Part 4
This voice was incredibly loud, accompanied by a megaphone. It simply exceeded Tang Yue’s imagination; he didn’t expect such a spectacle downstairs at the company nowadays.
Tang Yue and Jiang Shulu looked over in unison, and even the surrounding people couldn’t help but turn their heads.
The person asking was still wearing the new group’s hairpin on their head, looking a bit awkward in the suddenly quiet environment.
Tang Yue had already reached the revolving door. He turned around, gave an “En,” and then went inside with Jiang Shulu.
From the back, the two looked intimate, as if they would never separate.
“Did he answer just now?”
“He gave an ‘En’, right?”
This scene, contrasted with the new group standing frozen after getting off their nanny van, was truly comical and quickly climbed the hot search lists.
#Tang Yue Jiang Shulu Appear at Chengkong Media#
#Whose Home Court Is It Anyway#
—So desolate, so miserable, so funny!!
—Although I don’t feel like current boy groups have declined, Away’s starting point was just too high. These two have maintained their conditions very well too.
—Tang Yue retired too early. At his current age, he could still go on survival shows.
—Is Jiang Shulu really not working anymore? I searched and it says he completely resigned. What will he do in the future? Be Tang Yue’s bodyguard?
—Didn’t you hear people say he’s eating soft rice?
—It’s been so long since I heard Tang Yue cover a song. I can’t wait for his comeback and new songs. With his terrifying talent and output, he might have a lot of stock.
When the elevator opened, Tang Yue happened to see Liu Xichao.
The other party was wearing a coffee-colored coat, looking very relaxed. He said, “You came up? I just heard you were blocked downstairs?”
After speaking, he complained that Chengkong was stingy as death for not building more parking lots.
Jiang Shulu: “You should complain to Little Uncle.”
Liu Xichao huffed. “Aren’t I waiting for you to make a move?”
Jiang Shulu: “I don’t have shares in Chengkong anymore.”
Liu Xichao pulled Tang Yue away, saying, “Listen to yourself, is that something you should say? If you really have no money, you aren’t suitable to be with our Xiao Yue.”
Tang Yue: “I can earn money.”
Liu Xichao hooked his arm around Tang Yue’s shoulder. They were about the same height, making it very convenient to talk together.
Liu Xichao: “I didn’t say you couldn’t earn, but why should Jiang Shulu eat your soft rice (live off you)? He didn’t support you and Xiao Mie when he had money before, don’t be too good to him.”
Jiang Shulu walked beside them without speaking.
Tang Yue: “He treats me and Xiao Mie very well. I was the one who wanted to leave.”
Liu Xichao said “Aiya”: “I know, but you worked hard. What’s wrong with bossing him around more?”
Tang Yue: “I do boss Shulu-ge around usually.”
Liu Xichao: “How do you boss him around?”
Tang Yue: “I make him carry me on his back, hold me…”
Liu Xichao: …
I think he enjoys it very much.
He glanced at the man standing on Tang Yue’s side. Jiang Shulu was indeed different from before.
Liu Xichao’s first impression of this person was “boring.”
Jiang He had a redeeming rigidness; even if he pretended to be an iron plate, it was enough for Liu Xichao to tear off a few pieces of rust, exposing Jiang He’s sore spots to be precisely captured.
Jiang Shulu was watertight in everything he did.
Although Jiang He said he was still young, in Liu Xichao’s eyes, this person handled everything with ease.
It was as if the degree of ripeness and sweetness had been calibrated; every gear had a rolling program. The “liveliness” fans spoke of could be calculated.
Even when Jiang Shulu had relaxing moments in the Away dorm, it was still different from now.
Now…
The feeling of coming alive was particularly obvious.
Perhaps there was also the freedom brought by completely severing ties with the Jiang family.
Tang Yue: “I know Shulu-ge won’t be like this forever, but he was too, too busy before. I also hope he rests for a while.”
The young man standing beside Liu Xichao had lost a layer of misty veil compared to his youth; his sharpness appeared peaceful.
Tang Yue: “Just like Third Brother hopes Jiang-xiansheng can relax properly and go to an island to watch the stars with you, isn’t that right?”
Liu Xichao couldn’t refute that and could only nod.
Tang Yue: “I don’t understand business matters anyway. I just need to do my own thing well.”
He looked at Jiang Shulu. “Anyway, Shulu-ge will be by my side, right?”
Jiang Shulu pulled him back into his arms and gave an “En.”
Liu Xichao sighed. “Stop showing off, my eyes hurt.”
He pushed open the meeting room door. The people inside were already waiting.
There were faces familiar to Tang Yue.
Including Away’s manager Sister Lin from back then, stylist Yoi, makeup artist Covo, and so on.
Tang Yue was a little surprised.
The woman sitting at the front stood up and smiled at Tang Yue. “Long time no see, Xiao Yue.”
She looked at Jiang Shulu again. “Shulu, long time no see.”
Liu Xichao: “My agent specializes in film and television. After thinking about it, the original Away team suits you better.”
Sister Lin on the side said “Wow”: “It’s different now that you’ve become the boss’s wife.”
Liu Xichao: “What are you talking about? I’m considering this for my younger brother. Can you guys have some human touch?”
Jiang Shulu: “Where’s the contract?”
He sat next to Tang Yue, assuming the posture of a family member.
Liu Xichao: “What for? Negotiation. As an older brother, I’m giving Tang Yue the best, okay?”
Jiang Shulu: “What else would it be?”
Liu Xichao: …
After five years, Tang Yue hadn’t improved at all in negotiating business. This contract looked very rigorous, but Jiang Shulu could still find loopholes.
The people responsible for signing at Chengkong Media had a headache.
