Wei Sama, Let’s Stuff Them with Dog Food

9. Qi Le An’s Uncle

Translator: Sissy That Walk

Qi Le An just nodded meekly, and he was determined that he needed to find out what exactly had happened to Mr. Li, for ‘If you know your enemies and know yourself, you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles’.

Qi Le An also was dying to find out who planned the car accident, Chu Cheng Yuan showed his true colors in Qi Le An’s ward, but no way would Chu Cheng Yuan be the actual initiator considering he was already a star. Qi Le An swore he would find out the truth and punish every single one of those bad guys who had hurt him.

‘I need to grow, I need to grow fast!’

Mr. Li hosted a dinner and invited a few actors in Qi Le An’s name that night, they had a lovely time but they decided to call it an early night for they needed to wake up early next morning.

“An, your teacher is so nice to you.” Hu Bin spoke highly of Mr. Li after the dinner.

Qi Le An just smiled and said nothing, while Assistant He bit his lips like he wished to speak but stopped on a second thought.

Hu Bin carried out the routine of having a few laughs in Qi Le An and Assistant He’s room before Assistant He kicked him out.

The room was dead silent without Hu Bin.

Assistant He, all of a sudden, asked, “An, are you close to Mr. Li?”

Qi Le An who was organizing his outfits had stopped abruptly, “Yeah… Mr. Li is nice to me.”

Assistant He nodded, “An, call me nosy or whatever. I’ve met Mr. Li years ago, he was still a famous manager back then, but he ended up falling out with his artists, it turned pretty ugly… anyways, just watch out.”

What Assistant He said was like someone had handed you a soft pillow when you were drowsy, this was the first time that Qi Le An had heard this in his two lives, Qi Le An asked promptly, “Bro He, what is it… …”

Assistant He shook his head, “I don’t know the details.”

Qi Le An nodded knowingly, he knew Assistant He wouldn’t purse this topic any further, so he just said thanks for the reminder.

Assistant He’s expression turned soft, “An, Hu Bin looks like silly, but he knows what he is doing, An, you need to know what you are doing if you want to do great in show business.”

The two chatted a little longer and said goodnight to each other. Soon Assistant He was sound asleep, while Qi Le An kept tossing and turning, he was so inspired by what Assistant He just said.

‘Yeah, I gotta know what I am doing! A hard lesson I learned from my death!’

The scene Qi Le An was shooting the next morning was he separated from Hao Ran and Bai Hua briefly for he had sensed danger in a forest, but unfortunately his human form was still quite unstable at that point and he revealed his ears and tail due to the enemy.

Qi Le An put on his bunny outfit and did a few shooting under the instruction, but all of a sudden, a cluster of entertainment reporter swarmed into the setting and the Deputy Director whispered something at Director Cui.

“Let’s take a break, half an hour, Hu Bin and An come here.” shouted Director Cui.

“Hu Bin, those reporters are invited by our investors, take An and talk to them for a bit, Lin Xue will join you soon.” said Director Cui while the crew members had already cleared up a section for the reporters.

This was going to be Qi Le An’s first public appearance in this life. Qi Le An noticed all the active media had sent reporters, and they all worked in pairs, a reporter and a cameraman, they now were waiting for the actors under a shed.

Hu Bin and Qi Le An walked to the shed and the reporters all bucked up energy on seeing them, the cameramen started to click the shutter on seeing Hu Bin, and they were all interested in Qi Le An, the fresh face.

“Hu Bin, Hu Bin, over here! Is that Bell who is behind you?”

Hu Bin smiled, “Correct, this is my Spirit Beast, Bell, my pet. His name is Qi Le An, please be nice to him, he is still a boy.”

Hu Bin was in a dark green robe, that was one of his costumes, he looked exactly like he was walking down from those ancient paintings. He was obviously on good terms with the reporters, the atmosphere was great. The reporters also asked Qi Le An some routine questions like ‘is this your first drama’, ‘how do you feel’, ‘how are you settling in so far’… …

“Qi Le An, you are wearing a cute outfit today, do your like your character?”

