A Contractual Marriage with the Best Leading Actor

I Joined to Write Fanfiction about Us (3)

A thought unknowingly crept into Bai Qi’s mind, ‘If I were to bring Jiang Fangcheng back to meet mom and dad instead... Not only would he have flipped the dining table over, but he would also have wasted all the food my dad worked hard to make.’

Bai Qi brushed away that odd thought of his and fished out his phone to look at the notifications.

Xi Chengyun, who was having a pleasant chat with Bai Qi’s parents, noticed his movement and immediately turned over to look at him.

It was a message from Qiu Sichuan.

There were also a few messages from his roommates. Before he had a closer look at the contents, the overwhelming number of exclamation marks caught his eye.

Bai Qi clicked on Qiu Sichuan’s message first.

【Are you alright?】

‘Huh? Why is he asking that?’

Bai Qi blanked out for a moment before clicking into Weibo.

...It was news about himself.

Bai Qi stood up and walked towards his bedroom.

Xi Chengyun shot a polite smile at Bai Qi’s parents and stood up to follow him.

Bai Qi scrolled through Weibo and realized that no one was bashing him. Instead, he saw some posts from Qiu Sichuan and the rest.

@QiuSichuan: Read more books and pay less attention to gossip. If it doesn’t work, just sleep more.

The comments section was filled with confused reactions from his fans: 【Does this mean that you are on Bai Qi’s side?】

【How many days has it been since you’ve last posted? And yet you post about this?】

Qiu Sichuan got his momentum back after appearing in a few reality shows and people were quite active in his comments section.

Bai Qi bit his lip as he continued to scroll through Weibo.

He realized that a few staff members who he looked out for during the first episode were also standing up for him.

Even Wang Miaofeng posted a picture that said, ‘Do you know why curiosity killed the cat?’

A fan commented: 【Because it lived near the sea?】

Some passersby couldn’t help but comment: 【Who knew that Wang Miaofeng could still stand up for Bai Qi after being knocked over】

【Lol. Despite being knocked over on the ice, it did lead him to fame.】

Bai Qi scrolled down and found that Xia Yang had also posted something.

His post was even more shameless than Qiu Sichuan’s.

‘Don’t gossip about my fan.’

The comments section was filled with laughter.

【Amazing, he even emphasized that he is a fan of his. When Xi-laoshi sees this, wouldn’t he add another 10 sets of practice questions to his workload?】

【Ge, watch out for Xi-laoshi, you are stepping on a mine that’s going to explode any minute!!!】

Just as Bai Qi read that comment, Xi Chengyun pushed his room door open and came in. He expected to see Bai Qi crying in a corner, but instead, he heard the sound of laughter.

Xi Chengyun couldn’t believe his ears and thought he’d misheard it.

“Bai Qi, have you seen the news?” he asked.

Bai Qi nodded and turned around to look at him. “How did you get in?”

Xi Chengyun bit his lower lip and kept mum while he stared at Bai Qi.

He thought, maybe, just maybe, he could... give Bai Qi a hug? A platonic hug should come off as a natural response...

“Oh, are you here to comfort me? I’m fine! My family went bankrupt a long time ago and I’ve come to terms with it a long time ago too! Only Old Dong from upstairs would make fun of us, which would have made my dad a little angry because he felt he’d held us back from success...”

“I think I was wise in high school to have learned how to cook and farm. With that, no matter how poor we are, we’d have nothing to worry about. What’s more, we still had a roof over our heads.”

“Although this year has been tough due to financial issues, and my family has been going back and forth about whether I should do my Masters... but all that has been settled thanks to you, Xi-ge!” Bai Qi said and smiled at Xi Chengyun.

It was a sweet and bright smile; his smile was sweet like syrup.

It was absolutely beautiful, and it went straight to Xi Chengyun’s heart.

“You’re not angry?” Xi Chengyun recalled the comments of the antis and even he couldn’t control his anger.

“Why would I be angry? Are you referring to those anti-fans? In my opinion, while I’m happily eating and watching TV at home, they are collecting evidence and getting into fights. They aren’t eating properly or enjoying the shows on TV and would rather spend their New Year’s with a keyboard. Neither the fans nor your studio have any free time on their hands. So, who on earth is actually suffering here?”

“...” Xi Chengyun didn’t know whether he should laugh or cry.

While Bai Qi was speaking, he took a seat at the study table, opened his laptop, and started typing.

Xi Chengyun then said, “... Are you going to reply to the comments on Weibo? There’s no need to do that. Let Shang Guang do it for you.”

“Nope, I looked at a story they’ve written and figured... why don’t I help them with it!”

“What did you read?”

Bai Qi passed his phone to him.

Xi Chengyun breezed through the ABO fanfiction written by fans about how he was going to kidnap Bai Qi... and was puzzled.

Bai Qi rolled up his sleeves and said, “No one is going to believe that you’ve paid me for this job if I join in to write fanfiction about us!”

“...”

‘You never failed to surprise me, Bai Qi.’

Xi Chengyun sat down next to him and said in a low voice, “Bai Qi.”

“Hm?” Bai Qi didn’t turn to look at him and was engrossed in his mission to recall the contractual marriage fiction books he’d read when they’d first gotten married.

His fingers continued typing away.

‘I am a genius,’ Bai Qi thought to himself.

Xi Chengyun then stated in a low voice, “Let me settle this situation, once and for all.”