The jet reached Lai in half an hour. When the three got off the plane, the sky was only getting dark. Now they are heading for the parking lot through the VIP passage.
Inside, Shao Yanxiâs driver is already waiting. He quickly comes up to them and takes Liu Yuâanâs suitcase, as he is the only one carrying one.
Shao Yanxi and assistant He rushed over with nothing but the clothes on their backs when Shao Yanxi heard Liu Yuâan was appearing in the same show with Yue Zhun while he was working.
The only change of clothes they currently have, also stowed away in Liu Yuâanâs suitcase, were bought by the assistant the next day after they arrived, at the town at the base of the hill.
Anyway, they get onto the car, with Liu Yuâan and Shao Yanxi occupying the backseats as the assistant enters the passengerâs seat. As soon as the duo are sat, they start whispering into each otherâs ears.
The assistant is bored already; he closes his eyes and ignores the bitterness growing in his chest. But then he decides to sneak a peek at Mr. driver right next to him, interested in his reaction.
He realises, though, that the driver is unresponsive, as if he is an emotionless machine, focused solely on his objective of driving.
Assistant He ââŚâ
Really, heâs impressed. Heâll even give him a âlike.â
Professionals always ignore everything but their work when working.
Therefore, he decides to take his phone out and also finish up the job he couldnât finish on the jet; he must also strive to become an emotionless work machine.
Unfortunately for him, the two lovebirds causing his distress are blissfully unaware, completely absorbed in their romantic chat bubble.
Meanwhile, though Liu Yuâan and co. had an easy time coming home, the showâs staff and cast are having a hard time at the airport thanks to the crowd of reporters and He Anranâs fans, so much so theyâre practically having microphones stuffed into their mouths.
In the end, the airport security had to mobilise along with the combined teams of bodyguards of each celebrity to finally send them out of the airport safely. Of course, director Lang promising to hold a press conference a few days later also helped.
Liu Yuâan was already home surfing WeChat when he learned about this.
Looking at the chaotic scene at the airport on the news, Liu Yuâan canât help but feel relieved he didnât come back with the show. Thinking so, he turns his head to plant a kiss on Shao Yanxi, who is surprised, before kissing Liu Yuâan back.
Liu Yuâan chuckles.
Shao Yanxi is staring at Liu Yuâanâs lips, where he bit him hard before and is swollen. He feels a little bit ashamed, and gets a band-aid for Liu Yuâan, pointing to his own mouth when Liu Yuâan looked at him.
Liu Yuâan shakes his head, then leans his face forward and physically pouts his lip forward for Shao Yanxi to put it onto him.
Though Shao Yanxi misreads his signal, and hesitates a bit before planting another kiss right onto Liu Yuâanâs mouth.
Liu Yuâan is surprised, though he realises what he is thinking when Shao Yanxi hands him the band-aid again. He feels like laughing but doesnât dare.
He says, holding back his laughter while pointing at his own mouth, âI canât see it, help me put it on?â
Shao Yanxi then realises he was thinking too much earlier. Heâs a bit embarrassed again.
Though this surfaces as just another cold expression, not unlike his usual expressionlessness, so nobody but Liu Yuâan would realise, if they were looking, that is.
Shao Yanxi emotionlessly opens up the band-aid, then sticks it onto Liu Yuâanâs lips, pressing with his fingers lightly to secure it.
Suddenly, Liu Yuâan opens his mouth and leans forward, Shao Yanxiâs finger thus slides right into Liu Yuâanâs mouth.
As if it was scalding hot, Shao Yanxi quickly snaps his finger back out, and retreats quickly with his face reddened. Liu Yuâan canât hold back his laughter anymore behind him, then he stands up as heâs laughing and catches up, then hugs Shao Yanxi, kissing him on the earlobe as well. Thanks to that, the band-aid comes loose; he ignores it because Shao Yanxi is practically melting under his kiss. He asks, with a chuckle, âdo you want it?â
Shao Yanxi looks outside the window, where twilight is dying, âitâs barely past eight.â
Liu Yuâan ââŚâ
Didnât expect him to be this conservative.
âItâs getting dark already,â then he pushes Shao Yanxi onto the sofa and kisses him.
But then Shao Yanxi pushes him away in the middle of it. Liu Yuâan is a bit surprised and sad, âwhatâs wrong?â
Then he sees Shao Yanxi pull out a phone charger from under his back with an angry look on his face.
Liu Yuâan breaks out into a burst of even louder laughter, and the romantic mood is completely gone.
That is when Liu Yuâanâs phone rings. Itâs Ren Jianzhang. Shao Yanxi sees it and walks out of sight.
Liu Yuâan takes the call, âRen-ge? Whatâs up?â
âAre you home yet?â
âYeah.â
âTake a look at your WeChat account, and share the post from the show and He Anran, and also take a few selfies.â
âI get the sharing part, whatâs with selfies?â
âYouâre an idol!â Liu Yuâan can practically hear the teeth grinding from across the phone.
âAlright, alright,â Liu Yuâan says.
He hangs up then logs back onto WeChat. Currently, three of the top ten Trending topics are theirs.
#HARâs injury#
#Celebs Wilderness Survival#
#LYA catches snake barehanded#
Seems like the show is going to be popular.
Liu Yuâan then reads the official post from the show. It says that He Anran was not actually hurt, and then recounts his snake-suppression in detail, @ing all the celebrities in the end.
