Chapter 68

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Lin Yanchen had been with this group of friends since young. Apart from visiting prostitutes together, he had done all sorts of good and bad things with them. They were truly the closest of brothers.

Although each of them had developed into slightly different people now, the feelings between them were still very good.

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Among them there were four brothers whom he was the closest and had the strongest ties with: one was Zhan Hongyu, who, after his family suffered a reversal of fortune grew in the entertainment circle. He sang and acted in both movies and TV shows, a new, international film emperor; one was Lu Hao, whose family business was in dealing with gold, silver and precious stone jewelry. He was quite rich. When Zhan Hongyu walked the red carpet, he always borrowed jewelry from him; the other was Zhuo Linhui, the only son of a major international clothing company. He himself was also a fashion designer. The last one was Qin Xiuming: his family’s financial group owned many food and drink chains, including many well-known brands and trademarks.

Lin Yanchen was the oldest and had the most ideas out of this group. He had always been the little devil who took the lead in making trouble, professing himself as their Lao Da.

Lin Yanchen didn’t want to let them in at all.

Chu Xun wore ordinary household clothes and a string of Buddhist prayer beads bought by his father on his wrist. It was said that they had been blessed and would protect him, he really did not appear very presentable.

Chu Xun glanced at Lin Yanchen and asked, “Is it okay that I’m dressed like this? I don’t feel very well-dressed. You didn’t say that your friends would come here. If I had known earlier, I would have brought some formal clothes. ”

Lin Yanchen snorted: “I didn’t know they would visit! I didn’t even ask them to come. They ran over one by one and said they were here to see you. Are you a panda in a zoo or something? Especially coming to look at you. Don’t worry. If I don’t open the door, they won’t be able to come in. Watch, I’ll drive them away one by one.”

Chu Xun didn’t approve of Lin Yanchen’s plan. Why drive them away? He hadn’t been able to meet Lin Yanchen’s friends yet but they would be driven away by Lin Yanchen because of him. Wasn’t that offensive? The others would not be angry with Lin Yanchen, but perhaps they would be angry at him. Then he would carry the blame for no reason.

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Chu Xun, irked, replied, “Do you want them to hate me before they even see me? I doubt your intentions now. When we ran into your friend in England, did you say “don’t tell anyone”. Later you explained to me that it was because I hadn’t promised to date you yet. You also said that if I wanted to, we could publish it in the newspaper and announce our relationship to everyone. How nice that sounded, I even believed you. And now? Why am I still being hidden? Lin Yanchen, be clear about this.”

Lin Yanchen panicked: “No, no, no, it’s not you. It’s… We’ve only gotten to stay together for a little while. I just felt like there wasn’t enough time for just the both of us but now they even came here to be third wheels. I’m really not hiding you.”

“All right.” Chu Xun said, “Now they are all here.”

On the screen of the security video, his three bad friends took turns in the camera to scold him:

“Ignoring your friends for your lover!”

“Lbfr yfobgf ygbr!”

“Homosexuality, no humanity!”

“Shame on you! ”

“Po sbe vbc’a bqfc atf vbbg cbk, P’ii mjii sbe sbeg qfa cjwf lc ogbca bo sbeg klof. Jbecalcu vbkc olnf rfmbcvr, olnf, obeg, atgff, akb…”

Jte Wec yfmjwf lcafgfrafv: “Lfs, wjsyf kf mjc bqfc atf vbbg joafg kjlalcu j ilaaif.”

Olc Tjcmtfc bqfcfv atf vbbg jcv uijgfv ja atfw ylaafgis: “Zs klof ifa wf bqfc atf vbbg jcv ifa sbe lc.”

These bad friends were not polite to him. They pushed him away and made a beeline to the other, unfamiliar man in the room: “You are Chu Xun?”

Chu Xun was surrounded by these handsome boys, and examined as if he were an exotic, rare animal. He felt a bit uncomfortable.

Lin Yanchen squeezed in and took Chu Xun’s hand as if to protect him. He said to his brothers, “Don’t scare him.”

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Lu Hao curled his lips: “The sour smell of love.”

Lin Yanchen smiled angrily: “Who made you come over to smell this sour scent? I’m not just in love. I’m in love on the premise of future marriage.”

Zhuo Linhui was carrying a small elaborately wrapped package He said to Chu Xun in an upright way: “Lin Yanchen is the oldest amongst us. We’ll call you ‘Sao-zi‘. This is our first meeting. It’s just a meager gift from me. It’s a small gesture, not much of a tribute. My name is Zhuo Linhui. Sao-zi, you can just call me Xiao Zhuo.”

