Chapter 18: 218. Property

Gu Ying looked terrible but Qi Le’an didn’t give in at all.

Gu Ying was surprised to find that the child in front of him was different from three years ago. If it was three years ago, he could still say that Qi Le’an was indecisive, but now Qi Le’an was a man of decision like a sword drawn from a sheath.

Gu Ying found it a little hard to accept it. He asked, “Did Wei Changfeng teach you to speak like that?”

Qi Le’an frowned, “What does it have to do with Wei Sama? I just…”

“Just what?” Gu Ying raised his eyebrows.

Qi Le’an was silent, then he said, “I don’t know what my parents were doing, but they were gone. What are you trying to look for?”

Gu Ying looked at Qi Le’an in front of him. Could he tell him that they suspected his parents were still alive and they were actually transcending time and space?

Gu Ying didn’t know what to say.

Qi Le’an sighed and said, “I’m sorry for… for my rashness, but I don’t want to be entangled in the past anymore. No matter if it was my uncle or someone else, I don’t want to look back on it anymore.”

He transferred his avoidance of his parents to his uncle’s family, making Gu Ying mistakenly think that Qi Le’an hated the past so much because he met his nasty relatives.

Gu Ying couldn’t see anything wrong with him, so he said, “I was the one who disturbed you today. Mr. Xu is in a good condition. Thank you for your concern.”

Qi Le’an didn’t say anything.

Gu Ying stood up and prepared to leave. Qi Le’an also got up to see him off. When they walked to the door, Gu Ying suddenly stopped.

Qi Le’an looked at him in confusion.

Gu Ying smiled and looked at Qi Le’an, “You really look like your mother.”

Qi Le’an pursed his lips and didn’t say anything.

Gu Ying added, “This is the ninth year of the deaths of Qi Xiaoguo and his wife. The project was completely killed off last year. No one will disturb you in the future.”

Qi Le’an was stunned.

Gu Ying seemed to miss something and said, “Sis Pingjin’s sweet bean bun was really delicious. She often said that her son loved it most.”

Then he smiled again and said, “In the past, Sis Pingjin always liked to hide things behind the photo frame.”

Qi Le’an’s pupils were contracted and his first reaction was that he knew it!

Gu Ying knew it! He knew the letter behind the portrait of Qi Le’an’s grandfather!

But there was no trace of the letter being opened. Could it be that they had installed cameras in the house?

Qi Le’an was shocked and confused in his heart, but he still looked calm on the surface.

Gu Ying looked at him for a few seconds and smiled, “Everything is over. The information would be sealed up for fifty years. I don’t know if I will have the chance to eat the sweet bean bun of Sis Pingjin again in my life.”

“You’re a good actor. I won’t say goodbye to you. I hope we won’t see each other again.”

After saying this, Gu Ying turned and left. Qi Le’an wanted to see him off, but Gu Ying waved his hand with back towards him.

Qi Le’an’s footsteps stopped in an instant.

‘This Gu Ying… He actually knows everything?’

‘But why did he have to pretend that he didn’t know anything?’

For the first time, Qi Le’an became suspicious of him.

However, there was no answer to all of this along with Gu Ying’s departure and the sealed information. Just as Gu Ying hoped, Qi Le’an would pretend that he had never seen this person again.

At night, Wei Changfeng came back and did not know that an uninvited guest had come here. After they had dinner, Wei Changfeng said to Qi Le’an, “I’m afraid I have to go to the north the day after tomorrow. I’m afraid I won’t be able to come back within a week.”

Qi Le’an was surprised, “What?”

Wei Changfeng looked delighted and said, “Brother Zhi contacted two excellent photography teams. I’ll go over to have a look myself. Do you want to go with me?”

Of course Qi Le’an wanted to go with him! However, the advertising of CCTV was just about to start, and the other party were extremely dawdling. They had arranged three or four meetings before shooting. He had to go to Beijing this weekend, so he didn’t have time to go with Wei Sama at all!

Wei Changfeng did not expect Qi Le’an to go to Beijing so soon. He asked, “Isn’t it starting at the end of this month? How could it be so fast… ”

Qi Le’an said helplessly, “It will start at the end of the month, but we have to have a meeting beforehand.”

Wei Changfeng looked at Qi Le’an sympathetically and said, “Then I’ll go find you when I come back from the north?”

Qi Le’an’s gaze sharpened and he immediately said, “Okay!”

Wei Changfeng smiled and asked, “Do you still remember the password of the house?”

A few years ago, Wei Changfeng bought a house in Beijing, and it needed fingerprints or the password to unlock the door. Qi Le’an had only stayed there a few times, but he particularly liked the place where he, Wei Sama, furnished in person.

Qi Le’an smiled and said, “Of course I remember.”

Because Wei Changfeng was going to leave the day after tomorrow, they particularly cherished the last day they were together. That night, they played on the bed for a long time, and the next day, they fell tired for the whole day.

Qi Le’an felt that his job was the one that he would have busy times and slack periods. Soon after Wei Changfeng left, Qi Le’an started to busy himself with the work.

Chen Shan flew to Beijing with Qi Le’an on the pretext of sending him off. But after sending Qi Le’an home, he just disappeared. The next morning, the assistant hired by Chen Shan knocked on the door gingerly and said that he would be responsible for Qi Le’an’s daily life in Beijing.

The CCTV Headquarters was not easy to enter. When they held the first meeting, Qi Le’an witnessed that it dissolved in ill humor. However, his co-worker who would advertise with him was just the senior of his profession. This co-worker could choose not to attend the meeting at will, but Qi Le’an had to sit at the meeting.

