Chapter 22 Chapter 22 How many brothers do you have outside! ...
"Chi Zhu, why haven't you gone out to eat recently?"
Secretary Sun slurped his instant noodles and walked over to sit in front of Chi Ke.
Chi Ke ate a simple meal in the cafeteria and said frankly, "I don't have any money."
"Ahem!" Secretary Sun choked unexpectedly, and the instant noodles almost came out of his nose. "No, didn't I get paid last week?"
Last week, Chi Ke received a salary of more than 70,000 yuan after tax, which he used to pay for the renovations in Yanping. There is still a balance to be paid after completion, and if he had not made some quick money in the stock market, he might not have been able to pay it by the end of the month.
As for the money in the original owner's passbook, he had calculated that as long as Chi Yuanfan didn't spend money lavishly, it would be enough to support him through his four-year college life, including all tuition and living expenses.
But this was his plan, not Chi Yuanfan's.
He will not touch the money, nor will he use it to pay Chi Yuanfan's tuition without permission. When Chi Yuanfan grows up and becomes sensible, he will return the passbook to the other party.
The younger brother is the holder of the money left by his older brother. Whether he goes to school or drops out of school and lives his life there, it is all up to him to decide.
Before that, Chi Ke will help the original owner take care of this most important last wish.
It’s really sad to be so poor now.
It's like going back to the days when we used to be thrifty and save money.
He drank the pork rib soup without any meat in a graceful manner and explained, "I paid off my debt."
"Ah... That's right, you have a younger brother, so he does have more places to spend money." Secretary Sun's heart softened, and he generously pushed his instant noodles over, "I'll give you half of the starch sausage... Hehe, we're even-handed. I've handed over my salary to my wife, and I've recently set my sights on a golf club, so I'm saving some pocket money."
There was a hint of helplessness in Chi Ke's eyes: "I appreciate your kindness, it's okay, I'm almost full, you eat yours."
"Okay." Secretary Sun said, "Why don't you buy some Lao Gan Ma? When I have no money, I mix Lao Gan Ma with rice."
Chi Ke shook his head: "My taste is bland."
His taste was not ordinary bland. He could enjoy eating white food abroad, and he especially liked boiled chicken breast, which was a vicious thing. His classmates teased him as the chosen one of God.
"I see. No wonder Second Young Master Ji never invites you to barbecue or Sichuan and Hunan restaurants." Secretary Sun finished the remaining instant noodles in two gulps. "By the way, why didn't Doctor Ji come to visit you these days?"
"He is very busy." Chi Ke said, "We are busy too."
As soon as he finished speaking, Secretary Sun felt a vibration on his butt.
"Chi Zhu, you really... your words have come true." Secretary Sun took out his cell phone from his pocket and answered the call with a sad face, "Boss Leng, hey, hey! OK, OK, I'll be right over."
After hanging up the phone, he looked at Chi Ke and said, "Young Master Xu had a conflict with a popular young actor while shooting a magazine. Mr. Leng knew that we were together and asked us to deal with it together."
Ever since they officially got together, Leng Yunting asked everyone to call Xu Lemian "Young Master".
"Let's go."
I was busy with my career a while ago, and whenever I had nothing to do, I would send gifts to Xu Lemian to help him get on the charts. After living in peace for so long, Chi Ke almost forgot that he was in a melodramatic article.
At Secretary Sun's insistence, it was Secretary Sun who drove the car on the road.
He really didn't want to experience the honor of sitting in the passenger seat of Chi Ke's car again.
Secretary Sun was not as steady as Ji Qian in driving, and the heater was on in the car. Chi Ke felt dizzy and a little uncomfortable. He wanted to lower the window for ventilation, but found that Secretary Sun was wearing very little, and he would definitely be frozen to death if the cold wind blew outside.
He leaned against the car window listlessly, trying hard to contact the filming site.
"What do they say over there?" asked Secretary Sun.
Chi Ke said without a word: "The magazine resources originally belonged to Wei Yiqi - the star who had a conflict with Master Xu. Last week, the resources were taken away by President Leng. Wei Yiqi was so angry that he bumped into Master Xu during the underwater shooting today and knocked him into the swimming pool and drowned."
"Oh my god!" Secretary Sun was horrified and babbled, "Master Xu can't swim! What if he gets pushed overboard?"
"Good question." Chi Ke repeated his conclusion, "I think he will drown. What do you think?"
"...Ahem." Realizing that he had asked an idiotic question, Secretary Sun cleared his throat and said, "What does President Leng mean?"
