Chapter 42: CH 39

Chapter 39: Do you want to come in and sit down

The office was quiet for a while. Xie You didn’t speak.

Qu Xiaoran sat down on the sofa carelessly and threw the car keys aside. He didn’t know where to put his hands and feet, so he straightened his collar flat and said carefully, “Xie Xiaoyou… are you okay?” As he spoke, he observed Xie You’s expression but couldn’t distinguish any emotion.

He felt sorry for Xie You for a while, but he didn’t know how to console him. There were fragrant grasses everywhere in the world, but his brother was only in love with the flower Yu Nian; what should he do?

Xie You was a little lost in thought—kissing with one hand against the wall…?

Then Qu Xiaoran was shocked to find out, “F*ck, Xie Xiaoyou, why are your ears red?!”

“No.” Xie You directly denied it with a natural expression, making Qu Xiaoran wonder if his eyes have a problem.

Xie You asked again, “You just said a female model who is taller and better-looking than him?”

Qu Xiaoran turned his attention away from his ears and slapped his hand on his thigh, “That’s right! The source of the news is absolutely reliable. It is said that Yu Nian said it himself!”

Xie You pointed out the problem in this sentence, “But there is no female model who looks better than him; your information is wrong.”

Qu Xiaoran was stunned, “What you said seems to make sense! No,” he reacted, “in your eyes, there is no one in this world who is better-looking than your family, right?”

Xie You nodded, “Yeah.”

Qu Xiaoran: “…”

He straightened his thoughts and asked Xie You again, “But, seriously, do you want to be a little more proactive? If Yu Nian announced his relationship in the future, and got together with that strong female model, you would cry your eyes out!”

Xie You thought for a few seconds, “Okay.”

“Stop!” Xu Xianglan called out and scolded, “Come here with the lights! Props master, stop drinking tea! Yu Nian is resting on the side; where is Yu Qing? Where did you fall asleep? Hurry up and do another shot!”

Yu Nian thanked the staff, folded the folding fan carefully, and sat on the camp chair on the side in his costume.

Shi Rou patted the sand on Yu Nian’s clothes, handed him the thermos, and spoke hesitantly, “That…NianNian…”

Seeing her hesitation, Yu Nian said gently, “Sister RouRou, what’s wrong?”

Shi Rou handed the phone to Yu Nian, “Well…someone said that your acting skills are mediocre.”

Yu Nian smiled, “I’m not an acting genius. The acting in my first film is said to be normal, at least the other party didn’t comment that it was bad,” he paused, and suddenly realized, “Xie You said it?”

Shi Rou nodded and said angrily, “Why is he always slandering you with all his heart? I thought that there was no movement during this period of time because he changed his target. I didn’t expect him to come out and show his presence again. Are all the presidents so idle?”

She continued, “The video that Director Xu posted earlier had an amazing amount of reposting, and it was turned into a lot of animations. Those professional suspots were worried that there was no place to vent. Now that it was all over, as soon as Xie You’s Weibo came out, all the sunspots gathered under his Weibo!”

Yu Nian smiled and didn’t reply. He put down the thermos, took the phone, and looked at it first.

Xie You’s latest Weibo had a hashtag and a moving picture, “#Gu Xuanning from East Capital# Heh, the acting skills are very average.”

Looking at the comments below, the most popular ones… all have a strange style of writing.

[Facts have proved that President Xie is really the number one anti-fan of Yu Nian! However, I actually feel it’s a little…cute? Am I broken!?]

[Although, as a newcomer, his acting skills are indeed so-so, it still made a lot of traffic in seconds; at least it’s not awkward at all! And Yu Nian is really suitable for this role; listening to him read a line, my old heart is going to explode! It’s so good!]

[Why is this Yu Nian everywhere in the past few days? Is it okay for me to like this recommendation?]

[Hahaha, as soon as I saw that my husband’s update wasn’t financial-related, I knew it must be about Yu Nian! My husband is really dedicated!]

Shi Rou took a closer look and said strangely, “Hey, that’s not right. When I read it just now, the hot comments were all scolding you. There were 300 words of scolding and hundreds of comments in reply; why have all of them disappeared all of a sudden?”

Yu Nian bent his lips and returned the phone to Shi Rou, “There may be takeout for me. I’ll have to sign it for acceptance. I’ll be troubling Sister Rourou to help me pay attention.”

Shi Rou picked up the phone, wondering, “Takeout? Our crew is so remote, there shouldn’t be any takeout service willing to deliver, right?” She was worried again, “NianNian, are you hungry? It’s okay, the filming is almost over, and you can have a good meal when you go back.”

Yu Nian didn’t explain much, thinking of the previous few times. He suddenly looked forward to what the takeout that Xie You sent this time would be.

But the next day, when Yu Nian saw Qu Xiaoran on the set, he didn’t recover for a few seconds.

Qu Xiaoran had a complete set containing a hat, sunglasses, mask, and water bottle, and the reason he gave was not too thoughtful. He said he was traveling in the Gobi Desert and remembered that the crew was filming nearby. It happened that there were artists from his own company on the crew, so he just stopped by to take a look and express his care.

But everyone knew that he was a typical second-generation ancestor, and his parents and brother all spoiled him. With this premise, it seemed that there was no problem in saying that he came to visit the crew while traveling.

Seeing Yu Nian, Qu Xiaoran said a few polite words and said, “By the way, look at my memory! Someone asked me to bring you something along the way, but I didn’t take it out of the car.”