On the second day after the argument, everyone sat down and had a second meeting. Both the advertisement director and the staff of CCTV did not compromise, and they came to canvass the actor of one accord.

Qi Le’an, who was sitting aside in a daze, suddenly became the focus of the meeting. What could he do? He was desperate too!

If he didn’t support the director, there would be many problems during the shooting process. If he didn’t support the staff of CCTV, then he was really unsure whether the advertising would begin on schedule or not.

Qi Le’an could only play the fool. He praised the director’s arrangement first, and then said that he could not disobey the working style of CCTV. In the end, he suggested he should ask the senior about it. After all, the senior was a cosmopolitan and visionary person while he himself was so young he had hardly any experience, so he dared not show his slight skills before the experts.

The director and the staff of CCTV were really convinced, saying that they would definitely invite the senior to attend the last meeting. Then the second meeting ended.

When Qi Le’an went back, he couldn’t help but call Wei Changfeng and roasted it. Wei Changfeng chuckled and said, “You haven’t met such a tricky situation for a long time, right?”

Qi Le’an admitted it, feeling wronged, indicating that Chen Shan had really made him get into deep trouble.

Wei Changfeng told him to be at ease and the matter must be settled once the senior appeared.

On the third day, everyone had a day off. The third meeting was held on the fourth day, and the senior really turned up.

The senior was a friendly old lady, who had her white hair permed. She was the daughter of a rich family in the last century, and she came from the background of socialist capitalist. The old lady had been on good terms with CCTV, and the advertising director was the one she recommended. Since she came to mediate in the dispute, both sides indeed made concessions.

Qi Le’an was very impressed by the side. He thought that if this senior had turned up on the first day, he wouldn’t have so many troubles. When he went back in the evening and said that to Wei Changfeng, Wei Sama smiled again, only saying that it would have been useless if the senior had attended the meeting on the first day.

“Why?”

“Because on the first day, both sides were full of confidence!” Chen Shan rolled his eyes upwards and said, “After having meetings for three days, everyone wanted to make the situation less embarrassing, with the shooting coming soon. As soon as the senior appeared, everyone naturally made use of it to compromise with each other.”

After four days of disappearance, Chen Shan finally knocked on the door of Qi Le’an’s home. Chen Shan also knew that it was unkind of himself to be “missing” these days, so he specifically brought a lot of food to Qi Le’an.

Qi Le’an saw it and curiously said, “Brother Chen, I want to ask you something.”

Chen Shan remembered what had happened the last time, so he looked at Qi Le’an warily, “You should know when to stop asking questions!”

Qi Le’an held it back for long but finally asked, “Since you and President Li Jr. are separated from each other like this… won’t there be any conflicts between you two?”

If Qi Le’an had been like this with Wei Sama for so many years… Oh, forget it. He dared not think about it.

Chen Shan sighed and said, “You don’t understand… us.”

Qi Le’an looked at Chen Shan curiously.

Chen Shan sighed again, “It’s just as well.”

Qi Le’an disagreed, “How can it be? Do you know how many couples have fallen out because of separation?”

Chen Shan shook his head and didn’t say anything. After a while, he knocked on Qi Le’an’s head and said, “Don’t worry about other people’s business! How’s it going with Wei Changfeng?”

Wei Changfeng made a trip to the north and confirmed his filming team. But in addition to the shooting team, he has more things to discuss with Brother Zhi.

“It goes smoothly,” Qi Le’an said, “He will come to Beijing in a few days.”

Chen Shan suddenly said, “I heard that Wei Changfeng doesn’t want any investment in his film. Does he want to invest by himself?”

It was not news that Wei Changfeng had moved up to work as a director, and most people took a wait-and-see attitude. If Wei Changfeng jumped on the bandwagon to invite a few handsome and young actors or simply make a youth idol movie in person, it would be fine. But he would just choose to shoot something with the subject of public service, which made everyone somewhat pessimistic about it.

It wasn’t that there was a problem with the subject matter, but in these years, people paid attention to interests no matter what they were doing. Even if this kind of movie was released in the name Wei Changfeng’s first film, could it become an earner?

Of course, there were many people who wanted to invest in Wei Changfeng’s film to please Sheng Chang’an or the Wei Family, but they were all rejected by Wei Changfeng, so the rumors were circulating that Wei Changfeng wanted to invest all his property in the film.

“How could it be?” Qi Le’an listened to Chen Shan’s gossip about Wei Changfeng and laughed, “I’ll invest in his movie.”

Chen Shan couldn’t help but roll his eyes upwards at Qi Le’an, “You? Will I be unaware that how much money you have?”

Qi Le’an couldn’t accept his words and said, counting his fingers, “What’s wrong with me investing the movie? I’ve earned a lot from the movie “Lala Land”! And I don’t need Wei Sama to pay me the actor’s fee. I don’t know how much money I have saved for him!”

Chen Shan looked at him helplessly and was speechless.

However, Chen Shan was also curious about it, “How much money does Wei Changfeng have?”

Qi Le’an made a thoughtful expression and said, “I don’t know.”

Chen Shan was confused.

“Didn’t he propose to you? Didn’t he bring all the bank cards and the certificate of wealth to you?”

Qi Le’an looked at Chen Shan contemptuously, “Did you propose to President Li Jr. like this?”

Chen Shan didn’t know what to say.

Qi Le’an looked at Chen Shan’s fingers without the engagement ring again and said, “No wonder you failed.”

Chen Shan got annoyed and shouted, “Who proposed to him? Who? Would I propose to him? What a joke!”

Qi Le’an could not help but laugh.