C16 Part1

Translated by boilpoil Edited by boilpoil

“My acting is just fine, thank you very much,” Liu Yu’an says, slightly bitter.

“I have seen your TV dramas before,” Shao Yanxi swallows his food, then looks at Liu Yu’an with a ‘no need to be embarrassed look,’ and continues, “it’s usual to be bad at something at first. If you take the time to learn it by heart, then eventually you will definitely make a name for yourself.”

Before he went back in time, he would watch everything starring Liu Yu’an.

Back then, Liu Yu’an only ever appeared in one TV drama that aired.

For five episodes total, with about a dozen shots in them.

Just looking at those shots… And even being as blinded by love as he was, he still couldn’t praise Liu Yu’an for his acting.

It really is disastrous, which is also why this is one of the main points anti-fans would use to rip on him.

Liu Yu’an has no idea what he is thinking, of course, so he looks quietly at Shao Yanxi.

While pondering – how do I make it clear to you that I am good at acting.

So good that, in fact, if he wanted to, nobody could tell whether he was the real him or faking it.

But looking at Shao Yanxi, with that sincere ‘I wouldn’t say anything bad about you’-face.

He decides he will prove his words with his actions.

When Evernight airs, he’s going to drag Shao Yanxi along.

He'll definitely know whether his acting is good or not then.

“Don’t worry, one step at a time.”

“…” Liu Yu’an talks back, “I’m not giving up on myself.”

“Yes, of course,” Shao Yanxi replies, “keep it up, you can do it.”

Liu Yu’an decides not to say anything anymore. He quietly extends his hand to get a profiterole and move it to Shao Yanxi’s mouth.

The sudden feeding act is a surprise to Shao Yanxi, who reflexively leans his head back a little, before taking the profiterole away from Liu Yu’an’s hand, saying, “I’ll eat it myself.”

“Mm,” Liu Yu’an lets the profiterole go before asking, “is it tasty?”

He got it from a well-received shop close to the site of the audition, instead of the usual place down the block.

“It’s good enough,” Shao Yanxi replies.

After successfully switching the topic, Liu Yu’an continues, “then I’ll buy some more from them when I’m off work from the movie set.” If Shao Yanxi says ‘good enough,’ then it means ‘delicious.’

After some observation, Liu Yu’an has discovered that while Shao Yanxi isn’t picky with food, if it’s something he likes, then he’ll continuously strike at it before moving on to another dish.

And, he would only ever go up to ‘good enough’ in his appraisal.

Everything else is ‘alright.’

He will never say ‘bad’ or ‘don’t like’ or ‘so-so.’

At least, Liu Yu’an has never heard such remarks to date.

That, or everything he’s made and bought for him has been great.

“Sure,” Shao Yanxi replies, adding, “and I want more of this profiterole next time.”

It is the first time ever that Shao Yanxi has requested something of him, so Liu Yu’an can’t help but chuckle, “because I tried to feed you some just now?”

Shao Yanxi gives him a glance, which Liu Yu’an has successfully interpreted, despite its severe lack of facial expression, as ‘shameless.’

Then he laughs some more before asking, “anything else you want? Tell me. Or I can only pick randomly.”

Shao Yanxi wipes his mouth with a tissue before asking, “anything?”

“… Anything.”

“What if I say I want your handmade apple pie?” Shao Yanxi says with a nonchalant expression, but is looking directly at Liu Yu’an.

“…” Liu Yu’an is slightly surprised that Shao Yanxi is not actually just making requests, but already making such a personal request so soon.

Though, after Shao Yanxi sees that he is not immediately replying but seemingly blanking out, he quickly adds, “just kidding. There’s no need.”

After that, he walks over to his desk, saying, “time to get back to work.”

Of course, it’s troublesome to make pies, but, thinking about how Shao Yanxi has cared for him, with the resources and the teacher——Futile as they are, but these are all still valuable gestures… Thinking like that, Liu Yu’an suddenly feels that his unresponsiveness just now was rather uncalled for.

He told him to ask anything, but he hesitated when he actually asked.

He quickly adds, “I’ll make some pie, I’ll make it tomorrow…” He follows him to his desk, turning him around along with chair, making him face him, and ask, “are you angry?”

“I’m not,” Shao Yanxi says, “I have to go work.”

Then he tries to turn his comfy chair around.

But Liu Yu’an fixes him in place.

Shao Yanxi also gives up and looks back at Liu Yu’an.

Liu Yu’an leans towards him, and says, “I just didn’t expect you to ask for my apple pie, because I know I don’t actually make a good apple pie.”

