MFMBSA 68

Chapter 68 – Disguise

 

The water in the bathtub stopped rippling, and Qi Xi stared at Fu Yanchuan’s eyes motionlessly as if something reached out from inside and grabbed him.

 

It took him a long time to think, and he asked Fu Yanchuan, “Are you confessing to me?”

 

Fu Yanchuan was stunned, and Qi Xi carefully asked him, “Isn’t it? Doesn’t this count?”

 

“No, no, that counts!”

 

It was the first time he had a speech impediment. Before he said it, he thought of many possibilities, but he never thought that Qi Xi would think it was a confession. His heartbeat seemed to be out of his control and started beating wildly. He put his other hand on Qi Xi’s face, put his forehead against his and asked, “Xi Xi, aren’t you afraid?”

 

Qi Xi didn’t understand, “What are you afraid of? You’re so nice to me, why should I be afraid?”

 

“Maybe one day I will become like Fu Zhenrong, depriving you of everything you should have, and turning you into a puppet who can only rely on me to survive.”

 

“You will not.”

 

Qi Xi was extremely confident, but Fu Yanchuan didn’t believe him. Qi Xi put his arms around his neck and told him.

 

“I believe you. Haven’t you been working hard until now just to avoid becoming like him?”

 

In an instant, something in Fu Yanchuan’s mind exploded. He couldn’t help laughing. He turned over and fell into the bathtub, kissing Qi Xi eagerly. He didn’t answer until Qi Xi fell limp in his arms.

 

“Xixi, thank you.”

 

Qi Xi didn’t know what was wrong with Fu Yanchuan. He felt that Fu Yanchuan was sometimes really hard to understand. However, Fu Yanchuan refused to explain to him anymore. He blocked his mouth and kissed him again before putting his hand back in the water.

 

“Brother Yan?”

 

Fu Yanchuan lifted up Qi Xi and sat him on his lap to meet his burning gaze. Fu Yanchuan asked him, “Xixi, can we try again today?”

 

After a while, Qi Xi nodded. Fu Yanchuan’s fingers moved further inside. Qi Xi bit Fu Yanchuan’s shoulder and made a sound with a trembling throat.

 

Fu Yanchuan heard it and found his lips again and squeezed in. His other hand reached forward. Under the double senses, Qi Xi’s whole body tensed up and he looked at Fu Yanchuan stiffly, “Brother Yan, don’t bully me!”

 

“Do you not like it?”

 

It’s not that he doesn’t like it, but he’s too embarrassed to say that he likes it. Fu Yanchuan smiled and pecked his lips to coax him, “Don’t be afraid. Tell me you like me.”

 

“I like you.”

 

Qi Xi said it obediently, and Fu Yanchuan asked again, “Kiss me.”

 

He kissed him gently, but Fu Yanchuan caught the tip of his tongue and sucked it back. Qi Xi couldn’t help but open his mouth and water dripped down from the corners of his lips. Fu Yanchuan hugged him closer then put them together. The kiss moved down from their lips to his Adam’s apple.

 

After a long time, Fu Yanchuan suddenly asked: “Xixi, is it ok?”

 

Qi Xi didn’t know how to say “yes”. He put his hands on Fu Yanchuan’s shoulders and didn’t dare to look down. Fu Yanchuan finally helped him up, looked at him with burning eyes, and slowly pressed him down.

 

He immediately hugged Fu Yanchuan’s neck, refusing to go any further. Fu Yanchuan got stuck there and asked him, “Does it hurt?”

 

After a long while, he nodded gently, “Yeah, it’s so big and it hurts——”

 

Fu Yanchuan suddenly tightened his grip on him, “I won’t move. Just let me stay like this for a while, okay?”

 

All his nerves are focused together. Not knowing what to do, Qi Xi nodded instinctively and just stood there motionless like Fu Yanchuan in such a strange way.

 

After a while, Qi Xi didn’t know how long it had been, Fu Yanchuan finally left him. He went out to get a bathrobe to wrap him up, stepped off his wet pajamas, and carried him back to bed.

 

“Brother Yan? I haven’t finished my bath yet.”

 

Fu Yanchuan ignored him and went to bed with him and covered him with the quilt before he bent his knees to fold him up. He then squeezed in between and kissed him while rubbing against him.

 

The next day, Qi Xi didn’t wake up until ten o’clock. If he hadn’t had to catch a plane, he might have slept until the afternoon because Fu Yanchuan didn’t let him go to bed until very late last night, and he still felt hot between his legs.

