me like glue, then I would never live a quiet life.¡±

    But...He recalled that Di Qiuhe had given his old house back to Di Bian, now living with Fan Da. He had to take care of the old man so he wouldn¡¯t have much time to pester He Bai.

    With that in mind, he added thest one again. With all these requests, he clicked ¡°Search¡±.

    ¡°Sorry, no results.¡±

    He rested his hand on the mouse with indifference written all over his face.

    He almost forgot that Fan Da lived in a big hair vimunity, where small sized houses didn¡¯t exist at all. Should he buy a vi? Come on, be realistic.

    Ring ring, WeChat reminded the eptance of befriending request, and then a video call came.

    He Bai forgot the hatred to the rich and looked at the call with narrowed eyes. He hesitated for a few seconds and answered it indifferently.

    ¡°Little puppy.¡± Di Qiuhe crouched on the road, sweating buckets. The workers went and came behind him, but he looked at He Bai in the screen affectionately and happily. His his lips curved up and he said, ¡°Little puppy, I miss you.¡±

 Chapter 139 - Theft in the Dorm (1)

    <h4>Chapter 139: Theft in the Dorm (1)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Pit-pat, pit-pat.

    Unexpectedly, his heart started to race again. Except for that person with gentle eyes, all he saw was just the background in ck and white.

    He Bai¡¯s eyebrows twitched and turned his camera over a bit when adjusting his seat. Then he took a deep breath and turned his camera back because he totally forgot about the poison mission he had nned before the call. He Bai asked in a low voice, ¡°How¡¯s the shooting going? Be careful and don¡¯t get hurt.¡±

    ¡°It goes well.¡± Di Qiuhe looked at He Bai who just hopped into the camera again. He was in his pajamas, lying on the chair with messy hair. Di was feeling so tempted that he grabbed a small stone on the road unconsciously and replied, ¡°Dong Ni is slowly getting the hang so she is no longer a burden for us. We will set out for J country immediately when we finish our shooting here. And there are not lots of scenes there so I can definitely be back at B city before Christmas.¡±

    He Bai nodded but his ear turned blushed as he saw he was keeping his eyes on him. He took a sip of water on the table to hide his strange thoughts. Howe he suddenly found that Childish Di was quite handsome...

    Yet the camera zoomed his facial expressions, so Di Qiuhe could notice He Bai¡¯s slightly blushing ears. He was getting more and more tempted so he asked boldly, ¡°Bai, you miss me a lot, right?¡±

    He Bai almost got choked by the water and refuted subconsciously, ¡°Not at all! Stop being narcissistic.¡±

    Di Qiuhe turned to look at those fingers holding so tight on that bottle that they went a little pale, and then looked at the juicy lips. He smiled and held his chin up and said, ¡°It¡¯s alright to miss me. You¡¯ve got my permission.¡±

    He Bai turned his head back at the camera and rolled his eyes, ¡°I¡¯d rather miss director Jiang than you. And tell me the truth, what is going on with Huading and Daze? Was it you who invited Yu Hui? And did you know in advance that I would be challenged?¡±

    ¡°You want to know?¡± Di Qiuhe drew close to the camera suddenly and his beautiful face was getting so close as if he meant to kiss.

    He Bai was so startled that he leaned back and pursed his lips unconsciously. Later on, he said with anger and shame when realized what was going on, ¡°Mind your words! I will never beg you and just dream about it!¡± His reaction just pleased Di Qiuhe at the right point, so Di took the chance immediately and leaned back a little bit, saying with a smile, ¡°Bai, join me in the Spring Festival. It¡¯s so boring being alone, why don¡¯t we stay together for the festival? Just have some mercy on me, will you?¡±

    ¡°Being alone? You still have Mr. Fan right? Stop saying stupid things like that...¡± He Bai met his gentle and expecting eyes while he was talking, so he couldn¡¯t say anything to refuse him. And his voice went down and he said after stopping for a bit, ¡°If I am not bothering you too much...and why would I ever have mercy on you...¡± Then his head was bending down as he felt so embarrassed that he was still acting like a schoolboy even at a grown-up age, being so uncertain in front of a guy who was way younger than him in terms of mental age.

    Di Qiuhe looked at his blushing ears and messy hairs on the forehead, and he couldn¡¯t help but get closer to call him in a low voice, ¡°Bai...¡±

    ¡°What?¡± He Bai tried to hide his shyness and looked up at the camera while trying to scratch his ears at the same time. Did Childish Di get a second growth of his vocal cords? Howe his voice became more and more tempting...Ahem...

    ¡°I am so happy.¡± Di Qiuhe looked at him seriously and didn¡¯t hide the gentleness and joy in his eyes, ¡°Thank you for willing to ept me, Bai. You are very nice...great, and I will try to be better.¡±

    He Bai kept a straight face and he felt the heat on his ears was getting on his cheeks, so he pretended to say in a serious voice, ¡°If you want to be better then focus on your shooting. And don¡¯te back and forth to drain your energy. I just unblocked you and feel free to text me or call me.¡±

    ¡°Okay.¡± Di Qiuhe smiled in a bit silly way. He touched the screen to slightly grab the dimple on his left cheek, and his voice was getting ambiguous, ¡°I want to hug you and kiss you...¡±

    ¡°Please behave yourself!¡± What a greasy tone!

    He Bai took a big sip of water, shaking his head on Di¡¯s reaction. He stared at him and said, ¡°Howe I didn¡¯t know you are so greasy? But seriously, what is happening with Huading?¡±

    ¡°That is the backup n my grandpa left me with.¡± Di Qiuhe chuckled for a bit and drew closer suddenly, lowering down his voice, ¡°I wanted to tell you when we were in D district. Bai, if you invited me again, I would definitely strip down and...¡±

    Click.

    The other party hung up.

    Failed to confess in full details, Di Qiuhe¡¯s smile was frozen as he saw the calling interface fading away. He slowly calmed down to realize that the reason why puppy hung up the call in a rush might be...

    He held his breath to type.

    A Bird Born in Autumn: Bai?

    White and Whiter: Shut up!

    He opened his eyes wide and started to smile in a goofy way.

    He was not blocked yet! And he got a reply! Finally, puppy¡¯s heart had softened that he had forgiven him already.

    He replied immediately.

    A Bird Born in Autumn: Puppy, kiss kiss kiss.

    White and Whiter: Shut up! And go for your shooting!

    A Bird Born in Autumn: I have half an hour break and iI still got 15 minutes left. Are you shy? When is your winter break, puppy? I will pick you up and go home!

    He Bai¡¯s anger and shame were relieved a bit when he saw the word ¡°home¡±, so he typed in a straight face, ¡°I don¡¯t know, let¡¯s talk about it when youe back. My delivery food is here, I gotta eat. You can calm down now.¡±

    A Bird Born in Autumn: Delivery food? Are you having food now?

    After three seconds calming down.

    A Bird Born in Autumn: Are you busytely?

    ...

    A Bird Born in Autumn: My grandpa¡¯s house is really big. Do you prefer a room with a balcony or a room with an attic? And actually I don¡¯t mind if you want to share a room with me...

    A Bird Born in Autumn: I¡¯ll take that as a yes if you don¡¯t reply?

    ...

    A Bird Born in Autumn: There is a giant massage bathtub in my room. You will like it for sure.

    A Bird Born in Autumn: What kind of pajamas do you like?

 Chapter 140 - Theft in the Dorm (2)

    <strong>Chapter 140: Theft in the Dorm (2)</strong>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    When He Bai finally picked up his phone again after he had finished his delivery food, Di Qiuhe had already texted heaps, such as caring about why he had food sote till now, which room he should stay during his stay in the Fan house for the Spring Festival, and then he decided they should live in the same room, plus many details like bathtub, pajamas preference, bed sheet, duvet and so on. He was bubbling just like a grandma.

    He Bai was quite unimpressed, thinking, this man was definitely not that elegant gentleman Di Qiuhe who he met in the very beginning trying to build a soft and caring image to the public. And this chatterbox was definitely not shining his true colors because of his influence.

    While he was thinking, more messages were sent. Childish Di was so daring that he said two quilts were too heavy, so they could just do it like before, sharing the same quilt and be cuddling sleepers.

    Without the temptation of beauty in person, He Bai became quite more calm as Di now was in distance. So he typed slowly to reply to him.

    White and Whiter: Does Mr. Fan know that you try to seduce me to your home?

    White and Whiter: And before all of your ns, did you forget that we are just friends who know each other is into guys?

    Silence came from the other side.

    He Bai sneered and put down his phone to open his delivery food. How dare he tried to mess around with me before we weremitted to a serious rtionship? Was he just daydreaming or what?

    Di Qiuhe stared at the two messages carefully for a few times as he couldn¡¯t even feel his legs. So he sat on the floor and typed with a serious face.

    A Bird Born in Autumn: I understood.

    He Bai stopped gulping and replied, ¡°What did you understand then?¡±

    A Bird Born in Autumn: Wait for me.

    White and Whiter: ???

    A Bird Born in Autumn: The break is over, I need to turn off my phone.

    A Bird Born in Autumn: I will keep working hard to make money and feed you well until you be a big puppy ^-^

    White and Whiter: The door is that way...

    He Bai put down his phone in a poker face and focused on his food again. Until today, he still couldn¡¯t figure out what was in his mind even if he had already blindly fallen in love with this childish bird.

    K Country, the shooting scene.

    Di Qiuhe dialed Jiang Xiuwen¡¯s number. He asked directly when the phone was put through, ¡°I¡¯m gonnae out to my grandpa. But this is not a problem cause I¡¯ve got a n. The thing is, how should I do to make it romantic if I want to propose to Bai?¡±

    ¡°...¡±

    ¡°Xiuwen?¡±

    ¡°...have you confessed?¡±

    Di Qiuhe was struck and replied with some hesitation, ¡°Well, I think so...¡±

    ¡°Have you told He Bai face to face that you love him?¡±

    ¡°...no.¡±

    Jiang Xiuwen took a deep breath and shouted at him, ¡°Then why would you want to propose! You are not even his official boyfriend! Howe you have the confidence to propose! Wake up! It¡¯s only in your dream!¡± Then he hung up the phone and took a breath to calm down.

    With such a retarded friend, it was just so difficult to not kick him every single day!

    It was still very hard to find an assistant, yet the moment when He Bai considered taking off that recruiting advertisement on Weibo and asked Xing Shaofeng for a favor to find one, a resume from an old friend came into his mailbox.

    He Bai stared at the name on that resume for quite a few seconds and took out his phone to find a number to call after he had made sure his eyes didn¡¯t blur. He stuttered, ¡°Sis...Sis Li, did you just send it wrong? I just saw your resume in my mailbox.¡±

    Li Ru walked into the front gate of Q university. She had her hair permed so that she became more soft and carefree looking. Looking at those studentsing back and forth with their young and bright faces, Li smiled and said, ¡°No, I didn¡¯t. He Bai, I need a job instantly, so I wonder if you have time to have a talk with me. I will be waiting for you just outside the front gate of Q university.¡±

    He Bai said, ¡°Ah?¡±

    He Bai rushed to the front gate after a quarter and took Li Ru to a tea bar and booked a booth outside the university.

    When they were both seated, Li Ru took a look at He Bai who was sitting in front of him without the shyness he used to have and had be more mature. She smiled withfort and said, ¡°I¡¯ve heard that you shot the cover for C Magazine? Congrattions, He Bai. You are way better than I have imagined.¡±

    He Bai took a close look at her as well and felt relieved seeing her in a good condition. He answered with embarrassment, ¡°No, I was just a bit lucky...Sis Li, you could easily find a job as an executive in any photography studio. And it is just a waste if youe here and be my assistant. Also, I can never give you a better sry than what you can get from Saint Elephant before.¡±

    As he mentioned Saint Elephant, Li Ru¡¯s smile faded a bit. She answered after taking a sip of the tea, ¡°I am old and I am no longer that vigorous like when I was young. So now I only want to do something easy and enjoy my new life. I am just a normal job seeker and you don¡¯t have to worry too much. And I believe that you have the ability to build your own team, it is just a matter of time. Now I am just your assistant, but I might be your senior employee in your own studio in the future. I would be much more proud of myself than being a director at Saint Elephant.¡±

    ¡°I don¡¯t even dare to think about my own studio at the moment...¡± He Bai got more and more embarrassed by herpliments, but he understood her for some reason. So he took out his phone and deleted that recruiting advertisement and reached out a hand to her with a smile, ¡°Thanks for your appreciation, Sis Li. And wish we have a great coboration.¡± Given that Li Ru had her working experience and qualifications, she was the best choice to be his assistant other than Xing Shaofeng. He seemed to be quite lucky in finding a good assistant. Li Ru showed up right when he was struggling with this problem.

    Li Ru liked his straightforward way of handling things, so she shook his hand and replied with a bright smile again, ¡°Great coboration.¡±

    Since they had made a verbal coboration deal, both of them felt a lot at ease as they could finally have the energy to chat.

    After chatting for a while, He Bai found out that Li Ru had be brighter after leaving Saint Elephant for a period of time. She used to be very serious, but now she was always smiling as if she became a few years younger.

    Exchanging the updates of their current life, Li Ru rolled her tea cup and asked, ¡°How is...Saint Elephant doing right now?¡± Although she forced herself to not care about the old boss¡¯s news, she still couldn¡¯t help thinking about it when she returned to B city, as it was a ce where she had spent years to work for.

 Chapter 141 - Theft in the Dorm (3)

    <strong>Chapter 141: Theft in the Dorm (3)</strong>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    He Bai added some water for her and said while shaking his head, ¡°There is no Saint Elephant now.¡±

    Li Ru was shocked, ¡°What does that mean?¡±

    He Bai sighed and exined in detail, ¡°After you have left, Saint Elephant became more and more chaotic. Ma Xingtong was not reliable and he left Saint Elephant with Ma Qun since his reputation was damaged. It was said that he went to a different province and opened his own photography studio to stay away from the circle in B city. After he has left, Saint Elephant couldn¡¯t find a proper photographer for so long, so its business fell sharply. Later on, there was something bad happening to the boss, so he sold Saint Elephant off directly.¡± He didn¡¯t mention that the boss of Saint Elephant once tried to set him up but failed, cause he didn¡¯t want Li Ru to feel worse.

    ¡°How dare he to sell it...¡± Li Ru bent down to lean on the chair. She took a long breath after staying shocked for a while, then she looked at the teacup and shook her head with a bitter smile, ¡°I knew that guy wouldn¡¯t keep Saint Elephant safe, but I have never expected that he would sell it off directly...never mind, it¡¯s even better that he sold it off. I wouldn¡¯t feel relieved if Saint Elephant was still under his control. Then who took Saint Elephant? Do you know that?¡±

    He Bai saw that she had already put herself together quickly, so he didn¡¯t say anythingforting her but replied, ¡°It was already after two turns, and the boss of Red Guest Photography just bought it and I guess he won¡¯t sell it out again.¡±

    ¡°Red Guest?¡± Li Ru felt a bit surprised yet her face looked better, ¡°It¡¯s not bad that Red Guest took it. Although their boss is quite young, he¡¯s got background and connections, so Saint Elephant can still be well managed under his control.¡±

    She stopped for a bit and smiled again. Then she looked at He Bai and said, ¡°Let¡¯s forget about that...well, boss, now I am your assistant. May I ask about your next working schedule? I can no longer wait to earn money from you.¡±

    It just felt so strange to be called boss from your former employer, but He Bai tried to calm down from that tiny ufortable feeling and took out his phone to open his email. He found out those massive invitation letters he had received these days and passed it to her, saying, ¡°Sis Li, please just call me Little He. It just feels so weird to be called boss. And these are the working invitations I¡¯ve gottely, but I haven¡¯t decided which one to take. Please have a look .¡±

    Li Ru looked at him with a smile and didn¡¯t refute him. She took the phone and started to screen the invitations quickly. After looking through those emails, she thought for a bit and opened one of them, then she passed the phone back to him and said, ¡°This one, personal interview from MAG magazine APP.¡±

    Personal interview?

    He Bai was quite surprised by her choice, so he took back the phone and asked, ¡°Why do you choose this one? I thought you would choose the shooting offer from Zhu Shuxue.¡±

    ¡°Zhu Shuxue did offer a high price, but you should check out the interviewee for the next issue of that magazine.¡± Li Ru grabbed a piece of cake and pointed at a line of tiny characters under the invitation letter to exin, ¡°Yi Jie from Bai Xiu is an established celebrity who has been loved by the audience. Yet she doesn¡¯t really have any awards, so she has always been dwarfed by Zhu Shuxue. And now it is almost the end of the year, so those big award ceremonies are in their preparation. Yi Jie has a hot movie this year and she is the front runner of the best actress. I¡¯ve heard that many big brands have fancied her and they are going to talk about the endorsement with her.¡±

    He Bai was so shocked about how well she understood the showbiz.

    ¡°Surprised? It is just basic preparation for a jobseeker to know something about the working environment of your employer before applying for a job.¡± Li Ru made fun of him as she noticed his astonishment. Then she got rid of those cake scraps and continued to exin to him, ¡°The MAG APP doesn¡¯t limit its pages like the paper version, so it has more contents than the paper ones. Therefore, the personal interview that takes the majority of the content will have at least one more page space than the paper version. But the actor only has limited time for the interview, so the actual content to be published is also limited. What if there is nothing to be published? They put pictures on it. If I didn¡¯t count the time wrong, the publishing time of this online magazine would be right the same as the time of the award ceremony which Yi Jie could win. Thanks to those marketing ounts, the personal interview would be all over the inte at that time, and that would be very helpful for expanding your reputation.¡±

    He Bai managed to restrain his surprise and fell into his own thoughts.

    Seeing that he had heard what she said, Li Ru felt more and morefortable and said again, ¡°The shooting offer from Zhu Shuxue is just a normal personal photograph, and it won¡¯tst long after a piece of short news bragging about her beauty. So it won¡¯t have subsequent influence like this one, that¡¯s why I suggest we choose this one. Besides, Zhu Shuxue has many scandals and she likes to act like a superstar, so I don¡¯t want you to suffer from that. And of course, I am just giving my suggestion, you are the one to decide which offer to take.¡±

    Since she had already given out such a profound analysis, He Bai would be too stupid to not take the offer from Yi Jie. So he decided right after and wrote down the email address and the password to Li Ru, pleasing her, ¡°Sis Li, then from now on, you are in charge of choosing offers and contacting those cooperation deals.¡±

    Li Ru was amused to smile and took the email address and the password. She poured some tea for him and said, ¡°Thanks for your trust, boss.¡±

    Settling down the work for the next step, He Bai forgot about buying an apartment immediately as he started to prepare for his new work. Taking pictures for a personal interview was totally different from taking pictures for a portrait or a magazine cover, as it asked for natural and effortless, but you couldn¡¯t take it for granted. Natural and effortless meant that the person should be beautiful but not in a forced way. It should look so pretty on a snap. In a word, it¡¯s like bragging in a low key, to hide all of your minds under a daily cover.

    This was a fun job. He Bai had taken many big shootings, so he found it hard to change his mind. In order to adjust himself better, he went back to the life when he spent all of his time staying out all day looking for inspirations.

    On the day of the personal interview, He Bai went to the interview ce quite early with Li Ru. After a short greeting with the person in charge, Li Ru was left to talk and He Bai went to the lounge for Yi Jie with the staff, then he and the anchor started tomunicate with Yi Jie for the first step.

 Chapter 142 - Theft in the Dorm (4)

    <h4>Chapter 142: Theft in the Dorm (4)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    The anchor was quite experienced, gentle and was good at controlling the atmosphere. Yi Jie was a bit dull and didn¡¯t say much, yet she was very polite and treated He Bai in a nice way, and she was not acting like a superstar at all.

    After some simplemunication, the interview started officially. The anchor talked with Yi Jie and He Bai was in the background to take some snaps at times. The interview ended after an hour and the shooting started right after.

    Yi Jie followed He Bai¡¯s ideas after getting her dress and makeup changed. She did whatever pose she was asked to, but she wasn¡¯t really in the mood. He Bai looked at Yi Jie who was turning the book pages with her eyes looking down on the camera, looking a bit mncholy. He frowned a bit and sighed secretly.

    Being an actor indeed could earn a lot of money, but the one who really did might not be happy.

    Didn¡¯t know what Childish Di was doing now...realizing that his mind had gone away, He Bai put himself together and focused on the shooting again. He tried to find a way to cheer Yi Jie up.

    Three hourster, He Bai finally put down his camera and fell on the passenger¡¯s seat after work. He smiled at Li Ru with some embarrassment, ¡°Sorry for the long waiting, you don¡¯t have to drive me all the way home and just drop me off at the subway station is fine. Have a rest soon.¡±

    ¡°I am your employee, so it is my duty to pick you up and drive you back. Just pay me some transportation bonus at the end of the month.¡± Li Ru turned on the car and looked at the sky when she backed it, smiling, ¡°The forecast says that it will snow these days. Look at the sky, I guess the first snow of this year ising soon.¡±

    He Bai looked at the grey sky out there as well and nodded. His phone just rang when he was about to say something, so he took out the phone and it was Niu Junjie. He answered with a smile, ¡°You finished with the basketball? I am now in the north of the city and on my way back to the dorm. Do you need anything? I can buy them for you.¡±

    ¡°Bai! Our dorm was burrized! All of our wardrobes and drawers are a mess now. Fourptops and the proid on your desk are all gone! Juste back quickly to check out if you¡¯ve lost anything else. The police wille soon with the instructor, and they will check the CCTV in the hallway...anyway juste back quickly. Lao Er is pretty much gone crazy now. The paper he¡¯s been writing for half a year is in theptop. And the photos on yourptop. I %&*Y*(...damn that thief. He only stole ours and the lock was not picked so it must be a person we know! Don¡¯t know which son of a bitch ground the keys for our dorm. I will punch him over when I catch him!¡±

    He Bai was so shocked that he sat straight up. Thinking about those videos and audio records of Di Qiuhe¡¯s apology he saved on hisptop, he felt that his brain was blown off. He said worriedly, ¡°I aming back now!¡± Then he hung up the call and searched for the official website of theptop, and logged in to the ount he had activated in the very beginning to lock the files remotely.

    Now he felt super lucky that he spent quite a sum of money to buy theptop from this big brand. There must be a reason for that high price. At least he didn¡¯t need to worry about any leakage when theptop was lost. Now he only wished that the thief didn¡¯t check out the files on hisptop but chose to run away with it when he got it.

    ¡°What happened?¡± Li Ru asked with worry as she saw his sullen face.

    He Bai had to let her drive him back now. So he tried to say it without anxiety, ¡°The dorm was burrized and myptop with important files was stolen. I need to go back now as soon as possible.¡±

    Li Ru frowned after hearing that, and she stepped the pedal to speed up the car.

    He Bai fastened the safety belt and called Di Qiuhe as something came up in his mind. But his phone was powered off, so he turned to dial Wang Boyi¡¯s number.

    ¡°Yes, Mr. He. Master Di is now shooting for the y. He can only have a rest in half an hour.¡±

    ¡°Tell your boss that myptop was stolen. And it has the videos and audio records he sent me of him apologizing to me with drinking alcohol! He has a team right? Ask him to send someone to watch the inte! I have just locked myptop remotely so now theptop is powered off, no one can locate it. And I have encrypted those video and audio files so it won¡¯t be that easy to break into them. Anyway, just to be sure, you should send someone to watch the inte. I am now going back to the dorm and see how the police handle it. I will contact youter.¡±

    Then he hung up the phone and scratched his hair anxiously.

    He had spent four peaceful years in that dorm in the past life, and he hadn¡¯t even lost a thermos bottle. Howe it got burrized in this life? The historical path couldn¡¯t change so suddenly...was it because of those videos of Di Qiuhe?

    He was struck thinking of that, and he got even more anxious.

    Shit, he should have just deleted those videos in the first ce instead of saving them into encrypted files!

    Rushing all the way back to the dorm, the police and the instructor were already there. They also got the CCTV record, but there was no suspicious peopleing in or out.

    ¡°You all think about whether someone else has touched your dorm key. Call me if you have any clue and don¡¯t speak it out at the moment.¡± The instructor looked so terrible after sending away the police, as he told them with his eyebrows frowned.

    This theft must be conducted by some people they knew. But he as an instructor definitely had to take responsibility when there was a thief among those students.

    Everyone nodded and sent him out of the dorm.

    Locking out those curious eyes from the other dorms, Niu Junjie scratched his hair anxiously. He looked at Lao Da who wasforting Lao Er, he said in a bad mood, ¡°There is nothing important on theptops of mine and Lao Da, so it¡¯s just fine to lose them. But Lao Er has got his paper on hisptop, so if hisptop is lost then all of his work for the entire year will be gone! Oh, and is there anything important on yourptop, Bai?¡±

    He Bai wiped his face and nodded sadly, ¡°Yes, I have important stuff there. And if they got leaked, Di Qiuhe would make the headlines...¡± That apologizing videos and that kissing audio record were just nasty history! So stupid!

    After his words, the others looked at him altogether. Even Chen Jie who was in a sad mood was a bit cheered up.

    ¡°Something to make him the headlines...¡± Niu Junjie swallowed a mouthful of saliva and asked, ¡°Shouldn¡¯t it be the video of you and Di Qiuhe doing...then it must not be leaked. Do you need me to ask some hackers to help?¡±

    He Bai was shocked by his words and kicked him angrily, ¡°What are you talking about! We are just friends! The video I am talking about is the one he made to apologize to me! That was your bad idea! To drink three shots! How could it be leaked!¡±

    ¡°No, no...¡± Niu Junjie covered his mouth with embarrassment.

    ¡°Wait, hacker?¡± He Bai was struck, and his eyes were brightened suddenly. He took out the phone to call Xing Shaofeng and said happily, ¡°I¡¯ve got an idea! We can definitely get our files back!¡±

    Whoosh! Chen Jie pushed Wang Hu and Niu Junjie away harshly and stood next to him with his fiery eyes.

 Chapter 143 - Kicking Ass Good! (1)

    <h4>Chapter 143: Kicking Ass Good! (1)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Xing Shaofeng was so efficient that he replied 30 minutes after knowing what had happened.

    ¡°Three out of the fourptops are still powered off so no info could be found out. And one of them has just connected to the inte 10 minutes ago, but it didn¡¯t turn on. So I tried to wake it up automatically and broke into its locked system. I copied and removed all of the files in it and destroyed the original files. This is its location and it is still on your campus. You can now call the police to find the burr.¡± Later he sent a location to them.

    Niu Junjie checked the location and went ame that he rolled up his sleeves, ¡°Shit, how dare he to still hide in the campus and even have the mood to go to the canteen? It must be someone we know and I¡¯m gonna beat him up!¡± Then he was about to storm out.

    ¡°Wait.¡± He Bai stopped him.

    Niu Junjie turned back and stared at him, ¡°Are you gonna stop me now, Bai? You can¡¯t be kind to a burr!¡±

    ¡°Who said I¡¯m gonna stop you?¡± He Bai took off the coat which was a hindrance now and rolled up his sleeves as well, sneering, ¡°I¡¯m going with you.¡±

    Chen Jie already took the baseball bat from the corner.

    Wang Hu was so frightened that he went up to grab that bat over and persuaded them patiently, ¡°You can¡¯t take this, it will kill people. You better use your fists, it feels better that way. You know, it¡¯s gonna be kicking ass good. Trust me, Lao Er.¡±

    Chen Jie looked at his fists and went out of the door directly. The other three followed him right away.

    These people went out of the dorm with anger yet all of them had forgotten to report to the police and their instructor first, as they were determined to find that person first and kick his ass to get some relief.

    The dorm was a little bit far from the canteen, so the four of them strode. But they were so frustrated getting Xing Shaofeng¡¯s phone call right at the moment when they could already see the gate of the canteen.

    ¡°He Bai¡¯sptop was turned on just then, and the burr tried to check the files and log in his Weibo ount, but he failed them both. Now he is taking theptop to leave the campus. I guess he is looking for someone to hack into theptop.¡± As he was speaking, Xing Shaofeng sent another moving location to them, ¡°I sent him a malware in a pop-up advertisement form when he turned on theptop and connected it to the inte, and he clicked it. So now, even if he disconnects it to the inte, I can still track the location of theptop.¡±

    The location spot was moving super fast, so he must be in a car.

    ¡°Fxxk!¡± Niu Junjie was so mad that he started to scratch his hair, ¡°I didn¡¯t take my car to the campus this week, how are we supposed to catch him?¡±

    Chen Jie¡¯s was inted immediately.

    He Bai frowned and made a decision right after taking a look at that moving location spot, ¡°Send the location to the police and ask them to catch him for us. Junjie, you make the call. You have your family background so the police wouldn¡¯t ck off on dealing with your reporting.¡±

    Hearing that, Niu Junjie took out his phone immediately.

    ¡°Shall I call the instructor?¡± Wang Hu asked as he was holding Chen Jie who could go mad at any time.

    ¡°Yes, but not now.¡± He Bai had a thought after saying that, so he found out Li Ru¡¯s number and called her to ask, ¡°Sis Li, are you still in Q university now?¡±

    5 minutester, the four of them jumped into Li Ru¡¯s car. Niu Junjie got to drive and Li Ru sat in the passenger¡¯s seat, while He Bai and the other two squeezed in the back seat. One of them was in charge of telling the location to Niu Junjie, one to call the instructor to tell him the situation, and the other one just sat there being dead serious.

    ¡°He is heading to the direction of Jianshe Street.¡± He Bai checked on the location and looked back at Wang Hu who just hung up the phone, asking, ¡°What did the instructor say?¡±

    ¡°He said it¡¯s too dangerous to chase the car, and asked us to go back to the campus to wait for the update from the police.¡± Wang Hu put down the phone and told him honestly, ¡°Then I told him that we were not chasing the car and we wereforting Lao Er who lost his paper.¡±

    Chen Jie looked back at him.

    Wang Hu pushed his face back because he felt he might have nightmares getting stared by him.

    ¡°Turn left.¡± The location spot moved again. He Bai told Niu Junjie to change the direction and when he tried to check on the road, the spot disappeared on the interface, as Di Qiuhe¡¯s phone popped on the screen.

    He hung up in a hurry and set the location again to show it to Li Ru. Then he asked Niu Junjie for his phone to call Di Qiuhe back.

    ¡°What happened? Why isn¡¯t Bai answering my call?¡± Di Qiuhe¡¯s voice sounded a bit gasping, as he should have just finished the shooting and hadn¡¯t had a rest to take a sip of water.

    ¡°It¡¯s me. Junjie is driving now and my phone is locating.¡± He Bai exined about the situation here and told him with his eyebrows knitted, ¡°As for now, it seems that the burr hasn¡¯t touched anything on myptop. But you should tell your team to not rx at present, and keep an eye on him for a bit longer just in case.¡±

    Hearing his voice, Di Qiuhe relieved his nerves a lot. His eyebrows were not that furrowed after hearing that Xing Shaofeng had helped him locate thatptop, replying, ¡°It¡¯s just fine if those videos get leaked. I could just say that I lost in Truth or Dare when having fun with my friends. It won¡¯t have any big impact so don¡¯t be so nervous. How about those pictures and materials of yours? Is it okay if they are lost? Also, don¡¯t get too close, safety is the priority.¡±

    He Bai realized now that there were a lot of precious pictures and source materials on hisptop. And he felt a bit shy after being shocked for a while, so he exined seriously, ¡°Well, it has not lost...and it is just alright. Sis Li has got back-up files of all those pictures rted to work, and I can just shoot more in the future if they are lost.¡±

    Di Qiuhe could figure out that he was just trying to be cool, so he felt tempted again. He said after a few seconds in a low voice, ¡°I will go to take pictures with you when Ie back to B city...if you want to take pictures of me, I¡¯d love to cooperate.¡±

    Thetter sentence was way too romantic that He Bai felt a bit hot in his ears. He raised his hand to scratch them and looked around in the car, saying quickly while covering the phone, ¡°Your face is like an attention ma, so how are you going to apany me? Alright, you should have a good rest after the shooting. I will call youter. Bye.¡± Then he hung up the phone and returned the phone to Niu Junjie, pretending that nothing had happened.

    Niu Junjie took the phone and looked at him from the rearview in a bad-boy smile, ¡°Qiuhe is worried about you so much...¡±

    He Bai was so embarrassed that he pretended that he was gonna beat him.

    Li Ru checked on his face from the passenger¡¯s seat and frowned a little bit as if she was thinking about something.

    ¡°There was a police car passing by.¡± Wang Hu spoke all of a sudden.

    People¡¯s attention was drawn there, including Niu Junjie. Wang Hu was so frightened that he leaned over to press his head and said in a rush, ¡°What are you doing Lao San?! Look ahead! Ahead!¡± The entire dorm was full of trouble makers, he was so tired being their mom.

    Niu Junjie turned his head asmand and he was so excited, ¡°Then the burr will never run away since the police car has arrived.¡±

    After passing a few blocks, Xing Shaofeng called again.

    ¡°The burr has just tried to turn on theptop and check your Weibo ount and files. I turned on the camera of theptop and got a snap of his face. Just sent the picture to your phone, you can check it outter.¡±

    He Bai was surprised and hung up the phone to get the picture. A stranger¡¯s face showed up on the screen, that was a young man. He was dressed in style with a t cap. They couldn¡¯t recognize him as they only saw half of his face since he was looking down.

    ¡°Who¡¯s this?¡± Wang Hu went to check it out but frowned and shook his head, ¡°He is definitely not from our department. I¡¯ve never seen him.¡±

    Chen Jie shook his head as well, ¡°I don¡¯t know him either.¡±

 Chapter 144 - Kicking Ass Good! (2)

    <h4>Chapter 144: Kicking Ass Good! (2)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    He Bai stared at the lower part of the face of the person in that picture as he felt it looks a bit familiar, yet he couldn¡¯t recall where he had seen that person.

    ¡°The location stopped in a small fork...it moves again and heading to the right.¡± Li Ru suddenly raised her voice and said, yet she was confused after that, ¡°Why is the burr taking theptop there? He should take the road on the left side if he wants to sell it in theptop store.¡±

    ¡°We don¡¯t need to care why he is taking this way and it¡¯s even better that he stopped! We are about to catch him!¡± Niu Junjie was still very excited and vigorous and he stepped on the gas pedal again.

    He Bai checked on the moving location and the picture on the phone screen as he frowned deeply. What on earth did this burr want that he kept on trying to check his files and Weibo? Was that stopping just an ident or he was trying to do something when he realized that there were people after him?

    While he was guessing, Niu Junjie¡¯s phone suddenly rang. The voice of the police came out from the phone when it was put through, ¡°Niu, the burr has turned himself in in the police office in Huaiyang Road. He said he stole theptops only because he was being bullied by He so hard, so he wanted to threaten you guys by taking yourptops away. And he didn¡¯t expect you to call the police, so he got more and more scared and regretful as he was drving. He then turned himself in with theptops in the nearest police office.¡±

    People in the car were like, ¡°...¡± Were you gonna fool us around with that excuse?

    The phone was hung up and He Bai exined right after, ¡°I don¡¯t even know the guy on that picture and I have never ever bullied him!¡±

    Chen Jie adjusted his sses and analyzed, ¡°ording to the background of that picture, he was sitting in the backseat and there was someone else driving the car. So the burr must have a partner and he definitely doesn¡¯t only want to threaten us. His target is very clear, and it is Bai¡¯sptop or something on hisptop.¡±

    Wang Hu scratched his head, ¡°Did we just forget to ask about the name of the burr and how many people there are?¡±

    People were like, ¡°...¡±

    ¡°Stop wondering and let¡¯s go check it out!¡± Niu Junjie wiped his face and drove the car to the police office in Huaiyang Road.

    They jumped out of the car after they had arrived at the ce, and they saw Huang Wei who was sitting on the chair wearily the moment they went into the door. Niu Junjie went so mad immediately,

    ¡°Son of a bitch! It was you! No wonder there is someone who hates Bai so much that he tried to steal his possession! Bai is such a nice person! And all he ever did was getting the schrship ahead of you. How can you still hate him for that? We haven¡¯t asked you aboutst time when you ndered Bai on the inte, how dare you toe here again? With such a narrow mind, are you still a man?¡±

    The policemen around saw that he was so mad as if he wanted to fight, so they went up to stop him and persuade him altogether.

    Huang Wei stayed behind as if he was so scared and regretful like a good boy.

    Chen Jie had already rushed to theptops on the table and checked his. Seeing that all of the materials he had collected and his paper were still there, he got relieved and turned around to get to Huang Wei with his fists clenched.

    The policemen came to control the situation here and they were obviously seeing them as a headache.

    The students nowadays are so vigorous that they were not able to handle them all.

    He Bai was shocked when he saw Huang Wei as he recalled that he was kicked out of the school for theft in the past life. He felt a little bit surprising but reasonable at the same time as he recalled what had happenedst life. Seeing that there were no other suspects around, he went to Huang Wei while the others were in a mess and asked him in a serious face, ¡°Huang Wei, I believe that you stole theptops, but I don¡¯t believe that you stole them just because I bullied you. Who was with you on the campus when you tried to run away with theptops? And what do you want to find on myptop? Did you drop that guy off halfway?¡±

    Huang Wei thought he was here to beat him, so he was ready for a good beating and showed a poor face. But after heard what He had said, he couldn¡¯t even hide his emotion and said startled, ¡°I stole theptops alone and I am the one who transferred them. I don¡¯t know what you are talking about!¡±

    ¡°You don¡¯t know?¡± He Bai curled his lips and sneered, ¡°Then tell me, where did you get that car you drove today. Why did you stop halfway? The police made some noise chasing you so you realized that there was something wrong. Then you were left to turn yourself in after a discussion and the other one could leave?¡±

    Huang Wei tried to avoid his eyes as he made everything very clear, so he just bent down his head and pressed his lips to stop talking any more.

    He Bai saw that he refused to confess, so he just left him and went to get his ownptop, turning it on while calling Xing Shaofeng at the same time. He found that snap from a system file and showed it to the police, saying, ¡°This is the picture of the suspect caught by myptop automatically when it was turned on, and he was not the one who is sitting here, so he¡¯s gotpany!¡±

    All the policemen looked over after hearing this, and Niu Junjie and the others realized as well. They tried to beat Huang Wei to ask him for thepany¡¯s information, but they were stopped by the police again.

    Huang Wei was getting more and more panicked as he had never expected that theptop could take pictures of the one turning it on automatically. He pressed his lips and recalled what the one told him before leaving the car, and he bent his head even deeper, refusing to say a word.

    After a short while, the instructor came here with another instructor from the university faculty. They asked about the updates and started to persuade both sides, one was to ask Huang Wei for the truth, and the other was to ask Niu Junjie and the others to handle this personally to not make it a scene.

    While everything was still in a mess, Di Qiuhe called.

    ¡°Xing Shaofeng just sent me the picture, and the one caught by the camera is Di Xiasong.¡± Di Qiuhe¡¯s voice was a bit low as his gentle tone got tenser, ¡°I guess Huangdu and the Qin family have already got the news about it, and they will definitely give pressure to the police and the university because they want it to be settled out of court. You can go back with your roommates now, and I will send someone to handle this.¡±

    Di Xiasong?!

    He Bai was so surprised and shocked. He recalled the face of Di Bian and tapped his forehead, ¡°No wonder I felt he looks familiar to me, he looks so much like Di Bian...what is wrong with him? Will it do him anything good to steal myptop with Huang Wei? He is a favored son from a rich family, so he doesn¡¯t even have to do it himself if he ever wants something from me. This is just so absurd.¡±

    ¡°No, it¡¯s not. Maybe he didn¡¯t join Huang Wei¡¯s stealing and he was pretty much just a buyer of the stolen goods. If you and Xing Shaofeng didn¡¯t react quickly and handle it efficiently, theptops would never be found so fast. And even if you found out that it was Huang Wei who stole theptops, no one would rte it to him. I once sent out a deration with your ount, so maybe he thought he could get something or weak points of me from yourptop.¡± Di Qiuhe exined in detail as he sounded a bit mockingly. Then he told him, ¡°He could find a million ways to get himself out of this, and the Qin family and Di Bian would never let anything bad show on his resume. But you can just rx because I can definitely give fair back to you. You and Niu Junjie and the others should stay low these days as to stay away from the pressure given by the university.¡±

    He Bai frowned, ¡°What are you going to do then? Please don¡¯t get into trouble.¡±

    ¡°Are you worried about me?¡± Di Qiuhe lowered down his voice and smiled slightly, ¡°No worries, I know what to do. You should just have a good sleep when you go back to the campus and there will be a result tomorrow. Don¡¯t worry too much and don¡¯t worry about me.¡±

    ¡°I¡¯m not worried about you.¡± He Bai hung up the phone with embarrassment and said secretly. Howe he could just make everything so romantic even after a serious talk? What a Childish Di.

    Since there wouldn¡¯t be any resultsing out for the moment, the police from the Q district took Huang Wei back to their office after the sunset. He Bai and the others wereforted by the instructor and packed up to go back to the campus.

    After a meal treating Li Ru, the four of them went back to the dorm. Facing the mess in the dorm, they looked at each other and sighed deeply.

    What a day! So troublesome!

 Chapter 145 - Kicking Ass Good! (3)

    <h4>Chapter 145: Kicking Ass Good! (3)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Chen Jie had already got a backup copy of his paper. He bent over to pick up the clothes on the floor and looked at He Bai, ¡°You have already seen the attitude of the instructor and the university faculty. If we refuse to agree to settle it out of court, maybe the instructor would have problems with us.¡±

    Wang Hu felt so wronged, ¡°But we are the victims.¡±

    ¡°I can fight them and I don¡¯t care if I can¡¯t get the degree. But you guys...¡± Niu Junjie scratched his hair as he felt a little bit grumpy, ¡°Lao Er is nning to go for the master degree in our university, which is...¡±

    He Bai didn¡¯t feel good either. The reason why their instructor suggested them to settle it out of court was that they didn¡¯t have any real loss and Huang Wei had already admitted his fault with a nice attitude, despite he twisted the truth by describing the theft as a prank. Now they were forced by the instructor to settle it out of court with a stupid reason like maintaining the reputation of the university. It felt like they were so mean and didn¡¯t love their university if they refused to cooperate, and they would definitely swallow the pain.

    ¡°Let¡¯s sleep first.¡± He recalled what Di Qiuhe had said andforted them. Then he asked them to clean up the dorm together and cheered them up to shift their attention.

    Next early morning, Wang Hu got a phone call from the instructor and was told that things had been changed.

    The student who was caught by that snap went to the police office by himself and he brought awyer who insisted that he knew nothing about Huang Wei¡¯s theft. Thewyer also said that although he lent the car to Huang Wei, he barely knew him and had just met him. Huang Wei had said that he got a second-handptop to show him and wanted to borrow his car for some business. He happened to be free, so he went along to check it out. Later he felt bored so he got out of the car halfway and went back home.

    At the same time, Huang Wei changed his statement and said exactly the same as that student. He also said that he already knew he did wrong and he wouldpensate He Bai and the others for what they had lost, as he wished they could forgive him being impulsive. He was sniveling so sincere with his tears. Anyway, the instructor was here to persuade them. Since Huangdu and the Qin family had wielded the university both pressure and benefit, the instructor promised that if they agreed to settle this off court, the university wouldpensate them something.

    ¡°Our fourptops are worth quite a few thousand in total, not to mention the added value of those photos on Bai¡¯sptop and the paper on Lao Er¡¯s. How dare they wish to settle this off court? How is that possible?¡± Niu Junjie was so mad that he smashed the table. He didn¡¯t want to take it. Except for that drama started by Liu Huanhuan, he had never suffered from anything like this in his entire life.

    He Bai was disgusted as well. How could they be so shameless to confuse right and wrong? Unless there was someone who insisted on settling this in the court, they would definitely swallow all of the pain.

    As he was thinking, Niu Junjie got a phone call from his father. His father boldly said that since they had brought awyer, then they would bring one as well! And he said someone hired awyer for He Bai as well. Twowyers together, we could fight them!

    He Bai was so shocked, he had got awyer as well, who?

    Before he went back to his mind, Chen Jie got a phone call too. They said they were from an association and the paper he sent to them was of great research value. Since they had heard that the original copy was lost, they felt very sorry and they would like to demand justice for him.

    Chen Jie threw a glimpse at the USB he used to copy his paper and hid it right into the deepest corner of his drawer. He sighed and said he was so sad that his paper was lost.

    Everyone was like, ¡°...¡±

    After his sighing, the police called again, saying that the case couldn¡¯t be settled off court because the amount of money involved was too much so it could not be handled that way.

    Niu Junjie already started to smile and he asked, ¡°Howe the money was too much?¡±

    ¡°The photos in your roommate He Bai¡¯sptop were all damaged and hiswyer calcted them with the market price of He Bai¡¯s work and it turned out to be a quite big number. Plus the value of theptop, so the total amount of money was too much and the leader demanded us to deal it seriously.¡± The police exined and promised that they would handle this case seriously then hung up the phone.

    Niu Junjie couldn¡¯t helpughing so hard and struck the table, ¡°He deserves it, hahah! Bai, you charge by hours for your shooting, so the photos can¡¯t be cheap. And you¡¯ve got such arge number of pictures on yourptop! Hahaha!¡±

    Wang Hu took out his phone immediately to call the instructor and told him what the police had just said. He then said it was not that they didn¡¯t want to settle it off court, but the police refused to do so. All of them were good students but if the police said no, then they couldn¡¯t help.

    The instructor was shocked and told the university faculty immediately.

    While they were cheering, Xu Yinrong called He Bai and told him that the picture he sent to the exhibition was sold for more than 600, 000. The buyer was a shareholder of Huading, Ke Shi, who extremely appreciated his inspiration showed in his picture and was willing to buy his whole collection of scenery pictures.

    He Bai, ¡°???¡± Exhibition? When did he send any pictures to any exhibition? And Huading? Produce and market all by himself?

    ¡°It was the exhibition held by my old friend. I sent the work all of you three, 2 pictures for each of you.¡± Xu Yinrong said in a slow pace as if he had told him about it before, ¡°It¡¯s like a charity exhibition and all of the proceeds from the auction will donate a part to the Hope Project. Yours and the work from Lao Da were all auctioned and Lao Er wasme, he only sold one.¡±

    He Bai, ¡°...which two of my pictures did you send them?¡±

    ¡°The two I asked you once, you said I can use whatever I want, the forest night view and city illusion. You need to make money with your portrait so I didn¡¯t use them.¡± Xu Yinrong exined and sighed, ¡°You can make money with the portrait, but the scenery pictures are art. Your ability to shoot scenery pictures has been buried while learning with me for the portrait, I can¡¯t let that happen.¡±

    Well, you let that happen before...

    He Bai tried to notin andforted him as well.

    ¡°Oh, by the way, I¡¯ve heard that yourptop was stolen, and many pictures were lost?¡± Xu Yingrong seemed to have recalled that all of a sudden and sighed, ¡°That shareholder from Huading also wanted to buy the other pictures from the same collection. But now the pictures were stolen, how are we going to deal with that? And I¡¯ve heard that thewyer Di Qiuhe hired for you is calcting the value of those stolen pictures, then the auction price must be added to it. Mr. Ke has paid the whole deposit.¡±

    ¡°...¡±

    After the whole lecture, this was what he wanted to say.

    Hanging up the phone, He Bai felt it a little bit funny and silly at the same time. His lips were twitching and his eyes were full of happiness. The feeling of being fully cared for by your close ones was...just super good! It felt so good!

 Chapter 146 - Love Nest (1)

    <h4>Chapter 146: Love Nest (1)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Now that things took a turn for the better, those four strode to the police station, looking a lot better than before.

    ¡°Alright. Let¡¯s put aside the arguments over whether Di Xiasong hasmitted burry and only focus on the fact that he destroyed Mr. He¡¯s photos. We have verifiable evidence that only the suspect Huang Wei and Di Xiasong have touched the missingputer. ording to what Huang Wei ounted to the police, he doesn¡¯t even know the name of the files stored in thatputer. I have every reason to suspect that it was Di Xiasong who deleted the files and photos in Mr. He¡¯sputer. The damage is irreversible and he has to pay indemnity!¡±

    Mr. Wang frowned, ¡°This is purely malicious spection!¡±

    ¡°The snapshots are right here. This is reasonable suspicion!¡± He Bai¡¯swyer insisted.

    He Bai tried hard to rein in his urge tough and served water to his superstarwyer.

    Thewyer took over the water and the ferocious look on his face immediately mitigated. He smiled at He Bai, his face crinkling like a chrysanthemum, and took a sip of the water. Afterwards, he resumed his game look and continued his ¡°friendly dialogue¡± with his rivalwyer.

    Lawyer Wang was so frustrated by his arguments and stole a few looks at He Bai. Inwardly, he was a bit reminiscent of the past when he would just stand behind Di Qiuhe and together with He Bai, they watched how Di Qiuhe dissed the Qin family.

    Back then, He Bai had been his ally. Who would have thought that they would be rivals. Then he thought of that troublesome second master, who was not even half the man the master was on handling things. All he ever did, wase running back to his parents at the first whiff of trouble. Qin Li used to cover for him, and Di Xiasong was abroad then, so people didn¡¯t really know what sort of man Di Xiasong was and often thought that he was just as good as he was made out to be by everyone. Now that he had met him, he felt nothing but disillusion.

    Niu Junjie swept a look over the intimidating police and Lawyer Wang who was bing ever more quiet. He leaned over to He Bai and poked at his waist, ¡°Hey, am I hallucinating here? Thatwyer seems to have been staring at you all this time.¡±

    ¡°You are not hallucinating. I have met him once.¡± He Bai whispered a reply. Seeing as Lawyer Wang didn¡¯t look so good, he gave him a bottle of water and a nod in recognition of the fact that they once teamed up in trashing the Qin n.

    Lawyer Wang was dumfounded by this move. He took over the water and heaved a long sigh. Instead of continuing his argument with He Bai¡¯swyer, he simply got up and went outside, apparently making a call to someone.

    Niu Junjie rubbed his chin, ¡°What¡¯s he doing? You buy him off with just one bottle of water?¡±

    He Bai shook his head, ¡°Don¡¯t know... How¡¯s things going between the twowyers? What does the police say?¡±

    He Bai¡¯s question brightened up Niu¡¯s eyes. Heughed, ¡°Ourwyer is truly a badass. My father told me that the Qin n has not been doing so goodtely and so they won¡¯t risk an all-out war with us. If the story about Di Xiasong¡¯s burry were to get out, the Qin n would face another PR crisis. They will definitely cave in. We just have to sit tight and wait for it to happen.¡±

    Niu¡¯s words reassured he Bai greatly. When he turned back, he noticed that Wang Hu had been winking at them, signaling them that campus instructor wasing. Seeing that, He Bai hurriedly poked at the Niu, telling him to wipe that cocky smile off his face. Then, he gave thewyer a ttering smile.

    Thewyer immediately realized what was going on and returned him a knowing smile. He tidied himself up and walked straight to the instructor to talk about how people should ¡°Protect the rights of the students in school.¡±

    Thepetentwyer took care of everything, and the four people in the dormitory felt relieved at the fact that this whole business was now over.

    Huang Wei was in police custody and so the four couldn¡¯t see him. Only Di Xiasong made a brief appearance when he was making his confession. Afterwards, neither of them saw him again as hiswyer had been representing him ever since.

    Suddenly without a rival, they all felt a bit bored.

    They had thought it would be a scenario where they could simply sit aside and enjoy the heated debate by thewyers from both sides. Who would thought that Laywer Wang would suddenly withdraw, leaving only thewyers of the Qin n fighting this battle alone.

    Niu Junjie was amused by this sudden turn of event and asked, ¡°What happened? Did you really buy off that Lawyer Wang with a bottle of water?¡±

    He Bai shook his head, and took out his phone to make a call to Di Qiuhe, only to find that Di was on the phone right now and so he called Wang Boyi instead.

    ¡°Mr. He.¡± Over at Wang Boyi¡¯s ce, He Bai could vaguely hear the sound of Qi Qiuhe. Qi sounded a bit serious and aloof. He Bai was suddenly reminded of that phone call Lawyer Wang made before he left and frowned, ¡°Di Bian went to your boss?¡±

    Wang Boyi was surprised by He Bai¡¯s acute hearing and stole a look at Di Qiuhe, who was on the phone with Di Bian. He replied, ¡°Yes, Di Bian called Director Jiang. He hoped that Master Di would be able to appease you and resolve that thing quietly.

    ¡®I knew it! That sniveling shit of a man would only find Qiuhe when he was in trouble. What a coldhearted, selfish bastard he is!¡¯

    He Bai suddenly felt downcast and after a few words, he simply hung up the phone. He thought for a while and then called Xing Shaofeng. As soon as the phone got through, he bluntly asked, ¡°In your opinion, How can we secure a best oue for Di Qiuhe?¡±

    Xing Shaofeng, who was looking through the family tree of Qin n, broke out a smile upon hearing this question, ¡°What are the odds? Last night, Di Qiuhe also made a call to me and asked the exact same question. Well, not exactly the same, because he was asking how we can secure a best oue for you.¡±

    He Bai didn¡¯t see thising, and his shitty mood seemed to have lightened up a bit. A smile broke out on the corner of his lips and he glimpsed at thewyer who was still engaged in a back-and-forth conversation with the campus instructor, ¡°the best oue for me and him is one and the same. I trust you can find a solution that works for both of us and persuade Di to follow the n, right?

    Xing smiled even more heartily and asked, ¡°Since when did you put so much faith in me?¡±

    ¡°Since always. You are my super assistant.¡± He Bai smiled, obviously in a better mood now. ¡°Anyway, I trust you can take care of this matter. Thanks.¡±

    After hanging up the phone, He Bai turned around and looked at his three roommates, ¡°Sorry brothers, this time I will have to put my romantic life over my brotherhood.¡±

    The three, who were just discussing where to eat afterwards, immediately turned their heads around upon hearing what He Bai said. They got up and dragged him out of the police station. They took a cab to the nearest luxurious restaurant and booked a room. Then, Niu Junjie smacked on the table with a serious look on his face, ¡°Just tell us what you have been nning behind our backs!¡±

    Sensing their anger, He Bai immediately poured tea for them and handed over the menu. Then, he walked them through how he nned to secure a best oue for Di Qiuhe.

 Chapter 147 - Love Nest (2)

    <h4>Chapter 147: Love Nest (2)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    The three looked at each other after hearing He Bai¡¯s n and their otherwise infuriated face looked much better now. They all put their hands on He Bai¡¯s shoulder and generously proimed that they were already pleased with how this thing panned out and that if He Bai would buy them dinner, they could totally forgive him.

    He Bai was rather touched by their words and he immediately took out his wallet and told them to order whatever they want.

    By the time they finished their dinner and went back to the police station, they were immediately swarmed by a group of reporters, and at their head was the shareholder, Ke shi. When they saw He Bai, they rushed forward to surround him and they ensured him that they would seek justice for him and expose the truth for everyone to see!

    The instructor was rather displeased with those remarks and he wanted to retort. However, thewyer stood in his way and managed to have him distracted.

    He Bai never expected that Di Qiuhe would arrange such a situation. He looked at that ferocious-looking Ke Shi, who sounded a bit hoarse and then at those reporters holding cameras in their hands. He slightly raised his brows and then took a seat beside the instructor, looking surprised.

    ¡°The photos taken by Mr. He are truly amazing. They look very much like that utopia that I once dreamed about.¡± Ke Shi eximed. When he saw thewyer of the Qin ning in, he deliberately raised his voice and said, ¡°Unlike some uncouth families who raised a bunch of hippie girls and lying grandsons. If you ask me, I will say they might as well join houses since they both suck.¡±

    Upon hearing that, thewyer of Qin n twitched his face and looked back with a threatening look on his face.

    However, Ke Shi, being a man of unyielding character, would not so easily got intimidated. He smiled at thewyer and waved his hand at those reporters sitting behind him. ¡°Go take some photos of them. Those people think they can bully those students with immunity because they are rich and because they have school on their side, but they fail to ount for me. I will expose them for who they really are this time.¡±

    Those reporters immediately got up and walked towards thewyer of the Qin n and started taking photos.

    The instructor¡¯s face grew even darker as he saw that he was being photographed.

    ¡°Mr. Ke. The school is not to be med in this matter. The reason why earlier the instructor suggested us to settle this issue in private is because someone coaxed him into believing that the whole thing was just a harmless prank among students. Now that the instructor has realized the full gravity of the situation, he has assured us before lunch that he would address this thing in the most serious manner and that the school would not protect bad guys who bullied innocent students. May I suggest we stop taking his photos? After all, he was also a victim in this case.¡± He Bai seized this moment to step up. Although he seemed to have been defending the instructor, he was actually forcing the instructor to pick sides. After finishing those words, he also signaled his roommates to join him.

    Upon receiving the signal, Niu Junjie tacitly stepped forward and joined the conversation. He described how the school was the embodiment of justice and the instructor was the champion of justice and he recounted how the instructor was swift at disciplining Huang Wei when he spotted his misconducts and how he stripped Huang Wei of his schrship and gave him a harsh warning. He assured everyone that this instructor was the most just instructor the world had ever known.

    Ke Shi was very much moved by his words, while the instructor could only feel his face burning with shame as he listened.

    ¡°I see. It would seem that I made a mistake. It all makes sense now. The Q university is too prestigious a school to allow its reputation to be tarnished by protecting powerful pricks who bullied perfectly decent students.¡± Ke Shi let out a sigh, turned around and stretch out his hand, ¡°My apologies for my impertinence. It was all because I want justice for those talented students. Your students are all very good, especially He Bai. He is a gifted young man and I am delighted to have spent hundreds of thousands to purchase his photos. I am sorry I let my bad temper get the better of me today. When I heard that those photos got deleted, I was so worried that I... Anyway, I hope you will forgive me.¡±

    When the instructor heard those phrases like ¡°prestigious school¡±, ¡°protect¡±, ¡°tarnish¡± and ¡°hundreds of thousands¡±, he was struck dumb. He ended up shaking hands with Ke Shi with a strained smile on his face. In the end, it was all he could do to assure Ke Shi that the university would to its utmost effort to ensure that justice will be served.

    Ke Shi was even more touched on hearing this promise. With a wave of his hand, a group of reporters who had been badgering thewyer of the Qin n turned around and directed their cameras to shoot the scene where the instructor pleaded to seek justice for the victims and the part where Ke Shi offered to send him honorary banner tomemorate his heroic deed.

    The instructor¡¯s face looked rather grim. He looked at those four students who had been defending him just now with mixed feelings and left after exchanging some words with Ke Shi. The way he hurriedly escaped from the scene looked awfully like how someone was being chased away by a dog.

    Thewyer of the Qin n was in the middle of savoring that adrenaline rush he had just experienced with the reporters and when he noticed that those reporters rushed frantically over to take pictures of the instructor who was apparently switching sides, he panicked, knowing full well of the awful consequences of this thing going to the press. He immediately took out his phone and made a call to both the Qin n and the Huangdu. Then, as if trying to be discreet, he sent over his assistant to talk to Ke Shi in an desperate effort to stall him and the reporters so that the people from Qin n and Huangdu could show up in time to stop them.

    Ke Shi immediately saw through his n, yet he pretended otherwise, and continued talking with them, all the while dredging up some dirty past stories of the Qin n and Huangdu in order to stick it up to them. It worked beautifully and some of thewyers came near to calling him names.

    Meanwhile, He Bai and his friends were sitting nearby watching this fuss y out and they were all rather amused by what they have seen.

    ¡°Bai, I gotta hand it to you. Those fans are really useful.¡± Niu Junjie elbowed He Bai in excitement.

    It was only then that He Bai suddenly realized his roommates weren¡¯t familiar with the rtionship between Hua Ding and Di Qiuhe. After much hesitation, he decided against telling them the truth. Instead, he simply told them that it was because of Ke Shi¡¯s past feud with Huang Du that prompted Ke Shi to came over to help him and that he was not really his fan. The reason why he chose to keep the rtionship between Hua Ding and Di Qiuhe a secret was not because he didn¡¯t trust his roommates, but because it was Di¡¯s private matter and it was not up to him to reveal that rtionship to others. Plus, human beings by nature are not exactly known for their ability for keeping secrets.

    ¡°I guess Karma is a bitch, eh?¡± concluded Cheng Jie as he propped up his sses, ¡°People want to stay on the winning side and Huang Du and the Qin n are the opposite.¡±

 Chapter 148 - Love Nest (3)

    <h4>Chapter 148: Love Nest (3)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Wang Hu nodded in agreement and added, ¡°Their situation is as grim as it is without that troublesome kid constantly undermining them at every corner. I¡¯d say he will cause more trouble for them in the near future.¡±

    ¡°Their suffering is my pleasure. I don¡¯t care about corporatepetition, but it is enough for me to know that thief Huang Wei is going to be punished for what he did and that scheming bastard Di Xiasong will drag his family down with him.¡± Niu Junjie gave a smack on his thigh and wrapped his arm around He Bai¡¯s shoulder, ¡°Bai, after this, you will be receiving a hugepensation. That Di Xiasong is literally giving away money! Haven¡¯t you been worrying about buying a house for yourself? After this, I dare say the money won¡¯t be an issue anymore.¡±

    He Bai shook his head, ¡°It would still not be enough... Might take some time before I get enough money.¡± The vi where Di resided was simply too expensive. Even the cheapest nearby condo would cost an arm and a leg.

    ¡°Not enough? Just how big a house do you have in mind?¡± Niu asked out of curiosity.

    ¡°Very big.¡± He Bai turned around and replied with a solemn face, ¡°I want a perfect love nest.¡±

    ¡°Well, in that case. Good luck to you. You know where to find me if you need my help¡±

    He Bai did a silent math on the smallest house Di Qiuhe once lived and nodded, ¡°A small house really don¡¯t agree with that guy.¡±

    ¡®A small house simply won¡¯t do¡¯ thought He Bai.

    ¡°Achoooooo!¡±

    Di Qiuhe rubbed his nose and asked over the phone, ¡°He really said that?¡±

    ¡°Yes,¡± replied Xing Shaofeng, who stretched out his hand and drew a line on the paper that marked the rtionship between the Qin n and the Di n, ¡°so I don¡¯t think you should confront Di Bian right away. He¡¯s got more connections and clout in the entertainment business. A direct confrontation between you and him would only do a disservice to both you and Hua Ding.¡±

    On hearing this, Di Qiuhe¡¯s otherwise lousy mood suddenly brightened up. He thought for a while and replied, ¡°If he is sure about this, then I guess we will do it his way then.¡± Whatever the case, he refused to upset He Bai, not ever again.

    Xing Shaofeng nodded and took out his memo to jot down a few lines, which read, ¡®The client is a bit submissive to his lover and he do things ording to He Bai¡¯s suggestions.¡¯ He then asked a few more questions before hanging up the phone.

    By the time Di hung up the phone, the crew was shooting a scene between Don Ni and Yang Wentian. Seeing as he still got time, Di Qiuhe dialed He Bai¡¯s number with a smile on his face.

    ¡°All done?¡±

    Di Qiuhe¡¯s otherwise stressed body loosened up immediately upon hearing the voice of his loved one. He puckered up his lips and said, ¡°Bai, I know.¡±

    Befuddled, He Bai asked, ¡°What do you know?¡±

    ¡°The thing that you asked Xing Shaofeng to do.¡± As Di Qiuhe was saying this, he felt a sudden urge to hold He Bai in the arms.

    The soft and soothing voice kept caressing He Bai¡¯s eardrum and he felt both warm and a tinge of embarrassment. Affected by Di Qiuhe¡¯s shinning mood, he felt like he was going tough, but after noticing the people around him, he reined in his urge, got up to a quiet corner and replied, ¡°You sent over Ke Shi? Also, what¡¯s with the auction? Thewyer of the Qin n went out to make a call earlier. I assume he was calling people over from Huang Du and the Qin n. What are you going to do about it?¡±

    Over at the set, they finished early and the director were preparing for the next scene. His didn¡¯t have much time left.

    Di Qiuhe looked over at the set, reluctant to hang up the phone. He gestured Wang Boyi to greet the director and then gently replied, ¡°The n is to make a fuss about that whole business with Di Xiasong and then get as manypensation from him as possible and make him apologize to you. He might be able to get away with the burry, but we have solid proof that he deleted your files. When this whole thing goes to the press, I will help you hype up the auction of your photos. That way your poprity will no doubt increase and you won¡¯t feel like a fraud next time you take on another jobs.

    He Bai was both touched and amused by Di Qiuhe¡¯s words. He asked, ¡°Then what about you? If you do this, Di Bian will certainly me it on you and by then he might not be so inclined to leave you in peace like he has always been doing out of guilt for you. Once he bes your enemy, you are going to have a hard time in the entertainment business.¡±

    ¡°I know how to handle these consequences. Don¡¯t you worry.¡± Di replied matter-of-factly.

    He Bai continued, ¡°Am I that small a person to you? I don¡¯t like the way how people hype up their poprities. I want to earn what I am worth. So thank you but no thank you.¡±

    ¡°I am sorry.¡± Di Qiuhe apologized and then he asked, ¡°What do you think I should do instead?¡±

    Di Qiuhe couldn¡¯t help but let out aughter. He wanted to tease him more, but he had only so much time for him to rest. He paused for a while before saying, ¡°Little Puppy. One week from now, the crew is to fly over to Country J. I will see you in less than a month.¡±

    Hearing that, He Bai also paused and then snorted a smile, ¡°Daddy waits for your return.¡±

    ¡°Good.¡±

    After that, silence fell again and the whole room was inundated with romantic vibe. It was not until he heard amotion over at the police station that he finally snapped out of the trance.

    His eyes followed the direction of the noises and said, ¡°There they are. The people from Huang Du and the Qin n. I gotta go. Eat well and rest.¡±

    ¡°Let them fight it out. Don¡¯t get in the way. I will take care of Huang Du. I will make you a rich man.¡± When he heard He Bai¡¯s words, Di quickly realized what was happening and gave He Bai a few instructions before reluctantly hanging up the phone.

    Huang Du sent over Lawyer Wang, and there was no sign of Di Bian. The Qins sent over Qin Li to mediate the situation. In the middle of the heated discussion, Ke Shi took a call. After he came back, he looked like aplete different person and began bargaining terms with Qin Li.

    Qin Li was indignant with him piling on their misery, but for the sake of her son, she had to swallow her anger. She didn¡¯t have the time nor the energy to bother with He Bai.

    Not long after, Lawyer Wang also received a call and then He Bai received a text from Di Qiuhe, telling him to handle this thing his way and that Lawyer Wang would help him.

 Chapter 149 - Love Nest (4)

    <h4>Chapter 149: Love Nest (4)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    He Bai put his phone away and signaled his roommates to ask for their opinions on his proposal. After getting a positive reply, he went to thewyer sent by Di Qiuhe and told him about his thoughts. Then, he simply went back with his roommates, unwilling to stay and watch that shitty situation develop further.

    One dayter, after much negotiation, apromised consensus was reached. Huang Wei was to be punished for his burry and the amount of indemnity was four times the original value of theputer. As for Di Xiasong, they agreed to settle the matter in private and Huang Du and the Qins would pay double for the lost photos. On top of that, Di Xiasong was to apologize to He Bai in person and took back the screenshots.

    No one knew what Di Qiuhe said to Di Bian, but Di Bian wired the full amount ofpensation over without receiving any instructions from the Qins. Afterwards, being apanied by Lawyer Wang, Di Xiasong apologized to He Bai in person in a restaurant near the school.

    This is the first time He Bai met this famed second master of the Di family. He Bai had always been curious about what Di Bian looked like. But when He Bai saw him for the first time, he felt disappointed. Di Bian looked nothing like what he had pictured him in his mind, and instead he seemed just another narcissist, presumptuous moron.

    ¡°I am sorry,¡± said Di Xiasong with a gloomy face. He added, ¡°you might have fooled others, but you can¡¯t fool yourself. I guess birds of a feather indeed flock together. He Bai, you are just like my brother, a pretentious, greedy bastard.¡±

    ¡°Well, beats a narcissist loser who tried to screw someone and ended up costing his parents a fortune.¡± He Bai slowly replied. He looked at that young face and smiled, ¡°Kido, take it from me. You are a mommy¡¯s good boy. Why don¡¯t you stay that way and behave yourself. Schemes and deceptions don¡¯t suit you. You are simply too young for all these.¡±

    ¡°You!¡± Di Xiasong, being an impulsive young man, couldn¡¯t held back his anger and wanted to throw some tantrums before Lawyer Wang held him down by threatening, ¡°The president said you are not his only son and that he might likely have another one going forward. Second master, I beseech you. Think before you act.¡±

    The color on Di Xiasong¡¯s face turned and he snorted before leaving.

    The door of the room was m shut. As if he didn¡¯t hear anything, Lawyer Wang poured a cup of tea for theposed He Bai and said in a ttering tone, ¡°Your forbearance does you credit, Mr. He. The president said that he loves each of his sons equally and he definitely does not have a preference. As for the magazine cover, it was because of the misconduct of one of ourpany-sponsored actor and the president has already had that actor reprimanded to ensure that it won¡¯t happen the next time.¡±

    He Bai didn¡¯t buy any of those wordsing out of Di Bian, he simply turned over the photos and then said a few courteous words before quickly taking his leave.

    Back into the dormitory, He Bai¡¯s roommates filled him in on the development of the burry. They told him how Huang Wei was publicly reprimanded and expelled from the school. Whatever would happen to Huang Wei was entirely up to thew, and was no longer any of the school¡¯s concern.

    In order to console them, the university decided to give them all kinds of support andpensation.

    ¡°How about we eat somewhere fancy to celebrate?¡± eximed Niu Junjie.

    Everyone was in favor of that idea.

    He Bai sat with them for a while, then he looked at theputer which was returned to him by the police not long ago and dialed Di Qiuhe¡¯s number.

    ¡°Sorry, the number you dialed is busy now.¡±

    ¡®Hm? He is on the phone?¡¯ thought He Bai.

    Over at the set, Di Qiuhe was leaning against the prop car, ¡°Mr. Di. I have asked my friend to do what you asked of me and now I have only one request, and that is for Di Xiasong to leave me alone. If he can¡¯t do that, then the least he can do is to leave my friend alone. This is my bottom line.¡±

    Hearing that, Di Bian let out a sigh and said with a weary tone, ¡°Xiasongg is going too far this time... He is too young and he just got back. When he heard that He Bai has something to do with my divorce, he just lost it... He¡¯s not targeting at you. You are his brother after all.¡±

    ¡°I am no fool¡±, Di Qiuhe¡¯s tone became even colder and bluntly replied, ¡°Everyone know why he wanted to poke around He Bai¡¯s Weibo. We no longer have conflict of interest anymore and I don¡¯t want anything from him. But he just won¡¯t leave me alone. What does he want? Does he want to destroy me for good? What does family mean to him?¡±

    Di Bian fell silent, and he started wondering, ¡®Indeed, if Xiasongg won¡¯t leave his brother who no longer poses a threat to him alone, what would he do to me? After all, he¡¯s got all the reasons toe after me. Plus, I also have trouble with his mother¡¯s side...¡±

    ¡°Mr Di. I only want to live a quiet life, and so does my friend. You are his father. Surely he would listen to you. I persuaded my friend to go easy on him this time and I don¡¯t expect him to suddenly be a good guy. I only hope you can persuade him and the Qins to leave me alone. Thank you.¡±

    After he coldly uttered those words, he hung up the phone and looked up into the blue sky above the Country K, deep in thought. Afterwards, he called Ke Shi and said, ¡°Di Xiasongg is never the type who will just let it go after being humiliated. He would likely retaliate. I say we use our leverage at the Liu n to stall him from harassing He Bai.¡±

    ¡°I understand,¡± replied Ke Shi who was in a good mood after gettingpensation from the Qins and Huang Du. He then continued, ¡°That He Bai is one fine young man. You are a good judge of making friends.¡±

    Hearing this, Di Qiuhe¡¯s otherwise shitty mood suddenly brightened up and he puckered up his lips and replied, ¡°Yes, I guess I am a good judge of making friends.¡±

    Ke Shi was rendered speechless. He only meant it as apliment, and he didn¡¯t expect Di Qiuhe to take it so seriously.

 Chapter 150 - Future Home (1)

    <h4>Chapter 150: Future Home (1)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Seeing the other party was on the phone, He Bai didn¡¯t call again. Instead, he simply sent over a message about the result of the issue and then put down the phone and started contemting what house he should buy. This experience taught him that having a ce of his own was very important, period. With a house, he could store all the important things in it.

    Thepensation Di gave him was very generous indeed, and together with his savings, he could afford to buy more expensive house. With this thought, that ssy condo he skimmed over once managed to reinsert itself back into his mind and the image became so clear that it could no longer be easily dismissed.

    When ites to buying stuff, one shall always buy the best one can afford and with his current ie, He Bai could cover the monthly mortgage. Besides, by the time he finished college and bought back the lottery, the monthly mortgage would cease to be a problem altogether. If he could just somehowe up with the down payment, he could not think of a reason why he shouldn¡¯t buy that house.... Plus, thatmunity was nice and just a park away from the Fang house. This kind of house was always in short supply and if he hesitated, someone else might buy it. What¡¯s more, unlike roughcast house, he didn¡¯t need to concern himself with the interior decoration and he could move in right away.

    ¡°You like thismunity?¡± Niu Junjie leaned in and after he glimpsed over the surroundings of thatmunity, he remarked, ¡°You¡¯ve got good eyes. Thismunity is not far from the school and downtown and it is fairly new and outfitted withplete amenities. If you buy house here, you won¡¯t have to suffer that torturing sounds of neighbors doing their decorations. Plus, the property management is also superb. At this price, it is a steal.¡±

    Niu¡¯s speech further convinced He Bai. He turned around in amazement and teased, ¡°Howe you know so much about thismunity? What are you? The developer of this ce?¡±

    He Bai only meant it as a joke, and yet, to his surprise, Niu Junjie nodded his head and replied with a proud expression on his face, ¡°Yeah, one of my uncles developed this ce, and he is a solid, upright businessman and his projects are absolute gold in the market. He once gave me a condo as a birthday present, but I never checked that ce and my mom has been keeping the key for me.¡±

    Hearing that, He Bai twitched his brows and observed Niu¡¯s sincere face in silence. Then he wrapped his arm around his shoulder and said, ¡°Your uncle developed this ce? I was thinking, maybe you know there is any reserved house?¡± When it came to buying something as expensive as a house, He Bai would use whatever connection he could find to get himself a bargain.

    ¡°Whichmunity? Oh, yes, indeed there is. Your uncle reserved some townhouses for family members... No vi? Well... there are two penthouses with attics left. One small and onerge. Therge one was intended as a gift for your cousin when she marries, butter she got married abroad and so the house has remained vacant ever since. The small one is roughcast and we are about to sell it. We wouldn¡¯t want it to go to waste.¡±

    After getting off the phone with his mother, Niu Junjie turned his head sideways and asked, ¡°Which one do you want?¡±

    He Bai immediately took out his phone and showed Niu the message informing He Bai the bnce of his bank ount, ¡°What¡¯s the down payments for these two house? I would like to buy whichever I can afford. From this day on, you will be my valued consultant!¡±

    ¡°Di would kill me for this.¡± Niu swept a look at the bnce and thought hard for a while. All of a sudden, an idea struck him and he immediately held down He Bai¡¯s phone and asked, ¡°Bai, how do you like the idea of taking on some works from my family? We are about to introduce a new special edition female watch this Christmas. My father uses it as a gift for my mother tomemorate their marriage anniversary and there are only 100 of them avable globally. Originally My father wanted a renowned foreign photographer to shoot amercial for this watch, but that photographer was not avable and now we are short of a photographer. How about you give it a try?¡±

    ¡°Commercial?¡± He Bai paused, and thought back on his previous life to figure out which watch Niu was talking about. However, of all the ssical watch collections that the Niu n released, he couldn¡¯t think of one that featured only one watch. He Bai hesitated and replied, ¡°If it were others, I would have taken this job in a heartbeat. But I am not so sure about taking on works for your family. As you know, I haven¡¯t had any experience in shootingmercials and there is no guarantee that I will even do a good job. You...¡±

    ¡°No worries. I believe in you!¡± Niu interrupted and held his hand in excitement, ¡°This series will not be released all at once. We will only sell ten of them every year and they can only be bought via order. Plus, themercial would not be run on TV or anything public. It will only be featured on the product brochure for our VIP clients and other brochures for the auction agencies as those watches will be sell on the auctions as well and the profits will be used for phnthropy. All in all, this product is only mean to be my father¡¯s gift to my mom and it will also be a high-end gift for our VIP client. You don¡¯t have to fret about it.¡±

    ¡®It turnes out that is a VIP watch. No wonder I didn¡¯t hear about it in my previous life, but...¡¯

    ¡°This watch has a special meaning for your family. I don¡¯t have any prior experience in shootingmercials, so...¡±

    Sensing his hesitation, Niu Junjie thought for a second and interrupted him, ¡°How about this then? You shoot amercial for me for free and I will take this anonymousmercial to my father and see what he has to say about it. If he is Ok with it, then you will get paid, if not, then you get no payment and I will buy you dinner and take you to see the house myself. I will also help you with all the paper works. What do you think?¡±

 Chapter 151 - Future Home (2)

    <h4>Chapter 151: Future Home (2)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Seeing as his friend was willing to go such an extent for this thing, He Bai feltpelled to take on this job. He gave it a few thoughts and nodded, ¡°Ok, I will do it for free. But whether you father like it or not, I will not take your money. You introducing me this house is enough payment for me.¡± It was no secret that reserved house was hard toe by.

    Plus, there shall be no talk of money among friends.

    Niu junjie stared at his friend and was about to retort. But then he thought of how He Bai was like and swallowed his words. He simply let a few dryugh and patted on his shoulder, ¡°Alright. Youe with me this weekend and I will show you around thepany.¡±

    He Bai nodded and took out his phone to call Li Ru to inform her that he would not be avable for work this week.

    As soon as they finished talking, Di Qiuhe called. Seeing that, Niu Junjie knowingly left and he went out to make a call.

    He Bai smiled at his back and answered the phone.

    ¡°I just got off the phone with Di Bian. He would not cause trouble for you anymore,¡± Di Qiuhe exined and asked, ¡°Did Xing Shaofeng send you the photos and files? Has this thing affected your work?¡±

    ¡°Yes he did, and no. I am not affected,¡± answered He Bai. He swept a look at themunityyout on theputer screen and puckered up his lips, ¡°What¡¯s the color of your bedroom curtain?¡±

    Di Qiuhe was struck dumb by this question, and then his eyes suddenly brightened up and eximed, ¡°Little Puppy! Are you willing to share a room with me?¡±

    ¡°No¡± He Bai answered without any hesitation.

    Hearing that, Di Qiuhe felt disappointed and then he replied with a sullen voice, ¡°Uncle Hu put up that curtain and I have never noticed its color... How about you live next to me? I will get Uncle Hu to pick some furniture for you.¡± As he said this, his eyes were glowing with expectation.

    ¡°That¡¯s OK, but I won¡¯t be needing different furniture. So long as the ce is clean, I have no other requests.¡± He Bai moved his mouse to skim over theyout and added, ¡°Qiuhe, do you have any n or ideas for your future home?¡±

    ¡°Future home?¡± hearing that, Di Qiuhe experienced several emotional fluctuations from being slightly shocked to being jubnt and slightly embarrassed and finally to being serious and sincere, ¡°Little Puppy, I will treat you well.¡± ¡®So he is now nning our future?¡¯ thought Di Qiuhe. Home was a sweet word to him.

    It had taken him so long to finally get this word out of him.

    ¡°I know. Daddy will be good to you, too.¡± He Bai rolled his eyes and rubbed his face which had be sore after all this time smiling while talking to Di Qiuhe. He continued, ¡°Just answer this questions. Recently I am been tasked with shooting amercial for furniture featuring the theme of ¡°Home¡± and I need more ideas. You will be my... Anyway, you have to answer those questions truthfully.¡±

    ¡®So it is all about generating ideas for...¡¯ Di Qiuhe¡¯s sorrow didn¡¯tst long as he was quick to spot a interesting line He Bai said and he crooked up his lips and softly asked, ¡°Little Puppy, What did you just say? I will be your what? I didn¡¯t hear you clearly.¡±

    He Bai immediately realized what he was driving at. He raised his brows and slowly replied, ¡°Nothing. You work a lot and are uncooperative. I should just find someone else. Talk to youter.¡± As he finished those words, he didn¡¯t hang up and phone and instead did a silent countdown.

    ¡°one, two...¡±

    ¡°Don¡¯t hang up. I still got time left!¡± Di Qiuhe quickly calmed himself down and thought back on He Bai¡¯s previous question with a stern face, ¡°I have not given much thoughts to home , but now, with you...¡±

    He Bai was confused for a while and asked, ¡°With me? How do you...¡± Then he paused, as if he realized something. He hung up the phone in anger. ¡®This guy just can¡¯t stay decent for as short as three seconds without immediately switching back to the way he has always been.¡± He Bai wondered why he suddenly became so glib-tongued.

    A second call from Di Qiuhe quickly followed, but He Bai simply rejected it and texted him.

    He Bai: Use text. I have gone deaf and can¡¯t take any call at this moment!

    Di: You are shy.

    He Bai: No, I am not!

    Di: I miss you.

    He Bai sneered and typed: I am about to go blind too.

    It took Di Qiuhe a while to realized what He Bai meant.

    Di: I don¡¯t want a big home for us. I rather prefer a small one where I get to see you whenever I sit. I also want a soft sofa and a big photo wall. You can take pictures for me to see and I will learn how to cook for you.

    He Bai¡¯s expression soften up a bit and unconsciously tap on the screen.

    Di: Little Puppy, I will soon be back in City B, and I am taking you home to see my grandfather.

    He Bai read those text several times over before holding his head up and covered it with his hands. Then, after a few seconds, he resumed typing with a serious look on his face.

    He Bai: Come next Tomb-sweeping Day, I want you to sweep my parent¡¯s tomb.

    After this, he put the phone back into his pocket and gave his chest a few pats. He scratched his hair and swore at how Di was being a shameless prick for saying what he had just said, all the while smiling. He clicked open his memo and jotted down all the things Di Qiuhe wanted for their home.

    Over at the set, Di Qiuhe stared at the texts, deep in thought.

    Wang Boyi delivered him the script and reminded him, ¡°Master Di, Director Jian is waiting to discuss with you on the details of the next scene. We mustn¡¯t bete.¡±

    Getting out of his trance, Di Qiuhe turned off the phone and handed it to Wang. He took over the script and started walking out. He took a few steps forward and suddenly halted, turning back and asked ¡°What would be an appropriate gift If one is paying a visit to his lover¡¯s parents?¡±

    Wang Boyi didn¡¯t know how to answer and just stood there like a goose.

 Chapter 152 - Surprise

    <h4>Chapter 152: Surprise</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    At the weekend, Niu Junjie took He Bai to thepany, went straight to the top chairman¡¯s office, called his father who was on business trip and asked for the password of the safe.

    He Bai thought he somewhat resembled a blockhead when opening the safe with his butt bending down, he worried. ¡°Is this the watch your father is going to give your mother as a gift. You just take it out like that. What if it breaks?¡±

    ¡°If it breaks, fix it. It¡¯s fine. My parents don¡¯t care. Besides, it looks delicate but it¡¯s solid actually. It won¡¯t break unless hit it with a stone or fall high.¡± Niu Junjie waved his hand carelessly, closed the safe, stuffed the watch box into his bag, grabbed He Bai by the shoulder and shook his head handsomely. ¡°Come! I¡¯ll show you something good!¡±

    He Bai walked with him passively, wondering, ¡°Show me? Aren¡¯t we go to take pictures? ¡±

    ¡°Taking pictures while gaining experience. Let¡¯s go. I¡¯ve found you a great ce. I¡¯m sure the pictures you take will be beautiful!¡± Niu Junjie guaranteed, full of confidence.

    He Bai raised his eyebrows, smiled at him and stopped asking.

    An hourter, Niu Junjie parked in front of a club.

    ¡°This is where my mother received her love token from my father.¡± Niu Junjie handed the key to the valet who came to meet him. As he walked in with him adeptly, he told him, ¡°Right here, my father won my mother¡¯s heart with an ugly watch he designed and made by himself, which could be called fortune favors fools. Sometimes, my mother would jokinglyin to me that she was totally worried that my father, the man of an imposing build, would cry out if being rejected, that was the reason she said yes. It would be thrilling as she imagined, thus she shivered and agreed. ¡±

    He Bai: ¡°...¡± LaoSan was bearish indeed, who could even tease his parents mercilessly.

    ¡°Besides, my mother told me that when she gave birth to me, my father cried and called my grandfather outside the delivery room, saying that he was sorry, and secretly had hypodesmus when my mother was in confinement, saying that giving birth was too horrible. Ha, ha, ha, ha, he¡¯s a wuss.¡± Niu Junjie smiled gloatingly, as happy as ark.

    He Bai looked at him sideways, remembering how he had cried outside the delivery room in hisst life, whispered, ¡°LaoSan, you are just like your father.¡± Both of you were wuss in love.

    Niu Junjie rejected and raised his voice. ¡°No, they say I¡¯m more like my mother! My father is a fatty, I don¡¯t want to be like him!¡±

    He Bai shook his head and sighed. He did not exin, only made a decision silently in his mind: When the sister-inw gave birth to the baby in this life, he must take the camera to wait outside the delivery room early and record the foolish LaoSan in the whole process, so that the sister-inw would have something to roast about to their little LaoSan in the future.

    When speaking, they had reached the door of one of the deepest rooms in the club. Niu Junjie held the door handle, turned to look at him sternly, and advised him earnestly, ¡°This room is where my parents were engaged, nothing of the arrangement inside has been moved. XiaoBai, you have to do a good job.¡±

    He Bai seldom saw him so serious, so he got serious too. Heid aside his rxation and solemnly answered, ¡°OK.¡± He brought him here on good purpose and told him things about his parents, which were so precious. He had lived for two life, thest thing he could do was to spoil the sincerity others gave to him.

    Niu Junjie stared at him for three seconds and burst outughing. He then raised his hand and patted He Bai on the shoulder, turned the doorknob and motioned him to go in, said, ¡°We can¡¯t take out the watch for too long. You have about four hours. Come on.¡±

    He Bai was distracted by hisugh, then he rolled his eyes sourly, stepped into the door.

    The curtains were drawn in the room and it was dim, he could not seen the arrangement clearly.

    Click.

    Niu Junjie turned on the light, then put the watch box and a product introduction booklet on the cab by the door. When He Bai looked over, he smiled and said. ¡°I won¡¯t disturb you. I¡¯ll call you for dinner four hourster,e on.¡± Then he backed away and closed the door thoughtfully.

    He Bai had no time to stop him, ncing at the watch and product introduction booklet on the cab, smiled heartily and picked up the watch.

    The furnishings in the room were decorous after years. Some old photos were hung on the wall facing the window, with the date recorded in the corner of these photos, ording to which could roughly outline the life track of the three of the Niu family in the past two decades.

    It was a warm room full of memories. He Bai¡¯s lips raised when he remembered that Di Qiuhe said he would build a photo wall in their future home.

    When observing the room, he noticed a small metal box on the solid wood table that waspletely out of ce here. He opened it doubtfully and looked down and lost his smile after seeing what was inside.

    Actually, it was colorful background tes and small lightingmps needed for photographing. Niu Junjie was impetuous and careless, but he was actually quite scrupulous ... a good brother with a soft heart.

    For a moment, he was deeply touched, then restrained his good mood, taking a light breath, opening the velvet box in his hand, looking into the box to the bright quartz watch tenderly.

    Four hours went by, Niu Junjie knocked on the door and came in on time, while He Bai put away the camera the same time.

    ¡°Finished?¡±

    ¡°Finished.¡±

    ¡°Then dinner?¡±

    ¡°Fine.¡±

    After the brief conversation, He Bai gave the watch back to Niu Junjie, who took it with a smile and, without asking how the shooting went, put his arm around his neck and introduced the entertainment activities and special dishes of the club to him with gusto.

    He Bai didn¡¯t mention it and followed his topic.

    It took He Bai five whole days retouching these photos, during which he went to Xu Yinrong for a deep talk. When another weekend came, Niu Junjie finally got the ten photos handed in by He Bai.

    ¡°Only ten?¡± Niu Junjie was surprised and puzzled. ¡°You took so many days to retouch, I thought you shot a lot.¡±

    He Bai rubbed his dry eyes and answered with a smile, ¡°I did shoot a lot, but there are only ten of them can be used. Give it to your father, it dyed you so long as to rack your brain to find excuses for stopping your father from looking for a photographer.¡±

    Niu Junjie felt it considerate and rubbed his nose when he heard this. ¡°He could not find a suitable photographer for the time being... It¡¯s you who has racked your brain for these photos. Look at your ck eyes. Go eat, shower and sleep. I¡¯ll go home to show my dad the photos. I won¡¯te back tonight.¡±

    ¡°Well, drive safe.¡± He Bai said.

    Niu Junjie responded with a smile, greeted the other two roommates and went home with backpack.

    The next day was the weekend. He Bai, who was supposed to have a good sleep, was woken up by a phone call from Niu Junjie.

    ¡°Did you sleep wellst night? Listen to me! I didn¡¯t sleep well at all! So bad! Because my father and mother got crazy! They decided to change the design of the watches temporarily, adding different dark lines to the dial of the 100 watches to distinguish them! They said that everyone¡¯s love is unique, so the watch representing love must be unique as well! XiaoBai, you¡¯re a genius! Those photos are gorgeous! The diamonds on the dial are like stars. It¡¯s beautiful! How on earth did you get the lighting, take those pictures and retouch them? In short,e now! My parents are desperately looking forward to inviting you to dinner!¡±

    He Bai was sleepy at the moment, he rubbed his face, thought for a while, then rubbed his ears, which were slightly numb with the noise, and asked confusedly, ¡°What? It¡¯s early and I don¡¯t want to eat.¡±

    ¡°Not now ... never mind, go back to sleep, I¡¯ll pick you up!¡±

    ¡°What ... hello? LaoSan?¡±

    He put down his mobile phone, ncing at the closed call interface on the screen, blinked and grabbed the quilt and copsed.

    Five minutester, he opened his eyes abruptly, pulled out his cell phone to the call interface, repeatedly confirming that he had just received a call from Niu Junjie that he was not dreaming, he kicked the quilt away directly, sat up and thumped on the bed.

    His firstmercial shoot was approved!

    Niu Junjie rushed to the school as fast as he could, dragging He Bai into the car with excitement. After urging him to fasten the seat belt, Niu said mysteriously, ¡°Two surprises, which do you want to hear first.¡±

    He Bai was affected by his mood, pretended to think about it and answered, ¡°The second one. Generally speaking, thetter, the bigger.¡±

    ¡°Wise decision.¡± Niu Junjie med out the car which had just started, leaning over him and said seriously, ¡°Last night, after appreciating your photos, my dad praised you for your talent and wanted to invite you to make an advertisement for a new collection of men watch, which will be on TV.¡±

    He Bai was shocked, it was truly surprising, but he restrained and asked in seriousness, ¡°What about the first one?¡±

    Niu Junjie raised his eyebrows and lengthened his tone. ¡°The first one ... this new collection has a spokesperson. You have to shoot both the spokesperson and the watches.¡±

    He Bai raised his eyebrows likewise. ¡°Is this a surprise?¡± What kind of surprise was it that obviously more difficult to shoot the product only against together with a spokesperson?

    ¡°Have you forgotten?¡± Niu Junjie leaned close to him and winked. ¡°When my family was just nning tounch a new luxury watch collection, I rmended someone to my dad. We both know him, and it was you helped me deliver the endorsement contract.¡±

    ¡°Light luxury collection, LaoSan rmended, they all knew, delivered the contract¡± ... After linking the key words, his memory instantly awakened and eyes widened, ¡°You mean the light luxury collection, is specified Di, Di ...¡±

    ¡°Yes, it¡¯s your Di Qiuhe!¡± Niu Junjie excitedly announced the answer, pping him on the shoulder, lightting up with pleasure, ¡°XiaoBai, you are going to work with your fat bird! Have you ever expected the interweaving of love and career, is it a super surprise?¡±

    He Bai leaned forward as being patted, and finally earthed to himself after being stunned for a while. He raised his hand to wipe his face, couldn¡¯t helpughing and nodded. ¡°Surprise, surprise indeed.¡± That Childish Di was about to fall into his hands, it couldn¡¯t be more surprise!

 Chapter 153 - Deal (1)

    <h4>Chapter 153: Deal (1)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Niu Junjie¡¯s father¡¯s name was Niu Xiong, who was, just as Niu Junjie said, of an imposing build and sturdy frame. From the appearance, Niu Junjie was more resemble the graceful and delicate mother Cao Yu, but from the character, Niu Junjie and his father were one hundred percent alike.

    He Bai and Niu Junjie had been good buddies for over dozen years in hisst life, and of course he was familiar with Niu¡¯s father and mother, but because he was fond of taking scenery photos outside, he had no business contact with Niu¡¯s family actually.

    Things had changed now. For him, the experience was a bit novel.

    With the experience of hisst life, He Bai won the favor of Niu¡¯s father and mother after only a meal, and it dumbfounded Niu Junjie, who doubted if He Bai had employed any bewitching method.

    ¡°Auntie is nice to me because I helped you to adapt to the dormitory life when you entered school.¡± He Bai replied, rubbing his stomach and being led by Niu Junjie for a walk to digestion. ¡°As for uncle, it¡¯s because you endorsed me and treat me as a friend. So, after all, it¡¯s all because of you. What bewitching method did I use?¡±

    ¡°You¡¯re such a smooth talker.¡± Niu Junjie derided, then he nced around and leaned over lowering his voice and said, ¡°My mother will definitely talk to youter. If she asks you about XiaoYa, you, you just trim the sails.¡±

    He Bai raised his eyebrows, ¡°How? Do auntie know about you and Zheng Ya?¡±

    ¡°That day XiaoYa said that she¡¯d like to see my sincerity. I, I called my mother to introduce her then.¡± Niu Junjie scratched his hair embarrassingly and said with red ears, ¡°Anyway, if my mother asks, you can talk XiaoYa up. She¡¯s good girl, totally different from Liu Huanhuan!¡±

    Seeing that he was so embarrassed, He Bai stopped making fun of him and replied, ¡°Well, if aunt asks, I will do as you say. However, I don¡¯t think aunt will ask, because your two families are in the same circle and have had business deals before. Aunt will know after inquiry about Zheng Ya, she hasn¡¯t said anything to you now, which shows that she¡¯s happy with her.¡±

    Niu Junjie beamed and said happily, ¡°It¡¯s reasonable! My mother and XiaoYa are both people with good temper. They could certainly get along well. After I married XiaoYa, I will ... ¡±

    ¡°Who are you going to marry?¡± Cao Yu appeared at the back of the side door and red at him with a smile and said, ¡°All day long your mouth is running, what kind of good girl would marry a childish man like you.¡±

    Niu Junjie almost sprang up, he took refuge behind He Bai, flushing crimson and staring at his mother, giggling stupidly.

    ¡°So manly.¡± Cao Yuughed and scolded him, then waved to He Bai and suggested, ¡°It¡¯s hot outside,e in after you finished walking, XiaoBai, uncle and I want to talk to you.¡±

    With a lovable reply, He Bai squinted at Niu Junjie, shaking his head in disapproval ostensibly after the mother left.

    Niu Junjie red and kicked him into the room.

    Niu Xiong and Cao Yu held the conversation in a small, semi-open living room instead of a closed and serious study for what they was about to talk was business, Niu Xiong casually found an excuse to dismiss Niu Junjie and didn¡¯t let him attend.

    ¡°I love the photos very much.¡± Cao Yu took out herptop, browsing the photos on it, and her eyes were filled with appreciation. ¡°I¡¯ve seen countless of advertisement films of watches over the years, and all the pictures were just hackneyed and stereotyped, with a solid-colored background and a close-up of the watch. It was cold, stiff and boring. But this one is wholly different, and it¡¯s ... well, it¡¯s romantic. Some of them don¡¯t chose solid-colored backgrounds, but they aren¡¯t messy at all. On the contrary, there¡¯s some warmth like time has settled in them.¡±

    She said, touching the erged dial te in the photo, smiling and sighing, ¡°Especially this one, the old photo and the dial te of the watch are fixed together, it¡¯s fancy, and very eye-catching. It gives me the feeling that these photos go back to the nature of the watch, that is, recording the time, recording what had happened in those times, and recording the memories. Ten photos, the first five show the watch from an objective angle, and thest five the story behind the watch from a tender angle and erge the feelings carried by the watch. He Bai, I love your photography style very much, thank you.¡±

    He Bai was somewhat ill at ease by the elders¡¯ praise and answered, ¡°Auntie you are so kind, it¡¯s me that should thank Junjie for giving me this opportunity. This watch is beautiful and it¡¯s my honor to photograph it.¡±

    ¡°No matter how beautiful it is, it¡¯s just a watch. Besides, you¡¯re so outstanding that there¡¯s no shortage of opportunity. Junjie alwayses up with ideas. Thanks to the care of yours in dormitory that nothing bad happened in the past two years.¡± Cao Yu put down theputer, affectionately patted him on the hand and said gently, ¡°Come here more often if you are free together with the other two in the dormitory. Last time you came, we were on vacation and didn¡¯t treat you well. I¡¯m sorry for that.¡±

    He Bai shook his head and expressed no worries at all, and was somewhat envious of Niu Junjie¡¯s happy family.

    ¡°Okay, okay, Junjie is waiting to take Xiaobai out. If we keep on hogging him, Junjie woulde and make a scene.¡± Niu Xiong suggested at the right time and joked with a smile. Then he took out a document and presented it to He Bai, and he came straight to the point, ¡°This is the contract I asked thewyer to draw upst night. XiaoBai, check it. If there¡¯s anything you find inappropriate, let¡¯s revise it.¡±

    He Bai smiled, did away with formalities, took the document and went through it carefully. After confirming that the basic terms were rightfully settled, he drew a pen from the camera bag, signed his name directly, and filled in all the necessary ces.

    Seeing he was so straightforward, Niu Xiong was delighted. He pped his belly and asked smilingly, ¡°That¡¯s it? Aren¡¯t you afraid of uncle Niu deceiving you?¡±

    ¡°If uncle Niu deceived me, then I¡¯ll get it back from Junjie. Anyway, I have nothing to lose.¡± He Bai closed the paper, put away the pen and replied with a smile.

 Chapter 154 - Deal (2)

    <h4>Chapter 154: Deal (2)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Niu Xiong was more delighted at these words, he packed up the document and was about to have another talk with him, he then saw Niu Junjie outside the small living room and grinning funnily. He red at him angrily and raised his voice and asked, ¡°What are you doing? Will I eat XiaoBai? All right then, let¡¯s call it a day, we old fellows should not waste your time.¡±

    Niu Junjie rushed in and urged He Bai to get up with a smile. After greeting his parents, he pulled out He Bai of his house.

    ¡°Weekends are precious. I don¡¯t want to see their PDA.¡± Niu Junjie stuffed He Bai into the car and said excitedly, ¡°Come on, I¡¯ll take you to Jin Jiang to pick a house. We had a deal at the beginning. You take photos for me and I apany you to buy a house.¡±

    He Bai was desperate to buy a house soon, thus he nodded, got on the car and fasten his seat belt.

    They arrived at Jin Jiang housing estate as quick as a sh, He Baipared Di Qiuhe and Niu Junjie¡¯s driving skills and silently gave Niu a thumbs-up.

    ¡°These vis left by my uncle is close to the south gate. Outside the south gate is the side gate of the park, which is quite quiet. On the north side of the vi is a flower bed, behind which there is a small garden and andscape fountain. Ahead the fountain, it is the other elevator buildings, which ensures the purity and privacy of these vis.¡± Niu Junjie drove the car directly to the front of the vis, pointed to a row of beautiful vis with small courtyard outside, and continued, ¡°These vis have been basically renovated because uncle left them for rtives. If you buy one, you can just buy some furniture and make soft decoration and move in directly.¡±

    He Bai squinted at him, ¡°LaoSan ...¡±

    ¡°Hmm? What?¡± Niu Junjie looked at him innocently.

    ¡°I said I wouldn¡¯t buy a vi.¡±

    Niu Junjie red, ¡°Why? Didn¡¯t you say Qiuhe upies a lot of space? Vis are much better than duplex buildings!¡±

    He Bai frowned, ¡°OK, but I don¡¯t have enough money ...¡±

    ¡°You do.¡±

    He Bai frowned, ¡°No, the vi¡¯s down payment is several times of the duplex building...¡±

    The cell phone rang suddenly and a text message came in.

    Niu Junjie smiled, ¡°It used to be that case, but it¡¯s certainly enough now.¡±

    He Bai hazed, seeing he grinned at his mobile phone in the pocket, something came to him, then he took out his mobile phone, opening the new text message, ring, ¡°Your tail number 3456 debit card ie ... how did your dad transfer me so much money?¡±

    ¡°The remuneration of the photos and the advertisement of the men¡¯s watch collection in advance. Now all the established photographers are getting paid by single shots when working forrge enterprises. My parents like your photos very much. They want you to take more, thus they have to pay more.¡± Niu Junjie made a gesture with his fingers. Then he lowered his head and said solemnly, ¡°Correct counting keeps good friendship. I can¡¯t take advantage of you and ask you to work for my family for nothing. All right, all right, none of my rtives in these vis havee to live, which is a waste if they¡¯re empty. Please be kind and buy one.¡±

    ¡°But I can¡¯t take advantage of you too much either. It was agreed before that there would be no charge for these photos.¡± He Bai frowned.

    ¡°Nonsense? Aren¡¯t you going to pay for the house?¡± Niu Junjie stared at him, raised his voice and said, ¡°Besides, the wedding photos of XiaoYa and I are sure to be taken by you, do you have the nerve to charge me? In the future, the photos of my son and daughter¡¯s birthday will definitely be taken by you. Will you take money from my son or daughter?¡±

    Son and daughter, the great length he went ...

    ¡°I can¡¯t.¡± He Bai was amused, he raised his hand and patted him on the shoulder. He felt relieved topromise and said sincerely, ¡°LaoSan, thanks.¡±

    Niu Junjie raised his eyebrowcently, shook his shoulder, ¡°That¡¯s right, no courtesy between brothers! Go! I¡¯ll show you inside! ¡±

    The vi was not thatrge, it had only three floors and was quite exquisite. There were small gardens in front and back. The vi was separated from the other vi by a wall and a wooden fence to ensure privacy. The interior space of the house was reasonably arranged. Indeed, as Niu Junjie had said, it was cost-effective and worry-free to buy some furniture and make some soft decoration to move in directly.

    ¡°How about that? How about that? I¡¯ll ask my uncle to give you a discount to ensure you that after paying the down payment, you have enough money for decoration. This is what we say ¡°buy early and enjoy early, buyte and cry.¡±

    ¡°Deal.¡±

    Niu Junjie turned to look at him, picking his ears, ¡°What did you say? I didn¡¯t hear clearly. ¡±

    He Bai smiled at him, took out his bank card and handed it over. He repeated straightforwardly, ¡°I said I would buy it, and now we can go through the formalities.¡±

    Niu Junjie nced at the card he handed over and gave him a thumbs-up with a smile.

    After selecting, He Bai had oicked a vi which was the closest to the south gate of the residential area, of medium size and of the nearest outside. The house number was quite interesting, 007, simple and easy to remember.

    Niu Junjie rung up the person in charge of the sale of the residential house on the spot. He Bai called Li Ru too. After preliminary negotiations, the two parties handed over deposit in the house and exchanged business cards. As soon as all the rtive offices were open on Monday, they could go through the formal procedures for buying the house.

    Later, He Bai invited Niu Junjie to have a meal and bought some gifts to Niu¡¯s family to express his gratitude.

    A few dayster, after the purchase and loan procedures had beenpleted, He Bai got the key of the vi and began to look for a designer for the decoration.

    So Di Qiuhe¡¯s rest time was fully upied by He Bai¡¯s ¡°material questionnaire survey¡±.

 Chapter 155 - Wake up

    <h4>Chapter 155: Wake up</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Di Qiuhe found that since puppy initiated the questionnaire survey, he felt like he knew what it was like to be doted! Floods of text messages, frequent phone calls... Happiness! Exciting! It felt like a dream!

    After another barrage of phone calls about carpet color, Di Qiuhe pressed Wang Boyi¡¯s shoulder seriously and asked, ¡°Assistant Wang, do you think Pup misses me? It¡¯s just amercial shooting. Is it necessary for him to shower me with so many questions? He definitely misses me.¡±

    Wang Boyi endured the strength from his iron w hand, nodded earnestly and agreed, ¡°From my understanding of Mr. He, he must miss you since he has been asking you so many trivial questions.¡±

    Di Qiuhe loosened his hands and smiled contentedly.

    Wang Boyi took the opportunity to remind him, ¡°Master Di, the crew will fly to Country J the day after tomorrow, and director Jiang is waiting for you to the meeting.¡±

    The smile stagnated and disappeared. Di Qiuhe went through his mobile phone¡¯s calendar, then his shoulder drooped.

    He missed XiaoBai very much ... He was desperate to go back. For another half month, another half month ... he put away his cell phone, refreshed himself, picked up the script and headed for Jiang.

    The first snow in city B finally came after several false forecast.

    He Bai closed the bedroom¡¯s door, greeted his roommates and sat down in his seat. He took off his scarf and asked, ¡°Have you arrived Country J? How¡¯s the weather over there?¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s quite good, bit hot in here. The thick coat we prepared ispletely useless.¡± Di Qiuhe sat in the car, took a look at the strange street outside, smiled and asked, ¡°What are you going to ask today, is the bookcase color or table style?¡±

    ¡°No more questions, the materials have been collected and the assignment has handed in.¡± He Bai threw the scarf on the table, turned on theputer, packed the work photos fixedst week and sent them to Li Ru¡¯s email box. He said, ¡°Besides, I¡¯ve already bought a house, but it¡¯s unfurnished. It¡¯ll not be delivered until the next year. My hope to live in my own nest this year shattered.¡±

    Di Qiuhe frowned when he heard this, and wanted to tell him that they could share one house. However, considering of the other party¡¯s character, he swallowed the words silently and soothed him, ¡°It doesn¡¯t matter. You areing to stay in hotel with the crew during the winter vacation anyway, and I¡¯ll take you home when the y is over at the end of the year.¡±

    ¡°Well, it seems that for this winter vacation, I¡¯ll be with you? Childish Di, aren¡¯t you overjoyed now?¡± He Bai asked back with a smile, clicking the design sketch of the houseyout sent by the designer and sending an ¡°OK¡± after confirming there was no problem.

    ¡°Yes, very.¡± Di Qiuhe liked his rhetorical question, admitted with a smile, and heard the faint sound of keyboard tapping over there. He asked with concern, ¡°Have you been busy recently? It seems that every time I call you, you¡¯re working.¡±

    ¡°The house costs me a fortune, and there¡¯s decoration to be done. I have to try my best to save money.¡± He Bai answered, nced at the date and asked, ¡°How¡¯s your grandfather?¡±

    Di Qiuhe¡¯s face darkened, he was distressed, and became more eager to return. However, he kept his voice soft and steady, and answered, ¡°He¡¯s in good recovery, and able to keep conscious for a long time thest time he called, he even asked about you.¡±

    ¡°For what?¡± He Bai inquired curiously. He saw that Li Ru had sent a new email, guessing it may be a new assignment, clicked it hurriedly.

    The phone call crossed his mind, his lips raised and he replied, ¡°Asked me if I have ever thanked you, the savior, and asked me to invite you home for dinner, saying he wants to thank you in person. So XiaoBai, when are you going toe home with me to meet grandpa?¡±

    Sure enough, te email was job, and a lucrative job.

    He Bai put away the mouse and answered with a smile, ¡°You¡¯re not in city B, asking such a question is sheer roguery. Have a good rest when you go back to the hotel. I have to work now and call youter.¡±

    Another assignment?

    Di Qiuhe frowned, said a few more words before hanging up, then checked the time in city B and was somewhat worried. epting assignment at this time ... Did the house cost an awful lot?

    As the New Year drew near, the Spring Festival gs of various TV stations had entered the final preparatory period one after another. Of these, the most noticeable was the CCTV Spring Festival G, and He Bai¡¯s work this time was rted to that.

    ¡°This year, there¡¯s a show called Four Beauties popr online, but two beauties must be screened out due to time limit. The Four Beauties are He Fenwei from Huangdu, Yi Jie from Bai Xiu, Zhu Shuxue from Xing Yu and Qu Fang from Jing Guan. Two days ago, the director of the G suddenly asked them to hand in a photo or video representing their unique beauty.¡±

    ¡°Then Yi Jie and Zhu Shuxue both came to me?¡± He Bai leafed through the two invitations in the mail and asked, ¡°Which one do you want to ept?¡±

    Li Ru gave him a clear-cut answer, ¡°Zhu Shuxue.¡±

    He Bai raised his eyebrows. ¡°Why?¡±

    ¡°She¡¯s popr and narrow-minded, and we¡¯ve already rejected her once, and by doing that one more time, we might offend her.¡± Li Ru gave a very sincere answer, which was a bit too blunt, ¡°Yi Jie is different. She¡¯s gentle and has worked with you before, and she has a good impression on you. Even if you refuse her this time, she won¡¯t think anything bad of you.¡±

    Very practical consideration and the most favorable choice.

    He Bai nodded and answered, ¡°I choose Yi Jie.¡±

    Li Ru froze, ¡°Why?¡±

    ¡°I don¡¯t like Zhu Shuxue because she likes to hype love affairs.¡± He Bai gave a self-willed reason. He moved his finger and deleted Zhu Shuxue¡¯s invitation directly, replied, ¡°Either we reject both or Yi Jie. The New Year ising. I¡¯m going to have fun.¡± He would not shoot an actress who had hyped love affair with Childish Di in hisst life, no way.

    Li Ru was speechless then and shook her head. ¡°You¡¯re the boss, you call the shots. I¡¯ll find a suitable reason to reject Zhu Shuxue. Have fun.¡±

    He Bai answered in an apple-polished way, ¡°Thank you, sister Li. I¡¯ll give you some red packet money at the end of the month!¡±

    ¡°Such a smooth talker.¡±

    Li Ru sighed helplessly, and then couldn¡¯t helpughing. It was really fun to work for one¡¯s heart instead of interests.

    The photos were so urgent that He Bai contacted Yi Jie as soon as he decided to ept it and set the time after confirming the theme.

    The day of shooting happened to snow.

    Yi Jie, nestled in the car in a long in dress and a down jacket. She was not worried at all and was enjoying the snow. She sighed, ¡°I haven¡¯t seen a heavy snow like this for a long time. How great it¡¯s gonna be to just eat hot pot at home.¡±

    He Bai recalled the so-called healthy breakfast she ate, which seemed tasteless, he sympathized her to some extent, looked at the outside with shes in his mind and asked, ¡°Yi, do you want to make a snowman?¡±

    Yi Jie turned to look at him, blinked and smiled, ¡°Yeah, super.¡±

    Taking off the long skirt, removing the carefully coiling hair and heavy makeup, putting on the down jacket and fuzzy snowshoes, wearing the hat, scarf and earmuffs, He Bai and Yi Jie got on their rented bikes and rode towards the most popr old town of city B in the growl of Yi Jie¡¯s manager.

    Wandering through Hutongs, eating snacks, making snowmen, ying snowball fights, riding rickshaws, skating ... Yi Jie threw away restraints and yed happily for three days in her most natural condition. He Bai apanied her the way and took pictures meticulously.

