Ch26 - “Gege, your ears are red.”

The things that Fu Mingyuan had brought had really gone cold. 

But fortunately, there was still a microwave in the hotel room.

Shen Qi took a shower at the speed of light and changed his clothes, not blow-drying his hair. 

He stood in the small corner kitchen, fiddling with the barbecue. The windows weren’t open in the room, so soon the smell filled the room.

After putting it all in the microwave, Shen Qi glanced in the mini-fridge and saw there were several cans of beer.

After thinking a while, he poked his head out from the kitchen and smiled at the man sitting at the table. “Gege, why don’t you have some beer to warm yourself up?”

Fu Mingyuan had excellent vision. 

The light in the small dining room was yellow, probably to create an atmosphere.

From this angle, he could see that there were water droplets on the young man’s cheek, falling from the tip of his hair to his jaw before rolling down the young man’s pale neck. 

Fu Mingyuan sat up ramrod straight, his hands on his knees as if the person who had just walked in with a big bag of barbecue and even had barbeque sauce on his coat wasn’t him.

His throat bobbed twice, and Fu Mingyuan looked away. 

How could any boy be this pale, was it because he wasn’t exposed to the sun while he was growing up?

“No need,” Fu Mingyuan said. 

His voice was still a little hoarse, and he sipped some hot water, feeling that it dispeled some of the scratchiness in his throat.

Shen Qi had lowered his head. 

[A single man and a single man in the same room need what to get along] deleted.

[Is it normal to want to sleep with your boyfriend when you meet him for the first time] also deleted. 

He licked his somewhat dry lips, opened a can of beer, and leaned against the table. From his angle, he could see Fu Mingyuan’s straight back.

He was wearing a white shirt, with the contour of his back showing through. They were both men, but the difference in their figures was suddenly exposed. 

Shen Qi’s eyes moved down. Wu, how were his legs this perfect. 

Fu Mingyuan had stretched out, so he could see how long his legs really were. 

When he heard Fu Mingyuan’s reply, he clicked his tongue.

If we drink a little alcohol, won’t that improve the atmosphere? 

“Gege, you really won’t drink?”

While talking, he continued to ask Baidu [First meeting, want to be taken to bed, shit]. 

Forget it, delete it.

Fu Mingyuan stared at the water glass. “I can’t drink, sorry.” 

Shen Qi let out a “wu” and did not speak again.

When he took out the barbecue, Fu Mingyuan was still in the same position. 

Shen Qi sat down and took another sip of the beer.

The beer taken out of the refrigerator was cool, which dispeled the sultry heat caused by the high temperature of the heater in the room. 

Shen Qi was really a little hungry, since he hadn’t eaten since he had come back in the afternoon. Although the barbecue wasn’t straight off of the grill, it still tasted good.

Fu Mingyuan watched him eat for a while. 

The rosy lips of the young man were dyed with another layer of red.

He looked away and said with a calm voice, “I’m very sorry that I didn’t tell you in advance.” 

Shen Qi tilted his head and poured out the last mouthful of his first beer. When he heard what the other party said, he let out an “en?”

A drop of beer slipped from his mouth, and he licked at it reflexively. 

Fu Mingyuan breathed hard and then said, “I’m very sorry that I didn’t tell you before that I recognized you.”

He had just been a little bit afraid that the young man would ignore him because he had recognized who he was. 

The older you get, the stronger your desires.

Shen Qi opened up another beer. 

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Pa kjr bcis joafg tlr olgra ylaf bo atf yjgyfmef atja tf ibbxfv eq jcv ijeutfv.

“Pa’r jigluta, Xfuf. 

“Aera wjxf la eq ab wf.”

Lf rjlv atlr mjgfifrris. 

Me Zlcusejc’r tjcv bc tlr xcff wbnfv, jcv tf atbeuta bo atf fwbalmbc tf tjv ajixfv jybea.

“Qtja vb sbe kjca?” 

Shen Qi held his chin in one hand and touched his somewhat hot cheek. He took a beef kebab in one hand and put it into his mouth, biting down on a piece of meat and and chewing it twice.

“Give me an autographed photo ba.” 

Then he hissed, “Lu Tun wants it, not me.”

In fact, he also really wanted one. 

Fu Mingyuan’s throat bobbed twice.

Shen Qi then said, “How could I enjoy people on paper as much as the real person.” 

Having said that, he went to wash his hands and dug up from his backpack the previously printed photo of Fu Mingyuan onstage during the interview.

He handed the photo over to Fu Mingyuan and pointed to the front, his fingertips gliding over Fu Mingyuan’s face in the photo, all the way from his face to his clothes, and then continuing down. 

Fu Mingyuan’s gaze, which had fallen on the hands of the young man, drifted away unconsciously.

