Chapter Ch71   - Extra 1

——A sudden livestream? What’s going on? Account got hacked?

——Account probably got hacked 233. People got here so fast, my video is so laggy!

——The account wasn’t hacked! Isn’t the one with the mask on Yi ge? Goodness, he lost so much weight......

——Consort Ye hasn’t even woken up yet. What’s this livestream for?! I’m crying, being able to see them is too great 555555

Ji Xiaotao had just posted a link to a livestream on Fang Shaoyi’s Weibo page without saying anything. The ones who had clicked into the link were still confused. When they finally realized what was going on, they all exploded. Fang Shaoyi’s call of “Yuan Ye ge” was too coquettish. The fans didn’t even get any cooldown time – the screen became covered by strings of “aaah” and “hahaha.” In addition to the fact that there were new audience members constantly asking what was going on, the comments were flying across the screen so quickly that they were practically indiscernible.

Because of Fang Shaoyi and Ji Xiaotao, Yuan Ye was immensely confused when he woke up. The person holding the phone was even telling him to make a peace sign. Yuan Ye’s, “Peace sign my ass,” also caused the comments to fly faster across the screen. After, they never stopped again, instead getting faster and faster.

Fang Shaoyi held onto the side of his chest and said his lungs hurt. Yuan Ye complied and got out of the car, saying, “Stop hurting, Fang Jiaojiao.” Just this was enough for CP fans to cry for a whole year. This couple was too sickly sweet. Yuan Ye clearly knew the other was faking it, but the concern in his eyes was practically overflowing. Yuan Ye wasn’t an actor. For him, it was easy to tell whether this was natural affection or a faked performance.

Livestreaming the attaining of their marriage certificates was too highkey. It was also quite bold. Nobody had done this before. As Fang Shaoyi spoke, all the comments were crying. These two never really shared much about their relationship to the outside world. Thus, when a slightly cold person like Fang Shaoyi sincerely expressed his affections, word by word, it was impossible to not be touched.

The comments on the screen were begging them to hold another wedding ceremony, one as grand as their initial wedding ceremony. Fang Shaoyi chuckled and said, “Speaking of, the two of us are both on our second marriages. Two people on their second marriages just need to be a bit more lowkey. We won’t have a ceremony.”

Yuan Ye scoffed and said, “Well you’re certainly being lowkey enough.”

Since the two of them had filled in the request for remarriage, they had been bickering with each other. Even now, they hadn’t finished yet.

——55555 I’ve used up a whole packet of tissues!

——The water of West Lake is made up of my tears! Today, I’m going to make the waterline of West Lake increase by 5 cm!

——I’m really too touched. I really, really, really love them so much......

——Second marriages need ceremonies too aaah! We’ve already prepared the wedding money aaaaaah

——Did you see how Yi ge held onto Ye ge’s hand to sign his name just now?! Did anyone take a screenshot? The one I took was blurry!!

——Mine was blurry too, just like how my eyes are now blurry with tears!

——But why did he have to hold onto Yuan Ye’s hand to sign? Please don’t tell me he’s really forcing the other into marriage. I daren’t think further......

Before turning off the livestream, Ji Xiaotao said into the phone, “That’s it. I’m going to turn the livestream off now.”

Gifts kept popping up on the screen, telling him not to turn it off and to keep streaming for a bit. Ji Xiaotao said, “I need to take them home. After completing my mission, I’m waiting for tomorrow so I can go find Ye ge to receive my death.”

After saying this, he exited out of the livestream room with great determination. Very cold and heartless.

He didn’t even need to think to know that right now, the entire Internet would be exploding. On the way back, Yuan Ye squeezed Fang Shaoyi’s neck, expression fierce. “Do you have nothing better to do? You’ve been in too great of health recently? You have energy now? What are you causing trouble for?”

Fang Shaoyi twisted the ring on his finger. He smiled faintly, but didn’t respond.

Yuan Ye truly wished he could strangle the other. “How old are you to be doing something like this? Don’t you feel embarrassed? If not for the fact that there were too many people just now and I couldn’t shame you in front of all of them, I absolutely would’ve turned around and left, bro.”

Fang Shaoyi shrugged, acting quite innocent. “Then leave.”

Yuan Ye was so angry that he was already laughing. But he couldn’t do anything else. He pointed at Fang Shaoyi, speechless. Then, he sat up straight and instantly saw Ji Xiaotao, who was sneaking glances at them through the rearview mirror. Just now, he had been preoccupied with speaking to Fang Shaoyi, making him forget that there was still this little rascal left. Yuan Ye harshly patted him on the head and laughed coldly. He scooted forward to ask the other, “You’ve become capable, huh, Tao?”

