Chapter 18: The Small-Time Star and His Short-Tempered Sugar Daddy (Part XVIII)
Starting from this day, Fang Yinnian suddenly discovered that Xiao Ji seemed to have changed slightly compared to before.
For example, in his daily reports, some terrifying symbols like ~~~, ^^, ^з^ would suddenly appear inappropriately.
There were also some kitten emojis collected from god knows where.
And some flirtatious words he had never sent before.
For instance, one second Xiao Ji would solemnly send a message: [I am eating breakfast] accompanied by a picture of breakfast.
The next second, he would suddenly send another message: [I want to touch your thighs. Can I touch them tonight?] followed by a symbol expression [– ].
Fang Yinnian was actually a bit traditional at heart. Regarding such messages, he always felt that replying too directly would be embarrassing.
So he threw the problem to Xiao Lin: “What do you think he actually wants to do?”
Xiao Lin knew nothing about the matters between Fang Yinnian and Xiao Ji. suddenly being asked, he was also bewildered and probed: “If you don’t mind, since you have time now, tell me about it?”
Fang Yinnian never disdained sharing his emotional affairs with others or asking for opinions as a reference.
So he talked to Xiao Lin for a whole afternoon.
Except for the stuff in bed, he told Xiao Lin almost everything about Xiao Ji’s recent behavior and subtle changes.
Xiao Lin seemed to be listening with a serious expression, but in fact, his brain had gone dormant an hour ago.
It wasn’t until Fang Yinnian asked the last sentence: “So, what do you think he is thinking now?”
Only then did Xiao Lin’s brain capture the keywords, waking up from dormancy without a flaw, and said very certainly:
“Then he must love you very much.”
Fang Yinnian stared into Xiao Lin’s eyes for a long while, touched his chin, and thought briefly:
“He really loves me that much?”
Xiao Lin nodded without hesitation.
“F*ck!” Fang Yinnian slapped the table, startling Xiao Lin.
Just when he thought Fang Yinnian had realized he was spacing out and was preparing to kneel and beg Fang Yinnian not to deduct his bonus, Fang Yinnian suddenly said:
“I should have known he had bad intentions. He says he’s here for resources, just a transaction, but in reality, he sends flowers one moment, runs to my house in the middle of the night the next, says some baffling things, and even registered my fingerprint on his phone. This bastard is totally coming for me!”
“I haven’t even sent him flowers yet, and he sent them first. Where do I put my face as a sugar daddy?”
“I’ve told him so many times not to be so proactive. I’ll find him when I need him. But he just can’t help it. He insists on knocking on my door in the middle of the night. If I don’t chase him away, he just won’t leave, and he insists on telling me stories to coax me to sleep. Do I need him to coax me?”
Seeing Fang Yinnian’s emotions suddenly become agitated, Xiao Lin was at a loss for a moment and blurted out:
“President Fang, if you are dissatisfied, why not replace him?”
Who knew that as soon as the words fell, Fang Yinnian became even more unhappy: “That won’t do. I need to warn him not to love me too much.”
With that, he began to pick up his phone to reply to Xiao Ji regarding the thigh-touching message:
[Can’t you be a little more reserved? I am very busy today. Don’t come to my house before nine o’clock tonight.]
After sending it, he waited for a minute, but Xiao Ji hadn’t replied.
Fang Yinnian began to reflect on whether his tone was a bit heavy and had hurt Xiao Ji’s fragile heart. He thought about it and sent another message:
[You can only touch for a little while.]
Sure enough, as soon as the message was sent, he received Xiao Ji’s reply: [Okay ^з^].
Only then did Fang Yinnian put down his phone with peace of mind and start the evening video conference.
But that night, Xiao Ji didn’t get to touch Fang Yinnian’s thigh.
Because near the end of the workday, Fang Yinnian dealt with some emergencies and worked overtime until past 4:00 AM, and Xiao Ji had to go shoot the endorsement commercial early the next morning.
He went out early in the morning. As soon as he went downstairs, he saw Fang Yinnian’s car parked by the road.
He walked to the car, and the driver got out to open the rear door, inviting Xiao Ji to get in.
Fang Yinnian was leaning against the rear window with his eyes closed, resting. He was wearing only a nightgown, and a firm, smooth thigh was exposed to Xiao Ji’s eyes along the edge of the robe.
Xiao Ji got into the car, and Fang Yinnian’s driver raised the partition between the front and rear seats.
Fang Yinnian looked like he hadn’t woken up and was a bit tired. Seeing Xiao Ji get in, he got straight to the point: “Hurry up. Afterward, I’ll drop you at the shooting location. I didn’t sleep all night and waited for you for two hours.”
Xiao Ji didn’t react immediately upon hearing this: “Hurry up with what?”
Fang Yinnian narrowed his phoenix eyes slightly: “Didn’t I promise you yesterday? I always keep my word.”
Only then did Xiao Ji suddenly remember the message he sent to Fang Yinnian yesterday, and was somewhat dumbfounded.
He had actually just said it casually. Because the book said that conversations between couples shouldn’t be strictly business-like; one should use appropriate expressions and punctuation to make words appear less stiff. And this kind of flirtatious talk, like a little secret, could also promote feelings between two people.
Xiao Ji didn’t expect that Fang Yinnian would actually stay up all night and wait downstairs at his house for so long just because of one sentence.
He felt that if he told the truth and expressed that he didn’t really want to touch Fang Yinnian’s thigh, Fang Yinnian would definitely perform a carp kick right now, fly over, strangle his neck, and put him to death.
Therefore, after a moment of hesitation, Xiao Ji silently scooped up Fang Yinnian’s thigh and hugged it in his arms.
It wasn’t until the driver drove the car to the shooting base that Xiao Ji let go of Fang Yinnian and got out of the car, urging him to go back and rest quickly.
The reason Fang Yinnian came to drop off Xiao Ji, aside from the promise made yesterday, was to let the brand know that he valued Xiao Ji very much.
Others might not recognize his car, but the brand’s chief director did.
Regardless of whether Xiao Ji performed well or not during the shooting process, no one would dare to deliberately give him a hard time.
Fortunately, Xiao Ji was capable enough himself. His state was excellent. During the shooting, he could do whatever the director asked. The shoot went very smoothly, almost everything done in one take.
Occasionally, some scenes were repeated two or three times, but it wasn’t due to Xiao Ji’s issues.
When the shooting ended, it was completely dark. Xiao Ji had just changed clothes and removed his makeup when he saw Fang Yinnian’s car parked by the road again not far away.
Xiao Ji walked over and got in, only to find that Fang Yinnian wasn’t in the car; Xiao Lin was driving.
“Hello, Mr. Xiao.”
Xiao Ji was polite: “Hello.”
Xiao Lin started the car and said to Xiao Ji: “President Fang has to go on a business trip during this period. The return date is undetermined. He asked me to pick you up. Tomorrow is Monday, you need to go to the shooting site of One City, Misty Rain. The itinerary has been arranged. I will drive you to Sushi (Suzhou) at seven o’clock tomorrow morning.”
Xiao Ji raised an eyebrow: “Business trip?”
Xiao Lin hummed affirmatively but didn’t explain much, only saying: “President Fang said that if you have nothing important, don’t send him messages for the next two days. He is very busy and won’t have time to reply to you.”
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