Editor: Amaris
Mother Ye was very happy even though she only met Ren Jing by chance. But because she had been away for many days, she missed her son the most, so it didnât take long for her to put her idol aside and had her heart filled with her little Chen Chen.
The Ye Chen from two weeks ago would definitely be annoyed when he heard his mother brought up Ren Jing, but now he wanted to listen to his mother. Still, his mother considered his feelings and didnât mention Ren Jing anymore.
It was also a kind of melancholy.
It was already noon when they returned home. The family didnât go out to eat since Mother Ye insisted to cook by herself. She made some stir-fried dishes and soup. After fiddling around for more than an hour, she finally finished preparing dishes to build up her sonâs health.
Ye Chen said, "Youâve been on the plane for so long, so take a rest first."
Mother Ye said that she wasnât tired and joyfully kept herself busy.
Ye Chen leaned on the wall outside the kitchen and took a glance at his mother. He felt really happy and realized that he had really missed her.
Father Ye began to mindlessly boasting about his wife again. Then, he whispered to Ye Chen, "You, Son, should learn more from me on the matter of choosing a wife to marry."
The corner of Ye Chenâs mouth twitched.
Father Ye boasted about his wife so much, only then he asked about Ye Chenâs life for the past half month in a proud reluctant manner â a trademark passed down from the Ye family ancestors.
After Ye Chen listened to all that his father had to say, he really wanted to roll his eyes as he thought, Whatâs with that reluctant act, itâs so annoying!
Death system snickered, "Hoho." As if he wasnât a capricious brat himself.
Even though Mother Ye was born as a naive daughter of an eminent family, her cooking skill was beyond reproach. These father and son sat down to taste the dishes and felt very delightful upon doing so. Ye Chen had the delusion that he had been eating pigswill for half a month.
As expected, no matter how awesome a restaurant was, it couldnât compare to motherâs homemade foods.
In the afternoon, the family went to their old house to pay a visit to grandpa again.
The hierarchy in the proud yet adorable Ye Family was like this: Father Ye above Ye Chen, Grandpa Ye above Father Ye. But Ye Chen was still Grandpa Yeâs dearest grandson.
As a result, when he came back to his old house, his status had significantly improved. Father Ye behaved well like a quail. If Father Ye ever said anything harsh (to Ye Chen) he would probably be berated by the Old Master, let alone breaking his daughterâs legs...... Bah, his sonâs.
Grandpa Ye had a sickly look, but his spirit had become much better.
The family was reunited again. It was so lively that he had half more bowl for dinner.
Seeing such a scene in front of his eyes, Ye Chen felt very upset inside his heart instead.
Time was the most relentless thing. In his memory, grandpa was tall and solemn, but now his back was hunched, he had lost his majestic vigor. Like countless old people, he was suffering from illness and was helplessly waiting for his death.
Ye Chen felt bad, but he wasnât as weak as he was anymore.
He wanted to complete the monthly mission at once. He needed that ten life points because he wanted to see his grandpa becoming healthy again. He also wished that grandpa could have the chance to lead a leisurely life after a lifetime of struggles.
The next morning, Ye Chen called Xiao Liu early in the morning.
"Whatâs the schedule for todayâs work?" He actually would like to ask about the new playâs practice, but he didnât have the face to ask it directly, so he asked euphemistically.
But Ye Chen asking him like this made Xiao Liu dumbfounded.
Brother Chen actually took the initiative to ask about work?
Which work? Ohhh, the new play?
Xiao Liu was sharp so he hurriedly said, "I have received the script forãDevotionã. The audition is scheduled to be tomorrow. Movie King Ren told me that he wanted Brother Chen to have a good rest for a day, (so thereâs) no hurry."
Tomorrow? No! He could hardly wait for it anymore!
Ye Chen said, "I donât have anything scheduled today, canât it be today?"
Xiao Liu could swear that he had never seen his Brother Chen being so diligent and taking the initiative to do work like this before!
"Brother Chen, rest for a while, would you?"
Ye Chen said again, "Itâs just a practice, it wonât tire me that much."
Seeing Xiao Liu dawdling and hesitating, Ye Chen couldnât wait anymore and said, "Iâll give Ren Jing a call and ask if heâs free today."
Xiao Liu, "......" Is it possible that this Brother Chen is a fake?
Ye Chenâs cellphone rang before he could give Ren Jing a call.
"Youâve returned yet I didnât hear a peep from you." Gu Xiâs voice on the other side of the call sounded sluggish and sloppy.
Ye Chen, "Peep."
Gu Xi, "......"
Ye Chen, "Peep, peep, peep."n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
Gu Xi scolded him, "Good thing Iâm capable so I could complete it! Just because youâre a tad grown now doesnât mean you have to chase Ren Jing until country F. He was only going to be there for three or four days, yet you had to follow him there."
