DCFRP Chapter 87

TL: Hua

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When Xun Qian came downstairs, the dining room was a bit messy.

The servants who got up early to clean up were cleaning the table and the oat milk that had spilled on the floor.

It seemed that the milk cup on the table had fallen, and the milk flowed down the table, gathering a small puddle on the floor.

White-browed Hero’s head and face were also covered with milk.

When the servants saw Xun Qian coming down, they hurriedly bowed and explained, “This is the breakfast Mr. Qi made for you. It was knocked over by Xiao Hei. Do you still want to eat it, Third Master? Or can I make you another one later?”

The servants measured their words very carefully. Although Xun Qian’s temper and personality became much milder, no one dared to cross the line, especially when Qi Xiaoyu was not at home.

Xun Qian glanced at the table. In addition to milk, there was also a sandwich. Just looking at the neat knife skills and the golden fried eggs, he can tell that it was Qi Xiaoyu’s craftsmanship.

It was made by Qi Xiaoyu after all; how could Xun Qian be willing to waste it? “No, pour me a cup of tea.”

Then he looked at Xiao Hei’s big, splotchy face.

White-browed Hero had no awareness of doing anything wrong and kept licking the milk from the surrounding fur with gusto.

Xun Qian felt that he should teach him a lesson and set some rules. His hand “slapped” on the dining table, making a crisp sound.

White-browed Hero seemed frightened and paused his licking, staring at him blankly with his big black eyes.

“Don’t mess around anymore. If you dare to climb onto the dining table and steal food again, I’ll lock you up in the dark room.”

Xun Qian said in a serious tone. Xiao Hei barked twice and continued to lick the milk. Then, after a few licks, he made a retching motion.

Xun Qian saw it and hurriedly pulled out his chair and walked over to check on the situation.

White-browed Hero hunched his body, his head dropping down and dry-heaving in a very painful manner.

Xun Qian asked sharply, “What did he eat this morning?”

The servant was startled. “No, he didn’t eat anything else except spilling the milk.”

“Don’t clean up anything else and help him clean up. Also go bring the dog leash.”

Xun Qian mistakenly thought that he had upset his stomach because of the milk and was going to take him to the vet.

The servant hurriedly went to get the dog leash and contacted the driver at the same time.

Over here, White-browed Hero bent his body, heaving and coughing for a while before finally vomiting something.

It was not milk, but paper.

Xun Qian gave a puzzled look at the bitten piece of paper. There was only one corner with teeth marks all over, but he could vaguely see that the paper was blue.

Then, White-browed Hero vomited several times before sporadically spitting out the remaining pieces of paper.

At this moment, the rest of the family rushed over.

Butler Cheng’s mouth was still stained with foam, and while wiping the corners of his mouth with a handkerchief, he crouched down to look closer at the White-browed Hero’s condition.

Mama Li also came over and pointed at the paper that White-browed Hero vomited and said, “This looks like a card from the cake shop.”

Yesterday was the Mid-Autumn Festival, and they bought some cake back.

This cake shop was the one they often bought from. White-browed Hero couldn’t get enough of it after taking a lick before. So everyone hardly needed to think about it to know that he was the one trying to steal the food; they just didn’t expect him to even steal the card this time.

After spitting out, White-browed Hero finally regained his spirits, stuck out his tongue, and shook his head.

Xun Qian was both angry and amused by this. He angrily pulled him over and knocked him on the head, scolding, “You greedy little thing.”

He said to the servant, “Put away the cake; don’t let him touch it next time.”

The servant was puzzled. White-browed Hero always scratched the cabinet when he smelled the cake fragrance, so after buying it yesterday, she specially put it away. How did he steal it?

But the servant didn’t dare to say much, and Xun Qian also didn’t blame her. If she refuted him, it would seem that she didn’t know the rules.

After this episode, when the servant cleaned the table, Xun Qian picked up the sandwich and enjoyed the loving breakfast made by Qi Xiaoyu for him peacefully.

White-browed Hero didn’t have to go to the hospital anymore. He was taken out to be cleaned and then punished to run laps.

