Chapter 15

To prevent having spare tires in the car, cautious Hou Cub instructed Qiongqi Cub to puncture two tires on each car, totaling four punctured tires.

After damaging four tires, Qiongqi Cub stood up, patted the dirt off his body, and spat out some saliva.

“You worked hard, here, have this.” Hou Cub extended his tightly clenched little fist toward Qiongqi Cub. Seeing this, Qiongqi Cub opened his hand, and a peppermint candy fell into his palm.

It was one of those white peppermint candies with a hollow center that restaurants often give to customers after meals. It was brought back by Ye Chen as a snack for the cubs from his last visit to the restaurant, and Hou Cub had been saving his portion.

Rewarding for good deeds is essential, thought Hou Cub with a strong leadership aura, but his two rabbit ears looked melancholic.

Qiongqi Cub took the peppermint candy, broke it in half, and gave half back to Hou Cub. Hou Cub’s rabbit ears then perked up.

“We’re really poor, huh?” Pulu Cub sniffed and asked in confusion, “Is everyone this poor?”

“No,” whispered Hou Cub, spreading gossip, “Da Gege is quite rich. I heard people say that his watch costs over a million yuan.”

Pulu Cub was curious, “How much money does our Gege have then?”

Qiongqi Cub hesitated for a moment and confessed, “I secretly checked Gege’s wallet a few days ago. Gege only had a little over a hundred yuan.”

With these words, several cubs fell into a silent, gloomy atmosphere.

Pulu Cub struggled unwillingly, “Is there a big difference between a little over a hundred yuan and over a million yuan? It’s just one-word^[1]一百 – 1 hundred, 一百万 – 1 million difference…”

Big Brother Qiongqi looked at this naive child with pity, “It’s a big difference.”

The cubs fell silent collectively once again.

“Then,” Pulu Cub suddenly panicked, “What if we broke Da Gege’s car? Can Gege afford to pay for it?!”

“…Aiya.” Hou Cub, who had fully calculated the plan, was stunned, realizing his mistake.

Pulu Cub was close to tears, “I knew I should have glued the car to the ground!”

“This ground won’t hold it.” The filming location was remote, and the so-called parking lot was actually just a vast expanse of land. Hou Cub bent down, grabbed a handful of dirt, and said, “Just sticking four pieces to mud and it will drive away.”

Big Brother Qiongqi frowned, “Forget it, I’ll carry it.”

“No! We can’t betray our teammate!” Hou Cub was as anxious as a braised rabbit head in hot pot, pacing around with his short legs, then after thinking for a while, he decided to be an evil cub, “Let’s, let’s lie! Let’s say we didn’t know!”

Thinking of themselves becoming deceitful little monster cubs, the cubs panicked and ran around in circles!

…

When Ye Chen and Shen Mofeng finished their last scene together, it was close to midnight. Ye Chen removed his makeup, changed into regular clothes, and left the Chaos Mark untouched. He went to the parking lot with Xiao Gao, disguised himself as a normal human who needed transportation between the filming location and his residence.

“…This one has been punctured too!” Xiao He climbed up from the ground, his eyes blazing with anger, “Again, again, again, which f*cking son of a b*tch did this ?! F*ck!”

Xuanwu Cub, who was sleeping on the bed, sneezed, “Ah…choo…”

When Shen Mofeng was polite, he was polite, but when he encountered something he didn’t like, he didn’t show any mercy. He often offended people, but with his strong backstage support, no one could do anything to him openly. Whoever had their teeth knocked out by him could only swallow their anger. Thus, this kind of venting method, which was both despicable and unafraid of consequences, became quite popular. Xiao He had followed Shen Mofeng for over a year, transforming from a passive youth into a fighting Buddha.

Both cars had their tires punctured, and the filming location was remote… Shen Mofeng draped his coat over his shoulders, lit a cigarette, but didn’t smoke it, just impatiently bit on the filter, his expression slightly gloomy.

