ARIIFP Chapter 23

Chapter 23: You can’t hide the look in your eyes when you like someone!

Unlike Song Yunran’s house, which occupies the entire top floor, the housing company provided to Qin Ke only has two bedrooms and one living room.

Although all the apartments in the Xicheng upper courtyard are spacious, Song Yunran still felt extra cramped when he walked in. In addition, Qin Ke is standing beside him and has a strong sense of presence.

“Can I get you a glass of water?”

Qin Ke saw that he was standing still and took the initiative to ask.

Song Yunran said, “No, I don’t want to drink.”

He had too many drinks at the bar tonight and probably shaking his head now would have made watery noises.

Qin Ke found a pair of slippers for him, “Then you come in first.”

Song Yunran pursed his lips and dawdled around for a while before putting on the slippers.

He walked into the living room to find that Qin Ke’s house was unexpectedly neat and clean, unlike his house, which would be tossed around by him if the auntie couldn’t come for a day.

Is this also a necessary quality for a protagonist?

Song Yunran didn’t care, so what’s the big deal?

He sat on the sofa and watched as Qin Ke brought two cups of water and put them on the coffee table. He did not reach for it but placed his hands on his knees, his back straight, trying to create a domineering image of the president after a long time.

Qin Ke sat next to him: “Don’t be too nervous.”

Song Yunran frowned. What did he have to be nervous about?

However, when he looked up, he saw his own posture in the reflection of the TV on the wall.

It was as if he was a first grader on his first day of primary school, afraid that if he didn’t sit properly he would be named and criticised by the teacher.

“Tsk.”

Song Yunran hurriedly adjusted his posture, not quite skillfully crossed his legs and leaned his weight back towards the sofa, “Say what you have to say, don’t waste my time here.”

The two of them had known each other for so long that Qin Ke could basically differentiate Song Yunran’s tone of voice.

For example, at this moment, the unpleasant tone of voice with the not-so-polite wording meant that Song Yunran wanted to act fierce and impatient.

But his face is so harmless that pretending to be fierce simply doesn’t scare anyone.

Qin Ke asked softly, “You haven’t been to the office lately?”

Song Yunran sneered: “Who do you think you are? Are you in charge of my business? I bought Xinghe. I can go to work when I want to or not if I don’t want to. If I’m in a good mood, I’ll fire all of you right now.”

“But you don’t seem to be in a good mood.” Qin Ke said.

Nonsense.

Song Yunran spat in his heart. If you were me, would you be in a good mood?

Glaring at the other man, he said, “Yes, I’m in a bad mood. Since you are being paid by the company, why don’t you tell a joke to make your boss happy?”

Qin Ke looked at him lightly and saw that Song Yunran was looking inexplicably deflated.

Ah, I’m so bad.

He(SY) thought with some regret that it was the feeling of taking money to humiliate others.

It wasn’t joyful at all. Instead of being a happy person, he felt like a jumpy villain in a novel, with a disgusting vibe in every word.

But the words had already been said, and he couldn’t retract them.

He had no choice but to puff up and keep quiet.

Qin Ke looked at his puffed-up cheeks and almost wanted to poke at them with his finger.

But in the end, he restrained the urge and asked, “Are you hungry?”

“??”

Song Yunran turned his head in surprise, “Did you hear what I just said?”

I was humiliating you!

A particularly outrageous kind of humiliation!

Qin Ke calmly replied, “Yes, I heard you. So, are you hungry?”

It’s okay when he did not mention it. Now Song Yunran felt really hungry.

When he woke up in the afternoon, he was not in the mood to eat and went straight off to He Ziyou to play games.

Needless to say, the outcome was another losing routine, and the defeat was worse than usual, making him so angry that he didn’t eat a bite at He Ziyou’s house.

After the game, He Ziyou dragged him to a bar again.

He didn’t like the taste of the snacks in that bar, so he ate one bite and didn’t touch it again. He just kept on drinking the whole time.

Even now, an unpleasant feeling was emanating from his long-empty stomach.

