Chapter 71

When leaving the old theater, Fang Chengnan deliberately lagged behind Li Yang and said, "I can't get this role."

Xie Yang remained calm and replied, "Senior, there is no need to be so pessimistic."

Fang Chengnan calmed down.

Xie Yang quickened his pace and wanted to go first.

"It was indeed Mu Zhouyi who told me about you." Fang Chengnan took another step forward and lowered his voice, "The guest of "Extreme Combat" can be replaced by you."

Xie Yang stopped walking and finally looked at Fang Chengnan. He carefully examined Fang Chengnan's expression, raised his eyebrows, accepted his offer, and said, "I don't have time to participate. Let Ke Lan take over."

Fang Chengnan was stunned, then looked at Jie Yang with a complicated expression and said, "I will go and communicate with the production team."

Xie Yang took the initiative to extend his hand towards Fang Chengnan.

Fang Chengnan was stunned for a moment, then reached out and shook hands with Jie Yang, saying, "I wish Yang good luck, and may Yang go all over the world."

"Thank you. No wonder you can become one of the top stars." Xie Yang smiled and used his special power to clear the virus in Fang Chengnan's brain. Then he withdrew his hand and said meaningfully, "Senior, you should be more cautious against women with bad intentions in the future." After that, he took a quick step, met up with Qin Cheng who was waiting at the exit, and left the old theater.

After getting in the car, Xie Yang asked Wu Shui to drive the car to Rongding, and then took out his mobile phone to send a WeChat message to Qiu Xing.

Xie Yang: I'm planning to go to your place. Is that convenient?

Qiu Xing replied immediately: It’s inconvenient.

Xie Yang: Then I’ll go back to Yangzhou.

After a while, the phone vibrated.

Qiu Xing: Come here.

Xie Yang put down his phone with satisfaction.

After dozens of minutes, the car stopped at Rongding underground parking lot. Xie Yang took the special elevator to the ninth floor.

The elevator opens.

In the reception room, Qiu Xing was sitting on the sofa holding a document, looking like "I'm very busy, if you have something to say, you'd better tell me quickly."

Xie Yang walked over and sat down.

Qiu Xing didn't even raise his eyelids and asked calmly, "What's the matter?"

Xie Yang glanced at the tea that had obviously been freshly brewed on the coffee table and the exquisite snacks on the plate next to it, and consciously poured himself a cup of tea and replied, "Yes, I want to rent another room from you to put a piano in."

Qiu Xing immediately frowned and looked over, repeating: "Rent?"

"Yes, rent. After all, you have emphasized to me many times that the relationship between you and me is just that of tenant and landlord."

“…”

Qiu Xing threw aside the documents he was using to pretend to be busy, looked straight at Jie Yang, and said angrily, "Where is your previous thick skin?"

"I understand." Xie Yang put down the tea he had just taken a sip of, stood up and said, "I'll go buy the piano and choose a room right now. Thank you for your generosity. You continue with your work. I'm leaving first." After saying that, he turned around and left without even looking back.

The elevator door slowly closed.

Qiu Xing looked at the elevator in disbelief for a long time, then turned his head to look at He Jun who was standing in the corner as a wall hanging, and said, "What does he mean by this? What tenant and landlord? He clearly knows... Why is he like this?"

He Jun thought hard and said, "Young Boss... He must have missed you, so he found a random reason to come and see you. But you saw through his intentions, so he was shy, so -"

Qiu Xing said in a sinister tone: “Do I look stupid?”

"...Young boss is here just to piss you off." He Jun told the truth.

Qiu Xing frowned and was silent for a while, then said, "Impossible, I didn't make him angry... He must be in his rebellious period! He's twenty years old and hasn't passed the rebellious period yet, how come he's developing so slowly! Take away the tea!" Then he picked up the documents and went back to the office.

He Jun: “…”

…

That night, Xie Yang waited in the living room for Qiu Xing, who came home late after working overtime. He walked up to Qiu Xing calmly and shook his hand. Then, without waiting for Qiu Xing to speak, he said good night and went upstairs.

All the private words that Qiu Xing had been brewing for the whole day were stuck in his throat. He stared at the corner of the stairs where no one was visible, and took a deep breath.

The next morning, Xie Yang did not go to Qiu Xing's room.

For many days that followed, Xie Yang never went to Qiu Xing's room in the morning again. He would shake Qiu Xing's hand once every night without fail, and would always leave after shaking hands, never staying any longer.

Qiu Xing's face became darker day by day. He wanted to question Jie Yang, but he didn't know how to say it. After all, Jie Yang was not ignoring him, he was just not very close to him. And both of us are really too busy. Either you come home late or I come home late. Every day we can only say a few words before going to bed and occasionally at breakfast. We have no time to communicate properly.

A week passed in a blink of an eye. On the day when the recording of the New Year's Eve Gala of City B TV Station ended, Jie Yang received feedback on the audition results from Director Zhou.

Xie Yang looked at Qin Cheng with surprise and asked, "I passed? I got the role?"

"Yes, they said they will draft a contract and send it to you as soon as possible. The filming is expected to start in April next year. Director Zhou requires all actors to go to the built shooting location to adapt for a period of time before filming begins, so you must join the crew by the end of March at the latest."

