Sheng Xing Ze tilted his head and looked at Yu Bai with an unclear smile on his face.
Yu Bai struggled to keep his eyes straight on the road ahead, just that the other's eyes were staring at him very hard. He was embarrassed by Sheng Xing Ze and simply found an empty space to stop the car.
"Is there a problem?" He said with a blank face. In fact, his heart was not as calm as he showed it. There was like a small little worm hitting onto the drum bang bang, and his heartbeat drumming numbed the eardrum.
Sheng Xing Ze pretended to cover his chest with a happy face, "I didn't expect that I would finally be able to experience the mistress living in a golden house situation."
Sheng Xing Ze laughed after he finished speaking, and the whole car echoed with his sweet laughter.
Sometimes Yu Bai really wanted to pry Sheng Xing Ze's brain open to see what weird things were being stored inside. Why he always spat out such strange thoughts.
He was very glad that he stopped the car just now, otherwise tomorrow's headline may be "The popular Film Emperor and the popular newcomer suffered a car accident on the outskirts, the reason is..."
"You're thinking too much," He straightened up his face and did not bother to look at the person next to him. He took out his phone and pretended to check the navigation. After typing on the keyboard for a long time, he was not able to put in the correct address.
Sheng Xing Ze certainly did not believe that Yu Bai really had to rely on navigation to go to his house. After all, the gated community was also where the man's parents lived. Even if he was not familiar with the place, he would still remember how to get there at least.
In order to protect Yu Bai's little self-esteem, he did not expose Yu Bai. Sheng Xing Ze propped up his arm to lean his chin on it while staring out of the window, pretending to not care about what the other man was doing.
"Film Emperor Yu, don't you think we are a little bit too fast? Everyone says that when you're falling in love, there are stages you should take: holding hands, hugging, kissing, and living together, how can you just jump straight to the last step."
This sentence was spoken quite lightly, but in Yu Bai's ears it was like a thunder hitting the ground. His head was blank and he tried to calm himself down.
Who wants to fall in love with him.
"Employee benefits," Yu Bai took a deep breath and said coldly, reignited the car to ready to set off, and he made it clear that he did not want to listen to Sheng Xing Ze's weird thoughts again.
Sheng Xing Ze caught the loopholes in his words, and his acting skill got switched on as he asked with exaggeration and surprise, "Are we in a relationship?"
"Are you going to move in or not?" Yu Bai was impatient.
"Xing Lan" filming had ended, then he and Sheng Xing Ze each would have their own work to take care of, they could not be together everyday like before. Thinking about being separated from Sheng Xing Ze for a long time, and during this time, he had no idea how many more people Sheng Xing Ze would attract, what if the man met someone he really likes, then the man's lover would certainly be unable to withstand such an offensive personality.
The more he thought about it, the more Yu Bai could not help but feel irritated.
"I'll move in."
Hearing Sheng Xing Ze finally gave the desired answer, a huge stone in Yu Bai's heart finally being let go.
Sheng Xing Ze felt the other finally relaxed, he laughed quietly in his heart.
He is such a tsundere.
He knew that it was the best choice to live with Yu Bai now. Once "Xing Lan" started to air, his popularity would reach a peak. At that time, he really needed a tight security community, Yu Bai's house met that requirement.
Moreover, he would get to see such an eye-candy boss everyday, it was not really a bad thing now that he thought about it.
"The rent will be deducted from your salary," Yu Bai pretended to not care when saying this, but he actually peeked at Sheng Xing Ze at the corner of his eye, and if the other did not want to live at his house, it would not be such a big problem.
Sheng Xing Ze played with his hair, "President Yu, can I pay with my body?"
Yu Bai shut up, he should not say anything, and he deserved to be teased by the other for it.
Yu Bai drove Sheng Xing Ze back to the other's home in silence. No matter what Sheng Xing Ze said, he refused to say another word.
Although Sheng Xing Ze did not get a positive response from Yu Bai, the man's bloody red ears had made him feel very satisfied.
Once they entered the gated community, Sheng Xing Ze saw Mother Sheng and Mother Yu walking side by side from afar, and Xiao Bai happily wandered around their feet, sticking out his pink tongue.
"I see my mother, I would like to thank Film Emperor Yu for sending me home," Sheng Xing Ze was like a kindergarten child who just got out of school and could not wait to see his parents.
Yu Bai did not intend to let the other get off the car yet, he slowly drove the car in the direction of the two mothers, his voice was low, "I see my mother too."
Sheng Xing Ze retreated his hand from the interior door handle, he paused for a moment, then he clasped his fist with one hand and chuckled softly, "We indeed are being brought together by fate."
Yu Bai nodded, "I didn't expect such a coincidence."
Yu Bai slowly drove the car to the two mothers. Sheng Xing Ze rolled down the window and poked out his head. He waved excitedly to the two mothers.
"Mom, Auntie, I'm back." Sheng Xing Ze smiled at them with eyes curved into a big smile. Mother Sheng rubbed his head in surprise and printed a bright red lipstick mark on Sheng Xing Ze's face. Only then she realized the one driving him was not Assistant Mi He Qiu she had met before.
Seeing Mother Sheng finally noticed him, Yu Bai was a little nervous, as if he was meeting with his partner's parents for the first time, it was quite exciting.
"Hello Auntie, I'm Yu Bai."
"Hello, I'm Sheng Xing Ze's mother," Mother Sheng tugged her wavy hair into her shawl, she then turned to look at Mother Yu. Mother Yu's smile was still very gentle as she warmly said, "Finally, I was able to let you meet this son of mine."
