Mr. Yuan is Always Unhappy - Chap 75
CH75 – JUDGING BY APPEARANCES
“Liang-ge, I’m sorry.” The medal receiver Yuan Rui chased after Liang Xi, apologizing. He said anxiously: “I really never imagined you’d land dead last. If I knew this ahead of time, I would have pretended to be dumb and gotten last place in your stead.”
Liang Xi: “……”
Staring at the sincere and completely honest Yuan Rui, he practically couldn’t believe that he had actually come out at the bottom of the competition next to this guy. He asked skeptically: “How did you manage to guess the answer to that puzzle?”
Although this reality show championed the theme of deductive reasoning, ultimately it was still a variety show. The case set ups weren’t actually very difficult. It was a beginner level mystery room ‘murder’ case. Since they agreed to participate in this program, the 13 esteemed guests more or less had some knowledge and interest in deductive reasoning. After the on-site observation of the scene of the crime and the clue search inside the ‘morgue’ on the first day, everyone actually already had an approximate guess of who they were looking for. The main question was which of their suspects was the true culprit. Completing the decoding mission to obtain the clue, thus, became especially important.
In the decoding mission, the guests were trapped inside a maze. As they searched for a way out, they also needed to pay attention to the question hidden in the corner of the maze. The fastest person to leave the maze and moreover, answer the question, was the victor. Finding the way wasn’t too hard, but that question was no joke.
“Director A and Director B are competing in a game of darts. Every time they hit, they can score 10 points. 6 points are deducted each time for missing the target. A and B both threw 10 times and scored a total of 152 points. A had 16 more points than B. Please answer, how many times did A and B hit the target individually?”
People inside the entertainment circle mostly came from liberal arts backgrounds. During school, mathematics was usually a hot mess. Even the few who were good in this subject found it hard to respond quickly after not using the knowledge after so many years of unrelated work. Most of the 13 esteemed guests were immediately dumbfounded. Someone like Liang Xi, who actually found paper and pen to calculate, was already very rare.
Yuan Rui was the only person who answered correctly within a few seconds after being given the question. He was able to obtain the extremely helpful clue to finding the correct murderer.
Liang Xi thought Yuan Rui must have stepped on extraordinary luck to blindly answer it correctly.
Yet Yuan Rui said: “That’s an International Olympiad math question. When I was in 6th grade, I calculated it before.”
Liang Xi: “……”
Yuan Rui comforted him saying: “Not being good at math is not a flaw. Liberal art students… it’s understandable.”
Liang Xi, who had graduated from the Department of Architecture from the famous Tsing Hua University, could only grit his teeth and silently accept that he was only a liberal arts student who’s terrible at math. He didn’t perform well and dropped out on the first episode. Feeling extremely embarrassed and ashamed, he didn’t want to speak to Yuan Rui anymore, nor interact with anyone else. Picking up his feet, he began to swiftly leave this place.
Yuan Rui, however, jogged and chased after him, calling out resoundingly: “Liang-ge, hey, Liang-ge……”
Liang Xi had a headache from his yelling and said angrily: “I’m off work now! Why are you still following me!”
Still very afraid of him, Yuan Rui didn’t dare to stand too close. He said guiltily: “Liang-ge, it’s completely my fault that you were eliminated. When you return home, can you not throw a temper at Bai Tu?”
Liang Xi: “…….”
Yuan Rui was very worried that Bai Tu would suffer in his place and said: “I know you were willing to play with me for Bai Tu’s sake. I also didn’t want you to be eliminated. It’s all my fault. If you want to hold a grudge, it should be held against me. Please don’t bully Bai Tu over this.”
Liang Xi said with an ominous glint in his eyes: “Why would I randomly bully my wife? Let me say it straight. You keep stealing peeks at my wife everyday, drooling. Are you interested in him or something?”
Yuan Rui yelled with astonishment: “No! Really, I’m not!”
Liang Xi grumpily pointed at him and threatened: “Better not, or else you’re done.”
Yuan Rui thought, you already said this the other day, yet it was you who was done in the end.