    At sunset on the third day, Yi Jie was sitting on a small slope outside the strawberry garden with a pocket of strawberries in her arms. She looked at He Bai, who had just put down his camera under the slope, smiled brightly. ¡°He Bai, did you skip ss today?¡±

    He Bai held up his camera again, aiming the lens at her and answered, ¡°Yeah, I did, so sister Yi, you have to give me a big red envelope.¡±

    ¡°Sure enough.¡± Yi Jie nodded and raised her hand to groom her hair. Her bright smile slowly restrained and became gentle, watching him and asking, ¡°Do you think I can make it to the Spring Festival G?¡±

    The beauty was covered by the mask. He Bai put down the camera and nodded, ¡°Yes.¡±

    There were lights shining from afar, it was the caring to pick them up.

    ¡°After you.¡± Yi Jie held the strawberries, pulled off the scarf and put her face behind it, only a pair of gentle eyes shown. ¡°Go back to school, I¡¯m looking forward to our next cooperation.¡±

    He Bai looked at her thin figure and her less glowing eyes, asked, ¡°What about you?¡±

    ¡°I¡¯ll go back after eating this strawberries.¡± Yi Jie replied, her eyes were curved and eyshes blocked her real emotion. ¡°After today, I can¡¯t eat whatever I want anymore, so I have to stay longer.¡±

    The car stopped behind, followed by Yi Jie¡¯s car.

    He Bai relented a bit, took another look at Yi Jie, saying no more. He nodded to her, pulled open the door and got on the car.

    In the rearview mirror, Yi Jie¡¯s agent out of the car hurriedly ran to Yi Jie, squatted in front of her and said something. Her shoulders were tight and head tilted slightly. She was being cautious.

    He Bai withdrew his sight and took out his mobile phone to text Di Qiuhe.

    He Bai: Qiuhe, do you enjoy your profession of an actor?

    There was no reply, he sighed, put down his cell phone and leaned against the seat, fell asleep slowly.

    ¡°Pup.¡±

    He frowned and waked up gradually.

    ¡°Pup.¡±

    How odd, he thought he heard Di Qiuhe.

    ¡°XiaoBai, wake up.¡±

    The voice was in his ear, and warm breath, spraying on his face.

    He opened his eyes in a daze, gradually and clearly, he saw that was Di Qiuhe, the enviably handsome face. His brain nked for a moment, then raised his hands in confusion and snapped on the face close at hand and kneaded, ¡°This dream is so real that it¡¯s warm ...¡±

    After waiting for him for a day, Di Qiuhe raised his eyebrows and pulled down the hand and put it into his mouth. He took a bite and groaned angrily, ¡°Pup, you skipped ss! And, where is the perfume smell from?¡±

 Chapter 156 - Sassy Puppy (1)

    <h4>Chapter 156: Sassy Puppy (1)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Perfume?

    He Bai was still in a daze, looking at the man with angry eyes, with confusion, he frowned slowly. ¡°Qiuhe?¡±

    Di Qiuhe ignored him with a poker face, stretched out his hand to take off the scarf around his neck and stuffed it into the bag aside, then straightened up and took off his scarf and wrapped it around him, nodded to the driver in the front seat and took him out of the car, half-holding and half-pulling.

    The cold wind blew on the winter night, He Bai waspletely awake then, he watched Yi Jie¡¯s car driving away further and further and turned to look at the handsome man in thin clothes.

    ¡°Qiuhe?¡± He turned back, stretching out his hand to touch the other party¡¯s face again.

    Di Qiuhe did not move, looking at him, frowning and saying nothing.

    The skin was real, the familiar smell was real, and the pinprick cold was real when the night wind blew. He Bai¡¯s fingers moved, covering the other party¡¯s ears which were cold in the wind, his chin rubbed the soft scarf with Qiuhe¡¯s temperature, his dimples appeared slowly, ¡°Are you back? Are you really back?¡±

    The anger and anxiety faded like a flood after seeing puppy¡¯s smile, Di Qiuhe looked at He Bai¡¯s brightening eyes and felt the warm palm covering his ears. His frowning brows loosened, but he wrinkled up again. He put down his backpack and other things, stretched out his hand and pulled him into his arms, hugged him hard, rubbed his side face, and gnashed in his ear and said, ¡°Don¡¯t think that you act all cute, I¡¯ll let go of the issue of you skipping sses. You are too disobedient, Pup, running away without me paying attention to you for one sec! If the driver hadn¡¯t answered the phone for you, I almost thought you were kidnapped by criminals after sending me a text message! How can you sleep there? What if the driver is an evildoer?¡±

    He Bai who was held tight felt a bit painful and that was no soft whisper in his ear, but He Bai¡¯s smile was getting bigger, then he tilted to hit his head, held him in his arms, volume up and asked delightedly, ¡°When did youe back? Is the y finished? How long can you stay this time? Why didn¡¯t you ask me to pick you up? I¡¯m not that careless. The driver has been together with me for three days and we are already familiar with each other.¡±

    He was embraced by the man with equal force and the voice full of joy and surprise, Di Qiuhe¡¯s nerves rxed gradually, bending slightly and burying his face on the other party¡¯s shoulder, the tone slowed down. ¡°You should stay alert even you guys are familiar ... never again.¡± Surprise turned into frightening, if this sort of stimtion came several times, he was afraid that he may lock up the other finally.

    ¡°Well, I promise there¡¯s no next time.¡± He Bai replied with a silly smile, repeated the question and patted Qiuhe¡¯s back soothingly.

    Di Qiuhe was stunned by the patting, but he realized in hindsight that the person in his dream was now in his arms ... it was really beyond great. When he hugged his sweetheart, the other person responded enthusiastically.

    All the insecurity and self-doubt and self-deception that had been haunting ... at this moment, was gone! He was filled with nothing but joy and satisfaction.

    It turned out that he was indeed a lucky one that he got his puppy.

    ¡°I came back this afternoon.¡± He raised his hand and rubbed the soft hair on the back of the other¡¯s head, gathered all his emotions and gentleness was rippling in his eyes, he asked softly, ¡°After filming, I can stay for a long time. I didn¡¯t call you to pick me up when I thought you had a ss this afternoon.¡±

    Only when some passing students looked at them curiously did He Bai realize that the ce where they hugged was inappropriate. He pped Di Qiuhe on the back and motioned for him to release each other. He tilted his head back slightly and asked, ¡°Have you eaten?¡±

    Di Qiuhe noticed the passers-by too, he frowned, leaning sightly over so no one could see He Bai, then released him, groomed his tangled hair, didn¡¯t say anything.

    He Bai frowned then, ¡°You have been waiting for me from the afternoon? Haven¡¯t eaten anything?¡±

    Di Qiuhe raised his hand and poked him between the eyebrows, diverting the subject. ¡°Don¡¯t frown, not cute.¡±

    ¡°How dare you.¡± He Bai pulled down his hand, only to find his fingers were freezing cold, looking at his thin clothes, his brows knitted tighter. He bent down to lift the bag on the ground, found his scarf inside, and put it on around his neck with a straight face.

    Disgusted as Di Qiuhe was, he stretched out his hand and tried to pull, ¡°I don¡¯t want this. There¡¯s woman¡¯s perfume on it.¡±

    ¡°No, that¡¯s my perfume!¡± He Bai took down his hand again, helped him to wrap up the scarf carefully, then lifted the bag on the ground, caught hold of his arm to the restaurant street outside the school. He exined as he walked, ¡°I took pictures of Yi Jie from Bai Xiu today. She wanted to make perfume after lunch. I have to follow her. The one you smell is what I randomly mixed with the perfumer when I was bored, it identally spilled on the scarf when bottling. Your damn nose, it¡¯s so mild, and you smelt it.¡±

    After hearing the exnation, Di Qiuhe finally eliminated the jealousy in his heart. He then turned his scarf-pulling hand into a scarf-protecting one, and bowed his head to sniff. Heughed, ¡°Pup you are so amazing that you even know the art of perfume making.¡±

    He Bai snorted with a smile, ¡°Hmmm, is that so? I don¡¯t know which guy that was just now, his hair stands up when smells it.¡±

    ¡°Of course it¡¯s the guy who misses you like crazy.¡± Di Qiuhe glued himself to Bai and gave a shameless answer.

    He Bai rolled his eyes, but did not refute him. He took him to the hotpot restaurant where he often went with roommates for dinner like a disobedient child and asked for a private room.

    Before the hotpot, he ordered a bowl of porridge to feed Di Qiuhe¡¯s belly, then took off his scarf and coat, rolled his sleeves, stood up to pour food into the light soup, said, ¡°Non-spicy only! This is ate dinner, and certainly you didn¡¯t eat well at lunch, the ne meal, so no spicy food for dinner. When you adapt in a couple of days, I¡¯ll take you to delicious food.¡±

    Di Qiuhe, holding the porridge bowl, just looked at him, the smile on his face seemed somewhat like a fool¡¯s.

    ¡°What are you giggling at, dummy.¡± He Bai was disconcerted by him, reached for the scarf around his neck. ¡°They have a heater in the room. Why are you wearing that scarf? Aren¡¯t you hot?¡±

    Di Qiuhe let him take off the scarf obediently, then took it and stuffed it into his bag, rightfully taking it for himself.

    ¡°You.¡± He Bai found his behavior funny, he turned around and took out a small delicate bottle from his bag and put it into his hand. He said, ¡°Take it if you like. Anyway, I don¡¯t like perfume. Take it for fun.¡±

    The bottle was tiny indeed, about the size of two fingers, long and thin, feltfortable in hand. Di Qiuhe sprayed it, looked up at him, suddenly he got up to lean over and hugged him again.

 Chapter 157 - Sassy Puppy (2)

    <h4>Chapter 157: Sassy Puppy (2)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    He Bai put the te he had just picked up on the table, tilted his head back, ¡°What?¡±

    Di Qiuhe held down the back of his head to prevent him from fidgeting, rubbed his ear gently and whispered, ¡°I¡¯m happy, Pup ... why are you so kind to me?¡±

    ¡°... You fool.¡± He Bai¡¯s eyes softened and he embraced Qiuhe and rubbed him on the back, ¡°Is this kind to you? You are so easy to satisfy. Please eat more if you are in the mood. You are thinner thanst time. Have you been over working for the movie? You are back so early, did you rush again?¡±

    Di Qiuhe smiled and did not answer, rubbing puppy¡¯s back, replied, ¡°You are thinner ... Pup, there is a thing I¡¯ve meant to tell you, that I want to tell you in person.¡±

    Hugging was always rxing andfortable. He Bai rxed and leaned against him. He was not in a hurry to urge him to eat, smiled and asked, ¡°What is it? Did you do something bad without my knowledge?¡±

    ¡°Well, a big bad thing.¡± Di Qiuhe noticed his rxation and the smile deepened in his eyes. He suddenly withdrew his hand and took something out of his pocket and quickly put it on his neck, then hugged him again, waved gently and said earnestly, ¡°I adore you, Pup, please be with me.¡±

    Something was on his neck now, the skin inside the cor now was feeling a ne with the warmth of the other party. He Bai wanted to look down at what was hanging on the chain, but he was hugged tightly again. Just as he was preparing to protest, this gentle and tempting remark came from his ear.

    He was stunned and his heart beat uncontrobly faster.

    It was the first time in two of his life that he heard the confession from the person he liked.

    After they made clear their minds, they contacted each other by phone for so long, had said but no specific ¡°I adore you¡±. He thought that the other was the same as him and didn¡¯t care about these things, however, he didn¡¯t realize that he waited until they met in person.

    The precious thoughts, suddenly ... he was so touched.

    The one in arms was stiff and there was only silence. Di Qiuhe, filled with joy and gentleness at first, gradually became uneasy. He slightly let go of the person in his arms, took half a step back, but did not dare to look at him in the eye. His hands were on puppy¡¯s shoulders, with his eyebrows slightly wrinkled, asking in a shaking voice, ¡°XiaoBai, you ... don¡¯t you? Am I not good enough?¡±

    He Bai came back to himself, having examined his expression and the tinum ring hanging on the ne, squinted at him with a big smile. He threw himself at him, rubbed his hair andughed, ¡°Childish Di, if you dare to cheat on me, I¡¯ll chop you!¡±

    His hair, which had just grown not for long, was messed up. He Bai¡¯s response stupefied him for a moment. Then he hugged He Bai hard and buried his face between his shoulder and neck, his voice was a bit hoarse. ¡°No ... You¡¯re everything.¡±

    He Bai raised his hand to pinch his ear. ¡°Childish Di, are those tears of joy?¡±

    ¡°No.¡± Di Qiuhe shook his head, held down the back of his head to prevent him from seeing him, and turned his head sideways to kiss the tip of his hair. ¡°Don¡¯t move, hug me like this for a while, just for a little while.¡±

    He Bai stood still, smiled and let go of his hand, hugged and patted him with a gentle smile, ¡°You Childish Di~ ... sure, for as long as you want.¡±

    The meal was finally finished at half past nine in the evening, Niu Junjie called to ask him why he hadn¡¯t returned, if there was any problem with his work. He Bai took a look at Di Qiuhe, who pretended to be calm, but in fact was staring at his cell phone with threatening eyes. He pressed down his smile and answered, ¡°I won¡¯t go back tonight.¡±

    ¡°What?! You are staying out all night?¡±

    Di Qiuhe, who was secretly listening with his ears up, immediately looked over, his eyes ring.

    He Bai put his hand over the receiver, smiled and squinted at him, then turned to the phone, over which Niu was making repeated inquiries, and he replied simply, ¡°Qiuhe is back.¡±

    Niu Junjie shut up at once, and then grinned after a few seconds, said knowingly, ¡°I know, I know. Enjoy your night. The teacher won¡¯t know. It¡¯s okay. LaoDa had answered for you in ss. If it¡¯s necessary, he can answer for you tomorrow morning. It¡¯s not an important ss anyway, it doesn¡¯t matter.¡±

    ¡°Go easy on the the pornography in your mind. I¡¯m going to take Qiuhe to see the house.¡± He Bai criticized, hung up the phone after a simple exnation, and looked at Di Qiuhe who leaned in unconsciously.

    Di Qiuhe immediately straightened up, pulled the scarf around his neck, and asked deliberately, ¡°It¡¯ste. The dormitory must have been closed. Let¡¯s ... check in at a hotel?¡±

    In which world the dorm closed at 9: 30?

    ¡°We are not going to the hotel.¡± He Bai pretended to not know what he was nning, smiled and shook his head, raised his hand and pointed in a direction, ¡°Let¡¯s go this way.¡±

    The tiny hope that had just risen in Di Qiuhe¡¯s heart disappeared, he looked in the direction and was stunned. ¡°Supermarket?¡±

    Bedsheet, quilts, toothbrushes, towels, shampoo, bath lotion ... all sorts of necessities were piled up in shopping carts pushed by Di Qiuhe. He looked puzzled then, when He Bai threw another box of underpants in, his ears turned red, and he asked, ¡°Why do you buy these stuff, Pup, are you going camping?¡±

    He Bai shook his head, looked him up and down, then took another pack of underwear and threw it in.

    Di Qiuhe nced at the two packs of underwear with the same style but different sizes, the flush spread from ear to neck. Fortunately, he was not seen behind the scarf. He had doubts in his mind, but because of shyness, he didn¡¯t keep asking. His head was full of pink bubbles like ¡°couple¡¯s daily¡± and ¡°matching underwear¡±, his eyes were dubious and bright, like a hungry fox who saw fat chickens.

    The supermarket closed at 10: 30. He Bai bought all the articles for daily use that werecking in the vi promptly. Then he called a taxi and shoved Di Qiuhe and the supermarket shopping bag into the back seat while sitting on the passenger seat himself.

    ¡°We are heading to this ce, please.¡± He Bai showed the address of the vi recorded in the mobile phone to the driver, then took out a bag of peanuts from the shopping bag on his leg and put it into the hands of Di Qiuhe in the back seat together with a stic bag, ¡°I want to eat peanuts. Peel them. Don¡¯t talk to me until you finish.¡±

 Chapter 158 - Sassy Puppy (3)

    <h4>Chapter 158: Sassy Puppy (3)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Di Qiuhe was not happy with their seats arrangement already, and what was worse now, he didn¡¯t even tell him where they were going, and he was not going to talk to him yet. He felt extremely aggrieved, holding peanuts in his hands and frowning. ¡°XiaoBai,¡± He said.

    He Bai motioned for the driver, made a gesture of silence, turned around and rested on the back of the chair.

    Di Qiuhe shut up, watching the back of his head protruded from the back of his chair, raised his hand and touched it, and was told off.

    ...... Never mind, he was older than the Pup, he should give way to him.

    He took back his hand, stayed with the supermarket shopping bags, buried himself in peeling peanuts, paying attention of not leaving the shells on the car seat. He was in no mood to see the scenery outside the window.

    It was a big bag of peanuts. By the time he finished, it was well past eleven o¡¯clock.

    He tied on the stic bag and only was about to look out of the window then covered with a scarf thrown by He Bai, and a smiling voice sounded, ¡°A surprise for you, cover your eyes.¡±

    The hand pulling the scarf stopped, with the other hand groped forward, he felt He Bai¡¯s soft hair and became calmer, he asked softly, ¡°You won¡¯t run away, Pup, will you?¡±

    ¡°Why, are you worried that I will abandon you in the wild to feed wolves?¡± He Bai squeezed his palm and saw the shadow of Jin Jiang residential district in front. The corners of his mouth raised. He leaned forward and pulled him over. Then he blindfolded him with the scarf and said, ¡°Don¡¯t move. I promise I¡¯m not gonna traffic you. If you don¡¯t believe me, ask the driver. We are not in a wild ce.¡±

    The driver thought they were brothers who were bantering for fun, so he happily cooperated and answered, ¡°If this is a wild ce, then the ce where I live is a shithole. You may rest assured, buddy, your little brother is not going to sell you.¡±

    ¡°You heard that, big man?¡± He Bai poked Di Qiuhe on the forehead, took out one of the peeled peanuts and fed it to his mouth. He then ate one himself and pulled his finger with a smile.

    Di Qiuhe was so turned on by the way He Bai called him ¡°big man¡±, he pressed his lips to feel the touch left by He Bai¡¯s fingers, held the hand back which was ready to withdraw, rxed and began to look forward to the surprise.

    The taxi stopped outside the south gate of the residential area. He Bai got off first and took out the shopping bags and other things. Then he went around to the back seat to help Di Qiuhe out. He stuffed several bags into his hands and carried the rest of it and thanked the driver. He tied their wrists with scarves, holding hands in such an offbeat way and brought him into the residential area from the south gate.

    It was toote and no one was walking around. Luckily, their strange manner did not attract onlookers.

    Di Qiuhe listened to the footsteps in front of him and the rustle of shopping bags rubbing against each other. His lips slowly raised and asked, ¡°Pup, what surprise did you prepare for me? With all that shopping, are you really taking me camping?¡±

    Turning over from the flower bed, the vi was just around the corner.

    He Bai looked back at him and answered with a smile, ¡°It¡¯s much more interesting than camping. Besides, we haven¡¯t buy any professional equipment for camping in such a weather. We will definitely freeze to death.¡±

    ¡°It doesn¡¯t matter, I¡¯ll hug you and promise not to freeze you.¡± Di Qiuhe pulled back his scarf-tied wrist, then stepped forward and hit him on the back with his chest.

    He Bai almost fell down. He leaned against his body to stabilize his bnce, turned his head and red at him angrily. ¡°Naughty. You¡¯ll sleep on the floor tonight.¡±

    Di Qiuhe chuckled and replied, ¡°I¡¯d like to sleep on the floor with you.¡±

    ¡°You wish. Okay, stop. Don¡¯t go any further.¡± He Bai rolled his eyes, stopped and put down the shopping bag, took out the key from the bag and opened the gate of the vi. Then he untied the scarf and led Di Qiuhe in first. He then quickly took two steps outside to bring in the shopping bags. He was so weary that he rxed his muscles after bringing all these heavy daily necessities in.

    ¡°Bai?¡± Di Qiuhe, standing in the dark courtyard, looking towards where his footsteps disappeared, with eyebrows slightly wrinkled and body forwarded unconsciously, looked helpless to some extent.

    He Bai was softhearted by his obediently standing still, even he was clearly anxious, he warmly replied, ¡°I¡¯m here.¡± He took the shopping bags from his hand and put them on the ground, then took his hand and led him to the door.

    ¡°Does it matter that we leave the bags here?¡± Di Qiuhe asked, yet he held Bai¡¯s hand tightly and had no intention of picking the bags up again.

    ¡°It¡¯s OK.¡± He Bai replied, with his other hand took out the key of the door from bag, inserted it into the lock hole, and slowly twisted. He turned his head sideways, looking at the beautiful face and said with a smile, ¡°Qiuhe, don¡¯t cry.¡±

    Di Qiuhe wondered, ¡°What?¡±

    He Bai did not answer. He suddenly broke free of his hand the moment the door opened, raised his hand quickly to pull off the scarf on his face, and strode into the vi. He turned on all the lights from the porch to the living room, then turned around looking at Di Qiuhe standing in lights at the door, shaking his key and smiling. ¡°You told me your future family n is me. Now you have the family, I am here too. Do you like the surprise?¡±

    Di Qiuhe, holding a scarf, looking at the bright room and the one standing in lights, was stunned in situ.

    From the open living room, which could see from the doorway, to the soft sofa, the dark floor, the in and elegant carpet, the beautiful chandelier in warm color, the photo wall with picture frames ... all the things he had said he would love for his future house, all of which perfectly met his expectations for a home.

    ¡°Pup ...¡± He rolled his eyes, his Adam¡¯s apple moved, and his heart stirred. He wanted to enter the dream scene to embrace the person he loved, but he hesitated and dared note forward. He only held the door frame and looked at all this, fearing that it was just an overly beautiful dream.

    He Bai looked at him standing outside the door expecting eagerly but dare note in, raised his eyebrows, smiled and threw the key over.

    Di Qiuhe felt a pinch in his heart, stepped forward unconsciously to pick up the key. He got it while entered the porch, standing beneath the warm light.

    ¡°I forgot to buy slippers, so step in. It has just been arranged for several days, you¡¯re back at the right time.¡± He Bai pretended not to see Qiuhe¡¯s nervousness and bewilderment as he entered the room, turned around and went to the living room to turn on the heater. He took off his coat and said, ¡°We can¡¯t sleep directly with the newly bought sheets. We have to throw them into the washing machine to wash first. Fortunately, I bought a dryer, otherwise we might have to sleep on the mattress tonight.¡±

    Di Qiuhe listened to what he said and carefully looked at the open and warm living room, slowly tightened the hand holding the key.

    ¡°I¡¯ll take a shower upstairs first.¡± He Bai turned around, picked up the camera in his hand and took a photo of him, then put it down and smiled, ¡°Please bring in all those shopping bags outside. Remember to put the sheets and underwear we bought into the washing machine and read the instructions for yourself. As for where the washing machine is ... find it yourself.¡± Then he turned around, humming a song and going upstairs.

    Di Qiuhe watched him disappear in the corner of the stairs, looked down at the key in his hand for a long time, raise his hand to cover his eyes.

    As expected, he was a ... sassy little Pup.

 Chapter 159 - The One and Only (1)

    <h4>Chapter 159: The One and Only (1)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    With his toiletry bag left in the yard, shower was just an excuse to save Di Qiuhe¡¯s face. He Bai locked himself in the bathroom, took a casual shower and changed into a pajama he left here before. Bored, he took out the mobile phone and browsed it to kill the time.

    There were several unread texts and missed calls from Di Qiuhe. Those were from when He Bai fell asleep in the car.

    With a guilty conscience, he scratched his face and turned his attention from text messages to an online game.

    About half an hourter, he won an easy win. Taking a look at the time, He Bai thought Di Qiuhe¡¯s mood should be lightened, thus getting up and stepping downstairs.

    He saw nobody in the living room, but Di Qiuhe¡¯s coat on the sofa together with his and shopping bags across the carpet. The door was closed, and lights at the entrance off.

    Faint sounds came from the kitchen behind the living room. He Bai sneaked over and stopped outside the dining room, craning forward to see what was happening.

    Di Qiuhe, in a dark brown shirt only, stood inside with his sleeves up, clumsily fiddling with a small kettle. He slightly knitted his brows, as if confused about what was the ¡®toy¡¯ for.

    The kettle was a pretty tiny supermarket giveaway in the image of a cartoon character. It featured a delicate switch, which distinguished it from the market.

    He Bai found it adorable at first nce and opened it to have a check, so he knew where its switch was.

    Di Qiuhe even began to torture the nose of the cartoon kettle while He Bai was looking on.

    He Bai couldn¡¯t helpughing and teased, ¡°It¡¯s filter tip, and it¡¯s tail is a switch. Just shake it.¡±

    Dumbfounded, Di Qiuhe almost hit the kettle on the ground and turned his head to look at He Bai. He put the kettle on the table and hid it behind him immediately when they had eye contact, his ears flushing, exining, ¡°Who says I¡¯m going to use it? I just get bored and opened it to have a look.¡±

    ¡°Hmm, of course¡± He Bai nodded and walked in, pretending not to see the water stains left on the table. He moved to one side and picked up the kettle to fetch water, while saying, ¡°This kettle is too small and thus of little use. Given that we have a bigger one and that there¡¯s no kitchen utensils, we have no choice but to make do.¡± He put the kettle on its matching base, plugged it in and shook its short tail.

    The round disymp on the top of the kettle was on with a click.

    Di Qiuhe looked over at its tail and themp grim-faced, as if harboring bitter hatred for it.

    He never shook it! No wonder it didn¡¯t work... It was winter now, and bottled water he bought were too cold to drink. Di Qiuhe meant to boil some water for He Bai so that he could warm up, but... He believed that the kettle wasrgely to me. Who could expect that the ¡®tail¡¯ should be its switch?

    ¡°Why are you staring at it? The little thing¡¯s cute, isn¡¯t it?¡± He Bai touched its round ears and smiled, ¡°If you like it, we can go to the supermarket another day to buy ¡®its dad¡¯ back. This kettle is the smallest among its collection, and there¡¯s also a dark one at normal capacity, which was enough for daily use.¡±

    Di Qiuhe stoppedining now and nodded, ¡°Okay, we should have a look tomorrow.¡± Then he came closer, and He Bai was sandwiched between him and the table.

    He Bai raised his eyebrows and leaned against the table, his arms crossed, ¡°I have sses tomorrow.¡±

    Di Qiuhe reached out his hands, ¡°I can wait.¡±

    He Bai canted backwards, ¡°Won¡¯t you visit your grandfather? He must have been discharged from the hospital.¡±

    ¡°I¡¯ll drive you to ss first and go to see my grandfather. After that, I can pick you up to buy the kettle,¡± Di Qiuhe held He Bai in his arms with a smile, bowed to rub him with his nose, ¡°and slippers.¡±

    Trapped in Di Qiuhe¡¯s embrace, He Bai simply gave up dodging, resting against his arms in a rxed manner. He raised one finger to poke at him in the chest, smiled and asked, ¡°How are you going to drive me? On foot? I¡¯ll certainly bete tomorrow.¡±

    ¡°I can ask Assistant Wang to drive a car here next morning.¡± Di Qiuhe¡¯s body tightened as He Bai touched him. He moved even more closer with a meaningful look, inclined his head and slightly bent down.

    He Bai sensed his intention, paused and found he himself unresistant to this kind of intimacy with a man. Smiling, he asked when Di Qiuhe was about to kiss his lips, ¡°But do you know the address of our home?¡±

    Our home...

    Di Qiuhe paused, his arms tightening, and bowed to take a bite of He Bai¡¯s lips.

    He Bai: ¡°...¡± It hurt a little, and the way of their kissing seemed different from what they watched from TV.

    Di Qiuhe stepped back,pressed his lips and blushed. Then he bowed again and licked where he bit.

    He Bai gave him a re, ¡°... Can you... Oh!¡±

    Di Qiuhe tightened his arms, bent down heavily as he spoke, and kissed his lips. Then he stuck out his tongue and drove straight in, giving him a ferocious French kiss.

    He Bai found his lips and tongue go numb, his heart pounding and his head dizzy.

    It felt not... not bad. Di Qiuhe was a good kisser.

    Kissing, biting, swallowing, licking... A variety of ways were tried. Di Qiuhe held He Bai more and more tightly, with one of his legs inserted between those of He Bai. One stuck close to the other and shared his physical warmth. He Bai somehow sat on the table, and Di Qiuhe stood between his legs, kissing him viciously.

    It was indeed vicious, which numbed He Bai¡¯s tongue. He could hardly gasp for breath.

 Chapter 160 - The One and Only (2)

    <h4><strong>Chapter 160: The One and Only (2)</strong></h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    His touch got He Bai itchy, and at the same time he felt something bulging rub against his thigh... He Bai¡¯s face reddened all over for reasons of eitherck of breath or excitement when he pushed Di Qiuhe away. Gasping for breath, he lifted one hand and flicked his head down.

    ¡°What are you excited for? Calm down!¡±

    Looking at his ruddy lips, Di Qiuhe¡¯s breath got out of pattern, and his body tightened, seemingly he is suppressing himself. Finally, he couldn¡¯t help but hold He Bai in his arms and rubbed his neck with his head, whispering, ¡°Little Puppy... I¡¯d like to...¡±

    ¡°Shut the front door!¡± He Bai also sensed a rise in his temperature, and some gay movies shed through his mind, which made him look odd. The power of reason reigned supreme at the moment. He pushed Di Qiuhe away and said, ¡°We have to proceed step by step... Anyway, you must calm down your package now! Plus, stop touching me!¡± Otherwise, things would definitely get out of hand.

    Di Qiuhe retreated a little, while his burning palms still on He Bai¡¯s waist. Excitement made his voice hoarse, ¡°Little Puppy, it¡¯s beyond my control...¡± Despite the words, he paused in the end, unwilling to force him.

    Erotic eyes, low-pitched voice, heavy pant, tightened muscles, vibratingrynx, tightly closed lips... He Bai¡¯s heart skipped a beat when seeing such a sexy Di Qiuhe. He hurriedly pushed Di farther and went out, ¡°I... I¡¯m going to see whether the sheets are ready, and you... you take care of it.¡± After saying it, he stepped out of the kitchen and strode toward theundry room.

    Di Qiuhe stood still, following He Bai with his eyes. He tried to reduce the swelling by taking a deep breath, only to find it of no use. Therefore, he went to the sink and turned on a tap, letting cold water run across his face.

    He heard the purr of the kettle, and then-a click.

    Its switch turned off automatically, and the indicatormp went out. The water came to the boil.

    Di Qiuhe cast a nce at it, wiped off water stains on his face and reached over to pinch its short tail, smiling, ¡°You really have the power to make me go crazy!¡±

    When his body calmed down, Di Qiuhe went to the bathroom to find He Bai, who crouched down putting sheets out of the washing machine into the dryer.

    On hearing the footsteps, He Bai turned around and stretched against Di Qiuhe with a straight face, ¡°Stop there. It¡¯ll be several minutes before the sheets are dried, so you can have a bath first. Besides, it¡¯s toote, and I¡¯m sleepy. Good night.¡±

    Di Qiuhe paused. Seeing He Bai¡¯s brows knitted and lips puckering, he yearned for another kiss but gave up when he caught sight of the dark shadows under his eyes as well as a note of weariness in his look. Thus, he came to a stand obediently and coaxed He Bai in a gentle voice, ¡°Ok, I¡¯ll go right now. You can have a rest on the sofa, and there¡¯s hot water avable. The bottled water is too cold to drink.¡±

    He Bai didn¡¯t expect that Di Qiuhe should behave so docilely, taking his hand back and looking up at him, whose sudden gentleness dazzled him. In a trance, he bowed to avoid his sight and purred, ¡°I get it. Go have a bath and remember to take your toiletries. There¡¯s none upstairs.¡±

    Dumbfounded, Di Qiuhe cast a nce at his pajamas and couldn¡¯t help being struck by his kindness. He went closer and rubbed He Bai¡¯s hair, ¡°you...¡± At a loss for words, Di Qiuhe bent over for a kiss on his top and walked away immediately for fear of irritating him.

    He Bai felt his head with one hand, nced at the door and gave the leaver a re, ¡°I haven¡¯t washed my hair today...¡±

    After that, he burst intoughter. Fiddling with the newly bought clothes dryer, He Bai touched his lips.

    ...It seemed that Di Qiuhe wasn¡¯t always a childish guy.

    There were four rooms on the second floor. Di Qiuhe examined each of them and found thefortable master bedroom along the innermost part of the corridor.

    It was prettyrge, with a balcony, cloakroom and a bathroom. Furniture inside was all his preferred style. Looking down at his leather shoes and along at the soft carpet, Di Qiuhe bent down, took his shoes off and stepped in with socks on.

    The room was equipped with most of the furniture, except small devices like deskmps, which He Bai hadn¡¯t found time to buy yet. Di Qiuhe walked about the room, felt the brand-new mattress, and went to the bathroom with toiletries.

    The shower curtain had a pattern of starry sky he once jokingly mentioned. It looked a little childish, unfit for the overall decoration of the bathroom. The bath rack was empty, and there¡¯s a set of pajamas on the clothes shelf.

    He picked up the pajamas and had a look. It was a new one whose size fit him well and shared the same style with that of He Bai but different in pattern. At the foot of the door panel ced a pair of slippers, exactly same as what He Bai wore after bath.

    Di Qiuhe took out those slippers and put them on, finding that they were perfectly fit. He couldn¡¯t help but lean against the wall and smile.

    Articles for daily use in this vi were actually prepared in double, one for He Bai himself, and the other for nobody but him.

    All of these warmed the cockles of Di Qiuhe¡¯s heart. Standing in this newly decorated bathroom, he acquired an unparalleled sense of satisfaction, and more importantly, found his root since Grandpa passed away.

    It¡¯s their home, his and Little Puppy¡¯s, the home that Little Puppy prepared for him.

    Having washed his face as fast as he could, Di Qiuhe strode down the stairs eagerly, and stopped short when he saw He Bai asleep on the sofa. He stepped over on tiptoes, picked up a coat to covered him, and crouched down, gazing at him.

    It must be quite difficult for Little Puppy to purchase such a big house, based on his current financial situation, not to mention these seemingly expensive furniture... No wonder he had been working all the timetely.

    Di Qiuhe was too choked with emotion to speak. He leaned down and buried his head beside He Bai, gently touching the back of his hand.

    It was awesomely great to have such a gentlepanion in his life.

 Chapter 161 - The One and Only (3)

    <h4>Chapter 161: The One and Only (3)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Awakening from a sound sleep, He Bai dawdled in the warm bed and opened his eyes in a daze.

    ¡°Good morning.¡± Di Qiuhe lying next to him, moved over and kissed his forehead.

    Shocked, He Bai took a look at the charming man and another look at the curtain-covered window, from which nothing could be observed, and fumbled under the quilt around his body¨Cdressed, asking, ¡°What time is it?¡±

    Di Qiuhe found him adorable, pinched his nose and stretched his arms, ¡°It¡¯s already ten o¡¯clock. Are you hungry? Assistant Wang bought us breakfast.¡±

    ¡°Ten?!¡± He Bai stared in amazement, simply pushed him away and got up to look for his cell phone. When it was enabled, he was almost cracking up, ¡°I¡¯m screwed. I¡¯ve yed truant for a day and a half, which never happened before!¡±

    Di Qiuhe cast a nce at his hand pushed away and continued his hug, ¡°It doesn¡¯t matter. I¡¯ve called Junjie, and he¡¯ll help you deal with it.¡±

    He Bai turned his head and stared at him, ¡°Why didn¡¯t you wake me up? Didn¡¯t you promise to drive me to ss yesterday?¡±

    Di Qiuhe wore a guilty expression and shunned his sight, ¡°You slept soundly, and I won¡¯t disturb you...¡±

    ¡°You overslept too, didn¡¯t you?¡± He Bai pointed out sharply.

    Speechless, Di Qiuhe reached out to hold him in his arms and smiled gently.

    He Bai raised his eyebrows and pommeled him, ¡°Honey-trap is of no use. Go away, and I¡¯m going to get up and go to sses. I cannot skip afternoon¡¯s sses again!¡±

    ¡°Little Puppy,¡± Despite the beating, Di Qiuhe continued to look at him with a gentle smile, ¡°Assistant Wang asked me for the address here this morning, but I had no idea, so I sent an online position to him via GPS system. ¡±

    Shocked, He Bai withdrew his hand and said seriously, ¡°So what? It¡¯s no out-of-the-way ce. GPS can certainly help him go in the right direction.¡±

    ¡°But it¡¯s Jinjiang Residential Quarter.¡± Di Qiuhe held him tightly, his forehead against He Bai¡¯s, and had a broad smile on his face, ¡°It¡¯s very kind of you, Little Puppy.¡±

    When Di Qiuhe behaved in a childish and annoying manner, He Bai was able to handle him, but when the guy emerged gentle and favorable, he was at a loss for action.

    He Bai flushed, nced at Di Qiuhe andid a kiss on his face. Then he jumped to the ground before Di Qiuhe recovered from shock and spoke while walking to the bathroom, ¡°Hurry up. It takes dozens of minutes to drive to school. Taking breakfast and lunch time into ount, we have no time to dawdle.¡±

    Di Qiuhe stroked his lips and raised his eyebrows, following behind He Bai smilingly.

    The two brushed their teeth side by side, changed their clothes and went downstairs for breakfast.

    ¡°Where¡¯s Assistant Wang? Why isn¡¯t he here?¡± He Bai opened the thermos lunchbox, picked up a steamed dumpling and devoured it, looking around to search for Wang.

    Di Qiuhe poured him a cup of soymilk and answered, ¡°I asked him to drive another car of mine over from Fan¡¯s House. It¡¯s good for you to have a car, for it¡¯s a long way from school. Please assure me that the car isn¡¯t from Di Bian. I ordered it a while ago from Uncle Hu, so you can use it at ease.¡±

    He Bai paused and turned around to look at him, ¡°I remember your grandpa did send you a car, so why do you buy that one?¡± It¡¯s nothing more than a waste of money.

    Di Qiuhe looked at him with a smile. Suddenly he moved closer and bit the remaining half of dumpling off his chopsticks, vaguely replying, ¡°That¡¯s your Christmas gift, but now I have to rethink what I¡¯ll send you at the festival.¡±

    Dumbfounded, He Bai gave him a supercilious look, ate the first half of another dumpling and eximed, ¡°So I find a silver spoon kid now who bought me a car at the very beginning? Next time can I expect to receive an apartment?¡±

    Di Qiuhe gave no reply but smiled, and meanwhile he bowed and grabbed the rest half from him.

    Annoyed, He Bai took his chopsticks and pretended to poke him in the nostrils, ¡°Is my food tastier? Oh, I understand that, the car is your dowry. When a couple gets married, the man is responsible for a house, and the woman for a car, just like you. Will you deliver our baby in the future?¡±

    Di Qiuhe raised his eyebrows, turned sideways to avoid the chopsticks and pounced on He Bai, his head against He Bai¡¯s chest, ¡°It¡¯s you who¡¯ll give birth to our child. Well, how about we do something that elerates his birth?¡±

    He Bai dodged hurriedly and stretched one leg to kick him, ¡°Don¡¯t you dare smear cooking oil on my face, or you sleep on the floor tonight!¡±

    Di Qiuhe gripped his hand and kissed him without hesitation.

    He Bai gave him a re and bit him with anger.

    When their car stopped at the school gate, He Bai jumped off the car, without saying goodbye to Di Qiuhe but covering his lips and cursing him silently!

    Sure enough a childish devil he was who even dared to bite back! How could he break his lips by the teeth like a mad dog! Wasn¡¯t him a shy and pure fellow before? Why now a hooligan? He must have misread him!

    Watching his sweetheart walk into the school in a huff, Di Qiuhe was in a good mood and withdraw his line of sight, signaling Wang Boyi to set off.

    His words brought Wang Boyi, who kept silent all the way, finally to life. He asked, ¡°Where shall we go, Master Di?¡±

    ¡°To my grandpa¡¯s hospital. He¡¯s discharged today.¡± answered Di Qiuhe who raised one hand to feel about his lips. Something urred to him when his eyes swept from teeming students from the car window, and his smile faded, asking, ¡°How¡¯s Di Xiasong doing?¡±

    ¡°He had a fight with Liu Cefei and both suffered a fracture. Now they be enemies.¡± replied Wang Boyi who was lost for more words. Both of them got a pretty violent temper, and thus a battle was easily triggered.

 Chapter 162 - The One and Only (4)

    <h4><b>Chapter 162: The One and Only (4)</b></h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    ¡°He had a fight with others?¡± Di Qiuhe didn¡¯t expect that, ¡°how can it happen?¡± Di Xiasong always pretended to be a good boy and hardly get his own hands dirty. Now he actually came to blows?

    Wang Boyi nodded and exined, ¡°Yes, he did. It¡¯s said that Liu Cefei cursed Di Chunhua and Qin Yunyu, daughter of Qin Rong, saying she would certainly cuckold her future husband like her aunt Qin Li. He also said that fortunately both his father and his brother formed no matrimonial ties with Qin family, otherwise Liu family will be done for.¡±

    No wonder Di Xiasong couldn¡¯t bear to hit him. Di Qiuhe narrowed his eyes and nodded, asking, ¡°What¡¯s the reaction of Di Bian?¡±

    ¡°He made no response at all.¡± answered Wang Boyi confused. Judging from Di Bian¡¯s disposition, how could he had totally no reaction when he heard his son had a fight with his peer of simr birth? It¡¯s quite strange.

    ¡°I guess so.¡± Di Qiuhe recalled the recently frequent contact between vice director Liu and Da Ze and responded with a sneer. Seeing Wang Boyipletely bewildered, he made a simple exnation, ¡°Because his mind is all on restoring his rtionship with Da Ze. When he got this done, Di Xiasong will definitely suffer.¡±

    Wang Boyi suddenly saw the light and somehow felt sympathy for Di Xiasong. With a father who bent solely on profit and a mother totally unreliable, the poor boy involved himself in Huangdu and Qin family deeply and was destined to a problematic future.

    They arrived at the hospital and picked Fan Da up to his house. The pair of grandpa and grandson who eventually identified each other sat in the same room. after a long silence, Fan Da opened his mouth, ¡°are you certain that Lianxiu¡¯s death have something to do with Di Bian?¡±

    Di Qiuhe poured him a cup of tea, his eyes dropping, and kept touching the lucky beads on his wrist, answering, ¡°No, it¡¯s just my guess, but intuition told me that Mom¡¯s death wasn¡¯t as it looks, in which Di Bian and Qin Li both have a hand.¡±

    Staring at his countenance, which closely resembled Lianxiu, Fan Da moved his fingers, paused for a while to have his mood boosted before he continued, ¡°What did Lianxiu... die from?¡±

    ¡°Illness,¡± Di Qiuhe rubbed several shoe-shaped gold ingots under the beads, his voice a little lower, ¡°After a trip with Di Bian, her heath began to fail for no reason... I was too young then to form memories. As for what happened specifically, Uncle Hu, you must know better than I.¡±

    Fan Da clenched his fist and gestured for Hu Zhao who was ready to tell the story once again to stop, ¡°Don¡¯t repeat it. My mental condition is better now, and I don¡¯t want to hear it for a second time.¡±

    Hu Zhao muted and made an apology, ¡°Uncle Fan, I¡¯m really sorry for not taking care of Lianxiu.¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s not your fault. It¡¯s mine... mine.¡± Fan Da fell into silence after saying it.

    Di Qiuhe looked up at him, wondering why he asked the question since he already learned about it, but he stopped when seeing his aged face. Again, he bowed and caressed the lucky beads, lost in a myriad of thoughts.

    Ways of furniture arrangements here were based on Fan Da¡¯s habits and preferences, which he in fact didn¡¯t like. He wanted to go back, back to his and Little Puppy¡¯s home. Still a lot of things were needed there, but Little Puppy kept busy, so he must help him with it before he had a job.

    ¡°Qiuhe.¡±

    Di Qiuhe paused. He hid all the feelings and turned his eyes to the old man who called him.

    ¡°I¡¯ll help deal with those things.¡± Fan Da stared at him with a loving but guilty look. Certainly, there¡¯s some deep-hidden feelings inside. ¡°All you need to do is to be happy and do whatever you like. As for other things, I¡¯ll handle it.¡±

    Di Qiuhe looked into his eyes and suddenly felt relieved.

    Did Fan Da love his daughter? Sure. But things always happened against people¡¯s wish.

    Did Fan Da love his grandson? The answer was definitely yes, about which Di Qiuhe never doubted. But he was really stupid, stupid enough so that he had no idea how to show his love in a right way.

    Compared with Fan Da, Little Puppy was really a cute and thoughtful one.

    ¡°I don¡¯t need that.¡± Di Qiuhe shook his head while touching the beads on his wrist and smiled, ¡°Grandpa, you can share responsibility for me, but have no need to take on everything. I¡¯m a grown-up now and have someone to take care of. What I want is growing to maturity instead of being spoiled and overprotected.¡± Besides, Di Qiuhe hoped to be spoiled by Little Puppy only.

    Stunned by his calling ¡®Grandpa¡¯, Fan Da went into a trance, and when he cleared his mind, he looked less tired and looked at Di Qiuhe, asking gently, ¡°You fell in love with someone? Who is she? Is she a nice person?¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s a very nice person whom you¡¯ve met.¡± Speaking of He Bai, Di Qiuhe wore a gentler look and added, ¡°You also asked me to bring him home for dinner.¡±

    Fan Da was puzzled, while Hu Zhao greatly shocked, looking at him in amazement.

    ¡°I like He Bai, who I introduced to you. He once saved my life.¡± Di Qiuhe¡¯s tone of voice was full of affection and pride. He didn¡¯t mince words and looked directly into Fan Da¡¯s eyes, saying, ¡°Grandpa, he¡¯ll be my only spouse in this life, so I hope you can like him, for he is really a nice person. Of course, it¡¯s okay if you don¡¯t understand us. I can return all the things you gave me before and keep away from you as far as possible.¡±

    Fan Da was a little apprehensive about those seemingly threating words. Staring at the grandson he never looked after, Fan Da had no choice but to heave a sigh, his shoulders slowly drooping and his voice much lower, ¡°As I said, I only want you to be happy... but I¡¯m curious about why you would love him? Are you aware for a long time? ¡±

    ¡°No, it is him made me aware.¡± Di Qiuhe stroked the lucky beads on his wrist and smiled softly and proudly, ¡°Plus he¡¯s my life saver. Shouldn¡¯t I give my heart to him in return for his kindness?¡±

    Fan Da was shocked by his answer, and gradually changed into a gentle look when Lianxiu¡¯s bright face before her wedding shed through his mind. After a long while, he sighed, ¡°Since you like him so much, how about taking him to me and having a meal together?¡±

    Di Qiuhe loosened his lucky beads, smiled and nodded, ¡°Great.¡±

 Chapter 163 - Mutual Property (1)

    <h4>Chapter 163: Mutual Property (1)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Since it was gettingte, He Bai went directly to the ssroom when he made it to the campus.

    Hickeys fromst night had surely locked the attention from his roommates, as expected. Passing the textbook to Wang Hu, Bai met their stare head on, flipping through the book while finding himself afortable seat, ¡°Got any ns for tonight, shall we dinner together? Di Qiuhe¡¯s treat.¡±

    ¡°Wow wow wow, taking the boyfriend back home for inspection?¡± Junjie was making a funny face, he patted He Bai¡¯s shoulder with a smirk, ¡°LaoSi, don¡¯t you worry about a thing, we¡¯ve got your back, damn that Di Qiuhe if he ever mistreats you, we will teach him a lesson at your service.¡±

    Wang Hu and Chen Jie nodded in agreement.

    Living under the same roof for about three years now, as the youngest of the four of them, they barely referred He Bai as ¡°LaoSi¡±, ¡°Si¡± sounds a lot like ¡°death¡± in Mandarin, which was not too auspicious, they all called him by his name.

    Now that Junjie suddenly referred him as ¡°LaoSi¡±, which dumbfounded He Bai for a second, then he grasped where Junjie came from. And he felt so warm because his roommates loved him so deeply. He Bai patted Junjie on the hand and looked at his roommates, jokingly, ¡°Thank you guys so much, you can expect a big fat red packet from me on your future weddings.¡±

    ¡°A red packet is far from enough, you are entrusted with the job of best man and photographer, lot of work.¡± Junjie was overjoyed for him, he gave a whole speech on fantasizing their future life for He Bai and Di Qiuhe, he only halted on seeing the professor walking into the ssroom.

    He Bai opened his notebook, swept a look at his roommates, an ear-to-ear smile lit up his face, then he texted Di Qiuhe.

    He Bai: Please book a nice restaurant for my roommates, they are my best buddies.

    Di Qiuhe: Of course, I got this.

    Di Qiuhe was busying taking a tour in the vi, wandering around here and there, trying to record on a small pad all the stuff that they needed in the vi for future use.

    He was too carried awayst night that he did not pay a visit on the third floor, now he found the little surprised hidden on the third floor this morning.

    It turned out where he was standing while holding a pad filled with needed items now, a little photo wall was right there opposite the window, where the best lighting was casting, the wall was decorated with his photos. And now he was smiling like Goofy before he realized it.

    No wonder it was all scenic photos on the first floor, not a single portrait could be spot, puppy set a portrait section here on the third floor. A candid snap from their first encounter, a snap while they were having steak dinner in Di Qiuhe¡¯s apartment... just to name a few. Puppy took a decent amount photos for him now.

    He looked at himself in the photos, sensing the change of his attitude, from refusing in the beginning to looking directly at the camera, the smile from robotic to genuine, he seemed to having reviewed the journey of him falling in love with puppy.

    Being a photographer was the best profession in the entire world.

    He stepped back to take a picture of this photo wall, saved the pic in the file, and encrypted it, only himself got to see the pic.

    The two rooms on the fourth floor was not fully furnished yet, by the look of theyout, the smaller one was supposed to be the darkroom, while the other one was supposed to be set as a studio, both rooms were built in sound instion materials. Both were ready to put in use as soon as the equipment were purchased.

    Di Qiuhe imagined how great it gonna be to just enjoy movies in the studio, cuddling each other in the sofa, he added ¡°home cinema¡± on his pad. Having double checked the list on the pad, and seeing it was gettingte, he put the pad away and put on his jacket, heading to Q university after called Wang Boyi.

    The four of them were still refreshing themselves after a whole afternoon¡¯s lectures, they were just unwinding themselves in the dorm when Di Qiuhe called. So they left dorm side by side, and were stuffed into two luxury cars by Di Qiuhe who was already waiting downstairs, and off the went to a fancy restaurant near the campus.

    The four were a bit dumbfounded as they thought they would be dining some street food, especially He Bai, who kept staring at the car, he looked at the logo on the steering wheel and he looked again in case he had misread it, he turned to Di Qiuhe, ¡°Are you sure you are giving me this car as a gift? Are you sure?¡±

    Di Qiuhe caught hold of He Bai¡¯s hand and gave a squeeze, ¡°Yeah, what¡¯s the matter? You don¡¯t like it ?¡±

    ¡°Anyone would absolutely love it...¡± He Bai replied honestly while he frowned, ¡°But this is an awfully expensive, too high profile for a student...¡± This car might be worthy a vi, when Di Qiuhe mentioned sending him a car as a gift, He Bai expected a car, a normal car.

    ¡°I see Junjie¡¯s driving a simr price car, isn¡¯t he?¡± Di Qiuhe was still holding He Bai¡¯s hand, and he gave a kiss on He Bai¡¯s hand as he got more emotional, ¡°What¡¯s wrong with high profile, this car suits you just right giving consideration to how well you are doing. What¡¯s more, you are graduating next year, surely you will have less sses to attend, and it might be convenient to live off campus, this car is just the right car for you.¡±

    He Bai gave Di Qiuhe a re and withdrew his hand, ¡°Are you a puppy, always licking others. Plus, says who that I¡¯m going to living off campus? Mind you, I¡¯m living in the dorm with my buddies till I graduate!¡±

    Di Qiuhe was stricken dumb, brows tightly knitted, ¡°What about me then, it doesn¡¯t make any sense we have a home together now and it¡¯s well furnished, yet I need to face the wall every time Ie back!¡±

    Well, that was exactly He Bai¡¯s n. He replied in earnest, ¡°You need to work hard for your film, meanwhile, I also need to work hard for my shooting and my study. You can spend some quality time with your grandpa from Monday to Friday, and we can see each other at weekends at home, how perfect it that.¡±

    Di Qiuhe kept a poker face the whole time, ¡°Perfect bullshit.¡±

    He Bai rolled his eyes, ¡°Hey, where are your manners, movie star?¡±

 Chapter 164 - Mutual Property (2)

    <h4>Chapter 164: Mutual Property (2)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    ¡°I don¡¯t give a damn about manners when my boyfriend is eloping with his roommates!¡± Now Di Qiuhe had turned to Childish Di, he caught hold of He Bai, ¡°No way I¡¯m going to allow this happen, you gottae home with me! We gotta have a little Qiuhe!¡±

    ¡°Hold on your horses!¡± He Bai took a look at the driver who looked quite unfamiliar, then he rubbed Di Qiuhe¡¯s face, signalized the presence of a stranger in the car and whispered ¡°Behave yourself!¡±

    ¡°No worries , this driver is arranged by Uncle Hu, he knows what not to do.¡± Di Qiuhe allowed He Bai to rub him all the way, and he held him tighter, ¡°Puppy, putting romantic life over bromance is great, you keen to give that a shot?¡±

    He Bai was shocked hearing that, he pushed Di Qiuhe away, ¡°Why didn¡¯t you tell me earlier that the driver was arranged by Uncle Hu, what if he had sensed something and tell Uncle Hu...¡± He started to me himself for ying along with Di Qiuhe.

    ¡°Please rest assured, Uncle Hu and Mr. Fan would only feel happy seeing you and Master Di on great terms.¡± The driver suddenly chimed in.

    He Bai¡¯s body suddenly stiffened, ¡°What... what do you mean?¡±

    Di Qiuhe took advantage of the timing and kissed him on the cheek, ¡°He means what he says, grandpa already know about us, so the question is when are youing home with me and have dinner with grandpa?¡±

    It took He Bai a solid minute to digest the news, he tapped on Di Qiuhe¡¯s cheek, ¡°When did you tell Mr. Fan about us, haven¡¯t we agreed on not telling him before he fully recovers?¡±

    ¡°Grandpa¡¯s already turned for the better, he¡¯s not fully recovered just because he¡¯s not in a happy mood.¡± Di Qiuhe kissed He Bai on the palm and continued, ¡°Seeing a senior suffers a bad mood, we should definitely help, the best way we can help is by being together to counteract bad luck. Once grandpa is in a better mood, he will certainly be fully recovered.¡±

    To counteract bad luck or to summon bad luck, that was the question.

    ¡°You are not making any sense.¡± He Bai pulled Di Qiuhe¡¯s ear, but he couldn¡¯t help smiling seeing Di Qiuhe¡¯s goofy smile. He Bai figured grandpa took it pretty well based on Di Qiuhe¡¯s reactions, his stiffened body rxed, and he groomed Di Qiuhe¡¯s jacket, the he answered, ¡°All right then, let¡¯s counteract bad luck for grandpa, seeing you leading a happy life is the best blessing for him I guess.¡±

    Di Qiuhe kissed him on the forehead, looking at him with such a gentle smile. The best blessing for him was to be by He Bai¡¯s side.

    Dinner was a feast, He Bai¡¯s roommates had a st. Di Qiuhe always had his way when it came to entertain people, both the guests and the hosts were thoroughly enjoying themselves. Di Qiuhe asked the driver to drive the three to campus, while himself drove He Bai back to their vi.

    He Bai, who was a little tipsy, came home with Di Qiuhe obediently.

    Everything was kind of a blur, He Bai could only recall Di Qiuhe and him were making out quite a bit, and Di Qiuhe¡¯s hand travelled down there, He Bai got tense all of a sudden and punched him... the next thing he could recall was a hot bath.

    Still feeling hangover, He Bai opened his eyes and found himself lying on the back sat of a car, it was a sunny day. He Bai sat straight hurriedly, turning to the driver, ¡°What time i it now?¡± It was indeed horrifying finding himself waking up on someone else¡¯s car.

    ¡°It is now 7:30 am, your first ss starts at 8:30 am, we need 30 mins to arrive your school. Master Di called Mr. Niu and he will bring your textbooks to the ssroom for you.¡± answered the driver considerately. It looked like Di Qiuhe stuffed him in the car early morning in case he waste for ss.

    He Bai nodded, looking at the brand new yet fitting jacket, and new boots, he rubbed his forehead, trying to recall what had happenedst night. He could only remember they were in the dressing room at home, then he asked the driver, ¡°What¡¯s your name?

    ¡°Xu Qing, I¡¯ll be your driver since today.¡±

    ¡°My driver?¡±, thought He Bai.

    It took He Bai a while to digest the word, ¡°your¡±, looked like Di Qiuhe was quite satisfied with their new home.

    After a whole day ss, Di Qiuhe made appearance at his dormitory building, He Bai didn¡¯t say anything, they left school after saying goodbye to the roommates and headed off to IKEA.

    They did some shopping there, bought some furniture and a bigger kettle matched the one at home. He Bai was told to have some rest, while Di Qiuhe made himself busy like a bee, he organized everything the bought, put every item in a good spot.

    He Bai slumped in to the sofa, seeing Di Qiuhe walking around, he felt so rxed and yawned, and turned on the tablet that Di Qiuhe put near him.

    Ah~ this was how it felt having a boyfriend and in a rtionship, it felt...great.

    He Bai logged on Weibo, the Four Beauty was still heatedly talked.

    He Bai browsed the page, same old, same old. A notification popped out when he was about to log out, it was Yi Jie who tagged him. He Bai was intrigued and opened the notification.

 Chapter 165 - Mutual Property (3)

    <h4>Chapter 165: Mutual Property (3)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Yi Jie: Thank you so much, The G crew! Thank you to all my fan, and of course a big thank you to Mr. He Bai, you guys made this happen, you guys gave me the chance to stand and perform on the most dazzling stage, I¡¯m grateful for that, sending love.

    An official post, yet quite informative: first of all, she made the cut and stood out from the Four Beauty; secondly, this stage is surely in her back packet now;st but not least, He Bai¡¯s contributions to this cannot go unnoticed.

    Netizens came to an conclusion that He Bai shot a collection of photos for Yi Jie based on the news that the G crew asked the Four Beauty to present photos or videos of themselves! That collection of photos helped Yi Jie, the most unnoticeable girl the least followed girl among the four, stood out and made the cut to The G.

    The news was heatedly discussed on the inte, fans of Four Beautymented like crazy under Yi Jie and the director crew¡¯s posts, asking ¡°what wis going on.¡± ¡°Why it¡¯s already been made official that it was Yi Jie who made the cut, they have just presented the videos and photos?¡± ¡°Shady deals going on?¡±

    Seeing his Weibo ount flooded withments and private messages, He Bai frowned and logged out. He called Yi Jie, he was surprised as well, it was just two days ago they presented their finished video and photos, how surprisingly efficient that was!

    ¡°You made it, yeah? Or it¡¯s a prank?¡± He Bai was bluntly straightforward.

    A chuckle was heard, then she replied, ¡°Yes, I made the cut, you made a right decision on not retouching the photos, the director said the stage of The G belonged to us all, they wanted a beauty who was natural and approachable. He also said he had seen a side of me that he had never seen before, he was satisfied to see how i presented me in the photos, and he¡¯d like to see me carry that momentum and shine on the stage of The G.¡±

    Hearing what Yi Jie said, He Bai was rest assured more, and replying with a smile, ¡°Congrattions, actually I have a collection of retouched version, thinking we may try our luck again if the first version doesn¡¯t work out well, thank God we don¡¯t need to use the second version.¡±

    ¡°Thank you.¡± Yi Jie now was chuckling more, then she took a deep breath, said with a light-hearted tone, ¡°He Bai, wait and see a different side of mine on the stage of The G.¡±

    He Bai found her tone so contagious, he also replied with a big smile, ¡°Great, I¡¯ll watch you on the TV and say a prayer for you.¡±

    A figure loomed up out of nowhere, He Bai raised his head, only to see Di Qiuhe standing right in front of him holding a kettle, showing a look like he¡¯s caught He Bai cheating on the action.

    He Bai rolled his eyes, and hanged up after some casual exchanges with Yi Jie, then he reached out to Di Qiuhe, ¡°Come here, I need a hug.¡±

    Di Qiuhe repressed all the jealousy riling up in his heart, showing a poker face, and put the kettle on the table, hugged him and gave him a kiss on the forehead, ¡°as I¡¯ve told you before, don¡¯t you y all cute on me now, you¡¯d better behave yourself, Mr. Charm.¡±

    ¡°Look who is jealous now, that was my work contact.¡± He Bai kissed back, patted him on the back, signaled him to sit on the sofa next to himself and diverted the topic, ¡°Any updates about your work? Any new moviesing up...?¡± If things went on likest life, it was about time that Di Qiuhe got the scripts of <Immortal Way> and the invitation of ying the leading role. If things went derailed, he had toe up with some strategies to help Di Qiuhe to secure the role.

    Di Qiuhe sat on the sofa sheepishly, and snuggled He Bai, patted him on the head and replied, ¡°Yeah, I got an invitation from a fantasy drama crew as a leading role, the one Elder Jia told me. They have been working on the preparations and setting up for this drama for over a year now, they will start shooting after New Year, perfecting timing because I would finish <Cheng¡¯s Army> by then.¡±

    He Bai was a bit stoked, ¡°What¡¯s the title of the fantasy drama, who is the director?¡±

    ¡°Directed by Mr. Lin Mo, a student of Elder Jia, the title is <Immortal Way>, I¡¯ll be the male lead.¡± and he continued while ying with He Bai¡¯s hair, ¡°Therefore, I cannot spent much time with you as I wish, can you please stay with me at home?¡±

    Hmm, someone hade up with a different approach convincing him to live off campus.

    Way to go! Di Qiuhe!

    He Bai gave him a sideways stare, Di Qiuhe looked at him with puppy eyes.

    It was now December already, only a few weeks before the winter holiday, the review was that hectic, plus he needed to shoot the posters for the crew in winter holiday anyways, it seemed noting improper to stay at Di Qiuhe¡¯s house.

    ¡°Okay, I can move in...¡± He Baipromised, and looked down at Di Qiuhe¡¯s lower abdomen, ¡°remove your dirty minds.¡±

    Hearing that, Di Qiuhe¡¯s raising lips suddenly stiffened, then he collected his thoughts, threw himself at He Bai and showered him with kisses, ¡°Sure, you are the boss.¡± The top priority here was to convince He Bai to move in, the rest could wait.

    Now that he decided to move in to Di Qiuhe¡¯s, He Bai told his roommates bout his decision, and took a break from his work, so he could better organize the stuff around house.

    A weekter, He Bai went back to Fan House with Di Qiuhe, and had dinner with grandpa.

    Grandpa was so quiet after he recovered, he seemed to be hiding a lot of emotions in his eyes, it was hard to see through him. He was so gentle with He Bai, he asked He Bai some basic questions over dinner, and he was dumbfounded for a second knowing He Bai¡¯s parents had passed away then he looked at He Bai with more gentleness.

    They stayed at Fan House for a while after dinner, they asked to leave around dawn, and they walked home, passing through the park.

    ¡°Your grandpa loves you so much.¡± said He Bai, thinking about how grandpa looked at Di Qiuhe when they asked to leave, then he sighed, ¡°try spend more time with him, he¡¯s getting old now, he is after all very lonely even though Uncle Hu keeps himpany.¡±

    ¡°Lonely? He abandoned my mom when she was a little girl, ha it urred to him that mu mom would feel lonely without father¡¯spany?¡± Di Qiuhe told He Bai his honest opinion straight away, then he made aprise with himself, he held He Bai¡¯s hands, ¡°Don¡¯t worry, grandpa is just going through a rough patch, unlike those elders who spend all day looking for someone to talk to, he is a very busy man. I promise I¡¯ll spend more time with him, give him morepany when we are done with our house and you moved back to campus for exams.¡±

 Chapter 166 - Mutual Property (4)

    <h4>Chapter 166: Mutual Property (4)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Being held by Di Qiuhe, He Bai looked around like conditioned reflex, after making sure no one was around in the park, he didn¡¯t withdraw his hands, ¡°Now you are talking, I¡¯ll cook you steak dinner now that you are being such a good boy.¡±

    Di Qiuhe noticed He Bai¡¯s reaction, seeing his puppy so cautious, his smile went stiff, then he became poised, ¡°yay, I¡¯ll help.¡±

    Fan Da opened the gift sent by He Bai, it was a pile of photos, he picked one on the top and it was Di Qiuhe, he touched the edges affectionately.

    ¡°Such a considerate boy.¡± said Fan Da. He kept going through all the photos, it took him a long while to go though the whole pile since he stared at each one for a long time. Then he put the photos back to the box, put the cover lid back and patted the box, ¡°Hu... did Qiuhe have a hard time in Di family?¡±

    Hu Zhao handed him a cup of hot tea, patted him on the back and said in aforting tone, ¡°Mr. Fan, let bygones be bygones, thanks to Mr. He, there¡¯s nothing but happiness in store for Mr. Di.¡±

    ¡°True, nothing but happiness. Thank God I didn¡¯t go too far that day... Have you seen the photos in the box, how hearty Qiuhe¡¯s smiles are...¡± replied Fan Da holding the cup, then he clutched his hands, said with a deep voice, ¡°Therefore, I will not allow anyone to taint Qiuhe¡¯s smile and happiness... I¡¯ve heard news about Di Bian still wants a piece of Da Ze, is that so?¡±

    Hu Zhao who was patting Dan Da on the back, halted. He looked at Fan Da who was showing a stern look, he sat aside and walked through the updates of Da Za with Fan Da.

    Two dayster, one more beauty made it to the next round, it was Zhu Shuxue from Xingyu. He Weifen from Huang Du and Qu Fang from Jing Guan didn¡¯d stand out.

    With that being said, Zhu Shuxue¡¯s case was different than Yi Jie¡¯s, she needed to polish her performance more and go through rounds of rehearsals, it still remained unknown whether she could perform on the G.

    The inte went aze, again.

    The inte supposed surely it was going to be Zhu Shuxue and He Weifen who could have thestugh. The reason was simple, they had the most followers and they both had some background and contacts. To everyone¡¯s surprise, it was Yi Jie who stood out and had the first win.

    Qu Fang from Jing Guan always kept low profile, she was not particrly interested in The G in the first ce, so she posted a light-hearted post on Weibo that she was going to spend some fabulous time with her family, attached with photos that she in the tourist spots in City B. Her fans were soothed by her gesture. While He Weifen didn¡¯t take it that well, she posted something ambiguous on Weibo on an impulse.

    Seeing their idol going through this, her fansunched a riot online, they imed that there must be some shady deals going on under the table, He Weifen is younger and prettier and with more fans followed on social media than that Yi Jie, no way Yi Jie could outperform their idol, they were not convinced by this oue, they found it hard to just ept it was Yi Jie who made the cut!

    After leaving offensive, inmmatory and contumeliousments under Yi Jie¡¯s ount, the fans leftments under the crew of The G¡¯s ounts, requiring them to release the videos and photos of Four Beauty, otherwise it was solid evidence that they were feeling guilty.

    The inte was manipted by He Weifen¡¯s fans, Yi Jie took a toll, even He Bai was abused online. Someizens went to the length that there were some affairs going on between Yi Jie and the director, that was why she made the cut.

    To everyone¡¯s surprise, maybe out of frustration, the crew really did release the photos and videos presented by Four Beauty, just as He Weifen¡¯s fans wished.

    Theizens were stoked, they swarmed into the post and made it viral.

    The post was very simple and straightforward, just four links followed by each beauty¡¯s name, and a P.S. to ask everyone to be a fair judge and not to tarnish people¡¯s good names or tarnish The G.

    The director made He Weifen¡¯s link on top intentionally, then Qu Fang who didn¡¯t make the cut and Zhu Shuxue whose cut was still to be confirmed, and Yi Jie who made the cut wasst.

    Netizens opened the links.

    He Weifen presented a collection of photos and a video, honestly, the photos were great and the video was nicely made, but there was nothing new, just like her in the movies and magazines, people have seen that, it was just pretty, and that was it.

    Theizens had seen all thements left by He Weifen¡¯s fans, how fabulous He Weifen was, how she always out-shined other actresses, so they assumed other beauties¡¯ photos were less pretty.

    Qu Fang¡¯s photos were ethic-group themed, which was so political smart, she had never worn any folk costumes or traditional dresses before, people were quite stunned by her new look. Compared to He Weifen, Qu Fang left a better impression.

    Theizens started to second guess thements left by He Weifen¡¯s fans, and they clicked Zhu Shuxue¡¯s link.

    Zhu shot a video. In the beginning of the video, she walked into an ancient garden, and her dressed changed as thendscape changed from spring to summer to fall to winter, and at the ending of the video, she walked to the camera from an arched door, then her makeup and style suddenly changed from elegant to dazzling, like the Peony Fairy.

 Chapter 167 - Mutual Property (5)

    <h4>Chapter 167: Mutual Property (5)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Everyone was stunned by Zhu Shuxue¡¯s Peony Fairy look, it was simply breath-taking,izens even wished they could stand by her side to hold the oiled paper umbre for her.

    How gorgeous was Zhu Shuxue, she definitely dwarfed He Weifen and Qu Fang, a clear winner! What? He Weifen also presented a video? Come on, Zhu¡¯s beauty was like dazzlingly stunning, while He Weifen¡¯s prettiness looked so in in front of her, which could not be mentioned in the same breath.

    Recalling all thosements left by He Weifen¡¯s fans,izens could not help butughing at them, and their became ever more looking forward to clicking Yi Jie¡¯s link. It turned out the orders were in inverted order, as gorgeous as Zhu Shuxue, she only ranked the second, how dreamy was Yi Jie gonna be!

    Thinking of this, they were so confused, because Yi Jie was a beautiful girl, but in show business, her face was not distinctive feature type, they could not help but wonder is it possible that Yi Jie could outshine Zhu Shuxue?

    They clicked thest link, driven by curiosity and confusion.

    A dozen of photos met their eyes, which were all untouched everyday photos, left theizens in a daze. After seeing three collections of well made videos and photos, they were surprised howe this collection ranked the top, it looked so everyday and basic! Was it mistaken?

    Full of confusion, they clicked open the first photo.

    A beautiful girl in a big winter jacket stood by a bun stall, one hand on the scarf while the other hand pointing to the steamy bun and smelling the bun, looking directly at the camera, you could see the gentleness and happiness in her eyes.

    Netizens were dumbfounded.

    Yi Jie seemed to have no makeup on, and her beaming smile on her face was surprisingly more beautiful than her any other look, than her any other style of makeup.

    The girl in the photo looked like your cousin who just saw something yummy and beckoned you toe over to share the joy.

    The photo was so well taken, the redntern of the stall were on the edge, gentle lighting hit on her face, like she applied a thinyer of blush, making her look like a lotus flower in a clear water pond.

    It would not arrest your attention by the first look, but as you keep looking, you would definitely smile along with the girl in the photo, and you could even smell the bun in her hand.

    She was so beautiful, among the passers-by, Yi Jie looked so otherworldly even though she was wearing no makeup and the photo was clearly not retouched, she had got the charm to put a smile on every one, making everyone feel warm in heart.

    They clicked open the next photo.

    The beauty was building a snowman, she put on her hat on the snowman, and her hair was untied, several locks of hair lying on her shoulders and ears, making people want to be part of the scene and groom her hair for her.

    That was one ugly snowman, but the beauty had a contagious smile.

    Yi Jie presented sixteen photos in total, less than other three beauties, and none of her photos was retouched. But her photos had a certain charm, people couldn¡¯t resit opening the again and again, and looking forward to the Spring Festival when they got the chance to see their family and spend time with them.

    The inte was silent for a few seconds, and it exploded!

    Screw He Weifen! Look at Yi Jie! What great photos! So dreamy! They were tired of those nicely retouched on the magazines and social media, they just couldn¡¯t rte to those unapproachable photos and the ones in those photos, but this collection of Yi Jie, game changer! It made everyone feel like it was themselves who was in the settings they could rte to this collection and to the person in the photos.

    So beautiful! The G crew definitely had made the right decision, haters please go away, Yi Jie was the beauty that they wanted to see on the stage of The G, a beauty with approachable charm.

    Theizens exploded the inte again, although this time everyone was supporting Yi Jie and mock He Weifen. And He Bai was highly praised too. Yi Jie had got so many new followers, so did He Bai.

    While everyone was waiting for Yi Jie and He Bai to interact with them, a post from He Bai popped up.

    White and Whiter: I¡¯d like to say a thank you to Director Lin Mo for giving me this opportunity to be a part of <Immortal Way>, thanks to all my fans who have been waiting for me and showing nothing but support for me, looking forward to seeing everyone with my new work. And thanks Bai for letting me use your ount to express my gratitude.

    Theizens were dumbfounded. What was going on? Lin Mo was shooting a new drama? And the title was <Immortal Way>? Who was this person that used He Bai¡¯s ount? Why didn¡¯t he make everything clear?

    Amid all the confusion, Di¡¯s fans who had long been lurking at He Bai¡¯s ount were stoked, floods of thements came in, to put all thements in a nutshell: Finally you are back! We will be there for you no matter what! This is such an emotional moment for us, please don¡¯t cry, everyone! Let¡¯s start a new journey along with Di Qiuhe, a bight future is in store for you!

    Di Qiuhe saw all thements, he nodded with a big smile on her face.

    Yup up, his life had definitely be brighter now that he had He Bai in his life.

    He Bai showed up behind his back, and his hands climbed on Di Qiuhe¡¯s neck and got tightened up, ¡°Di Qiuhe, what have you done on my Weibo?¡±

    Di Qiuhe¡¯s body went stiff, then he turned around to look at him, with his innocent puppy eyes, ¡°Nothing much, isn¡¯t your Weibo ount our mutual property?¡±

    ¡°Is that so?¡± He Bai replied with a smile and he patted Di Qiuhe¡¯s head, ¡°How about you sleeping on our mutual floor tonight?¡±

    ¡°Puppy, I can exin, my dear puppy...¡±.

 Chapter 168 - That Was Harsh (1)

    <h4>Chapter 168: That Was Harsh (1)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    ¡°I¡¯m all ears.¡± He Bai¡¯s hands climbed on Di Qiuhe¡¯d neck.

    Di Qiuhe looked down and leaned on He Bai¡¯s body, looking all sheepish and gentle.

    And He Bai found his hands on Di Qiuhe¡¯s neck were feeling his skin heating up.

    ¡°You...¡± He Bai withdrew his hand and red at Di Qiuhe, ¡°I¡¯m just giving your neck a patting , and you...¡±

    Di Qiuhe shot a nce at He Bai¡¯s chest and leaned towards He Bai even more, ¡°Puppy, were you just ying water?¡± Wet shirt y, damn, how could any man resist that?

    ying water? No he had not, he just went to that balcony to water the nts and that was it... suddenly He Bai felt Di Qiuhe leaned on his chest and Di Qiuhe¡¯s soft hair was poking him, He Bai stiffened and he looked down, then he found there indeed was a water stain on his shirt, and Di Qiuhe had unbuttoned his shirt, rubbing He Bai¡¯s bare chest with his hair.

    He Bai frowned slightly, ¡°looks like you are having fun.¡±

    Di Qiuhe put aside hisptop, turned around and snuggle He Bai tight, showering He Bai with kisses on his face and neck.

    He Bai stayed still, and his hand travelled all the way from Di Qiuhe¡¯s head to his neck and his back, then he unbuttoned Di Qiuhe¡¯s shirt, put his hands on his skin.

    Di Qiuhe was encouraged by He Bai¡¯s reaction, and he went a bit crazy on the kisses.

    He Bai¡¯s hands kept travelling down, he finally put his hands on Di Qiuhe¡¯s belt, touched Di Qiuhe¡¯s underwear, hmm, that was such a dangerous area.

    ¡°Puppy...¡± Di Qiuhe stopped kissing, and his breath became faster, it came to a point where he was almost panting and his skin was burning up, he was about to touch He Bai¡¯s belt.

    Just at that second, Di Qiuhe squinted and pinched him hard.

    Di Qiuhe¡¯s body stiffened, he withdrew his hands which were already in He Bai¡¯s shirt.

    ¡°Hope that pinch helped you to calm down, hey?¡±

    Di Qiuhe touched where he got a hard pinch, and he nodded.

    ¡°Go do the dishes, and mind you be careful not drop one.¡±

    He Bai gave Di Qiuhe a deep meaningful look, and walked to the kitchen.

    He Bai was suppressing theughter until he saw Di Qiuhe went to the kitchen, then he burst intoughter sitting on the sofa. He then took theptop, logged in his Weibo ount, browsing thements left under Di Qiuhe¡¯s post, then he was lost in thought.

    Di Qiuhe returned to the spotlight around the time when <Immortal Way> was doing a preview to the public in thest life, while in this life Di Qiuhe announced this big news to the public as early as he got the invitation from the crew, it could be said that Di Qiuhe won the upper hand in the fight between Di family and Qin family.

    If things went on like this, there was no way Di Qiuhe ended up likest life...

    The scene where Di Qiuhe falling from the building once again crossed his mind, he sped theptop tighter subconsciously, the smile on his facepletely vanished. He touched the screen, panic flooded in his heart.

    What if Di Qiuhe still repeated his fate likest life, what would he do, how could he deal with such an oue?

    It had been almost half a year since his reincarnation, he took apletely different life path, it was highly likely his life would be more colorful than hisst one, it looked like he could still enjoy life without Di Qiuhe... it seemed like it, but he was not able to picture his life without Di Qiuhe¡¯s presence.

    After the shower, Di Qiuhe leaned on the door and watched how He Bai, lying on the bed and enjoying the photo album, a smile flickered across his face. He walked towards He Bai and held him on the waist.

    He Bai looked at Di Qiuhe and gave him a kiss on the lips, then he went back to his photo album.

    Di Qiuhe was overjoyed, he beamed after he collected his thought, then he leaned in to kiss He Bai¡¯s side cheek and ear.

    Resting his head on He Bai¡¯s shoulder, ¡°I need to go to a field two days after, was booked for a job, you wanna go with me or you gonna go to your uni and review for the exams?¡±

    Two days after?

    He Bai¡¯s hands on the album halted, he asked casually, ¡°What job? Newly booked?¡±

    ¡°Amercial shooting for Wild Bull, I just got the confirmation today. Xing Shaofeng hasn¡¯t officially taken over my management, so my schedule is a little off at the moment.¡± exined Di Qiuhe, then he kept resting his head on He Bai¡¯s shoulder, ¡°That¡¯s why I asked you are you want toe along with me, the shooting onlysts a day, we can hang out with Niu Junjie at night, have a dinner or something, haven¡¯t you mentioned you are keen to hang out with your roommates?¡±

    ¡°Dinner is different from hanging out.¡± He Bai gave him a sideways look, he closed the album, ¡°You have you little calction going on, dinner is dinner, hanging out is hanging out, different types of fun, by hanging out, I was talking about inviting then over to our house.¡±

    Hearing that, Di Qiuhe gave him a kiss and said, ¡°Sure, you guys decide the time, let¡¯s have a barbecue party at home, I¡¯ll get the materials ready.¡±

    He Bai chuckled, then he opened the album, nodding in agreement about Di Qiuhe¡¯s suggestion.

    Di Qiuhe was amused by He Bai¡¯s chuckle, his hands were travelling back and forth again on He Bai¡¯s waist, he asked, ¡°Are youing with me or not on my shooting day? It¡¯s going to be a weekend day, you can have a look on how other photographers do amercial shooting, may have some more experience umted for yourself.¡±

    ¡°No, I¡¯ll sleep in that day.¡± He Bai rejected Di Qiuhe¡¯s proposal. Then he put the album on the bedside and lied down with Di Qiuhe¡¯s hands being pressed under his body.

    Di Qiuhe suddenly lost bnce, seeing He Bai lost interest enjoying the album due to his distraction, he kissed Di Qiuhe softly on the forehead and nose, said to He Bai with a smile, ¡°All right then, puppy, please eat more and rest well. I¡¯ll take you to dinner tonight.¡±

    Hearing this, He Bai raised his eyebrows and wrapped his arms on Di Qiuhe¡¯s neck, poking Di Qiuhe¡¯s waist with one knee bending, asking on purpose, ¡°Are you suggesting I¡¯m too skinny and not cuddly?¡±

 Chapter 169 - That Was Harsh (2)

    <h4>Chapter 169: That Was Harsh (2)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    He Bai¡¯s bending knee made the scene look erotic.

    Di Qiuhe¡¯s eyes were rippled with lust, he rxed his body and looked down at He Bai who was under his body, gently bite his nose and said, ¡°Puppy, you know it well, I will do more to your body besides cuddling, I can never get enough of you.¡± with it, his hands moved to He Bai¡¯s back.

    The scene where Di Qiuhe falling from the building still haunted He Bai, He Bai felt Di Qiuhe¡¯s lust in the eye, his heart got all gentle and soft. He touched Di Qiuhe¡¯s face and gave him a kiss, whispering, ¡°As I have said before, we need to take baby steps, I enjoy our kissing, I¡¯m really not ready for the final step, but I can get you off with my hands.¡±

    Di Qiuhe felt his heart was racing, he came closer to He Bai to let him feel his excitement, asked, ¡°Really?¡± He Bai answered with action.

    Seeing He Bai taking such initiative, Di Qiuhe felt encouraged and he started to answer He Bai¡¯s actions with more kisses, meanwhile his hands were busy unbuttoning He Bai.

    Let¡¯s get back to He Bai¡¯s Weibo ount for a second...

    Theizens finally who it was that using He Bai¡¯s ount seeing thements left by Di Qiuhe¡¯s fans.

    It looked like Di Qiuhe and He Bai were really close friends, he canceled his own ount and used He Bai¡¯s ount when he needed to announce big news like his new role.

    While there were of course haters who always wanted to share their opinions when no one asked them to, they used Di Qiuhe for ying a game by saying quitting social media such as Weibo and now decided to get back to Weibo to create hype for his new drama.

    They were sure Di Qiuhe was merely water testing by using He Bai¡¯s ount, if it wet well, he would have his own ount back in no time.

    Seeing nonsense like this, Di¡¯s fans were pissed off, they talked back: To start with, Di Qiuhe said he would return to Weibo when the right time hase, he had never once said he was quitting Weibo for good. Secondly, He Bai had posted that Di Qiuhe was working hard on his new movie on Di Qiuhe¡¯s birthday, he was enjoying this new chapter of his life, and now Di Qiuhe announced this new chapter himself to the fans, is that a bad thing? Thirdly, they were really that close, that they didn¡¯t mind sharing one Weibo ount? What? Is that illegal? Besides all that, it¡¯s none of anyone¡¯s business whether Di Qiuhe replied thements down below the post, the fans will keep support regardless, they would keep sending their support even if Di Qiuhe had not posted that announcement, please go away those damn haters!

    The haters did not see thating, Di¡¯s fans were usually quite and timid on social media, howe they now knew how to defend themselves. But they kept leaving their opinions when no one asked them to, ¡°Is it possible that as famous as Director Lin Mo will invite a has-been actor to be his male lead in his new show? Are you hallucinating? Daydreaming? What if the person used He Bai¡¯s ount is not Di Qiuhe considering how many friends He Bai has? Aren¡¯t you getting too carried away too soon? Thick-skinned people everywhere!¡±

    The fans were dumbfounded, they had never seen haters went all the way like this, but thinking about the post, the poster indeed hadn¡¯t reveal who he was, so they had nothing to do but swallow the anger.

    Come on, it was no other than Di Qiuhe, only Di Qiuhe was that close with He Bai! They shipped He and Di! They were an item! It was a real thing!

    Just when Di Qiuhe¡¯s fans were sulking, Director Lin Mo reposted it from He Bai¡¯s ount, and he tagged the official ount of <Immortal Way>, he expressed a big thanks to all the friends that helped him, and how he looked forward to working with Di Qiuhe, full of excitement and appreciation.

    That was a p on the face for the haters. But the haters didn¡¯t keep quiet for long, they stirred a new topic on how Di Qiuhe was driven out from Di family and Huangdu, that was why he was desperately to start this new show, they used Di Qiuhe of being an apple of Sodom, and a rich kid who refused to work hard. If he really had a spine, he should not return to show business.

    The fans were furious, it was such great news their idol announced he woulde back soon with his new work, why this bunch of haters had to ruin this moment for them? Di Qiuhe who had received nothing but praise from his peers and seniors in this business, suddenly was portrayed as a has-been and hogging on hisst poprity to make hisst penny.

    They were indeed furious!

    The fans were ready for a fight when a statement from Da Ze suddenly popped out, ¡°Thergest stockholder now of Da Ze bes Mr. Fan Da, and congrattions to Mr. Fan Da who has officially bes the president of Da Ze. And they tagged He Bai, asking He Bai to tell Di Qiuhe that his grandfather now is the president of theirpany, they are all family now, Da Ze will always be on their side and has always got their back.¡±

    Everyone was shocked!

    What was going on? The president of Da Ze was Di Qiuhe¡¯s grandfather? Where did this grandfathere from? What fields did Da Ze work on?

 Chapter 170 - That Was Harsh (3)

    <h4>Chapter 170: That Was Harsh (3)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Driven by great curiosity,izens went on digging, it turned out Di Qiuhe¡¯s grandfather was indeed somebody! As early as decades ago, this grandfather travelled overseas and made a great fortune that was more than enough for his family to spend for a lifetime, and he kept making money while he travelled around the world. To everyone¡¯s surprise, he was behind the founding of Huangdu.

    This tycoon who had retired from his warrior days now suddenly became the new president of Da Ze, the rivalpany of Huangdu, what aplicated yet delicate rtionship.

    Done digging information of Fan Da, theizens went on digging about Da Ze, they were even more taken aback on what they were seeing.

    Holy crap! What apetentpany! So many projects were invested by them, even Huangdu was invested by them at one point! Not long ago Da Ze ceased the cooperation with Huangdu, and it took a toll on Huangdu, their stock rice plummeted. On hindsight,could the underlying reason that Da Ze ceased cooperation with Huangdu be that Di Qiuhe was driven out from Di family?

    Such drama great wow.

    The inte was stirred up.

    And Di Bian now was going through the paperwork that he prepared for the meeting with the new president of Da Zeter.

    ¡°Mr. Di, second young master just called, he said...¡±

    ¡°Is there much to say? I told him to ponder upon one¡¯s faults after he started a fight with others, that doesn¡¯t leave him much to say back!¡±

    Di Bian interrupted his assistant impatiently, then he collected his paperwork and groomed his tie,ining about his second son to his assistant, ¡°Such a good-for-nothing, all thanks to the Qin family! Look at his big brother and look at him, s!¡±

    The assistant lowered his head, wouldn¡¯t dare to continue. Mr. Di was getting more and more impatient when it came to the second young master, he talked about the first young master more and more, he barely looked at that first born when he was still in Di family.

    Di Bian indeed harbored some hatred against Qin family, how could Huangdu reduced to such condition if not the involvement of Qin family? How could Liu family would have a fallout with them? Dieyou Records of Liu Family was a strongpetitor in the business, and the farce initiated by Qin family cost Huangdu the chance to work with them.

    Such a good-for-nothing Di Xiasong was!

    He got even more riled up thinking about Di Xiasong¡¯s doing. Then he thought about Da Ze¡¯s reach out and felt a bit appeased, then he walked out of the office with the paperwork in hand, totally ignored the assistant who was standing in the corner.

    Arriving at the ce, Di Bian groomed his suit when Lawyer Wang pushed open the door and walked in, when he saw a old gentleman sitting on the host chair, his smile became brighter and he walked towards the old gentleman.

    Fan Da gave him cold treatment, he didn¡¯t even stand up, ¡°Di Bian, we don¡¯t see each other often,st time we saw each other was when my daughter Lianxiu married you, but you, being my son-inw, didn¡¯t recognize your father-inw, how ridiculous are you!¡±

    Di Bian froze. It took him a solid second toe across what he was hearing, then he looked up and down at the old gentleman sitting in front of him.

    ¡°Lianxiu¡¯s features are more like her mother, but her profile is more like mine.¡± Fan Da replied coldly, then he sneered after a pause, ¡°Now to think of it, it¡¯s quite natural that you cannot recognize me, you probably have long forgotten what Lianxiu looks like, all you can see is your new wife and the kids you had with that women!¡±

    ¡°You...you..are Fan...Fan...¡± Di Bian finally recognize who he was, he stepped back subconsciously and supported himself on the chair, beads of sweat broke out from his forehead, his face was blushing crimson, ¡°Mr. Fan, I thought you have disappeared.¡± He thought Fan Da had long gone.

    ¡°Disappear? I know you have always thought I was dead.¡± Seeing Di Bian¡¯s reaction, Fan Da sneered, ¡°Di Bian, I gave my daughter¡¯s hand to you, you promised me to take good care of her, tell me, tell me howe she ended up a miserable death and her only son was driven out of his own family? What did you call me? Mr. Fan, you are the one who refused to see me as your father-inw, great, there¡¯s no need for me to see you as my son-inw.¡±

    Di Bian was in great shock, he was looking at Fan Da with horror in the eye, he could not digest all this.

    ¡°I think I¡¯ve put a certain weight in Huangdu.¡± Fan Da gave Di Bian a meaningful look sitting on the chair, looking like a sword which was hidden in the scabbard now was ready to strike an attack, ¡°When Lianxiu married you, the dowry I gave her was considerable, and I told Da Ze to always look after Huangdu and you kids. Now that I¡¯m back, my daughter went to paradise to gather with her mother, I¡¯ll take care of Qiuhe from this day on, and Huangdu is no longer my concern.¡±

    Hearing him mentioning Huangdu, Di Bian quickly collected his thoughts, and he appeared as a changed person, acting all surprised and overjoyed, ¡°Father, where have you been all these years? Me and Lianxiu had tried every possible way to reach out to you. As for Qiuhe, I can exin, he was doing this to protect me, he is and he will always be the young master of Di family, this has never changed in my heart. I¡¯ll wee him home once I¡¯ve settled ounts with Qin family.¡±

 Chapter 171 - That Was Harsh (4)

    <h4>Chapter 171: That Was Harsh (4)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    ¡°I¡¯m not believing what I¡¯m hearing, I only believe what I¡¯m seeing.¡± watching Di Bian put on such a pathetic show, Fan Da¡¯s voice got deep, ¡°Di Bian, you really think I have no idea about how you and your family have treated my Qiuhe? Firstborn of Di family? Big deal? I can create thousands of Huangdu for him, but you, I¡¯m intrigued to see how you going to end up without the support from Da Ze.¡±

    Di Bian was in great shock, ¡°Father, please don¡¯t do that, you founded Huangdu. We can ask Qiuhe, have you seen him? He has always respected me, we are on good terms, unlike the tabloids had spread.¡±

    ¡°You two are on good terms only because he has always beenpromised for youe benefits!¡± Fan Da raised his voice, and interrupted him, ¡°Di Bian, do not hold on the dream that you could use Qiuhe to mooch off me, it won¡¯t work! Da Ze can invest a lot ofpanies, you think it¡¯s merely a coincidence that Huading suddenly secured capital injection? I can make Huading Huading¡¯s rival, I can also make Baixiu and Xingyu your rival! Di Bian here¡¯s a piece of advice for you, do not try to y games up against Qiuhe and his friends, we have so many ounts to settle, do not add one more.¡±

    Seeing Fan Da not touched by his act at all, he went pale yet he couldn¡¯te up with a good excuse to talk back, he ended up exining drily, ¡°Father, Me and Qiuhe are on good terms, it¡¯s true, it¡¯s Qinli who ill treated him, so I divorced Qinli, please...¡±

    ¡°Do not call me father.¡± Fan Da gave him a cold answer, then he looked at the bamboo screen on the left and said, ¡°Hu, let¡¯s go back home, Qiuhe told me that he was going to move back soon ,let¡¯s change the decoration in his room, he didn¡¯t seem to quite enjoy itst time he visited.¡±

    Hu Zhao walked out from behind the bamboo screen with a nodding in agreement. Then they left without giving Di Bian a look.

    Di Bian was frozen, and his hand were shaking. It was Hu Zhao, didn¡¯t he say he is going overseas to enjoy his retirement? Howe he was with Fan Da now? Did this mean Fan Da had already found out...

    Lawyer Wang who basically lost track of what was going on the second they entered the room, seeing Hu Zhao now made him even more confused. Then he shot a look at Di Bian who wentpletely pale and speechless now, he didn¡¯t know what to say. ¡°What¡¯s the matter with Di Bian? Why his own son and his most loyal subordinate both have left him?¡±

    Fan Da took his leave after giving Di Bian a piece of his mind, while Di Bian stayed in the room for a while, thinking about the interest intertwining of Da Ze and Huading, Baixiu and Xingyu, and he found his shirt was soaked in cold sweat.

    If what Fan Da said were true, then it was by no means a coincidence that Huading secured the investment from Da Ze, it was Fan Da who was behind it. Furthermore, Da Ze might be an iceberg of Fan Da¡¯s empire, no, he couldn¡¯t just sit and watch his rivalpanies Huading, Baixiu and Xingyu getting more and more investment, while his Huangdu falling behind.

    No! This shall not happen! He could not let go of Da Ze! There were just some misunderstandings and mimunications between himself and Fan Da, he would surely win back Fan Da¡¯s heart as long as he cleared the sir, and Huangdu would surely secure the investments from Da Ze. By then he would trample over Qin Family.

    The reason Fan Da was now mad at him was twofold, one being Fan Lianxiu¡¯s death and one being Qiuhe left the family. Could it be said that as long as he fixed these two issues, he would regain Fan Da¡¯s trust and investment?

    As long as he fixed these two issues, thinking about this, his hands sped tighter and a twisted expression flickered across his face.

    Lawyer wang couldn¡¯t help but take a step back seeing Di Bian like this, he found himself in sweat too.

    Maybe... it was time that he should consider looking for a new job.

    Di Qiuhe got up early on the shooting day, he kissed his puppy sleeping by his side, and he couldn¡¯t resist the temptation, his hands got under the nket, and found its way to fiddle with He Bai¡¯s little Bai, like it was a newly obtained treasure.

    He Bai had a fair skin tone, his little Bai was a bit pinkish, so adorable... Hmm, he swore the original n was indeed to leave a good morning kiss on his forehead.

    He Bai was waken up, he saw Di Qiuhe who was busy down there, he smiled and enjoyed it, then he rolled over after he got off, he wiped his body with his pajamas and threw away the pajama. With it, he went back to sleep.

    That was harsh! Di Qiuhe looked down at his little Qiuhe who was in high spirits, he scratched his hair and didn¡¯t have the heart to wake Di Qiuhe up, he picked He Bai¡¯s pajama and put it in theundry basket.

    After shower, Di Qiuhee to He Bai¡¯s bedside, he left a clean pajama on the bed as well as a kiss on his forehead and tucked him well under the nket. After that, he left the house holding his jacket.

    Hearing the door closing, He Bai opened his eyes and found Di Qiuhe had left. Then he rushed to the bathroom.

    The shooting ce for Wild Bull was an European-styled mansion, the crew was almost ready to roll when Di Qiuhe arrived, he exchanged greetings with the crew and went upstairs waiting for the shooting to begin.

    A quarter had passed, the staff came to him telling him please wait a moment the photographer was going to bete due to the traffic.

    Di Qiuhe said no worries, he knew traffic could be a pain. Then he frowned thinking about his n of taking his puppy for dinner after shooting.

 Chapter 172 - Click Click (1)

    <h4>Chapter 172: Click Click (1)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    ¡°Shall I postpone the reservation for tonight?¡± asked Wang Boyi, seeing Di Qiuhe frowned.

    ¡°Nah, it should be fine.¡± Di Qiuhe shook his head, then he continued, ¡°If I¡¯m finishingte tonight, please ask the restaurant to delivery their signature cuisines for him in case he skipped dinner if he is eating alone.¡±

    Wang Boyi nodded in agreement, his phone rang when he was just about to turn around to get Di Qiuhe some snacks, he took a look at the screen, the caller was Di Bian who had not contacted him for a long while.

    He halted his steps, and showed Di Qiuhe the phone.

    Di Qiuhe shot a sideways look, his rxing expression now turned a bit serious, and he said, ¡°I suppose he is just prying into my personal life from you, as he can test my attitude towards him and Huangdu. No need to worry about it, you can put him through and put him on speaker.¡±

    Wang Boyi tapped the screen and put Di Bian on speaker.

    ¡°Hi, Wang, how are you ? Are you with Qiuhe now?¡± Di Bian sounded surprisingly nice on the phone, quite different from the bossy arrogant attitude he used to show.

    Di Qiuhe sat on the sofa casually, he was ready for some fun while thumbing through a magazine.

    Wang Boyi sat across Di Qiuhe so Di Qiuhe could hear the whole conversation clearly, he quickly got into acting mode, ¡°Young master is working today, he is not around me at the moment. What can I do for you, Mr. Di?¡±

    Di Bian was rather satisfied seeing how respectful Wang Boyi was, his tone turned soft and he continued his question, ¡°What kind of work Qiuhe is booked today, is it rted to Fan Da? How has he beentely, has he been avoiding you or keeping you in the dark recently? Has Assistant An been in touch with you, is she still working for Qin Li?¡±

    Di Qiuhe curled his lips, his face turned indifferent.

    Wang Boyi shot a look at Di Qiuhe, and he replied, ¡°No, young master trusts me lots, he has never avoided me. Today he is shooting anmercial for a watch brand, I believe it has nothing to do with Fan Da. Assistant An has been so quiettely, she hasn¡¯t done anything suspicious.¡±

    ¡°Is that so...¡± Di Bian responded lightly, then his tone turned harsh, ¡°No that Di Qiuhe has never avoided you, why haven¡¯t you informed me in advance that Fan Da hase back? Hu Zhao has betrayed me after working for me for several decades, he is now working for Fan. How do i supposed to have faith and trust in you, who has merely worked for me for several years?¡±

    Wang Boyi was startled, he looked at Di Qiuhe.

    Di Qiuhe who was thumbing through a magazine now halted his motion, he thought for a few seconds and looked at the screen then he slightly waved his hand to Wang Boyi, meaning Wang Boyi could just improvise on this one. He thought it was no big deal even though Di Bian saw through them, they were not intimated by him at this point.

    Wang Boyi was now a little bit rxed on receiving Di Qiuhe¡¯s signal, he recalled what Xing Shaofeng once taught him, then he put on a good show, ¡°Mr. Di, you have to pardon me on this one, for I had no clue what young master¡¯s mother¡¯s family is until very recently, and you had not reminded me on Mr. Fan, so I admit I wasn¡¯t fully prepared and haven¡¯t paid much attention on Mr. Fan... but ording to my observation, young master is very upied for he is busy shooting for his new movie either in the border province or overseas, he has no time to reach anyone. So I think Fan Da hasn¡¯t contacted young master, he is just fully prepared and he¡¯s done a lot of research on young master and Di family.¡±

    This was a great lesson from Xing Shaofeng, ¡°deny not, just divert, and always end the conversation with a topic that¡¯s going to distract the other party.¡±

    Silence from the other side of the phone, seemed like Di Bian was in deep thoughts. After a little while, Di Bian showedplete trust again and asked, ¡°So what you are saying is Fan Da and Di Qiuhe haven¡¯t met yet?¡±

    Seeing his strategy worked, Fan Da let out a sigh of relief in the heart, ¡°I believe so, at least they had not met each other before young master returned to B City, he gave me a one week leave after he came back, if anything, young master may had contact during that week I was on leave.¡±

    Di Bian was calcting the date of Fan Da took over Da Ze, he thought he had it all figured, then he continued, ¡°Thank you for letting me know, on that case, has Qiuhe done something he normally doesn¡¯t normally dotely, say, contactingwyers and brokers?¡±

    ¡°Hmm, was Di Bian thinking Mr. Fan has transferred arge sum of money to young master¡±, thought Wang Boyi.

    Wang Boyi shot a look at Di Qiuhe who was still thumbing through the magazine, he paused a bit then replied, ¡°No, the only update is young master appointed a new drive... Mr. Di, I think Fan Da is now watching out the people who have been working for young master before he came back, like me and Assistant An, young master was possibly instructed to train his own staff.¡±

 Chapter 173 - Click Click (2)

    <h4>Chapter 173: Click Click (2)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Hearing that and recalling Fan Da¡¯s warning, Di Bian frowned, he was dying to find out more information so he hung up the phone hurriedly.

    Wang Boyi put aside the phone and looked at Di Qiuhe, waiting for his instructions.

    ¡°Chances are Assistant An is going to get a phone call from Di Bian or Qin Li.¡± Di Qiuhe put the magazine on the table and tapped on the table casually, ¡°Keep an eye on Assistant An, she needs to know what to say and what not to say to Di and Qin.¡±

    Wang Boyi nodded, then he left the room to make a phone call to Assistant An.

    Di Qiuhe was a little put off by Di Bian¡¯s call, he wished his puppy were here to cuddle him, then he looked at the time, his discontent on this photographer who was still on his way had grown.

    ¡°Why don¡¯t you n on leaving your house early, knowing the traffic would be bad on a weekend day like this, look at my puppy who is also a photographer, look at his work ethics, he always shows up at work on time or earlier in case he getste and keeps others waiting on him¡± thought Di Qiuhe.

    He took out his phone fro the pocket, couldn¡¯t help but dial He Bai¡¯s number.

    ¡°He Bai must have got up now.¡±

    A familiar ringtone came from outside the door the second he dialed He Bai¡¯s number.

    He looked at that direction with eyes wide open, then he lowered his head.

    It should be a coincidence, a lot of people had this ringtone.

    Toot.

    He Bai hung up on him, the ringtone had stopped outside as well. He stared at the door and he could feel his heart was pounding, but the door wasn¡¯t pushed open after a solid few seconds, he cracked a smile tough at himself. Puppy, puppy, puppy, not a morning person for he should hang up on him like that.

    Outside the door, He Bai muted his phone and he withdrew his hand which was about to knock on the door after a few seconds¡¯ hesitation. He told a staff member to ask Di Qiuhe to get changed, and he sneaked downstairs and talked with the lighting team about the whole concept of shooting.

    Not long after Di Qiuhe put his phone away, a staff member came to let him know they could start any time, the photographer wasmunicating with other members on the set. Soon there would be makeup artist take care of Di Qiuhe. Di Qiuhe took a look at the time, the photographer wasn¡¯t terriblyte, his mood became better, and he followed the staff member to the dressing room.

    About half an hourter, Di Qiuhe was ready to go. He came to the setting on the staff member¡¯s lead, and other staff member put on the watch on his wrist, a makeup artist was doing the final retouch on his face.

    ¡°What a nice watch¡±, a familiar voice came behind, and his wrist was held by someone, and the voice got closer with a touch of bantering, ¡°it¡¯s just the model isn¡¯t nice enough to match this watch¡±, with it Di Qiuhe could feel the warm breath left on his neck, that was hoe close the voice was.

    Di Qiuhe¡¯s body got so tense, he didn¡¯t turn back to look for fear he was hallucinating.

    The staff members all knew that the photographer and the model were friends with their young master Niu Juejie. Seeing He Bai ¡°attacked¡± Di Qiuhe, they were all smiling at them, some staff members took a few snaps to record the fun moments on the shooting set.

    Youth! So great! Look at those two, so beautiful!

    It took Di Qiuhe a little while to believe what was happening, he held He Bai¡¯s hand, and he checked with the makeup artist whether it was okay to do the final retouchingter. Then he turned around, whispering to He Bai, ¡°What are you doing here on the set? You are here to keep mepany, aren¡¯t you?¡±

    ¡°Nah, I¡¯m here for work, gotta make those dors.¡±

    Di Qiuhe was dumbfounded, again. He wanted to ask more questions, he was desperately to find out what was going on.

    He Bai caught hold of Di Qiuhe¡¯s hand, took a close look at the watch, and raised his voice on purpose, ¡°This is one chic watch, so exquisitely designed, I think I have a shooting concept now. All right, people, are you ready, let¡¯s rock and roll.¡±

    Whole crew said yes loud and clear. The makeup artist smiled at the two of them and came closer to do the final retouching for Di Qiuhe, then he stepped aside and stood by other staff members.

    Soon it was just them two standing alone by the camera, He Bai helped Di Qiuhe to groom hi hair and he said in a low voice, ¡°a little bird told me that you are quite pissed off, yeah, because I showed upte.¡±

    Di Qiuhe was just overjoyed knowing what was going on.

    ¡°Bai...¡±, Di Qiuhe stared at He Bai, he touched He Bai¡¯s forehead, and a faint smile flickered across his face, he felt like he had so much that he wanted to say to He Bai, but he only said three word instead, ¡°I am overjoyed.¡±

 Chapter 174 - Click Click (3)

    <h4>Chapter 174: Click Click (3)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    ¡°Of course I know that, but why are you calling me by my name?¡± He Bai raised his eyebrows and gave him a naughty look, ¡°Mind you call me Mr. He or Photographer. He at work ce, we have a whole crew here on the set, let¡¯s be professional.¡±

    Seeing He Bai¡¯s naughty look, Di Qiuhe was so itchy in the heart. He wished he could cuddle He Bai right now on the spot, but he knew he¡¯d better not considering there were so many staff members on the set. As apromise, he came closer to He Bai and mumbled something, ¡°Yes, Mr. He, I picked up you pajama in the morning and it seemed like you have had a fun morning, but I didn¡¯t get the chance to have that fun, what should we do?¡±

    He Bai was reminded of the scene in the morning , then his naughty smile turned to blush, he answered, ¡°That¡¯s easy, you will find out soon.¡± Then he signaled to the crew that they were ready.

    Close-ups were widely used in watchmercials, He Bai held the camera in front of Di Qiuhe who was standing by the French window, God, what a gorgeous creature Di Qiuhe was! He Bai suddenly raised his voice and asked Di Qiuhe on purpose, ¡°Hey, Di Qiuhe, feel like going to the hot springs tonight?¡±

    Di Qiuhe, hearing He Bai¡¯s question, who had been smiling gently at him, now suddenly changed expression, it was now somewhat aggressive and dangerous, even his body now became a little straighten up. But soon he realized what He Bai was doing was to get better photos of him.

    Click.

    ¡°Great pose, loving your look on the camera, awesome job please keep up!¡±

    He Bai was having so much fun shooting Di Qiuhe, he signaled the lighting team to adjust positions and he walked back and forth to capture He Bai from different angles, then he saw something interesting so he paused. ¡°Hey, Qiuhe, what is that on your neck? Got bitten by a mosquito?¡±

    Hearing that, Di Qiuhe unbuttoned the first button o his shirt and replied, ¡°Yeah, it seems like so, I was bitten by a big ck mosquitost night.¡± Recalling the intimacyst night, Di Qiuhe couldn¡¯t help but touching his neck and flickered a meaningful smile.

    Click.

    He Bai kept pressing the shutter, and hemunicated with the lighting team again, they agreed to change a better position as the sun was moving. He Bai looked at Di Qiuhe and said, ¡°Qiuhe, your suit is too light-colored, do you mind taking it off so the reflection on the watch under the sunlight would pop out better.¡±

    He Bai was more than happy to hear that, he took it off and rolled up the sleeves while showing some really meaningful looks.

    Click click.

    He Bai was busy capturing all the moments. And he couldn¡¯t help but snort in the heart.

    Di Qiuhe had got the potential to be a yer, look at him now, he surely knew how to y the game.

    As the shooting went on in full swing, Di Qiuhe now had unbuttoned his sleeves and cor, his hair was more natural after a few scratches looking at the camera. He now was sitting by the window and squinted at the camera, his elbow was resting casually on his knee, you could definitely sense some bad boy vibe from him at the moment.

    ¡°Mind your long legs, it looks a bit ill- proportioned on the camera.¡± with it our photographer was so kind that he came close to the model and help him to adjust his pose, opps, our photographer ¡°identally¡± touched model¡¯s thigh, and he adjust his torso by touching the model¡¯s lower back, and he whispered something by the model¡¯s ear.

    Di Qiuhe had such a hard time controlling himself, he was dying to cuddle He Bai.

    He Bai took refuge and held his camera high.

    Click.

    Di Qiuhe¡¯s wrist just entered the pic, and his eyes were reflecting the luster of the watch, such a pair of aggressive eyes.

    Wang Boyi who was standing aside was now in sweats, ¡°Can those two be more obvious? Pink bubbles now is everywhere in the setting despite they haven¡¯t done anything improper! The staff members are not blind, surely they will sense something.¡±

    Staff member A: What a professional Mr. He is!

    Staff member B: So is Mr. Di, he throws himself in the setting and the concept that Mr. Di id looking for.

    Other staff members: They worked so well together, such a great pair at work.

    Wang Boyi: Forget what I said. Turns out these staff members ARE blind.

    ¡°Lighting team this position please, let¡¯s focus on his left side for this one.¡± He Bai now came up with some new ideas.

    Di Qiuhe looked at He Bai and tried so hard to control himself to behave well.

    ¡°Put your hand a little sideways, now I¡¯m gonna take a close-up for the watch.¡± He Bai took a few steps back and smiled, ¡°Let¡¯s be super efficient, get this done and over with, thus we can go out for dinnerter.¡±

    Di Qiuhe looked st the window and adjust his breath.

    Click.

    He heard the shutter and looked back.

    Click.

    ¡°Great, we are done with this one, let¡¯s get ready for the next one.¡± He Bai put down the camera and signaled the staff to take Di Qiuhe to get changed, while himself walked directly to the sofa and checked the photos he just took, he didn¡¯t make any eye contact with Di Qiuhe.

    Di Qiuhe couldn¡¯t help but think, ¡°Which one is puppy¡¯s first priority, me or work?¡±

 Chapter 175 - The Only Daughter of Yan Family

    <h4>Chapter 175: The Only Daughter of Yan Family</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Di Qiuhe soon found out the answer, it was work.

    The watch collection that Di Qiuhe wore was targeted at the younger generation, there were four distinctive watches in the collection, one exquisitely designed for the elites working 24/7, one low profile designed for everyday wear, one dazzling designed for party animals, and one designed for outdoor activities.

    Di Qiuhe needed to change four outfits to better deliver the four design concepts behind these designs. The first one was elite, he needed to finish the rest three concepts, everyday, party and outdoors. While shooting He Bai kept tantalizing him and left the scene, his little Qiuhe got excited for nothing the whole day.

    It indeed was the first time that worked together, yet they clicked so well and the shooting went on so well and they had a certain charm to attract and even entertain the crowd without aware of it. The staff members on set all had such a good time that day.

    Wang Boyi who knew exactly what was going on couldn¡¯t help roll his eyes on seeing the staff members, who were all beaming and smiling.

    That was Public Disy of Affection live on set, yet you people had not realized that!

    Everything went so well that they wrapped up earlier than scheduled, Di Qiuhe thanked the crew and said goodbye, then left the set with He Bai.

    Once the car engine started, Di Qiuhe who was tantalized all day pulled He Bai into his arms and gave a gentle bite on his earlobe, then kissed him oh his cheek, ¡°Puppy, I¡¯m booking hot springs trip right now.¡±

    ¡°Busy.¡± He Bai quickly broke free from Di Qiuhe¡¯s arms and shot a look at Wang Boyi, meaning there were other people on the car please behave yourself. ¡°I got a phone call from Little Mermaid yesterday, they found a new photographer, I need to help put on the shooting of Christmas collection and I gotta finish some paperwork with them.¡±

    Di Qiuhe asked in confusion, ¡°Are you still working for Yi Ka, I thought you¡¯ve left thepany already?¡± with it Di Qiuhe held He Bai up and put him on hisp.