Chi Ke looked at Leng Yunting's reply on the phone in silence.
【Boss Leng: When beating a dog, one must also look at the owner. 】
[Boss Leng: He is just a clown jumping around. Ban him.]
Secretary Sun stopped at the red light, took a moment to look, and said, "Tsk," "Although... I feel sorry for the little star. She had her resources snatched away for no reason. Who wouldn't feel wronged?"
"Be careful with your words." Chi Ke reminded in a low voice.
"Oh oh oh." Secretary Sun pursed his lips.
It’s okay to complain about your boss in private, but don’t make it a habit and say whatever you want in front of outsiders.
Does anyone know if the bus the boss bought is monitored?
Chi Ke had experienced a business war in his previous life. A monitoring device was installed in his partner’s Maybach. It happened that there was a heavy rainstorm in the United States that week, and the Maybach leaked, which directly soaked the monitoring device.
Fortunately, they were able to track down the instigator of the wiretapping and uncovered a shocking scandal involving politics. Without a second thought, they sued the person and received a considerable amount of compensation and a generous reward from a political tycoon.
Because he studied law in college, Chi Ke was responsible for assisting the lawyers throughout the entire lawsuit, and in the end 70% of the income went into his pocket.
It is said that fortune and misfortune go hand in hand, which is absolutely true.
Without this compensation, he might have died earlier...
Tsk, now is not the time to think about these things.
Chi Ke pressed his brows to drive away the inappropriate memories in his mind.
"When we get there, go say hello to the medical and financial departments first. I'll go check on Young Master Xu."
…
"Hello sir, how can I help you?"
The handsome and tall man stood at the edge of the shooting site for ten minutes. The crew member who had noticed him carefully handed him a bottle of water.
"Thank you." Looking at the huge studio full of faces, Chi Ke finally gave up the challenge of identifying Xu Lemian and drank a sip of water to suppress his nausea from motion sickness. "I'll look for Mr. Xu Lemian."
The staff was nervous: "Excuse me, who are you?"
Everyone in the circle knows that there is a big financial backer behind Xu Lemian, who recently made a debut. Could it be the person in front of him?
"I greeted Teacher Zheng before coming here. My last name is Chi, and I'm our boss's assistant." Chi Ke politely showed his ID card.
"Assistant?" The staff was very surprised.
If the assistant has such temperament and demeanor, how powerful must the sponsor be?
"Yes," Chi Ke said with a polite smile, "May I ask you any questions?"
"No, no, Mr. Zheng did say that a Mr. Chi would be coming." The groundskeeper bent down and made a "come in" gesture. "The person you're looking for is resting over at Lane 3. Do you need me to take you there?"
"I can go by myself. I won't delay your work. Thank you."
Chi Ke followed the landmark and saw Xu Lemian wrapped tightly in a bath towel.
The boy was sitting alone on the shore, with no one around him. He leaned forward slightly with his knees pressed against his chest. His thick black hair was wet and stuck to his head, covering his eyebrows.
Are those water marks on the chin tears or water?
Chi Ke deliberately stepped heavier and stood behind Xu Lemian: "Young Master Xu."
"Chi Zhu?" Xu Lemian's voice was not choked.
Chi Ke felt relieved, so he walked to the side, bent his knees and half-knelt, and talked to him at eye level.
"Are you okay? Are you feeling uncomfortable?"
"Not bad." Xu Lemian nodded awkwardly, feeling extremely aggrieved, and forced a smile, "Chi Zhu, have I caused you any trouble?"
The child didn’t even wipe the water off his hair and face. I don’t know what the bath towel is used for, is it for decoration?
Chi Ke handed over the dry towel he had prepared: "Wipe it clean, calm down, and tell me what happened."
Xu Lemian's eyes turned redder by his harsh tone: "I'm sorry, I didn't control my emotions just now."
"No need to apologize." Chi Ke said, "Just control yourself now."
Xu Lemian: “.”
There is really no comfort.
"Chi Zhu, you are such a rock," Xu Lemian felt worried for him, "You are so uncaring, which girl will want you in the future?"
Chi Ke frowned: "Calm down and tell me what happened."
He and Xu Lemian were only involved at work. If it weren't for Leng Yunting, this kind of involvement would not have existed.
Providing emotional value is a boyfriend's job. All he can give is business service and personal respect.
In fact, Chi Ke had already learned what happened from others, but it was hard to say how much of the human-to-human transmission was true. He had to learn more about it so that he could understand the truth and come up with countermeasures.