Liang Xi walked away in large strides. Yuan Rui said what he wanted to say and stopped chasing after him. Standing there, Yuan Rui watched as Liang Xi left.
Liang Xi didn’t walk too far. Suddenly thinking of something, he abruptly turned around and came back.
Yuan Rui looked to the left and right. Seeing no one else within the vicinity, he felt a bit scared again. Was Liang Xi unable to swallow this anger and is now returning to beat him up?
However, Liang Xi only stood steady in front of him and said with a face of impatience: “Let me say it to you straight. My wife doesn’t like to interact with strangers, but he feels you’re not a bad person and likes to play together with you. If you’re not busy, then go spend some time with him. In the future, if you’re filmed kissing passionately or having car sex or outdoor battles or whatever, I’ll help you settle the matter. If there are any suitable shows, I’ll bring you with me as well, but you keep your eyes, hands, and feet to yourself properly. If I find out that you took advantage of my wife, and want to get it on with him, I have plenty of ways to ensure you won’t be able to stay in entertainment.”
Yuan Rui instantly felt extremely awkward. Liang Xi thought his words sounded a bit unpleasant and corrected himself: “This is not a business transaction with you. My wife is the one who likes you. He considers you a friend, that means we’re friends too, understand?”
Yuan Rui nodded and said awkwardly: “Um……”
Liang Xi: “???”
Yuan Rui said bashfully: “I never had car sex with my boyfriend, or outdoor battles. We won’t be filmed.”
Liang Xi: “……”
He left without looking back.
At night, Zheng QiuYang returned from work. As soon as he entered the door, he asked: “How was today? How did you rank?”
Yuan Rui didn’t even take that medal off. Hopping and skipping over to Zheng QiuYang, he said jubilantly: “Look, my Great Detective medal!”
Zheng QiuYang praised exaggeratedly: “You’re really too amazing. Already #1 in the first season?”
Yuan Rui smiled, eyes curving. Two hands behind his back, he looked just like an award-winning grade schooler.
Zheng QiuYang looked inside the house and said: “Where’s that Fang guy?”
Yuan Rui said: “He said he has to work overtime tonight and won’t be coming back to eat.”
Hearing this guy won’t be returning, Zheng QiuYang felt even more pleased. Reaching out a hand, he held the medal pinned to Yuan Rui’s chest between his fingers and pretended to examine it closely.
Yuan Rui proudly puffed up his chest.
Zheng QiuYang said: “It’s slightly tilted. Let me pin it again for you.”
Yuan Rui took these words to be true and stepped forward, saying: “Make sure you pin it straight for me. I’m going to take a selfie in a bit and save it to post on Weibo when the program is out.”
Zheng QiuYang took down the appropriately pinned medal and deliberately pressed it down over the position of Yuan Rui’s nipple.
Yuan Rui questioned: “Is that too low?”
Zheng QiuYang said: “Not low. It’s perfect.”
Yuan Rui said: “Aiya, don’t touch me there.”
Zheng QiuYang said innocently: “How am I supposed to pin it if I don’t touch you?”
Yuan Rui blushed slightly and thought secretly, but it’ll get hard when touched.
The medal pinning took quite a while. Yuan Rui’s chest was teased unbearably swollen again.
The two people embraced tightly on the sofa, kissing. Ever since Fang ShiQing started living in their home, other than the bedroom, they couldn’t enjoy intimate moments anywhere else out in the open. Mr. Sofa has been ignored for a long time.
Zheng QiuYang rubbed Yuan Rui’s pectorals, saying: “Why do I feel like these are softer than before?”
Yuan Rui said: “I haven’t exercised properly recently. Naturally, they’d soften.”
Zheng QiuYang teased him saying: “I hear the more breasts are rubbed, the more they develop. Why don’t I try a little harder and rub out an A cup for you.”
Yuan Rui: “…… Go away you.”
Like hell Zheng QiuYang would leave. He squeezed there and said with a smile: “Then I’ll buy you a pink-laced underwear. You’ll definitely be extremely cute.”
