Chapter 120 – You Have Another Person’s Scent On Your Body (39.1)
“Where have you been?” Yang Chi had been searching for a long time and he finally found Qiu Jin at the front entrance. He hurriedly said, “The dinner party is about ot begin.”
Qiu Jin replied, “I went to see my fans.”
“How could you just go like that?” Yang Chi glanced at the door, feeling uneasy. “There are so many people. Xiang Xi’s fans are there too. What if someone throws a water bottle at you again?”
Qiu Jin didn’t care too much. “I just saw them for a moment. No big deal. It’s not easy for them to come all this way.”
Yang Chi paused for a second. In the end he didn’t say anything else.
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Right now, Qiu Jin was in a desolate and terrible stage of his career, yet there were still people willing to like him. If he only sent them a few bottles of water it would be considered too irreverent.
When Qiu Jin came in, the dinner party was already in full swing. Qiu Jin was still watching his figure, so he took a buffet plate and picked out a low-calorie fruit salad.
He was now completely acquainted with everyone and he could easily strike up a conversation with the entire cast and crew.
Xiang Xi has been watching Qiu Jin since he came in. He watched as Qiu Jin walked around with a glass of wine, nodding and greeting the investors. He watched as Qiu Jin talked and laughed happily with the director and screenwriter. He watched as Qiu Jin murmured in thoughtful tones with the other cast and crew. Qiu Jin was a social butterfly fluttering from flower to flower, except he avoided the one flower named Xiang Xi.
“Congratulations, Qiu Jin finally stopped pestering you.” Feng Ling, the actress playing the female lead in “The Rise and Fall of the World,” walked over with a wine glass.
Xiang Xi withdrew his gaze and smiled faintly: “That’s right, he doesn’t pester me anymore.”
Feng Ling also had a lot of relationships to maintain, so she soon left with her wine glass to go socialize.
The smile on Xiang Xi’s face fell off abruptly. He turned around and jabbed at the small cake on his plate until he crumbled to pieces.
“My dear ancestor*, please don’t blow up again.” Xiang Xi’s manager was afraid that he would cause trouble, so he quickly reminded him. “Don’t think about Qiu Jin anymore. How about you go give a toast to President Ji?”
[*T/N: An ancestor is someone that should be respected. Nowadays it’s used somewhat humorously to placate someone.]
“Who’s thinking about Qiu Jin?!” Xiang Xi’s expression was moody, but he still followed his manager over.
To be honest, he didn’t really like Ji Shenxiao that much. The oppressiveness from Ji Shenxiao was simply too strong. Althought Ji Shenxiao has never lost his temper with Xiang Xi, he could tell at a glance that the other man wasn’t an easy person to mess with. Just like how a primary school student was in awe of his teacher, Xiang Xi got nervous around Ji Shenxiao and subconsciously wanted to run away.
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With great difficulty, Xiang Xi mustered up the courage to give Ji Shenxiao a toast. After the toast, he ran into Qiu Jin as soon as he turned around. He couldn’t help faltering for a moment. Then he condescended to shout, “Hey.”
Qiu Jin glanced at him vigilantly. He nodded to Xiang Xi as if they were strangers. Then he walked away as if trying to avoid the plague.
He left?
He left?!
How dare he!!
Xiang Xi squeezed the red wine glass in his hand. A vein popped up on the back of his slender hand. Even his breathing became heavier. Did Qiu Jin go crazy? How dare Qiu Jin disregard him?!
The manager gave him a curious look: “What’s the matter with you? Are you angry?”
Xiang Xi was sullen: “Why can’t I be?”
Why would he get angry over something [insignificant] like this? The manager asked suspiciously, “Didn’t you hate Qiu Jin a lot before? Isn’t it good that he’s staying far away from you now?”
Xiang Xi replied, “But we’ve known each other for so long, how could he disregard me so much?”
“What else [is he supposed to do]? You can’t possibly want to be buddy-buddy with him, right?”
Xiang Xi jabbed at the dessert on his plate and muttered, “It’s not like that’s impossible…”
“What did you say?”
Xiang Xi sighed: “Nothing.”
The manager comforted him: “Don’t think like that about him. Back then, when you were avoiding him you were much more aggressive than he is now.”
Of course he knew this was the case, but hadn’t their relationship eased?
Xiang Xi felt aggrieved. They were both omegas, so naturally he would not suspect Qiu Jin of having ulterior thoughts about him. He has also changed his prejudice against Qiu Jin. He just wanted to be able to communicate normally, but Qiu Jin was unexpectedly still avoiding him.
Xiang Xi glanced angrily at Qiu Jin’s back. Then he coldly withdrew his gaze. Since the other party was ignoring him, then he only needed to put up superficial pretenses. It’s not like he lacked friends.
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Qiu Jin actually did not want to go so far in avoiding Xiang Xi. After all their relationship had gotten better after shooting “Four Seasons Food” together, so it would be very normal to greet each other.
But that logic was no match for Jiang Ming’s presence tonight.
Jiang Ming was the scariest existence in the book. Saying he had a complex would be too mild. That man was simply crazy. What if the big boss couldn’t even stand Qiu Jin talking with Xiang Xi and got jealous? Then he would just pick up a knife and take care of Qiu Jin on the spot.
How was Qiu Jin supposed to survive that?
Jiang Ming would ruin the Qiu family, cut out Qiu Jin’s glands, and feed his corpse to the fish… just thinking about it was a horror story.
Xiang Xi is like a little kid sulking because he doesn’t know how to make friends with another kid he likes lmao cute
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