Although her tone said that she did not want to see Yu Bai, the happiness was clearly shown on Mother Yu's face.
Xiao Bai excitedly pounced on the car window when seeing Yu Bai, the man reached out to rub a head full of white hair, before Mother Yu took Xiao Bai away.
After greeting the two mothers, Yu Bai drove the car with Sheng Xing Ze still inside into the garage first.
"Da Bai?" Sheng Xing Ze teased.
"Xing Xing," Yu Bai countered calmly.
The two of them had heard the name of the neighbor's child countless times in their mothers' mouths. Today, they learned that the neighbor's child had always been the other person next to them.
After the car was parked, the two of them stood at the door of their unit to wait for the two mothers to return.
From a distance, they saw Xiao Bai dragging Mother Yu to rush toward Yu Bai. Mother Yu could not deal with it, so she bent down to untie the leash on it and let Xiao Bai run over to her son. Without restraint, Xiao Bai was like a wild dog, rushing to Yu Bai's side, shaking his tail excitedly and sticking out his tongue in happiness.
Yu Bai touched Xiao Bai's head, and Xiao Bai licked his hand excitedly.
"I had wanted to introduce you two, but I didn't expect you to have already known each other," Mother Yu and Mother Sheng teased them as they came closer, "this world sure is small, such a coincidence can be encountered by our families."
Sheng Xing Ze stooped and touched Xiao Bai who was still rubbing his head on Yu Bai's leg, then he looked up at Yu Bai to deliberately lengthen the words, "Xiao Bai."
Yu Bai quietly poked Sheng Xing Ze's lower back, Sheng Xing Ze dodged with a smile, and the two men were being taken home by their own mother after some teasing.
On New Year's Eve, the sound of firecrackers came as scheduled. Nearing New Year's Eve dinner, each family lit the firecrackers in their yard, and in the midst of those firecrackers' sound, Father Sheng brought out plate after plate of good food.
Father Sheng made a large table of New Year's Eve dinner, and Sheng Xing Ze quickly took photos to show them off to his friends, attracting jealousy from the recipients.
Yu Bai: Is it delicious?
Sheng Xing Ze: [hiccup.gif]
Sheng Xing Ze: I'll let you have a taste next time.
Yu Bai: What do you do after eating?
Sheng Xing Ze: Probably watching Spring Festival programs, what about you?
Yu Bai: Looking after a child, little niece.
Yu Bai sent a picture of the little girl to Sheng Xing Ze. The little girl with Nezha hairstyle stood staring back at the camera, she even made a "yeah" sign with her fingers.
Sheng Xing Ze praised that she looked cute, then continued to message back and forth with Yu Bai.
When it was nearing twelve o'clock, someone started to fire the fireworks outside the window. A loud "bang" shot up to the sky and burst into beautiful color fireworks in the sky. Some of them were like a meteor hovering over the night sky, some were like marigolds happily blooming, and some were like a fairy scattered flowers, a lot of flowers falling from the sky.
Sheng Xing Ze leaned over on the balcony, his eyes reflecting the colorful sight outside, shining like a galaxy.
Father Sheng and Mother Sheng sat on the sofa talking, and Sheng Xing Ze stood outside on the balcony so he could not hear what their conversation was about. The warm yellow light reflected on their faces which had some light wrinkles, making their features look even more gentle.
Recalling every New Year's Eve before he transmigrated, since his mother had passed away, he could only stay in the room by himself. A family of three with a father, a stepmother, and a brother was enjoying themselves downstairs. During those times, he felt extremely lonely.
Later on, he had decided to never return home for the New Year. He really did not like New Year at all, because he was afraid to see the scene of family reunion, like a thorn deeply penetrated into his heart.
A loud ringtone woke him out of his memories, Sheng Xing Ze was stunned for a moment, and pressed the answer button when the ringtone rang for the second time.
"Are you looking outside?" Sheng Xing Ze pretended to be relaxed.
"Really lively," Yu Bai's deep voice came from the receiver.
Sheng Xing Ze tried his best to cover up his emotions and asked casually in his usual tone, "You don't need to accompany your little niece?"
"She's sleeping," Yu Bai was keenly aware that Sheng Xing Ze was in a bad mood. He picked up his jacket and went out while making a gesture that he will be back to his family.
The sound of fireworks outside overshadowed the small details on the phone, and Sheng Xing Ze could only hear a sound of closing the door from the other line.
"Are you going out?" he asked unsure.
"You misheard it," Yu Bai retorted indifferently and stepped up to the unit where Sheng Xing Ze's family house was at.
Sheng Xing Ze turned around and leaned back on the railing, looking up at the fireworks above his head, the two of them listened quietly to the breathing sounds from each other through the phone receiver, the host on the Spring Festival Gala TV in the living room was counting down loudly, Father Sheng asked Mother Sheng to shout with him.
When the last number was being shouted out, the two people on the phone said in unison.
"Happy New Year," Sheng Xing Ze said to the person on the phone with a smile.
"Happy New Year," Yu Bai responded to him with a magnetic voice coming from the phone, "look down."
Sheng Xing Ze turned around and looked downstairs. Yu Bai was standing downstairs in a black jacket, with one hand in his pocket, holding his phone in one hand and looking up at him with a smile.
A bunch of fireworks exploded in Sheng Xing Ze's heart at this very moment.