Chapter 48
Translator: マイ
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When they got married, Ye NanQi never thought about making it public.
In his perspective, if Shen Du didn’t like him and they divorced before his confession, the two of them would get divorced quietly, and except for their respective families, it would be best to keep this from everyone else.
Unexpectedly, he and Shen Du were secretly photographed, and someone was digging information about Shen Du.
If they came to trouble him even after he hadn’t been in the limelight for so long, this fan either truly loved him or had deep hatred toward him.
Ye NanQi immediately thought of the Xue family and the Qian family, unfortunately it was impossible to find either one of them for a while, and it was best to solve the matter at hand first.
He paused and said, “We …”
It shouldn’t be a problem to suppress it, and it was not difficult for the Shen family to delete posts, control comments, and release announcements. They could just ignore the gossip afterwards as well.
This was a rational approach, but emotionally… Shen Du would hope to make it public.
Moreover, mother Shen, a person who didn’t care much about the entertainment industry, turned into a mama fan for him. She watched the news all day and must have seen this as well. Although the elders had not said anything, they definitely hoped to make it public.
Ye NanQi was dumb for a while. He heard Shen Du laugh on the opposite end of the line, and then sighed softly, his voice seemed to be ringing in his ears, magnetic and nice, gentle and tolerant. “I know.”
As soon as he heard it, Ye NanQi’s heart was stabbed. He couldn’t tell what it felt like, and just blurted out, “Make it public.”
Shen Du was stunned. “It takes more effort to post it publicly than pressing it down in advance, baby, are you sure?”
Ye NanQi was just nervous, but did not regret it. He opened his mouth, and after a while finally only said “um”.
“You are like this…” Shen Du sighed. “I really want to appear in front of you right away and give you a hard kiss.”
Ye NanQi said, “The teacher who taught you etiquette will probably get angry when he sees you like this.”
Shen Du said, “Compared to my wife, that’s nothing. Be good, don’t think about it anymore. Take a nap; everything would have been taken care of by the time you wake up.”
Ye NanQi leaned against the window, looked in the direction of Shen Du’s Company absentmindedly, and responded softly.
After Shen Du went to solve the matter, Ye NanQi couldn’t just go to bed without a care in the world. After thinking about it, he called Li Hengran and described the incident.
Li Hengran didn’t know anything about the entertainment industry, but he could do more than Ye NanQi, so he immediately asked someone to investigate.
The scandal was first uploaded on a small Weibo account, claiming to be Ye NanQi’s diehard fan, and after the help of several marketing accounts, it became a hot search within a few hours.
While waiting, Ye NanQi had been checking Weibo using his small account to pay attention to any new developments. He hadn’t appeared much on any Weibo searches and also kept quiet as if he was retiring after changing companies. He threw all of the social media related matters to Wen Chen, and left him to operate his accounts and post something from time to time to remind fans that he was still alive.
Wen Chen was probably discussing this with Shen Du, but still hadn’t released any statements yet.
The “black fan” who said “I am very disappointed that this idol is such a person. He has turned black and I will continue to collect and expose his real personality.” posted a few long Weibo posts. In addition to his relationship with Shen Du, Zhao Sheng had also gotten involved. The post included some fuzzy photos maliciously speculating whether he was playing 3P. One photo was taken while someone tried to snatch Ye NanQi’s role in a show last year, and the other photo was when he invited Zhao Sheng to drink.
Ye NanQi looked at the comments, and unexpectedly found that most people were standing on his side and defending him.
One with no return: I have been a fan since NanQi had just debuted, and can be regarded as part of the first batch of old fans. There have been so many scandals about him on the Internet, and watching NanQi overcome all of these little by little, I find it very funny every time I see the so-called “solid evidence”. Those who are of a clear mind will see for themselves, and believe in NanQi!
Qingqing wants to go to bed early today: I joined the crew last year as a group performer and was lucky enough to meet Ye NanQi. He was really gentle and treated us girls with care. At that time the equipment snagged my skirt. I was embarrassed to death when I saw him. Upon seeing that someone next to him was laughing at me, NanQi put an outfit on me and asked someone to take me to the lounge to change my clothes. Compared to some social climbers who set their eyes to get to the top, real character can only be seen in these small details.
Xiao Sansan: I believe in NanQi. Saying he climbed the bed just for some resource, I disagree. If your idol wants resources by climbing into other’s bed, how come he received a fourth male role which no one wanted? Then, why hasn’t he been in any public activities for half a year?
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In the eyes of most fans, Ye NanQi was still the “sun”.
Ye NanQi was in a complicated mood. After reading the comments for a long time, he scrolled further and unexpectedly found that a person with the ID “your father Zhao Sheng” reposted and commented on a long-standing comment: Don’t talk nonsense. God fucking 3p, I don’t want to die yet.
Ye NanQi clicked on the ID with a skeptical mentality, and at a glance saw the certification “Zhao Group Branch CEO, Zhao Sheng, a well-known flower arranging artist and a rising star in the crosstalk world.”