 

“Would you please get up and eat something?”

 

Fu Yanchuan was propped up on the bed with the quilt between them. He stared at Fu Yanchuan for a long time, then suddenly reached out and touched Fu Yanchuan’s face and asked, “Brother Yan, are you still unhappy?”

 

“No.”

 

Fu Yanchuan said no, but fell down and hugged Qi Xi tightly through the quilt. He buried his face in his neck and took deep breaths to calm himself down.

 

In fact, no matter how much Qi Xi believed in him, he had always tried not to be the same person as Fu Zhenrong, which just proved that there was no essential difference between him and Fu Zhenrong.

 

Just like Qi Xi said, he has been working hard, so in front of Qi Xi, even if he has to restrain and pretend, he will be a “good person” all his life.

 

But Qi Xi has met so many truly good people out there, what if he doesn’t want him anymore?

 

“Xixi, do you love me?”

 

Fu Yanchuan blurted out, and Qi Xi was stunned by the question. He stared at the light on the ceiling, and after a long while he said, “I don’t know the difference between liking and loving. What is love? I like you so much, does that count as loving you?”

 

He suddenly tightened his arms around Qi Xi, because in his opinion, such an answer meant that he didn’t love him. He bit Qi Xi’s neck and said, “Fine, say you love me.”

 

Qi Xi hesitated. He still remembered what Xie Hui had said to him, that whoever falls in love first loses. Before he could decide whether to admit defeat, Fu Yanchuan suddenly kissed him fiercely without waiting for him to speak, reaching the deepest part of his throat as if he wanted to swallow him.

 

He struggled to pat Fu Yanchuan’s shoulder, and Fu Yanchuan finally softened and let him go when he was satisfied. Then he raised his head and looked at him gently as always. He gently wiped the water stains on his lips and said, “Get up and have breakfast.”

 

Fu Yanchuan stood up after he finished speaking, and Qi Xi quickly pulled him back. After a while, he turned around and Qi Xi said, “Can you smile at me?”

 

He laughed unconsciously, pulled Qi Xi out of the quilt, carried him directly to the bathroom, put him on the sink and sat him down. That’s only when Fu Yanchuan then spoke, “Xi Xi, I will never be unhappy with you. It’s my fault for making you worry.”

 

Qi Xi made a meaningless “hmm” sound and rolled Fu Yanchuan over with all four limbs, “Do you know that you look very beautiful when you smile? I hope you can always be happy. I promised to make you happy.”

 

Fu Yanchuan didn’t say anything. Qi Xi asked anxiously, “Is it because of yesterday? But it’s really big. It hurts me.”

 

“No.”

 

Fu Yanchuan hurriedly pushed Qi Xi up, and Qi Xi started crying. His chest ached he could already bend down to kiss his eyes, “Xixi, don’t cry. Don’t cry because of me.”

 

Qi Xi cried even louder, “But seeing you sad makes me sad too. Brother Yan, please don’t be sad anymore.”

 

“I’m not sad, don’t cry.”

 

Fu Yanchuan suddenly picked him up and held him like a child until Qi Xi had cried enough.

 

It was almost 11 o’clock when Qi Xi sat down at the dining table. He stared at Fu Yanchuan without blinking, waiting for Fu Yanchuan to feed him.

 

Now Fu Yanchuan has thrown away all his strict rules and would even feed the food directly to Qi Xi’s mouth. If Qi Xi had taken a half bite and didn’t want to eat it anymore, he could take it back and eat it himself.

 

After breakfast, they rushed to the airport. After returning, Qi Xi was afraid that Fu Yanchuan was unhappy again, so he stared at him very closely. Once Fu Yanchuan was expressionless, he would immediately try to cheer him up.

 

Fu Yanchuan no longer enjoys Qi Xi’s coaxing. Instead, he feels distressed every time. He had no choice but to never think about things in front of Qi Xi again.

 

Time passed quickly and it was time for summer vacation again. When Qi Xi heard that the studio would not have summer vacation, he truly realized that he was already a member of society.

 

“Brother Yan, I miss summer vacation so much.”

 

Qi Xi was still drawing a storyboard scene one second ago and suddenly sighed the next second. He put down his paintbrush, crawled onto the sofa at the back like a caterpillar and used his head to burrow into Fu Yanchuan’s shoulder.

 

After returning from the exchange meeting, Fu Yanchuan started to get busy again. Although he didn’t work overtime as often as before, he couldn’t come to the studio to accompany him every day. Today was the first time he came in after several days, so he had to act coquettishly as much as possible.