He hadn’t styled his hair since joining the crew. His forehead hair, which had grown quite a bit, had been restrained by a hairnet all day and had slightly deformed. It hung down with a natural curve, covering his brows and eyes to a small extent. Paired with his particularly stern face at the moment, it gave him a few more degrees of aggressive sexiness than usual.

After Xiao He finished cursing, he glanced at Shen Mofeng and was slightly stunned.

Shen Mofeng frowned in displeasure, “Call a car.”

“Right away.” Xiao He, with a dusty face, took out his phone while feeling fortunate that he was able to rise through the ranks. Otherwise, he would have been made a fool hanging around Shen Mofeng every day.

“Shen Ge, don’t be angry. It’s not easy to get a car in this place.” These days, Shen Mofeng seemed inexplicably irritable. Xiao He was afraid that the young master would explode in anger, so he comforted him preemptively, “Please don’t be in a hurry. Let me see who’s still around in the crew, and we can hitch a ride…”

At this moment, Ye Chen’s figure appeared a few car spaces away from them. Xiao Gao opened the car door and said something to Ye Chen. Ye Chen responded and casually turned his gaze, meeting Shen Mofeng’s unfriendly expression head-on.

Ye Chen: “…”

Shen Mofeng was about to speak, but Ye Chen suddenly withdrew his gaze and swiftly jumped into the nanny car.

“…” Shen Mofeng sneered lightly, walked quickly to Ye Chen’s car, grabbed the door that was halfway closed, slammed it shut, and leaned in with one leg, almost halfway into the car. He stared at Ye Chen with a half-smile, “Avoiding me?”

“N-no, I’m not avoiding you.” Ye Chen shrank back awkwardly, sitting in the car, looking as helpless as a peanut waiting to be eaten, curled up in its shell.

“My car tires were punctured,” Shen Mofeng said as he sat down, “You…”

Ye Chen’s face turned ashen, as if he would collapse if he were suspected for another word, “I didn’t do it! I couldn’t possibly puncture your car tires just to ride in the same car as you!”

His character design was a f*cking fanatical fan, not a brainless fan ^[2]The word used here is {nǎocánfěn] which literally translates to brainless fan. usually refer to those people who are extremely obsessed with celebrities and different brands, pursuing them so … Continue reading, let alone a girlfriend fan ah!

Shen Mofeng couldn’t help but laugh at Ye Chen’s agitation, “Do you think I suspect you at all?”

He really didn’t suspect Ye Chen. The kid was innocent enough to be admired, and one impulsive act might make him shy for half his life. These days, he had been avoiding him like he was avoiding a ghost, so how could he have punctured his car tires to create a chance to meet? Besides… Shen Mofeng didn’t think Ye Chen was capable of such despicable acts.

“Hu—” Ye Chen visibly breathed a sigh of relief.

“Where do you live?” Shen Mofeng asked, providing an address, “Is it on the way?”

“Yes, it is.” Xiao Gao, acting as the driver, answered hastily, “But Chen Ge’s place is closer. Can we drop him off first?”

“Of course.” Shen Mofeng closed the rear seat door firmly, and Xiao He got into the passenger seat.

Ye Chen, still feeling embarrassed, kept his head down, playing with his phone to avoid conversation.

Shen Mofeng stared at him silently for a moment, seeming to have something to say, but glanced at the two assistants in the front row and remained silent, also lowering his head to fiddle with his phone.

A few seconds later, Ye Chen’s phone pinged with a WeChat notification.

Ye Chen remained motionless, engrossed in scrolling through Weibo.

Shen Mofeng coolly ordered, “Check your WeChat.”

“…” Ye Chen could only obediently open WeChat.

Shen Mofeng: Haven’t resolved that matter yet, little friend? Planning to avoid me until the end of filming?

Does this differ from speaking face to face?! Feeling Shen Mofeng’s presence so close, Ye Chen’s whole body tensed up. He replied: Resolved it, really not avoiding you.