It made the nameless fire in his heart even hotter.

Song Yunran asked with a stern face, “Is there anything to eat?”

Qin Ke smiled: “I’ll cook you a bowl of instant noodles?”

“A bowl of instant noodles and you want to get rid of me?” Song Yunran muttered dissatisfied, “Can you be a little sincere?”

Qin Ke got up and walked towards the kitchen, “I can’t help it, I haven’t been home for the past few days, and my flight just landed at 11pm. I only have instant noodles at home, so we have to make do with them, Mr Xiao Song.”

Song Yunran had been absent from work for too long and had no idea what Qin Ke had been up to lately.

His eyelashes fluttered a few times, and after studying it carefully, he distilled the key information in that sentence.

The drive from the airport to the Xicheng Upper Courtyard was half an hour.

So it was logical to assume that Qin Ke had returned home around half past eleven, which matched the missed calls on his phone.

So for two hours until now, Qin Ke had been awake waiting for him to return?

No way.

Song Yunran thought he was overthinking it, but he still harboured a little fantasy and walked slowly to the kitchen.

Qin Ke had just started boiling water to cook the noodles.

When he saw Song Yunran coming, he didn’t send him away but let the noble Xiao Song stand there out of place while he took a packet of instant noodles out of the cupboard and then opened the fridge to get the eggs.

The light from the freezer shone on his face, illuminating a very light layer of tiredness under his eyes.

It was a clear, exhausted state after a long journey.

Song Yunran pressed the corners of his mouth tightly, waiting for Qin Ke to start making an omelette before reminding him indifferently, “Be careful, don’t burn down the kitchen in the middle of the night.”

Qin Ke paused his movement. It was only an omelette. Why would he burn down the kitchen?

He thought for a moment before asking meaningfully, “Have you ever burnt a kitchen?”

“Look down on who, of course not!”

Song Yunran scampered off to the dining room and pulled out a dining chair, determined not to admit that he actually had done it.

It didn’t take too long to cook a bowl of noodles.

Not long after, Qin Ke came out with a bowl, and when he saw Song Yunran waiting at the table, he couldn’t help but be surprised by the silence for a moment.

He put the bowl of noodles on the table, and before he could tell him to “be careful, it is hot”, Song Yunran picked up his chopsticks and took a bite.

“Mmm! %……(@#$…”

Song Yunran’s eyes widened, and he didn’t know what to say.

Qin Ke leaned against the table, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, “Too hot? It’s okay, just spit it out.”

Song Yunran shook his head vigorously.

Such ungraceful behaviour was so unbecoming of his status.

He swallowed it with difficulty and took a sip of the cold water Qin Ke had just brought from the living room to ease his pain.

Having learnt his lesson, he picked up the noodles with his chopsticks and blew on them several times before taking them into his mouth.

The spicy and sour instant noodles were particularly delicious. Song Yunran, who had been hungry for too long, ate half the bowl in one breath before moving on to the eggs Qin Ke fried.

He had to say that Qin Ke’s cooking skills were very good.

The egg white was crispy around the perimeter, while in the middle when poked gently with chopsticks, a smooth creamy mixture slowly flowed out.

Song Yunran commented, “The noodles were cooked so-so, but the eggs were fried well.”

“Do you want me to fry another one for you?” Qin ke inquired.

Song Yunran frowned, “What is your intention to make me overeat at 1am?”

He ate the last bit of the fried eggs and smacked his lips, “Can you make two more?”

Qin Ke had a smile in his eyes, “I’m afraid not.”

Song Yunran looked up, “You’re too stingy.”

“I’m not being stingy.”

Qin Ke looked into his bright eyes, “There’s only one egg left in the house.”

“…… Oh, that can’t be helped.”

Song Yunran tutted in disappointment, a little embarrassed at the thought that he actually had emptied Qin Ke’s house.

Soon, the fragrant omelette was brought to him on a porcelain plate.

Song Yunran now humbled himself by asking in a small voice, “So I have finished it all. Will you be hungry?”

Qin Ke said, “No, I’ve had my meal on the plane.”

