Chapter 25: The Disabled Boss Appears
“I’ll go wash my hands,” said Yan Huihua.
Jin Yanliu pointed out the restroom to him, and as Yan Huihua went to wash his hands, Jin Yanliu lay down on the sofa, clutching his phone, feeling a bit guilty for no reason.
He thought, just because the child doesn’t like it, the parents shouldn’t abandon their love life, right? Everyone is an independent individual, and he only has half a year left in his life – shouldn’t he live for himself?
Thinking about this, Jin Yanliu completely relaxed.
He felt that he was no longer guilty.
When Yan Huihua came out of the restroom, he saw that Jin Yanliu was already lying on the sofa.
He was only wearing a thin, smooth satin nightgown, in a silver-white color that clung to his body as he lay down, revealing his body lines.
Jin Yanliu not only had a godly appearance, but his figure was also particularly good. His legs were both white, and the soles of his feet even showed a reddish hue.
Yan Huihua was very excited.
It was only because he had drunk alcohol today that he had such a ridiculous and bold idea.
He thought that if, during the massage, Jin Yanliu suddenly wanted to sleep with him, he would definitely not refuse.
He pressed his lips tightly, reached out his hand, and through the nightgown, touched Jin Yanliu’s shoulder. Just feeling Jin Yanliu’s body temperature on his palm, he felt his blood boil, and he quickly withdrew his hands.
He might be too upright, and he felt that he hadn’t even expressed his feelings clearly, but he was trying to satisfy a certain desire of his through the massage, which was very shameful.
However, Jin Yanliu turned around at this moment and looked at him.
He found that Yan Huihua’s handsome face had turned completely red.
Damn, in this day and age, there are still such pure-hearted hunks. He believed in the character settings of “Alternating Favorites”.
No wonder “Alternating Favorites” could become popular, there was a reason for it.
A pure-hearted and upright hunk paired with an NP fallen male protagonist, this contrast is delicious.
Jin Yanliu suddenly had an urge for NTR, and he smiled, “Aren’t you supposed to give me a massage? Why aren’t you massaging? Is it because I’m wearing clothes that you’re not comfortable with?”
After saying this, he directly sat up and reached out to unbutton his nightgown. As soon as he unbuttoned one button, he saw Yan Huihua’s flushed face say, “No… no need to take it off.”
Jin Yanliu didn’t say anything, just took off the nightgown and threw it aside, then lay down again.
Yan Huihua stared at the pale back in front of him, not daring to touch.
If he had simply come to give a massage, he would have just started massaging, but he wasn’t, he had ulterior motives, but he didn’t want Jin Yanliu to be so open.
Jin Yanliu suppressed his laughter, arched his shoulder blades, gesturing for him to start.
Yan Huihua pressed his back, and his hands were a little shaky. Jin Yanliu could vaguely hear his somewhat suppressed heavy breathing. This pure side successfully piqued his interest, and since Jin Yanliu saw him being so honest, he originally wanted to tease him a bit, but in the end, he couldn’t bear to.
He turned his head in surprise, “You’re really good at this.”
This massage technique was completely professional-level, no less than the masters outside.
Yan Huihua said, “My grandfather was in this business, and I learned from him when I was young.”
“Where is your hometown?”
“Quming. A small county town under Quming,” Yan Huihua said.
An actor with such a background, without money or connections, and who refused to submit to the rules, must have had a very difficult time in the entertainment industry these past few years. Jin Yanliu felt very sympathetic towards him, resting his chin on his hands and sighing.
He almost didn’t have the heart to ruin him.
Now that he had broken the original plot, he didn’t know if Yan Huihua would still end up with the imposter after he was transmigrated. This honest young man, encountering an NP male protagonist, his future days of love and hate torment, he didn’t know how it would be.
Yan Huihua was indeed an upright person. He left after finishing the massage, and Jin Yanliu had a good sleep. The next morning, Zhou Beiyang called him to eat, and when he saw Zhou Beiyang, he was still a little guilty.
However, he soon realized that his worries were unnecessary.
Because Zhou Beiyang had no way of knowing.
Physical contact can really promote feelings, and the next day he felt that Yan Huihua’s gaze towards him was different, a little evasive and sweet. His expression was still the same, but he would occasionally glance at him, with a kind of indescribable ambiguity.
Jin Yanliu tried his best to ignore his gaze and focus all his attention on work.
Tomorrow “Into the Abyss” would officially start filming. The first shot they would film was the grand gathering at the Immortal Gate. The location scouts had chosen a tourist attraction on Mount Qiuming, and Jin Yanliu led all the actors in the crew to go on-site to take a look. The crew had already started setting up the scene. The location was good, with a small island in the lake and white mist shrouding the green mountains, giving a sense of immortal elegance. The crew had built a few houses on the small island in the lake, even though they would use green screen and special effects.
Jin Yanliu stood on the lakeside wearing sunglasses, looking at the beautiful scenery in front of him, feeling a bit excited.
“Tomorrow is the official start of filming,” said Zhou Beiyang next to him.
“Yes, we’re about to start filming,” Jin Yanliu sighed deeply, then called out to the others, “Let’s all take a group photo together. Director!”