“Nope, not at all! Ye ge!” Ji Xiaotao shrunk in on himself. “My ge threatened me with my salary. He said that if I didn’t cooperate, he would fire me. Or, leave me behind at the company and never bring me around with him anymore!”

Their back and forth conversation was incredibly annoying to Yuan Ye. He ignored both of them as he closed his eyes and leaned against the back of the seat. He didn’t say a single word.

After helping them unpack upon getting home, Ji Xiaotao immediately left. He didn’t even dare to stay an extra fifteen minutes.

Yuan Ye only called his parents. They knew about what had happened too. Right now, probably nobody didn’t know about it. Yuan Ye was impossibly embarrassed while on the phone. Even his voice was quiet. He softly muttered, “Yes, we got married.”

“My aunt specially called you too?” Yuan Ye chuckled and said, “Okay. Then answer the phone if she’s calling.”

“Him? He’s fine. Didn’t you see him on TV?” Yuan Ye glanced at Fang Shaoyi. “If he wasn’t in good health, would he be able to cause so much trouble?”

“Got it. Okay. I’m hanging up now. I’m turning off my phone. If anything comes up, call his private number. We’ll go home tomorrow.”

Yuan Ye turned his phone off and threw it onto the side after hanging up. Fang Shaoyi’s phone had long since been turned off as well. There was still a private number available. Very few people knew it. After turning off his phone, Yuan Ye wanted to go shower. While walking towards the bathroom, he undressed. Before he had even reached the bathroom, his clothes were completely off.

Just as Fang Shaoyi was about to stand up, Yuan Ye said, “If you dare to come in, I’m going to punch you in the lungs.”

Fang Shaoyi paused for a moment. When Yuan Ye finished talking, Fang Shaoyi stood up, completely unbothered. Yuan Ye said, “Stand there and don’t move. We haven’t finished settling our scores yet.”

His expression was slightly solemn. Following brief consideration, Fang Shaoyi obediently sat down once more. Thus, Yuan Ye left with that expression on and headed into the shower. When he closed the door and turned on the water, he couldn’t keep the act up anymore. His expression slowly softened; his eyes were filled with gentle amusement.

He was purposefully trying to scare the other. After being tricked by Fang Shaoyi, he was purposefully acting so unwilling. Everything was an act. How could he actually be angry?

Fang Shaoyi had been lowkey for most of his life. The few times he had been flamboyant and highkey had all been for Yuan Ye. Ultimately, he had caused such a big scene this time in order to publicly give Yuan Ye a status equal to his. He had even placed himself lower than Yuan Ye. This was because in the beginning, Yuan Ye had been the one to step forward and take the blame for their divorce. Later on, the outside world had all believed that Yuan Ye was shamelessly sticking to and pursuing him. They had been waiting for him to make a fool of himself. If the two of them reconciled without saying anything, or they only announced their remarriage, everyone else would all assume that Yuan Ye had been the one who had begged for this reconciliation.

Thus, Fang Shaoyi publicly asked for remarriage in front of everyone else. He hadn’t said anything that hadn’t been from the bottom of his heart. A good relationship needed to be equal. The last thing Fang Shaoyi wanted to see was Yuan Ye being disrespected.

Could Yuan Ye not understand these things?

That day, after both of them had showered, Yuan Ye came out of the bathroom wearing only a loose pair of shorts. Shirtless, he sat on the carpet, posture very carefree. One of his legs was bent up and his arm was resting on his knee. He wanted to have a chat with Fang Shaoyi.

Fang Shaoyi very obediently walked over and sat down across from Yuan Ye. He asked, “Are you helping me with skincare after our chat?”

Yuan Ye said, “Do it yourself.”

Fang Shaoyi replied very smoothly, “I can’t raise my arms for too long. My shoulders will hurt.”

Yuan Ye scoffed. “Then you can keep your dry skin. Don’t do skincare anymore. Either way, you won’t be acting again for a long time.”

Fang Shaoyi didn’t argue back or say anything. He actually nodded. Now that he wasn’t acting pitiful, he actually seemed more pitiful. Yuan Ye knew he was faking it. The film emperor’s talent was all getting used on him now that the other wasn’t filming. Even so, Yuan Ye still couldn’t bear to see him with his lips pressed together, silent. He reached out and briefly cupped the other’s chin. “Quit acting.”

Fang Shaoyi looked up at him. Yuan Ye said, “There aren’t any other people around now. We’ve also resolved our issues. We’ve finally made some time to clear some things up.”

Clear what things up? What needed to be cleared up on the carpet during the night of their remarriage? Fang Shaoyi was extremely unwilling in his heart. Weren’t they going to do something to celebrate their remarriage? They weren’t pile driving, but were sitting on the ground and having a chat instead? An old couple needed to be like this? So unvigorous?

But he didn’t say anything at all. He obediently nodded.