    ¡°Not yet.¡± He Bai exined the situation between him and Yi Ka.

    Di Qiuhe frowned and he asked, ¡°How long it¡¯s gonna take for this Christmas shooting?¡±

    ¡°About three days, give or take, it takes longer to teach others.¡± He Bai patted him on the forehead, he didn¡¯t like it when Di Qiuhe frowned then he continued, ¡°Ms. Yu Hui sent e an invitation for her Christmas party, have you got the invitation?¡±

    Di Qiuhe nodded and still sulked, ¡°Yes I have... And I¡¯m going back to work after Christmas, gonna get busy real soon.¡±

    ¡°There¡¯s no hot springs for us.¡± He Bai patted him on the shoulder, then he yed with his camera on hand, ¡°I¡¯m thinking move back to my dormitory to review for final exams, do you want to stay at your grandpa¡¯s for a few days?¡±

    Seeing He Bai had got a n for their parting and seeing how passionate He Bai was ying with his camera, Di Qiuhe couldn¡¯t help but ask the question, ¡°Puppy, which one is your first priority, me or work?¡±

    He Bai looked up at him, gave him a judgemental look, ¡°Di Qiuhe, eating and sleeping which one do you think is more important?¡±

    Di Qiuhe: ¡°.......¡±

    He Bai shot him a sideways look, ¡°Now you have realized how dumb your question is?¡±

    It took Di Qiuhe two seconds to talk back, ¡°Eating you sleeping with you is equally important.¡±

    ¡°......¡±

    ¡°Puppy¡±, now Di Qiuhe felt so much better with his talk back line, he came closer to He Bai, ¡°I think you made an analogy of work and eating, I guess it¡¯s because you need to work to make a living, like eating, etc. And you made an analogy between me and sleeping, is it because......¡±

    He Bai put away his camera, covered Di Qiuhe¡¯s running mouth and gave him a beating.

    What a Childish Di, he would get himself another beating real soon if he didn¡¯t how to control his running mouth.

    Di Qiuhe actually was happier after got a beating from He Bai, they had some intimacy that night. He drove He Bai to his dormitory the next morning, and he moved to Fan House to spend some time with his grandfather.

    Of course his roommates wouldn¡¯t let He Bai go easily without some bantering, after that He Bai opened hisptop and began to work.

    He presented themercial after two days, and he showed up at Yi Ka.

    Lin Xia was so happy to see him again, they had such a good talk and she even treated him for lunch. She didn¡¯t take him to the shooting set until after lunch, where He Bai met this new photographer and discussed the concept.

    This new photographer was a westerner with such a great personality with great shooting skills, his work was so in line with Little Mermaid.

    The new photographer was so modest during the whole shooting process, he kept calling He Bai ¡°master shifu¡±, He Bai found it both a little bit funny and too much. But he was fully aware the new photographer meant nothing but kindness, so he epted it with a smile.

    Three days just passed like that, He Bai finished this gig and finished his paperwork with Yi Ka, he also sent some presents to some close colleagues before he left thepany.

    Di Qiuhe would still text and call him on a daily basis, although he wouldn¡¯t talk much on the phone, it seemed like Fan Da had some ns going on and needed Di Qiuhe¡¯s help.

    On Christmas Eve, Yi Jie was crowned as Film Queen on a grand movie festival, while He Bai was too busy on video games with his roommates. He didn¡¯t know that until the next day on Yu Hui¡¯s party.

    ¡°She was really crowned?¡± He Bai was delighted, then he took out his phone, ¡°I gotta say a congrattions to her, she¡¯s been working really hard for that.¡±

    Di Qiuhe came closer to him, ¡°Little puppy, have you been missing me?¡±

    And He Bai¡¯s phone rang, it was Yi Jie, He Bai answered the phone before he answered Di Qiuhe.

    Di Qiuhe took a seat and secretly fiddled on He Bai¡¯s lower back.

    After the phone call, Di Qiuhe pulled He Bai back to his arms and said, ¡°Qin Rong just had a divorce with his wife Yan Hui.¡±

    He Bai was dumbfounded and totally forgot to settle ounts with Di Qiuhe, he asked, ¡°A scumbag like Qin Rong had a wife?¡±

    ¡°Yup, and he has two kids, a boy and a girl.¡± Di Qiuhe was amused by how shocked He Bai was, he poked him on the cheek and continued, ¡°Yan Hui and Qin Rong had been married for a long time, they were very much in love, she is the only daughter of Yan Family, she had helped him a lot financially, and now they ended up in divorce, Qin Family would surely suffer.¡±

 Chapter 176 - A Good-for-nothing? (1)

    <h4>Chapter 176: A Good-for-nothing? (1)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Qin family now already had a fallout with both Di family and Liu Family, and news had it that Yan Hui divorced Qing Rong, it meant Qin family had turned the long-term business partner, new business partner and potential business partner his enemies. With a little bit rigging, it seemed Qin family was doomed to im bankruptcy.

    He Bai thought this through and he recalled how Di Qiuhe had been busy during the past few days, he turned around and asked, ¡°Is it your grandfather¡¯s doing? This Yan Hui divorced Qing Rong issue?¡±

    As Di Qiuhe had said, Yan Hui had been married for a long time, she and Qin Rong were very much in love, a woman who was deeply in love suddenly decide to get a divorce, hmm, there was only one exnation, which was she found out something uneptable from her husband.

    ¡°No¡±, replied Di Qiuhe, and he leaned forward to get close to He Bai, leaving a kiss mark on He Bai¡¯s cheek and he continued, ¡°Me and grandpa were busy with business matters of Da Ze and Huading, it¡¯s a perfect timing for Huading to finish transition now that it is now endorsed by such a big yer in the industry, skipping the stage of capital umtion.¡±

    The transition of Huading?

    It wasn¡¯t until now that He Bai recalled that in thest life Huading was known as an entertainmentpany, a trump card built by Di Qiuhe topete with Huangdu. While in this life Huading was more well known as a constructionpany, now it was high time that Di Qiuhe work on the transition of Huading if he wanted topete with Huangdu in show business, however, business transition, it was never easy! As an actor, Di Qiuhe already had a crazy tight schedule, how possibly could he spare time to work on Huading¡¯s transition?

    It was entirely possible he was going to be the one who sitting alone at home, wishing spending more time with Di Qiuhe.

    Thinking about this, He Bai rubbed his chin, then he thought about it was not necessarily a bad thing, he could go back to the dormitory, living a carefree bachelor lifestyle with his roommates. Rtionship could be hard work sometimes, he felt like he could use a break, hanging out with his roommates, ying video games and reading at the library.

    ¡°What is in your mind?¡±

    A gentle yet dangerous voice came closer, and followed by a gentle bite on his earlobe.

    ¡°Behave yourself.¡± That pulled He Bai back to reality, he straightened his lips which were curling up, then he put on a serious face, asked Di Qiuhe, ¡°Do you know why Yan Hui divorced Qin Rong?¡±

    Di Qiuhe took a look at He Bai, and he looked up at He Bai¡¯s eyes, yet he kept silent.

    Seeing this, He Bai smiled at him, a deep dimple was showing, and he reached out his arms to cuddle him.

    ¡°Don¡¯t you y all cute at me now.¡± Di Qiuhe pulled He Bai into his arms, left a deep kiss on his dimple, patted his chair affectionately, then he exined, ¡°It started from Di Xiasong and Qin Rong had a fight, and Qin Rong over heard what they were fighting for, she left the house for a few days and came back to Qin Rong with divorce papers.¡±

    He Bai tidied his hair and asked in confusion, ¡°So they have divorced for days now? And also, why do you know so well about the updates of Qin family?¡±

    Di Qiuhe took a glimpse at He Bai¡¯s hair, and he leaned over to rub it again, then he shot a brief answer, ¡°Assistant An.¡±

    Actually what Assistant An told him was pretty vague, she just said out of no where Di Xiasong and Qin Rong had a heated fight in Qin Rong¡¯s house, and Yan Hui tried to be a peace maker between the two, but of no avail. Then sheft the house for a couple of days and came back with divorce papers. Everyone said Yan Hui was being dramatic and decided to divorce just because a failed peacemaking. Di Qiuhe figured the underling reasons for it, chances were Yan Hui had heard something she wasn¡¯t supposed to hear during the fight.

    So did He Bai after Di Qiuhe¡¯s exnation.

    Di Qiuhe kept rubbing and leaning on He Bai, He Bai thought to himself, if Di Qiuhe were a puppy he bet he would be covered with fur now.

    Seeing He Bai was about to break free from his arms, Di Qiuhe refused to let that happen, he clutched tighter and asked with a gentle smile on his face, ¡°Come here let me have a look, my little puppy, have you toned up?¡±

    He Bai turned around and gave him a kick.

    So greasy.

    Di Qiuhe checked He Bai¡¯s attack with his long legs locked him.

    ¡°Childish Di, let me go!¡±

    After the got off the car, He Bai went directly to the house to get changed, he ignored Di Qiuhe the whole time, and he buried himself in his photo album.

    While Di Qiuhe had a st on the shooting set and on the car, he was definitely in a good mood. He let himself sit right next to He Bai, looked at He Bai in a doting way, then he took out his phone, logged in He Bai¡¯s Weibo ount, which apparently now was their mutual property.

    White and whiter: A big thanks to dearest Ms. Yu Hui, thank you for inviting me and Bai to your party. And Merry Christmas everyone.

    Di¡¯s fans: Merry Christmas! Dear Qiuhe~ QiuQiu~

    He¡¯s fans: Say what now? You guys went to a Christmas TOGHETHER?

    Netizens: Who? This is He Bai¡¯s ount, isn¡¯t it? Who is this QiuQiu you are talking about? Am i following the wrong ount?

    Fans shipped Di and He: Hahahaha, please continue, please feed us more selfies, more photos of you two together.

    Di Qiuhe checked thements, he raised his eyebrows after seeing ament, he took a candid photo of He Bai, and went back to Weibo.

    White and whiter: Look at my little Bai, always on his camera, isn¡¯t it cute when he is so focused on things that he¡¯s passionate about? That is how all the photos were taken! A lot of hard work behind the scene!

    The ¡°my little Bai¡± threw a fire on thements section, but Di Qiuhe put away the phone like he didn¡¯t give a damn.

    Being stared by Di Qiuhe, He Bai suddenly gave him a re, ¡°enough staring?¡±

    Di Qiuhe¡¯s arms folded over his chest, his smile got bigger, ¡°finally willing to talk to me?¡±

    Hearing that, He Bai withdrew his re, pretended nothing had happened and buried into the photo album.

    Di Qiuhe came towards him, pulled him back into his arms, kissed him on the head and showed a goofy smile to He Bai, ¡°Bai, Merry Christmas, I¡¯ve got a present for you.¡±

    Childish Di, now who was ying all cute.

    Hearing that, He Bai¡¯s expression turned soft and he turned to look at Di Qiuhe, ¡°what present?¡±

 Chapter 177 - A Good-for-nothing? (2)

    <h4>Chapter 177: A Good-for-nothing? (2)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Di Qiuhe gave He Bai a kiss on the lips, then he fished around in his pocket, then he produced a bracelet with lucky beads. With a big smile, Di Qiuhe put this bracelet on He Bai¡¯s wrist, ¡°this bracelet is with great auspicious blessing, may you a healthy and happy life,¡± then he kissed He Bai on his hand.

    This bracelet surely looked familiar, He Bai had sent him a simr one before.

    ¡°So original, you are copying my present idea.¡± With a sham snort, He Bai rolled the lucky beads in the bracelet, then he reached his pocket and produced a tinum ne. He untied Di Qiuhe¡¯s tie and unbottoned his cor button, put it on for Di Qiuhe, he looked at Di Qiuhe, ¡°look at us, it was like the pot calling the kettle back, Merry Christmas, my Childish Di,¡± then he groomed Di Qiuhe¡¯s tie and cor.

    Di Qiuhe couldn¡¯t wait to have a look at the ne, he stripped his tie and found there was a ring pendent on the ne, he lifted the ring to have a closer look then he shot He Bai a meaningful look, and he kissed the ring hard, reached out to He Bai and pulled him in his arms, ¡°Puppy, I¡¯ll make you so happy.¡±

    ¡°Staying away from trouble is all I¡¯m asking from you.¡± He Bai patted his back and he couldn¡¯t helpughing, he asked in whisper, ¡°you silly silly Childish Di, I don¡¯t know when you can really grow up.¡±

    He Bai gave Di Qiuhe a kiss on the ear as a response.

    Di Qiuhe thought he could be a mature adult in front of other people for sure, but he only wanted to be a Childish Di for puppy, getting all the doting and kisses from Di Qiuhe, trying every trick to make He Bai smile andugh, that was all he looked for.

    Ms. Yu Hui¡¯s party took ce in a holiday vi in the suburb area in B City, it was dawn when Di Qiuhe and He Bai arrived, the vi was aze with lights, and numerous fancy cars were already parked in the yard.

    ¡°Are wete?¡± He Bai straightened up his tie while looking outside the car.

    He Bai checked the time and shook his head, he reached out and straightened up the tie for He Bai, ¡°No, we are not, this is a private party, maybe some close friends came early.¡±

    He Bai nodded. They followed the servants to the party soon after the got off the car.

    It was so festive in the hall, Christmas-themed decorations everywhere, with such fancy and well-organized catering on the table, guests were all seemed to having a st, they were talking in twos and threes while enjoying the finger food,ughter could be heard all the time.

    He Bai, who was a stranger to asions like this, he tried so hard to not look like a bumpkin.

    Jesus Christ! So many tycoon in show business were here, not to mention the first-tire producers and actors! Any paparazzo would be over the moon seeing what He Bai was seeing right now, any snap of this hall would make the headline for sure!

    Yu Hui noticed this loving couple¡¯s appearance, she paused her engaging conversation with her friends and walked towards them, she gave He Bai a big hug and kissed him on the cheek, ¡°Bai, you did such an amazing job for the cover, you made me look so good! Thanks to you, C magazine Christmas issue was sold out everywhere, now they are printing additional copies, I love you so much!¡±

    Seeing this, He Bai shammed jealousy and put on a poker face, he pulled He Bai back into his arms and wiped off the lipstick on He Bai¡¯s cheek, looked at Yu Hui and said, ¡°Sister Hui, Bai is mine.¡±

    Yu Hui was amused by He Bai¡¯s reaction.

    He Bai, on the other hand, wanted to break free of Di Qiuhe¡¯s arms and smooth things over by throwing a light joke, but before he came up with any good line, Ms. Yu Hui gave them a meaningful look with a touch of bantering, ¡°look at you love birds, I¡¯m fully aware Bai is yours, look at you, acting all protective and jealous, all right, I¡¯ll leave you kids to it, have fun, I¡¯ll make myself scarce, any questions, fell freee to me.¡±

    Then she winked at He Bai and turned around, walking back to her friends.

    He Bai was frozen on the spot.

    He turned around and looked at Di Qiuhe.

    Di Qiuhe wiped his cheek again, he didn¡¯t stop until the lipstick waspletely gone, and he exined, ¡°as I said earlier, this is a private party thrown by Sister Hui, as a hostess, she is well aware of our rtionship, she has figured out our rtionship on the shooting setst time. Please rest assured, she knows what to say and what not to.¡±

    Hearing this, He Bai recalled the meaningful smile Yu Hui gave him on the shooting set of C studio, he eximed in his heart, ¡°Woman, this creature is born with incredible instinct, better not mess around with woman!¡±

    Neither of these two was party animal, they showed up merely to say hi to Ms. Yu Hui, so they found a corner themselves to enjoy food and the atmosphere, they nned on leaving the party early and have some good rest for the night.

    Yet they were joined by others several times while they took refuge at the corner themselves.

    A famous actress came over and invited Di Qiuhe for a dance, Di Qiuhe turned her down politely, and another actress joined them, wanting to have a talk with Di Qiuhe, Di Qiuhe came up with an excuse and turned her down. A well-known scriptwriter brought over a ss of wine for Di Qiuhe, Di Qiuhe said he gotta drive and turned him down as well.

    Seeing so many people came looking for this Mr. Popr, He Bai stepped back and looked Di Qiuhe up and down.

    Di Qiuhe said in a hurry, ¡°I don¡¯t know them, I¡¯m a nobody in this business, no way I know these big A-list celebrities.¡±

    ¡°Howe they all came over to talk to you, is it because you are so pretty that they all wanna know you better? Look at that man, the way he talked to you.¡± He Bai said indifferently.

    Di Qiuhe¡¯s eyes were shining brightly, ¡°Bai, just say you are jealous.¡±

 Chapter 178 - A Good-for-nothing? (3)

    <h4>Chapter 178: A Good-for-nothing? (3)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Hearing that, He Bai chew a but ferociously as a response.

    ¡°It¡¯s not me who look pretty in their eyes, it is Da Ze who they are really interested in, the drinker¡¯s heart is not in the cup,¡± exined Di Qiuhe and he offered He Bai more food. He continued with a more serious tone, ¡°Bai, me and them, we are different. I became an actor with an intention to shine, to intimate Qin Li, to protect myself from all her schemes, and along the way, I have grown a genuine passion for acting, now with Da Ze, I can choose any script that interest me, I don¡¯t need topromise myself for the market, but those people who just came to me, they do! They need a lot of capitals and financial support for their careers. Therefore, I can turn them down while they dare not do this to me.¡±

    He Bai now was calcting all the awards that Di Qiuhe had got in hisst life, and thinking about his present life, zero award so far, he frowned. Di Qiuhe, had ovee so many adversities and seeded in hisst life, while he had been living under the protection of his grandfather this life. As the saying goes, ¡°Adversity is treasure for fighters.¡± Was there a possibility that he was going to end up being a spoiled child who couldn¡¯t stand up on his own feet?

    ¡°Puppy,¡± Di Qiuhe leaned against the chair and stared at He Bai, he asked in a deep voice, ¡°Are you speaking ill of me in your heart now?¡±

    He Bai kept chewing buts and avoided the eye contact that Di Qiuhe had shot. Oh well, they fell in love and they were an item now, he had locked himself in already, he would ept it even if Di Qiuhe really turned out to be a good-for-nothing, he just wished Di Qiuhe wouldn¡¯t repeat what had happened inst life¡ªdie at an early age.

    And there went Di Qiuhe¡¯s smile, he was now more sure that his puppy was just speaking ill of him in the heart, he saw the message shed across He Bai¡¯s eyes, ¡°good-for-nothing¡±, ¡°boy toy¡±, ¡°rich kid¡±, ¡°wealth rots your soul¡±......

    He might have been judged by his partner.

    ¡°Excuse me, guys.¡±

    A delightful voice came, and those two hided away the emotions riling up in their hearts, looked back at where the voice came from.

    ssic ck suit, brown curly hair, figure like a model, broad shoulder, tiny waist, chiseled features, brown eye color, tanned skin... what a beautiful man, what was more, besides his attractive look, he was oozing elegance all over.

    He Bai felt so overshadowed now, he even felt a bit self-conscious in front of these two beautiful men...... he shot a harsh look at Di Qiuhe, Di Qiuhe you just have to attract all the beautiful creatures to this table!

    Sensing He Bai¡¯s shot, Di Qiuhe felt a bit ill at ease, he straightened up his torso subconsciously. He asked in a polite manner, ¡°Nice to meet you, Mr. Liu.¡±

    Liu Lange, the Film King, smiled at Di Qiuhe and exchanged greetings with him, then he looked at He Bai and said gently, ¡°Mr. He, nice to meet you, I just saw the cover shoot you have taken for Hui, that is brilliant! So I take the liberty myself, may I ask for a coboration with you?¡±

    Hearing that, He Bai was frozen on the spot, ¡°Coboration? With me?¡±

    Liu Lange nodded, he acted so politely.

    Now it was Di Qiuhe¡¯s turn to shoot warning looks, while his target was Liu Lange.

    It took He Bai a little while to get back to reality, he kicked Di Qiuhe on the sheen subtly and invited Liu Lange to take a seat, and they went on talking about matters and details on the coboration.

    Liu Lange, sensing Di Qiuhe¡¯s warning look, he nodded at Di Qiuhe with a big smile, then heid out his n and concept, to put everything in a nutshell: Liu Lange was the spokesman of a luxury brand, he was invited to walk the runway for the brand¡¯s spring collection, he hoped He Bai could shoot some street snaps for him.¡±

    ¡°Street snaps?¡± He Bai suddenly recalled the two street snaps once he had done for Di Qiuhe and the street snaps of other big celebrities which were so impressive, any snap could be a cover of a magazine, such good quality.

    He hadn¡¯t done any professional street snaps before, but he was not intimated by the task.

    ¡°Thank you so much for inviting me, Mr. Liu, since the date you asked is after two months, do you mind I talk with my team first to set a specific date and schedule? Can I reach you, say, a weekter?¡±

    Liu Lange nodded in agreement, he left the table after they exchanged name cards, he gave a smile at Di Qiuhe before he left.

    Di Qiuhe frowned after he left and said, ¡°I don¡¯t fancy this guy, too attractive.¡±

    ¡°Great news that you don¡¯t fancy him, otherwise you¡¯ll be in trouble, you should be fancying me.¡± He Bai put the name card in his pocket and fed Di Qiuhe with a grape, ¡°Good boy, there there, it¡¯s gettingte, shall we say goodbye to Sister Hui?¡±

    Now that He Bai¡¯s talent had got more and more appreciation, of course Di Qiuhe was happy for him but now he was also in a super protective mode, he agreed on He Bai¡¯s suggestion that they should leave the party, this hustle vanity fair.

    They went home and called it a day.

    The next morning, Di Qiuhe woke up with a bazillion notifications from He Bai¡¯s Weibo, first of all, Yu Hui¡¯s cover photo for C Magazine; secondly, Yi Jie¡¯s interview gone viral; thirdly, Wild Bull released Di Qiuhe¡¯s photos.

    He Bai¡¯s name was heatedly mentioned and tagged for a whole day, he had got a huge amount of new followers on social media. And Di Qiuhe¡¯s photos received so many likes and so much love from the fans, they saw a different Di Qiuhe on this collection of photos, dangerous and adrenaline! A Di Qiuhe that inviting people to undress him and fall in love with him and his body!

    That was how you took photos for a luxury watch brand! Right there was the standard now!

    Gorgeous, beautiful and dangerous!

 Chapter 179 - A Good-for-nothing? (4)

    <h4>Chapter 179: A Good-for-nothing? (4)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    The fans were so desperate to shower Di Qiuhe with their love and support, yet Di Qiuhe had already canceled his Weibo ount, the fans had no other option but to swarm into He Bai¡¯s Weibo ount.

    Di Qiuhe kept refreshing thements, and he looked at He Bai was sound asleep right by his side, his lips raised he couldn¡¯t resist the temptation and he leaned forward to kiss him on the forehead and fiddling with his hair. Then he left the bedroom quietly, walked to the study to turn on theptop, selected an amusing snap of Wild Bull shooting the other day of him and He Bai.

    White and whiter: Thanks to all the fans for your support, wish everyone a Happy New Year and a happy Spring Festival, attached was a fun snap on the shooting set.

    Suddenly he felt someone was pressing him on the shoulders, and there came He Bai¡¯s voice, ¡°Childish Di, what have you posted on my Weibo ount?¡±

    Di Qiuhe¡¯s body got tense, he logged out Weibo and turned around to show a smile, then he patted He Bai on his head, reached out to cuddle him on the waist, gently asked, ¡°Hey, you, you waken up? What do you feel like for breakfast?¡±

    ¡°Thank you for your kindness, but what am I, a guinea pig?¡± with a yawn, He Bai let Di Qiuhe go, he rubbed Di Qiuhe¡¯s earlobes and sat on hisp, he even wrapped Di Qiuhe around on his neck, resting his head on Di Qiuhe¡¯s shoulder.

    Di Qiuhe¡¯s heart was racing, he clutched his arms tighter so they could get closer, his heart was now a ball of fluff due to He Bai¡¯s affectionate behavior. He patted He Bai on the back, and gave him a kiss on the ear, asked gently, ¡°What? Are you still sleepy? Have I woken you up?¡±

    ¡°Yes, you did.¡± He Bai nodded while his eyes were tightly closed, his voice was a bit indiscernible, yet he still acted a bit fiesty, ¡°Yup, it is all you. I nned on keeping early hours, being all healthy, I have been sleeping in every morning ever since you came back.¡±

    Hearing this lovableint, Di Qiuhe chuckled, he patted He Bai who was sitting on hisp, and he coaxed, ¡°There there, sleeping in is good for you, isn¡¯t it? You used to sleep so little, no wonder you are so skinny.¡±

    ¡°It has nothing to do withcking of sleep, I¡¯m just born skinny...¡± Di Qiuhe¡¯s patting was sofortable, He Bai now had gone half awake by the patting, ¡°I used to work for more experience andworking with people in this business back in the days, but now I¡¯m working to make more money, I don¡¯t find my life different than my old days, it¡¯s just I need to take care of you now, you Childish Di......¡±

    Di Qiuheughed, his body shook along with hisughter, he whispered at He Bai¡¯s ear, ¡°Back in the days? You mean back to when you were in primary school? Don¡¯t worry about me, I¡¯m easy to take care of, plus I don¡¯t eat much. Therefore, you don¡¯t need to work that hard to provide, and how about we taking care of each other?¡±

    There was no reply, Di Qiuhe took a closer look, only to find He Bai had fallen asleep on his shoulder.

    ¡°Unprotected sleep may give you a headache......¡±, with it Di Qiuhe kissed him on the cheek, he adjusted He Bai¡¯s posture to make him morefortable.

    Everything was so serene until there came a phone ring. He Bai who was sound asleep now woke up, he stared at Di Qiuhe like a frightened puppy, making his innocent eyes more innocent looking, along with his messy hair, puppy looked several years younger than his real age.

    Di Qiuhe frowned at this unpleasant ring tone. He hung up the phone and patted He Bai on the head asfort, he carried He Bai in his arms and said, ¡°Let me take you to bed, where you can sleep better.¡±

    He Bai patted Di Qiuhe on the shoulder while rubbing his forehead and told Di Qiuhe to put him down, he was not going to sleep, otherwise he was gonna have trouble falling asleep at night.

    Scarcely had he finished his sentence there came another round of phone rings.

    Di Qiuhe was more displeased with this call, he kissed He Bai on the forehead and walked to the table, seeing it was an unknown caller, his eyebrows knitted through, he finally got through this call.

    ¡°Hi, Qiuhe, this is Aunt. Yan, I have something to discuss with you.¡±

    That was a familiar yet strange voice, Di Qiuhe was confused for a solid second, then he realized this Aunt. Yan on the phone was Yan Hui, Qin Rong¡¯s ex-wife. His eyebrows unknitted a little recalling her nice attitude towards him when he was a little boy. Then he asked, ¡°What do you want to discuss with me?¡±

    ¡°Alliance.¡± Yan Hui said that with a touch of determination and hatred, and she continued, ¡°May I meet your grandfather, if that¡¯s possible, I have something important to tell him, it concerns your mother¡¯s death.¡±

    Di Qiuhe sprang up from the chair and asked in a serious tone, ¡°What do you know about my mother¡¯s death, please tell me now.¡±

    Hearing what Di Qiuhe had said, He Bai rushed to hold his hand and looked at him with worry written all over his face.

    Di Qiuhe felt the warmth on his hand, and he held He Bai¡¯s hand back, feeling the warmth on his hand, his face became less sullen, he pulled He Bai back to his arms, and he felt less panicked.

    Yan Hui refused to disclose any information over the phone, she insisted on talking in person. Di Qiuhe decided to meet her at Fan House after some pondering, as for the time he thought he¡¯d better ask his grandfather first.

    He Bai soon got changed after this phone call, and together, they went to Fan House.

    After some discussion, they set the time at a weekter, which baffled He Bai, he thought Mr. Fan would be desperate to find out the truth about his daughter¡¯s death.

    ¡°Yan Hui is on such an emotional roller coaster now, what she said on the phone might be truth, and might not be, we¡¯d better give her some time to collect her thoughts and meanwhile we can have some investigation over Yan family ourselves¡± exined Di Qiuhe to He Bai, and he scratched He Bai¡¯s hair, ¡°Please don¡¯t worry about me, I¡¯ll let you know as soon as I find out the truth, just prepare for you final exams which I know you are gonna do great at. I¡¯ll see you at my shooting scene soon.¡±

    He Bai just nodded in agreement, thinking about the shooting crew which hade back to B city.

 Chapter 180 - Guess Who is Getting Married? (1)

    <h4>Chapter 180: Guess Who is Getting Married? (1)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    It was New Year holiday not long after He Bai went back to university, he was pestered by the matter of Yan Hui visiting Fan House and the talk, with that in mind, He Bai went back home first day on the holiday, Qiuhe was not home, so he made a visit to Fan House in a rush.

    ¡°It¡¯s you, little Bai, how pleasant.¡± Hu Zhao greeted him immediately he opened the door for He Bai, seeing He Bai was covered with snow kes, he brought a towel for him. Hu Zhao took a glimpse outside the window and frowned, ¡°looks like the snow is not going to stop any time soon.¡±

    Taking the towel Hu Zhao brought for him, He Bai whisked the snow kes on his coat and he replied, ¡°The snow is not going to stop until tomorrow, Uncle Hu, have you seen Qiuhe? I just called him and couldn¡¯t reach him.¡±

    Hu Zhao closed the door, he took over He Bai¡¯s coat and scarf and hang them well, after that he fetched a pair of indoor slippers for He Bai, and asked in confusion, ¡°Couldn¡¯t reach him? Qiuhe left early in the morning saying that he is going to have a work meeting with the director for his new drama, he won¡¯t be back till evening.¡±

    Director for his new drama? Was it Director Lin Mo that he was referring to?

    Hearing what Hu Zhao had said, He Bai nodded, then he checked the time, it was five o¡¯clock already, would not be long till Qiuhe came back.

    With that in mind, he walked in the hall and saw Fan Da who was browsing his old photos, he walked towards him and started talking to him.

    Fan Da had grown a genuine affection towards He Bai after several meetings with him, he showed his intimate side to He Bai while he was polite and rigid towards He Bai, sometimes they would talk in a more intimate way than he talked with Di Qiuhe.

    Fan Da was sharing his stories while looking at his old photos, listening to He Bai¡¯s reactions, he asked He Bai, ¡°looks like you are very familiar with this mountain in the photo, have you been there too?¡±

    ¡°No, shame I have not, I¡¯m just keen to pay a visit for the sun rising scene there, been meaning to go there for ages¡±, with great regrets in his tone he continued, ¡°Hopefully I can pay a visit soon.¡±

    ¡°I will take you there for our honey moon.¡±

    The photo appreciation duo turned back to where the sound came from, Qiuhe was walking towards them, he greeted Fan Da with a big smile and he stopped by He Bai¡¯s side, he bowed down and gave He Bai a kiss on the cheek, ¡°what a pleasant surprise, you are visiting grandpa today, I¡¯ve been thinking picking you up from your uni tomorrow.¡±

    He Bai blushed crimson by Di Qiuhe¡¯s intimate behaviors, he gently pushed Di Qiuhe further and looked at Fan Da who was beaming, He Bai replied after he cleared throat, ¡°we finished early this afternoon, so I figured why note visit grandpa. How was your meeting with Director Lin Mo? How long is this new drama shooting?¡±

    ¡°It went great, the drama will take roughly four months and a half, not an awfully long time.¡± Di Qiuhe stepped back since he just came from outside, he was concerned his body was still cold from the snowkes, he did not want his puppy to get cold. Then he looked at Fan Da and said, ¡°Grandpa, Yan Hui contacted me today, she said she would pay a visit here the day after tomorrow.¡±

    Hearing what Di Qiuhe had said, Fan Da¡¯s beaming smile went a bit tten, he touched the photo album in hand and said nothing.

    He Bai sighed in the heart, he poured a cup of hot tea for Fan Da trying to make him feel better, then he asked Di Qiuhe who was sitting across him on the couch, ¡°howe I could not reach you?¡±

    ¡°My battery is dead.¡± Di Qiuhe took his phone out and charged it, when he was about to tease He Bai, asking him questions like have you been missing me and such, he got a phone call.

    He Bai poured a cup of hot tea for Di Qiuhe as well, and he asked casually, ¡°who is it?¡±

    ¡°Yan Hui,¡± frowned Di Qiuhe. Then he put her through, and his face changedpletely after he heard what came from the other side of the phone, he answered briefly and hung up, then he looked at He Bai and Fan Da, saying anxiously, ¡°Yan Hui had a car ident, it was her daughter Qin Yunyu who just called me. Yan Hui is now in the emergency room, I gotta go check on her in the hospital.¡± Then he asked Hu Zhao to get him a car.

    He Bai was utterly startled, ¡°I¡¯ming with you.¡±

    ¡°Kids,¡± Fan Da stopped them, and he said in a serious manner, ¡°don¡¯t panic, drive safely, keep me updated when you get there, I¡¯ll see what I can do.¡±

    He Bai nodded in silence, and he left with Qiuhe.

    Seeing the two left the house, Hu Zhao walked in and looked at Fan Da with concern written all over his face, ¡°Uncle Fan, what if Yan Hui... if we knew better, we should have met her earlier.¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s not gonna change anything.¡± Fan Da put away the photo album in hand, ¡°It¡¯s all designed from the moment Yan Hui decided to divorce, if we set our meeting time earlier, Yan Hui would only have this car ident earlier, maybe other ident, if not a car ident. What a scumbag Qin Mingqiang is!¡±

    Hearing that, Hu Zhao was shocked, ¡°This ident is designed?¡±

    ¡°Most likely.¡± Fan Da lowered his head and touched the edges on the album, his voice became deep, ¡°There is no such coincidence in the world.¡±

    It turned out this was no ident indeed, the brake system on Yan Hui¡¯s car was tampered. The good thing was she was not driving at high speed when the ident happened, and she drove to the buffer area instead to the traffic, she was not severely injured, she was diagnosed with a fracture on her right leg and a mild concussion.

    ¡°Thank God it¡¯s snowing today and mom was not driving at a high speed,¡± said Qin Yunyu with a touch of hatred in her tone, poor girl was trying so hard to not cry out while her eyes were so red-rimmed, ¡°My grandpa went to the length to murder mom to silence her! I¡¯ve had enough! I¡¯ve had enough!¡±

    She was shaking and finally she cried out while saying that, poor girl who grew up with a silver spoon in her mouth, had a wealthy and an uneventful life, she was falling apart seeing what happened to her mother.

    He Bai felt so sorry for this little girl, he gave her a tissue.

    Qin Yunyu took the tissue, wiped the tears and she said thank you to He Bai. She then took a deep breath to suppress the tears from pouring out, yet she started to hough from all the suppressed emotions.

    He Bai sighed and he handed her a bottle of water to her.

    Di Qiuhe now came back from the conversation with the doctor, what met his eyes was the scene that his puppyforting a beauty in tears. He felt something odd in the heart, he marched forward and pulled He Bai into his arms and looked at Qin Yunyu, said with his eyebrows sightly knitted, ¡°I¡¯ve arranged a better hospital for your mom. Have you reported this to the police yet? What had they said?¡±

    Seeing Di Qiuhe¡¯s clouded face, Qin Yunyu seemed scared, her hough turned worse and she shook her head, ¡°Yes I have, but they only said it¡¯s the car that was not maintained well, it was not tampered... My grandfather had this designed already, the police won¡¯t tell the truth.¡±

    What a shrewd old fox!

    He Bai frowned.

 Chapter 181 - Guess Who is Getting Married? (2)

    <h4>Chapter 181: Guess Who is Getting Married? (2)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Just when they were in thoughts, Qin Rong showed up in the hospital with his son Qin Yunze, he looked so worried and anxious, he rushed towards Qin Rong when he saw her, ¡°Yu, my daughter, how is your mom now, what did the doctor say? You just don¡¯t worry, I¡¯ll take care of you anyway, even if you lose your mom, it¡¯s not the end of the world.¡±

    ¡°Enough!¡± Qin Yunyu screamed, she sshed the water in the bottle on him, she raised her voice, ¡°I know how you and grandfather wished my mom died! Are you disappointed that my mother survived the ident? Qin Rong, how I wish all this was a bad dream, how I wish you were still the father that I thought you were! But no! You have turned into a pure monster! A madman! You insisted me marrying into Liu family regardless of my mother¡¯s rejection, you said it was for our family, so I agreed, I didn¡¯t say one single word to fight against this setup! After what I have done , now look at you, what have you done to my mother, you monster!¡±

    She was closer and closer to a breaking point as she said this to Qin Rong, she felt she was about to throw up. She looked sideways and took a few deep breaths to calm down, then she looked at the young man standing next to Qin Rong, she said in a cold voice, ¡°Ze, you are mom¡¯s beloved son, my little brother, how can you be part of this! Don¡¯t even put on a show like this in front of me, you make me sick! You are no longer mom¡¯s child the second you decided to be part of Qin¡¯s conspiracy! Get out of my face! I do not want to see you! Mom doesn¡¯t want to see you!¡±

    ¡°Sister!¡± Qin Yunze yelled at her, and he swept a cold look at Di Qiuhe and He Bai who were standing next to them, ¡°Have you lost your mind? What nonsense are you talking about? There are people here!¡±

    Qin Rong also saw Di Qiuhe and He Bai, especially thinking about how prosperous Di Qiuhe was now and how things turned difficult in his own family, he was so envious and he yelled at them, ¡°What are you doing here? This is family business! Fxxk off! Now!¡±

    ¡°They are my guests who you are talking to, and it was me who asked them to visit MY mother who was lying in the ward. It was you and Qin Yunze who should fxxk off, scumbags are not wee here.¡± Qin Yunyu replied before Di Qiuhe and He Bai said anything, and she stood before Di Qiuhe and He Bai like she was protecting them, she red at Qin Rong and Qin Yunze, full of disgust in her eyes, she gritted her teeth, ¡°If not them, mom would have died in this hospital after she survived the car ident, I know what game you and Qin Mingqiang are ying, all the dirty tricks you are up to. I¡¯m warning you, leave the hospital now, or I will make sure everyone knows what dirty business Qin Family is in.¡±

    ¡°Yu!¡± Qin Rong finally showed his true colors, he gave Qin Yunyu a warning look, ¡°What have you taken me for?¡±

    ¡°A scumbag what you really are!¡± Qin Yunyu replied.

    Qin Rong frowned, he raised his hand and about to p her on the face.

    He Bai frowned and was ready to stop Qin Rong¡¯s hand.

    ¡°You bastard! What are you doing? I dare you!¡± A deep voice came from the other side of the hall way, it was Yan Hui¡¯s father and mother, Qin Yunyu¡¯s grandparents.

    Seeing her grandparents, Qin Yunyu finally burst into tears she ran towards them and hugged them with tears pouring out from her eyes.

    Qin Yunze joined and tried to fool the old couple.

    Such a chaos in the hallway.

    Di Qiuhe frowned, he took He Bai from the scene after he watched the paramedics to transfer Yan Hui to the ambnce. Now he took a breath of rxation seeing Yan Hui transferred to a better hospital.

    ¡°Now the fallout between the Qins and the Yans is finally official,¡± sighed He Bai withplicated emotions. That was such a dramatic show taking ce in the hallway of a hospital, father and daughter were so close to p each other, husband tried to murder wife, inws were about to fight each other.

    Di Qiuhe held He Bai¡¯s hand and patted it asfort, ¡°Qin Mingqiang is old now, sometimes he made wrong decisions, like this ident. The Qins are doomed.¡±

    If he had yed the family card on Yan Hui, using her two kids to soften her, chances were things wouldn¡¯t have gone as bad. Yan Hui might not divorce Qin Rong for the sake of the two kids.

    Now the Qins made a deadly move by escting the hatred outrageously. They were doomed.

    Yan Hui made a phone call to Fan Da after she woke up, yet no one knew what she said to him. Not long after Yan Hui discharged from the hospital ,she reported the Qins¡¯ tax evasion and defraud of revenue to the police, then she transferred her parents and Qin Yunyu overseas.

    Liu family fully took this opportunity to hit Qin family when they were down, so did the Di family. It only took a fortnight before the upstart Qin family filed for bankruptcy. They no longer held a post in the upper circle of B City.

    Meanwhile in a hotel in a film base in B City.

    Di Qiuhe went back to his room after a day¡¯s shooting, seeing He Bai sound asleep in bed, he walked towards him and felt He Bai¡¯s forehead to see whether He Bai was still in a fever. Then he left the room and talked to Wang Boyi for updates of the Qin-Yan farce.

    ¡°Yan Hui is going overseas soon to reunite with her family, Qin Rong took the charge for Qin Mingqiang and now he was thrown into jail, while Qin Mingqiang took all his family to Di Bian and insisted Di Bian remarried Qin Li.¡± Wang Boyi reported all he had on his memo to Di Qiuhe, and he continued in the end, ¡°Xing Shaofeng just called saying he will be back to B City next week.¡±

    ¡°Remarried?¡± Sneered Di Qiuhe with his eyebrow raised high, and he asked, ¡°Has Di Bian tried to contact me today?¡±

    ¡°Yes he had.¡± Wang Boyi showed Di Qiuhe his phone, three calls and 10 text messages. Di Qiuhe could not believe Di Bian now was condescending that much to approach him. So pathetic.

    ¡°Keep ignoring him.¡± Di Qiuhe then asked the flight information of Xing Shaofeng and told Wang Boyi that he was free to go.

 Chapter 182 - Guess Who is Getting Married? (3)

    <h4>Chapter 182: Guess Who is Getting Married? (3)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Di Qiuhe went back to his room after seeing Wang Boyi, what met his eyes was He Bai who was sound asleep a minute ago now was struggling to get up and groping for something at the bedhead when he pushed the door open.

    ¡°Looking for water?¡± Di Qiuhe poured some warm water for He Bai and gave him the cup, then he groomed his pajama to make sure he stayed warm, after He Bai gulped down the water he tucked He Bai back in the nkets and coaxed him, ¡°Go back to sleep, you will feel a lot better tomorrow after a good night¡¯s sleep.¡±

    ¡°I¡¯ve been sleeping all day, I¡¯m not sleepy at all now.¡± He Bai totally woke up after the warm water, he pinched Di Qiuhe¡¯s cheeks and asked, ¡°How was the shooting today? Are you feeling tired? Sorry for making you take care of me after you worked hard all day, if I knew I would get sick I wish I had came to the setter.¡±

    Di Qiuhe was more than willing to be at the mercy of He Bai¡¯s pinching, he kissed He Bai on his palm, ¡°I feel so grateful that you came to the set, just imagine you are still in the dormitory all by yourself, who is gonna take care of you, my silly silly puppy?¡±

    ¡°Silly Qiuhe, you are the silly one, I will go to the doctor¡¯s if I¡¯m by myself in the dormitory.¡± He Bai pretended to re at him then he couldn¡¯t helpughing and give him a kiss on the lips, ¡°Look at my Childish Di, all mature and considerate now.¡±

    Di Qiuhe loved it when He Bai showed his intimate side, he kissed He Bai back with a big smile and cuddled him to sleep while they talked randomly.

    Turned out a good night¡¯s sleep would do the body good, He Bai felt so much better the next morning, he went to the set with Di Qiuhe, and that marked his first day of joining the set.

    The drama of Qin family was still in full swing, Qin Yunze escaped after he found out his father would surely be imprisoned for a long time and no way they would get their business back, he left his grandfather a note saying he would go overseas to reunite with his mother and sister, do not consider him as a Qin family member any more.

    Qin Mingqiang could not take the blows that hit him in quick session, his son was thrown into jail, his grandson abandoned him, his granddaughter harbored nothing but hatred against him, he suddenly had a stroke. After several days in hospital, he survived it yet he couldn¡¯t walk for the rest of his life.

    He could not start any drama, therefore, Qin Li took the lead in harassing Di Bian, she asked for a remarriage with him and a subsidiarypany under Huangdu.

    Of course Di Bian would not agree, he knew it very well at the moment Qin Li had no support from anywhere, anyone, he drove Qin Li out of Di House using Di Xiasong¡¯s future as a threat. Qin Li had topromise and moved out to an isted apartment.

    Half a month had passed, on the second day of Di Qiuhe¡¯s film <Cheng¡¯s Army> finished, Di Bian suddenly announced he was going to marry Jin Qunya, the president of Minghe Corporation.

    Seeing this news pop out on Weibo, He Bai was dumbfounded, and he asked Di Qiuhe, ¡°Hasn¡¯t this Di Bian just called you yesterday saying he is sorry both to your mother and you, he will try his best to make up what he had done in the past and train you to be the president of Huangdu? Why am I seeing this news that he is going to marry Jin Qunya, the president of Minghe Corporation? Who is Jin Qunya and what does herpany do?¡±

    ¡°Jin Qunya is a famous actress ofst generation, she quit show business right after she made it though, because she became a mistress of a wealthy businessman, and she finally married him not long after. She lived overseas after she got married, so we don¡¯t know much about her and the media doesn¡¯t have much coverage for her.¡±

    Di Qiuhe walked towards He Bai while exined the situation, then he ced a bun into He Bai¡¯s palm, full of expectation, ¡°Please have a taste, this is custard bun, your favorite.¡±

    He Bai lowered his eyes, staring at the bun, and asked ¡°Qiuhe, have you tasted the bun yourself?¡±

    With a squint, Di Qiuhe replied, ¡°Why? You don¡¯t trust my cooking?¡±

    Well, let¡¯s just put it this way, Di Qiuhe did not have the best track record on cooking.

    Di Qiuhe felt a little bit self-conscious, he suddenly caught hold of He Bai¡¯s palm and bit the bun.

    He Bai gave him a thumb up, ¡°Good job this time, let¡¯s pack some for grandpa, your buns are at least edible this time.¡±

    ¡°Yay, I¡¯m getting your approval.¡± Di Qiuhe walked to the kitchen and was ready to pack some for Fan Da and Hu Zhao.

    He Bai smiled seeing Di Qiuhe¡¯s receding figure, then he kept reading the news on Weibo.

    Soon he found a post about the background of Jin Qunya.

    Jin Qunya¡¯s wealthy businessman husband found himself a new woman and abandoned her several years ago, yet Jin Qunya was very strategic on the divorcing process, she got a fat chunk of assets and returned home from abroad. Soon she established an entertainmentpany, scouting new stars here and there, leading a happier life than before.

    To everyone¡¯s surprise, such apetent woman should marry Di Bian.

    The reason why Jin Qunya made this decision was beyond He Bai.

    New year was just around the corner, and Li Ru booked He Bai a new job which was a cover shooting with C Magazine.

    ¡°C Magazine would like to establish a long-term rtionship with you,¡± Li Ru sounded excited over the phone, ¡°Trust me, it is such a great tform and a wonderful opportunity for you to learn andwork, I sure suggest you taking their offer. And also A Magazine also invited you to shoot a cover for their March issue.¡±

    ¡°Then take them both.¡± He Bai was delighted too, ¡°Now we¡¯ve booked two out of the four big magazines, when the other two would invite us, that would be great.¡±

    Li Ruughed, ¡°Yes boss, then I¡¯m replying them now, let¡¯s keep them fat checksing for this new year.¡±

    They hung up after exchanging several bantering, Di Qiuhe suddenly leaned towards him and looked clouded, He Bai raised his eyebrows, ¡°Why the long face? I¡¯m now only working very selective jobs, plus, aren¡¯t you tired of seeing me wandering around at home every day in your face?¡±

    ¡°I can never get enough of you.¡± Di Qiuhe cuddled him and gave him a gentle bite on the earlobe, ¡°It¡¯s getting so cold, you don¡¯t need to go out and work those cover shooting, isn¡¯t it nice to just snuggle at home and celebrate new year with me?¡±

    ¡°I miss the cold wind outside after spending so much time in the room under the heater.¡± He Bai replied and he continued, ¡°Cover shooting is not that time consuming, it normally takes a day, and that¡¯s it, why are you over thinking about it, you Childish Di.¡±

    Di Qiuhe gave a bite on He Bai¡¯s finger and looked at him directly in the eye, ¡°Yes, I¡¯m your Childish Di.¡±

    He Bai suddenly blushed by Di Qiuhe¡¯s stare, he rubbed Di Qiuhe¡¯s face and said, ¡°Stop seducing me, it¡¯s not working.¡±

    ¡°Are you sure it¡¯s not working, your face says otherwise.¡± Di Qiuhe gave He Bai a meaningful smile and kissed him passionately.

 Chapter 183 - Guess Who is Getting Married? (4)

    <strong>Chapter 183: Guess Who is Getting Married? (4)</strong>

    News had it that Di Bian and Jin Qunya¡¯s wedding ceremony would take ce on Valentine¡¯s Day.

    Di Qiuhe suddenly got a call from Xing Shaofeng who had stayed low key since he came back to B City, he told Di Qiuhe to get ready for this job he recently booked for him.

    ¡°What job?¡± asked Di Qiuhe in confusion.

    ¡°Cover shooting¡±, replied Xing Shaofeng casually, ¡°The New Year special edition of C Magazine, I¡¯ve been very selective on what jobs should I book you, this special edition suits you, it¡¯s important to book you the right jobs, it¡¯s about the quality not the quantity.¡±

    Di Qiuhe felt surprised and he asked with joy, ¡°How did you book me this one!¡±

    Xing Shaofeng had nowork in show business after all, howe he booked him this great job, it was the cover of New Year special edition of C Magazine, that was huge for any celebrity. He didn¡¯t thought in a million years that Xing Shaofeng had already in game mode before he introduced him the right contacts.

    Again, that was C Magazine, one of the Four Mag! So many celebrities would do it for free or rather pay the magazine for some coverage.

    ¡°I just made several acquaintance when I was in hospital then I got the job for you.¡± Xing Shaofeng downyed the process.

    Di Qiuhe didn¡¯t delve into it knowingly, after he hung up he shot a look at He Bai who was snuggling on the sofa appreciating photo albums then he thought about Xing Shaofeng was introduced by He Bai he rushed towards him.

    He grabbed the snack bag from He Bai and started to kiss him.

    He Bai did not see thating, ¡°What are you do...¡±

    And he was muted by the kisses.

    He Bai struggled to break free, ¡°My snack spilled on the floor, all because of you, you Childish Di!¡±

    Di Qiuhe chuckled, he pressed He Bai¡¯s legs, and his kisses kepting, ¡°You are not going to eat properly after those snacks, don¡¯t try to talk back because I know it as a fact. And now it¡¯s punishment time for not eating properly.¡±

    ¡°Punishment? I dare you! Oh, shit! Stop undressing me!¡±

    On that very night, He Bai kicked Di Qiuhe out of their bedroom.

    ¡°You, sleep in the guest room for the rest of this week, do not crawl back in the middle of the night, I mean it!¡± He Bai threw Di Qiuhe a nket, ¡°I¡¯ve got work tomorrow, gotta get up early, ain¡¯t got no time to deal with you in the middle of the night.¡± with it he mmed the door, to make a point that he was mad for real.

    Di Qiuhe took it very well, actually he took it with a smile, aww, He Bai was still cute even when he was mad.

    The next morning He Bai who got up early found Di Qiuhe got up even earlier than him, he make him breakfast.

    He Bai happened to see the red burns on Di Qiuhe¡¯s hand when they were eating scrambled eggs, he asked, ¡°how were the burns, are they hurting?¡±

    Di Qiuhe took a look at his hands, he just smiled as a reply. Then he got a bowl of porridge and a bun for him.

    Di Qiuhe was such great wify material, who would thought about that!

    He Bai¡¯s heart was melting, he caught hold of Di Qiuhe¡¯s hand and blew a kiss, he said gently, ¡°Thank you so much for the breakfast. I¡¯ll take you to dinner tonight.¡±

    Di Qiuhe cringed by the pain on his hand.

    Seeing that, He Bai felt even more sorry, he kissed Di Qiuhe¡¯s hand and said, ¡°Come back to our bedroom tonight, everything is fine, I¡¯m sorry if I have been throwing tantrums here and there.¡±

    Di Qiuhe smiled and withdrew his hand, he rushed He Bai, ¡°Have the porridge now before it gets cold, I¡¯m going out too, I¡¯d better go upstairs and get changed now.¡±

    He Bai thought about Di Qiuhe¡¯s hand while having the porridge and the bun, he could not help but beam.

    That was a lovely breakfast.

    After he arrived the set, He Bai greeted the crew and looked around at the setting.

    He had worked with the crew once, they all knew each other now, plus Yu Hui¡¯s issue all sold out thanks to He Bai¡¯s great work, the whole crew now showed even more respect for He Bai.

    He was looking around at the setting , then he spotted all the props came in pairs, he was a bit surprised and asked a staff member, ¡°There are two celebrities today?¡±

    ¡°Yup, we have two celebrities today.¡± The staff member exined with a big smile on, ¡°It was one celebrity originally, but the manager thought the Valentine¡¯s day was approaching, why not make it sweet, so they invited a male celebrity to work with Miss. Yi Jie.¡±

    He Bai was more confused, ¡°I thought I was working with Miss. Tong Fei today.¡±

    ¡°Ah~ Yeah, our manager changed to Miss. Yi Jie thest minute, she really made it this year, more than anyone.¡± The staff member was very straightforward, in case he spilled out more inside information, his coworker pulled his coat as a reminder.

    He Bai noticed what his coworker did there, but he pretended he did not see any of that. He kept looking around after he said thanks to them.

    The show business, wow, so realistic! Yi Jie now was in the limelight, she just crowned as the Film Queen, she made it to The G, she just got favored by several big brands internationally... now He Bai wondered who was going to work with her today, must be an A-list celebrity.

    A few minutester, a staff member informed He Bai that the cover stars arrived and they now were in the dressing room getting the makeup done.

    He Bai nodded, he walked to the dressing room and knocked on the door, ¡°Come in, please.¡±

    He Bai recognized Yi Jie¡¯s voice, he pushed the door open, only to find there was someone else he wasn¡¯t expecting to see.

    ¡°What are you doing here?¡± He Bai blurted out.

    ¡°I¡¯m working.¡± Di Qiuhe looked at him, and he looked at Yi Jie, ¡°Thank God I¡¯m working here today.¡±

 Chapter 184 - A Few Tricks Under His Sleeves (1)

    <h4>Chapter 184: A Few Tricks Under His Sleeves (1)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    There were pink bubbles in the air with those two stared at each other, Yi Jie looked at them, and said with a smile, ¡°No wonder they all say you two are best friends. I¡¯m so happy I get to work with you again, Little He.¡± Yi Jie¡¯s smile was brighter than ever, not a trace of gloom she used to have could be found.

    He Bai withdrew his stare from Di Qiuhe, seeing Yi Jie¡¯s big smile he smiled back, ¡°The pleasure is all mine.¡±

    Di Qiuhe slightly frowned and cleared his throat.

    Yi Jie looked back at Di Qiuhe, asking with concern, ¡°Are you all right, Little Di, you want some warm water?¡±

    Little Di? Little Dixx?

    Thinking of that, He Bai couldn¡¯t help butugh out while Di Qiuhe¡¯s slight frown turned worse. He hurriedly hand Di Qiuhe a tissue and whispered to him please behave himself. Then he turned back to Yi Jie, ¡°Sister Yi, you can just call him Qiuhe, Little Di is so amusing.¡±

    ¡°Is it? Since you guys are both younger than me, I thought you would like me calling you little Di......¡± Yi Jie realized it herself too while saying it, she then looked at Di Qiuhe and apologized, ¡°Oops, I¡¯m so sorry, I mean well. Bai¡¯s friend you are, I¡¯ve already taken you as my friend, too. Anyway, let¡¯s have a stter.¡± Then she reached out to shake hand with Di Qiuhe.

    Yi Jie was a seasoned actress, a senior in show business, a Film Queen favored by public, yet she was so nice and approachable to the boys.

    Seeing Yi Jie¡¯s gestures, Di Qiuhe naturally knew why He Bai got along so well with her. He reached out and shook hand with her, ¡°Yeah, Sister Yi, let¡¯s have a st.¡±

    Now Di Qiuhe and Yi Jie finally met each other, the atmosphere soon became better thanks to He Bai. Soon the makeup artists knocked on the door, He Bai left the room knowingly.

    Di Qiuhe and Yi Jie were going to pose as a loving couple, they prepared a pair of matching outfits for them.

    Yi Jie¡¯s outfit was a gown with butterfly prints, Di Qiuhe¡¯s outfit was a light colored suit with butterfly decorations on cors and cuffs, a tie of the same color with Yi Jie¡¯s gown.

    The setting and the matching outfits all screaming ¡®love in the air¡¯, but the crew and He Bai all saw no pink bubbles between the two after they got changed.

    Odd! They were both beautiful people, and they were wearing matching outfits, the setting was nicely decorated, howe there was no chemistry between them at all, they looked like they just happened to wear the same collection of outfits.

    The camera disapproved the scene.

    Of course Di Qiuhe and Yi Jie were both with great work ethics, however, their bodynguage just didn¡¯t click.

    Even though Di Qiuhe was holding Yi Jie in his arms and he was smiling for the camera, but you could tell he was posing. And now Yi Jie became polite to him rather than clinging to him.

    Obviously this couple was not in love.

    Our photographer, He Bai, sighed.

    He could not allow this happen, not on his watch. The way Childish Di looked at Yi Jie was very polite and isted, the way he looked at the camera or the photographer to be urate, was too pouty. He Bai apologized in the heart to Yi Jie on behalf of Di Qiuhe.

    They tried two more shots anyways, but of no avail, He Bai put down the camera and gave Di Qiuhe a meaningful look subtly. He then asked the makeup artist to do a bit retouch for Yi Jie so that he could have a private conversation with Di Qiuhe, ¡°Just imagine it is me who is in your arms, don¡¯t act like a robot, rx.¡±

    Seeing no one was around them, Di Qiuhe¡¯s face turned clouded and he said coldly, ¡°I¡¯ll give Xing Shaofeng a piece of my mind, what job has he booked for me, cuddling a woman in front of you, does he want to stir some drama in my lefe?¡±

    Hearing that, He Bai rolled his eyes, ¡°What nonsense you are talking about? You should be grateful to Xing Shaofeng, if anything. Just impress me with your acting skills.¡±

    ¡°Acting skills, they have gone with the wind.¡± Di Qiuhe replied, still pouting. He couldn¡¯t believe his puppy was encouraging him to flirt with a woman in front of him.

    Seeing those pouty lips, He Bai knew this shooting about to go south if he didn¡¯t pull some tricks. He sneaked a kiss at him and coaxed, ¡°Please work with me, let¡¯s get this done and over with as soon as possible.¡±

    He Bai didn¡¯t see this kissing, he was about to kiss back when he was pushed back to the spotlight. He could only suppress his kisses with reluctance. He found himself a seat and waited for Yi Jie.

    Five minutester, Yi Jie finished the touch up, and they were ready to rock.

    This time, instead of asking them cuddling each other, He Bai asked them to sit by separate round tables, meanwhile they held a ss and posed as they were about to take love shots, and they both looked at the camera instead of each other. He Bai also came up with the idea of putting some crystal candies in their cups, the color of the candies popped out in the picture.

    The couple looked more lovable when they looked at the same direction instead of looking at each other.

    It was better now, hmm, but something was still missing.

 Chapter 185 - A Few Tricks Under His Sleeves (2)

    <h4>Chapter 185: A Few Tricks Under His Sleeves (2)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    He Bai pulled Yi Jie¡¯s manager aside and they whispered, Yi Jie¡¯s manager looked at He Bai and looked at Yi Jie, he kept shaking his head.

    He Bai did not give up.

    Seeing what was happening aside the set, Yi Jie was confused and was curious to see what trick He Bai had got under his sleeves. Di Qiuhe looked at them and kept undressing He Bai in his mind.

    The conversation went on, and finally the manager nodded his head, he shot a look at Yi Jie and he got a board from a staff member, he started writing on the board.

    He Bai also shot a look at Di Qiuhe, and started writing on his board.

    After they finished writing, He Bai signaled Di Qiuhe and Yi Jie to look at them, then he poked at the manager.

    The note on the boards was the same.

    ¡°Actually I¡¯m sitting on a secret, which is I adore you.¡±

    Yi Jie¡¯s eyes were wide open, she looked at the board and she looked at her manager, all of a sudden her eyes turned red-rimmed. The manager who was unsure about this move now looked at her affectionately.

    Di Qiuhe, on the other hand, was confused at first and soon he smiled.

    The camera captured it all.

    He Bai signaled the manager again, they showed the second note, which was ¡°Let¡¯s get married.¡±

    Di Qiuhe and Yi Jie were almost jumped out of their skins, seeing that, He Bai screamed, ¡°Stay still, both of you!¡±

    Di Qiuhe soon collected his thoughts and Yi Jie fought back the tears in her eyes, they soon were in the right mood of shooting this love themed cover.

    ¡°Great!¡± He Bai now was overjoyed, he said, ¡°Smile for me now.¡±

    The manager now showed a goofy smiling face on the board.

    Di Qiuhe recognized the sketch was from his puppy, he gave a generous big smile, while Yi Jie was surprised to see this side of her manager, she showed a big smile too.

    Click.

    Such a sweet shot that was! A handsome man and a gorgeous women looked at the camera, beaming, and they were about to drink ¡°cross-cupped wine¡± from each other¡¯s sses, perfect on every level.

    ¡°That¡¯s a wrap, everybody, well done.¡±

    He Bai waved and shouted at the whole crew. Soon they burst intoughter seeing the notes on the boards.

    ¡°Mr. He, how clever you are,ing up with tricks and ideas like that, if my close friends do this to me, surely, I wouldugh out loud, like an idiot.¡± A staff membere and asked He Bai the question.

    He Bai yed along and said, ¡°Look at them, gorgeous people like those two will never look like an idiot, they are having a goofy moment, that¡¯s it.¡±

    ¡°Yeah yeah, that is so true.¡± Realizing He Bai was helping him out, otherwise the two celebrities might take his bantering the wrong way, the staff member left for wrapping up work after He Bai said that.

    In the corner, Yi Jie¡¯s manager was talking to the staff member and Yi Jie was standing by his side, she looked perfectly collected, yet the way she looked at her manager revealed her true feelings for her manager.

    On the other hand, Wang Boyi was busy sending snacks and drinks to the crew, and joking about the tricks that He Bai had just pulled up.

    He Bai looked around, and he didn¡¯t see Di Qiuhe. He then lowered his head to check the photos he just snapped.

    A staff member suddenly asked, ¡°Has anyone seen the boards written by Mr. He? They seemed to have gone missing.¡±

    The team leader of the crew walked to He Bai and he was so excited after seeing what He Bai had done for a perfect cover, and he invited He Bai for future cooperation with a pay rise.

    Last time when He Bai shot the cover for Yu Hui, he was quite green in the business, but now things had changed, a pay rise was natural on the table.

    He Bai thanked the team leader, yet he didn¡¯t take the invitation on the spot, he told the team leader he needed to check his manager Li Ru first.

    The team leader was a bit surprised, yet he didn¡¯t show it on the face. s, now the table had turned, it was not going to be that easy to book He Bai any more.

    He Bai returned to the dressing room, he still had not seen Di Qiuhe. He saw Yi Jie who was waiting for him, he bumped into Yi Jie¡¯s open arms.

    ¡°Sister Yi, what is going on?¡±

    And Yi Jie¡¯s manager just watched Yi Jie with a big smile.

    ¡°Thank you!¡± Yi Jie whispered by his ear, ¡°If it weren¡¯t you, me and my manager, Wei, might y the game for a very long time. He thinks I¡¯m out of his league, yet I think it¡¯s just a one-sided crush. Thank you for pushing Wei just now, may you find your happiness soon.¡±

    He Bai now let out a long sigh of relief, he felt so happy for Yi Jie, ¡°What a pleasant oue!¡±

    Yi Jie smiled, then she looked back at her manager, together, they left the dressing room.

    He Bai watched their receding figures, he couldn¡¯t help but curling up his lips. He had sensed something was going on between Yi Jie and her manager, Wei, yet they were both too careful and reserved. As chance might have it just now, he came up with that trick, hopefully, they could step forward.

    It was such a great timing, Yi Jie was now in the limelight, if her manager still kept hesitating, Yi Jie might end up being someone else¡¯s girlfriend.

 Chapter 186 - A Few Tricks Under His Sleeves (3)

    <h4>Chapter 186: A Few Tricks Under His Sleeves (3)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Another ten minutes had passed or so, Di Qiuhe finally came back to the dressing room.

    ¡°Are you having diarrhea or something?¡± asked He Bai.

    Di Qiuhe signaled Wang Boyi to watch out for the door, then he marched to Di Qiuhe to carry him in the arms from the chair and kissed him hard on the lips, ¡°Puppy, howe you smell like woman¡¯s perfume?¡±

    He Bai who was about to throw Di Qiuhe a tantrum now hurriedly kiss him back.

    Seeing He Bai¡¯s reaction, Di Qiuhe kept kissing him like he was trying to make a point that He Bai belonged to him, ¡°You¡¯ve got some exining to do when we get home.¡±

    He Bai gave him one more kiss.

    ¡°Don¡¯t you act all cute on me now.¡±

    Di Qiuhe kept a poker face on the way they went home and he kept holding tight of He Bai¡¯s hand, He Bai was so sheepish the whole time.

    After they got off the car and opened their house door, Di Qiuhe was still pulling a poker face. He Bai had never seen Di Qiuhe keeping quiet for such a long time, he was a bit anxious and he exined, ¡°That was Yi Jie¡¯s perfume you have smelt, she hugged me before she left for I¡¯ve pushed her manager on the set, now they are finally a couple.¡±

    Di Qiuhe looked at He Bai in the eye and he suddenly lowered his body and cuddled He Bai.

    ¡°What the fxxk!¡± He Bai wrapped his arms on Di Qiuhe¡¯s neck and eximed.

    Di Qiuheput him on the sofa and he took off his jacket and whispered by He Bai¡¯s ear, ¡°Bai, let¡¯s get married.¡±

    ¡°What?¡± He Bai blushed crimson by Di Qiuhe¡¯s stare.

    Di Qiuhe leaned closer to He Bai and rubbed He Bai¡¯s nose with his nose, while his hand travelled from He Bai¡¯s ear all the way down to his neck and his belly, then he opened He Bai¡¯s belt and kept feeling He Bai¡¯s warmth, ¡°Let¡¯s get married, have a lovely honeymoon, spend the rest of our lives together, you are mine, I¡¯m yours, we will always be there for each other.¡±

    ¡°But...but we cannot get married legally at home.¡± He Bai¡¯s heart was racing seeing Di Qiuhe¡¯s unfathomable eyes, Di Qiuhe now looked so gorgeous that he looked unreal.

    ¡°Then we get married abroad.¡± Di Qiuhe¡¯s hand now was travelling up, rubbing He Bai gently, ¡°After that, let¡¯s throw a wedding ceremony at home, a huge one. I¡¯ll let everyone know you are mime and you cannot be taken away.¡±

    ¡°No one is going to take me away, Qiuhe...¡±

    Di Qiuhe cut He Bai off with kissing, he leaned closer to He Bai and the hand travelling on He Bai¡¯s body now had gone wild.

    The two now were panting, their bodies now had heated up.

    Thinking about how Di Qiuhe had made all the changes for him, he learned to cook, he learned to do chores, he learned to take care of others, he showed his feelings to him all the time, He Bai¡¯s heart was melting.

    Di Qiuhe had given him all right from the start, he had never even once doubted Di Qiuhe¡¯s love for him.

    He Bai saw Di Qiuhe¡¯s hand, he saw the burnt and he recalled the makeup artist put on some concealer on his hand before the shooting. He Bai wrapped his arms around Di Qiuhe¡¯s lower back.

    They were going to separate for a long time after new year, ¡°tonight is the night¡±, thought He Bai.

    He Bai had made up his mind and he became aggressive too.

    Sensing He Bai¡¯s hand on his body, Di Qiuhe asked, ¡°Bai, are you sure...¡±

    ¡°Yeah¡±, He Bai was still a bit shy, he avoided Di Qiuhe¡¯s stare and he continued, ¡°Please be gentle, let¡¯s make tonight our night. If you are not gentle, I¡¯ll dump you for sure.¡±

    ¡°No way.¡± Di Qiuhe hugged him tighter, he put He Bai on hisp, he kissed He Bai gently, ¡°No way I¡¯m gonna give you the chance to dump me, you are mine.¡±

    He Bai gave him a bite.

    Who could think of this day, him, He Bai, fell for Di Qiuhe, fell for him hard.

    His bite kindled the enthusiasm buried in their hearts.

    Slowly they were undressing each other, when they were about to get down to business, ¡°Knock knock.¡±

    ¡°Never mind.¡± Di Qiuhe turned He Bai¡¯s head back and He Bai was clearly distracted by the door.

    While the knock knock kept ringing.

    ¡°Go get the door¡±, said He Bai.

    Di Qiuhe frowned, still panting.

    ¡°It just urs to me we don¡¯t have any protections at home...¡± He Bai said in a low voice, ¡°And lube too, considering this is our first time...¡±, now He Bai¡¯s neck even turned red, he pulled the sweater that Di Qiuhe just took off for him and buried his face in it.

    Di Qiuhe nodded and he carried He Bai to the second floor, tucked him under the nket, when he was about tofort his puppy, another ¡°knock knock knock¡± came.

    ¡°Who the hell is that¡±, screamed Di Qiuhe.

    ¡°Go get the door¡±, said He Bai, ¡°What if it is Uncle. Hu? Remember to hide the clothes on the sofa.¡± with it He Bai buried himself under the nket.

    He Bai put on some pajamas and stomped downstairs.

    He put the clothes on the sofa to theundry room and went to the door.

    It was Di Bian. He was now getting more impatient, his subordinate had seen Di Qiuhe¡¯s car parked at home, he should be at home now, what took him so long to get the door. ¡°Was Qiuhe avoiding me?¡±

    The door was open when he was thinking all the possibilities. With the door opening, they saw each other.

 Chapter 187 - Who Wears the Pants in the Family (1)

    <h4>Chapter 187: Who Wears the Pants in the Family (1)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Killing intent filled Di Qiuhe¡¯s eyes.

    Di Bian thought he must have misread it, how could his eldest son, his first born, show disgust against him.

    He rubbed his eyes and took a look again, Di Qiuhe looked normal, he forced a smile and smiled at Qiuhe, ¡°How are you, my son?¡±

    Di Qiuhe gripped his hands then he quickly rxed, he let Di Bian in, thinking it was just a matter of time to deal with Di Bian. Now that Di Bian showed up at his door, he might as well rise to the asion.

    They both took a seat after they got in the room, Di Qiuhe poured Di Bian some water, couldn¡¯t even bother to serve him tea. He just looked at Di Bian indifferently, guessing Di Bian¡¯s intention, he was weighing the oue if he told the truth to Di Bian, would if affect Fan Da¡¯s n?

    Seeing Di Qiuhe¡¯s indifference, Di Bian cursed Fan Da in the heart for sowing discord between father and son, while his fake smile got bigger, he asked, ¡°Were you sleeping just now? Sorry if I woke you up. I heard you were about to shoot a new drama, that¡¯s exciting, and also what¡¯s your n for Spring Festival?¡±

    ¡°Is this conversation going anywhere¡±, asked Di Qiuhe and he continued, ¡°Quit beating around the bush please, I¡¯m a bit busy, going to dinner with grandpater.¡±

    Di Bian was choked, he almost failed to keep his fake smile, then he sighed and looked at Di Qiuhe with concern, ¡°Qiuhe, howe you are a changed person now, is this rted to your grandpa?¡±

    Di Bian then looked around the living room, he shook his head seeing the snacks and kettles He Bai bought for Di Qiuhe, then he said this using a condescending tone, ¡°I know it, if your grandpa is genuine with you, howe he doesn¡¯t invite you to live at his, howe you are living here? The building management here is not great, and you would for sure have some privacy issues... Qiuhe,e home with me, I have always kept your room for you, wouldn¡¯t it be nice celebrating new year and Spring Festival with your father at your own home? I¡¯m worried about you, you are here all by yourself, who¡¯s gonna take care of you?¡±

    Di Qiuhe felt nauseous listening to Di Bian, how dare he disapproved the snacks and kettle puppy got for him. He sneered, ¡°Yeah, the building management is doing their job poorly.¡±

    Di Bian was overjoyed hearing that, he was about to sow more discord when he heard Di Qiuhe said, ¡°Look at them letting you in.¡± Di Qiuhe was sitting cross-legged, with his chin up and eyes looking down, he then continued, ¡°I guess you are about to share you opinion on how my house is poorlyid out? To tell you the truth, grandpa had invited me to live with him, but my schedule would surely sh with his, so I turned him down, and after I moved in to this house, grandpa bought all the neighbouring houses so that I can have my privacy. Mr. Di,pared to the apartment you and Qin Li gave me in charity, which ce do you think I prefer?¡±

    Di Bian did not see thating, he felt like he was pped by the reality hard. He was still trying to save face for himself, ¡°Yeah, I can tell theyout and decorations here are all very well-designed, I just, as a father, I¡¯m always worried for my son.¡±

    ¡°And you put all the me on my grandpa in a malicious way? Of course this ce is well decorated, I do not need your opinion.¡± Di Qiuhe said in a sarcastic tone, then he touched the woven nket on the sofa, recalled how his puppy snuggled on the sofa, his voice turned soft, ¡°This ce is decorated by a person who truly loves me, he made this ce my home.¡±

    He then looked at Di Bian, ¡°While your house, is merely a ce I want to get rid of from my memory, thanks to you and Qin Li, it¡¯s a ce full of cold and dark memories for me.¡±

    Seeing Di Qiuhe¡¯s stare, Di Bian could not help but stepped back, his heart was racing, he felt like Di Qiuhe had seen him through.

    He of course thought ¡°a person who truly loves me¡± was Fan Da, and his hatred against Fan Da had grown even more. He med everything on Fan Da, Di Qiuhe turning against him, he was on the verge of bankruptcy... those were all Fan Da¡¯s fault.

    ¡°Qiuhe, you don¡¯t get it.¡± He suddenly leaned forward, and his face turned clouded, he acted like now he was about to say something that he had been hesitating to say, ¡°Fan Da is not a good person, he abandoned his own daughter when she was young thus he could travel around the world, he didn¡¯t have a heart for his daughter, do you think he is now being genuine to you? He just wants to take advantage of you, he wants to use you, because now he is old he needs someone to take care of him, and he even sowed dis cord between us, don¡¯t fall for that!¡±

    ¡°Falling for his money is way better than falling for your lip service.¡± Di Qiuhe looked Di Bian up and down, like he was looking at aughing stock, then he smiled at Di Bian, ¡°Travelling around the world? Ah, Di Bian, looks like you know nothing about it. Oh right, words have it that you have abandoned Qin Li and you have taken Di Xiasong away from her?¡±

    Di Bian couldn¡¯t figure out what Di Qiuhe meant, he was about to snap out when hearing Di Qiuhe addressing him by the name, but he still managed his fake smile on the face, ¡°Qiuhe, Xiasong is my son, your half-brother after all, I know you don¡¯t like him for what he had done to your friend, but can you please forgive him? And also, please rest assured, you always hold a more important position in my heart than him, you are always the young master of Huangdu. Don¡¯t listen to Fan Da, don¡¯t fall for him.¡±

    Di Qiuhe only found Di Bian pathetic, the way he still repeating that nonsense.

    He had been calcting on other people his whole life, yet he didn¡¯t have one person around him that he could trust.

    ¡°You treat him as a son, while he treat you as a fat check.¡± Di Qiuhe felt he¡¯d better let Di Bian know what was going on, so he asked directly, ¡°Do you still remember Zeng Peizhong?¡±

 Chapter 188 - Who Wears the Pants in the Family (2)

    <h4>Chapter 188: Who Wears the Pants in the Family (2)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    The person who seemed to cuckolded him, of course Di Bian remembered, he frowned immediately, ¡°Why are you mentioning this person, he is just a nobody who knew Qin Li before she married me.¡±

    ¡°But grandpa was found by this nobody, do you want to take a guess, who entrusted him to look for grandpa?¡± Di Qiuhe leaned on the sofa and asked casually, ¡°Grandpa was not travelling all these years, neither had he abandoned my mother, he just got sick and lost all his memory, he couldn¡¯t find his way home. He didn¡¯t recover his memory until Zeng Peizhong found him.¡±

    Thinking Zeng Peizhong and Di Xiasong had met in private, Di Bian¡¯s face changed, ¡°What do you mean?¡±

    ¡°You must have told Qin Li that grandpa is a wealthy man.¡± Di Qiuhe¡¯s hand tapped on the sofa casually, ¡°Di Xiasong looked like you, they tried to fool grandpa by saying Di Xiasong is me, they want to snatch grandpa¡¯s wealth for Qin family.¡±

    Di Bian clenched his hands, he could not imagine what if this n had actually worked out. His wife and his own son had conned him like this.

    ¡°I heard all this from Zeng Peizhong, he hates Qin Li, he hates her for abandoning him, he hates her for breaking you and mom¡¯s marriage and used her pregnancy to drive off mom. He no longer trusts love ever again.¡±

    Di Bian was startled.

    ¡°Thank God grandpa didn¡¯t fall for their trap that easily, he went back home before Di Xiasong took action against him, he found Uncle. Hu who he assigned to work for mom, he asked what had happened during the past years when he wasn¡¯t around. Then he contacted me, told me what had happened to him.¡±

    As he spoke to Di Bian, Di Qiuhe¡¯s tone got colder and colder, he sneered, ¡°You married mom just because of grandpa¡¯s wealth, and mom was favored by Di family, you wanted to marry her so you would have ess to grandpa¡¯s wealth and you would build a good image in your family and have a say in Huangdu. However, grandpa disappeared after you and mom got married, and you were desperate to involve in Huangdu, so you found Qin Li who you had affair with and you even married her.¡±

    Sweat beads were oozing on Di Bian¡¯s forehead, he was scared that Di Qiuhe had found the truth about that matter, the matter which had been haunting him for years, which stopped him from getting close to Di Qiuhe, he was scared what if Di Qiuhe and Fan Da had found out the truth!

    Di Qiuhe was so familiar with the look in Di Bian¡¯s eyes, so he sneered, ¡°I was too young back then, I heard things and stuff from others, but I don¡¯t know what exactly is the truth, all I know is you have done mom wrong, you have done me wrong. All I see you is how you being a hypocrite in front of me, so please stop your acting, no way I¡¯ll go back with you, no way I¡¯ll turn against grandpa for you, stop sowing discord between me and grandpa, please leave my house.¡±

    Di Qiuhe had seen him through and through, Di Bian now was so crestfallen yet he mustered up all his strength and continued his show, ¡°Being my son, how dare you put all these ridiculous assumptions on me?¡±

    ¡°Being my mom¡¯s husband, my grandpa¡¯s son-inw, were you doing a good job? If anything, I can just say when the above behave wrongly the below will do the same.¡± with it Di Qiuhe stood up and gestured Di Bian the door, ¡°Please leave me alone, I highly suggest you keep an eye on Qin Li and Di Xiasong, they surely are going to create more drama.¡±

    ¡°Qiuhe!¡± Di Bian pretended he was not worried about Qin Li and Di Xiasong, he just looked up at him, ¡°Why are you acting so aggressively? I¡¯m your father! Since when you have be a changed a person?¡±

    Di Qiuhe took his phone out, ¡°You¡¯d ratherI call the security to show you the way out?¡±

    Di Bian looked at Di Qiuhe with disbelief, but he saw Di Qiuhe really dialed the number , he had to stand up and leave.

    Di Qiuhe saw Di Bian leaving his house, his hand had put on the phone the whole time.

    Di Bian was unwilling to ept it, he looked back at Di Qiuhe at the door.

    ¡°Grandpa had entrusted me to manage Da Ze,¡± Di Qiuhe spoke first, ¡°Mr. Di, do you really think I have no idea about the true identity of Assistant Wang and Assistant An? Stop making up shit, it only makes meugh.¡±

    Di Bian was taken aback, he went silent then he was in a fury, he answered, ¡°Mind you Fan Da is no saint either.¡± Then he stormed out.

    Suddenly Di Qiuhe felt someone was hugging him from behind.

    He turned around and hugged He Bai, he asked gently, ¡°Not sleepy any more?¡±

    ¡°That annoying Di Bian, how dare hees to our ce and being so judgemental?¡± He Bai wrapped his legs around Di Qiuhe¡¯s lower back, he looked at the direction of the door, ¡°In case hees again, shall we ask grandpa to hire more securities for us?¡±

 Chapter 189 - Who Wears the Pants in the Family (3)

    <h4>Chapter 189: Who Wears the Pants in the Family (3)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    ¡°Sure.¡± Di Qiuhe nodded, and carried He Bai who was wrapping around him to the sofa and put him down, he scratched He Bai¡¯s hair, ¡°Grandpa indeed needs some securities even bodyguards for Fan House, who knows the lengths Di Bian would go. While we can take our time to look for some reliable ones.¡±

    He Bai passed Di Qiuhe his phone and said, ¡°Ask Xing Shaofeng to do it, we paid him good money for matters like this.¡±

    A meaningful smile shed across Di Qiuhe¡¯s face, he asked, ¡°You really trust this Xing Shaofeng, don¡¯t you?¡±

    He Bai gave him a sideways look, ¡°Di Qiuhe, you are twenty three this year, Chinese age twenty four, yeah?¡±

    Di Qiuhe frowned, ¡°I¡¯m too old for you?¡±

    ¡°Too naive for your age.¡± He Bai, whose real age was 30 something now, he sighed in his heart, he won the lottery, and he was travelling the world and living his best life when he was Di Qiuhe¡¯s age in his previous life. And look at him now...

    He told himself he might be stuck with this naive boy in front of him now for this life.

    Di Qiuhe thought He Bai was provoking him, he was about to get back at him when he recalled this house was bought by He Bai, the pajama he was wearing was bought by He Bai, and now how dare he trying to get back at He Bai, who was basically his ¡°sugar-hubby¡±.

    ¡°I¡¯ll cook you sweet-sour pork for dinner, I promise it won¡¯t be too sweet this time¡±, the revenge idea disappeared, he yed nice to his puppy instead.

    He Bai, who felt he was the one who wore the pants in the family, now nodded in satisfaction.

    After the Di Bian drama, the two were in no mood going out for protections and lube, they cuddled to sleep.

    The next morning, news had it that Jin Qunya was pregnant, that was why Di Bian and Jin Qunya suddenly nned to get married. Di Bian now had already lived with Jin Qunya under the same roof for some time now, Qin Li had confronted them several times.

    Holidays wereing,izens were not as passionate about these gossip news as before.

    Di Qiuhe and He Bai send red packets as a thank you gift to their working team, then they moved into Fan House to celebrate new year with Fan Da.

    Pasting red antithetical couplets on the door, cleaning the house, lighting candles, two kids who had not celebrated new year for so many years were doing the whole routine now, what a st they were having.

    Seeing the two kids running around the house, Fan Da smiled.

    After another big snow, it was Spring Festival.

    On Spring Festival Eve, Di Qiuhe and He Bai cooked for Fan Da, they talked andughed with Fan Da after dinner and cuddled to sleep.

    The two were suppressing themselves even though they packed protections and lube in their bags, but considering they were now living in Fan House, they decided they¡¯d better behave themselves.

    A chaste Spring Festival ??

    Soon they got the wedding invitations for Di Bian and Jin Qunya¡¯s wedding.

    ¡°What¡¯s wrong with Di Bian?¡± Looking at the invitations, He Bai eximed, ¡°Grandpa and you both made it clear please leave you alone, even Assistant Wang called him after he paid that visit to our house, isn¡¯t that clear enough? How dare he! He is inviting us to his wedding to create some drama?¡±

    ¡°Probably he wanted to put on a show to others to protect his manhood.¡± Di Qiuhe threw the wedding invitations to trash, ¡°Who knows whether this wedding is going to take ce or not? Di Bian drove Di Xiasong off the house, do you think Qin Li would just stand and watch the wedding going on smoothly?¡±

    He Bai shot a look at the trash, and he looked at Di Qiuhe who showed a serious expression and asked, ¡°Is Jin Qunya really pregnant?¡±

    ¡°Yup, apparently it¡¯s a boy.¡± Di Qiuhe carried He Bai in his arms and put him on bed, gave him a kiss on the forehead, whispered by his ear, ¡°Don¡¯t mind them, I¡¯m going back to work soon and your new semester starts soon, there are some unfinished business now needs to be finished.¡±

    He Bai replied, ¡°We just moved back, we haven¡¯t even cleaned this house yet, plus it¡¯s broad daylight now.¡±

    ¡°I love daylight.¡± Di Qiuhe bite He Bai on his ear, and his hand started to get busy, travelling all over on He Bai¡¯s body, he smiled, ¡°I¡¯d like to see your face when we are doing it. Don¡¯t worry, I¡¯ll be very gentle.¡±

    ¡°Gentle doesn¡¯t mean it¡¯s not gonna be painful.¡± He Bai now was blushed, while he was fully aware finishing the unfinished business now was the only option, he even took off his clothes by himself, while he said in a low voice, ¡°mind you if you are doing a terrible job, let¡¯s keep it unfinished for the rest of your life.¡±

    Di Qiuhe was startled by this threat, he muted He Bai with kisses.

    The two virgins¡¯ first time was not smooth, one was so painful, and one kept ming the little movies he saw were all terribly misleading.

    Seeing He Bai frowned, Di Qiuhe lowered his head and kept kissing him to make him feel better, he only continued when he sensed He Bai was getting rxed.

    Everything now was finally on the right track, and He Bai was moaning and enjoying it, when they were about to carry it all the way, the goddamn doorbell rang.

    Di Qiuhe clenched his fists, he asked He Bai to lie down aside him and he covered He Bai¡¯s ears before He Bai asked him to check on the door.

    Hmm, Di Qiuhe was fully prepared, their first time was actually... pretty good.

    At the gate, poor Xu Ying was waiting holding a photo album, ¡°how odd, He Bai asked me to get him a copy of this album today and sent it here, but he doesn¡¯t seem to be home, odd.¡±

    Di Bian¡¯s wedding ceremony took ce several dayster, He Bai was eating some porridge while checking the pics of the venue sent from Yi Jie. He Bai was hoping to see a show.

    It was a grand wedding Di Qiuhe was throwing, he wanted to use this big wedding to create some good vibes for Huangdu. And Yi Jie, as the most popr actress, of course was invited.

 Chapter 190 - A New Chapter (1)

    <h4>Chapter 190: A New Chapter (1)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    He Bai and Yi Jie were discussing the details of the wedding arrangement when his bowl was snatched away by Di Qiuhe.

    ¡°Childish Di, what¡¯s that about?¡± He Bai red at him.

    Di Qiuhe felt the temperature of He Bai¡¯s forehead several times to make sure He Bai was not in a fever any more, then he sat next to He Bai, handed him the meds, ¡°The porridge is cold now, I¡¯ll heat it upter. Here, take your meds.¡±

    He Bai refused the meds with his whole body saying no, he threw his head back and said, ¡°No, I don¡¯t need these any more, I¡¯m all better now.¡±

    Di Qiuhe replied with silence, yet he showed a determined attitude by holding the meds and water for He Bai.

    They stared at each other for a solid minute, it ended up in He Bai¡¯spromise, he took the meds and bit Di Qiuhe¡¯s finger.

    ¡°Don¡¯t bite me, I didn¡¯t wash my hands.¡± Di Qiuhe said gently, ¡°Here, have some water.¡±

    He Bai felt like he was being treated as a kindergarten kid, he gulped down the water, the bitterness of the meds now started to kick in, then a milk fudge was stuffed into his mouth, he enjoyed the sweetness while left another bitten mark on Di Qiuhe¡¯s hand. Then he turned around, trying to make a point to Di Qiuhe that he was sulking.

    All of a sudden Di Qiuhe¡¯s arms wrapped around his waist.

    ¡°I¡¯m sorry.¡± Di Qiuhe kissed him on the cheek, he apologized softly with a touch of regret in his tone.

    He Bai was not really angry at him in the first ce, hearing his tone, He Bai couldn¡¯t pull his poker face any more, he turned back to look at Di Qiuhe, ¡°You know you are wrong, yeah?¡±

    Di Qiuhe nodded as a reply, then he rubbed on He Bai¡¯s cheeks.

    Silly Childish Di.

    He Bai poked his face and continued, ¡°Oh, really? Please tell me what do you think you could do better?¡±

    Di Qiuhe caught hold of He Bai¡¯s hand and said in a serious manner, ¡°To start with, I should not pretend I didn¡¯t hear the doorbell the other day, I should have answered the door and invite Xu Ying in, and secondly I should not ask to get intimate with you twice in a row which makes you catch a fever. And I should not ask grandpa¡¯s GP to ours to check you knowing how shy you are, I shouldn¡¯t baby you too much, nagging you to take meds and stuff, it¡¯s all on me, I¡¯ll be extra careful next time, I hate it you get sick because of me.¡±

    His voice got deeper as he exined, he thought about that afternoon when they had sex two times in a row, He Bai suddenly caught a fever at night because of that, he said firmly, ¡°You know what, in case I get you sick again, let¡¯s not have sex again, I¡¯m so sorry.¡±

    What nonsense was that!

    ¡°The heck?¡± He Bai couldn¡¯t help but flip Qiuhe¡¯s forehead, ¡°Why on earth do you think I¡¯m mad because we had sex and that i caught a fever? It was no big deal, neither of us had experience, and we are learning, that¡¯s no big deal, just don¡¯t over think about that. What I¡¯m mad at is you ask for leave from the crew, look, I¡¯m very grateful you are such a caring partner and trying to be there for me when I¡¯m sick, but look at me now, I¡¯m all better, why are you still home? Rumors travel fast baby, people may assume you are getting big-headed.¡±

    Di Qiuhe was dumbfounded, then he frowned, ¡°How do you know the crew started shooting now? Did you hear it from Assistant Wang? Or Xing Shaofeng?¡±

    ¡°Does it matter?¡± He Bai pinched Di Qiuhe¡¯s cheek, ¡°Childish Di, it was you who told me your new drama was about to shoot. Don¡¯t me anyone for this, it was not Assistant Wang nor Xing Shaofeng, I overheard you calling the crew asking for leave.¡±

    ¡°......¡±

    ¡°Yeah? Do you agree now this is not right?¡±

    ¡°Yes, and I¡¯m sorry.¡± Di Qiuhe apologized and he patted He Bai on the back, ¡°Yeah, I know I¡¯m wrong, don¡¯t get riled up, you need to keep a good mood.¡±

    Di Qiuhe, always good at acknowledging his mistake, ye not so good at working on those mistakes.

    He Bai knew his so well, he said, ¡°I¡¯m all better now, even grandpa¡¯s GP told me I¡¯m better, I wanna my old diet, no more porridge.¡±

    Seeing He Bai ask for more food, Di Qiuhe was more than happy, he stood up and kissed He Bai on the forehead, ¡°That¡¯s so great, how about fish for dinner and chicken tomorrow?¡±

    Di Qiuhe fiddled his hair and continued, ¡°Do you want side dishes? Uncle Hu just sent us a new batch, tastes even better this time.¡±

    He Bai felt he was so doted now, he went even further, ¡°I want none of that, I want hawthorn snacks, now.¡±

    Hearing that, Di Qiuhe took his car key and left his seat.

    He Bai was dumbfounded, he didn¡¯t realize Di Qiuhe was actually really going out to get hawthorn snacks for him until he saw Di Qiuhe opened the door, he stopped Di Qiuhe, looking outside of the window, it was snowing! He asked Di Qiuhe toe back.

    ¡°Anything else you are craving?¡± Di Qiuhe walked back and asked him gently.

    He Bai flipped him on the forehead.

    Di Qiuhe leaned closer to him to make it easier for He Bai to flip him.

    A, looked like Di Qiuhe was really startled by the way He Bai suffered a fever that night, and he was trying everything to make up for that.

    He Bai squeezed Di Qiuhe¡¯s face and seated him on the sofa, he wrapped his legs around Di Qiuhe and started to kiss him.

    Di Qiuhe did not see thating, he started to kiss He Bai back after a few seconds.

    He Bai started to undress him.

    Di Qiuhe tried hard to not give He Bai any more response other than kissing, he just asked, ¡°Don¡¯t feel like hawthorn snacks any more?¡±

    He Bai looked at him in the eye and shook his head, and he went upstairs to the bedroom.

    Di Qiuhe was so turned on by He Bai, ahhh, his puppy now was getting so good at this now......

    Five minutester, He Bai went downstairs with a blushed face, seeing Di Qiuhe put his clothes back on, he darted Di Qiuhe a re, ¡°Sit on the sofa.¡±

    ¡°Why is your face so red? Is it the fever?¡± asked Di Qiuhe concernedly, he covered He Bai with a nket, ¡°I¡¯ll call the GP now.¡±

    He Bai stopped him and pulled him on the sofa, he threw himself on Di Qiuhe, oveing all the shyness, he started to tantalized Di Qiuhe.

    The two soon got undressed.

 Chapter 191 - A New Chapter (2)

    <h4>Chapter 191: A New Chapter (2)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Di Qiuhe¡¯s Adam¡¯s Apple moved up and down, he started to sweat. He raised his hands to pat He Bai¡¯s shoulders, while he hesitated when he felt the warmth on He Bai¡¯s body and he pushed He Bai away gently, ¡°Bai, I think we¡¯d better call the GP to run a routine check on you, if you are okay, we can conti...¡±

    ¡°Shut up!¡±

    He Bai bit Di Qiuhe on the hand and put Di Qiuhe¡¯s hand on his body, he said, ¡°I told you I¡¯m all better!¡± With that he made one more move, ripped off Di Qiuhe¡¯sst piece of clothes.

    Di Qiuhe caught hold of He Bai on the waist, this went surprisingly well, Qiuhe already had done some mental preparation, maybe tonight was not the night and such. However, the table had turned, now he was wild with joy.

    While Di Qiuhe was having his moment, He Bai sighed in frustration, he was not a fan of this position, he bit Di Qiuhe on the earlobe, ¡°Let¡¯s try a new position, I¡¯m not having a good time now, you¡¯d better give it to me good, otherwise you will be dumped.¡±

    Hearing that, Di Qiuheforted He Bai on the back, he rolled He Bai who was sitting on him over and pressed him on the sofa, showering him with kisses gently, ¡°No way, I¡¯m not going anywhere, I¡¯m yours.¡±

    Half an hourter...

    Di Qiuhe covered He Bai with a nket, he scrambled up and wiped He Bai with warm water, after he cleaned the sofa he returned with a warm drink for He Bai.

    He Bai enjoyed the warm drink and fiddled with Di Qiuhe¡¯s abs, he coaxed him, ¡°Good stuff,keep the momentum.¡±

    Di Qiuhe was a bit turned on by He Bai¡¯s tone, yet he suppressed the lust and said, ¡°Puppy, we¡¯d better listen to the doctor and get intimate a week after...¡±

    ¡°Were you having a good time just now?¡±

    What a straightforward question, Di Qiuhe nodded while blushing.

    ¡°How about not getting intimate for the rest of our lives, we can just touch each other¡±, He Bai ripped off his cor and acted all greasy, like a little punk making moves on an innocent girl.

    Di Qiuhe went silent.

    ¡°No, no, I could not sumb to lust, puppy¡¯s health is my priority¡±, thought Di Qiuhe.

    He Bai continued, ¡°If you are having such a hard time deciding, I guess I can only find myself someone else.¡±

    ¡°No way,¡± Di Qiuhe gritted his teeth, ¡°do not even think about it.¡±

    He Bai looked at him in the eye, ¡°Then why the long speech, you were enjoying it so much, why put on all that act? I want fish porridge, now.¡±

    Di Qiuhe¡¯s body stiffened a bit, he put down the water cup on hand and went to the kitchen.

    ¡°And tomorrow go to work, no more leaves!¡±

    Hearing what He Bai just said, Di Qiuhe turned back.

    He Bai asked, ¡°You have a different opinion?¡±

    Di Qiuhe read between the lines, and asked knowingly, ¡°Would you like some veggies in the porridge?¡±

    He Bai patted the nket and said, ¡°Yes please, the porridge tastes better with some veggie.¡±

    ¡°All righty, I¡¯m on it, just call me if you need anything.¡±

    ¡°Yeah.¡±

    He Bai somehow flopped down on the sofa andughed.

    To return to the wedding ceremony, Yi Jie messaged He Bai, the guests were all there, the ceremony were to begin.

    He Bai went through the photos Yi Jie sent, so many celebrities, there were even several fresh meat celebrities who had affairs with Jin Qunya. He Bai put down his phone, eximing about this, what a broad-minded person the bride was! Jin Qunya¡¯s family members were present too, except her kids.

    Compared to Jin Qunya, Di Bian¡¯s family members were not many. He had three kids, but one had a fallout with him, one was not even his biological kid, the other one was forbidden toe by Qin Li.

    Di Bian¡¯s guests were mainly his business partners, if not them, He Bai thought the number of Di Bian¡¯s guests would be pathetically small.

    Half an hourter, the bride showed up together with the groom.

    Exquisite wedding gown, delicate makeup, Jin Qunya was still quite beautiful if you didn¡¯t take a closer look...

    He Bai looked at Jin Qunya¡¯s belly in the gown, wasn¡¯t she pregnant, but howe the belly was so t.

    Di Qiuhe served the porridge now, he stirred the porridge and picked a piece of fish meat for He Bai, seeing He Bai were so focused on the screen, he leaned over and took a look and looked away instantly.

    He Bai ate the fish meat and squinted at Di Qiuhe, ¡°Do you think Qin Li will let them have the ceremony smoothly? Will she throw big drama? Will she ask her son to do it?¡±

    Di Qiuhe smiled and picked one more piece for him, ¡°Qin Li is too proud to do anything like that, she won¡¯t get her own hands dirty.¡±

    He Bai chewed the fish meat and asked, ¡°How¡¯s she gonna do it then?¡±

    ¡°Two possibilities.¡± Di Qiuhe rubbed He Bai¡¯s lips and left a kiss, ¡°Qin Li will think about ways to embarrass Di Bian, chances are she would either spread scandals of Huangdu or Jin Qunya.¡±

    He Bai was so intrigued that he rejoined, ¡°Which one is more likely to happen?¡±

 Chapter 192 - A New Chapter (3)

    <h4>Chapter 192: A New Chapter (3)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    ¡°I¡¯d say fifty-fifty.¡± Di Qiuhe pulled He Bai in his arms and fed him porridge, ¡°Depends on how Qin Li feels about Di Bian, if she still has feelings for Di Bian, she would dig dirt on Jin Qunya, if otherwise, she would target on Huangdu.¡±

    ¡°Target on Huangdu?¡± He Bai nestled in Di Qiuhe¡¯s arms, ¡°What are there to target on?¡±

    ¡°Only too many, both on finance and management.¡± Di Qiuhe rubbed He Bai¡¯s belly, ¡°Qin Li had worked at Huangdu for well over a decade now, she knows all the dirt, if she made up her mind to drag Huangdu down, Di Bian is gonna have a hard time for sure.¡±

    He Bai now was sofy, he yawned, ¡°What a cat fight they throw themselves into, why do they even bother, they are wealthy enough to live a happy life, why are they so calcting...¡±

    ¡°Yeah, there are people who are greedy and they end up being ves to lust and greed.¡±

    Di Qiuhe patted He Bai on his head, while He Bai falling asleep, and he saw a new pic that Yi Jie sent, police officers showed up at the wedding...

    Next morning after making sure He Bai was not in a fever, Di Qiuhe went to work. He Bai logged on Weibo to continue browsing the updates about the wedding.

    It was all over the inte, He Bai was so satisfied seeingizens were so passionate on the gossips of Di family.

    Just as Di Qiuhe had predicted, Qin Li did not show up herself, she hid behind the curtains and she made moves against both the groom and the bride.

    Police officers broke into the wedding, arresting Di Bian on the charge of financial problems and forcing others into prostitution. Several of his business partners and Huangdu celebrities were also implicated.

    Followed by that was Jin Qunya¡¯s scandal online.

    It turned out Jin Qunya was a gambler, and that was why her ex-husband divorced her. After the divorce, she soon squandered the wealth she got on gambling, she was deep in debt ever since.

    While Di Bian was kept in dark about that, he got misled and thought Jin Qunya was actually a sessful business woman, and he was the one who was going through a financial problem, so he calcted and approached her. Jin Qunya, on the other hand, was desperate to find someone to save her from debt, therefore, the two clicked.

    So ironic neither of the two ended up with what they were looking for.

    Di Bianpletely was reduced to aughing stock.

    Going through the posts online, He Bai frowned, why Qin Li made such a heartless move, Di family could never recover from this one. If Huangdu went bankrupt, it would do no good to her son, Di Xiasong.

    While he was lost in thought, Di Qiuhe texted him from the set.

    The reason why Qin Li resorted to such a move was because she married Zeng Peizhong secretly, she aimed to help her husband to encroach Huangdu of her ex-husband.

    He Bai was simply speechless.

    If his memory served him right, Zeng Peizhong hated Qin Li and Di Xiasong. Why did he marry Qin Li? And she helped Zeng Peizhong to trap her ex-husband?

    Another text came, Zeng Peizhong was diagnosed with cancer, and Qin Li was so touched that she wanted to so something for him.

    He Bai put his phone away, full of disgust. It still baffled him why Qin Li did all that.

    Di Qiuhe¡¯s text came again, Qin Li was intimidated by the fake news that Jin Qunya was pregnant. She was so desperate that she wanted to snatch everything from Di Bian for her new family.

    He Bai frowned seeing this text and all of a sudden he was sick of this farce, he texted back: Qiuhe, just work hard and earn more money, I¡¯m expensive.

    Di Qiuhe soon replied: Sure I will.

    He Bai smiled.

    Unlike Di family and Huangdu, Di Qiuhe¡¯s career was now taking off.

    Jiang Guanshan and his team decided to premiere Cheng¡¯s Army on the 1st of May. An official Weibo ount of suddenly captivated everyone with 3 posters.

    That was such a different style, it was fierce and tense! Unlike the popr romantic style that dominated the movie market, the three posters were: A close-up of the male lead ¡ª Cheng Jun, a group photo, and a view of Cheng Jun¡¯s back on the battle field.

    That was still Di Qiuhe, but that was a different Di Qiuhe, such different aura! It was like he was possessed by a soldier named Cheng Jun.

    Followed by the posters was a trailer of the movie.

    What first met the audience¡¯s eye was Cheng Jun standing in a phone booth, then the background was shattered into pieces by an explosion......

    Such an intriguing plot, such well-designed fighting movement, this was a movie where despair met hope...

    Everyone was stunned and all of a sudden, everyone was talking about the movie.

    The posters and the trailer both went viral in the afternoon, theizens could not wait to see the movie.

    It was so different from any other movie on the market now.

    Jiang Guanshan the director together with Di Qiuhe the male lead were both heatedly discussed.

    He Bai browsed thements online, and he reposted the Weibo that he posted to celebrate Di Qiuhe¡¯s birthdayst year and wrote: This is the new chapter for you, Di Qiuhe,e on now.

    He Bai was now well aware, it was Di Qiuhe¡¯s era from now on.

 Chapter 193 - Mwah~ (1)

    <h4>Chapter 193: Mwah~ (1)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Cheng¡¯s Army was heatedly discussed for a whole week, the news made to the top of the ranking followed by the news of Di Bian getting arrested.

    Theizens all eximed how dramatic this was, the father was thrown into jail, and the son who he abandoned was now taking off.

    People were still discussing about the farce of Di Bian and Jin Qunya, Qin Li was still hatching her big n, while He Bai hadpletely lost interest in neither of them.

    He Bai got his curriculum for this semester, there were many practical courses added, looked like He Bai needed to get a few more certificates.

    He Bai, in hisst life, listened to his teachers and got all the certificates he needed at his senior year, in this life, he still needed all those certificates, while he decided to get all the certificates done in this semester, including the ones required in the next year, he liked to get it all done quick.

    The counselor was a bit shocked hearing He Bai¡¯s n, even though he knew what He Bai had achieved within a short year, he still said, ¡°He Bai, I know you are a hard worker and are blessed with crazy talent, but certificates aren¡¯t that easy to get. You are graduating next year, I suggest you take it slow, would you reconsider it?¡±

    He Bai replied in an earnest manner, ¡°I¡¯ve put a lot of thoughts into it, I think I can handle it, I figured if I get all the certificates done this semester, I would be more free to work in practice next year, otherwise it would be hard for me to juggle between work and study next year.¡± He had got all the certificatesst life, so he was confident he could get them in this semester with a bit extra hard work.

    Seeing how confident He Bai was, the counselor was aware that there was nothing he could do to change He Bai¡¯s mind so he nodded and agreed, he said, ¡°There is one certificate exam next month, I will sign you up with the seniors. And I¡¯ve signed the application form you submitted for living off campus, but we will keep the dormitory for you, good luck with everything.¡±

    He Bai was a bit surprised the counselor approved his application, he replied with joy, ¡°Thank you so much, sir, I¡¯ll work hard.¡±

    The counselor smiled too seeing He Bai¡¯s contagious smile, they had a small talk, and he suddenly alighted on a form on the desk, he asked, ¡°He Bai, I heard your professor mentioning you are good at scenery photos?¡±

    He Bai was now back to his dormitory with an application form for ¡°International Art Festival for Uni Students¡±. He could not make up his mind.

    He once took part in ¡°International Art Festival for Uni Students¡± in hisst life, as a judge though. And now the counselor asked him to take part in the festival as a contender, he didn¡¯t feel fair. Yet he had a hard time turning the counselor down, after all the counselor was showing appreciation to him.

    He Bai was torn, he wanted to y it fair yet he could not say no to his counselor.

    He Bai paid no attention to such events when he was in unist life, all he could recall was there was an alumni won a third prize in an international artpletion, the piece was archived by a museum, the alumni was awarded a great schrship by the school.

    He remembered it vaguely the international artpletion was this art festival his counselor suggest him take part in. The year when he presented as a judge in hisst life, Q University was rewarded nothing...

    When it came to art, it was no Q University¡¯s forte.

    The counselor of course wanted He Bai to take part in it and win something for the university.

    If this was elevated to a level concerning the pride of the university, he could not say no. He loved his university. But he refused to y a foul y, he, had 10 years more experience than other contenders after all...

    He frowned and was in deep thoughts, the posters on theptop screen suddenly inspired him.

    Wait, wait, there seemed to be a perfect solution for this.

    He was indeed good at taking scenery photos and he was experienced on it, but he was still a green hand in portrait with merely half a year experience. If he took part in thepetition using portraits, he was ying a fair game then.

    That was the best solution he coulde up with at the moment.

    With that in mind, he logged on the website and filled in the forms online.

    The deadline was half a monthter, which meant he still had half a month to select his work for thepetition, he browsed all the models he had worked with and he shook his head.

    Atst he decided to go outsideter and take snaps of strangers on the street.

    With this mind, he checked the email sent by Li Ru, that was his work schedule he supposed.

 Chapter 194 - Mwah~ (2)

    <h4>Chapter 194: Mwah~ (2)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    C Magazine had sent a copy of the official contract, just like they had agreed verbally. Considering cover shooting was not a time-consuming job, and after some calcting on yield to output ratio, he asked Li Ru to take the job for him. The cover shooting for A Magazine was approaching, it was not a hard job and it was a one time thing, so he did not count that into his whole n. And next was the street snaps for Liu Lange... he checked the appointed time, it was on Valentine¡¯s Day...

    Spring Festival this year was in January, Di Qiuhe went shooting his new drama after Lantern¡¯s Festival, everything was going on smoothly, it slipped He Bai¡¯s mind that Valentine¡¯s Day was actually just around the corner.

    And it was their first Valentine¡¯s Day, they might not be able to celebrate it together.

    His ssmates all felt the course a bit too basic, they were either looking for part-tome jobs, or studying for further education, or studying for the certificates.

    Just likest life, Wang Hu decided to go back to his hometown for a career, Chen Jie decided to pursue further education, Niu Junjie, the rich kid who was just looking for fun when he picked his major, now that he and Zheng Ya were in a rtionship, he decided to study more and shoulder more responsibilities in the future, he was studying finance as a second major so he could work at his familypany after graduation.

    Everyone now was working hard for themselves, He Bai felt like time passed even faster when everyone had a clear goal.

    News about Huangdu and Di Bian were not popr any more, while Jin Qunya was still heatedly discussed online, a Z-list fresh meat celebrity once allegedly ¡°dated¡± her revealed that she had done sterilization operation long ago, no way she was pregnant.

    Soon after that, Di Bian announced he had canceled their engagement.

    They had a wedding ceremony, but they were not a married couple legally. Di Bian kept an ace up his sleeve, he didn¡¯t carry out the legal process before Jin Qunya actually gave birth to the child, more importantly, to make sure it was a boy.

    This couple just broke up like that, leaving everyone dumbfounded, especially the celebrities who had attended their wedding.

    Di Bian was bailed out thanks to hiswyer team, while Qin Li showed up by his side taking good care of him, she also helped to handle this crisis that Huangdu was undergoing, very touching.

    Soon news had it that Di Bian and Qin Li, just as the saying went, ¡°misfortune tests the sincerity of couples¡±, were going back together.

    The Feb issue of C Magazine, the one Di Qiuhe and Yi Jie shot the cover, went on market, people just eximed, Di Qiuhe was a born actor, he gave such different vibe than his new movie .

    Di Qiuhe¡¯a career was really taking off, the watch campaign of Wild Bull a couple months ago was a hit, and C Magazine was now on market, he was also shooting a new drama, he was absolutely smashing it, he was only doing better without Huangdu.

    He Bai logged out of Weibo, he got goose bumps reading thements of Di Qiuhe¡¯s fans, he leaned forward and asked the driver, ¡°Xu Qing, are we about to arrive?¡±

    ¡°Five more minutes.¡±Xu Qing answered, and he continued, ¡°Master He and Master Di are indeed close friends, you are rushing to his shooting set right after you finished your job.¡±

    He Bai smiled and said nothing.

    s, he was noting to visit, he was courting death for he would tell Di Qiuhe that he could not celebrate Valentine¡¯s Day with Di Qiuhe this night.

    It was pitch dark when they arrived the shooting set, Di Qiuhe was already waiting at the gate, he marched towards them as soon as he saw the car, he jumped in the car and hugged He Bai, the next second he showered He Bai with kisses.

    Xu Qing looked sideways knowingly.

    Di Qiuhe then pinched He Bai on his cheek, ¡°Why do you decide toe all of a sudden, it¡¯s so far away from your uni, what if the car doesn¡¯t work properly halfway? I can always go visit you if you miss me.¡±

    ¡°Why would a car fail to work halfway?¡± He Bai nestled in his arms, he touched Di Qiuhe¡¯s face and said, ¡°Have you been waiting for us for long, your face is so cold.¡±

    ¡°No, not long.¡± Di Qiuhe caught hold of He Bai¡¯s hand, he asked with a smile, ¡°Have you eaten? I found a really nice restaurant here, let¡¯s try?¡±

    Seeing how happy Di Qiuhe was, He Bai who was going to ask more questions suddenly changed his mind and nodded, ¡°Yay, let¡¯s go.¡±

    That was such a happy meal, He Bai, had for several times given up on confessing the fact that he was not could not celebrate Valentine¡¯s Day with him, look how happy Di Qiuhe was now.