The corners of Song Yunran’s mouth curled up, and he filled his stomach with satisfaction.

After eating, he took the rare initiative to take the dishes into the kitchen, then squatted in front of the dishwasher, studying the buttons on it with question marks all over his head.

Qin Ke walked over to him, bent down and pressed the button, took the dishes from him and put them in the dishwasher along with the used pots and pans.

The sound of the dishwasher running was particularly clear in the early morning silence.

The two of them stood in the kitchen in silence for a while, but it was Qin Ke who spoke first: “You’re not angry anymore?”

Song Yunran was about to say yes, but then he froze.

He had clearly come to have a face-off with Qin Ke, but how did it somehow transpire that he ate the food at Qin Ke’s house and the anger in his heart dissipated?

Before he could think of how to reply, Qin Ke added, “I heard from Chen Jing that everyone at Xinghe missed you when you were absent from work recently.”

“I don’t believe that.” Song Yunran grunted.

Qin Ke let out a low laugh, “Really, I’m not lying to you.”

Song Yunran lowered his eyelashes, the sadness that had been curbed by the two fried eggs once again sweeping over him.

He looked at the flashing lights on the dishwasher display and said softly, “Don’t think I don’t know that they don’t see me as the president and aren’t afraid of me at all. They all think I just have nothing better to do than mess around buying a company and that I just got lucky and avoided the big pit of ‘The Love Equation’ by chance.”

A strange emotion welled up in Qin Ke’s heart.

He thought that Song Yunran, with his broad-minded personality, would not notice the nuances.

But it turned out that a person like him would also feel lost and sad because of it.

“And you too.”

Song Yunran slowly squatted down and resumed crouching in front of the dishwasher with his knees in his arms, his chin resting on his knees, “When I said you couldn’t get the role, you must have been laughing at me in your mind.”

Qin Ke’s voice lowered a few degrees: “No.”

As if he hadn’t heard, Song Yunran continued to mutter to himself, “So I’ve thought about it. I’m not going to be the president anymore. Anyway, the company has Assistant Tang, so it makes no difference if I go or not.”

“How does it make no difference?” Qin Ke said, “He’s not the same as you.”

Song Yunran smiled self-deprecatingly, “What’s different, doesn’t he look more like a president?”

Qin Ke’s eyes sank slightly, “No one specifies what a president must look like. You have your own ideas and style of doing things. No one else can replace you. That’s what you as an executive mean to Xinghe.”

“I have significance to Xinghe ……?” Song Yunran raised his head sceptically and looked at Qin Ke from below.

“Chen Jing said that the batch of actors you picked are all very good, and the scripts you bought were also very good. After combining the two, the company will soon be able to launch its own masterpieces and excellent actors. You’ve only taken over Xinghe for a little over two months, and it’s already worth more than what was done by them in the previous five years.”

When Song Yunran heard this, he thought it seemed to make some sense.

Qin Ke was a little thirsty and poured himself a glass of water.

As he drank the water, Qin Ke was still looking at Song Yunran.

From Song Yunran’s perspective, the lower half of Qin Ke’s face was blocked by his hand and the glass.

Only those eyes, as dark as ink, were looking earnestly at himself in the dead of night as if to channel a little of the confidence in his(QK) eyes to himself.

Qin Ke thought for a moment and continued, “To me, you are a trustworthy person. I also believe that the rest of the people in the company feel the same way about you. It’s just that you’re too cute, so people aren’t afraid of you.”

“I’m already grown up,” Song Yunran said in a twisted tone, “don’t keep complimenting me on my cuteness.”

Qin Ke laughed and said, “Yeah, but I think being cute is an advantage, it means you’re not only good-looking, but you have a personality that people like. It’s a talent you have that others can’t even learn.”

Song Yunran had never expected Qin Ke to be so blunt in his compliments, which made his cheeks hot.

He cleared his throat, “According to you, those people in Xinghe actually like me a lot?”

Qin Ke put down his glass of water and crouched down, mimicking his(SY) posture, aligning himself with his eyes.