Seeing that he hadn't said anything, Xu Lemian pursed her lips awkwardly, and then said slowly: "Actually, it was my fault today."
Chi Ke: “Yeah.”
Xu Lemian bit her lip: "I don't blame anyone."
Chi Ke: “.”
"Young Master Xu, there is no need to say such nonsense, just describe the facts objectively." Chi Ke felt a headache and couldn't help but think of those defendants he had seen reciting lyrical essays in court.
When chatting with Xu Lemian, I felt a sense of despair that the conversation was not on the same channel.
After much persuasion, Xu Lemian finally got to the point: "I know I'm not likable, and it's normal for my senior to dislike me, so don't blame him for pushing me. Chi Zhu, can you not tell Brother Ting about this? I'm afraid he'll worry."
It's too late.
Chi Ke said: "He already knows."
Xu Lemian was anxious: "Is he distracted from his work? I didn't disturb him, did I?"
"Don't worry, Mr. Leng knows his limits." Chi Ke said, "I understand the situation. You take a rest first. I'll go find Teacher Zheng."
Teacher Zheng is the photographer of this magazine cover.
Chi Ke had met him a few days ago. He is an avid art enthusiast with extremely high pursuits.
The two of them spent three hours eating that day, and only ten minutes discussing the contract. The rest of the time, the other party was persuading Chi Ke to enter the fashion industry and be a model for him. He also threatened that as long as he took a set of photos, he would pay him ten times his current salary.
If Chi Ke didn't really hate being in the spotlight, he would have almost been moved.
The drowning accident caused all filming to be suspended. The photographer was so angry that he locked himself in the room, swearing and refusing to see anyone.
Through the door, Chi Ke heard the sounds of "Mom", "Fuck", "Fuck", "Dad", "Grandpa", and "Grandma", all of which were superimposed to the power of 2.
He thought for two seconds and decided to come back later.
"The management said they were aware of the situation, and the doctor on site also said that Young Master Xu was fine." Secretary Sun hurried back and saw him leaving, and asked anxiously, "Is that Teacher Zheng inside? Why don't you go in?"
Chi Ke: "Mute your voice."
Secretary Sun: “?”
Secretary Sun covered his mouth in confusion.
"Come and listen." Chi Ke pointed to the door.
Secretary Sun followed the instructions and put his ear close...
Chi Ke: "Take a brave step?"
Secretary Sun: "Let's do something else first."
People cannot, or at least should not, seek to be scolded.
"How was the discussion with the agent team?" Chi Ke asked.
"I don't know. We've been talking about this for 800 years." Secretary Sun was a little impatient. "How about we talk to the real owner directly? I just talked to the investor. Hey, he's also an old acquaintance of President Leng. From what they said, Wei Yiqi's career is probably over."
Chi Ke did not respond directly to this statement, but asked: "As a victim, he was pushed into the water, why is there no one around to comfort and care about him now?"
Secretary Sun was stunned for a moment, but quickly realized, "Is this what Teacher Zheng meant? Yes, Teacher Zheng was someone who dared to confront even President Sima before, so he would definitely not give face to President Leng... Then do you think there is a possibility of a reversal in this matter?"
"It still depends on Mr. Leng's attitude." Chi Ke lowered his eyes, "You go and look after Young Master Xu first. I'm going to the bathroom, and we'll go to Wei Yiqi's lounge later."
Secretary Sun raised his hand and made a “V” sign.
Chi Ke: "You want to go to the bathroom too?"
Secretary Sun reacted and turned his hand over, and the "yeah" smoothly turned into "OK": "Sorry, I made the wrong comparison, it's ok, no problem."
Chi Ke praised: "Good hands, flexible."
But it’s still worse than Ji Qian who can play the Rubik’s Cube with one hand.
…
Ji Qian is still slightly better in driving skills.
The heat in the swimming pool was turned up high, it was very stuffy, and the smell of water vapor and sweat was mixed together, and the smell was not fresh.
The motion sickness came slowly, and Chi Ke vomited in the toilet for a long time, and all that came out of his stomach was sour water that stung his throat.
What a sin.
I drank too much coffee these days, and didn't pay attention to the temperature and nutritional combination of my meals. My stomach, which hadn't been sick for a long time, started to protest.
He took out a box of pills from his pocket, with only one pill left.
His stomach was burning badly, so Chi Ke swallowed it raw and sent a message to Ji Qian.
【K: Doctor Ji, we are out of stomach medicine. Please prescribe two boxes for me. I will go get them when I am free. 】
Chi Ke had something to do later, so he didn’t wait for a reply and put away his phone after sending the message.
