CH 49

A concise and simple “I am not”, in the comments section exploded countless splashes.

We have seen a lot of fans asking for better treatment for their artists and the company playing dead and not responding. This is the first time they have encountered a fan begging for a stop, but the boss wants to force it.

In a flash, all sorts of comments popped up.

Netizen: [If you have the ability to make all the app and games of Ning Dong have built-in movie ads.]

Song Yunran: [……I really forgot! Thanks for reminding me, you’re a good and kind person.]

Netizen: [My precious spoiled son, mommy is really afraid you can’t earn back.]

Song Yunran: [Don’t talk nonsense, my mother is not worried.]

Netizen: [And back to the comments in person, so free as president?

Song Yunran: [or shall I grab the steering wheel from my driver?]

All the way from the company back home, Song Yunran was brushing up on Weibo. Occasionally, he chose a few interesting ones to reply to.

In other words, instead of giving the online publicity costs to marketing companies, he might as well create topics by himself, and advertise the movie generously.

Soon after that, someone sent the entire reply to an entertainment forum outside of Weibo for everyone’s entertainment.

The forum quickly built up a high story, revolving around “whether Song Yunran is a comedian or not”, “what kind of compulsion has been put on Xinghe by ” 《Hongbai Xixi》”, “or whether Qin Ke has put a compulsion on Song Yunran”. It’s not long before the discussion starts to get heated, with several hot posts.

It didn’t take long for the best marketing numbers to move these fun discussions back to Weibo, perfecting the conversion of exports to domestic sales, and also successfully sending ‘Hong Bai Xi Xi’ to the hot search.

When Song Yunran saw this result, he was inevitably pleased with himself.

I am not ashamed to say that it is me, the ordinary little business genius, Ba Liao. (T/N I got this result when I looked it up, Ba Liao – When things don’t go your way, tolerate the past for the time being, barely let yourself go inside, don’t pursue it, and look past everything in a calm manner.)

When he put down the phone, there was a sound from the kitchen that his aunt started to cook.

Song Yunran suddenly thought that today is the day that Qin Ke was discharged from the hospital.

He said, “Auntie, do two more dishes today.”

The aunt turned around and asked, “Is He Ziyou coming? I’ve bought fresh lobsters, so I’ll make his favorite cheese baked lobster.”

“It’s not He Ziyou, it’s …….”

Song Yunran paused for a moment, not knowing how to introduce Qin Ke for a moment.

To say that it is a company artist, it seems too raw; to say that it is a life saver, it seems too solemn; can’t say that it is his son, that aunt might be embarrassed after hearing it.

In the end, Song Yunran’s throat rolled and he said without expression, “It’s a friend of mine.”

He said the words with a slight tremble at the end, he did not know what he was struggling with.

Fortunately, the aunt didn’t care, but only asked, “What kind of dishes does your friend like?”

Song Yunran didn’t know what Qin Ke liked to eat.

He frowned impatiently: “It’s good enough to invite him to dinner, where’s his turn to pick and choose.”

Auntie: “……”

In the end, is this a friend or a foe? She is not quite sure.

Song Yunran turned to leave the kitchen, and within two seconds he turned back: “But he is still recovering from his injuries. Forget it, let’s keep it light.”

When he came downstairs, Song Yunran took a deep breath, but he gently pressed the doorbell.

The door soon opened from the inside.

Qin Ke was tall and stood there blocking the light from inside the house, and casting a shadow on Song Yunran’s body.

A flash of surprise crossed his face and he asked softly, “Why are you here?”

Song Yunran met his gaze and couldn’t help but feel a surge of pride.

Look at this joyful look, fortunately he arrived in time. Or else Qin Ke’s wouldn’t be sure how to settle his dinner today, right?

The pride in his heart grew an even stronger layer at the thought that this person might have just been at home depressed.

“It’s like this, my aunt accidentally made a few extra dishes, and I couldn’t finish them alone.”

