Chapter 48

Knowing that Su Yuanyuan wasn’t afraid of being tired, Fang Lizhe reworked the plan to promote her. He arranged the shooting schedules of ‘Demon Fox’ and ‘The Elite Among Dogs’, and screened out two variety shows to guest in, a first-line singer’s concert as a guest performer, a music video shoot for the music queen, and a public service advertisement. All of these packed her schedule for 3 whole months.

Fang Lizhe wrote a full-page worth of arrangements and precautions. After checking it twice, he exhaled a breath and showed it to Su Yuanyuan. “Susu, do you know how to read?”

“Of course!” Su Yuanyuan proudly stood up. “I can also speak English, French, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Korean, Japanese, Cantonese and various dialects. Oh, by the way, I can also talk to cats and dogs, but they generally can’t talk, but they understand.”

Fang Lizhe suddenly realized, “No wonder that time you barked, those dogs were obedient. It turns out they could understand you.”

Su Yuanyuan laughed, “It’s not just that. It’s mainly because I’m a demon, and they’re afraid.”

“Oh, how did you learn so many languages? Do fox demons have a talent for this?”

Su Yuanyuan thought for a moment and shook her head, “I don’t know about other foxes. Anyway, I am very talented. It’s very easy to learn languages. I learned so much because we liked to travel everywhere in our previous lives. I basically learned the language of every place we went to.”

When it came to the previous life, Fang Lizhe would be reminded that they were husband and wife. He coughed twice, pointed to his notes, and said, “You read this, is this arrangement okay? If there’s no problem, I will contact them tomorrow. When the time comes, we may have to run around and go to different places.”

Su Yuanyuan glanced at it and spoke with a smile, “No problem. I’m use to moving around, it’s just adding some work now. I don’t understand the entertainment industry. I’ll listen to you on these things.”

“Okay, then I’ll keep an eye on the arrangements.” He looked at his watch, got up and said, “It’s very late, and we have a shoot tomorrow. Let’s go to bed early.”

When he walked to the bedroom, he saw the big bed and suddenly froze. He turned back and stiffly said, “I’ll sleep in the second bedroom. You are a female fox demon, there is a difference between men and women. I … I don’t remember those things you said before. This would be too awkward, don’t you think?”

This reaction was almost the same as when Zhuo Feng found out she was a fox demon in the previous life. Su Yuanyuan wanted to laugh a little, tilted her head, and felt that it was too stressful for him to sleep with his past wife. She couldn’t help but regret the lie, as if it was redundant. Her brain must have had a sudden drop in IQ, and she would use this excuse to prevent him from signing others.

She sprawled back on the sofa and helplessly said, “Okay, it’s up to you.”

‘Zhuo Feng’ quickly cleaned the second bedroom, made the bed, and moved his clothes. Then, he filled the tub to let Su Yuanyuan take a bath. Of course, he didn’t help Su Yuanyuan take a bath this time. He believed a fox demon didn’t need others to help them bathe. When he thought of how he carried Su Yuanyuan so intimately, took her to the bathroom, and told her to wait while he turned his back to her in the toilet cubicle yesterday. Fang Lizhe couldn’t wait to turn back the clock, he was simply too ashamed to look at Su Yuanyuan in the eye. Wasn’t he taking advantage of her?

At the same time, he also believed that they are husband and wife. Otherwise, how could a fox demon with magical powers let him take advantage of them like that? They must have been used to getting along like this all their lives. With this in mind, he always liked pets and the first time he got a pet, he got Su Yuanyuan, and got along so well and so warmly with her. It was probably because they had been together for over 70 years in their previous lives.

Hearing the sound of Su Yuanyuan turning off the lights next door, Fang Lizhe tossed and turned in bed and couldn’t sleep. Did Su Yuanyuan get upset when he proposed sleeping in separate rooms just now? Think about it, if he and his beloved got along for over 70 years; After growing old together, she consumed her cultivation to find him in their next life, but the other party forgot about her; He only thought of her as a little pet, and said they should sleep in separate rooms the moment he finds out, wouldn’t it be quite hurtful?

Fang Lizhe kept thinking about it with a frown. He hesitated for a while, but in the end, he didn’t go back. Since this was already the case, they should get along like this for now. He felt sleeping in an empty bed was too hard, missing the warm dumpling on the bed, and something missing in his arms. Fang Lizhe laughed bitterly. He was really asking for trouble, he actually couldn’t bear to part with the little one ah…

Su Yuanyuan’s little ears moved, and she kept listening to the sound of Fang Lizhe turning over in bed, next door. She balled herself up under the covers and grunted unhappily twice. The Showbiz Scholar was really awkward, taking the difference between men and women so seriously. It’s true that men and women were different, but they had lived together for so long. Wasn’t it too late to make a big deal out of it now?

Humph, she could live wherever she liked. She used to live in a cave by herself before, wasn’t she still happy? She wouldn’t miss that silly man!

That being said, Su Yuanyuan and Fang Lizhe both lost sleep this night and didn’t fall asleep until the next morning. However, no one mentioned the matter of living together again. They both thought of one thing, that is, in a few years, Su Yuanyuan would become a human being, and then it would really be a difference between men and women. It was better to sleep in separate rooms from now on, and nothing inconvenient would happen then.

