Chapter 31: CH 35

Qin Ke’s room is an suite.

After passing through the small living room, which is used for guests, the bedroom with a double bed is just inside.

It’s as tidy as his home, with everything he’s ever used sorted properly into its respective place. There’s a spread-out script and a bottle of water on the coffee table in the living room, but other than that, there’s no extra stuff.

Qin Ke pushed the suitcase into the bedroom, turned his face sideways and asked, “Are you going to take a shower first?”

Song Yunran was still a bit dazed, so he obediently grabbed his toiletries and went into the bathroom.

The hot water washed away the exhaustion of the long journey, and restored his sanity from the horror of the standing ticket.

There was only one double bed in this room.

The living room sofa looked no more than one meter long at most, and neither he nor Qin Ke would be able to sleep on it.

So…

So tonight he will be sharing a bed with Qin Ke?

Song Yunran’s heart thumped, feeling remorseful.

I don’t know how I could have agreed to this.

But now that he’s finished with the shower, it seems like a bit of a hassle to ask Assistant Tang to find another hotel to stay at.

He was caught between a rock and a hard place. He was afraid that Qin Ke would get aggressive in the middle of the night, but he didn’t want to seem too squeamish.

Could this be part of Qin Ke’s plan?

As expected of a protagonist in a book, a true master of manipulating people’s hearts!

In the night when the rain is pouring down, the two men are alone in the same room.

According to Qin Ke’s love brain, he probably thought it would be a good day to confess his love.

Maybe if he opened the bathroom door right now, he would see Qin Ke posing outside in a flirtatious manner.

Song Yunran sneered in disdain at this thought.

Just wait, when I open the bathroom door, I’m going to ruin all those fantasies of yours personally!

After clearing his head, he didn’t hesitate to open the door and walked out with a proud smile.

He then saw Qin Ke sitting on the sofa, looking down at the script in his hand.

He looked like a professional actor.

The scene Song Yunran had envisioned did not happen, and he was somewhat lost inexplicably.

He walked over and sat down, thinking about it and said tentatively, “It’s already past nine o’clock, are you going to keep reading the script tonight?”

“Hmm?”

Qin Ke lifted his thin eyelids, thinking that Xiao Song was about to take a significant step forward, and asked rhetorically, “What do you want me to do with you?”

Song Yunran was hit with a boomerang to the chest. His face went almost red, what a way to talk, what to do, what to do …… What do you mean what to do …… That’s a strange thing to say.

He used a bath towel to shield his face as he pretended to wipe his hair, “I just wanted to see if you were serious about your work!”

Qin Ke laughed a little, his eyes paused when they landed on a few strands of moist black hair on the back of of his neck, and quickly withdrew without leaving a trace: “If you’re sleepy, go to bed first, while Assistant Tang and I go check on Zhong Xiaofeng?”

“I’ll go too.” Song Yunran finally remembered that there was still this important matter.

Qin Ke said, “Too many people at once, what if he gets stressed out again.”

Song Yunran: “Then ask Assistant Tang not to go, he has no sense of friendliness with that face. I suspect Zhong Xiaofeng was scared away by him.”

Qin Ke was quiet for a few seconds: “Are you sure you don’t want to sleep?”

“No, I was just too tired from the train earlier, I’m almost better off now.”

Song Yunran tossed the towel aside and said with his hair in a mess, “It’s only been a day without sleep, what’s the big deal? Or are you already losing your energy at a young age? Ah this, maybe the company should send you some supplements?”

He said with a distinctly elevated tone, revealing a mixture of doubt and disdain.

Qin Ke looked at him calmly and did not say anything.

“……”

Song Yunran’s heart went weak from this glance, lest Qin Ke prove it to him on the spot. He hurriedly grabbed the phone next to him and sent a message to Assistant Tang, then urged, “What are you looking at, hurry up and go!”

Meanwhile, downstairs in the room.

Assistant Tang, who was planning to go upstairs, gave a pause in his steps and looked at his phone, ” Xiao Song always told me not to go, saying that it would be fine if he and Qin Ke showed up.”

“Hiss…” Xiao Ke hesitantly said with a piece of crisp in his mouth, “Assistant Tang, I have a question, can you help me with the advice?”

“Go ahead.”

” According to reason, today’s incident, Qin Ke, as an artist, will just stop Zhong Xiaofeng, right? Don’t look at him like this, he’s actually quite tired from filming this time, it’s hard to get a day off, why would he want to help Xiao Song with his work?”

Assistant Tang pushed his glasses: “Zhong Xiaofeng is the person he introduced to the company, shouldn’t he be responsible for the aftermath if something goes wrong?”

Xiao Ke turned his head, “Is that all?”

But why did he feel as if it wasn’t that simple.

“Of course that’s all.”

Assistant Tang looked up and criticized in a deep voice, “Don’t think about it, if you really have nothing to do, enroll in a training course to improve yourself.”

Xiao Ke: “……?”

Assistant Tang’s face was sullen: “Or watch out for your year-end bonus.”

Song Yunran did not expect to see Fang Zhou again.

