Ch46 - Spreading rumours

Ji Qinghuai didn’t know how long he slept during this time. The first thing he did when he woke up was to see if Xie Yan was still there. He moved his hand under the quilt but grasped empty air.

He immediately opened his eyes, and Xie Yan was indeed not next to him. The person sitting on the chair now was Qin Xiaorou.

The light in his room was switched on and the sky outside was already dark. Ji Qinghuai thought that Xie Yan had already left and felt a little disappointed. With an aggrieved expression, he cried out, “Mom…”

Ji Qinghuai’s voice was soft and coquettish. Qin Xiaorou looked at Ji Qinghuai with helpless eyes and said in disapproval, “Qingqing, this is your fault.”

Ji Qinghuai: “?”

Ji Qinghuai was confused by her words.

What did he do???

Qin Xiaorou explained, “Young Master Xie is a guest. You were still holding onto someone’s hand even when you fell asleep, and he almost didn’t eat dinner, it’s very impolite.”

Hearing this, Ji Qinghuai completely ignored how Xie Yan almost missed dinner and grasped the main point.

This meant that after he fell asleep, Xie Yan stayed to accompany him and also had dinner.

He asked hurriedly, “Has Mr Xie returned home?”

Qin Xiaorou didn’t know why he suddenly became energetic and replied, “Not yet.”

She explained, “It’s a little late now so he’ll stay over for the night.”

Ji Qinghuai’s eyes lit up. Xie Yan didn’t leave and he’ll even stay for a night, that’s great!

In just a few words, Ji Qinghuai’s expression had changed several times. Qin Xiaorou felt that her son was strange today. Could it be that he became a fool after sleeping?

Xie Yan staying at the Ji’s house was a temporary decision. Although Ji Qinghuai was happy, he had slept for a long time so it was already past nine once he had dinner. After taking a shower, Xie Yan came over and accompanied him for two hours before he returned to the guest room to rest at eleven o’clock.

It didn’t take long for Ji Qinghuai to sleep. He thought he wouldn’t be able to sleep unless he stayed up most of the night, but not long after Xie Yan left, he suddenly got sleepy while playing with his mobile phone and fell asleep again.

The next morning, everyone got up one after another. Only Ji Qinghuai was still asleep. Xie Yan had nothing to do so when he saw Qin Xiaorou cleaning upstairs, he got up and walked over.

“Let me help you.”

Before Qin Xiaorou could refuse, the mop in her hand was taken away by Xie Yan. Qin Xiaorou felt that Xie Yan was very straightforward and didn’t try to be more polite with him. After thanking him, she started cleaning with Xie Yan.

Ji Qinghuai was still asleep in Qin Lang’s room, so he didn’t need to go in for cleaning as of now, so Xie Yan went into the opposite room.

This room belonged to Ji Qinghuai and it was clean and tidy since it was temporarily unoccupied. The morning breeze blew in from the half-open window, bringing with it a hint of coolness.

On the table, Ji Qinghuai’s laptop was lying quietly and next to it was a photo of Ji Qinghuai and Qin Lang.

In the photo, Ji Qinghuai was holding a piece of cake in his hand, appearing like he wanted to smear it on Qin Lang’s face while Qin Lang was trying to avoid it. At that time, someone said something and the two of them looked at the camera together and left this photo.

The two people in the photo were more youthful than they are now. Qin Lang was not as serious as he is now, he was a bit overwhelmed by Ji Qinghuai and he had a confused expression on his face. Ji Qinghuai’s baby face was even more youthful. He was used to being playful and he was smiling brightly.

It could be seen that the relationship between Ji Qinghuai and Qin Lang was really good.

But Xie Yan was not jealous at all and didn’t care, because he knew one thing.

Qin Lang and Ji Qinghuai weren’t just friends, their true relationship should be…that of brothers.

Last night when Qin Lang called Qin Xiaorou mother, Xie Yan was surprised. He had never heard of the Ji family having another child. In addition, Qin Lang and Ji Qinghuai had always declared that they were good friends and they also had different surnames, so Xie Yan never thought about it.

And this unintentional discovery had answered the doubts in his heart. If it was as if he thought, then Ji Xianzhi…Not bad.

After a moment of daze, Xie Yan began to clean Ji Qinghuai’s room. The room was originally relatively clean and it was easy to clean up. He decided to help Ji Qinghuai tidy up the table.

Ji Qinghuai’s table was not messy. It was just that there are some miscellaneous things. He moved those things away and put them back after wiping the table.

He didn’t change the placement of those things but just adjusted it slightly to make the table look neater. What was on the table was clear at a glance, the position hadn’t changed too much and it was convenient for Ji Qinghuai to find what he needed.

There was also a comic book on Ji Qinghuai’s desk and a palm-sized storage box was placed on top of it, seeming a little out of place among the things on the desk.

Xie Yan moved the comic book away, wiped the table and prepared to put it back. As soon as he picked it up, the comic book hit something and immediately heard a “Pa”.

Xie Yan looked down. At the same time, a ringing sound echoed. The storage box fell onto the floor and slammed open and a small silver bell rolled out.

Xie Yan recognized the bell he had given to the little wild cat. After the cat ran away, he guessed that it had taken away the bell. Today, he accidentally came across it again.

Xie Yan bent down to pick up the bell, put it in the box and put it back on the table.

Since he had given it out, he didn’t plan to take it back. When he confronted Ji Qinghuai, it could still be used as physical evidence if he tried to deny anything.