Xun Qian picked up the sandwich with his left hand and took out his phone with his right hand. He operated the nearly 16 cm long and 8 cm wide phone with one hand without any difficulty.

He first read the press release that was sent out yesterday.

Xun Qian didn’t want to make his relationship with Qi Xiaoyu public so soon. He wanted to wait until they officially got back together.

But when Zhang Han told him yesterday that someone was spreading the story about him and Qi Xiaoyu on the Internet, and a bad one at that, he changed his mind.

Now he wanted to check the results.

After just a while, Xun Qian threw the phone aside. This situation doesn’t seem to be working.

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In the office of an entertainment company, Qiu Yuan, who didn’t have any work for the time being, was lying on the sofa playing with his phone, his legs dangling over the edge of the sofa in a lazy manner.

His agent came over with an angry expression and threw the script at him: “You haven’t passed any auditions recently, and you still have the mind to play with your phone. Get up and read the script carefully.”

After saying that, he snorted, “The audition a few days ago was obviously promising, and the communication with the director was also very good. Today, they inexplicably said that they changed the actor. It’s really weird.”

“Changed the actor?” Qiu Yuan raised his eyes and glanced at the agent. “That role is average. It’s a small production, and I’m only playing the second male lead. Who cares anyway?”

The agent had no expression on his face and said nothing.

Qiu Yuan glanced at his agent, picked up the script that fell on him, and casually put it on the coffee table. “Fine, fine, I’ll read the script later, but let me finish reading these Weibo posts first.”

He said while laughing, “I found something strange and interesting. I hired a few marketing accounts to make up some news that Qi Xiaoyu and the big boss of the Xun family have an ambiguous relationship. What’s with all the news that’s popped up in one night? It’s a lot more interesting than what I’m making up. Who bought these marketing accounts? It’s too fake. I don’t even dare to make up such nonsense.”

The agent had a stern face and wasn’t interested.

Qiu Yuan, however, did not notice but raised his phone to the agent to show him.

“Take a quick look at what this entertainment gossip account posted – A rising young actor with good acting skills, a good personality, and good connections with people around him is quite simple when it comes to emotional matters and treats his relationship seriously. Although there are many people pursuing him and like him, the only one who really has a relationship with him is a big boss that cannot be named.

There’s a rumor that the big boss likes him very much and is pursuing him seriously. If you don’t believe it, ask the people in the crew where he’s filming. You can see luxury cars picking him up at the door every day.”

Qiu Yuan finished reading and sighed, “What a f*cking compliment. The big boss took the initiative to pursue him and picked him up in a luxury car every day? This can’t be a press release bought by Qi Xiaoyu himself, right? He probably doesn’t know what the consequences of riding on this popularity will be.”

The agent snorted coldly, as if he were used to all kinds of tricks in the entertainment industry. “Who doesn’t want to take advantage to gain clout in this industry? It’s all up to each individual’s ability.”

****

Qi Xiaoyu read the recent work arrangements sent to him by Li Kun in the car back to the crew.

The main thing was, of course, filming on the set, and the rest was attending the premiere of “The Evil” and doing a few interviews.

He took a general look and found no problem, so he replied to Li Kun and asked him to arrange the work.

After replying to Li Kun’s message, he looked at his phone again, wondering what Xun Qian’s reaction would be when he saw the piece of paper he left…

Qi Xiaoyu thought about it and took the initiative to send a message to Xun Qian. He didn’t mention the note but only asked him if he got up and had breakfast.

If he asked about the note, it would be quite embarrassing.

He thought it would be better if Xun Qian took the initiative to talk about it.

Who knew that Xun Qian replied one by one and praised the sandwich for being delicious but never mentioned the note?

Qi Xiaoyu was very happy when he saw the message, but also a little disappointed. It was a very subtle feeling—the kind of little thoughts that only come when you are in love.

However, this feeling didn’t last long, because he soon arrived at the crew and then threw himself into the busy filming work.

Since the abandoned factory they had previously chosen has now been renovated, their filming location has now been changed to here at the factory.

Everything went on as usual during the shooting, but during the intermission, Qi Xiaoyu keenly discovered that something was a little wrong.

