Chapter 5: Misunderstanding Resolved

The four returned to the car laden with spoils, the aroma permeating the entire vehicle.

“Our next stop is Dujiangyan! There, a game awaits you to experience, and most importantly, to digest your breakfast! The program team will treat everyone to lunch at noon!”

Lin Ming narrowed his eyes with a roguish grin, looking at the director’s team.

“Treating us to a meal, Director? You’re not telling the whole truth.”

“Of course, you can’t eat for free. You’ll have to pay me.”

“So, we’re treating ourselves, how is that program team treating us?”

Bai Zhenzhen protested, but the program team insisted their rules were the rules.

Arriving at the second location by Dujiangyan, the program’s filming crew was in front of them, with clear water behind.

“Dujiangyan is a hydraulic engineering project built during the Warring States period under the supervision of Li Bing and his son. It remains in use to this day and is hailed as a miracle of ancient Chinese hydraulic engineering.

Therefore, our next game is related to water.

Identify the song whoever guesses the most song titles correctly get to eat all the food for free. The second place receives one hundred yuan to buy any food they want, while the last and second-to-last only get ten yuan.

Oh, and for every wrong answer, congratulations you’ll receive a basin of water as a baptism. The staff will give you a thorough shower from head to toe.”

The game began. As the former team’s lead vocalist, Yun Xingcan was far more skilled than the other three. Unsurprisingly, first place went to him.

Having only endured one basin of water, Yun Xingcan smiled faintly and said it was no big deal.

The others fared worse, with Lin Ming drenched from head to toe without a dry spot on him.

Back in his trainee days, his singing was his weak point, and his memory was poor. He couldn’t even remember lyrics after practicing a hundred times, let alone song titles.

Standing to the side, Yun Xingcan felt immensely pleased, relishing the petty triumph.

After the game, it was time to eat. Yun Xingcan sat quietly by himself, enjoying the food while watching the other three haggle over theirs.

Suddenly, Guo Meng, off camera, rushed to the director and whispered a few words in his ear.

The director’s expression changed, and he called Yun Xingcan off camera.

“What’s wrong, Director?”

Director Shen wasn’t familiar with Yun Xingcan and hadn’t expected the higher-up to show up, specifically asking to see him.

Fortunately, he hadn’t given Yun Xingcan any “special” treatment for the sake of so-called hype in this program.

“President Meng is here.”

Yun Xingcan’s heart skipped a beat.

Was Meng Chengxiao here? What was he doing here?

Could it be that the note he left this morning had upset him?

Feeling uneasy, Yun Xingcan approached Meng Chengxiao’s car. The window slowly rolled down, revealing a crack.

A flash of Meng Chengxiao’s flamboyant red hair was visible.

“Get in.”

Yun Xingcan obediently took the passenger seat.

“Why are you here?”

Meng Chengxiao pulled out a neatly folded note from his pocket.

Yun Xingcan recognized it immediately as the one he had left for Meng Chengxiao.

“Explain.”

“Huh?”

“I want an explanation. My patience is wearing thin I can’t wait until you get back.”

Yun Xingcan stared wide-eyed in shock, looking rather adorable.

After a long moment, Yun Xingcan collected himself.

“It’s a bit of a long story.”

“Mm.”

“I want to climb higher. I want to become a film emperor. I want to win the Little Golden Man. These were the conditions we agreed on when I started following you.

But in the entertainment industry, without resources, no matter how talented I am, everything is just a bubble without opportunities.”

“So, the resources you gave me aren’t enough.”

“Lin Ming said he knows a bigger boss. Said it was your arrangement. That night when I went, I almost got molested in public.”

“When you appeared at the private room entrance, I thought you came to…”

“Scold you for being unreasonable?”

Yun Xingcan lowered his head and softly hummed in agreement.

“The women around you were the final reason I said you disgusted me.”

Meng Chengxiao finally pieced together everything that happened that night, his expression showing both frustration at Yun Xingcan’s foolishness and some anger.

Suppressing the violent emotions rising in his heart, Meng Chengxiao pinched Yun Xingcan’s chin with his fingers, forcibly lifting the other’s head.

“With such a beautiful face and such clever looks, how can your brain be so useless? What have you been thinking about all day? What happened next? How did you fall?”