Yuan Rui imagined briefly and said in horror: “Can’t you buy a color that doesn’t make my skin look too dark?”
Zheng QiuYang: “Hahahahaha.”
The two people made food together romantically. After eating together, they also washed dishes together, enjoying the extraordinary happiness of a two-person world, without the gossip demon.
Today was Friday. The cultivation TV series that Yuan Rui followed wasn’t on today. There weren’t any TV programs he wanted to see in particular. The two people just turned on the TV for background noise and cuddled together, chatting.
Yuan Rui related how Liang Xi was eliminated. Zheng QiuYang was also shocked and said: “He brought you into the team. Now that he’s been eliminated, will that affect you? Is it because he had a fall out with the program team?”
Yuan Rui said: “No, the program team also never expected his score to be rock bottom. Those judges all came from outside of entertainment and were too professional with their scores. The scoring standard itself has 20+ criteria. Liang-ge lost points mostly because he was too careless and missed a lot of detailed clues. It’s actually pretty unfortunate.”
After hearing that it wouldn’t affect Yuan Rui, Zheng QiuYang stopped caring about Liang Xi’s elimination and said: “That’s good. I hope the viewer rating and click rating of this show will skyrocket. Today, I heard those marketing bros of mine say that the big movie <> is scheduled to screen during New Years; however, it missed the optimal promotional period. The box office might not be as good as anticipated.”
Yuan Rui didn’t really care that much: “If it’s not good, then it’s not good. It’s supposed to be a trash movie anyways. If it weren’t for the fact that I’m afraid LingLing-jie might get a knife and cut me, I even want to send a Weibo telling my fans to not waste money at the movie theater, and wait for a direct link online to watch it on the computer.”
Zheng QiuYang smiled and held his hand, squeezing and playing with his fingers.
Yuan Rui then said: “Today I discovered that I had misunderstood Liang-ge in the past. He looks like a villain, but is actually a warmhearted man.”
Zheng QiuYang gave him a sideways glance: “…… did he warm you up?”
“It’s not the central-air kind of warmth. He’s only warm towards my male god, but treats others indifferently. My male god is too introverted and doesn’t know how to make friends. Last time, I said I’d introduce the acting king to him, he even got super nervous.” Yuan Rui exclaimed: “Liang-ge dislikes me so much, yet he actually told me today that he’d help me settle future troubles, and would even bring me along if there’s good programs; the condition is only that I’d spend some time with his wife whenever I’m available. In the past, I always suspected that he was mistreating my male god; I really made such a mistake. In the future, I won’t judge people by their appearances again.”
Zheng QiuYang didn’t know anything about those two people. He also wasn’t very interested. Words went in one ear and then out the other. He only selectively listened to things related to Yuan Rui and said: “Liang Xi is a pretty reliable person. Since he said that, he’ll definitely help you if you run into trouble in the future. That’s pretty good. When Wang Chao returns from BeiJing, let him be the middleman. I’ll invite Liang Xi for a meal.”
Yuan Rui said in surprise: “Huh? He still hasn’t returned? How come I saw online saying that Tomas is already in BeiJing recording shows.”
Zheng QiuYang said: “Didn’t the two of them get into a fight last time in Sanya, Hainan? Later on, Xiao Xie said he returned to the capital himself. I think they broke up.”
Yuan Rui suddenly jumped up and said in shock: “Ah? No way?!”
Zheng QiuYang still remembered how Yuan Rui obsessed over Tomas’s beauty and said with a stern face: “Even if they broke up, it’s none of your business. Sit yourself down properly.”
Yuan Rui could only sit himself down and ask: “Is it because Wang Chao went to play with girls again and made Tomas angry?”
Zheng QiuYang said: “No, Xiao Xie cheated.”
Yuan Rui jumped up again and said loudly: “How can that be possible!?”
Zheng QiuYang said: “Why can’t it be possible?”
Yuan Rui was like a brain-damaged fanboy defending his idol: “Because he’s handsome!”
Zheng QiuYang: “……”
Weren’t you just vowing a moment ago about not judging others by their appearances again!?
