Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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Bo Yan thought what he said made sense. He looked at Yan Qingchi and said helplessly: “It would be great if our family lived here, and I could accompany him after school and play together.”
Yan Qingchi listened to his childish words and was very happy that Qi Qi had such a good friend. So, he hugged Bo Yan and said, “It doesn’t matter, you have fun at school.”
Bo Yan felt a little reluctant, but he had no choice but to nod “Yeah”.
He looked at Yan Qingchi and made an agreement with him, “Uncle, we can’t tell others what we talked about today, okay?”
Yan Qingchi stretched out his little finger to hook his, “Okay, this is also our secret.”
After pulling the hook with him, Bo Yan suddenly smiled and whispered, “We now have two secrets.”
“Yes.”
Bo Yan looked at him, with some admiration in his eyes. He liked Yan Qingchi very much and liked talking to him. Bo Yan thought, it would be great if his father could do the same. He also wanted his father to hold him and talk like this. He also had many things to say to his father and wanted to ask him many things he didn’t understand, but he couldn’t.
Bo Yan unconsciously felt a little disappointed, but he soon realized that he was in someone else’s home and there were other people around him, so he quickly cheered up to make himself look less disappointed.
“Thank you, uncle, I’ll go find Qi Qi to play with first,” he said.
Of course Yan Qingchi saw the change in expression on his face, and unconsciously felt sorry for him. So, he nodded, “Go and have fun.”
Bo Yan stood up, waved to him, and went to find Qi Qi.
Yan Qingchi watched him leave and sighed. If possible, he hoped that Bo Yan could be happier. He was so sensible, so sensible that it made people feel bad.
Yan Qingchi stayed at home for two months, recuperating and spending time with his two children. In November, Fu Minzhi called him and asked him when he could film.
Yan Qingchi was surprised, “Have you decided? Am I playing the male lead?”
“Why else would I have waited for you for so long?” Fu Minzhi asked him.
“I thought my schedule was not suitable. So, Director Fu chose someone else.”
“I originally had this idea, but after much thought, you are still the most suitable candidate. I have watched you play Meng Luo, and although there are some parts where the handling was not delicate enough, the last scene was amazing. I liked your final performance very much.”
“Thank you,” Yan Qingchi said.
“You’re welcome. When can you start filming? You said before that you can’t do it this year, so will it be possible in January next year?”
“It should be possible. I’ll confirm with Jiang Mochen.”
“Okay, you give me an answer as soon as possible after confirmation.”
“Okay.” Yan Qingchi nodded.
He hung up the phone and became excited unconsciously. He then dialed Jiang Mochen almost the next second and said excitedly: “Jiang Mochen, I received a call from Director Fu. She asked me when I can film.”
Jiang Mochen had vaguely heard rumors before that Fu Minzhi had cast Yan Qingchi for his next film, but because Fu Minzhi had not contacted him, he was afraid that the greater his expectations, the greater his disappointment, so he did not tell Yan Qingchi. Unexpectedly, Fu Minzhi called Yan Qingchi directly.
Jiang Mochen laughed silently, feeling quite happy that the dust had settled, “That’s a good thing, we can celebrate tonight.”
“So can I film in January?”
“If you want to film, then film.” From September to December, it was four months, Yan Qingchi had been resting for such a long time, his body should have recovered and he should be able to work, Jiang Mochen thought silently.
Hearing this, Yan Qingchi felt so happy that he almost overflowed with joy. He even had a rare fantasy and said, “Do you think I will win an award for this film?”
Of course Jiang Mochen would not hit him, and he was unprincipled when it came to him. So, closing his eyes, he affirmed: “Yes, Director Fu’s works are all aimed at winning awards. If you perform well, you will definitely get it.”
When he said this, he remembered the news he received at noon, “Speaking of which, there is another piece of good news that I haven’t told you yet. I originally planned to tell you when I get home to make you happy, but now it’s fine, it’s a double happiness.”
“What?”
“I just received the news that “Lost” was shortlisted and won the Golden Laurel Award for Best Picture, while you were nominated for Best Newcomer, and I was nominated for Best Actor.”
Yan Qingchi felt that if he were a groundhog now, he would probably just keep screaming. What day was it? What a good day, there was so much good news.
“We won’t cook today! We’ll go out to eat!” he said proudly.
In exciting moments, going out to restaurants was always the Chinese people’s favorite way to celebrate.
“Okay, I’ll pick you up later, and then we’ll pick up Qi Qi together.”
“Yeah.” Yan Qingchi nodded, “Unfortunately, Yan Yan is still too young to eat with us.”
“Let’s wait until he grows up.” Jiang Mochen smiled and said, “By the way, I told my mother a few days ago to ask Aunt Zhang to come back to help. She can also help you look after Xiao Yan.”
“That’s okay.” Yan Qingchi nodded.
“That’s it for now. I’ll hurry up and finish what I’m doing and pick you up.”
