WMWH Chapter 25

When Fang Fang noticed Xiao Lisheng, I had actually entrusted “xx Service Firm” to investigate Xiao Lisheng’s family background and learned about some general things about his family and some special circumstances about him.

I had to admit that Xiao Lisheng was a very good man. Good looks and being able to dance were one thing, but more importantly, he was strong, responsible, and very filial to his parents.

To be honest, regardless of Xiao Lisheng’s gender, I was very happy that Fang Fang liked such a person. This shows that our family Fang Fang was quite discerning, like me.

 Speaking of it, it was also fate. My mother was originally a famous female ballet actress in Russia. After retiring, she taught at the Moscow State Academy of Choreography,¹Which is also commonly known as The Bolshoi Ballet Academy. so I still kept in touch with the professors in the academy. When it came to Xiao Lisheng dropping out of school at the beginning, they also felt very sorry. So, when I asked if I could write a recommendation letter to Xiao Lisheng so that he could come back and continue his studies, they finally agreed after considering it.

A professor who admired Xiao Lisheng very much told me that if possible, I should send Xiao Lisheng there as soon as possible because the career period of ballet dancers tended to be very short, especially for male actors, many of whom retire before the age of thirty. Xiao Lisheng had already missed the optimum period of development and could not delay it any longer.

My heart pounded when I heard this. Although I took the initiative to sponsor Xiao Lisheng to go abroad to complete his studies, if he really went abroad, wouldn’t our family’s Fang Fang have to die in sorrow? Fang Fang’s ability to adapt was so poor that he only dared to go to places near his home after more than half a year of mental preparation. He had never even left G city in so many years, let alone went abroad.

If Xiao Lisheng left, Fang Fang would probably be left at home in sadness until he would come back.

I shared my concerns with Fang Fang’s father.

Fang Fang’s father said: “Wife, don’t think too much. If that’s bound to happen, then it might not be a bad thing for Fang Fang. As for boys, they always have to suffer some setbacks, otherwise, how can they grow up? You dote on Fang Fang too much, it’s not good.”

I was a little angry at first, but then I thought about it seriously and realized that what Fang Fang’s father said made sense. Emotional matters, no matter what the outcome they might have, as long as you devote yourself to it, there would always be something rewarding.

#I am Fangfang’s Notebook A Jun#
Mom said, starting from today, we must prepare for the worst and do our best to help Fang Fang capture Mr. Xiao 0v0

To be honest, as a ballet lover, I admired Li Sheng very much, so although I secretly hoped that he could accompany Fang Fang for a longer time, in the end, I only set a deadline of half a year.

However, after half a year of getting along and observing, I felt more and more that there was no one in the world who was more suitable for Fang Fang than Li Sheng. He was a person who looked strong on the outside but was actually softer than anyone else on the inside.

After meeting Fang Fang for the first time, he actually called me directly to come out to me, told me that he was gay, and asked me if I was afraid that he would take advantage of Fang Fang. At that time, I laughed immediately after hearing this. I thought how could there be such a frank (honest) person, so I couldn’t help but tease:

“Mr. Xiao, shouldn’t it be what Fang Fang will do to you that you should be more worried about?”

Then he hung up the phone, and I sat on the chair alone and laughed for a while, and suddenly I understood why Fang Fang fell in love with Li Sheng at first sight. Both of them were so stupid and cute sometimes.

In order for Fang Fang to have a smooth relationship with Li Sheng, I almost always treat every date as a project, especially considering the traffic volume at the date location, potential emergencies, and response measures. Because Fang Fang had always been very anxious about uncontrollable and unknown things, if he wasn’t told in advance what would happen in a certain place and how to respond, he might selectively shield himself from it or even lie on the ground pretending to be dead.

Fortunately, none of the few dates between Fang Fang and Li Sheng occurred that were beyond their control, so Li Sheng never discovered that Fang Fang had the ability to pretend to be dead. Of course, I had to admit that Li Sheng’s company was also the best soothing agent for Fang Fang’s mood. In order to maintain a flawless image in front of the person you liked一this law undoubtedly applied to anyone in a passionate relationship.

Half a year was neither long nor short. Just when I was about to put the matter of “how to comfort the Fang Fang after being separated from Xiao Xiao” on the agenda, Li Sheng suddenly called me and invited me to the coffee shop where we first met.

Although I had some expectations in my heart, I was still moved when he took out the recommendation letter and check I had given him.

“Ms. Jiang, thank you very much for your support,” he pushed the things in front of me and said, “but I’m sorry, I still won’t go.”

“Why?” I asked him deliberately, “This is a good opportunity.”

“My current job is pretty good, and I signed the contract and it’s a bit bad to leave suddenly. Besides, my brother is abroad, and my parents are old. I have to take care of them, and as well as me…” He started to give me various reasons.

“Oh,” I replied with a prolonged voice, and asked, “What else?”

“And…I like Fang Xiānsheng,” he said, lowered his head, and didn’t dare to look into my eyes, “I don’t want to treat him as a transaction.”

I guess this was the key point. I suppressed the smile on my lips and said, “It’s not a transaction. You can think of it as a greeting gift from your boyfriend’s mother.”

“No need for a greeting gift, Ms. Jiang…” He stumbled and explained to me: “Fang Xiānsheng is very good. Fang Xiānsheng is enough.”

“It’s okay,” I teased him deliberately: “Fang Fang is so stupid, he will definitely not find out.”

“No, Ms. Jiang,” he shook his head and said to me, “Fang Fang is not stupid, he is just not as complicated as we thought.”

I wanted to say something else, but my throat seemed to be stuck and I couldn’t say anything.

It was then that I realized that there were people in this world who were gentler to Fang Fang than I.

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  Which is also commonly known as The Bolshoi Ballet Academy.