The Villain Just Wants to be a Salted Fish

 

The day after the door lock was changed, Gao Shu returned without success.

On the way back, Gao Shu finally realized clearly that he might have been played.

Saying to take a year break then he will take on new work, it was all a lie!

The endorsement contracts he compiled were all one year later, but Ye Zexi just didn't read them. Not only did he not look at them, but when he walked away, Ye Zexi would throw them into the trash the next second!

The aunt who cleaned up the place told him everything, not only she did not see those contracts the next day, there was not even an existence of them in the villa at all!

Originally, Gao Shu planned to go over to Ye Zexi to have a good talk today.

Who would have thought that Ye Zexi would have changed the lock overnight!

Does this mean that he would not be able to take on this agent title for a long time?

A strong sense of unemployment crisis suddenly rose in Gao Shu's heart.

It can't go on like this.

Ye Zexi clearly said that he wanted to leave the circle, and he didn't want to sign a contract.

At this time, it had been a full month since Ye Zexi's last day of filming. Even if he used one day to rest his head, one day to rest his hands, and let his whole organs take one day rest individually, he should have enough rest by now!

If this continued, a standby Gao Shu...was afraid that he would have to force himself to change jobs.

No, he must think of a solution!

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After watching the last episode of Attack on Titan, Ye Zexi fell into a deep shock.

Nothing, it's nothing?

What is there on the other side of the sea, what is the meaning of killing all the enemies on the other side of the sea to have freedom?

Can Eren say it more clearly?

And why is this still an unfinished anime?

This was the first time he binged an unfinished anime, Ye Zexi felt somewhat unsatisfied.

He turned over on the bed and felt annoyed for a long time. Ye Zexi slowly got up, first charged the tablet, and then opened Weibo, which he had not been logged in for nearly a month, and posted such a post.

@Ye Zexi: Are there any good anime recommendations to watch? Shounen genre preferred.1

Once this Weibo was posted, there were over 10,000 comments in the blink of an eye.

Ye Zexi was taken aback for a moment, and then he quickly understood the reason.

Since Ye Zexi's last post on Weibo, Ye Zexi had never logged in to Weibo again, let alone posted on Weibo.

Originally, fans thought Ye Zexi was just speaking nonsense, and they didn't take his previous Weibo to heart at all.

But over time, fans felt that something was wrong.

If he didn't post on Weibo for one week, it could be said that he was busy.

Then two weeks?

Three weeks?

A month?

The fans really started to panic this time.

Just an hour before Ye Zexi posted on Weibo, all Ye Zexi's fans were in a very shitty mood.

There was a well-known Weibo account in the circle, which posted a piece of information about Ye Zexi——

@Happily Eating Melon: A friend from outside the circle said that after the filming of "Famous General", Ye Zexi has not signed any commercial contract.

Happily Eating Melon is a well-known marketing account in the circle. There is no other reason, because every news Guagua [Melon] posted turns out to be true, it has never been overturned!

Seeing this on Weibo, both netizens and fans were dumbfounded.

"What's this situation? Why is there no new work?"

"Really, if you don't sign any new work contract during your peak period, is it possible that Ye Zexi is really ready to leave the circle?"

"Guagua's news is really credible!"

"Since Guagua said so, it seems to be true."

"Fuck, when Guagua's news came out, my friend came crying to me again. My friend is a fan of Ye Zexi, and yesterday she was in a very gloomy mood. But all Ye Zexi fans should be aware that within the past month, Ye Zexi didn't post on Weibo, he did not even go online!"

Soon some netizens added:

"Not only Ye Zexi's Weibo, the studio Weibo hasn't even been online?"

This netizen's words undoubtedly stabbed Ye Zexi's fans in the chest again.

If they had seen these unfounded revelations earlier, fans would have dispelled the rumors.

But now it was different. Now even Ye Zexi's fans were not sure whether Ye Zexi had retreated.

After all, they had not heard from Ye Zexi for more than a month...

What exactly Ye Zexi was thinking and doing, fans really had no news at all.

How could fans not panic?

One hour later, the topic of Ye Zexi's retreat became a hot topic again.

For a time, there was a lot of discussion.

Ye Zexi did not expect that he would be on the hot search without surfing the Internet for a day.

And at this critical point, he updated a new Weibo.

Over 10,000 comments in a minute was nothing, because the amount of reposting was over 20,000!

Look at the comment area again, it was full of fans wailing.

"Finally! You finally remembered that you still have a Weibo account!"

"Uuuuu Xi Xi finally posted on Weibo!"

"I really was being scared to death by you... Please Ye Zexi, I have a weak heart, can you not scare me?"

"I said earlier that those marketing accounts were just speaking nonsense! But there are still people who will believe it!"

"Xi Xi finally posted on Weibo! I didn't panic before, but today when Happily Eating Melon broke the news, I really almost believed it!"

"After a month, Ye Zexi finally remembered the forgotten Weibo password!"

"Congratulations! It's the New Year! Happy New Year everyone!"

"Happy New Year! Happy New Year everyone! Uuuuu..."

"When I looked at the comments, it seemed that more than one person went crazy!"

As for the anime recommendation Ye Zexi asked at the beginning?

 

Sorry, there is no answer at all.

Ye Zexi almost couldn't help replying to a fan, telling them that Happily Eating Melon's post is indeed correct. He has not signed any contract now, and that will mercilessly break their illusions.

But this would be too cruel. As a person whose appetite was shackled by Attack on Titan and couldn't see the ending, Ye Zexi just wanted to find a good replacement!

