By the time He Qing got home.
Xu Yanche was having dinner with He Yumo, Jiang Qian, and He Jing.
When he saw He Qing return.
While eating a meat bun, he pulled out the chair beside him and patted it. "Qingqing Darling, go wash your hands, then come eat."
The tips of He Qing's ears reddened slightly, but he pretended to be calm. "Mm."
Playing it cool. He's obviously embarrassed, yet he's pretending nothing happened. So cute.
The other three people at the table all looked at Xu Yanche with complicated expressions.
He Jing thought, Her little sister-in-law truly was her little sister-in-law. Her way of thinking was different from everyone else's.
Everyone else's assessment of her brother was: cold and heartless, strangers keep out.
Her little sister-in-law's assessment of her brother was: cute and easily embarrassed.
She studied her brother's expression seriously and seemed to notice something unusual.
He really did seem to be embarrassed.
During the meal, Xu Yanche kept putting food into He Qing's bowl and occasionally teased him a few times.
He Qing looked aloof and uninterested.
But he obediently ate every dish Xu Yanche placed in his bowl.
He was not picky at all.
He Yumo and Jiang Qian both stared at He Qing in shock.
They knew their own son better than anyone.
Ever since he grew up, he had refused to eat food placed in his bowl by others.
He would not eat it even if it was served with communal chopsticks, let alone when Xu Yanche used his own chopsticks.
And not only had their precious son not minded, he had eaten every bite.
He had even eaten the boiled egg he usually disliked.
They admired Xu Yanche even more now.
They increasingly felt that the Xu Household must have been blind.
Xu Yanche was practically their family's lucky star.
After dinner, He Qing drove Xu Yanche to the film set.
When they passed a fruit shop, he bought Xu Yanche some fruit, but no mangoes.
Seeing Xu Yanche secretly trying to slip in some mangoes.
He expressionlessly put the mangoes back and picked other fruit for Xu Yanche instead.
Xu Yanche: "..."
Ahhh, why? Why won't you buy me mangoes? Why? Why, exactly? It's all my fault. I made love sound too beautiful, while reality is just too tempting.
He Qing: "..."
His little wife's mental state really did not seem very good.
It looked like he would need to spend more time with him in the future.
When they arrived at the set, Xu Yanche did not get out right away.
He slowly unfastened his seat belt first.
Then, while He Qing was not paying attention, he grabbed He Qing by the collar and tugged him closer.
He kissed He Qing on the lips, his tongue slipping inside.
It was a light but deep kiss.
After kissing him.
Xu Yanche said in an overbearing CEO tone, "Man, you have successfully caught my attention. I'm very satisfied this time. Keep it up next time."
After saying that, he carried his fruit and marched proudly toward the set.
Leaving He Qing sitting in the car, somewhat stunned.
Actually, He Qing had done it on purpose.
He Qing could hear Xu Yanche's thoughts and knew he intended to kiss him.
So he acted along with what Xu Yanche had imagined for a while.
He touched the lips that had just been kissed.
The tips of his ears were faintly red. Soft.
Then his eyes darkened with turbulent emotion.
Next time, I won't let you leave so easily. I'll have to collect some interest.
He absolutely would not let his little wife tease someone and run away like this again.
Ten days later, Xu Yanche had just wrapped filming. That evening, while having dinner with the crew, he received a call from Zhang Yue.
He answered it, put it on speaker, and set the phone on the table.
He swiftly snatched the last shrimp from the hotpot before Fei Yiming could get it.
"What's wrong, Sister Zhang?"
Zhang Yue's voice on the other end sounded somewhat desolate. "Yanche, the company has gone bankrupt. We're unemployed."
Because Xu Yanche had moved faster, he got the last shrimp.
Under Fei Yiming's longing gaze, he ate it. "It's good that it went bankrupt. Now we won't be ruthlessly exploited anymore. I was originally thinking of terminating my contract, but now I don't have to pay a penalty. What a great thing. We should celebrate properly, hahaha."
Zhang Yue: "..." Wuwuwuwu, she had nearly forgotten. She was the only one who was truly poor now.
Xu Yanche was now worth several hundred million. Wuwuwuwu, she was the only one who was truly unemployed.
But Xu Yanche's next words made her so happy she nearly took off.
Xu Yanche tossed mushrooms into the pot to cook, then picked up the bottle beside him and clinked it with several lead actors and the director.
"What's there to be sad about? I'll take you to the top. Tomorrow, I'll bring you to Star Sea Entertainment to report in. You'll continue being my manager."
Zhang Yue: "!!!" There was such a good thing?
Star Sea Entertainment was one of the top entertainment companies in the industry and had produced many Best Actors and Best Actresses.
It had an excellent reputation.
And Star Sea Entertainment belonged to the He Household. Xu Yanche was now He Qing's partner.
By then, resources would definitely be delivered to Xu Yanche in droves.
There would be no need to worry about lacking opportunities.
All she would need to do was lie back and count money.
"Yanyan, I didn't spoil you for nothing."
Xu Yanche enunciated every word clearly. "Wrong. I'm your father. You insolent daughter, how dare you show such disrespect."
Zhang Yue hung up in anger. "..." Fine, fine. That tiny bit of gratitude she had just felt was gone now.