When they went to the film set again, Su Yuanyuan felt that she didn’t need to keep an eye on Fang Lizhe, and had no worries. She took the filming more seriously and spread the name of Susu once again. Every time the human counterpart shoot didn’t go so smoothly, Director Xu would turn to Su Yuanyuan’s scenes, which could change his annoyance to relief. Everyone gradually regarded Su Yuanyuan as a fire extinguishing tool. As long as Director Xu was angry, letting Su Yuanyuan act a scene would definitely put out the fire. So, Su Yuanyuan suddenly became the crews shared pet, and everyone was very kind to her, except for Xiang Tong.

Xiang Tong tried to get close to Fang Lizhe several times, but Fang Lizhe somehow had a sense of keeping a distance from women and didn’t give Xiang Tong a chance. He felt it was strange. He obviously didn’t accept being a married couple with a little fox, but when faced with other women, he would automatically distance himself. It was something like a kind of awareness of being married, and he didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.

Xiang Tong looked outstanding since she was a child, and many people of the opposite sex like her. She could get any man she wanted, but she kicked Fang Lizhe, this iron plate! Originally, she was helped by Fang Lizhe once, and she had some good feelings toward him in her heart. After being repeatedly rejected by Fang Lizhe, her good feelings gradually turned into obsession, and she felt that she liked Fang Lizhe very much. She was very good in all aspects and very clean, so why would Fang Lizhe distance himself as if she was a scary beast?

(TNote: kicking the iron plate = accidentally causing misfortune to oneself.)

Seeing Fang Lizhe’s meticulous care for Su Yuanyuan, Xiang Tong couldn’t help being jealous. She even thought viciously, why didn’t Su Yuanyuan just disappear? It was just a pet. It could only live for over 10 years at most. Could it be with Fang Lizhe for a lifetime? Why would Fang Lizhe rather care for a pet than look at her? She was the one who could accompany Fang Lizhe for a lifetime, and stand at the top of the entertainment circle with him!

When Su Yuanyuan and Fang Lizhe left the set one day after filming, Xiang Tong happened to have something to do outside. Before they reached the parking spot, a large number of Xiang Tong’s fans rushed over and surrounded them. Fang Lizhe frowned and took two steps back to walk around them. But when everyone saw Su Yuanyuan, they cheered again and shouted “Susu!”. Nearly half of them asked to take a photo with Su Yuanyuan.

Xiang Tong leaned over to Fang Lizhe and said, “Lizhe, everyone likes Susu so much, why don’t you just agree to it. Then we’ll leave after signing a photo for everyone.”

They did want to let them leave, but a ‘Lizhe’ and a ‘we’ instantly made the fans feel as if they were served a mouth full of dog food. Su Yuanyuan saw many fans’ eyes lit up, and kept taking photos and videos with their mobile phones. Some people screamed and asked loudly, “Are you with Agent Fang, Tongtong?”

(TNote: dog food = public display of affection.)

Xiang Tong bowed her head shyly. Then she pretended to keep calm, smoothed her hair, blushing, and looked up while saying, “Don’t talk nonsense. Come on, sign and leave early after signing.”

The crowd immediately started to coax, “Leave early!? Where is Tongtong going in a hurry? Is it a date? Hahahaha!”

Su Yuanyuan gritted her teeth and stared at Xiang Tong, wishing to kick her away! This scheming white lotus made others misunderstand that she and Fang Lizhe were a couple. Where did she get the nerve?!

In fact, Fang Lizhe couldn’t express his position. After all, it was just a fan’s misunderstanding. Xiang Tong also denied it. If he emphasized it again, it would seem like he was covering it up. The best way was to deal with it coldly. Since he wouldn’t interact with Xiang Tong in the future, naturally no one would say anything, so he just kept a cold expression. The video recorded by the several fans couldn’t indicate any ambiguity between them. The most important thing was that, if he shames Xiang Tong at this time, he would surely be talked about, saying that they have contradictions or something. If he didn’t guide the public opinion well, it would leave an impact on ‘Demon Fox’, which nobody wanted to see.

But he felt Su Yuanyuan move in his arms, and suddenly he felt that if he didn’t explain, it seemed like he was cheated in front of his wife. Besides, Su Yuanyuan said before that she didn’t like Xiang Tong. If he had an affair with Xiang Tong, wouldn’t it make Su Yuanyuan unhappy?

He stepped back two steps again, distanced himself from Xiang Tong, smiled faintly and said to everyone, “Sorry everyone, I’m going to take Susu to record ‘The Elite Among Dogs’. We really can’t delay work. I thank you all for being Susu’s fans. We’ll take a group photo with you next time we have a chance. Everyone should also thank Miss Xiang for spoiling her fans! We usually have little contact with Miss Xiang. I didn’t expect that today, in order to benefit everyone, Miss Xiang would take the initiative to request this for everyone.”

He looked at Xiang Tong and said, “Don’t be embarrassed, Miss Xiang. We used to be in the same company, there’s no need to be embarrassed about a small matter. But we do have something to do today. Sorry.” He waved to everyone, while walking and saying, “We apologize, everyone. See you next time, pay attention to safety.”

The ambiguous blush instantly turned into the shyness of making a request to someone you don’t know well. Everyone kindly smiled, and apologized for fooling around just now. Xiang Tong’s heart felt as if it was blocked by a big bolder. She felt stifled, but she could only smile even more happily, afraid of being seen through by the fans.