“Okay.”
Yan Qingchi hung up the phone and immediately called Fu Minzhi, saying that he would be available to film in January and thanked her as well.
Fu Minzhi was relieved when she heard this. She made a decision for Yan Qingchi in her heart and delayed the start-up time for him. But if Yan Qingchi still couldn’t film, she would be a little worried.
“Okay, I’ll ask my assistant to send the script to your email later. You should familiarize yourself with the script first. If you don’t understand anything, you can contact me at any time.”
“Okay, thank you, Director Fu. I will try my best.”
“You’re welcome. Behave well. We’ll see you in January.”
Fu Minzhi hung up, and Yan Qingchi looked at the phone, still too excited to sit still, so he called Wei Lan again.
When Wei Lan heard that he had been selected for Fu Minzhi’s film and was shortlisted for the Golden Laurel Award, he was so shocked that he couldn’t speak for a while. After a long time, he said angrily, “You are simply showing off, you say, are you cheating people?”
Yan Qingchi laughed loudly, “Maybe I’m lucky.”
“It’s impossible for you, you are obviously convinced!”
“Don’t worry, I will take you to ascend to the sky together when I reach there.”
“I don’t want it. I was the one who took you flying before.” Wei Lan snorted, “I just focus on TV series and don’t act in many movies, otherwise I would have won the award long ago.”
Yan Qingchi didn’t have the heart to remind him that he only won the award for Best Supporting Actor last year, as he mainly focused on TV series. Instead he said softly, “That’s right, how awesome you are.”
“It’s so hypocritical!” Wei Lan exposed him mercilessly. Instead he sighed, “Oh, actually I know what my problem is. My limitations are too big, and it’s very obvious. When I play a high-spirited person, I can carry the whole audience. That’s no problem for me, but when it comes to characters who are aggrieved, out of character, and unable to tolerate misery, I can’t do it. I’m not from an acting major, so I don’t have this kind of experience, either in theory or in practice. Isn’t it okay?”
Yan Qingchi comforted him, “You can’t say that. You played the best supporting actor role last time very well, and Yan Xiangming was also played well. You have your own advantages.”
“It’s only suitable for me to play this kind of role that looks a bit like me. Fortunately, I’m not from a professional background, so I can still comfort myself. Isn’t it because I have a certain knowledge and expertise? I’m a singer myself and the record market is in a slump, otherwise why should I act?”
Yan Qingchi felt that he could see himself clearly and was quite tolerant.
“Okay, it’s a good thing that you were shortlisted. Your being shortlisted proves that you did a good job, so you deserve to win at this time. My dying unjustly, it depends on whether you can win the award.”
“I don’t know if I can.” Yan Qingchi said honestly.
“You should be more confident at this time. You should think that everyone is a slave except for personal reasons, and firmly believe that you can do it.”
“That’s what you thought when you found out you were shortlisted last year?”
“Of course not,” Wei Lan said helplessly, “I was thinking, I have been shortlisted for two roles, at least one of them must win, otherwise it would be miserable.”
“Then you still make me confident now?”
“Isn’t that just to cheer you up? Don’t you want to. Listen to me, don’t think about it. It’s good to be shortlisted. How can we have that kind of fate to win awards? Do you want to hear this?”
Yan Qingchi: “…You’d better shut up.”
“So, be more confident. If you win, we will celebrate the New Year happily. If you don’t win, we will look forward to winning the award for the next movie. Anyway, it is the first time. Of course, if you win, it is the best. If you don’t win, it is normal. Director Fu’s male lead, if he is nominated, he will surely be the best actor, and if you win, you will be the best actor. I feel excited just by thinking about it.”
“Stop talking, I become a little nervous when you say that.”
“Hahaha, when I was shortlisted last year, I thought, if I win, I will be the film emperor. And a 22-year-old emperor is too young. I think the judging panel will definitely not let me break new ground at this age. I didn’t have high expectations for the award, so I didn’t expect much. But TV and movies are different. There are still opportunities like this in movies. Jiang Mochen was already very young when he won the Best Actor, and before in his time, there was even an 18-year-old actor who won the Golden Laurel Award for Best Actor, so come on, if you act well and win the Best Actor, then you will be even better than Jiang Mochen.”
Yan Qingchi thought. He was not as good as Jiang Mochen. He was really not as good as Jiang Mochen in acting, but this did not prevent him from wanting to add a trophy to the glass cabinet at home, preferably the same trophy as Jiang Mochen.
“Then I’ll borrow your good words.” Yan Qingchi said with a smile.
“Borrow it, borrow it,” Wei Lan said lazily, “Anyway, I have no chance of winning this year, so I’ll lend it all to you.”
“Why are you so cute all of a sudden?” Yan Qingchi couldn’t believe it.
“Maybe it’s because I grew up eating cute things.” Wei Lan said shamelessly.