Song Yunran read out the draft in his heart, a relaxed appearance, “Your shoulder is not convenient now, there is no way to cook. So simply come up and eat together.”

Qin Ke hesitated and said, “But ……”

Song Yunran interrupted: “Do not but, you would not order takeout to deal with it, right? It’s not healthy, and people will think our company is mistreating the artists,”

He said these words with sincerity, causing Qin Ke’s expression to become more and more hesitant.

Song Yunran, he understood. Faced with this kind of active release of affection and goodwill, many people would feel unable to reciprocate.

In fact, where is the need to reciprocate?

It is clear that Qin Ke saved his life before, and everything he did today is what ought to be done.

At this point, Song Yunran urged: “What are you waiting for, let’s go, don’t be polite.”

The words did not end, and a loud voice came from inside: “The meal is ready, come and eat.”

Song Yunran’s heart thumped. He squeezed in from in front of Qin Ke to see who was stealing his thunder. In the end, he saw Xiao Ke, who was wearing a gray apron, carefully carrying a bowl of soup out from the kitchen.

Xiao Ke put down the bowl and looked up to see a head sticking out of the entranceway.

When he took a look, he found that it was their dear little Song, but for some reason, his eyes were wide-open. A look of disbelief that revealed an unexpected resentment.

Like a kid who has never been robbed of his toys.

Xiao Ke: “?”

Song Yunran: “……”

The two people’s eyes met in the air. There were several rounds of fighting between you and me, but they were never able to determine a winner.

Finally it was Qin Ke who broke the eerie silence by saying, “Xiao Ke has already made dinner.”

“How can you let him cook?” Song Yunran twisted his head and questioned.

Xiao Ke was completely dumbfounded.

For a moment, he nearly felt like going home and looking through his contract. He wanted to carefully read the job duties column to see what he was supposed to do as an artist assistant.

Usually, if the artist is injured and can’t do anything about it, doesn’t he need to come to the door to help?

Qin Ke sighed and reminded, “He is my assistant.”

“…… Oh, yeah, as well.”

Song Yunran reacted sluggishly, and then the whole person fell into an indescribable embarrassment.

After a few seconds of silence, he scratched his hair and whispered, “That’s okay, you go eat, I’m going up.”

He couldn’t describe what he felt in his heart, it was just very uncomfortable.

It felt silly to ask his aunt to add food, and silly to fabricate an invitation for Qin Ke to eat.

But when he turned around and was about to leave, Qin Ke called out to him, “I’ll go with you.”

Song Yunran stopped, “How can you do that, Xiao Ke has already made dinner.”

He said it politely, but he couldn’t help the subtle upward tone of his voice.

“Wait a moment.”

Qin Ke walked over, whispered a few words to Xiao Ke who still maintained his outsider status, and walked back to say, “Well, I told him to pack it up and take it home. Just in time to keep his girlfriend company.”

Song Yunran didn’t even know that Xiao Ke had a girlfriend, he took a few steps back and saw that Xiao Ke, who could leave work early, was happily cleaning up the table before he slowly nodded in response.

“Okay.”

It was not the first time Qin Ke came to Song Yunran’s house, but it was the first time he encountered Song’s aunt in person.

He changed his shoes, walked straight into the kitchen, and said to the aunt who was busy with her hands, “Sorry to trouble you.”

The aunt is a cheerful person, smiling and waving her hand, “It’s okay, Yun Ran is the one I’ve watched grow up. His friends came to visit, how can it be considered trouble?”

Qin Ke also smiled, his gaze swept over the ingredients that were just starting to be prepared in the kitchen, and the corners of his lips curved up into a deeper curve.

He came to the living room, sat down and stared at Song Yunran who was playing with his phone and suddenly asked, “Didn’t you say that auntie made too many dishes for you to finish?”

“……” Song Yunran looked up expressionlessly, “Why do you ask so many questions, it’s not like you have to do it.”

Qin Ke laughed in a low voice and talked about the business: “I saw the publicity of 《Hongbai Xixi》.

