◇ 【077】 Kung Fu Star
Gu Juan put his arm around Xi Lang's shoulders and said, "Old man, are you worried about the same thing as me?" That's why he put sunglasses on him.
Xi Lang raised an eyebrow, "Hmm?"
"This time," Gu Juan pulled him to sit on a bamboo chair in the bamboo forest. "I've actually thought about this matter. If I come forward, coupled with so many media reports, what kind of sensation it will cause. Our current strength is not strong, and walking into the public eye like this is not a good thing. But then I started thinking, is blindly enduring really the only option? Isn't the essence of cultivation the word 'follow your heart'? That's why I decided to expose myself. As long as you remain in the dark, you are one of my trump cards."
"Xiao Juan." Xi Lang didn't expect his lover to have been worried about this issue. He half-huggled him into his arms and kissed the top of his head. "It's because I'm not strong enough now, and I can't let you do whatever you want. If I were strong enough, you could do whatever you want without hesitation or even dilemma. But believe me, although I'm not strong enough, I can still protect you. When I heard you say you wanted to challenge the "Five-Man Group", I thought about the possible problems and how to deal with them. As you said, we don't have only the path of "endurance". For example, in this case, we have a third option, which is to divert the public's attention."
"Old man, don't say that." Gu Juan felt touched and a little uncomfortable. Having been alone for too long, he was not used to being taken care of. "I can protect you too."
"Of course, but we're only talking about now." Xi Lang chuckled and interlocked their fingers.
"What method do you mean by diverting public attention?" Gu Juan asked.
"Leave it to me. I'll tell you, but not now." Xi Lang pulled him up. "Now what we need to do is go buy groceries."
Gu Juan leaned over and gave him a kiss on the lips, then walked out of the bamboo forest in two steps as if nothing had happened.
Xi Lang followed with a smile on his face.
The supermarket in the community was opened by a resident and had a very complete range of goods. Xi Lang went to pick out beef and lamb chops, while Gu Juan went to wander around the beverage area.
"Old man, do you have any beer at home?"
"Yes, but I don't think it's enough. Take a box."
The owner of the supermarket was a young man in his thirties. When he heard a young voice calling the owner of another young voice "old man", he raised his head and glanced at Xi Lang with a look of understanding, then lowered his head and continued reading the magazine.
While checking out, Xi Lang's cell phone rang.
He gestured to Gu Juan to take the card from his pocket to pay the bill and answered the phone.
"Mom... don't you have the habit of taking a nap? Xiaojuan and I didn't want to disturb your nap, so we planned to call you later."
Gu Juan easily reached into Xi Lang's pocket, took out the card and handed it to the supermarket owner.
"That's 556 yuan in total. Thank you for your patronage."
"...Beside me." Xi Lang handed the phone to Gu Juan, "Mom wants to talk to you."
Gu Juan glared at him, his heart beating faster for a moment. He spoke as if Xi's mother was also his mother.
"Auntie...yes...ok...I will. Goodbye."
"What did you say?" Xi Lang walked out carrying two shopping bags.
"If you dare to treat me badly, I can complain to her." Gu Juan took one from him and said with a smile.
"I support you." Xi Lang nodded.
After leaving the supermarket, Gu Juan looked back and said, "I think the owner of the supermarket knows about our relationship." He and Xi Lang often went to the supermarket together to buy things.
Xi Lang said indifferently, "He wouldn't say anything nonsense."
Gu Juan nodded. If he wanted to tell her, he would have told her long ago.
Back home, he released Er Jianmei from the space, turned on the speakers, and went to the kitchen with Xi Lang. Xi Lang prepared the meat ingredients, while he prepared the vegetables picked from the space. The two of them had a clear division of labor, and by five o'clock, all the ingredients were ready.
At half past five, Zhao Rui and the other two showed up on time.
"Third brother, excuse me."
"Come in." Gu Juan saw that the three of them were carrying fruits or drinks, and the corners of his mouth twitched, "So polite?"
Zhao Rui laughed heartily. "It would be embarrassing for us to come here empty-handed."
"You're here." Xi Lang walked out of the kitchen.
"Brother, excuse me." Liu Hui glanced at Gu Juan's apron and said disdainfully, "Since you didn't cook the meal yourself, why are you pretending to be a chef?"
"According to you, I must be a superman because I wear my underwear outside?" Gu Juan asked back.
Liu Hui had nothing to say.
Zhang Cong and Zhao Rui laughed.
"Xiaojuan, take good care of them." Xi Lang continued to cook, letting the young people have fun.
Gu Juan took drinks from the refrigerator and gave them to his three roommates.
The four of them sat on the carpet and started chatting.
"Third brother, where did you learn your kung fu? Teach us when you have time." Zhao Rui spoke impatiently. "Don't tell me you learned it from Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils."
Gu Juan smiled and said, "I can't tell you where I learned it from, but it's no problem for me to teach you a few tricks."
"That's great. Even if I can't become a martial arts master, I can at least have an extra skill to pick up girls. Right, boss and fourth brother?" Liu Hui rubbed his hands excitedly.
Zhang Cong clinked the drink in his hand with Liu Hui's cup and said kindly, "Second brother, if possible, try to lose some weight." Zhao Rui already has a steady girlfriend and someone is pursuing him. Gu Juan also has a boyfriend. Liu Hui is the only one in their dormitory who is still alone. He knows that Liu Hui must be feeling a little uncomfortable.
Liu Hui smiled bitterly, "You think I don't want to?"
Gu Juan could have prescribed an effective weight-loss formula for Liu Hui, but he'd just become famous. If word got out that Liu Hui had lost weight, he'd be too conspicuous. It would be better to wait until Liu Hui had studied medicine for a while longer. With that in mind, he kept quiet.
