Chapter 12: 212. NUE GUO

Wei Changfeng listened to Qi Le’an talking on the phone by his side and asked when Qi Le’an hung up, “Who are you going to meet?”

Qi Le’an said bitterly, “My fitness instructor…”

Wei Changfeng said, “Is it a woman?”

“He’s a man!”

Wei Changfeng said “Oh~~~~~” with a super long ending sound. He sounded a little joking and a little jealous.

In the lift, Qi Le’an pinched his face and pulled it outward, pitifully saying, “I’m so so so so… so fat!”

Wei Changfeng was really amused. He was just about to say something when the lift door suddenly opened with a “beep”.

There were two men in suits standing outside, looking at the two in the lift in surprise.

Qi Le’an was a little speechless. He slowly lowered his hand and smiled, pretending that nothing had happened.

Wei Changfeng stifled his laughter even more.

The four stood in silence all the way in the lift. Qi Le’an peeked through the reflection on the wall of the lift and happened to see the person in front of him peeking at him as well, and the atmosphere suddenly became more awkward.

Luckily, those two exited the lift on the ground floor, while Qi Le’an and Wei Changfeng went to the underground car park. When those two had left, Qi Le’an burst into tears, “Ahhhhh! It was so humiliating just now!”

Wei Changfeng laughed loudly and said, “It’s alright! Don’t forget that the lift’s surveillance has recorded everything.”

Qi Le’an glared at Wei Changfeng, who stopped talking; but his eyes were still smiling.

The two went home. Qi Le’an was still feeling embarrassed all the time. Wei Changfeng coaxed him, “Well, you’re going to see the fitness instructor. I did not say anything even if he is a man. Come on! Get ready! Eight pieces of abs like a bar of chocolate!”

Qi Le’an was happy once coaxed, touching Wei Changfeng’s abs and said, “Though he has eight pieces of abs, he’s not as handsome as Wei Sama!”

Wei Changfeng also said in a serious manner, “Still, Wei Sama’s abs are better to touch, right?”

Qi Le’an nodded his head, his hands moving more and more recklessly, saying, “Yes, yes!”

Wei Changfeng had business to attend to this afternoon, so he couldn’t let Qi Le’an be so reckless, or they had to end up in bed this afternoon. He hurriedly grabbed Qi Le’an’s hand and said, “Okay, okay. Let Wei Sama go. What do you want to eat tonight?”

Qi Le’an said indignantly, “I’m on a diet!”

Wei Changfeng couldn’t help but laugh again.

Being with someone he liked, both Qi Le’an and Wei Changfeng were laughing every day.

Despite he said he wouldn’t eat, Qi Le’an still ate half a bowl of beef and rice at lunchtime to show his appreciation. When Wei Changfeng looked at the person who wanted to eat but still ordered himself not to, he felt that his boy was really cute to the extreme. After lunch, Wei Changfeng hurriedly left for the Kid Searching Alliance, while Qi Le’an waited at home for Chen Shan’s arrival.

Chen Shan arrived at almost two o’clock and smelt the beef and rice as soon as he entered the house and said, “Didn’t you say you were on a diet? You’re still eating!”

Qi Le’an was aggrieved. He shouted, “I only ate half a bowl! It’s all because you said I was fat!”

Chen Shan wondered, “You’re fat because I said so? It’s because Wei Changfeng has fed you too well! Is there any beef and rice left? Your Brother Chen hasn’t had lunch yet.”

Qi Le’an had to go to the kitchen to bring out the unfinished beef and rice. With the fine rice, the tender meat, the juicy beef soup, plus the delicious relish, Qi Le’an’s heart was practically dripping blood.

‘Give me some leftovers! Just leave some leftovers! Even some relish is okay!’

Chen Shan said, “Wei… burp. Wei Changfeng’s meal is really delicious.”

After eating, Chen Shan was in a good mood and helped wash the dishes before picking up Qi Le’an and taking him to his house.