Everyone stared at him oddly, seemingly reluctant to speak.

Qi Xiaoyu took off his current costume and walked backstage to change into another outfit, and the prop manager went to where the new clothes were.

The one following Qi Xiaoyu today was the female assistant, Momo.

Momo was holding a cup of water in her hand, just waiting for Qi Xiaoyu to get thirsty and hand it over.

Qi Xiaoyu now has an independent dressing room. At this moment, the prop manager wasn’t here. Only he and the female assistant were left in the room.

He looked at the assistant, and the other party obviously didn’t dare to look him in the eye.

Qi Xiaoyu slowly opened his mouth, as if jokingly, “What’s going on with you guys today? After the Mid-Autumn Festival, why do you all seem to be hiding something from me?”

Momo pursed her lips, not daring to speak.

Qi Xiaoyu continued to tease her, “If you don’t tell me, I won’t let you come to the shooting site with me next time. I’ll let you stay in the company and work on reports with Li Kun.”

Momo widened her eyes and showed a frightened expression.

Qi Xiaoyu added, “I’m in a very good mood today. No matter what you say, I won’t be angry.”

Momo seemed persuaded. After thinking for a while, she said, “Have you seen the rumors about you on the Internet?”

Qi Xiaoyu said, “Hmm.”. He didn’t take the matter to heart.

If the rumors on the Internet faded, then it would fade. If the rumors became bigger and bigger, forcing him to come out to deal with it, then he would deal with it. With his current relationship with Xun Qian, even if it’s made public, it’s not a big deal, and it will come naturally.

It just feels a bit inappropriate to be forced to make it public like this.

Momo, however, had a heavy expression on her face. She bit her lip and thought for a while before continuing, “They said that your scandal is very offensive. If you offend that big boss, the crew might be forced to disband.”

Qi Xiaoyu knew that the “they” in Momo’s mouth referred to the other staff of the crew.

Momo didn’t dare to look at Qi Xiaoyu and continued, “They didn’t dare to say anything in front of you, but they’re all worried. Before you came this morning, they were talking about this matter. Sister Qingqing defended you, saying that you were worthy of the Xun family’s big boss. However, you were criticized by a bunch of people, saying that a lot of celebrities tried to climb this tree but couldn’t… I was very angry while listening; that’s why I didn’t dare tell you, lest you get angry too.”

“Is that so…” Qi Xiaoyu pondered for a while. They were right to have such concerns. He was busy with Xun Qian these two days and forgot to think things through.

He should do something to stabilize their feelings, which is to go along with the rumor and make his relationship with Xun Qian public.

Qi Xiaoyu thought it wasn’t a big problem, and Xun Qian probably had the same idea, but he had to think about it and pick a more romantic approach.

He remembered that since they were together, Xun Qian had always been more proactive, such as the fireworks that night, which made him think about it every time he looked out the window when he was filming today. He felt that he should do something similar.

Moreover, the usual method may not have much effect, just like his note this morning. Xun Qian’s response was very lackluster.

While he was thinking, the prop manager came back.

After changing the props, Qi Xiaoyu bumped into Wang Mingge as he headed out the dressing room.

Wang Mingge glanced at him, and he also looked like he wanted to say something but stopped.

Qi Xiaoyu knew why he came, judging by his expression, and exhibited a smile. “Director Wang, do you have something to say to me?”

Seeing that Qi Xiaoyu had taken the initiative, Wang Mingge relaxed and pulled him to find an open place to sit down. Then he went straight to the point, “Who’s the person that came to pick you up every day recently? Is it really Boss Xun from Wanhai Real Estate? If not, you’d better clarify it; otherwise, it will spread…”

“Yes, it’s him.”

Wang Mingge had prepared a bellyful of words to talk sense into Qi Xiaoyu, but he got stuck at the beginning. “What? Who?”

Qi Xiaoyu smiled, “It’s the Boss Xun you mentioned.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Momo ran towards the two of them.

Momo was out of breath, holding her stomach, and handed the phone to Qi Xiaoyu, “Look who’s following you! The Internet is boiling right now! Weibo is blowing up!”

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