Then clearly and with certainty, he asked rhetorically, “Who wouldn’t like you?”

Song Yunran was stunned, a trail of light suddenly flashed through his mind, but before he could catch it, the dishwasher chimed first with the completion of the process.

Qin Ke got up and finally said, “It’s easy to make people frightened, but it’s hard to make them like you. You’ve even done this! You still say you can’t be a good president?”

Song Yunran swayed and stood up, staring at Qin Ke’s back in deep thought.

As the weather had recently warmed up, Qin Ke took off his jacket when he entered the house and exposed the thin shirt inside.

As he bent over to fetch the cutlery, the well-proportioned muscles of his back were caged inside the shirt. The shoulder blades jutted out slightly as if they were capable of piercing into one’s eyes, taking away all the attention with ease.

Song Yunran suddenly remembered those rumours related to him, and suddenly, everything seemed to have a reasonable explanation.

Why did Qin Ke reject famous agents in the industry one after another? Why would Qin Ke ride his motorbike to save him at a critical moment? Why did Qin Ke stay up in the middle of the night waiting for him to come back to comfort him…

Song Yunran clenched his fist: “So, you like me too?”

“Mm.” Qin Ke admitted unnoticed.

“……”

So that’s it!

Song Yunran finally understood, just like that, why did everyone think he was having an affair with Qin Ke for good reason?

It’s always like that in movies! You can’t hide the look in your eyes when you like someone!

Song Yunran, Song Yunran, you were an actor in your previous life, but you aren’t as good as Assistant Tang or Shen Yi Yi or even He Ziyou. You didn’t even see those micro-expressions on Qin Ke’s face!

But when you think about it, it’s not surprising that a person as outstanding as him would be attracted to Qin Ke.

But what was to be done?

He only wanted to be Qin Ke’s father, but Qin Ke wanted to be his…boyfriend?

Song Yunran is at a loss, he has never been in love, but at least he has done love scenes and knows that being a boyfriend is about holding hands and making love.

The first thing you need to do is to get into bed.

When these two words appeared in his mind, Song Yunran’s brain buzzed loudly, and his eyes landed uncontrollably on Qin Ke’s strong, thin waist, and the heat grew even hotter on his face.

No, no, no.

He shook his head like a rattle drum, and after he managed to get rid of those messy images, he saw Qin Ke turn around and look at him a few times.

Qin Ke suddenly raised his eyebrows, took two steps forward and lowered his head: “Your face is so red. Are you allergic to eggs?”

The close voice and warm breath fell on his ears, causing Song Yunran to become at a loss for words.

“Don’t come any closer!” He pushed Qin Ke away from him, and without waiting for a reaction, he ran out of the kitchen without looking back, heading for the front door.

Qin Ke followed closely behind, “What’s wrong with you?”

“Nothing, just stand there and don’t move!”

Song Yunran casually shouted out a well-known word of a father, but his thoughts were so confused that he couldn’t even change his shoes, picking up the sneakers placed in the entranceway, opened the door and turned his face sideways, “I’ll go back first, good night! Sleep early!”

The door was slammed shut with a bang.

Qin Ke: “……”

Qin Ke: “???”

Song Yunran climbed up the security stairs in one breath, his palms so sweaty with tension that he almost couldn’t open the fingerprint lock to his house.

After closing the door to his house, he threw off his sneakers, his heart pounding.

In any case, calm down first.

He mumbled these words dozens of times before he shakily took out his mobile phone, opened a certain Q&A website and started typing in the search box with a sinking feeling.

【What if a child wants to fall in love with his father?】

Search result: [Wretched men are not disgusting? I think you are full of shit in your brain. How can you have a face to ask? You don’t have anything to do with it, do you? Or is there a lack of bricks in your grave, and you’ve come here to beg for more?]

Song Yunran: “……”

Oh, I forgot, he and Qin Ke are not really father and son.

He refreshed his search: [What if my friend wants to have a relationship with me?