Compared with the hands under the camera, these hands, which were naturally suitable for playing games, were beautiful, slender, pale, and straight, especially when their fingertips slid against black clothes. 

There was a thin layer of sweat on his back.

Fortunately, Shen Qi couldn’t see it. 

“Where should I sign?” Fu Mingyuan took out a pen from his pocket and turned to look at Shen Qi.

Because he had drunk alcohol, Shen Qi’s cheeks were red right now. 

Fu Mingyuan suddenly remembered the Weibo post of Shen Qi and Ye Lai on the Hot Search from that day. Although only his side profile had been shown, he was as red as he was now.

The hand holding the pen suddenly tightened. 

Shen Qi suddenly snorted and laughed. “It’s too much of a steal for Lu Tun for you to sign the front.”

Tch, how could he sign the front, wouldn’t that be putting a stamp over Gege’s body. 

“The back ba.” Without hesitation, he turned the photo over and tapped on it with his fingertips. “Just write…

“Wishing Lu Tun happiness. 

“You don’t have to write your name, he just said to write that.”

Fu Ming let out an affirmative sound. 

After autographing it, Shen Qi put the photo away. “Gege, have you had dinner?”

He should have bought these for himself just after filming. 

Last time, Fu Mingyuan had even said that barbecue wasn’t good for him.

His original thought of just leaving the other party to sit and hang around there for a while was completely obliterated. 

Fu Ming just wanted to nod, but after thinking about it, he said, “No.”

He also hadn’t eaten much for lunch. 

It was because he knew that he could see Shen Qi in the afternoon, so his thoughts had been too restless.

He had been calm for so many years, and this was the first time that he had been absent-minded while working. 

When he had passed by the milk tea shop, he remembered that last year, when M1G had won the championship, Ye Lai had explosively revealed that their team captain liked to drink milk tea, but didn’t add anything else into it, not even sugar, and it was too tasteless. He had said that he didn’t know what kind of strange taste their captain had.

He hadn’t paid any attention to Du Jing trying to stop him and had gone to buy a cup of milk tea according to Shen Qi’s taste. 

But he also hadn’t drunk any of that.

When he had gone to the lounge just now, he hadn’t seen that cup of milk tea. He didn’t know if it was taken away by a janitor. 

Now, sitting opposite Shen Qi, Fu Mingyuan finally felt his stomach protesting.

He always lived in a regular way, and even his mealtimes were extremely punctual. There were very few times when he didn’t have dinner or had dinner at such a late time. 

After noticing this, the feeling of hunger grew especially large.

Shen Qi took a sip of beer. There was nothing else to eat in his room, but he didn’t know whether Fu Mingyuan would be willing to eat the barbecue that he had called “junk food.” 

“Do you want to eat two mouthfuls of this first to just fill your stomach? I’ll order some takeout.”

Saying that, he handed over a mutton kebab that he hadn’t eaten yet. 

The mutton kebabs were sprinkled with cumin powder, giving off a heavy aroma of barbecue.

Fu Mingli used to especially love this kind of food. He had once secretly ordered takeout in the middle of the night and was sneakily eating it in the kitchen when he was caught by Fu Mingyuan, who had gotten up in the middle of the night to drink some water. He had thrown away the barbecue and cooked noodles for him on the spot. 

Fu Mingli had kicked up a fuss all night without sleeping over this.

Things from outside were more or less unsanitary, especially barbecue, which was made in the open air, and he also didn’t know whether the source of the meat was clean or not. 

Apart from going to dinner parties, he always cooked for himself. When he was busy, the household auntie cooked. Even when he was far away from home, he would borrow a kitchen to cook in.

He had never eaten takeout before. 

Shen Qi’s cheeks were completely red already, and even his ears exposed to the air were dyed red, but his eyes were clean and clear.

Fu Mingyuan raised his head, just happening to meet his eyes. 

Seeing his own reflection in Shen Qi’s eyes, for some reason, he lowered his head and bit the mutton kebab.

There was no mutton flavor. It was more or less meat that had been processed by hand, full of seasonings and a little spicy. 

He suddenly choked and coughed twice. His face wasn’t red, but his ears were, and he drank a lot of water before he managed to suppress his reaction.

Heavy tastes like spiciness really weren’t meant for him. 

Shen Qi was amused by his reaction and continued to eat from where he had just bitten. He couldn’t help laughing again.

“Gege, your ears are red.” 

He stared at Fu Mingyuan’s ears, with one red and the other not.

Fu Mingyuan shifted slightly. 

“En.” His face didn’t change much, but his hand was always gripping the mug.

The water had already cooled, perfectly diluting the heat of his hot palm. 

He took two more gulps to dilute the spicy and itchy taste in his throat.