    All right, let him have a good night first, he deserved it.

    Di Qiuhe pouted as soon as they left the restaurant.

    ¡°Call me after you get to your dormitory safe.¡± Di Qiuhe straightened He Bai¡¯s scarf and frowned, ¡°Tell the driver safety first, and I asked for leave from the the director to celebrate Valentine¡¯s Day with you, he approved.¡±

    Hearing that, He Bai¡¯s smile went stiff, he promptly lowered his head pretending he was grooming his sleeves, then he looked at Di Qiuhe in the eye, ¡°I asked Laoda to cover for me tomorrow morning at ss.¡±

    Di Qiuhe was stunned, and his eyes sparkled, he asked, ¡°What does that mean?¡±

    ¡°It means...¡± He Bai pulled his scarf up to cover his face, and he replied in a low voice, ¡°It means I can stay for the night.¡±

    They were standing right in front of a restaurant, it was not the best ce to disy affection, Di Qiuhe suppressed his lust, he only squeezed He Bai¡¯s hand, ¡°Great, I¡¯ll book a hotel room for Xu Qing, he can drive you to school tomorrow morning.¡±

    He Bai nodded and squeezed Di Qiuhe¡¯s hand.

    They went back to the hotel and booked a room for Xu Qing.

 Chapter 195 - Mwah~ (3)

    <h4>Chapter 195: Mwah~ (3)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    As the male lead of this drama, plus he was rich himself, Di Qiuhe¡¯s room was actually a suite on different floor with other actors, this time he did not want any fabricated love affair with anyone on the crew.

    ¡°Once bitten, twice shy, you are worried there¡¯s a Dong Ni in this crew, aren¡¯t you?¡± He Bai couldn¡¯t help butugh.

    Di Qiuhe pulled him in the room right after he pushed the door open and he couldn¡¯t wait to leave a kiss mark on his lips, ¡°Who am I doing all this for?¡±

    He Bai raised his lips and kissed him back.

    Absence made the heart grow fonder, the two soon got excited, when they were about to get to business, Di Qiuhe stopped, he said, ¡°No. I didn¡¯t know you were staying for the night, I have nothing here, I cannot hurt you.¡±

    He Bai pulled Di Qiuhe by the ear and jerked his chin at his bag, ¡°I¡¯ve got everything in my bag, now continue.¡±

    That was just like the biggest encouragement, Di Qiuhe kissed him hard and got his bag.

    The two went a bit wild, they exercised till midnight, He Bai was too exhausted to even lift a finger, he tried so hard to keep his eyes open, thinking about when should he mention what had been in his mind.

    Di Qiuhe sat up and kissed him on his back, coaxed, ¡°You can go to sleep, I¡¯ll wake you up tomorrow morning.¡±

    Di Qiuhe¡¯s voice was the best luby, He Bai was so rxed that he fell asleep right away.

    Making sure his puppy had fallen asleep, Di Qiuhe went to the bathroom and got some warm water to wipe and clean for He Bai, then he got changed and cuddled He Bai to sleep.

    Next morning, Di Qiuhe got up early and order room service for He Bai, then he went to Xu Qing to tell him drive safely. After that, he went to the shooting scene in high spirits.

    He was in such a great mood the whole morning, he kept thinking had puppy woken up yet, had puppy arrived school yet...

    During his break, he took his phone from Wang Boyi, he was thunderstruck after reading the messages from He Bai.

    He Bai: Childish Di, sorry I¡¯m flying off to M Country, doing street snaps for He Bai, be back in a week, I¡¯ll make it up for Valentine¡¯s Day, work hard, Mwah~

    Mwah~ Mwah my ass! They were not going to celebrate Valentine¡¯s Day together, their first Valentine¡¯s Day together?! Puppy would be with that Liu Lange on Valentine¡¯s Day?

    Thinking about how enthusiastic He Bai wasst night, Di Qiuhe clenched hard on his phone.

    He thought all that enthusiasm was because puppy missed him too much, and he was too shy to say it out, so he put it in action. It was not the way he thought it was! Puppy was giving him carrotst night only because he was going to give him a stick this day.

    Puppy was so spoiled! Di Qiuhe only got a text on the very day when puppy was flying off.

    Di Qiuhe was mad! Furious! He thought about spanking puppy the next time he saw puppy. He was even tempted to go to the airport and get him.

    Wang Boyi said, ¡°Master He came to the setting before he left, he stared at you for so long on the corner, here¡¯s some snacks he gave you.¡±

    He Bai took the snack box.

    ¡°This is an audio message he left you.¡± Wang Boyi handed him a recording pen.

    Di Qiuhe now felt better.

    Wang Boyi kept digging his pocket, ¡°Here, in this memory card there¡¯s a video in it, Master He said it was a video he recorded for you for Valentine¡¯s Day, he also told me to record you on set and keep him updated.¡±

    Di Qiuhe now was feeling much better, he said like he wasining, ¡°He is the one who once told me not to record carelessly, in case people find out, but look who is recording audio and video now...¡±

    Wang Boyi saw him through, Master Di was overjoyed by the gesture, yet he pulled a long face and pretended to be mad, he nodded, ¡°Yeah, Master He was being careless.¡±

    ¡°I beg your pardon?¡± Di Qiuhe frowned, ¡°Bai is the most careful and thoughtful person I have ever known, there¡¯s only one exnation, you are going to tell other people about this.¡±

    ¡°No, I wouldn¡¯t dare!¡± Wang Boyi stepped back and said, ¡°I mean, how nice is Master He.¡±

    Di Qiuhe¡¯s unknitted his eyebrows, ¡°Yeah, he is really nice.¡± He touched the snack box and thought about the text, perplexed.

    Di Qiuhe: Mwah~ I¡¯ll be waiting for you at home.

    It was no big deal they were not celebrate the first Valentine¡¯s Day together, there were so many Valentine¡¯s Day toe, he was not mad at that. Wait, was it possible that Di Qiuhe was mad at that Liu Lange, or, to be urate, he was actually a bit jealous?

    He Bai took off his heavy coat afternding at M Country, that was a long flight, especially when there was a crying baby in the cabin.

    Liu Lange also looked a bit tired, he took the same car with He Bai and exined the schedule for the following week.

    They would rest on the first day, shoot street snaps on the second day, runway on the third and fourth day, brand events on the fifth and sixth day, and home time on the seventh day.

    Hmm, looked like He Bai was going to be busy the whole week.

    He Bai kept taking notes and asking detailed questions.

    Liu Lange was happy to see his photographer with such a great work attitude, he couldn¡¯t help but notice the phone He Bai used, ¡°Seems like a really old phone, I guess it¡¯s of great sentimental value to you.¡±

    ¡°Yeah, kind of.¡±He Bai smiled and touched his phone, ¡°I used this model when I was broke, and a dummy lost my phone, I was so mad, he bought me a new one as apologizing.¡±

    Liu Lange heard the affection in He Bai¡¯s tone, he replied with a smile, ¡°You must be very close with this dummy friend, old phones like this one you are using must have stopped production, your friend must have put great efforts getting a same model than buying a regr new phone, let alone the money.¡±

    ¡°Yeah, I¡¯m very close with this dummy.¡± He Bai chuckled and put his phone away.

    Liu Lange changed the topic knowingly, they started to talk about M Country.

 Chapter 196 - Happy Valentineâ€™s Day (1)

    <h4>Chapter 196: Happy Valentine¡¯s Day (1)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Street snaps were different from cover shooting, natural was the key, yet good street snaps were like covers to a degree, they were all with high quality. Street snaps, especially for those big brands, photographers must had the ability to look for the right timing and setting, and of course, they must be good at retouching too.

    Luckily, those requirements were all He Bai¡¯s forte, he was so good at picking the right timing and setting, his retouching skills only were too perfect from hisst life. This tight schedule now looked less tiring.

    They took several snaps as warm up in the morning, now the sun was too bright, they decided to take a break at a cafe, waiting for the afternoon and sunset.

    Finishing thest bite of his cheesecake, He Bai changed to work mode, he took out hisptop and began to retouch the snaps he just took for Liu Lange.

    He Bai upgraded his gear after he made some money, it was so worth it, now his working efficiency had improved a great deal. Jobs like this one particrly required him to retouch the photos as soon as possible, because Liu Lange¡¯s official ount would like to update his moments live, therefore, when everybody else was rxing and resting, he needed to work.

    Liu Lange and his assistant walked past He Bai, seeing his own face on the screen, Liu Lange was intrigued to watch the process, he sat next to He Bai and looked at how He Bai¡¯s hands moving swiftly on the keyboard.

    Liu Lange had worked with other numerous photographers, he had rarely seen one with such great speed and taste, especially this He Bai was so young, he had not even graduated yet. This young man, he was really something!

    Liu Lange eximed in his heart, a young genius He Bai was. He saw He Bai adjust the background shade and lighting, increasing some shade on the right corner, decreasing some shade on the left corner to make a more contrast effect. Liu Lange was so intrigued to see He Bai¡¯s work process, it was like witnessing a makeover, the quality soon became better.

    Liu Lange nodded in admiration. Good stuff!

    That was brilliant, if he had not seen the original photo, no way would he imagine the finished photo was retouched, it was so naturally done, natural was the best form of beauty. No wonder those women swarmed to book this He Bai, this young man would be somebody soon.

    ¡°Are you seeing anyone?¡±

    He Bai was still working on the photos, he blurted out hearing this question, ¡°Yeah, I stood him up on Valentine¡¯s day, gotta make up for it when Ie back.¡± With it he opened a new photo, then he realized what he had said and he froze on the spot.

    He turned looked at Liu Lange, emmm, when did this Liu Lange sit next to him?

    Liu Lange, on the other hand, sittingfortably and said, ¡°Haha, I¡¯ve only got too much experience on this field, a present, a surprise, and a little acting would do. They are all soft-hearted, my wife especially so.¡±

    ¡°Are you married, Mr. Liu?¡± He Bai was so surprised, he decided to forgive Liu Lange on asking a private question.

    ¡°Yes, I am, my wife isn¡¯t working in show business though, she wants to keep it low-key and doesn¡¯t allow me to announce it. I always feel like a boy toy who is having an affair with her.¡± Liu Lange was very open.

    While Liu Lange¡¯s team all shot a warning look at him after hearing he told He Bai this secret they had working so hard to hide, they all sighed in the heart, ¡°boss, is it that hard to keep your own secret?¡±

    ¡°Ah~¡±, replied He Bai, and he was quite amused by Liu Lange, he felt like Liu Lange leading a fabulous life in show business, while he was actually a husband who obeyed his wife sheepishly at home.

    Liu Lange ignored those warning looks, he continued ¡°I figured it¡¯s a good idea to tell more people that I¡¯m married, maybe one day someone would identally share it on an interview or something, then I can make a whole announcement about me and my wife. Speaking of which, He Bai, I heard you have a lot of Weibo followers, don¡¯t you?¡±

    He Bai looked at him, ¡°May I ask your wife¡¯s name?¡±

    Liu Lange saw He Bai was not offering help, he was a bit crestfallen, then he said a name known nationally for her outstanding contributions on space technology.

    ¡°May you a happy marriage, it¡¯s good to be a boy toy.¡± He Bai moved to a seat next to the window and he isted himself with several cushions and pillows.

    Wow, that woman working for the government, anyone spreading her privacy was merely courting death. That Liu Lange, so shrewd, how dare he think about using He Bai to spread the news.

    Seeing He Bai¡¯s reaction, Liu Lange eximed in his heart howe this young child knew who his wife is, he must have read a lot of news.

    He Bai buried himself in work. He got a call from Xu Qing that afternoon, asking him whether He Bai could buy some souvenirs for his mother, He Bai promised him happily and he noted it on his memo in case he forgot about it.

    Another half an hour had passed, the sun was slowly setting, He Bai was about to email Liu Lange¡¯s assistant the retouched photos when he felt someone was pounding the window.

    He raised his head and looked up.

 Chapter 197 - Happy Valentineâ€™s Day (2)

    <h4>Chapter 197: Happy Valentine¡¯s Day (2)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    That was one familiar figure on the other side of the window, one hand on the window as if he was trying to touch He Bai through the window, one hand in his pocket, there was also a suitcase by his foot. The person was a bit discernible for he was standing in his own light.

    ¡°Qiu...¡±

    He Bai¡¯s eyes now were wide open, he wanted to scream Di Qiuhe¡¯s name, yet he felt like there was something in his throat that he could not make any sound. The person on the other side of the window produced a rose from his pocket, a shame the petals were a bit withered and crinkled now, not that pretty.

    The person was aware of that too, he wanted to withdraw his hand.

    Seeing that, He Bai signaled him to stop.

    It so just happened a breeze came, the clouds above were drifting away, so the lighting became better, now Di Qiuhe¡¯s gorgeous face exposed.

    Perfect lighting, wless constructure, the red rose in Di Qiuhe¡¯s hand popped out even more under the contrast of the dark jacket he was wearing, his eyes were sparkling regardless of the long flight. He also looked so proud of himself for making this surprise trip work yet there was a touch of regret of ruining the rose on his face, so cute.

    Without hesitation, He Bai shot a snap.

    Click.

    Di Qiuhe felt shy and he soon lowered his head, put the rose back into his pocket, pretending he was enjoying the scenery.

    He Bai smiled and he took a few more snaps, amid the curious stare of Liu Lange¡¯s team, He Bai left the cafe. He ran to Di Qiuhe and caught hold of his arm, he took Di Qiuhe to the alley near the cafe gave him a proper hug there, He Bai felt his heart was pounding, he asked promptly, ¡°Oh my, what are you doing here Childish Di? Aren¡¯t you supposed to be working? Howe you know I¡¯m here? How long have you been here?¡±

    Di Qiuhe was a bit overwhelmed by He Bai¡¯s questions and enthusiasm, he hugged He Bai and smelt the familiar smell of his puppy, Di Qiuhe had so much to say before he saw He Bai, now he could not utter a word, he just lowered his head and kissed He Bai, feverishly.

    Thest shred of reason reminded He Bai that it was not proper to get intimate here, there were too many passers-by, but how could he resist Di Qiuhe¡¯s kisses.

    In the cafe, Liu Lange had a dry cough to have his team member¡¯s attention, he tried to cover for Di Qiuhe and He Bai, ¡°Hmm, looks like Mr. He ran into a close friend, let him have a moment alone, and guys, keep working, we are not finished yet.¡±

    His team withdrew their curious stares, looking at Liu Lange¡¯s friendly yet warning looks, everyone knew they¡¯d better stop being so curious.

    After making sure it was all clear now, Liu Lange asked for some balloons from the staff in the cafe, he then tied these balloons on a small stool, he put the chair at the entrance of the alley, giving the love birds a little bit privacy.

    Kids these days...

    He smacked his lips leaning on the wall, then he called his beloved wife, yup, voice mail again...

    Damn those researches! Damn Valentine¡¯s Day!

    Goodman Liu Lange now was blue.

    He Bai now nestling on Di Qiuhe¡¯s arms, the balloons dancing by the breeze caught his attention and heughed.

    Di Qiuhe also noticed those balloons, he scratched He Bai¡¯s hair, ¡°What are youughing at?¡±

    ¡°I wonder who put the balloons there, such a nice guy.¡± He Bai looked at him, and left another kiss on his lips, ¡°This is such a pleasant surprise, how long can you stay with me?¡±

    ¡°Two days.¡± Di Qiuhe patted He Bai¡¯s back gently, and he suddenly said in a serious tone, ¡°You are working on our first Valentine¡¯s Day, and you told mest minute, you owe me one.¡±

    ¡°Yes, I owe you one, I promise I¡¯ll make it up to you.¡± He Bai now was wild with joy, he gave Di Qiuhe another kiss, then his hands travelled down to Di Qiuhe¡¯s pocket where he fetched the rose.

    Seeing puppy got the withering rose, Di Qiuhe wanted to get it back.

    ¡°Mine now.¡± He Bai touched the petals and put the rose into his own pocket, then he held Di Qiuhe¡¯s hand, ¡°Have you eaten yet? Shall we find you something to eat first?¡±

    Di Qiuhe, on one hand, wanted to get the rose back, on the other hand, he didn¡¯t want to let go of He Bai¡¯s hand, he was torn.

    He Bai pretended he had not seen the struggle in Di Qiuhe¡¯s eyes, he lowered his body to get Di Qiuhe¡¯s suitcase, and they walked to the entrance of the alley. He Bai untied the balloons on the stool, then he took Di Qiuhe to the cafe.

    He Bai told the staff there he was done with the stool and he tipped the staff well, then he exchanged a look with Liu Lange as a thank you.

    Di Qiuhe felt a bit jealous, he turned He Bai, ¡°Why are you staring at someone else?¡±

    He Bai flipped Di Qiuhe on the forehead, ¡°Because it was him who put the balloons there, and by the way, Mr. Liu is married, just behave yourself, no more jealousy.¡±

    ¡°Who is jealous?¡± Di Qiuhe retorted with such a big smile that he failed to hide, he tied the balloons in a corner, and he secretly caught hold of He Bai¡¯s hand under the table, he squeezed and squeezed and squeezed, ¡°What¡¯s the n tomorrow?¡±

    ¡°Going to the show with Liu Lange, gotta take a few snaps of him wearing the brand and retouch a few photos to post on his official ount, not super busy.¡±

    Hearing that, Di Qiuhe frowned, He Bai felt guilty, ¡°Just get some rest in the hotel tomorrow, get over with the jet leg, I¡¯ll get you after I finish, yeah?¡±

    ¡°No, I¡¯ll be with you the whole day.¡± Di Qiuhe lowered his head and said in a low voice, ¡°Tomorrow is Valentine¡¯s Day, of course I¡¯m going to spend it with you.¡±

    He Bai¡¯ heart was melting.

    ¡°All right, all right, I¡¯ll ask Liu Langeter, just say you will be my assistant tomorrow.¡± He squeezed Di Qiuhe¡¯s finger, ¡°Hmm, do you know being my assistant, you need to carry my cameras and other equipment around, mind you they are very heavy.¡±

    Di Qiuhe looked at the huge bags He Bai signaled him, what met his eyes was a huge tripod, his face clouded, ¡°You¡¯ve been carrying all those things by yourself? Leave them to me, I¡¯ll hire you an assistant soon, Li Ru is busy herself too, it¡¯s necessary to hire you one more assistant who can go on trips with you.¡±

    He Bai burst intoughter, ¡°I¡¯m just messing with you, those equipment are Liu Lange and his team¡¯s, I don¡¯t need to lift a finger, and Liu Lange has been nothing but good to me, don¡¯t you worry about a thing.¡±

    Di Qiuhe locked He Bai¡¯s legs under the table and he looked directly into his eyes.

 Chapter 198 - Happy Valentineâ€™s Day (3)

    <h4>Chapter 198: Happy Valentine¡¯s Day (3)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    ¡°Let¡¯s get you something to eat first.¡± He Bai blushed crimson by Di Qiuhe¡¯s stare, he asked the waiter toe get Di Qiuhe¡¯s order. Yet Di Qiuhe still kept staring at him, He Bai excused himself and left the table.

    Di Qiuhe knew how shy his puppy could get, he just followed He Bai around with his stare, seeing He Bai was sending balloons todies and kids in the cafe, he alighted on a brilliant idea, he recorded that beautiful moment using He Bai¡¯s camera.

    He Bai took a few more photos of Liu Lange at dusk, and that was officially a wrap for the day.

    He Bai and Di Qiuhe ordered room service for dinner, Di Qiuhe showered and lied down while He Bai kept working on the photos he took in the evening. He didn¡¯t finish until 10 0¡¯clock when Di Qiuhe fell asleep after his long flight.

    He Bai yawned after he finally finished, he tucked Di Qiuhe in and went to shower. After the shower, he snuggled into Di Qiuhe¡¯s arms and they cuddled to sleep.

    He Bai was waken up by Di Qiuhe who was getting busy on him, He Bai held Di Qiuhe¡¯s hand and asked, ¡°You wake up so early, are you hungry at all?¡±

    Di Qiuhe kissed He Bai on his chest, he then grabbed He Bai¡¯s legs and kissed all the way up to his lips, ¡°Yes, I am hungry, but don¡¯t mind me, hey, I¡¯m having a buffet here.¡±

    ¡°A buffet? What buffet? Wait, what...¡± now He Bai was totally awake.

    Di Qiuhe smiled and coaxed, ¡°Yes, my buffet, all I can eat, good morning puppy, and also Happy Valentine¡¯s Day.¡±

    Well, He Bai was woken up this way, was he happy or not ??

    The whole team were heading off to the runway show after they had breakfast in the hotel restaurant, He Bai asked Di Qiuhe to carry all the heavy equipment.

    Seeing that, Liu Lange asked in a low voice, ¡°Hmm, really? Are you sure you want him to carry all that?¡±

    ¡°Any mercy to him will backfire at me.¡± He Bai answered indifferently, he rubbed his sore waist from the exercise in the morning. Then he couldn¡¯t help but re at his new assistant boy who only shot him a big bright smile in return.

    That Childish Di, now all beaming and innocent, who would think in bed he was like...

    He Bai withdrew his look, whipping Di Qiuhe¡¯s butt in his heart. While Di Qiuhe also withdrew his look, seeing that Liu Lange whispering to He Bai, he squinted his eyes.

    Runway show was a vanity fair in essence, He Bai, who still thought himself as a bumpkin, got a bit ufortable at the show, all those fancy outfits and shiny brands shing across his eyes, he just saw those models as walking dor signs.

    Di Qiuhe sneaked to him at intervals, Di Qiuhe rubbed him on his waist, ¡°Do you like it here, puppy?¡±

    ¡°No, hell no.¡± He Bai was enjoying the massage Di Qiuhe was giving him, he sat straight a bit and looked at the photos he just took, ¡°Honestly, I prefer the park near our house, where we can walk around cozily, so much better than putting on all these fancy brands andworking with people around you.¡±

    ¡°I prefer that lifestyle too.¡± Di Qiuhe replied gently, and he kept on massaging He Bai.

    Yet He Bai sensed Di Qiuhe was kissing his ass by saying that, he knew Di Qiuhe was born for this lifestyle, he was about to call him out when he noticed a middle-aged man was staring at them, or more urately, he was staring at Qiuhe.

    The middle-aged man noticed He Bai found him, he withdrew his stare and nodded at He Bai with a smile, then he looked at somewhere else.

    He just happened to look at Di Qiuhe, no big deal...

    He Bai told himself that, and he took Di Qiuhe to Liu Lange.

    After whole day¡¯s hard work, He Bai went back to the hotel to work on retouching, while Di Qiuhe was being so good, he just sat next to He Bai quietly, fed him some fruits from time to time, he kept himself entertained by reading some magazines.

    At 9 o¡¯clock that night, the door bell rang. He Bai asked Di Qiuhe to get the door him, ¡°That¡¯s my night snack, can you get it for me please?¡±

    Di Qiuhe put down the magazine in his hand and walked to the door.

    As soon as Di Qiuhe stood up, He Bai saved the photos he was working on and turned off theptop, and off he ran to the bathroom with a mysterious pouch that he organized when Di Qiuhe was in the bathroom.

    Di Qiuhe was so confused seeing no one in the room right after he got He Bai¡¯s snack, he knocked on the bathroom door, ¡°Why are you taking a shower all of a sudden? Do you want to have your snack first before it gets cold?¡±

    He Bai opened the door and snatched the bag in Di Qiuhe¡¯s hand and with it he closed the bathroom door.

    Di Qiuhe was amused by He Bai¡¯s behaviour, ¡°What¡¯s the rush? I¡¯m not having your food, don¡¯t worry, remember to bring out the garbageter.¡±

    There came a ¡°yes¡± vaguely from the bathroom.

    Several minutester, He Bai asked Di Qiuhe to bring his pajamas to the bathroom for him. Di Qiuhe again put down his magazine and knocked on the bathroom door.

    ¡°Come in, it¡¯s open.¡±

    Di Qiuhe opened the door.

    What was slowly unfolding in front of him was a floor covered with rose petals, Di Qiuhe was dumbfounded.

    And He Bai, who was hiding behind the door, suddenly hugged him from behind. Then he took him to the bathtub where two sses of wine sitting next to it, He Bai gave one ss to Di Qiuhe, and he held one, he took a sip and kissed Di Qiuhe deeply.

    Aromatic candles in the air, the man in his dreams was now in the tub wearing a white top now was soaking wet, quite a view he was seeing.

    Could he ask for more?

    Di Qiuhe got in the tut too, he pressed He Bai under him and said, ¡°Bai~¡±

    ¡°Happy Valentine¡¯s Day.¡± He Bai leaned closer and kissed him on his earlobe, he let out a breath in a naughty way, ¡°Enjoy the night, Childish Di.¡±

    Rtionship needed to to maintained, now that there was someone treated him with all hi heart, he was going to repay with nothing but the same.

    They had a lovely Valentine¡¯s Day, and He Bai¡¯s job finished smoothly.

    After He Bai got back to school, he clicked the photo he took of Di Qiuhe when he surprised him at the cafe, he zoomed in and lost in thought, he opened a retouching software and stared at the screen for a long time, he really did not know how to retouch the photo, so he gave up. He logged in the website of International Art Festival for Uni Student, uploaded the original photo of Di Qiuhe¡¯s.

 Chapter 199 - Qiu (1)

    <h4>Chapter 199: Qiu (1)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Time went by uneventfully for the two love birds. March was approaching, Huangdu, thanks to the joint efforts of Di Bian and Qin Li, was now taking a turn for the better, they somehow secured a huge amount of investments from an overseaspany, their copsing stock was stabilized by this cash flow.

    Paparazzo took photos of Qin Li visiting Di Bian, ording to them, this woman moved back to Di Mansion. Di Xiasong, whoid low for a long time now had involved in Huangdu, rumors had it that after the farce with Jin Qunya, Di Bian realized his blood Di Xiasong and his ex-wife Qin Li were the reliable, he decided to remarry Qin Li and entrust Di Xiasong to take over Huangdu.

    Meanwhile the movie now officially entered publicity period, teasers and fun snaps on the setting were posted on the official Weibo ount every day, the movie had been heatedly discussed byizen.

    Xing Shaofeng, who had recovered by now had officially taken his job, the first thing he had done was hiring several body guards for Di Qiuhe and He Bai, he nned to organize a whole team for Di Qiuhe in no time.

    It looked like every one was on the right track, everyone started to focus on no one else but themselves.

    However, what was underlying this was invisible wave.

    ¡°Thepany that invested in Huangdu is called Zhonglian, it is under Zeng Peizhong¡¯s name.¡± Di Qiuhe leaned on the sofa, he rubbed his head which was a bit itchy from the costume wigs he had wore recently, he then went on exining, ¡°It is true that Zeng Peizhong was diagnosed with cancer, he doesn¡¯t have long to live, but Qin Li doesn¡¯t know the whole picture, she was kept in the dark about the fact that after Zeng Peizhong was diagnosed with cancerst year when he had a fall out with Qin Li, he went abroad and had a surrogate baby.

    Rip.

    He Bai was so taken aback that he ripped the magazine in his hand, he asked Di Qiuhe on the other side of the phone in shock, ¡°He had a surrogate baby? Wait, wait, let me do the math, we met Zeng Peizhongst October, he went abroad and got it done after that, which means his baby now is....

    ¡°Four month pregnancy, due in five months and a bit. The doctor says Zeng Peizhong is suffering terminal cancer, he¡¯s only got six months or so to live.¡± Di Qiuhe answered straightforwardly, he thought about when he contacted Zeng Peizhongtely, Zeng Peizhong sounded so lifeless and he got emotional, then he added, ¡°Zeng told me he would try his best to live to the day when his baby is born and he will get everything arranged for his baby.¡±

    Hearing that, He Bai also went silent, recallingst time when he identally overheard Zeng Peizhong in the vi, his voice was already oddly hoarse, He Bai sighed and asked with concern, ¡°What on earth is his n? Why did he surrogate a baby at this point? He is still married with Qin Li, after he died, wouldn¡¯t his baby be in danger?¡±

    Di Qiuhe shook his head on the other side of the phone, he was also worried for the unborn little baby, ¡°I have no idea about his n about the baby to be honest, but at the moment he wants Qin Li to be actively involved in Huangdu, when thepany is fully within Qin Li¡¯s control, he would destroy it in person, he wants Qin Li to be devastated, he need to avenge. I figure he will divorce Qin Li and make his unborn baby the only inherit to his assets.¡±

    He Bai frowned. A baby, or more urately, an orphan baby with a huge amount of assets, such an easy target, unless Zeng Peizhong had other ns for it, it was no difference than amb stepped into a wolves cave, it remained a question mark whether the baby would grow up.

    What made it moreplicated was...

    ¡°Now that Zeng Peizhong and Qin Li had already got marriage certificate, they are legally husband and wife now, no way she could remarry Di Bian that easily, how can she take over Huangdu then? Is Di Bian stupid? Will he just stand and watch that happen? A shrewd and suspicious person Di Bian is, it¡¯s gonna be hard for Qin Li to really take control of Huangdu.¡±

    Di Qiuhe couldn¡¯t help but crack a smile listening to the tone of his puppy, he could picture puppy¡¯s face now, concern written all over his face, heforted He Bai gently, ¡°Qiuhe, Huangdu is founded by your grandfather after all, it¡¯s heartbreaking seeing your grandfather¡¯s hard work going through all this...¡±

    ¡°Huading is the real spirit of Huangdu, the Huangdu my grandfather would like to see.¡± Di Qiuhe appreciated He Bai¡¯s thoughts, he continued to exin, ¡°Grandfather told me before, he meant to name Huangdu Huading in the beginning, but back then grandmother thought the name Huading was a bit basic, and she was superstitious, so they named thepany Huangdu atst. Hmm, as time advances, we¡¯d better abandon those superstitious thoughts.¡±

    He Bai did not know about this, now he was rest assured, he leaned on the sofafortably, said in a delighted tone, ¡°I agree, let¡¯s grab some popcorn and watch some drama then.¡±

    The drama which was on stage sincest generation now finally about to finish at this generation.

    Zhonglian, the new investor of Huangdu, suddenly became petty after the first round of capital injection, which tied Di Bian and Qin Li in this matter, they were so busy negotiating with Zhonglia that they didn¡¯t have energy deal with any other business.

    While Huading, had already on the track of transformation when Huangdu was in deep trouble, they integrated their departments and made their teams more specific, and step by step they shifted their development focus on show business, and they poached several celebrities from Huangdu when thepany suffered scandals. What was more, they cooperated with the TV station and they were about to sponsor a talent show.

    After all those big moves, Huading also bought over several copyrights of famous novels and games, they were considering created hype using those big IP for the celebrities of their ownpany.

    And March passed by, a month looked uneventful but actually invisible waves kept rolling beneath the peace on the surface.

    Soon He Bai got the notification that his work made it to the quarter-final in ¡°International Art Festival for Uni Students¡± just as everyone had expected, and his work ranked the first among all the works made the cut.

 Chapter 200 - Qiu (2)

    <h4>Chapter 200: Qiu (2)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    On the same day He Bai got the notification, all the works that had made it to the quarter-final were disyed on the website , He Bai¡¯s work ranked first, which attracted the most hits.

    The contest was an international one, it surely attracted the attention world wide, university students from different countries, speaking differentnguages, growing up in different cultures all leftments in the forum, discussing their opinions on the works on the website, among which, He Bai¡¯s was the most discussesed one.

    Fan A : Wow, I used to find Asian men so unattractive, but this photo is definitely game-changer! I¡¯mpletely blown away! I think I¡¯m in love with his ck hair and his ck eyes, look at him!

    Fan B: The construction! The lighting! No! Please tell me this photo is retouched! For sure it is, yeah? But I cannot pinpoint which part, I don¡¯t know!

    Fan C: In spite of the confusing title of this work, I do get the photographer¡¯s intention, the person in the photographer¡¯s dreams is right there on the other side of the window, he is in the sunlight presenting the photographer a rose which he had kept in his pocket, yet he felt a bit embarrassed when he noticed the rose petals were a bit crinkled. The photographer is so lucky to fall in love with the guy in the photo, getting all his attention. Maybe this ss window is a symbol of the barrier between them, maybe it represents some prejudice, it represents other people¡¯s bias, but all that is not gonna stop my love and yearning for you, I came all the way just for you, I give you not only the rose but also myself... Oh my, I have tears in my eyes! Please be happy, I ship this couple! Just break this damn ss window. Break it!

    Fan D: Take it easy, Fan C, you are getting carried away, aren¡¯t you? But I gotta admit, this photo is not retouched, the photographer is the whole package, the construction, the lighting, the timing, the emotion he aimed to capture and convey, spot on! Such a wless photo, well-deserved a high ranking! Looking forward to seeing his work in the finals.

    A random fan: What? Isn¡¯t this Di Qiuhe in the photo? Qiuhe? Qiuqiu? Look at the title, it¡¯s Qiuqiu! But why is he in the photo? What¡¯s the story behind it? Step back, all of you, he is mine! Mine!

    This photo raised heated discussion online, soon it went viral online, including the social media domestically, yet the two had no clue about this at all. Di Qiuhe and He Bai were about to head off to pay respect to He Bai¡¯s parents tomb.

    He Bai put the invitation to the finals into his bag and walked to the closet room, looking at Di Qiuhe who was so perplexed staring at his wardrobe, ¡°Childish Di, you know the flight waits for no one, tick tock, we are going to miss it if you don¡¯t hurry.¡±

    Di Qiuhe looked at him in a serious manner, ¡°But you haven¡¯t told me what color your parents like the best yet.¡±

    ¡°...... They like all the colors, but what they don¡¯t like is a person who iste.¡± He Bai pulled his ace card.

    Hearing that, Di Qiuhe sprang up from the floor and he grabbed two suits that he recently purchased and carefully packed them in his suitcase. Then he carried He Bai on his shoulder, ¡°Off we go then, we are not going to risk it, what if we really miss the flight, hmm, the price is too high, I don¡¯t wanna bete.¡±

    He Bai did not see thating, he cried out in rm when he was picked up from the ground, ¡°Childish Di, put me down! Why are you carrying me on your shoulder? I can walk myself!¡±

    Di Qiuhe patted him on his butt cheek as a reply, then he marched downstairs with a suitcase in hand and He Bai on his shoulder.

    The two soon arrived at the airport, and luckily they did not miss their flight to He Bai¡¯s hometown.

    ¡°Let me have a look......¡± He Bai sat cozily covered in a nket after the ne took off, he was browsing the calender, ¡°We are going to spend a day at my hometown paying respects to my parents¡¯ tomb, but I have three days off, shall we go pay a visit to Zeng Peizhong after this? You and him had cooperated once, it¡¯s not good we are not paying him a visit when we are nearby, right?¡±

    Di Qiuhe nodded in agreement, ¡°Yeah, you have a point, he has been residing in a hot spring vi after he was diagnosed with cancer, looks like we can enjoy the hot springs when we pay a visit to him.¡± With it Di Qiuhe looked outside of the window.

    He Bai noted this on his calender, then he continued, ¡°Then let¡¯se directly to grandpa¡¯s after we visit Zeng Peizhong, grandpa didn¡¯t mention anything, but I bet he is desperate to pay a visit to your mom¡¯s tomb with you, I was genuinely surprised that grandpa booked us tickets to my hometown first, he wanted us to pay respects to my parents first.¡±

    Di Qiuhe looked at him gently, he reached out to hold He Bai¡¯s hands and exined, ¡°Mom¡¯s tomb is in B City, grandpa visits her tomb every week, but your case is different, you onlye back once a year on Tomb-Sweeping Day, grandpa understands this perfectly. Don¡¯t stress, grandpa is doing this because he cares for you.¡±

    ¡°I¡¯m not stressed.¡± He Bai held Di Qiuhe¡¯s hands too, seeing Di Qiuhe about to turn his head again, he burst outughing, and reached out to rub his neck, ¡°I¡¯ve noticed this since we got on the ne, you kept looking at that direction, what¡¯s going on? Your neck feels stiff? Did you sleep funnyst night?¡±

    Di Qiuhe withdrew his sight, and he leaned closer to He Bai so he could enjoy the neck massage better, he answered with a deep voice, ¡°Yeah, I slept funnyst night and now my neck is killing me.¡±

 Chapter 201 - Tomb-Sweeping Day (1)

    <h4>Chapter 201: Tomb-Sweeping Day (1)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    The twonded around noon, they checked in their hotel first thing after theynded and treated themselves to a nice meal. And now they were heading to He Bai¡¯s parents gravestone......

    ¡°What¡¯s the matter?¡± He Bai turned to look at Di Qiuhe who walked slower and slower.

    Di Qiuhe jerked his chin at his cor, sulking.

    He Bai noticed there was a drop of oil stain on Di Qiuhe¡¯s cor, the new suit that Di Qiuhe changed specially for this visit after they checked in the hotel. However, the stain was not that obvious.

    ¡°Don¡¯t worry, my parents wouldn¡¯t care.¡±

    Di Qiuhe looked at him with a serious expression, ¡°But I do, that¡¯sck of manners and respect if I show up like this in front of your parents for the first time together with you.¡±

    ¡°Hmm, my parents probably won¡¯t approve you either way...¡± He Bai teased. Seeing Di Qiuhe frowned at him, he cracked a fawning smile and leaned closer to Di Qiuhe while nobody was walking past, gave him a squeeze on the hand, ¡°All right, how about we going back to the hotel and get you changed?¡± Di Qiuhe knew it so well that the reason why He Bai was so self-conscious of that oil stain was all because he cared for him, and he felt happy about that, he was more than willing to coax his Childish Di for taking this matter seriously.

    Di Qiuhe stared at He Bai, his eyes became moist.

    ¡°Don¡¯t you dare kiss me on the street, Childish Di, I know what that look in your eyes means, I¡¯m telling you, if you kiss me now, I¡¯ll leave you alone on the street.¡±

    Di Qiuhe collected himself and acted like nothing had happened, ¡°Yeah, let¡¯s go back to the hotel then, I¡¯d like to get changed.¡±

    He Bai nodded and gave him a meaningful look, then he noticed there was a florist¡¯s shop just around the corner, and he thought about something...

    He pressed Di Qiuhe¡¯s shoulder and said, ¡°Just a moment, the car Assistant Wang booked us is about to arrive, do you mind waiting for the car here, and this is the car te number and the driver¡¯s contact, I¡¯ll make a quick trip to the florist¡¯s, my mom loves flowers, and let¡¯s meet at the florist¡¯s. Also, remember to cover your face in case people recognize you.¡±

    Di Qiuhe listened carefully and nodded, he took over the note with the car te number and the driver¡¯s contact, said to He Bai, ¡°Consider it done, and mind you don¡¯t wander around, I¡¯lle pick you up soon.¡±

    He Bai nodded with a big smile, then he walked to the florist¡¯s shop.

    A quarterter, Di Qiuhe came back, seeing He Bai standing on the street holding two bouquets waiting for him, he opened the side door, ¡°Have you been waiting for long, I¡¯m sorry Bai, the driver was a bitte, so now shall we go back to the hotel?¡±

    He Bai shook his head and he stopped Di Qiuhe who was about to start the car, and he produced a brooch with an animated design from his pocket and put it on the stain on Di Qiuhe¡¯s cor, with it he admired it in appreciation, ¡°There you go, how perfect it is, now we don¡¯t need to go back to the hotel, I still think you look the best in this suit, this is just fine.¡±

    That was a hand-made designer¡¯s suit, and He Bai put on a piece of animated stic brooch on it, hmm, a bit shed. However......

    Seeing He Bai also wearing a same brooch, Di Qiuhe nodded and epted this. And he replied, ¡°Yeah, sounds good to me. Let¡¯s go to the cemetery now then. You look the best in your suit too by the way.¡±

    What?

    He Bai raised his eyebrows, what suit? Then he realized they were wearing matching suits, same design same collection with slightly different shades of color, Childish Di, no wonder he volunteered to be He Bai¡¯s personal stylist and took over theyout of their closet room.

    The weather was not exactly ideal this day, it was a bit cloudy, but there was no sign for rain so far.

    Di Qiuhe looked up at the sky when they parked, seeing the thick clouds on the sky, he took a deep breath and kept saying this to himself, ¡°Just ignore the gloomy weather, for sure everything will go well today, for sure.¡±

    He Bai became awfully quiet after they got off the car, he adjust his facial expression when they were about to arrive at his parents¡¯ gravestone, then he walked to it with a big smile, he waved at the gravestone, ¡°Hi mom, hi dad, it¡¯s me again.¡±

    Of course the gravestone would not wave back or anything, but sensitive Di Qiuhe noticed the wind became slower.

    The two put down the flowers for them, He Bai took out the joss paper (paper made to resemble money and burned as an offering to the dead) and incense he bought just now, he began to jibber jabber about his life for the past six month while he burned the incense and joss paper, the progress on his study and job, then he went silent for a few seconds, then he said in a cheerful tone, ¡°I bought a house, mom and dad, I have my own darkroom and home cinema now, isn¡¯t that cool?¡±

    He Bai who was squatting next to him burning the joss paper looked at him.

    ¡°And also, look at who I brought for our family.¡±

    Di Qiuhe¡¯s body went stiffened yet he was so focused on what He Bai was about to say.

    He Bai burned thest piece of joss paper and pressed Di Qiuhe¡¯s shoulder, smiled at the photos on the graveyard, ¡°Look, right here, this one! Isn¡¯t he handsome! I brought you such a handsome son-inw, not to brag or anything, I would say I¡¯ve done such a good job.¡±

    All of a sudden the wind became stronger, blowing the ash of the joss paper on Di Qiuhe¡¯s face.

    Di Qiuhe: ......

    ¡°Emm, sorry about the ash Childish Di.¡± Then he continued to talk to his parents, ¡°He is perfect for me, it¡¯s just he has some ill luck, his family members are dramatic.¡± With it He Bai wiped the ash off from Di Qiuhe¡¯s face, ¡°Mom and dad, please send blessings to him, if anything happens to him, I guess I¡¯ll be single and miserable for the rest of my life.¡± Just like what happened to me in my previous life, He Bai murmured in his heart.

 Chapter 202 - Tomb-Sweeping Day (2)

    <h4>Chapter 202: Tomb-Sweeping Day (2)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    The clouds also drifted with the wind, the ashes on the floor were blowing scattered, what a coincidence a piece of joss paper which was still burningnded on Di Qiuhe¡¯s ankle, a hair was burned on his ankle.

    ¡°Ouch.¡± Di Qiuhe screamed in his heart, yet he collected himself, acted like nothing had happened and covered his ankle.

    ¡°What¡¯s wrong?¡± Seeing Di Qiuhe acting funny, He Bai asked him, ¡°Why are you acting like a robot? Come closer, I promise my parents won¡¯t bite.¡±

    ¡°Yeah they won¡¯t bite but they y things up on me¡±, thought Di Qiuhe.

    Di Qiuhe took a deep breath and straightened his clothes, he came closer to the gravestone, he firstly bowed with great respect, and he said, ¡°Hi mom and dad, my name is Di Qiuhe, please rest assured that I will take care of Bai for the rest of my life, I won¡¯t let you down.¡±

    One second, two seconds, three seconds...

    No wind, no drifting clouds, no ashes blowing on Di Qiuhe¡¯s face......

    Di Qiuhe let out a sigh of relief, then he cracked a fawning smile at the photos on the gravestone.

    Rumble!

    He Bai looked up at the sky, ¡°What¡¯s going on? I checked the forecast before we left the hotel, they say there¡¯s no rain today, but look at that lighting now!¡±

    Di Qiuhe¡¯s smile went stiff, he was at a loss, ¡°Oh my god, Bai¡¯s parents don¡¯t seem to like me...¡±

    Rumble!

    ¡°It looks like it¡¯s really about to rain, but we left the umbre in the car.¡± He Bai said with concern.

    Di Qiuhe stood up promptly, ¡°I¡¯ll go get the umbre, you just wait here.¡± With it he bowed to the gravestone, and he walked directly to the parking, after he took two turns and was sure that he was lost in He Bai¡¯s sight, he dialed Jiang Xiuwen¡¯s number.

    ¡°Xiuwen, help, how do I win my mother-inw and father-inw¡¯s hearts?¡±

    Rumble!

    ¡°Or more urately, how do I avoid ruffling features?¡±

    Jiang Xiuwen on the other side of the phone, was nestling on his sofa, he replied after he mustered all his patience, ¡°Are you being serious now, my friend?¡±

    There came a positive answer from the other side of the phone.

    ¡°All right then.¡± Jiang Xiuwen sat straight and sighed, he decided to not throw any question or talk sense to his best friend who was an interesting character, he typed ¡°Ways to win inws¡¯ hearts¡±, there sure pop up some really interesting suggestions, he browsed one by one, and replied, ¡°Now that you¡¯ve asked me seriously, I have no other option but give you some serious help, the followings are my personal experience of years¡¯ observation, now you listen to me child! First of all, how you call them matters......¡±

    Di Qiuhe on the other side of the phone listened attentively, and he lost in thought and soaked in all the knowledge he was getting...

    To return to He Bai, he looked at the photos on the gravestone and exined with a touch of happiness and satisfaction, ¡°Mom and dad, don¡¯tugh at Qiuhe please, he can be a bit clumsy from time to time, but he treats me so well that my heart is melting. Like just now at lunch, he insisted on serving me the shrimps, and he ended up having an oil stain on his cor, he got so paranoid about weather you would take that as an offence, he wanted to go back to the hotel and get changed... andst week, he worked so hard the whole week so he could ask for a couple hours leave and go back home to cook me some breakfast, all because I mentioned I like the fish porridge that he cooked... the list could go on and on, he has been giving me all, so please don¡¯t worry. He is not a girl and he has aplicated family, but the only thing matters is how he treats me, how we feel about each other, right? I¡¯m sure it will only get better for us.¡±

    The thunderstorm turned better...

    ¡°Mom and dad, this is my second life, I didn¡¯t run into him in my previous life, I had always been a loner wandering around, photography was my all, and I was fine with that, I was having fun. And in this life, I have Qiuhe in my life, I understand the word home better, it feels so good to have a ce you can call home rather than a house, I¡¯m so grateful that I have him in my life.¡±

    The thunderstorm was nowpletely gone, left the clouds drifting around as if they wereforting He Bai on the ground.

    He Bai went on talking about how he and his life changed after he met Qiuhe until he heard Qiuhe¡¯s footsteps, he lowered his voice, ¡°Even though I had been mad at him because I thought he was the reason that why I was reincarnated, now I just feel grateful...¡±

    Rumble rumble!

    The thunderstorm came back, it came back stronger.

    He Bai was startled by the thunder, he was choked and thought, ¡°What¡¯s wrong with the weather today?¡±

    Being weed by a thunder, Di Qiuhe epted it calmly and he held an umbre for He Bai, he then took a deep breath, and, and he kowtowed t the grave stone.

    The lighting on the sky suddenly twisted like it were startled.

    Seeing that, He Bai screamed, ¡°Qiuhe?!¡±

    ¡°Mom, dad, I¡¯ll treat Bai nicely for the rest of my life.¡± Di Qiuhe said that in an earnest manner and he thumped his head on the ground.

    He Bai was dumbfounded, he reached out to hold Di Qiuhe, ¡°Please, Qiuhe, what are you doing?¡±

    ¡°I¡¯m kowtowing to mom and dad.¡± Di Qiuhe held He Bai¡¯s hand and smiled at him, he then looked at the gravestone, his sightnded on the names, he said seriously, ¡°And also, I think I should be held ountable that Bai now is going to spend the rest of his life with a man.¡±

    Another rumble.

    ¡°I¡¯m forever grateful that I met Bai. Thank you so much for raising him so well.¡± Di Qiuhe added.

    ¡°If I ever do anything that hurt Bai, I swear, I would hit by a thunder.¡±

    Another rumble shed across the sky looked like a threat.

    ¡°Jiang Xiuwen is right, parents love some swear and some ass-kissing¡±, thought Di Qiuhe, now he seemed to know He Bai¡¯s parents¡¯ preference.

 Chapter 203 - Tomb-Sweeping Day (3)

    <strong>Chapter 203: Tomb-Sweeping Day (3)</strong>

    Di Qiuhe decided to follow up a victory with hot pursuit, he continued, ¡°I¡¯ll listen to Bai.¡±

    There came a gentle breeze, so pleasant.

    ¡°I¡¯ll obey Bai.¡±

    The rumble became less fierce.

    ¡°Bai will be in charge of all the financial decisions.¡±

    There only came a faint rumble.

    ¡°The house and the car, any assets will be under Bai¡¯s name.¡±

    The rumble disappeared.

    ¡°I¡¯ll love him, treasure him, take care of him, for my whole life.¡±

    He Bai, who was standing right next to him, now got goose bumps all over, he stared at the sky and he went silent, then he kowtowed too, he decided to join his boyfriend, even though they looked so silly... whatever, he had Di Qiuhe being silly together with, what more could he ask for.

    He whispered again in his heart, ¡°Please, mom and dad, send blessings for Di Qiuhe.¡±

    Di Qiuhe cast him a sideways look, he appreciated his puppy joining him even though he found it silly. Di Qiuhe smiled, he held He Bai¡¯s hand and looked at the gravestone, what he was about to say was really emotional, ¡°Before I met Bai, family, to me family is a very negative word. I grew up in a family where my father valued money more than me, my step-mother and my half sister half brother wished they could get rid off me, where I should stay alert all the time to not fall for the traps they set for me...¡±

    The weather became better and better, He Bai¡¯s heart became soft as he listened to Di Qiuhe, he squeezed Di Qiuhe¡¯s hand.

    Di Qiuhe continued to say how Bai had changed his life, how Bai created a colorful world for him, how his concept had changed about the word family, it was all because of Bai. To put everything in a nutshell, He Bai was his lucky star, his partner that he would love to spend the rest of his life with.

    The breeze was blowing gently, the clouds on the sky were drifting away, He Bai hugged Di Qiuhe and he patted his back as afort, ¡°Let go of the past, we have a bright future to live on, those bad people will have their karma, we have so much to live on, don¡¯t be sad, you have me now.¡±

    ¡°Yeah, I have you now.¡± Di Qiuhe replied and he hugged He Bai back. He was so satisfied seeing the weather turning better, ah, Bai¡¯s parents are sensitive people too, no wonder Bai was so considerate.

    How lucky I was to meet Bai and fall in love with Bai!

    ¡°Let¡¯s call it a day, hey?¡±

    Di Qiuhe nodded in agreement, he dusted He Bai¡¯s pants and put away the umbre. Together they walked to the parking lot, while Di Qiuhe halted like he suddenly thought about something, and he turned back to walk to the gravestone.

    ¡°What¡¯s going on? You left stuff at the grave stone?¡± He Bai asked and tried to keep up with Di Qiuhe who was striding.

    Di Qiuhe had already organized the flowers in a pretty way and he was putting the umbre above the gravestone and the flowers when He Bai was back.

    He Bai asked in confusion, ¡°What are you doing? The thunderstorm stopped, it¡¯s not gonna rain.¡±

    ¡°Can I please leave this umbre here?¡± Di Qiuhe looked at He Bai and smiled innocently like a child, ¡°I¡¯ve never got the chance to send a present to my parents, now that we are here, can I please leave this umbre here as a present from me? It¡¯s not an ideal present, i promise I will bring a nice present next time, but it¡¯s now monsoon season, this umbre is at least practical.¡± With it he turned to look at the gravestone, ¡°Am I right, mom and dad?¡±

    He Bai¡¯s heart was pounding, this Di Qiuhe, his Childish Di looked so handsome.

    The sun came out now, a man in suit was bowing to put an umbre on the graveyard amid the sunlight, such a great view.

    Dark suit, ck umbre, gravestone after rain, these were all symbols of depress, yet sunlight was shining, several petals were dancing in the breeze, and the brooch on Di Qiuhe¡¯s cor was reflecting the sunlight, that made a perfect snap.

    Click.

    Now the umbre was pushed open on the gravestone, like it knew its mission was to protect He Bai¡¯s parents.

    Seeing Di Qiuhe from his camera, He Bai turned around to wipe his eyes and he raised his voice, ¡°Time to go home, Childish Di!¡± Such a great guy his Childish Di was, he¡¯s better take him home and protect him well.

    Di Qiuhe replied obediently, he bowed again at the gravestone, then he walked to his puppy.

    The two went to Zeng Peizhong¡¯s hot spring vi after a good night¡¯s sleep, Qin Li and 333 were too upied to spare any energy on others while they were dealing with Huangdu, and the people in the vi all working for Zeng Peizhong, therefore, the two made quite a pleasant visit, no need to worry hide themselves.

    The first thought He Bai had when he finally met Zeng Peizhong was Zeng must be an attractive man when he was young, and the second thought was yeah Zeng Peizhong for sure didn¡¯t have long to live for he looked so sick.

    ¡°Thank you so much foring.¡± Zeng Peizhong looked so pale and thin, yet now he was smiling at Di Qiuhe and He Bai, ¡°I don¡¯t understand why I had spent the first a few decades of my life hustling here and there, now I finally understand the ultimate way of happiness is letting yourself go, not focus on money making, I wish I could marry a woman and have a healthy baby, that would be a great life.¡±

    Di Qiuhe frowned slightly, he tried to make Zeng Peizhong feel better, ¡°Well, I think you still can make it happen if you listen to the doctor and be a good patient.¡±

    Zeng Peizhong smiled bitterly and shook his head, ¡°I know it well that I don¡¯t deserve that, I¡¯m calcting on my deathbed, I really don¡¯t deserve...¡±, then he paused to look at He Bai, he said this to He Bai gently, ¡°Mr. He, I asked my kitchen to prepare you some snacks, do you mind taking a look are they ready or not?¡±

    He Bai got the hint, Zeng Peizhong needed some alone time with Di Qiuhe, he nodded in agreement. Then he patted Di Qiuhe on his shoulder as afort, and left the room to Di Qiuhe and Zeng Peizhong.

    He just saw a little toy which was freshly patched in that room, it must had some sentimental meanings to Zeng Peizhong.

 Chapter 204 - Tomb-Sweeping Day (4)

    <h4>Chapter 204: Tomb-Sweeping Day (4)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Zeng Peizhong suddenly coughed after He Bai left the room, Di Qiuhe poured him a cup of warm water.

    ¡°Thank you.¡± Zeng Peizhong drank the water and looked at Di Qiuhe with a smile, ¡°Di Bian must be a blind man, if you were my child, I would be a responsible father to you, taking care of you and training you be anything you¡¯d like to be.¡±

    Hearing that, Di Qiuhe felt slightly ufortable and he frowned.

    ¡°But I know I don¡¯t deserve a good son like you.¡± Seeing Di Qiuhe¡¯s expression, Zeng Peizhong added that, he changed the subject, ¡°But I hope my child deserve good parents, my daughter wille to this world in five months, I¡¯ve found a perfect family for her.¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s a girl?¡± Di Qiuhe was surprised, he thought Zeng Peizhong would go for a boy.

    ¡°Father and daughter always share a special bond, right?¡± Zeng Peizhong smiled, just like any father when he thought about his own daughter, ¡°Girls are the best, I¡¯ll have a sum of money left for her, she could live a carefree life.¡±

    Di Qiuhe¡¯s eyebrows now unknitted.

    He thought Zeng Peizhong had surrogated this baby because he was up to something, but now hearing what he just said, he merely wanted some hope in his life.

    Di Qiuhe¡¯s facial expression did not escape Zeng Peizhong, he exined, ¡°I know what you are thinking, and to be honest, I was thinking the same thing when I was in the operation room, I actually surrogated two babies, a boy and a girl, but only the girl survived in the end, I thought it was destiny, it was meant to be... when I first saw the B-mode ultrasound image, I didn¡¯t even know which dot was the baby, the doctor pointed it out for me, I just stared at it, and I just went nk, my mind was a total nk, I want my baby to grow up in a family with love, I want my baby to know the feeling of being loved.¡±

    Di Qiuhe listened carefully, it suddenly urred to him, if he had not met his puppy, he might be like Zeng Peizhong one day.

    ¡°The adopting family I looked for my daughter was a family of four, the couple has two boys, and they want a daughter, but they were told by the doctors that they couldn¡¯t have kids any more.¡± Zeng Peizhong yed with the cup in hand, he was feeling the warmth on the cup, then he continued, ¡°The dad is a doctor, the mom is a dancer, a middle-ss family yet full of love and support, I¡¯m sure they will take good care of my daughter.¡±

    ¡°She will have two older brothers, parents who will treat her like a little princess, and loving grandparents as well as a pet.¡±

    ¡°Not a rich family, I don¡¯t have to worry her siblings calcting on her, but they are not poor, they can afford a good education and a decent life for my daughter, and my daughter will have a right view on money in the family, she won¡¯t do anything silly for money when she grows up.¡±

    ¡°She can be a dancer like her adopted mother, she will lead a healthy life under the protection of her father who is a doctor, and she has two brothers to scare the boys away.¡±

    He kept saying from different perspectives why he chose this family, and his smile got deepened as he continued.

    ¡°However, you just never know even though you think you have made the right decision.¡± Zeng Peizhong said that in an indifferent voice, he produced two documents from the drawer, he looked at Di Qiuhe in the eye and said, ¡°These are my assets, they are all yours as long as you sign here, in return, I need you to look after my daughter, make sure she is all right, if anything happens to her family, please help them out. I leave some extra money for her, can you please give it to her when she gets married and tell her that her biological father loves her and he did not abandon her.¡±

    Di Qiuhe went silent then he asked, ¡°Why me?¡±

    ¡°I trust no one but you.¡± Zeng Peizhong now flopped down on his wheelchair like a piece of wood, ¡°You are the only one who lives like a human around me.¡±

    This man looked like he came to his senses now, but it was toote, and now he had a new identity¡ª father, he was doing everything he could to live up to that identity.

    Even Zeng Peizhong was trying so hard to do everything for his daughter, why Di Bian couldn¡¯t bother to do the same to Di Qiuhe! Di Qiuhe thought for a while, then he took the documents, he went through the uses and signed.

    Di Qiuhe was thinking he was doing this to make a dying man happy, it was hisst wish after all. He was determined to look after that unborn girl.

    Zeng Peizhong¡¯s assistant walked in after he showed the guests the way out, he was taken aback seeing the documents on the table, ¡°Boss, why did you... what if he betrays you?¡±

    ¡°No, he won¡¯t, I have faith in him. Don¡¯t suggest asking him and He Bai to adopt my daughter any more. This is for the best.¡±

    Zeng Peizhong put aside the documents carefully, he touched the patched toy on the table andughed, ¡°I have done my all. Now it¡¯s time to help my daughter¡¯s secret guardian to clear his path.¡±

    Seeing Zeng Peizhong¡¯s crooked smile, his assistant lowered his head and muted himself.

 Chapter 205 - Him (1)

    <h4>Chapter 205: Him (1)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Di Qiuhe and He Bai settled in the room where they residedst time, He Bai now was in a bathrobe and nestlingfortably in Di Qiuhe¡¯s arms on the futon, listening to Di Qiuhe telling him what Zeng Peizhong had told him just now, he was silent for a while and he sighed.

    Di Qiuhe touched He Bai¡¯s hair tenderly, he rested his hand on He Bai¡¯s waist and leaned closer to rub his cheek.

    That was so affectionate, He Bai found it very soothing, he touched Di Qiuhe¡¯s hair too and he even gave it a pull in a naughty way, he nestled in Di Qiuhe¡¯s arms, ¡°How are you going to deal with what Zeng Peizhong had given you?¡±

    ¡°I¡¯ll start a fund for children, umting some blessings for Zeng Peizhong and his daughter.¡± Di Qiuhe replied, thinking about what Zeng Peizhong had gone through, he couldn¡¯t help but kiss He Bai who was lying in his arms, he whispered, ¡°Puppy, how lucky I am that I¡¯ve met you.¡± He knew he would lead a nk life otherwise.

    ¡°You are one smooth talker.¡± He Bai poked at him and rested his legs on Di Qiuhe, he fidgetedfortably, ¡°It¡¯s true though, you would suffer a great deal if you had not met me.¡±

    Di Qiuhe found it amusing when He Bai tried to take the credit subtly, he felt so happy now. He Bai¡¯s robe was a bit revealing, he could see his corbone and chest, his hand travelled down to He Bai¡¯sps and with it he rolled He Bai over, ¡°I¡¯m deciding to let you have me as a payback.¡±

    He Bai read between the lines, and it was toote to escape, Di Qiuhe grabbed him promptly, and soon He Bai started to enjoy what he was getting.

    The two felt like they were having a honeymoon now in the vi, Di Qiuhe got so carried away, he did not let He Bai go until He Bai waspletely exhausted and he left a bite mark on Di Qiuhe¡¯s body.

    He Bai did not get up till noon the next day, the first thing he did was to give Di Qiuhe a good ¡°beating¡±, then they went back home after a feast.

    Zeng Peizhong assigned them a car from the vi, and he said goodbye to them at the gate despite he was feeling unwell.

    He Bai could not help but take a look at Zeng Peizhong who refused to sit in the wheelchair, he could only stand with the support of his assistant, he sighed, ¡°I... I thought why his condition turned worse rapidly was because he lost hope, today I think he looks better, is it possible that his condition is turning better because he has taken a load off his mind now?¡±

    ¡°Maybe.¡± Di Qiuhe also turned back to look at Zeng Peizhong, a touch of sympathy shed across his eyes, he squeezed He Bai¡¯s hand as afort and he asked the driver to drive.

    Taking a load off his mind surely would do good to his body, but in Zeng Peizhong¡¯s case, there was only one exnation, ¡°thest radiance of the setting sun¡±, he was burning up his energy to put a good ending to hisst undertaking.

    The two slept early after they returned to City B. The next day was thest day of the holiday, He Bai got up early and went to visit Fan Lianxiu¡¯s gravestone together with Di Qiuhe and Fan Da.

    After the worship, seeing Di Qiuhe who was in low spirit standing next to him, He Bai kowtowed to the gravestone, he looked at the photo on the stone and said in an earnest manner, ¡°Mother, please rest assured I will take good care of Qiuhe.¡±

    Di Qiuhe was dumbfounded for a bit, he also stepped forward and kowtowed, he held He Bai¡¯s hand, he swallowed his words and drew He Bai in his chest, tightly.

    ¡°I¡¯m sure Lianxiu is assured, you are both good boys.¡± Fan Da patted them and looked at the grave stone, he stared at the photo for a while before he averted his gaze, ¡°Now it¡¯s windy, looks like it¡¯s going to rain soon, shall we go home and dinner at mine tonight?¡±

    Di Qiuhe nodded and together they stood up. He Bai produced something from his pocket and put it in front of the gravestone.

    ¡°A present, I made it with sticine, not great looking. You said it was good to take some presents.¡± He Bai touched his nose in embarrassment, and he held Di Qiuhe¡¯s hand, trying to stop him from turning back to see what the present was.

    Di Qiuhe was pulled away from the gravestone, but he took a glimpse of the present, it was a little bird and a puppy made of sticine. He drew He Bai closer to him and rubbed He Bai¡¯s cheek with his head, then he held his hand, ¡°Let¡¯s go home, puppy.¡±

    He Bai noticed Di Qiuhe¡¯s eyes had turned red, he held Di Qiuhe¡¯s hand too, with a gentle smile he replied, ¡°Yeah, home time.¡±

    ¡°Yeah.¡± Fan Da sat back on his wheelchair, he took ast look at his daughter¡¯s picture on the gravestone and turned his head.

    Di Qiuhe collected himself, he let go of He Bai and walked to Fan Da, pushing his wheelchair, He Bai also walked to them, he changed the topic to dinner subtly.

    It was a bit cloudy that day, Hu Zhao followed the three and wiped his tears from time to time.

    Finally, after so many years, Mr. Fan was enjoying life now.

 Chapter 206 - Him (2)

    <h4>Chapter 206: Him (2)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    He Bai went back to school after the holiday, before he got the chance to grab a seat and such, Niu Junjie threw himself at him and shook his shoulders, ¡°Bai, good stuff, you and Qiuhe, you guys are awesome! Go check online, the photo you took for him went viral! It went viral! Everyone speaks highly of it, pros andizens alike! Words have it that a museum reached out to our school, they would like to archive your work, they will reach out to you soon I think.¡±

    He Bai felt dizzy from the shaking, he asked ¡°what¡± in confusion.

    ¡°What to you mean by ¡®what¡¯?¡± Niu Junjie was looking for a better reaction, ¡°Aren¡¯t you excited? Overjoyed?¡±

    Chenjie smiled and added, ¡°This is the first time that a museum reached out to the contenders before the finals, how awesome you are Bai!¡±

    ¡°Yup yup, you are killing it Bai!¡± Wang Hu of course was excited too, and he shared what he had heard, ¡°Why the museum is being so proactive this time is because there are several international museums are interested in Bai¡¯s work, nah, to be urate, they are interested in all Bai¡¯s work that he uploaded on Weibo, our museum of course wants to strike first.¡±

    He Bai finally broke free from Niu Junjie, ¡°Wait, what? But how do they have ess to my works on Weibo?¡± Yeah, in his previous life, several of his works were archived by a few museums, but back then he was a renowned photographer, but what was going on now? He just uploaded some scenery photos on Weibo...

    Then he realized something and asked, ¡°Has someone uploaded my works to abroad forums?¡±

    Seeing He Bai had thought it all through finally, Niu Junjie nodded like crazy, ¡°Yup yup yup, after you had uploaded for that Art Festival, your fans made you a portfolio and uploaded them to abroad forums to prove you have always been consistent. And what do you think, are you going to say yes to that museum?¡±

    He Bai frowned and shook his head, ¡°No, no one is going to archive Qiuhe¡¯s photo but me.¡±

    The three were dumbfounded for a second and said ¡°ah~¡± in unison.

    He Bai gave them a sideways stare, ¡°What? Would you like your significant other¡¯s photo hanging in a cold museum for a few decades or even a hundred years?¡±

    Niu Junjie shook his head without hesitation and changed the topic considerately, he left the room with the other two roommates after they confirmed about dinner, leaving Bai some time and space to digest all that.

    He Bai smiled thinking about this considerate gesture, he turned on hisptop and tried to catch up with what he had missed out.

    Nothing much going on at Huangdu, just some dry gossip, like Di Bian had taken Di Xiasong to a party, Di Bian went a shopping spree with Qin Li, Di Bian was supporting which new celebrity......

    While Di Qiuhe¡¯s photos went viral online!

    The top one on the most trendy topics was the news that He Bai¡¯s work Qiu had made it to the finals on ¡°International Art Festival for Uni Students¡± and that photo ranked the first on quarter-final. What ranked second was the behind the scene fun snaps released by ¡¯s Army> official ount, it was a collection of Di Qiuhe practising the stunts with the action choreographer. What ranked the third was some insider saying why Director Jiang Guanshan picked Di Qiuhe as the male lead was because he was impressed by two of Di Qiuhe¡¯s street snaps, and two street snaps were attached.

    He Bai now felt a bit overwhelmed for all those photos were his works, this definitely had something to do with Xing Shaofeng, this kind of bombarding publicity, Xing Shaofeng had definitely contributed a great deal.

    ¡°Hmm, what if the bombarding publicity backfired?¡± He murmured and logged in his Weibo ount.

    He had gained a considerable amount of new followers as expected, and of course a considerable amount ofments under all his posts, ALL his posts, there werements left in othernguages.

    He... he had attracted international fans who had ¡°climbed the wall¡± for him?

    He looked at severalments that he was able to understand, and he blushed.

    He could tell how zealous these international fans were, all those passionatepliments, straightforward praises, he even got several proposals.

    There were of coursements asking him about his rtionship with Di Qiuhe, the fans who had been shipping them were dying to know the truth, but thements were all very tactful, He Bai guessed Xing Shaofeng had screened thements beforehand, it was not out of control.

    Meanwhile, there were also arge amount ofments asking him had he decided which work he would upload for the finals, it looked like people thought he would pick a scenery photo for was merely too great to top for the time being.

    There were also some celebrities who had worked with He Bai posted the photos that He Bai had shot for them, like it was a confirmation of how famous they were that they had once worked with He Bai.

 Chapter 207 - Him (3)

    <h4>Chapter 207: Him (3)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Theizens went to Liu Lange¡¯s ount and appreciated his street snaps in February, then they found He Bai¡¯s work shared the same background and date with Liu Lange¡¯s street snaps, while Liu Lange¡¯s street snaps were shot on Valentine¡¯s Day.

    Then theizens drew a conclusion with delight, Di Qiuhe and He Bai spent Valentine¡¯s Day together, the fans who had been shipping them were ravished with joy. Before they went on, Liu Lange posted it was great working with He Bai for his street snaps, and he spoke highly of how professional He Bai¡¯s work attitude was, he mentioned how he bumped into Di Qiuhe in M Country and he found that Di Qiuhe was a young actor with huge potential.

    Di Qiuhe went to M Country and came back all by himself, He Bai was not by his side, so the assumption the two had spent Valentine¡¯s Day turned out to be invalid. The fans who had been shipping them felt down, it looked like that photo was taken by chance, and most likely that photo was staged by Di Qiuhe, not a snap.

    Theizens went to another round of rejoice, if that photo were really staged by Di Qiuhe, it only proved how awesome Di Qiuhe¡¯s acting skills were! His expression in that photo showed so manyyers of emotions, Di Qiuhe was a true treasure on the film market which were inundated with eye-candy actors. A true gem!

    Therefore, everyone¡¯s focus had shifted form the two¡¯s romance life to Di Qiuhe¡¯s acting skills, his previous works were discussed, which for sure would attract more audience for his new movie ¡¯s Army>.

    Seeing how the direction of public opinion, after quite a twist and turn, now was favoring Di Qiuhe, He Bai was dumbfounded, he wiped his face and eximed in his heart how awesome Xing Shaofeng was, he acted as a one-man army basically.

    He Bai was satisfied about how the situation turned out to be, he logged out of Weibo and went to ¡°International Art Festival for Uni Students¡± website, he was in a daze staring at the page of submitting the work for the finals, then he clicked open a retouching software, thinking about working on the photo where Di Qiuhe held an umbre before the gravestone. Then he was lost in thought for one or two hours, he did not came to his senses until Niu Junjie called him. He looked at the photo, the lighting and the colorsplete each other so well, then he lingered on the brooch Di Qiuhe was wearing, the next second he decided to submit the original version of the photo and he named it .

    The notification of ¡°submission approved¡± popped out, he let out a sigh of relief subconsciously, then he turned off theptop. He rxed on his chair for a few seconds and pulled himself together, then he treated his roommates for dinner.

    No one¡¯s five-minute fame onlinested forever, lost its charm after about a week, it was reced by the publicity of the drama .

    He Bai on the other hand, had got the working invitations from two other big magazines as well as the invitation from for shooting for their posters.

    ¡°I don¡¯t mind taking them all, can always cut private invitations.¡± He Bai said this to Li Ru while he browsed his emails, then he added, ¡°If there¡¯s any schedule shes, prioritize , other invitations need to give way to no matter how great it is.¡±

    ¡°Ah~ I see.¡± Li Ru replied with a big smile, then she bantered, ¡°Look at you two love birds, just watch out in front of single AFs like me, maybe one day I¡¯ll be mad jealous of you guys and post about you two online.¡±

    He Bai turned off hisptop and smiled, ¡°That¡¯s great, I will make it official after you post, I don¡¯t care anyone¡¯s opinion, it¡¯s me who had decided to spend the rest of my life with Qiuhe, none of their business.¡±

    Li Ru was surprised by how straightforward He Bai was, she asked, ¡°Aren¡¯t you worried it may affect Qiuhe¡¯s career?¡±

    ¡°No.¡± He Bai thought about Di Qiuhe¡¯s attitude all along and how Qiuhe used his Weibo ount to post his own updates and stuff, his smile got bigger, ¡°He is not worried himself, why would I?¡±

    Childish Di wished he could make it public, his little game and tricks did not escape He Bai.

    What was more reassuring was now he had got Xing Shaofeng, the one-man army guy. He had not make it public yet just because he refused his rtionship with Qiuhe became tabloid fodder, it was not because he was afraid of anything or anyone.

    Listening to He Bai, Li Ru was impressed by his attitude, she shook her head with a smile, ¡°Aww, I wish I could have a rtionship like yours, I lost my hope long ago, I started to believe in love seeing you and Qiuhe.¡±

    ¡°My beautiful and considerate Sister Li, please go back to the dating market.¡± He Bai said genuinely, Li Ru did not refuse his suggestion and they hung up after a few more bantering.

    A week had passed, the curator of the museum who allegedly would reach out to He Bai had finally showed up, He Bai hosted him with great manners, and he refused the invitation in a polite way. To everyone¡¯s surprise, that person did not take it well at all.

    ¡°Don¡¯t get so cocky yet, it was pure luck, a photographer entered a contest showing no retouching skill at all, I don¡¯t think you can go very far, probably this Art Festival is your highlight in your career, enjoy your moment, because it¡¯s not gonnast long.¡± Then he stormed out.

    He Bai was speechless, how arrogant that person was!

    Was that person all right? Shouldn¡¯t it be like how the saying went, ¡°Friendship should remain if even we can¡¯t reach a cooperation agreement this time¡±. Plus, the museum he was working for had long term cooperation rtionship with his university, was he going to abandon all that? He was Xu Yinrong¡¯s student, what the curator had done was nothing different than being disrespectful to Xu Yinrong.

    Zhengya, who came to their dormitory to return Niu Junjie¡¯s book, exined to them, ¡°The curator¡¯s daughter also took part in the Art Festival, the girl also made it to the quarter-final and she ranked the fifth, she would have been the best yer from Q University if not for He Bai.¡±

    To put in a nutshell, He Bai had stolen the thunder of his daughter, hence the curator¡¯s attitude was not necessarily nice.

    He Bai was dumbfounded, he was like ¡°What have I done? This is a horrible society! I don¡¯t ask for trouble, but trouble just knocks on my door.¡±

 Chapter 208 - Riding on His Coattails (1)

    <h4>Chapter 208: Riding on His Coattails (1)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    In the end of April, was nearly half finished, they had officially entered the early stage of publicity, He Bai was invited by the crew to shoot their posters.

    This job was not particrly hard thanks to his shooting experience for ¡¯s Army>, plus Di Qiuhe was the male lead, the two always had chemistry, it only took him a day to finish the job which was scheduled for two days.

    ¡°Someone from a museum gave you a hard time?¡±

    Di Qiuhe took him to the best restaurant nearby, he asked He Bai while he was serving him some tea.

    ¡°You heard it from Junjie?¡± He Bai drew the snacks te near to him, he served Di Qiuhe a pistachio, then he had one himself, ¡°Not exactly a hard time, he just questioned about my ability with a bad attitude, that¡¯s all.¡±

    Di Qiuhe served him the cutlery and he frowned harder, ¡°You did the right thing, no way you are going to work with them, not with that attitude he was showing, don¡¯t worry, I have some contacts, will find you a better museum.¡±

    ¡°No.¡± He Bai shook his head and he flipped Di Qiuhe¡¯s forehead, ¡°I don¡¯t want anyone to archive that photo, let¡¯s keep it ourselves, the photo wall on the third floor at home is half empty.¡±

    Di Qiuhe caught hold of He Bai¡¯s hand and he was about to say something when the waitress knocked on the door, and there came their dishes.

    The two let go of each other¡¯s hand and He Bai dived in, while Di Qiuhe was fidgeting, he did not enjoy the food, he kept staring at He Bai like he had something to say.

    They ordered fresh juice as dessert after the feast.

    Di Qiuhe threw himself at He Bai and grabbed his hand.

    A piece of tofu fell off from He Bai¡¯s chopsticks.

    He Bai rolled his eyes.

    ¡°Puppy, puppy, why aren¡¯t you letting anyone archive my photo? Because you want to archive it yourself, you don¡¯t want anyone to have my photo but you?¡± Di Qiuhe asked desperately, his eyes were sparkling.

    He Bai gave him a sideways look, and replied coldly, ¡°No, I don¡¯t want the kids in the museum feel scared by your photo.¡±

    ¡°Puppy, good kids don¡¯t lie.¡± replied Di Qiuhe.

    ¡°Childish Di, good kids don¡¯t waste food.¡±

    Di Qiuhe looked at the table, he saw the tofu, and he made a face, ¡°I¡¯m not as important as a piece of tofu in your eyes?¡±

    He Bai served Di Qiuhe a piece of pancake and stuffed it into his mouth, he said in a cold tone, ¡°Behave yourself! Come eat your food, we are apart for one day and you are running wild now.¡±

    ¡°A lot of days... ...¡± Di Qiuhe retorted in a low voice.

    He Bai pulled his ace card, ¡°Sigh, now that I¡¯ve finished work, I might as well leave tonight.¡±

    ¡°No way!¡± Di Qiuhe grabbed him with his long arm, then he used the other hand to draw the te closer, ¡°Here, have the whole te, you can¡¯t just leave tonight!¡± then he added, acting all serious, ¡°and you can have all of me, all you can eat.¡±

    ¡°Hmm, where are your abs, has someone gained some weight?¡± He Bai teased him and he sighed, ¡°I only want to eat fresh meat.¡±

    Di Qiuhe¡¯s body turned stiff, he let go of He Bai, then he straightened his clothes and sat straight. With it he began to eat properly.

    He Bai smiled on seeing him finally start to eat, he served him a piece of ribs, patting his head.

    He Bai returned to school the next day.

    He was grabbed by Niu Junjie on entering the dormitory, he got rid of Junjie promptly, ¡°Wait, don¡¯t shake me again.¡± then he stepped back for several steps, ¡°Okay, now you can talk to me.¡±

    Niu Junjie withdrew his hands, he was now way less excited by He Bai¡¯s reaction, ¡°There are some rumors spreading on campus, people begin to talk nonsense like you are turning down the museum because you don¡¯t think it¡¯s good enough for you, and you only want to work with overseas museums. Some students started to use you of worshiping things foreign and fawning on foreign countries, and you are clearly biting off more than you can chew.¡±

    Chenjie also turned around from his table, he adjusted his sses and added, ¡°The president of the photography club posted something like your personality doesn¡¯t match your photography skills, the only reason you have some aplishments now is because you have a good supervisor, you always ask your supervisor to train you after ss, which is a burden to your supervisor, Professor Xu. He says you are arrogant and cocky, there are a lot ofments saying that¡¯s true, but they all chose to be anonymous.¡±

    Wang Hu clicked on the mouse and added what he had got, ¡°There are some people posting things like you are ungrateful to our school, you leave all support you have got from school behind, you did not even think about giving back now that you had some aplishments, yet you asked for more from the school. And they even ndered you, they said the only reason you agreed to attend this Art Festival was because the counsellor had promised you something in the certificates exams in the first ce.¡±

    ¡°There are even more outrageous posts saying you were able to rank the first in the quarter-final all thanks to Di Qiuhe, you were riding on his coattails. There are other contenders from our university too, but they are all very low key, and you hired paid posters online to create hype for yourself.¡± Niu Junjie sneered, ¡°Listen to them, they are making up stories like they believed it was real, to put everything in a nutshell, they were all jealous, I bet this has something to do with the curator of that museum.¡±

    He Bai was dumbfounded, he asked with disbelief, ¡°Let¡¯s leave everything else for now, how would anyone believe the counsellor had promised me something in the certificates exams? How foolish are they?¡±

    No one could meddle in certificates exams which were supervised by the third party.

    That was some bullshit posts, and people bought it?! And which president of the photography club?

    ¡°Well, not many people believe that.¡± replied Chen Jie.

    ¡°But we have to say there are a lot of people who are genuinely jealous of you.¡± Niu Junjie rubbed his chin and continued, ¡°It used to be all right, but it became kind of severe since you bought a house andmuted by car, hired a driver and a bunch of assistants.¡±

    Wang Hu took a glimpse at the brand new lenses on He Bai¡¯s table, and he sighed, ¡°Plus now you are able to have all those equipment, no wonder there are people have turned green with envy.¡±

    Chen Jie added, ¡°We know you are low-key, but haters are always going to be haters.¡±

    He Bai was speechless.

    Niu Junjie shrugged, ¡°So, have you got a n?¡±

 Chapter 209 - Riding on His Coattails (2)

    <h4>Chapter 209: Riding on His Coattails (2)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    He Bai swept around at his roommates, and replied, ¡°Not exactly a n, I¡¯ll make some rification though, and that¡¯s it. We just go on with our own lives, we work and we have fun, there are people have turned green with envy, yeah? I¡¯ll make them even more envious.¡± He couldn¡¯t wait to see their reactions when he won the lottery after graduation.

    At the end of the day, a clear conscience was a soft pillow. Rumors could not bes facts.

    Seeing his attitude, his roommates burst intoughter, then they nodded in unison. Soon enough they would leave this matter behind and talk something else.

    After the chat with his roommates, He Bai logged into his campuswork ount and posted against the rumors: First of all, he turned down the museum due to personal reasons, there was no such thing as looking down upon the museum, he will keep his work himself; Secondly, no one could tamper the certificates exams, please do not implicate the innocent counsellor, the results now is avable online, anyone who is interested to see his results can check it online; Thirdly, he is having so much fun riding on Di Qiuhe¡¯s coattails, everyone is wee to share the ride with him. And he indeed has a good teacher who always trains him after ss, everyone is also wee to the private ss as long as it Professor Xu thinks you worth his time.

    With that sassy post he left this matter behind, he decided to let it go. But he could not decide how others see this matter.

    This post seemed to served as a confirmation to other people who had been ndering him, they used him of being arrogant, showing no signs of regret or guilty.

    Xu Yinrong logged out his campuswork with a clouded face, then he thought about this matter for a while. He ended up submitting a resignation report to the HR, after that he started to pack up.

    To return to Di Qiuhe, he heard about this matter from Xing Shaofeng, his face darkened after he browsed the post online ndering He Bai, then he asked Xing Shaofeng to make a statement as his manager. After that he had his team dig in the rumors, he specifically emphasized the curator of the museum and the president of the photography club.

    He Bai was retouching the posters of when all three of his roommates were drawn to Niu Junjie¡¯s table, and they were so focused on the screen.

    ¡°What¡¯s new?¡± He rubbed his stiff neck from long hours sedentariness and came closer to them.

    Niu Junjie turned his head and said, ¡°Bai, even I am jealous of you now.¡±

    He Bai was more confused, ¡°What are you talking about?¡±

    ¡°Here,¡± Chen Jie made room for He Bai and he pointed at the screen, ¡°Both Professor Xu and Di Qiuhe had made statements, this thing now has turned so big that the school has to speak up.¡±

    He Bai was dumbfounded for a bit then he came closer to the screen.

    It was Xing Shaofeng¡¯s Weibo page, what was pinned on top was a statement signed by Di Qiuhe, it was a brief statement, he exined He Bai turned down the museum out of respect for his willingness, it had nothing to do with He Bai looked down upon the museum. And, he and He Bai were as close as friends could be, He Bai helped him out when he hit bottom rock back in the days, thanks to He Bai, he was turning better, the saying riding on his coattails was no difference than tarnishing their friendship, he would like to resort tow against people who were so passionate about spreading rumors. Then he added some self-mockery in the end, the name Di Qiuhe was known to no one overseas, if anything, it was him who was riding on He Bai¡¯s coattails.

    ¡°As close as friends could be... tut tut, how subtle.¡± eximed Niu Junjie, then he made a face, ¡°I¡¯m touched by this friendship.¡±

    He Bai did not take Niu Junjie¡¯s teasing that well, he demanded, ¡°Let me see Professor Xu¡¯s statement.¡±

    Niu Junjie quit teasing him and clicked open Professor Xu¡¯s statement for him.

    Professor Xu¡¯s statement was a bit longer than Di Qiuhe¡¯s, it was more logical and more well put, it refuted the rumors one by one.

    He acknowledged he had trained He Bai after ss, and he admitted it was a mistake of his that he upied He Bai¡¯s private time when he saw potential in him, he felt bad on forcing He Bai to finish the extra work he assigned him, he felt he made a huge mistake by asking He Bai toe to his office for feedback and instructions. And he listed the same mistakes he had made during the past years, there were a lot students who had gone through what happened to He Bai, he felt he was ridiculously wrong, he did not follow the rules stipted by school, he failed at being a teacher.

    Then he apologized for having a student like He Bai who had coerced his counsellor to pull strings for him in exams. His training had made He Bai a double-faced person, he behaved politely and worked hard around his teachers and friends, yet he became arrogant and cocky in front of that curator, showed no manner at all! It was all his fault, he pressured his student too much!

    He ended the statement with some self-criticism, he should have paid more attention on the rtionship between his students and lead them to grow in harmony, now there were students who reduced themselves to tools of interests, there were students who were willing to lie tantly online!

    Due to the above reasons, he felt deeply sorry and he had to resign.

    He Bai was panic stricken after he read this statement, he called Professor Xu immediately yet he could not get through, he rushed out to Professor Xu¡¯s office.

    When he arrived at his office, Professor Xu just finished the call with the dean, and he was busy packing up.

    ¡°My master... ...¡± He Bai looked around his office, it was half empty and Professor Xu kept packing, he blurted out, ¡°Please don¡¯t do this, those rumors don¡¯t bother me even one bit, I... ...¡±

    Xu Yinrong raised his hand and interrupted He Bai, he gave him aforting look, and gently he said, ¡°I¡¯m getting old, I¡¯m having a hard time teaching now, I might as well resign using this opportunity, don¡¯t over think.¡±

 Chapter 210 - Riding on His Coattails (3)

    <h4>Chapter 210: Riding on His Coattails (3)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    ¡°But... ...¡±

    ¡°There¡¯s no but.¡± Xu Yinrong interrupted him and pointed at an empty box lying on the floor, signaling him to help packing, then he continued, ¡°You have what it takes to be sessful, the aplishments you have got the opportunities you have gained are all based on your hard working and talent. I was just doing my job, teaching you and training you, it¡¯s unfair how they deny you and exaggerate my training.¡±

    He Bai opened his mouth, attempting to say something, yet Xu Yinrong threw him a book and stopped him.

    ¡°Put this book to the box on the right.¡± said Xu Yinrong, then he jerked his chin at a box near the door, with a smile he said, ¡°All right now, let¡¯s change the subject,e help me packing.¡±

    Seeing how determined Xu Yinrong was, He Bai did what he was told to, all the emotions he was going through now became one sentence, ¡°Thank you so much, my master.¡±

    ¡°Pleasure, let¡¯s keep packing before it gets dark, shall we?¡± Xu Yinrong patted on his shoulders and said, ¡°People cannot make up shit like I helped you shoot you works, I pulled strings for you, my favorite student, I tempered the results and things like that. Bai, keep working hard, you will be somebody and I know it.¡±

    He Bai nodded, he felt as if there were a lump in his throat.

    The next day after Xu Yinrong submitted his resignation report, Di Qiuhe found the solid evidence of the curator ganged up with the president of photography club, ndering He Bai online. Di Qiuhe hiredwyers to take charge of this matter, and the two both receivedwyer¡¯s letters.

    Leaders of Q University were so mad at the curator and the president of photography club, it¡¯s those two that had resulted the resignation of their most respected professor, Xu Yinrong. They made a statement on how it was impossible for anyone to tamper the certificate exams, they warned several students who were passionate about spreading rumors, especially that president of photography club, he was recorded a demerit. And they visited Xu Yinrong in person to apologize.

    The students were dumbfounded, they did not see thising, they thought is was just some stupid fun spreading some juicy materials online, no big deal. Plus, they did not want Xu Yinrong, the best professor on campus to resign.

    Xu Yinrong was famous for being responsible, He Bai did got some private training from Xu Yinrong, so did half of the students in his ss. It they had any idea this was how it turned out, they would have shut up and mind their own business.

    They were so regretful!!

    The curator was even more miserable, he just wanted to punish He Bai for stealing his daughter¡¯s thunder, when he looked for those paid posters, he made it specific that he did not want to involve Xu Yinrong in this. It they had to mention his name, they needed to talk Xu Yinrong up, little did he expect Xu Yinrong was so righteous, he gave up his job to defend his student.

    Most importantly, everyone knew it was his doing now that he had got awyer¡¯s letter.

    Q University now was putting pressure on the museum for losing Xu Yinrong, surely he would be the one who was going to take that pressure, most likely he would get sacked.

    He was just trying to do something nice for his daughter, affecting He Bai¡¯s mood thus he couldn¡¯t have good works for the following contest was what he wanted. The proverb ¡°Go for wool ande home shorn¡± described the situation the best, he had awsuit now, and his job was at risk, he might have had dragged his daughter into this mess as well.

    He Bai now was lying the sofa and he rejected the call from the curator again, sulking.

    ¡°How are you feeling, don¡¯t worry, I¡¯ve left this matter to thewyers.¡± Di Qiuhe held him in his arms and kissed his forehead as afort.

    He Bai shook his head, he sat up and pulled his hair, he was so mad, ¡°I should haved hire awyer when the rumors first started, what¡¯s the point of it now, Professor had already resigned.¡±

    ¡°Of course there¡¯s a point, no one will take advantage you from now on.¡± Di Qiuhe grabbed He Bai¡¯s hand and stopped him from pulling and torturing his hair, ¡°Bai, let¡¯s take this as a valuable lesson, from now on, anyone who treats you as a pushover, don¡¯t just ignore them, you need to fight back, fight until they stop. If you can¡¯t be bothered, just tell me, I¡¯ll fight for you, ignoring them is never the way out.¡±

    ¡°I did not just ignore them... ...¡± He Bai retorted, he did post something to defend himself online.

    Seeing how crestfallen He Bai was, Di Qiuhe poked at his dimple and said, ¡°I know you had defended yourself, but there are people who are jealous of you out there, there are haters out there no matter what you do, it¡¯s impossible to dig into everything. But you have to keep this in mind, Elder Xu decided to resign by himself, stop ming yourself already. Plus this might be a blessing in disguise, Elder Xu is getting old, you can visit him more often and show him more of your work.¡±

    He Bai now felt better, he shot Di Qiuhe a glimpse, ¡°You are one smooth talker.¡±

    ¡°I¡¯m just analyzing the situation ordingly.¡± Di Qiuhe raised his eyebrows and squeezed He Bai¡¯s face, ¡°There there, smile for me, puppy.¡±

    He Bai made a face and pounced on Di Qiuhe, finally he was feeling better.

    On the plus side, there was an increasing number of people who started to follow the Art Festival, people were curious to see He Bai¡¯s work.

    On the first of May, ¡¯s Army> was finally released, and on the same day the ¡°International Art Festival for Uni Students¡± published the top ten works in the finals, and He Bai ranked the first.

    was heatedly discussed byizens the second they saw it, He Bai did portrait again, and it was Di Qiuhe again!

    was a bit warm toned, while was a whole lot different, it was a bit dark and gloomy, graveyard and dark cloud set the tone basically, while the sunlight and the bouquet also reminded everyone there was always a silver lining to everything.

    University students shared their opinions in thements section, they were impressed by He Bai, they all agreed it was the best one among the top ten. He Bai was so consistent, he had got his own style now, some crazy talent he had got.

    Seeing everyone liked this photo, Di Qiuhe¡¯s fans could not lurk any more: Hi everyone, it is Di Qiuhe in the photo, he is an actor from China! His movie ¡¯s Army> is now in cinema, go check it out! He is great!

    University students from abroad: Wait, what? He is am actor? Which movie is on now? What title?

 Chapter 211 - Hashtag Di Qiuhe (1)

    <h4>Chapter 211: Hashtag Di Qiuhe (1)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    On the first of May, Di Qiuhe took He Bai to the grand premiere of ¡¯s Army>.

    He Bai of course got the front seat row, he also took his camera with him, other reporters trying so hard to secure their spots in the back all eximed how unfair life could be in their hearts. He Bai¡¯s presence had Di Qiuhe peek at his row fairly often, the hardcore fans who bought front row tickets all thought he was having interactions with them.

    He Bai aimed his camera directly at Di Qiuhe when he shot another affectionate look at him, and he secretly flipped Di Qiuhe off.

    Di Qiuhe¡¯s smile got bigger, he was well aware puppy red up due to his non stop stare, hence he averted his gaze and suppressed hisughter, looking at Jiang Guanshan who was giving a speech on the stage attentively.

    ¡°OMG, OMG, Qiuqiu was making eye contact with me, wasn¡¯t he? He must have seen the merch toy in my hand. How cute is he when he suppressed hisughter just now!¡±

    ¡°Hush hush, quiet, we spent big money for these front row tickets, let¡¯s behave ourselves.¡±

    Hearing what the fans were talking about, He Bai frowned, he red at Di Qiuhe who was in the spotlight, he cringed, trying to make himself invisible.

    The pre-press conference finished after half an hour, the crew members all took their seats and were ready to watch the movie. Di Qiuhe sat next to He Bai and he grabbed his hand after the venue¡¯s lights were off.

    Di Qiuhe smirked and grabbed He Bai harder, he leaned closer and was about to give him a kiss.

    He Bai¡¯s eyes were wide open, he withdrew his hands yet he failed, he had no other option but to kick him on the foot.

    The movie started and it lighted up the front row, He Bai withdrew his hand again, Di Qiuhe pretended he was letting go of him, then he promptly grabbed He Bai by the arm, now He Bai was nestling in his arm.

    ¡°Humph.¡±

    Cheeky Di Qiuhe breathed in He Bai¡¯s ear.

    He Bai shook his body and pushed him away, then he turned around and whispered to Dong Ni who was sitting next to him.

    Poor Dong Ni felt the ¡°death stare¡± from Di Qiuhe, she was screaming in her heart, she was a changed innocent young actress now, she was not interested in provoking Di Qiuhe in any possible way. And look at the love birds, Jesus Christ! What were they thinking! He Bai, the so-called reporter, was sitting between the male lead Di Qiuhe and the female lead herself, was that a practical arrangement? Surely people could sense something! If she knew better, she would have listened to her sugar daddy and stayed away from show business.

    The movie officially started after a gunshot sound.

    Silence reigned the whole venue after the gunshot in the scene, people were absorbed in the movie and could not take their eyes off the screen.

    He Bai was drawn to the screen too, he had read the scripts before, but it was so exciting to finally see the adaption in another form, and this was the hard work of Di Qiuhe, which practically marked the beginning of an era for Di Qiuhe. Di Qiuhe died while he was still shooting this film in the previous life, while in this life, he finished this movie and everyone got to watch it.

    This boded well, it surely was the beginning of Di Qiuhe¡¯s era, he clenched his fists.

    Di Qiuhe looked sideways at his puppy, seeing puppy¡¯s sparkling eyes amid the lighting from the screen, he caught hold of He Bai¡¯s fists and yed with his fingers, then he held He Bai¡¯s hand with their fingers inteced.

    On the screen, rookie police officer Cheng Jun lost his master who had nurtured him in a shoot-out with the drug dealers. That was the third time he had to say goodbye to people he loved, the first time was to his grandpa, the second time was to his dad, now it was his master.

    Cheng Jun stood at the gravestone of his master¡¯s, he saluted to the gravestone, the he left resolutely for yet another fight.

    Three monthster, the rookie police officer Cheng Jun also became a martyr, while a new drug dealer called Lil Cheng emerged along the territorial boundaries. Lil Cheng looked like a strong manly man, yet he was an absolute pushover, an easy prey to anyone in the game.

    He was beaten up, he was bullied, he was robbed... ... he thoroughly reformed himself when he was on the verge of starving to death. Then he joined a drug trafficking group, he became a gambler, a whore master, then he finally was reduced to a drug user to earn the trust from his leader.

    A ssic Jiang Guanshan film, clean cut and fast-paced plot, the audience all felt like they were all there witnessing how Cheng Jun sessfully became an undercover agent, how he earned the trust from the drug dealers.

    He Bai felt as if there were a lump in his throat seeing how Cheng Jun struggled to punch himself to pull himself together, and on the other hand how he had to fawn upon the drug dealers, how he cut his own skin to ovee drug addiction.

    Everyone was in dismay, then the plot paced up, Cheng Jun had made remarkable character growth after he gained the drug dealers¡¯ trust, he became a leader in that group soon. Internal strife between the drug dealers, the fights between the drug dealers and police officers, the struggle between desire and conscience were all unfolding as Cheng Jun grew, while Cheng Jun maintained to keep his spine straight the whole time.

    While his soul aged after seeing so many aspects of humanity, he had seen how drug eroded a righteous person¡¯s body and heart, he had seen how a bad guy regretted his life choices, he had let down a good girl... ... but he knew what he was looking for and never had he lost hope!

    It was like someone had pressed fast forward to advance the plot, the audience were all desperately to know the ending, all of a sudden, the scene went silent, it was a view of Cheng Jun¡¯s back...

    Cheng Jun¡¯s three years¡¯ of undercover life turned out to be a great sess, with that it was all over the news, the campaign of counter attacking drug dealers the territorial boundaries gained some remarkable progress. While a new gravestone appeared in the martyr graveyard.

    The female lead was saluting Cheng Jun in front of his gravestone, she was kept in the dark of Cheng Jun¡¯s undercover life, she gave way to a storm of weeping thinking about their conflicts due to misunderstanding......

 Chapter 212 - Hashtag Di Qiuhe (2)

    <h4>Chapter 212: Hashtag Di Qiuhe (2)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    The venue was dead silent when the movie finished, people were still absorbed in the plot until the theme song rang and dragged people to reality, soon the audience burst into thunderous apuse.

    He Bai couldn¡¯t help but catch hold of the person who was sitting right next to him, he let out a sigh of relief and hugged him tightly, with it he pounded Di Qiuhe¡¯s back like he was checking if the person was real.

    ¡°Thank God YOU are alive... ...¡±, he rested his head on Di Qiuhe¡¯s shoulder, feeling the warmth from him, and the flutter in his heart slowly disappeared.

    ¡°Yeah, I¡¯m safe and sound.¡± Di Qiuhe patted He Bai on his back in a soothing way.

    A list of narcotics police¡¯s names who had sacrificed at their posts showed up on the screen along with the theme song, people paid their respects in the heart. In real life, those brave police officers and agents made the real Cheng¡¯s Army.

    Then the screen went dark as the theme song finished, soon the lights were lit in the venue, He Bai pushed Di Qiuhe away gently, he began to apud as the director, Jiang Guanshan was bowing to the audience.

    Some fans shouted out ¡°Cheng Jun¡± passionately, and they waved and bowed to the crew for creating such a masterpiece.

    The reporters present were so touched by the atmosphere, they were busy taking photos and writing down news release, they were impressed by the movie and the audience that night.

    He Bai sat at the back row of the car after the premiere, he was busy checking the photos he had taken, and he sighed from time to time.

    ¡°What¡¯s going on?¡± Di Qiuhe leaned over and rubbed his cheek, ¡°Don¡¯t over think, the art of movie is fiction, just like Elder Xu has told you, Cheng Jun in real life was severely injured yet he was saved, and he got a new identity, he is living a happy life now.¡±

    ¡°Heavily injured, once a drug user, I¡¯m just really worried for him... ...¡± He Bai was choked, then he took a glimpse of Di Qiuhe, somehow he felt this Childish Di was a bit unsightly, ¡°Leave me alone, I just watched a movie about a true hero Cheng Jun, but look at yourself, you are nowhere near him, just leave me alone for now.¡±

    Di Qiuhe was speechless.

    It took He Bai longer to get over with the movie than Di Qiuhe had predicted, He Bai gave him a hard time for three straight days, no cuddle, no dinner cooking, no intimacy in bed! On the fourth day, Di Qiuhe finally couldn¡¯t tolerate any more, he grabbed He Bai who was staring at the photo wall on the third floor, in bodynguage he told He Bai it was Di Qiuhe who was there for him not Cheng Jun in the movie, fierce bodynguage.

    He Bai was panting after their exercise, he pointed his finger at Di Qiuhe, ¡°Di Qiuhe! What have you done to me!¡±

    Di Qiuhe who was just about wipe for him suddenly halted, he lied down next to He Bai and squinted, ¡°Ah~ it seems like you still remember my name is Di Qiuhe.¡± with it he bit He Bai on his shoulder, then his hand travelled down... ...

    He Bai screamed and grabbed his shoulders, ¡°What? Again?¡±

    Di Qiuhe replied him with a kiss.

    Theymunicated a lot in bodynguage for the following days, then Di Qiuhe returned to the set of , meanwhile he was creating hype for his movie ¡¯s Army>, tight schedule.

    He Bai pushed open his dormitory door while supporting and rubbing his waist, damn Di Qiuhe! He turned on hisptop and browsed reviews of ¡¯s Army> on multiple websites.

    He had been worried after the trailer of ¡¯s Army> went viral, what if people¡¯s expectations were too high, what if they found the movie was not as good as the trailer... ...

    He Bai cared for Di Qiuhe so much that he was over thinking.

    He logged in Weibo, then he found his ount was inundated with notifications and new followers, which seemed to be a good sign. He entered ¡¯s Army> in search box.

    The movie was heatedly discuss by theizens, so many reviews and posts about it.

    A: ¡¯s Army> is definitely a box office winner.

    B: ¡¯s Army> is such a masterpiece, go watch it in the cinema! Director Jiang Guanshan is amazing, the male lead is amazing!

    C: ¡¯s Army> made its name overseas.

    D: OMG! I¡¯m going to watch ¡¯s Army> for the third time, who is going with me? I have a free ticket for you.

    E: I¡¯m sorry for calling Di Qiuhe a boy toy, I am so sorry, he is a brilliant actor.

    F: Another theme movie on national ideology, boring!

    G: What¡¯s wrong with you, @ F? Another? This movie is unique, okay? Shut up if you have not watched the movie yet!

    ... ...

    He Bai smiled and he closed that page, he clicked open the ranking list on most trendy topics, and he started to giggle.

    Well, that was a sess, right?

    Niu Junjie and Chenjie exchanged a look subtly, they made a scene by shouting and pping, ¡°Bai, congrattions! We are waiting for Di Qiuhe to treat us a feast, we are so happy for him! What a huge sess!¡±

    He Bai also joined their shouting and pping , he said yes to his roommates on behalf of Qiuhe.

    One weekter, there were so many great reviews online, Di Qiuhe had got so many hardcore fans, everyone was talking about him on social media.

    Thanks to ¡°International Art Festival for Uni Students¡±, Di Qiuhe had won poprity among international university students, they were drawn to the cinemas.

 Chapter 213 - Iâ€™m His Assistant (1)

    <h4>Chapter 213: I¡¯m His Assistant (1)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    The movie was a huge sess, it was off the screen after a month. However, it made it to the Channel 6 the movie channel, more people got to watch it.

    Xing Shaofeng was inundated with work invitations and offers, he turned down all of them. Excessive exposure was thest thing he wanted for Di Qiuhe and He Bai.

    ¡°Immortal Way ¡°finished shooting in mid-June, Di Qiuhe flew off to D Country where ¡°International Art Festival for Uni Students¡± was held to keep He Baipany. He Bai had an award ceremony and a three-day art exchange activities.

    ¡°Thanks to you, my model Di Qiuhe, I won the Best Inte Poprity Award, yay, more money.¡± He Bai was browsing the album of the best works from themittee of the Art Festival he just received, ¡°Hmm, I guess you are more than a pretty face, all right, I will give you a fat red packet.¡±

    Di Qiuhe smiled, he leaned closer to him to look at the album, ¡°Yay, thank you, boss man.¡±

    He Bai felt Di Qiuhe¡¯s warm breath by his ear, he rubbed his ears and warned Di Qiuhe, ¡°Behave yourself, things have changed now, don¡¯t make the headlines now that there are so many paparazzi.¡±

    ¡°I wish they could find something... ...¡± whispered Di Qiuhe. He hushed when he saw He Bai was ring at him, sigh, then he turned around, looking outside of the window, ¡°I understand, I guess I¡¯m embarrassing you.¡±

    He Bai frowned, he rolled the photo album in hand and hit Di Qiuhe on the head gently, then he put on his blindfold trying to get some sleep.

    ¡®Childish Di! I¡¯m doing this all for you, ¡°Immortal Way¡± is about to on soon, a good TV show can make you known to every household, I can¡¯t risk it at such a crucial timing!¡¯

    Di Qiuhe saw He Bai putting on his blindfold, and Bai was still pouting, he soon leaned close to Bai and poked him on the cheek.

    The nended after more than ten hours¡¯ flying, the two were about to leave the airport after they imed their luggage, Di Qiuhe who was not wearing a mask were recognized by some girls.

    ¡°Excuse me, are you Di Qiuhe?¡±

    The girls asked in Chinese, even though she was a new learner and the ent was a bit heavy, Di Qiuhe and He Bai both understood her just fine.

    Seeing this group of fans, He Bai rubbed his nose and stopped yawning, he stepped back and smiled, pretending he was Di Qiuhe¡¯s assistant, ¡°Yes,dies, he is.¡±

    Di Qiuhe turned back and shot him a nce, feeling so betrayed. He nodded to the fans, and said yes, asking them how could he help them.

    The fans were stoked, they selected a girl to hand over Di Qiuhe a notebook, they expressed how they loved his new movie and his photos, they also asked if they could have a group photo with him and get an autograph.

    The ¡°assistant¡± took a Proid from his bag and smiled at Di Qiuhe, meaning he could do the honor any time.

    The fans got the autograph and a group photo, they walked the two to the taxi and said farewell to the two.

    He Bai put his Proid in his bag raised his eyebrows, ¡°Well, well, well, I cannot believe you have overseas fans now, it feels great, yeah?¡±

    Di Qiuhe squinted and squeezed He Bai¡¯s cheek, ¡°It feels even greater that I have you as my assistant than having overseas fans now.¡± with it he rubbed He Bai¡¯s nose.

    He Bai decoded what he meant from his bodynguage and his tone, he replied, ¡°What are you talking about? I¡¯m just an innocent little boy.¡±

    ¡°You ain¡¯t no innocent little boy.¡± Di Qiuhe held He Bai¡¯s hand and and said cheerfully, ¡°We are about to find how innocent you are after we check in the hotel.¡±

    He Bai withdrew his hand and kicked him.

    The two flirted along the way, both were having a good time enjoying the exotic scenery outside the window. They thought it was nothing but a coincidence they ran into some fans, little did they knew groups of fans had gathered in this country after they got the news of Art Festival Award.

    The next day, the two who had a good night¡¯s sleep were determined to have a good sightseeing day, however, they had fans recognize them and ask for photos and autographs all the time, the two were surprised.

    Whey the fifth group of fans came to them, He Bai who was tired of ying the little assistant dragged Di Qiuhe and hopped on a taxi, he said a ce and asked the drive to drive.

    Di Qiuhe gave He Bai a meaningful smile, ¡°I thought we were shopping for your roommates.¡±

    ¡°Shopping? We could barely walk on that street.¡± He Bai faked a sneer, ¡°You are enjoying me being your assistant, aren¡¯t you?¡±

    Di Qiuhe did not want to say anything wrong, he suppressed his smirk and squeezed He Bai¡¯s hand in a soothing way, ¡°Where are we going? I didn¡¯t get the name of the ce just now.¡±

    He Bai rolled his eyes at him, he replied in a mysterious way, ¡°Di Qiuhe, let me take you to a good ce now that the awards ceremony is not on till tomorrow.¡±

    Di Qiuhe smiled seeing the way He Bai pretended to be mysterious, he grabbed He Bai, ¡°Puppy, you are such a cutie.¡±

    The driver also showed a friendly smile seeing the two being all lovey-dovey.

    He Bai felt shy, he pushed Di Qiuhe away and said, ¡°Cute my ass! Let go of me.¡±

    He Bai had visited so many beautiful ces, most of which he just had a good time and left, only few ces drew him back, he just keep revisiting, this ce they were going was one of them.

    ¡°It¡¯s early summer now,¡± He Bai took Di Qiuhe to a hill near the town, and they stopped at a cliff, ¡°It¡¯s not that hot yet, nice view of flowers.¡±

    Di Qiuhe wiped his forehead which was covered with a thinyer of sweat now and listened to his puppy carefully.

    ¡°Shall we?¡± He Bai took Di Qiuhe walk past the cliff, ¡°We are about to see some wonders.¡±

    Di Qiuhe looked at him tenderly and nodded.

    A grand view was hiding inside this cliff, it felt like they could touch the sky there, a sea of beautiful flowers was unfolding right in front of them, and they could see the profile of the town at the end of the flower sea.

 Chapter 214 - Iâ€™m His Assistant (2)

    <h4>Chapter 214: I¡¯m His Assistant (2)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Di Qiuhe was blown way, he thought this was He Bai¡¯s prank, little did he expect he would be seeing such beautiful scenery.

    ¡°There is a hill between this flower sea and the town, therefore people in the town couldn¡¯t see these flowers from the town, but when we stand here and seeing from afar, we will have this illusion that the town was right next to the flower sea.¡± He Bai was standing right next to Di Qiuhe, he stretched himselffortably, ¡°Early spring is the best season to enjoy the scenery, the leaves are sprouting, the flowers are blooming, it¡¯s like an oil painting under the sunlight.¡±

    Di Qiuhe came back to his senses now, he was curious why He Bai knew this ce so well, but he did not ask him, he just smiled and replied, ¡°It¡¯s breath-taking now.¡±

    ¡°I wanna show you something more breath-taking,¡± He Bai smiles, all of a sudden he squatted down and slid along the slope, Di Qiuhe panicked, he reached out to grab him, yet he lost his bnce and slid along the slope as well.

    ¡°Look up!¡± He Bai pointed at the ce where they slid, ¡°It¡¯s always foggy in the morning, see those trees? They are all shrouded in fog in the morning, looks like they are growing in the cloud, sometimes rays of morning sunlight will appear too, can you imagine how beautiful that is?¡±

    Di Qiuhe looked the way He Bai was pointing at, he couldn¡¯t help but smile, ¡°Yeah I bet it¡¯s stunning.¡±

    ¡°I¡¯ll take you here next spring!¡± He Bai was now in high spirits, he was busy looking for the best spots to take pictures, it was such a hidden gem, ¡°This ce has different charms in every season, the locals find this slope dangerous so they rarelye to this ce, such a shame though.¡±

    Di Qiuhe only found his puppy who was crawling on the floor for photos had got more charm than this view, he asked cheerfully, ¡°How about we visit this ce every year, each year we pick a different season?¡±

    ¡°Great.¡± He Bai was only too d to hear that.

    Click.

    Di Qiuhe took a snap of his puppy with Proid, he smiled on seeing the photo, then he put the photo into his pocket.

    He Bai took Di Qiuhe to his ¡°secret base¡± on an impulse to avoid the fans, but he just got so carried away now, taking pictures here and there, he didn¡¯t realize it until sunset, then he went downhill with Di Qiuhe who kept himpany the whole day.

    It was alreadyte when they arrived the foot of the hill, considering there were so many fans waiting for them near the hotel, the two decided to check in a hotel in the town and go get changed the next morning before they went to the awards ceremony.

    It took the judges a month to rank the top ten, on this ceremony they would announce and award the top three.

    He Bai found his seat under the instructions on his invitation, themittee arranged the seats based on nationalities and schools instead of the categories, hence he found he was sitting next to Yan Yuan, the curator¡¯s daughter.

    ¡°Hi, how are you?¡± He Bai greeted Yan Yuan politely, of course he was not going to me Yan Yuan for what her father had done. He then looked back at Di Qiuhe who was sitting in guest area.

    Yan Yuan did not think He Bai would greet her, she looked like she had something to say, she bit her lips and said, ¡°Hi, He Bai, I¡¯m... I¡¯m so sorry for what my father has done to you.¡±

    He Bai was browsing the photo album on his seat, he halted and looked at her on hearing her.

