After Playing the Fool and Marrying the Blind Villain [Transmigration] - Chap 97
When Bo Yueming returned to the bedroom after answering the phone, Pei Yi was sending the revised details of the script to the work group.
He picked up a water glass and tried to take a drink, only to realize that he had reached the bottom of the glass.
While his thoughts were frozen, Bo Yueming went ahead and took it. “Wait, I’ll pour it for you.”
Pei Yi gave up the empty glass without hesitation and said with a smile, “Er-ge, Qiao Dong has been talking to me these days and says he’s about to lose his job.”
Since Bo Yueming came to Haishi, he had practically taken over Qiao Dong’s daily tasks as an assistant.
From the scheduled morning wakeup call to three meals a day, from travel arrangements to the current water refill, every detail was taken care of. He was simply an all-around lover.
Bo Yueming handed the warm water back and said, “Isn’t me taking care of you a good thing?”
“Yes, ah.”
Pei Yi drank half a glass of water and joked, “You, the chairman of Bo Group, are too capable. I’m afraid I can’t afford your daily salary.”
“For you, it’s free.”
Bo Yueming took the remaining half glass of water from his hand and drank some unhesitatingly.
Pei Yi mentally calculated the time the other party had stayed in Haishi, and asked uncertainly, “Er-ge, is it really not busy at the group? Don’t delay your business for me.”
“It’s busy.”
Bo Yueming said honestly, “Kitten, I actually just received a call from Bo Jiao. The foreign partners will arrive in the capital the day after tomorrow for a personal inspection. I have to go back.”
“…….”
Pei Yi was stunned. He didn’t expect that his words would come true.
However, facing the outcome he had already prepared for, he quickly recovered his senses and said, “Okay, have you booked the flight ticket?”
Bo Group currently relied on Bo Yueming for support. It was already good that the other party could extend his stay with him from the original four or five days to half a month.
Bo Yueming added, “The other party’s flight will arrive in the morning the day after tomorrow, so I’ll take a flight back tomorrow night.”
He had originally planned to tell Pei Yi and then book the flight ticket.
“Book it for one or two in the afternoon so that you can still get dinner after returning to the capital.” Pei Yi advanced the time for Bo Yueming, something unclear and inexplicably sweet in his eyes. “Don’t compress your time for me. You need to take a break.”
Although the later flight would give them a few more hours together, it would be difficult for Bo Yueming to get enough sleep.
There was a smile in Bo Yueming’s eyes. “You really want me to leave tomorrow afternoon?”
Pei Yi suppressed his reluctance and tried to be brave. “Of course, it’s not like I won’t go back.”
Although the movie game’s launch time had been delayed a bit, if the filming could be completed by August, he could still return to the capital then.
Bo Yueming heard Pei Yi’s promise and said in a low voice, “Okay, let me call Lin Zhong to book a flight.”
“En, I’m going to take a shower first.” Pei Yi’s eyes flickered, and he added, “Open a bottle of wine?”
After his lover returned to the capital, he would have to curb his addiction to wine again.
Bo Yueming doted on him as always. “Okay.”
. . . . . . .
Forty minutes later, Pei Yi came out of the bathroom slowly.
Bo Yueming was sitting on the viewing sofa in front of the floor-to-ceiling window. Hearing footsteps, he immediately turned to look over.
Their eyes met mid-air, and smiles burst forth.
Bo Yueming asked, “Why did you take so long today?”
Pei Yi’s cheeks were a little red, and he seemed to be hot. “…..I took a bath.”
Bo Yueming patted the empty seat next to him and said, “Come here, the wine has aired out. I’ll pour it for you.”
Pei Yi quickly approached and sat down next to his lover.
The rotating decanter on the table turned slowly, and the diamond-shaped glass surface created an extremely beautiful halo under the lights.
The slightly cool red wine entered his stomach and the higher alcohol intensity surged up, making his whole body feel comfortable.
Pei Yi gazed at the cityscape in the distance. “This is the first time I’ve sat down and relaxed to look at the scenery. It’s really different from home.”
Bo Manor had some of the most luxurious buildings in the Imperial Capital, but there were only single-family villas within it, and it was impossible to see the lights and shadows of the busy city below.
Bo Yueming put an arm around his shoulder and said, “If you like such a high-rise, we can move out when we return to the capital.”
Both the Bo family and Bo Yueming had sufficient housing assets.
Pei Yi chuckled. “I can live wherever I like?”
Bo Yueming focused on him. “Of course. What do you think?”
“The place I want to live must be —” Pei Yi teased him, “A place where the front door sliding window shows a river or the sea, the back door sliding window shows a stream and rice fields, and there must also be fruit trees!”
