CH 32

Ye Fei’s allergy was not serious as the doctor said, and after applying the medicine for a few days, there were no traces left on his face.

Satisfied, he put down the mirror and put the ointment in the drawer. 

Gu Ruijia sat on the table, sipping soy milk and looking at him with disgust. “The doctor prescribed you not allergy medicine, but a sex enhancer.”

Ye Fei was already eye-catching, but he got even worse these few days. Not only did he dress like a dandy, he even tousled his hair. He swayed around the company like a male peacock flaunting its tail. Many of their young artists were fascinated enough to run up to the eighteenth floor of their office whenever Ye Fei was free.

“Can you pay attention to the pheromones you’re spreading?” Gu Ruijia jumped off the table and dropped the soy milk cup into the trash can, “I’m telling you, the atmosphere of our company was ruined by you.”

“It’s none of my business,” Ye Fei snorted, turned on the computer and clicked into his public inbox for submitted manuscripts. “Only ugly people talk behind their backs, are you jealous of me?” 

“Jealous my foot,” Gu Ruijia rolled his eyes at him and smiled smugly, “There are a lot of people who come to me.”

Ye Fei raised his eyebrows. “Oh?”

“Cough,” Gu Ruijia touched his nose in embarrassment, and tried to change the subject. “Song Wen told me yesterday that<<Super Time Redemption>> was over budget last month, so can we have a video conference?”

Ye Fei smiled and did not say a word. Gu Ruijia persisted for half a minute, but he could not endure, and revealed his thoughts. “It’s alright, I’ll say it. There are a few people who have recommended themselves to my bed, both men and women, but I didn’t care.”

“Really?” Ye Fei could not believe him. Gu Ruijia was the type not to reject any advances.

“How is it fake!” Gu Ruijia slammed the table righteously, “I, Gu Ruijia, received a socialist education since childhood, and will never be bombarded by the enemy’s sugar-coated cannons…”

“Speak like a human.” Ye Fei interrupted him.

Gu Ruijia: “I don’t want to change roles after sleeping a few times, won’t I lose out by doing so!” 

Ye Fei: “???”

Gu Ruijia decided to explain his analysis to him patiently. “Think about it, I have so many resources, I can do good for the company. If I lose this benefit just for a few ‘papapa’, isn’t it not worth it?”

Ye Fei’s eyes were complicated, and it took a long while to spit out: “Just be happy.”

He recalled what Gu Ruijia was like when he first met him; this man was arrogantly throwing money and looked like the stupid son of a landlord. After Ye Fei had ignited his ambition, Gu Ruijia’s personality did a complete one-eighty. 

But Gu Ruijia, as an adult, knew what to do and what not to do. Ye Fei did not want to interfere too much, so he naturally changed the topic.

“Did you just say that <<Super Time Redemption>> exceeded its budget last month?”

“Well,” Gu Ruijia frowned, “Because of the bad weather, not only could they not shoot at the location, but their props were also damaged. ”

<<Super Time Redemption>> was shot in the northwest where sandstorms were a problem. They had no way of shooting the film without the supporting desert scenery. 

“Okay, I’ll take a look at the financial statements later,” Ye Fei thought for a moment, and tapped the table, “Is the venue still leased? Let Song Wen estimate the amount for me.”

“Okay.” Gu Ruijia gave him an OK gesture and hurriedly connected to Song Wen.

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“Today is the Qixi Festival, Chinese Valentine’s Day.” Cheng Minghao slapped the table with disappointment, “Why don’t you ask Brother Fei to go out? You can’t just chase a person like this!”

“Cheng Minghao,” Yan Xiao called his name and corrected his mistake earnestly, “Ye Fei already told me that he would consider it.”

When he mentioned this, a faint smile flashed in his eyes. “He is very sincere, and he didn’t give me a perfunctory response.” 

“Oh.” Cheng Minghao looked at Yan Xiao with dead fish eyes.

They’ve already obtained the marriage certificate, yet he has not successfully chased his man. Is it something worth showing off? And it’s not a promise, it’s just thinking, what’s there to be happy about? You haven’t even approached second base!

Cheng Minghao really could not figure out how Yan Xiao had determined the highlight of Ye Fei’s casual words. And he even exaggerated it!

Yan Xiao could care less about Cheng Minghao’s expression. He picked up the phone and opened his calendar app. 

“How can I lie to you?” Cheng Minghao dragged a chair to sit next to him, “You can invite Brother Fei to dinner, and then watch a movie or something after that.”

“Ye Fei doesn’t go to the cinema at home very often.” Yan Xiao corrected him.

“Watching a movie is not for watching a movie,” Cheng Minghao spelled out after seeing Yan Xiao’s uncomprehending look. “It’s for cultivating feelings, staying together in the dark for two or three hours…hehehe.”

Yan Xiao thoughtfully nodded. 

“Brother Xiao, what are you thinking?” Cheng Minghao bumped him slyly, and teased him.

Yan Xiao told the truth: “I wonder if it will exceed Ye Fei’s sleeping time.”

Cheng Minghao: “…”

Cheng Minghao: “???” 

“Forget it,” Cheng Minghao held his forehead in his hands, exasperated. “Don’t think about it, just ask Brother Fei directly. I have chosen the movie for you, just watch <<After I Met You>>. I heard from the secretarial department, it’s very touching, it suits you very well.”

He added, “Don’t watch it privately either. There are a lot of couples tonight, so just go and see how people fall in love and apply what they have done.”

