Chapter 1 Chapter 1 Encounter
As April warmed up, Nan'an already had a hint of summer. In the evening, the setting sun shone a brilliant golden glow, painting half the sky red and adorning the trees lining the roadway.
In the sunset, Jiang Yuxia was wearing a white hooded sweatshirt and white sneakers. The hood was loosely covering his face, hiding half of his face, revealing his extremely superior lips and chin in the lower half. He held his cell phone to his ear and sat on the stone pier in front of the hotel in a very unpresentable manner, waiting for a car to go for a drink.
"Our variety show was snatched away by someone. It's mainly because we're newcomers, and you've only appeared twice. They're worried the ratings won't hold up, so..." His agent, Sun Quan, said to him tactfully, "This kind of thing happens all the time. Don't take it too seriously. You'll learn later."
Jiang Yuxia hummed. He didn't want to go to that variety show in the first place. He couldn't handle a show that relied on spoofs and criticism to win ratings.
Sun Quan: "I didn't call you to tell you about this. It's about that. Zhou Boye is returning to China today."
Jiang Yuxia was silent for a moment: "...And then? Do you want me to pick you up at the airport?"
Sun Quan: "Do you want to go?"
Jiang Yuxia's voice became more lively when he heard it, and he said, "I want to go, can I bring a knife?"
“…”
Zhou Boye was his ex-boyfriend and almost became his financial sponsor.
A week ago, on a beautiful sunny afternoon, he joined the crew for the first time. After filming his first scene, he collapsed on the sofa in the hotel and casually complained, "I'm so tired. Why can't I just lie down and make money?"
The speaker may not intend it, but the listener may take it seriously.
The next day his agent found him this kind of job.
"I've found a sponsor for you. Do you want to sign the contract?"
Jiang Yuxia: "..."
"Don't look like that. He's absolutely excellent. You can't tell who's at a greater disadvantage between you and him. Does he know Zhou Boye?"
Jiang Yuxia: “???”
Sun Quan: "Haven't you heard of it? It can't be that serious, isn't he always in the news?"
Jiang Yuxia blinked and said to Sun Quan, "Come on, repeat the following sentence after me."
"Who is your ex-boyfriend?"
Sun Quan was confused: "Who is your ex-boyfriend?"
Jiang Yuxia: "Zhou Boye."
Sun Quan: "Zhou... Holy shit!"
Jiang Yuxia delivered another heavy blow: "I dumped him."
“…”
Jiang Yuxia felt her teeth itch when she thought of Zhou Boye, "The kind of person we'll never talk to again."
Sun Quan suddenly shuddered, awakening his "risk awareness" as a broker. "Everyone says that the ex is an enemy, but don't tell me Zhou Boye is an enemy."
"Zhou Boye of Capital Capital?!"
Jiang Yuxia nodded calmly.
Sun Quan pressed his fingers against his black-framed glasses and said calmly, "Let's terminate the contract."
Jiang Yuxia: "The penalty fee can be directly charged to my card. Is a CCB card okay?"
Sun Quan: “…”
…
In the end, he didn't go to pick them up at the airport, mainly because Sun Qun was afraid that Jiang Yuxia would be beaten up at the airport. Being beaten didn't matter, but if the media photographed them, he would have no chance of staying in the entertainment industry.
At the very least, his face is very valuable in the entertainment industry.
Thinking about this, Sun Quan made his final conclusion: "Forget it, let's just stay calm and stay out of trouble until he makes a move."
After hanging up the phone, Jiang Yuxia leaned back and watched the cars coming and going on the road. He lowered his eyes. It had been about two years since he and Zhou Boye broke up. After the breakup, he went abroad due to some unexpected circumstances and he hadn't seen him in this year.
Damn, I really don't want to hear this name again.
There was a bloody taste in his mouth. Jiang Yuxia licked the corner of his lip with his tongue, and the skin at the corner of his mouth was accidentally bitten by him.
"Brother Xia."
