CH 57

“Good evening.”

Jiang Song stared at the closed door and laughed, finishing the words he didn’t have time to say.

During the day, he was busy communicating with the KPL event officials about the upcoming work. The competition was about to start, and he needed to go through the procedures.

After finishing his work, he didn’t even have time to eat dinner before rushing over to the hotel.

He really wanted to see the lively little anchor in person.

But he didn’t expect to come uninvited, and it seemed to have scared the other person.

Inside the room, Xie Yao’s heart was pounding non-stop. When he leaned against the door and calmed down a bit, he felt a sense of regret that he had been so impulsive.

Brother Jiang actually came, just outside the door!

Damn, how could he have left Brother Jiang outside, how could he be so careless!

It’s over, it’s over, it’s over. He had just gotten up from the bed, with a messy hairstyle and possibly oily face…

Why did Brother Jiang come at this time!

Xie Yao’s heart was in turmoil. On the other side of the wall, Jiang Song estimated that Xie Yao had recovered, so he touched his nose and knocked on the door again.

“Sorry, I should have let you know before I came. Did I scare you?”

At the next moment, the door quickly opened. Xie Yao stood inside, lowering his head and focusing on his toes, his ears turning red and hard to ignore.

“No, no, it was just me being impolite earlier!”

Xie Yao quickly stepped aside, leaving a gap for Jiang Song to enter. “Brother Jiang, please come in.”

After speaking, he didn’t even look at Jiang Song and turned his head to walk inside.

If it were someone else, they might have thought that Xie Yao was disrespectful and looked down on others.

But Jiang Song watched the small anchor’s stiff back, as well as the clearly urgent but still disobedient hair sticking up at the back, and he suppressed a smile with pursed lips.

After entering the room, Xie Yao couldn’t help but sneak a peek at Jiang Song.

Jiang Song followed him into the room, put down the various bags in his hands, closed the door, and then came towards Xie Yao with his things and placed them aside.

Xie Yao bounced up from the bed and quickly brought a chair from the hotel to the small table. “Brother Jiang, have a seat!”

After Jiang Song sat down, the hot water pot boiled and the water was ready. Before Jiang Song could say anything, Xie Yao ran over and poured him a cup of hot water.

The steaming cup was slowly pushed in front of Jiang Song, and Xie Yao sat down in front of him, feeling as uncomfortable as if he had a thorn on his butt.

Jiang Song’s gaze fell on Xie Yao’s hands.

When he watched the livestream, Jiang Song already knew that the small anchor had nice hands with long fingers, distinct knuckles, proportionate flesh and bones, and well-trimmed nails. Due to their whiteness, there was a faint reddish color at the tips.

Where was the impact in the screen compared to reality? Jiang Song’s gaze moved from Xie Yao’s hands to his face. The small anchor received his gaze and immediately lowered his head, the tips of his reddened ears emerging from his hair.

Jiang Song’s heart melted at the sight.

He restrained himself and lightly touched Xie Yao’s fingertips with his hand. Before the small anchor could react in surprise, he turned his hand and pushed the cup of water towards Xie Yao.

“Why are your hands still cold in the heated room? This water is still hot, hold it to keep warm.”

Xie Yao slowly reached for the water cup next to him, holding it loosely against the cup’s edge. He let out an “Oh” sound and obediently made people’s hearts warm.

Knowing that the child had autism, after a deep understanding of the situation, Jiang Song patiently started a conversation.

“Manager Chen called me this afternoon and said you didn’t bring many clothes. The temperature in a city is easy to catch a cold recently. Before you came, I bought you a few pieces.”

After he finished speaking, he gave a detailed reminder: “Don’t waste your health just because you’re young. If you really get sick, you’ll regret it.”

Upon hearing that Jiang Song spent money on himself, Xie Yao suddenly looked up and said, “This is too much.”

There were more than a dozen bags of various sizes placed beside the bed. He was only going to stay in A city for a few days. He didn’t need so many things.

Jiang Song, who had ulterior motives, just smiled and changed the subject.

“Although I reminded you to bring long johns before boarding the plane, I guessed you wouldn’t listen…”

Hearing him say that, Xie Yao hurriedly retorted, “No way!”

Jiang Song raised his eyebrows and pointed to his chin, “Then lift up your pants and let me see if you’re wearing them.”

Xie Yao was guilty and shrank his head without saying a word.

“If you’re not wearing them this time, it’s okay, I bought you two pairs, remember to wear them.” Jiang Song gave an imperative order.

Jiang Song and Xie Yao had long understood each other through the internet. They knew each other’s personalities very well.

Although Xie Yao had social anxiety, with Jiang Song’s deliberate guidance, they chatted back and forth for a long time, and his shyness dissipated.

“Haven’t eaten yet?” Jiang Song hinted at Xie Yao, looking at the slightly messy bed.

Xie Yao immediately blushed and twisted, trying to cover Jiang Song’s line of sight.

Just now, he couldn’t even tidy himself up before opening the door, let alone the unmade bed. Being seen by Jiang Song at this time made him feel extremely embarrassed.

“Not yet…”

Jiang Song pointed at the electronic control panel on the table, “The food at this hotel is pretty good. If you want anything, I can have them deliver it to us.”

He turned the screen towards Xie Yao, which listed the hotel’s specialty dishes. At a glance, many of them seemed to be specialties of A city.