What’s more, he didn’t expect that Fang Zhou would greet with great excitement when he saw him again after a long time.

“Xiao Song, long time no see!”

Fang Zhou enthusiastically held his hands and shook them up and down, “How have you been?”

Song Yunran’s head was full of confusion and his first reaction was to look at Fang Zhou’s trouser pockets.

Fang Zhou hurriedly explained, “My mobile phone is on the TV cabinet, I didn’t turn on the recording.”

“…Oh, you know what to do.”

Song Yunran still didn’t understand why the other party was so enthusiastic.

When he was confused, Qin Ke, who was next to him, spoke coldly, “Have you finished greeting?”

“Ah yes, let’s get down to business.”

Only then did Fang Zhou react, let go of Song Yunran’s hand and sat back down in his previous seat.

Song Yunran and Qin Ke also sat down, and the two of them involuntarily looked at the Xinghe on the Run screenwriter.

When Zhong Xiaofeng saw that it was Song Yunran and not Assistant Tang, his fear of being scolded eased a little. He lifted his head and smiled shyly.

Curious about what Fang Zhou could advise, Song Yunran said, “You guys continue?”

“Yes.” Fang Zhou asked, “Where was I?”

Zhong Xiaofeng thoughtfully reminded, “It was about you breaking your contract with Xinghe.”

Song Yunran: “What??”

How long has this been going on, what were you two up to before?

Fang Zhou bent down and propped his elbows on his knees, taking the stance of a long conversation, “After I left Xinghe, I thought that my chance to make it big had come. At that moment, it was as if I saw a bright future beckoning to me, but to my surprise, what came was just another low point. Do you know what happened to me?”

“Oh? What was it?” Zhong Xiaofeng asked.

Fang Zhou: “The new company treated me very well and gave me a direct male lead in an urban drama.”

Zhong Xiaofeng: “That’s a good thing.”

Fang Zhou: “But I never thought that on the first day I joined the set, I would be scolded by the director.”

Zhong Xiaofeng: “Why did he scold you?”

Fang Zhou: “The director didn’t like my performance as the boss, it didn’t have the same style as a boss.”

Zhong Xiaofeng: “Ouch, that’s not a good comment.”

Song Yunran: “……”

He turned his face sideways to look at Qin Ke, just as Qin Ke also raised his eyes to look over, and the same speechlessness passed through their eyes.

At that moment, Song Yunran realized.

In this room, only he and Qin Ke were normal human beings with normal IQ.

“Can you two stop the comedy?” He impatiently knocked on the armrest, “Get to the point.”

Xiao Song had given the word, and Fang Zhou dared not disobey.

He hurriedly sped up his speech and said in one breath, “Anyway, it ended up being delayed for several days, and the investor was not happy about it and kicked me out of the production straight away. My agent, who didn’t know what to think, forced me to sign a new contract and shoved me into the current crew.”

Zhong Xiaofeng’s heart trembled as he listened, and felt even more empathy with Fang Zhou: “Brother, it turns out that like me, you were also put into a position that you weren’t suited for.”

He clenched his wrist and shook his head with a sigh, “So you’re trying to tell me that I ought to know better than to quit?”

“What’s the rush, just hear me out.”

Fang Zhou continued, “The drama we’re shooting is called ‘The Story of Shuisheng Town’, to put it bluntly, it’s just a country drama. When I first came here, I remembered what Xiao Song had said at the beginning, and I was particularly unconvinced. Who knew that after a month of filming, guess what happened?”

Song Yunran subconsciously answered, “What happened?”

As soon as the words left his mouth, he choked.

How come I’ve become like Zhong Xiaofeng, a comedian? There’s something about this person, Fang Zhou.

Fang Zhou smiled coyly and turned his head to look at him, ” Xiao Song, I found out that you were right. I am suitable for playing country dramas. Ever since I came to this cast, the director and producer have praised me every day, and the praise I’ve received in my five years as an actor combined is not as much as what I’ve heard in this month.”

Song Yunran couldn’t help but freeze.

Although he had initially thought that Fang Zhou should have taken a different route, he hadn’t expected the results to be so effective.

Fang Zhou turned his head to Zhong Xiaofeng and said, “I used to look sad when I arrived on set, but now it’s different, I especially look forward to going to the shoot every day. So you see, since Xiao Song is optimistic about you, it proves that you do have such strength.”

Pausing for half a beat, he added aloud, “You may not believe in yourself, but you must always believe in Xiao Song!”

Zhong Xiaofeng shook violently, as if his soul had been washed by this voice, and looked over in a daze of enlightenment.

Song Yunran’s scalp tingled as he was stared at by these two, and he subconsciously turned to look at Qin Ke, trying to share the embarrassment of this awkward moment with him.

Unexpectedly, when he turned his head, he ran into Qin Ke’s eyes which had a teasing smile.

What are you smiling at?

Song Yunran was bursting with shame and blinked frantically to signal Qin Ke to save him.

Luckily, Qin Ke had a clear conscience and after a few seconds of silence, he asked Zhong Xiaofeng, “Do you still want to escape?”