    ¡°I¡¯m deeply, deeply sorry.¡± Yan Yuan was so nervous that she touched her hair, and whispered, ¡°I know it¡¯s all pointless now after what my father has done, but... but I heard somethingst night, and I think you¡¯d better check out from the hotel tonight, you still have a three-day art exchanging activity, I¡¯m worried... and I heard you are here with Di Qiuhe... ...¡±

    He Bai was totally lost, but he could tell how sincere and genuine Yan Yuan was from her eyes, he let down his guard, and replied gently, ¡°Yan Yuan, don¡¯t get so nervous, what do you want to tell me?¡±

    Seeing how gentle He Bai was, Yan Yuan now was feeling better, she started to think more logically, ¡°Here is the thing, I knew you arrived the day before yesterday, I wanted to say sorry to you in person, but I don¡¯t have your number, so I went to you hotel to wait for you in the lobby... ... please don¡¯t get me wrong, I was not stalking you. Yesterday afternoon, an Asian girl was making a phone call in the lobby, and I happened to hear what she said, she was very loud.¡±

    He Bai frowned and asked, ¡°Is it rted to me or Qiuhe?¡±

    ¡°Yes.¡± Yan Yuan looked at him and her voice grew lower, ¡°I heard something about stalking, candid photo, and ruining his face... but I didn¡¯t call the police thinking what if I¡¯ve misheard her. Anyway, please watch out, the girl is very young, I think she may be Di Qiuhe¡¯s hater, please watch out.¡±

    A very young girl?

    He Bai found it odd and asked, ¡°What does she look like? How old does she look like?¡±

    Yan Yuan recalled, ¡°About fifteen-odd something, she¡¯s got long hair and a high pitch voice, a pretty girl yet an angry looking face, she sounds very impatient on the phone too.¡±

    Fifteen-odd something? Pretty but angry looking? Di Chunhua?

    He Bai¡¯s face darkened on thinking about who it might be.

 Chapter 215 - To Meet Trick With Trick (1)

    <h4>Chapter 215: To Meet Trick With Trick (1)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Yan Yuan was shocked seeing He Bai¡¯s face darkened, she thought she said something wrong, she was loud in her apologies.

    ¡°No, it has nothing to do with you.¡± He Baiforted her, he asked more detailed questioned when Yan Yuan calmed down, he was told the girl on the phone had taken two girls upstairs. He turned back and gave Di Qiuhe a look after he said thanks to Yan Yuan, then he walked outside.

    He Bai took Di Qiuhe to a corner to avoid the crowd outside the venue.

    ¡°What¡¯s going on?¡± asked Di Qiuhe anxiously, he frowned, ¡°Something went wrong? I noticed the seats were arranged ording to nationalities and schools, has the person found fault with you?¡±

    ¡°No,¡± He Bai shook his head, then he told Di Qiuhe what he had heard from Yan Yuan, and he asked, ¡°I remember grandpa and Xing Shaofeng have arranged us some bodyguards, do you have any idea where they are now?¡±

    Di Qiuhe¡¯s face also clouded after he heard what He Bai said, but he was trying tofort He Bai, he stroked He Bai¡¯s hair, ¡°I don¡¯t want to be too high profile, so I asked them to take a different flight, they arrived yesterday morning. And they missed us due to the sudden change of our schedule yesterday, they are waiting for us outside the venue.¡±

    They asked Xing Shaofeng to arrange them some bodyguards just in case Di Bian invited himself into their house again, they asked the bodyguards not to follow them when they went on private trips. Recently Xing Shaofeng and grandpa figured Di Qiuhe needed these bodyguards due to the huge sess of his movie, they made it a rule that he had to go travelling with the bodyguards. Even though he wanted to have some privacy, he had to update the bodyguards his whereabouts.

    He Bai now was so grateful for Xing Shaofeng and grandpa.

    ¡°Can you ask them to go to our hotel room to check whether there was any mini spy camera? And also, remember to tell them act natural, like they are in the room to pick up things for us.¡± with it He Bai checked the time, the ceremony was about to start, he did not want to bete, so he sped up, ¡°From now on, do not have close contact with anyone, even the fans who are asking for your autograph or asking for a picture with you. I¡¯lle to your seat as soon as the ceremony finishes... ... never mind, how about leaving the ceremony now just in case the people who are sitting next to you are with Di Chunhua?¡±

    ¡°Bai,¡± Di Qiuhe held He Bai¡¯s hand in a soothing way, ¡°This is your first international award, I want to be here for you. Don¡¯t worry, even though someone has ill intention to me, this is a public asion with so many artists, I¡¯m safe here. You just have a good time at the ceremony please, I¡¯ll take care of myself, don¡¯t worry.¡±

    He Bai was still anxious, ¡°But... ...¡±, Qiuhe was an actor, his face was his career, what if... what if something happened?

    ¡°There is no but, I¡¯ll be all right now that I have got you, my lucky charm.¡± Di Qiuhe patted He Bai on his shoulder and pushed him away gently, he said, ¡°No need to worry, this venue is definitely safer than anywhere else with all the guests and cameras, I¡¯m just at the back row, you will see me when you turn. Don¡¯t freak out for nothing, puppy.¡±

    ¡°I¡¯m not freaking out for nothing.¡± He Bai retorted even though he knew what Di Qiuhe said was right, so he did not ask Di Qiuhe to leave again, he told Di Qiuhe, ¡°All right then, don¡¯t run around, text me every five minutes, meet me at the gate when the ceremony is over, yeah?¡±

    ¡°Yeah, boss man.¡± Di Qiuhe squeezed his face, and pushed He Bai further. Seeing He Bai enter the venue, he called his bodyguards.

    The ceremony began on schedule, after the opening show was a speech on the history and the grand vision of this event by the chairman of themittee, the award presenting part was finally on after that.

    The awards were presented by categories, photography was scheduled to thest team, He Bai now was feeling really down.

    ¡°Are you nervous as well, He Bai?¡± Yan Yuan handed He Bai a candy, thinking He Bai was nervous at big asions like this, she whispered, ¡°Here, something sweet will make you feel better.¡±

    This dragged He Bai to the reality from the wild thoughts running in his mind, he turned to check Di Qiuhe, Di Qiuhe smiled at him, He Bai felt rxed and he took the candy said thanks to Yan Yuan.

    He yed with the hard candy in his hand, smiled.

    Unlike her father, Yan Yuan was kind and innocent, a lovely and considerate girl.

    You could tell a lot by looking at the art someone created, Yan Yuan¡¯s works were archived by a couple of Children¡¯s Museums in his previous life, he believed Yan Yuan was genuinely a nice person.

    He put the candy in his mouth, his anxiety began to disappear as the candy kicked his taste buds, he noticed Yan Yuan was fidgeting, he leaned closer to her andforted her, ¡°You know you are brilliant, you will have a good ranking.¡± If his memory served him right, Yan Yuan ranked the third in her team.

    Yan Yuan flushed crimson, and she stuttered, ¡°Thank you... thank you so much, once again, I want to apologize to you about my father anyways, thank you.¡±

    He Bai told her no worries, now he began to like this girl.

 Chapter 216 - To Meet Trick With Trick (2)

    <h4>Chapter 216: To Meet Trick With Trick (2)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    He Bai¡¯s phone vibrated, he looked back, haha, what met his eyes was a face written jealousy all over, he smiled.

    Yan Yuan was awarded the third prize in her team, when she heard her name she was too shocked to even move.

    ¡°Congrattions, now go to the stage.¡± He Bai whispered at her ear.

    Yan Yuan finally collected herself, she hugged He Bai and she straightened her dress, marching to the stage, seeing how cute this girl was, the audience gave her a big round of apuse.

    Again, He Bai¡¯s phone vibrated, He Bai looked back and unted the second candy Yan Yuan just gave him.

    Di Qiuhe almost sprang up, he red at that candy.

    He Bai almost burst intoughter.

    The audience sitting in the back rows were like what was going on, why did that young man keep looking back? Was he looking for his parents¡¯ support? Aww, how cute.

    There were of course some observant audience who had seen those two through.

    Finally the next team was photography.

    Di Qiuhe got so nervous that he stopped texting, he stared at the screen, he could not wait to find out the ranking.

    He Bai, on the other hand, was quite collected.

    ¡°The third prize goes to...¡±

    ¡°The second prize goes to...¡±

    The first prize goes to He Bai of Q University, China!¡± The presenters started to p their hands after they made the announcement.

    The audience also started to p their hands, they looked around inquiringly, wanting to know what the talented kid looked like.

    ¡°Yay it¡¯s you, of course it¡¯s you! I knew it!¡± Yan Yuan was so excited that she hugged He Bai again, she burst into tears, ¡°Thank God, that nder did not affect you, congrattions!¡±

    He Bai hugged Yan Yuan back and he let go of her, he blew a kiss to Di Qiuhe who was sitting in the guest area, then he went to the stage amid the apuse.

    ¡®A, how cute puppy is! Blowing me a kiss and ying all cute! Wait, no, wait, I¡¯m still mad at him for those unnecessary touch with that girl.¡¯

    The presenters handed him the prize and flowers, the host started to ask He Bai how he was feeling.

    ¡°Firstly, I¡¯d like to say a thanks.¡± He Bai smiled at the audience, he expressed in fluent English how grateful he was for the support he had got from the school, his teachers, his friends and of course themittee, in the end he looked at Di Qiuhe and said in Chinese, ¡°Hey, you, would you like to be my model for a lifetime?¡± with it he bowed to the audience and left the stage.

    There came another round of apuse.

    Di Qiuhe was still holding his phone to record the precious moment, hearing what He Bai just said, he was dumbfounded, ¡®wait, model, for a lifetime?¡¯

    Was Bai ... was he talking about a lifetimemitment? Was he? Was he? He was, yeah? He was!

    Di Qiuhe grabbed his phone tightly, seeing He Bai who wasughing and talking with Yan Yuan in the front row, he just wanted to grab He Bai back into his own arms and gave him a good rubbing, he also wanted to spank He Bai as a punishment. His heart was in such a flutter, he could not wait to throw himself to He Bai after the ceremony.

    He Bai went to the gate to look for Di Qiuhe, yet he didn¡¯t find him, he was so anxious that he dialed Di Qiuhe¡¯s number on his phone.

    Then a familiar ringtone came from the back, he was about to turn around when he was grabbed and taken to a corner.

    ¡°Puppy, let¡¯s get married when we are back.¡± a familiar voice rang in his ear with a determined tone. Then he felt a bite on his earlobe.

    He Bai rxed now, he patted Di Qiuhe on his shoulder and replied in a naughty way, ¡°Your fans are gonna be heart-broken.¡±

    ¡°They would be happy for me.¡± Di Qiuhe grabbed his hands and put them around his waist, he hugged He Bai tightly, stroked his hair and cheek, ¡°You have always been there for me, my fans would only be happy for me that I found someone like you. Plus, I¡¯m not making a living by my look, I¡¯m an actor, it¡¯s the movies and the dramas that my fans really love.¡±

    He Bai was amused, he asked, ¡°What about cover shooting? Will you do it with me?¡±

    Di Qiuhe thought about it and added, ¡°I¡¯m in as long as there¡¯s gonna be you.¡±

    ¡°Silly Childish Di.¡± He Bai flipped his forehead, he felt so secure and tranquil at the moment, then he patted Di Qiuhe on his shoulder, ¡°All right, let¡¯s get going, let¡¯s meet our bodyguards.¡±

    Di Qiuhe also knew this is not the ce to get all affectionate, he let go of He Bai reluctantly, ¡°Just wait for your spanking when we get to the hotel.¡± speaking of hotel, he recalled the phone call he just got from the bodyguards, ¡°Nah, let¡¯s not go back to the hotel for now, they just checked, and yeah, there were mini spy cameras.¡±

    And there went He Bai¡¯s good mood.

    The bodyguards went to their hotel room to check just now, soon they found two mini spy cameras and they started to look into anything suspicious.

    ¡°I doubt there¡¯s someone has sneaked in while the housekeeper was cleaning and hid the cameras.¡± Zhou Li, the team leader of the bodyguards told them his guess, he frowned, ¡°We need to look for the CCTV of the hotel, Master Di, shall I call the police?¡± Calling the police would help them a great deal, they were not at home, they needed support.

    Di Qiuhe shook his head, ¡°Not now, chances are Di Chunhua has assigned someone else to set up those mini spy cameras, let¡¯s wait and catch her red handed.¡±

 Chapter 217 - To Meet Trick With Trick (3)

    <h4>Chapter 217: To Meet Trick With Trick (3)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    ¡°Catch her red-handed? How?¡± asked He Bai in confusion.

    ¡°I know her too well, she must be waiting around to see how I fell for her trap, she won¡¯t let it go seeing I¡¯m still safe and sound.¡± Di Qiuhe rubbed He Bai¡¯s earlobe and continued, ¡°We are going to spend three more days here for your art exchange activities, trust me, she will try her luck soon.¡±

    Seeing Di Qiuhe¡¯s smirk, He Bai rolled his eyes.

    Thank God the two booked a suite to have more space for their equipment, now He Bai thought he¡¯d better sleep on the spare bed considering the situation.

    Di Qiuhe wished he had not suggesteding back to the hotel to lure Di Chunhua, now he wanted to strangle himself because he was not going to get some that night.

    Hmm, the two slept separately that night. The next morning they went to the art exchange activities, they spent some great time with the fans, while their body guards had been apanying them secretly.

    The first day He Bai found a lot of fellow photographers, he had a great time. They attended two lectures on the second day, quite an educational day. While their bodyguards found yet one more mini spy camera, in the bathroom!

    ¡°There¡¯s a girl sneaked in the room while you guys went downstairs for breakfast, and here are the photos we have taken.¡±

    ¡°Has she absolutely lost her mind? She had not got any juicy material of us two, and now she turned desperate, she asked someone to put on a camera in the bathroom, so she can have some photos while you take a shower?¡± He Bai was shocked, he took over the photos the bodyguard handed him, ¡°Wait, isn¡¯t this girl the fan who asked for an autograph? Thank God you did not drink the water she gave you yesterday, that was close.¡±

    ¡°More like Thank God you have brought your fellow photographers to introduce me, she did not have it her way with the presence of so many people.¡± Di Qiuhe also had a look at the photos, he sneered, ¡°What an idiot, all right, everyone, we need to watch out, chances are she will pull some other tricks today.¡±

    Thest day of the art exchange activity was an auction for charity, all the contenders and judges needed to submit a piece of work for auction, all the profits would go to poor students. He Bai found it so meaningful, he submit one photo as well.

    The auction was scheduled in the afternoon, the two spent the morning wandering at a local fair, and they lunched at a local cosy restaurant, good times. The two walked to the auction after lunch.

    Two girls walked towards them, ¡°Excuse... excuse me, I¡¯m Mary, we¡¯ve met yesterday, and today I brought my friend with me, who is also a fan, what a coincidence that we run into each other¡± the blonde said this in excitement, she grabbed a thermos bottle in hand while she stared at Di Qiuhe, ¡°Can I ask for one more autograph for my friend, please? Or a photo? My friend is really a fan... ...¡±

    He Bai and Qiuhe exchanged a look subtly, Mary was the girl on the photo who sneaked into their room, ah, Di Chunhua couldn¡¯t wait to make another move now. He Bai stepped back like a good assistant, actually he was texting the bodyguard, while Di Qiuhe stepped forward and covered He Bai, he nodded to the two ¡°fans¡± with a big smile.

    He took over the notebook and signed for them, and after that, Mary kept looking at He Bai, just like the way she did it yesterday expecting He Bai could be the photographer for them. He Bai shook his head, and he walked away and took out his mobile like he was busy answering a phone call.

    Mary slightly frowned, while she acted normally soon in case Di Qiuhe saw through her, she waved at her friend toe stand next to Di Qiuhe, she said she could be their photographer.

    He Bai kept observing the situation on the side, he squinted at the thermos the girl grabbed tightly.

    Mary walked to Di Qiuhe after she took the photo for her friend and Di Qiuhe, she handed the camera to her friend, while she secretly unscrewed the thermos when she almost was three steps away from Di Qiuhe.

    He Bai frowned and marched towards them, he acted like he was looking for someone and identally bumped into Mary and knocked over the thermos. With that he waved at somewhere, shouting, ¡°Over here, now.¡±

    The bodyguards ran towards them, their face clouded seeing the liquid from the thermos pouring on the road and eroded the road, shit, it was sulfuric acid! They cornered the girl named Mary.

    The girl who was allegedly to be Mary¡¯s friend turned back and fled, one bodyguard tackled her. Meanwhile they spotted Di Chunhua who was hiding among the crowd and caught hold of her.

    ¡°Are you all right, puppy?¡± Di Qiuhe checked He Bai over and over again, ¡°We agreed you pretended to be on the phone while I deal with them, haven¡¯t we?¡±

    ¡°I saw her unscrew the thermos, I panicked, what if she really gets you, so I stopped her.¡± He Baiforted Di Qiuhe, seeing the foaming road eroded by the liquid, he said in a shaking voice, ¡°Di Chunhua is a cold-blooded person!¡±

    Di Qiuhe called the police and he said, ¡°She is absolutely lunatic now!¡±

    ¡°Let go of me! What rights do you guys have, why are you attacking me?¡± Di Chunhua kicked the bodyguards, she screamed, ¡°This is illegal, let go of me, now!¡±

    ¡®It was so close, so close!¡¯

    The more she thought about it, the more infuriated she got.

    The bodyguards of course ignored her kicking and scratching, ¡°The police are on their way, let¡¯s have a conversation with the police first.¡±

    Di Chunhua was shocked, thinking what her mom once told her, she rolled her eyes and fainted.

    Zhou Li who was the team leader of the bodyguards looked at her and told his teammates, ¡°Let¡¯s call an ambnce, while we need to keep a close eye on her, the fake faintdy.¡±

    A subtle smile shed across Di Chunhua¡¯s face.

    The bodyguards were speechless, they were professional bodyguards, that smile was no difference than a provocation.

 Chapter 218 - Once and for All (1)

    <h4>Chapter 218: Once and for All (1)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    The two girls panicked after they saw what a scene Di Chunhua had made, they were desperate to leave yet they failed. They started to wail, attracting the pedestrians by shouting ¡°help me¡±, ¡°they are hurting us.¡±.

    Soon there were a lot of inquiring eyes looking this way, the two girls were screaming and wailing, and calling the bodyguards names.

    The bodyguards had already made some noises by protecting Di Qiuhe and He Bai just now, the girls¡¯ screaming only made it worse, they were not in a great position, just imagine, in a foreign country a bunch of strong manly bodyguards cornered two local girls, of course they¡¯d look suspicious. It did not take the girls¡¯ much efforts to get them some sympathy from the crowd.

    The situation seemed to be out of control.

    Di Chunhua, who was shamming faint, now rolled her eyes thinking should she take advantage of this opportunity and flee or not.

    ¡°Shall we go take a look?¡± asked He Bai who was observing the situation with Di Qiuhe on the corner.

    ¡°Nope.¡± Di Qiuhe shook his head, he frowned upon the scene, ¡°Di Chunhua is still lying on the ground shamming faint, she surely will spring up and act recklessly if she sees me, so we¡¯d better stay where we are now, safety first, I don¡¯t want to risk it when I¡¯m with you. Don¡¯t worry, our bodyguards will take care of the pedestrians, they are professionals.¡±

    Thinking about how unruly Di Chunhua could be, He Bai nodded in agreement, he hoped the police officers could arrive soon.

    The bodyguards dealt the situation beautifully, they acted promptly when the two girls grabbed ady¡¯s arm for help. They exined the situation to the pedestrians in fluent English, and they called the police in front of them to calm the crowd down, they made it clear that by no means they were doing any harm to the girls, they were waiting for the police toe, and they pointed to the eroded road to everyone.

    The crowed gasped, they were shocked about the twist, two innocent looking girls should be so evil, thedy who was grabbed by them stepped back with fear. And others also stepped back, thinking the best solution was to wait for the police.

    Seeing the looks from the pedestrians turning from indignant to suspicious, the two girls knew they did not stand a chance of fleeing the scene with the crowd now, they burst into real tears. They cursed Di Chunhua for involving them into this.

    The crowd did not appreciate the way the two girls cursed in such filthynguage, they were d they listened to the bodyguards just now.

    Several minutester, the police arrived, and so did the ambnce. The two girls and Di Chunhua who was still shamming faint were taken to the ambnce for ¡°treatment¡±. The police officers branched out into three columns, one went to Di Qiuhe and He Bai, one went to check the thermos and the eroded road, one went to look for witnesses.

    The ce was a bit isted, they did not find any witness who saw the whole scene, luckily, the CCTV camera recorded it all. The officer who checked on the thermos and the eroded road reported to the sheriff with a serious look.

    The sheriff frowned upon hearing that.

    Neither of these victims was local, the offenders were minors, while one of the victims had so many bodyguards, he must be somebody. The sheriff was stressed, the case took ce in art festival, he needed to deal with it delicately.

    First and foremost, he needed to minimize the impact.

    With that in mind, the sheriff walked towards Di Qiuhe and He Bai who were cooperating with the investigation, he made a self-introduction and asked, ¡°Gentlemen, are the threedies in the ambnce now the people who were trying to hurt you, do you know them?¡±

    Di Qiuhe shook hands with the sheriff and made a self-introduction as well, ¡°The two girls who actuallymitted assault approached me saying they are my fans, I met one of them yesterday, and I met the other one for the first time. As for thedy who fainted, she was my step sister.¡±

    A touch of sadness shed across his eyes, ¡°She has always been hostile to me, pranks like this had happened multiple times before, but today is the first time I¡¯ve seen her since my father divorced her mother along time ago. Officer, how is she now? Is she all right?¡±

    He Bai was impressed by Di Qiuhe, wow, what a loving big brother.

    The sheriff cried bitterness in his heart, ¡®The victim is a public figure, no way can I minimize the impact. Luckily, the victim knew them, it looks like a family issue, but... ..¡¯

    ¡°I won¡¯t call this a prank, this is intentional injury with odious social effect.¡± The sheriff corrected Di Qiuhe, he felt sorry for Di Qiuhe, ¡®the young man just asked me how the girl was, the girl who tried to hurt him.¡¯

    Such a handsome face, how could his step sister do such a thing!

    The officers who went to check on the ambnce hade back, the sheriff asked him for updates. The officer looked worried, he said, ¡°None of them gave us any information, two kept crying while the other just closed her eyes and refused to talk.¡±

    ¡°Closed her eyes and refused to talk? I thought she fainted.¡± asked the sheriff in confusion.

    ¡°No, the doctor said she did not faint, it was all fake.¡±

    The sheriff was speechless.

    Soon an officer came to them with great news, ¡°There is ady over there saying she knows one of the victim, and she has heard someone talking over the phone on hurting the victim, she can help identify the suspect.¡±

    The sheriff asked the officer to bring thedy.

    It was Yan Yuan, she heard about this on the way to the auction, she was worried for He Bai and Di Qiuhe, so she came to check. She saw a crowd of people surround some Asian bodyguards and two girls, she knew it was about Di Qiuhe and He Bai.

    The officer brought her to the sheriff, she saw Di Qiuhe and He Bai immediately, seeing them safe and sound, she let out a sigh of relief and said, ¡°Thank God, I thought it was you two who were in the ambnce, thank God you guys are okay.¡±

 Chapter 219 - Once and for All (2)

    <strong>Chapter 219: Once and for All (2)</strong>

    ¡°Thank you so much for checking on us.¡± He Bai smiled at her in a soothing way, then he officially introduced her and Di Qiuhe to know each other.

    Yan Yuan got so nervous, she stuttered some greetings to Di Qiuhe.

    Di Qiuhe exchanged greetings with her in a polite way, but all of sudden he became too polite to be approachable.

    He Bai had seen through him, he knew Di Qiuhe was jealous about how he talked affectionately to Yan Yuan at the ceremony.

    Yan Yuan was a very shy girl, who was not very good at reading between the lines or observing tensions, plus she came here on a mission ¡ª to identify the suspect! She went to the officers to tell them about the phone call she heard in the hotel right after she said hi to He Bai and Di Qiuhe.

    The sheriff realized this was no joking matter, he asked some officers to check the hotel room.

    Soon they headed off to the police station, Di Chunhua had to answer nature¡¯s calling, so she woke up. The sheriff asked Yan Yuan to identify whether it was this girl that she had seen in the hotel.

    Yan Yuan had been learning sketching since she was a kid, she was sensitive about portraits. Di Chunhua was making faces to disguise Yan Yuan, yet she failed.

    The officers who went to the hotel now came back to the station, they also brought back the CCTV footage.

    The two girls who pretended they were Di Qiuhe¡¯s fans confessed everything in front of solid evidence.

    It turned out they were not students like they had imed, and they did not even know Di Chunhua, they were street punks! Di Chunhua approached them when they were penniless, saying she could offer them a job in modelling.

    The two girls trusted her easily, yet they were beaten up and were forced to take naked pictures by Di Chunhua, they had to be part of Di Chunhua¡¯s n to get their pictures back.

    Two young girls, one fifteen, one sixteen, they cried bitterly and loudly in excessive grief when they confessed what they had gone through.

    While Di Chunhua refused to confess anything, she insisted on seeing awyer and calling her mom.

    Di Qiuhe was not surprised that Di Chunhua refused to work with the police, he only found this step sister of his ridiculously stupid! How on earth could she have it her way this time with solid evidence on the table! If she showed a nice attitude and admitted her mistakes, she might stand a chance of a light punishment, but things would only turn worse with that attitude she was now showing. The more stubborn she behaved, the worse impression she would leave the judge!

    Di Chunhua told the officers that she wanted to meet Di Qiuhe, but Di Qiuhe refused to meet her, he did not see the point.

    Di Qiuhe and He Bai left the station with Yan Yuan after they finished statements, they treated Yan Yuan to dinner as a thank you gift, and they felt sorry that Yan Yuan missed the auction because of them.

    The two were loud in their thanks, Yan Yuan flushed crimson.

    They walked Yan Yuan to the hotel after dinner, and they checked in a better hotel.

    Di Qiuhe was excited because finally he could lie down right next to his puppy after several nights¡¯ of sleeping on separate beds. He cuddled He Bai tightly, ready to exercise till dawn, while He Bai called it a day at midnight.

    Di Chunhua¡¯swyer arrived the next morning, and so did Xing Shaofeng with thewyer he found for Di Qiuhe and He Bai.

    ¡°How do you want to deal with this matter?¡± Xing Shaofeng asked in high spirits, no trace of tiredness from red-eye flight could be seen, ¡°You want to solve it once and for all or have some fun with it?¡±

    Have some fun with it?

    He Bai shot Di Qiuhe a warning look, ¡°What have you done to Xing Shaofeng, why is he talking like you now?¡±

    Di Qiuhe covered He Bai¡¯s mouth, he looked at Xing Shaofeng and said, ¡°Once and for all please.¡±

    ¡°I see.¡± Xing Shaofeng nodded, he smiled at the two and left the room knowingly.

    ¡°What are you doing?¡± He Bai finally managed to take off Di Qiuhe¡¯s hand, then he asked, ¡°What¡¯s the n now, are we staying here for the oue?¡±

    ¡°No.¡± Di Qiuhe leaned closer to He Bai and stroked his nose, ¡°Let¡¯s have a honeymoon in advance.¡±

    He Bai rolled his eyes, ¡°Haha, you want a break, don¡¯t you?¡± It was a precious opportunity the two travelled together, why not make the most out of it? He nodded in agreement.

    Di Qiuhe smiled delightfully, he grabbed his puppy into his arms and rolled together.

    Soon they left this Di Chunhua thing behind, they dived into trip nning and stuff readily. Before they came up with a solid n, a middle-aged man knocked on the door.

    ¡°Excuse me, I¡¯m Cooper Smith, I just bought this photo of Mr. He¡¯s at the auction, do you have a minute for me, please?¡± said this man sincerely at the door.

    He Bai walked to the door after he heard something in the room, he asked in surprise, ¡°It¡¯s you!¡±

    Di Qiuhe asked him, ¡°You know this gentleman?¡±

    ¡°Not exactly, but I met him at the backstage of a runway.¡± answered He Bai, he remembered it was this middle-aged man who kept staring at Di Qiuhe at that runway.

    They invited him in and served him some tea.

    Cooper said thanks and took the tea, he firstly said he felt sorry for what happened to them yesterday, then he spoke highly of He Bai¡¯s works, and then he looked at Di Qiuhe.

    ¡°I work for V&G, mypany finds Mr. Di a perfect a model for our new collection, we¡¯d like to invite Mr. Di to shoot a few snaps for us, and also we¡¯d like to invite Mr. He to be our photographer for Mr. Di. What do you guys think?¡±

    The two exchanged a look.

    V&G was one of the most luxurious brands in the whole world, famous for the retro style and exquisite design, which also was Di Qiuhe¡¯s favorite brand, he happened to wear V&G in ¡°Him¡± and ¡°Qiu¡±.

 Chapter 220 - Once and for All (3)

    <h4>Chapter 220: Once and for All (3)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Cooper Smith must have had observed Di Qiuhe for a long time, now that he visited them with this invitation on behalf of thepany, he must have discussed with his team about Di Qiuhe¡¯s potential.

    But his invitation could be interpreted in two ways, ¡°a few snaps¡± as in a propermercial or as in some casual advertisement posters, which carried different weight for a world famous brand like V&G. Cooper did not speak clearly about that, they were not sure he did that on purpose or not so they did not ask him.

    ¡°I¡¯m so ttered, Mr. Smith, the thing is, I gotta check on with my manager on work schedule.¡± replied Di Qiuhe politely.

    Cooper did have observed him for a while now, he knew Di Qiuhe was not an easy character, he was not surprised to get this reply, he handed over his name card to Di Qiuhe.

    They exchanged some formalities in a polite manner, Di Qiuhe was almost ready to say farewell to Cooper and his colleague when he raised a new topic, ¡°Mr. Di, I have a friend who is preparing for a movie, it¡¯s an adventure-themed movie, he ns to shoot four volumes, and... ... there¡¯s an Asian character we think might suit you, Mr. Di,¡± Cooper looked at Di Qiuhe and He Bai and his voice was getting lower and lower, ¡°But, he had been a documentary director his whole life, and this is his first try on this genre... ...¡±

    To put everything in a nutshell, Cooper had a friend who was pursuing his childhood dream by shooting an adventure-themed movie.

    Everything sounded promising though, his friend now had secured an ample investment and built his own crew, but the actor from R country who they had approached and reached cooperation agreement suddenly bailed out.

    Cooper was being such a good friend and had been scouting after that, heid his eyes on Di Qiuhe on that runway day, he had done some research on Di Qiuhe. The more he observed Di Qiuhe, the more he found Di Qiuhe had the potential for the movie, he also thought Di Qiuhe could make the perfect model for V&G, hence he paid this visit.

    Now He Bai knew why this Cooper Smith paid this visit in person and kept a low profile in front of them.

    This man was working for V&G, even Hollywood stars would be more than happy to work with them, let alone a new actor from China who was looking for more possibilities. While Mr. Smith, as a District Manager, visited them in person and he even bought He Bai¡¯s work at the auction to show how sincere he was.

    He heard Mr. Smith paid good money for his work at the auction, which ranked the second at the whole auction in price.

    He Bai was intrigued, he asked ¡°Can I ask the title of the movie?¡± He Bai watched a lot of movies in his previous life, he might even have watched this movie.

    Seeing how interested He Bai was, Cooper handed him a script, ¡°It¡¯s called ¡®Wolf Venom¡¯, it¡¯s about group adventure, the screeny was written by Mark Hobbs.

    ¡°Excuse... me?¡± He Bai was so shocked that he even belched some tea, he patted Di Qiuhe¡¯s shoulder hard to signal him to get the script, today must be Di Qiuhe¡¯s lucky day!

    ¡°Wolf Venom¡±?! It was loved by numerous of fans worldwide in his previous life, it was one of the must-sees of all time! What on earth was happening, his Childish Di died so young in his previous life, yet he had totally rewritten his fate in this life! He was winning!

    Of course! Of course! He would not let Di Qiuhe miss this opportunity for a million dors!

    ¡°Are you all right?¡± Di Qiuhe stroked him on his back gently.

    He Bai managed to collect himself by now, he said apologetically to Cooper, ¡°Excuse me for my manners, Mr. Smith, it takes guts to make such a bold move, jumping out of thefort zone, I respect your friend for that. I promise you that Di Qiuhe will read this script carefully, let¡¯s keep in touch, thank you so much for reaching out, appreciate it!¡±

    ¡°The pleasure is all mine, Mr. He.¡± Cooper said his friend would like to invite He Bai to shoot the posters of his movie if Di Qiuhe was interested in the role.

    He Bai nodded happily, his smile was getting bigger and bigger.

    The two soon got close as they shared opinions on the development of this industry, Cooper even called He Bai Little He when he left, they talked about a potential catch up soon.

    Di Qiuhe grabbed He Bai in his arms as soon as Cooper left the room, he asked in confusion, ¡°Bai, why are you throwing yourself at that Cooper guy?¡±

    ¡°He offered us jobs, of course I gotta act all nice and friendly to him.¡± replied He Bai in an innocent way, ¡°Childish Di, this is such a great opportunity for you to work with the best crew in the world, let¡¯s work hard on that.¡±

    ¡°That¡¯s all?¡± Di Qiuhe did not sound convinced.

    ¡°Of course, what else could it be? An invitation from V&G plus an invitation from an overseas movie, God, this is definitely a big break for you! Regardless of whether you will work with them or not in the end, the two invitations speak for themselves already! You are about to be an A-list celebrity, my Childish Di!¡± He Bai was beaming, and he squeezed Di Qiuhe on his cheek, ¡°You are so handsome today, why are you so handsome today?¡±

    Di Qiuhe squinted, ¡°Puppy, what have you taken me for? A fool? Since when do you care about A-list or Z-list? That sounds like an excuse to me.¡±

    He Bai kissed him as a reply, he snaked a leg around his waist, he whispered, ¡°No, that¡¯s absolutely the truth. And I do find you more handsome and delicious today.¡±

    Di Qiuhe totally fell for that, he looked at his puppy affectionately, and soon he had a feast.

    But there went their travelling n, they called Xing Shaofeng toe back for updates.

    Di Qiuhe talked about Di Chunhua with Xing Shaofeng in the living room, while He Bai snuggled in bed reading the scripts, he opened the script carefully as if he were making a pilgrimage to the most iconic movie.

    He was too carried away on hearing the title ¡°Wolf Venom¡± when Cooper was here, now that he calmed down, he did not recall any Asian character in that movie, not even one!

    What did that mean? Will they cut this rolepletely in the end? He did not want Di Qiuhe to happy for nothing in the end!

 Chapter 221 - Investment (1)

    <h4>Chapter 221: Investment (1)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Thinking about that possible oue, He Bai picked himself up from the bed and went through the script carefully.

    The storyline of ¡°Wolf Venom¡± was a bit predictable, a group of super heroes gathered together and worked towards the goal of destroying the beast called Wolf Venom. They grew together as a group and as individual characters, and they sessfully saved the world in the end.

    The movie He Bai had watched in his previous life had five heroes, representing a country located in east, west, north, west and the central area. As for their roles in the team, they were shield, priest, thrust, covering and assassin respectively, an organic team that worked perfectly together, seemed like a convincing setting.

    While in the script he was reading now, it was six countries instead of five, the one that did not exist in the moviest life was an ind country in the pr region. The isted ind country was mysterious, they had never been a part any political matters initiated by other countries until the emerging of Wolf Venom, the whole continent was in danger. They sent an emissary to represent their country joining the course of defeating Wolf Venom initiated by other five countries.

    While this emissary was not much of a fighter.

    He Bai was dumbfounded seeing this, he rubbed his face out of frustration, ¡®not a fighter, boring¡¯.

    No wonder other characters all had some introduction lines, but the introduction part of the emissary was nk.

    Could that be why this character did not appear in the finished movie in his previous life? He could not fight?

    With that in mind, he kept reading the script.

    In the script, this emissary was a symbol of peace and love, he was greatly respected as soon as he met the other five heroes due to his aura and charm, but never had he let that get into his head, he always kept his feet down. Later on, people changed their attitude towards him as soon as they found out he was not a fighter, they looked down upon him even, but he took all the disrespect with a smile. His attitude towards the people and the world had never changed, and so was his goal¡ª- to destroy Wolf Venom and protect the people.

    He Bai kept reading the script, the other five heroes almost had an internal strife due to different perspectives and conflicts of interest not long after they started their adventure. The emissary, who had always been neutral and impartial took advantage of that identity to mediate their problems and lift up the morale, while he was mistreated and misunderstood by some members along the journey.

    He Bai gagged, again.

    So, this emissary was the pushover, the doormat of this team? Or to put it nicely, he was the adhesive?

    He Bai now was not pissed off by the fact that the character did not appear in the finished movie in hisst life. This character did not sound like he had got a lot of personal charisma.

    As the plot went on, the team leader made a series of impulsive decisions when they were in danger and that almost cost the whole team! As such a critical moment, the emissary coped the situation with calmness and tact, he founded a way out for the whole team. After that terrifying experience, the team leader became more modest to his team members, he began to listen to them attentively and more willing to work together to look for ways out.

    He Bai frowned, calmness and tact? What the heck?

    The movie he watched in his previous life, when the heroes were faced with the first crisis the whole team coped with it beautifully thanks to the team leader, he had truly won the team¡¯s hearts by showing how great his leadership was at critical moments, which was also a big turning point for the plot, because the whole team began to trust each other and work together actively after that crisis.

    So, the great leadership abilities that the team leader had demonstrated was actually a n B for making up for the loss of the emissary?

    Hmm, the script he was reading now was basically the whole team made mistakes together and grew together with the emissary from the mistakes VS the film from his previous life where the team leader carried the whole team along the journey.

    He Bai thought the audience would love the former version better, it allowed more character developments.

    With that in mind he kept reading.

    As the plot further unfolded, the resourceful emissary showed more leader qualities along the way... ...

    It was so different from the movie he had watched in his previous life.

    After He Bai finished reading, he was totally shocked. The emissary who had always been zen about everything in the beginning turned out to be the actual leader of the whole team, he was the brain and the soul of the whole team!

    He Bai was now reflecting on the plots of the movie and the reviews he had seen in his previous life, there were a lot ofments about the ipleteness of the storyline, He Bai now realized all those imperfections were due to theck of the emissary!

    Almost each and every team member had done something that did not fit their characteristics, it almost went to a point where everyone looked contradictory to some extent.

    Now He Bai began to understand why the characters all had made decisions that seemed contradict with what they had always stood for.

    He even felt sorry for the screeny writers in his previous life, he knew what kind of struggle they had gone through.

    And he was convinced that this character was not being deleted due to this character¡¯s ipetency, it was quite the opposite if anything. The whole crew must really struggled finding the right cast for the emissary, they just had a really hard time finding the perfect actor, just like what Cooper had told him.

    It was February when Cooper met Di Qiuhe at the backstage of a runway show, now it was already June, they had been looking for the right cast for this role for at least a good four months now!

    They just refused to settle for less, they wanted every part of the movie to be perfectly done! What a great crew!

    They could have looked for a young actor in Hollywood instead of insisting on looking for a mysterious Asian boy across the world.

    Click.

    The door was pushed open gently, it was Di Qiuhe. Seeing puppy who was lost in thought with the script in his hand, Di Qiuhe chuckled, he walked towards He Bai and asked him, ¡°What¡¯s going on? Are you hungry yet, let¡¯s get something yummy for your belly.¡±

    He Bai caught hold of Di Qiuhe¡¯s hand and looked at him in the eye, he said this in an earnest way, ¡°Qiuhe, do take the part! If the crew is not well funded, I suggest that you invest the movie, you gotta trust me on this one!¡±

    ¡°Wolf Venom¡± became a blockbuster in his previous life even though there were some ws in the storyline and settings due to theck of the emissary, surely it would be more sessful in this life with the part of emissary beingpletely added.

    He Bai firmly believed this version of script was way better than the version without the emissary, he believed all the characters would have better character developments due to the emissary¡¯s presence.

 Chapter 222 - Zeng Peizhong Investment (2)

    <h4>Chapter 222: Zeng Peizhong Investment (2)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    The very first adventure film of mockumentary style, He Bai didn¡¯t want his Di Qiuhe to miss the opportunity to be part of that milestone, he could not care less about Di Qiuhe¡¯s paycheck for this movie, he did not care if Di Qiuhe had to invest some money to the movie first, it was all worth it.

    Seeing how serious He Bai was, Di Qiuhe frowned and he felt He Bai on his forehead, ¡°Baby are you all right? Not having a fever?¡±

    He Bai blinked.

    ¡°Answer me, puppy.¡± Di Qiuhe touched He Bai¡¯s cheek and burst intoughter, he kissed He Bai on his eye, ¡°Puppy, the way you looked at me just now was like you were about to eat me alive, such sparkling eyes, so cute.¡±

    He Bai took a deep breath, he hit Di Qiuhe¡¯s hand and threw the script in hand at him, ¡°Childish Di, I¡¯m dead serious about this!¡±

    Di Qiuhe did not see this would end up like this, he thought he was just fooling around.

    Seeing Di Qiuhe sulking in the living room, Xing Shaofeng kind of knew what happened, he smiled knowingly. Then he continued the topic they were discussing before, ¡°It was no small matter that Di Chunhua got herself into, it¡¯s all over the news in D country and back at home. Qin Li had already booked the ticket here, be prepared, chances are she will visit you soon.¡±

    Di Qiuhe frowned, he handed Xing Shaofeng the script and the name card that Cooper had left him, ¡°I have no n to see her, Di Chunhua had done something horribly wrong, not only to me, but also to the two innocent girls. Qin Li should go talk to the two little girls¡¯ family first, if she knew any better, instead ofing harassing me, the two girls and their family¡¯s attitude towards Di Chunhua matters more when ites to Di Chunhua¡¯s sentencing.¡±

    Di Chunhua was a minor herself, plus Di Qiuhe was not actually injured or hurt, she still had a chance. What was tricky here was she threatened two minor girls, she took naked photos of the two girls and used that to manipte them, that was abominable.

    Di Chunhua was such an airhead, she carried around the videos and photos of the two girls, the police officers found those solid evidence when they made a body search on her. She had always been reckless, because she was used to having her mother to wipe her ass on everything.

    Hearing Di Qiuhe¡¯s reply, Xing Shaofeng knew how determined his attitude was.

    Xing Shaofeng took the script and the name card, ¡°Are these the two new jobs you were mentioning?¡±

    Di Qiuhe nodded, ¡°Yup, I¡¯m taking both, can you please contact them for further details for me? And also, I¡¯d like to invest on the movie as well, I want your evaluation.¡±

    ¡°Invest?¡± asked Xing Shaofeng with surprise. Hmm, he did not know since when Di Qiuhe grew some interest in investment?

    Seeing Xing Shaofeng¡¯s reaction, Di Qiuhe knew what he was thinking, he put on his poker face, ¡°Ahem, Bai loves this movie.¡±

    Xing Shaofeng was dumbfounded for a second then he chuckled, ¡°Ah~ I see! I will evaluate the risks, consider it done boss.¡± Xing Shaofeng put away the script and the name card, he left the room with a big smile on his face, ¡®Ah, kids these days.¡¯.

    Di Qiuhe somehow found that bright smile a bit unpleasant, ¡®Is Xing Shaofeng making fun of me?¡¯

    After saying goodbye to Xing Shaofeng, Di Qiuhe went back to the bedroom to tell He Bai the good news that he decided to take both jobs. Then he mentioned Qin Li would arrive the country soon, he suggested they¡¯d better go back home first to avoid any drama with her plus they should make some preparations for the two exciting jobs.

    Xing Shaofeng ¡°weed¡± Qin Li when she banged the door.

    ¡°Where is Di Qiuhe?¡± demanded Qin Li.

    ¡°He went back home.¡± replied Xing Shaofeng with greatposure, then he added, ¡°Ms Qin, Mr. Di asked me to take charge here, you can talk to me.¡±

    ¡°Went back home? How dare he? I need his number, give me his number.¡± Qin Li was not happy to hear that.

    ¡°Mr. Di asked me to leave you a message if you insist on talking to him.¡± replied Xing Shaofeng while he produced a hankerchief from his pocket to wipe his face.

    Qin Li told herself not to throw a tantrum and focus on what was important, she mustered all her patience, ¡°What message?¡±

    Xing Shaofeng rolled the hankerchief in his hand and threw it on the ground, ¡°Being a minor is not gonna help her in this case, just be honest and tell the police she is not mentally stable.¡± with that Xing Shaofeng waved at the bodyguards who were waiting outside the door, and he mmed the door.

    ¡°Please allow me to show you the way out, Ms. Qin, otherwise my coworker is going to call the police.¡± the bodyguard smiled at Qin Li.

    Qin Li now earthed to herself, she felt like she was that hankerchief that Xing Shaofeng had thrown on the floor. She screamed, ¡°No way! Tell Di Qiuhe no way! I will not allow anyone call Chunhua mentally unstable!¡±

    She banged the door with her purse, then she collected herself and staggered to the hotel gate.

    In the room, thewyers who were discussing the case with Xing Shaofeng all found this hard to understand, ¡°Why did Qin Li over react? iming mentally unstable is a perfect way to be acquitted of a charge, isn¡¯t it?¡±

    ¡°Because she is scared.¡± Xing Shaofeng replied with a meaningful smile on his face.

    Di Chunhua was indeed mentally unstable, but Qin Li was too dreadful to mention this to anyone, she wished she could hide it forever. Once she confessed this to the police, they surely would have Di Chunhua examined by professional doctors, by then no way could she hide the reason why Di Chunhua was mentally unstable.

 Chapter 223 - Boom Boom Boom (1)

    <h4>Chapter 223: Boom Boom Boom (1)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Di Chunhua¡¯s case made it to the headlines in domestic media as well, even though the media covered the name and identity of her because she was still a minor, theizen had figured out it was Di Chunhua in the news thanks to all the tabloid.

    Huangdu was once again reduced to theughing stock, the news that Di Chunhua had bullied her ssmates were posted and discussed once again.

    He Bai went back to his dormitory first to console his roommates after his flightnded, then he attended the activities and parties his university held for him to celebrate his awards. Finally he had some free time after all that hectic activities, he could not wait to contact Li Ru to discuss his working schedule.

    Di Qiuhe was as busy, if not more. ¡°Immortal Way¡± had finished shooting, the crew was busy making trailers and teasers, if Di Qiuhe really went abroad for his new movie ¡°Wolf Venom¡±, surely he would miss some press conference of ¡°Immortal Way¡±. Di Qiuhe was busy contacting Director Lin Mo about this.

    Neither of the two had time to bother to think about Di Chunhua¡¯s case.

    A weekter, Xing Shaofeng contacted them with great news, he had taken care of the two jobs for Di Qiuhe, he¡¯d like Di Qiuhe and He Baie abroad for the final contract.

    Therefore, Qin Li flew back to meet Di Qiuhe in person to discuss a better oue for her daughter only to find Di Qiuhe and He Bai weren¡¯t home.

    ¡°Mr. Di went abroad, please leave his property now.¡± demanded the bodyguard who was in charge of the security of Di Qiuhe and He Bai¡¯s house, with that he asked his coworker to talk to the building management that why was he seeing an uninvited guest.

    This was the second time that Qin Li made her visit futile, she was in a fury. But she was merely too exhausted to make a scene, thinking about her daughter who was struggling in a foreign country, she just red at the bodyguards and left.

    She went to the airport again, she knew Di Bian would not care less about Di Chunhua, no way would he help her to save Di Chunhua, so she booked a ticket to D District, she needed to meet Zeng Peizhong, she believed Zeng Peizhong was the only person who could really help her.

    Peizhong... Peizhong...

    Sitting in the lounge of the airport and watching peoplee and go in threes and fours, Qin Li regretted her life choice, she kept thinking about Zeng Peizhong and when they were young, how sincere had Zeng Peizhong been to her, and soon tears streamed down her cheeks.

    If only... if only she had known better when she was young!

    She swore in her heart that as long as Zeng Peizhong was willing to help her daughter, she would treat him wholeheartedly, she would treat him like a real family member! She would let her son Di Xiasong to respect Zeng Peizhong as well, she would not hurt his feelings any more!

    To return to the love birds.

    The two were in a hotel room now, He Bai was woken up by Di Qiuhe who was answering a phone call, he opened his eyes and tried to think about where they were now, they had been flying a lottely.

    Di Qiuhe who was answering a phone call at the balcony now turned around, seeing He Bai had woken up, he hang up the phone and came back to He Bai. He stroked at He Bai¡¯s hair and asked gently, ¡°Hey babe, have I woken you up, go back to sleep, before we came Junjie told me you worked tillte every night, why not go back to sleep now?¡±

    ¡°I¡¯m good, baby.¡± He Bai wrapped his arms around Di Qiuhe¡¯s neck and slowly got up, he rested his head on He Bai¡¯s shoulder, he closed his eyes and asked gently, ¡°Any updates from Xing Shaofeng? Was that him on the phone?¡±

    ¡°Yeah, Di Chunhua¡¯s case is now in judicial procedure so Xing Shaofeng can leave M Country now, I asked him to meet Cooper first while thewyers will stay in M Country to keep an eye on Di Chunhua¡¯s case.¡± Di Qiuhe stroked He Bai who was nestling on him, he patted his puppy on the back and continued, ¡°That was Zeng Peizhong¡¯s assistant who I was talking to, Qin Li went to Zeng Peizhong for help.¡±

    ¡°What? She went to Zeng Peizhong for help?¡± asked He Bai in surprise, ¡°She went to Zeng Peizhong¡¯s in person? Wouldn¡¯t Di Bian know about that?¡±

    ¡°She is just too desperate to consider that.¡± seeing puppy frowned, Di Qiuhe kissed him on the forehead, ¡°Zeng Peizhong¡¯s assistant told me Zeng Peizhong nned on helping her about Di Chunhua¡¯s case for now, thus he can win Qin Li¡¯s trust, together they can take Di Bian down.¡±

    With that Di Qiuhe lied down next to He Bai, He Bai snuggled over to Di Qiuhe and cuddled him, ¡°Xing Shaofeng mentioned he had a way to deal with Di Chunhua once and for all? Would this affect Xing Shaofeng¡¯s n?¡±

    Deep down, He Bai thought Di Chunhua should be imprisoned for what she hadmitted.

    Di Qiuhe kissed He Bai on the head, ¡°Don¡¯t worry, Zeng Peizhong¡¯s involvement would only make it more ¡®once and for all¡¯. All right, puppy, if you go back to sleep now, I promise you I have a surprise for you when you wake up.¡±

    ¡°Emm... well, I will not consider the breakfast you made me a surprise any more, I prefer buns to the eggs you made me.¡± put in He Bai with great sass, he nuzzled Di Qiuhe on his shoulder and closed his eyes, he fell asleep like a ko hanging on a tree, a Di Qiuhe tree.

    Di Qiuhe kept stroking him, he only stopped when he sensed He Bai was sound asleep.

    The next day was such a great day, sunny and warm, He Bai woke up in good spirits, he turned over only to see Di Qiuhe was not in bed. He walked to the bathroom and the living room, Di Qiuhe was nowhere to see.

 Chapter 224 - Boom Boom Boom (2)

    <h4>Chapter 224: Boom Boom Boom (2)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    ¡°Hmm, where has Childish Di been?¡± He Bai scratched his hair and smiled thinking about the surprise that Di Qiuhe had mentioned to him, with that he went to the bathroom to get ready.

    Another thirty minutes or so had passed before Di Qiuhe returned holding a tray in hand.

    He Bai leaned over, he raised his eyebrow and asked with a cheeky smile, ¡°serving fried eggs or porridge?¡±

    That were basically Di Qiuhe¡¯s signature dishes.

    Di Qiuhe smiled, he scratched He Bai¡¯s hair and handed him the tray, ¡°Haha, wrong and wrong, sandwiches and milk.¡±

    He Bai smiled and started to enjoy his brekkie snuggling in the sofa, he felt happy.

    The two were now in F Country where the ¡°Wolf Venom¡± crew was based, they were waiting to meet the director to discuss Di Qiuhe¡¯s contract and a potential investment contract. After breakfast, He Bai thought Di Qiuhe would take him to the crew, it turned out Di Qiuhe had other n, he asked He Bai to stay in the room and watch documentaries with him for the day.

    Seeing the snacks on the table, He Bai asked in confusion, ¡°I think today we are seeing the director for our cooperation, that¡¯s not today?¡±

    ¡°Nope, I¡¯m seeing Director Nate tomorrow.¡± replied Di Qiuhe, he squeezed He Bai on his cheek, ¡°Know yourself and know who you are working with, that¡¯s the way to reach cooperation,e over here, these documentaries are all Director Nate¡¯s work, let¡¯s do some homework before I officially meet him.¡±

    Ah~ smart Childish Di!

    He Bai epted this suggestion with crity, he snuggled on the sofa with Di Qiuhe and began to watch the first volume for the day.

    Di Qiuhe said he needed to do a quick errand in the middle of the documentary, He Bai said sure while his eyes still glued on the screen.

    Di Qiuhe felt like he deserved more attention, he leaned over and pretended he was about to bite He Bai on his cheek, thus He Bai gave him his due attention.

    That was a really long documentary, He Bai was totally immersed in it, he was hooked on Director Nate¡¯s style. He did not realize Di Qiuhe had gone for a long time until the bodyguard knocked on the door and reminded him it was lunch time now.

    ¡°Have you seen Qiuhe? He told me he was going to run a quick errand, yet he¡¯s still not back.¡± asked He Bai with concern, he checked the time and said, ¡°I hope everything is okay.¡±

    ¡°Don¡¯t worry Mr. He, Mr. Di just told me it was the traffic, he was already on the way back.¡± exined the bodyguard like he was told to.

    Hearing that, He Bai frowned harder, ¡°Hmm, do we have any bodyguard gone with him?¡±

    ¡°Yes, three bodyguards, we keep each other updated every ten minutes, please don¡¯t worry.¡±

    He Bai now felt a bit better, he went back to the sofa, seeing the lunch on the table that the bodyguard just brought him, and thinking Childish Di who was stuck in traffic, he had zero appetite. He decided to call his Childish Di, he wanted to hear his voice.

    Qiuhe answered the call very quick, hearing his voice, He Bai now was finally rest assured, he asked, ¡°Where did you go? Are you all right? Don¡¯t skip lunch.¡±

    ¡°Some local specialties for grandpa, when we were in his house I noticed he spent a lot of time enjoying his old photos taken in this country, I figured he must really like it here.¡± answered Di Qiuhe, and he asked with a cheeky smile, ¡°You miss me already, yeah? I¡¯ll be home soon, it looks like there¡¯s some ident ahead, the police officers are on it now, have you had lunch?¡±

    ¡®Ah~ he was buying local specialties for grandpa, what a good boy.¡¯

    Knowing his Childish Di was perfectly safe and sound and he would be home soon, He Bai hang up the call happily.

    While it turned out it was not as soon as Di Qiuhe said on the call, he didn¡¯te back till dusk.

    He Bai was waiting at the hotel gate, seeing their car approaching, he ran towards the car.

    ¡°I¡¯m here.¡± Di Qiuhe rolled down the window, he signaled He Bai to jump on the car as well, ¡°It¡¯s gettingte,e, I¡¯ll take you out for dinner.¡±

    Seeing Di Qiuhe was driving the car, He Bai asked, ¡°Why are you driving? Where¡¯s the bodyguard?¡±

    ¡°They are in the car that was following us.¡± answered Di Qiuhe, he touched He Bai¡¯s cheek and said, ¡°Sorry, puppy, I¡¯m not around today.¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s not your fault, you did a sweet thing for grandpa. How was the ident? I hope everything is all right. Have you eaten? We can just grab a bite nearby if you are hungry.¡±

    Di Qiuhe patted He Bai¡¯s hand in a soothing way, he started the engine, ¡°I had pizza for lunch, don¡¯t worry about me, plus I made reservation already.¡±

    He Bai now felt better, he noticed there was a giant box sitting on the back seat, ¡°Is that the local specialty in that box for grandpa? It¡¯s giant, and wait, what am I smelling right now? The sweet smell?¡±

    ¡°Yup, that is some artware, there is sweet smell in the car because I had a cupcake just now.¡± answered Di Qiuhe, while a meaningful smile shed across his face.

    ¡°Wow, that is a giant artware.¡±

    ¡°I¡¯ll show you what it is at dinner.¡± said Di Qiuhe.

    He Bai nodded with a smile.

 Chapter 225 - Boom Boom Boom (3)

    <h4>Chapter 225: Boom Boom Boom (3)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    After twenty minutes¡¯ driving, the scenery was getting more and more bleak, He Bai asked, ¡°Childish Di, don¡¯t you mess with me, what kind of restaurant would be around here?¡±

    ¡°Yeah, there is, full of wild fun I¡¯ll say.¡± answered Di Qiuhe.

    It was getting pitch dark as they drove further, another ten minutes had passed and He Bai thought to himself, the dinner Di Qiuhe was talking about must be a pic.

    With that in mind, He Bai was not high in spirits, and all of a sudden the car stopped, He Bai saw some light ahead.

    ¡°Are we here?¡± He Bai now was intrigued.

    Di Qiuhe smiled as an answer, he pushed the button in the car, the car now became a convertible.

    Such a nice breeze, He Bai snuggled on his seat and looked up to the sky, twinkle twinkle little stars, so beautiful.

    Boom boom boom.

    It was fireworks! Right across theke they were at now!

    That certainly drew He Bai¡¯s attention.

    What met his eyes was a table decorated with ribbons and flowers, and there were food on it. And all of a sudden, theke was reflecting the lights shining along it, it was so soothing and beautiful, theke and the lights added each other¡¯s splendor.

    Boom boom boom.

    The fireworks again!

    And there was food aroma, Di Qiuhe drove slowly to the lights.

    ¡°Oh my... ...¡± He Bai was dumbfounded, he had no clue what was going on, he looked at Di Qiuhe and stammered, ¡°Qiuhe, what... what is going on... ... is this you...¡±

    The car stopped by the lights, the bodyguards who had been waiting for them came towards them and moved the giant box from the back seat, they put the box on the table and soon they made themselves scarce.

    Di Qiuhe got off the car, he opened the car door for He Bai and they kissed sitting on the hood, he looked at He Bai in the eyes and said affectionately, ¡°My dearest puppy, happy birthday to you.¡±

    He Bai¡¯s mouth was wide open, he asked, ¡°Today is my birthday? Today? My birthday?¡± with that he started to recall yeah, it was June already.

    Di Qiuhe found that amusing, his puppy didn¡¯t even know that day was his own birthday. He walked He Bai to the table and asked him to open the giant box.

    He Bai looked at this dreamy setting, he was so touched by how considerate his Childish Di was. He untied the ribbon on the box and lifted the lid.

    It was a giant fruit cake, the design was quite simple, but the characters ¡°Happy birthday my puppy¡± were very well written, hmm, He Bai recognized whose handwriting that was.

    ¡°It¡¯s not as pretty as the one you once baked for me, I figured I could only make it bigger.¡± exined Di Qiuhe sheepishly, then he put on some candles while huddled himself to block the wind, ¡°Yay, make a wish now.¡±

    Seeing this giant cake, and the person who he was going to spend the rest of his life with right next to him, He Bai took a deep breath and blew out the candles. Then he hugged Di Qiuhe tightly, ¡°I just made a wish, I want to spend the rest of our lives together.¡± with that he hugged Di Qiuhe tighter.

    Lake, fireworks, cake... ...

    Wait, those were all the elements that he used to celebrate Di Qiuhe¡¯s birthday, darn Childish Di being a copycat copying all his cool ideas! Sigh, two birthdays, Di Qiuhe had celebrated two birthdays with him.

    He Bai¡¯s eyes turned red.

    Hearing that, Di Qiuheughed, he hugged He Bai tighter as well, ¡°People usually make three wishes at their birthdays, what are the rest two?¡±

    ¡°I only made one.¡± He Bai shook his head, ¡°I only need this one, that¡¯s enough for me, I don¡¯t want to be a greedy child.¡± He Bai told himself he could not ask for more now that he had got his Childish Di with him.

    Di Qiuhe¡¯s heart was melting hearing what He Bai just said, he stroked puppy¡¯s hair and kissed him on the forehead, ¡°Yeah, one is enough like you said, how about we make that our birthday wishes for the rest of our lives?¡±

    ¡°No.¡± He Bai bit Di Qiuhe on his shoulder, he was touched but he just wanted to be sassy at the moment, ¡°How greedy you are, talking about being my birthday wishes for the rest of my life.¡±

    Di Qiuheughed, he rubbed He Bai on his earlobe, ¡°How about I exchange my birthday wishes with you?¡±

    He Bai beat Di Qiuhe on his chest, but he did not refuse this suggestion.

    Seeing that, Di Qiuheughed, he hugged He Bai so tight, he wished he could remember how sweet this moment was forever.

    Midnight that day.

    White and whiter posted ¡°Happy birthday¡± and a photo was attached.

    Seeing the bright smile on He Bai¡¯s face in the photo, Fan Da also smiled, he asked ¡°No one disturbed them, yeah?¡±

    ¡°Don¡¯t worry.¡± said Hu Zhao, he poured Fan Da some warm tea and replied, ¡°The bodyguards are doing a good job, the kids had a good time.¡±

    ¡°Great, they deserve that.¡± Fan Da nodded his head, he then put away the iPad, asked Hu Zhao, ¡°How is everything going with Di Bian?¡±

    The smile on Hu Zhao¡¯s face disappeared, ¡°We are ready, anytime.¡±

 Chapter 226 - Boom Boom Boom (4)

    <h4>Chapter 226: Boom Boom Boom (4)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    ¡°Great, let¡¯s give him some ¡®appetizer¡¯ to start with, consider it as a birthday present to Bai.¡± said Fan Da while he yed with the tea cup in hand, ¡°we can send him the ¡®main course¡¯ in September on Qiuhe¡¯s birthday, a birthday gift to my grandson.¡±

    Hu Zhao nodded, ¡°Yes, I¡¯m on it now.¡±

    Both the contract of ¡°Wolf Venom¡± and V&G were signed several dayster, Xing Shaofeng once again demonstrated his ability, he helped Di Qiuhe secured a spokesman contract instead of a campaign model.

    ¡°They did want to start with a campaign model, I talked about your potential and your report cards, somehow they decided to give you this contract as a spokesman in China. It¡¯s a one-year contract though, but wait till the shooting of ¡°Wolf Venom¡±, I¡¯m confident I can get you a longer contract after that.¡± said Xing Shaofeng with a smile, he added, ¡°Themercial shooting for the spokesman is scheduled in the end July, He Bai is the photographer, just to give you guys a reminder about the time.¡±

    He Bai thumbed through the contract in hand, he nodded with satisfaction, ¡°Great job, Xing Shaofeng, I owe you one.¡±

    ¡°Hmm, are you sure you owe me just one?¡± Xing Shaofeng¡¯s tone changes, he bantered, ¡°Do you know how hard I worked for that Weibo you guys posted? Theizens went wild and left meaningfulments, me and my team worked our ass off for that. When are you guys nning on making it public, do let me know in advance so I can make some preparations.¡±

    He Bai blushed, he red Di Qiuhe who used their ¡°mutual property¡±¡ª Weibo and replied, ¡°End of the year, wait till all the awards ceremonies finish.¡±

    Di Qiuhe¡¯s jaw dropped, he threw the contract in his hand away.

    ¡°What is said cannot be unsaid!¡± he hugged He Bai, eyes all sparkling, lips all raising, ¡°Really? Really? You are not against the idea of making it public any more? Then when are we getting married? How about now? I want to hold your hands in public right now, I cannot wait... ...¡±

    He Bai covered his mouth, he turned around and smiled at Xing Shaofeng embarrassingly, ¡°What do you think, if you have a better idea, we can postpone it, I don¡¯t want make it earlier than the awards ceremonies, in case it affects Di Qiuhe and ¡®Cheng¡¯s Army¡¯ on winning any award.¡±

    Di Qiuhe struggled, ¡°No, please, no! Don¡¯t postpone it, don¡¯t!¡±

    ¡°Behave yourself!¡± He Bai was too shy to make eye contact with Xing Shaofeng now. While Xing Shaofeng coughed twice to suppress theughter, and he left the room.

    To return to Di Bian.

    Di Bian asked Lawyer Wang with disbelief, ¡°Qin Li is married? With who? Is there any misunderstanding here? She has been helping me and Huangdutely, I don¡¯t think she is married with anyone!¡±

    ¡°Mr. Di, it is true unfortunately.¡± Lawyer Wang frowned and sighed, ¡°I found this by chance too, she is married indeed, her husband¡¯s name is Zeng Peizhong.¡±

    Hearing that, Di Bian¡¯s face changed he asked harshly, ¡°Who? Say the name again?¡±

    ¡°Zeng Peizhong.¡± Lawyer Wang was scared by Di Bian and he took a step back subconsciously, and he added, ¡°I also found our new stockholder was rted to Zeng Peizhong, what¡¯s more... ...¡±

    Di Bian was transfixed with rage, he clenched his fists, ¡°And what else?¡±

    Lawyer Wang continued, ¡°Qin Li told you she was flying to see awyer for her daughter, actually she bought a ticket to D District where Zeng Peizhong reside at the moment.¡±

    Di Bian¡¯s trust on Qin Li was now crumbling, he slumped into his chair, he went through so many emotions, atst a touch of hatred shed across his eyes, ¡°Qin Li! You filthy bitxx! Using Huangdu to pave way for Zeng Peizhong, yeah?! You will get your karma soon.¡±

    Lawyer Wangforted him, ¡°Mr. Di, perhaps that was an impulsive decision Qin Li made, she has a son with you, I¡¯m sure she wants the best for you and Huangdu as well.¡±

    ¡°A son with me?¡± Di Bian sneered, ¡°You don¡¯t know that Xiasong had been in touch with Zeng Peizhong, I have no idea that¡¯s my son or not.¡±

    ¡°Mr. Di... ...¡±

    ¡°Enough.¡± Di Bian interrupted him and closed his eyes, ¡°Keep this to yourself, I want to be alone now.¡±

    Lawyer Wang sighed and left the office. He took a glimpse at a corner when he left the hall way, gee, he wished he did a right thing by telling Di Bian what he had found out.

    Di Xiasong was hiding in the corner, he heard their talk, ¡°Xiasong had been in touch with Zeng Peizhong, I have no idea that¡¯s my son or not¡± kept ringing in his mind and he was scared.

    ¡®Di Bian had already knew about Zeng Peizhong? Di Bian now found out mom¡¯s n, mom lost his trustpletely, what about me? Will I get my share of Huangdu?¡¯

    ¡®No! Chunhua is still in jail, grandpa is dying, I cannot watch mom fail! I need my share of Huangdu! I need to settle this before momes back!¡¯

    Di Xiasong thought a lot, then he recalled what he had heard from the servants in Di Bian¡¯s mansion, he came up with a horrible n.

 Chapter 227 - Like Sister Like Brother (1)

    <h4>Chapter 227: Like Sister Like Brother (1)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Di Qiuhe and He Bai went back home after they were done with the contracts, one went back to the campus preparing for the finals, the other one threw himself into work. Di Qiuhe had a lot on his te, ¡°Immortal Way¡± was now about to air and Huading created a talent show with the TV station.

    Soon it was July, He Bai suddenly got a news notification after he said goodbye to his roommates who left the campus to spend summer holidays, the news said Di Bian had been in hospital for half a month now, he said in his will that all his assets were going to transfer under Di Xiasong¡¯s name if anything happens to him.

    He Bai read the news again and again, he couldn¡¯t help but lean towards Xu Qing who was driving and asked, ¡°I heard that Di Bian¡¯s business was going really well not long ago, he went on a field trip for a new project, didn¡¯t he? Howe there¡¯s some news saying he had been in hospital for over half a month now?¡±

    ¡°The field trip is fake news, yet him being seriously ill is true. The news was reported by a tabloid, the reporter noticed Lawyer Wang had been paying frequent visits to the hospital, he found that abnormal, so he kept watch at the hospital for several days, hence you got this notification now.¡± exined Xu Qing, ¡°Huangdu is not having a good time due to Di Chunhua¡¯s casetely, plus Qin Li has been too upied by her daughter to pay attention to Huangdu¡¯s business. Thepany tried so hard to hide the news that their only decision maker was critically ill, they posted the fake news that Di Bian went on a field trip for a new project.¡±

    ¡°Yeah, I understand why they posted the fake news... ...¡± said He Bai while he kept reading the news, ¡°I¡¯m just curious why Di Bian fell ill suddenly, and the timing was just so perfect for us, right after Di Chunhua¡¯s case, the timing was so perfect that it almost felt like someone was behind this and has been calcting for us.¡±

    It seemed to be too perfect, didn¡¯t it?

    ¡°Hmm, I¡¯m wondering is it Qiuhe who is behind this explosive revtions?¡± He Bai tapped the screen and murmured. He felt this was a typical Di Qiuhe move.

    Hearing that, Xu Qing shook his head and said, ¡°No, I don¡¯t think so, Mr. Di has never given orders like this.¡±

    He Bai was so confused now, ¡®is it really a coincidence?¡¯

    It was not Qiuhe, could it be grandpa? But Xu Qing should know about this if it was grandpa... ...

    No, who was behind this was not the point now. The point was Di Bian, was he really sick? If that was the case, howe he suddenly contracted a severe disease? If that was not true, why would Di Bian make up such news? To test Qin Li?

    Qin Li also returned home after she heard about the news, she drove to the hospital immediately right after her flightnded. She marched to the ward and checked on Di Bian who was in aa, and she asked Lawyer Wang to leave so she and Di Xiasong could talk in private.

    She pped Di Xiasong hard on his face, fuming, ¡°How stupid are you! All my efforts, all my efforts was now in the drain! You cannot reach me, why did you try to contact your Uncle Zeng? Why did you take the liberty to drug Di Bian? I have been hustling my whole life for you and your sister, I don¡¯t mind getting my own hands dirty as long as you can live a happy life. But now, why... why did you drug him? What kind of drug did you use?¡±

    ¡°I don¡¯t ... I don¡¯t know either!¡± Di Xiasong, who was on the brink of copse now exploded as well, he covered his face and growled, ¡°I don¡¯t want to go this far either! Why your phone had always been off? Why! Mom ! why! Do you know he had found out everything? Lawyer Wang also knew everything! Have you noticed the way he looked at us just now? I have been ying dumb for over half a month now in front of him! Mom, do you favor my sister? You had just left the country for her, leaving me all alone in Di¡¯s house! Do you see me as your son or as a tool for your own interests?¡±

    p!

    Qin Li pped Di Xiasong again, her body was shaking, and so was her voice, ¡°Tool? How dare you, how dare you say such a thing to your mother? Xiasong, you want me to die to prove it to you? Why would you have such ridiculous thinking?¡± with that she slumped down on the floor and gave way to a storm of weeping.

    She had been running back and forth to save her daughter, luckily she got to transfer Di Chunhua to a psychiatric ward in a hospital assigned by Zeng Peizhong. And the next second she got news that her son had drugged Di Bian. She was devastated, she had no one to rely on, her father just had a stroke and had been in and out of hospitals, her daughter just hid in a psychiatric ward, and her son, who carried all of her hope...

    She was devastated. This woman was devastated.

    Seeing his mother who had always been nothing but a backbone for him now falling apart right in front of him, Di Xiasong panicked, he squatted down andforted his mom in a clumsy way, ¡°Mom, I¡¯m sorry, I¡¯m so sorry, it¡¯s all my fault. Sorry to make you cry... I¡¯m so sorry mom... ...¡±

    The two both gave way to a storm of weeping, it was like venting, they were both too worried and panicked for the past fifteen days.

    Doctors knocked on the door and saw that, they tried tofort them and left.

 Chapter 228 - Like Sister Like Brother (2)

    <strong>Chapter 228: Like Sister Like Brother (2)</strong>

    Seeing the receding figure of the doctor, Qin Li and Di Xiasong both began to pull themselves together. Qin Li went to the bathroom for a touch up, then she walked to Di Bian who was lying in the bed, she nudged him several times. Seeing Di Bian still as motionless as a statue, she walked to Di Xiasong and asked gently, ¡°my son, tell me everything that happened when I¡¯m away.¡±

    Di Xiasong held his mom¡¯s hand, like he was gaining courage from her and borated on the conversation he eavesdropped from Lawyer Wang and Di Bian, then he emphasized how worried he was when he couldn¡¯t reach her, and in the end he mentioned the servants¡¯ conversation in Di¡¯s Mansion.

    ¡°What servants? What conversation?¡± demanded Qin Li, she grabbed Di Xiasong¡¯s hand hard.

    Di Xiasong didn¡¯t understand why mom riled up, he murmured, ¡°Why don¡¯t you tell me why did you turn you phone off, and what¡¯s going on with Zeng Peizhong? Is he reliable? Is he lying to us?¡±

    ¡°Don¡¯t say that, you Uncle Zeng cares for us a lot! Of course he is reliable!¡± exined Qin Li and she patted Di Xiasong¡¯s hand asforting, ¡°your sister had done something of great consequence in M Country, the only way out is to im to be mentally unstable, but I don¡¯t want to im my little girl is mentally unstable... ... thanks to your Uncle Zeng, he took care of everything and helped your sister out. But she needs to stay low for a while, so your Uncle Zeng arranged a hospital for her, she was terrified of course. Therefore I stayed in the hospital to keep herpany for a few days, and it so happened that hospital blocked signal, that¡¯s why you couldn¡¯t reach me.¡±

    ¡°A hospital that blocks signal? Isn¡¯t that no difference than being imprisoned?¡± Di Xiasong frowned, yet Qin Li red at him before he asked more questions.

    ¡°Of course there are big differences!¡± exined Qin Li, ¡°It¡¯s a great hospital, there are many celebrities have been there for some treatments, their medical workers are all so professional and the ward, very well-equipped. Plus, this is just a makeshift to avoid any attention to Chunhua. You see, your Uncle Zeng really cares for us, do not doubt him please.¡± sighed Qin Li, with a touch of guilt in her eyes, she continued, ¡°Your Uncle Zeng has been really sick, and he has worsen off due to Chunhua, he fainted just several days ago. It¡¯s usually his assistant who has been contacting me, please don¡¯t me him. He is dying, I would have been with him now to spend hisst days together if it weren¡¯t you.¡±

    ¡°Last days?¡± asked Di Xiasong in high spirits, ¡°Mom, you mean he is really dyi... ...¡±

    ¡°Let¡¯s say something auspicious!¡± Qin Li interrupted him and patted his hand, she continued, ¡°Anyways, I don¡¯t think it¡¯s a huge issue even though Di Bian has found out something. My son, you still have got a lot to learn, most importantly, you need to learn to be patient. Huangdu now heavily relies on its new investor, that was actually your Uncle Zeng, Di Bian won¡¯t do anything even if he has found out the truth. Plus I know something that he has been trying to hide his whole life, and you are his son... ... what can he do to you? The worst case scenario would be he sweeps you out like rubbish, yeah? We can go to you Uncle Zeng¡¯s anyway, Huangdu will be yours, trust me. Why do you even other to drug him? Why did you get your own hands dirty? My son, you are about to be the president of Huangdu and your Uncle Zeng¡¯spany, you gotta learn to be patient! Me and your sister relies on you!¡±

    Di Xiasong was encouraged by this talk, he also regretted for what he had done to Di Bian. He told Qin Li, ¡°Mom, I¡¯s sorry for what I¡¯ve done, but I¡¯ve learned from my mistake, I¡¯m an adult now, I¡¯ll take care of you and my sister.¡±

    ¡°That¡¯s my son!¡± smiled Qin Li.

    They encouraged each other for a little while until Qin Li asked, ¡°So which servants you were talking about just now?¡±

    Qin Li frowned, it looked like she would eat the servants alive.

    Di Xiasong deliberately neglected the fact it was him who stole the drugs, he replied, ¡°They are not exactly the servants work for Di Bian, a retired servant¡¯s two sons came to town and stayed at the house for a night. I overheard they were talking about in their vige there was a woman who drugged her mother-inw, and no one found out, even the doctors, and they have some with them, so I... ...¡±

    Hearing that Qin Li fumed, ¡°You mean, you happen to overhear two men who aren¡¯t even working in the house talk about the drug, and they happened to have the drug on them. And you happen to overhear the conversation between Di Bian and Lawyer Wang! And you happen to steal the drug sessfully! It was all coincidence!?¡±

    ¡°Yes, pretty much everything is a coin... ...¡± halted Di Xiasong, he staggered, ¡°Mom, this is... this is a trap, yeah?¡±

    All of a sudden, Qin Li shot a glimpse at Di Bian who was lying in bed and she grabbed Di Xiasong, she dragged him and walked towards the door, ¡°Go, my son, go to your Uncle Zeng¡¯s, he is the only one now... go!¡±

    Di Xiasong panicked, ¡°Mom, what¡¯s going on? I... ...¡±

    ¡°Don¡¯t ask any question, there¡¯s no time for that! I¡¯ll join you... ...¡±

 Chapter 229 - Like Sister Like Brother (3)

    <h4>Chapter 229: Like Sister Like Brother (3)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Knock knock.

    It was Lawyer Wang together with several police officers, he pointed at Di Xiasong, ¡°Officers, this is Di Xiasong, he is the one who has drugged Mr. Di.¡±

    The officers nodded.

    Seeing the handcuffs on Di Xiasong¡¯s wrist, Qin Li fell apart and she screamed, ¡°What are you doing? This is my son, he hasn¡¯t done anything wrong! Let go of him!¡±

    ¡°Ms. Qin.¡± the officers picked her up from the floor, ¡°We¡¯ve found the two men whose drug was stolen by your son, that¡¯s some solid evidence. Please cooperate with us.¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s not me! I haven¡¯t done anything! Don¡¯t put this thing on my wrist! Let go of me!¡± struggled Di Xiasong, he turned around to seek help from his mom, then he saw Lawyer Wand and hepletely lost it, ¡°It¡¯s you, isn¡¯t it? You trapped me, you put on a show! Whose order is that? Di Bian? Or someone else?¡±

    Lawyer Wang looked at him indifferently, and he sneered, ¡°Stop badmouthing about Mr. Di, look at him, thanks to you, he is still in aa. Just a kind reminder, I didn¡¯t separate you and Mr. Di in case that would alert you, but I¡¯ve cameras in the ward everywhere, think about what you have done in this ward!¡± with that he red at Qin Li as well like a warning.

    The officers dragged Di Xiasong away, Qin Li knew it was of no avail even though she kept chasing after them. She confronted Lawyer Wang with a crooked face, ¡°Wang Ze! I¡¯m telling you, I don¡¯t care whose order you are taking, if anything happens to my son, you and Di Bian will pay back hard!¡± with that she looked around the ward trying to find the cameras, and she stomped out of the hospital.

    On the very night, Di Bian finally woke up thanks to the two men presented the drug to the doctors, thus the doctors operated some targeted treatment on Di Bian.

    Meanwhile, Di Xiasong made it to the headlines due to what he had done to his father. He Bai waspletely dumbfounded when he read the news, so, in order to secure his share of Di Bian¡¯s assets, Di Xiasong drugged him using some mysterious herbal drug stolen from two vigers?

    What was going on? Such a telenov! Why would Di Xiasong even bother to do such a horrible thing! Those assets would be his sooner orter.

    ¡°What are you reading?¡± asked Di Qiuhe, and he kissed He Bai on the cheek, ¡°Wait, puppy, you¡¯ve been eating chips without me, yeah? Haha, look at the corner of your mouth.¡±

    He Bai wiped his lips and kissed Di Qiuhe, ¡°How was the talk with Director Lin Mo? Reached an agreement?¡±

    ¡°Yeah, it went well. I will record some videos for the publicity, and I¡¯ll be video calling them at press conferences.¡± replied Di Qiuhe, and he walked towards He Bai to sit next to him, he patted He Bai on his belly, ¡°Still so skinny, no more snacks, and don¡¯t skip meals.¡±

    He Bai smiled, ¡°Yeah, right, have you read the news? Di Xiasong was arrested, and it turns out Di Bian was actually drugged by Di Xiasong, the drug he used may do some brain damage to Di Bian¡¯s brain.¡±

    ¡°Yeah, I¡¯ve read that. It doesn¡¯t matter now, drugged or not drugged, Huangdu is about to fall apart anyways.¡± replied Di Qiuhe in difference, he then cuddled He Bai and said, ¡°Come on, let¡¯s get some food first, I bought you some pastries.¡±

    Seeing Di Qiuhe trying to change the subject, He Bai put aside his curiosity and walked with him to the dining room, ¡°Ha~ who just said no more snacks for me? And who is always buying me pastries and snacks? Hmm, I feel like I¡¯m between a rock and a hard ce here.¡±

    ¡°Haha, puppy.¡± Di Qiuhe poked He Bai on his cheek, he wrapped his arms around He Bai and lifted him up, saying ¡°Well, maybe a few more pounds, keep up the good work.¡±

    He Bai poked Di Qiuhe¡¯s nose and said, ¡°I don¡¯t think so, I think you are getting weak due to theck of exercise.¡±

    Di Qiuhe looked at He Bai in the eye and didn¡¯t say anything, he decided to exercise a lot with puppy at night.

    Three dayster, Huangdu¡¯s new investor Zhonglian suddenly applied for bankruptcy, and Huangdu took a toll, the stocks hit limit down. Di Bian was deeply stricken by the news and he fell into a stupor again.

    All this was heatedly discussed online, theizens called Di Chunhua and Di Xiasong ¡°Like sister like brother¡±, they were both criminals who tried to hurt their own family members. Theizens were betting whether Di Xiasong would also im to be mentally unstable as well to escape the sentencing.

    Lawyer Wang, just like in case Di Xiasong would use that as an excuse, suddenly posted all of Di Xiasong¡¯s medical examination report since his childhood, and he said he had arranged a psychiatric evaluation team for Di Xiasong.

    Theizens were dumbfounded, wow, what a telenov in a rich and powerful family!

    Oh wait, just a telenov, Di Family was no longer rich or powerful.

 Chapter 230 - Like Sister Like Brother (4)

    <h4>Chapter 230: Like Sister Like Brother (4)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    In D District.

    Qin Li threw away the iPad, then she pounded on the sofa, weeping with her head buried in the sofa.

    Zeng Peizhong who looked more sick now patted her on her back andforted her, ¡°Li, don¡¯t get too upset, this is how online world works, peopleugh and talk about it for a day, and they will talk about something else the next day. Don¡¯t worry, Huangdu is doomed for sure, Di Bian¡¯s brain is damaged for the rest of his life. Let¡¯s stay low key for a while, cough cough...¡± Zeng Peizhong took a deep breath, ¡°Xiasong will be released within several years, don¡¯t worry, he would be in histe twenties when he gets released, still young, plenty of opportunities for him.¡±

    ¡°But it hurts so much, my kids, one isbeled as mental, one isbeled as criminal!¡± Qin Li hugged Zeng Peizhong and choked with sobs, ¡°Peizhong, this must be my karma, my karma for not treating you wholeheartedly when we were young. Peizhong, I¡¯m so sorry for everything that I¡¯ve done to you, please get better soon, you are the only one who I can rely on.¡±

    A touch of hatred shed across Zeng Peizhong¡¯s eyes, yet his tone was still gentle, he patted Qin Li¡¯s back andforted her, ¡°I wish I could get better... ... don¡¯t cry, I like it the best when you smile.¡±

    Hearing that, Qin Li felt better, she stopped crying and went to the bathroom to touch up. After she came back, she squatted down and massaged Zeng Peizhong¡¯s legs, ¡°How are you feeling? What did the doctor say?¡±

    ¡°I¡¯m feeling so much better with yourpany.¡± Zeng Peizhong looked at Qin Li in the eye and said that gently, happiness written all over his face.

    Qin Li blushed and she lowered her head, then she changed the subject to his son, ¡°Peizhong, I find this thing very odd, I know Di Bian wants to settle scores with me, but why did he risk his own health for that? I have this hunch that there¡¯s someone else who is behind the scene. I¡¯m so scared, I want to go with you after you pass away, I would be so helpless without your protection.¡±

    ¡°Don¡¯t be silly, I¡¯ll protect you and take good care of you forever!¡± chimed in Zeng Peizhong, he touched her face and said, ¡°Don¡¯t you ever say such a silly thing again, you are still so young, you have a whole life time to live, don¡¯t worry, I¡¯ll find out who it is that is hiding behind the scene and take care of that. You are in good hands, don¡¯t worry.¡±

    Qin Li found that so touching, she threw herself at Zeng Peizhong and cried.

    Zeng Peizhong sneered in his heart and he asked, ¡°Li, do you have a clue who it might be?¡±

    Qin Li took the bait and gnashed her teeth, ¡°It must be Di Qiuhe! He has been waiting for long to revenge! It must be him! Lawyer Wang once ganged up together with Di Qiuhe to trap my father, they must have been an ally for a long time, setting traps in the dark for my family!¡±

    ¡°Di Qiuhe?¡±ughed Zeng Peizhong, he stared at Qin Li, his eyes were like des travelling back and forth on Qin Li¡¯s body, looking for a perfect spot to chop, then he replied indifferently, ¡°Ah~ it is that boy. Don¡¯t worry, Li, I¡¯ll certainly take care of him... ...¡±

    ¡®Qin Li, how dare you, that is my daughter¡¯s secret guardian you are talking about.¡¯

    News of Huangdu and its branch offices went out of business was all over the inte every day, they must will apply for bankruptcy soon.

    In the middle of July, Di Qiuhe and He Bai arranged everything and were ready to fly abroad for V&Gmercial, Lawyer Wang knocked on the door suddenly, he said he was paying this visit on behalf of Di Bian, Di Bian would like to meet Di Qiuhe.

    ¡°I though you¡¯ve left with the money.¡± Di Qiuhe poured him some tea, he told Lawyer Wang that he already knew he had been secretly working for Fan Da for some time now.

    Lawyer Wang nodded, he looked around at this beautiful house and He Bai who was snuggling at the sofa, he suddenly realized something. Then he replied, ¡°I worked for Huangdu for well over a decade now, I gave up my principles in the end, but anyways... I¡¯m here on behalf of Di Bian, would you like to meet Di Bian?¡±

    ¡°What exactly did he say?¡± was the answer to the question.

    ¡°I¡¯m not entirely sure either. He has been in a stupor for a while now, he just told me he¡¯d like to see you, other than that, he didn¡¯t say anything more.¡±

    Di Qiuhe suddenly recalled it was around this timest year that he renounced Di family and went on a journey to the bordering province.

    And look at him now, that journey went well!

    ¡°Sure.¡± said Di Qiuhe, and he touched He Bai¡¯s hair when he noticed He Bai¡¯s gaze.

    ¡°We both deserve a closure.¡± continued Di Qiuhe.

    He Bai smiled seeing Di Qiuhe¡¯s attitude, he squeezed Di Qiuhe¡¯s foot and gave him a doting smile.

    Lawyer Wang confirmed his guessing, and smiled at the love birds, then he took his leave knowingly.

    The next day, Di Qiuhe went to the hospital. He pushed open the ward door, Di Bian was sitting on a wheelchair by the window, he invited himself in and walked towards Di Bian, ¡°I¡¯m here, what do you want to say to me?¡±

    The man turned around, it was Di Qiuhe, a cool calm and collected young man. Di Bian burst into tears, ¡°Qiuhe, finally you are here.¡±

 Chapter 231 - See You Never (1)

    <strong>Chapter 231: See You Never (1)</strong>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    T/N: hey kids, just a quick exnation about ¡°yeye¡± that¡¯s gonna show up in this chapter. ¡°yeye¡±, Chinese pinyin, means grandfather, in this chapter it refers to Di Bian¡¯s father, i.e. Qiuhe¡¯s grandfather from his father¡¯s side. So, ¡°grandpa¡± in this book refers to Fan Da, Qiuhe¡¯s grandfather from his mom¡¯s side. To avoid any misunderstanding, I used ¡°yeye¡± to refer to Qiuhe¡¯s grandfather from his father¡¯s side.

    This drug ident really took a heavy toll on Di Bian, he aged badly. He had grown gray hair, hisplexion looked terrible and he struggled to raise his head in his wheelchair.

    Di Qiuhe looked at him with indifference, he waved to the bodyguards who were waiting outside, ¡°Guys,e on in, find out where the cameras are.¡±

    Several bodyguards marched into the ward, they walked past Di Bian who was sitting by the window and got to work, soon they found three hidden cameras and recording pen. They handed those equipment to Di Qiuhe.

    Di Bian wiped the sweat on his forehead, he stammered, ¡°Qiuhe, these cameras are installed by the police officers to umte evidence against Xiasong and Qin Li, they are not for you, don¡¯t get me wrong.¡±

    ¡°I¡¯m not getting anyone wrong.¡± Di Qiuhe threw the cameras on the ground, he stopped the bodyguards who were about to leave the ward, ¡°Guys, not so fast, check the wheelchair for me please.¡±

    Di Qiuhe¡¯s eyes widened in fright, a touch of bewilderment shed across his face. The bodyguards stopped him when he was about to touch his wheelchair armrest.

    A feeble patient of course was no match for a well trained bodyguard, secondster, the micro camera and record pen that hidden in the armrest were thrown on the ground by the bodyguards.

    ¡°Boys, your job is done here, thank you very much.¡± rejoined Di Qiuhe, he walked past the shattered cameras and looked at Di Bian disdainfully out of the corner of his eyes, ¡°Di Bian, enough with your little act, you and I both know it very well we have never shared a father-son bond since I was a kid. Don¡¯t worry though, I¡¯m not settling scores with you here today in your ward, the police officers are right next door, feel free to cry for help any time.¡± with that he stepped back, sitting on a sofa that was at least five steps away from Di Bian.

    Di Bian held his head high feebly, seeing Di Qiuhe sitting far away from him, no way could he pull his filthy trick to pose as an incident-faking extortionist on Di Qiuhe, he clenched his fist, and said tearfully ¡°Qiuhe, do you have to act like this? We are, after all, father and son... ....¡±

    ¡°Di Bian, I¡¯ve renounced your family for well over a year now.¡± demurred Qiuhe, he went straight to the point, ¡°So, Lawyer Wang tole me that you wanted to see me, I¡¯m all ears now. Please quit beating around the bush, any trick, any bullshit would only disgust me, my patience and tolerance on you is very poor. Don¡¯t even try to stir up some drama on social media, don¡¯t even think about that, your pathetic little trick would only make people loath you even more.¡±

    And there went Di Bian¡¯s fake tears, Qiuhe¡¯s speech was right to the point, it was useless shedding fake tears. His face turned ferocious all of a sudden, he tried to defend himself, ¡°Qiuhe, you are not like this... why are you talking to me like a changed person?¡±

    ¡°Because I had been faking it so for long, I thought you¡¯ve figured that one out when you drove me off your house.¡± said Di Qiuhe with his long legs crossed, he said in a domineering manner, ¡°I didn¡¯t actually respect you, I didn¡¯t actually like your family, stooping topromise my interested for the best oue of the whole was also fake. But one thing was true, the determination to renounce you! After yeye died, I struggled every day in the presence of you and your family.¡±

    Di Bian¡¯s face turned red, then he was ame like he was caught red-handed in public, he screamed, ¡°Youir! I raised you, I gave you everything that I had, and you had been treating me like a fool, for all these years? Why did you do that to me?¡±

    ¡°Why did I do that to you?¡± fumed Di Qiuhe, then he squinted with a cold smile on his face, ¡°To live of course! If I did not act all gullible and sift, your good wife Qin Li would have finished me a long time ago. The only reason that you allowed me to grow up was to use me as a chess piece! Di Bian, it was mom and yeye who had raised me and gave me everything that they had, how dare you to take that credit! For the past decade or so, have you had once being a good father to me? All you did was favoring Di Xiasong and Di Chunhua! Do you know why I acted all gullible and soft, because I know you fear me, once I act like a real man, you would panic and finish me.¡±

    That speech had rendered Di Bianpletely speechless, it made him face his past and the reason why he feared Qiuhe so much that he had not been a good father to him.

    Di Bian now had realized he was being too optimistic by thinking he could repair their rtionship by this meet up, he thought Qiuhe would buy his bullshit and tears. And he also felt Qiuhe was mocking him by pointing out how he had favored Di Xiasong and Di Chunhua, but he retorted habitually, ¡°Qiuhe, my son, it was not that bad... ... it was impossible for me to... ...¡±

    ¡°Impossible is nothing, Di Bian, quit lying to yourself, you know your feelings about me very well, how you actually had treated me was more horrible than I just said.¡± Di Qiuhe found Di Bian quite funny, he stood up and said, ¡°Looks like you had miscalcted, you just want to test me whether I am still that little push over you could boss around, I¡¯m in no mood for that bullshit, see you never.¡± with that he turned around and ready to leave.

    Little had Di Bian seen thating, and he heard Di Qiuhe said ¡°see you never¡±, he panicked and screamed, ¡°No, you cannot just leave me like this, what do you mean by ¡®see me never¡¯, you are my son, I¡¯m not dead, you cannot get rid of me.¡±

    Di Qiuhe halted and turned around to look at him, ¡°not dead YET.¡±

    ¡°What... what do you mean... ...¡±, Di Bian¡¯s heart pounded. Thinking about how his other son Di Xiasong had drugged him, hepletely lost it, and his face distorted.

    Di Qiuhe saw him through and sneered, ¡°Haha, rx! I¡¯m not Di Xiasong, I won¡¯t risk the happiness of my life for a scoundrel like you. What I¡¯m trying to say is, you are dead to me now, I know I have to support you byw, and I will do that with the minimum amount stipted byw, that¡¯s all, Mr. Di.¡±

    ¡°No! No way! Come back,e back, you!¡± Di Bian suddenly sprang up from his wheelchair, and he fell on the ground after he staggered a few steps trying to stop Qiuhe from leaving, he crawled on the floor and cried, ¡°Qiuhe, my son, don¡¯t do this to me, I¡¯m sorry, I¡¯m sorry for what I have done to you... pleasee back... ...¡±

    Di Qiuhe watched the show he was putting on and looked around the ward, ¡°Ah~ it looks like my bodyguards haven¡¯t found out all the cameras, but mind you Mr. Di, my bodyguards had installed a little interference unit just now, the camera you have installed will capture nothing.¡±

    Di Bian, who was crying on the ground for camera suddenly turned stiff.

 Chapter 232 - See You Never (2)

    <strong>Chapter 232: See You Never (2)</strong>

    ¡°And also, it almost slipped my mind, there¡¯s something I¡¯ve been meaning to tell you, yeye did leave me something behind your back. Huading, was one of them. Huading will take over your Huangdu in no time and I¡¯ll establish a new branch for Huading after the merge. My grandpa decided to arrange you a nice nursing home thanks to all the support and care you showed to mom, enjoy the rest of your life in a home. See you never.¡± Di Qiuhe took a glimpse of Di Bian who was crawling on the ground and left the ward.

    Hearing Di Qiuhe¡¯s footsteps getting away further and further, Di Bian kept thinking about what Di Qiuhe said to him about the nursing home, he was transfixed on the ground, soon he started retching with his hands wed on the ground.

    ¡°My father had... had left him all that assets instead of me... Huading was just... it was just one of them! Why... why... I deserve better!!¡±

    Soon a nurse came to the ward to do a routine check-up on him, seeing Di Bian lying on his stomach on the floor, the nurse screamed, ¡°Help! Patient down! Please call the doctor!¡±

    Di Bian was still conscious actually, seeing doctors and nurses gathered around to help him, he very much wanted to just tell them to piss off, yet he could not make a sound.

    ¡°Mr. Di, I¡¯m saying goodbye as well.¡±

    It was Lawyer Wang, although what surprised Di Bian was the way Lawyer Wang spoke to him, there was no trace of respect, he spoke to Di Bian in a condescending way, ¡°Mr. Di, your son came to visit you, it was such a kind deed, but why did you... ... s, forget it, just a quick update, Vice President Liu ran away with all the money left in thepany¡¯s ount, take care Mr.Di.¡±

    ¡°No... ...¡± Di Bian widened his eyes in fright, he wanted to ask for more details, yet he could barely move, and all of a sudden with a struggle on his arm, he fainted.

    He Bai, in the meantime, was browsing a catalogue of V&G fromst season. And Di Qiuhe came back to the car now, he asked in concern, ¡°How did that go? Did Di Bian do anything embarrassing, did he say anything that hurt your feelings, had he confess anything to you?¡±

    ¡°No way can he hurt me any more, and he did not confess anything to me.¡± replied Di Qiuhe, and he hugged He Bai with his long arms and sighed, ¡°Yeah, that was not too bad, I¡¯ll leave this matter to grandpa now.¡±

    He Bai hugged him back and patted him on the back, he pointed out an unpleasant fact, ¡°Yeah, Di Bian is no longer a force to be reckon with, but we still have several opponents out there.¡±

    Di Qiuhe chuckled, he gave He Bai a kiss on his cheek, but he felt ever more happy at the moment, ¡°to be honest, Di Bian was the only one that had weighed my mind down, the rest is easy, such as Qin Li, I think Zeng Peihong will take care of her for me.¡±

    ¡°Are you that delighted, look at you all beaming.¡± He Bai also chuckled, he stroked Di Qiuhe¡¯s hair affectionately.

    Vice President Liu¡¯s fleeing was thest straw for Huangdu, soon thepany applied for bankruptcy, leaving all the celebrities who had contracted with them in shock.

    In the end of July, the news that Di Qiuhe had be the spokesman in Greater China made the headline, Di Qiuhe¡¯s fans were overjoyed about this. And meanwhile, ¡°Immortal Way¡± had released the very first trailer, and the video went viral on social media.

    Sigh, on one hand it was the father who was deserted by his friends and family, and on the other hand it was the son who was right under the spotlight due to high-quality works,izens who knew the dramas that happened in Di family would p their hands andment something like karma was a bitch, got thoseizens who did not know better would judge Di Qiuhe.

    But Di Qiuhe¡¯s fans had totally ignored those dumbments about how Di Qiuhe was a jerk to his own father, they knew it was the worst timing to draw any negative attention to their Di Qiuhe. while thoseizens took their silence as guilt, they were more motivated to leave dumbments.

    More and moreizens joined the army of dumb and cast off aspersions at Di Qiuhe, and Lawyer Wang who had gone abroad with the money that Fan Da had given him suddenly posted a statement saying Di Qiuhe was the one who paid for Di Bian¡¯ medical care and Di Qiuhe was the one who had arranged a nice nursing home for Di Bian, that was some solid evidence targeted at those dumbments online.

    Soon theizens who judged Di Qiuhe silenced themselves, while Di Qiuhe¡¯s fans felt aggrieved for all the things that Di Bian had done to their Di Qiuhe, and Di Qiuhe was the one who was taking care of him.

    Di Bian was drugged by Di Xiasong not Di Qiuhe, and after all the horrible things he had done to Di Qiuhe, he was still taking care of that scoundrel!

    The fans knew there was nothing that they could do to change Di Qiuhe¡¯s mind, they just threw themselves to the publicity for ¡°Immortal Way¡±, within just a few days, people had totally forgotten about the drama about Di Bian¡¯s medical care issue, they were all amazed by Di Qiuhe¡¯s performance in his new TV series ¡°Immortal Way¡±.

    Qin Li now was ame, she was the one who paid those online water army to nder Di Qiuhe, but she failed hard. She threw her iPad on the ground, fuming. But she soon forced a fake smile seeing Zeng Peizhong who was drinking a cup of tea near her, ¡°Peizhong, my n did not work... shall we...¡±

    ¡°Shall we what? Is there anything I can do about it? I¡¯m afraid not. All I can say is that Di Qiuhe is not easy to find fault with.¡± retorted Zeng Peizhong, and he added, ¡°Just give up your dumb n, it annoys me.¡± with that he called his assistant.

    Qin Li was shocked, she could tell Zeng Peizhong was getting more and more impatient with her, and just now he did not even look at her, she would like to stop him and confront him about that. But she swallowed that, thinking her daughter relied heavily on him, she replied, ¡°Ok, Perizhong, get some good rest, I¡¯ll cook dinner for you tonight, how about some spicy fish?¡±

    Zeng Peizhong ignored her and left the room, while the doctor who had heard what Qin Li just said frowned, he told Qin Li, ¡°Ms. Qin, spicy fish is not good for a patient like Mr. Zeng, what he needs is some hearty and healthy food in his diet. Please use your mind, Mr. Zeng is having a hard time eating congee and soup, and you are offering to cook spicy fish, tut tut tut, that sounds awful.¡± with that, the doctor turned around and left the room.

 Chapter 233 - See You Never (3)

    <h4>Chapter 233: See You Never (3)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Qin Li was the only on who was left in the living room, she had no clue what was going on, the doctor had always been polite and soft-spoken to her now acted like a changed person, and she couldn¡¯t help but think Zeng Peizhong¡¯s attitude recently, soon she broke out in a cold sweat.

    She had nothing in hand now, both her daughter and her son relied heavily on Zeng Peizhong. what if... what if Zeng Peizhong got tired of her and would not help her and her kids?! No... no way! Zeng Peizhong had always loved her so much, no way would he get tired of her, he must have had talked like that due to his sickness, that must be it.

    With that in mind she stood up and walked to the kitchen, all right, no spicy fish, she decided to cook some fresh porridge for Zeng Peizhong.

    To return to the love birds.

    They were now in a castle taking photos for Qiuhe for V&G, this new collection was still designed in a retro and exquisite style.

    After capturing several snaps of Qiuhe sitting on the chair, He Bai walked to Di Qiuhe cheerfully and said, ¡°Qiuhe, I just came up with something fun, let¡¯s try live snaps.¡±

    Di Qiuhe chuckled, ¡°Yeah, you master of new idea.¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s not exactly a new idea, live snaps have been done decades ago, but this is the first time that I tried it out, you¡¯s better work with me, otherwise... ...¡± with that he put his finger on his neck and gesticted a killing move.

    ¡°Otherwise what? You are getting wild, hey? Yeah, the staff here don¡¯t speak Chinese, but mind you behave yourself.¡± teased Di Qiuhe and he poked He Bai on his dimple, ¡°All right, educate me, what¡¯s the n?¡±

    He Bai admitted that he did act a bit wild just now, so he looked around the set and lowered his head, blushing. He leaned closer to Di Qiuhe and exined his n.

    They waited till afternoon when the lighting was what He Bai was looking for, Di Qiuhe who was rocking the jackets from the new collection walked back and forth under the wall in the yard, like he owned this castle. It was so beautiful, the retro jackets definitely spiced up the quality, Di Qiuhe looked like a prince back in the days and he was patrolling his castle with his head held up high.

    He Bai was constantly looking for new angles, Di Qiuhe now suddenly stared at the camera and smiled, he checked the time on his pocket watch and then he threw his watch at the direction of the camera.

    ¡°Cut! Perfect! Now please get changed, super model.¡± eximed He Bai cheerfully.

    Di Qiuhe cracked a doting smile, he liked the way He Bai got excited when he was able to execute his new idea at work.

    Seeing the way the two worked together, Cooper, who was chilling at the set, seemed to have realized something.

    A weekter, He Bai submitted the finished work to Cooper, it was such a collection, it you thumbed through the album fast, it was like you were watching a video. Each photo was Qiuhe rocked a new outfit along the walk under the wall, Qiuhe embodied the style of each outfit by using different facial expression and bodynguage. And thanks to He Bai¡¯s excellent photography skills, he captured and maintained the tone of the whole collection by the changing of angles.

    He added some special effects to the shot where Di Qiuhe threw his pocket watch at the camera, he made the watch hands look like tailors, with the tick tock on the watch, Di Qiuhe walked further and further in the camera.

    The highlight of all highlights in the finished album that He Bai made was no matter which page youid your eyes on, it all looked perfect for a poster, each photo was billboard ready, so amazing.

    ¡°Guys, I¡¯m already feeling regretful that I only signed short-term contract with you.¡± eximed Cooper, he had browsed the photo album and the video again and again, ¡°The idea is not exactly original, but the finished work is just excellent, especially thisst shot where Mr. Di walked further and further, it was almost like a flirtation to the customers, ¡®Come and get me¡¯, so great.¡±

    He Bai was not good at takingpliments, he just smiled sheepishly, and he kicked Di Qiuhe under the table for help.

    Di Qiuhe looked at He Bai and smiled, he thanked Cooper for hisments and he began to say how much he loved their new collection, trying so hard to save He Bai from this conversation.

    The two flied to F Country for the shooting of ¡°Wolf Venom¡± after the talk with Cooper.

    ¡°Puppy, pardon me if I¡¯m not able to fly back home and spend time with you.¡± Di Qiuhe whispered at He Bai¡¯s ear, ¡°This is the very beginning of the shooting, I think I need some time to fit in and adjust my pace, getting to know the crew better and ect,. If everything goes well, I¡¯ll fly back before new year.¡±

    He Bai hugged him back and patted him on the back.

    ¡°Take care of yourself, don¡¯t work too hard.¡± Di Qiuhe hugged him even tighter, his voice got softer and softer, ¡°I¡¯ll try to fly back as much as I can, and don¡¯t forget to take bodyguards with you, Qin Li is still out there after all.¡±

    ¡°You need to take care too... ...¡± was the reply, He Bai now was nestling in Di Qiuhe¡¯s armsfortably.

    Di Qiuhe found it so hard to part with his puppy, he suggested, ¡°Bai, you know Huading just signed a new actor, good looks, good acting, what do you say, If I let him y and I can just be the investor?¡±

    He Bai pushed him and red at him, ¡°Come again?¡±

    Di Qiuhe bit his lips and dragged He Bai back into his arms, he stroked He Bai on his back in a soothing way and threw the suggestion in the bin.

    ¡°Come on, Qiuhe, it¡¯s just half a year maximum.¡± He Baiforted him with his hand travelling up and down on him, and soon his hands stopped at his belt.

    Di Qiuhe was of course overjoyed.

    ¡°We are not seeing each other for a while,¡± He Bai took off his belt and said flirtatiously, ¡°What are you waiting for, let¡¯s get down to business.¡±

    Di Qiuhe swooped down and rolled him over on the sofa.

    The next day, He Bai left F Country, and he kept rubbing his waist and legs on the ne, ¡®Silly Childish Di! I¡¯ll be a senior the next semester,e on, I¡¯ll have so much free time, of course I cane visit you a lot. Ouch, my waist...¡¯

 Chapter 234 - Huadiao Wine (1)

    <h4>Chapter 234: Huadiao Wine (1)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    ¡°Seafood porridge?¡±

    The doctor asked Qin Li provokingly who was going to feed Zeng Peizhong, then he grabbed a spoon to stir the porridge and checked the ingredients, he frowned at Qin Li, ¡°Ms. Qin, I don¡¯t understand, do you know Mr. Zeng can¡¯t eat seafood?¡±

    Here we go again, ¡°the rice is going to be too hard to swallow for Mr. Zeng¡±, ¡°The porridge you made is too clumpy¡±, Qin Li had enough!

    She put the bowl heavily on the table and raised her volume, ¡°Are you done finding fault with me? What do you want, to starve Peizhong? Are you the employer or I am the employer? Do you think I¡¯m trying to kill my husband or what? Quit it, otherwise you will get sacked and... ...¡±

    ¡°I¡¯m allergic to seafood, you don¡¯t know that, Li?¡± replied Zeng Peizhong, he stared at Qin Li gloomily.

    Qin Li choked, she tried to defend herself clumsily while Zeng Peizhong totally ignored her.

    ¡°Thank you Doctor. Huang, I apologize to you on behalf of my wife, please feel free to grab yourself some lunch as well.¡± said Zeng Peizhong gently to the doctor.

    ¡°That¡¯spletely fine,¡± Doctor. Huangforted Zeng Peizhong gently, he bent down and straightened the nket on Zeng Peizhong¡¯sp, ¡°Mr. Zeng, I know you love your wife, but... ... anyways, get better soon, I¡¯m looking forward to having a drink with you in your vi in early autumn, that Huadiao wine you¡¯ve been talking about.¡±

    Hearing that, Zeng Peizhong smiled and he looked less gloomy, ¡°I know... ... don¡¯t worry for me, I will have a drink with you, early autumn sounds perfect, something good will happen around that time.¡±

    Qin Li tried to chime in, she forced a fake smile and asked, ¡°What good things are going to happen in early autumn? I want to have a drink with you too, Peizhong, it¡¯s been so long sincest time we had a drink together.¡±

    Zeng Peizhong looked at her and his smile got more meaningful, it looked somewhat crooked, ¡°Sure, celebrate with me together.¡±

    He touched Qin Li on her cheek, while Qin Li found that hand too chapped and it felt ufortable. She subtly avoided Zeng Peizhong¡¯s hand, ¡°What good things are about to happen in early autumn? I¡¯m so curious now.¡±

    ¡®Early autumn, didn¡¯t the doctors say Zeng Peizhong¡¯sst days will be around that time? Is it about his will? Hmm, if he really dies in early autumn, I surely can use a celebration.¡¯

    ¡°You will find out soon, something really good.¡± Zeng Peizhong snuggled in his wheelchair and observed Qin Li¡¯s expression. And he changed the subject, ¡°Li, mywyers just sent a message that Xiasong¡¯s case is under control now, they are looking for the lightest penalty for him. Chunhua¡¯s case goes on well, she got exempted from criminal punishment, and mywyers had gave the two girls¡¯ family a satisfying amount of money, they are quite happy. Chunhua will be back soon, say, two or three months.¡±

    Now Qin Li¡¯s fake smile turned sincere, ¡°Peizhong, thank you so much, you are bedridden yourself, and you are giving them your all, people always say parents owe their kids in theirst life, it is so true.¡±

    ¡°Yeah, I agree, parents are paying debt and one day the kids need to pay back as well.¡± replied Zeng Peizhong, his smile got meaningful again.

    While Qin Li was too happy to realize that, seeing Zeng Peizhong was in high spirits now, she tried to bring something up, ¡°Peizhong, I heard Huangdu now is officially bankrupt, shall we take care of that now? I know you¡¯ve put a lot of efforts in this, yourpany Zhonglian really took a toll, we made some good preparation for this, but we had lost a decent amount of money. Zhonglian is a wedding gift to me and now it¡¯s suffering so bad, this is all my fault... ...¡± with that she looked like she was about to cry.

    Zeng Peizhong was so fed up with her little show, he said indifferently, ¡°Qin Li, cut it! I know you agreed to marry me because I promised you to give you Zhonglian, this is not the first time that you failed to take care of what I gave you. Years ago, you used the seed money that I gave you to pay your brother¡¯s debt! Have you forgotten about that? I know the length you would go for money.¡±

    Qin Li clenched her fist, she did not know why Zeng Peizhong acted all riled up suddenly, she tried to exin, ¡°I was young and dumb back then... ... Peizhong, I¡¯m loving you with all my heart now, if you are still unsure about how I feel about you, we can get divorced and I won¡¯t have a penny of your money. All I want is to spend yourst days with you. I¡¯m deeply sorry for what I have done to you... ...¡±

    ¡°Ouch, you are hurting me.¡± Hearing that, Qin Li stopped massaging him on his legs.

    Then Zeng Peizhong turned around and told his assistant to get him some food.

    Qin Li was embarrassed that Zeng Peizhong ignored her little speech, she did not know how to continue her mind game.

    ¡°Huangdu doesn¡¯t belong to you, and it won¡¯t belong to you, so just quit daydreaming.¡± Zeng Peizhong said this to her impatiently, ¡°And also, surely we can get divorced if you want to, you didn¡¯t bring a penny when we got married and quite naturally you are not leaving with a penny. And I¡¯ll ask mywyers to leave Chunhua and Xiasong¡¯s cases, Qin Li, all I want is some peace for thest days of my life, but, you are trouble.¡±

    Qin Li was startled, she knew her strategy of ¡°making concessions in order to gain advantages¡± failed, she gave way to a storm of weeping in the end and said what she said about getting a divorce was not what she really wanted to say.