 

Fu Yanchuan put down the tablet and took the caterpillar that seemed to be trying to dig a nest out of his shoulder into his arms, “I’ll go ask Cheng Shu to give you a summer vacation now.”

 

Qi Xi suddenly laughed, “I am very important. Without my paintings, they can’t continue their subsequent work. Do you understand? If you take me away, Director Cheng will scold you.”

 

“He doesn’t dare.”

 

“He’ll scold you after you leave.”

 

“Did he scold me after I left?”

 

Qi Xi had no intention of making up rumors, and quickly explained, “I don’t know, I was just making it up.”

 

Fu Yanchuan suddenly let go of him and stood up, “I’ll go find him.”

 

“I really am talking nonsense, Brother Yan, Director Cheng didn’t scold you!”

 

Cheng Shu heard Qi Xi’s voice from the next door, and thought to himself that he had cursed quite a lot. Then the door of his workshop was pushed open and Fu Yanchuan walked straight in.

 

“Mr. Fu? Is there something wrong?”

 

He is not Qi Xi, and he would not think that Fu Yanchuan condescended to find him because he had scolded him behind his back.

 

Fu Yanchuan didn’t intend to waste time talking. He planned to set up an animation company after returning from the exchange meeting, but he had never paid attention to this industry. The quickest way to learn about it was to ask people in the industry.

 

Cheng Shu was not surprised after hearing this. He asked curiously, “Is Mr. Fu interested in the animation industry? Or is it because of Qi Xi?”

 

“Is there a difference?”

 

Fu Yanchuan answered very frankly: “The previous exchange meeting did give me some prospects, which does not conflict with my plan to set up a company for Qi Xi. Didn’t you think he was worthy of investment?”

 

Cheng Shu was speechless, but he didn’t quite believe that Fu Yanchuan was willing to have only one animation company and be the man behind Qi Xi from now on. He asked tentatively: “It seems that your group is in a financial crisis recently and may be acquired. Do you have any ideas?”

 

Fu Yanchuan chuckled. Cheng Shu thought he would not answer, but he heard him say, “Of course.”

 

“Is it true that it is going to be acquired?”

 

Shu’s curiosity was aroused, but Fu Yanchuan did not answer and unilaterally informed him, “Please prepare a PPT for me. Qi Xi is tired today, so he will leave work first.”

 

He didn’t know who to question first. When Fu Yanchuan got up and left, he hurriedly shouted, “Mr. Fu, if you let him leave early for no reason, when will we be able to finish it? The construction period also has an investment!”

 

“How many?”

 

Fu Yanchuan answered casually, and Cheng Shu instinctively retorted, “It’s not all about money! It’s also about the love for the work, the dream, understand?”

 

However, Fu Yanchuan ignored his passionate dream and quickly changed his words, “If you are willing to invest, I can accept it. Striving for excellence is my lifelong pursuit.”

 

Fu Yanchuan saw a blurry figure outside the glass door and didn’t hear a word Cheng Shu said. He opened the door and Qi Xi fell in and bumped into him.

 

“Hey, Brother Yan!”

 

Qi Xi quickly stood up and pretended that he was not eavesdropping. Fu Yanchuan did not expose him. “Director Cheng said that you have been working hard recently. You will be off work today.”

 

He had eavesdropped, but he hadn’t overheard anything since he first arrived, so he responded questioningly, “But it’s only 3 o’clock? You didn’t really ask him to give me the summer vacation, did you?”

 

Summer vacation? Cheng Shu’s brows twitched, but he didn’t say anything else. Fu Yanchuan had already taken Qi Xi away.

 

The other people in the studio didn’t mind Qi Xi leaving early, because Qi Xi was so good at drawing that he could draw several plans for one scene as backup. Instead, they hoped that Qi Xi could take a break, otherwise it would seem that they were too inefficient.

 

Qi Xi was taken downstairs by Fu Yanchuan before he asked, “Brother Yan, what are we going to do?”

 

Fu Yanchuan didn’t want to do anything. Maybe it was because he had been with Qi Xi every day for the past few months, and now he had separation anxiety. He opened the car door and pushed Qi Xi in. He leaned on the door frame and stuck his head in and said, “I may not have so much time to accompany you in the future. Can’t you spend more time with me?”

 

Qi Xi’s mind turned around and he asked happily, “Did you find a job?”

 

Fu Yanchuan had never been one to look for a job, but this statement gave him a strange sense of satisfaction. He nodded and said, “Well, so you want to go on a date with me?”