“No.” Zhong Xiaofeng puffed up his chest, “I can’t let down the expectations that Xiao Song has placed on me!”

“Fine, fine, fine.”

Song Yunran couldn’t stand the inexplicable chicken blood atmosphere, and without even noticing it himself, he pulled Qin Ke’s hand, “Then you two continue with the comedy, we’ll leave first.”

Rushing back to the room across the hall with a flurry of energy, Song Yunran patted his chest with a lingering fear, “Fang Zhou is horrible, is he deliberately playing me?”

Qin Ke locked the door behind him and commented, “I think he’s quite genuine, besides he’s not wrong.”

It was just that the expression was slightly pompous.

Somehow, Qin Ke’s bland, low voice sounded extraordinarily convincing.

Song Yunran was able to do it once again.

He raised his chin and said proudly, “Of course, knowing the right people is the basic requirement to be a president. If I don’t even have this ability, how can I manage a company as big as Xinghe.”

Qin Ke held back his laughter, not reminding him that Xinghe was not a big company.

Seeing that he didn’t say anything, Song Yunran immediately became dissatisfied, “Why don’t you say anything? After watching that scene just now, don’t you think I’m particularly impressive?”

“Awesome.”

Qin Ke lowered his eyelashes, with a serious tone, “Then may I ask the impressive Xiao Song, can you let go of me now?”

Song Yunran was stunned, and only then did he realise that his paws were still clutching Qin Ke’s wrist.

He cleared his throat and let go of his hand while not forgetting to coldly hum, “I just accidentally forgot, it’s not like I’m holding onto you on purpose.”

Petty ba*tard.

He spat in his mind as he walked towards the bedroom, what’s wrong with letting your dad hold it.

Didn’t you ever see the big-head son when you were a kid, or remember the theme song.

You cannot just grab your wrist and get so excited that you can’t help yourself.

Song Yunran’s footsteps suddenly stopped, and when he turned around, he saw Qin Ke taking out his pajamas from the wardrobe, seemingly ready to take a shower.

The main character likes to take a cold shower when he cannot help himself.

Song Yunran sighed and looked at his sinful right hand, how can you cause trouble again?

When Qin Ke came out of the shower, Song Yunran was getting ready to go to bed.

He thought about it for a moment and decided to say something unpleasant up front, “I’m very demanding about my sleeping environment.”

“I remember, you said that.” Qin Ke said back.

Song Yunran went under the blanket, and soon revealed his head again, “Then don’t move your hands and feet when you sleep at night.”

After tossing and turning for most of the day, Qin Ke was also sleepy.

He turned off the light in the room, and as he lay back down, he replied rather helplessly, “Got it, good night.”

“Good night.”

The field of vision fell into pitch black.

Song Yunran cautiously slowed down his movements, tossing and turning a few times before finally deciding to turn his back on Qin Ke.

When vision wasn’t working, hearing became extraordinarily sensitive.

The sound of the man’s steady breathing came from behind him softly, like some kind of unknown lurking in the shadows, tantalizing his imagination to no end.

At this moment, Song Yunran realized that the 1.8 meter bed was not big at all, as if Qin Ke only needed to stretch out his hand and it would reach his shoulders.

But the good news is that Qin Ke seemed to have fallen asleep.

Song Yunran finally put his mind at ease and rolled over to face Qin Ke again, blinking his eyes a few times as he slowly fell into sleep.

It wasn’t long before the “sleeping” Qin Ke opened his eyes in the darkness.

He really didn’t know where Song Yunran got the energy to toss and turn in bed for half a day after a sleepless night.

The light was getting to his eyes, and his vision was getting used to it.

Qin Ke turned his face sideways and traced Song Yunran’s silhouette in the night with his gaze.

The messy forehead hair blocked his normally bright and clear eyes, and the pulled up quilt covered his chin and lips, leaving only a high nose exposed for people to admire.

There was something inexplicably good about the way he looked.

However, the sleepy Song Yunran suddenly kicked open the blanket. Then, with a “snap”, he put his legs on Qin Ke’s waist.

Qin Ke: “……”

He sat up, put Song Yunran’s leg back and laid down again.

In a few seconds, Song Yunran put his leg on his waist again.

And this time, without waiting for Qin Ke to act, he intensified his efforts by extending his arms over as well.

The scent of the hotel’s shower gel lingered between his nostrils, causing Qin Ke’s movements to freeze for a moment.

He was tempted to wake the man up and ask, “Who the hell is doing this while sleeping?”

In the end, he could only purse his lips and try to simply push him away.

But as soon as his fingers touched Song Yunran’s shoulder, the other party hugged him even more firmly.

Song Yunran said ambiguously, “Monica, be good, don’t move around.”

“……Monica who is it?” Qin Ke asked numbly.

This question seemed to have stumped Song Yunran.

He closed his eyes and rubbed his fluffy head against Qin Ke a few times before finally giving his answer, “Woof!”

Oh.

Qin Ke thought expressionlessly, “It’s a dog.