"Xiaojuan." Xi Lang called from the kitchen.
"What's wrong?" Gu Juan asked.
"Go buy a bottle of vinegar." Xi Lang said.
"Got it." Gu Juan got up from the carpet and picked up the key. "You guys can do whatever you want. I'll go downstairs."
Xi Lang scooped up the food from the pot and walked out of the kitchen, but he didn't see Gu Juan.
"Did Xiaojuan get his wallet?"
"No." Zhang Cong saw a brown wallet on the coffee table. He had seen Gu Juan use it before. "He shouldn't have gone far. I'll give him a call."
The phone rang on the sofa.
Xi Lang held his forehead with his hand.
When Gu Juan arrived at the supermarket and took the bottle of vinegar to the checkout counter, he realized that he had forgotten to bring his wallet and was speechless.
"I guess you can't buy on credit here," he said to the supermarket owner.
The supermarket owner understood and said, "Did you forget to bring your wallet? No problem, just send it to you next time." Living in the same community means we are neighbors.
As soon as he finished speaking, the landline in the supermarket rang.
"Hello, Sunshine Supermarket... Mr. Xi, it's okay, I can send it to you next time... You're welcome."
Gu Juan heard that it was Xi Lang who called, and thanked the supermarket owner.
"Husband..." A young boy walked out from the inner room. When he saw Gu Juan, he immediately fell silent, lowering his head with a flushed face.
Gu Juan pretended not to hear and turned away.
After leaving the supermarket, he quickly went home and said to Zhao Rui and the other two, "Whatever you want," and walked quickly into the kitchen with the vinegar. "Old man, I bought the vinegar. I have a major discovery. Can you guess what it is?"
"What?" It was the first time that Xi Lang saw him so excited. He glanced outside the door and picked up a piece of shrimp from the plate and fed it into his mouth.
Gu Juan quickly ate the shrimp, gave him a thumbs-up, and whispered, "The supermarket owner has a homosexual lover."
"Oh?" Xi Lang was a little surprised. "You were only gone for a few minutes. How did you find out?"
"I heard a boy call the supermarket owner 'husband'."
Xi Lang laughed. "You really stumbled upon this by accident. The supermarket owner's last name happens to be Gong. But you're not wrong, he does have a boyfriend."
This was the first time Gu Juan had seen someone around him who liked the same sex, and it felt a bit strange. But since it had nothing to do with him, he sighed for a moment and then let it go.
"It's time to eat." Xi Lang took five pairs of chopsticks.
Gu Juan shouted outside: "Come in and help serve the dishes."
That night, the four young people were having a blast until after ten o'clock. Zhao Rui, Liu Hui, and Zhang Cong had all drunk a bit too much, so Xi Lang had to walk them outside the complex to catch a taxi. Back at Gu Juan's house, his own son was also drunk and asleep on the sofa, snoring softly. Despite being drunk, he wasn't making any noise at all. He lay motionless, his head resting on the armrest of the sofa, tilted back, facing the door. Was she waiting for him to come back?
Xi Lang felt so soft inside that he squatted down beside the sofa and pulled the man into his arms, not caring about the smell of alcohol in his mouth as he leaned over and kissed him.
Gu Juan opened his eyes, his eyes misty with tears. Seeing Xi Lang, he hugged his neck and grinned, "Old man."
"Juanbao, are you awake?" Xi Lang asked softly with a gentle smile on his lips.
"I don't know, haha." Gu Juan hugged him tightly and put her head in his arms, "Old man, it's great to have you." After she finished speaking, the snoring started again.
Xi Lang rubbed the head in his arms, but was not in a hurry to wash him. He simply sat on the carpet, held the man in his arms, adjusted the position to make him more comfortable, then took out his mobile phone and made a call.
"boss."
"Luo Heng, how's the matter going?"
In a bustling city at night, a young man wearing gold-rimmed glasses and a pair of fox eyes is standing by a floor-to-ceiling window and talking on the phone. Looking out the window, he can overlook the beautiful night view of the city.
"Who am I? Although time is a bit tight, Yin Xuanqi's personal qualities are quite good, so packaging him won't be a problem at all. I'm sure he will become a big star and the kung fu star you expected."
Not far behind him stood a straight-limbed young man, probably about twenty-one or twenty-two years old, with handsome and charming features. He wore a light blue casual shirt that was one size larger, paired with vertical striped slim-fit trousers and red canvas shoes, and a white scarf, exuding a youthful aura.
Xi Lang gently stroked the head in his arms and said calmly, "Whether he becomes a huge star or not is not important. What's important is that I want to see him appear on all the TV news, in all the newspapers, and in all the magazines starting tomorrow night for a week."
Su Luoheng smiled with a hint of helplessness. "Hey, hey, no matter what, this Chaoge Entertainment Company is yours. You're being rather irresponsible. Is this what 'being rich and willful' means?"
"Really?" Xi Lang asked back, "Didn't I already give you full authority to take care of it?"
Su Luoheng was speechless for a moment. Was he born to be toilsome?
Xi Lang ignored Su Luoheng's tangle over there, hung up the phone, picked up Gu Juan and walked into the bathroom, helped him brush his teeth, and gave them both a bath. Then they lay down on the big bed together and closed their eyes...
Su Luoheng glanced at Yin Xuanqi and said, "I'm sure you heard what I said just now."
Yin Xuanqi nodded somewhat nervously, "Yes."
"Don't be so nervous. Now you should start getting used to your celebrity status." Su Luoheng gestured for him to sit down. "You have this opportunity thanks to someone else. Whether you can seize this opportunity and become a shining star depends on you."
"I understand." Yin Xuanqi said firmly, "I will definitely seize this opportunity!"
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