Hearing someone calling him, Jiang Yuxia pulled up his hat a little, revealing a pair of eyes that were a little too beautiful. The corners of his eyes were slightly upturned, like a masterpiece sketched by a master painter. The color of his eyes was a rare pure black, but the owner did not have much energy, and even the life in his eyes was not that strong.
It's an assistant.
"The car is coming."
At 10 o'clock in the evening, the club was crowded with people. It was called a club, but it was actually a membership bar. The only difference was that the alcohol in it was expensive, the threshold was high, and it only catered to the business of the rich.
A group of young people danced to the rhythmic music, forgetting everything and releasing stress.
Jiang Yuxia sat in the booth on the second floor and glanced down. In front of him was a glass of whiskey. Most of the ice in the glass had melted, but no one paid any attention to it.
The people around kept looking at that place. It is rare to see such a good-looking person in real life. Everyone was eager to go up and chat with her but didn't have the courage. They felt a little ashamed when meeting someone who was too outstanding.
Another three minutes passed. Jiang Yuxia's lips curled up slightly, and his whole body was frighteningly cold. When everyone was wondering who was so arrogant that he could make him wait for so long, a voice came.
"Xia Xia."
When Jiang Yuxia heard the voice, he glanced sideways at the person who made the sound, his eyes full of impatience.
Li Qi cried out "Oops" inwardly when he was glanced at by those eyes. He quickly clasped his hands together and begged for mercy, panting, "Sorry, sorry, there's a traffic jam."
Jiang Yuxia's gaze lingered on the still "fresh" kiss mark on his Adam's apple, and she asked in a flat voice, "Is the parking lot blocked?"
Li Qi choked. Being seen through, he did not try to explain himself, but just kept apologizing and begging for mercy.
"Xia Xia, I was wrong, please forgive me."
Jiang Yuxia felt a little helpless and pushed his head away from his shoulder. The smell of perfume from somewhere made him feel uncomfortable. "Okay, okay, I didn't say I blame you."
Li Qi: "That's good."
"Hey, hello, could you please bring up my previous bottle of wine?"
Without waiting for his reaction, Li Qi stopped the bartender and, after giving him his instructions, turned impatiently to Jiang Yuxia and said, "I heard there's a top-notch singer in this bar recently, and a lot of people come here every day because of her fame. If I weren't a regular here, would you still want this seat?"
The energetic singing and dancing below stopped. Without the deafening music, it seemed as if the heartbeat slowed down a few beats. Jiang Yuxia took a sip of wine and felt a lot more relaxed.
After the wine came, Li Qi took a sip, squinted his eyes comfortably, and sighed: "This wine is good, want some?"
Li Qi pushed the original glass of whiskey aside, picked up a new glass with an ice ball in it, and poured some into it.
Jiang Yuxia picked up the wine in front of him and took a big sip.
Li Qicai said, "But, baby, why did you want to drink with me today? Did you miss me? We haven't seen each other since you started filming."
"No, I just want to drink." Jiang Yuxia was very honest.
Li Qi's eyes widened slightly, one hand wrapped around his neck, and the other hand began to pull his hair: "How can you say such cold words when your temperature is 37 degrees Celsius? Brother is very sad!"
Jiang Yuxia was only twenty-one years old. Li Qi was four years older than Jiang Yuxia and acted like an older brother to him every day.
Jiang Yuxia struggled symbolically, but when she realized she couldn't get free, she let him do it, not forgetting to warn him, "Your hair is messed up."
"Vincent."
"After all, I make a living with this face." Jiang Yuxia leaned back on the sofa, lazily watching the young people dancing on the dance floor. The eyes of the people around him kept falling on him. It is rare to see such a good-looking person in real life. They were a little eager to approach and chat with him but did not have the courage.
A man who looked honest, wore glasses, and had an ordinary appearance with nothing memorable about him. He walked to the bar, pointed at Jiang Yuxia's table, and said something to the bartender.
After a while, the bartender came over with a glass of wine and said to Jiang Yuxia, "Hello, sir, your drink."
Li Qi was puzzled: "Huh? We didn't order it."