“I do!” Qi Le An replied promptly, “The stylists worked hard for my outfit, I find it cute too.” with that Qi Le An cupped his hands together like a real bunny, and the crowd all laughed.

Lin Xue arrived soon, and the reporters naturally paid more attention to the female lead.

Half an hour had passed when the reporters were done, but Hu Bin, Lin Xue and Qi Le An were asked to pose for the fans before they were released.

Qi Le An still felt excited after the reporters had left.

The interview had cost about an hour in total, Director Cui didn’t say anything, but they made up the time by taking less breaks.

Qi Le An didn’t think this interview would cause any aftermath until he got a call from his uncle a few days later.

It was nine o’clock at night when he finished shooting that day, Assistant He told him that his phone had been ringing like crazy.

Qi Le An was taken aback when he saw 3 missed calls notification on the screen, he tried so hard not to think about Uncle after his rebirth, but little did he expect that Uncle would remind him of his existence like this.

The phone rang again, Qi Le An walked further with this phone in hand.

The setting was ablaze with lights, Qi Le An noticed his shadow was in funny shape under the light. The cameramen team was packing up, Hu Bin and Lin Xue were rehearsing, and Director Cui was checking the material from the day.

Qi Le An turned around and pressed the button.

“Hello? Is that Qi Le An? Hey, speak!” Uncle’s uncouth tone reminded Qi Le An of the scene when he died in the hospital in the last life, uncle made a scene about his death with that tone as well.

“Is this phone broken?” Uncle murmured as he didn’t hear anything from Qi Le An.

Qi Le An sneered and hung up, then he blocked Uncle’s number without hesitation.

“An? Are you all right?” Assistant He had brought Qi Le An back to reality, he was in a daze after he hang up.

“I’m fine, Bro He.”

Assistant He nodded and asked him to get changed, for Hu Bin was about to finish as well, they would go back to the hotel together.

Qi Le An took a deep breath, he decided not to mention a thing to Assistant He.

To Qi Le An’s surprise though, Uncle came to the setting a few days after the call.

Qi Le An felt like he was going through his worst nightmare when he saw Uncle showed up in the setting .

“An… this person says he is your uncle, so we’ve let him in.” the security said this to Qi Le An.

“Yes, Qi Le An is my nephew, I raised him after his parents passed away.” Uncle shouted at the top of his lungs.

All the crew members were attracted by that, but Qi Le An just said in a serious tone, “No, I don’t know this person.”

Everyone was dumbfounded, so was Uncle.

Qi Le An who was still in his costume said to the script supervisor who was standing by him, “Big sister, I really don’t know this person, I went to Glory right after my parents had passed away… …”

The security replied before the script supervisor could say anything, “I knew it! You two don’t look similar at all, I can’t believe people nowadays would do such a thing, get lost now!”

With that the security started to push Uncle, the script supervisor said she was going to take over from there and asked Qi Le An to not worry.

“Thank you so much, sister!”

Qi Le An ignored Uncle’s cries and screams and went back to the setting.

The crew members all understood the undertone in Qi Le An’s speech, and they had zero sympathy for this uncle who had sold his nephew to Glory.

Uncle had been nothing but a leech to Qi Le An in his last life, no way would Qi Le An make that mistake again.

The security team was good at their job, and they had more means than just verbal persuasion, soon Uncle was nowhere to see. Qi Le An was so happy that he had worked even harder that afternoon.

‘Hopefully Uncle will leave me alone from now on, he was a monster in my last life, I would rather donate my parents’ pension than leave it to him!’

In the dressing room, Hu Bin tilted his head and said to Qi Le An, “An, my brother-in-law is a lawyer, just let me know if you need anything.”

Qi Le An knew Hu Bin had seen it all, but Hu Bin didn’t say anything for he was still shooting until now.

Qi Le An felt so grateful, but Hu Bin put his arm around Qi Le An’s shoulder and said, “Let’s go have some dinner, my treat!”

Qi Le An just smiled at Hu Bin as a reply.