“In other words, somewhere different scenery can be seen throughout the year. Can you find such a place?”
Bo Yueming thought for a couple of seconds and said, “As long as you want it, I can find it.”
Pei Yi drank the wine at the bottom of the glass in one gulp and revealed some of the truth. “Acutally, when I was a kid, I saw illustrations in a book like this and thought it would be a great home to have one day.”
When he was a child, Pei Yi had no idea about love, but he looked forward to having a family—
He would have a few free-range kittens and puppies, his family all around him, and enough to eat every day without going hungry.
Bo Yueming heard these words that were obviously different from “Pei Yi’s” identity as a young master, his arms tightened around him. “Pei Yi.”
Pei Yi was still staring at the night scenery in the distance, and replied casually, “En?”
Bo Yueming wanted to ask something, but remembering what he had promised, he could only suppress his impulse—
If his lover was not willing to confess his “secrets,” he would never be the one to ask.
Pei Yi didn’t notice his lover’s gaze for a moment, and slowly moved his eyes to his lover’s face.
“Er-ge, has the ticket been booked?”
“En,” Bo Yueming responded.
When Pei Yi heard this, he simply took the wine glass from the other’s hand and hid his shyness under his initiative. “Then we have to hurry up.”
Bo Yueming asked knowingly, “What?”
As if to embolden himself, Pei Yi drank the wine he had grabbed in one gulp. “Er-ge, I just told a small lie. I wasn’t taking a bath in the bathroom. Actually…..”
Before he could finish his words, Bo Yueming moved first.
“Wu!”
His fingertips sank into softness, stimulating a whimper, and his breathing even became hot.
Bo Yueming’s eyes unknowingly darkened. They were like the surface of the sea at night, hiding unknown turbulence and currents. “You don’t have to go to the set tomorrow?”
Pei Yi bit his lip lightly and leaned forward with some dissatisfaction. “I can rest tomorrow.”
In the past half month, in order for Bo Yueming to take care of his daily work, the two of them behaved intimately in private, but the frequency was very small and restrained.
Pei Yi knew that his lover was about to return to the capital the next day, and even though heat filled his neck and cheeks, he still took the initiative to touch him.
“Er-ge.”
“En?”
Bo Yueming’s voice was very deep.
Pei Yi pointedly teased, “The coat no longer smells like you. Give me some more.”
“……”
Bo Yueming narrowed his eyes and fiercely kissed the lips of the person in his arms.
The wine glass in Pei Yi’s hand fell to the floor and was completely covered by the bathrobe that went with it.
The night was saturated with intensity.
It wasn’t until a ray of light broke through the sky outside the window that the two of them embraced each other and slowly fell asleep.
. . . . . . . .
When Pei Yi woke up again, there was no one beside him in bed. The setting sun outside the window was burning brightly.
He suddenly sat up in bed, then collapsed back limply due to the excessive soreness in his back.
“Wu.”
Pei Yi frowned and frantically flipped through the phone screen with his fingertips.
The moment he saw the time clearly, a familiar figure appeared outside the room.
Bo Yueming approached. “You’re awake?”
Pei Yi stared blankly at his lover who was still at the hotel, his thoughts slowly turning. “Er-ge, you haven’t left yet?”
Didn’t he book a flight for one or two in the afternoon?
It was almost six in the evening.
Pei Yi’s voice was particularly hoarse due to the previous night’s indulgence.
Bo Yueming handed over the warm water that had been changed out several times at the bedside and said truthfully, “I asked Lin Zhong to book a flight at 10:50 tonight. There’s still enough time. I’ll have dinner with you before leaving.”
Pei Yi suddenly realized, “You didn’t change the time, ah?”
Bo Yueming straightened his messy hair. “I didn’t change it. I couldn’t bear to leave you, so I’ll leave as late as possible.”
Pei Yi’s heart was filled to the brim with love, and he whispered coquettishly, “I thought I overslept just now, and that you just left without waiting for me.”
Bo Yueming seemed to have remembered something, and teased, “There was a kitten mumbling in his sleep and asking me to wake him up before leaving. How could I leave without a word?”
Pei Yi gave a hum.
His eyes unconsciously wandered around the room, and he glanced at the floor-to-ceiling window as if he had a guilty conscience.
Bo Yueming saw this clearly. “Don’t worry, I’ve dealt with everything that needs to be dealt with.”
“……”
Pei Yi didn’t understand. “What are you talking about? What am I not getting?”
“Are you hungry? I asked the hotel to make a meal for two.” Bo Yueming smiled and changed his words. “I saw that you were sleeping deeply at noon, and you wouldn’t wake up no matter how loudly I called you.”
