Breaking up, No Joke

197. Extra Chapter 7 Song Shilin

Translator: Lena

With an umbrella in hand, the young man has his arm around his lover in the pouring rain before others.

The umbrella is big, but one is drenched to the skin and another only has his trouser legs wet when the young couple arrive home.

They lean against the door and kiss each other’s face simply with affection as usual.

“Cut.”

Sitting behind cameras, Zeng Xun nods with satisfaction. He raises his eyebrows with delight, “Great! Call it a day.”

Hearing that, Bo Yu’s assistant steps forward with a dry towel in hand, “Mr. Bo, here you are. Dry you off with the towel. Don’t catch a cold.”

The crew rent a device to create artificial rain. The water might not be clean. The assistant considers, ‘Fortunately, Mr. Bo doesn’t have to stand in the rain deliberately and get drenched because of the plot.’

Bo Yu wipes his face, noticing that Shan Yangxun is waiting for his assistant to bring a dry towel. He asks in a low voice, “Zhou, I haven’t seen Shan Yangxun’s assistant for a whole day. Where is she?”

Bo Yu’s assistant, Zhou, is a woman with short hair. She not only looks neat and agile, but also is capable and experienced. The woman replies, “I don’t know, but I’ve heard that she is unwilling to work for Shan Yangxun for he is a rookie. She’s tactless.”

After Zhou finishes her words, her lips curl. She has met Shan Yangxun’s assistant who is a girl who just graduated from college and looks pretty. However, the girl has grandiose aims but puny abilities. In addition, she is a snob. ‘She must make light of Shan Yangxun for he just made his debut and few people know him. The girl idly does her work. What’s worse, she’s often absent.’

Zhou thinks that girl is stupid.

‘Although Shan Yangxun isn’t popular, but he can act with Bo Yu. That means he will have a promising future. After the shooting is over and the play is on the air, Shan Yangxun will be popular for his name shows up with Bo Yu’s although the show might not be a big hit.’

‘Shan Yangxun has a great start. His capable agency is willing to make him a star. As long as he doesn’t look for troubles, he will gain a good reputation. He might not be an A-list celebrity, but he will definitely be a B- or C-list star.’

Pondering, Zhou doesn’t show that on her face, “Mr. Bo, should I…” She glances at Shan Yangxun tentatively.

Bo Yu shakes his head, telling her not to back off, “I just ask.”

Zhou nods, “Mr. Bo, will you go home directly or get changed in the dressing room?”

Bo Yu wears his watch which he gave Zhou before, “I need to get changed. Wait for me in the car.”

The woman nods and leaves with Bo Yu’s personal items.

The man turns around and heads to his private dressing room. Only his trouser legs are wet, but he happened to step into a puddle when acting. His shoes are drenched, so Bo Yu feels uncomfortable.

He often brings another suit with him when shooting according to his experience.

Bo Yu puts on a simple sportswear. He tidies his hair and then strolls out idly with his phone in hand.

As he opens the door, he sees Shan Yangxun who stands before him. The young man has changed his clothes and removed his makeup, which makes him more inornate and dashing. Bo Yu asks, “What’s wrong?”

Shan Yangxun sheepishly scratches his neck to conceal his embarrassment, “I thought you didn’t bring clothes with you, so, so I wanted to give mine to you.”

Hearing that, Bo Yu notices that the young man carries a paper bag. After a glance, he finds there’s a simple suit for men in the bag. It seems like Shan Yangxun’s clothes. Bo Yu refuses with a smile, “I’ll prepare another suit for change when shooting, but thank you all the same.”

Shan Yangxun immediately realized that he was nosy when the door was open. Bo Yu has already changed his garments. “Sorry, I forget that.” Says the young man.

‘I thought an A-list actor like Bo Yu wouldn’t prepare another suit when shooting, so I took a clean sportswear from my suitcase which I didn’t have time to put in the hotel.’ Considers Shan Yangxun vexedly.

He ponders, ‘Will he think I made an unnecessary move? He might detest me, or take me as a person with ulterior motives.’

Bo Yu is ill at ease. He has come out, so he should keep distance from both female and male celebrities, or paparazzi will spread ridiculous rumors. However, Bo Yu thinks it over. He considers that Shan Yangxun isn’t gay, so he lets this go soon.

The dashing man raises his wrist to check the time, “It’s late. I should leave now. See you next time.”