    Zeng Peizhong was now enjoying his meal like he did not hear what Qin Li had said.

    Qin Li cursed him in her heart, ¡®It¡¯s all right, it¡¯s just a few months, I will have everything I want after Zeng Peizhong dies.¡¯

    The talent show that Huading created with the TV station became a hit in early August, meanwhile Huading took over Huangdu and became a big name in show business.

    The celebrities in Huading also benefited a great deal thanks to the sess of thepany, they are getting more and more publicity and betterwork in the business. Thepany also invested a few new shows, stealing all the thunder.

    He Bai had worked his ass off in Huading the whole August, he texted Di Qiuhe when his new semester started, ¡°I will take a break from Huading for a month, gotta focus on my study.¡±

 Chapter 235 - Huadiao Wine (2)

    <h4>Chapter 235: Huadiao Wine (2)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Di Qiuhe hastened to reply, ¡°Yeah, sure, of course. As the boss man of Huading, I myself had asked someone else to manage thepany for me, you, as the bossdy only have more rights to do so. I¡¯m going to have a talk with the nominal CEO to ask him assign you less work.¡±

    He Bai frowned, ¡°Boss LADY who? It sounds like you are very proud that you are a walk away CEO, yeah?¡±

    Di Qiuhe soon realized he chose the wrong word by calling He Bai a bossdy, he dialed He Bai¡¯s number to apologize.

    ¡°Calling to say you are sorry?¡± asked He Bai in a cold voice.

    ¡°Yeah, you the the boss, I¡¯m the bossdy.¡± relied Di Qiuhe, and he whispered, ¡°I miss you, puppy.¡±

    A smile reced He Bai¡¯s poker face, he poked the doggo figurine that Di Qiuhe sent him as a gift and said yeah.

    Pink bubble in the air.

    ¡°I haven¡¯t seen you for over a month now.¡± Di Qiuhe broke the silence, he carefully said, ¡°Puppy, I¡¯m fitting in the crew quite well, shall I go visit you this weekend... ...¡±

    ¡°I¡¯m going to see Professor Xu and his friends this weekend.¡± replied He Bai, then he tried to cheer Di Qiuhe up, ¡°Soon I will visit you though, work hard, I will ask Assistant Wang to report to me every day.¡±

    Di Qiuhe¡¯s sparkling eyes dimmed, but he said gently, ¡°Yay, I will work hard and wait for your visit.¡±

    ¡°Good boy, I promise I will visit you soon.¡±

    He Bai pulled his hair out of frustration after he hang up.

    ¡®Shit! I cannot wait, but I want to give you a birthday surprise on 7th of Sep, sigh, long-distance rtionship is the hardest thing!¡¯

    Qin Li now felt so aggrieved seeing Huading recing Huangdu in show business, she thought she could have it all after Huangdu went bankrupt.

    She med Zeng Peizhong for not keeping his promise, she med Zeng Peizhong for not being her puppet.

    ¡°Ms. Qin, Mr. Zeng is here and he wants to see you.¡± Zeng Peizhong¡¯s assistant knocked on her door.

    She turned off theptop and straightened her clothes, then she put on a smile and opened the door.

    ¡°Li.¡± Zeng Peizhong now looked more feeble, and his voice became almost indiscernible.

    ¡°Why are you up, isn¡¯t it your nap time now?¡± Qin Li asked with concern, she walked to Zeng Peizhong and bent down, ¡°The doctor always says you¡¯s better rest quietly to recuperate.¡±

    ¡°I¡¯m just waiting for death, I don¡¯t see the difference between waiting for death lying in bed and in my wheelchair.¡± answered Zeng Peizhong, he held Qin Li¡¯s hand and continued, ¡°I just have a hard time falling asleep, I always worry what if you run away again... I can¡¯t let you run away.¡±

    Qin Li blushed, ¡°I won¡¯t run away. It is early autumn now, and Chunhua has been in hospital for about three months now, shall we...¡±

    ¡°The wine is here.¡±

    The doctor came with a bottle of wine, he handed the wine to Zeng Peizhong¡¯s assistant then he ignored Qin Li who was squatting near Zeng Peizhong, and he pushed Zeng Peizhong who was on the wheelchair to the yard, ¡°How about here, Mr. Zeng, such great sunlight here. And also, we can store the wine in the hole anytime now.¡±

    ¡°Yeah, good job Doctor Huang.¡± smiled Zeng Peizhong, he looked at the hole they just dug and said to Doctor Huang, ¡°I wonder whether she likes to drink when she grows up.¡±

    Doctor Huang smiled as well, ¡°It doesn¡¯t matter, all I know is she will appreciate it very much.¡±

    ¡°You reckon?¡± Zeng Peizhong¡¯s voice became even more indiscernible, but soon he tried to hold his head up high, ¡°I love autumn, it¡¯s a season of harvest.¡±

    His assistant put the wine jar on the table and stood next to him.

    Qin Li just arrived and she missed their earlier conversation, she asked gently, ¡°Peizhong, I heard you talked about harvest, speaking of harvest, do you want some juice? And also, who dug a hole under the tree?¡±

    Hearing Qin Li¡¯s voice, Zeng Peizhong all of a sudden perked up, he waved at Qin Li, ¡°Come here, Li,e have a drink with me.¡±

    Qin Li sat right next to him and said, ¡°It¡¯s probably a bad idea to have a drink now, we will save it for when you get better.¡± and she couldn¡¯t help but guess the reason why Zeng Peizhong was now in high spirits was like thest radiance of the setting sun and he was dying soon.

    The thought made her happy.

    Seeing that, Doctor Huang sneered at Qin Li.

    Zeng Peizhong replied her with a smile, he grabbed Qin Li¡¯s hand and said, ¡°Yeah, you are right, let¡¯s save it forter.¡±

    They sat basking in the sunshine for a couple hours in the yard, quite surprisingly, Zeng Peizhong kept conscious the whole time.

    Qin Li was bored, but her hand was held tightly by Zeng Peizhong, she couldn¡¯t take it back. Seeing the sun going down, Qin Li said, ¡°It¡¯s getting dark now, let¡¯s go back to the room.¡±

    The doctor frowned and he looked worried, ¡®Why is there still no call? Could it be...¡¯

 Chapter 236 - Huadiao Wine (3)

    <strong>Chapter 236: Huadiao Wine (3)</strong>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Zeng Peizhong¡¯s assistant¡¯s phone rang when they were about to go back to the room, Zeng Peizhong turned back to listen to the call and he subconsciously grabbed Qin Li¡¯s hand due to excitement.

    ¡°Great, yeah, I see.¡± the assistant soon hang up the phone, then he reported to Zeng Peizhong cheerfully, ¡°The princess was just born, she weighs 6.6 pounds, such an auspicious number, and they will send a video soon.¡±

    Zeng Peizhong¡¯s tense body now suddenly rxed, heughed happily, ¡°Everyone,e join me for a drink.¡±

    The doctor also smiled, he waved at the servant who was ready to store some wine in the hole and he poured Zeng Peizhong a ss of wine, he said ¡°congrattions¡± to Zeng Peizhong.

    Zeng Peizhong gulped down the wine and asked his assistant about the video, he looked like he was in high spirits.

    Qin Li was totally ignored by the group, she had no clue what was going on, but thinking what they just said, she felt terrified and asked, ¡°Peizhong, what¡¯s the celebration for? I don¡¯t understand... ...¡±

    ¡°Hahaha, we are celebrating my daughter¡¯s birth,e have a drink.¡± Zeng Peizhong looked at her and poured the whole jar at her, seeing Qin Li running around, heughed harder.

    Qin Li stepped back and wiped her face with her hand, she sensed the hatred in Zeng Peizhong¡¯s eyes and the indifference of the whole group, her face turned crooked, ¡°Are you messing with me now? Zeng Peizhong, you are dying, no way you can have a daughter now, you are lying to me, yeah?¡±

    ¡°Correct, I am lying to you.¡± Zeng Peizhong threw the jar on the ground and wiped his hand with a hankerchief, he sat in his wheelchair and looked at her in the eye, ¡°I have been lying all along, I will not offer any help to you now, your daughter now can rot in hospital now, I don¡¯t care.¡±

    ¡°What do you mean?¡± Qin Li shook him hard on his shoulder and screamed, ¡°What have you done to Chunhua? Tell me everything, what have you done to Chunhua?¡±

    The doctor came grab her and protected Zeng Peizhong.

    Zeng Peizhong now coughed heavily due to the shaking, he rpsed into the feeble state and gasped, but he looked so happy, ¡°Qin Li, you only care for the daughter who is in hospital, don¡¯t you want to know what happened to you son who is in jail? Fan Da is not that easy to cope with, he knew it quite well how you and Di Bian murdered his daughter, Qin Li, karma is a bitch, remember that, hahaha, enjoy the rest of your life in depression.¡± with that heughed hysterically and coughed, then he slumped down in his wheelchair.

    ¡°Mr. Zeng!¡± the doctor tried to push him back in the room and do a check up on him.

    ¡°Don¡¯t... don¡¯t bother... ...¡± Zeng Peizhong stopped him, he kept looking around in the yard and asked, ¡°Where¡¯s my assistant? How is the video going?¡±

    Zeng Peizhong¡¯s assistant now walked towards them with an iPad in hand, the doctor hastened to grab the iPad and found the video, ¡°Look, Mr. Zeng, what a beautiful princess she is, look at her.¡±

    The baby in the video was crying loudly now, Zeng Peizhong¡¯s dim eyes now sparkled, he looked at the screen and smiled, he grabbed the iPad and hugged it into his arms like he was holding her daughter, then he closed his eyes, murmuring, ¡°Good girl, there there, don¡¯t cry, daddy is here, I¡¯m here for you.¡±

    Soon the video finished.

    Zeng Peizhong lowered his head and stared at the screen, he did not make any sound.

    ¡°Mr. Zeng?¡± called his assistant, trying to wake him up.

    The doctor felt his pulse and took a deep breath, his eyes turned red, he looked at the hole used to store the wine for the newly born and said, ¡°Let¡¯s stick to the n, may Mr. Zeng rest in peace.¡± with that he took a glimpse of Qin Li who was sitting on the ground, ¡°Take care of this woman, this ce belongs to Mr. Di Qiuhe now, he won¡¯t appreciate such an eyesore here.¡±

    Zeng Peizhong¡¯s assistant realized it finally happened, Mr. Zeng passed away, he looked at Zeng Peizhong who was still sitting in the wheelchair, tears screamed down from his eye and he replied, ¡°Yes.¡±

    With a bang on the gate, Qin Li was driven off from the vi, she mmed on the gate and screamed, ¡°Let me in, I¡¯m Zeng Peizhong¡¯s wife, this ce belongs to me now, how dare you do this to me! Let me in! This is my ce!¡±

    Silence was the reply and the doorman even turned off the light.

    Qin Li took a few steps back and slumped down on the floor near her suitcase. Thinking the way Zeng Peizhong treated her recently, her hands started to shake, she suddenly realized she needed to make a phone call to thewyer who was in charge of her son¡¯s case.

    ¡°Ms. Qin.¡± Lawyer He answered the call, but he sounded very impatiently, ¡°I cannot help with the case any more, me and my team are working so hard for him, but he started a fight in prison, my hands are tied, I quit.¡± with that he hang up the phone.

    ¡°Lawyer He, what happened? Please tell me... ...¡±

    Before she had the chance to call Lawyer He again, she got a phone call from the police.

    ¡°Ms. Qin, your son just started a fight in prison, his private parts got injured,e to the hospital now.¡± Qin Li waspletely transfixed, she asked with disbelief, ¡°I¡¯m sorry sir, what happened to my son?¡±

    ¡°His private parts are injured, heavily.¡± answered the officer, a touch of sympathy could be heard. Yeah, a young man like Di Xiasong would have a hard time adjusting himself from this.

    ¡®Private part, heavily, injured... ...¡¯

    Bang!

    Qin Li fell on the ground in a stupor.

 Chapter 237 - Giant Teddy Bear (1)

    <h4>Chapter 237: Giant Teddy Bear (1)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Qin Li slowly came to herself as the sun went down and the temperature dropped.

    No one was around to check on her, to make sure she was all right when she opened her eyes. The Vi gate was still closed.

    She picked herself up from the ground, and she suddenly recalled the two phone calls she had before she fainted, soon she fumbled around looking for her phone. She checked the time after she found her phone, it was already midnight.

    Recent calls showed she was not dreaming just now, she shuddered in the dark due to the cold and more. How she wish it were a dream!

    She tried to calm down and think straight, all right, it was a fact now Zeng Peizhong had passed away, she had to ept it. Then she fumbled to find the marriage certificate in her purse, with that in hand, she wiped the tears on her face and let out a sigh of relief.

    Zeng Peizhong died, of course she would have all his assets byw. Even though he just had a daughter and left all his assets to his daughter, she would find that newborn and fought for her custody, she had confidence.

    As long as she had ess to Zeng Peizhong¡¯s money, she could start all over and lead a happy life with her two kids, Xiasong would get the best treatment, and Chunhua would do whatever pleased her, money was everything!

    ¡°You people will kowtow to me for mercy one day soon!¡± she stared at the gate of the vi and stood up.

    With that in mind, she picked up her purse and walked away, leaving her luggage in front of the vi door.

    Zeng Peizhong¡¯s assistant had been checking the CCTV the whole time, seeing the receding figure of Qin Li¡¯s, he called Zeng Peizhong¡¯swyer, ¡°Qin Li just left the vi, I would suppose she is going back to B City, get back to work and cancel all her card, ALL of them.¡±

    After he hang up, he turned back to the security and said, ¡°Please remove that trash in the gate.¡± the security nodded and left the room readily.

    This day was the 4th of September ?? soon soon Qiuhe¡¯s birthday, He Bai was now on a flight to F Country, yup, here came the birthday surprise.

    He called Wang Boyi as soon as hended to get the whereabouts of Di Qiuhe, he was told Di Qiuhe was now in the set. Then he checked in the hotel near the set to get some rest. Damn jetg.

    After he woke up, he sneaked into the set and asked Wang Boyi for Di Qiuhe¡¯s hotel room key. He sneaked into Di Qiuhe¡¯s room sessfully and threw himself into the birthday surprise.

    That night, the second Di Qiuhe opened the door, he was weed by some confetti from the bodyguards, he was dumbfounded for a second, then he looked around the room, asking the bodyguards with indifference, ¡°Hey, what are you guys doing in my room? And what¡¯s all this decorations?¡±

    Poor bodyguards yed with the confetti left in his hands and relied, ¡°Happy birthday, we are here to celebrate your birthday as Mr. He told us to.¡±

    With that a bodyguard walked out from the inner room with a cart, it was a birthday cake, and the bodyguards started to sing him the happy birthday song, they looked at Di Qiuhe with bright smiles.

    Wang Boyi showed up in time and saved Di Qiuhe¡¯s ass, he turned on the light and thanked the bodyguards then he looked at Di Qiuhe, ¡°Mr. Di, please make a birthday wish, this is Mr. He¡¯s order.¡±

    Di Qiuhe patted his chest and took a deep breath, he asked the people around him, ¡°Isn¡¯t my birthday the day the 7th?¡±

    Wang Boyi checked the calender and exined, ¡°It¡¯s three hours away from the midnight now, and ording to Beijing time, you will officially turned twenty four in three hours.¡±

    Ah~

    Seeing the bodyguards who are trying so hard to be bubbly and approachable, Di Qiuhe felt sorry for them, thinking how He Bai asked these big strong manly men to do this birthday arrangements for him, he found that pretty amusing.

    He walked to the cake and made a wish, ¡°Guys, thank you so much, I¡¯ll treat you guys dinner tomorrow night.¡±

    Yay, one more round of confetti.

    Wang Boyi handed him a knife and looked at the cake, ¡°Please have some cake, Mr. Di.¡± with that he held his camera and was ready to record, ¡°This is also an order from Mr. He.¡±

    Puppy~

    Hearing it was an order from He Bai, Di Qiuhe smiled brighter subconsciously, he looked at the camera and cut the cake, after he handed everyone a piece he finally took a bite, then he raised his eyebrow, ¡°Guys, you made this cake yourselves, yeah? Ha, I can tell immediately, not as good as He Bai had made me before.¡±

    Dead silence.

    The crowd looked at the direction of the inner room with widened eyes.

    ¡°... ... emmm, Mr. He told us it¡¯s better if we can bake one by ourselves.¡± Wang Boyi¡¯s hand clenched subconsciously, he tried to smooth things over, ¡°I think this cake is delicious, yeah? Looks nice and tastes even nicer.¡±

    He Bai had no clue what was going on, ¡°You haven¡¯t had a chance to take a bite yet, how do you know it tastes better? All right, Little Wang, put the camera away ande have some cake now, you job is done here. I¡¯ll call him soon, good job, guys, thank you very much for everything.¡±

    A touch of sympathy shed across Wang Boyi¡¯e eyes, ¡®Boss, I tried to save you... ... I tried.¡¯

 Chapter 238 - Giant Teddy Bear (2)

    <h4>Chapter 238: Giant Teddy Bear (2)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Wang Boyi left the room along with the bodyguards after they had cake, Di Qiuhe took a bunch of photos of the cake and the decorations, then he called He Bai cheerfully.

    But He Bai rejected his call.

    Di Qiuhe waited a few minutes and called again.

    He was rejected again.

    ¡®Not a good timing? Busy puppy?¡¯, he thought he might as well text.

    Wang Boyi knocked on the door and said he forgot to mention one more thing that Mr. He told me.

    Di Qiuhe opened the door for him and asked curiously, ¡°What did he say?¡±

    ¡°Mr. He has got you a birthday present, it¡¯s on your bed right now, you need to cuddle your present to sleep tonight.¡± said Wang Boyi, and he added, ¡°Mr. He also said he was going to visit you soon.¡±

    ¡°How soon?¡± Di Qiuhe¡¯s eyes were sparkling now, he kept asking, ¡°What exactly did he say? How soon?¡±

    Wang Boyi shook his head, ¡°I¡¯m not sure, that was all he told me, he didn¡¯t mention how soon. He sounded he was in a hurry on the phone, so I didn¡¯t ask.¡±

    Thinking about He Bai mentioned to him that he was going to visit Professor Xu and his friends this weekend, Di Qiuhe nodded and smiled.

    After Wang Boyi left, he hastened to his inner room, what met his eyes was a giant teddy bear on the bed, he chuckled and patted the ribbon tie on the bear.

    His phone rang when he was about to reach his phone to text puppy, it was a text from puppy.

    He Bai: I¡¯m now in an Peking Opera show with Professor Xu and his friends, call you backter.

    Haha, puppy was enjoying an Peking opera show, how cute.

    Di Qiuhe: No problem, how is the show?

    He Bai: To be very honest, not my cup of tea.

    Di Qiuhe chuckled again, now he threw himself to the bed, leaning on the teddy bear and typed: Thank you so much for the birthday surprise and the teddy bear, I like it a lot.

    He Bai, who was hiding in the bear, noticed Di Qiuhe was leaning on him, his heart was pounding now and he replied: The present I sent you is pretty cute, yeah? Be nice to the bear, and cuddle it to sleep tonight.

    Di Qiuhe looked at the giant bear and smiled, he replied: Sure thing, I will cuddle the bear to sleep for now, and I will cuddle you to sleep when you visit.

    He Bai was worried too much texting might ruin the real birthday surprise, he excused himself saying he didn¡¯t want to appear as being rude, texting all the time in front of Professor Xu and his friends.

    Seeing that, Di Qiuhe said he understood and he went to the bathroom directly after he put his cellphone down. Di Qiuhe let out a sigh of relief, thank God Qiuhe didn¡¯t suspect a thing.

    After the shower, Di Qiuhe turned on theptop, having a conference call with Ke Shi, the nominal CEO of Huading, hmm, one hour had passed, two hours had passed... ...

    He Bai felt so bored in the bear, he texted Di Qiuhe: Are you working now? Go to bed, it¡¯s your birthday, don¡¯t work too hard!!! You need to rest better to work better!!!

    He Bai did not know how long he could hide in the bear.

    Seeing He Bai¡¯s text, Di Qiuheughed andforted him, soon he called it a day with Ke Shi.

    When He Bai thought Di Qiuhe was about to go to bed, Di Qiuhe called someone else.

    He Bai red at him in the bear, hmm, who could it be!?

    ¡®Is Di Qiuhe seeing some other puppy, no, is Di Qiuhe seeing someone else?¡¯

    ¡°Hello?¡±

    ... ...

    ¡°Haha, you fell asleep?¡±

    ... ...

    ¡°Haha, it makes me feel good to just wake you up in the middle of the night.¡±

    ... ...

    ¡°Hey, it¡¯s my birthday, where¡¯s my present, man?¡±

    ... ...

    ¡°But Bai has sent me one, he is back at home busy with his study, but he sent me a present.¡±

    ... ...

    ¡°He bought me a giant teddy bear, so cute and cuddly.¡±

    Hearing that, He Bai almost blushed, it was just a present, chill, Childish Di, no need to show off like that.

    ... ...

    ¡°Xiuwen, you wanna take a look of the bear?¡±

    Di Qiuhe¡¯s best friend on the other side finally exploded, ¡°I don¡¯t need no PDA, stop calling me! I don¡¯t need no dog food! Have mercy please!¡±

    Di Qiuheughed, he put his phone away and turned off the light. He cuddled the bear and whispered, ¡°Haha, Xiuwen got jealous. Nighty night, puppy pup.¡±

    He Bai who had heard vaguely what Jiang Xiuwen said on the call was a bit speechless.

    ¡®Childish Di, you are one shameless bastard, kind of cute, but still, shameless PDA, not cool, man, not cool.¡¯

 Chapter 239 - Giant Teddy Bear (3)

    <strong>Chapter 239: Giant Teddy Bear (3)</strong>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    ¡®No wander Childish Di doesn¡¯t have a lot of friends, the way he carried on..¡±

    But now that to think about it, when he and Childish Di first knew each other, Childish Di stole his bubble tea, Childish Di snatched away his cameras, Childish Di would not take no for an answer when he invited him to his ce for steak dinner... ...

    Here came the question, why didn¡¯t He Bai turn down that jerk, and he ended up being that jerk¡¯s partner?

    With those thought running wild in his mind, He Bai zoned out for a bit, he found Di Qiuhe was sound asleep when he earthed to himself. He moved his limbs and leaned forward to unzip the zipper on the bear¡¯s back.

    The sound of unzipping sounded so loud amid the dead silence in the room, luckily, Di Qiuhe had a long day in the set and now was sleeping like a baby.

    He Bai let himself out from the bear, he took a glimpse at his wrinkled shirt and messy hair, he decided to just let it be. He snuggled under the nket and nestled in Di Qiuhe¡¯s arms.

    Di Qiuhe was used to cuddling He Bai to sleep, he now just grabbed the person into his arms habitually.

    He Bai did not move until Di Qiuhe fell fast asleep again, he leaned towards Di Qiuhe and looked at his face affectionately, he drew a little heart in the air.

    He Bai was not really regretting the choice of being together with his Childish Di, all the moments and happiness between them were so real, he murmured a ¡°thank you¡±.

    He checked the time, it was almost midnight now, he untied the ribbon on the bear and tied it on Di Qiuhe¡¯s hand gently.

    A ringtone came in the bear belly, now, twelve o¡¯clock now!

    He Bai kissed Di Qiuhe on his cheek.

    Di Qiuhe was waken up by the ringtone and the kiss, he realized there was a naked person on his bed, he asked coldly and kicked the person on the bed, ¡°Who the hell is that? Fxxk off!¡±

    ¡°Fxxk off?¡±

    He Bai punched him on the chest and said that with disbelief. Hearing the familiar voice, Di Qiuhe was dumbfounded, and the next second that person threw himself at him.

    ¡°Puppy?¡±

    He Bai tied the ribbon on Di Qiuhe¡¯s hand tighter and turned on the bedmp, he squeezed Di Qiuhe on his cheeks, ¡°fxxk off, yeah?¡±

    Di Qiuhe took a glimpse of his hands which were tied with ribbons, and he looked at his puppy amid the gentle lighting, his eyes were rippled with lust, he asked, ¡°Puppy, what¡¯s going on, am I dreaming?¡±

    ¡°You tell me,¡± He Bai didn¡¯t say yes or no, his hand travelled up and down on Di Qiuhe¡¯s body and he asked, ¡°I heard yourments on the cake I baked you, I¡¯m sorry I disappointed you, Mr. Di.¡±

    Di Qiuhe now was panting, he noticed the unzipped bear and realized what had happened, he moved his hands and struggled to reach He Bai, ¡°Aww, puppy, that¡¯s so sweet... ...¡±

    ¡°Behave yourself!¡± replied He Bai, he avoided Di Qiuhe¡¯s touch.

    With that Di Qiuhe lied down happily.

    He Bai now was undressing himself in a flirtatious way, then he kissed Di Qiuhe all over... ...

    Di Qiuhe was so turned on, he tried to untie the ribbon on his hands.

    ¡°I said behave yourself, Mr. Di¡± demanded He Bai, he pinched Di Qiuhe on his arm gently. Noticing the lust in Di Qiuhe¡¯s eyes, He Bai untied the ribbon and whispered at his ear, ¡°I nned to give you a good blow job as an appetizer tonight, but after I heard yourments on my cake, I decided I¡¯d save that forter.¡±

    Di Qiuhe, who now regained his freedom, rolled He Bai over and pressed him down on the bed, ¡°Puppy, actually the cake was yum, and I know you are yum, thank you so much for the surprise, I love it so much.¡±

    ¡°You¡¯d better say so... ...¡± He Bai pretended to be fiesty, he kissed Di Qiuhe back and said, ¡°Happy birthday, you old man.¡±

    Di Qiuhe smiled and looked at He Bai gently, ¡°Thank you for getting old with me.¡±

    With that they had a quite erotic night.

    ¡°Today is Qiuhe¡¯s birthday.¡± Fan Da said this to Hu Zhao, who was pouring him some tea, he asked, ¡°Has Di Bian turned better?¡±

    Hu Zhao handed him the tea and replied, ¡°Yeah, he will live consciously for the rest of his life, but he will suffer the pain left by the acid every day.¡±

    ¡°Sounds great.¡± replied Fan Da, he yed the tea cup in hand said, ¡°Di Bian should also do something on Qiuhe¡¯s birthday, he¡¯s the father after all. Come on, let¡¯s pay a visit to Mr. Di.¡±

    Hu Zhao nodded in agreement and he left the room to arrange the car.

 Chapter 240 - Slap! (1)

    <h4>Chapter 240: p! (1)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    The nursing home that Fan Da and Di Qiuhe arranged for Di Bian was actually very luxurious for a nursing home, Di Bian resided in a garden vi, a professional medical team was by his side 24/7, as for the menu, he enjoyed different courses every single day.

    However, Di Bian felt he couldn¡¯t breathe there, he was unhappy. Because no one talked to him, even the questions he asked them would get ignored, he couldn¡¯t contact anyone. He was under surveince 24/7, even when he went to the bathroom, he felt so depressed.

    ¡°I want a coffee.¡± Di Bian asked the medical carer with indifference.

    The medical carer poured him a ss of water and retreated to her old spot behind his wheelchair.

    Di Bian felt offended, he grabbed the ss and threw it on the ground, fuming, ¡°I said coffee, you heard me! I didn¡¯t ask for water, do you understand me or what?¡±

    The medical carer cleaned the ss on the floor, and poured him another ss, she did not even make one eye contact with Di Bian this whole process.

    Di Bian, who had not talked to anyone for a long time exploded, he felt he was on the brink of a copse, he threw the ss on the ground again, then he stared at the carer like when a predator spotted its prey, ¡°Talk to me! Are you a dummy? I said talk to me!¡±

    The carer pressed the call bell in fright, soon a group of carers marched towards them.

    Seeing that, Di Bian¡¯s eyes widened, he screamed, ¡°No, I¡¯m fine, don¡¯te near me! I¡¯m not having a headache, I don¡¯t need to calm down, don¡¯t! I don¡¯t need an injection.¡±

    Of course everyone ignored him. They grabbed him and put him back to his wheelchair, one went to clean the ss on the floor, two grabbed him and pined him down, the other one produced a needle tubing and gave him an injection.

    Soon Di Bian stopped struggling, he slumped into his wheelchair, before he passed out he murmured, ¡°I need to see Fan Da, let me see Fan Da, I want to see my son Di Qiuhe, what you are doing to me is abusing, let go of me, let go... of... me...¡±

    After the injection, the carers carried him back to the house.

    Di Bianpletely shut down, he stopped feeling anything under the effect of the injection, he knew they were carrying him back to the house where was like a grave to him, he would very much like to scream and refuse, but all him limbs were soft and he couldn¡¯t utter a word.

    Di Bian was put onto bed, the carers and doctors began to run a check-up on him.

    Di Bian felt he was no different than a piece of meat, he felt his clothes were taken off, several equipment were connected on his body, nothing could be heard except the machine. Di Bian was falling apart, he struggled to say, ¡°You are all monsters... ...¡±

    The doctor who was looking at the machine took a glimpse at him, ¡°Monsters who are saving your life?¡±

    That was the first sentence that Di Bian had heard for a really long time, Di Bian felt encouraged, he was so excited to talk more like he¡¯d grabbed a life-saving straw, ¡°Let me out! I¡¯m in perfect health, I don¡¯t need this, I need to see Di Qiuhe, tell him he can¡¯t do this to me, he can¡¯t!¡±

    ¡°Today is the 7th of September.¡± the doctor said this to him while he was keeping track of the data on the machine, he asked others in the room to leave and he looked at Di Bian, ¡°Today you will have visitors, cherish this opportunity say something nice to your visitors, you know, it depends on this visit that whether you can walk away from this gate.¡± with that he turned around and mmed the door.

    Di Bian was too weak to stop him, he just stared at the wall and listened to the ¡°beep beep¡± sound of the machine, his face turned crooked, ¡°Visitors? Today? Who could that be? Qiuhe? It must be Qiuhe!¡±

    Di Bian waited in torment lying in bed for a whole day, finally his visitors came at dinner time.

    ¡°Fan Da? Why are you here?¡± asked Di Bian in surprise, he looked around and frowned, ¡°Where is Di Qiuhe? Why isn¡¯t he here? Ask him toe to see me now!¡±

    Fan Da looked away, Hu Zhao walked towards Di Bian and pped him on the face.

    Di Bian was caught off guard, his face turned to other side due to the p, and he could taste the blood in his mouth. He fumed and threw the food from the table to the ground.

    ¡°This p is to teach you to have some manners,¡± said Fan Da, he looked around and said, ¡°Di Bian, looks like you are living in such a lovely ce.¡±

    Di Bian took a few deep breaths and sat straight, he spat on the ground and looked at Hu Zhao, ¡°You traitor! You betrayed me, how dare you!¡±

    Seeing that, Fan Da shook his head and said, ¡°Continue.¡±

    Hu Zhao nodded and grabbed Di Bian on his cor, he punched Di Bian on his chest.

    Di Bian, who was suffering severe body pains already, couldn¡¯t take the punch. Soon he rubbed his chest and groaned.

    ¡°The p and the punch are both for my daughter, Lianxiu.¡± Fan Da looked at Di Bian in disgust, and continued, ¡°You beat Xiulian twice, the first time was not long after Qiuhe was born. You were desperate to be a manager in Huangdu, but you were refused by your father time and again, you didn¡¯t want to give up, and you asked Lianxiu for her dowry money so you can establish a newpany stealthily, but Lianxiu refused you as well. In order to stop you act rashly, Lianxiu told your father about this and she suggested you that you should listen to your father and start to work as a clerk, so you could have a more profound understanding of thepany. You just turned utterly difited and pped her.¡±

    Hearing that Di Bian was shocked, and Fan Da continued, ¡°The second time was when Lianxiu got pregnant for the second time, you were already having an affair with Qin Li, you were so sick of Lianxiu who always suggested you should do the right thing, you punched her after you got drunk, and that caused Lianxiu¡¯s miscarriage. Lianxiu just told everyone else that she identally stumbled and fell, and she was disheartened by you after that, she asked for a divorce in the presence of your father, she only wanted Qiuhe and her dowry that I gave her when she married you.

 Chapter 241 - Slap! (2)

    <strong>Chapter 241: p! (2)</strong>

    Hearing Fan Da¡¯s detailed ount, Di Bian¡¯s heart was pounding so fast that he forgot about his body pain and sweat beads were oozing from his forehead, he didn¡¯t dare to make an eye contact with Fan Da.

    ¡®Fan Da knew about this with such great detail, he must have known what I have done to Qiuhe... ...¡¯

    ¡°Your father asked Lianxiu whether she wanted to give this marriage one more chance and Lianxiu said yes because she wanted to give Qiuhe a happy childhood. Your father punished you and asked you ponder upon your fault.¡± Fan Da stared at Di Bian, and continued, ¡°It so happened that Qin Li¡¯s family were on debt and in desperate need of cash, you and her ganged up and nned on stealing Lianxiu¡¯s dowry and you two nned to kill her!¡±

    ¡°No... stop... stop... that was not true! No!¡± retorted Di Bian, he covered his ears trying to avoid what he was about to hear.

    Hu Zhao walked to him and forced him to listen to Fan Da.

    ¡°You put on quite a show in front of Lianxiu, you cried and swore you were a changed person, and you offered to take Lianxiu for a trip to amend the rtionship, and Lianxiu bought that bullshit.¡± Fan Da walked to Di Bian and bent down, he looked at Di Bian directly in the eye like he was going to see Di Bian through, ¡°You went to Y Country and M Country at first, you behaved so well and won Lianxiu¡¯s trust, she let her guard down, you tricked her to sign the papers of transferring her assets to you... ... and you took Lianxiu to G Country where was supposed to be the final destination of your whole trip, you and Qin Li drugged her with some Chronic virus.¡±

    Di Bian shook his head violently and he wanted to retort, but Hu Zhao had covered his mouth with a towel.

    ¡°Qin Li purchased the drug and you were the one who drugged Lian Xiu.¡± with that Fan Da pressed a knife on Di Bian¡¯s face, Di Bian¡¯s eyes were wide open in fright. The knife travelled up and down on Di Bian¡¯s face, and it stopped at Di Bian¡¯s eyelid.

    ¡°I have to say, you did a good job on deceiving everybody about how my daughter died, not only had you deceived you father sessfully but also the doctors were misled by you.¡± the knife now was travelling down inch by inch, and Di Bian now was panting, Fan Da continued, ¡°After you returned from the trip, Lianxiu realized she was not all right and she tried to see the doctors, but you, you threatened her with Qiuhe¡¯s happiness, my daughter spent herst days in dismay and fear, you tortured her mentally, that¡¯s more horrible than physical torture. After she died, you told your father that Lianxiu gave you her money to support your start-up, you told the doctor that Lianxiu had been bottling up since her miscarriage, you made the doctors think it was depression that had killed my daughter.

    Hearing such a detailed ount of what he had done, Di Bian was so scared that he wetted himself.

    Seeing that, Fan Da sneered, he threw the knife on the ground and he regained hisposure, ¡°Even though it¡¯s such a lovely house, but I heard the doctor said that you did not like it here. All right, it¡¯s time to go to a ce that suits you the best.¡±

    Di Bian now was soaked in cold sweat, and he felt embarrassed that he just wetted himself in front of people.

    ¡°Huangdu now is bankrupt, and Huading belongs to Qiuhe.¡± Fan Da walked back to his wheelchair, he patted the armrest and cracked a gloomy smile at Di Bian, ¡°Let me see, where else could youy your hope? Right, I heard you transferred some money a long time ago, but I have to remind you about your Vice President Liu, it turned out all your efforts was paving way for him.¡±

    Di Bian shuddered, he turned around to look at Fan Da.

    ¡°And you have some stocks, yeah? Don¡¯t worry, I will make sure they are all worthless paper. Your team was busy enough with their own affairs, quit daydreaming they wille help you out. As for Lawyer Wang who had worked with you closely and knew a lot of secrets of you, he works for me now. If you dare to run away from me, I will make sure I will use all those dirty secrets to put you in jail.¡±

    All of Di Bian¡¯s retreats were cut off, he was fuming.

    ¡°And one more thing before you explode, your son, the one you had with that Qin Li, was involved in a fight in jail, his private parts were injured, no way he could have a grandson for you.¡± said Fan Da with a smile.

    Di Bian suddenly cracked a crooked smile andughed.

    ¡°You are truly a monster, you didn¡¯t feel bad for your son after you heard about that, you just... you justughed because he had drugged you.¡± Fan Da also smiled, ¡°Ah! I see, you think you still have Qiuhe, yeah? No, you are wrong. Qiuhe told me even though one day he wanted to have a baby, he would only choose adoption or surrogacy.¡±

    Di Bian¡¯s smile disappeared, he couldn¡¯tprehend what Fan Da just said, adoption? Surrogacy? Why?

    ¡°You don¡¯t understand?¡± Fan Da¡¯s smile got bigger, he signaled at Hu Zhao, ¡°Show him.¡±

    Hu Zhao nodded and produced an iPad from his bag, he clicked open an album and turned the screen at Di Bian.

 Chapter 242 - Slap! (3)

    <strong>Chapter 242: p! (3)</strong>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    The photo popped up was one Di Qiuhe and He Bai cuddled together on the sofa, they were wearing matching pajamas, and they were beaming. The next photo was the same setting, where He Bai had fallen asleep and Di Qiuhe was kissing him on the cheek.

    Di Bian¡¯s face turned crooked, he just wanted to scream and asked Fan Da what was going on, but his mouth was still covered with a towel.

    Seeing Di Bian¡¯s struggle, Fan Da said, ¡°Yes, that boy in the photo is He Bai who you once had found fault with.¡± with that Fan Da signaled Hu Zhao to take away the iPad, then he walked to Di Bian, ¡°Look at the two kids, aren¡¯t they cute?¡±

    Di Bian shook his head and showed disgust, Hu Zhao gave him one more p.

    Fan Da looked away and said, ¡°Bai is a great kid, it¡¯s Qiuhe¡¯s blessing that he had met Bai, the kids have decided they will make it public that they are dating by the end of the year, and they will get married after Bai graduate. Di Bian, please rest assured, I¡¯ll record the whole wedding for you, just to make a point, how happy Qiuhe is after he renounced you and your family.¡±

    ¡°No... that¡¯s is forbidden... I won¡¯t...¡± little did Di Bian expect his son was homosexual, he once again struggled violently, the towel in his mouth was now loose, he finally broke free and exploded, ¡°No! That is not going to happen! My son! Won¡¯t married a man! I don¡¯t allow that... ...¡±

    Hu Zhao picked up the towel from the ground and put it back in.

    ¡°You don¡¯t allow? Who are you?¡± sneered Fan Da and he asked, ¡°Are you still daydreaming? Are you expecting one day soon I will die and you can show up in front of Di Qiuhe and control him?¡±

    Di Bian¡¯s body turned stiff again, Fan Da once again had saw him through.

    ¡°But that never gonna happen. Huading is under Qiuhe¡¯s name, what you are scheming now is doomed to fail. And what¡¯s more, I¡¯ll make public about Di Chunhua¡¯s identity, I will let everyone know what Qin Li had done to you and who had she cuckolded you with, that is purely disgusting, an incest with her own brother. And Di Bian, for all these years, you did know about that, you are just pathetic.¡± added Fan Da, he enjoyed how Di Bian turned from mad to wrathful and turned numb in the end. Then he pressed the call bell and asked Di Bian, ¡°Scum, do you want to meet Lianxiu one more time after all these years?¡±

    Di Bian waged a desperate struggle and his eyes were wide open in fright.

    Soon the door was pushed open by a group of doctors and carers, they put Di Bian back to bed and gave him a new injection, after that they removed the towel in his mouth.

    With that Di Bian screamed, ¡°What have you done to me? What have you put in my body? Fan Da! Come back! You can¡¯t do that to me! Com back!¡±

    And now, a hypnotist came in. And Fan Da left the ward with Hu Zhao.

    The hypnotist gave some orders to the carers and closed the door. Soon Di Bian felt dizzy and sleepy, the whole world seemed to be in a whirl, the hypnotist walked to Di Bian ans stared at him in the eye, ¡°Di Bian, look at my eyes, now tell me how old are you now... ...¡±

    Di Bian answered him, the hypnotist kept asking him questions... ...

    That voice seemed to have put Di Bian under a spell, he just answered whatever the hypnotist asked him. And soon a beautiful figure crept into his mind.

    The beautiful woman walked towards Di Bian, and slowly she turned into a skeleton, with that she asked,¡± Di Bian, why did you kill me?¡±

    Di Bian¡¯s body was shaking violently, and he fell into the same nightmare again and again.

    The hypnotist left the ward after an hour.

    He went to Fan Da and Hu Zhao who were waiting for him outside.

    ¡°Did it work?¡± asked Fan Da.

    The hypnotist nodded and replied, ¡°Yes, Mr. Fan, this man is guilty, it didn¡¯t take much efforts. He will have the same nightmares from this day on for at least a year.¡±

    Fan Da nodded with satisfaction, ¡°Good job. Now please ask the team to leave, just leave one carer, in case he kills himself.¡±

    The hypnotist nodded and went out to carry Fan Da¡¯s orders.

    Fan Da just sat there motionlessly for a while until Hu Zhao asked with concern, ¡°Uncle Fan, are you all right?¡±

    Fan Da earthed himself and said, ¡°Yeah, I just zoned out thinking about Lianxiu. Don¡¯t worry, I¡¯m all right. How is everything, let¡¯s take care of it while Qiuhe and Bai are both abroad now. What¡¯s going on with Qin Li?¡±

    Hu Zhao answered, ¡°Zeng Peizhong showed no mercy to her, I think we don¡¯t need to deal with Qin Li thanks to Zeng Peizhong.¡±

    ¡°Hmm, that¡¯s fine, but we gotta stay alert and always stay ready to be the backup. Watch out, and don¡¯t mess up.¡± said Fan Da with indifference, thinking about what happened to his daughter, his eyes dimmed, ¡°They need to have a taste of what Lianxiu had gone through, only ten times more.¡±

    To return to the love birds.

    He Bai was being kissed right after he opened his eyes this morning.

    ¡°Hey, you are awake. What do you feel like for breakfast?¡±

    What met He Bai¡¯s eyes was Di Qiuhe with a goofy smile right next to him, he pretended to push Di Qiuhe away and said, ¡°Oh my, that¡¯s too much goofiness.¡±

    Di Qiuhe just found the way He Bai tried to wake up amusing, he just cuddled his puppy cheerfully and stroked him, ¡°puppy, how cute you are.¡±

    He Bai nestled in Di Qiuhe¡¯s arms and said, ¡°I had a dreamst night.¡±

 Chapter 243 - Slap! (4)

    <h4>Chapter 243: p! (4)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    ¡°What dream?¡± asked Di Qiuhe, beaming, he poked He Bai on his dimple, ¡°I bet I was in the dream, yeah?¡±

    He Bai nodded, ¡°Yeah, you were.¡±

    Hearing that, Di Qiuhe¡¯s smile turned more goofy, he hastened to say, ¡°Tell me about it, tell me about it.¡±

    ¡°You turned into a pig and you harassed me the whole night, and you posted something using our Weibo ount, which of course incurred someint from Xing Shaofeng.¡±

    Di Qiuhe¡¯s smile disappeared.

    ¡°That¡¯s not the end it, you didn¡¯t sleep the whole night, you kept ying with that giant teddy bear.¡±

    Di Qiuhe smacked his lips and pulled the nket to his side, trying to take refuge under the nket. Somehow he was too shy to make any eye contact with He Bai.

    ¡°And you just kept staring me in bed.¡±

    Di Qiuhe subtly slid to the bedside, trying to escape.

    ¡°Ouch, my lower back.¡±

    Hearing that, Di Qiuhe returned to bed and gave his puppy a massage.

    ¡°And my legs.¡±

    Di Qiuhe¡¯s hands travelled down.

    ¡°And my neck, you kissed me too hard.¡±

    Di Qiuhe squinted and rolled He Bai over to check his neck, yeah, there was a hickey. Thinking how wild he wentst night that he paid little attention to how hard he went, he now wanted to kick himself. He lowered his head and blew He Bai a kiss, kept massaging his beloved puppy.

    He Bai felt much better after the good massage, he ¡°forgave¡± Di Qiuhe for going too wildst night. He was feeling sofortable that he couldn¡¯t keep his eyes open, he rolled over and put his hand on Di Qiuhe¡¯s hand, ¡°Come cuddle, I¡¯m sleepy.¡±

    The goofy smile came back.

    Di Qiuhe opened his arms and cuddled He Bai, he lied right next to him and kept patting him on the back, like he was singing a luby he went, ¡°Little puppy go to sleep, I¡¯m sorry I woke you up...¡±

    ¡°You are forgiven... ...¡±, He Bai buried his face into Di Qiuhe¡¯s chest and wrap his leg around Qiuhe¡¯s waist. Soon he closed his eyes and asked in a low voice like he was sleep-talking, ¡°You asked for leave today, yeah?¡±

    Di Qiuhe said yes and kissed him on the head.

    ¡°You take a nap too.¡± He Bai raised his head and kissed him on the chin, cuddling him even harder, ¡°I want some steamed buns after nap, and fried eggs that you made me all the time...¡±

    ¡°Sure thing, consider it done.¡± Di Qiuhe replied with great satisfaction, ¡°I¡¯ll do whatever that makes you happy.¡±

    The two had some unprotected sleep and they got a video call from Xing Shaofeng shortly after they woke up.

    ¡°You two? Right at when ¡®Immortal Way¡¯ is about to air?¡±

    ¡°I¡¯m sorry,¡± said He Bai apologetically, ¡°I didn¡¯t stop my pig in time, sorry team for putting you guys into such trouble.¡±

    Hearing that, Di Qiuhe pouted and wanted to defend himself, but He Bai pped a hand over his mouth.

    Seeing that, Xing Shaofeng couldn¡¯t help but smile, ¡°All right guys, I got this. Thanks to Qin Li and Di Xiasong, the two had attracted some attention for you guys, but please think twice next time you want to post something, try not post anything that might be considered PDA, please?¡±

    ¡°Thank you, Shaofeng, I promise it won¡¯t happen again.¡± He Bai grabbed Di Qiuhe¡¯s hand and swore.

    Xing Shaofeng smiled, seeing that, He Bai took the opportunity and asked, ¡°So, what happened to Qin Li and Di Xiasong?¡±

    Xing Shaofeng who was going through a report his team member just submitted him and said, ¡°Haha, you might as well ask Qiuhe, he knows about it, I gotta go.¡±

    He Bai turned around and looked at Di Qiuhe with a meaningful smile.

    Di Qiuhe soon hugged He Bai like he was begging for mercy for not letting He Bai know about this in time, ¡°I... I don¡¯t know anything till this morning, Puppy. Zeng Peizhong died, Di Xiasong was involved in a fight in prison and his private parts were severely injured. Qin Li flew back to B City after she heard about that, only to find Zeng Peizhong¡¯swyers were waiting for her in B City and asked her to assume Zeng Peizhong¡¯s debt and pay the hospital Zeng Peizhong¡¯s medical bills. Of course Qin Li refused that, she had a heated conversation with thewyers while no one noticed Di Xiasong who was resting in bed sneaked out of the room and went to the roof, trying tomit a suicide by jumping from the building... ... Anyways, that farce didn¡¯t end till this morning.¡±

    He Bai was dumbfounded hearing all that, he stammered, ¡°Zeng... Zeng Peizhong died?¡±

    ¡°Correct, but he died a happy death, he got to see his daughter before he died.¡± said Di Qiuhe in a soothing tone, trying to make He Bai feel better.

    Hearing that, He Bai sighed... ... ¡®Maybe death is not too bad for Zeng Peizhong considering how sick he had been, at least he didn¡¯t have to suffer any more.¡¯

    With that in mind he kept asking, ¡°How about Qin Li, what¡¯s going on with her? Howe she didn¡¯t get Zeng Peizhong¡¯s assets and she was in debt?¡±

    ¡°Haha,¡± Di Qiuhe served He Bai a steamed bun and replied, ¡°Zeng Peizhong is so smart. Qin Li now is penniless and she is in debt, I guess that served her right for what she has done.¡±

    Wow, she was in debt and considering the condition of Di Chunhua and Di Xiasong, Qin Li was doomed.

    He Bai somehow felt a bit emotional thinking about that, but deep down he knew what Di Qiuhe said was so true. He changed the subject, ¡°My luggage is in the hotel across the street, wanna go collect them with me? And, I need some shopping done, didn¡¯t pack enough clothes. What do you want for dinner, my birthday boy, I will do whatever you say today.¡±

    ¡°Shopping?¡±

    ¡°Yeah, it¡¯s so much colder than I imagined, I¡¯m going to live here for months, I need some clothes.¡± He Bai said that while chewing a bun, then he looked at Di Qiuhe and frowned, ¡°Wait, look at your face now, wait, you don¡¯t want me to be here with you? No, I¡¯m telling ya, I AM staying here! I am your assistant now and my internship application for being your assistant in ¡®Wolf Venom¡¯ set got approved by school, I¡¯m going nowhere but here, I¡¯m telling you... ...¡±

    Di Qiuhe was stoked, he walked to He Bai and kissed him.

    Then Di Qiuhe carried He Bai in his arms, marching to the bedroom.

    He Bai red at him, ¡°What are you doing?¡±

    ¡°You, obviously.¡± Di Qiuhe¡¯s voice went deeper, he didn¡¯t even try to hide his thoughts, ¡°All right, today is your first day, my personal assistant.¡±

    He Bai said, ¡°Assistant! Do you know the meaning of that word? Let go of me, I just climbed out of bed, I don¡¯t want to climb back to bed now.¡±

    Di Qiuhe smiled and said nothing, he shut the door and... ... you know ??

 Chapter 244 - Keep a Way Open for Retreat (1)

    <h4>Chapter 244: Keep a Way Open for Retreat (1)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    ¡°Immortal Way¡± was aired on the 1st of October at a prime time slot, exclusively on a big TV station. Meanwhile Di Qiuhe¡¯smercial and advertisement for V&G were put on the market, Di Qiuhe soon became the talk of the town.

    No one held any press conference to exin what happened to Di Xiasong, so the matter of his attempt tomit suicide was maliciously spected on the inte. The paparazzo deliberately harass and provoke Qin Li in the hospital trying to dig more dirt from this family.

    Qin Li couldn¡¯t take it any more, she stopped visiting Xiasong and hid in the apartment that Di Bian once gave Qin Mingqiang.

    She would go through the news online and cursed the reporters, ¡°Bullshit, Xiasong is fine, he is healthy, he is nothing like you said!¡±

    She flipped the table in a fury, leaving a mess on the floor.

    Qin Mingqiang who was paralyzed in bed frowned and yelled out of frustration, ¡°Shut up! You useless good-for-nothing, how I wish I had put you in prison instead of your brother! Go cook! I cannot believe you are penniless! Look at yourself, pathetic! ¡±

    Qin Li clenched her fists and turned back to look at her father.

    ¡°What are you staring at me for? Go cook!¡± Qin Mingqiang raised one arm that was able to move and threw a photo frame on the bedside table at her, ¡°Always leave a way open for retreat! I¡¯ve been teaching you that since you were a child, and look at you now, tut tut tut. Go contact Yan family for me, I¡¯m Qin Yunze and Qin Yunyu¡¯s grandfather, they should support me byw. And you, don¡¯t stay at my apartment, you useless trash!¡±

    The photo frame was smashed, and the photo of Di Xiasong and Di Chunhua inside now was lying by Qin Li¡¯s feet.

    Seeing that, Qin Li unclenched her fists.

    ¡°Yan family? Father, that sounds ridiculously optimistic for me.¡± she stood up and straightened her skirt, with appreciation, she looked around this little apartment that she used to refusey her eyes on, ¡°Oh, father you are right. I should always leave a way open for retreat, hahaha... ... like this apartment that no one remembers, it serves as a perfect retreat for me, doesn¡¯t it?¡±

    Di Bian transferred this apartment to Qin family in order to divorce Qin Li back in the days, but she gave this apartment to her father Qin Mingqiang after she married Zeng Peizhong. Now Huangdu went bankrupt, Di Bian was sick, Zeng Peizhong died, this apartment was forgotten by everyone, including herself. Well, thank God everyone had forgotten about this apartment, otherwise Zeng Peizhong¡¯swyers would take it away from her.

    It didn¡¯t matter she was penniless now, she had a property! Tiny as it was, it was in the best location, she could sell it for a lot of cash by the market price at the moment.

    With that in mind, she stared at her father with a meaningful smile. Qin Mingqiang squinted and asked with alertness, ¡°What are you up to? I¡¯m telling you, this apartment is mine, don¡¯t even think about it, I¡¯m warning you.¡±

    ¡°But father, this apartment is under my name.¡± Qin Li walked to her father¡¯s bedside and tucked him in gently, she bent down and looked under the bed, finally a box in the corner caught her attention, her smile turned bigger, ¡°Father, you are the best teacher for showing me always keep a way open for retreat, that box is mine now. Thank you, father.¡±

    Qin Mingqiang red at her, but there was nothing he could do but scream, ¡°No! Not that box! No!¡±

    The box not notrge by size, and Qin Li decoded the password pretty quick, there were some nice Jewelries and gold coins, as well as an exquisite curio, which looks like a decent amount money to Qin Li.

    Feeling satisfied by these pennies from heaven, Qin Li took hold of the box and took a look at Qin Mingqiang, ¡°Father, I know you don¡¯t have the heart to see your grandchildren Xiasong and Chunhua suffer, I know you are willing to let me have this box. Don¡¯t worry, I¡¯lle back for you after I have Xiasong and Chunhua back happily, don¡¯t worry, I¡¯ll take care of you soon.¡±

    ¡°Monster! You monster!¡± Qin Mingqiang¡¯s eyes turned scarlet red.

    Qin Li couldn¡¯t care less about his curse, she asked in reply, ¡°Haha, I¡¯m a monster, what are you?¡± with that she stormed out carrying the box.

    The apartment, a car she once bought for Qin Mingqiang, the box... ... Qin Li sold everything avable for some instant cash, then she arranged a nursing home for Qin Mingqiang in a hurry.

    With money in hand, she went to the hospital, ¡°Xiasong, mom has money now, don¡¯t you worry about a thing, I will hire you the bestwyer to get you out from this case.¡± Qin Li stroked her son¡¯s face and kept saying, ¡°Don¡¯t worry, son, I will find you the best doctor and medical care. And soon I will go abroad to pick up your sister, I don¡¯t know how is she doing all by herself.¡±

    Hearing that, Di Xiasong who was silent this whole time turned back and looked at Qin Li, ¡°Of course you are going to abandon me again to look for my sister, I know it! Yeah, I¡¯m useless now, I know I¡¯m nowhere near as important as that lunatic, you and her both are Qins, I¡¯m a Di, of course I¡¯m not as important as her.¡±

    ¡°Xiasong!¡± Qin Li screamed at him.

    But soon she regretted, seeing Xiasong¡¯s facial expression turning even more gloomy, she turned down her volume, ¡°What nonsense are you talking about? You and your sister are equally important in my heart, and don¡¯t call your sister a luna... ... I¡¯m going abroad mainly to look for a good doctor for you, I don¡¯t trust anyone here now, everyone is working for Zeng Peizhong and Fan Da. You be good and wait for me, I will be back soon.¡±

    Di Xiasong lowered his eyes and changed the subject, ¡°Where¡¯s the money from? You were penniless just days ago, and now you have money to go abroad and look for doctors?¡±

    ¡°The money is from grandpa.¡± answered Qin Li vaguely. Then she checked the time and left.

    Seeing his mom¡¯s receding figure, Di Xiasong¡¯s eyes dimmed and he told himself this was thest chance he gave his mother, thest chance... ...

    How time flew, this day Di Xiasong was discharged from the hospital and was transferred back to prison. His mom was nowhere to see, no one could reach her, even the police officers and Zeng Peizhong¡¯swyer team.

    Di Xiasong just nodded his head in silence when he was told that, he turned more silent after that and he didn¡¯t ask one question about Qin Li since that day.

 Chapter 245 - Keep a Way Open for Retreat (2)

    <h4>Chapter 245: Keep a Way Open for Retreat (2)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    An isted town in Y Country.

    Qin Li finally saw her daughter in an old shabby hospital, unfortunately, her daughter was now delirious and had a great tendency of violence.

    ¡°She¡¯s gone worse.¡± exined the doctor with indifference, ¡°Please pay the bills downstairs for the past month.¡±

    Qin Li was now holding Di Chunhua in her arms and cursing Zeng Peizhong for being so cruel, but sadly Di Chunhua had no idea who she was.

    Like she was irritated by her mom¡¯s crying and cursing, Di Chunhua suddenly grabbed her mom¡¯s arm and gave her a bite, Qin Li finally exploded seeing the blood on her arms.

    She missed the best timing for looking forwyers and doctors for Xiasong due to Chunhua, she just wanted to scream, for both of her kids had suffered so much.

    The audience rating of ¡°Immortal Way¡± was not exactly great on the first day, but it turned better and better since the first day, it even broke the record for the past year, holding a safe lead among all the shows at that time slot.

    Di Qiuhe became a household name, and people began to see him as an amazing actor rather than an eye candy idol.

    Haters of course would grasp every opportunity to cast aspersions at Di Qiuhe by posting his family drama, thanks to Xing Shaofeng, everything was under control, he always acted one step ahead. And he asked the two not to post any private moments online, he just wanted the public remember Di Qiuhe by his work not his private life.

    ¡°From this very moment on, I only want to see your photography on your ount, nothing else.¡± Xing Shaofeng put on a poker face and continued, ¡°Stay low key while you are there with him, concentrate on his new film, I don¡¯t want any reports on his private life, he is an amazing actor in public¡¯s eyes, that¡¯s it!¡±

    He Bai nodded and took notes, ¡°Yes, I will change the password and leave the ount to Sister Li, I promise he won¡¯t have ess to it. Qiuhe has been preupied with¡®Wolf Venom¡¯, don¡¯t worry, there won¡¯t be any drama.¡±

    Di Qiuhe, who was not allowed to talk, was serving He Bai fruits.

    Seeing that, Xing Shaofeng on the other side of the phone smiled and said, ¡°I trust you. And, I¡¯ve got so many invitations from the award ceremonies, I also got some reliable inside information that ¡°Cheng¡¯s Army¡± and ¡°Immortal Way¡± were on the shortlist of best actors for film and TV drama respectively, you guys need toe back and try some looks for the red carpet and stuff.¡±

    Hearing that, Di Qiuhe, who was peeling an apple looked at Xing Shaofeng and raised his eyebrows.

    While He Bai was overjoyed, he asked cheerfully, ¡°Both got shortlisted? Fiercepetition? Who else has made the shortlist?¡±

    ¡°I don¡¯t know it exactly yet, but I¡¯m sure Qiuhe had made the shortlist in both categories.¡± answered Xing Shaofeng, and he continued, ¡°I kinda know who else was on the list, thepetition was a bit fierce, but Qiuhe still stood a chance.¡±

    He Bai nodded and he still felt excited.

    Di Qiuhe won the Best Actor Award thanks to his performance in ¡°Immortal Way¡± in the previous life, even though ¡°Immortal Way¡± was aired earlier than previous life, He Bai was still quite confident that Qiuhe would win. And now he couldn¡¯t help but wonder how amazing it was going to be if Qiuhe could win the Best Actor Award in film, wow, two Best Actor Awards, from film and TV drama respectively, it would be just great!

    Di Qiuhe looked at He Bai with a smile and fed him a piece of apple, then he went to talk with Xing Shaofeng about work for a few minutes. He grabbed He Bai back into his arms after he hung up, he stroked He Bai¡¯s hair and a meaningful smile shed across his face.

    ¡®Award ceremony... ... might be a good ce to make some meaningful announcement?¡¯

    Di Xiasong¡¯s case was settled on the first snow day, he was sentenced to ten-years¡¯ imprisonment. While Qin Li never showed up and that broke Xiasong¡¯s heart.

    ¡°Wolf Venom¡± wrapped up in mid-December, the two flew back to B City and got ready for the Awards Ceremony.

    And they heard about the news that Qin Mingqiang died dayster.

    ¡°He was abused by the carers in the nursing home and died.¡± He Bai frowned and put his iPad away, ¡°What on earth is Qin Li thinking? Her son was just sentenced, her father was abused to death and she still is nowhere to see. You mentioned she has a decent amount money in hand, yeah, why didn¡¯t she arrange a good nursing home for her father?¡±

    Di Qiuhe put the milk ss in hand away and pulled a nket on He Bai¡¯s legs, he sat closer to He Bai and said, ¡°She wouldn¡¯t dare. All her money would be transferred to Zeng Peizhong¡¯swyer as long as shees back, and Di Chunhua¡¯s condition is terrible, she needs to keep that money to take care of her daughter, she won¡¯te back. As for Qin Mingqiang, I bet Qin Li doesn¡¯t care about him from the beginning.¡±

    ¡°What about Di Xiasong... ...¡±

    ¡°Di Xiasong is doomed anyways, he would be imprisoned no matter Qin Lies back or not, Qin Li was now in the position that she could only pick one child, of course she would choose Di Chunhua, for Di Chunhua has a big secret on her!¡±

    Hearing that, He Bai frowned, he couldn¡¯t understand why Qin Li didn¡¯t care about her father and her choosing one child over the other.

    ¡°I know it baffles you,e, have some milk and let¡¯s go to bed early, we are going to visit grandpa tomorrow.¡± Di Qiuhe poked He Bai on his forehead and handed over the milk ss t him.

    He Bai also thought it was useless thinking this matter over and over again, so he listened to Di Qiuhe and gulped down the milk.

    Fan Mansion.

    Fan Da was now discussing the menu with Hu Zhao for hosting Di Qiuhe and He Bai, Fan Da took a look at the menu that Hu Zhao handed him over and smiled, then he circled out two spicy ones, ¡°The kids just came back, give them some time to adjust the spicy diet.¡±

    ¡°That¡¯s correct.¡± Hu Zhao nodded in agreement.

    ¡°As for Qin Li... ...¡±, Fan Da looked outside the window and continued, ¡°It¡¯s soon new year, let¡¯s solve the problem now, in case the kids¡¯ mood got ruined at such a festive season. Contact Di Xiasong soon, Qin Li and Di Bian should have a taste of family¡¯s betrayal as well.¡±

    Hu Zhao soon left the room and carried out the order.

    The next day, the secret of Di Chunhua¡¯s birth suddenly made it to the headlines.

 Chapter 246 - Best Actor Award (1)

    <h4>Chapter 246: Best Actor Award (1)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    The news about Di Chunhua¡¯s birth secret was reported by a popr tabloid which was good at exposure of celebrities¡¯ privacy and gossip, they even managed to dig out some medical reports and pictures of Qin Li in and out of hospital, looked pretty legit on the first look.

    The explosive news set the inte aze, but soon it was followed up by some serious doubt.

    First of all, there was only Qin Li in the photos, Di Chunhua was nowhere to see, the photos didn¡¯t necessarily mean anything, let alone the so-called birth secret.

    Secondly, the authenticity of the medical report was questionable, that needed to be confirmed by some authorities.

    Thirdly, this tabloid was not the most reliable resource due to its own record on fabricating celebrities¡¯ privacy. Especially at the moment Di Qiuhe was in the spotlight, it was likely these tabloids used stories mildly rted to Di Qiuhe to lure attention and hits.

    And most importantly, the news was simply too... ...hard to believe, let alone to ept. Theizens would rather believe it was fake news.

    And of course there was a different voice about this news, they alsomented their opinions and said it was actually not that hard to believe.

    While the two sides busy expressing their own opinions, one more picture and an audio clip were posted by the tabloid.

    The picture was a screenshot of a private message, it was from a rtive of Yan Family, the message confirmed the news. And the rtive said that she witnessed how Qin Li had cuckolded Di Bian and trapped her own family, she also said what Qin Li was getting today served her right, no need to feel sorry for that woman. And the reason why Di Bian decided to divorce Qin Li was because he identally found out the secret about Di Chunhua¡¯s birth.

    The rtive also provided an audio clip, saying she wanted to help everyone to know better of this Qin Li woman.

    Theizens were dumbfounded in the beginning, they had no clue who this rtive was, was she reliable, how did she know about this. Then someizens who had following Di Family and Qin Family for a long time confirmed this resource¡¯s reliability and reminded the public that Qin Li¡¯s ex-sister-inw was from Yan Family, named Yan Hui, she reported Qin Family to the authorities and put them into jail, and now she was living abroad with her own family.

    Hmm... a wife threw her husband into jail, there must be inside stories.

    With that in mind, theizens could not wait to click the audio clip.

    The audio clip started with Qin Li¡¯s screaming and shrieking, she used Yan Hui of being ungrateful, then she exined to Yan Hui that it was an ident after they got too drunk, it was then followed by some cursing and threatening, she said she would settle scores with Yan Hui if Yan Hui insisted on reporting them.

    While Yan Hui was very resolute, she said she had seen through the Qin Family especially after the car ident, and she swore she would divorce Qin Li¡¯s brother Qin Rong, she would also report their family, she wouldn¡¯t change her mind for anything.

    Then a third party¡¯s voice rang, it was a young woman, sheforted Yan Hui and told Qin Li to behave herself, otherwise she would call the police and submit this audio clip. And Yan Hui quickly said she¡¯s better stay out of this for her own good, otherwise she would feel guilty.

    And that was the end of the clip, quite an informative clip it was.

    First all of, Qin Li who had always presented herself as a gentle and elegantdy in public was an uncouth woman in private, all that image was staged.

    Secondly, something terrible happened after Qin Li got drunk, and reflecting on the audio clip, the incest was probably true.

    Last but not least, Qin Hui¡¯s car ident was not actually an ident, it might have something to do with Qin Family.

    The tabloid had also considerately posted an old short interview of Qin Li¡¯s to help theizens make aparison of the voices.

    Qin Li had such an distinctive voice, it was quite recognizable.

    Soon theizens who were just arguing about Di Chunhua¡¯s birth secret changed sides, they were speechless.

    And they started to think about Di Qiuhe, who knew these people in person and he had renounced Di Family long ago, could the reason be he had known about the dirty secrets all along?

    In Fan Mansion.

    He Bai had a lovely talk with Fan Da after dinner, now he was killing time on his iPad.

    He chatted with his roommates and looked for a movie for bedtime, when he was about to enjoy the movie he got a message from Niu Junjie.

    Niu: Bai, Qiuhe¡¯s step mom¡¯s life story is deduced on Weibo, now ites to the plot of ¡°Being a home wrecker and cuckolding Di Bian¡±, go have a look!

    What the heck?!

    He Bai sprang up from the sofa and opened Weibo.

 Chapter 247 - Best Actor Award (2)

    <h4>Chapter 247: Best Actor Award (2)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Theizens were so keen on finding out the truth, they dug deep. They even found out the truth of why Yan Hui insisted on divorcing Qin Rong, why Qin Rong was thrown into jail, and also why Di Bian divorced Qin Li, they dug so deep they even found evidence that Qin Li indeed was a home wrecker back in the days.

    And of course the truth of Yan Hui¡¯s ¡°car ident¡±, Di Bian¡¯s sudden contraction of severe sickness, how Di Qiuhe and Qin Li had treated Di Qiuhe when he was young.

    Qin Li became the target of public criticism, theizens spent so much time and efforts researching her, they also found out what she had done recently. Such as taking away her own father¡¯s apartment and pension, abandoning her own son... ...

    He Bai waspletely dumbfounded, he didn¡¯t understand how this happened, he just went offline for a dinner with Fan Da and Di Qiuhe, whyizens found out all these explosive news within such a short time.

    ¡°What are you looking at?¡±

    He Bai finally earthed himself hearing the familiar voice, he pushed hisptop to Di Qiuhe and said excitedly, ¡°Look, Qiuhe, it¡¯s about Qin Li! She is doomed this time, theizens have found out everything, from her marriage, the way she treated you back in the days, Di Chunhua¡¯s birth secret, to her divorce with Di Bian, everything! Theizens are awesome, they can do anything!¡±

    Di Qiuhe smiled, he took a glimpse at the screen and put theptop away, with that he walked towards He Bai and squeezed his face, ¡°You really think this is all found out by theizens, within such a short time, puppy?¡±

    It took He Bai a second to understand what Di Qiuhe was talking about, then he asked Di Qiuhe with his eyes wide open, ¡°What? It is you...¡±

    ¡°Not exactly.¡± replied Di Qiuhe, he kissed He Bai on his cheek and carried him around the arms from the sofa, ¡°Well, it was grandpa, all right, time for bed.¡±

    ¡°Say what now? Grandpa? No wonder... ... I was genuinely amazed by how deep theizens had dug... ... were you just talking with grandpa? Wait, did you just say bed time? Hold on, I¡¯m not sleepy yet... ...¡±

    Di Qiuhe and He Bai wereughing and having fun reading all thosements online, while Qin Li was having such a hard time abroad. She visited her daughter in the hospital on a daily basis, besides that she would log in Weibo and search thetest news about herself, her wrath increased as the news about her turned more and more, while the money in her hand was less and less.

    ¡°No! I didn¡¯t do anything wrong! It¡¯s never my fault! No!¡±

    She threw another tantrum and smashed everything in the room she rented, but she bent down and started to clean up the mess she just made for she had no money to repay thendlord. Di Chunhua¡¯s medical bill was a ridiculous amount, and she didn¡¯t have any ie, she couldn¡¯t live like this for long... ...

    A piece of ss on the ground cut her finger, leaving scarlet blood on her palm.

    She halted due to the pain, then she raised her hand, seeing the blood and her lusterless nails, her eyes turned unfathomable and scary.

    She shouldn¡¯t lead a life like this if not for Chunhua¡¯s sickness, oh no, it was not Chunhua¡¯s fault. Whose fault it was? Zeng Peizhong¡¯s daughter!

    She didn¡¯t get to take a penny from Zeng Peizhong due to his daughter! Therefore, as long as she could find that little baby... ... yes! As long as she could find that little baby, she could have her share! Her fair share!

    That was correct, she was determined to look for Zeng Peizhong¡¯s daughter. As long as she could find the little baby, she could have money again, she could afford to pay Chunhua¡¯s medical bills.

    With that in mind she clenched her fists and picked herself up from the ground, a faint smile shed across her face, it was time to make a n!

    News had it that Qin Li disappeared again, leaving Di Chunhua unattended, again!

    Looking at the news, He Bai frowned and asked in confusion, ¡°What is going on? She loves her kids, yeah? She has been scheming her whole life for her two kids, and now she has abandoned her son first, and now her daughter? I don¡¯t get it.¡±

    ¡°Because she loves herself the most. She only loves her kids in good times.¡± Di Qiuhe squeezed He Bai on his waist and smiled, ¡°Good job, puppy, you are not as skinny as you used to be now.¡±

    He Bai rolled his eyes and flipped him, ¡°Thanks to you, raising me like a pig every single day, asking me to go to bed early every night, asking Sister Li to have her holiday in advance in case she books me any job, and yeah, now I gained two pounds, happy?¡±

    ¡°Yes, two pounds is great progress for you, I am happy.¡± Di Qiuhe took He Bai¡¯s hand and kissed hard, then he stepped back to look at He Bai in his new suit, ¡°Yes, you look good in this suit, it makes you look broader.¡±

    He Bai found that amusing, ¡°People always look for clothes that make them look slim, and now you are asking me to look for clothes that make me look broader. All right, you¡¯ve made up your mind? Don¡¯t ask me to changeter, it¡¯s gonna be a no to that.¡±

    Di Qiuhe knew He Bai well enough, he walked towards him and coaxed, ¡°Yes, I¡¯m sure. Come on now, dinner time.¡±

    He Bai squinted his eyes and chuckled, he gave Di Qiuhe a hug and went to the fitting room.

    The two had decided what they were going to wear for the Awards Ceremony taking ce on Christmas¡¯ Eve.

 Chapter 248 - Best Actor Award (3)

    <h4>Chapter 248: Best Actor Award (3)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Di Qiuhe and He Bai walked the red carpet along with the crew of ¡°Immortal Way¡± on ceremony day, the love birds¡¯ outfits were from V&G, watches were from the brand that Qiuhe was working with, Wild Bull.

    The host and reporters for the red carpet walk asked Di Qiuhe questions regarding Di Chunhua and Qin Li just like they had expected, Qiuhe just smiled as a reply. He only answered questions regarding to ¡°Immortal Way¡±, leaving the impression that he was here for his work and nothing else. The reporters looked a bit out of ce for asking Di Qiuhe those questions, clearly he was here for his TV series not the gossip.

    The seats were arranged in advance, Di Qiuhe, however, changed seats with the assistant director so that he could sit next to He Bai, our poor female lead of ¡°Immortal Way¡± was took it for granted that female lead and male lead were going to sit together... ...

    He Bai tried to persuade Qiuhe to sit back next to the female lead, but Di Qiuhe had his way with He Bai, and suddenly He Bai¡¯s talk derailed from that to where they should go forte night snack after the ceremony.

    Director Lin Mo was sitting on the other side of Di Qiuhe, seeing the love birds¡¯ interactions he smiled, He Bai was all his male lead cared. A Best Actor Award meant nothing to Di Qiuhepared to his puppy.

    The ceremony officially started at eight o¡¯clock, the two stopped chatting and focusing on the ceremony.

    The first category was ¡°The Most Popr Rising Star¡±, sort of like an appetizer, it was mainly to set the tone for the entire ceremony, the new artists would go on stage and express how grateful they were and how much they were looking forward to a new year in show business... ...

    Followed by that were the awards for the crews, like ¡°Best Director¡±, ¡°Best Photographer¡±, ¡°Best Original Song¡± and so on. ¡°Immortal Way¡± crew yed that category and became the biggest winner that night.

    ¡°Best Supporting Actress¡±, ¡°Best Supporting Actor¡± and the most expected ¡°Best Actress¡± and ¡°Best Actor¡± were of course scheduledst.

    After the presenting of ¡°Best Actress¡±, He Bai sat up straight and became nervous because now it was time to present ¡°Best Actor¡±.

    He knew that Qiuhe won this award in his previous life, but still he was nervous for his Qiuhe, what if something went wrong, what if everything changed due to his rebirth? He knew he was over thinking and he was positive that Qiuhe¡¯s amazing performance would outshine other entrants, but he couldn¡¯t control the wild thoughts running in his mind.

    ¡°Are you peckish yet?¡± asked Di Qiuhe.

    He Bai was distracted unexpectedly, he squeezed Di Qiuhe¡¯s hand and whispered, ¡°Please be quiet.¡±

    Di Qiuhe raised his eyebrows and caught hold of He Bai¡¯ hand.

    He Bai hastily withdrew his hand and gave Di Qiuhe a kick on the shin.

    The hosts were weing the presenters while the two yed around, He Bai soon turned around and stared at the stage, Di Qiuhe¡¯s survival instinct told him that now was not a good timing to disturb him.

    Both presenters were A list of the A list celebrities, Yu Hui, previous winner of ¡°Best Actress¡±, Liu Lange, previous winner of ¡°Best Actor.¡±

    ¡°What? Sister Hui and Liu Lange?¡± asked He Bai in surprise, he felt like he was dreaming, the two rarely attended any ceremony, howe themittee convinced them both for tonight?

    There were certain rules in show business, normally huge movie stars like Yu Hui and Liu Lange would not attend ceremonies like this. But this day, they both showed up and they were about to present an award together, that was very rare!

    Such splendid presenters took Di Qiuhe by surprise as well, but Yu Hui gave him a meaningful look from the stage while she was bantering with Liu Lange, Di Qiuhe smiled back.

    ¡°All right, with no further ado,dies and gentlemen, let¡¯s take a look of the clips of the entrants.¡± said Yu Hui with a big smile.

    A video clip was now ying on the big screen, Di Qiuhe¡¯s face showed up atst, it was a poster that He Bai took.

    ¡°Puppy, I look so good in that photo, thank you so much.¡± said Di Qiuhe cheekily.

    While He Bai who felt his heart was pounding wished he could p Di Qiuhe¡¯s hand and get some peace, he was dying to find out whether his Qiuhe was going to win the award or not.

    After the video clip, Liu Lange spoke highly of the entrants and he opened the envelop in hand and handed it to Yu Hui.

    ¡°The Best Actor Award goes to...¡±, said Yu Hui, with that she swept the audience with a bright smile, then she winked at He Bai, ¡°Di Qiuhe!¡±

    ¡°Congrattions, Di Qiuhe!¡± said Yu Hui and Liu Lange.

    Thunderous apuse bursts out from the audience.

    He Bai pounded the chair in excitement, then he stood up and gave Di Qiuhe a hug, while he whispered by Di Qiuhe¡¯s ear, ¡°Smile! Now! And don¡¯t say stupid shit , or I will give you a good beating.¡±

    Hearing that, Di Qiuhe smiled and he gave He Bai a kiss on the cheek, ¡°I promise you I won¡¯t say stupid shit.¡± with that he turned around and hugged Director Lin Mo.

    He Bai was dumbfounded, ¡®what had Childish done? In front of everyone?¡¯

    Director Lin Mo patted him gently and He Bai finally earthed himself, he was blushing crimson. Then he sat down like nothing had happened amid the curious gaze from the audience.

    ¡®It¡¯s okay, calm down, it¡¯s no big deal. The kiss was just like a friendship kiss, plus it was just on the cheek, that¡¯spletely fine. Plus, I have Xing Shaofeng, he surely can take care of this for me on media. It¡¯s fine... ... it¡¯s really (NOT) fine!¡±

    Childish Di, you just wait for it!

 Chapter 249 - A Good Beating (1)

    <strong>Chapter 249: A Good Beating (1)</strong>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Di Qiuhe walked up to the stage with a polite smile, he shook hands with Liu Lange and hugged Yu Hui before he walked to the Mic. Then he looked at He Bai who was sitting in the audience holding the award in hand.

    He Bai shook his head and he was like, ¡®I told you to be subtle!¡¯

    ¡°First all of, I¡¯m so humbled to be here, thanks to themittee for presenting me this award.¡± hmm, a good opening remarks for an eptance speech.

    Di Qiuhe averted the gaze from He Bai and swept the peer actors, then he delivered the speech that Xing Shaofeng wrote for him, everything went smoothly.

    He Bai now heaved a sigh, the killing intent in his eyes disappeared, ¡®Childish Di knows what he is doing after all.¡¯

    This ceremony tonight was the first among all the ceremonies that they need to attend, if Di Qiuhe said or did something stupid, surely they would be harassed for the rest ceremonies.

    Di Qiuhe gave his eptance sessfully with a touch of humor and self-evident gratitude, then he paused a bit and looked at He Bai again, ¡°Back in the days, I see life as a joke due to some personal reasons, I was just waiting for death day by day. I didn¡¯t find the value of life until I met that special one in my life.¡±

    He Bai¡¯s smile disappeared, he red at Di Qiuhe and kept shooting him warning looks while sweat beads oozing on his forehead.

    ¡®Childish Di, you promised me you would be subtle and won¡¯t say anything stupid!¡¯

    ¡°Again, thanks to themitted and the judge panel, this means a lot to me¡± Di Qiuhe wrapped up his speech and bowed to the audience, then he walked off the stage amid the apuse and the curious looks of the audience.

    He Bai felt like that wrap up was too rushed, quite a cliffhanger that Di Qiuhe had set.

    ¡®It is done? Just like that? A special one in my life? Who is that special person?¡¯

    ¡®Are you kidding me?¡¯

    He Bai refused to admit he actually feel a little bit disappointed in his heart, just a touch.

    Di Qiuhe sat back on his seat and leaned towards He Bai, ¡°Hey, puppy, how was my speech? Awesome, yeah?¡±

    ¡°Yes.¡± He Bai avoided making eye contact with this goofy goose, he just said yes in a casual way.

    Di Qiuhe found that amusing, he smiled seeing the way He Bai pretended nothing had happened and everything was fine, he leveled up a bit and asked, ¡°I didn¡¯t say anything stupid on stage, I deserve a medal.¡±

    He Bai pretended he was drawn to the performance on stage and didn¡¯t hear what Di Qiuhe just said.

    Di Qiuhe raised his eyebrows and leaned even closer to He Bai, ¡°Puppy, just tell me, are you feeling a bit disappointed that I didn¡¯t say you are that special person in my life?¡±

    He Bai took a deep breath and kept silent.

    ¡°If that¡¯s the case, I¡¯ll pop the question next time I¡¯m on stage.¡±

    ¡®Hmm, forte night snack, I¡¯ll have grilled goose (Qiuhe).¡¯

    ¡°Do you remember the matching suits we tried the other day, they are pretty good, I¡¯ve prepared matching ties as well, one blue one red, you pick a color. Wait, this year is my Chinese zodiac anniversary year, grandpa says I¡¯d better have some red for auspicious blessings.¡±

    ¡®Goose (Qiuhe) satay sounds good too.¡¯

    ¡°Grandpa said this year I should wear some red jocks and socks, and they need to be purchased by my significant other or my close family member, puppy, when are you going shopping for me?¡±

    Director Lin Mo who was sitting next to Di Qiuhe slightly coughed.

    He Bai blushed crimson!

    ¡°Shut up, Childish Di!¡± he pped his hand on He Bai¡¯s mouth and whispered, ¡°From this moment on, you say one word, I will take off one piece of clothes, two words, two pieces. Feel free to continue.¡±

    ¡°No way!¡±

    ¡°Two words, two pieces.¡± said He Bai with a poker face.

    He untied his tie and took off his suit, then he put his hand on the shirt, like a threat, ¡®Go on, I¡¯m ready to take off this piece too.¡¯

    Seeing that, Di Qiuhe covered his mouth and caught He Bai¡¯s suit.

    He Bai turned sideways and gave Di Qiuhe the cold treatment.

    The person sat next to He Bai felt the air had frozen somehow.

    The two went back to the car after the ceremony, Xing Shaofeng was waiting for them in the car.

    ¡°I know you guys are going to make it public soon.¡± Xing Shaofeng put hisptop away and said slowly, ¡°I hope I could get a clear message before you actually do it, thus I could have more time to prepare.¡±

    Di Qiuhe looked at He Bai who refused to make eye contact with him and cleared his throat.

    He Bai still was wearing a poker face.

    Di Qiuhe looked at Xing Shaofeng and apologized, ¡°I¡¯m sorry for what I have said on stage, leaving you and your team working overtime for me.¡±

    ¡°No problem, we are quite experienced now.¡± Xing Shaofeng had sensed something was going on between the two, he tried toforted them instead of venting, ¡°It¡¯spletely fine, this is a big moment for you and your career, people would understand.¡±

    Di Qiuhe nodded and he kept staring at He Bai.

    Seeing that, Xing Shaofeng got off the car and left the love birds some space knowingly.

    Di Qiuhe sat next to He Bai and wrapped a nket on him, ¡°I¡¯m sorry, puppy, I shouldn¡¯t have teased you like that.¡±

    He Bai looked at him and asked, ¡°What have you done wrong?¡±

    ¡°I shouldn¡¯t tease you, especially on such an asion.¡± said Di Qiuhe apologetically with those innocent puppy eyes sparkling.

 Chapter 250 - A Good Beating (2)

    <h4>Chapter 250: A Good Beating (2)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    He Bai sat straight and looked at Di Qiuhe, ¡°Will it happen again?¡±

    Di Qiuhe shook his head, then he squeezed He Bai¡¯s earlobe and kissed him on the forehead.

    ¡°You Childish Di, that was so naughty of you. I told you specifically at the moment we need to prioritize ¡®Immortal Way¡¯ for all the hard working crew members, they deserve the attention for something they worked hard for. It¡¯s just a couple of days, we will make it public, one day soon.¡± said He Bai in a soothing tone.

    With that he reached out to cuddle Di Qiuhe and stroked his hair, ¡°I¡¯ll give you a good beating if you tease me like this again.¡±

    ¡°I know I did wrong.¡± Di Qiuhe apologized again, ¡°I¡¯m so sorry.¡±

    He Bai kissed him and rested his head on Di Qiuhe¡¯s broad shoulder, ¡°All right, I forgive you this time, time to eat. I¡¯ll get you some red socks and jocks.¡±

    Hearing that, Di Qiuhe chuckled and cuddled He Bai harder. The fact that his puppy was so understanding and considerate melted his heart. He murmured ¡°I¡¯m sorry.¡±

    ¡°I forgive you already, baby.¡± He Bai bumped Di Qiuhe¡¯s head with his head, ¡°I do see people who are celebrating the big year use a lot of red, I will get you a red scarf as well.¡±

    ¡°How about some red condoms?¡± asked Di Qiuhe cheekily.

    He Bai rolled his eyes at Di Qiuhe.

    Di Qiuhe giggled and cuddled him tighter.

    The two had somete night snacks and went back home, both were exhausted when they got back home.

    ¡°I¡¯m so sorry.¡±

    He Bai heard Di Qiuhe was still apologizing in his dream, He Bai frowned, ¡°This Childish Di, I said I had forgiven you, no need to keep apologizing.¡±

    Di Qiuhe smiled and opened his eyes, he poked He Bai on his dimple and rolled closer to him.

    He Bai knew why Di Qiuhe kept apologizing dayster, because this Childish Di wasn¡¯t actually nning on changing the way he carried on.

    On the other ceremony they went to dayster, Di Qiuhe said something like ¡°I enjoy every single day after I met you¡± in his eptance speech while he kept staring at He Bai in the audience.

    He Bai knew Xing Shaofeng would give them a piece of his mind after this.

    That night after the ceremony, Di Qiuhe was thrown into the study as a punishment.

    Two dayster, Di Qiuhe won the ¡°Best Rising Star of the Year¡± at another ceremony, he said ¡°Thank you so much for always standing my side, my special you.¡±

    He Bai lowered his head and texted Xing Shaofeng to apologize, poor Xing Shaofeng.

    The next day when Xing Shaofeng gave them the invitations to another ceremony, He Bai returned it to Xing Shaofeng and shook his head, ¡°I¡¯m not going, he is your problem now.¡±

    Di Qiuhe walked to He Bai cheekily and kissed him on the head, ¡°All righty then, be good, I will take you to dinner after Ie back.¡±

    He Bai kicked Di Qiuhe on the shin, since when had this goose became so cheeky?

    Di Qiuhe smiled and tickled He Bai on his foot.

    Xing Shaofeng shook his head after that ceremony.

    ¡°My hands are tied, Bai, really, there¡¯s nothing I can do now.¡± sighed Xing Shaofeng on the other side of the phone, ¡°Theizens ani¡¯t buying what I said on the inte anymore, they demand the truth. Just pick a day and make it public, if we do this for long, it may end up backfiring, people may think this bromance thing is staged to create hype.¡± with that He Bai hung up the phone.

    ¡°Who is that?¡± asked Di Qiuhe who was walking out from the kitchen holding a ss of milk in hand.

    ¡°Xing Shaofeng, he asked us to pick a day and make it public.¡±

    Di Qiuhe¡¯e eyes sparkled, he hugged He Bai tight and tried his best to act normal, ¡°Why? Is everything all right?¡±

    ¡°Yeah, it¡¯s just theizens demand the truth, and Xing Shaofeng doesn¡¯t want this to backfire.¡± answered He Bai and he rubbed Di Qiuhe on the neck, ¡°I¡¯m so sleepy Childish Di, let¡¯s go to bed.¡±

    Di Qiuhe was overjoyed, ¡®puppy agrees? Is it that easy? What happened? Anyway, yay!¡¯

    He carried He Bai in his arms and ran to the bedroom upstairs, he was imagining the beautiful life after they made it public.

    Di Qiuhe was woken up midnight, he opened his eyes with efforts, only yo find his limbs were tied and he couldn¡¯t move.

    ¡°Bai?¡±

    He saw He Bai who was sitting at the bedside and asked with concern, ¡°Are you okay? Why are you awake?¡±

    He Bai smiled and shook his head, ¡°Yeah, I¡¯m okay, it¡¯s just I¡¯m a man of my word.¡± then he continued after a pause, ¡°Qiuhe, do you think I was kidding when I said I would give you a good beating if you say silly things in public again?¡±

    Di Qiuhe somehow was so turned on recalling thest ¡°good beating¡± he got in bed, hmm, he didn¡¯t mind a ¡°good beating¡± like that every night.

    Well, this time seemed to be a bit different, because He Bai produced an ice pack from under the bed.

    ¡°... Are you sure?¡± Di Qiuhe tried to save himself.

    He Bai put the ice pack on little Qiuhe, ¡°Yeah, if anything happens, I don¡¯t mind us going tonic.¡±

    Di Qiuhe¡¯s eyes were wide open, ¡®Puppy, I won¡¯t do it again... ...¡±

 Chapter 251 - Runaway from Home (1)

    <h4>Chapter 251: Runaway from Home (1)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Di Qiuhe woke up early next morning, he zoned out staring at the ceiling for a little while and he rolled over to He Bai¡¯s side, groping around for his phone. Then he covered half of He Bai¡¯s face with the nket, took a selfie of them both lying next to each other.

    Click.

    Way to wake up in the morning.

    Di Qiuhe stared at He Bai who was still sound asleep right next to him and cracked a goofy smile, then he logged in Weibo and clicked the create button.

    ¡°I dare you Childish Di, do you want me to run away from home?¡±

    The hand on the phone went stiff, Di Qiuhe quickly logged off Weibo and put the phone under the pillow, the next second he acted nothing had happened and leaned towards He Bai, ¡°What do you feel like for breakfast? I learned chow mien from Uncle Hu, I also brought his signature sauce back home, you want some?¡±

    He Bai squinted hie eyes and looked Di Qiuhe up and down, he bent his knee and stroked Di Qiuhe, ¡°You look like you are still in high spirit, hmm, I guess I didn¡¯t exhaust youst night.¡±

    Di Qiuhe felt excited and leaned towards at He Bai, he actually had the best timest night. He Bai, who imed that Di Qiuhe needed some punishments didn¡¯t end up giving him any.

    ¡°Puppy, you are such a cute puppy.¡± Di Qiuhe cuddled He Bai tight in his arms and kissed him all over, then he became handsy.

    He Bai gave him warm reactions, but he stopped when Di Qiuhe was fully turned on and said, ¡°Stop, I have such a sore throat.¡±

    Di Qiuhe stopped as well, he tucked He Bai in and felt his forehead, asking with concern, ¡°Are you having a cold? Do you have a runny nose or feel headache?¡±

    ¡°No, I want some warm water, with some honey.¡± He Bai cringed under the nket, he looked at Di Qiuhe with those innocent puppy eyes.

    Di Qiuhe¡¯s heart was melting, he gave He Bai a kiss on the forehead, ¡°Just one second, I will get you some.¡± with that he put on his pajamas and walked downstairs.

    He Bai jumped out of the bed as soon as he saw Di Qiuhe left the room, he grabbed a jacket and collected his phone, cameras in a bag, left a note and sneaked to the garage, yep, he was hatching a runaway from home n.

    What met Qiuhe¡¯s eyes were an empty bed and a note when he came back with a ss of warm water, the note said: I said I¡¯d give you some punishment, I¡¯m running away from home for a few days, don¡¯t worry, I¡¯ll be back after the ceremony of ¡°Cheng¡¯s Army¡±! If you say anything stupid on the ceremony, see you after the spring festival!

    Ouch!

    Di Qiuhe¡¯s heart was broken.

    ¡°What you are telling me is, He Bai was mad at you that he ran away from home? And you have no clue where he could be?¡±

    ¡°Yes.¡± answered Di Qiuhe listlessly, he continued, ¡°He is not at grandpa¡¯s, I called his roommates as well, he is not at school. I called him so many times, but he turned his phone off so I didn¡¯t reach him... ... he was not wearing enoughyers when he left home, and he might be sick at the moment... ...¡±

    Jiang Xiuwen who was on the other side of the phone took a glimpse at He Bai who was snuggling at the sofa, took a deep breath and said, ¡°Have you asked all of his roommates, what if he is hiding at his roommate¡¯s home?¡±

    Di Qiuhe scratched his hair and said, ¡°Yeah, he didn¡¯t contact his roommates, they didn¡¯t even know Bai ran away.¡± Di Qiuhe trusted He Bai¡¯s roommates, if He Bai was really hiding with them, they would definitely give him some hints.

    ¡°How about Professor Xu? And that creepy Second Senior Disciple named Xu Ying?¡± Jiang Xiuwen continued to mislead Di Qiuhe, he was actually enjoying seeing Di Qiuhe getting some punishment.

    ¡°I did, but he isn¡¯t with them. Professor Xu now is in the south with his family, that creepy Second Senior Disciple Xu Ying, he went to G City with Jun Chen... ...¡± Di Qiuhe sounded more and more crestfallen, he continued after a little while, ¡°I shouldn¡¯t make him mad... ...¡±

    Jiang Xiuwen looked at He Bai who was blowing his nose on the sofa, thought for a little while and said, ¡°Qiuhe, you were indeed wrong this time, but are you sure you know where you did wrong? He Bai is mad at you, we know that, but do you really know the reason? He is mad because you didn¡¯t take his words seriously, again and again. He specifically told you he¡¯s like to make it public after the ceremony of ¡®Cheng¡¯s Army¡¯, but you kept trying him and saying silly stuff. He ran away from home to make sure you behave yourself at the ceremony of ¡®Cheng¡¯s Army¡¯, he didn¡¯t want the public to pay more attention to your private life than your work.¡±

    Hearing that, He Bai looked at Jiang Xiuwen with appreciation.

    Jiang Xiuwen smiled as a reply, giving him a look of ¡®I got you, gal.¡¯

    He Bai smiled with satisfaction and snuggled back to the sofa.

    Di Qiuhe, who was on the other side of the phone went silent, and said in a low voice after a little while, ¡°I know I did wrong... ...¡±

    ¡°But you just couldn¡¯t control yourself?¡± chimed in Jiang Xiuwen, he heaved a sigh and said in an earnest way, ¡°Qiuhe, I don¡¯t get it, it¡¯s just a matter of time, Bai just said a specific time, I don¡¯t see any difference, and he wouldn¡¯t lie to you about that.¡±

    He Bai gave Jiang Xiuwen a thumbs up.

    Di Qiuhe was still silent.

    ¡°Qiuhe, I¡¯m your best friend, I know... I know what you have gone through, growing up in a family like that, you are living in constant fear, fear of loss. You just couldn¡¯t wait to let the whole world know you and Bai are a loving couple, sometimes you fear Bai would just abandon you and keep you in the dark? But you know Bai better than anyone, he is not like that. Qiuhe, just try to think this through.¡±

    He Bai went silent as well hearing what Jiang Xiuwen had said.

    Di Qiuhe exined, ¡°Xiuwen, I do fear sometimes, but never had I doubted about little puppy, I know him, it¡¯s just... ...¡±

    ¡°Qiuhe, don¡¯t worry, Bai knows what he is doing. You just behave yourself and wait for him toe back, I¡¯m sure he will be back home soon, I have a clienting soon, talk to youter.¡± Jiang Xiuwen hang up the phone and looked at He Bai, ¡°I¡¯m afraid what Qiuhe has gone through in Di Family is affecting him now... ...¡±

    He Bai was lost in thought.

    ¡°Yeah, Qiuhe deserves this punishment, sometimes he can be so silly.¡± Jiang Xiuwen looked at He Bai who was suffering the flu and asked, ¡°Do you want to go to the hospital? You don¡¯t look very well.¡±

    He Bai nodded and said, ¡°I will go to the doctor¡¯s soon, thank you so much.¡±

 Chapter 252 - Runaway from Home (2)

    <h4>Chapter 252: Runaway from Home (2)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    He Bai actually felt sick early that morning, he felt dizzy and he knew that didn¡¯t bode well. Normally he would just have a runny nose when he caught a cold, but this time he felt dizzy and nauseous.

    That was actually why he had this running away n, he knew Di Qiuhe would leave everything behind for him. Most importantly, the ceremony of ¡°Cheng¡¯s Army¡± was just days away, he didn¡¯t want Di Qiuhe to get sick.

    He couldn¡¯t think of a better way than running away from home to help Di Qiuhe focus on his work.

    ¡°No problem at all, you know you are always weed here.¡± Jiang Xiuwen poured He Bai some warm water, he then frowned slightly, ¡°But are you sure you don¡¯t want to tell Qiuhe that you are sick, you need someone to take care of you.¡±

    ¡°Yeah, I¡¯m fine, I¡¯ll go the the doctor¡¯s soon.¡± He Bai took the water and asked with hesitation, ¡°Qiuhe... ... was he used to... ... never mind, thank you so much for today.¡±

    Jiang Xiuwen heard that hesitation but he didn¡¯t ask He Bai, he just smiled and said, ¡°That¡¯s all right, I will ask my assistant to go to the doctor¡¯s with you after lunch, how about that?¡±

    ¡°Thank you, Xiuwen.¡± smiled He Bai, but he kept thinking what Jiang Xiuwen had said over the phone.

    ¡®Is this a right decision? Qiuhe grew up in Di Family, he had trust issues already, would I freak him out by just running away?¡¯

    ¡®I mustfort him somehow.¡¯

    Seeing how worried He Bai was, Jiang Xiuwen felt kind of jealous, his silly friend, Di Qiuhe, had such a loving life-long partner.

    But all jokes aside, he prayed his best friend and He Bai would go back to normal soon.

    He Bai went to the hospital after lunch and everything was fine.

    Then he called Wang Boyi and checked in a hotel near Wang Boyi¡¯s house, ¡°the most dangerous ce is just the safest one¡±, no way would Di Qiuhe expect He Bai would be hiding in a hotel near Wang Boyi¡¯s house.

    After he checked in the hotel he called Xing Shaofeng briefly to let him know what was going on, then he logged on his Wechat and messaged Di Qiuhe.

    White and Whiter: I¡¯m not abandoning you, you just behave yourself and I will be back soon. I wille home with your favorite treats.

    He got a reply within seconds.

    A Bird Born in Autumn: Where are you? How are you feeling? Are you still having a sore throat?

    He Bai could almost see how fast Di Qiuhe typed, a smile shed across his face and soon he typed: I¡¯m fine, everything is fine, my throat is all better now. But I¡¯m not telling you where am I just in case you prioritize me over your work. Are you going to say silly stuff again?

    A Bird Born in Autumn: I¡¯m so sorry, I won¡¯t do it again.

    He Bai smiled with satisfaction, he even felt his cold was better now, he said: That¡¯s my good boy, I owe you an apology too, I won¡¯t run away like this ever again.

    White and Whiter: P.S. I love you.

    Di Qiuhe stared at the screen for so long and he pressed his head, replied: I love you too, I¡¯m waiting for you at home.

    Di Qiuhe sat on the sofa and looked around the house, he could almost smell He Bai¡¯s aroma in the air and he looked at the messages again and again.

    Thinking about what Jiang Xiuwen had said on the phone, Di Qiuhe felt ever more sorry. He Bai told him specifically they needed to keep each other updated on making it public, puppy had forgiven him right away the first time he said something silly on an award ceremony, then the second time... the third time...

    The more he thought about it, the more guilty he felt.

    A Bird Born in Autumn: This time I really know what I have done wrong, it won¡¯t happen again.

    White and Whiter: That¡¯s fine, don¡¯t think about that any more. Wait for me get home, I will cook you a steak dinner.

    A Bird Born in Autumn: Yay.

    Di Qiuhe snuggled on the sofa and cuddled He Bai¡¯s favorite cushion, he went silent for a little while and called Xing Shaofeng, he said, ¡°I changed my mind, I will go to the events I told you to turn down for me.¡±

    He got a phone call from Hu Zhao after he hang up, Hu said something unpleasant happened.

    He went to Fan Mansion right away.

    Hu Zhao gave him a report as soon as he walked in the living room, ¡°Here, these are Di Chunhua¡¯s medical bills, the hospital abroad somehow finds out you are his brother and they couldn¡¯t reach Qin Li, so they mailed the bills to you and they require us to pick her up from the hospital soon.¡±

    Di Qiuhe thumbed through the bills and looked at Fan Da who was sitting across him, ¡°Grandpa, what do you think about this?¡±

    ¡°We can do that.¡± replied Fan Da with a meaningful smile.

    ¡°We can send her to Di Bian, they have been apart for a while now.¡±

    ¡°Sure.¡± Answered Di Qiuhe, with that he called hiswyer to get it done then he asked Hu Zhao, ¡°Uncle Hu, you also mentioned something about Qin Li¡¯sing back?¡±

    ¡°Yeah, she was back yesterday.¡± answered Hu Zhao, he then presented a report, ¡°She paid some hacker to hack into Zeng Peizhong and Zeng Peizhong¡¯swyers e-mail, trying to find out the whereabouts of Zeng Peizhong¡¯s daughter, then she came back yesterday.¡±

    Hearing that, Di Qiuhe¡¯s forehead unknitted, ¡°She wouldn¡¯t get anything, only me and Zeng Peizhong know about the whereabouts of his daughter, the couple that adopts the little girl was from M Country. Keep having a close eye on her, ask Zeng Peizhong¡¯swyer to find her when it¡¯s necessary.¡±

    Hu Zhao nodded in agreement.

    ¡°Qiuhe,¡± chimed in Fan Da, ¡°I heard Bai ran away from home, because of you?¡±

    Di Qiuhe lowered his head and tried to act normal.

    Fan Da squinted his eyes and sneered, ¡°Transfer Da Ze under Bai¡¯s name, cars, houses, everything.¡±

    Di Qiuhe stuck his tongue out .

 Chapter 253 - The Worst Nightmare (1)

    <h4>Chapter 253: The Worst Nightmare (1)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    On the first day of He Bai¡¯s running away from home, he felt so guilty and he was so worried for Di Qiuhe.

    On the second day of He Bai¡¯s running away from home, his fever was gone and he was feeling better in general. And Di Qiuhe really took a turn for the better, not only had he behaved himself on the award ceremony, but also he had worked with Xing Shaofeng on posting a well-phrased Weibo.

    On the third day of He Bai¡¯s running away from home, Di Qiuhe was scheduled to attend another live event. He Bai snuggled in the sofa and watched the event on TV while having some chips, hmm, ¡°C¡¯est vie¡±.

    On the fourth day of He Bai¡¯s running away from home, he felt he could have a couple of more free days like this.

    White and Whiter: do you mind going to the award ceremony of ¡°Cheng¡¯s Army¡± by yourself? I don¡¯t really feel like going, may go out for some dinner.

    The next second he got a video call request from A Bird Born in Autumn.

    He Bai rejected.

    Then he typed: It¡¯s going to snow soon, I¡¯m so attempted to just grab my cameras and have fun in the snow. It¡¯s been so long since I have the chance to take snaps in the snow.

    A Bird Born in Autumn: I¡¯lle with you after the ceremony, I will be worried if you are going by yourself.

    He Bai beamed at the screen and typed: Don¡¯t worry, I¡¯m not going by myself, grandpa had asked two bodyguards toe with me.

    This time He Bai didn¡¯t get a reply until a few minutes had passed.

    It was aint rather than a reply, A Bird Born in Autumn: You¡¯d prefer taking a bodyguard?

    Di Qiuhe cracked a wicked smile, and typed: of course, grandpa¡¯s bodyguards are all professional fighters, and you are not much of a fighter I believe.

    Di Qiuhe put down his phone and pressed his forehead, then he called Hu Zhao, ¡°Hey, Uncle Hu, you and grandpa know where Bai is the whole time?

    ¡°Yes, a thoughtful and considerate kid like Bai doesn¡¯t have the heart to worry me and your grandpa, he contacts us every day to check on us and let us know he is doing well.¡± answered Hu Zhao, then he realized something andforted Di Qiuhe, ¡°Qiuhe, good boy, don¡¯t worry too much about Bai, he is fine and he is well taken care of.¡±

    ¡°Uncle Hu, please tell me where is... ...¡±

    ¡°Whoops, look at the time, I¡¯m cooking a soup for Bai in the kitchen and it almost slipped my mind, please excuse me. I need to ask the driver to send it to Bai, a nice warm soup is the best cure for his cold.¡± with that Hu Zhao hang up the phone.

    Beep beep beep... ...

    Di Qiuhe shook his head and put down the phone, he stared at the screen for such a long time, then he typed slowly: Bai, I miss you.

    Soon he got a reply.

    White and Whiter: Sweet talk isn¡¯t working on me today, I¡¯m not going back home today, and I¡¯m not going to ¡°Cheng¡¯s Army¡± award ceremony. I have seen through you, you are gonna be just like the previous ceremonies, you invited me over and you say something silly, Childish Di, I¡¯m not falling for that today.

    Pouty face for Di Qiuhe.

    This winter... ... hmm, such a rough winter.

    It indeed snowed the next day, He Bai went out with the bodyguards in high spirits. He was so excited he finally got the chance to do some snow photography.

    ¡°Guys, let¡¯s go get some choctes and heating pads before we head to the mountains, it¡¯s gonna be so cold, we need to get prepared.¡±

    He Bai asked one bodyguard to park the car, and he took the other one to the supermarket.

    Seeing the two bodyguards were not wearing enoughyers, He Bai bought them gloves and scarfs. He even bought three hot choctes at the cafe.

    ¡°Guys, thank you so much for keeping mepany on such a cold day, here, have a hot drink.¡±

    When they were about to finish the drink and leave, a familiar figure suddenly shed by, He Bai held his camera high and took a few snaps instinctively.

    One bodyguards turned back and looked around, there was no one suspicious, so he asked He Bai with concern, ¡°Mr. He, is everything all right?¡±

    He Bai checked the photos he just took, he didn¡¯t quite catch the familiar figure, there were only some pedestrians and shops in the photo. He Bai frowned and shook his head, he put down the camera and answered, ¡°I thought I saw someone, never mind. Anyways, are we ready?¡±

    As soon as the three left, a woman who was hiding behind a giant billboard showed up and sighed, she dialed a number, ¡°Where are you, madam?¡±

    ¡°Where the hell are you, you arete.¡±

    ¡°Boyi just left the house, that¡¯s why I¡¯m runningte today, and I just bumped into... ...¡±

    ¡°Enough, I have no time for excuses. I¡¯ve got a tail today, not a good day to see you anyways, bye, let¡¯s rearrange.¡±

    ¡°Please wait, how about my father? And those photos?¡±

    ¡°I will talk to youter.¡±

    Beep beep beep.

    The woman bit her lip and frowned, she took a deep breath and tried to calm down. She put her phone in her pocket and looked around, then she left in a hurry after making sure she was safe.

    To return to our little He Bai, he was now back in the hotel and enjoying his hard work ¡ª all those spectacr snow photos he just took in the mountain.

    He was now a little bit slow at retouching due tock of practise, it was approaching midnight when he finished. He yawned and stretched, nodded in appreciation looking at the screen.

    He replied Di Qiuhe¡¯s message after he finished thest photo, a photo caught his attention when he was about to turn off theptop, it was a photo he just deleted.

    He took that photo when he thought he saw someone after he bought the drink, he zoomed the photo and looked at it over and over, but he got nothing. He shook his head and turned off theptop, time for bed.

    He heard the tick tock from a giant pendulum clock on the top of a building, it waste at night. Suddenly a familiar figure leapt down from the building.

 Chapter 254 - The Worst Nightmare (2)

    <h4>Chapter 254: The Worst Nightmare (2)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    ¡°Qiuhe!¡±

    He Bai woke up in a cold sweat, he groped around in the dark for his phone, he dialed Di Qiuhe¡¯s number and waited it to get through anxiously.

    ¡°Puppy?¡± there came Di Qiuhe¡¯s voice, he sounded half awake.

    Hearing that familiar voice, He Bai let out a sigh of relief and he slumped into the bed the next second. His heart was still pounding, he found himself having a hard time uttering any word due to stress, he could only breathe heavily.

    ¡°Puppy? What¡¯s going on? Are you all right?¡±

    Di Qiuhe asked with concern, you could tell he was wide awake now due to fear.

    He Bai wiped his forehead and swallowed some water, ¡°Qiuhe, I¡¯m fine, I just had a nightmare, please go back to sleep, sorry I¡¯ve woken you up.¡±

    He Bai¡¯s voice still sounded quaking, that worried Di Qiuhe a lot. He frowned and got out of bed while asking Bai, ¡°Tell me where you are, I need to see you.¡± with that he grabbed a jacket and his wallet.

    ¡°You don¡¯t need toe, it¡¯s toote now.¡±

    ¡°Tell me where you are, give me your address.¡± demanded Di Qiuhe.

    Recalling the nightmare just now, He Bai still didn¡¯t have peace of mind, therefore he gave up the ¡°not seeing you until the ceremony¡± n, he knew he wanted to see Di Qiuhe more than ever. He told Di Qiuhe the address of the hotel and told him not toe alone, he needed to take at least one bodyguard.

    Di Qiuhe agreed, heforted He Bai on the phone while he kept frowning subconsciously.

    Knock knock.

    He Bai opened the door promptly, he was about to greet Qiuhe when he was hugged tightly by Qiuhe.

    ¡°Puppy, everything is all right now, no need to be afraid any more, I¡¯m here.¡±

    The familiar hug, familiar aroma, familiar patting on the back, He Bai felt so secure in Di Qiuhe¡¯s arms, he rxed his mind and body and hugged Di Qiuhe back, ¡°I¡¯m not afraid of anything, I just miss you so much.¡±

    Di Qiuhe kissed He Bai on the forehead and hugged him tighter, he then signaled the bodyguard to leave. With that they went to the room and closed the door, he stroked He Bai¡¯s hair and asked with concern, ¡°What¡¯s the nightmare about? How¡¯s your cold? Have you been sleeping poorlytely?¡±

    ¡°Everything is fine.¡± He Bai caught hold of Di Qiuhe¡¯s hand and patted him asfort.

    ¡°Is this a bruise?¡± asked Di Qiuhe, pointing at the back of He Bai¡¯s hand, then he continued, ¡°So you went to the hospital? You had an intravenous drip? And you didn¡¯t tell me?¡±

    He Bai had no idea what he should say to make it look usible, he was still fishing for excuses when Di Qiuhe carried him in the arms from the sofa.

    Di Qiuhe looked around the room, his eyesnded on some tablets and capsules on the nightstand.

    Di Qiuhe¡¯s face turned clouded, He Bai med himself in the heart for forgetting to put the medicine in the drawer. He also kind of regretted calling Di Qiuhe and asking him toe over at midnight.

    ¡°You are having a really bad cold, yeah? I... ...¡± Di Qiuhe turned back to look at He Bai, he nned to give He Bai a piece of his mind, but seeing He Bai looking at him with those big puppy eyes, he couldn¡¯t say anything harsh.

    ¡°But are you feeling better now?¡±

    He Bai nodded and caught hold of Di Qiuhe¡¯s hand.

    ¡°Great, now it¡¯s bed time for you, little puppy.¡± Di Qiuhe sat next to He Bai.

    Hearing that, He Bai beamed and rolled over to the other side of the bed, signaling Di Qiuhe to take this side.

    ¡°This isn¡¯t over yet.¡± said Di Qiuhe, he took off his jacket and cuddled He Bai, ¡°but for now, we need to get some sleep.¡±

    Nestling in Di Qiuhe¡¯s arms, He Bai closed his eyesfortably, he mumbled, ¡°Childish Di, you are a beautiful man.¡± He Bai knew just the right way to make Di Qiuhe feel better.

    And he was just being honest, Di Qiuhe was indeed one beautiful man.