Qi Qi left school and walked to the car. Then he saw Jiang Mochen and Yan Qingchi there. He rarely saw Jiang Mochen come to pick him up, so he was very surprised. So, he pulled them both one by one and looked left and right, then he smiled “hehehe” at the end.
The family of three chose a hot pot restaurant. Qi Qi stood next to Yan Qingchi and asked him, “Why is there no Xiao Yan? Doesn’t he want to eat?”
Yan Qingchi explained to him, “Xiao Yan is still small. Can we take him out? It’s too inconvenient, and he can’t eat hot pot.”
“Then we can eat what Yan Yan can eat.” Qi Qi said innocently.
Yan Qingchi listened to his rather convoluted words, touched his head, and said miserably: “Baby, then you can only drink milk, and your father and I can only accompany you to drink milk.”
Qi Qi opened his eyes wide, blinked, and then puffed up his cheeks, “Yan Yan is so pitiful.”
“When he grows up, he won’t be pitiful anymore, and he can eat with us.”
“What about him? When can he grow up?” Qi Qi was very curious.
“Wait a little longer, don’t be in a hurry.” Yan Qingchi said gently.
The three of them toasted and clinked their glasses together to celebrate Yan Qingchi’s double happiness and clinked them again to celebrate Jiang Mochen’s shortlisting.
Although Qi Qi didn’t know what they were talking about, he clinked glasses diligently and happily applauded his two fathers.
Jiang Mochen and Yan Qingchi were very happy. They originally wanted to drink some wine, but because Jiang Mochen drove here by himself, he ended up having only one drink.
The three of them then returned home under the moonlight. And Qi Qi went to see Yan Yan as usual. Seeing that he was already asleep, he did not disturb him. He just put his sleeves in front of his nose and whispered, “Brother, you are too young to eat hot pot, so my father and dad did not take you there this time, but I brought the smell back. You can smell it first and then go with us when you grow up.”
Yan Yan slept soundly, so there was no response.
Qi Qi thought he must have smelled it, so he took his hand back and said softly: “Good night, brother, see you tomorrow.”
He waved at Yan Yan and then left Yan Yan’s room.
Yan Qingchi watched his actions from the door, his eyes full of smiles.
He and Jiang Mochen finally opened a bottle of red wine, clinked glasses in the bedroom, sat on the small sofa, and drank slowly.
Seeing that he was curled up on the sofa, where he looked a little lazy, Jiang Mochen simply lit a candle and turned off the light.
Yan Qingchi laughed at him, “What are you doing, preparing a candlelight dinner?”
“If you want to eat anything else.”
Yan Qingchi shook his head, “I’m full.”
Jiang Mochen sat opposite him and looked at him, “Do you remember that the two of us were sitting here drinking on the day we received the certificate as well?”
Yan Qingchi certainly remembered, “We still drank beer.”
“Yes, and then we drove all the way towards the mountain road.”
Hearing this, Yan Qingchi smiled and said, “That’s because you insisted on drinking and driving. I protested, but you refused.”
“Your quarrelsome verbal refusal is not convincing at all, okay?”
Yan Qingchi took a sip of red wine, “Otherwise, I’ll kick you out of the car forcibly.” He looked at Jiang Mochen and said, “But I’m not that pretentious. We had already gotten married, so we have to do it. Do we still have to agree on a time and place, after we had been married for a year? Are you not allowed to drive before you have feelings? Well, if we don’t have feelings for the rest of our lives, wouldn’t we be no better than monks? Amitabha, that’s good.”
Jiang Mochen couldn’t help but smile when he heard what he said, “I was indeed a little drunk that day, but I wanted to settle down as soon as possible, so I wanted to confirm the relationship with you as soon as possible. Although this method is a bit simple and direct, it was very difficult for me. But it was also very effective. Before you, I had never had this kind of relationship with anyone. The most intimate contact was probably a hug around the shoulder. That night, you were actually right. I am indeed very picky, and sometimes my eyes are higher than my head. But I am very glad now, because of this, I met you.”
Yan Qingchi smiled slowly, “You still remember it so clearly?”
“I thought I forgot, but sitting here with you just now while drinking together, I thought of the scene that day, and of you and me that day.”
“Then do you want to restore the scene of that day?”
Jiang Mochen stood up, walked to him, and bent down to look at him. His eyebrows were deep and affectionate under the candlelight. Yan Qingchi looked at it and felt that the tenderness and love in his eyes seemed to have turned into candlelight and fell into his own eyes.
He then heard Jiang Mochen speak softly in the quiet haze, “Can I?”
Yan Qingchi smiled and put the red wine in his hand on the table. He opened his arms and looked at the person in front of him, “Only you can.”
Jiang Mochen leaned over and kissed him on the ear, and then hugged him directly.
Yan Qingchi smiled unconsciously. He looked at Jiang Mochen, reached out and hooked his neck, and kissed him directly in the warm ambiguity.
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Wei Lan: Report, someone is cheating here!
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