Bartender: "It was given by a gentleman."
Li Qi: "Who?"
The bartender looked up and saw that the man was gone. "Um...it seems that gentleman left first."
Li Qi snorted, "We don't need..."
Before he could finish his words, Jiang Yuxia reached out and took the wine and took a sip. His words got stuck in his throat and he could only wave his hand to let the bartender go.
As soon as the bartender left, Li Qi immediately taught him a lesson: "Why are you drinking this? If you want to drink, we can order it ourselves."
Jiang Yuxia: "To save you money."
Li Qi: "...What if this wine is not clean? Did you forget about the pervert who followed you last time?"
There was a pervert who claimed to have fallen in love with Jiang Yuxia at first sight, but after his confession was rejected, he turned into a stalker. No one knew where he got the information, but he always appeared in front of Jiang Yuxia and even found her residence.
Jiang Yuxia couldn't bear it anymore and beat him up twice, and he finally stopped. He hasn't seen him for a long time since then. He must have given up.
"How could it be such a coincidence." It is quite common for bars to give away drinks.
Jiang Yuxia took two sips of wine and put the glass to eye level. What kind of wine is this? It tastes a bit strange. I have never tasted it before.
Li Qi: "What's wrong?"
Jiang Yuxia put the wine aside and said, "It doesn't taste good."
Li Qi: "Then don't drink it."
Jiang Yuxia nodded, and suddenly glanced sideways at the booth next to him. The man's gaze was too intense, and he couldn't ignore it even if he wanted to.
After seeing who it was, he asked, "What's wrong?"
Lin Yan was stunned for a moment, then realized that he was talking to him, waved his hand and looked away.
Li Qi came over curiously: "Who is that? Someone you know?"
Jiang Yuxia was silent for a moment, "Zhou Boye's friend, I've met him twice before."
When Li Qi heard the name, his expression froze immediately. His original desire to gossip died down, and he awkwardly withdrew his body.
Back then, Jiang Yuxia and Zhou Boye were a sensation. Everyone in the circle knew about this couple. Zhou Boye was a man, but he doted on Jiang Yuxia like nothing else.
However, in his impression, Jiang Yuxia has always been very attached to Zhou Boye, so he still finds it incredible that it was Jiang Yuxia who proposed the breakup. The two of them don't know why things became so awkward, and they act like enemies whenever they meet.
Li Qi: "...him."
Jiang Yuxia licked his lower lip, and the wound at the corner of his mouth began to ache again due to the stimulation of alcohol.
In the booth opposite, after Jiang Yuxia withdrew their gaze, Lin Yan secretly took a photo of Jiang Yuxia with his mobile phone and opened the chat software.
…
After a moment of silence, Li Qi couldn't help but speak: "I'm quite curious...why did you suddenly break up with him at that time?"
Jiang Yuxia tightened his grip on the wine glass. He drank a few glasses, and the alcohol stimulated a thin layer of red on his snow-white skin. His lips were red and his teeth were white. He was so beautiful that people couldn't take their eyes off him. His eyes were slightly drooped, and his stiff eyelashes half-hid the expression in his eyes.
Li Qi's heart skipped a beat, and he wanted to ruffle his hair. "Forget it, forget it. If you don't want to talk about it, then don't talk about it."
Before he could finish his words, the table next to him suddenly became noisy.
"Oh my god, why are you here? Aren't you in a foreign country?"
"Who is so capable as to invite you here?"
Li Qi looked over, and after seeing who it was, he turned his head back instantly, and his eyes subconsciously looked at Jiang Yuxia.
Jiang Yuxia's body stiffened when he saw the person coming.
Zhou Boye, dressed in a high-end suit, looked as if he had just stepped off a negotiation stage. His demeanor was laid-back and relaxed, and everything he did seemed effortless. Perhaps because he was so casual, he always had an indescribable sense of hipster. However, his eyebrows were so deep that looking into his eyes always made people feel a sense of pressure.
Facing his friend's surprise, Zhou Boye smiled casually, "I just got back. Come over for a drink."
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