169. Bury The Hatchet

At seven o’clock in the morning, this modern city—New York started to wake up. The lady next door pushed the door open to fetch the milk. The couple upstairs kissed before heading downstairs in a rage. Thousands of voices gathered together in the city and but what Qi Le’an heard was only a word of five letters—” Sorry”.

Qi Le’an felt a little desperate for the moment.

“Le’an!” Wei Changfeng hurriedly said. “Listen to me. Last night, I met Director Spear… Director Spear has consented to me not having to follow him around!”

Now, Qi Le’an’s mind was filled with one thing only, that was, Wei Changfeng was leaving him for three years. Hence, he wouldn’t listen to any explanation.

Wei Changfeng put his hands on Qi Le’an’s shoulders and said, “Le’an!”

Qi Le’an couldn’t help wondering whether Wei Changfeng, such a serious person, would be slack in his learning about movie directing. The answer was no.

Wei Sama was leaving.

Qi Le’an was about to be driven crazy by this despairing thought. For an instant, he seemed to become the most pitiful one. He looked at Wei Changfeng in confusion until Wei Changfeng kissed him.

It was not a peck but a long and hot kiss.

After some time, Qi Le’an suddenly pushed Wei Changfeng away and bent down to gasp for breath.

For that moment, he seemed able to hear all kinds of sounds of the world. Dog barking, car sounds, footsteps… He could hear again.

Wei Changfeng stood there and looked at Qi Le’an worriedly.

“Wei Sama,” Qi Le’an muttered as if he finally came around.

Wei Changfeng poured him a glass of water, added some sugar powder to the water, mixed well, and gave it to Qi Le’an.

Qi Le’an raised his head and gulped the water down. It was then he finally felt alive again.

He sat on the sofa, still unable to breathe.

“Le’an,” Wei Changfeng called him again, “How do you feel?”

Qi Le’an nodded with a pale face and leaned back on the sofa.

Wei Changfeng held Qi Le’an’s hand, saying, “Alright, listen to me.”

“Last night, Director Spear took Professor John and me to their studio in New York. Because of the need for confidentiality, we were not allowed to bring the phones in there.”

Qi Le’an began to calm down and listen to Wei Changfeng.

“Originally, I wanted to reject this offer. Three years is too long for me. I can’t stand being away from you.”

Qi Le’an gripped Wei Changfeng’s hand and Wei Changfeng held him in his arms.

“But after learning about the project yesterday, I was shocked and hoped that I could be a part of it.”

Wei Changfeng seemed a bit hesitant. “I’ll leave out the details. On the whole, it is a great western fantasy story. The team is also the most professional. If I give up this opportunity, I probably won’t be able to reach a project of this type.”

Qi Le’an didn’t know the details, but from Wei Changfeng’s description, he knew that this was a rare opportunity.

But…

“But I still can’t follow Director Spear, so in the end, we had a deal that I would stay in the studio in New York for the whole filming task in the US… Director Spear also promised me that he would try his best not to let me follow up with the exterior scene.”

At this point, Qi Le’an finally understood.

“Regarding the reason why I don’t want you to participate in Director Amco’s movie… Do you know what his new movie is about?”

Qi Le’an shook his head and said, “I don’t know. We haven’t got to the details.”

Wei Changfeng knew it was like this. He patiently took out his phone, typed in something on it, and then showed it to Qi Le’an.

“Amco’s new work is called Moonlight. It’s a homosexual movie.”

Qi Le’an looked at the information on his phone in shock.

The media held high expectations for Director Amco and knew a lot about him. Moonlight was about a man who gradually found his sexual orientation in adolescence and eventually found his true self against the outside criticism and inner stress.

This movie…

Wei Changfeng sighed, “Do you know why I don’t want you to do this movie now? Even if this movie is very likely to win an Oscar award.”

Qi Le’an understood that he left China because of a homosexual film. If he was to act in another of the same type, he would inevitably attract criticism.

He was suddenly a little glad that he didn’t finalize this with Amco. But…this role was so tempting.

Wei Changfeng saw through Qi Le’an’s thoughts and said gently, “Maybe you can try another movie…”

Qi Le’an smiled bitterly. The movies that could be recognized by Tisch were all at the Oscar level. How could it be that easy to meet another one?

“Are you interested in musical drama? Yesterday, I gave the ticket to a producer in Hollywood. He went to watch your ‘Othello’ and liked you very much.”

Qi Le’an’s eyes glittered.

Wei Changfeng smiled. “It’s a romance movie.”

A romance musical drama in Hollywood? It sounded so interesting!

Qi Le’an mumbled with his eyes glistening, feeling a bit guilty, “Wei Sama…”

“Huh?” Wei Changfeng asked gently, “What’s wrong?”

“I’m sorry,” Qi Le’an said, “I’m sorry. I should have told you what I was thinking. In that case, we wouldn’t argue.”

He was a little regretful. He wanted to shoulder everything like an upright man, but he always did something brainless on impulse.

Wei Changfeng shook his head, his eyes are still as gentle as ever.

“I’m sorry too, Le’an.”

Qi Le’an looked at Wei Changfeng in confusion.

Wei Changfeng smiled apologetically and said, “I was so decisive and always thought I acted for your good but I failed to seriously consider whether you liked it or not.”