Ye Chen said, "So you havenât put Old Yu on your blacklist yet?" No need to think much about it, it must be Yu Xingzhe who told the news to him secretly.
Gu Xi rolled his eyes and said, "Iâm already an adult, I wonât do such childish thing."
Not childish, not childish. So it seemed that the one who lost his temper and blocked the producer, assistant director, lead actor and actress wasnât Fatty Gu.
Ye Chen still had to take care of his business, so he didnât want to continue this idle chatter anymore, "If you have something to say then say it, otherwise Iâll hang up."
Gu Xi asked, "Did you accept the role in the filmãDevotionã?"
Ye Chen was a bit embarrassed as he said, "Am I not allowed to?"
Gu Xi hit straight to the bullseye, "Youâve decided to come out of the closet?"
Ye Chen, "......"
Gu Xi said, "Donât say I didnât remind you. Your grandpa is in poor health, donât get him angry."
Of course Ye Chen understood that too. Hence, he had prioritized life point above everything else.
With this play, he could definitely get a lot of life points very quickly.
In due course, he would give ten life points to grandpa, ten for mother, ten for father, ten for maternal grandfather, ten for maternal grandmother. As for uncle...... There was no need to give uncle any, right? He was very strong, after all. He also considered giving cousin-brother ten life points and another ten for cousin-sister.
Oh my, once counted, it seemed that he must work hard to âearn moneyâ!
Gu Xi continued to scold him again, "I know that youâre in love and wanted to be lovey-dovey with him, but...... Love isnât that simple. You have to keep your distance and feel him out first. If you do it spontaneously like this, the other person would easily not cherish you. Understand?"
That sounds very reasonable, yeah. Ye Chen responded with a casual remark as he stealthily wrote Ren Jing a message on WeChat.
[I think ]
As he was still typing these two words, Gu Xi roared at him, "Iâm talking to you! Did you hear me or not!?"
Ye Chen was so shocked his hand flinched and he accidentally pressed the âsendâ key.
Ren Jing replied quickly, [I was also thinking of you.]
Eh...... Ye Chenâs face turned red all over, yet he wouldnât press the âunsendâ button.
Ren Jing sent him another message. [Have you eaten?]
Ye Chen sent him a picture of his breakfast.
Ren Jing replied. [It looks delicious.]
Ye Chen couldnât help but be a bit proud. [My motherâs cooking skill is invincible!]
âMotherâ Gu was still nagging about âClassic Theory on Loveâ to his son, but it went in Ye Chenâs left ear and immediately went out from his right ear, his heart was on his WeChat.
In the end, Gu Xi asked him, "Do you or do you not understand?"
Ye Chen said, "I understand, I understand."
Gu Xi, "Repeat it."
Ye Chen, "......" His speed of hanging up the call was fast, accurate, and ruthless.
Hearing the busy tone from his phone, Gu Xi couldnât help but feel âa grown boy canât be kept at homeâ.
The moment Ye Chen hung up Gu Xiâs call, he called Ren Jing.
"Are you busy today?" He asked Ren Jing.
Ren Jing answered, "Whatâs the matter? Do you have any plans?" He was obviously putting Chen Chen above all else.
Ye Chen said, "If youâre not busy, letâs have the audition today."
Ren Jing, "......"
Ye Chen asked under his breath, "Canât you do it (today)?"
"I can." Ren Jing couldnât agree more.
Ye Chen said, "Then how about before noon?"
Ren Jing tried his best to keep his voice calm as he said, "Alright, Iâll arrange it now."
Ye Chen was filled with joy and said, "Then Iâll hang up first?"
"Mn, see you later."
"See you later!"
Ye Chen hung up the call. His heart was filled with joy as he thought of the ten life points he was about to earn.
Death system expressed its feeling: This is really too shameful to be seen, too shameful!
Not long before the promised time, Xiao Liu came to pick Ye Chen up. He wanted to say that he didnât quite catch any sleep the whole night, but upon seeing Ye Chen being in high spirits, he swallowed all the words back, not saying anything in the end.
Ye Chen didnât feel tired at all. He slept comfortably on the plane, so he didnât feel the jet lag. In addition with him awaiting the play, he felt much better than usual instead.
When he was about to arrive, Ye Chen was a bit worried, âItâs only an audition, would there be enough people?â
Thirty people werenât that many, but not few too. The number would definitely exceed if it was normal shooting, but since this was only an audition......
However, when Ye Chen arrived and saw the crew, he immediately knew that he had been thinking too much.
The amount of people...... was a lot!
Furthermore, what was going on with some of them who were looking at him with sparkling eyes? Did it mean that he have fans too? Ye Chen felt quite pleased with himself inside his heart.
âBig Brother Yang and the Young Servantsâ WeChat group reported: Advanced notice to the reporters, the Big Darling has shown up! To all spectators, please choose the best position!
Thirty people? Not a problem at all......
Authorâs Note
The author has something to say: Hahaha!