After hesitating for a while, Ye Zexi reposted a Weibo:

@Ye Zexi: After finishing filming the movie, I'm taking a small break. Do you have any recommendations for Shounen anime? I've just finished watching Attack on Titan and currently feeling a bit uncomfortable due to the series not being completed. Quickly recommend a good replacement!

When this Weibo was posted again, fans had completely put their hearts back to their chests.

"Damn! You call being offline for a month as taking a small break?"

"I almost got pissed off by you #smile#."

"Who gives you the courage to watch Attack on Titan!"

"Xi Xi actually watched Attack on Titan! It seemed that Xi Xi's taste in anime and mine are similar, an imaginary wall is broken!"

"Ye Zexi is also a weeb!"

"Come here, this male fan is here with a recommended gift package! Naruto and One Piece are the first choices for the shounen genre. The finale of Bleach is too bad, not recommended. Attack on Titan is not complete, but it's really popular; then followed by Tokyo Ghoul, there is also Fullmetal Alchemist you can watch, yes, yes, there is also "Parasyte", this anime is a god!!!"

Seeing the satisfactory answer, Ye Zexi didn't look at the comments anymore, only replied "Thank you", then picked up another fully charged tablet, found "Parasyte" and started watching.

As for whether to respond to the withdrawal statement?

Ye Zexi felt that it was a bit cruel to tell fans he was going to leave the circle at this moment, just like the Shan parents in "Famous General" said, boil the frog in warm water, take it slow.

After watching it for a while, it was time for lunch.

Ye Zexi had to say that being at home is better than being with the crew.

There was a housekeeping aunt coming by the villa, and he would have a warm meal every day.

If he got tired of the aunt's cooking, he could order takeout.

If he wanted to eat a big meal, he could also call Wei Lifei out to eat at any time.

This is life!

Today the auntie prepared braised pork ribs and steamed fish with pickled vegetables.

After knowing that Ye Zexi likes to eat fish, the auntie would make fish dishes for Ye Zexi every other time.

It was just that the auntie is really not good at frying dried fish. The last time the auntie made the dried fish for him, Ye Zexi was too embarrassed to throw it away, so he could only peel off the crispy skin outside the dried fish with his bare hands and fed the meat to the stray cats in the neighboring buildings.

Later, the auntie also saw the crispy skin of dried small fish in the trash can, and realized that her fried dried small fish is not to the young master's appetite, so she did not try to deep-fried dried small fish again.

Looking at the steamed fish with pickled veggies on the table today, Ye Zexi took a bite with chopsticks.

He sighed inwardly: Say, they are all just fish, how come there is just a big gap between one fish to another?

 

Why is the fried dried fish made by He Jinyun and Yan Man so mouth-watering, and the fried dried fish made by Auntie has no taste?

With a long sigh, Ye Zexi finished his lunch.

Just as he was about to go upstairs to watch "Parasyte", his phone started to ring loudly.

Ye Zexi was stunned for a second, then picked up the phone, the caller ID---Ye Jianbin.

Ye Jianbin was sitting in the chairman office of the Ye's Group headquarters at this time. A tablet was placed in front of him, and the tablet was displaying the Weibo interface.

Gao Shu stood aside, frowning, looking at Ye Jianbin in front of him with a little nervousness.

"Hello, Dad?" Since he had started to talk to Ye Jianbin more often, and Ye Zexi was able to naturally call out the unfamiliar word "dad", and his tone became more familiar, "Have you eaten?"

Hearing Ye Zexi's voice, Ye Jianbin's knitted brows loosened slightly, and when he heard Ye Zexi's thoughtful words, his frowning brows had completely loosened up.

"Well, I ate already. How about you?" Ye Jianbin said.

"I just finished eating," Ye Zexi said with a smile, "Aren't you busy today? Why call me at this time?"

Ye Jianbin: "I'm not too busy. I call you because I want to ask you about something."

"Oh--" Ye Zexi dragged his tone slightly, and then said, "Secretary Gao went to see you?"

Gao Shu in the office immediately sat upright and looked at Ye Jianbin nervously.

The chairman must not say that he is here!

Doesn't this look like he was snitching on his Young Master? Then the young master will definitely not forgive him...

But Ye Jianbin didn't see Gao Shu's gaze at all. It was rare to hear Ye Zexi talk to him so obediently. If there were no one in the office, Ye Jianbin would definitely be tempted to curve up his mouth.

"Yeah, Secretary Gao briefly talked to me about your thoughts." Even though he was happy in his heart, Ye Jianbin pressed the corner of his mouth and said solemnly.

Ye Zexi listened and smiled: "Oh, I'm a little tired from filming, so I want to take a break. Secretary Gao comes to me every day and wants me to make decisions quickly. I feel annoyed, so I've dealt with it coldly. It seems that I've irritated Secretary Gao."

Gao Shu sat aside in cold sweat.

How dare he be irritated! He was just worried that he was about to be unemployed...

Chairman! To be honest, it was not he who came to the chairman, but the chairman accidentally saw Weibo... Why did the chairman forget it in the blink of an eye?

Poor Gao Shu was being sold out like this.

Ye Jianbin naturally understood Ye Zexi's thoughts. He explained: "It's not wrong for Secretary Gao to get worried. You only said that you want to take a break but you did not specify the time. How could Secretary Gao not be worried?"

"However," Ye Jianbin turned around, "Is filming that tiring?"

"It's tiring! