Chapter 13

Guan Zhou came to be a guest MC on the show that Yuan Ye needed to film for. Yuan Ye hadn’t attended such variety shows before. The recording lasted a few hours and basically only followed the script provided ahead of time. However, the program was designed quite well, with lots of jokes. Even just following the script didn’t make Yuan Ye appear unexciting.

After filming, Guan Zhou didn’t let him head straight home. The two of them had a meal together.

Guan Zhou told him, “Based on netizens’ responses, you’re pretty popular.”

“Is that so,” Yuan Ye was quite unbothered. “Is even a single one of the couples not popular?”

“Well you were pretty mysterious in the past,” Guan Zhou joked with a smile. “How about accepting invitations for more shows from now on? I think you’d do okay.”

Yuan Ye chuckled and cocked an eyebrow. He asked, “You joking?”

Guan Zhou smiled. A moment later, he wiped the expression off his face and told Yuan Ye, “Oh right, you two still need to be careful. Don’t know if they told you already or not, but the news about your guys’ divorce keeps getting leaked.”

Yuan Ye looked up at him. “Didn’t it get deleted?”

“It did, but there are more than one,” Guan Zhou said. “The past few days, the station’s been keeping it under wraps. We have no idea who keeps trying to spill the beans. Bet Fang Shaoyi and them have heard the news already too.”

Yuan Ye nodded. He didn’t say anything else, only keeping silent and eating.

Guan Zhou seemed pretty serious. With his and Yuan Ye’s relationship, he was very concerned for the other. “If even I know about it, it isn’t a secret in this industry anymore. I think a lot of people probably know that you guys are divorced, so we can’t be sure who’s ultimately trying to cause trouble this time. It might also be our opposing channel trying to increase the viewer ratings for their own show. Either way, as long as there’s no evidence, it’s nothing. But, if someone really does post something in the next few days, it won’t be that easy to keep secret anymore.”

“’d, then sent him another message: Get back to work. You don’t need to worry about me.

Guan Zhou was really busy too. After sending these few warnings, he really didn’t say anything else.

Fang Shaoyi’s schedule was extremely tight. Who knew how much sleep he was missing? He laid on his side in the bed, breaths slow and even. He remained fast asleep.

Later, only Chen Ru and her husband hadn’t arrived yet. The other two groups were already here. Yuan Ye glanced at the time. The little director was probably going to come call them soon. Yuan Ye walked over while purposefully making sure his footsteps weren’t too loud. He stopped on the side of the bed Fang Shaoyi was facing. Yuan Ye squatted, then opened his mouth and made to wake Fang Shaoyi up. But as soon as he opened his mouth, he couldn’t bear to make a sound.

Fang Shaoyi’s face was truly exceptionally handsome. His features were deepset, his nose very prominent. Yuan Ye had always really liked his nose. In the past, he would often bite and nibble at this nose, also not sparing the nose-bridge. Fang Shaoyi was very peacefully asleep. He looked quite comfortable too. His expression was completely relaxed. Looking at him sleep, Yuan Ye couldn’t bear to wake him from this comfort.

When he got tired of squatting, he simply sat on the floor and scooted closer to the edge of Fang Shaoyi’s bed. Then, he fell asleep too.

But he only napped for about eight to ten minutes. It was almost time. He still needed to wake Fang Shaoyi up. Yuan Ye stretched his arms out and stood. He tapped Fang Shaoyi’s shoulder, calling out, “Yi ge?”

Fang Shaoyi had no reaction. Thus, Yuan Ye called him again. “Yi ge.”

Fang Shaoyi’s eyelashes fluttered. A few seconds later, he finally opened his eyes.

He had been too deeply asleep. The temperature in the room was just right too. He probably had also had a pretty good dream. His barely opened eyes still carried a bit of perplexion. After being woken up, he didn’t even furrow his brows. Yuan Ye had to hold back the impulse to reach a hand out and caress the other’s face. He only smiled and told him, “……Stop sleeping.”

Fang Shaoyi blinked. He looked at Yuan Ye. The two of them made eye contact. Currently, there were no complicated emotions in their gazes; everything was very simple and very calm.

Yuan Ye wanted to say something else to help Fang Shaoyi wake up completely, but before he had the opportunity to, Fang Shaoyi suddenly reached out and circled his arms around Yuan Ye. After his sleep, Fang Shaoyi’s body temperature was extra high. This dry warmness suddenly broached Yuan Ye’s airways, causing him to fall into a daze.

His face was buried in Fang Shaoyi’s chest. The other’s scent made him feel a comfortable sense of familiarity. It was very pleasant. Yuan Ye didn’t say anything. He only closed his eyes.

His eyes were coincidentally where Fang Shaoyi’s collarbone was. The hard bone was a bit painful to rest on. One of Fang Shaoyi’s hands was on the back of Yuan Ye’s head. His slightly warm palm was glued to the other’s scalp. This temperature was so enjoyable that Yuan Ye really wanted to take a nap.

Eventually, Yuan Ye was the first to move. This position was a little tiring for him. He took a deep breath in, then reached a hand out to remove Fang Shaoyi’s arm. He lifted his head to look into Fang Shaoyi’s eyes. When their gazes met once again, Yuan Ye smiled anew. As if nothing had happened, he asked, “What’s wrong?”

Fang Shaoyi stared at him, silent for a moment. Then, he looked away and squeezed the spot between his brows. “Nothing. Just had a dream.”

Why is Yuan Ye so adamant about not going overseas? 👀