Liu Qichang, who was chatting with the crew members, came running over happily and urged everyone to gather: “Try to stand in the middle as much as possible.”
Although he said that, with the main actors and big stars present, who dared to stand in the middle? In the end, Liu Qichang stood in the middle, with Jin Yanliu and Zhou Beiyang standing on his left and right respectively, and Lu Yao standing next to Zhou Beiyang.
Jin Yanliu gestured for Yan Huihua to come stand beside him, and Zhou Beiyang didn’t say anything.
He couldn’t tell if Jin Yanliu had him stand next to him out of personal considerations, because in terms of character importance and character relationships, Yan Huihua, as the actor playing the male second lead Ye Hengyang, was the most appropriate position next to Jin Yanliu.
He just felt that the aura between Jin Yanliu and Yan Huihua today was a bit strange, especially Yan Huihua, his gaze was very peculiar.
Yan Huihua’s heart was sweet all day today. As he stood next to Jin Yanliu, when the photographer shouted “one, two, three,” he leaned slightly towards Jin Yanliu.
This was their first group photo together, and when you like someone, every first time becomes very meaningful.
After the photo was taken, it was posted in their actor group. Yan Huihua saved a copy of the group photo, and then cropped it, leaving only him and Jin Yanliu, secretly saving it to his phone. In the photo, he was smiling gently, while the Jin Yanliu beside him had his mouth open, smiling so brightly that his eyes were squinted, dazzlingly radiant.
He was a person who followed the rules, and he had always thought that the person he would find would also be gentle and calm, but after meeting Jin Yanliu, he realized that Jin Yanliu’s brilliant and carefree personality was actually more attractive to him. This was a quality he didn’t have, and he was fascinated by it.
Considering that once the TV series started filming, he and Zhou Beiyang would have to stay with the crew for a long time, Jin Yanliu planned to go visit his grandmother and the others from the Zhou family while he still had time today.
Grandma Zhou has been spending most of her time abroad for treatment this year, and they haven’t seen each other in a long time. His stepmother Zhou Hong hasn’t remarried since her divorce, and she’s been staying at her parents’ house. The Zhou family is a true high-ranking family, and those who come and go are either rich or noble.
When Jin Yanliu saw the several luxury cars parked outside their house, he knew that there were guests visiting again today.
Jin Yanliu was used to coming to their house, so he turned back to get his things, and Zhou Beiyang said, “Let me get it.”
Jin Yanliu had gotten lazy from being with Zhou Beiyang for so long, so he happily let him do it and went straight to the living room. But just as he reached the courtyard, he heard a loud and bold singing voice coming from the reception room, singing Li Bai’s “The Advancing Wine Cup”:
“In the midst of joy, one must indulge to the full. Let not the golden goblet be empty under the moon. For Heaven has created me with such a nature, and I must use it.”
The voice was extremely grand and broad, almost striking the eardrums and heart directly.
He paused for a moment, then stopped in front of the window and looked inside through the roses, and Zhou Hong saw him and waved to him from the window.
Jin Yanliu gave her a slight bow, then headed towards the door. The singer was still singing:
“With you I’ll sing one tune, please lend me your ear to hear.”
He felt as if he had been struck in the soul by the song, his feet feeling soft and weak. Zhou Beiyang handed the things to the maid, while Jin Yanliu directly entered the reception room. As soon as he walked in, he was hit by a strong smell of alcohol. In the reception room, besides Zhou Grandpa and his daughter, there were five or six men in their forties and fifties, and the one singing while playing the guitar was a very refined and pale-looking middle-aged man, his face flushed red, obviously drunk.
No wonder, only with the momentum of alcohol could he sing so grandly and tragically, just making people feel that life should be lived freely and recklessly, without regard for anything.
Jin Yanliu quietly stood next to Zhou Hong, listening to the man finish the song. The melody of the song was so well composed, combined with Li Bai’s peerless lyrics, it made his eyes moist, but his blood was surging and refused to stop.
Jin Yanliu couldn’t help but join the others in applauding, and everyone then noticed him and Zhou Beiyang.
Zhou Hong introduced the few people sitting there: “This is Dean Zhang, this is Department Head Chen, and you don’t need me to introduce your Uncle Liu, and this is Professor Zhao.”
Jin Yanliu greeted them respectfully, and Professor Zhao smiled and said, “No need to be so polite.”
As the famous Jin Yanliu, even those who didn’t pay attention to the entertainment circle mostly knew him.
“Oh yes, I forgot this one,” Zhou Hong smiled and pointed to a young man behind Professor Zhao: “This is Si Li, Professor Zhao’s nephew.”
Jin Yanliu’s attention had been focused on the singing Professor Zhao, and he didn’t notice this young man. But when he heard the name “Si Li”, his whole body shook, and he immediately looked at the man.
He saw a man with somewhat pale skin, the man was in a suit, his posture upright, looking straight at him with somewhat sinister brows, but now seemed to have a touch of amazement.
Zhao Si Li?
This is Zhao Si Li?!
