She said we were having an affair

"I guarantee you, if you ever do that again, I won't hesitate to crush your balls."

His gaze unreadable, Chi An finished speaking in a leisurely tone, yanked his hand back, and helped himself to a few cherries from Fu Yanci's pants pocket. Without giving him another glance, he strode off.

The cameraman stood behind Fu Yanci, a little afraid to approach. Back at the airport, he had witnessed just how vicious Fu Yanci could be with his words.

Clearly, he only reined in his temper around Chi An. After that dressing-down from Chi An, who knew whether he would lose his temper?

He furtively pointed the camera at Fu Yanci's face. The fury he had imagined never appeared. Instead, a suspicious flush spread across Fu Yanci's face, and the moment he saw the camera aimed at him, he turned his back.

"Don't film me right now. I'm feeling shy."

He scampered after Chi An, leaving the cameraman and viewers utterly baffled.

[???]

[...What did he just say?]

[When someone looks very stable, they've actually already gone insane.]

[What the hell?! I thought this side would have something different, but it's just two guys playing up the gay fan service here? So slutty.]

[What an eyesore! We'd be better off watching Wanqing. I seriously don't know what everyone is hyping up.]

[? What the hell just crawled in here?]

[Lu Wanqing's fans? We haven't even started mocking them, and they've already come over here barking? Do they think we're dead?!]

[I think your tear ducts are connected to your bladders, and your eyeballs are leaking piss. Everything looks slutty to you! Dissing the men under my protection?! I'd scoop shit off the roadside and shove it in your mouth so you could taste how salty it is and learn who you shouldn't mess with!]

[These two men are under our protection. Got it?]

Meanwhile, Lu Wanqing's manager saw the nasty comments that had inexplicably multiplied beneath her Weibo posts and nearly blacked out. Frantically, the manager disabled private messages and opened the livestream to contact the director.

Hadn't she been told to hide her temper?! Why on earth were there so many new haters?!

"So you're saying we won't get the same task twice?" Holding the envelope, Chi An tilted his head slightly and asked in a very casual tone.

"That's right. The tasks within each small section are similar. You've already drawn from this middle section, so you can skip this area entirely. You only need to complete identical or similar tasks once," the staff member explained patiently.

Fu Yanci hurried over. Hearing the staff member's words, he looked at the mountain of envelopes piled in front of Chi An, and his eyes immediately lit up.

Good thing I came along with him. Chi An just picked from the pile on the left. Once I get back, I'll hurry Song Wenjing up, then draw from that pile too. Then Chi An and I can be together again.

See? Chi An and I were destined to be together. Everything just falls into my lap.

Chi An was in no hurry to open the envelope. The moment he turned around, he caught Fu Yanci looking secretly delighted.

Chi An's lips curved faintly. His voice was mild, but held a hint of teasing. "What are you so happy about? Found some money?"

Fu Yanci did not answer. His gaze rested on Chi An's hand holding the envelope, his meaning obvious.

"Want a look?"

Chi An raised his hand and waved the envelope, and Fu Yanci's gaze followed it.

Staring into Chi An's sly eyes, Fu Yanci knew perfectly well that he was plotting something, but still couldn't resist nodding. "I do. Will you let me see?"

[Why does this suddenly feel dirty?]

[You're only hearing what you want to hear. Of course it feels dirty to you.]

[Will you let me see~ There are lots of things I want to see~~~ Will you?]

[Maybe Fu Yanci will actually get to see it (smile). He did ask the cameraman whether they'd stream at night. What about us? Who's really the most pathetic one here?]

[Haha (clown)(clown), turns out I'm the clown! Murder. I'm going to murder you all!]

[Pathetic. Nothing like me. I'm going to hire someone to kidnap them both and make them perform in front of me!]

"I can't just let you look for nothing, can I?"

Withdrawing his hand, Chi An leaned casually against the edge of the table and tucked the envelope into his pocket. His other hand rested loosely on the tabletop, his middle finger tapping against it again and again.

"I learned a few new dishes. I bought That Island we talked about before and set aside a clearing for cats and dogs. The greenhouse is finished too. I'm still looking for people to grow the fruit. It'll be ready to move into in another month."

His tapping hand stopped. Looking at Fu Yanci's face, Chi An suddenly couldn't say a word.

He seemed to have never asked Fu Yanci what he liked about him. Fu Yanci lacked nothing, so why had he latched onto him back then?

He had happened to see a little island while watching the news and jokingly told Fu Yanci that they could buy it and live there, keep some cats and dogs, and put up a greenhouse. It wouldn't be bad for the two of them to live on the island. Yet Fu Yanci had actually bought it without a word, and it was even ready to move into.

As far as he knew, That Island was fairly large. Surveying it thoroughly would take quite a bit of time. Counting from when he had mentioned it to Fu Yanci, three or four years was just about right.

So Fu Yanci had gone and bought the island the very next day after he said it?

"Chi An!"

The shout snapped Chi An out of his thoughts. Looking up, he saw Chi Shuran and Song Wenjing running toward them.

But when his gaze landed on Chi Shuran's disheveled hair and Song Wenjing's dusty, grimy face, astonishment crossed his face. "Did you two get into a fight?"

[Good grief, I wasn't watching them just now. Anyone know what happened?]

[I'm dying!!! Neither of them can stand losing! I'm dying!!!]

[They competed to see who could pick more cherries, and the loser had to call the winner Dad. It was pretty normal at first, but then they got all worked up picking. They put everything they'd picked into a basket. Chi Shuran went first, and hers didn't reach halfway up. Then Song Wenjing added his, but there was still a little space at the top, so they couldn't decide a winner. Then they competed to see whose cherries could fill it up exactly. (Let me rest before I continue.)]

[??? Do you want to take a look at what you just said at the end? (smile)]

[Don't make me crawl through the internet and beat you up. Get back here and keep talking.]

[I hope every shit you take from now on is unsatisfying and breaks off in pieces (smile)(smile)]

[In the end, neither filled it up, because they both tried to snatch the cherries out of the other's arms and ended up fighting. Then they wound up looking like what you're seeing now. (No need to thank this kind soul.)]

"Yes! We fought! I was counting on you to protect me! And here you are having an affair with him!"

"Are you even my real brother?!"

"Someone was bullying your little sister!"

Chi Shuran voiced her accusations bitterly, her volume making passing villagers turn to look.

Accused of having an affair, Fu Yanci immediately broke into a grin. Smiling, he leaned his face toward Chi An and pointed at himself. "She said we were having an affair."