Chen Shan’s small house was close to the company. If he was busy working overtime, he could stay there instead of returning home. The most important thing was that he was an adult now and there were things he couldn’t do at home.

Chen Shan smiled when he talked about this. Qi Le’an said curiously, “Brother Chen, who’s the top and who’s the bottom between you and President Li?”

Chen Shan’s smile immediately froze and he said, “Why are you caring about this? Do you understand privacy? Who’s the top and who’s the bottom between you and Wei Changfeng?!”

Qi Le’an blurted out, “I’m the bottom, so Brother Chen is the bottom too? Tsk, tsk.”

Those two tsks even made a loud sound and Chen Shan immediately exploded, saying, “Who’s the bottom! Who’s the bottom? I’m the bottom? Don’t be ridiculous!”

Qi Le’an gave an insincere “ohhhh~~~~”.

Chen Shan was furious! He was so angry that he wanted to give Qi Le’an a good beat!

When the two of them arrived at Chen Shan’s house, Chen Shan took out his keys and said, “If you don’t believe me, call Li Che and ask him which one of us is the top and which one is the bottom! I’m the bottom? Is that possible? I’ll give you your brother Li Che a call…”

The door slammed open from the inside and Chen Shan’s words came to a screeching halt.

Li Che was standing in the doorway, looking at Chen Shan with a smirk.

Chen Shan and Qi Le’an were speechless.

With a tigerish face, Chen Shan said, “Why are you back?”

Li Che shrugged his shoulders and let the two in, saying, “I came back when I wanted to.”

The two dutifully went in, and Li Che suddenly turned around and said to Qi Le’an, “I’m the bottom.”

“Huh?” Qi Le’an couldn’t believe that.

Li Che smiled a little, a smile that made Qi Le’an a little scared, and he said, “I mean, I’m the receiver.”

“…Oh.” Qi Le’an no longer knew what expression he should use to face Li Che.

Chen Shan puffed up his face and dragged Li Che into the room to mutter something, Qi Le’an listened with his ears open while drinking his coffee, but the soundproofing of the wall was too good for him to hear anything.

As soon as he couldn’t see Li Che in person, Qi Le’an started to think about it again. “Who the hell is the top and who is the bottom?”

As he was thinking about it, there was a sudden “bang” in the room.

Qi Le’an was startled and sat up straight.

Within three seconds, Li Che came out of the room and opened the door without looking at Qi Le’an.

Chen Shan followed him out with a bitter face and Qi Le’an said, dumbfounded, “What’s wrong?”

Chen Shan said angrily, “You don’t quarrel with Wei Changfeng anymore?”

“We are not arguing now.” Qi Le’an said; he and Wei Sama hardly quarrel.

Chen Shan sighed and sat to the side, dazed.

Qi Le’an looked at his Brother Chen and asked, “….Is it because of me asking you who is the top and who is the bottom?”

Chen Shan immediately blew up and said, “I said I’m the top! I’m the top! I! Chen Shan! T-O-P, Top!!!”

As soon as the words left his mouth, the doorbell rang.

Qi Le An asked, “Shall I open the door?”

Chen Shan was not in the good mood and he did not answer. He went to open the door, and there was an embarrassed fitness instructor and a more embarrassed nutritionist standing at the door.

Qi Le’an looked away. He couldn’t bear to look at his Brother Chen. When they were talking at the door, Li Che could hear them. Brother Chen shouted so loudly, so the people outside must have heard every word.

He came across two embarrassing scenes in one day. Fortunately, this time, the protagonist was not him.

The good thing was that the fitness instructor and nutritionist had both seen this before and they quickly recovered their expressions.

The fitness instructor asked, “How much weight do you want to lose?”

Qi Le’an looked at Chen Shan.

Chen Shan looked disgusted and he said, “He’s so fat. He should lose 20 to 30 pounds.”

Qi Le’an was startled, “Are you really not holding a personal grudge, Brother Chen?”

