Chapter 36: 236. The Oscars

Yin Yan apologized on behalf of his son many times. When Qi Le’an and Wei Changfeng left, he still felt guilty.

Qi Le’an did not think much, but he did not expect that after this incident, Yin Yan really sent his son to the army.

“You’re becoming more and more generous now,” Wei Changfeng said in a sigh, “When his son said that, I was actually very angry.”

“I was angry too,” Qi Le’an said while driving, “but I think we should focus on our own lives. It would be very tiring if we keep caring about what other people say about us.”

He felt that there was nothing in this world that could make him upset. Even though he did feel a little uncomfortable at first, he let it go after Yin Yan scolded his son.

Wei Changfeng was very proud of Qi Le’an. “I’m really afraid that you will leave me with someone else one day.”

“I swear that I’ll never leave you. Don’t worry!” Qi Le’an said with a smile.

Wei Changfeng was amused by him and chuckled.

The two of them then went to pick up the children and were asked to stay for dinner by Chen Mama. After dinner, the three children didn’t want to separate, so Qi Le’an allowed them to play for a while. By the time they arrived home, it was already 10 p.m.

After washing up and putting the two children to bed, Qi Le’an and Wei Changfeng lay on the bed and were ready to sleep.

Tomorrow, Qi Le’an would go to the northeast and he was reluctant to part with Wei Sama. Wei Changfeng said with guilt, “It’s too bad that I can’t take you with me this time. I have promised that we could take a trip to Mohe county.”

Qi Le’an shook his head with a smile and comforted him, “It doesn’t matter. You’re going to make a lot of money. And by that time, you could take me to the South Pole. People said that there are penguins in the South Pole!”

Ever since he accepted an endorsement from a travel site, Qi Le’an seemed to have opened the door to a new world.

Something was really beyond his imagination.

“Okay!” Wei Changfeng said with a smile and kissed his lover. The world was big and he was willing to accompany Qi Le’an wherever he wanted to go.

The next morning, Wei Changfeng drove the three of them to the airport. Qi Le’an held Little Orange in his arms and walked into the airport with An Cheng in tow. He had worn thick clothes to cover himself up, lest he was recognized. After entering the VIP lounge, he let out a sigh of relief. However, he did not expect that he would be photographed by the media again. And this time, he was holding a child in his arms. The news spread really fast in this age.

When he got off the plane, the news about him having a love child had already spread all over the world.

His assistant who hurried here from Beijing did not dare to say anything and just walked beside him while holding An Cheng’s hand silently.

It snowed in the northeast and everyone was wearing a fluffy coat. Early February was the coldest season here, so the first thing Qi Le’an did after arrival was to buy clothes for the two children.

When they set off from Hai City, they all wore sweaters and down jackets, but they still felt cold after arrival.

“Mr. Qi, do you think you need to tell Mr. Chen about this?” The assistant reminded Qi Le’an at the side.

This assistant was arranged by Chen Shan. He had not worked in the entertainment circle before, but he was very good at taking care of people.

“No need. No one will believe this kind of stupid news.” Qi Le’an shook his head and said, “An Cheng is already eight years old. I’m too young to give birth to a child this old.”

The assistant laughed out loud after hearing these words.

After all, the welfare house was where the two children had lived for many years and they missed that place. After learning that they were going back to the welfare house, they already became excited on the plane. When they bought clothes, An Cheng just turned to glance at the toy shop from time to time and ask Qi Le’an if he could buy something, too.

Qi Le’an surely agreed. “Do you want to buy some gifts for your friends?”

An Cheng nodded and said, “Yes.”

Qi Le’an knew that An Cheng was a thoughtful boy and gave some money to him. But after a long time, An Cheng came back from the toy shop empty-handed.

“What’s wrong?” Qi Le’an was surprised.

An Cheng just returned the money to Qi Le’an and didn’t say anything. He seemed not so happy.

Since he had no intention to explain, Qi Le’an didn’t ask any more questions. Then, the assistant told Qi Le’an that a car was here to pick them up, so Qi Le’an took the two children downstairs to take the car.

An Cheng remained in low spirits until the assistant took him to a toy shop near the hotel when he finally cheered up.

Qi Le’an asked the assistant curiously why this boy had been in a bad mood. The assistant honestly replied, “He said the toys at the airport were too expensive.”

Hearing this, Qi Le’an just felt sad for An Cheng.

There was a four-hour drive to the Huadu County from here and Qi Le’an had contacted the teachers in the welfare house in advance. When they arrived at the welfare house, he let the two children go play with their old friends and then went to the office to get their residence booklets.

The process of applying for the passports required the escort of the guardians, so Qi Le’an had to accompany the children to the entry and exit administration bureau. Qi Le’an had also asked for premium processing, but it still took him two days to complete the application.

