HBWnovel Chapter 2
Chapter 2
When the next number stood in front of him, the director’s half-open fish eyes lit up with a swish.
Mainly because the white shirts in front of him made him aesthetically exhausted. The sudden appearance of a bright lemon yellow was indeed refreshing, and the boy was handsome, with a clean face and delicate features, and his hair was not styled messily, hanging softly between his eyebrows.
“Ahem......” The director flipped over the script. “You are not suitable for playing the role of the male lead. Try playing the second male lead. Just start at the scene where you catch the scumbag cheating on you. Let’s see who can act alongside you.....”
However, No. 12 obviously wasn’t listening carefully. He turned around and looked at Mr. Lin sitting in the back and his innocent round eyes curved up, revealing a gentle and well-behaved smile.
The director was a little dissatisfied. These young eighteenth-tier actors were not here to audition today at all! But he dared not speak out in anger, nor did he dare to offend surnamed Lin, who was an investor.
Lin Yuan had been chatting with his friend, and had no interest in the string of little white flowers swaying in front of him.
He suddenly felt his interest flag. After being gone for half a month, he now missed the soft, clean person at home. Even now, he hadn’t eaten that person, but just by holding Lu Qin in his arms, he would feel something warm and soft filling his chest little by little.
This feeling caused a strange heat to rise in his heart, slowly wrapping around it like wisps of vine, where a small, swaying flower was about to bloom.
The friend sitting next to him needed to go to the toilet. Lin Yuan scooted his chair back while holding his coffee and inadvertently lifted his gaze, meeting No. 12’s clear eyes.
He blinked like a little deer.
Lin Yuan: ......
After a few seconds, he realized that this was not a hallucination caused by excessive longing, and his expression suddenly changed.
He jumped up like a dog whose tail was stepped on. The coffee in his hand was unsteady, and splashed all over the childhood friend, who had just stood up. The height of the splash was unfortunate, and happened to land on the person’s crotch.
“Ow—!!”
The roguish friend was abused miserably and knocked over the small table while backing away. “Lin Yuan! Damn it! What grudge do you have against me!”
He was still looking for paper towels when someone walked over quickly, stretched out a slender hand, and handed him a pack of tissues.
He followed it and saw the young man holding the tissues. Although he couldn’t see his face clearly against the light, his features were handsome and gentle, and his lowered eyelashes had a natural upward curve.@@@@
God, he was scalded into hallucinating. An angel had come.
He tried his best to be personable, and gave a distorted smile. When he took the tissues, he didn’t forget to take a breath of cool air and ask Lu Qi: “Hey~ What’s your name?”
Lu Qi: ......
Even though he was like this, he still didn’t forget to hit on someone. He was truly Lin Yuan’s good friend, one as bad as the other. He didn’t know whether to praise him for being strong-willed despite his disability.
Lu Qi smiled politely and said: “I am the subject of Lin Yuan’s mistress-nurturing and targeted poverty alleviation.”
He looked at Lin Yuan, who was standing stiffly on the spot, and continued: “En. Also, I’m more like Lin Yuan’s white moonlight’s......substitute?”
Lin Yuan ignored his friend, who had practically turned into a “boiled chicken,” and asked his assistant to send him to the hospital. Then he reached out to grab Lu Qi’s wrist.
But the always docile young man turned sideways and dodged it with an expressionless face.
For the first time, Lin Yuan saw a look of disgust in Lu Qi’s black and white eyes, as if he couldn’t stand even being touched by his hand. He had always been highly sought after, and had never been treated with such cold eyes. There were so many melon-eating people watching, and the anger that went to his head even momentarily covered up the trace of panic in his heart.
He took a deep breath and raised his hand to signal that he would not touch Lu Qi, whispering: “Go to the conference room next door, and I will explain it to you slowly.”
Lu Qi raised his eyelashes and seriously sized up Lin Yuan.
He had agreed to date Lin Yuan firstly because of Lin Yuan’s sincerity. He was hospitalized some time ago, and Lin Yuan cooked every day and sent it to his hospital halfway across the city. The second reason was that Lin Yuan was pretty good-looking, and had a good figure due to working out all year-round. Although he was not Lu Qi’s type, he was not hard on the eyes when they spent time together.
Now, Lu Qi finally had a deep understanding of what it meant to be a beast in human clothing.
He didn’t want a bunch of people to watch his private affairs, so he followed Lin Yuan out of the audition site.
. . . . . . .
When the door closed, Lin Yuan looked at Lu Qi.
The moment he entered the door, Lu Qi stood by the floor-to-ceiling window and kept his distance from him.