Search result: 【Handsome? Please mail it to me if you are handsome and I will take care of this trouble for you.】

“……”

Change another one.

[What if an employee wants to fall in love with me?]

Search result: [Capitalists get out! If you want to suppress people’s labour as well as their bodies, I advise you to stab yourself in the chest to see if your heart is blackened.]

Song Yunran’s heart was so tired. He felt like he had been scolded for no reason at all.

But luckily, he finally found a useful reply.

A very simple sentence: [If you don’t like him, stay away from him].

Song Yunran smacked his palm.

Why hadn’t he thought of that? He should, just stay away from Qin Ke in the future.

But Qin Ke’s slippers are still on his feet ……

Song Yunran frowned and hesitated but finally changed into another pair of shoes, opened the door, and tiptoed downstairs.

He hid outside the wooden door of the security staircase for half a day of cautious reconnaissance to make sure Qin Ke would not suddenly open the door before bending down like a thief and placing his slippers outside Qin Ke’s door before quickly returning home without alerting anyone.

At the same time, Qin Ke’s mobile phone rang once.

His home’s visual electronic doorbell was connected to his mobile phone, which would automatically send a photo of the visitor whenever someone passed outside.

Qin Ke tapped on the screen, saw the photo and was silent for a long time, then opened the surveillance screen that had been sent to the security cloud platform.

In the picture, Song Yunran, like a squirrel at the end of its hibernation, quietly peeks out and looks around for a while, then stands on tiptoe and bows his back, walking to his door in a very strange position.

He drops a pair of slippers and runs away.

“……”

“……”

Qin Ke pulled the progress bar to the front and re-watched the tens of seconds of video two or three more times, a moment later his thin lips rose slightly upwards while his fingertips tapped on the button to save the video.

A few seconds later, the video was saved to the phone.

The next day, Song Yunran returned to the office again and received an unprecedented warm welcome.

Starting with the doorman, everyone who saw him greeted him warmly: ” Xiao Song, long time no see! You’re finally here!”

“Did you miss me?” Song Yunran was overjoyed.

Someone immediately said, “Of course, I miss you. The flowers outside the company have all wilted since you didn’t come recently.”

“Don’t lie to me.” Song Yunran was amused, “I saw it when I got out of the car. The flowers outside were clearly in full bloom.”

He walked forward a few metres, and a few more girls came around, “Mr Song, this is the snack we bought yesterday. Would you like to try some?”

In the past, Song Yunran would not have done such a childish act as eating snacks in order to maintain his style of being the boss.

But yesterday, Qin Ke said that all the employees of Xinghe liked him very much, so he followed his instinct and took a malt biscuit handed to him.

He tore open the package and took a taste, winking, “It’s quite tasty.”

With that, he pushed his furry head over, “What brand is this. I’ll ask Assistant Tang to buy more for the company.”

A few girls looked at each other and shoved the rest of the snacks into his hands, “Take them all if you like!”

Song Yunran: “Ah, that’s not good.”

“It’s okay, it’s okay, we just like you to throw…your peach in return!”

The girl at the head of the group said with a smile, “With a boss like you, we can work harder, so don’t be polite.”

“Thank you, then.”

Song Yunran picked up the pile of snacks in a daze and headed upstairs.

If he had moved more slowly, he would have heard the girls’ excited voices.

“Ahhhhhhh! He ate it, he really ate it!!!”

“How on earth can you give birth to a child like Xiao Song is, Bai Dong and Mr Song publish a book, don’t force me to get down on my knees and beg you guys.”

“You guys don’t just be happy. Isn’t little Boss Song thin? Is he not eating properly?”

“That’s right, ouch, it hurts me to death.”

When Song Yunran arrived at the company, Assistant Tang was hosting a project development meeting and did not witness the pomp and circumstance.

But when the meeting was over, and he walked into the president’s office, he was shocked by the snacks that were all over the table.

” Xiao Song, this is ……?”

Song Yunran revealed his head from the pile of snacks: “The staff gave it to me. Do you want to eat it?”

Assistant Tang shook his head, “No.”