Next, he was going to help the children apply their visas, which would be much easier to deal with, as Sheng Chang’an would take care of this for him. Shortly after, he got the two children’s visas.

On February 11th, Lantern Festival, Qi Le’an left the two children in Beijing and went to see Wei Changfeng.

Wei Changfeng had been busy with his work, but he did not forget to prepare a bouquet of roses for Valentine’s Day a few days later.

Qi Le’an also took advantage of this opportunity to finish the remaining work he had in China.

On February 20th, Wei Changfeng completed his work and returned to Beijing to pick up two children. Then they flew to America with Qi Le’an.

The Oscar Award Ceremony would be held in Los Angeles, so the surrounding hotels were all booked. In the end, Wei Changfeng and Qi Le’an could only go to live in Sheng Chang’an’s house. This was the first time that An Cheng and Little Orange went abroad and they were curious about everything in this city. There were admiration as well as fear and eager in their eyes.

Three days after they arrived, Qi Le’an was already amazed by An Cheng’s language talent, for this boy had learned a lot of daily language within such a short time.

During this period of time, Qi Le’an had met many people, such as Professor John, Damien who was the director of the movie “Lala Land”, and his good friends Dossey and Amco.

It was worth mentioning that the movie that Amco had produced for a long time was completed from shooting to later release in the past six months and was also shortlisted for this time’s awards.

Qi Le’an really admired him and thought that he was very lucky.

Before filming, the two movies had been compared with each other a lot of times. People had thought that Amco would not be able to finish filming his movie this year, but he managed to finish it and then sent it for review at the last moment.

Now Amco’s movie was still being shown in the cinema, so Qi Le’an and Wei Changfeng went to the cinema to watch it. In the end, Amco gave up on Asian actors and found black actors to complete the movie. After watching the movie, Qi Le’an was deeply impressed by it. No matter what, Amco was a great director and his movies were always stunning.

Amco and Deng Jie had been engaged and they planned to get married in October.

It wasn’t until two days before the Oscars that Qi Le’an met Emma and Tresse. Emma had just returned from California. The minute she saw Qi Le’an, she gave him a big hug.

When she saw the two little children, she liked them very much and praised, “Oh my God, they’re so cute!”

She already knew that Qi Le’an and Wei Changfeng were preparing to adopt the two children and was full of praise for the little kids.

“But honestly, when are you getting married?” She urged, “I’ve been waiting for you guys to get married for so many years.”

Qi Le’an couldn’t help chuckling. “It hasn’t been that long. What about you? The reporters had taken pictures of you and your mysterious boyfriend.”

Hearing this, Emma roller her eyes and replied, “I also hope that I have a boyfriend now, but that was Tresse who was with me in the candid photo!”

Qi Le’an was speechless.

It turned out to be a false alarm!

But Tresse was not glad to hear these words. “What’s wrong with taking pictures of me? I’m also a famous producer and am quite a match for you!”

Emma looked at him up and down disdainfully without saying a word.

Qi Le’an was amused by them and smiled.

“By the way, have you gone to see the gown?” Emma suddenly asked him.

The day after tomorrow when the ceremony began, the two of them would appear together, so their ceremonial dresses should match.

Qi Le’an nodded. The designer had shown him their suits and dresses yesterday, which looked very beautiful.

“I can wear a beautiful dress again.” Emma exclaimed happily.

“You sounded like you had never worn a dress before!” Tresse sneered.

Emma rolled her eyes and ignored him.

Qi Le’an and Wei Changfeng looked at each other meaningfully. They hadn’t met Tresse and Emma for only half a year, but they both felt that the two of them were definitely more than just friends.

It seemed that the media was not completely unreliable at times!

The next day, Qi Le’an and Emma went to the studio to prepare for their final looks. The two children were taken care of by Wei Changfeng. In fact, Wei Changfeng had also been invited by Director Spear to attend the ceremony, but he was worried about An Cheng and Little Orange, so he turned the director down politely.

After Director Spear found out about the existence of the two adopted children, he specifically asked someone to deliver gifts.

The gifts were two models of the two characters in his movie. At this time, the movie had yet to be released. Everything about it was still confidential, so these two gifts were quite precious.

Two days later, the Oscars began.

It had been very difficult for Chinese people to get shortlisted in this ceremony, so their attitude towards this ceremony was complicated. Even though the reputation of the Oscar was huge, its popularity in China was average. Apart from the insiders and movie enthusiasts, most people felt that this event totally had nothing to do with them.

But this year, everything had changed.

Chinese actor Qi Le’an, who was the male lead in the moive “Lala Land”, was nominated for many awards.

The fans and media all focused on the event. Everyone wanted to witness the moment when a Chinese citizen created his glory in Hollywood.