Unexpectedly, when he turned around, a little boy who was a dozen centimeters shorter than him bumped into him.
Chi Ke didn't move at all, and the little boy flew several steps away.
"Ouch! Sorry, sorry! Are you not hurt?" The boy who flew out flew back, "You...Fuck, handsome boy, are you a new artist who hasn't debuted yet?"
Leng Yunting had told him not to expose his relationship with Xu Lemian in front of the public. Chi Ke shook his head and made up a fake identity for himself: "I am a behind-the-scenes staff member."
"Your face will be poached for the TV station sooner or later. Celebrities make more money than those behind the scenes." The boy smiled, with two cute dimples on his cheeks. "Ah, I won't tell you about meeting at the top. I think I'm going to be banned soon. You should take it easy in the future and don't follow in my footsteps."
Just from this sentence, Chi Ke recognized his identity: "It's Wei..."
wrong.
People in the entertainment industry call each other teacher.
Chi Ke: "Teacher Xiao Wei."
"No need to be polite, just call me by my name. Teacher is a thing of the past," Wei Yiqi waved his hand exaggeratedly, "My legend ends here."
Wei Yiqi is a strange man.
When he was a student, he became very popular because of his doll-like face and curly hair. Many fans treated him like a son, and his academic reputation seemed to be called "mom fans".
This kid just became an adult last year and was admitted to the Film Academy with high scores. He naturally entered the entertainment industry. He has strong singing and dancing skills, but he is not original and cannot write his own songs. His acting skills are also very bad, so he has never become popular.
But some people are born to be popular, and even if they don’t have any works, they are still not obscure.
I'm unlucky today and have hit a wall with capital.
“Is it that serious?” Chi Ke’s tone revealed his surprise. “I just arrived not long ago, so I don’t know much about it.”
"You're lucky to have met me, come on, I'll tell you in detail." Wei Yiqi didn't even go to the toilet, leaning against the wall with great interest, as if he wasn't the subject of the topic. "You know Xu Lemian, right?"
Chi Ke nodded.
"Fuck, I tell you, his background is definitely not ordinary, he is either a second-generation rich man or has a sponsor." Wei Yiqi rambled on and on for a while, "It's really funny, even though my cover page was taken away, Teacher Zheng likes me and left me an inside page, and today when we were shooting together, I ran into that guy by the swimming pool, I swear to my god, I really didn't mean to push him, I was just passing by... Okay, I admit that I walked past him on purpose, but I didn't mean to push him."
“But maybe my eyes were too fierce? Or maybe he heard what I said badly about him before?” Wei Yiqi touched his head awkwardly, “Anyway, he looked at me with caution, staring at me intently the whole time. Damn it, you know my temper, I would have glared back, and his eyes rolled around like a rabbit, I thought it was funny, so I probably scared him, but…”
As a result, the man was scared into the water.
Chi Ke thought: If what he said is true, you are very suitable to be an NPC in a haunted house in an amusement park, and specialize in scaring people like Ji Qian.
"I even helped him!" Wei Yiqi was furious. "Maybe he thought I was going to push him? He shook my hand off, and now everyone watching the surveillance camera thinks it was me who pushed him. Damn it, I'm here to survive today! Handsome guy, do you think I'm unlucky?"
This is really bad luck and it's hard to comfort.
Chi Ke was thinking about how to start the conversation when two more people suddenly came into the bathroom.
"Fuck, it's you?!"
Wei Yiqi jumped up.
Xu Lemian was startled when he saw him, and was startled again when he saw Chi Ke: "Chi Zhu?"
"Chi...Zhu?" Wei Yiqi looked around in astonishment. "Fuck, brother, you're not a staff member behind the scenes? You're Xu Lemian's assistant? You're trying to trick me?"
"No." Chi Ke never kept silent when he shouldn't, and would never take the blame. "I have no ill intentions. I concealed my identity because—"
"This matter has nothing to do with Chi Zhu." Xu Lemian suddenly stood in front of him with a heroic look on his face, "Don't slander Chi Zhu."
"I... I slandered him?" Wei Yiqi was puzzled. "What did I say to slander him? Didn't I ask him a question?"
"He wouldn't lie to you on purpose." Xu Lemian said, "Don't involve others in our conflict."
"Hey, buddy," Wei Yiqi also had a bad temper. He grabbed Xu Lemian's ear and leaned over, "Don't be so self-indulgent. Can you open your ears and listen to me?"