He pondered for a long time but couldn’t help asking, “Why did they give you snacks?”

Song Yunran said rightfully, “Of course, it’s because they like me.”

He paused for a moment, and then said with extra pride, “Someone said that only those who can make their employees like them are really good presidents, and these snacks represent their acceptance of me.”

Are you sure that giving snacks represents acceptance?

Assistant Tang narrowed his eyes. No matter how he thought about it, he felt that it was clearly…

Feeding the critters?

However, for the sake of prudence, Assistant Tang said with caution, “This sentence is what Qin Ke said?”

Song Yunran’s face suddenly sank: “Don’t ask what you shouldn’t ask.”

He felt a headache when he thought of Qin Ke.

Now, Qin Ke is already an artist in Xinghe, and if there is no accident, he will be the most promising artist in Xinghe in the future.

While maintaining a friendly and cooperative relationship between the two sides, how can I cut off Qin Ke’s improper thoughts and at the same time accomplish his great goal?

Assistant Tang did not know that his boss was in deep distress and could only follow the process of reporting on the company’s operations over the period of Song Yunran’s absence from work.

Song Yunran was in a good mood and listened carefully.

The two scripts of Zhong Xiaofeng have started to prepare for filming at the same time, and the production department has contacted several directors who have read the outline of the script and have shown a strong willingness to cooperate, and the company is continuing to negotiate on the details, hoping to select the most suitable director.

“Zhong Xiaofeng has to change two scripts in a row, so there must be a lot of pressure.” Song Yunran propped up his chin and said, “You should ask the production department to find some reliable screenwriters from outside to assist him.”

Assistant Tang: “The screenwriting team has been set up.”

Song Yunran smiled appreciatively: “Continue.”

Tang’s assistant reported, “In terms of actors, we are currently focusing on two dramas with the main actors chosen from within the company. The initial list was discussed in our meeting and sent to your email after it was initially decided.”

Song Yunran has been negligent in recent days and has not opened his mailbox at all.

“I’ll read it later.” He said in a small voice.

Assistant Tang smiled understandingly: “Well, there’s no rush. The other thing is that <Hong Bai Xi Shi> has already entered the final stage. Do you think we need to take their distribution and promotion as well?”

Song Yunran asked, “What do you think?”

Assistant Tang: “It shouldn’t be a big problem. After the news of the appearance of Qin Ke in <Jianghu Lu> got out, the attention of <Hong Bai Xi Shi> has also increased a lot. According to the feedback from them, several theatres have expressed interest.”

“Then let’s do it ourselves.” Song Yunran said with a smile, “Keep an eye on it when the time comes.”

Assistant Tang agreed but hesitantly gave an “sss” and asked, “Is Mr Song in a good mood today?”

“Am I?”

“You’ve been smiling today.” Assistant Tang hesitantly said, “Don’t you mind being caught?”

Song Yunran shrugged his shoulders, “It doesn’t matter if they see it, they can see it.”

Ever since he joined Xinghe, he strained his expression every day in the company, and every night he had to rub his face for half a day to prevent his facial muscles from going necrotic.

It’s really too hard to pretend to be cool. After talking with Qin Ke last night, he made up his mind to let himself go.

Assistant Tang nodded slightly: “Good.”

In fact, he usually sees Song Yunran’s hard-working expressionless face, and he is also very tired of seeing him like this.

After reporting on his work, Assistant Tang finally asked, “If there’s nothing else, I’ll go out first?”

Song Yunran thought for a moment, “Did you just say that the news of Qin Ke acting in Jianghu Lu has already spread?”

Assistant Tang said, “Yes, Chen Jing also helped him to take up two promotional activities, and other collaborations are being negotiated subsequently.”

“Well, okay, got it.”

Song Yunran dismissed Assistant Tang and sat alone at his desk to think.

Tan Ming is the most famous director in China, getting his leading role is the same as getting a ticket to the mainstream entertainment industry.