They even have a video attached, of him catching the snake; while he didnât think much at the time, he didnât expect himself to look so handsome on camera. He feels like even heâs a bit fascinated with himself here.
That is when Shao Yanxi also pokes his head out to see, Liu Yuâan sees him and asks without thinking, âwell? Is your hubby handsome?â
Then his heart sinks. Oops. This teasingâs definitely overboard.
As expected, Shao Yanxi then looks away and immediately taunts him, âhandsome, my arse!â
He doesnât sound like heâs joking though. In fact, this is the first time heâs heard Shao Yanxi swearing after knowing him for so long.
Liu Yuâan is thinking about how to soothe Shao Yanxi thinking heâs angry heâs calling himself his husband when Shao Yanxi gives him a fierce glare and says, âthat is a snake ! Snakes are poisonous, you know?! And you went after it empty-handed! Do you think youâre a cat with nine lives? If anything were to happen to youâŚâ
Liu Yuâan finally realises he isnât angry about the âhubbyâ thing.
Itâs because he went after the snake unprotected; he is worrying.
He canât help but feel a sweet, bitter feeling grow out of his chest. He pulls Shao Yanxi into his embrace and kisses him on his nape, apologising, âIâm sorry, Iâve made you worried. I would never do that again in the future.â
âIâm not worried about you at all.â Shao Yanxi turns his head away.
Liu Yuâan chuckles, and follows up, âyes, youâre not worried. I just donât want to do it anymore.â
âWho knows what snake it is in the middle of the wild. What if it was a super poisonous snake that kills with one bite?â Shao Yanxi starts scolding him again.
âI know. I would never ever do that again.â
Shao Yanxi continues scolding while Liu Yuâan continues guaranteeing. And finally, Shao Yanxi lets him off the hook, âyou better remember what you said just now.â
âRight, right, I definitely will,â Liu Yuâan promises, again, âI will act with my own safety as the top priority, and never put myself into danger without a second thought.â
Though the mood is ruined by Shao Yanxiâs stomach rumbling. Liu Yuâan glances over it and asks, âhow long until your takeout order arrives?â
Since they were both away for several days, the fridge was emptied out.
âItâs 200 metres away. Go get it,â Shao Yanxi pushes him; their neighbourhood is closed to outsiders, so they need to get it themselves.
âSure,â as soon as he says it, the delivery guy is ringing Shao Yanxiâs phone.
Liu Yuâan quickly heads out and gets the delivery. When heâs back, Shao Yanxi has already washed the dishes for Liu Yuâan to pour the delivery into.
Then itâs dinner time; though itâs interrupted by another call from Ren Jianzhang.
Liu Yuâan doesnât feel like taking his call. It kind of feels like every time he takes a call from him something would go wrong between him and Shao Yanxi; though with Shao Yanxi giving him glances, Liu Yuâan still accepts the call.
As expected, heâs yelled at, âjeez, youâre finally picking up, can you stop making trouble for one second?â
âTrouble what?â
âTrouble what? What?!â Ren Jianzhang sounds furious, âwhy did you only share the official post and not He Anranâs personal post, that has @âed you personally?!â
Liu Yuâan â!!!â
He forgot!
Itâs all Shao Yanxiâs fault though. Honest.
Liu Yuâan glances over and then quickly tells Ren Jianzhang, âI forgot.â
âYou!â Ren Jianzhang sounds like he has difficulty breathing over there, âLiu Yuâan, if one day I suddenly die of stroke, youâre paying for my funeral.â
âNo way.â
Ren Jianzhang doesnât have time to argue with him in any case, and orders him, âimmediately go share the post and say your phone is out of power. Quickly.â
âAlright,â Liu Yuâan agrees.
He hangs up and opens his WeChat back up, to find it completely overrun already. 99+ DMs. As expected of a top tier popular idol.
It takes several seconds for his WeChat to finally load â on the Trending Topics list, the fact that he shared the showâs post but not He Anranâs post is somehow #2 Trending.
⌠Jeez.
Then he quickly moves on to He Anranâs account and reads what sheâs writing.
He_Anranâď¸: Iâm alright, thanks everyone for your support. I would also like to personally thank our showâs @Liu_Yuâan gege, your moves really were amazing! I didnât even react and the snake was already caught. (Quoted) @Celebs_Wilderness_Survivalâď¸: âŚ
Liu Yuâan quickly shares the post.
Liu_Yuâanâď¸: Youâre welcome. Anyone would have helped in such a situation. (Quoted) He_Anranâď¸: ⌠(Doubled Quoted) @Celebs_Wilderness_Survivalâď¸: âŚ
His job done, Liu Yuâan then posts a status update for himself, âPhone ran out of power while browsing comments after sharing the showâs post. Oops.â
Then, he soon discovers that someone is already explaining for him under the topicâs posts.
BlindFool: Ananâs phone must have run out of batteries. Letâs all calm down and wait for his explanation.
Liu Yuâan ââŚâ
Quite stunningly accurate, huh.
So Liu Yuâan decides to look up the other cutie called âMyAnan.â Though there hasnât been a comment from them recently. They must be busy.
As he was thinking that, âMyAnanâ has already shared and commented on his post from just now.
MyAnan: Gege has posted an explanation. I believe in him. (Quoted) Liu_Yuâanâď¸: âŚ
Liu Yuâan chuckles. Heh, fangirls these days⌠Then he raises his head, and sees Shao Yanxi is currently browsing on his phone with an exceedingly serious expression.