Ye NanQi, “…”
Two minutes later, Shen Du took action.
Contrary to what Ye NanQi imagined, Shen Du did not make their relationship public. Instead, Shen Du registered on Weibo and calmly explained that he was pursuing Ye NanQi.
Immediately after the public relations released an announcement to explain and clarify, Zhao Sheng, who had many fans and always liked to rant on Weibo, reposted the post happily. He even shamelessly @Ye NanQi and intimately called him the future Sister-in-law.
Jiang Yuanyu had also heard about it, and when he saw the incident had taken another turn, he immediately reposted Weibo again, indicating that everyone had known each other a long time ago and they were friends.
It was much easier for Shen Du to come out himself to suppress this thing than allow those people to flutter in secret, not to mention the headline “The famous and rich second generation young master pursuing popular male star” was much more eye-catching than the stalks that flood the sky.
Immediately afterwards, a group of people released Shen Du’s Weibo under the keywords of “Young Consortium Head”, “British Overseas Returnees”, “Famous Third Generations” and other such keywords kept popping up. It was unknown whether they were friendly or an enemy army, but even Shen Du’s graduation photos from when he graduated abroad were also released. They were very heroic, dazzling, and handsome. Even Ye NanQi’s fans couldn’t help commenting that the two were a good match.
Even without looking at it any further, Ye NanQi already knew the outcome. After thinking about it, he called Shen Du.
Shen Du, who seemed to be waiting for his call all this time, immediately answered. “Well, it’s solved. How do you want to praise me?”
Ye NanQi said, “Don’t you want to make it public?”
“I discussed it with Wen Chen, and this method seems to be the best.” Shen Du laughed. “Besides this is also the truth, I am pursuing you.”
Ye NanQi’s face was a bit hot, and Shen Du said, “Have you seen the comments?”
“Nn?”
“‘NanQi Big Baby comment: They look like a good match’.” Shen Du smiled. “Even your fans think so. Well, I think we match very well.”
Ye NanQi couldn’t help but smile. “Smelly shameless.”
After the storm died down, Li Hengran sent Ye NanQi the messages from those paparazzi who were secretly making trouble: “It’s not convenient for me to go deeper into this. Let’s leave it to President Shen.”
Ye NanQi forwarded it to Shen Du and asked him not to act violently.
There were two waves of storms setting out in one day while the first wave was shot dead on the beach by the back waves, the trend behind continued to rise. Shen Du gained hundreds of thousands of fans in just one hour, and it still continued to rise. A large number of paparazzi were still squatting outside Ye NanQi’s community, they kept their eyes sharp, as they waited for Ye NanQi to come out.
Ye NanQi was experiencing a headache at the moment, but Shen Du could still calmly deliver the meal, and at the same time, he suggested, “Do you want to move back? It’s impossible for them to get into my community.”
Ye NanQi didn’t know how to define their relationship now, he shook his head and refused. Shen Du continued to persuade him, this time using Mama Shen whose name he hadn’t used for a long time. “My mother is also worried about you. She even asked me today why you haven’t returned yet, thinking I bullied you and made you angry.”
The “mother-in-law problem” wasn’t a real problem between Mama Shen and Ye NanQi. What Shen Du needed to worry about was whether his mother would kick him out.
Seeing Ye NanQi’s eyelashes tremble when he heard Mama Shen’s name, Shen Du continued to entice him along this line of reasoning. “The security guards here are very relaxed. You see, I come every day, and they never stop me. What if a paparazzi sneaks in?”
Ye NanQi furrowed his eyebrows for a while and nodded. “It makes sense.”
Before Shen Du could be happy for more than a second, he heard Ye NanQi say, “Then I will lodge in the house Auntie gave me last time.”
Shen Du couldn’t help squeezing his face. “I won’t eat you again… not for the time being. Why are you not willing to move back. Didn’t you return the house that my mother gave you?”
Ye NanQi ignored him and opened tonight’s dinner. The brightly colored sweet and sour pork was tender and delicate, which suited his taste very much. He tried two bites, and Shen Du was still trying to persuade him to go back. Sticking the chopsticks in Shen Du’s mouth, Ye NanQi said, “The condition for returning is divorce. Do you want to divorce me?”
Shen Du stopped speaking, biting his chopsticks with a strange look in his eyes. Ye NanQi stared at him for a while before he remembered that he had eaten with the same chopsticks just now.
His movements paused. He casually gave up those chopsticks and found a new pair. Then Shen Du smiled and said, “It tastes good.”
Ye NanQi, who was already used to being teased, was too lazy to respond.
Shen Du held his chin and looked at Ye NanQi’s side face for a while. He received a call, and after whispering a few words, he looked up. “I found it.”
“The paparazzi admitted that they took money to do these things. The photo was given to them by the other party.”
“Where is the person who contacted them?”