Shen Mofeng pretended to be displeased: Then why didn’t you come find me during break time, making me accompany you in NG?

Ye Chen typed and deleted, then typed again, embarrassed to the point of blushing.

Shen Mofeng glanced at the fragmented explanations in his input box and lightly chuckled as he typed: How about I hire a red sedan chair to carry you over?

*the red one was used for carrying brides in ancient China

Ye Chen didn’t dwell on why it was a red sedan chair and simply replied: No need, no need. I’ll definitely find you for a scene tomorrow during my break.

After all, the farm work was almost done…

Ye Chen wanted to struggle a bit more and, with little hope, explained: I really didn’t mean it that day. Please trust me.

Shen Mofeng pondered for a moment, then smiled indulgently as he replied: Trust. I was just teasing you earlier, don’t take it seriously. Whatever happens in the future will happen.

Being a lifelong virgin with a calm demeanor, being stirred by the persistence and cuteness of a little fan was quite rare. Although he had a heavy baggage and a stable mindset compared to an eighteen or nineteen-year-old hothead, he was unwilling to let Ye Chen slip away like this. The little friend was too innocent and fragile. After being embarrassed once, he was too shy to even speak. Besides gently comforting him and coaxing him, there was no other way.

Ye Chen finally released the tension he had been holding for days and sighed softly, “Shen Ge, you really… I’ve been going crazy these past few days.”

“*Ahem.*” Shen Mofeng suppressed a chuckle, cleared his throat, and asked in a casual tone, “What do you want to eat tomorrow at noon?”

Now that the conversation had started, and he could freeload a meal again, Ye Chen’s eyes suddenly lit up, and he replied cheerfully, “Anything is fine.”

Perhaps Ye Chen’s subtle expression revealed a flaw, for a moment, Shen Mofeng almost thought Ye Chen was after his meal.

But at that moment, the car slowed down, and Xiao Gao jumped out to open the door for Ye Chen. Shen Mofeng raised his eyes and saw two majestic, ancient red doors.

Shen Mofeng raised an eyebrow in surprise, “You live here?”

He was familiar with this area; his grandparents lived nearby. The courtyards here were all high-priced.

“Yeah.” Ye Chen nodded.

Shen Mofeng raised an eyebrow, “A courtyard house… you live alone?”

“Yes.” Ye Chen first instinctively told the truth but then felt his persona wasn’t appropriate— a boy of his age living alone in a few hundred square meters of old courtyard house seemed a bit odd.

“Because…” After a moment of confusion, Ye Chen quickly added to the setup, trying to make his persona logical, “I like to grow some vegetables and stuff, and the large courtyard is perfect for gardening.”

Shen Mofeng asked incredulously, “Growing vegetables?”

Xiao He also had the expression of not understanding the pain of rich people.

“Uh, and flowers and plants.” Ye Chen bravely expanded his lie, “Orchids, night-blooming cereus, and so on. There are also vegetables… I just love growing things, it’s a hobby.”

Living alone in a courtyard house in the second ring of Beijing, growing flowers and vegetables. Which pampered young master was this? Shen Mofeng even felt that even at his worst, he couldn’t ask his father for a courtyard house within the second ring road just to grow plants…

“Alright.” After a moment of silence, Shen Mofeng smiled and said, “See you tomorrow.”

Xiao Gao had long been accustomed to this split personality and watched Ye Chen go home with an expressionless face. “…”

Chen Ge, a man harder to understand than advanced calculus problems.

The author has something to say:

Ye Qiongqiong’s account book today:

Hang in there, tomorrow you can start freeloading again!

Shen Mofeng: He really likes me, not just for my food. Living in a hundred-million-dollar house, can he lack a meal?

Ye Qiongqiong: Can lack…

Si Feng is slightly moved but hasn’t fallen seriously in love yet. Qiong Qiong still needs to continue unconsciously flirting hhhhh

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