    Di Qiuhe¡¯s forehead unknitted, he cuddled He Bai tighter and pretended he was still mad, ¡°Bed time, now.¡±

    He Bai decoded the underlying meaning, he kissed Di Qiuhe on the cheek and fell asleep in Di Qiuhe¡¯s arms.

    Di Qiuhe squeezed He Bai¡¯s butt when he noticed his puppy had fallen asleep. Then he took a closer look at the bruise on the back of He Bai¡¯s hand, he kissed the bruise and felt He Bai¡¯s forehead to make sure Bai was actually feeling better now.

 Chapter 255 - The Worst Nightmare (3)

    <h4>Chapter 255: The Worst Nightmare (3)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    He Bai slept like a baby that night, he didn¡¯t wake up tillte in the morning while Di Qiuhe woke up early and asked He Bai¡¯s bodyguard about how He Bai had been doing for the days they parted.

    Di Qiuhe was staring at theptop on the sofa when He Bai left the bedroom, He Bai put on a fawning smile and sat next to him.

    ¡°How did you sleepst night? Soon breakfast time.¡± Di Qiuhe put on a poker face and tried to say that indifferently, he tried so hard not to let He Bai see through he was no longer mad.

    ¡°Achoo!¡±

    And there went Di Qiuhe¡¯s entire n, he hastily grab He Bai a nket and turned on the heater, but he demanded, ¡°Let¡¯s go to the doctor¡¯s when you are ready.¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s fine, trust me, I¡¯m feeling a whole lot better since the day before yesterday, don¡¯t worry achoo!¡± He Bai covered his nose and looked at Di Qiuhe guiltily, he forced a dryugh, ¡°Well, I guess I¡¯m not entirely cured after all, but it¡¯s no big deal, I¡¯ll take a tablet soon.¡±

    Di Qiuhe didn¡¯t find thatforting at all, he couldn¡¯t help but ask, ¡°So you went to the mountains knowing you are still having a cold yesterday, and you weren¡¯t back to the hotel till evening?¡±

    ¡°I¡¯m sorry, I thought I was fully cured.¡± He Bai apologized.

    Seeing that, Di Qiuhe was choked, he didn¡¯t know what to say and he found the way He Bai apologized very familiar, it was usually himself who kept apologizing to He Bai, now the table had turned.

    ¡°No, it¡¯s not your fault.¡± he stroked He Bai¡¯s hair and said that gently, he kissed He Bai on his cheek and added, ¡°It¡¯s me who has said something silly on the ceremonies, and that¡¯s why you caught a cold and left home in the first ce, don¡¯t me yourself.¡±

    He Bai cuddled Di Qiuhe and coaxed, ¡°No, it¡¯s not you, I think I have gone too far this time, I promise it won¡¯t happen again, running away from home is very childish.¡±

    ¡°What are you talking about, you haven¡¯t gone too far at all... ...¡± Di Qiuhe kissed He Bai on his forehead andforted him gently.

    The two had some lovey dovey moments and went to the doctor¡¯s, Di Qiuhe finally felt better knowing He Bai was fine from the doctor.

    What made him happier was He Bai agreed to go back home with him.

    ¡°Puppy, just rx and get some rest at home, I¡¯ll attend ¡®Cheng¡¯s Army¡¯ ceremony myself tomorrow, don¡¯t worry.¡± said Di Qiuhe gently to He Bai who was lying on the sofa, ¡°I will behave myself at the ceremony and won¡¯t say anything silly, I will listen to you and respect you more.¡±

    He Bai felt so touched and sensitive at the moment, it might be the familiar environment at home or the cold he was having was affecting him, he just wanted to spend more time with Di Qiuhe, he rolled over to cuddle Di Qiuhe and answered, ¡°Yeah, I¡¯ll be home waiting for you.¡±

    Di Qiuhe cuddled him back and said gently, ¡°It won¡¯t be long I suppose.¡±

    He Bai slept like a baby right next to Di Qiuhe that night.

    Di Qiuhe got up early the next morning and cooked He Bai some breakfast, He Bai heard Di Qiuhe kiss him goodbye vaguely, but he didn¡¯t fully wake up due to the headache.

    He Bai was haunted by the nightmare not long after Di Qiuhe left, this time he felt he was seeing everything more vividly, the whole picture seemed to be zooming. He Bai struggled to wake up, but it was of no avail, soon the pendulum clock and the building became everything he could see. Then a figure on the balcony was approaching, it was Qiuhe! Then a long white arm was reaching out and pushing Qiuhe, a cold night breeze came and it lifted the curtain, He Bai saw a woman¡¯s chin.

    ¡°STOP!¡±

    He Bai suddenly opened his eyes and screamed out, thest scene in the nightmare kept shing across his mind, the next second he jumped out of the bed and sprinted to the living room for hisptop, he founded the photo he deleted the night before.

    He moved the mouse around and checked everything carefully, a giant billboard caught his attention, there was a woman half hiding behind the billboard. She was leaning on the billboard with one hand, and her chin was exposed!

    His eyes were wide open and he was holding his breath, he tried every way to make the photo more distinct so he could make aparison.

    Based on his experience of a photographer, this chin in the photo was for sure the same chin in his nightmare!

    This chin did look so familiar, it looked like it belonged to that quiet Assistant An in Di Qiuhe¡¯s team.

 Chapter 256 - Assistant An (1)

    <h4>Chapter 256: Assistant An (1)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Assistant An? How could it be Assistant An? She had changed sides due to Wang Boyi, hadn¡¯t she? Wait... ... if it were Assistant An who had pushed Di Qiuhe, then... ...

    He Bai shuddered thinking about this, he soon dialed Di Qiuhe¡¯s number but it couldn¡¯t get through.

    He Bai was getting more and more anxious, he hang up the phone and called Xing Shaofeng instead, Xing Shaofeng picked up the call promptly.

    ¡°Hello, Xing Shaofeng speaking.¡±

    He Bai asked hastily, ¡°Shaofeng, are you with Qiuhe now? Where are you guys?¡±

    Xing Shaofeng was a bit confused and as well as shocked by how He Bai sounded, he replied, ¡°We are now at a hotel near the venue for the award ceremony, Assistant An just identally spilled a drink on Qiuhe so now we are in a hotel waiting for Qiuhe¡¯s new outfit. What¡¯s going on? How¡¯s your cold?¡±

    Assistant An? Howe it happened to be Assistant An?

    He Bai was more anxious, he quickly chimed in, ¡°No, I¡¯m fine, please go find Qiuhe for me, and ask Assistant An to note near Qiuhe, not anywhere near him!¡±

    Xing Shaofeng realized there must be something important going on, he looked at An Xixi who just went to send new outfits for Di Qiuhe and frowned slightly. He whispered something at the bodyguard¡¯s ear and walked in to Di Qiuhe¡¯s room.

    Di Qiuhe, who was taking off his shirt put his clothes back on hearing the noise, he looked back and saw Xing Shaofeng, the he rxed, ¡°Hey Shaofeng, it¡¯s you, what¡¯s going on?¡±

    ¡°Director Jiang called, he says he¡¯d like talk to you briefly.¡± Xing Shaofeng handed Di Qiuhe the phone, and he looked around the room carefully, then he saw the new outfits lying on the bed sent by Assistant An, he poked at the outfit and said, ¡°Qiuhe, this jacket¡¯s color is too dark, probably not the best for tonight, we¡¯ve still got time, I¡¯ll ask people to send another jacket. Feel free to go clean yourself in the bathroom, that is a big stain on your shirt.¡± with that he signaled Di Qiuhe to go to the bathroom.

    ¡®This jacket¡¯s color is too dark? What nonsense is Shaofeng talking about?¡¯

    Di Qiuhe was about to ask Xing Shaofeng what he was up to when he took a glimpse at the screen, it was He Bai¡¯s name on the screen instead of Director Jiang¡¯s. Di Qiuhe frowned and squinted, he said yeah and he had been meaning to clean that stain for a little while now and went to the bathroom.

    ¡°Puppy?¡± said Di Qiuhe in a low voice.

    ¡°Don¡¯t trust Assistant An!¡± answered He Bai hastily, he now finally felt relieved after hearing that familiar voice, ¡°The day I went to the mountain I saw someone I think I know of, then I took a few snaps instinctively. Just now when I was organizing my album I found it was Assistant An who was in the photo, I¡¯m sure she has seen me that day, but she took refuge behind a billboard instead ofing say hello, that¡¯s odd. Then I recalled grandpa said Qin Li hade back and Assistant An and her entire family used to work for Qin Li, I got so worried about you... ...¡±

    ¡°Don¡¯t worry, puppy, I¡¯m fine.¡± Di Qiuheforted him in a gentle voice, ¡°Have you had breakfast? Are you feeling better today? How¡¯s your headache?¡±

    He Bai was more anxious seeing Di Qiuhe didn¡¯t take this conversation seriously, ¡°I¡¯m fine Qiuhe, now it¡¯s not time to care about that, you... ...¡±

    ¡°Don¡¯t worry about me, I¡¯m safe and secure, I¡¯ve got Xing Shaofeng and the bodyguards, Xing Shaofeng has helped me to keep an eye on Assistant An already. Puppy, there¡¯s no need to panic, I guess you are in our living room now, have you seen the new plush I¡¯ve got you in the sofa? Isn¡¯t it cute?¡±

    He Bai fell for that and he started to look for the new plush, he swept around the sofa and saw a puppy plush, his forehead unknitted subconsciously he sat right next to the plush and snuggled in the sofa, soon he felt better.

    ¡°Have you found the new plush?¡±

    ¡°Yeah, it¡¯s in my arms now.¡± He Bai patted the puppy plush andughed, ¡°Such a goofy plush, what¡¯s wrong with your aesthetic ability?¡±

    ¡°I have perfect aesthetic ability, look at who I¡¯m going to spend the rest of my life with.¡± was the reply.

    He Bai was choked, he smiled and recalled why he called Xing Shaofeng, ¡°Why I couldn¡¯t reach you just now? Have you turned off your phone or something?¡±

    Di Qiuhe frowned and came up with an excuse, ¡°No, I put it on mutest night and forgot to turn it back this morning. Are you home alone? Is Auntie Xu home with you? I asked her toe to oursst night to cook you lunch.¡±

    Auntie Xu was a servant of Fan Da¡¯s, she was rted to the driver Xu Qing that Fan Da arranged for He Bai, therefore, she was a person that Fan Da and Di Qiuhe trusted a lot.

    He Bai checked the shoe rack in the hallway, there was no woman¡¯s shoes there, ¡°Yeah, I suppose Auntie Xu is not here yet.¡±

    ¡°That¡¯s okay, you can ask the bodyguards to drive you to grandpa¡¯s now, I¡¯ll go pick you up after I¡¯m done with the ceremony.¡± suggested Di Qiuhe, then he continued, ¡°I gotta check a few things with Shaofeng, don¡¯t hang up the phone before the bodyguards arrive at ours.¡±

    ¡°Yeah.¡± answered He Bai, he texted the bodyguards and said, ¡°Qiuhe, you need to keep it in mind that keep a distance with Assistant An, if you have to contact her, you need to do that with someone else¡¯s presence, can you do that for me?¡±

    ¡°Don¡¯t worry, puppy, I hear you.¡±

    Di Qiuhe walked out of the bathroom and asked Xing Shaofeng, ¡°Any updates?¡±

    Xing Shaofeng was justparing notes with the bodyguards and replied, ¡°There was a detectaphone monitor hidden in the outfit that Assistant An just sent you, and she just tried to leave saying she needs to send the dirty outfit to the dry cleaner, of course Zhou Li stopped her and he searched her handbag, she took your phone. Now Assistant Wang is with her.¡±

    There came some sound from the other side of the phone, Di Qiuhe was told that it was the bodyguard knocking on the door and was ready to drive He Bai to Fan Da¡¯s, Di Qiuhe hang up the phone with satisfaction.

    After thinking for a little while, Di Qiuhe said, ¡°Come on, Shaofeng, let¡¯s go see what Assistant An is up to.¡±

    Assistant An was now sitting on a chair with drooping shoulders in the living room, and Wang Boyi was staring at her with his fists clenched tightly.

 Chapter 257 - Assistant An (2)

    <strong>Chapter 257: Assistant An (2)</strong>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Di Qiuhe bumped into the bodyguards who went downstairs to check on the vehicles for the award ceremony when he pushed open the living room door, the bodyguards reported in a serious manner, ¡°There was a detectaphone installed in the main vehicles, and we found a camera and GPS positioner in your private car, Master Di. They must be freshly installed, they weren¡¯t there when we ran our routine check in the morning.¡±

    Detectaphone, camera, GPS positioner... ...

    Wang Boyi finally exploded and he stared at Assistant An who was slumping down in the chair, his voice was shaking when he asked, ¡°What have you done? Are youpletely out of your mind, who are you working for?¡±

    Hearing that, An Xixi said nothing, she just lowered her head deeper and wept.

    ¡°Why aren¡¯t you exining? Why not? Please talk to me.¡±

    This was the first time that Di Qiuhe had seen Wang Boyi went furious, he didn¡¯t have the heart to watch this, he slightly frowned and patted Wang Boyi on his shoulder, ¡°Assistant Wang, you must be very tired, why don¡¯t you take a short break now?¡±

    Wang Boyi took a deep breath and looked at Di Qiuhe, ¡°Master Di, I¡¯m... I¡¯m...¡±

    ¡°That¡¯s okay, I know what you want to say. Zhou Li, keep Assistant Wangpany.¡± Di Qiuheforted him and walked to An Xixi.

    Wang Boyi noticed how uneasy An Xixi got when she saw Di Qiuhe was walking to her, he clenched his fists tighter and Zhou Li patted him on the shoulder, signaling him to leave the room.

    Di Qiuhe sat across An Xixi and asked calmly, ¡°Tell me why.¡±

    An Xixi raised her head and took one look at Di Qiuhe, soon she lowered her head and didn¡¯t say anything.

    ¡°Qiu Li asked you to do this for her, right?¡±

    An Xixi bit her lips, but she still didn¡¯t say anything.

    Di Qiuhe tapped the table casually, he continued, ¡°I trust your loyalty since I talked to you about Di Bian, I appreciate it that you once betrayed Qin Li and her family due to Assistant Wang, but now you have betrayed me, I¡¯d like to assume it¡¯s also due to Assistant Wang, is that right?¡±

    ¡°It has nothing to do with him!¡± An Xixi chimed in, she raised her head and looked at Di Qiuhe in the eye, ¡°Boyi has been nothing but loyal to you ever since you have talked with him about Di Bian, never has he done anything that might hurt you. It¡¯s all me this time, I installed the detectaphone, camera and GPS positioner, it¡¯s all me, he has nothing to do with it.¡±

    Di Qiuhe looked her up and down, suddenly he changed the subject, ¡°Why did you take my phone with you?¡±

    ¡°I... ...¡±, An Xixi halted in the middle of a sentence like she suddenly realized something and she had to stop.

    ¡°Let me guess... ... to hack my phone? To find out the whereabouts of Zeng Peizhong¡¯s daughter?¡± Di Qiuhe ignored An Xixi¡¯s silence and continued, ¡°Tonight¡¯s ceremony is of great importance to me and my team, surely everyone would be in a hurry-scurry, people wouldn¡¯t think otherwise even though you spilled a drink on me and identally took away my phone.¡±

    An Xixi bit her lips and looked away.

    ¡°You put a GPS positioner in my private car as well, hmm, looks like someone wants to know my whereabouts urately.¡± Di Qiuhe halted, looking her up and down, and continued, ¡°You ran into Baist time near the supermarket and you hid behind a billboard, I suppose you were on you way to see that ¡®someone¡¯, yeah? Shaofeng, tell me has Qin Li left her house these days?¡±

    Xing Shaofeng, who was standing aside and watched this show checked his memo and replied, ¡°Yep, three times in total. One time she went grocery shopping, the second time she went to the hospital for some meds, thest time she went to a restaurant.¡±

    Di Qiuhe resumed tapping on the table and squinted, ¡°Hmm, Qin Li has always been careful not to eat out... ... which day was that?¡±

    ¡°Two days ago.¡±

    ¡°Just the day when Bai went to the mountains.¡± nodded Di Qiuhe, ¡°Who has been in touch with her?¡±

    Xing Shaofeng continued to check on his memo, ¡°She has two sim cards, one she uses regrly to call people, like food delivery and other people, she use the other one to call her old subordinates.¡±

    ¡°Is An Xixi¡¯s father one of them?¡±

    ¡°No.¡±

    ¡°Don¡¯t look for this sim card, look for the other one she uses to call general people. And also, let¡¯s run through Assistant An¡¯s calls, ask Assistant Wang to help us, he knows Assistant An well, he will know which calls are suspicious.¡±

    ¡°Yes, consider it done.¡±

    ¡°Please don¡¯t!¡± screamed An Xixi, she shook her head and gave way to a storm of weeping, ¡°Please don¡¯t ask him to look at my recent calls, please... ...¡±

    Di Qiuhe signaled Xing Shaofeng to stop and he looked at her, ¡°Why are you so against the idea of Assistant Wang checking your recent calls?¡±

    An Xixi covered her face and cried out loudly.

    ¡°What are you afraid of?¡± Di Qiuhe¡¯s voice turned deep, ¡°What is Qin Li threatening you with?¡±

    ¡°I¡¯m pregnant!¡± An Xixi stepped back and slumped into the chair, ¡°I¡¯m pregnant... ... I cannot let Boyi to see those photos in Qin Li¡¯ hands, no! It took him a long time to ept me in the beginning, no way I can let Boyi to see those photos. He will... he will abandon me!¡±

    ¡®Photos?¡±

    Di Qiuhe and Xing Shaofeng exchanged a look, they thought the ¡°photos¡± that An Xixi was talking about might not be something she would feelfortable talking about.

 Chapter 258 - Say Yes (1)

    <strong>Chapter 258: Say Yes (1)</strong>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    An Xixi¡¯s reaction basically confirmed Qin Li was behind the scene, Di Qiuhe and Xing Shaofeng shook their heads.

    Di Qiuhe decided not to question her intensely now that he had got an answer, he left the room and asked Wang Boyi who was much more calm and collected than before toe in andmunicate with An Xixi in private.

    He didn¡¯t say anything to Wang Boyi, he just thought it was her choice to make about whether to tell the truth or not when she was faced with the person she loved, but he did hope An Xixi could take the oue once she made a choice.

    Xing Shaofeng asked Di Qiuhe, ¡°Even heroes have a weakness for the charms of a beautiful woman, aren¡¯t you worried that Wang Boyi might be a turncoat?¡±

    ¡°No.¡± Di Qiuhe shook his head and straightened his shirt, ¡°Wang Boyi used to work for Di Bian I know that, but he has been working for me for a little while now, he is very capable and reliable, An Xixi, a fence sitter, doesn¡¯t stand a chance in front of him.¡±

    Xing Shaofeng smiled when he heard ¡°a fence sitter¡±, yep, he was sure Wang Boyi knew better than that and he would make the right choice.

    It looked like An Xixi was on Di Qiuhe¡¯s cklist now, for he had always been gentle and polite to people, he rarely gave his employees negativements. But An Xixi totally deserved that, it was she who had took Di Qiuhe¡¯s phone away and He Bai couldn¡¯t reach Di Qiuhe in time. Di Qiuhe would never forgive her just because of that, he couldn¡¯t imagine how worried his puppy was.

    Sigh, the love birds... ...

    ¡°Are my new outfits here yet?¡± asked Di Qiuhe in low spirits, ¡°I¡¯m afraid I will have to miss the ceremony if I don¡¯t have a clean outfit.¡±

    Xing Shaofeng saw him through and smiled, he put on a meaningful smile and replied, ¡°Don¡¯t you worry about the outfits, I guarantee you they will be here any minute now. Don¡¯t even think about not attending the ceremony using thatme excuse, trust me, He Bai wouldn¡¯t appreciate it if you skip such an important ceremony due to him, it¡¯s your big night tonight.¡±

    Di Qiuhe¡¯s face darkened and he replied in a deep voice, ¡°No, it¡¯s not important without Bai, it would just be another ceremony to attend without Bai enjoying and sharing my moment with me.¡± with that he opened his bedroom door and walked in.

    Seeing that, Xing Shaofeng shook his head and dialed He Bai¡¯s number, ¡°Bai, your Childish Di is not in a good mood now... ...¡±

    In Fan Mansion.

    He Bai spoke to Xing Shaofeng on the phone and knew what happened, he checked the time, thought about when the ceremony started and did some math... ...

    The thing was he was still having a fever, he touched his forehead and frowned.

    ¡°Here, take the meds, if the fever is still not getting any better we need to go to the hospital.¡± the GP handed him some meds and a ss of warm water, ¡°Do not go outside recently, drink plenty of warm water, what you need is good rest.¡±

    Hu Zhao cared for He Bai so much that he didn¡¯t have the heart to see He Bai suffered fever over and over again, he asked the servant to cook some soup for He Bai and he murmured, ¡°Qiuhe is still too young after all, he should have asked me or someone else to go to your house to keep youpany at least, if you are home alone and the fever has gone worse, who would be there to take care of you?¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s not his fault.¡± He Bai took the meds and exined, ¡°The bodyguards are home with me, but I¡¯m a very light sleeper so I asked them to leave. Qiuhe called Auntie Xust night to go to ours and cook me some soup, so I won¡¯t be alone. I didn¡¯t change my pajamas after inducing perspirationst night, hence my fever has gone worse. It¡¯s not Qiuhe¡¯s fault.¡±

    Hu Zhao didn¡¯t buy that, he found it cute the way Bai defended Qiuhe, ¡°But you got sick because of him in the first ce, and thanks to you today, An Xixi was caught red handed. Who knows what¡¯s gonna happen if Qin Li¡¯s n really works out, she would know the whereabouts of Qiuhe all the time... ... anyways,e directly to this house if you are not feeling great next time.¡±

    ¡°Qiuhe asked me toe here already, but I feel bading here when I¡¯m sick... ...¡± He Bai continued to defend Qiuhe.

    Hu Zhao was choked and he was stuffed with some dog food.

    Fan Da who was sitting quietly on the sofa looked very serious, he couldn¡¯t even imagine what would happen to his grandson if not for Bai. His eyes turned dimmed and his fingers kept swiping on the screen.

    He Bai tossed and turned on the bed and couldn¡¯t fall asleep, he was still worried about Di Qiuhe.

    He closed his eyes and forced himself to get sleep, but it was of no avail. He decided to text Qiuhe to check on him, but he identally clicked open Weibo.

    Then thousands of PM notifications popped out, his phone froze. He clicked the screen several times, it was still not working. He Bai was frustrated and a video started to y automatically when he was about to turn off the phone... ...

    It was an interview of Qiuhe¡¯s.

    ¡°Mr. Di, can you please tell us who is the ¡®him¡¯ that you kept mentioning in your speeches? Is it Photographer He Bai?¡±

    He Bai¡¯s heart was pounding on hearing this question.

    While Di Qiuhe was smiling this whole time, he looked at the reporter who asked him this question and replied, ¡°Of course it¡¯s He Bai, I need to kiss his ass to make sure he still cooperates with me for my next photo shoot, I need to look good.¡±

    He Bai beamed, this Childish Di, a smooth talker as always.

 Chapter 259 - Say Yes (2)

    <strong>Chapter 259: Say Yes (2)</strong>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    The crowdughed as well, but the reporter who asked the question didn¡¯t take that for an answer, he continued, ¡°How do you define the rtionship you are having with him? People say there is something going on between you two, is that true?¡±

    He Bai¡¯s smile disappeared, he stared at the reporter like he was going to burn the reporter alive with his stares, ¡®Why are you asking all these annoying questions? That¡¯s personal!¡¯

    ¡°Not true.¡± Di Qiuhe was still smiling, he shrugged and answered, ¡°He didn¡¯t give me the chance to have something going on with him, he thinks I¡¯m too tall and too slim, he also disapproved the way I watch horror movies, he says I look like an armature horror movie fan.¡±

    The crowdughed again, but the reporter was so determined to dig an answer, he continued, ¡°People say you two are queer-baiting, the bromance you guys are showing is all staged to create hype, do you agree?¡±

    ¡°I¡¯m not happy to see thosements.¡± Di Qiuhe frowned and sighed, ¡°Me and Bai are both very genuine by nature, it¡¯s nothing but an insult by saying we are staging something, I don¡¯t appreciate that voice at all, and Bai neither.¡±

    ¡°So, pleas tell me how do you define the rtionship you are having with Photographer He Bai.¡± the reporter asked the same question, again.

    Di Qiuhe took a glimpse at the reporter and remained collected, ¡°I owe him a lot, he was the one who rmended me to ¡®Cheng¡¯s Army¡¯ crew, he gave me the opportunity to work with such an amazing crew. He has always been there for me, he is a great part of my progress, if there is any. He means a lot to me. Thank you so much for the question, but I think we are running out of time, I¡¯d like to answer a few more questions rted to my work, I thinks that shows great respect to themittee.¡±

    That won a round of apuse from other reporters who hadn¡¯t got the chance to raise any questions yet, they rolled their eyes at the reporter and took the mic. The interview went on smoothly, Di Qiuhe answered a few more questions about the films and his following ns for next year, such great atmosphere.

    He Bai watched the whole video and he felt so sorry for his Childish Di, and he was so proud of his Childish Di for not having throwing a tantrum when he had every right to when he was pestered with the same question over and over again. Di Qiuhe didn¡¯t say anything inappropriate in front of the reporters just in case they would misinterpret it and say anything that Bai wouldn¡¯t appreciate.

    Di Qiuhe was being so careful because he didn¡¯t want to upset Bai, otherwise he wouldn¡¯t care whether the reporters would misinterpret him or not.

    He Bai watched several other interview clips, without exception, Childish Di showed great respect to the reporters even though when he was pestered by the same annoying questions.

    Comments like ¡°queer-baiting¡± or ¡°staged bromance¡± were bing less and less, but the team wouldn¡¯t erase them all because one day the love birds were going to make it public, if they tried so hard to act like there was nothing going on between the two, they would receive more criticism when the two made it public.

    ¡°Yes, Bai is such a great person to work with, anyone who had worked with him would like him. Next question, please.¡±

    He Bai closed the video and was lost in thought.

    All the clips he just watched kept shing across his mind, he bit his lips and got out of the bed.

    He walked downstairs and saw Hu Zhao who was reading the reports with Fan Da, Hu Zhao raised his head and asked, ¡°Bai, what¡¯s going on? Is everything okay, you look like you are in a rush or something, go back to your room and get some sleep.¡±

    ¡°I¡¯m going to see Qiuhe.¡± He Bai replied and he grabbed a jacket, running towards the door.

    Hu Zhao stopped him and said in a serious tone, ¡°What nonsense are you talking about? You want to get sicker?¡±

    He Bai relied hastily, ¡°Uncle Hu...¡±

    ¡°Let him go.¡± Fan Da put away the reports in hand and looked at He Bai, ¡°Bai, you can go see Qiuhe, that¡¯s fine. But you cannot go like this, go put on moreyers, and I will ask Xu Qing to drive you, promise me you wille back home once you are not feeling well, okay?¡±

    ¡°Uncle Fan...¡± chimed in Hu Zhao.

    ¡°Young kids should listen to their hearts, Bai and Qiuhe are both good kids and they know what they are doing, we should support them.¡± Fan Da called the bodyguards and told them to go with Bai.

    The bodyguards nodded and went out to get ready.

    He Bai looked at Fan Da with admiration in his eyes and he put on a fawning smile at Hu Zhao.

    ¡°Kids these days.. ...¡± Hu Zhao sighed, but he didn¡¯t stop He Bai, he handed Bai a scarf instead.

    To return to Qiuhe.

    Di Qiuhe was now sitting between Dong Ni and Director Jiang in the venue, he looked like he was enjoying the performance on stage.

    ¡°The next category is ¡®The Best Actor¡¯, are you nervous at all?¡± asked Jiang Guanshan.

    Di Qiuhe was still staring at the stage.

    Jiang Guanshan frowned and he took a closer look at Di Qiuhe, Di Qiuhe zoned out!

    ¡°Hi, Bai.¡±

    Di Qiuhe turned around and asked, ¡°Bai? Where are you? I told you you should get some rest at home.¡±

    Jiang Guanshan looked at him with a meaningful smile.

    Di Qiuhe realized something, the sparkle in his eyes disappeared, he slowly slumped into his seat. Then he looked at Jiang Guanshan and asked gently, ¡°Uncle Jiang, you asked me a question, yeah? Sorry I didn¡¯t sleep wellst night, what¡¯s the question again?¡±

 Chapter 260 - Say Yes (3)

    <strong>Chapter 260: Say Yes (3)</strong>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    ¡°Didn¡¯t sleep wellst night? Hmm, I don¡¯t think sleep is the problem here.¡± said Jiang Guanshan in a sassy tone, he then put on a serious face and said, ¡°This award might be the first big award in your film career, everyone around you is getting nervous and excited for you, it¡¯s very important to you Qiuhe, I want you to understand.¡±

    ¡°Sorry Uncle Jiang, I¡¯m a bit under the weather today, thank you for your reminder.¡± Di Qiuhe apologized, then he sat straight and brought his mind back to the venue.

    Jiang Guanshan wasn¡¯t actually ming Di Qiuhe for not getting excited for an award, he sighed in his heart and looked at the stage.

    He Bai who was wearing a formal suit and tie in the car was watching the live ceremony on his iPad, he rushed the driver, ¡°Xu Qing, please drive faster for me, the next category is the Best Actor and I don¡¯t want to miss it.¡±

    ¡°Please fasten your seat belt.¡± answered Xu Qing and he began to pick up the speed.

    He Bai was still looking at the screen, it just so happened the camera snapped Jiang Guanshan and Di Qiuhe were talking to each other.

    He Bai immediately noticed Di Qiuhe was in low spirit after over one year¡¯s being together with him, he clenched his fists and med himself for running away from home, he thought that was such a childish move. He bit his lips and rushed Xu Qing again, ¡°I¡¯m holding on tight now, let¡¯s try to get there faster, even a second would help.¡±

    Xu Qing nodded his head and gave him an approving look from the rear mirror.

    ¡°Let¡¯s wee the presenters!¡± eximed the hos. Mr. Jia and Professor. Xu walked on the stage amid the music and the apuse.

    Di Qiuhe¡¯s eyes were wide open, he asked ¡°Howe the presenters are Mr. Jia and Professor. Xu? Bai told me Professor. Xu went south for winter.¡±

    Jiang Guanshan was a bit confused too, he looked at his two friends on stage and was lost in thought, soon he looked at Di Qiuhe sideways and cracked a deep smile, it indeed looked like everyone around Di Qiuhe was excited for him.

    The video of the actors who had made it to the shortlists and their works was ying on the screen, ¡°Cheng¡¯s Army¡± was the first one to y, while the freeze frame of Di Qiuhe was not a poster he shot for the movie, but a fun sidelight shot taken by He Bai instead.

    ¡°We are here.¡± said Xu Qing in high spirits.

    He Bai¡¯s eyes were still glued on the screen, he opened the car door and rushed to get out, but he was so distracted by the screen that he almost fell on the ground, thanks to Xu Qing who supported him by the car door promptly that he didn¡¯t make a fool of himself.

    ¡°This is your invitation, and I just called Mr. Xing Shaofeng, he said he would be waiting for you at the entrance.¡± said Xu Qing excitedly, he also took a glimpse at the screen and asked nervously, ¡°Master He, do you think will Master Di win the award?¡±

    Di Qiuhe¡¯s fans were waiting outside the venue waiting for the oue, they were waving the posters and glow sticks excitedly, seeing that, He Bai replied Xu Qing in a firm tone, ¡°Yes, he will, I know he will, and trust me, this is the first movie award for him, he has many more toe.¡±

    ¡°Ladies and gentlemen,¡± Mr. Jia announced, he looked at the envelop in his hand and swept across the audience, ¡°The Best Actor Award goes to Di Qiuhe!¡±

    The audience burst into thunderous apuse, the spotlight soon caught Di Qiuhe, the highlight moments of his performance in ¡°Cheng¡¯s Army¡± was ying on the screen.

    Hearing his own name, Di Qiuhe was dumbfounded for a second, soon he stood up and bowed to the audience, he wanted to hug the person sitting right next to him instinctively, only to find it was Dong Ni. He suppressed the disappointment rippling in his heart and hugged Dong Ni gently, then he hugged his director before he marched towards the stage.

    The audience was still pping for him, and his fans were shouting and screaming outside the venue. Hearing the loud apuse, He Bai handed the iPad over to Xing Shaofeng who was ushering him in and adjusted his camera, with that he also marched into the venue.

    Right under the spotlight, it was his Childish Di who was receiving the award from Professor. Xu.

    ¡°Thank you so much, Professor. Xu.¡±

    ¡°Great job, Qiuhe, keep up with the good work, don¡¯t let my Bai down.¡± Professor. Xu hugged Di Qiuhe and whispered by Di Qiuhe¡¯s ear with a big smile.

    ¡°I will definitely make him proud.¡± replied Di Qiuhe, and then he went to hug Mr. Jia and expressed how grateful he was.

    Mr. Jia also felt happy for him, he said, ¡°Qiuhe, you should thank yourself, it¡¯s you who has worked hard.¡±

    Di Qiuhe smiled shyly.

    Di Qiuhe shook hands with the host and walked to the mic, he looked at the audience and started to give his eptance speech, ¡°This is such a great honor, I¡¯m so humbled to just be here, let alone getting this award from the most respected Mr. Jia and Professor. Xu. This is such a great surprise, thank you all thank you all so much.¡±

    The audience pped their hands again, they felt happy for this young man.

    Di Qiuhe continued, ¡°I can never thank you all enough, my family, friends, my crew that I have worked with, and of course my fans... ... thank you so much. I... ...¡±

    A familiar figure pushed the door open and walked in.

    Di Qiuhe halted and looked at that person with his eyes wide open.

    The audience noticed that and they turned back to see what happened.

    Jiang Guanshan looked back and saw He Bai. He smiled knowingly, with a look like ¡®I have totally see thising¡¯ on his face, his eyes travelled from Di Qiuhe to He Bai, from He Bai to Di Qiuhe, then he began to p his hands.

    Dong Ni followed suits, she also signaled other people in the crew to join her, she already knew Di Qiuhe was the boss of Huading, she was determined to make a good impression on his boss, well, the bossdy to be urate.

 Chapter 261 - Say Yes (4)

    <h4>Chapter 261: Say Yes (4)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Soon the whole audience joined them, while the majority of the audience had no idea what was going on, but they would like to be part of this.

    He Bai was dumbfounded by the apuse, but he didn¡¯t care any more. He held his camera and took a few snaps of Di Qiuhe who was standing on the stage and showing his goofy smile.

    Then He Bai blew Di Qiuhe a kiss and said, ¡°Congrattions! Childish Di!¡±

    Di Qiuhe couldn¡¯t hear him but he read the lips, and he took the hint.

    Di Qiuhe now took a deep breath and let out a sigh of relief.

    ¡°Thank you.¡± said Di Qiuhe on the stage, then the apuse died down, everyone was curious to see what was going to happen next.

    ¡°My speech is very long.¡± Di Qiuhe continued while his eyes were glued on He Bai, seeing He Bai holding his camera high again, he couldn¡¯t help but chuckle, and he swept across the venue, ¡°But now I decide to cut it short because the most important person in my life just arrived in the venue, he is here with me, that¡¯s all I have ever asked for, I¡¯m so happy now, and I hope everyone could find their own happiness.¡±

    Then he looked at He Bai who was taking photos of him, he slowly said, ¡°You have asked me whether I want to be your model for the rest of my life, I¡¯m answering you now, I don¡¯t want to.¡±

    He Bai put away his camera and looked directly at Di Qiuhe on the stage.

    ¡°Being your model is far from enough.¡± Di Qiuhe looked at He Bai with all the gentleness dripping in his eyes, ¡°I want to be your model, your partner, the one who you are going to spend the rest of your life with. Puppy, would you like to give me chance to be all that?¡±

    He Bai was dumbfounded on the spot.

    The audience gasped andpared notes with each other.

    Jiang Guanshan pped his hands again, so did Dong Ni, and she once again elbowed other crew members to follow suit. She hoped Di Qiuhe and He Bai both had seen how she supported them.

    Professor. Xu and Mr. Jia also joined them, they smiled at Di Qiuhe and He Bai.

    ¡°Treat Bai nicely, otherwise I will teach you a lesson.¡± Professor. Xu put on a poker face and warned Di Qiuhe.

    ¡°I will.¡± Di Qiuhe smiled and replied, then he apologized to the audience and ran to He Bai.

    That threw the whole venue ame, Liu Lange who was sitting in the front row eximed and screamed for them, Yu Hui who was sitting next to Liu Lange also went a bit wild and screamed, ¡°Bai, say yes, say yes, Bai, kiss him, kiss him!¡±

    Yi Jie who had worked with He Bai several times also couldn¡¯t just sit and watch, she also cupped her hands and yelled ¡°Say yes, Bai!¡± that took the audience by surprise, Yi Jie was known for being elegant and collected all the time, but look at her now, all jumping and yelling like a little girl.

    Other celebrities who had worked with Di Qiuhe and He Bai also joined them, they started to p hands and exim for them, it was always a good thing to celebrate love, wasn¡¯t it?

    Seeing how the audience in a frenzy of excitement, He Bai now became a bit shy, he stepped back and shook his head, ¡°Qiuhe, don¡¯t listen to them, don¡¯te to me, don¡¯t even think about kissing me.¡±

    ¡°Toote.¡± Di Qiuhe stuffed the flower he just got on stage into He Bai¡¯s arms and pressed his forehead on He Bai¡¯s, he was overjoyed and said, ¡°Puppy, you make me so happy.¡± with that he kissed He Bai feverishly.

    The lighting engineer got all the spotlights on the two.

    The apuse and eximing became louder and louder.

    He Bai blushed crimson. He had no idea how this happened, what he was imagining in his mind was Di Qiuhe made it public subtly and the two would leave the venue without anyone knowing.

    Di Qiuhe knew He Bai was really shy this time, he just buried He Bai¡¯s face on his chest in case anyone would see how red He Bai¡¯s face was. He was loud in his thanks and he failed at concealing his excitement, he eximed, ¡°He is mine! Mine!¡± with that he left the venue together with He Bai.

    Xing Shaofeng, who was now waiting outside of the venue, took out his phone and started to give orders, ¡°Stick to n A, be careful though.¡±

    To return to An Xixi and Wang Boyi.

    They were watching TV as well, now Wang Boyi turned off the TV and looked at An Xixi, ¡°Xixi, we could be as happy as boss too, Xixi, I don¡¯t understand, why... why...¡±

    An Xixi took a deep breath and clenched her fists, she wiped the tears on her face and looked at Wang Boyi, ¡°What do you want to know, I will bepletely honest with you.¡±

    In Fan Mansion.

    Fan Da snuggled in the sofa and turned off hisptop, ¡°have we got Qin Li?¡±

    ¡°Yes Uncle Fan, she is now with Zeng Peizhong¡¯swyer.¡± replied Hu Zhao, then he looked at theptop, asking with joy, ¡°Shall we begin to n a big wedding for the kids?¡±

    ¡°That¡¯s a good idea.¡± Fan Da smiled and he touched the old photo album lying on the table ¡°Lianxiu would be happy knowing how happy her son is.¡±

    In the nursing home.

    Di Bian also watched Di Qiuhe and He Bai from TV, he stared at the TV for a while with disgust, and he turned back to look at Di Chunhua who was lying down in the corner of the room with hatred in the eyes.

    In prison.

    Di Xiasong finally talked to thewyer who was visiting him for the fiftieth time, he asked indifferently, ¡°Do you really have a way to help me?¡±

    Thewyer smiled at him and nodded, ¡°Of course, I have many ways to help you, like reporting other people¡¯s offence would reduce your penalty for sure.

 Chapter 262 - Prohibited Drugs (1)

    <strong>Chapter 262: Prohibited Drugs (1)</strong>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    The love birds left the venue with the bodyguards.

    Di Qiuhe¡¯s fans who just watched the serious PDA on the screen were shouting and pping outside the venue, they were happy for the love birds.

    Di Qiuhe and He Bai got on the car hastily while He Bai covered his face the whole time, seeing the fans dancing and shouting outside the venue, He Bai murmured, ¡°Geez, that is so embarrassing... ...¡± He Bai wished he could hide in a hole and forgot about that kiss in public.

    ¡°Puppy.¡± Di Qiuhe grabbed He Bai who was still hiding behind his palms and kissed him on his earlobe and hands, trying to remove He Bai¡¯s hands in such a subtle way, Di Qiuhe was attempted to find out how blushed He Bai was.

    ¡°Puppy, you are so good to me, there¡¯s no word could describe how happy I am.¡± Di Qiuhe whispered at He Bai¡¯s ear.

    Hearing that, He Bai¡¯s ears turned red as well, he rested his head on Di Qiuhe¡¯s shoulder and covered Di Qiuhe¡¯s mouth, ¡°Aiya, stop!¡±

    ¡°Yeah yeah, all right.¡± Di Qiuhe kissed him on his palm and chuckled, ¡°As a punishment, I will be your model for the rest of my life, how about that?¡±

    ¡°I said stop!¡± He Bai pretended he was going to strangle Di Qiuhe, now Di Qiuhe finally could see He Bai¡¯s face, he was red like a tomato, even his eyes were tinted with ayer of red, like an angry bunny, he red at Di Qiuhe, ¡°You just said you didn¡¯t want to be my model at the ceremony, that¡¯s fine, I will look for someone else.¡±

    ¡°No.¡± Di Qiuhe pressed his forehead against He Bai¡¯s, ¡°No, now everyone knows we are a couple, we belong to each other.¡±

    Di Qiuhe¡¯s didn¡¯t conceal his happiness a single bit, his eyes were sparkling in the dim light in the car, He Bai couldn¡¯t help but smile at him, ¡°You silly silly Childish Di. Stay away from me, I don¡¯t want to get your goofiness.¡±

    ¡°I¡¯m never staying away from you.¡± Di Qiuhe hugged He Bai even tighter, he kissed He Bai on his lips, ¡°I¡¯m staying with you for the rest of my life, you are getting my goofiness for sure.¡±

    He Bai epted the kiss and hugged Di Qiuhe tighter as well.

    Di Qiuhe stopped suddenly, he frowned and felt He Bai¡¯s forehead and his hands travelled up and down on He Bai.

    ¡°No, not here.¡± He Bai said in a low voice, ¡°We are not home yet.¡±

    Di Qiuhe began to take off He Bai¡¯s jacket.

    He Bai was annoyed, ¡°No, not in the car. Can you please stop... ...¡±

    ¡°You are sweating a lot.¡± He Bai looked at him, the happiness on Di Qiuhe¡¯s face was now reced by seriousness and concern, he continued to take off He Bai¡¯s jacket and shirt, ¡°Your shirt is soaking wet, and you are in a fever!¡±

    ¡°Oh?¡± He Bai felt his forehead as well, his voice got lower and lower, ¡°Yeah, no wonder I felt funny just now... ...¡± with that he rolled his eyes and fainted.

    ¡°Bai!¡± Di Qiuhe was startled, he grabbed He Bai into his arms and covered him with a nket, ¡°Bai, talk to me, are you all right?¡±

    He Bai opened his eyes with efforts, but he felt his limbs were so weak, he tried so hard to speak, ¡°I¡¯m all right, I¡¯m just feeling dizzy, don¡¯t worry I just know you are around me, so I suddenly rxed. I¡¯m sweating now because I took some meds before I left home, sweating is normal after meds.¡±

    ¡°No, that¡¯s not!¡± Di Qiuhe continued, ¡°Xu Qing, let¡¯s go to hospital, Bai is having a fever again.¡±

    Hearing that, Xu Qing sped up.

    ¡°I knew it, I knew it.¡±ined Hu Zhao who was sitting by He Bai¡¯s bedside.

    ¡°You two, how old are you, why are you both acting like children who don¡¯t know how to take care of themselves.¡±

    He Bai now who was feeling better after some treatment hid himself under the nket.

    And Di Qiuhe was peeling a pear sitting at the other side of the bed.

    ¡°The doctor said Bai needed to have an empty stomach for some checkups, why are you peeling a pear?¡± scolded Hu Zhao.

    ¡°Uncle Hu,¡± Di Qiuhe said, ¡°This pear is for you.¡±

    ¡°Haha,¡± He Baiughed out and he faked a cough trying to cover hisughter.

    Di Qiuhe sat on the bed promptly and blocked Hu Zhao¡¯s view from seeing He Bai, he put on an innocent smile, ¡°Uncle Hu, please have some pear.¡±

    Hu Zhao was speechless.

    After walking Hu Zhao out, Di Qiuhe came back and whispered at He Bai¡¯s ear, ¡°Puppy, Uncle Hu is mad at you.¡±

    He Bai pushed the nket lightly and red at him, ¡°No, not me, Uncle Hu is mad at you.¡±

    Di Qiuhe now finally could see He Bai¡¯s face, he kissed He Bai on the lips and said, ¡°Great, now your lips don¡¯t look pale any more, pale is not your color.¡±

    He Bai took refuge under the nket again and changed the subject, ¡°I¡¯m hungry.¡±

    ¡°Wait, why is your face turning red again, is it the fever, I gotta call the nurse.¡±

    ¡°No, it¡¯s not the fever.¡± retorted He Bai, he jumped out from the nket, ¡°No, it¡¯s not,e, my forehead is fine, don¡¯t call anyone.¡±

    Di Qiuhe squeezed He Bai¡¯s face and smiled, he wrapped the nket over He Bai and said cheekily, ¡°I know it¡¯s not the fever. Come, have some soup, Uncle Hu brought it just now.¡±

    ¡°Are you making fun of me?¡±

    ¡°Yeah, kind of.¡± seeing the angry bunny, Di Qiuhe couldn¡¯t help but kiss him on the cheek, ¡°Aiya, Bai you are so cute.¡±

    He Bai kicked Di Qiuhe hard.

    After the warm hearty soup, He Bai fell asleep.

 Chapter 263 - Prohibited Drugs (2)

    <strong>Chapter 263: Prohibited Drugs (2</strong>)

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Di Qiuhe tucked He Bai in and bent to kiss him on the forehead, he then cleaned the table and walked out of the room.

    The bodyguards were waiting for him outside the room, he asked Zhou Li, the bodyguards team leader, ¡°Any updates?¡±

    Zhou Li replied, ¡°Everything is under control. Xing Shaofeng hide the news that we are in the hospital, there¡¯s no paparazzi near the hospital. Mr. Liu Lange and Ms. Yu Hui posted congrattion on Weibo, other celebrities followed suit, yeah, it¡¯s pretty good on the inte. The fans are still thrilled, but nothing has gone too far.¡±

    Di Qiuhe nodded with a smile, ¡°How about Q University?¡±

    ¡°There are some unfriendlyments and posts, but Mr. He¡¯s roommates had already taken care of that before we get involved.¡± chuckled Zhou Li, ¡°Zheng Ya, Mr. He¡¯s roommate Niu Junjie¡¯s girlfriend, posted an article about LABTQ rights and love wins, it is heatedly discussed andmented, but the majority of thements are about celebrating love and supporting you and Mr. He.¡±

    Hearing that, Di Qiuhe let out a sigh of relief, he patted Zhou Li on his shoulder, ¡°Good job, thank you.¡±

    ¡°No problem, and Mr. Di... ...¡± Zhou Li hesitated, he signaled at the corner of the hallway, ¡°Assistant Wang took Assistant An here, they have been waiting since morning, do you have time for them?¡±

    Di Qiuhe looked at the direction that Zhou Li signaled, he frowned and looked back at He Bai¡¯s room, he thought for a little while and said, ¡°Not now, Bai finally fell asleep and I don¡¯t want to wake him up. Please ask Assistant Wang to take Assistant An to lunch, and I will see them in the afternoon.¡±

    Zhou Li nodded his head and walked to the end of the hallway.

    He Bai induced perspiration at nap, he woke up feeling so much better, the headache was gone as well.

    ¡°Qiuhe, I think I can leave hospital today, I¡¯m feeling so energetic now.¡± He Bai sounded Di Qiuhe out carefully, how he wished he could leave hospital today.

    Di Qiuhe tucked him in and handed him a photo album in case he got bored, ¡°Hmm, probably not tonight.¡±

    He Bai took the photo album and looked at Di Qiuhe¡¯s dark circles under his eyes due tock of rest, he said, ¡°All right, but a quick question, would you like to join me at nap tomorrow?¡±

    ¡°Sure.¡± Di Qiuhe smiled and he squeezed He Bai on his cheek, he slightly frowned, ¡°My poor puppy, I think the two kilos you gained is all gone now, I worked so hard on that!¡±

    He Bai squeezed Di Qiuhe¡¯s hand as afort, ¡°Spring Festival is around the corner, trust me, I will gain some serious holiday weight.¡±

    The two were just chitchatting like that when there was a knock on the door, it was Zhou Li, ¡°Mr. Di, Mr. He, Assistant Wang and Assistant An are here.¡±

    Di Qiuhe said wait a moment, then he groomed He Bai¡¯s hair and drew the curtain by He Bai¡¯s bed, he knew He Bai didn¡¯t want people to see him when he was sick.

    After He Bai nodded, Di Qiuhe told Zhou Li to bring them in.

    He Bai¡¯s view was blocked by the curtain, he could only hear Assistant Wang and Assistant An¡¯s footsteps, he squeezed Di Qiuhe on his hand before Di Qiuhe rose and walked to them.

    He Bai wouldn¡¯t meddle in this, he knew Di Qiuhe must have had a n on how to deal with this matter, He Bai was more than happy to enjoy the photo album.

    ¡°Mr. Di.¡± Wang Boyi greeted Di Qiuhe, he didn¡¯t look around curiously. While Assistant An just lowered her head and didn¡¯t dare to look at Di Qiuhe.

    Di Qiuhe smiled at Wang Boyi slightly, he signaled them to sit on the sofa, ¡°Come, take a seat, is there anything you would like to talk to me?¡±

    ¡°Thank you, Mr. Di.¡± Wang Boyi took a seat along with An Xixi, he knew Di Qiuhe usually had a very tight schedule and had no time for twaddle, he looked at An Xixi and signaled her to talk to the point.

    ¡°I... ...¡± seeing Wang Boyi¡¯s encouraging look, An Xixi mustered up all her courage.

    Di Qiuhe looked at An Xixi peacefully.

    An Xixi soon lowered her head and bit her lips nervously, she produced a USB sh Drive from her pocket and put it on the table, she said in a low voice, ¡°Mr. Di, sorry for what I have done to you, hopefully this can help me make up for it.¡±

    ¡°What¡¯s in it?¡± asked Di Qiuhe indifferently, he signaled Zhou Li to bring the USB sh Drive him.

    An Xixi took a look at Wang Boyi and took a deep breath, ¡°It¡¯s the evidence of Qin Mingqiang purchased prohibited drugs from G Country twenty years ago. Back in the days, Qin Family destroyed severalpetitors using these drugs, that was how they thrived within a short period of time. Qin Mingqiang also forced his close subordinates to use these drugs to harm other people so that he would have some strong evidence against them in case the subordinates would betray them, my father... my father is one of the close subordinates.¡±

    ¡®Twenty years ago?¡¯ ¡®Prohibited drugs?¡¯

    Di Qiuhe¡¯s face darkened suddenly, like he suddenly had recalled something important, he sat straight and stared at An Xixi, ¡°What prohibited drugs? Exin it to me.¡±

    An Xixi startled by Di Qiuhe¡¯s tone, she couldn¡¯t help but lean toward Wang Boyi and replied in a low voice, ¡°I don¡¯t know much about it, I¡¯m sorry, I just heard a little bit from my father... .... those prohibited drugs were pretty untraceable back then when our medical conditions were backward. Qin Mingqiang risked ahead into danger due to that.¡±

 Chapter 264 - Previous Life (1)

    <h4>Chapter 264: Previous Life (1)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Hearing what An Xixi just said, He Bai who was leaning on the pillows thumbing through the photo album raised his head and put away the album, he looked at Di Qiuhe with concern and leaned in to catch hold of Di Qiuhe¡¯s hand.

    Di Qiuhe earthed to himself and looked at He Bai with aforting look, his face was less clouded. Di Qiuhe held He Bai¡¯s hand back, then he looked at An Xixi, ¡°Is there anything else that you want to share with me? I know you are hesitating because you are worried about your father, but I can guarantee you that even though I will settle scores with Qin Mingqiang¡¯s flunkies, but I will definitely spare your father¡¯s life.¡±

    Hearing that, An Xixi let out a sigh of relief, she had nothing to worry about now. She took a glimpse at Di Qiuhe, then she took a glimpse at Wang Boyi who was sitting right next to her, she closed her eyes and sat straight slowly, ¡°Thank you so much Mr. Di, I gave some false information to Qin Li since I decided to betray her for Boyi, I also broke up with my ex-boyfriend who I was about to be engaged with. My father somehow had noticed what was going on even thought I didn¡¯t mention my n to him, he had been keeping a way open for retreat for me. Qin Mingqiang¡¯s subordinates know about the fact that they have used drugs against other people, but no one knows about exactly the details. My father was worried that what if Qin Li finds out about my betrayal, so he had been collecting evidence of other subordinates¡¯ drugging other people.¡±

    Di Qiuhe frowned, he asked, ¡°What has your father found out?¡±

    ¡°He found out evidence of four subordinates¡¯ drugging other people.¡± An Xixi said slowly, then she pointed to the USB sh Drive on the table and continued, ¡°The evidence is in there, my father also found out what the symptoms were when people were drugged.¡±

    ¡®Symptoms?¡¯

    Di Qiuhe clenched his fists subconsciously, He Bai gasped in pain. Hearing the gasp, Di Qiuhe leaned to He Bai¡¯s side and stroked him on the back, ¡°I¡¯m sorry Bai that I clenched your hand too.¡±

    ¡°No worried.¡± He Bai rested his head on Di Qiuhe¡¯s shoulder as afort.

    Di Qiuhe smiled and stroked He Bai¡¯s hair.

    Hearing He Bai¡¯s voice, An Xixi raised her head. What met her eyes was Di Qiuhe stroking He Bai gently, no trace of indifference could be seen when he was facing other people.

    An Xixi felt so touched that she was getting more and more determined, she took a deep breath and continued, ¡°My father doesn¡¯t know the exact amount that Qin Mingqiang purchased from G Country, but he is sure it wasn¡¯t that much and the subordinates had used it all twenty years ago. The drug my father used would make people stroke, but it was not fatal. As for other subordinates, one used the same drug as the one my father used, two used drugs that make people go mental, and the other one used drugs that make people go feeble within a short time and die.¡±

    Di Qiuhe shuddered when he heard ¡®go feeble within a short time and die¡¯. He Bai also pressed his forehead, they both thought about Di Qiuhe¡¯s mother.

    ¡°Qin Li threatened me using the evidence that my father had drugged other people and... and also my privacy. In order to kiss Qin Li¡¯s ass, my ex-boyfriend coaxed me to work as Di Bian¡¯s assistant so I can always give them thetest information of Di Bian, he also asked me... he also asked me to hit on Boyi in Di Bian¡¯s team. While I learned that a man who truly cared for you and loved you would never ask you to do things like this, that was like a wake up call for me, I broke up with my ex-boyfriend and started to date Boyi. But never had I expected that...¡±

    An Xixi lowered her head and started to weep, she soon pulled herself together and continued, ¡°But never had I expected that the lengths my ex-boyfriend would go, he... he recorded me and him... and that was an order from Qin Li! I was kept in the dark the whole time, so I was devastated when Qin Li found me and threatened me with those photos.¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s just Qin Li being Qin Li, she has always been this shifty. From what you just said, your ex-boyfriend works for Qin Li, while you father has been loyal to her father Qin Mingqiang, right? Qin Li and Qin Mingqiang don¡¯t trust each other at all, they tried so hard to find any possible evidence that would give themselves the upper hand in the game.¡± said Di Qiuhe with indifference.

    It was not just Qin Li and Qin Mingqiang don¡¯t trust each other at all in their family, Qin Rong was trying to take the lead as well. A ridiculous family indeed!

    Thinking about how dirty Qin Family was, Di Qiuhe twitched his lip with disgust.

    An Xixi suddenly gave way to a storm of weeping, she covered her face with her hands and said in a shaking voice, ¡°This is all my fault, father wouldn¡¯t have found himself in a dilemma if it weren¡¯t for me. I just feel so sorry, I went to work for Di Bian even though my father told me not to, and now he collected so much evidence for me but he was ganged up against by other people, this is all my fault.... ...¡±

    An Xixi was wailing, and He Bai felt so sorry for her. He started to shudder but he thought it was because he was getting emotional for An Xixi, but what he didn¡¯t know was his eyes were slowly closing and he was fainting.

 Chapter 265 - Previous Life (2)

    <h4>Chapter 265: Previous Life (2)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Wang Boyi who was sitting quietly next to An Xixi reached out his arms to her and hugged her, he patted her on the back gently as afort.

    ¡°Boyi, I¡¯m so sorry... ...¡± An Xixi faltered in Wang Boyi¡¯s arms, ¡°Boyi, I won¡¯t do this again, I love you so much Boyi, I agreed to work for Qin Li this time because I don¡¯t want you to see those photos, please Boyi, can you trust me... Boyi¡±

    Wang Boyi hugged her harder, he looked at Di Qiuhe and apologized, ¡°Mr. Di, I gotta take her out for now, sorry.¡±

    Di Qiuhe nodded in agreement. He turned back and saw He Bai was ¡°sleeping¡± under the nket, so he walked An Xixi and Wang Boyi out.

    The second Di Qiuhe rose from the bed He Bai felt like he was sucked in the bed and his mind started to roam into a dream.

    ¡°Officer, I¡¯d like to file a report.¡±

    ¡°It looks like a murder.¡±

    ¡°Major discovery! Di Qiuhe is murdered, that¡¯s not a suicidal case!¡±

    ... ...

    He Bai was in great pain having all those noises in his mind, he could hear the sirens, the paramedics talking, the police officers arguing... ...

    ¡°Puppy, you fell asleep again? Will you be able to fall asleep tonight?¡±

    Finally He Bai heard a familiar voice.

    He Bai opened his eyes with great efforts, Di Qiuhe was walking towards to him, he opened his mouth but he couldn¡¯t utter a word, then he fell down in a faint again.

    ¡°Bai! Bai! Wake up, you are in a cold sweat now, Bai!¡±

    He Bai felt he was in someone¡¯s arms now, it felt sofortable and warm... ...

    ¡°Poor He Bai, please wake up, you have been doing so well since graduation, but look what happened to you now, God please have mercy, Bai is a good boy.¡±

    He Bai couldn¡¯t even feel his limbs, he tried so hard to open his eyes, but it was of no avail.

    ¡°I wouldn¡¯t have invited you toe to this Photography Exhibition if I knew this would happen! Damn those rich kids, they are murdering each other and killing each other, I don¡¯t care, but why are you the one who is suffering it? My poor Bai!¡±

    He Bai heard a familiar voice ringing by his ears, and he was still trying to open his eyes, and finally he could open his eyes now. It looked like he was in an impatient ward now.

    ¡°Firstly it was drugging, then murdering, damn those rich kids, do they think they are shooting a dramatic film?¡±

    He Bai rolled his eyes, what met his eyes was a chubby man.

    ¡°Bai, why did you drink that damn Film Emperor¡¯s drink? What did you owe him, or anyone? Why is has to be you? And now, that damn Film Emperor is murdered, but what have you done? Why are you dying?¡±

    He Bai finally recognized this chubby man, he was so shocked that he tried so hard to move his head towards that man, ¡°Zhao... zhao...¡±

    ¡°Yes? Bai?¡±

    The chubby man who was still weeping leaned forward, trying to listen to He Bai carefully.

    He Bai¡¯s eyes were wide open, this man, this man, it was Zhao Tianhu! Zhao Tianhu was a friend of his in his previous life, he only had met Zhao Tianhu once this life briefly, and Zhao Tianhu was very young when they met. But look at Zhao Tianhu now, he had clearly aged! Wait! Was he back? He was now back in his previous life? But what about Qiuhe? Qiuhe was already murdered in this life!

    No! Qiuhe!

    ¡°Beep beep beep...¡± the medical apparatus on He Bai¡¯s body started to ring..

    Zhao Tianhu¡¯s face darkened hearing the beep, he called the nurse hastily and he patted He Bai on the head, ¡°Bai, go back to sleep, sleep is good for you, a peaceful death is all I wish for you. No more pain, no more pain, a peaceful death for Bai.¡±

    Zhao Tianhu wiped his tears and couldn¡¯t help giving way to a storm of cursing, ¡°Damn those rich families! What has He Bai done? He doesn¡¯t deserve this! He is so young kind and brilliant, but look at him now, please, God, I¡¯m begging you, please have mercy.¡±

    He Bai indeed was in great pain, he felt like his whole body was ame, especially his brain, it was like his brain was on a grill. He heard footsteps when he was about close his eyes, it was Xing Shaofeng and the doctors, He Bai was so excited to see Xing Shaofeng.

    But he got an injection when he was trying to speak to Xing Shaofeng, his limbs turned numb again, he heard the doctors sighed and they told Xing Shaofeng and Zhao Tianhu, ¡°I think that¡¯s it, we are sorry for your loss.¡±

    ¡®Loss? What loss?¡¯

    He Bai fell unconscious again, his brain was fasting forward, he was seeing Zhao Tianhu giving away to a storm of cursing and weeping, an aged version of Niu Junjie and Zheng Ya visiting him, Chen Jie visiting him, Wang Hu kept calling... ...

    It was such a chaos.

    It was already dark when he gained his consciousness back, only Xing Shaofeng and Niu Junjie were in the hospital.

 Chapter 266 - Previous Life (3)

    <h4>Chapter 266: Previous Life (3)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    ¡°Shaofeng, have you found out what happened?¡± Niu Junjie stood by the window and looked at Xing Shaofeng, ¡°Who is it that has drugged Bai? Is it really that severe like the doctor has said?¡±

    ¡°I¡¯m afraid so. If it¡¯s a smaller dose of drug, Bai still has hope, but now... ... Bai actually is not conscious any more, even though he would open his eyes from time to time, but they don¡¯t mean anything, Bai, just like the doctor has told us, we are about to lose him real soon.¡± Xing Shaofeng pressed his forehead.

    ¡°This is a pure undeserved catastrophe for He Bai, that Film Emperor on the news who hasmitted suicide was actually murdered by his step mother and step sister. Before he was murdered, his step sister drugged him, He Bai happened to dine at the same restaurant with him, they bumped into each other, somehow their drinks got mixed up, therefore, He Bai ended up being the one who had the drugged drink.¡±

    Niu Junjie gritted his teeth, ¡°So Bai was made a scapegoat for that Film Emperor?¡±

    ¡°I¡¯m afraid so... it almostes to a point where I thought Bai must owe this Film Emperor in his previous life.¡± Xing Shaofeng frowned and continued, ¡°He Bai directly went to the mountains for some night scene shooting after he got the drink, what are the odds that he happened to capture the scene where the Film Emperor being pushed his out of the balcony from a building. He Bai found something odd when he was retouching the photos the next day, he went to the police station to file a report. And he... he took a few sips of the drink he bought from the restaurant on his way to the police station, therefore, right after he filed the report he passed out at the station. And the drink in his hand has naturally be solid evidence.¡±

    ¡°What the fuxx¡± Niu Junjie¡¯s face was crooked. No wonder Xing Shaofeng said he thought Bai must owe this Film Emperor in his previous life. Bai filed the report for him and then submitted evidence.

    ¡°Yeah, the police officers found out the truth and convicted the Film Emperor¡¯s step sister.¡±

    Niu Junjie couldn¡¯t help but pound the window, his eyes were scarlet red, he fumed, ¡°Those cruel bastards, they are the ones who should die!¡±

    ¡°Soon.¡± Xing Shaofeng looked out of the window and pulled himself together, ¡°I have been following up on this case since Bai has fainted, the murders will pay a heavy price.¡±

    ¡°But Bai is noting back... ... what¡¯s the point of this?¡± Niu Junjie buried his face in his arms and sobbed, ¡°It¡¯s great those bad guys are going to get punished, but Bai... Bai is no longer with us.¡±

    Xing Shaofeng also lowered his head, ¡°Let¡¯s spend thest night with him.¡±

    Beep.

    He Bai¡¯s fingers moved with the beep of the medical apparatus on his body, but he fell back into a faint the next second.

    ¡°Whoops, sorry.¡± He Bai apologized to the man who he had identally crashed into, he picked up two bottles of drink from the floor and handed the man one, ¡°Hey, we are having the same drink.¡±

    The man smiled slightly and walked towards the door.

    He Bai watched the man¡¯s receding figure and touched his chin, ¡°Hmm, he looks familiar, is he... is he a movie star?¡±

    The scene framed and shattered, He Bai suddenly opened his eyes.

    ¡°Bai?¡±

    What came to He Bai¡¯s sight was Di Qiuhe¡¯s gorgeous face, Di Qiuhe¡¯s eyes were sparkling, ¡°Bai, you are awake? Great! Are you hungry? Are you feeling all right? Wait, I gotta call the doctors first.¡±

    It took He Bai a few seconds toe to his sense. He tried to move his fingers and limbs.

    Did he... did he just dream about how he died in his previous life?

    So, he died in the police station when he was filing a report... no wonder thest thing he could remember was when he filed the report at the police station.

    ¡°Bai, I¡¯m here, I¡¯m here.¡±

    Di Qiuhe caught hold of He Bai¡¯s hand and left a gentle kiss on his hand, ¡°Everyone is worried sick that you fell in a faint. The doctor said the trigger might be something jarring you just heard of. Sorry, next time I will have a private conversation with An Xixi and Wang Boyi. Thank God you are all right.¡±

    He Bai blinked and tried to get rid of Di Qiuhe¡¯s hand.

    ¡°Bai?¡±

    Di Qiuhe wasn¡¯t holding his tightly, He Bai withdrew his hand with ease, he looked at Di Qiuhe disapprovingly, ¡°You, Childish Di, stay away from me.¡±

    Di Qiuhe was utterly confused, ¡°Talk to me Bai, what happened?¡±

    ¡°Go away.¡± He Bai buried his face in the nket, ¡°I don¡¯t want to see your face for now, I need some private time.¡±

    Di Qiuhe was so worried, ¡°Bai, are you all right?¡±

    ¡°I¡¯m not all right.¡± He Bai tossed and turned under the nket.

    Of course he was not all right knowing he died like that in his previous life. And that was all because of Di Qiuhe.

 Chapter 267 - Iâ€™m Sorry (1)

    <strong>Chapter 267: I¡¯m Sorry (1)</strong>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Di Qiuhe was so confused, he had got a haircut, he just scrubbed up and made sure he smelt nice, but why his Bai refused to talk to him.

    ¡°Hey, puppy, I bought some steamed bun for you.¡±

    He Bai shot Di Qiuhe a glimpse and turned his head.

    Di Qiuhe straightened up his cor and leaned towards He Bai, he coaxed gently, ¡°I made those buns myself,would you like to try some?¡±

    He Bai turned his head back to look at Di Qiuhe, Di Qiuhe was holding a tupperware full of buns, God, it smelt so nice. Di Qiuhe was smiling at He Bai in a fawning way, and He Bai felt so touched, but he refused to show.

    ¡°Yeah, thank you.¡± said He Bai.

    Di Qiuhe¡¯s eyes were sparkled, he handed the tupperware and set up the little bed table, ¡°I cleaned the house the other day, and I asked the doctor about your hospital discharge, they told me that as long as we keep a close eye on you and make sure you get plenty of rest, you can leave hospital today.¡±

    That light He Bai¡¯s mood, he didn¡¯t like the idea ofing to hospital in the first ce. He held one bun from the tupperware and stuffed it to his mouth... ¡®it actually tastes very good.¡¯

    Di Qiuhe who had been staring at He Bai now cracked a subtle smile, he wish he could squeeze He Bai¡¯s cheek, but thinking about He Bai¡¯s attitude towards him just now, he decided he better not try his luck.

    Di Qiuhe put the tissue box on the bed table and started a new conversation, ¡°Your roommates have been worried sick about you, how about inviting them to ours after you r hospital discharge. For hotpot? Seafood? Or roastedmb? I can invite a good chef to ours too.¡±

    That suggestion really got He Bai, he felt so touched in his dream the way that Niu Junjie and Chen Jie acted after his death, the way Wang Hu kept calling and checking on him. He replied, ¡°that¡¯s so great, let¡¯s not forget Shaofeng, he has been working so hard.¡± He Bai wished he could invite Zhao Tianhu, but they were not good friends in this life yet, he didn¡¯t have a good reason to invite Zhao Tianhu. Shame.

    ¡°Of course, Shaofeng indeed has been working hard for us.¡± replied Di Qiuhe. Seeing the way He Bai stuffed the buns, Di Qiuhe finally felt better, he continued, ¡°Any thoughts on food? You know Junjie better than me, what do they like more?¡±

    ¡°Hot pot, it¡¯s such a perfect season for hot pot.¡± He Bai took a tissue to wipe his mouth, ¡°Roastedmb sounds good too, but let¡¯s not invite a chef over, Junjie tends to be a bit conservative when there¡¯s other guest. And also our bodyguards, they are very hard workers, let¡¯s invite them too.¡±

    ¡°Yeah, don¡¯t worry, consider it done.¡± replied Di Qiuhe, with that he sat closer to He Bai, ¡°is there anything else you have in mind in particr?¡±

    Hmm, yummy buns, doting lover, He Bai felt much better. He pretended to roll his eyes and said, ¡°Why are you asking me all these questions? I am technically a patient now, what I need is rest.¡±

    ¡°I¡¯m sorry.¡± said Di Qiuhe apologetically, but he definitely had seen through He Bai, he knew He Bai was just being sassy. He said with a doting smile on the face, ¡°All right then, I will take charge from now on.¡±

    He Bai enjoyed being sassy and he nned to continue the sassy attitude, ¡°Great, how about some video games and a movie list, we can just chill after hot pot. And do you feel like sending some photos on myptop to a contact named Zhao Tianhu in my email? Don¡¯t ask who Zhao Tianhu is, and don¡¯t get jealous.¡±

    Di Qiuhe looked at He Bai with a doting smile, he caught hold of He Bai¡¯s hand and said, ¡°Sure, I can do that for you, and also, puppy, I¡¯m not the jealous type.¡±

    He Bai withdrew his hand and gave a light sneer, ¡°You are not the jealous type, hey?¡±

    ¡°Well... there¡¯s a difference of being jealous and being caring.¡± said Di Qiuhe brazenly, and he reached out his arms trying to hug He Bai.

    He Bai took a glimpse at him and didn¡¯t avoid the hug, he knew he shouldn¡¯t me Di Qiuhe for his own death in the previous life.

    ¡°Do you like the buns?¡± Di Qiuhe was over the moon now, he kissed He Bai on the forehead and presented He Bai a bottle of juice, what were the odds, the exact same bottled juice brand he and Di Qiuhe got mixed up in the previous life, ¡®good job, Childish Di, right at the second when I¡¯m about to forgive you, and you are here reminding me how I died because of you in my previous life.¡¯

    He Bai stared at the juice and looked at Di Qiuhe, ¡°Childish Di, a little investment suggestion, go get some stock from this juicepany, this juice will be popr for at least another decade or so.¡±

    ¡°Yeah?¡± asked Di Qiuhe, he didn¡¯t think too much, he was just d that He Bai liked the juice.

    He Bai rubbed Di Qiuhe¡¯s head in a violent way, he was done with this juice for the rest of his life.

    Di Qiuhe took his puppy back home that night and jumped directly into the party nning.

    ¡°Puppy, do you want to take a look at the menu that I just wrote down?¡±

    Silence was the response.

    ¡°Puppy, do you want to take a look at the grill I just bought?¡±

    Still no reaction.

 Chapter 268 - Iâ€™m Sorry (2)

    <h4>Chapter 268: I¡¯m Sorry (2)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Di Qiuhe raised his eyebrows and left a gentle bite mark on He Bai¡¯s neck, then he left the scene swiftly, ¡°Puppy, you are adorable.¡±

    He Bai kicked the air.

    ¡°Puppy, here are the video games that I prepared, what do you think?¡±

    He Bai rolled his eyes and pointed at one or two disks, nodding. Then he went back to typing.

    Di Qiuhe leaned over and asked, ¡°So focused? Who are you talking to?¡±

    He Bai showed him the chatting, it was Zhao Tianhu. They were exchanging ideas about photography, He Bai mentioned his idea ofbining portrait and scenery.

    Zhao Tianhu was excited by He Bai¡¯s idea, he was sending messages after messages, he also sent Bai his own work and asking forments, he also asked whether Bai was interested in catching up.

    He Bai was of course more than happy to meet this old friend, he sent Zhao Tianhu all his details, his work number, his private number and his address.

    Zhao Tianhu: Aiya, Bai, it¡¯s such a shame we couldn¡¯t meet earlier?

    White and Whiter: Exactly! I love your work so much, brother.

    Seeing this, Di Qiuhe frowned, he sat down and clicked video call. Right after the video call got through he showed a big smile at the camera, ¡°Hey Brother Zhao, I¡¯m Bai¡¯s partner Di Qiuhe, thank you so much for you support on Bai¡¯s work, do you have time toe attend our wedding mid next year?¡±

    ¡°Wedding?¡± Zhao Tianhu¡¯s eyes were wide open, his eyes travelled from Di Qiuhe to He Bai, and from He Bai to Di Qiuhe... ... he chuckled, ¡°Of course! I will definitely be there to extend my congrattions in person!¡±

    After this brief video call with Zhao Tianhu, Di Qiuhe was sure he was just getting jealous out of nowhere, he faked a few coughs trying to hide his embarrassment.

    Di Qiuhe looked at He Bai with guilt, he coaxed, ¡°Bai, what do you feel like for dinner?¡±

    ¡°Bird (Di Qiuhe) Satay.¡± replied He Bai, he squinted at Di Qiuhe and continued, ¡°hmm, Kung Pao Goose (Di Qiuhe).¡±

    Di Qiuhe bit his lips and avoided He Bai¡¯s re, ¡°Well, the doctors said you better eat something light, how about some fish?¡±

    ¡°Let me see.¡± He Bai caught hold of Di Qiuhe¡¯s hand and squeezed, ¡°Grilled goose (Di Qiuhe) wing sounds good too.¡±

    Di Qiuhe withdrew his hand and apologized, ¡°Bai, is there anything that I did wrong? Please tell me, and I promise I will work on that.¡±

    He Bai raised his head to look at Di Qiuhe, ¡°Are you sure you can take it?¡±

    Di Qiuhe nodded hastily.

    ¡°All right then.¡± He Bai sat straight and stroked Di Qiuhe on the head, ¡°Well, I don¡¯t find you handsome any more, all right, work on that.¡± with that, He Bai rose and left the room.

    That night after He Bai fell asleep...

    Di Qiuhe tried to look for some help, he texted Jiang Xiuwen.

    Di Qiuhe: Xiuwen, SOS, Bai doesn¡¯t find me handsome any more, what should I do?

    Jiang Xiuwen: Get a new face.

    Di Qiuhe¡¯s face darkened : No way.

    Jiang Xiuwen: Well, ¡°No way¡± was my reaction when you said Bai didn¡¯t find you handsome any more.

    Di Qiuhe replied hastily : Really?

    Jiang Xiuwen: Of course. He would only find you silly and childish. Don¡¯t get a new face, just get a new personality.

    Di Qiuhe frowned : I know you are just jealous.

    Jiang Xiuwen: Yeah sure.

    Di Qiuhe put away his phone and looked at He Bai who was cuddling a plush, he felt like he was reced by the plush, but he still was mad in love with this He Bai who was throwing a tantrum multiple times every day. He rolled over to He Bai and kissed him feverishly.

    He Bai hadn¡¯t been sleeping well since he had the dream about his previous life, now he just getting hot by Di Qiuhe¡¯s kiss shower, slowly he opened his eyes.

    ¡°I¡¯ve waken you up?¡±

    Di Qiuhe continued his shower kiss while he kept travelling down, ¡°Bai, just close your eyes and enjoy.¡±

    It was definitely getting hotter and hotter... ...

    After the sweet intimate ¡°activity¡±, the two were both panting in bed.

    Di Qiuhe went to get a warm towel and wiped He Bai¡¯s body, he said gently to He Bai, ¡°Good night my love, I hope this helps you get some good sleep.¡±

    He Bai found that so sweet, he put his hand on Di Qiuhe¡¯s chest and found Di Qiuhe¡¯s heart was pounding, he wrapped his legs around Di Qiuhe¡¯s waist, ¡°Now it¡¯s my turn.¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s all right baby.¡± Di Qiuhe cuddled him and patted him on the back, ¡°I will ask for more when you feel better.¡±

    He Bai¡¯s heart was melting, thinking about the way how he had treating Di Qiuhe these days, he asked in a low voice, ¡°Childish Di, aren¡¯t you mad at me? Even a little bit? I have been......¡±

    ¡°No, I¡¯m not.¡± Di Qiuhe chimed in, his voice was more gentle than ever, ¡°I must have done something wrong.¡±

    He Bai¡¯s eyes turned red, he felt so regretful for ming Di Qiuhe for what happened to him in his previous life. He buried his face in Di Qiuhe¡¯s chest, ¡°No, Qiuhe, I¡¯m sorry... ... you haven¡¯t done anything wrong, it¡¯s me... ...¡±

    Warm tear drops were falling down on Di Qiuhe¡¯s chest, Di Qiuhe got all nervous, he stroked He Bai¡¯s head, ¡°Bai, what¡¯s going on? Talk to me, it¡¯s all right, I¡¯m here, everything is fine, please don¡¯t cry... ...¡±

 Chapter 269 - Iâ€™m Sorry (3)

    <strong>Chapter 269: I¡¯m Sorry (3)</strong>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    He Bai buried his face even deeper, the more nice and gentle Di Qiuhe was, the more he wanted to cry out loud. And he ended up dandling on Di Qiuhe¡¯s shoulders and wailing, ¡°This is all because of you, you Childish Di!¡±

    ¡°Yeah, it¡¯s all my fault, I¡¯m sorry.¡± Di Qiuhe was at a loss, he didn¡¯t see this breakdowning, Bai had always been a ¡°happy go lucky¡± person. Di Qiuhe just cuddled He Bai tight andforted him, ¡°Everything is going to be okay, don¡¯t worry, I¡¯m right here for you.¡±

    He Bai somehow cried even louder and harder.

    It turned out to be a nice healing process for He Bai, he fell asleep slowly after this venting.

    ¡°Not so fast, your eyes will get so swollen tomorrow morning.¡± said Di Qiuhe gently. It was of no avail, He Bai was sound asleep.

    Di Qiuhe quit trying to wake He Bai up, he put He Bai back into the bed and tucked him in, then he went to get a warm towel to wipe He Bai¡¯s tears and some ice in case He Bai woke up with his eyes swollen.

    The ice had sent some chills on He Bai¡¯s eyes, he slowly woke up and stared at Di Qiuhe¡¯s back for a while. Then he wrapped his arms around Di Qiuhe¡¯s neck and cuddled Di Qiuhe tightly.

    ¡°Did I woke you up? Sorry was trying to help.¡± Di Qiuhe turned back to look at He Bai, he gently stroked He Bai¡¯s hair and asked, ¡°Second round of crying? Could you please gimme some time to get changed first? This pajama is wet with your teardrops now.¡±

    He Bai chuckled, he gave Di Qiuhe a gentle bite on the shoulder.

    ¡°Help, help, I¡¯m under attack.¡± smiled Di Qiuhe, he lied down right next to He Bai and asked gently, ¡°Bai, can you please tell me what¡¯s going on? I¡¯ve been meaning to ask you this question for days now, we are partners, I¡¯m more than willing to face whatever life throws at us together with you, thick or thin.¡±

    Hearing this and thinking about what a handful he had been to Di Qiuhe these past a few days, He Bai clenched his arms around Di Qiuhe¡¯s body and said in a low voice, ¡°Qiuhe, do you remember when we first met each other, I told you that I¡¯m a fortune-teller?¡±

    ¡°Yeah, I told me I need to stay away from women and I have an inexorable doom that I need to work hard to fight against in my thirties or so... ...¡± replied Di Qiuhe in a half-jokingly manner, ¡°And I guess you are right, I do need to stay away from women now that I want to spend the rest of my life with you.¡±

    ¡°Cut it off, I¡¯m serious here.¡± He Bai gave Di Qiuhe another bite on his shoulder an continued, ¡°Well, I¡¯m not a fortune-teller, but I didn¡¯t make that shit up, what I¡¯ve told you was all in my dreams, in fragments though, the dream becameplete recently.¡±

    Thinking about all those prompt warnings He Bai had given him, Di Qiuhe frowned and he knew this was no joking matter, he asked in a gentle manner, ¡°What dream? It looks like the dream is about me, hmm, let me guess, is it about our grand gay wedding?¡±

    ¡°Yeah you wish.¡± He Bai rolled his eyes on Di Qiuhe, ¡°The first fragment is about you are pushed out of a building when you are in your thirties, and you are already a big shot, you have won several big awards and you have established Huading.¡±

    ¡°And you? What are you gonna do if I die?¡± Di Qiuhe clenched his arms around He Bai, he was more interested in finding out whether He Bai was going to be okay than his own death.

    ¡°Me?¡± He Bai asked in surprise. He tapped Di Qiuhe on his forehead and replied, ¡°I don¡¯t know you in my dream, I¡¯m a photographer who happen to capture the moment of you being pushed out from a building and I¡¯ve filed a police report for you, you know, justice has to be served.¡±

    Di Qiuhe retorted, ¡°We don¡¯t know each other?¡±

    ¡°No, we don¡¯t.¡± He Bai touched Di Qiuhe¡¯s chin gently, he once again eximed how miraculous life could be, ¡°You haven¡¯t yed the role of Cheng Jun in ¡®Cheng¡¯s Army¡¯, and I¡¯ve never worked in Saint Elephant, we are like... we are like two parallel lines who are working hard on his own. You, of course, are a big sess, but karma has never found Di Bian and Qin Li, and you and grandpa have never got a chance to meet each other... ...¡±

    Di Qiuhe found that hard to ept, a life without Bai? No!

    However, life had treated him well, he had Bai in real life, thank God he had Bai in real life.

    He Bai didn¡¯t know Di Qiuhe well in the previous life, so he summed up the story real quick, and he felt like a ton of weight had been lifted up as he shared this with Di Qiuhe.

    ¡°How about...¡± asked Di Qiuhe in hesitation, ¡°How about you, what has happened after the police report? Have you found the one who you spend the rest of your life with?¡±

    ¡°I died, too.¡±ined He Bai, ¡°Di Chunhua put poison in your drink, but we happen to bump into each other and got our drinks mixed up, I died right after I filed a police report... yep, it¡¯s all your fault. I died to save you but you died as well, I died for nothing... ...¡±

    Di Qiuhe¡¯s heard sunk, no way could hebine the word ¡°death¡± with the person nestling in his arms, he asked again, ¡°You... you also died?¡±

    ¡°Yep,¡± He Bai¡¯s voice got lower and he yawned, ¡°Childish Di, you owe me a lifetime, you know that? You better live long and pay me back with a real long lifetime.¡±

    With that He Bai fell asleep in Di Qiuhe¡¯s arms.

    Di Qiuhe was in thought, he couldn¡¯t imagine his life without He Bai, he couldn¡¯t imagine what his life or He Bai¡¯s life would be if they hadn¡¯t met each other or fell in love with each other... ...

 Chapter 270 - Bossman and Bosslady (1)

    <h4>Chapter 270: Bossman and Bosdy (1)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Di Qiuhe went to Q University to pick up He Bai¡¯s roommates, he also called Aunt Xu toe to his house to help out for the day.

    The group chilled at the living room after breakfast.

    Niu Junjie took a glimpse at Qiuhe who was doing the dishes in the kitchen and another glimpse at He Bai who was snugglingfortably in the sofa, ¡°Tut tut tut, what a loving boyfriend, so giving, so considerate, little did I expect a rich kid like Di Qiuhe would behave so well after Bai¡¯s training, marvelous!¡±

    ¡°Excuse me, please mind yournguage there, that¡¯s not training, that¡¯s some love and respect.¡± chimed in Chen Jie, who was thumbing through a recipe for roastedmb and shaking his head on what Junjie just said.

    ¡°Laoda, you wanna have a crack at it?¡± Chen Jie patted Wang Hu¡¯s shoulder.

    Wang Hu who was appreciating a photo album raised his head and took a look at the recipe, ¡°Sure, I once helped my dad roast some pig, I would assume they are all the same?¡±

    ¡°Shall we go?¡±

    ¡°Why not?¡±

    Wang Hu put away the photo album and left with Chen Jie.

    Niu Junjie found that hard toprehend, he raised his volume, ¡°Guys, we literally just had breakfast, what¡¯s the hurry to roast somemb? No one gets hungry this fast.¡±

    ¡°Well, I¡¯d say that¡¯s good call.¡± Xing Shaofeng who just came to the living room with a report in his hand chimed in, ¡°Roastedmb takes an awfully long time to prepare, plus the seasoning time, it takes about three hours to roast a regrmb, about five hours for a bigger one. The one Qiuhe has got for us was not particrly toorge, it takes about three or four hours to roast I¡¯d expect.¡±

    Niu Junjie was dumbfounded, then he sprang from the sofa and shouted, ¡°Guys, wait for me, I want to contribute too, I want to impress the group too, please wait for me.¡±

    He Bai who was snuggling in the sofa looked back, Niu Junjie¡¯s receding figure was all he could see, he shook his head and sighed, ¡°Yeah, I¡¯m sure you will impress the group, I¡¯m not sure in which way though, Chef Niu!¡±

    He Bai saw Xing Shaofeng, he passed Xing Shaofeng a gamepad and asked, ¡°Come on, Shaofeng, let¡¯s y?¡±

    Xing Shaofeng¡¯s smile got deeper, he took the gamepad and sat on the floor, ¡°Sure, game on.¡±

    That took He Bai by surprise, he was not actually expecting a positive answer from Xing Shaofeng, a workaholic who never yed anything. He took a gamepad for himself too, ¡°Let¡¯s warm up first, beginners¡¯ mode, how about that, don¡¯t say that I bully you.¡±

    ¡°Thank you, Bai.¡± answered Xing Shaofeng while he yed the gamepad clumsily.

    While ten minutester, He Bai put down his gamepad with a crestfallen look.

    ¡°Shaofeng, you are so good at this, howe I never know about this!¡±

    ¡°Thanks, I don¡¯t y often, it¡¯s been a long while since thest time I yed.¡± Xing Shaofeng said modestly, he poured He Bai a ss of water and asked, ¡°Are you feeling better now?¡±

    ¡°Yep, but Qiuhe has been over protecting me, getting worried all the time.¡± said He Bai, seeing Xing Shaofeng put down the gamepad, he knew Xing Shaofeng lost the interest to continue so he changed the subject, ¡°You dived right into work after you came, have you been busy? I thought you would be less upied these days since Qiuhe has been resting at hometely.¡±

    ¡°Yeah, kinda busy, it¡¯s not rted to Qiuhe¡¯s work though.¡± Xing Shaofeng exined, ¡°It¡¯s about An Xixi¡¯s father, we have been working on convincing An Xixi¡¯s father to be a tainted witness and report Qin Mingqiang, we also want to extend apologies to the one who he had drugged twenty years ago, we also want him to confess his crimes and serve his time. At the moment we are reaching out to the victim¡¯s family, if we can get their forgiveness, An Xixi¡¯s father would stand a chance of getting some leniency from the judge.¡±

    He Bai frowned, he sat back on the sofa and held his plush, ¡°If I were the victim¡¯s family, I wouldn¡¯t choose to forgive him. After so many years¡¯ of torture, living under the effect of the drug, it¡¯s impossible for me to forgive him.¡±

    Xing Shaofeng sensed the anger from He Bai, he continued, ¡°I see your point, we are not trying to exonerate An Xixi¡¯s father from the sentence he deserves, we are trying to convince him to confess his own crime and fight for some leniency, atoning for his own crime and making up for what he has done was the right thing to do.¡±

    ¡°Yeah, that sounds about right.¡± He Bai nodded.

    An Xixi¡¯s father now was being ganged up against by Qin Mingqiang¡¯s subordinates, he was having such a hard time, therefore, confessing his own crime was the best option for him.

    He Bai just felt life sometimes could be so unfair, even though An Xixi¡¯s father served his time in jail in the end, who was going to make it okay for the victim and the family?

    Like like in his previous life, both him and Qiuhe were dead even though Di Chunhua was caught... ...

 Chapter 271 - Bossman and Bosslady (2)

    <h4>Chapter 271: Bossman and Bosdy (2)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Realizing he once again went down to that horrible memoryne, He Bai shook his head and forced himself to focus on the day. He took a deep breath and looked at Xing Shaofeng, ¡°Shaofeng, I heard that grandpa had already asked Zengpeizhong¡¯swyer to handle Qin Li, have you talked to Zengpeizhong¡¯s? Any updates on that matter? That woman is dangerous, you¡¯s bettere up with a once-and-for-all n, otherwise I¡¯m sure she will somehow figure out a way to cause trouble.¡±

    Xing Shaofeng pretended he had not seen He Bai had just zoned out, he replied with a smile, ¡°Don¡¯t worry, Qin Li now is barred from leaving the country due to her debt issues, we¡¯ve got eyes on her. Plus now she is penniless, all her money was confiscated, we are just waiting for a perfect timing, when we have Di Xiasong on our side, then it¡¯s time for her to go to the ce where she belongs.¡±

    ¡°Di Xiasong?¡± asked He Bai with confusion, ¡°Isn¡¯t he in jail now? We are waiting for him to be on our side? About what?¡±

    Hearing that, Xing Shaofeng felt confused too, he asked, ¡°Didn¡¯t Qiuhe tell you about this, we are nning on convincing Di Xiasong to... ...¡±

    ¡°What are you talking about?¡± chimed in Di Qiuhe.

    Di Qiuhe showed up from nowhere holding a te of pumpkin pie, he and Xing Shaofeng exchanged a look then he walked to He Bai and stroked his hair, he coaxed He Bai, ¡°Here, have a taste, I guarantee you it¡¯s not greasy.¡±

    Thinking about how he made a scene and tortured Di Qiuhest night, He Bai felt so guilty, he left the topic that he was talking with Xing Shaofeng just now and looked at Di Qiuhe with gentleness rippled in his eyes, ¡°Thanks, Qiuhe, I¡¯m still full, do you mind me saving it forter?¡±

    ¡°Come on, puppy, just a bite, I need your opinion on this.¡± Di Qiuhe caught hold of He Bai¡¯s hand, but seeing He Bai¡¯s ears went blushed, he withdrew his hand and took a bite of the pumpkin pie himself. Then he bent down and kissed He Bai on the lips, yup, he fed He Bai the pumpkin pie through the kiss.

    ¡°Bai, in my opinion, this pumpkin pie is tasty.¡± said Di Qiuhe with a cheeky smile.

    The aroma of the pumpkin pie pervaded the taste buds, He Bai realized what had just happened, he blushed crimson within a second. He didn¡¯t dare to look at Xing Shaofeng or Di Qiuhe, he sprang from the sofa and lowered his head, ¡°Hehe, Shaofeng, excuse me for a second, I gotta check on Junjie and the roastmb.¡± with that he strode away.

    Di Qiuhe chuckled softly, he took a candid shot of He Bai when he ran away. Then he looked at Xing Shaofeng who was snickering and asked, ¡°Shaofeng, keen to help me out in the kitchen? Do dome tasting maybe?¡±

    Xing Shaofeng knew Di Qiuhe must have something he¡¯d like to say, ¡°that would be my pleasure.¡±

    They agreed to have hotpot, so the tasting was mainly desserts tasting, Xing Shaofeng indeed tasted all the sweets with pleasure.

    Xing Shaofeng took another bite of the cake in his te and put down the fork, ¡°Qiuhe, you haven¡¯t told Bai about our n about Di Xiasong, have you? Why? You guys always share everything.¡±

    Di Qiuhe who was checking the garnish raised his head, ¡°Bai is not going greattely, it¡¯s not like I¡¯m hiding something or doing something sneaky behind his back, I just figured he would be better off not knowing all the dark business. I will tell him about the updates about our ns, but not necessarily all the tiny details, but for now I like to see his smile when he is doing what he enjoys.¡±

    ¡°Good thinking. Like photography?¡±

    ¡°And gathering with friends.¡±

    Recalling how He Bai zoned out after hearing about An Xixi¡¯s father, Xing Shaofeng nodded and appreciated what Di Qiuhe just said, he asked, ¡°How is it going with Di Xiasong? Bai just said he hoped we coulde up with a n to handle Qin Li once and for all, it looks like Bai is really annoyed by that woman.¡±

    Di Qiuhe found that a bit surprising, He Bai had always been so understanding and forgiving, he said he hoped there was a way to handle Qin Li once and for all, he must be really mad.

    Di Qiuhe frowned, he collected his thoughts and said, ¡°Di Xiasong is still a little hesitant, but don¡¯t worry, it¡¯s just a matter of time. As for Qin Li, let¡¯s make it happen then, sending her to reunite with her daughter seems like a good way.

    Xing Shaofeng felt Di Qiuhe¡¯s aura hadpletely changed, he was a homey chef in the making just now, and now he was like a cold-hearted machine.

    To return to He Bai, he and his roommates used a little help from Aunt Xu to roast themb, but it was a huge sess.

    The group had such a feast, they just chilled in the living room after the big lunch and waiting for a even bigger dinner.

    Di Qiuhe just sat quietly next to He Bai who was having a heated contest with his roommates about some car racing game, he loved every second of this day.

    After the game, He Bai turned back to look at Di Qiuhe, what came to his sight was Di Qiuhe with a doting smile on the face. He Bai felt a bit emotional, he leaned towards Di Qiuhe and left a kiss on Di Qiuhe¡¯s cheek. Then he continued the second round with his roommates like nothing had happened.

 Chapter 272 - Bossman and Bosslady (3)

    <h4>Chapter 272: Bossman and Bosdy (3)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Di Qiuhe touched his face, He Bai didn¡¯t just left a kiss, he also left some chip crumble. Di Qiuhe beamed, he put his hand on He Bai¡¯s back.

    He Bai turned back and smiled, he squeezed Di Qiuhe¡¯s hand.

    Di Qiuhe whispered at He Bai¡¯s ear, ¡°Bai, I love you.¡±

    ¡°Pardon?¡± He Bai didn¡¯t quite get that due to the cheering from the game.

    Di Qiuhe shook his head and squeezed He Bai on his cheek, ¡°Nothing, go have fun, but go easy on the wine.¡±

    ¡°Yes bossman.¡± He Bai rolled his eyes, he withdrew his hand and patted Di Qiuhe¡¯s head, ¡°Don¡¯t worry, you bossman, I¡¯m not drinking wine, Junjie only serves me soda.¡±

    ¡°Great, I¡¯m bossman, you are bosdy, aren¡¯t we made for each other?¡±

    He Bai pretended he went mad, ¡°Why am I the bosdy, you are bosdy.¡±

    Di Qiuhe¡¯s ring tone interrupted their flirtation, Di Qiuhe checked the phone, it was from Hu Zhao, he showed the screen to He Bai and rose. He Bai waved at him and went back to y with his roommates.

    Di Qiuhe went to the window where was quiet and cozy.

    ¡°Good news, Qiuhe, I¡¯ve arranged Qin Li to work as a cleaner at Di Chunhua¡¯s nursing home. How are you kids doing?¡±

    ¡°Bai is definitely having a st.¡± answered Di Qiuhe, seeing the groupughing and chatting in the living room, he cracked a big smile and continued, ¡°Aunt Xu is such a great chef, everyone had a feast.¡±

    ¡°Great, you kids deserve some fun.¡± said Hu Zhao cheerfully.

    He Bai¡¯s phone rang as well, he checked the screen, it was Jiang Xiuwen. He looked at Di Qiuhe and said loudly, ¡°Qiuhe, Xiuwen is calling, I think he is here.¡±

    Di Qiuhe nodded at He Bai and he said goodbye to Hu Zhao on the phone.

    ¡°Bai, you wanna to wait for Xiuwen at the gate with me?¡±

    ¡°Sure.¡± He Bai said loudly, he rose from the sofa and joined Di Qiuhe at the door, ¡°Childish Di, it¡¯s so sweet of Xiuwen toe after a long day¡¯s hard work, please behave yourself, you heard me?¡±

    ¡°Yeah, bosdy.¡± answered Di Qiuhe with a cheeky smile.

    He Bai now was grabbing Di Qiuhe a jacket, Di Qiuhe came forward and hugged him, ¡°Puppy, thank you so much, I don¡¯t know what to do without you.¡±

    ¡°Quit it.¡± He Bai threw him the jacket and the scarf, ¡°Do you wanna call Xiuwen back, I was too busy talking to you to pick up his call.¡±

    Di Qiuhe smiled, he put on the jacket and changed his shoes, suddenly he carried He Bai in his arms and ran out of the door, ¡°Haha, I have a better n, let¡¯s y a prank on him, like... jumping out from the bush and scare the shit out of him!¡±

    He Bai patted Di Qiuhe on the shoulder hastily, ¡°Childish Di, let go of me, there are people in the house, let go of me!¡±

    ¡°No!¡± Di Qiuhe was having such a good time seeing He Bai freaking out, he carried He Bai even higher, ¡°No, I will never let go of you, you are mine, forever and ever.¡±

    ¡°What is going on with you now?¡± He Bai fumed.

    Seeing a familiar figure walking towards them, He Bai patted Di Qiuhe¡¯s shoulder even harder and threatened by his ear, ¡°I saw Xiuwening this way, let go of me, do you want to sleep on the floor tonight?¡±

    Di Qiuhe wouldn¡¯t like that, so hepromised.

    He Bai finally was standing on the ground now, he soon straightened his jacket like nothing had happened, he was stillining, ¡°You Childish Di, why did you even do that?¡±

    A feverish kiss was the answer.

    He Bai was so mad that he kept pounding Di Qiuhe on his back.

    Jiang Xiuwen who witnessed the whole scene was like... ¡®is it toote to turn back and leave?¡¯

    After dinner, He Bai¡¯s ount posted a Weibo.

    White and Whiter: Family. [.jpg]

    The post of course went viral. The fans who had been waiting for follow ups ever since they made it public on the ceremony were just overjoyed to see this post.

    Soon another post.

    White and Whiter: Our wedding is around the middle of next year.

    The fans were eximing and pping like they were the ones who were going to get married. They do hope to see more cute photos from the cute couple, they were more than willing to celebrate the cute couple¡¯s love.

    Jiang Xiuwen was snuggling at the sofa and sneered at the fanments, ¡®Oh dear fans, trust me, you don¡¯t want to see what I have been seeing, too mush sugar gonna get you diabetes.¡¯

    ¡°Xiuwen, I just got an antique photo album, you wanna check it out?¡± asked He Bai cheerfully.

    Seeing He Bai¡¯s innocent face, Jiang Xiuwen put away his phone and imagined He Bai¡¯s reactions after he found out what Di Qiuhe had posted on Weibo, he beamed, ¡°Sure, an antique photo album, that sounds great.¡±

    Di Qiuhe who was chatting with He Bai¡¯s roommates now was having the time of his life, family, lover, friends, he literally couldn¡¯t ask for more.

 Chapter 273 - The End (1)

    <h4>Chapter 273: The End (1)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    T/N: hey kids, don¡¯t panic. This is not ¡°the end¡± the end, there will be a couple of side stories after this chapter. Stay tuned. I will warn you when it is really ¡°the end¡± the end. Xoxo

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    Di Qiuhe finally was finally spared from sleeping in the study on Chinese New Year¡¯s Eve, he was over the moon.

    ¡°We are paying grandpa and Uncle Hu new year¡¯s visit early tomorrow morning, you better behave yourself tonight.¡± warned He Bai, then he put a plush between them, making it clear that tonight wasn¡¯t the night.

    ¡°Good night Childish Di, and happy New Year.¡± with that He Bai rolled over to the other side.

    Di Qiuhe stared at He Bai with those big innocent eyes, trying his luck.

    He Bai didn¡¯t turn back and fell for that, he buried his face in the pillow and closed his eyes tight.

    ¡°All right, good night puppy.¡± Di Qiuhe withdrew his gaze , pouting. He rolled under the nket after he turned off the light.

    Five minutester, He Bai fell asleep, he rolled back and put his head on Di Qiuhe¡¯ arm habitually, they had been cuddle sleepers for so long.

    Di Qiuhe opened his eyes with satisfaction, seeing He Bai who was sleeping like a baby on his arm, he curled his lips and rolled to He Bai¡¯s side. With a big smile Di Qiuhe fell asleep too.

    ¡°Bai, wake up.¡±

    He Bai opened his eyes with efforts, he looked around with confusion, ¡°Wait! Where are we? Why am I in a car? Wait, aren¡¯t we going to grandpa¡¯s house and send new year greetings to grandpa and Uncle Hu? Where are we going now?¡±

    ¡°To that town in D Country, as we said before, we are going to that town every season to capture different beauty.¡± said Di Qiuhe, with that he produced a hot towel and handed it to He Bai to wipe his face.

    ¡°Don¡¯t worry puppy, I got it. Just enjoy your new year surprise.¡± coaxed Di Qiuhe, ¡°Come, have some breakfast, we will arrive the airport soon.¡±

    He Bai waspletely dumbfounded, he checked the time on his phone, it was seven a.m. He pressed his forehead, ¡°Qiuhe, I appreciate all this, but grandpa is still waiting for us, are you sure... ...¡±

    ¡°Aha, don¡¯t worry, grandpa knew this, he is part of this surprise of course. He went back to his hometown with Uncle Hu, he misses his old friends. He did ask us to take a lot of pictures for him.¡± Di Qiuheforted He Bai, then he passed He Bai a tupperware, ¡°Here, have some breakfast first, this is your favorite seafood porridge, not sure it travels well or not though.¡±

    He Bai smelled the aroma as soon as he opened the lid, with that aroma He Bai¡¯s belly growled.

    Di Qiuhe took a look at He Bai¡¯s belly andughed, ¡°Puppy, why are you so adorable?¡±

    He Bai blushed a little, but he appreciated this new year surprise so much that he decided to let Di Qiuhe go onughing at him. Plus, he was too busy enjoying his porridge to have time settling scores with Di Qiuhe.

    ¡°How long are we going for?¡± asked He Bai with a mouthful of food.

    ¡°Half a year.¡±

    ¡°Half a ... year?¡± He Bai asked, eyes wide open.

    Di Qiuhe leaned forward to He Bai and stole the shrimp on He Bai¡¯s spoon, ¡°It¡¯s gonna be like an extended version of our honeymoon. Look, you are graduating soon, Sister Li told me you are going to have your own studio after you graduate, you are going to be very busy. I will be busy with ¡®Wolf Venom¡¯ for thetter half of the year too, so, I figured we¡¯d better have our honeymoon now when we both have time.¡±

    He Bai found that very sweet, but he had a few questions, ¡°But how about grandpa? How about the Qin Family?¡±

    ¡°Uncle Hu will take good care of grandpa for us, and we¡¯ve got Shaofeng to help us. I told Junjie about this n as well, he will keep an eye for the school, he will help you take care of the forms and stuff, all you need is toe back to Q University in June for your graduation ceremony, see, I got it all figured out.¡± exined Di Qiuhe.

    While He Bai was still digesting this surprise and not eating, Di Qiuhe took over the tupperware and started to feed He Bai.

    ¡°But... what about Sister Li...¡± asked Di Qiuhe.

    ¡°I¡¯ve got that covered too, she is going to hire people for your own studio while we are away.¡± Di Qiuhe said that with a big smirk, ¡°Therefore, my dear bosdy, please make sure you are going to take tons of beautiful works in our honeymoon, Sister Li is going to use them to lure people.¡±

    The porridge was tasty, the lover was considerate, the new year surprise was great.

    He Bai leaned towards Di Qiuhe and kissed him, ¡°Childish Di, no wonder you did not resist it when I asked you to sleep in the study, you have been plotting this.¡±

    Di Qiuhe put He Bai¡¯s head on his shoulder and asked back, ¡°Do you like my plot though?¡±

    ¡°You take a guess... ...¡± He Bai raised his head and looked at Di Qiuhe, ¡°Of course I like it, I like it a lot. Thank you, Childish Di.¡±

    Di Qiuhe chuckled, He Bai¡¯s smile was all he asked for.

    The nursing home where Di Bian resided became more quiet as the working staff were rotating shifts due to Chinese New Year.

    ¡°Isn¡¯t it just wonderful to be rich? Look at that mansion over there, all the working staff are rotating shifts in other buildings, but they hired more people in that mansion, I heard they even hired a chef for a new year feast.¡± said a cleaningdy to the other one, ¡°How I wish I could have a chef at my house one day, even it¡¯s just one day.¡±

    ¡°This is all fate!¡± the other cleaningdy lowered her voice and continued, ¡°Do you know who was living in that mansion? He used to be a rich man who owned a bigpany, but he murdered his wife and remarried a woman who cheated on him, and he went mad, some karma, right?¡±

 Chapter 274 - The End (2)

    <strong>Chapter 274: The End (2)</strong>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    T/N: hey kids, don¡¯t panic. This is not ¡°the end¡± the end, there will be a couple of side stories after this chapter. Stay tuned. I will warn you when it is really ¡°the end¡± the end. Xoxo

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    Hearing that, the cleaningdy¡¯s eyes sparkled, ¡°What? Come on, tell me about it, I¡¯ve never heard of this story.¡±

    ¡°Shush, the administration asked us not to gossip, let¡¯s be quiet. Don¡¯t tell anyone else this story, I don¡¯t want to lose my job.¡±

    ¡°Of course, don¡¯t worry, this is just us sisters talking.¡±

    ¡°All right, I trust you on this one. The man who is in that mansion is called Di Bian, he used to be the owner of a bigpany Huangdu, have you watched the show ¡®Immortal Way¡¯, that male lead is his son, the reason why he is living in such a big mansion as a nursing home of course is because of his son.¡±

    ¡°What? The male lead of ¡®Immortal Way¡¯? Di Qiuhe? That handsome boy?¡± eximed the otherdy.

    ¡°Shush... yes, it¡¯s absolutely true!¡±

    Qin Li who was working at this nursing home now walked by, she heard what the twodies were talking about and hid in the corner.

    ¡°Di Bian¡¯s first wife was a well mannereddy, Di Qiuhe is their son, but she was too kindhearted to side with him on his scheming... ... as for the home wrecker, her name is Qin Li, she mistreated Di Qiuhe since he was a little boy, Di Qiuhe renounced Di Family after he grew up... ... one thing leads to another, Di Bian went bankrupt and he has gone mad since, but no one knows where that home wrecker is, I hope she dies somewhere.¡±

    ¡°She surely deserves a miserable death. But that Di Qiuhe is still supporting his father? His father is such a scumbag!¡± thedy frowned, and she couldn¡¯t help but re at the mansion where Di Bian lived.

    ¡°Tell me about it, such a good boy. He is returning good for evil. And you know what, that home wrecker, Qin Li, she has a daughter with the man she cheated with, the daughter is also living in that mansion!¡±

    ¡°What? Why? Wait, have you seen that girl?¡±

    ¡°I only met her once, but she looks mentally unstable ... ...¡±

    Bang.

    Qin Li¡¯s broom fell over on the ground.

    The twodies rose from the bench with alert, they looked around and saw it was Qin Li. They pointed at Qin Li and shouted, ¡°What are you doing hiding there? You cker! If I catch you one more time, I will tell the manager and fire you!¡±

    Qin Li clenched her fists, as much as she wanted to argue back and say her daughter wasn¡¯t mentally unstable, she knew it was pointless arguing with two cleaningdies. She just picked the groom from the ground and left.

    ¡°Look at that woman, doesn¡¯t she look like a tramp?¡± said onedy, she was not happy that Qin Li interrupted their gossip. She would very much like to resume, but the otherdy looked around and shook her head.

    Qin Li sneaked into the mansion where Di Bian lived.

    ¡°You bastard, how dare you to push me!¡±

    ¡°You are bastard! Fuxx off!¡±

    Hearing her daughter¡¯s voice, Qin Li¡¯s eyes sparkled and she hastened her steps.

    ¡°You are a filthy little bitcxx just like your mother!¡±

    ¡°Help! What are you doing?¡±

    Qin Li walked in, what met her eyes was her daughter rolling down from the second floor, while Di Bian stood there with a meaningful smile.

    Hearing the footsteps, Di Bian looked down.

    Qin Li lowered her head and apologized, ¡°I¡¯m sorry sir, I¡¯m here to clean the house for you.¡±

    ¡°That¡¯s okay, thank you foring.¡± Di Bian looked her up and down, he slowly walked down the stairs while using a hand to press the wall for support, ¡°My daughter just fell down from the stairs, can you please help me to pick her up? I¡¯m calling the doctors.¡±

    Qin Li let out a sigh of relief that Di Bian didn¡¯t recognize her, she was worried about her daughter, so she said yes and walked to Di Chunhua.

    A crooked smile shed across Di Bian¡¯s face, he suddenly walked fast towards Qin Li and kicked her on her chest, then he threw himself at her and pressed her on the ground, ¡°You bitxx, you are here! It is all your fault, you are the one who has murdered my wife, you, this is all your fault!¡± with that he produced a knife and pressed the knife against Qin Li¡¯s face.

    Qin Li was transfixed, she struggled to stand up, but it was of no avail. Looking at Di Bian¡¯s eyes, she found Di Bian¡¯s eyes zed. She knew she couldn¡¯t run away this time, she couldn¡¯t make it.

    And she was right, Di Bian cut her face the next second... ...

    To return to the love birds.

    Click.

    He Bai took another good shot, he checked it and nodded with satisfactions, then he looked back at Di Qiuhe, ¡°Childish Di, what are you doing squatting on the ground?¡±

    ¡°I¡¯m preparing a gift for you.¡± answered Di Qiuhe, he picked a pebble from the ground and stood up. Then he stepped back and turned around, signaling He Bai toe over, ¡°Bai, look, a gift for you. I make us a baby, Di Little Bai.¡±

    It was a snowman.

    He Bai chuckled, ¡°Why isn¡¯t its name He Little Bird? It seems like you don¡¯t have a clear knowledge of your status at home.¡±

    ¡°Well, the good thing is I do have a clear knowledge of my status in bed.¡± replied Di Qiuhe with a big cheeky smile.

    He Bai was choked, he picked up a snowball and threw it to him.

    Di Qiuheughed and ran away, he didn¡¯t throw one back. He ran away and got He Bai a hot drink instead.

    The pebble nose on the snowman fell over as Di Qiuhe ran away.

    He Bai groomed the little snowman and got him a new nose, when Di Qiuhe came over he was still appreciating his excellent grooming skills.

    When he turned around to look at Di Qiuhe, he was amazed by how beautiful this scene was. A tall man in a cream color trench coat was holding a red bottle under the clear blue blue sky, the background was snow mountain and the morning sun. Snowkes on the branches were glistening in the sunlight, it was so soothing.

    He Bai held his camera and took a shot, the man holding a red bottle became the warm color in the snow background.

    ¡°Bai,e have a hot drink.¡± eximed Di Qiuhe cheerfully.

