Mr. Yuan is Always Unhappy - Chap 67
CH67 – LITTLE CHRYSANTHEMUM
Edited by Yummers
Yuan Rui was genuinely overjoyed. He laid there as he played with Zheng Qiuyang’s face, giggling uncontrollably.
Although it was true that he had a lot of money saved already—so much that he wouldn’t need to work for the rest of his life—, he wasn’t even 30 yet. He just started to experience the rewarding outcomes of his career efforts. He would honestly be unwilling to give up everything he’d been working so hard for.
Thanks to his male god and his husband, he won’t have to think about quitting this industry for the time being.
“Liang Xi is definitely doing this because of Bai Tu.” Yuan Rui said as he shared his analogy, “He actually doesn’t like me at all.”
Zheng Qiuyang immediately spat the truth out for him. “You are the one who’s drooling over his spouse all day long. If I was in his place, I wouldn’t like you either.”
Yuan Rui replied like it was obvious. “You can’t blame me for that, who told his spouse to be that handsome?”
Zheng Qiuyang, “…”
Yuan Rui rubbed his face again, saying giggly, “But I’m not jealous of him, because my boyfriend is even more handsome.”
Zheng Qiuyang corrected him, “Call me husband.”
Yuan Rui felt too embarrassed to call him that. He pushed Zheng Qiuyang’s cheeks together, making him look like a baby bird awaiting food, forcing the other to make a silly face.
Yuan Rui laughed out loud.
Then he bent down to kiss him.
Yuan Rui quickly told Li Lingling the good news.
Li Lingling’s head was about to explode from trying to take care of the press. Upon hearing the news out of nowhere, she asked in disbelief, “Are you talking about the mystery reality show on ABC?”
“Yeah. Have you watched it before too?”
“I’ve heard of it, it seems like that show’s supervisor is the I Series’ screenwriter.”
Li Lingling was a bit concerned. “It’s very possible that they’re only reaching out to you for clout right now. They might edit your screen time and eliminate you right away when the game starts. Then that means we’d be helping them out for no reason.”
Yuan Rui explained, “It’s not the show that reached out to me. They casted Liang Xi first and then Liang Xi recommended me.”
Li Lingling was shocked. “When did you and Liang Xi get so close?!”
“We were neighbors before.” Yuan Rui didn’t want to talk about Liang Xi and Bai Tu’s private matters, so he asked, “Lingling-Jie, what do you think about this? I think it’s pretty good. They’re starting the shoot next week and there are nine episodes in total. Once it’s finished, it’ll be released during winter with a weekly update schedule. So the broadcasting will stretch into the upcoming spring. Aside from the unknown release date of the movie, I have no other chances to show my face to the public anyway.”
Li Lingling was quiet for a moment before she said, “As your agent, I really want to say that this is a good opportunity. But as a friend, Yuan Rui, the outcome might not be the best if you get too close to Liang Xi, he…”
She was hesitant to continue. Yuan Rui made a guess, “Jie, are you trying to say that he’s gay? It’s fine, my boyfriend and I are doing great together. I wouldn’t cheat. Plus, Liang Xi isn’t my type at all.”
Zheng Qiuyang was on WeChat talking to a friend who worked with Weibo’s frontpage commercial. When he heard Yuan Rui’s conversation with Li Lingling, he looked up at him.
Yuan Rui puckered his lips and blew him a kiss.
Zheng Qiuyang caught it with his hand and ate it, then he put his head back down to keep chatting with his friend.
On the other hand, Li Lingling still wasn’t very assured. She said, “Before you said that you guys were only neighbors who didn’t interact much, so I didn’t say anything. But actually, this rumor has been around for a long time. Everyone says that Liang Xi was gay and very perverted. He likes to play around. A lot of the pretty-looking boys in our line of work have slept with him.”
Yuan Rui was shocked, “Really?”
Li Lingling kept going, “Do you know Ice Dream? The idol group that’s been very popular lately, they sing the song, ‘What The Hell Is Love.’”
“Yeah. Why?”
Li Lingling lowered her volume to say, “The leader and main vocalist of that group are both handsome lads. Liang Xi is their sugar daddy and they always get jealous and fight over Liang Xi.”
“…”
Li Lingling drew the conclusion, “Anyway, think about it some more. Is he really doing this out of genuine kindness or is he after you?”
Yuan Rui kind of wanted to tell her the truth, but it wasn’t good to talk about other people’s private life behind their backs, so he forced it back down. “Jie, don’t worry. He definitely isn’t into me, I’m so tanned.”
“What if you are tanned? Maybe he wants to switch up his type every once in a while?”
“…”
After hanging up, Yuan Rui looked like he didn’t have any more brain cells left. He tapped Zheng Qiuyang to ask, “Hey, why do you think Wang Chao and Tomas fight all the time?”
Zheng Qiuyang said very casually, “Wang Chao, that bitch is very punchable.”
Yuan Rui nodded solemnly. “That’s what I remember too. I was almost brainwashed by Lingling-Jie’s rumors. Are there any trustworthy rumors nowadays?”
Zheng Qiuyang was curious. “What did she say?”
And so, Yuan Rui shared the scandalous “Liang Xi is Wang Chao and Tomas’ sugar daddy” rumor with him.
Zheng Qiuyang was dumbfounded at first. He replied without knowing if he should be laughing or crying, “What the heck?”
“That’s not the only thing,” Yuan Rui continued, “She also said that Liang Xi was after me. Isn’t that funny? Hahaha.”
“…”
Yuan Rui stopped laughing, he said awkwardly, “Is it not funny? Why aren’t you laughing?”