Leaving aside that Jiang Shulu used to be their top boss, even now, ostensibly unemployed at home, his imposing manner hadn’t diminished in the slightest. And negotiating the contract for his little boyfriend, he was a bit murderous.
Tang Yue, on the other hand, sat aside chatting with Sister Lin.
Sister Lin: “You actually have a child? I watched the variety show, he’s so cute. I want to meet him some other day.”
Stylist: “Xiao Yue, you’re getting better and better looking. I’ve already thought about what direction to style you in.”
Tang Yue: “Really?”
Over there, Liu Xichao was speechless at Jiang Shulu’s posture of bargaining for his wife.
Here, Tang Yue was chatting happily when he was asked about the child’s mother.
Tang Yue gave an “Uh.” “That’s a secret.”
He suddenly thought of the problem of Xiao Mie’s existence. Should he confess, or treat it as if he was still a widowed single father…
Tang Yue subconsciously looked at Jiang Shulu.
The other party had finished the negotiation and asked the Chengkong staff to reprint the contract. Meeting Tang Yue’s gaze, he asked, “What’s wrong?”
The two people whom even the manager had misjudged as “not close” back then were sitting together, their intimacy visible to the naked eye.
Sister Lin narrowed her eyes and asked, “When exactly did you two get together?”
The whole team knew Tang Yue was afraid of Jiang Shulu.
Jiang Shulu: “This year.”
Sister Lin: “Really? That’s too fast.”
She wouldn’t believe there weren’t sparks back then. But having been an agent for so many years, when Jiang Shulu and Tang Yue went public, many people came to ask Lin Tong, their former agent, about it.
It was too embarrassing. Dereliction of duty as an agent—she had no idea.
Jiang Shulu: “It was I who realized it too late.”
Tang Yue: “No it wasn’t, it was I who realized too late.”
His hand unconsciously went to grab Jiang Shulu’s hand, and was firmly held back.
Sister Lin saw Tang Yue’s ring and asked in surprise, “Are you engaged?”
Tang Yue said “Oh.” “No, it’s a 20th birthday gift Shulu-ge gave me.”
Their relationship looked truly good, so good that it didn’t seem like they had just gotten together this year.
Until the signing was over, Sister Lin was still lamenting how she had been deceived back then.
Tang Yue: “I thought it was unrequited love.”
Jiang Shulu didn’t speak. He received an invitation from Liang Yi to bring Tang Yue to dinner.
That day, Chengkong Media released a Weibo post.
@Chengkong Media: Starting today, all of Mr. Tang Yue’s agency affairs will be handled by our company. Here’s to a happy cooperation for the next five years. @Away_Tang Yue, @Tang Yue Studio.
It wasn’t surprising that Tang Yue signed with Chengkong.
But what surprised everyone was the first group photo posted by Tang Yue Studio’s first Weibo post—the staff were all familiar faces to fans.
—Help! It’s all the people from Away back then!!
—Damn, the nostalgia is hitting hard.
—Am I the only one noticing Tang Yue’s ring? Is this an engagement?!!
—It’s only been a few days!! Less than half a month, why is the progress comparable to a rocket?
—But Jiang Shulu isn’t wearing a ring, so it probably doesn’t count as an engagement, right?
—My heart aches. I’m a Jiang Shulu fan. Damn, has he really let go of everything? Is he going to be Tang Yue’s personal assistant?
In the evening, Tang Yue and Jiang Shulu went to meet Liang Yi.
Tang Yue saw the comments on the studio’s Weibo, and subsequently updated his own Weibo.
The photo was one he had spent a long time piecing together.
The gifts Jiang Shulu bought for him on his birthday every year.
From twenty to twenty-five years old.
@Tang Yue: The five years we missed, the belated gifts, the rest of the life we won’t miss. [Image]
He labeled each year’s gift in the photo, but the last photo was of the cabinet in Jiang Shulu’s study.
Filled to overflowing with copper flowers.
All of it was the love Tang Yue once thought was beyond his reach.
Years later, he had it all.
— [Kidnapping ②]
Tang Yue and Jiang Shulu arrived at the destination orchard,
Only to find a silver-haired man dressed all in black at the scene.
The man was very tall and had an imposing aura; he didn’t look like a law-abiding citizen no matter how you looked at him.
Tang Yue: “Hello, where is my child?”
Jiang Shulu had already seen Tang Mian. behind the fence, chasing a sheep with another person.
That person looked exactly like Tang Yue.
Before the man in black could speak, Tang Dayue (Big Tang Yue) over there put Tang Mian on the sheep and brought him over.
Jiang Shulu watched with a twitching corner of his mouth as two people who looked exactly the same hugged and cried.
So loud it gave people a headache.
Tang Mian: “Can Daddy Shulu tell who is who?”
Jiang Shulu: “Of course.”
Tang Mian grabbed the other dad’s hem and whispered to Jiang Shulu, “This uncle is Dayue’s boss.”
Jiang Shulu: “Is that so?”
Tang Dayue over there: “I’m the boss.”
Tang Mian: “But you just called him Husband (Laogong).”
Tang Yue looked at this man for a long time, finally remembering where he had seen him.
He hesitated for a long time before greeting, “Uncle?”
Just as the other party nodded, Tang Dayue exclaimed “Wocao”: “Then isn’t he an old man?”
Tang Yue just wanted to explain he isn’t that old and why do you care about this problem, when he watched helplessly as Tang Dayue shouted “Beast!” and rushed over.
Then he was caught squarely in a hug.
Tang Yue: …
Jiang Shulu: …
Good thing we switched, otherwise Away wouldn’t have been able to debut.
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