Watching Bo Yu leave, Shan Yangxun turns his gaze. He heads to his dressing room with the bag in hand. As he opens the door, he notices that his assistant perches on the chair and browses through her phone. The young man slightly scowls, “Why are you still here? Didn’t I you to buy a hot drink?”

The woman flinches at his voice. She immediately rises from the chair, “I’ve asked your agent. He said not to buy a hot drink.”

Shan Yangxun can’t understand. Although he feels uncomfortable because she told his agent such a trifle, he asks composedly, “Why?”

The assistant takes it for granted, “As the most popular actor, Bo Yu hasn’t bought hot drinks for everyone. You’re a rookie who just sign with an agency, so you’d better not to be in the spotlight. Bo Yu might feel offended. You have to stay in the crew for over a month, so you can’t displease others casually.”

Shan Yangxun drops the bag, “I just asked you to buy me a hot drink. Why do you say so? Have I told you to buy everyone a hot drink?”

The woman widens her eyes astonishedly, “Don’t you plan to buy them hot drinks? You’re one of the male leads. Don’t be so stingy.”

Shan Yangxun realizes that nice people always get pushed around. His face turns gloomy, “I have my plan. Stop talking nonsense to my agent.”

The assistant is taken aback because of Shan Yangxun’s wrath. She dares not to say anything, but she rolls eyes at him inwardly.

The man collapses onto the chair. He lowers his head so that his dark eyes hide behind the long fringe.

Bo Yu receives a call from Song Shilin on his way home. The latter realizes that Bo Yu finished today’s work earlier, so he asked Bo Yu to wait at a private restaurant a few blocks away.

The restaurant, owned by a rich kid in the Hua Country, is secluded and near the suburb. However, it has exquisite decorations and tasty food. Moreover, the price of its dishes are much higher than other private restaurants, which imperceptibly screened customers. Therefore, people who come to here are rich or powerful.

In effect, Bo Yu likes its liquor saturated shrimps which are yummy.

However, having too much shrimps are unhealthy, so Song Shilin doesn’t allow Bo Yu to overeat them.

It has been a long time for Bo Yu to have liquor saturated shrimps. Song Shilin’s proposal reminds him of the delicious taste. He drools.

Zhou asks, “Mr. Bo, should we wait for you outside?”

As the car pulls over before the restaurant, Bo Yu opens the door to get off. Hearing that, the man pauses, “No. You can leave now. I’ll go home by myself. Pick me up in time tomorrow morning. Remember to add more sugar in coffee.”

Zhou replies delightedly.

Song Shilin heads to the room according to Song Shilin’s message. As he pushes open the door, he finds that Little Candy is biting a huge candy which is larger than his chubby face. The kid licks it pleasantly, while Little Watermelon is using a phone.

Song Shilin deals with his work with an ipad seriously.

As Bo Yu stops and closes the door, the three finally notice Bo Yu.

Song Shilin drops his ipad, speaking, “It’s time to order some dishes.”

Taking an ipad from a waiter, Bo Yu chooses some food with Little Watermelon. Although the child is not interested in any food, he enjoys the time spending with his daddy.

However, Little Candy puts the candy away and stretches his hands towards Bo Yu urgently, “Daddy, I, I need a hug.”

An old saying goes, “Absence sharpens love”. Little Candy now understands its meaning.

Bo Yu orders some dishes which are their favorites. After considering, he adds two desserts.

The waiter leaves with the ipad in hand.

Bo Yu now has time to Little Candy who is in a mood, “Little Candy, who gave you this lollipop?”

The child licks it smugly, “Grandpa bought it.”

Bo Yu is astonished, “When did dad come?”

Dad refers to Song Shilin’s father.

Song Shilin answers in a serious tone, “He came with mom in the morning and left just now.”

Little Watermelon plucks at Bo Yu’s coat. He takes out a tiny candy from nowhere like a magician and waves it at Bo Yu complacently, “Daddy, grandpa gave it to me.”

Song Shilin’s father is concerned similarly with his two grandsons, although Little Watermelon is in Grade Two.

Little Watermelon is sensitive, but he is only a child. There’s no kid who doesn’t have a sweet tooth. The boy gazes at Bo Yu with his watery eyes, “Daddy, can I eat it?”

After hesitating, Bo Yu cruelly turns down Little Watermelon’s request, “No, you can’t. You have bad teeth.”

The boy nods injuredly.