Zheng Qiuyang, “…Hahaha.”
Yuan Rui started laughing again too, “Hahaha.”
Zheng Qiuyang thought, Funny my ass.
At night, the two didn’t feel like cooking, so they ordered pizza. As they waited, Yuan Rui cut up some oranges to make two cups of orange juice and that was their dinner.
Both of their phones gradually stopped ringing as well. It was quite exhausting picking up the phone all the time to be honest.
Yuan Rui suggested, “Maybe we should sleep early today.”
“Alright. Let’s go, we can shower together.”
Yuan Rui replied in shock, “No, I’m going to break if we do it again.”
Zheng Qiuyang rubbed his head with a smile, saying, “I wouldn’t bear to break you.”
Yuan Rui squirmed back a bit. “Your expression right now looks just like the wolf from Red Riding Hood.”
Zheng Qiuyang, “…”
And so, Zheng Qiuyang went to shower by himself. He turned on the shower head, then made a call in secret.
The moment the call went through, curses rang out from the other endt, “You little bitch! Give me back my male god!”
Zheng Qiuyang, “…”
The person on the other side was the artist ex-girlfriend Yuan Rui had met at the restaurant before. She was a hardcore fan of Yuan Rui’s. At the time, Zheng Qiuyang lied that he was a business partner with Yuan Rui at the time because his jewelry company was hiring Yuan Rui for a runaway show.
He didn’t say anything back. The girl cursed him out for a few minutes before saying, “I’m so mad! How come my male god is interested in you?!”
Zheng Qiuyang felt offended by that comment as he refuted, “Cause I’m hot!”
“What’s that gonna do?! You rotten cucumber!”
“…”
“At least you still have a clean chrysanthemum.”
“I’m not…”
“If you can’t serve my male god well, I can take your place!”
“…”
Yuan Rui listened to the water splashing sound from outside and sneakily ran to the balcony with his phone. He didn’t forget to close the door either. Then, he called Yang Lu. As soon as the call was picked up, he apologized, “Auntie Yang, I’m sorry. I was too—I was too busy today.”
Yang Lu sounded understanding as she said, “It’s okay. I know you must be busy. Are you alright now? Where are you?”
“I’m at home, I’m doing pretty well. Thank you for being so considerate even when you’re so busy.”
“There’s no need to be so humble. Remember to not go out too much for now and don’t make any social media posts either.”
Yuan Rui gave her a “mn” and said, “My agent said the same thing.”
“Just do as you’re told and you’ll be fine. I don’t have anything else to say and it’s getting late, you should go rest.”
Yuan Rui quickly said, “Auntie Yang…”
“What is it? Did you have something else to say?”
Yuan Rui found it hard to spit out, but he also couldn’t let it drag on forever, he should just get it out right now. “Auntie Yang, did you know that Meng Lai and I were classmates in high school?”
“…”
Yuan Rui waited for a while, then he continued, “You knew, right?”
Yang Lu was silent for a few more seconds. When she spoke again, there was barely any change in her tone. “Yes, I did know. I also knew that he liked you and I asked you to be my godson because of him.”
Yuan Rui, “…”
He thought Yang Lu would give a different answer. Regardless of if it was true or not, he didn’t expect Yang Lu to say such things.
For a moment, he was dumbfounded.
Yang Lu kept saying, “Yuan Rui, though you and Meng Lai might not be fated. But we still do.”
Yuan Rui quickly asked, “Then why…”
Yang Lu cut him off, saying, “I still have work to do right now. As for why, we can talk about it face to face when there is time.”
Yuan Rui went back into the house with the phone in his hand. He felt a bit troubled.
So Yang Lu really did know he and Meng Lai used to be classmates and that they almost started dating. That was probably also the reason why she didn’t like him at first. Then, the godson part, is it really as Fang Shiqing had guessed? Are they really teaming up to try to get him?
He was cringing from those thoughts. How can this situation be so Mary Sue? He’s not like Fang Shiqing—the type with fair skin, a delicate build, and a gorgeous face.
If these two really teamed up together to scheme against him, then when Yang Lu said that he and Meng Lai had no fate just now, does that mean she saw how in love he and Zheng Qiuyang are? Does that mean she’ll back off? That’s great!
Hm? “In love”…those words are making him blush haha.
Zheng Qiuyang finally couldn’t take it anymore and blocked the girl who lusted after his partner. Then, he took a quick shower before getting out.
As Zheng Qiuyang walked out of the shower, he saw Yuan Rui rolling on the bed with a drooling face.
Zheng Qiuyang was confused. “What are you doing? Are you talking to Bai Tu?”
Yuan Rui didn’t say anything. He laid there as he peeked at his boyfriend.
Zheng Qiuyang stood in front of the closet without wearing any clothes. As he bent over for underwear from the drawer, Yuan Rui observed his enviable inverted triangle body, wide shoulders and slim waist. Even the muscles on the side of his waist were extremely beautiful.
Zheng Qiuyang got what he needed and turned around to see Yuan Rui with a red face, staring at his…ass.
Zheng Qiuyang was immediately reminded of his ex-girlfriend’s assumption about their positions in bed. Instantly, thunder struck his head.
Poor Mr. Yuan had no idea why his sexy and gentle boyfriend suddenly went into full beast mode again. He didn’t know how to fight back either. He whimpered as he very obediently went along with their 3rd round that occurred in the last 24 hours.
The next day was a Monday. Yuan Rui couldn’t leave the house anyway so he just stayed home reading comics, doing chores, and resting his overused body.