Wei Changfeng had thought a lot over the past few days. He wanted to arrange everything for Qi Le’an, but he forgot that Qi Le’an was also a free individual and had his way to go.

He wanted to guard Le’an against all the obstacles but he forgot that some obstacles could only be overcome alone.

The true perfection was to savor various kinds of flavors in life.

The two of them looked at each other and both had learned something from this argument.

Qi Le’an yawned.

One night’s anxious waiting and the emotional burst were enough to exhaust him. Now that he was finally relaxed, he felt incomparably tired.

Wei Changfeng and Director Spear chatted all night. They were like-minded, and the more they talked, the more they hit it off. This was one of the important reasons why Wei Changfeng decided to follow Director Spear.

Wei Changfeng touched Qi Le’an’s head and said, “Wanna have asleep?”

The tears on Qi Le’an’s face were not wiped clean. He whispered, “Together?”

Wei Changfeng also intimately rubbed beside his head and asked, “How can I bear to let you sleep alone?”

Qi Le’an couldn’t help laughing, put his arm on Wei Changfeng’s shoulders, and said like a baby, “Wei Sama, hold me.”

Wei Changfeng nodded and said, “I wonder if I can lift you… Let’s go!”

As the last word was uttered, Wei Changfeng exerted his strength and carried Qi Le’an!

Qi Le’an immediately put his arms around Wei Changfeng’s shoulders. Wei Changfeng quickly carried him back to the bedroom and threw him onto their soft bed, saying out of breath, “I’m old. I could carry you upstairs easily before but now I can’t carry you for long.”

As he said so, he shook his head and sighed about his aging.

In the past two years, Qi Le’an had grown very fast. He turned over and moved aside. He giggled, “No way are you old! Your waist is as good as before!”

Wei Changfeng took off his clothes and cocked his eyebrows. “Oh yeah? Do you want to try it?”

Qi Le’an lay on the bed as if he was waiting for Wei Changfeng to taste him. He also patted beside himself, saying, “…Of course.”

Wei Changfeng rolled down the curtains and the room instantly fell into darkness. He removed the last layer of clothes and climbed onto the bed.

……

……

It had been a long time since the two of them enjoyed themselves to the fullest. The residents in the neighborhood were out during the day. Qi Le’an didn’t even refrain from crying out, so his voice was a little husky when he woke up.

Wei Changfeng didn’t want to get up even when he woke up. He lazily played with Qi Le’an’s hair.

Qi Le’an’s hair has not been cut since spring. Hence, Wei Changfeng could wrap Qi Le’an’s hair around his finger for three circles. The hair was so soft, just like its owner.

“It seems a little long…” Qi Le’an muttered, “Give me a haircut, Wei Sama.”

Wei Changfeng nodded. Getting a haircut in the US could be very expensive. It cost a dozen or twenty dollars only to have the hair trimmed. When they just arrived here, Qi Le’an would go to the barber’s for a haircut, but afterward, he just asked Wei Changfeng to give him a haircut.

Qi Le’an yawned again and Wei Changfeng asked, “Do you want to sleep a while longer?”

Qi Le’an shook his head and said, “I’m hungry.”

After waiting for the whole night and having sex for a whole morning, he spent the whole afternoon sleeping. Surely he felt hungry now. Then, Wei Changfeng just got up and said, “Stay in bed for a bit longer and I will cook you a meal.”

Qi Le’an nodded and listened with his eyes closed. He heard the sound of pots and pans colliding outside.

After about twenty minutes, the smell of good food came from outside the bedroom. Qi Le’an finally couldn’t hold back his hunger. He put on his clothes slowly and got ready to have a meal.

The ingredients at home were limited, so Wei Changfeng made fried rice with tomato and beef, a nori soup with kelp, and a dessert with jam and blueberry jam. Within 20 minutes, he made a perfect meal.

Qi Le’an felt that Wei Changfeng was such a magician who could cook the most suitable food for him at the fastest speed.

The two of them sat close to each other on the sofa. Wei Changfeng turned on the TV and played the cartoon on TV, The Simpson’s.  Qi Le’an laughed as he ate. In the end, he even put his chopsticks on the bowl and laughed leaning against Wei Changfeng.

Wei Changfeng couldn’t help shaking his head. It was always believed that foreigners were always easily amused, but in his eyes, his boy was the one easily amused in the real sense.

Because they were hungry, they ate all the dishes. Wei Changfeng washed the plates and saw the empty fridge. “Let’s go and buy some groceries tomorrow.”

Qi Le’an nodded and his phone rang a few times. It was Dossey asking him to hang out with Amco tomorrow.

Qi Le’an quickly replied to the message while watching the cartoon. “I’m not available tomorrow. I have to go to the supermarket with my boyfriend… Or we can go together if you don’t mind?”

He thought about it and deleted the second half of the sentence, shouting, “Wei Sama! Dossey and Director Amco ask me to hang out with them tomorrow. Do you want to go together?”

Wei Changfeng came back from the kitchen after washing his hands. He pinched Qi Le’an’s face with his wet hand and said, “Sure, if you would like to.”

Qi Le’an nodded, then added the last sentence and sent the text to Dossey. “Then let’s go together. I can take the opportunity to talk it out with Director Amco.”