“…” It was unknown what Shen Du was thinking, his smile faded a little. “It’s an unregistered number.”
It was the same as the time when someone kidnapped Jiang Yuanyu and sent flowers to Ye NanQi. It was certain that a group of people were doing things in the dark, but was being very careful.
Thinking of the time he received those flowers, Ye NanQi had a hazy premonition in his heart.
He glanced at Shen Du, but still didn’t say anything.
Sure enough, shortly after Shen Du left, Ye NanQi’s doorbell rang and someone sent a bunch of flowers.
It was still a bouquet of blue irises, with a card tucked inside.
“You hear me from far away, my voice does not reach you.”
(T/N: Taken from Neruda Pablo’s poem; ‘I Like For You To Be Still’)
Ye NanQi touched the card, this time he really confirmed it.
The person who gave the flowers was not giving it to him, but to Ye Mei.
The love poem on the card was also given to Ye Mei.
It was ridiculous. They almost drove Ye Mei crazy. But after she committed suicide, someone used a lyrical and romantic poem to say that they missed her.
The love being expressed by these people was so disgusting that he was a little nauseous.
At noon the next day, Ye NanQi quietly drove an understated car and left the community in a low key manner. He didn’t have any important items in his possessions, and even after he had packed all his clothes it still didn’t fill the entire suitcase. He also didn’t plan on coming back again.
Ye NanQi didn’t thoroughly inform Shen Du about the move. He only sent a short text message telling him not to come today and that he would eat out while meeting with other people.
Could it be counted as giving him a big surprise?
Or perhaps he was a sheep entering the tiger’s den and throwing themselves into the net?
While Ye NanQi was lost in his thoughts, the traffic jam made him even more impatient. It took him nearly three hours to get to Shen Du’s house, feeling complicated and a bit speechless.
How could Shen Du manage to squeeze the time to deliver food every day?
On the day he left, Ye NanQi never thought that he would be coming back again. So he returned the key back to Shen Du. Fortunately, the security guard remembered him and let him in.
When he arrived at the door, Ye NanQi sighed and knocked.
Nothing happened.
Ye NanQi was depressed. He pressed the doorbell again and left a message, but there was still no movement.
Shen Du usually read books, handled documents at home on weekends, and when he was in a good mood, he watered the flowers and plants in the backyard. He never went to nightclubs, rarely went to wine bureaus. In other words, he didn’t go out much.
After thinking for a while, Ye NanQi thought that he had to call Shen Du.
There was a strange noise in Shen Du’s phone, and two hours had passed before he arrived in a rush, his back soaking with sweat.
Seeing Ye NanQi sitting pitifully at the door, Shen Du felt distressed. “Didn’t you say you weren’t coming back?”
Ye NanQi smiled. “Aiya, I’ve disturbed you. I didn’t know that President Shen would be so busy on the weekends. I just came over to take a look. Anyway, I’m leaving.”
Seeing the suitcase next to him, how could Shen Du not know what was going on? He quickly grabbed the ancestor, opened the door, and only after the two people got inside the house did he heave a sigh of relief. “Listen to my explanation.”
Ye NanQi looked around the house, and sensitively noticed that the house seemed as if no one had lived there for a while. He held his hands together and continued to say in a kind manner, “I heard that your circle likes to raise lovers outside, buy a house for them to live in, and when you feel like it, you stay with them for a few days. Um, what do you want to explain? I’m listening.”
Shen Du reluctantly said, “Don’t be angry, I’ll confess―don’t be mad.”
Ye NanQi made a gesture that he would respectfully listen to him.
“…After you left, I couldn’t rest assured.” Shen Du coughed lightly as he said, carefully paying attention to Ye NanQi’s expression, “I bought a house in your community and lived there. Except for this. I didn’t do anything else, really, I’m not a pervert.”
Ye NanQi, “…”
It was no wonder that his three meals a day were always served on time, he was still able to go to work on time, and the security guards did not stop him.
Shen Du was afraid that he was going to leave when he was angry, so he leaned on the door and bowed his head to admit his mistake. “It’s my fault, but you are not allowed to leave even if you are angry.”
Ye NanQi narrowed his eyes, walked a few steps forward with a sullen face, and forced the tall and majestic President Shen to the corner. With nowhere to go, the corners of his mouth twitched a few times.
Shen Du reached out and rubbed his own ear as was his habit when admitting he was in the wrong. “Um?”
Ye NanQi continued to trap him in the corner, looking at him with a straight and serious face.
Shen Du obediently lowered his head. “Don’t hit my face. If you really want to hit me, just hit it lightly. Mom asked us to go back tomorrow. Just hit…”
Ye NanQi hooked his arm around Shen Du’s neck, he leaned over and kissed the corner of his lips. Then he let go of his arm hooking around Shen Du’s neck, and licked his red lips as if he was savoring the aftertaste.
Immediately after, he turned on his heel and ignored the dumbfounded Shen Du, lifted the suitcase with ease, and walked upstairs.
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