In his previous life, before Qin Ke retired from the crew due to injury, the brands lining up at his doorstep wanting to work with him were incessant. Not to mention the fact that this time he is about to play the male lead. The resources of this little drama now are only appetizers at best.

With Xinghe’s current staff structure, in a while, it will be impossible to cope with the workload brought by Qin Ke, not to mention the smooth running of all the artists’ publicity and packaging.

He opened his mailbox, read the list of actors for the TV series sent by Assistant Tang, and made sure it matched his idea. Then he asked the other side to recruit more staff for other positions.

After finishing his business, Song Yunran opened his Weibo account, which had been inactive for days, and realized that the world outside had changed drastically during his desolation.

The new company Fang Zhou signed with posted a Weibo message welcoming him into their new family. Chu Xiao Chen, under public criticism, finally couldn’t bear the pressure to apologize and announced his retirement. And Qin Ke, who was a nobody until a while ago, actually has a fan club.

Song Yunran browsed for a few minutes and found that the fan club was quite formal, with a clear division of labour among the various sections.

He hesitated for a few seconds, and when no one was around, he secretly clicked into the “Qin Ke Resource Station”.

The first Weibo post on the resource site is a video of Qin Ke attending a famous brand’s store visit in a foreign country yesterday.

It should be taken by a fan. Through the reflection of the store glass, a small group of people can be seen holding Qin Ke’s banner, and whenever he walks near the glass, a scream erupts from the crowd.

This is not a big deal, after all, there are always dozens of live fans all over the internet for artists.

Song Yunran slid to the next item, this time a video of a live media interview.

The first time he opened it, he was shocked.

The media interviewer with the phone was relatively small, standing in front of the tall Qin Ke. The camera actually started to show a lower to a higher angle of life.

Fortunately, Qin Ke has a nice bone structure, so he relied on his face value to hold up this odd picture.

However, the media soon adjusted the camera angle and moved on to the normal interview session.

The first questions were all the same old ones.

He answered every question with ease, and with his light-coloured suit, he was as elegant as a distinguished gentleman.

Song Yunran couldn’t help but remember that in his previous life when he first started out, he was not used to facing the media at all.

Every time a flash came on, he couldn’t help but close his eyes.

Eighty per cent of his ugly photos from his previous life were all from that period.

Perhaps Qin Ke was born to be an entertainer.

He peeled open a chocolate and put it in his mouth with mixed feelings, ready to turn off the video.

At that moment, the reporter suddenly asked, “Also netizens are very concerned about Song Yunran, the president of Xinghe Entertainment, and want to see when he is going to break the news again. Do you know if he has any recent arrangements in this regard?”

Song Yunran silently spat. What the hell.

Do you really think that he started this company to eliminate the unhealthy trend in the entertainment industry?

In the video, Qin Ke said in a slow voice, “Mr Song always has his own ideas. I am not in a position to speak on his behalf.”

The media then asked, “So with such an outspoken and impulsive president, do you as an artist of Xinghe feel distressed?”

Qin Ke seemed to smile faintly, then lifted his thin, white eyelids and fixed his eyes on the centre of the camera.

It was like a face-to-face effect, causing Song Yunran’s breath to stutter beyond the screen.

“What is there to be distressed about?”

Qin Ke’s voice was low with a hint of laughter and more sincere than flirtatious, “I am willing to join Xinghe because I appreciate Mr Song’s character.”

The reporter was deep in thought, “You joined Xinghe because of him?”

Qin Ke replied, “You could say that.”

“!!!”

Song Yunran froze momentarily and accidentally bit into the chocolate in his mouth.

The sweet and creamy taste spread in his mouth, and he slowly gulped it down a few times. His heart was overwhelmed with despair.

What do you mean? You joined Xinghe because of me?

Song Yunran thought helplessly, ‘I guess my charm was too strong for Qin Ke to resist.’

What a pain in the neck.

 

Translators notes:

Hey guys, I will be picking up this novel and the updates will every alternate day.

My first language isn’t English, and there may be some grammatical errors. But I try not to deviate from the authors narrative. If there are any errors or non-sensical sentences, feel free to comment.