Jin Yanliu immediately looked him up and down, and sure enough, he saw a cane next to the bookshelf behind him.
The novel “Alternating Favorites” suddenly became extremely real, and this sudden encounter made him shudder all over, much more than Yan Huihua’s appearance.
Jin Yanliu reached out his hand and shook hands with Zhao Si Li: “Hello.”
“Hello.” Zhao Si Li’s voice also had a slight hoarseness, and his palms were probably calloused from years of leaning on a cane, forming a huge contrast with his pale, soft hands.
Jin Yanliu inexplicably felt a chill behind him, and he looked back to see that Zhou Beiyang had somehow already moved to stand behind him.
Zhou Hong smiled and introduced Zhao Si Li to Zhou Beiyang: “This is our Beiyang, you two haven’t met before, right?”
“We’ve met once before,” Zhao Si Li said with a smile.
Zhou Beiyang also shook hands with Zhao Si Li, but Zhao Si Li’s eyes kept staring at Jin Yanliu.
Zhou Beiyang’s expression then became a bit gloomy, and he said to Zhou Hong, “I’ll take the brother to see Grandma.”
“Beiyang, it’s been a while since we’ve seen you,” Dean Zhang smiled and said, “You have to give me an autograph today, my granddaughter is a big fan of yours now.”
“I saw you on TV last month and was surprised, when did you get into the entertainment industry?” Uncle Liu said.
Zhou Grandpa smiled and said, “Young man, he just wants to play around for a couple of years.”
“Go see Grandma first, she’s been missing Little Yang for a long time,” Zhou Hong said with a smile.
As Jin Yanliu and Zhou Hong left the reception room, he couldn’t help but look back at Zhao Si Li again, but was blocked by Zhou Beiyang’s vision, and when he noticed Zhou Beiyang looking at him, he smiled slightly and turned back.
However, this smile fell into Zhao Si Li’s eyes, and he stared blankly at Jin Yanliu’s retreating figure, but then saw Zhou Beiyang look back at him, the young man just now so pure and gentle, but now his gaze was particularly vigilant.
Zhao Si Li coldly curled his lips.
“Do you know him?” Zhou Beiyang asked Jin Yanliu.
Zhou Hong heard this and turned around: “Who?”
“Zhao Si Li,” Zhou Beiyang said.
Jin Yanliu smiled and said, “No, first time meeting him. Have you met him before?”
“I’ve seen him once before when I was accompanying Grandpa to social events, this guy is not good,” Zhou Beiyang said.
Zhao Si Li likes men and plays around a lot. The way he just looked at Jin Yanliu made him very uncomfortable.
Zhou Hong said, “That poor guy also had a car accident recently and is disabled in one leg. He was a very spirited young man before.”
According to “Alternating Favorites”, this car accident was somehow related to the Zhao family’s property dispute case, and the naturally cold-hearted Zhao Si Li became even more sinister and suspicious after narrowly escaping death. He later became obsessed with climbing up, wanting to earn the most money, hold the highest power, and get the most handsome man. So he set his sights on the top-tier celebrity, the imposter version of Jin Yanliu, who was famous for his beauty in the entertainment circle.
Although the imposter was the NP protagonist, he was “pure” and “righteous”, how could he succumb to Zhao Si Li’s depravity? So he resolutely refused Zhao Si Li, causing Zhao Si Li to change from love to hate, and start his villain’s journey.
However, he really didn’t expect to meet Zhao Si Li here, this character should appear much later in “Alternating Favorites”. Could it be that because “Into The Abyss” started filming earlier, everything came earlier as well?
This is a good thing, it means that his reverse transmigration action can indeed change the future.
Jin Yanliu suddenly remembered Zhao Si Li’s famous line in the original work:
[“If I can’t have you, no one else can! I’ll ruin you, and drag you down to hell with me!”]
Jin Yanliu couldn’t help but laugh out loud.
What a classic line.
Zhou Beiyang glanced at him, and Jin Yanliu couldn’t help but reach out his arm and cling to his shoulder.
As they walked, their bodies brushed against each other, and Zhou Beiyang caught a faint whiff of the fragrance on Jin Yanliu.
The fragrance Jin Yanliu used was very light, he usually just sprayed it in the closet, and after years of permeation, his clothes would still retain an extremely faint fragrance that could only be smelled up close.
He had bought all the fragrances Jin Yanliu was using.
This subtle fragrance wafted into Zhou Beiyang’s nostrils, soothing his mood.
The clothes, the perfume, from the jacket to the underwear, from the watch to the fragrance – everything that Jin Yanliu was wearing had been chosen by him. This made him feel very satisfied, as Jin Yanliu, from head to toe, was his mark.
He felt that the appearance of Yan Huihua had caused him to be rather on edge lately. Whenever he saw the young and handsome man, he would involuntarily feel a sense of hostility, which was a bit pathological. He needed to restrain himself, or he would truly become a possessive lover.
Anyway, during the game of “Truth or Dare” last night, Jin Yanliu had also said that he didn’t have anyone he liked at the moment.
Whether it’s Yan Huihua or anyone else, they’re just passing travelers, just like those flirtatious people in the past.
No need to worry.