“I like it,” Shao Yanxi says, “you think it’s not good because you don’t like sweets in general.”

“Maybe,” Liu Yu’an leans onto the desk, “but you also shouldn’t eat so much, if you keep eating like this, you might get cavities.”

“I haven’t eaten a lot.”

“I know you haven’t, but you also used to eat a lot less, didn’t you.”

Shao Yanxi wouldn’t go buy them himself, because of his pride.

So he didn’t have the opportunity to eat sweets much.

It’s only recently that Liu Yu’an got sweets for him every day.

“I have regular dental appointments,” Shao Yanxi says then pushes Liu Yu’an a bit, looking like he wants to end the conversation, “I need to work.”

“Sure, go ahead.”

If I don’t buy any, you wouldn’t have any anyway.

Liu Yu’an decides he’ll buy sweets once every two days from now on.

Shao Yanxi might have been suppressed for too long, so no matter how much sweets he’s bought, he’ll devour them all, without restraint.

God knows how his stomach fits it all. Even after all the stuff, he can still eat a full meal both during lunch and dinner.

And… He hasn’t gained any weight at all right now.

The next day, Liu Yu’an made apple pie. And, since he hasn’t much work these days, he also made other sweets as well for the days following.

Though, only once every two days.

The first time Liu Yu’an showed up with only fruit in his hand, Shao Yanxi stared at them in excess of 10 seconds.

When he finally looked up, you can practically read ‘Fruits? Where’s my afternoon snacks’ on his face.

Liu Yu’an explained, “from now on, sweets once every two days. The other day you’ll eat something healthy,” or you can go buy sweets yourself.

And he is absolutely confident that Shao Yanxi would never buy or ask someone to buy it for him himself.

He’s absolutely right too. As reluctant as Shao Yanxi was, he had no choice but to comply.

Though when he was eating the fruit, Liu Yu’an could still read ‘unhappy’ from his face despite his lack of facial expressions.

For some reason, it makes Liu Yu’an really want to chuckle.

Though he holds it in.

Finally, it’s the day to begin shooting Evernight. Apparently, today is some sort of day of fortune for that according to director He.

As the third male lead, Liu Yu’an is present in the ceremony.

He went with xiao-Zhang, in the company (Shao Yanxi)’s newly arranged limited edition nanny van.

The moment they stepped off the van, Liu Yu’an is receiving gazes from all around. It’s quite the shock.

He can’t help but turn around and ask xiao-Zhang, “xiao-Zhang, am I… this famous already?”

“No. It’s the van.” xiao-Zhang is practically a Shao Yanxi number 2, minus the cuteness.

“… Oh.”

Then he glances back over the ride that carried him over, and takes xiao-Zhang’s word for it.

Apparently, there are only ten of these vans in the world.

Money only does not guarantee one.

Elsewhere, people might not recognise it, but here, in the entertainment industry, people are still rather receptive to nanny vans.

They have all seen Liu Yu’an’s ride before… in the news.

Only, in the news.

They never expected to see it in action, and are all surprised, guessing whether it is the male or female protagonist, or the female deuteragonist’s ride.

Some say it’s the female protagonist because she is from an influential, politically connected family, but someone else immediately rejects it, “impossible. Driving something so flashy with such a connection? Is she not afraid she’ll be reported? I think it’s the second female lead. I heard she’s from a rich family. She has a mansion measured in acres in Lai, I think.”

“Maybe it’s the male lead. He’s a big spender and enjoys life right? And he’s earned quite a bit these years too.”

Though nobody guessed Liu Yu’an, because, apparently he only has a sugar daddy.

And he’s not even famous.

So he would never have such a car. At least, not a car that money alone can’t buy, because, what kind of sugar daddy would be bored enough to get him such a reward?

If it’s someone that’s willing to go to the lengths it takes to buy such a car from abroad, rather than a sugar daddy, it’ll be more likely it’s a true love – something Liu Yu’an doesn’t have.

So, that is why everyone’s jaws are on the floor as Liu Yu’an gets off his van.

They are all in disbelief, looking as if they all swallowed a fly .

Could it seriously be… a true love instead of a sugar daddy?

Liu Yu’an has no idea what they’re thinking, so he decides not to mull over it and ignores them, and walks towards the director to greet him.

When he saw him though, he suddenly recalls that he hasn’t replied to Mrs. Jiang Chunli yet.

He should call her when he’s free later today as he watches the director order the staff around to set up a table and put the sacrificial roasted pig onto it, and place some fruits on its side as decoration before putting down an incense burner.

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