Yan Xiao did not send Ye Fei a message immediately. Instead, he picked up his phone and searched for the movies currently showing. He compared their ratings before finally deciding that Cheng Minghao’s recommendation was acceptable.

He shared the movie with Ye Fei, and cautiously sent a sentence— 

[Yan Xiao: Do ​​you like it?]

Ye Fei replied quickly. Although there was only one question mark, it was enough to encourage Yan Xiao to continue.

[Yan Xiao: Do ​​you have time to eat and watch a movie with me today? ]

[Yan Xiao: I leave the company at six o’clock, take one hour to eat, the movie is about two and a half hours. Including the time spent on the road, we will not arrive home later than twelve o’clock. ] 

After a few seconds of pause, two more sentences were added—

[Yan Xiao: Of course, I can understand if we have no time. ]

[Yan Xiao: We can make an appointment next time. ]

“How is it, did Brother Fei agree?” Cheng Minghao was more anxious than Yan Xiao in his chase. He leaned his head to look at the chat log, but was pushed away by Yan Xiao. For Yan Xiao, even his chat history with Ye Fei was very precious, and he did not want to share it with anyone. 

“Okay, okay, I won’t see it.” Cheng Minghao reluctantly took a step back and raised his hands in surrender.

The phone let out a ‘ding’ which heralded a notification. Yan Xiao glanced at it.

[Ye Fei: Who agreed to the next appointment?]

Yan Xiao lowered his eyes, and just wanted to reply, “Then when you have time,” when Ye Fei sent another message. 

[Ye Fei: Today then.]

As if afraid of Ye Fei’s backtracking, Yan Xiao replied immediately.

[Yan Xiao: I will pick you up at Tianxi after I get off work.]

[Ye Fei: Okay.] 

“I have to get off work at six o’clock today,” Yan Xiao put down his phone.”Are there any documents that need to be signed urgently?”

“Brother Fei agreed?” Cheng Minghao was surprised. Yan Xiao nodded. Cheng Minghao slowly went over the matters in his mind.

“Nothing I guess… But you can see if you can still buy movie tickets. The cinema should be very popular tonight.”

When Yan Xiao heard his words, he tapped into the app and went through the steps of purchasing. When the time came to choose a seat, he was surprised to find that most of the seats were vacant. 

“Strange,” Cheng Minghao muttered, “Men are not putting in the effort this year.” He did not think much about it.

At 6:20, Yan Xiao waited for Ye Fei at Tianxi’s carpark. The latter was wearing a dark green T-shirt, with all his hair pulled up into a ponytail, revealing a clean forehead and a sharp jawline. His slender body stood by the roadside dazzling and eye-catching.

Yan Xiao recognized him from afar.

“What to eat?” Ye Fei got into the car and asked Yan Xiao while putting on his seatbelt. 

“Cantonese cuisine.”

“I thought you didn’t like it?”

“You like it.” Both Ye Fei and Yan Xiao spoke at the same time. They fell silent, staring at one another.

“You know I don’t like it.” There was a certainty in Yan Xiao’s voice. 

“Mm.” Ye Fei was too stunned to elaborate. Yan Xiao’s food preference was not obvious, but Ye Fei understood his little habits. When he ate, he would leave the things he liked for the last.

And what he ate last was always spicy. Yan Xiao did not ask how Ye Fei knew, but secretly clenched his fist, his face satisfied and exhilarated. Ye Fei struggled for a while but could not weedle out. Ah, just let him be.

At Ye Fei’s insistence, the two canceled the Cantonese dishes they had already ordered and went to a Sichuan restaurant. Ye Fei could not do anything for Yan Xiao, and thus could only make this small accommodation for him.

The Sichuan restaurant was located just one street away from the cinema. After eating, the two did not take the car and walked directly. Their destination was a lively sight. There were people coming and going at the entrance of the cinema. Most of them were couples, holding popcorn and coke in their hands, chatting while walking. 

This was the first time Yan Xiao had gone out for a meeting with Ye Fei alone. He was in a good mood, and even thought the need to queue for tickets was adorable as well.

“Go get your tickets,” Ye Fei spoke to Yan Xiao after checking the time. They had time to kill before the movie started. “I’ll be waiting for you here.”

Yan Xiao said “Okay” and automatically stood in line.

After Ye Fei bought two bottles of water in front of the vending machine, he tilted his head and glanced at Yan Xiao. Seeing that there were many people in front of him, Ye Fei felt that it was too boring to wait, so he changed a few coins and went to the claw machine. 

He never thought that he would actually claw up a plushie, and treated it as a way to relieve his boredom. Who would have thought that a gardener could not get his flowers to bloom, but unintentionally planted a willow that flourished. He had managed to get one with his last coin.

The palm-sized stuffed turtle was ugly and cute. Ye Fei pulled at its eyes, looked around, and was about to pick a good-looking child to hand it over, when Yan Xiao came back.

“The location is good.” Ye Fei glanced at the seat number and commented.

“Em,” Yan Xiao took the mineral water in his hand and replied, “I’m very lucky today, there were very few people when I chose our seats.” 

Yan Xiao had kept looking at Ye Fei when he was lining up, knowing that he was playing on the claw machine. He pointed to the little turtle on Ye Fei’s hand and asked, “Can you give this to me?”

Ye Fei burst out laughing.

“Mr. Yan still likes this kind of thing?” He threw the little turtle to Yan Xiao and joked, “Your childhood isn’t over.”

“I don’t like it.” Yan Xiao took the little turtle and touched it. Ye Fei thought he was being stubborn, squinted his eyes and stared at him. 

“If you don’t like it, why do you still want it?”

“Because I like you.”