Shen Qi let out a “wu” and said, “You don’t eat spicy things ah? I’ll see where else I can order takeout from.” 

It was already almost ten o’clock.

A lot of shops were closed, and after looking through the options, they were all barbeque shops. 

He spent a lot of effort to find a noodle restaurant.

“Beef noodles ba?” Shen Qi lowered his head and asked, “Do you want scallions in it, Gege?” 

Fu Mingyuan agreed.

Shen Qi said to himself, “Wu, I don’t want scallions, I don’t want coriander, and I want some pepper and vinegar in it. I hope the store can see my notes.” 

As he lowered his head, the light fell on the back of his neck.

Fu Mingyuan once again moved his gaze away. 

“It’s not good to eat too much at night, you’ll get indigestion.”

“I’ll just take a few bites.” Shen Qi blinked. “Otherwise, after watching you eat, I’ll be tempted, and how could I have two mouthfuls from your bowl?” 

Fu Mingyuan hadn’t  answered yet when his cellphone vibrated twice.

Afraid that it was a work message, he looked down. 

It was from Du Jing.

[AHHHHHH WHY HAVEN’T YOU COME BACK YET? Are you going to stay over with him tonight? It’s only the first day you’ve met, and you’re about to sleep with him? Are you still the Fu Mingyuan I know?!! Quickly come back for my sake come back! I don’t want to see something shocking tomorrow! “Fu Mingyuan, a famous film emperor, came out of XX man’s room, spending the whole night there” kind of headline!] 

He took a look and put his cellphone upside down on the table.

Shen Qi ordered takeout and then ate more barbecue. He had bought too much, so Shen Qi could only eat slowly, and it had kind of gone cold again. 

“What’s the matter? If you have something to do, go back first ba. It’s really late, and you also have to work tomorrow.”

Fu Mingyuan shook his head slightly. “No, a spam message.” 

Shen Qi nodded and handed him a piece of cauliflower that hadn’t really touched the seasoning.

Wu, he didn’t like eating it. 

Fu Ming looked down and opened his mouth.

Shen Qi then obediently fed it into his mouth. 

He didn’t take his hand back until the other party had finished off the cauliflower in four bites.

“Will you go back to the filming site tomorrow?” Fu Mingyuan finished eating and asked. 

Shen Qi glanced at WeChat and said, “Not going anymore ba.

“I made plans with Ye Lai and Lu Tun.” He added, “The playoffs are about to start. Ah, and I’ll give them some encouragement before the game. 

“Although Lu Tun won’t be able to participate, it’s still pretty good to stimulate him.”

Fu Mingyuan let out an “en.” 

He knew that Ye Lai was Shen Qi’s apprentice and a member of M1G.

“Who is Lu Tun?” 

Although Shen Qi had talked about Lu Tun before, and he had agreed and even autographed something for him, he didn’t know Lu Tun himself or who he was.

It was just that he’d been listening to Shen Qi mention him this entire time, and he felt a little uncomfortable. 

“He’s from HUOJ.” Shen Qi slid his chair back. He was a little tired from eating, so he leaned against the back of the chair. His hair wasn’t dry yet, but at least there was no water dripping from it, which was a bit uncomfortable.

“Gege, you don’t know who he was, but you still signed an autograph for him?” Shen Qi lifted his bangs. 

Fu Ming let out an “en,” and probably because the smell of alcohol was too strong, but he became a little dizzy.

“If anyone asks for an autograph, I’ll do it,” he explained. 

“In the next few days, I’m going to go watch the competition.” Shen Qi chuckled. After laughing, he suddenly raised his chin and stared at Fu Mingyuan. “I’ll probably stay here until the end of the competition.

“Gege, you’ll finish filming in a week?” 

Under Shen Qi’s too straightforward gaze, Fu Mingyuan pursed his lips.

There was a moment’s silence before he let out an “en.” 

“I’ll go back next week.

“I live in the same small neighborhood as you. 

“I saw you when I came here today.”

He had been with that little assistant, and they looked very close. 

Shen Qi said with a smile, “The same small neighborhood?”

“Ah…” 

He hadn’t expected that. Shen Bozong had said at that time that there were many celebrities in that small neighborhood.

Maybe they had also passed each other once. 

However, he stayed in his apartment most of the time and didn’t go out much.

“You even know that, Gege, what else do you know? En? 

“What do I like?

“Or… Where on my body do I have moles… 

“Do you know that too ah?”

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The author has something to say: 

Fu Mingyuan: There are redder areas, do you want to see them.

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Juurensha: Hahaha, so now FMY is the thirsty one! (Just kidding, they’re both super thirsty for each other :DDDD) 

kat: Now I’m curious to see how FMY is while drinking….

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