At this moment, Ji Qinghuai, who had taken the bell was still asleep. Xie Yan wanted to wait for Ji Qinghuai to wake up and talk to him before leaving but he had yet to wake up even near noon so he could only give up and leave.

But Ji Qinghuai was stunned when he slept until lunch and he didn’t look very good. Qin Lang poured a cup of hot milk for him and asked, “Brother, are you uncomfortable?”

“En?” Ji Qinghuai looked at Qin Lang suspiciously.

“You seem to be very sleepy nowadays, you spend most of the day sleeping.”

After Qin Lang reminded him of this, Ji Qinghuai also thought about his abnormality in the past few days, but he didn’t feel uncomfortable.

Ji Qinghuai thought for a while and guessed, “Maybe my body hasn’t recovered yet, it should be fine in a few days.”

This reasoning made sense and it was the best explanation for why he was sleeping so much so Qin Lang didn’t say much.

In the next few days, Qin Lang observed Ji Qinghuai’s situation carefully and saw that his sleeping situation had indeed improved. Seeing that his drowsiness improved until it returned to normal, he was relieved.

But in this way, Ji Qinghuai’s days of recovery became even more boring. Every day, apart from eating and watching dramas, the only thing worth looking forward to was his chat with Xie Yan after work.

Ji Qinghuai could feel that the relationship between the two had changed a lot from the day Xie Yan had visited. Xie Yan would now take the initiative to message him and every now and then, he would ask Qin Lang to send some food for him. For Ji Qinghuai, he had gone from being flattered at the beginning to now accepting it gladly. Every time Qin Lang brought something back, he could savour it for half a day.

Twenty days later, Ji Qinghuai’s injuries had healed a lot, but he still couldn’t go out. He thought that his life was quite boring, there was probably no one more bored than him.

During the time he was recovering at home, Ji Qinghuai had completely forgotten that he was still an actor and a film emperor at that. It was hard to avoid suspicion when he didn’t show his face in front of the public for a long time. Therefore, without his knowledge, Ji Qinghuai gradually fueled various online discussions about him.

At first, Ji Qinghuai’s fans began to discuss how his work this year was suddenly so little and some people thought that he was concentrating on filming so he appeared less this year. Some thought that Ji Qinghuai might have wanted to take a rest but who knew later on that so many different speculations would crop up.

The trigger that brought the story to the forefront was a press release with the headline:

【Ji Qinghuai is at odds with his backer and has been tragically abandoned.】

The post listed Ji Qinghuai’s work comparison from last year to the present. It was obvious that Ji Qinghuai’s activity this year was much less than last year. In terms of movies alone, Ji Qinghuai took part in over two movies last year, accounting for the same amount. But so far this year, he had only taken on the work “Tibetan Soldier Pavilion”, taking on a role with few scenes.

At the end of the article, a summary was made and the content was:

Nowadays, there are endless rookies in the entertainment circle, and it is reasonable for an old star to have fewer resources. After all, if you want to stay in the entertainment circle for a long time, your strength relies on your work.

What did it mean? It was basically implying that Ji Qinghuai had no acting skills.

Ji Qinghuai was choked with anger early in the morning and got up out of bed angrily, “Who said I was out of energy? This film emperor is the best!”

It also means that he has no acting skills.

Ji Qinghuai became more and more upset, yelling, “I want to buy a water army to blacklist him!!!”

Qin Lang: “…”

Qin Lang couldn’t help but smile, “Why bother with these people?”

“I’m bored ma.” Ji Qinghuai instantly deflated like a balloon and said bluntly, “Little cutie, I want to go out and play.”

I want to see my Mr Xie.

Qin Lang saw through his thoughts at a glance but didn’t expose him. “Wait another half a month and you’ll be free to move about, bear with it for now.”

“It’s still half a month…” Ji Qinghuai hugged his pillow and wailed, his heart silently frantic.

I want to go out ah ah ah ah ah ah!

Ji Qinghuai was upset in his heart. He picked up his mobile phone and opened Weibo. The wave caused by this article was not small, and many people were discussing the topic on Weibo.

Some marketing accounts took the opportunity to follow the trend and spread rumours, saying that JiQinghuai was unwilling to play a big role in the crew, but it didn’t cause any waves.

Ji Qinghuai scrolled through a few casually and was too lazy to deal with these things, but he accidentally clicked on a long essay.

【The love-hate relationship between Ji Qinghuai and Qin Lang over the years. 】

Ji Qinghuai swept through two paragraphs and was speechless for a while. He couldn’t agree with this fabricated love history.

Spreading rumours and making up things, this story is actually so bad!

What the hell is this writing?

He started typing on the keyboard.

One minute later, Ji Qinghuai’s Weibo was updated and Qin Lang had just happened to refresh his Weibo. When he took a closer look, it was a Weibo by Ji Qinghuai: Looks like you love digging out this kind of information, want me to dig out your underwear too?

Qin Lang: “…”

Immediately, Ji Qinghuai forwarded the previous article again and wrote: Fuck you.

Looking at the two new Weibo posts by Ji Qinghuai, Qin Lang sighed helplessly.

Having been bored at home for a long time, his brother was really agitated.

Omg that underwear part was so funny. At first, it was a jumbled mess so I had to ask a friend to translate it for me and both of us were just laughing over the underwear part then I sent my friend the raw paragraphs (its funnier in chinese) and we laughed even more lol