The theme of today's photo shoot is exotic fairies. The makeup artist put armor on both of them. In order to make the effect realistic, Wei Yiqi even had a manicure done.
Now when two people have physical contact, scratches and bruises are inevitable.
A red mark soon appeared on Xu Lemian's ear.
"Hey, hey, hey! Don't do it, don't do it!"
Secretary Sun, who was following behind, was so scared that his hair was flying. He immediately came in, locked the toilet door, and hurried forward to separate the two.
Wei Yiqi put one hand on his waist and said, "Tell me the truth, was it me who pushed you today?"
Secretary Sun pulled his hand to the left: "Oh my dear, let go!"
Xu Lemian covered his ears: "I didn't say it was the senior who pushed it! I explained on behalf of the senior!"
Secretary Sun pulled his hand to the right: "Hey, young master, please stop talking!"
Wei Yiqi sneered: "You didn't say it, so you might as well not explain it for me! Now you're acting like you're threatening me!"
Secretary Sun: "Ouch..."
Chi Ke took out his vibrating cell phone with a headache.
[The Great Gitzby: Have you had stomach discomfort recently? ]
[The Great Gitzby: You don't have to come to get it. I'll deliver the medicine to you tonight. Please send me your home address.]
[The Great Gitzby: Why don't you reply? Are you fainting from the pain?! ]
[The Great Gitzby: Chi Ke, Chi Ke, please reply /urgent/]
【The Great Gitzby: Tsk. 】
[Tsk] As soon as this message was sent out, Gitzby’s video call request appeared.
Fortunately, my phone was muted a while ago.
Chi Ke hung up immediately.
【The Great Gitzby: ???】
[The Great Gitzby: Hang up on me?!]
[The Great Gitzby: You are not in such a bad state that you dare not let me see you? ]
[The Great Gitzby: Don’t be afraid of illness and avoid medical treatment/angry/]
The video call reappeared.
At the same time, someone knocked on the toilet door.
"Xu Lemian! Wei Yiqi!" Photographer Zheng's voice rang out, "I know you two are in there! Stop making trouble! Open the door, and come out!"
Chi Ke hung up again.
【k: It’s not that serious. I’m working now, so it’s inconvenient. 】
He began to type slowly, describing the current situation.
But the situation was complicated and typing would take time, and Ji Qian simply couldn't wait.
[The Great Gitzby: Do you think I will believe it? ]
So, the moment the toilet door was pushed open, the video call request appeared again.
Secretary Sun shuddered: "Teacher Zheng!"
Teacher Zheng: "This is outrageous! This is outrageous! My father has really committed a sin! What are you doing!"
Xu Lemian: "Teacher Zheng, don't misunderstand me, Brother Wei didn't do anything to me!"
Wei Yiqi: "Didn't I tell you not to talk?!"
The stagehand: "Stop it, stop making trouble!"
"I'm making a fuss? What am I making a fuss about?" Wei Yiqi flew into a rage and rushed over to grab Chi Ke's arm.
When Chi Ke dodged, his hand shook and he accidentally clicked the answer button.
Wei Yiqi: "Come on, come on, brother, you said you are not Xu Lemian's man, right? Then please judge fairly and openly, am I making a fuss? Brother, speak up!"
The shot was turned on too suddenly, and before the brother he was talking about could react, his brother's phone suddenly exploded.
"Brother?" Ji Qian's face was close to the camera, his eyes fixed on Chi Ke's chin at a tricky angle, "Why do you have another brother? How many brothers do you have outside?!"
“…”
Wow.
Five pairs of eyes were directed at Chi Ke's face.
No one doesn't love gossip.
Or it's a live broadcast of the explosive gossip about two men being caught cheating.
Chi Ke: “.”
Ji Qian: "Ah, why are there so many people?"
Five sets of eyes turned to the mobile phone again.
Ji Qian: “…”
The camera's field of view was very limited. Ji Qian didn't see everyone's face clearly, but he saw many figures and two pairs of eyes. He seemed to have realized something and withdrew the close-up of the face, sat up straight, and hesitantly greeted: "Um... Hello?"
He has a nice voice and his face can support the camera. Photographer Zhengda and Wei Yiqi, who have a very high sensitivity to beauty, both stretched their necks to see him more closely.
Especially photographers.
That look was the same as the one he gave Chi Ke last time during dinner, as if he wanted to swallow him up.
Chi Ke turned his phone over and pointed the screen at his chest, not letting anyone see Ji Qian's face: "Sorry, my friend likes to make fun of me, I made you laugh."
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