Xie Yao felt overwhelmed just looking at it, and quickly turned the screen back. “Anything is fine for me. Brother Jiang, order whatever you like.”

Jiang Song didn’t insist and quickly placed the order after making his selections.

After the food arrived, Jiang Song asked, “Are you going to livestream tonight?”

Xie Yao nodded, “Yes, there’s a computer over there. I checked the specifications and they’re pretty good. The camera and microphone are both available and can support the livestream.”

Jiang Song checked the time, “What time?”

“Nine o’clock.”

“There isn’t much time left.” Jiang Song put down his phone. “It’s already past 8 o’clock after we finish eating. Have you tried out the hotel’s equipment?”

“Not yet.”

“Well, since it’ll take some time for the food to arrive, you can try it out now.” Jiang Song got up and Xie Yao followed him.

Jiang Song booked a suite at the hotel, which had a living room and two bedrooms. Only one of the bedrooms had a computer.

There was only one chair in front of the computer, so Jiang Song asked Xie Yao to sit there and download the live streaming plugin.

The hotel’s computer was very advanced and much better than Xie Yao’s old computer. After tweaking it for a while, Xie Yao got stuck on the camera.

The camera was an external device, but it was fixed in place and could only be adjusted through software for angle and filters.

Xie Yao struggled to adjust it and ended up with his forehead in the frame and half of his head out of it.

As he was thinking about it, Jiang Song suddenly leaned over from behind, bent down, and reached out his arm from Xie Yao’s neck to the front.

Xie Yao was startled and immediately withdrew his hand. His face turned red in an instant.

Jiang Song’s hand was on the mouse that was still warm, and he had a slight smile on his lips as he adjusted a few screens on the computer, fixing the angle of the camera.

“All done,” Jiang Song said, withdrawing his hand and leaving Xie Yao’s back, which still had a residual warmth.

Xie Yao looked a bit dazed, his mind full of Jiang Song’s imaginary breath, which was like perfume but not too strong.

His face was hot.

The next moment, a cold temperature was on his face.

Xie Yao was startled again, jumping up from his chair and almost falling off it.

Jiang Song stopped him and lifted him up, “Why such a big reaction?” he said with a slight smile.

It was too exciting for Xie Yao…

Xie Yao came out of his trance, but immediately withdrew back into it, and said, “Why are your hands so cold?”

He appeared calm on the surface, but in reality, he was nervous to the point that his hands were getting cold. Jiang Song remained expressionless and said, “My hands and feet are naturally cold.”

Xie Yao clicked his tongue a couple of times before dryly responding.

Adjusting a computer device shouldn’t make someone blush and their heart race like this. Xie Yao swallowed his saliva.

He wanted to reach out and cover his racing heart to prevent it from jumping out of his chest, but under Jiang Song’s gaze, Xie Yao restrained himself.

The sound of knocking at the door came at the right time and dispersed the heated atmosphere. Jiang Song pressed his big hand on top of Xie Yao’s head and said, “It should be the room service delivering food. I’ll go check.”

“Okay.”

As the footsteps went out of the room, Xie Yao covered his hot face with his hand and lowered his head, wishing to stuff his face into his chest.

“I’m done for, I’m done for, I’m done for…”

Just seeing each other once, how could Brother Jiang’s charm be so powerful that he couldn’t resist it?

In the living room, Jiang Song loudly called out for Xie Yao to come eat. Xie Yao took a deep breath, patted his face again, and with the determination of a soldier going into battle, walked out.

“Why do you look like that?”

Jiang Song turned his head and saw Xie Yao looking as if he was ready to meet his maker, which made him cry and laugh in response.

It started to rain outside during their meal, and in just a few minutes, it grew stronger and stronger. The sound of rain hitting the window glass came through the closed windows, clear and muffled at the same time.

Xie Yao stuck his head out to look outside.

“Why is it raining?”

Jiang Song tidied up his things and called a waiter to collect them. When Xie Yao turned around, he saw that the dining table was clean and felt a little embarrassed, smiling awkwardly.

“It’s raining, would you mind if I stay here tonight?” Xie Yao turned his head suddenly, almost breaking his neck.

“You’re not leaving tonight?” Xie Yao was very nervous.

Jiang Song looked at the rain outside. “I didn’t drive here, and the rain is too heavy. Besides, my secretary made a mistake in booking the hotel, so my room has already expired today. You know it’s hard to book a hotel room lately.”

Xie Yao was sure that his heart rate had skyrocketed to 180, because he was so nervous that he almost couldn’t breathe. “I…I…”

He stammered for a while and couldn’t say anything, so he took out his phone and opened the weather forecast. It showed that there would be heavy rain for the next two days and even snow on the day after tomorrow. Xie Yao trembled as he opened the hotel booking app. “Um, it should still be possible to book now, let me check…”

Before he could finish speaking, a large hand covered his phone and Jiang Song took it away and locked the screen. “The only available hotels now are small ones, Yao Yao.”

Just hearing his nickname “Yao Yao” made Xie Yao feel like he had been electrocuted all over, and he stood frozen in place.

“Would Yao Yao let me go to a small hotel?” Jiang Song hooked his finger and gently shook Xie Yao’s slightly sweaty hand. “I’m very delicate.”