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A Contractual Marriage with the Best Leading Actor Chapter 68
Mr. Xi, the Study Companion (1)
As the editing is done after the live broadcast, the actual airing on TV was a little behind time.
At this point, the sea of flowers was being shown on TV. A few people were sitting together in the cafeteria, eating as they talked amongst each other. “Youngsters these days have so many fascinating ways to court each other.”
A man slowly walked towards the table. He was dressed in a suit, but he looked a lot like someone who’d be selling insurance for a living. “Where’s Old Bai?”
He looked up at the TV, amused as he said, “What’s up with the TV stations these days? The cook said that this show has been on repeat.”
The people at the table quickly addressed him. “President Peng.” They laughed as they explained, “It’s different today. Episode 2 is airing right now! To be honest, the show’s pretty interesting
 It’ll be even more interesting if the celebrities actually went farming, haha.”
“Old Bai was the one who asked us to play this! He’s usually totally engrossed in this show when he eats every day.”
“Exactly
 Old Bai was just here, but he left to pick up a call. President Peng, why don’t you sit here and wait for a bit?”
President Peng nodded once and said, “Nah, I’ll head out.” Just then, he noticed a familiar face on TV
 ‘That person looks like Bai Shan’s son
’  President Peng was shocked, ‘No way! Bai Shan wouldn’t be here working for me if his son could appear on TV!’ President Peng shook his head and quickly left to find Bai Shan.
Papa Bai was still on the phone with his wife. He sounded a little blue as he said, “Our son is still the good son that I know, he loves his partner. My problem is that his significant other is just too tall. Even with his shirt on, I can tell that he’s more muscular than our son
”
Su Meixian kept quiet.
“Our son messaged me yesterday to say that he’d be going back to campus for exams after he finished filming
” Papa Bai said, sounding a lot happier than before.
Papa Bai paused and asked, “Did he text you too?”
“Yup,” Su Meixian replied.
“... Okay,” Papa Bai said dryly.
“Well, he is a married man.” Papa Bai let out a long sigh. “Little, Little Xi was it? His surname is Xi? He’s pretty good-looking. Ah, what was it called, he’s eye-catching. I’ve seen him acting in dramas
”
Papa Bai paused, and then said, “Do you think we can sell his autographed photo for money?”
Su Meixian was puzzled.
“Old Bai!” President Peng shouted from behind him, and Papa Bai quickly hung up.
“President Peng,” Papa Bai said as he turned around.
“No need, no need. Just call me Old Peng.” President Peng smiled and walked nearer to him. He gently patted Papa Bai on his shoulder and said, “We received a call about the money
”
“How much is it?” Papa Bai asked.
“It’s three hundred thousand
 Should I help you first? I can deduct it from your salary.”
Papa Bai hesitated. “How about, give me the salary for this month first, Sorry for the trouble, President Peng.”
President Peng looked at him, surprised.
Papa Bai smiled. “It’s almost New Year, it’s not a big deal for me, but my son is bringing his significant other home.”
President Peng remained oddly silent for a few seconds before he said, “Oh, is your son married?”
“He’s married,” Papa Bai said, feeling a little guilty. ‘His significant other is a man though.’
President Peng observed his expression and said, “Congratulations.” Then, he turned to leave. When he was further away, he muttered to himself, “So now Old Bai knows how to lie.”


When Xi Chengyun and Bai Qi got off the plane, they received a phone call notifying them that the apartment was all tidied up. It was then that Shang Guang found out that Xi Chengyun had cleared his schedule for the next few days. He was pretty shocked but chose to not say anything.
“Please take some time to rest as well. You’ve been too busy lately.”
When Xi Chengyun got serious, work seemed like the only thing in life that interested him. Sometimes, Shang Guang truly hoped that Xi Chengyun would take time off to rest. This was also why Shang Guang hadn’t suspected that the story Bai Qi told was actually made up by speculative accounts.
“Mn. I’ll read the script from Director Meng in the meantime.”
Shang Guang was tearing up on the inside. Xi Chengyun was truly the epitome of a hardworking celebrity within their circle, excluding his sudden marriage.
“Alright, I won’t bother you for the next two days,” Shang Guang said as he considerately closed the door behind himself.
“Mn.” When Xi Chengyun turned around, he realized that didn’t hear anything coming from Bai Qi. Both of them would be sleeping in separate rooms; Bai Qi would be sleeping in the secondary bedroom.
Xi Chengyun knocked on the secondary bedroom’s door, “Aren’t you having dinner?”
Bai Qi’s voice came from under the sheets. “Nope. I just ate bread, you can go ahead. I have to wake up at 5 in the morning tomorrow.”
It’s been quite some time since Xi Chengyun graduated, he was unsure as he asked, “You have exams so early in the morning?”
“No, but I need to go to the library. You don’t know just how packed the library is on the weekends! I won’t be able to get a spot if I’m late,” Bai Qi quickly said and closed his eyes.
“Goodnight!”
Xi Chengyun had no choice but to go back to his bedroom. He flipped through the new script from Director Meng
 ‘Why is the writing so boring? The dialogs are dry and the characters have no depth.’
Xi Chengyun casually threw the script away and took a seat on a chair outside. From that spot, he could see the buildings of Jing University clearly.
‘Should I ask someone to help keep a spot for Bai Qi tomorrow morning?’ Xi Chengyun suddenly thought, but then decided against it.
At this moment, it was announced to the public that there would be a delay in the airing of the next episode of ‘The Perfectly Wedded Pair’.
【Why?】
【I want more!】
【Are you all crazy? Why stop airing the next episode when the popularity is at its peak?】
The show's official page posted a Weibo post to say that ‘Although we won’t be uploading a new episode, we still have lots of unaired BTS footage’.
【I want the BTS footage and the actual episode. Figure out how to do it】
Yet, no matter how much the netizens pleaded, the official page never announced the cancellation of the delay. Many people were ‘wailing’ as they rushed to watch the BTS scenes.
The clip of Bai Qi teaching the guests how to play cards reached 30 million views, many of the viewers typed ‘666’ in the bullet comments section.