Chapter 13 - Drama in the office

Chapter 13: Drama in the office

Translator: Flying Lines

On the fifth day of the lunar new year, Fang received the phone from his agent, telling him to go to the company.

Fang dressed up carefully. When he went out, he took the scarf of Lu in passing which had been washed.

Although the new year had passed just a few days, there were already many people in the company. After all, there was no such thing as statutory leave in the entertainment industry. But the number of people present today was just too large, and there were even a few reporters waiting at the gate.

Fang couldn’t help asking his agent, “Bro Xiang, are they going to welcome the God of Wealth today?”

Xiang nodded, “That’s true! The movie star -Mr. Ye is signing a contract with our company today.”

“Ye Ran?” Fang screamed. The man got influential background.

“Yes! I don’t know what magical power Mr. Lu has utilized. The best movie actor spared no expense to come over, violating the contract with his former company.”

Fang asked one more question, “Which Lu?”

“The big one.” He meant Lu Yanxing.

Well enough! If it was Lu Yanzhou, Fang couldn’t help thinking the two had an affair.

But a top star like Ye who was handsome and capable as well shouldn’t need someone to help him go further.

Fang got excited suddenly since he hadn’t met the movie king in person before. He intended to go to the gate waiting for the star after he settled his own matter. He might even be lucky enough to get a signature.

The agent asked Fang to come today, since he had promised Fang a TV show last time. The show invited the members of the cast from that Republic drama. The show would be presented the same time as the drama in order to advertise.

Fang got confused, “How many people the show had invited, and a utility man like me should get the chance to take part in?”

“Not many. Six people including you.”

“…” Fang asked tentatively, “Was it Mr. Lu who arranged it?”

“Yes.”

Fang asked further, “The other show and activity you told me last time on the phone was also Mr. Lu’s arrangement, wasn’t it?”

“Yes.”

Fang got puzzled, “Why did he think of me suddenly?”

Xiang thought to himself that he was the one felling bitter. Fang had been ignored for a few years, but Mr. Lu cared about him suddenly this time, and even scolded Xiang.

Fang talked with his agent for less than half an hour. After the talk, Fang, with the scarf in hand, planned to go to Lu’s office first before coming back to wait for Ye’s signature.

The president’s office was on the top floor. Fang came here the first time. He wanted to give the scarf to the secretary sitting outside of the office at first, but the secretary told him sweetly, “Mr. Lu is in the office.”

Now it would be improper for him to leave. Fang had to knock at the door.

“Come in.” Lu’s deep voice just came from the inside.

Fang opened a crack of the door, and squeezed himself in sideways.

Lu was sitting at the desk reading files. He wore fancy suit and got neat hairstyle as usual. Such a flamboyant presidential manner!

But he looked not the same as usual somehow. Maybe he got too much hair spray today, or maybe his posture of holding a pen appeared tight.

Fang called, “Mr. Lu.”

Raising his head to have a look, Lu put down his pen immediately, and his body got relaxed too, “Uh, it’s you.”

“Are you waiting for someone else, Mr. Lu?”

“No,” Lu stood up, “Why are you here?”

“You left your scarf in my shop last time, Mr. Lu. I’ve brought it for you.”

Lu took the bag, pulled out the scarf, and stared at it for seconds.

“Fang Qiao.”

Fang shrank his neck with guilty, “uh?”

“This is for a child, isn’t it?”

“I…I thought such a fancy scarf wouldn’t shrink. Er…Let me buy a new one for you, Mr. Lu, OK?”

“It doesn’t matter.” Of course, Lu didn’t care about a scarf. It was OK to throw it away.

However, Fang thought Lu didn’t mind its shrinking by his words. So Fang replied at once, “Well, it’s OK. Extend it, and you may still wear it.”

“How to extend it?”

“Like this.” Fang took the scarf, and put it on his own neck. With his two hands holding the two ends of the scarf respectively, he exerted himself to pull it forward. “When I was growing tall in my childhood, I didn’t have new sweaters. The aunt in the yard would help me extend so that I could still wear it for another winter.”

Lowering his head to see Fang who appeared serious but stupid, Lu felt sympathetic towards him, but wanted to laugh as well.

At this moment, the door was knocked once again. The door had been opened even before Lu could reply.

Knowing his identity was a little embarrassing, Fang tried to keep some distance with Lu. But what he didn’t expect was that Lu pulled forward the scarf, and as a result, their lips touched one another.

Fang’s brain went blank immediately with his whole body getting rigid on the spot.

“Lu Yanzhou!” The moment Lu’s elder brother came into the office, he almost fainted from anger because of his brother.

Turning a deaf ear to it, Lu kissed Fang’s lips a few times before he stopped with satisfaction. Then he turned around with an expression of surprise as if he had just noticed someone’s coming in. He said, “I’m sorry! I can’t control my feelings!”

Lu Yanxing’s face turned deathly pale, “What a shame!”

“I was courting with my little boyfriend in my office. How could it be inappropriate?”

“You’re…”

“You have a very good relationship with your boyfriend, Mr. Lu.” The soft voice of a man interrupted their speaking.

Fang Qiao, who recovered himself slightly, didn’t notice there was a thin and tall guy standing behind Lu Yanxing until now. Dressed in a white sweater with a faint smile on his face, the man was just the legendary Ye Ran who was said to have won the best actor laurel before thirty in well-known movie festivals both at home and abroad.

With his face turning red, Fang pulled Lu’s sleeve unnaturally, and leaned over to whisper, “Didn’t you make it clear to your family, Mr. Lu?”

Lu turned his head and responded in a low voice, “What?”

“Our relationship.”

“Yes, I did. I said I had found my true love and didn’t accept an arranged marriage.”

“…”

Lu Yanxing couldn’t hear what they were saying. When he saw these two guys whispering as if nobody was here, his face looked even more frightening.

Seeing the situation, Ye Ran hurried to mediate, “Since you are busy today, I’ll come next time.” Lu Yanzhou replied lazily, “As you will.”

Lu Yanxing intended to say something more originally, but he just cast an angry glare at Fang since Ye Ran was here. Then he left the office with the company of Ye.

After the two guys left, Fang spoke to Lu reluctantly, “Mr. Lu, if you want to find a false boyfriend, then go to find someone with higher social status. I don’t worth it.”

Lu Yanzhou moved his eyes back from the door, and asked, “You tell me what kind I should look for?”

“Just like the movie actor-Ye.” Although he met Ye Ran just one time, Fang had begun to like him.

Lu Yanzhou settled back into his office chair, and said calmly, “He is my first love.”