Pei Yi kept in mind Bo Yueming’s flight time that night and didn’t waste a single minute they could spend together. “I’m hungry. Er-ge, let’s eat.”
“Okay.”
. . . . . . .
Because he feared it wouldn’t be safe driving back and forth late at night, Bo Yueming didn’t let Pei Yi follow him to the airport. The two said a simple goodbye outside the hotel lobby.
Pei Yi watched the car’s tail lights disappear into the night and took a subtle deep breath.
Qiao Dong asked in a low voice, “Brother Yi, are you very reluctant to let Mr. Bo leave?”
Pei Yi refused to admit it. “No, we’re both grown men. Why should we be reluctant to part?”
Qiao Dong didn’t believe it. “Then why are your eyes red? Did you get dirt in them?”
“…….”
Pei Yi was disgraced by his own family’s assistant. He patted him on the head. “You employees should stay out of your boss’s affairs.”
Qiao Dong shrank his head in feigned fear, his eyes full of smiles. “Okay!”
Pei Yi suppressed his emotions and got back to the point. “Let’s go upstairs, we have to keep up with the rest of the filming.”
“En, all right.”
. . . . . . .
The movie game involved three parts: arranging, shooting, and editing.
Pei Yi had completed his part of the work, leaving the rest to Director Kong Li and others to worry about.
And he only needed to cooperate with the crew to discuss and modify the shooting details.
Director Kong Li had a dedicated filming team, and the cooperation between them was very tacit. In addition, Weiyi had exclusively selected young actors who were sincere in their filming work—
The entire filming process went extremely smoothly, and only lasted forty days before being completed.
As the head of YWY Studios, Pei Yi took the initiative to handle the closing banquet at the hotel, allowing the actors and staff to have a good time.
When the banquet was coming to an end, Pei Yi found an excuse to invite Director Kong Li aside.
“Director Kong, I would like to toast you with this drink and thank you for your support and deduction to this project.”
“The first version of the script was leaked unexpectedly. If it hadn’t been for all your help, this project would have had eight or nine chances out of ten to fail. It’s all thanks to you.”
Pei Yi’s words were sincere, and Kong Li felt comfortable hearing them. “Mr. Yi is too humble. I admire your hard work and ability.”
The two toasted each other and drank half a glass of wine. Kong Li replied, “I hope we can continue to work together if there is an opportunity in the future.”
Pei Yi continued, “Director Kong, to be honest, I do have a game project that I would like to work with you on.”
He paused, then said lightly but firmly, “It would be an individual partnership between YWY Studios and your team.”
Kong Li heard something in his words and said, “Mr. Yi wants to cooperate with us without Weiyi?”
Pei Yi raised his glass and didn’t deny it. “Director Kong, you have more experience than me. I can’t stand up in front of you.”
“After an episode some time ago, I realized that YWY Studios is small, and Weiyi is a giant in the gaming industry. We have the desire, but we don’t have the strength.”
“Is it that Mr. Yi has the desire but not the strength, or that he has the strength but not the desire?”
Kong Li gently swirled the wine glass. She knew people clearly and had already come to understand Pei Yi’s abilities and ambitions during this period of time together.
It was not so much that YWY was unable to cooperate with a large company like Weiyi for a second time, but that Pei Yi had seen through the nature of Weiyi and didn’t want YWY to cooperate too deeply with it.
Pei Yi glimpsed something out of the corner of his eye and shrugged. “Director Kong, you’re a wise person.”
Kong Li liked to work alongside and talk to outspoken people like Pei Yi. “Talking about cooperation is easy. As long as your game script is creative enough, my team and I will schedule it in.”
“Naturally.”
Pei Yi didn’t miss the hint in her words. “I will wait for Director Kong to accept.”
Kong Li laughed in spite of herself and could only raise her glass.
The two briefly negotiated a while longer, and it wasn’t until Pei Yi watched Kong Li return to the banquet hall that he turned and looked around the corner.
“Brother Gu, aren’t you tired of hiding, ah? Come out.”
“……”
Gu Jianshen walked around the corner and asked helplessly, “When did you notice me?”
He had originally just come out to use the restroom, but when he returned, he heard them talking about working together without Weiyi.
As Weiyi’s copyright department manager and Pei Yi’s personal friend, Gu Jianshen couldn’t move forward or retreat for a moment and could only stop at the corner.
Pei Yi looked him in the face and didn’t lie. “I discovered you earlier. It was difficult for you, being ‘forced’ to eavesdrop.”
Gu Jianshen couldn’t do anything about his straightforwardness. “You, you knew I was there and dared to extend an olive branch to Director Kong in private? Aren’t you afraid that I’ll report this matter to Weiyi’s senior management?”
