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Arc Two - Chapter Five
Shen Jiayan pursed his lips and was silent for a while before compromising: “Send the address to me.” Then he no longer waited for the other side to respond, directly reaching out a hand to cut off the phone call.
Shen Jiayan turned around before realising that since an unknown time, Su You had already stopped eating.
His pair of phoenix eyes were fixed on Shen Jiayan without the slightest deviation, his pupils were as dark as ink. He opened his mouth to ask: “Who called?”
Shen Jiayan lowered his eyelids slightly and went to retrieve his coat that had been hung on a hanger. He subconsciously avoided Su You"s eyes: “It"s Little Ai, saying that there"s something at the company, there"s a need to discuss the endors.e.m.e.nt of a product, having me to rush over now.”
Little Ai was Ji Luoge"s agent, he has always been responsible for this aspect of things.
Su You leaned forward, stretching out to firmly imprison Shen Jiayan in his arms, his voice was evidently somewhat dull due to depression: “It"s already so late, yet things are so urgent? Can"t even wait for this meal to be finished?”
Shen Jiayan gently pushed Su You"s shoulder, his smile was somewhat reluctant: “Don"t fuss, it"s a little urgent. Go ahead and have dinner first, I will be back soon.”
Su You looked at Shen Jiayan quietly and did not speak, but he let go of his hold.
It was just that in the moment when Shen Jiayan had put on his coat and was prepared to open the door, Su You suddenly caught Shen Jiayan"s wrist, and the force was so great, it seemed like it might crush his wrist: “Luoge, can"t you not go?” His tone was very light.
Shen Jiayan was somewhat flabbergasted as he turned around, his almond eyes slightly evasive: “A"You, don"t fuss.”
It was as if Su You had suddenly understood something, with much ridicule he laughed, simultaneously releasing his hand, he turned to walk back to the dinner table: “Fine. You might as well go then!”
After that, he calmly brought up his rice bowl and continued to pick food and scoop rice, as if nothing had happened earlier.
However, when the door closed lightly with a sound of “zhi ya,” Su You forcefully smashed all the food on the table onto the ground. His hands were clenched tightly into fists as he held his head, the strength so great that his fingertips whitened.
Everything was in a complete mess. There was nothing left of the warmth that had filled the room earlier.
The sun began to set in the west, and it was only when the last smear of sunset had disappeared that Su You moved. He took out his mobile phone and called: “Hey, Little Ai, is Luoge there with you?”
“Sure enough, he isn"t there ah...” Hanging up the phone, Su You"s hand went slack.
Amidst the quietude, Su You closed his eyes: “Su You, you are a fool through-and-through. What did you think you were worth? Did you think that what he desires, you"re capable of providing? Truly ridiculous.”
Shen Jiayan was completely unaware of Su You"s inner suffering and struggles at that moment. He was hurrying towards the other place according to the address given by Dong Yi.
The place that Dong Yi arranged to meet at was a high-end French restaurant.
The entire restaurant had been completely reserved, the dim yellow lighting sketched out indistinct light and shadow, melodious violin music floated through the restaurant, the atmosphere was incredibly romantic.
Shen Jiayan had just walked into the restaurant when Dong Yi sent out 999 champagne roses, greeting him with a pretence of deep affection: “Luoge, it was for you that this place was reserved, how is it? Do you like it?”
Shen Jiayan did not accept the roses, but instead politely refused, saying: “Sorry, Mr. Dong, I am allergic to pollen. Whatever business we have, let"s just discuss it right away!”
“Don"t be anxious, have a meal first,” Dong Yi said as he led Shen Jiayan to his seat. “It"s only when one is full that they"d have energy to discuss business, isn"t that right? Come, sit first.”
Shen Jiayan followed along and sat down, the lighting softened the contours of his face, his long and delicate eyelashes trembled lightly with every blink of his eyes, every quiver was like a small brush gently teasing Dong Yi"s heart. No wonder others say, “Looking at a beauty under a lamp, the more you look, the more beautiful they are.”
Dong Yi leaned close to Shen Jiayan, one hand impatiently wishing to grab his hand: “Ji Luoge, I really do like you, why don"t you just follow me! Whatever film you wish to act in, whatever prize you want to get, I can help you with all of these. As long as you are willing to leave Su You, that which he can give you, I can give you too; what he can"t give you, I can also give you.”
Shen Jiayan did not hesitate to push Dong Yi away and immediately stood up. “Mr. Dong, please have a little respect! If you don"t have anything more to discuss, then please forgive me for being unable to accompany you.”
While talking, the s.p.a.ce between Shen Jiayan"s eyebrows was tightly wrinkled, entire face expressing disgust. It could be understood with one glance that he wasn"t playing hard-to-get or such tricks, rather, he really didn"t want to say another word to Dong Yi.
Dong Yi was a person whose character was obstinate and self-opinionated. The more a person disliked him, the more they disdain to pay attention to him, the more excited he got, the more he would want to conquer that person. In the end, he"s basically an M.
(Yes, the author did use that English letter. Those who are reading this, you should know what it means.)
Obviously, Shen Jiayan"s earlier behaviour definitely met this standard.
Dong Yi sat back in his seat, he also did not pretend to be deeply affectionate like earlier, instead, he revealed his original face: “That recording of you and Su You is still in my hands, you do know this, right? If you don"t want to hear any ‘big" news the next day, then behave well and act according to what I say.”