Meng Chengxiao used considerable force, making Yun Xingcan’s eyes redden with pain, like an immortal being humiliated.

Meng Chengxiao’s throat moved up and down, feeling the temperature in the car was somewhat hot.

This was his first time getting involved in this kind of patronage relationship, all because of Yun Xingcan’s enchanting face.

He maintained an image of purity and innocence, but with just a hint of tenderness, he could practically melt your bones.

“I didn’t.”

“Still saying you didn’t! So eager for other men? Have I failed to satisfy you? Or are you just too needy?!”

Yun Xingcan’s eyes grew even redder, his narrow eyes glistening with unshed tears.

“I didn’t.”

Yun Xingcan couldn’t explain much, only repeating these three words.

Strangely enough, he was sharp-tongued and strong-willed in front of others.

But whenever facing Meng Chengxiao, it was like he became a different person soft and boneless, unable to be firm at all.

“Continue!”

Yun Xingcan held onto Meng Chengxiao’s hand that was pinching his chin, looking aggrieved.

“Don’t use so much force. If it leaves marks, people will suspect something when I appear on camera later.”

Meng Chengxiao resentfully released his hand, telling him to continue.

“After I ran away, I drove back, but midway the car suddenly malfunctioned. Lin Ming suddenly called me.”

“He said you like me, that everything that night was his scheme. He’s jealous of me, he wanted me dead, and then I fell.”

Meng Chengxiao’s expression grew increasingly unpleasant, turning as dark as the bottom of a pot.

“He really said that?”

“Yes, but I have no evidence. My previous phone was missing. If the car isn’t too badly damaged, maybe we can find some evidence.”

“Can’t be found.”

Yun Xingcan brightened, “You looked for it? You believe what I said!”

“With your courage weighing less than two ounces, I don’t think you’d dare say I disgust you.”

Yun Xingcan was in an excellent mood now, unconsciously moving closer to Meng Chengxiao, intimately rubbing his lips against the other’s cheek.

This was Yun Xingcan’s usual tactic when he had upset Meng Chengxiao before.

He hoped it would still work now.

Yun Xingcan carefully observed the expression of the person before him.

Meng Chengxiao’s voice was hoarse, his eyes hiding turbulent undercurrents that Yun Xingcan couldn’t see.

“Stop rubbing!” Meng Chengxiao slapped Yun Xingcan’s butt, “Keep rubbing and you won’t be going to record the show today.”

Yun Xingcan immediately sat up straight, his body rigidly upright.

“Can I go back now?”

“Yes.”

With their misunderstanding resolved, Yun Xingcan was in such a good mood he could practically forgive the whole world.

After a busy day of shooting ended, Lin Ming intended to dig up more black material on Yun Xingcan.

Unexpectedly, Meng Chengxiao showed up midway and stood silently beside the director, watching him intently.

But Lin Ming couldn’t feel any joy at all.

He didn’t believe for a second that he had suddenly caught Meng Chengxiao’s interest.

The worst possible scenario…

Lin Ming didn’t dare dwell on it. Others might not notice Meng Chengxiao’s fondness for Yun Xingcan, but he saw it clearly.

This man who was supposed to be a wolf king acted as tame as a dog around Yun Xingcan utterly disgraceful.

In the evening, the program recording concluded.

When Yun Xingcan returned to the hotel, Meng Chengxiao had been waiting for a long time.

“Come here.”

Meng Chengxiao wore a bathrobe, apparently with nothing underneath, holding documents in one hand as he beckoned Yun Xingcan over.

Yun Xingcan hesitated for a moment before obediently sitting beside him.

Meng Chengxiao reached out his long arm and pulled Yun Xingcan closer.

Putting down the documents, he lowered his head and directly claimed the lips he’d been longing for.

Caught off guard by the kiss, Yun Xingcan resisted briefly before surrendering to Meng Chengxiao’s advances.

“Still dare to find it disgusting?”

Meng Chengxiao held grudges longer than Yun Xingcan himself. Remembering there was still variety show filming tomorrow, Meng Chengxiao only left marks in places that could be covered by clothing.

“Don’t, we have to film the variety show tomorrow.”

Meng Chengxiao, having transformed into a beast, couldn’t get enough of the prey before him.

He finally relented.

“Wait until we get back, you’ll repay everything you owe me!”

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