Yuan Ye leaned back against the side of the bed. He rested his elbows on top of the bed and glanced askance at Fang Shaoyi. He asked, “In front of the reporters, you said that you never actually wanted to get divorced from me?”

Fang Shaoyi looked at him and made a noise of acknowledgement.

Yuan Ye scoffed and scolded, “Lies.”

Fang Shaoyi replied, “No, the truth.”

“Chronic liar,” Yuan Ye commented once more.

Fang Shaoyi furrowed his brows together. His expression became serious too. He said, “I didn’t lie. Can’t you tell if I ever really wanted to or not?”

Yuan Ye stared at him. The two of them made eye contact, gazing straight into the other’s eyes. Neither refused to look away first.

A while later, it was ultimately Yuan Ye who first spoke up. Teacher Yuan Ye was going to start bringing up old scores.

“You even removed my car from the system. Even property management didn’t recognize my license plate anymore. What do you have to say about that? What, I’m not allowed to come to this house? This home has nothing to do with me anymore?” Yuan Ye asked him.

Fang Shaoyi didn’t even know what he was talking about. “Why would I remove you from the system?”

Yuan Ye cocked an eyebrow. “I couldn’t even get my car in through the front gates. Are you trying to tell me property management automatically removed me from the system? How impressive of them.”

Fang Shaoyi asked him, bewildered, “Isn’t the car in the garage yours? You didn’t drive it inside?”

Yuan Ye said, “Quit playing with me. I’m talking about when we were divorced. Before we went on the show.”

Fang Shaoyi’s brows were knit together. “I really didn’t. Xiaotao wouldn’t either.”

Yuan Ye knew that Fang Shaoyi wouldn’t lie to him. At the time, though, he truly hadn’t been able to enter. Later on, the both of them saw confusion in each other’s eyes. Fang Shaoyi suddenly remembered something. He asked Yuan Ye, “What year did you pay the property management fees?”

Yuan Ye said, “How am I supposed to remember? I even forgot how many years we paid in advance when we first moved in.”

Fang Shaoyi replied, “After you moved away, I didn’t come back here either. We had overdue fees for several months. My car couldn’t get in as well. Xiaotao went to make up those fees. I’m pretty sure that’s what happened. If you hadn’t mentioned it, I would’ve forgotten.”

Yuan Ye blinked. Back then, he had more or less felt a bit upset because of this incident. It had caused him to continually feel sad when he had come here to pack up his stuff. He had felt like Fang Shaoyi wanted to make a clean break with him. But in the end, it was because they had overdue fees? This explanation really made Yuan Ye not know whether to laugh or cry.

He felt like he had once again been controlled by life.

There definitely wasn’t only one score to settle.

Yuan Ye continued to question Fang Shaoyi. “If you didn’t want to get divorced from me, if you wanted to see what my opinion was, why did you keep attacking me during filming? Could I possibly get back together with you if you kept attacking me?”

Fang Shaoyi glanced at him and said, “You attacked me first.”

“When did I attack you?” Yuan Ye tsk’d. “Besides, you forced me to sign the papers. Wasn’t I in the right to be angry? Didn’t you deserve to be attacked?”

“Yes,” Fang Shaoyi nodded. Then, he said, “But I was very sad too. You were already thinking about separating in your heart, which meant I wouldn’t be able to keep you anymore. You said you didn’t want a young and fresh love to turn into something old and sick. This sentence was too hurtful. My love was old and sick? How did it become sick? Before it really fell sick, I needed to ensure its freshness.”

Fang Shaoyi’s response was very reasonable. Each phrase prodded the softest part of Yuan Ye’s heart. He was talking about the most painful time in their relationship, but after clearing things up, it wouldn’t hurt anymore. Everything had already passed. In the end, upon noticing that Yuan Ye really looked a bit forlorn, Fang Shaoyi added, “Also, I never attacked you.”

“Didn’t you?” Yuan Ye used the back of his hand to rub the tip of his nose. He couldn’t be bothered with feeling sad anymore. All his other emotions had disappeared. “‘You can still feel whether or not I’m uncomfortable? Can you?’ ‘Don’t touch my suitcase.’ ‘Missing love?’ Which of these didn’t you say?”

“You were coughing so hard. How could I not feel that you were uncomfortable? Forget the fact that you were uncomfortable. Didn’t I feel uncomfortable too? Was there gold in your suitcase? I was going to help you do skincare, but you so rudely told me not to touch your suitcase.” Here, Yuan Ye grabbed an orange and slammed it onto Fang Shaoyi’s leg. Expression dark, he said, “Then why should I help you with skincare? Hurry and do your own skincare later. Little Yuan won’t touch your stuff. Also, was I ‘missing love’? Whether or not I was missing love, didn’t you fuck me anyways? You even bit my lip and broke skin. Seems to me like you just wanted to find an excuse to have sex. Aren’t you annoying? If you want to have sex, just say it outright.”