Shen Jiayan forcefully bore with his disgust and sat down. He took in a deep breath: “So, what would it take for Mr. Dong to be willing to give me that piece of recording?”
Dong Yi brought a wine gla.s.s filled with transparent liquid before Shen Jiayan. He did not answer his question, smiling as he said: “Their best wine here, try some first?”
Shen Jiayan took it and directly drank it all in one go. The wine had a potent after-effect, his skin which resembled well-done enamel was immediately dyed with a blush, his pair of almond eyes were also glittering with a sheen of water. Particularly since he had an angry expression on his face as he asked: “Mr. Dong, are there any other requests?” It made him look even more attractive.
Dong Yi stared until he hated not being able to do him on the spot.
( - Cough - it"s exactly what you think. That is basically what the author wrote.)
Dong Yi licked his lips, leaning over with the desire to kiss Shen Jiayan, the warm breath he exhaled landed straight on Shen Jiayan"s face, it was nauseating: “Other requests ah… Like this, accompany me for tonight, then I"ll give you the recording tomorrow morning. Otherwise, you can just wait for both of your matters to be exposed.”
Shen Jiayan stood up, directly and efficiently giving Dong Yi a punch, causing his face to become slanted from the hit: “Mr. Dong, for one of the choices, at most my career gets destroyed, but with the other choice, my whole life will be destroyed. How do you think I"ll choose?”
After Shen Jiayan finished speaking, he picked up his coat, ready to leave.
Dong Yi held his own face as he stood up with a stagger, hurrying to shout at Shen Jiayan"s back: “Ji Luoge, you don"t care about your own acting career. Then what about Su You"s? You don"t care either?”
Shen Jiayan"s departing footsteps paused slightly.
Dong Yi saw that there was hope and sped up to say: “If this gay hat were to be put on, his reputation would thoroughly drop and stink. At that time, I could just find a few reporters to report, I can guarantee that he won"t be able to join any film.”
(“有戏” you xi, literally "have performance/play/drama", but it"s actually a Chinese dialect, meaning the same thing as the standard “有希望” you xi w.a.n.g, i.e. hopeful/have hope)
(“帽子”, as some of you might know, hats are used in Chinese as metaphors for labels, usually negative).
Shen Jiayan gripped his clothes tightly with his hands and struggled with his thoughts for a long time. Finally, with great difficulty, he asked: “Just one night?”
“Of course.” Dong Yi repeatedly promised. He originally thought that the meat that had reached his mouth was going to run, who would have thought there would be an unexpected opportunity, and surprisingly there was still such a turn for the better.
(“峰回路转” literally, the path twists around mountain peaks, an idiom about things having new turns.)
Dong Yi tentatively caught Shen Jiayan"s hand, and Shen Jiayan"s body went stiff, his lips tight, but in the end, he did not throw off Dong Yi"s hand. Dong Yi"s inverted-triangular eyes brightened, there really was still hope!
This time, there was no mood to even finish the meal, Dong Yi dragged Shen Jiayan along to directly ask for a room, then headed upstairs.
Dong Yi"s heart was filled with the excitement of being able to conquer someone like Ji Luoge later. Thinking of how Ji Luoge would be in front of him, afraid and struggling… He couldn"t help but feel his blood heat up with pa.s.sion.
(“热血沸腾” literally, hot blood boiling, usually used as an idiom for anger but can probably be used to refer to any sort of pa.s.sionate emotion?)
Little did he realise, Shen Jiayan was, at that moment, calmly asking the system: “Has the video just now been sent?”
“En, with the blurry processing, it"s possible to clearly identify people, but absolutely impossible to tell that it was planned this way. Your Excellency Host, take it easy!” The black cat swung its tail, the way it marched was inimitably proud.
“Good job.” Shen Jiayan immediately praised, “Then Su You should be rushing over already? Approximately how long will he take to reach?”
“Fifty minutes. Your Excellency Host, continue to keep it up.”
“I seemed to have smelled the scent of something strange in that wine. However, with the taste enhancement, that thing probably wouldn"t be much even after an hour and a half.”
(“一时半会也不会怎么样” this was a bit confusing to translate at first, but basically, I think it means that it still won"t take effect even if you wait 1.5h i.e. s.h.i.t is too slow/useless although I have no idea how enhanced taste benefits in this case.)
The system spoke in a light and buoyant manner, while not knowing that Su You was already going mad with anxiety, driving at an almost life-gambling flying speed.
Su You finally thought through and understood everything. Why did the temperament of the previous life"s Ji Luoge change so much after getting involved with Dong Yi, it"s because he hadn"t been delighted or willing at all; as for why Ji Luoge would end up betraying him, it"s because even though he sacrificed so much for him, he still couldn"t possibly have no complaints.
Su You clenched his teeth, in his mouth he tasted the concentrated fishy flavour of blood.
He was wrong! He originally should have protected Ji Luoge well, but in the end, the person being protected was actually himself. And the clueless him who had been protected for so long, ultimately went so far as to even complain about Ji Luoge?
Su You closed his eyes tightly, his heart ached dully to the extent that he couldn"t breathe. But Ji Luoge, why are you too so stupid? Even if acting was very important to him, but no matter how important it was, how could it possibly surpa.s.s even him?
Definitely… He definitely had to make it in time!
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T/N: Ji Luoge = 2; Dong Yi = 0; Su You = 0
I can"t help but feel somewhat bad for Su You though...
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