 Chapter 275 - The End (3)

    <h4>Chapter 275: The End (3)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    T/N: hey kids, don¡¯t panic. This is not ¡°the end¡± the end, there will be a couple of side stories after this chapter. Stay tuned. I will warn you when it is really ¡°the end¡± the end. Xoxo

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    He Bai was still adjusting the camera and taking shots, he shouted, ¡°What is it this time? Coffee or hot chocte?¡±

    ¡°Coffee, Photographer He.¡± Di Qiuhe walked to He Bai and handed him the drink, ¡°Here, enjoy, it¡¯s so cold today, you need a hot drink.¡±

    ¡°Thank you Childish Di.¡±

    It was Di Qiuhe¡¯s turn to take photos, he stood near He Bai and took a few shots.

    That night on Weibo.

    There was a post: Qin Li, Di Bian¡¯s ex-wife sneaked into Di Bian¡¯s nursing home to look for Di Chunhua, Di Bian and Qin Li had a dispute which led to physical conflict. Qin Li¡¯s face was deformed, and Di Chunhua fell down from the stairs.

    White and Whiter: We made a snowman. Its name is He Little Bird. [.jpg]

    Netizens: Oh my god, is the rich family drama over yet? we are tired of all this.

    Fans: Keep those picturesing, ¡°we¡± made a snowman, so cute. Tiny wish, please post a selfie.

    The love birds kept travelling to F Country after they spent a few romantic days in the town in D Country.

    ¡°Look at the pigeons!¡± eximed He Bai cheerfully, then he bought some bird food and handed it to Di Qiuhe, ¡°Go, go feed you fellow bird friends.¡±

    Di Qiuhe pouted, ¡°I¡¯m not a bird.¡±

    ¡°Are you gonna feed them o not?¡± He Bai pretended he went mad.

    ¡°Sure, whatever makes you happy.¡±

    ¡°That¡¯s the right answer.¡± said He Bai with satisfaction, he held his camera once again and looked for the right angle.

    ¡°Ouch!¡± Di Qiuhe in the lense suddenly frowned and withdrew his hand.

    He Bai hastily ran towards him and checked his hand, ¡°What¡¯s wrong? Are you bitten by the birds? Let me see your hand.¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s bleeding.¡± Di Qiuhe answered, he slowly opened his hand and kissed He Bai on his cheek, ¡°Look, how red it is, and Happy Valentine¡¯s Day, my puppy.¡±

    A rose was hidden in Di Qiuhe¡¯s palm, He Bai beamed, he realized he was tricked but he appreciated how sweet his Childish Di was. He hugged him and said, ¡°Thank you my Childish Di, Happy Valentine¡¯s Day.¡±

    Di Qiuhe stroked He Bai¡¯s face, ¡°do I get a present?¡±

    He Bai bit his lips and went a bit blushed, he whispered by Di Qiuhe¡¯s ear, ¡°I booked a suite in a love hotel, we can have a hot bath together.¡±

    Di Qiuhe¡¯s smile got deeper, he clenched He Bai tighter and whispered, ¡°I love this present.¡±

    That night on Weibo.

    A post captured people¡¯s attention: Is Qin Family really innocent? Is Qin Li really a victim?

    White and Whiter: Happy Valentine¡¯s Day, peeps. A big bird is feeding little birds. [.jpg]

    Netizens: Hell no, she is by no means innocent, what she is getting today serves her just right.

    Fans: Yay, more dog food please. Please share more.

    How time flew. He Bai took Di Qiuhe back to the town in D Country in early spring, he asked Qiuhe to pose for him in the flower sea and took a few photos.

    White and Whiter: Look at Childish Di, isn¡¯t he a pretty girl? [.jpg]

    Fans: Wait! This is the first time that Bai has a PDA moment. And the Film Emperor surely is channeling the pretty girl deep in his heart, such a nice photo.

    Aizen: Today I ran into a homeless woman on the street, she looks like Qin Li, but I¡¯m not sure,e have a look. [.jpg]

    Netizens: Oh my god, it is her. It does serve him right being homeless.

    The love birds travelled one country after another before summer ended, they went to so many spots and took so many photos. They went back home in June for He Bai¡¯s graduation.

    White and Whiter: In the airport waiting for the flight home, Bai fell asleep, so cute~ [.jpg]

    The fans who were stuffed enough dog food finally exploded, ¡°Yeah yeah yeah, Mr. Film Emperor, we got it that you have a boyfriend, we got it, yay, so happy for you.

    Another post on Weibo went viral: The son reports on his own parents, is this really the end of the show? The home wrecker poisoned the wife, how cruel!

    Netizens: That is such a twisted family! Poor Di Qiuhe grows up in a family like that, but thank God he met Bai and fell in love with Bai.

    ¡°What are you reading?¡±

    Di Qiuhe hugged He Bai from the back and gave him a gentle bite on his earlobe.

    ¡°Rich family drama, yo.¡± He Bai looked at him sideways and shed his screen, ¡°It looks like you¡¯ve got some exnation to do, what have you done behind my back? What exactly had happened while we are away? Why don¡¯t I know anything about it?¡±

    Di Qiuhe¡¯s smile went stiff and turned around, he strode away and said, ¡°It just urs to me that I forgot to sweep the floor this morning.¡±

    He Bai frowned and ran after him, ¡°Come back, I have swept the floor already,e back!¡±

    Di Qiuhe just ran faster.

 Chapter 276 - The End (4)

    <h4>Chapter 276: The End (4)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    T/N: hey kids, don¡¯t panic. This is not ¡°the end¡± the end, there will be a couple of side stories after this chapter. Stay tuned. I will warn you when it is really ¡°the end¡± the end. Xoxo

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    This day was He Bai¡¯s graduation day, He Bai just showed up for the graduation photo shoot to avoid any drama, he had been hiding in his dormitory and chatting with his dear roommates for the rest of the day.

    ¡°Ya agreed to marry me.¡± said Niu Junjie cheerfully.

    ¡°I will continue my education I suppose.¡± said Chenjie, ¡°I will work hard for my graduate degree.¡±

    Wang Hu scratched his head and said, ¡°You are all staying in this city, I decide to go back to my hometown. Wee to visit me, my family has heard so much about you guys and they would all love to meet you guys one day.¡±

    He Bai walked to Wang Hu and hugged him, ¡°Yeah, we¡¯d love to meet your family too, may you all the best.¡±

    ¡°Thank you Bai, you take care too.¡± Wang Hu lowered his voice and his eyes turned red.

    The dormitory went dead silent, everyone was feeling sad about the departure.

    Knock knock.

    ¡°I¡¯ll get it.¡± said Niu Junjie, he turned up his volume and tried to sound more cheerful, ¡°Is it our monitor?¡± with that he opened the door.

    ¡°Qiuhe?¡±

    Hearing that, He Bai turned back.

    Di Qiuhe was wearing a cap and a pair of sunsses to avoid any attention, he waved at them and looked at He Bai, ¡°Mr. He, I¡¯ve learned so much from you, do I have the honor to take your graduation photos for you?¡±

    He Bai smiled and suggested his roommates they should embrace the moment and take more photos to celebrate this day rather than feeling sad, ¡°Guys,e on, let¡¯s take some photos. We have our very own photographer today.¡±

    ¡°Come on, guys.¡± said Di Qiuhe cheerfully and signaled the roommates to get ready.

    The group walked out of the room, He Bai squinted at Di Qiuhe and said, ¡°Someone told me that he couldn¡¯te today, hey? I will give you a good beating tonight.¡±

    ¡°I would love a good beating from you.¡± Di Qiuhe smiled cheekily and poked at He Bai¡¯s dimple.

    He Bai rolled his eyes on him and joined his roommates.

    That night on Weibo.

    White and Whiter: Happy Graduation Day. [.jpg]

    Fans: There you go again, Mr. Film Emperor. Guys, let¡¯s run away, too much dog food is not good for you.

    The love birds had been preparing for their wedding after graduation, and He Bai¡¯s birthday was just around the corner.

    ¡°What are you doing in a lottery booth?¡± asked Di Qiuhe with confusion, ¡°Since when have you grown interest in lottery?¡±

    ¡°Since my previous life, haha.¡± He Bai bought a ticket and put the ticket on Di Qiuhe¡¯s palm, ¡°Here, cherish this ticket, it will bring you a lifetime fortune.¡±

    Di Qiuhe raised his eyebrows and bought ten more tickets, ¡°Here, have all these ten tickets. I promise you ten lifetimes¡¯ fortune. Forever and ever.¡±

    He Bai put the tickets into his pocket and said half jokingly, ¡°Oh no, I¡¯m stuck with you for the rest of my life and that¡¯s enough. And now you are asking me to stay with you for ten lifetimes, oh no.¡±

    Siren noise interrupted the two.

    ¡°What¡¯s going on? I hope everything is fine.¡± said He Bai.

    While Di Qiuhe squinted his eyes and smiled, thinking about the phone call from 444 that morning, he said, ¡°That¡¯s a police car trainspotting prisoners, don¡¯t worry, everything is fine. Come on now, I will take you to a feat.¡±

    He Bai held Di Qiuhe¡¯s hand and pointed at a dessert shop, ¡°For now I want some sweets.¡±

    ¡°Cool, nothing is better than a nice and cold ice cream on a hot day like this.¡±

    There were fans waving at them across the street, Di Qiuhe smiled and waved back, then he held He Bai¡¯s hand tighter like he was showing off.

    Later on Weibo.

    White and Whiter: Puppy is buying me ice cream, yum. [.jpg]

    Fans: Enough, Mr. Film Emperor.

    It was Qin Li who was sitting in that police car, she stared at her own palm and murmured, ¡°Xiasong, my son, why are you doing this to me? All I have done is to pave way for you, but what have I got in the end? I¡¯m not going to jail, who is going to take care of my daughter if I¡¯m going to prison? No!¡±

    The police officer shot her a re and said, ¡°Quiet!¡±

    Qin Li¡¯s shoulders drooped and she lowered her head.

    Half a monthter, the night before Di Qiuhe and He Bai¡¯s wedding.

    He Bai looked at the screen and looked at the ten tickets in his hand, then he shouted, ¡°Oh my God, why have you hit the jackpot too? Why? You are already filthy rich!¡±

    ¡°Puppy, bed time.¡± Di Qiuhe walked in and looked at He Bai who was in a daze, he stood next to He Bai andforted him, ¡°Aww, puppy, it¡¯s all right, we are just buying lottery for fun, if you really want to win something, I will give you lots of awards.¡±

    He Bai raised his head and pulled Di Qiuhe¡¯s hair violently, ¡°You! You won! You won special award! And you bought ten tickets! Life isn¡¯t fair, you just go to a lottery booth and bought ten tickets without even thinking, and now you are winning a ridiculous amount of money? And you are already filthy rich!¡±

    Di Qiuhe felt He Bai¡¯s forehead, ¡°What¡¯s going on, puppy? Are you having a fever?¡±

    He Bai was so jealous, he stormed out and yelled, ¡°You are sleeping in the study tonight.¡±

    Di Qiuhe frowned, ¡°Is Bai suffering premarital anxiety?¡±

    Soon he texted Jiang Xiuwen for help: Xiuwen, Bai is suffering premarital anxiety, what should I do?

    It was a starry night, so tender and beautiful, the next day must be a nice and sunny day.

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    T/N: hey kids, once again, this is not ¡°the end¡± the end. So don¡¯t worry, we have updates of side stories for about two weeks. Thanks for the support. Xoxo

 Chapter 277 - Side Story One (1)

    <h4>Chapter 277: Side Story One (1)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Di Qiuhe got up so early the next morning, it was their wedding day!

    He took a look at He Bai who was still sound asleep and rolled his eyes, then he started to harass He Bai, ¡°Bai! Time to get up, let¡¯s doll up, it¡¯s our wedding day!¡±

    ¡°Don¡¯t worry, I got this, I slepttest night due to the lottery, stop harassing me and let me sleep.ined He Bai with his eyes closed tightly.

    Di Qiuhe bent down and kissed him feverishly, trying to wake him up in this way, but it was of no avail. Then Di Qiuhe squeezed He Bai on his cheek, ¡°Come on, puppy, today is the big day.¡±

    He Bai dodged Di Qiuhe¡¯s hand and rested his head on Di Qiuhe¡¯s shoulder, eyes still closed tightly, ¡°I know, we¡¯ve agreed we are just having a big lunch with family and friends, haven¡¯t we? Nothing fancy, plus our marriage isn¡¯t actually acknowledged by the government. Yeah, let¡¯s think of today like a big gathering rather than a wedding ceremony, what do you... ...¡± yawned He Bai.

    ¡°Haha, having a big lunch with family and friends is just part of the ceremony.¡± Di Qiuhe raised his right eyebrow and looked at He Bai with a cheeky smile, then he stroked He Bai¡¯s hair and carried into his arms, walking to the bathroom, ¡°We are of course holding a grand wedding ceremony,e on. We are getting married!¡±

    ¡°Say what now?¡± hearing that, He Bai opened his eyes wide and stare at Di Qiuhe, digesting what he had just heard.

    Di Qiuhe pushed open the bathroom door and put He Bai in the bathtub which was already filled with water, ¡°I said of course we are holding a grand wedding ceremony!¡±

    The second He Bai was put in the bathtub, he realized this wasn¡¯t a dream, he grabbed Di Qiuhe on his arm and asked one more time trying to confirm, ¡°But wait, we¡¯ve agreed we are just having a big lunch with family and friends, grandpa and Uncle Hu both agreed too.¡±

    A big goofy smile was the reply.

    About an hourter, He Bai and Di Qiuhe walked out of the door hand in hand, and He Bai was totally dumbfounded.

    ¡°Congrattions, Mr. Di and Mr. He!¡± eximed the bodyguard.

    He Bai took two steps back subconsciously, he had not seen thising at all, the bodyguards were wearing ck tie and standing in two lines in the yard. Just outside of the gate of their house, there was a shiny limo waiting for them.

    Di Qiuhe took Bai who was still speechless to the limo and kept whispering at his ear, ¡°Rx Bai, just enjoy.¡±

    After they sat in the limo for a little while, He Bai came to his sense, he swooped to Di Qiuhe and pretended he was going to strangle him, ¡°Childish Di, what¡¯s going on again? Tell me everything!¡±

    ¡°This is a surprise from grandpa.¡± chuckled Di Qiuhe, he wrapped his hands around He Bai¡¯s lower back and continued, ¡°This is so exciting Bai, finally we are getting married, we are going to put a ring on each other¡¯s finger.¡±

    He Bai took a deep breath and tried to embrace the moment.

    ¡°From today on, every time you hold your camera, our ring will touch your camera.¡± Di Qiuhe caught hold of He Bai¡¯s hand, he yed with He Bai¡¯s fingers, ¡°Isn¡¯t that great? Every time you hold your camera, when you are taking pictures of the scenery, the scenery knows we belong to each other, when you are taking pictures of people, people know we belong to each other, and when you are taking pictures of me, we look at each other in the eye, we both know we belong to each other.¡± said Di Qiuhe with his eyes sparkling and voice shaking.

    He Bai felt so touched, he lowered his hand and caught hold of Di Qiuhe¡¯s hand as well. He had no idea Di Qiuhe had prepared such a big surprise for him.

    ¡°Puppy,¡± Di Qiuhe pressed his forehead against He Bai¡¯s, ¡°thank you so much for giving me this opportunity to spend the rest of my life with you.¡±

    He Bai hugged Di Qiuhe and left him a kiss on the cheek, ¡°Silly Childish Di, I should be thanking you. And... sorry, I haven¡¯t prepared you a ring.¡±

    ¡°That¡¯s no problem, I got two, we each get one.¡± Di Qiuhe stroked He Bai¡¯s hair, ¡°I got it all under control, you don¡¯t need to worry about a thing.¡±

    He Bai hugged him tighter and nodded, ¡°Thank you, Childish Di.¡±

    About an hourter, they arrived at a secluded chapel in the western suburb.

    Fan Da and Uncle Hu were standing at the gate of the chapel, both were beaming. Niu Junjie, Chen Jie, Wang Hu and Xiuwen were standing on either side of the gate, busy with greeting guests.

    After the car stopped, Xing Shaofeng came opened the car door for the groom and the groom, Li Ru was scattering rose petals on them, all beaming.

    ¡°Photographer, please, the groom and the groom are about to enter.¡± eximed Niu Junjie.

    To He Bai¡¯s surprise, Xu Ying who was wearing a suit for the first time emerged from nowhere, he rushed to the limo and assumed his position, he took a few snaps of Di Qiuhe who got of the limo first and murmured, ¡°What a gorgeous man.¡±

    ¡°Ahem!¡± He Bai¡¯s teacher Xu Yinrong tapped Xu Yinrg on his shoulder, ¡°Ying, your junior fellow disciple is getting married today, and when can I attend yours?¡±

    Xu Ying gave a dry smile to Xu Yinrong, he didn¡¯t want to start this conversation, he strode to He Bai who got off the car now and eximed, ¡°Congrattions! My junior fellow disciple, I wish you much happiness together!¡±

    He Bai smiled, he hugged Xu Ying and said, ¡°Senior fellow disciple, you haven¡¯t answered Professor Xu¡¯s question yet, when can we attend your wedding?¡±

    ¡°Yeah, I¡¯m looking forward to it too.¡± chimed in Jun Chen, he curled his lips and said, ¡°Please inform me as soon as you find that someone, I gotta be the first one to say ¡®I feel sorry for you¡¯ to your better half.¡±

    Hearing that, Professor Xu squinted his eyes and frowned. Somehow, he felt something unusual going on between his disciple and this Jun Chen guy.

 Chapter 278 - Side Story One (2)

    <h4>Chapter 278: Side Story One (2)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Seeing Professor Xu¡¯s reaction, Jun Chen flushed crimson, he exined to Professor Xu, ¡°I¡¯m sorry, Professor Xu, I¡¯m just messing with... ...¡±

    ¡°Aiya, my camera!¡± Xu Ying raised his voice on purpose to interrupt Jun Chen and he looked at Professor Xu, ¡°Master, I need a new camera, do you mind taking pictures for them before I came back, thank you so much master.¡±

    Then he dragged Jun Chen away with him, ¡°Look at you, we can banter 24/7 in private, but today is not the right day, not just my master is here, you have such a big fan base, who knows whether there will be paparazzi sneaking in or not. Come no now, let me educate you.¡±

    ¡°You are educating me?¡± Jun Chen frowned, but he kept following Xu Ying while he was reluctant to give any credit to Xu Ying, ¡°Don¡¯t get cocky just yet, we are just colleagues, I know we have just renewed your contract, but I will get myself a new photographer as long as I have time to look for one.¡±

    ¡°I know I know, my contract got renewed not because you approve my ability or like my personality, it¡¯s because you have been too busy to interview anyone. Don¡¯t worry, I¡¯m totally aware of that.¡±

    Jun Chen was choked, he just gave Xu Ying cold treatment.

    Seeing his disciple and Jun Chen¡¯s receding figures, Professor Xu frowned, he was lost in thought. The two were holding hands subconsciously when they left, ¡®Ying is also... ...¡±, thought Xu Yinrong.

    The ceremony went on smoothly, entry, speeches, vows, now they were exchanging rings... ...

    Niu Junjie, as He Bai¡¯s best man, handed He Bai the ring that Di Qiuhe prepared as a surprise. He Bai held Di Qiuhe¡¯s hand and teased him, ¡°Such a nice ring, where did you get it?¡±

    Di Qiuhe who was full of expectation for this special moment said, ¡°Bai, let¡¯s talk about thister, now it¡¯s time to... ...¡±

    He Bai leaned forward and kissed Di Qiuhe and he put the ring on Di Qiuhe¡¯s finger, then he stepped back and raised his eyebrow, ¡°Ha, your turn to be interrupted by a kiss... ...¡±

    Warmth on the lips, hand was caught and a ring was slipped on He Bai¡¯s finger.

    Di Qiuhe said, ¡°Yeah, and now it¡¯s your turn, fair y, yeah?¡±

    Then Di Qiuhe kissed He Bai feverishly and hugged him tight.

    The celebrant smiled and looked at the audience, ¡°They have definitely made my job so much easier, I don¡¯t need to say, ¡®now you can kiss each other¡¯, do I?¡±

    The guests allughed and they started to apud, Chen Jie and Wang Hu eximed happily.

    He Bai blushed, he patted Di Qiuhe on the back, ¡°Qiuhe... ...¡±

    Di Qiuhe didn¡¯t stop until the apuse died down, he let go of He Bai and stepped back.

    Seeing how blushed He Bai was, heughed happily, ¡°Puppy, you are officially mine. I love you.¡±

    ¡°You!¡± He Bai pounded Di Qiuhe on his back, he tried to collect his thoughts in the presence of so many guests, he hugged Di Qiuhe and said, ¡°I love you too, you Childish Di.¡±

    Di Qiuhe beamed, he kissed He Bai on his earlobe, ¡°Puppy, Bai, my husband.¡±

    He Bai buried his face in Di Qiuhe¡¯s arms.

    That night on Weibo.

    White and whiter: We are married. [.jpg]

    Fans: Oh my God, congrattions! Dog food in the face!

    White and Whiter: Such a nice ring on Bai¡¯s hand. [.jpg]

    Fans: Bai is a handsome young man, anything will look good on him.

    White and Whiter: Bai is mine, you cannot covet him, you only can love him secretly.

    ......

    Di Qiuhe was in such a good mood that he replied a lot ofments and messages. He was a little bit carried away though, he just kept ying his phone tillte.

    And He Bai had fallen asleep after a long day¡¯s celebrating and entertaining, Di Qiuhe, again, started to harass He Bai, he stroked He Bai¡¯s face and coaxed, ¡°Bai, wake up, this is our wedding night.¡±

    He Bai who was sound asleep gave Di Qiuhe a gentle kick on the calf as a reply.

    ¡°Great, you are not saying no, so you are saying yes.¡± Di Qiuhe rolled over to He Bai¡¯s side and started to shower He Bai with kisses, ¡°Hey puppy, you smell so good.¡±

    He Bai struggled and rolled further, ¡°Childish Di, I tried to seduce you earlier, but you were busy replying those messages, and now you are kissing me awake... ...¡±

    Di Qiuhe felt so guilty, he stuck his tongue out and kept silent.

    An hourter.

    He Bai: Let¡¯s call it a night, yeah?

    Di Qiuhe: Let¡¯s see... ...

    Two hourter.

    He Bai: Seriously, let¡¯s call it a night now.

    Di Qiuhe: Sorry, what¡¯s that?

    He Bai: Help!

    Finally when they both decided to call it a night, Di Qiuhe whispered at He Bai¡¯s ear, ¡°I love you so much, puppy.¡±

    He Bai said, ¡°I swear if you areing again, I will divorce you for sure.¡±

    Di Qiuhe said ¡°okay¡± brazenly.

    He Bai looked at Di Qiuhe with disbelief.

    ¡°And let¡¯s get married again.¡± Di Qiuhe leaned towards him and whispered at He Bai¡¯s ear, ¡°So we can have our wedding night all over again... ...¡±

    ¡°Hell no, good night you Childish Di!¡±

 Chapter 279 - Side Story Two (1)

    <h4>Chapter 279: Side Story Two (1)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Half a yearter, Di Qiuhe¡¯s movie ¡°Wolf Venom¡± was released and He Bai¡¯s studio was established. He Bai decided to hold a photography exhibition to celebrate.

    ¡°Let¡¯s make it an international tour, shall we? We can take advantage of this opportunity to visit the countries where we spent our honeymoon.¡± suggested Di Qiuhe with a cheeky smile.

    He Bai squinted at Di Qiuhe, ¡°Have you read the screenys Xing Shaofeng just sent you?¡±

    ¡°Yeah,¡± answered Di Qiuhe, then he sighed, ¡°What a shame none of them looks interesting, it looks like I¡¯ll be free... ...¡±

    He Bai produced a screeny from a pile of photo frames and threw it to Di Qiuhe, ¡°Here, this one is a gem, just prepare well, it starts shooting in one month or so.¡±

    Di Qiuhe stared at the screeny in his hands with disbelief, ¡°Why is this one here? I have... ...¡±

    ¡°Yeah, you have given this screeny to your colleague.¡± said He Bai in a cold tone, ¡°Good job, Childish Di, how dare you, rejecting such a good y behind Shaofeng¡¯s back! You are too rich to work? Is that why? Don¡¯t get ahead of yourself, I have all your cards, and you are living on allowance from me!¡±

    Di Qiuhe raised his hand, ¡°Puppy, I can exin.¡±

    ¡°Shoot.¡±

    Di Qiuhe rolled his eyes, trying toe up with a good one, but he gave up. ¡°Ahem, I mean, you are absolutely right and I love you.¡±

    He Bai raised his eyebrows and went, ¡°Quit your sweet talk, it ani¡¯t working for me!¡±

    Di Qiuhe decided to solve this with bodynguage, he bent down and gave He Bai a kiss shower.

    Ten minutester, He Bai finally managed to push Di Qiuhe away and he went upstairs to get some work done.

    ¡°Shaofeng, Bai just bit me on my upper lip, I cannot shoot anything recently, I remember there¡¯s a talk show that you want me to go, I¡¯m afraid I have to take a rain check about that one.¡±

    ¡°No problem,¡± replied Xing Shaofeng, he was not surprised about Di Qiuhe¡¯s decision.

    ¡°How about the movie we¡¯ve talked about?¡±

    ¡°Wait till Bai¡¯s exhibition finishes.¡± replied Di Qiuhe, then he genuinely apologized, ¡°I¡¯m sorry if I have bored you, Shaofeng.¡±

    ¡°No worries,¡± Xing Shaofeng nestled in his chair and yed with his pen, ¡°Trust me, I love working with you and Bai, I enjoy what I¡¯m doing.¡±

    ¡°Thank you so much Shaofeng, we will definitely make sure you will always enjoy it.¡± replied Di Qiuhe with a smile, then he hung up after some bantering.

    After the call, Di Qiuhe made He Bai a milkshake and went upstairs.

    ¡°Are you really not going to shoot this film?¡± asked He Bai, there was a touch of shame in his tone, you could tell he really liked this screeny.

    In the previous life, this movie was also a huge sess in Di Qiuhe¡¯s career and won him great recognition home and abroad.

    It would be such a shame if... ...

    ¡°In all honesty, I don¡¯t think it¡¯s a great idea, sure, this movie will win me acim, but at the moment what I need is some diversity rather than some acim.¡± Di Qiuhe took the milkshake from He Bai¡¯s hand and finished thest sip.

    He grabbed He Bai¡¯s hand and coaxed, ¡°I used to take every opportunity that I¡¯ve got, because I can¡¯t afford to wait for a better one, Qin Li and Di Bian had their eyes on me all the time, and I had to overwork. But now, I see it differently, I need to bnce work and life.¡±

    He Bai found it so convincing, yeah, why hadn¡¯t he seen it from that perspective?

    ¡°Plus, ¡®Wolf Venom¡¯ just hit the cinema, I just got some fame internationally, what I want for myself is a masterpiece to top that. The screeny you picked for me, don¡¯t get me wrong, I love it, but it¡¯s not the best choice for me at the moment.¡± exined Di Qiuhe gently, ¡°And don¡¯t worry, puppy, I¡¯m not going to be a cker, I love my career.¡±

    He Bai was totally persuaded, he took a look at Di Qiuhe¡¯s upper lip and felt more sorry, he threw himself at Di Qiuhe and apologized, ¡°I¡¯m sorry Qiuhe, I wasn¡¯t thinking it that way.¡±

    He Bai kept forgetting Di Qiuhe now had a different life from his previous life, he was a huge sess in both show business and business circles. And Di Qiuhe could afford to pick a movie that really interest him.

    ¡°No no, that¡¯s all right, that¡¯s why we aremunicating.¡± Di Qiuhe hugged He Bai back and kissed him on his earlobe and cheek as afort, then he continued, ¡°but I feel a little bit sad.¡±

    He Bai felt more guilty, he kissed Di Qiuhe and apologized again, ¡°I¡¯m sorry Qiuhe, I won¡¯t just bossing you around ever again.¡±

    ¡°No, it¡¯s not because of that.¡± Di Qiuhe lowered his head and showed him a page of the screeny, ¡°Look, look at these intimate scenes!¡±

    He Bai took a glimpse at the pages and his face darkened.

    ¡°No! I changed my mind! I must check all the screenys that you like!¡± he gritted his teeth and said, ¡°No intimate scene! If you have to, you need to have doubles!¡±

    A touch of smirk shed across Di Qiuhe¡¯s eyes, he asked deliberately, ¡°But you said you won¡¯t just bossing me around ever again.¡±

    ¡°I¡¯m not just bossing you around, I¡¯m seriously bossing you around!¡± He Bai knew he was getting more and more jealous, but he didn¡¯t feel bad about it, Di Qiuhe asked for it.

    Di Qiuhe cupped He Bai¡¯s face and said in an earnest manner, ¡°Puppy, if I¡¯m not doing any intimate scene or even making out scene, that basically rules out ny percent of all the movies.¡±

    Yeah, what Di Qiuhe said was absolutely right.

 Chapter 280 - Side Story Two (2)

    <h4><strong>Chapter 280: Side Story Two (2)</strong></h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    He Bai¡¯s eyebrows were tightly furrowed, he thought for quite a while andpromised, ¡°no sex scenes, kiss scenes... depends! Please ask for doubles for those scenes!¡±

    Seeing how torn He Bai was, Di Qiuhe had a st, he threw himself at He Bai and said, ¡°Puppy the way you get jealous is just so adorable, don¡¯t worry, I will ask for your permission for any of those scenes.¡± with that he began to get handsy.

    He Bai felt a bit shy that Di Qiuhe had seen through him, he gave Di Qiuhe a kick on the shin and said, ¡°go away, you yboy.¡±

    ¡°I only wanna y with one boy, you are my only boy,¡± Di Qiuhe kissed He Bai to interrupt him, e on now, y with me.¡±

    One weekter He Bai decided the schedule for his exhibition, he was going to throw three in total, two in B City, one in D Country.

    The first exhibition in B City was a big hit, He Bai won acim from the industry, and the charity auction was a huge sess too.

    The second exhibition took ce in D Country, little did they expect it was even more popr than the first one. So many curators and collectors inquired He Bai on whether they had the honor to collect one or two of his works.

    The works that the second exhibition disyed were mostly scenery, He Bai would very much like to spread beauty, he agreed with delight.

    Thest exhibition was held during Chinese Lunar New Year.

    ¡°Why are you holding hisst exhibition on Chinese Lunar New Year¡¯s Eve?¡± asked Di Qiuhe who just went back from a business trip and just found out this.

    ¡°Don¡¯t worry, I¡¯ve got Sister Li and Xu Qing who have been great help.¡± exined He Bai, he hugged Di Qiuhe tightly and whispered at his ear that how much he had been missing this Childish Di.

    Such an direct express was very rare for He Bai, thus Di Qiuhe¡¯s heart melted. He whispered back, ¡°I miss you too, puppy. Sorry this trip took longer than I expected.¡±

    ¡°That¡¯s okay, I ¡®m just worried about you, I don¡¯t want you over work.¡± He Bai kissed him on the cheek, ¡°I¡¯ve got you some new outfits,e check it out. Would you like to go to my exhibition on Chinese Lunar New Year¡¯s Eve? Grandpa said we could have a lunch gathering instead, so we can have the night to our own.¡±

    ¡°Of course!¡± replied Di Qiuhe delightfully, ¡°I won¡¯t miss your exhibition for the world.¡±

    He Bai smiled.

    Di Qiuhe put on the new outfits that He Bai got him on Chinese Lunar New Year¡¯s Eve, he found his outfits and He Bai¡¯s were matching, he showed a goofy smile and hugged He Bai, ¡°Puppy, why are you so nice to me today?¡±

    ¡°Buying you new outfits equals being so nice to you, good to know.¡± He Bai turned around and picked a tie for Di Qiuhe, ¡°Behave yourself tonight, all right?¡±

    ¡°Of course!¡± smiled Di Qiuhe, ¡°I am, after all, the man who has got your back ;)¡±

    He Bai rolled his eyes and squeezed Di Qiuhe¡¯s cheek with a smile.

    They arrived at the venue at 8 p.m.

    He Bai asked Di Qiuhe to get off the car first, then he closed the door promptly and asked Xu Qing to drive.

    Di Qiuhe waspletely dumbfounded, then he got a phone call from He Bai, ¡°Bai?¡±

    ¡°You enter the venue first.¡± replied He Bai, he curled his lips and said slowly, ¡°I¡¯ve got a surprise for you.¡±

    Di Qiuhe took a look at the gate and swept around the parking lot, hmm, it did seem a bit strange, there was no one around. It didn¡¯t look like there was going to be an exhibition.

    Di Qiuhe walked to the gate with great expectations, the parking lot was aze when he was about five meters away from the gate, then the gate was open and a red carpet unfolded in front of him.

    Di Qiuhe looked at the red carpet for a little while and he walked on it.

    As he walked in the venue, lights were on one by one, after the lights were all on from either side, they went off in unison.

    And the next second, the spotlights on the wall were on, revealing the photos that He Bai selected for this exhibition.

    ¡°This is the first photo that I took for you, it was a pure ident and of no skill. But Professor Xu spoke highly of it, it took me a long time to appreciate its beauty, it captures a real you. And also, it marks the beginning of our story.¡± there came He Bai¡¯s voice from upstairs.

    Di Qiuhe looked up and walked to He Bai.

    ¡°Please stop walking.¡± He Bai looked at Di Qiuhe and smiled, ¡°Wee to my private exhibition, Mr. Di. Please don¡¯t get distracted and keep listening to our story.¡±

    Di Qiuhe listened to him and stopped, he chuckled and stepped back, he took a closer look at the photo and talked to himself, ¡°Oh my, I look so cold and indifferent, I didn¡¯t even show Bai a slight smile.¡±

    ¡°Well, you are forgiven.¡±ughed Di Qiuhe.

    This spotlight was off, and the next spotlight shed light on the next photo.

    ¡°This is the second photo, I was taking a photo of someone else and you broke into it.¡±

    Di Qiuhe apologized, ¡°Is it toote to apologize now, Photographer He?¡±

    He Baiughed as a reply.

    Then the third one, the fourth one, the fifth one... ... a selection of photos recorded how they met, how they got to know each other and how they fell in love with each other. Di Qiuhe¡¯s eyes were getting red as he walked by the wall and looked at each photo, finally his emotions exploded seeing the photos of their honeymoon.

    He spoke at upstairs, ¡°Bai, I need to see you.¡±

    ¡°Keep walking straight, and open the door.¡± there came Bai¡¯s voice.

    Di Qiuhe strode to the door, soon he arrived at a wood door, he took a deep breath and pushed the door open.

    Warm lighting and the aroma of food! Then he saw He Bai, who was standing right next to grandpa.

    Di Qiuhe was transfixed on the spot.

    ¡°Qiuhe, we¡¯ve been waiting for you,e take a family photo and let¡¯s dive in this feast.¡± said Fan Da.

    Family photo? That was an alien idea for Di Qiuhe, but he had to admit he got excited hearing it. He looked sideways and saw a camera, his heart was pounding.

    ¡°Come on over now, on three, two, one.¡± He Bai looked at him and raised his eyebrows, ¡°Now, do you want to join us or not?¡±

    Di Qiuhe came to his sense and he ran towards them.

    He Bai hugged him tightly and said, ¡°Happy New Year, my Childish Di.¡±

    ¡°Thank you so much.¡± Di Qiuhe¡¯s eyes were so red, he kissed He Bai on his earlobe, ¡°I mean it, thank you, puppy.¡±

    Grandpa and Uncle Hu looked at them with a big smile.

    The clock was striking midnight!

 Chapter 281 - Side Story Three (1)

    <h4>Chapter 281: Side Story Three (1)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    How time flew! This day marked their seventh anniversary. During the seven years, He Bai had won his fifth awards on photography, and Di Qiuhe had won Best Actor on all the Film Festivals.

    Di Qiuhe entered his thirties this year, and He Bai was turning thirty.

    ¡°Not again!¡± He Bai protested on the bed.

    ¡°You know what they say, absence makes the heart grow fonder.¡± said Di Qiuhe, he grabbed He Bai¡¯s hand and showered him with kisses, ¡°You went to a seven-day business trip, you have any idea how much I have missed you?¡±with that his right hand travelled to He Bai¡¯s thigh.

    He Bai tried to exin, panting, ¡°I happen to bump into Zhao Tianhu and we talked about his next exhibition, then we visited a few potential venues, I¡¯ve already mentioned it to you on the phone.¡±

    Di Qiuhe didn¡¯t stop on the kisses or the hands, he said, ¡°Oh yeah, I remember that. What do you feel like for dinner after this?¡±

    ¡°You know what, I¡¯m going to starve myself.. ...¡±

    And He Bai was interrupted by Di Qiuhe¡¯s kiss.

    He Bai ended up having arge portion of dinner which made Di Qiuhe overjoyed, ¡°Good job puppy, please eat more, the more you have, the happier I am.¡±

    He Bai rolled his eyes and turned sideways.

    That night, He Bai tossed and turned on the bed after Di Qiuhe fell asleep, he produced his phone from under the pillow and texted Niu Junjie.

    He Bai: Junjie, help, do you know any way to create seven-year inch?

    Niu Junjie: Say what now? You are asking for a way to CREATE a seven-year inch?

    He Bai took a deep breath, yeah, he asked the wrong one, Junjie and Zheng Ya were probably the happiest straight couple.

    ¡°Bai? Why are you still awake?¡±

    There came Di Qiuhe¡¯s voice, then he reached an arm to He Bai, ¡°Just close your eyes, I¡¯m right here for you.¡±

    He Bai rolled to Di Qiuhe, seeing Di Qiuhe¡¯s eyes were still tightly closed, he thought about how busy Di Qiuhe had been, he cuddled Di Qiuhe and whispered, ¡°I am going to sleep now, you too, I know you haven¡¯t got enough rest recently, good night baby.¡±

    ¡°Yeah.¡± Di Qiuhe replied vaguely then he cuddled He Bai tighter, ¡°Puppy, I love you so much.¡±

    He Bai buried his face in Di Qiuhe¡¯s arms, he listened to Di Qiuhe¡¯s heartbeat for a while and he replied, ¡°I love you too Qiuhe.¡±

    Yup, no way could he find a way to create a seven-year itch with a guy like Di Qiuhe. Even though it meant constant sore lower back ?? wait! He¡¯d like to take a break from that constant soreness, hmm, even a brief break.

    In the tenth year of their marriage life, He Bai became a judge of ¡°International Uni Students Art Festival¡±, that was a cute ovep with his previous life. And Di Qiuhe slowly faded out from show business to have more time to themselves.

    This day, He Bai brought Di Qiuhe to ¡°International Uni Students Art Festival¡± and he asked Di Qiuhe to wait for him in a square and he went to a meeting.

    Di Qiuhe wandered around at the square which was full of artsy stalls, soon a ck painting caught his attention.

    ¡°You seem to be pretty interested in this one?¡± asked the stall owner, a big guy with a beard, then he looked at the painting and sighed, ¡°I like it too, ck is the most mysterious color in the world, but it¡¯s such a shame that... ...¡±

    It was a view of a boy¡¯s back in the painting with a bokeh effect on the background, which highlighted the boy¡¯s shoulder line. The more Di Qiuhe looked at the painting, the more he found the boy in painting bore a striking resemnce to He Bai. He frowned disapprovingly and withdrew his gaze from the painting and he asked the stall owner, ¡°What is such a shame?¡±

    ¡°The boy in the painting is my first love.¡± the stall owner squinted his eyes and looked away like he was thinking about the past, ¡°this boy is my first love, he was like an elf walking out from the book, his hair was soft and shiny, his smile is warm and charming, he is always so positive, ¡®when life gives you lemon, make lemonade¡¯ sums up his life the best. We met each other when I went to university in his country, we got to know each other and fell in love with each other there. However, it didn¡¯t end well for us and I got back to my home country.¡±

    Di Qiuhe felt so touched, he couldn¡¯t imagine what his life would be like without He Bai, he felt sorry for people who couldn¡¯t be together with their loved ones.

    ¡°First love seldom works out.¡± Di Qiuhe tried tofort him.

    ¡°But it¡¯s a perfect imperfection.¡± the beard guy smiled, no trace of sadness could be seen. He produced a dozen of paintings from the drawer and rmended in high spirits, ¡°It¡¯s a shame that I cannot be with him, but I have been following him over the years, he has a sessful life now. he is a famous photographer, see, these are all his works that I painted them, it¡¯s my way ofmunicating with him.¡±

    Di Qiuhe took a glimpse at the paintings, they were all very eye-catching. But his face darkened!

    ¡°See, this one is my favorite, he named it ¡®Chirping¡¯, hazy forest in the morning, a little bird was standing on a branch, a drop of dew was falling from the leaf. How brilliant is this! People always find warmth and hope from his works, so do I. I love him, and I love his works, I came to the festival just for him!¡±

 Chapter 282 - Side Story Three (2)

    <strong>Chapter 282: Side Story Three (2)</strong>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Now Di Qiuhe was feeling creepy, because he knew it was He Bai who took this ¡®Chirping¡¯. Di Qiuhe was right there with He Bai when he took this ¡®Chirping¡¯ in K country. The two had a lovely quarrel about which bird was cuter.

    But why did this beard guy say it was his first love who took this picture?

    Di Qiuhe stared at the ck painting that drew him to the stall in the first ce as if he were about to burn the painting with his stare... ...

    What? This boy in the painting was He Bai?

    His phone vibrated, it was He Bai, he walked away and picked up the phone call.

    ¡°Qiuhe, are you still at the square? I¡¯m done with the meeting.¡±

    He Bai¡¯s gentle voice came from the other side of the phone, full of affection. Di Qiuhe felt so much better hearing He Bai¡¯s voice, he turned back and took another look at the beard guy and replied, ¡°Yeah, I¡¯m just getting a drink,ing to you in a second.¡±

    Di Qiuhe called Niu Junjie right after he finished the call with He Bai, ¡°Junjie, I remember you mentioned there was an exchange student who courted Bai back at uni? What¡¯s the guy¡¯s name?¡±

    ........

    Recently He Bai found Di Qiuhe became more and more one-mind tracked, he would drag He Bai back to hotel right after the meetings and exhibitions.

    ¡°Probably Di Qiuhe rekindled his passion at the ce where we have had so many beautiful memories.¡± thought He Bai.

    This night, He Bai was enjoying a massage from Di Qiuhe after another ardent home run, it felt so great that he slowly fell asleep. He had to admit, he was no longer worried, he actually started to dig how passionate his husband has be.

    Seeing He Bai sound asleep, Di Qiuhe got out of the room on tiptoe, he asked the bodyguard whether that Rocky guy had left or not.

    ¡°Yeah, he left this noon, but he lingered at the hotel gate before he left.¡±

    Hearing the positive answer, Di Qiuhe nodded with satisfaction. With a big smile, he returned to his room and lied down next to his puppy, he touched He Bai¡¯s hair and snorted thinking what Rocky said, ¡®an elf walking out from the book¡¯!

    No, puppy was puppy!

    The two enjoyed their married life like Darby and Joan, well, just with a more active sex life.

    Di Qiuhe retired from show business on their 25th anniversary, he would asionally go to Huading for some important meetings, and he spent the majority of his life with He Bai.

    He Bai had also taken a step back in his studio, he just enjoyed every day with Di Qiuhe while they could.

    ¡°People always say happy fat, happy fat. Why are you still so slim?¡± protested Di Qiuhe, he squeezed He Bai¡¯s waist and said, ¡°Bai, you gotta eat more, we look better with a little bit fat at our age.¡±

    ¡°You are one to talk.¡± He Bai patted Di Qiuhe¡¯s hand and picked Di Qiuhe a tie, ¡°Look at yourself, going to gym all the time, don¡¯t the young kids hit on you all the time? Hmm, are you saying I¡¯m too skinny, people always say skinny people look older than their real age, you are saying I look old now?¡±

    ¡°What nonsense!¡± Di Qiuhe frowned, he looked at He Bai in the eye and kissed him on the cheek, ¡°Bai, in my heart, you are always the young boy when we first met each other.¡±

    ¡°Haha, I definitely cut a sorry figure when we first met... ...¡± He Baiughed and kissed Di Qiuhe.

    The two had a lovey-dovey moment and headed off to a chapel.

    There was a newly weds holding their wedding, Di Qiuhe and He Bai stood afar and watched that happy couple, Di Qiuhe asked Zhou Li to send the bride an envelop.

    ¡°Excuse me, who am I talking to...¡± the beautiful Asian bride asked Zhou Li with confusion, they were in an European country now, seeing an Asian face with the same hair color and eye color with herself made the bride feel so close.

    ¡°I¡¯m Zhou Li, your biological father¡¯s friend asked me to send this to you, this is your wedding gift from your biological father. Wish you all the happiness.¡± Zhou Li tried to make it simple and short, he handed the bride the envelop and bowed to the bride¡¯s family, with that he left the chapel.

    When the bride rushed out for more information, Zhou Li had long gone.

    The groom held her hand and asked with concern, ¡°What¡¯s going on? Do you know who that guy is?¡±

    ¡°No, I don¡¯t recall anything... ...¡± the bride shook her head, she opened the envelop and checked what was inside. It was some old photos of a handsome man, tears streamed down from the bride¡¯s eyes the second she saw the photos, she touched her own face and murmured, ¡°Who is he? I look so much like this man... ...¡±

    ¡°Shall we get going?¡± Di Qiuhe withdrew his gaze from the bride and asked He Bai, ¡°Bai, let¡¯s have one more honeymoon, what do you say?¡±

    He Bai also withdrew his gaze from the bride and caught hold of Di Qiuhe¡¯s hand, ¡°It sounds great.¡±

    He Bai appreciated how God gave him Di Qiuhe in this life more, he needed to cherish it.

 Chapter 283 - Side Story Four (1)

    <h4>Chapter 283: Side Story Four (1)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    At the second year that He Bai established his own studio, Xu Yinrong¡¯s first disciple, Gu Xifeng who had been volunteering in Africa for three years came back. He Bai had heard so much of this legendary Senior Fellow Disciple from Xu Ying, he was a genius photographer and a senior disciple with some tough love.

    He Bai had never met Gu Xifeng, but they had spoken on the phone for a few times, Gu Xifeng had got a nice phone manner and a pleasant voice. He also sent gifts and rare photo albums to them frequently, sometimes they wouldpare notes on photography appreciation and exchange ideas on how to shoot a perfect photo. They had never had personal contact before due to the distance.

    Being Xu Yinrong¡¯s first disciple, for sure Gu Xifeng was a talented photographer, he served the army before so his style was very unique with strong visual impact.

    This day, Xu Yinrong took He Bai and Xu Ying to pick up Gu Xifeng from the airport. Professor Xu had not see his first disciple for so long, he was in high spirits to finally see the kid, he told He Bai about Gu Xifeng¡¯s story in details.

    ¡°Xifeng is an orphan, he has served the army for a few years. I happen to meet him after he retired from active military service, he was not doing great back then, but he was so willing to go back to school and learn more. So I wrote him a rmendation letter and contacted a few universities for him, after he enrolled our uni he did so well on all the subjects. He was particrly interested in photography, so I took him as my first disciple.¡±

    He Bai felt more respect for his master, Professor Xu, he had been a mentor to all his disciples.

    He didn¡¯t know much about Xu Ying, his Second Senior Fellow Disciple¡¯s story, but he roughly knew Xu Ying had a rough growing up experience and thanks to Xu Yinrong who had recognized his talent and mentored him.

    Reflecting himself, He Bai felt more connected to his master and his senior disciples.

    The flightnded on time, passengers walked out from the cabin in twos and threes.

    ¡°Senior Disciple, over here, over here!¡± eximed Xu Ying.

    Xu Ying waved at someone cheerfully, He Bai looked at that direction, what came to his sight was a tall and slim man striding to them.

    He Bai was a bit surprised, he had always pictured this First Senior Fellow Disciple differently in his mind, maybe more mature and sturdy.

    As Gu Xifeng walked closer, He Bai saw his face clearly. He was a good looking man with a nice tan and chiseled features, his eyebrows thick, his eyes bright, his nose prominent. He was gorgeous.

    And he had got such a nice posture, man of his height usually tended to have a little hunchback, but probably because he had served the army, his posture was impable.

    ¡°Hi, Little Ying.¡±

    Gu Xifeng nodded at Xu Ying as a greeting, then he looked at He Bai with great interest and handed him a present, ¡°Here, junior disciple, I¡¯m your senior, so take this as a meeting etiquette.¡±

    He Bai took the present and was loud in his thanks.

    ¡°You are wee.¡± Gu Xifeng¡¯s voice was even more pleasant to listen to than on the phone.

    After exchanging simple greetings with his two junior fellow disciples, Gu Xifeng walked to Xu Yinrong with his arms wide open, ¡°Aiya, master, I¡¯m back! I miss you so much!¡±

    Xu Yinrong hugged his first disciple tightly and patted his back, ¡°This is so great, you are back, look at you, you are more skinnier than thest time I saw you. You gotta eat eat eat.¡±

    ¡°Yes master, I will.¡± Gu Xifengughed and said yes.

    He Bai took a glimpse at the present box and he looked at Gu Xifeng who was chatting with Professor Xu, hmm, this First Senior Fellow Disciple was so much more friendlier than Xu Ying had described.

    They had a nice lunch and He Bai drove Xu Yinrong and Gu Xifeng back to where they lived, Gu Xifeng bought his house near Xu Yinrong to take better care of Xu Yinrong, what a good boy.

    Gu Xifeng had been settling down and taking care of Xu Yinrong since he returned, he didn¡¯t contact Xu Ying and He Bai after a few days.

    ¡°Now that we are here,e, lemme see your recent works.¡± Gu Xifeng asked Xu Ying straightforwardly.

    Xu Ying¡¯s face darkened, he knew this was their routine, but he still hoped Gu Xifeng would be busy getting to know He Bai this time he came back, so he was a bit disappointed that this Senior Disciple would check his ¡°homework¡± again. With that being said, he wouldn¡¯t dare to disobey, he dragged his feet to get hisptop and showed Gu Xifeng his recent works while defending himself, ¡°Senior disciple, as you know, my specialty is portrait and body art, I... this collection is recently done, me personally like it a lot... ...¡±

    Gu Xifeng listened to him and nodded with great patience while waiting for him to show him the photos.

    This took He Bai by surprise, he thought it was just a bonding session, maybe some lunch and some chatting, he did not expect there would be a session of ¡°checking homework¡±. He Bai didn¡¯t prepare anything... ...

    He Bai was so anxious, this was their first official meeting, by no means He Bai wanted to leave his First Senior Fellow Disciple a bad impression.

    ¡°Yeah, you¡¯ve made great progress, Little Ying.¡± Gu Xifeng looked at the photos and said, ¡°You have been working hard, it shows.¡±

    Xu Ying let out a big sigh of relief, he finally cracked a smile and said, ¡°Yes, I have been working hard, Jun Chen, my boss, he is such a diva, whenever my work shows the slightest imperfection, he would give me a piece of his mind. So I have to always work hard to please him.¡±

    ¡°You are working for him, naturally you need to meet his standard.¡± answered Gu Xifeng with a serious face, but he added, ¡°however, if your bossshes out on you for no reason, you don¡¯t need to tolerate that, just quit and find a better job.¡±

 Chapter 284 - Side Story Four (2)

    <h4>Chapter 284: Side Story Four (2)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Hearing that, Xu Ying felt so touched. The reality was most people would not say things like ¡°you don¡¯t need to tolerate your boss¡¯s bad temper, just quit and find a better job.¡±

    ¡°But there are definitely plenty room to grow, for a famous singer like Jun Chen, I could see why he asks for more from you.¡± continued Gu Xifeng, he was very strategic on giving suggestions, he praised Jun Chen first to make him feel safe and then he offered his suggestions.

    Gu Xifeng zoomed the first photo on the screen and said, ¡°Your speciality is portrait and body art, that is so great, but this one, I lost what you wanna express, it¡¯s too loud! With the background and the props, I don¡¯t know where to look at, you lost me there. And this one, the lighting looks a little bit out of ce, trust me, sometimes the natural lighting will surprise you so much, next time try natural lighting... ...¡± Gu Xifengmented each photo and offered suggestions.

    Xu Ying enjoyed the harshments dly.

    ¡°I would suggest you ditch the whole thing.¡± Gu Xifeng took a sip of tea and continued, ¡°Your boss wouldn¡¯t be happy seeing this collection, Jun Chen is a singer with high artistic pursuit, you can always call me tomunicate. You can so so much better, I know it, Jun Chen knows it, that¡¯s why he hires you.¡±

    ¡°Thank you a lot.¡± Xu Ying looked crestfallen, he knew he would receive some harshments but he didn¡¯t expect Gu Xifeng would suggest him ditch his collection.

    Seeing that, Gu Xifeng poured Xu Ying a cup of tea and patted him on the shoulder as afort and then he averted his gaze at He Bai.

    That gaze sent chills to He Bai¡¯s spine, he took out hisptop without being asked, and he logged in Weibo. He clicked open the photo album and showed it yo Gu Xifeng, ¡°I¡¯m so sorry, First Senior Fellow Disciple, I didn¡¯t prepare anything, this collection was taken two weeks ago, they are fairly new. Anyway, I will prepare something next time.¡±

    Gu Xifeng was dumbfounded, this was their first official meeting, he didn¡¯t n to check He Bai¡¯s ¡°homework¡±, he just wanted to bond with this Photographer He.

    ording to the little bit he knew, this Junior Fellow Disciple had high self-discipline, ¡°checking homework¡± was a routine for him and Xu Ying who needed to be supervised from time to time.

    But seeing the respectful way He Bai behaved, Gu Xifeng didn¡¯t have the heart to turn him down, so he just smiled and took this ¡°checking homework¡± as an opportunity to know this new kid more.

    This collection was scenery photos, Gu Xifeng clicked one by one, he loved them all.

    He had always heard that this junior disciple had been working in fashion and had been working with all the big names, little did he know that He Bai had such a natural ir on scenery shooting, well, not just a ir, he was a very talented photographer on all categories.

    He Bai, in the beginning, was sitting on edge waiting for Gu Xifeng¡¯sments, but Gu Xifeng was busy looking at the photos the whole time and didn¡¯t utter a word.

    About an hourter, Gu Xifeng put down theptop gently like he was holding a treasure.

    He Bai who was having tea and desserts with Xu Ying now sat straight and waited for thements.

    Gu Xifeng looked at He Bai with admiration, ¡°Young man, I¡¯m in no position to judge you, especially on scenery shooting, you make a much better scenery photographer than me.¡±

    He Bai scratched his head and showed a shy smile while Xu Ying looked at his with jealousy rippled in the eyes.

    ¡°With that being said, I do find you take your personal feelings in portrait.¡± Gu Xifeng clicked open a portrait photo, ¡°Like this one, you¡¯ve definitely captured the model very well,position, lighting, skills, ten out of ten. But I do find this photo too personal to really give it an objective appreciation, let alone suggestion. If you are looking for a better career development, taking personal portrait might be a hinder.¡±

    He Bai flushed crimson, the portraits in the collection were all Di Qiuhe! Of course they were very personal.

    Xu Ying also took a look and saw the model was Di Qiuhe, he took a look at Gu Xifeng and took a look at He Bai who was blushing, and gave a snicker.

    ¡°Have you considered looking for more models, these photos are all the same model, trying different age groups and gender is definitely good for you.¡± Analyzed Gu Xifeng, he clicked open a new photo and frowned, he pointed it out with some hesitation, ¡°Bai, this model is very photogenic, but it seems that.... it seems that he has some feelings for you... I¡¯m not sure whether this is a good thing.¡± then he took a look at He Bai¡¯s wedding ring, ¡°especially now you are married.¡±

    He Bai took a glimpse at Gu Xifeng, he exined in a low voice, ¡°This model... this model is my partner, his name is Di Qiuhe, this Weibo is my personal Weibo, my assistant is taking care of my work Weibo, so normally I don¡¯t upload other people¡¯s portrait from this ount. Sorry I thought you knew about me and Qiuhe.¡± he had sent Gu Xifeng the wedding invitation when he and Di Qiuhe got married, it was just Gu Xifeng was still abroad and couldn¡¯t make it.

    Dead silence reigned the room.

    ¡°Oh...¡± coughed Gu Xifeng, ¡°I know you are married, but I thought your wife¡¯s name is Di Qiuhee (girl¡¯s name, meaning lotus flower in autumn).¡±

    Hearing that, Xu Ying gave a roar ofughter, he pounded the table andughed, ¡°Qiuhee, Qiuhee, that¡¯s such a cute name!¡±

    Gu Xifeng and He Bai shot Xu Ying a look in unison.

    No wonder all the gifts that Gu Xifeng had sent He Bai were somewhat... girly... ...

    Qiuhee, haha, this name suited Di Qiuhe.

 Chapter 285 - Side Story Five (1)

    <h4>Chapter 285: Side Story Five (1)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    He Bai and Gu Xifeng became fast friends after this ¡°Qiuhee¡± episode, the two clicked immediately and they appreciated each other¡¯s approach to portrait after a few talks, soon they talked about going to the fields together for photography.

    The two went to so many ces within a month, Gu Xifeng brought He Bai to two unknown tourist spots, an orphanage and some construction sites. It was so mind blowing for He Bai who had been so used to take photos for celebrities in fancy studios, the more ces he went with Gu Xifeng, the more he realized his career became so narrow. He had never really put his camera onto people who were working so hard to make ends meet and have their own fun.

    ¡°Isn¡¯t it just beautiful to capture not one¡¯s appearance but also their inner beauty? Don¡¯t get me wrong, I love your works, but I just see so much more potential in you if you can approach it from a new perspective.¡± Gu Xifeng shared his sincere words and earnest opinions with He Bai at a lunch, he was thumbing through He Bai¡¯s portfolio, ¡°Bai, connect the inside and outside is the key, everyone gets old, but you can always keep a young soul, you see what I am trying to say?¡±

    He Bai was appreciating a photo with the same model that both Gu Xifeng and he just took, he nodded hastily, he definitely had learned a lot from Gu Xifeng.

    It was a woman who worked at a construction site in the photo, she was average looking maybe just like your next door neighbor. But in Gu Xifeng¡¯s photo, this woman was shining, her eyes were sparkling with hope even though she looked so tired, but the whole photo was full of positiveness, because that was the moment when she learned the news that her son was admitted by the best university.

    Directparison definitely spoke more than lecturing, He Bai realized his weakness.

    He was so used to the mode when he was working with those celebrities, making the model look pretty was the ultimate goal! That was a dangerous signal if He Bai wanted more possibility in his career.

    ¡°Bai, I highly encourage you to jump out of yourfort zone.¡± Concluded Gu Xifeng, he patted He Bai on the shoulder and took his leave.

    He Bai sat on the spot for so long and was deep in thought.

    Di Qiuhe, on the other hand, had returned from a business trip full of expectation ¡ª he was hoping some pampering from his puppy ¡ª only to find he was being ¡°cheated¡±.

    Di Qiuhe found a tabloid with He Bai and someone else¡¯s photo, they looked so intimate.

    ¡°That¡¯s Gu Xifeng, Bai¡¯s Senior Fellow Disciple.¡± exined Xing Shaofeng.

    ¡°I know who he is.¡± answered Di Qiuhe with a poker face, he threw the tabloid away and tried to tell his brain that he hadn¡¯t seen anything, he pressed his forehead and told Xing Shaofeng, ¡°Shaofeng, reschedule all my work for next month, I¡¯m gonna take a whole month off to spend some time with Bai, you need a good rest too.¡±

    ¡°Consider it done. Thank you for being so considerate, boss.¡± replied Xing Shaofeng.

    He Bai didn¡¯t get back home till evening, seeing the light was on in the living room when he was parking his car, he hastened to open the door and threw himself at Di Qiuhe, ¡°Aiya, you are back, my Childish Di, this is a nice surprise, when did you arrive? Why didn¡¯t you call me, I could totally have picked you up from the airport.¡±

    Di Qiuhe who was going to ask He Bai about the tabloid and give He Bai a piece of his mind failed at keeping a poker face, he just tapped Di Qiuhe on his forehead, ¡°Don¡¯t act all cute, I saw the tabloid, and I have some questions to ask you, but for now, let¡¯s have dinner first.¡±

    That took He Bai by surprise? Tabloid? What tabloid? But soon he left that behind and was enjoying Di Qiuhe¡¯spany, ¡°Aww, look at you, you cooked me dinner, such great wife material.¡±

    Di Qiuhe hugged He Bai tightly and smelt the familiar cologne, his voice changed, ¡°But before dinner, I¡¯m gonna eat you for appetizer.¡±

    He Bai kissed him back feverishly.

    The two had a lovely ¡°intimatemunication¡± on the sofa before dinner, and one more in the tub after dinner. Di Qiuhe decided to let He Bai go after they went back to the bathroom, little did he expect that He Bai seduced him in a hard way, well, that was a nice surprise.

    He Bai nestled in Di Qiuhe¡¯s arms, he hesitated a while and finally he mustered his courage and said, ¡°Qiuhe... ...¡±

    ¡°Yes?¡± Di Qiuhe clenched his arms tighter and kissed He Bai on the forehead, ¡°Did you have a long day today? I¡¯m sure you will sleep like a baby tonight, and I take a month off to spend some time with you, isn¡¯t that great?¡±

    He Bai was choked, he changed his mind and swallowed what he was going to say, ¡®all right, I can tell him some other day, let him be happy for a few days.¡¯

    Di Qiuhe found He Bai doted him so much since he came back, yeah, dote! He thought so hard, the only possible exnation he coulde up with was He Bai was feeling guilty that some paparazzo took some photo of him and Gu Xifeng and he was trying to make Di Qiuhe feel better.

    Well, Di Qiuhe actually wasn¡¯t jealous, he trusted his puppy one hundred percent.

    This day, Gu Xifeng came to visit them. He decided he needed to impress He Bai, so he behaved so well and he greeted Gu Xifeng warmly.

    ¡°Hi, nice to meet you, I¡¯m gonna call you Senior Disciple too.¡± greeted Di Qiuhe half jokingly while he held He Bai¡¯s hand tightly.

    He Bai had totally saw through what Di Qiuhe was up to, he just squeezed Di Qiuhe¡¯s hand and looked away.

    Seeing the lovey dovey moment between the two, Gu Xifeng smiled he reached his hand and said, ¡°Nice to meet you, Qiuhe.¡± with that he produced a box, ¡°Here, since you just called me Senior Disciple, I¡¯d better give you a present for our first meeting etiquette.¡±

    Di Qiuhe didn¡¯t see thating, he didn¡¯t know whether he should take it or not, it was He Bai who took the box and said thanks to Gu Xifeng.

    Di Qiuhe also said thanks.

    ¡°You are wee.¡± replied Gu Xifeng with a smile.

    Gu Xifeng came to visit them not just to finally meet Di Qiuhe, more importantly, he wasing to say goodbye to them.

    Hearing that, He Bai was dumbfounded, ¡°What? That¡¯s earlier than you told mest time!¡±

    ¡°Yeah, I just got a message from them, they want me to be there early to get to know the ce better.¡± exined Gu Xifeng, with that he handed He Bai a notebook, ¡°Here, Little Bai, these are all my first hand experience in photography, feel free to have a look when you are free. And think about what I¡¯ve told you, you need to jump out of yourfort zone if you are looking for more.¡±

 Chapter 286 - Side Story Five (2)

    <h4>Chapter 286: Side Story Five (2)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    He Bai took the notebook and looked at his senior disciple, he was so reluctant to say goodbye to Gu Xifeng who had inspired him so much. Meanwhile the thought that had been in his mind for a long time crept over him again.

    He had totally realized what his weakness was and he totally agreed that the solution was to jump out of hisfort zone just like Gu Xifeng had said.

    But... would Qiuhe agree?

    Having this in mind, He Bai¡¯s spirits were drooping, Di Qiuhe thought it was because He Bai was sad that his senior disciple was leaving. He wanted to cheer his puppy up.

    ¡°Xifeng is only going for one year, you can always call him,e on puppy, don¡¯t be sad.¡± Di Qiuhe hugged him and stroked his hair, trying to make him feel better.

    He Bai bit his lips, he clenched his arms tighter and asked, ¡°Qiuhe, you are going to a new crew set after this holiday, for how long?¡±

    ¡°About five months.¡± replied Di Qiuhe, his voice got more gentle, ¡°Don¡¯t worry, I will work hard and make it as short as possible, and I wille back to visit you whenever I¡¯m free.¡±

    ¡°That¡¯s not what I¡¯m asking.¡± He Bai shook his head, he caught held of Di Qiuhe¡¯ hand and look at him in the eye, ¡°Qiuhe, I have been thinking a lottely, I decided I want to go with Senior Disciple.¡±

    Di Qiuhe frowned, ¡°Bai, I understand you are looking for something new, something different. But Senior Disciple is going to war zone! He served the army before, he has the right survival skills, that¡¯s why they invite him to be a war correspondent, but you... ...¡±

    ¡°I can be his assistant.¡± replied He Bai, seeing Di Qiuhe¡¯s face clouded, he squeezed Di Qiuhe¡¯s hand and continued, ¡°Qiuhe, I have put a lot of thoughts in it... ...¡±

    ¡°No!¡± Di Qiuhe interrupted him, he grabbed He Bai¡¯s hand and gripped it hard, ¡°It¡¯s too dangerous, I won¡¯t let you go! I normally would support your decisions, but war zone is just too dangerous, it¡¯s not for you! If you want to experience new things or you feel bored at home, let¡¯s travel together, but I¡¯m not supporting you to go to war zone!¡±

    ¡°Qiuhe... ...¡±

    ¡°I said no.¡± Di Qiuhe refused to listen, with that he rose and went upstairs, not leaving He Bai any chance to continue.

    Seeing Di Qiuhe¡¯s receding figure, He Bai pressed his forehead, he had totally seen iting, Childish Di won¡¯t support his decision. But he thought being a war correspondent was not as dangerous as Di Qiuhe imagined, he was not fighting the war.

    Di Qiuhe had been giving He Bai silent treatment, he wouldn¡¯t talk to He Bai and he wouldn¡¯t listen to He Bai. He Bai didn¡¯t know what to do.

    This night, He Bai rolled to Di Qiuhe¡¯s side and cuddled him.

    Di Qiuhe didn¡¯t avoid this cuddle.

    ¡°Qiuhe.¡±

    Silence was the reply.

    He Bai sighed in his heart, he cuddled Di Qiuhe tighter and spoke gently, ¡°Qiuhe, I know you worry about me, but... ...¡± he exined how he realized he needed some improvements in his career and he felt the urge to jump out of thefort zone, then he patted Di Qiuhe on the shoulder, ¡°I swear, I will be back.¡±

    ¡°I totally understand the frustration of hitting a teau, as an artist, it sucks, but we can go travel to different ces, going to war zone isn¡¯t the only way.¡± Di Qiuhe finally replied, he turned around to look at He Bai, ¡°You know what I mean?¡±

    ¡°I do, I really do.¡± He Bai felt so much better that Di Qiuhe started to talk to him, he touched Di Qiuhe¡¯s cheek and continued, ¡°But I really want to experience what my parents had done, I want to walk the path they had walked... ... Qiuhe, I can depart after you go to the crew set ande back before your new drama, we can think it this way, we are going for a long business trip separately.

    Di Qiuhe didn¡¯t have the heart to say no to him when he heard He Bai wanted to experience the life that his parents had experienced.

    ¡°Qiuhe,e on... ...¡± He Bai coaxed him.

    Di Qiuhe cuddled He Bai tighter in his arms, there were so many different emotions going on in his mind, he tried to be tough to cover his emotions, ¡°No... I will think about it... but for now, it¡¯s sleep time.¡±

    He Bai didn¡¯t continue, he buried his face in Di Qiuhe¡¯s chest and went to sleep.

    Two dayster, He Bai bid Gu Xifeng farewell at the airport, he didn¡¯t mention he had been thinking about joining him and his discussion with Qiuhe.

    Half a monthter, Di Qiuhe¡¯s holiday finished. Before he went to the crew set, he walked to He Bai who was nestling on the sofa thumbing through a photo album, ¡°Here, if yo wanna go, just go. Remember to call me.¡±

    He Bai stared at him with disbelief.

    ¡°Take it, now!¡± Di Qiuhe put the stuff on the table and looked away, ¡°Your flight is tomorrow night, and I¡¯ve contacted Xifeng, he will pick you up and take care of you after you arrive. Safely first, always keep that in mind. Don¡¯t you daree back with a wound! I... I...¡± Di Qiuhe was getting emotional as he spoke, he stared at the stuff on the table as if he wanted to grab it back.

    Seeing that, He Bai grabbed it first and hid it behind his back, he swooped to Di Qiuhe and coaxed, ¡°I know it! Qiuhe you are the best, I love you so much!¡±

    ¡°Come back safely,¡± Di Qiuhe stroked He Bai¡¯s cheek, ¡°Don¡¯t make me regret my decision.¡±

    ¡°I won¡¯t.¡± He Bai felt so touched, ¡°I will be the first audience for your new dramas and new movies.¡±

    ¡°A promise is a promise.¡± Di Qiuhe hugged He Bai tighter and whispered at He Bai¡¯s ear, ¡°I¡¯m waiting to pick you up from the airport.¡±

    However, He Bai failed to keep his promise.

    Five monthster, Di Qiuhe got the news that He Bai was injured and was hospitalized.

    He was transfixed on the spot when he got the phone call, then he felt like his heart was about to explode.

    ¡°Tickets!¡±

    Wang Boyi who was standing by him asked with concern, ¡°What¡¯s the matter, Mr. Di?¡±

    ¡°Tickets to Bai!¡± Di Qiuhe gritted his teeth and tried so hard to pull himself together, ¡°Tickets to Bai! I¡¯m going to take him home.¡±

    Wang Boyi was startled seeing the way Di Qiuhe spoke, he realized something must have happened, something bad!

    He Bai was not severely injured, but he was in aa for a long time, he felt like his consciousness was dragged to somewhere else.

    ¡°Croak.¡±

    Hearing a frog croak, He Bai opened his eyes with efforts.

    Wait, what he was seeing was the tower, the balcony and the moon!

    Was he back in his previous life?

    He held his camera to and adjust the zoom to take a better look at the balcony, he needed to know what¡¯s going on with Qiuhe.

    It was pitch dark there, was Qiuhe already died?

    He took a deep breath and ran downhill, then he halted like he had realized something, he came back to pick up his drink, and went downhill.

    He didn¡¯t care whether this was a dream or not, he would try his best to save Qiuhe¡¯s life.

 Chapter 287 - Side Story Six (1)

    <h4>Chapter 287: Side Story Six (1)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    The building next to the tower was a five-star hotel, when He Bai arrived there is was approaching midnight, he was so anxious to just rush upstairs and check on Di Qiuhe.

    ording to his memory and theyout of the hotel, he was fairly sure Di Qiuhe¡¯s suite was on the 37th floor, so he pressed the button on the lift.

    To his surprise, he was stopped by some bodyguards when he arrived at the 37th floor, ¡°Excuse me, sir, this whole floor is reserved.¡± said the bodyguards impatiently, He Bai knew they had misunderstood him seeing the camera in his hands.

    ¡°Gentleman, listen, I¡¯m not paparazzo, I¡¯m a photographer, Mr. Di bumped into me this afternoon, and our drink got mixed, I need to talk to him as soon as possible... ...¡±

    ¡°You are the worst liar I have ever seen.¡± retorted the bodyguard, ¡°Please leave, or I will call the police.¡±

    Fuxx!

    He Bai was furious.

    Why did people keep mistaking him as a paparazzo, just because he had a camera in hand?

    In that life, Di Qiuhe thought he was a paparazzo who was stalking him, and now he was back in his previous life, Di Qiuhe¡¯s bodyguards used him of being a paparazzo.

    However, it was not time to over think that, he had more important thing to do.

    ¡°Gentleman, please, I am a photographer, I can show you my ID and I can leave my camera with you, I really need to talk to Di Qiuhe! This is urgent!¡±

    ¡°Wow, you are really not taking no for an answer.¡± two bodyguards lost their patience, they cornered He Bai back to the lift.

    Little did He Bai expect his big n would get dyed by two bodyguards, he was getting more and more anxious as time was ticking, soon he was going to lose the chance to save Di Qiuhe¡¯s life.

    Right at that moment, the other lift arrived.

    ¡°Mr. Di.¡± other bodyguards greeted Di Qiuhe.

    Hearing that, He Bai¡¯s eyes sparkled and he came up with an idea, ¡°Di Qiuhe!¡± shouted He Bai, ¡°I¡¯m the person bumped into you at the restaurant, and our drinks got mixed up, I found your drink was poisoned, I need to talk to you!¡±

    The two bodyguards were provoked by He Bai, they were about to tackle him.

    He Bai dodged, but it was of no avail.

    ¡°Let go of him.¡±

    Di Qiuhe walked towards them, He Bai raised his head, but what met his eyes were Di Qiuhe¡¯s cold and inquiring eyes, He Bai¡¯s heart sank, soon he collected his thoughts and continued, ¡°Di Qiuhe, your drink is right here, feel free to have it checked.¡±

    Di Qiuhe looked He Bai up and down, then he stared at He Bai¡¯s left cheek, ¡°Now, smile for me.¡± He Bai squinted his eyes and asked ¡°pardon¡± with disbelief. His dimple was showing as he asked that question.

    Seeing the dimple, Di Qiuhe withdrew his gaze and smiled, he signaled the bodyguards to let go of He Bai, ¡°Yeah, right, I remember you,e follow me.¡±

    The two bodyguards exchanged a look, they were both confused what on earth was going on, but they obeyed what Di Qiuhe just said.

    He Bai walked out of the elevator and followed Di Qiuhe, Wang Boyi and An Xixi were walking towards them, seeing that woman, he frowned and picked up his pace, he needed to protect Qiuhe from that An Xixi.

    Di Qiuhe entered his suite first, He Bai followed, then he turned around and looked at An Xixi, ¡°Excuse me, I need to have a private conversation with Di Qiuhe, please wait outside.¡±

    An Xixi was dumbfounded, how brazen this paparazzo was! Wang Boyi also frowned as he didn¡¯t appreciate the way Di Qiuhe talked to his girlfriend.

    An Xixi looked at Di Qiuhe who just turned around, ¡°Mr. Di, this man is so suspicious, do you really want to have a private conversation with him? Please think twice.¡±

    Di Qiuhe¡¯s eyes travelled among the three, ¡°You... ...¡±

    Bang!

    He Bai closed the door!

    He pushed Di Qiuhe back into the suite and he followed promptly, the two stared at each other in the dark for a few seconds, Di Qiuhe coughed, ¡°Ahem, the room key is in my assistant¡¯s hand, but we need some light. I¡¯ll ask him toe in.¡±

    Wang Boyi was knocking on the door and tried to swipe the room key from outside, He Bai opened the door, he smiled at Wang Boyi and grabbed the room key from his hand. With that he closed the door, again.

    Beep.

    He Bai inserted the room key, and the room was aze. He looked at Di Qiuhe and said, ¡°Here, here¡¯s the light you asked for.¡±

    Di Qiuhe had never seen anyone who treated someone else¡¯s room as his own home court.

    The two were both silent, He Bai was at a loss of words seeing a mature version of Childish Di standing in front of him, and Di Qiuhe was just looking at He Bai with a meaningful smile, he was now intrigued to see what this young man was up to.

    He Bai thought he had now isted Di Qiuhe from An Xixi, Di Qiuhe should be safe now.

    Soon Di Qiuhe¡¯s phone rang, so he withdrew his gaze from He Bai, ¡°Yeah, I¡¯m fine, you guys had a long day, we might as well call it a night then. Yeah, all right, bring me the meds then.¡± then he hung up the phone.

    ¡°Take a seat.¡± Di Qiuhe signaled the sofa at He Bai.

    ¡°Okay.¡±

    Seeing the cold attitude from Di Qiuhe, He Bai tried hard to suppress the sadness surging in his heart, ¡®It¡¯s fine, he doesn¡¯t know me in this life.¡¯

    After He Bai was seated, Di Qiuhe went to open the door for An Xixi would bring Di Qiuhe¡¯s meds soon. He Bai¡¯s eyes were like glued on Di Qiuhe¡¯s back, he stared at Di Qiuhe as he took every step.

    Di Qiuhe noticed He Bai¡¯s hot stare, somehow he found this young man very interesting and he didn¡¯t mind the rude behaviour from shouting in the hallway to pushing him into the suite.

 Chapter 288 - Side Story Six (2)

    <h4>Chapter 288: Side Story Six (2)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Di Qiuhe walked back to the sofa after he opened the door, he poured He Bai a ss of water and asked, ¡°You said the drink was poisoned, how do you know? Have you had some?¡±

    He Bai was dumbfounded, he didn¡¯t realize the drink was still sealed in the bottle. He was just trying to find way to catch Di Qiuhe¡¯s attention and have an excuse to talk to him, he rushed to the hotel as soon as he woke up. He hadn¡¯t touch the drink yet, now he took a glimpse at the drink and was at a loss.

    ¡°Is this the drink?¡± Di Qiuhe noticed He Bai looked at the bottle so he reached for it.

    He Bai¡¯s eyes were wide open, he subconsciously reached out to stop Di Qiuhe, but he was slower than Di Qiuhe, his hand ended upnding on Di Qiuhe¡¯s hand.

    Di Qiuhe slightly frowned, he raised his head and looked at He Bai.

    He Bai was transfixed, ¡®Sigh, this hand, I used to hold this hand every day and night, look at me now, I identally touched this hand, and he was staring at me like I¡¯m a pervert.¡¯

    An Xixi¡¯s footsteps broke the silence.

    Di Qiuhe withdrew his hand and looked at An Xixi who was carrying a tray, ¡°Thank you, Assistant An, good night.¡±

    An Xixi took a look at He Bai with alert, she put the tray on the table and said, ¡°No worried, Mr. Di, here are the meds, but the doctor says it¡¯s bad to have them on an empty stomach, so I ordered this porridge for you, it¡¯s nice and hearty, and this gentleman over there... it¡¯s gettingte now, you have a long day tomorrow, this gentleman can leave with me.¡±

    It indeed was gettingte, Di Qiuhe took a glimpse at He Bai and frowned.

    He Bai was still nestling in the sofa, he, of course, was not going to listen to An Xixi. The meds and porridge on the tray caught his attention, thinking about how easily An Xixi could push Di Qiuhe out from the balcony, He Bai was almost certain that the meds and porridge were questionable.

    He Bai rolled his eyes and he suddenly stood up and walked to the bathroom, with that he ¡°identally¡± knocked over the meds and porridge.

    An Xixi was infuriated, she cursed He Bai in her heart then she turned around and said in a demanding tone, ¡°Mr. Di, look at this man, you need to throw him out!¡±

    ¡°Throwing him out or not, it¡¯s my decision to make.¡± said Di Qiuhe with indifference, he didn¡¯t appreciate the tone that An Xixi just talked to him.

    ¡°As you just said, it¡¯s gettingte, you may leave now.¡±

    An Xixi was choked, she left the suite with regret.

    He Bai opened the lid on the bottle and spilled some to the toilet, he needed to convince Di Qiuhe that this drink was poisonous, so he needed to make it look at least usible, Di Qiuhe would not buy a word if he saw the bottle was still sealed.

    After that being done, He Bai walked out of the bathroom, he let a sigh of relief seeing Di Qiuhe sitting on the couch safe and sound. He walked to the balcony and locked the window, he double checked a few times on the lock, not giving An Xixi any chance to murder Di Qiuhe.

    ¡°What are you doing?¡± asked Di Qiuhe with interest.

    ¡°I¡¯m protecting... ...¡±

    There came another knock on the door, it was An Xixi carrying a tray again, she brought two bodyguards with her this time.

    He Bai took a glimpse at the tray, he was more certain the porridge was questionable. This An Xixi in this life, so stubborn.

    ¡°Mr. Di, I ordered a new porridge for you. As for the guest, I can arrange him a room tonight, it¡¯s getting toote now, probably not the best timing to have a talk.¡± An Xixi put the tray on the table and suggested in a gentle voice.

    He Bai snorted, he took a seat right next to Di Qiuhe and handed him a bag of chips, ¡°You can have this before you take your meds, DON¡¯T have that porridge.¡±

    Di Qiuhe was so confused right now, this man, obviously had no concept of ¡°personal space.¡±

    ¡°What are you staring at? Just eat, the police will be here soon, no one is getting any sleep tonight I¡¯m sure.¡±

    ¡°Police?¡± An Xixi and Di Qiuhe asked in unison, one asked with shock and fear, while the other one asked with confusion.

    ¡®This Childish Di, such an idiot! How can he employ An Xixi as his assistant, look at the way she has been talking to him.¡¯ thought He Bai.

    The way An Xixi reacted caught Di Qiuhe¡¯s attention, he squinted his eyes and looked at An Xixi, ¡°Assistant An, are you afraid of the police?¡±

    An Xixi lowered her head to hide her emotions, she stammered, ¡°No... I¡¯m not... Mr. Di, I just think this guest is very suspicious... ...¡±

    ¡°Assistant An, mind yournguage.¡± Di Qiuhe chimed in, ¡°Do you think I need an assistant who makes decision for me? You have been asking this guest to leave, what are you up to?¡±

    An Xixi was startled, she raised her head and her face turned pale, she faltered, ¡°No, I have not, Mr. Di, no... ...¡±

    ¡°Take her out.¡± Di Qiuhe had enough, he signaled at the twp bodyguards who came with her and said intentionally, ¡°It looks like my bodyguards are not just taking orders from me.¡±

    The two bodyguards lowered their head and took An Xixi out.

    Silence resumed in this room.

    He Bai let out a sigh of relief, An Xixi now was taken away from Di Qiuhe, he opened the snack and dived in, he was exhausted.

    ¡°Before the police came,¡± He Bai¡¯s snack was taken away, ¡°Tell me who are you, I have to say the way you came to me is very original, let me guess, you are a fan? A paparazzo? The way you look at me, I see affection and care... ... you have a crush on me? Who are you?¡±

    ¡°No.¡± He Bai shook his head, ¡°I¡¯m your life-savor.¡±

    For two lives!

 Chapter 289 - Side Story Seven (1)

    <b>Chapter 289: Side Story Seven (1)</b>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Di Qiuhe was dumbfounded, he didn¡¯t know what to say, he averted his gaze from He Bai to the drink, he checked the bottle and asked, ¡°So is this the drink you are talking about? What exactly are the symptoms? Why are you so sure it¡¯s poisonous?¡±

    ¡°I don¡¯t know the exact symptoms, but I identally spilled some by a pond, a frog had some and died.¡± He Bai lied about the frog to make it sound more convincing. And he continued, ¡°I¡¯m sure it¡¯s the drink, then I thought about you, so I rushed here to save your life, so, yeah, you owe me a thanks for saving your life.¡± with that he took a look at the porridge on the carpet, ¡°maybe two lives.¡± well, to be urate, maybe a lot of lives.

    Di Qiuhe also took a glimpse at the porridge, he lowered his head and thought for a while, ¡°But why didn¡¯t you just call the police ans ask them to check on the drink? Youe to my hotel and harass my bodyguards instead?¡±

    ¡°Harass¡±?

    He Bai frowned, he swore he would have given this Childish Di a good beating if he dared to talk to him like this in the other life, but for now, he had to take a deep breath and said, ¡°I¡¯m afraid you will be poisoned before the police check the drink.¡±

    ¡°How do you know who I am and my address? This is a private trip, and I¡¯ve been very cautious and low key the whole time, but you havee directly to the hotel and came to my suite?¡± Di Qiuhe kept throwing questions at He Bai.

    He Bai was getting so impatient, he didn¡¯t want to scare Di Qiuhe by saying the truth, ¡®hey, I¡¯m from the other life.¡¯ so he kept silent.

    Di Qiuhe wasn¡¯t annoyed by the silence, he changed the subject, ¡°It looks like you are very hostile to Assistant An?¡± then he looked at He Bai to see his reaction, ¡°Don¡¯t deny it, I saw it when you ¡®identally¡¯ knocked over the porridge.¡±

    He Bai took a deep breath and rolled his eyes at Di Qiuhe, ¡°Isn¡¯t itmon sense that you know someone is trying to poison you, you better not eat anything from anyone before you find out who it is?¡±

    Di Qiuhe somehow found the way He Bai rolled his eyes at him pretty cute, and he wanted to poke at He Bai¡¯s dimple, but his sense told him not to.

    This was the first time that he was so tolerant to someone, just think about it, he didn¡¯t know anything about this man who seemed to be rude to his subordinates and failed to justify himself. With that in mind, Di Qiuhe went to the bathroom.

    Seeing Di Qiuhe¡¯s receding figure, He Bai flipped off at his back.

    The police arrived soon, the whole team of bodyguards were called out to cooperate with the police, Wang Boyi who had fallen asleep also walked out from his room to check what was going on, he didn¡¯t see An Xixi in the hallway and he frowned slightly.

    The police took the drink that He Bai said was poisonous, and they took a sample of the porridge from the carpet, they also asked He Bai and An Xixi a few questions. With that they took their leave saying they would inform He Bai and Di Qiuhe the results as soon as possible.

    Di Qiuhe walked the police away and he told Wang Boyi to keep an eye on An Xixi and take away her phone before he gets the results.

    Wang Boyi nodded, he clenched his fists and sighed. Di Qiuhe wouldn¡¯t just give him this order, An Xixi must have done something horrible.

    Wang Boyi took a deep breath, he felt he was overwhelmed by a surge exhaustion.

    Di Qiuhe thought about that guy in his room, he walked back to his room with a spring in his steps, the bodyguards were all at a loss.

    Someone was going to poison Mr. Di, but howe he looked ... pretty cheerful?

    Di Qiuhe put on a poker face when he entered his room, seeing He Bai still nestling in the sofa, he said, ¡°The police has left, and I called a few people, chances are we will get the results tomorrow.¡±

    Silence was the reply.

    Di Qiuhe walked towards the guy on the sofa only to find he had already fallen asleep.

    Di Qiuhe smiled, he stared at He Bai for quite a while and he tried to put him in afortable position.

    ¡°Qiuhe... ...¡±

    Di Qiuhe just touched He Bai¡¯s shoulder when He Bai felt the familiar aura and murmured Di Qiuhe¡¯s name, He Bai reached out his arms and wrapped his arms around Di Qiuhe¡¯s neck. Di Qiuhe was too dumbfounded to move.

    ¡°Cuddle me, Childish Di.¡± demanded He Bai with dissatisfaction.

    ¡°Childish Di?¡± Di Qiuhe opened his eyes wide, ¡°Is he calling me?¡±

    Di Qiuhe¡¯s heart was pounding, he tried to withdraw his arms but He Bai refused to let go, he even left a bite on Di Qiuhe¡¯s arm. Di Qiuhe raised his hand, he touched He Bai¡¯s cheek and finally he poked at He Bai¡¯s dimple.

    He Bai made a snort, it seemed like he wasn¡¯t happy that he was pestered in his sleep, he rolled to the other side, geez, and the boy almost fell on the floor. Di Qiuhe acted promptly, he reached his arms and caught hold of He Bai.

    He Bai was resting in Di Qiuhe¡¯s arms, he could feel He Bai¡¯s warm breath on his forearm, his heart was pounding, he looked at the young man who was sleeping like a baby, and he decided he might as well be a good pillow tonight. So he squatted on the floor and rxed his body, letting He Bai sleep on his armsfortably.

    Seeing the man in his arms, Di Qiuhe felt like he had known this man for a long time, why would he have this feeling?

    The bodyguards who were still standing outside waiting for taking He Bai to a different room were all confused, ¡°Are they still talking?¡±

 Chapter 290 - Side Story Seven (2)

    <strong>Chapter 290: Side Story Seven (2)</strong>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Di Qiuhe woke He Bai up next morning, both were sore all over, and together they went to the police station.

    ¡°Here are the results.¡± the officer presented Di Qiuhe and He Bai the reports, ¡°Things are looking bad. There are residues of some prohibited drugs in the juice, as for the porridge, there are some herbs in it, the herbs themselves are fine, but Mr. Di is taking meds yeah, and we checked the meds, the meds and the herbs together will incura. We checked the CCTV footage from the restaurant you both wen to, and we are sure you two got each other¡¯s drink. So Mr. He basically has saved your life, Mr. Di. And one more question, Mr. Di, you bought the drink by yourself at the restaurant or is it your assistant who has bought it for you?¡±

    Di Qiuhe recalled what happened yesterday, he tapped his knees and replied, ¡°My assistant An Xixi bought if for me, good Vitamin C.¡±

    Hearing that, Wang Boyi who was standing next to Di Qiuhe looked so crestfallen, his shouldered drooped.

    He Bai frowned, he thought through the whole thing, it looked like Qin Li and Di Chunhua were determined to have An Xixi to be the scapegoat, An Xixi was the suspect for both the poisoning. But ording to An Xixi¡¯s reactionst night, she seemed to have no idea about the juice.

    Could it be Di Chunhua poisoned the juice and she asked An Xixi to give the juice to Di Qiuhe, and she asked An Xixi to poison the porridge, thus it became dual fail-safe.

    The police officer¡¯s face darkened, he said, ¡°I need to talk to this Assistant An.¡±

    ¡°Yeah, she will be here in a minute.¡± replied Di Qiuhe, he looked so calm then he signaled He Bai to leave with him.

    Di Qiuhe took He Bai to a restaurant after they walked out of the police station. And he just stared at He Bai without saying anything.

    ¡°Why are you staring me like that?¡± faltered He Bai, he was not used to the way a mature version of Di Qiuhe looked at him in this life.

    ¡°Your name is He Bai?¡±

    He Bai nodded, he didn¡¯t know why Di Qiuhe asked him this question, he was pretty sure he had introduced himself loud and clear the day before, and he had introduced himself to the police officer when Di Qiuhe was standing right next to him.

    ¡°Who is Childish Di?¡± Di Qiuhe¡¯s voice got deeper.

    ¡°Par... pardon?¡± asked He Bai.

    ¡°Childish Di.¡± repeated Di Qiuhe gently.

    He Bai sprang to his feet and stared at Di Qiuhe, ¡°Aiya Qiuhe, what¡¯s going on? Am I dreaming? What¡¯s going on?¡±

    Di Qiuhe just looked at him with affection rippled in his eyes.

    ¡°Qiuhe...¡± He Bai felt so happy seeing the familiar look, he threw himself at Di Qiuhe, but soon he found this Di Qiuhe¡¯s body got stiff. He Bai rolled his eyes and let go of Di Qiuhe, he whispered at Di Qiuhe¡¯s ears, ¡°call me, Qiuhe.¡±

    Di Qiuhe didn¡¯t sense anything wrong, he whispered He Bai¡¯s name, trying to get more information out of He Bai.

    ¡°No, this is not the way you normally call me.¡± He Bai shook his head and looked defeated.

    Di Qiuhe kept acting, he concealed the panic when He Bai pointed out this was not how he usually called him, he stroked He Bai¡¯s hair and said half-jokingly, ¡°I¡¯m just kidding, how do I call you? Do I call you by your nickname?¡±

    ¡°No,¡± retorted He Bai, he reached out his hands and hugged Di Qiuhe, ¡°You always call me... daddy!¡±

    Di Qiuhe got more stiff.

    He Bai was beaming, his hands were travelling up and down on Di Qiuhe, ¡°Good boy Qiuhe, daddy loves you.¡±

    Di Qiuhe who had been single for over thirty years in this life couldn¡¯t take the way He Bai messed with him, he pushed He Bai away.

    He Bai took a seat on the chair and cracked a cold smile, ¡°I talked in my dream, right?¡± he couldn¡¯t think any other exnation why Di Qiuhe would ask who Childish Di was.

    This man standing in front him didn¡¯t trust him one hundred percent, so he was being tested by the question. He Bai¡¯s heart was breaking, the man who he married in another life didn¡¯t trust him and he was testing him by asking questions. He didn¡¯t know why God would do this to him, making him travel across different lives.

    How he wished this was a dream! He wished when he opened his eyes the next second, Di Qiuhe would ask him with concern, ¡°Puppy, are you all right? You have been sleeping for so long!¡±

    Di Qiuhe also noticed He Bai¡¯s feelings from his eyes, He Bai now looked both angry and sad. He felt sorry and soon quit testing He Bai, the waitress knocked on the door when he was about to exin.

    Di Qiuhe found all the dishes were his favorite, how could this He Bai man knew his preference so well?

    He Bai looked at the dishes and said deliberately, ¡°Hey Mr. Di, I don¡¯t know your preference, feel free to order whatever you like.¡±

    ¡°No... I like them.¡± Di Qiuhe answered with a fawning smile on the face, he didn¡¯t mean to hurt He Bai¡¯s feelings, and he went on gently, ¡°There are all my favorites, what are the odds that you and I like exactly the same dishes.¡±

    He Bai lowered his head and kept silent.

    Di Qiuhe took a few bites of the dishes, but he wasn¡¯t enjoying the food at all with so much going on in his mind. Thinking about theirst night, Di Qiuhe apologized in an earnest way, ¡°I¡¯m sorry for testing you, thank you so much for saving my life. Yeah I heard ¡®Childish Di¡¯ when you were talking in your sleepst night, and you called me with such affection, so I got curious and tested you. Do you know someone else who is also named Qiuhe?¡±

    ¡°Do you know someone else who is also named Qiuhe?¡± He Bai halted hearing this question, he raised his head and looked at this Di Qiuhe.

    Same features, same voice, same characteristics. Di Qiuhe seemed to like He Bai a lot considering the way he treated He Bai, he told off his bodyguardsst night and suspected An Xixi after what He Bai had said to him.

    Wait, He Bai found something abnormal.

 Chapter 291 - Side Story Seven (3)

    <h4>Chapter 291: Side Story Seven (3)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    In the other life when Di Qiuhe mistook He Bai as a paparazzo on their first encounter, Di Qiuhe seemed to have grown fondness for He Bai pretty soon as well, he trusted He Bai and shone his true color in front of He Bai.

    He Bai put down his chopsticks and squeezed Di Qiuhe¡¯s cheek.

    Di Qiuhe, oddly enough, didn¡¯t dodge the squeezing or show a sh of annoyance in his eyes, he just wasn¡¯t expecting this to happen and he asked with confusion, ¡°What¡¯s going on? Are you all right?¡±

    Hearing this question, He Bai was more assured Di Qiuhe had grown fondness for him in this life as well.

    Di Qiuhe was in his mid-thirties in this life, he was known for being difficult and anti social after work, so he only had a small friends circle in show business, because he couldn¡¯t be bothered to make more friends, to be more urate, he just didn¡¯t trust people.

    Knowing that he had won Di Qiuhe¡¯s heart in this life as well, He Bai now was in high spirits, he looked at Di Qiuhe in the eye and grabbed his hand, ¡°Listen, I don¡¯t know anyone else who is also named Qiuhe in this world.¡±

    Di Qiuhe didn¡¯t shake off He Bai¡¯s hand, he was tempted to continue this conversation, he asked in a gentle voice, ¡°But you are calling Qiuhe in your dream.¡±

    ¡°Well, I was calling Qiuhe from the other world.¡± He Bai was still staring at Di Qiuhe¡¯s eyes, trying to capture Di Qiuhe¡¯s emotions, he said it slowly, ¡°Yes, you and him have the same name, same family, same background, same trajectory, what is different is he has met me when he was twenty three years old and we fell in love.¡±

    ¡°What?¡± Di Qiuhe¡¯s eyes were wide open, this was so overwhelming for him that he flushed tomato red and he tried to withdraw his hand, ¡°I¡¯m sure this is your dream, you... ...¡±

    He Bai grabbed Di Qiuhe¡¯s hand even tighter and continued, ¡°If you say it¡¯s a dream, then it is. I helped to get the part of Cheng Jun in the movie ¡®Cheng¡¯s Army¡¯, and we yed some game with his stepmother, we found out the truth of his step sister¡¯s birth, his father and stepmother divorced, and we found his grandpa and took care of him, in the end grandpa helped us to get back at Huangdu and Qin Family, and, me and Qiuhe got married.¡±

    Di Qiuhe was fascinated by He Bai¡¯s story telling, how he wish it were all true! He Bai let go of Di Qiuhe¡¯s hand and smiled at him, ¡°But yeah, as you said, it was all a dream, no way I would fall in love with a man and get married with a man, right?¡±

    But Di Qiuhe frowned, he would love to have more details of this story, he caught hold of He Bai¡¯s hand and pulled his closer to himself, he asked promptly, ¡°Tell me more, what else was in your dream? Tell me more!¡±

    He Bai yed dumb, ¡°that¡¯s it¡±, then he touche his belly, ¡°Qiuhe, I¡¯m hungry, shall we eat?¡±

    Di Qiuhe took a look at He Bai¡¯s belly, yeah, such a t tummy. Hmm, time to eat.

    ¡°Shall we eat, Qiuhe?¡± He Bai asked with his innocent puppy eyes sparkling.

    ¡°Yeah, let¡¯s eat.¡± Di Qiuhe slowly let go of He Bai while his eyes travelled at He Bai¡¯s face up and down, trying to find traces that might give He Bai away.

    Thinking about it was the ¡°Qiuhe¡± from the other world that captured He Bai¡¯s mind, Di Qiuhe¡¯s eyebrows knit together, he didn¡¯t eat much.

    The police arrested An Xixi while they were having this conversation.

    He Bai didn¡¯t want Qin Li or Di Chunhua to harm Di Qiuhe, so he told everything in detail what had happened in the other life, he specifically told Qiuhe about the truth of Di Chunhua¡¯s birth and the conflicts going on within Qin Family.

    Di Qiuhe went silent for a while after he heard what He Bai said, he only asked one question, ¡°My grandpa is alive, and he is doing great in the other world? And he created Da Ze for me?¡±

    He Bai nodded, he was d that Di Qiuhe just asked this question, it meant Di Qiuhe had found out a decent amount of clues about the truth of Di Chunhua¡¯s birth and the conflicts going on within Qin Family, if not all. Fan Da was his only regret, he still hadn¡¯t found anything about his grandpa in this life, He Bai thought chances were grandpa had already passed away in this life.

    Thinking of this possibility, He Bai sighed.

    Grandpa died before he found his grandson and told his grandson that how much he loved him. What a shame!

    Di Qiuhe on the other hand was analyzing what he just heard from He Bai, he knew he shoulde up with a way to protect himself as soon as possible. His life was seriously on the line.

    He Bai was nestling on the sofa and missing his Childish Di, Childish Di now must have gone mad now in the other world, how he wish he could go back and tell Di Qiuhe that he is fine.

    Seeing how crestfallen He Bai looked, Di Qiuhe felt sad and he walked towards He Bai to stroke his hair, trying to make him feel better.

    He Bai raised his head and smiled at Di Qiuhe, ¡°I¡¯m fine, thank you. I just called my assistant to help you, he is great, I¡¯m sure he could help. And don¡¯t worry, he has great work ethics, he won¡¯t tell anyone about your private life.¡±

    ¡°Bai.¡± Di Qiuhe called He Bai with affection in his voice, he reached out his hand trying to stroke He Bai¡¯s hair again.

    He Bai ran away, he sprang from the sofa and changed the subject, ¡°I¡¯m so tired now, how about you?¡± with that he left the room.

    Seeing He Bai¡¯s retiring figure, Di Qiuhe¡¯s eyes dimmed.

    He was so sad that he wasn¡¯t the ¡°Qiuhe¡± in He Bai¡¯s dream, he wish he were!

    But He Bai¡¯s reaction just now was such a wake up call, He Bai was avoiding him. He didn¡¯t know what to do.

 Chapter 292 - Side Story Seven (4)

    <h4>Chapter 292: Side Story Seven (4)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    He Bai now was lying in bed and staring at the ceiling, the scene where he and Di Qiuhe talked on the phone before he was injured on the battlefield kept shing across his mind. Soon he had a headache from that and he cringed his body.

    It was that twenty three year old Di Qiuhe who he had fell in love with, this Di Qiuhe was not exactly the same person. He didn¡¯t understand why God yed such a cruel joke on him.

    He kept murmuring Childish Di in his dream that night.

    Tears streamed down on his cheeks, he didn¡¯t know what he could do about the situation, he missed his Childish Di and their sweet ce called home, but he didn¡¯t know whether he could see his Childish Di any more.

    He heard the door when he was falling asleep, he tried to open his eyes, but exhaustion took the upper hand. He felt a warm touch on his forehead, then he fell asleep.

    He Bai woke up in Di Qiuhe¡¯s arms the next morning, it took him a solid minute to realize what was going on. He sprang from the bed and pointed at Di Qiuhe, ¡°You! How very dare you!¡± with that he threw a pillow at this Di Qiuhe who brazenly sneaked into his room.

    Di Qiuhe woke up by He Bai¡¯s tantrum, he didn¡¯t defend himself or anything, he just asked, ¡°You are awake? What do you feel like for breakfast? Some buns with soy milk? Or fish porridge?¡±

    Familiar tone, familiar menu... ...

    He Bai looked around to see which Qiuhe he was talking to.

    Ten minutester, breakfast was served. He Bai looked underwhelmed by what Di Qiuhe served.

    Di Qiuhe asked with concern, ¡°You don¡¯t like it?¡±

    He Bai squinted at Di Qiuhe and said, ¡°I thought you would be cooking, who knows you just ordered in.¡±

    Di Qiuhe didn¡¯t expect how straightforward He Bai could be, he tried to collect himself and replied, ¡°It¡¯s kind ofte today, but I will cook you some tomorrow if you prefer homemade breakfast.¡±

    ¡°All right then.¡± He Bai took a glimpse at Di Qiuhe and murmured, ¡°I will cook you a steak dinner tonight to return your kindness.¡±

    Di Qiuhe raised his head and smiled, ¡°Thank you, that sounds great.¡±

    Xing Shaofeng arrived at Di Qiuhe¡¯s two dayster, he surely offered a lot of help in An Xixi¡¯s case, Xing Shaofeng and Di Qiuhe got along well, He Bai didn¡¯t bother to ask them about the updates, he knew the boys got it.

    One weekter, An Xixi confessed it was Di Chunhua who was behind the scene; two weekster, the truth of Di Chunhua¡¯s birth was covered by media and Qin Family¡¯s business took a hit from that; three weekster, the story of Qin Li being a home wrecker was covered and An Xixi convinced her father to disclose the fact that Qin Mingqiang asked him and his colleagues to poison hispetitors; one monthter, Di Xiasong was found out of murdering Fan Da; two monthster, Di Bian and Qin Li both were thrown into jail... ...

    Things were going great, but He Bai suddenly fell into aa.

    Di Qiuhe rushed into the hospital to check on He Bai as soon as Xing Shaofeng told him the news.

    No one could find out why He Bai fell into aa, not even the best doctors.

    This wasn¡¯t the first time that He Bai fell into aa in this world, but he managed to wake up pretty soon every time. And every time he woke up, he would tell Di Qiuhe more information in the other world.

    But hisasted longer and longer, that made Di Qiuhe anxious.

    This was the sixth time that He Bai fell into aa, it didn¡¯t look well.

    Di Qiuhe now was sitting at He Bai¡¯s bed, he touched He Bai¡¯s hand and said, ¡°I¡¯m sorry, I know I¡¯m not good enough for you so you are going back to see him in your dream, but I¡¯m trying, I¡¯m trying so hard.¡±

    That too Xing Shaofeng by surprise, he looked Di Qiuhe with his eyes wide open.

    ¡°Bai! Wake up now!¡±

    Who would knew it actually worked, He Bai opened his eyes suddenly and looked at Di Qiuhe.

    Di Qiuhe was overjoyed, he looked at He Bai with his eyes sparkling, but he tried to act normal, he touched He Bai¡¯s fever to make sure he wasn¡¯t in a fever and asked him, ¡°Are you feeling all right? Are you thirsty? Do you want water?¡±

    Knowing he was still in the other world, He Bai felt sad, even though this mature version of Di Qiuhe was still as attractive and handsome as the Di Qiuhe in his mind, he simply suppressed his emotions and cracked a smile, ¡°Sorry that I have worried you again, how long have I been in aa for this time?¡±

    Di Qiuhe saw He Bai¡¯s eyes dimmed, but he still smiled at He Bai and replied, ¡°Not very long, the doctor says it might be stress that has triggered thea, do you feel like a trip soon? How about D Country? I know there¡¯s a great flower sea in a mountain there.¡±

    He Bai didn¡¯t have the heart to say no, he nodded with a smile.

    He Bai had never fallen intoa, he visited the flower sea with Di Qiuhe, the two took so many photos in that beautiful country.

    Seeing this gentle and handsome Di Qiuhe from his lense, He Bai put down his camera and hugged Di Qiuhe for the first time since he told Di Qiuhe about his ¡°dream¡±.

 Chapter 293(END) - Side Story Seven (5)

    <h4>Chapter 293: Side Story Seven (5)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Di Qiuhe was overwhelmed by this lovely surprise, he stroked He Bai¡¯s head clumsily and faltered, ¡°Bai, you... you... ...¡±

    ¡°I¡¯m leaving soon.¡± He Bai interrupted, he patted Di Qiuhe on the shoulder an said, ¡°I know no one can hurt you any more, my job is done here. I should go back home now, going back to my Childish Di, he must have gone mad waiting for me.¡±

    Di Qiuhe clenched his arms, he didn¡¯t know what to say.

    He Bai turned back and saw a corner on the za, Di Qiuhe made him a snowman right at that corner.

    ¡°I¡¯m spoiled by my Childish Di in the other world, he needs to deal with it bu himself.¡± He Bai continued, his voice was so soft, ¡°If you are really looking for a rtionship, try open your heart and look for a He Bai who isn¡¯t spoiled by Di Qiuhe, I¡¯m sure that He Bai will fall in love with you.¡±

    Hearing He Bai ask him to look for someone else, Di Qiuhe cracked a smile and asked, ¡°So... is this really a dream?¡±

    He Bai shook his head and smiled, ¡°I don¡¯t know either, I don¡¯t know what game the God is ying with us... Qiuhe, please take care.¡± He Bai honestly didn¡¯t know whether this was a dream or a parallel world or his previous life, he had no idea. But he did know he should go back to his Childish Di, that was the only way for both this Di Qiuhe and his Childish Di to find happiness, and of course for himself.

    With that He Bai closed his eyes and fell onto the ground.

    ¡°If you don¡¯t wake up today, I will smash all your cameras and our photo wall at home, and... and all of your photo albums!¡± He Bai heard the familiar voice with a familiar tone, ¡°And I won¡¯t let you run around ever again, you are only allowed to have a good time with my presence.¡±

    ¡°Sounds good.¡±

    ¡°You better walk the talk, young man.¡± Di Qiuhe continued this talk, and the next second he raised his head to make sure it was the man lying in bed who just said that, and tha apple in his hand fell on the floor.

    He Bai saw that and shook his head disapprovingly, ¡°tut tut tut, no more fruit for you for a week.¡±

    Di Qiuhe stared at He Bai for a while and reached put his arms to hug him tightly, ¡°You know how long you were in aa for? A whole week! A whole bloody week! Howzy are you! I¡¯m telling you now, no more jumping out of yourfort zone bullshit, no, it ain¡¯t happening any... ...¡±

    ¡°I miss you so much Childish Di.¡± He Bai hugged Di Qiuhe tightly, ¡°Your beard... oh my, so spiky, ouch, Qiuhe, when was thest time you shaved?¡±

    Di Qiuhewas choked, but he decided to get naughty, he went all the way to kiss He Bai feverishly and asked, ¡°And whose fault is that? Who failed to keep his promise?¡±

    ¡°Mine, I guess.¡± He Bai admitted his mistake and kissed Di Qiuhe back, ¡°Also, Qiuhe, I¡¯m sorry.¡± He Bai said sincerely, he won¡¯t take any trip without Di Qiuhe any more, he wanted to spend every minute with this Childish Di for the rest of their lives.

    Di Qiuhe didn¡¯t expect He Bai would admit his mistake so quickly, he found it a little bit hard to believe, so he put on a poker face to let He Bai know how serious he was about this, ¡°Bai, I mean it! This is really scary for me, just to think I might lose you forever is unbearable for me, don¡¯t y all cute on me and run away!¡±

    He Bai smiled sheepishly, ¡°I mean it too, do you want me to buy a lock so you can lock me up at home?¡±

    ... ...

    ¡°Let¡¯s have one more honeymoon soon, yeah? Winter ising, let¡¯s make a snowman?¡±

    Di Qiuhe was not used to such a soft spoken He Bai, ¡°Don¡¯t act all cute, I won¡¯t fall for it.¡±

    He Bai touched Di Qiuhe¡¯s face gently, ¡°Qiuhe, I miss you so much, and I miss the buns you always make me for breakfast, I¡¯m so spoiled by you, you need to be held ountable and be responsible for me.¡±

    Di Qiuhe couldn¡¯t resist kissing him back, ¡°I will make you buns every day.¡±

    ¡°But you haven¡¯t in my dream.¡±

    ¡°What? That seems to be a stretch here, I call foul y.¡±

    ¡°I love you.¡±

    ¡°I love you, too.¡±

    Di Qiuhe kissed He Bai feverishly, letting him know how much he was missed.

    He Bai kissed Di Qiuhe back, he closed his eyes and enjoyed the moment yeah, where there was his Childish Di, where there was home. He just wanted to be this person¡¯s puppy no matter which universe, which world, which life he was in.

    To return to the Di Qiuhe in the previous life.

    Di Qiuhe woke up this morning having a headache, he seemed to have a really long dreamst night, but he couldn¡¯t recall a thing.

    ¡°Mr. Di, are you feeling better today? The lunch meeting is about to start, do we need to reschedule it?¡±

    The assistant¡¯s reminder dragged Di Qiuhe back to reality, he replied ¡°no, I¡¯m fine.¡±

    The lunch meeting was a big sess, Di Qiuhe took the drink his assistant just bought him and left earlier to avoid paparazzi, but he bumped into someone in the lobby, to his surprise, the one apologized sincerely and picked up his drink from the ground.

    ¡°Oh, coo, we are having the same drink.¡±

    A slender hand held the drink and passed it to him, Di Qiuhe nodded and took the drink. Suddenly the dimple on the person¡¯s left cheek caught his attention, something shed across his mind, he grabbed the person¡¯s hand, tightly.

    ¡°Sir?¡± the man looked at Di Qiuhe with concern, his smile faded, he reminded in a friendly manner, ¡°Sir, your hand should be on the drink, not this hand.¡±

    Di Qiuhe definitely had seen some judgement shed across the man¡¯s eyes, how interesting.

    Di Qiuhe took off the sunsses and took a glimpse at the camera hanging from the man¡¯s neck, ¡°So, you are a paparazzo?¡±

    ¡°What?¡±

    ¡°Here I am, take as many photos of me as you want.¡±

    ¡°Say what now? Could you please let me go first? I¡¯m no paparazzo, there seems to be some misunderstandings here.¡±

    ¡°On one conditions though, if you can fulfill that condition, you can take as many photos of me as you want.¡±

    ¡°What? Wait, why are there so many people now?¡±

    Di Qiuhe strode away from the lobby while dragging the man, he shook his head at his driver and walked to a smallne, he turned back and said to the man, ¡°Why? Because I¡¯m Di Qiuhe.¡±

    The man was furious, he screamed, ¡°I don¡¯t care! Let go of me! I need to go to the mountain for my night view shooting! Not in the mood to y some stupid game with you.¡±

    ¡°Well, toote to say no now.¡± Di Qiuhe curled his lips and held the man¡¯s hand tightly. Now he could recall he seemed to have lost something important in his dream, he was now on his way to get that back.

    It was never tote to fall in love.

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