Xie Yang still felt it was unreal. After thinking for a while, he guessed that the music he composed must have impressed Director Zhou. He said, "In that case, the production schedule of the new album will have to be adjusted."

The new album was originally planned to start production after the new year. If we take on a movie, the production of the album and the filming of the movie will definitely conflict with each other.

Qin Cheng said: "This drama will take at least four months to shoot, and the movie will have to be produced after it's finished. By the time it's released, it might be the end of next year. You can't have no works exposed for a whole year, so I suggest you don't postpone the production of the album until after the filming of the movie is finished."

"Then don't postpone it, bring it forward. The new songs for the album are ready, and with Nagarjuna's help, the recording will be quick. But I may not be able to shoot all the music videos myself."

Qin Cheng's frown relaxed, and he said, "It's okay. We can hire professional actors to shoot the MV, and you can just shoot some simple lip-syncing scenes. How about that?"

Xie Yang nodded.

After a few more busy days, Xie Yang finally finished all his work as an artist before the New Year and focused on the company's annual meeting. On the Internet, major satellite TV stations have also begun promoting their New Year’s Eve Galas.

The day after the annual meeting, Xie Yang and Qiu Xing took a car to the nursing home to spend the New Year with Qiu's mother. On the way, Xie Yang was bored and browsing Weibo, and then he found, unexpectedly and not unexpectedly, that Mu Zhouyi's name was on the hot search.

#Mu Zhouyi sang "Missing My Homeland"#.

After clicking on the topic, a rehearsal clip of a gala broadcast by Z City Satellite TV in the morning appeared at the top of the page. Xie Yang specially found his headphones and plugged them in, then clicked on the behind-the-scenes video.

The video screen was a little dark. On the stage with only a few dim lights on, Mu Zhouyi, who was dressed in low-key clothes, was standing in the center and talking to the host. Then Mu Zhouyi picked up the microphone, closed his eyes and hummed a few lines.

A soft yet chilly female voice came through the speakers, like ice and snow hitting the window, making the brain numb and the mind seem to be shaken. A sound effect expressing surprise was added here at the right time, and then an emoticon of a cartoon man clapping appeared on the screen.

End of the highlights.

Xie Yang used his special powers to dispel the discomfort he felt after hearing Mu Zhouyi's voice, took off his headphones, and clicked on the comments below.

There are unexpectedly many comments under this clip, and there are obvious signs of Internet trolls. Many people said that they did not expect Mu Zhouyi to sing so well. They said that Mu Zhouyi looked much calmer and more low-key than before. They sympathized with Mu Zhouyi for being attacked last time and encouraged Mu Zhouyi to cheer up. There were actual passers-by who went in to express their dislike for Mu Zhouyi, but they were all labeled as aggressive.

"Mom's health has improved recently, and the time she is confused each day is getting shorter and shorter."

Xie Yang came back to his senses, put down his phone and looked at Qiu Xing beside him.

Qiu Xing didn't look at Xie Yang, his eyes fell on the magazine in his hand, and he said seriously: "Xie Yang, I hope you haven't forgotten our cooperation."

Xie Yang understood and replied, "Of course I haven't forgotten. I'm your auntie's husband, who bought me for you to bring you good luck."

“…”

Qiu Xing changed his posture uncomfortably, but his eyes still didn't move away from the magazine. He maintained a serious tone and said, "That's right. We will live with mom for some time in the future. During this time, I hope you can cooperate a little and fulfill your obligations as... ahem, as a husband who is here to bring good luck to the couple."

Xie Yang wanted to laugh but held back, saying, "Of course. But this is my first time being someone's husband, and I don't know what kind of obligations I should fulfill as the second party, so I hope you, as the first party, can explain it to me in detail."

Qiu Xing was waiting for this sentence. He seemed to think for a few seconds, then said in a particularly noble, cold and nonchalant tone: "You don't need to do anything special. You just need to be more intimate with me in front of mom, and love me more... ahem, love me more."

"Do you have a cold?"

"What?"

"I heard you were coughing."

"… Stop playing dumb! Do you understand what I said?"

Xie Yang nodded immediately and replied, "I understand."

Seeing Jie Yang's straightforward agreement, Qiu Xing became suspicious. He turned his head and frowned at Jie Yang, saying, "Do you really understand?"

"I really understand." Xie Yang suddenly held Qiu Xing's hand on his leg, then slowly spread his fingers apart, inserted them into Qiu Xing's fingers, clasped them, and looked up at Qiu Xing, "Be more intimate?"

Qiu Xing's heart was beating fast. He looked straight at Jie Yang, moved his fingers, and cautiously and tentatively shook his hand back a little. Then he calmly withdrew his gaze and praised, "Well, you did a good job."

Xie Yang moved closer to Qiu Xing.

Another person's body leaned over, although it was just arm to arm, but... Qiu Xing's Adam's apple rolled, and he turned his head slightly to look at Jie Yang, his voice inexplicably lowered, and said: "What's wrong again?"

Xie Yang noticed that his hand was suddenly clasped. He was satisfied, but he put away his smile. He sat up straight, pulled his hand back, and assured, "I know what to do. Don't worry, I will fulfill my obligations dutifully during the New Year."

Qiu Xing's face fell, he looked at his hand that had been released, then looked at the distance between them and Jie Yang's businesslike expression, he moved his face, held his breath, picked up the magazine and flipped through it.

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