Chu Xun accepted it calmly and neither too subserviently or overbearingly said, “Nice to meet you, Xiao Zhuo.”

Lu Hao and Qin Xiuming also handed over their gifts and introduced themselves.

Chu Xun was relieved. His social class was so different from Lin Yanchen’s. Although he had met rich people at work before, they were not rude. On the contrary, they were very polite. But you could feel that their impeccable politeness still hid contempt.

Whether Lin Yanchen’s friends were looking out for his reputation or not, at least on the surface their skill in conveying their intentions were good. This was enough. He did not need Lin Yanchen’s friends to respect him sincerely. He would pass his days with Lin Yanchen and not these people.

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After a little introduction to each other:

Lin Yanchen asked, “Lao Qin, why are you still carrying a bag. What’s in that bag?”

Qin Xiuming raised the bag in his hand: “Oh, this one ah, it’s for your son.”

Chu Xun was shocked. He looked at Lin Yanchen and asked him what the situation was with his gaze.

Lin Yanchen himself was confused. He didn’t tell his brothers about Jiu Jiu at all!

Qin Xiuming fished some stuff out of his bag, bringing out a can of cat food: “High-grade cat food, for your family’s Da Tou. I saw my girlfriend’s cat likes this very much, so I bought a few more cans.”

It turns out he had just scared himself, and Chu Xun became relieved.

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Zhuo Linhui noticed the subtle interaction between Chu Xun and Lin Yanchen, and couldn’t help laughing: “Sao-zi, you don’t think Lao Lin has illegitimate children, do you? No, he’s quite traditional in this respect. He wouldn’t have an extramarital affair and have illegitimate children or things of that nature. ”

Chu Xun: “…” He and Lin Yanchen were not married yet.

On Sunday afternoon, Chu Xun flew back toY City.

On Monday, after a big meeting, President Liu formally promoted him to be the manager of the planning department.

This was discussed in private before. His mentor even gave him shares of the company and said a little aggrievedly that he would gradually raise his salary in future.

Chu Xun didn’t feel wronged. This was the highest salary that his mentor could offer at present. Although his salary was not as high as before, he worked quite comfortably. There was no useless person hindering him, and his mentor supported him. He was openly gay and nobody dared to gossip about it.

The next day after Chu Xun was promoted, he received a call from Zhan Hongyu.

Although he gave his business card to Zhan Hongyu and asked if he wanted to know more about being their company’s spokesperson, in fact, he didn’t have much hope. Because Zhan Hongyu was a big fish, and he hadn’t taken an advertisement or endorsement deal since he took the title of film emperor.

Zhan Hongyu asked warmly, “Didn’t you say your company is looking for a spokesperson and to contact you if I wanted work? I’m here to ask if I have shot at this job.”

Zhan Hongyu’s words were polite. His work schedule was stuffed full. How could he be short of any job opportunities? He just paid attention to what he had said casually at that time.

Chu Xun, about to burst from the pleasant surprise, repeatedly thanked him.

But in this way, he didn’t know if the budget was enough. Zhan Hongyu was Lin Yanchen’s friend. He aws a good man, but he could not take advantage of the other. Chu Xun politely inquired about the price of the endorsement fee.

“It can be according to your budget,” said Zhan Hongyu. “You are Lin Yanchen’s boyfriend. He has helped me a lot. It doesn’t matter even if I don’t receive payment for the endorsement.”

Chu Xun hurriedly said, “No no, it should still be according to the market price.”

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He thought about the original budget, clenched his teeth and increased the price and gave a pretty good number: “Is that ok? If it’s not enough, I’ll discuss with the company again.”

Zhan Hongyu had no objections and replied, “That works.”

He wanted to interact more with Chu Xun. They had not met much, so he wanted to learn more about Chu Xun’s character.

It was almost settled. The two agreed verbally, afterwards they just had to work out a detailed contract to sign.

Chu Xun was radiant. He bravely went to find his mentor. He was full of courage and wanted to increase his budget.

When his mentor heard that Chu Xun had found Zhan Hongyu to be their spokesperson for them, he was extremely shocked: “How did you arrange this? And at this price? He’s also not the type to take any kind of advertisement job.”

Chu Xun answered meaningfully, “I have some contacts…”

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Notes:

I previously had President Liu as Chu Xun’s “master”, but I’ve decided to change it to mentor because it sounds better in terms of an office setting lolol

Also maybe it’s because I’ve been reading some questionable things recently, but it lowkey sounds kinky