“Why would I be afraid? Even if Director Kong and I work together, it’s a new project, and won’t harm Weiyi’s interests. I have a clear conscience. Besides…..”
Pei Yi lightly sized up Gu Jianshen’s expression, as if concocting something.
Gu Jianshen noticed his unusual meaning and asked, “Besides what?”
Pei Yi came closer and raised the remaining half glass of white wine. “Brother Gu, would you like to come to our YWY? I guarantee that the salary package will be better than Weiyi’s, and your rights and flexibility will also be higher.”
“I’ll leave all the studio’s external copyright matters to you.”
“…….”
Gu Jianshen was stunned for several seconds, unable to laugh or cry. “Are you serious?”
Pei Yi raised his eyebrows. “What? Do you feel that YWY isn’t better than Weiyi?”
Gu Jianshen shook his head. “No, of course I won’t look down on your company.”
With Pei Yi’s practical abilities and Bo Yueming’s dominating support at the charity dinner, who would dare to underestimate YWY Studios?
What’s more, since the mobile version of The Last Fog was launched two months ago, it had already reached the top of the list of major software stores. Ratings were as high as 94 percent, making it a well-deserved dark horse in the gaming industry!
“It’s just that I’ve reached where I am today because of Mr. Qu’s promotion.” Gu Jianshen looked at Pei Yi seriously as he told him the truth.
“Whether in work or daily life, you have to pay attention to friendship and face.”
He couldn’t just leave so casually and unkindly.
Pei Yi gave a slight nod, respecting the other party’s considerations.
However, from the perspective of a friend, he still analyzed the pros and cons and gave some advice, “Brother Gu, you should know Weiyi’s current situation better than I do.”
“There are factions among senior management. No matter how secure Qu Yi’s current position is, he is only the temporary executive director. Once he falls like Guo Guanghong did, what will the outcome be for you?”
What else could the outcome be?
He would become a victim of the struggle and be forced to resign.
Gu Jianshen remained silent, knowing that what Pei Yi spoke of was a real issue.
Pei Yi stopped where he should. “Brother Gu, I’m not forcing you to answer now. I’m just extending a sincere invitation to you, which will remain open long into the future.”
Gu Jianshen recognized the affirmation in the other’s tone and asked with a smile, “You’re so convinced that I’ll come to YWY Studios one day?”
“How should I say this?”
Pei Yi swirled his glass and said, “When I asked Pear Garden…..that is, Mr. Li, to cooperate with me, he rejected me.”
“We communicated with our art director Lou Yang online since she was overseas, and she also hesitated to consider it.”
“Also, when we first sent an invitation to our technical director Xiang Nansheng, he was a partner at the original Youming Studios.”
“But facts speak louder than words. They made their choices.”
Both The Last Fog and YWY Studios had been established by Pei Yi.
This was Gu Jianshen’s first time hearing about such behind-the-scenes events, and a hint of surprise flashed through his eyes.
Pei Yi caught Gu Jianshen’s gaze and further confessed his innermost thoughts, “I think that the prerequisite for working together is mutual appreciation and trust. Some people work together for profit, but others work together because of affection.”
Gu Jianshen nodded unconsciously, then heard Pei Yi say very firmly—
“Those of us at YWY will always retain this affection, and of course, I won’t let anyone lack in benefits.”
Gu Jianshen’s thoughts moved slightly, and he gave a heartfelt sigh. “Pei Yi.”
“En?”
“You have the charisma to make people want to work with you.”
Hearing this compliment, Pei Yi raised his wine glass in thanks and drank it all in one gulp. “Then it all depends on your future choice.”
. . . . . . . .
The closing banquet lasted until eleven o’clock.
Pei Yi had been restraining his drinking. When he returned to the hotel suite, other than some dizziness, he had still managed to retain his senses.
Pei Yi drank some water in one gulp and took the initiative to mention, “Qiao Dong, please book the flight tickets back to the capital for tomorrow. It would be best to land before six o’clock in the evening.”
When Qiao Dong heard Pei Yi’s plan, he asked uncertainly, “Brother Yi, we’re leaving tomorrow?”
According to the original plan, they would hand over the finishing work to Weiyi and not return until the day after next at the earliest.
Pei Yi rubbed his throbbing temples and said, “Yeah, I’m sure.”
As an assistant, Qiao Dong naturally went to work according to Pei Yi’s instructions.
He used his phone to search for suitable air tickets, and couldn’t help but ask probingly, “Brother Yi, you haven’t told Mr. Bo about returning early, have you?”
Pei Yi thought of his lover whom he hadn’t seen in over a month, and an unconcealable smile flashed across his face. “He doesn’t know. You keep it a secret for me, I want to give him a surprise.”