Yuan Ye had kept all these memories in his heart. He hadn’t even forgotten one word.

Fang Shaoyi picked up the orange and peeled it, then stuffed a slice into Yuan Ye’s mouth. He responded very smoothly, “I want to have sex.”

“......Get out,” Yuan Ye said.

Fang Shaoyi scooted so that he was sitting closer to Yuan Ye. He slowly wrapped his arms around the other and said, “Teacher Yuan Ye, spare me. Don’t bring up old scores anymore.”

Yuan Ye scoffed. “My benevolence has already been displayed by the fact that I didn’t start bringing them up with you in front of all those cameras.”

Fang Shaoyi didn’t say anything else. He glued himself to the other and softly rubbed against him. He kissed Yuan Ye on the cheek and on the chin, wordlessly coaxing him.

After so much settling of scores, if this conversation continued, Teacher Fang’s lungs would have to start hurting. Yuan Ye sighed and said, “Nevermind. I won’t bring up stuff from too long ago. Let’s talk about stuff that recently happened.”

Fang Shaoyi cautiously asked, “There’s recent stuff too?”

“Of course.” Yuan Ye chuckled, but the amusement didn’t reach his eyes. “A little boy knocked on your door in the middle of the night, huh? Teacher Fang? The little boy also wanted to give you a massage. Quite sweet, right?”

These matters of moral principle couldn’t be taken lightly. Fang Shaoyi immediately shook his head. “That never happened. You heard everything. I didn’t let him in.”

“It’s true that you didn’t let him in.” Yuan Ye nodded, then resentfully furrowed his brows. “But you protected him from getting injured! And then you ended up critically injured. You almost killed me with that.”

Fang Shaoyi gently tugged on Yuan Ye’s ear and rubbed his earlobe. He didn’t dare to make any more rebuttals. His injury was basically a knife in Yuan Ye’s heart. Thinking back on it resulted in a bloody wound.

A while later, Fang Shaoyi softly said, “I was wrong. But that had nothing to do with his identity. You know me. When have I ever looked at anyone else?”

How could Yuan Ye not know this? The scores he was settling now were merely incidents he had felt uncomfortable or displeased about in the past; he was finally talking about them. Previously, they had ended up getting divorced because of a lack of communication. Thus, they needed to go over everything clearly now. Not speaking up was unacceptable.

After so much talk, Yuan Ye felt tired. He stood up, stomped his feet a few times, and said, “Okay, let’s end our chat here today. I can only think of these things right now.”

Fang Shaoyi grabbed onto his pants. He looked up. “Where are you going?”

Yuan Ye lowered his head to look at the other. He laughed, “Where else could I go? I’m going to wash my hands. Don’t I need to help you with skincare? Fang Jiaojiao.”

Fang Shaoyi released his grip and let Yuan Ye go wash his hands. He very conscientiously laid flat on the bed to wait for Yuan Ye to apply his skincare.

Yuan Ye warmed his palms up by rubbing them together. Then, he helped Fang Shaoyi apply a layer of essence. He gently massaged it in between the corners of Fang Shaoyi’s eyes and his temples. While doing this, he said, “This is all because I’m softhearted. Otherwise, given that one time you were so rude to me, you’d never get this treatment again in your life. How precious, right, Teacher Fang?”

“Not precious.” Fang Shaoyi’s eyes were closed. He lowly said, “I’m not precious. My suitcase isn’t precious either.”

“Is that so?” Yuan Ye offhandedly asked.

Fang Shaoyi opened his eyes. He felt a bit embarrassed. He caught Yuan Ye’s hand and kissed the other’s palm. Then, he sighed and slowly said, “In my suitcase......there was a copy of Teacher Yuan Ye’s new novel and a notebook with a few dozen love poems in it. Those poems are really old. I take them with me wherever I go. When you touched them, it was like you were touching my heart......But at the time, I didn’t dare to let you touch it yet. I didn’t know if you still wanted it or not.”

One of Yuan Ye’s hands was being held onto by Fang Shaoyi. He blinked, but once again couldn’t say anything. After so much mention of touching, he felt like his heart was the one that had been touched by someone else.

Yuan Ye ultimately wasn’t a match for Fang Shaoyi. He was much more than one level lower in rank. He had spent so long going over old scores, but each incident he had brought up had been rebuked by the other. At the very end, his heart felt incredibly soft. Additionally, Fang Shaoyi was continuously practicing the tactic of advancing by retreating and incessantly acting pitiful. This was what he was best at these days.

At this time, he could truly understand what Fang Shaoyi had felt when he had said those things.

——Alright. I’ll give you whatever you want. Is this enough? What else do you want? Just tell me if you want anything else.