Yu Nian was very cooperative, “Is it Teacher Huo? He mentioned something on the phone. It was troublesome, Mr. Qu.”

“Yes, it’s Teacher Huo.” Qu Xiaoran didn’t know who Teacher Huo Yu Nian was talking about, but it didn’t hinder him at all. Turning his head toward Xu Xianglan, he said, “Director Xu, I’ll borrow him for a while. He’ll come back after taking the thing. It won’t disturb the filming crew, will it?”

It was not yet Yu Nian’s turn to shoot, and Xu Xianglan would not make things difficult for Qu Xiaoran. He waved his hand and said, “Of course, no problem; you can go.”

Qu Xiaoran’s car was parked not too close, and the two walked one after the other. Qu Xiaoran whispered to himself, “When I go back and my brother sees me, will he ask me where I went and why my skin is so wrinkled? It looks like dried orange peel…”

The two didn’t know each other well; Yu Nian walked seriously and didn’t answer casually.

After bypassing a wind-eroded hill, he saw a black nanny car parked on the gravel.

Qu Xiaoran stopped and pointed, “It’s in the car; go and see for yourself.” After he finished speaking, he didn’t speak any more, took out an electronic cigarette, and turned his back.

Go and see for yourself?

Yu Nian had a guess in his mind. He walked to the door, and stretched out his hand to open the car door.

Just as he thought.

Yu Nian looked at Xie You sitting in the car with his back straight, wearing a black retro velvet suit and a silver-gray notebook on his lap. He said with a smile, “Long time no see.”

He thought that there would only be takeout being brought over to coax him. He didn’t expect that this time, the person would also come together.

Xie You looked at Yu Nian and felt that the faint smile in his eyes was more dazzling than the sunlight pouring on the Gobi Desert.

A few seconds later, he opened his mouth and said, “Long time, no see.” As he spoke, he continued to invite, “Want to come in and sit?”

Yu Nian got in the car and sat down as Xie You spoke, without closing the door tightly, leaving a narrow gap so that the atmosphere in the car was not cramped.

The two sat together, very close to each other, and Yu Nian had the illusion that he was wrapped in the clear smell of cedar.

At this time, Xie You suddenly took out a note from his pocket and asked earnestly, according to the name written on the note, “Do you know Ren Keying and Miao Ya?”

Who are this? Yu Nian was at a loss, “I don’t know.”

“Then do you know Szymborska and Whitley?”

Yu Nian still shook his head in a daze, “I don’t know.”

Xie You breathed a sigh of relief—these were all female models that he had carefully selected who were taller than Yu Nian, and whose appearance was barely comparable to that of Yu Nian.

Half relieved, Xie You finally asked, “Then do you know any female models?”

Female models?

“I don’t know any of them.” Yu Nian didn’t know why Xie You would suddenly ask these questions, “Is there something wrong?”

“Nope.” Xie You denied it and then took out the thermos in the locker in a good mood, handed it to Yu Nian, and said anxiously, “Back chicken soup with cordyceps.”

The topic of the female model was over, and Yu Nian didn’t follow up with the question. He took the thermos with both hands, opened the lid, smelled it, and said with a smile, “So fragrant. It smells good!”

Xie You looked away a little embarrassedly, wanting to look at Yu Nian a few more times, then quietly shifted the focus of his gaze back.

“I’ll drink it when I get back, but I have to be careful not to be discovered by the rest of the crew; otherwise, I probably won’t be able to taste it.” Yu Nian screwed up the lid, “Thank you, I’ve been eating fried rice for several days.”

Xie You frowned slightly, “The crew…was someone bullying you?”

“Bullying me?” Yu Nian immediately responded, “No one bullied me; don’t worry.”

“Good.”

The questions were answered, the things were delivered, he met the person, and no one bullied Yu Nian. Xie You was satisfied, “Then I’ll go back.”

The black nanny car drove back, and there was a desolate scene outside the window. Qu Xiaoran endured and endured, but still couldn’t hold back, “I said, Xie Xiaoyou, you took me with you, circled around without telling your whereabouts, and ran this long distance just to say a few words to Yu Nian? Just for these five minutes?”

Xie You was obviously in a much better mood than when he came, saying, “Well, four minutes and ten seconds.”

“……”

At this moment, Qu Xiaoran had a deep understanding of what it meant to be “invincible in anger”, and he snorted twice, “I really didn’t mean to, but when this young master was in kindergarten, he used dolls to coax girls when they were crying. With your action power, when Yu Nian would really be with that female model, you would not only cry your eyes out but also wake up in the middle of the night crying with your pillow soaked!”

Xie You was still in a good mood, “No, there is no female model. He doesn’t know a female model.”

“Could it be that the news is wrong?” Qu Xiaoran rubbed his chin, “Could it be a female volleyball player? Or a female basketball player? For a female volleyball or basketball player, kissing with one hand against the wall should be easy!”

Suddenly realizing that he had pierced Xie You’s heart, Qu Xiaoran rushed to save him, “But the chances of this should be lower than the chances of meeting a female model! I’m just guessing!”

“Yeah.”

Xie You remembered what Yu Nian said, and his speech slowed down, “He asked me out for dinner.”

“When?”

“When he returns to Ningcheng after finishing the movie, we will have dinner together.”

Seeing the expectation in Xie You’s eyes, Qu Xiaoran sighed—for Xie Xiaoyou, who was so innocent, wishing him to take the initiative to chase people, it would be better to hope that the sun will go out one day!