“Very impressive, right? In fact, I also got inspiration from Ning Dong’s previous promotions. Anyway, this is not the first time they have done this, in that case why can’t I use it to promote the movie invested by Xinghe.”

Qin Ke looked at him with lowered eyes and asked in a soft voice, “Aren’t you afraid that there will be accidents and the final release results will not be as good as you expected?”

Song Yunran replied to a comment from a netizen before saying, “I’ve seen the film, unless the audience’s eyes are blind this time, there is no way there will be an accident.”

The quality of the film’s production is there, whether in the past or present life, nothing has actually changed.

What’s more, now that Qin Ke’s acting skills are even better than before, he dares to pat his chest and guarantee that the movie will only capture more box office from the previous life when it is released.

“But well ……”

Song Yunran changed the subject, looking at the phone and said, “Like such a national mobilization of large-scale publicity, Ning Dong is also doing for the first time. Dad is so good to you, have you been particularly moved?”

Qin Ke looked at him meaningfully: “I need to be moved? Wasn’t it you who rushed to get the movie released for fear of being thrown into a marriage alliance?”

Song Yunran’s fingertips gave a beat. He was caught off guard by the revelation of his heart.

He shot back with resentment, “But after all, it’s your movie that’s being promoted. So don’t take advantage of it and not be satisfied.”

Qin Ke said: “Well, there is a way, I should thank you.”

Song Yunran’s non-existent tail cocked up. Thinking in his heart that a child can be really taught.

He is very pleased, then suddenly swiped to the comment section appeared a prickly content.

This netizen spoke quite to his liking: [I can see that this is the treatment only for the real son].

Beautiful! Good vision!

Song Yunran pressed the screen hard, and after giving the other party a like, he felt that it was not enough, and after a moment’s thought, he directly forwarded this comment, and happily typed a line: [You found this out.]

As soon as it was sent out, within two minutes, the new comment was covered by a blanket of question marks.

In the midst of a sea of question marks, a handful of cheerful writers gave their own versions of the animal

[Is this the legendary mockery?]

[I thought the fact that Qin Ke was Xinghe’s own son had long been known to everyone.]

Song Yun Ran was not satisfied with everyone’s reaction and felt that they had not grasped his deeper meaning.

He thought for a moment, gave Qin Ke a wary glance, and silently sat down in a slightly distant position.

Qin Ke: “?”

Song Yunran has a straight face: “You play by yourself for a while, I have business to do.”

As he said that, he skillfully switched to the small account, and clicked into the stoned group, to see if this group of young girls, who are the best at imagining things, could understand his true intentions.

CP fans these days have long been sugar smashed dizzy. At this moment, everyone is in an overly fed state, and their words have revealed a numb joy.

[Keep a low profile, please.]

[The young couple is always in love with the show. I’m simply convinced.

[Why don’t you get married when you’re like this, and can I travel for nine yuan?]

Song Yunran: “……”

This is not the content he wanted to see. He lowered his head, and quickly flipped through the chat records with a red face. Feeling frustrated, he found that he still had to do some things on his own.

So his high school girl persona came online and typed: [Have you seen Song Yunran’s new tweet? So he’s Qin Ke’s father! No wonder I always thought they were a father-son team!

For some reason, the group suddenly went quiet for about ten seconds.

Song Yunran blinked in confusion, why did everyone stop talking?

After waiting for a few more seconds, someone finally replied to him: [Little Eleven, don’t believe in Ran Ran’s words.]

Song Yunran: [???]

[If they are father and son, then Qin Ke is definitely the father!

[Qin Ke is the father +1]

[Laughing, no one really thinks that Song Yunran can be a father in front of Qin Ke, right?]

“……”

Song Yunran threw away his phone, his heart was numb.

Quit the group and forget about it.

The author has something to say: CP fans rebelled, breaking the heart of the Xiao Song.

T/N: My first language isn’t English, and there may be some grammatical errors. But I try not to deviate from the author’s narrative. If there are any errors or nonsensical sentences, feel free to comment.