The light outside the window shone onto him. The figure reflected in the window was tall and slender, with slightly longer hair that was very soft. A strand of hair fell cutely behind his cool white ear, revealing a snow-like fragility in the contrast between black and white.
The tea was warm and had the sweet aroma of fruit. A small chrysanthemum hung on Lin Yuan’s temple, and a soaked lemon slice happened to stick to his left eye socket.
Lin Yuan was topped with a chrysanthemum and wearing a lemon eye mask, with an expression that looked as if he was about to explode.
Lu Qi took a step back and said, “I’ve been very restrained. Don’t do anything more. Let’s part without hard feelings.”
He felt that he had finished what he needed to say, so he turned around to walk out the door. Unexpectedly, Lin Yuan rushed over from behind and pushed shut the door he had opened a crack.
There was a slam, and it almost caught Lu Qi’s outstretched fingers. He was almost scared to death, fearing that Lin Yuan would bite him.
“I don’t agree to break up.” Lin Yuan spoke behind his ear. “I admit that you are very similar to Mu Nanqiao, but you.....”
The airflow from his words brushed the hair on the back of Lu Qi’s neck, making him particularly uncomfortable.
Lu Qi’s entire back was tense. He held his little paws with lingering fear, suppressed his discomfort, and warned Lin Yuan in a low voice: “Can you please maintain a social distance with me?”
He really couldn’t control himself.
Lin Yuan paused, but instead of backing away, he raised his hands and placed them on Lu Qi’s shoulders.
In his anger, he squeezed Lu Qi’s shoulders like he was a little clay figurine. Lu Qi couldn’t endure it anymore and turned around, shoving Lin Yuan.
His height and physical fitness were not as good as Lin Yuan’s, but after all, he was still an adult in his twenties. This shove sent Lin Yuan several steps back, and he almost hit the conference table.
“You.....you’re sick!” Lu Qi rubbed his shoulders and jumped like a little rabbit. He lost his temper this rare moment, and his cold white face turned crimson. “I don’t want to hear you looking for differences between me and that Mu.....Mu Nanqiao! What you’re doing with this rubbish is an insult to both me and him! If he’s a normal person, he would be disgusted by you lusting after him like this!”
He clearly saw the sudden surge of rage in Lin Yuan’s eyes, as if some inviolable secret area had been touched.
It seemed that Lin Yuan truly cared about what his white moonlight thought of him, and couldn’t bear the casual statement that he would be disgusted.
“What do you know.....” Lin Yuan’s expression was cold as he stood up straight and approached Lu Qi step by step. “He would never think that. He relies on me and trusts me. You can never compare to him.”
“Lu Qi, you have never taken me seriously since you and me got together.”
Lu Qi’s eyelashes trembled.
He was a little sad.
He was relieved.
The day he met the “talent scout,” he was out getting Lin Yuan’s birthday gift.
He knew that his feelings for Lin Yuan were mostly gratitude, but since he had agreed to date, he must take it seriously. So he worked hard to be good to Lin Yuan, and liked Lin Yuan more and more every day.....
Fortunately, they had just started out, and it hadn’t gone too far.
Lu Qi raised his head. Due to the height difference, he had to look up at Lin Yuan, but his eyes were clear and firm, and Lin Yuan’s brainwashing was obviously of no use.
“Do you think I should cry hysterically once something like this has happened to put your mind at ease?” Lu Qi shook his head calmly. “No way, it’s too disgraceful.”
Lin Yuan: ......
Lu Qi took a deep breath, and his slightly thin chest rose and fell. Then he walked quickly toward Lin Yuan.
“But today is your birthday, and after thinking about it, I should fulfill your wish.”
He stood in front of Lin Yuan, smiled, and suddenly kicked him in the waist.
The incident happened so suddenly that Lin Yuan was unguarded against the gentle Lu Qi. Even though he subconsciously dodged, the kick was still very strong, and he knocked over several chairs with a clatter.
He fell on the hotel’s carpet, which was not very clean. The pain came after, and he curled up with a groan. He managed to raise his head to look at Lu Qi who was standing beside the table, his eyes full of disbelief.
Lu Qi had never been in a fight, so kicking him in the waist was really hard for him, a lazy little guy. The force of the shock caused him to lean back and almost lose his balance, so he had to hold onto the table to keep from falling.
He arranged the small bag hanging on his chest, looked down at Lin Yuan, and asked innocently: “Didn’t you want to see me lose my temper? Why are you so shocked now?”
“Happy birthday. In this new year, act like a human being.”
[1] Some people believe that not having sex will lead to acne. Who knew. ⮐