The nutritionist on the side looked at Qi Le’an’s body datasheet and said, “Although he’s a bit heavier now, his body indexes still look good! As long as he can exercise actively, he can definitely lose weight.”

Chen Shan added, “Make him lose the weight in half a month.”

Qi Le’an was speechless.

Chen Shan also felt that what he said was a bit inappropriate. He coughed awkwardly, saying, “It’s always possible to lose ten pounds in half a month, right?”

The fitness instructor and the nutritionist muttered twice together, then said, “No problem. We’ll make a plan today. As long as Mr. Qi follows the plan, losing ten pounds in half a month is easy.”

These fitness instructors and nutritionists were all used to doing body shaping and fat loss for celebrities, and there was no pressure at all to say so.

Qi Le’an, who was listening, said he just wanted to cry.

For the next half hour, the fitness instructor and the nutritionist conducted a detailed questioning of Qi Le’an. They made sure Qi Le’an had no trauma, no strains, no allergies or dislikes. Qi Le’an even had told them how many times a day he drank water and went to the toilet.

After they finished, they turned off the laptop and said goodbye, saying that they would send the plan to Chen Shan’s email box before this evening.

Qi Le’an said he wanted to die a quick death.

“I won’t be able to eat anything for a few days after that!” Qi Le’an said with a dumbfounded look on his face.

“That won’t be possible,” Chen Shan waved his hand and said, “Don’t worry. Didn’t he also ask you what you don’t like to eat? You will be eating food! Don’t worry about it!”

Qi Le’an didn’t know whether to cry or laugh.

After half an hour of enjoying the air conditioning at Chen Shan’s house, Qi Le’an called Tresse. After taking his medication and sleeping for half a day, Tresse said he had come back to life, so Chen Shan drove Qi Le’an to the hotel and bought him some porridge.

It wasn’t the first time the agent and producer had met and they were quite amicable. After watching Tresse finish his porridge and go to the toilet, the three of them headed to the headquarters of Cute Rabbit.

Cute Rabbit didn’t buy the full copyrights to broadcast. They wanted to, but the studio of “Lala Land” wouldn’t sell it to them. The two sides ended up with a third type of contract, which, in addition to a basic royalty fee, the studio stipulated that the members of the Cute Rabbit website must also use an on-demand voucher to watch the film and that they could only do so within forty-eight hours of using the voucher, after which time the vouchers would be void.

Tresse had morning diarrhoea, but it didn’t hurt his reputation as a gold producer. Cute Rabbit website sold each VOD voucher for five yuan and the studio of “Lala Land” could get three yuan from it, which was a significant amount of money.

And these were the results that Tresse got after negotiation.

The contract was signed in two copies in English and Chinese, in the presence of Qi Le’an and Chen Shan, with Tresse’s round hand signature.

The signings were made by the senior management of Cute Rabbit and a group of cute girls of the company. After the signings were completed, everyone took a group photo together. During the photo session, the girls taught Tresse how to say “Qiezi” (Translator’s Note: “Qiezi” is the Chinese version of “Cheese” when people are taking photos.), but after learning it for a while, Tresse suddenly had an idea and he said, “I can’t say Qiezi, but I can say the other word.”

The girls were curious and said, “What is it?”

Tresse said with a smile, “LUE GOU!” (Literary Translation: You’re slightly a dog.)

The girls were all confused.

Qi Le’an was on the verge of stifling his laughter on the side, one hand having to rest on Chen Shan’s shoulder as his whole body trembled violently.

Tresse scratched his ears and said, “The word that describes a single man with no lovers! LUE GOU! You are LUE GOU!”

The girl’s expressions showed that they were still confused.

With a flash of inspiration, Tresse finally remembered it and said, “NUE GOU! It’s NUE GOU!” (Literary Translation: A couple shows off love in front of a single person.)

Qi Le’an finally couldn’t help himself either and he burst out laughing!

“I can’t… Hahahahaha… Save me… Hahaha… This one is too funny!”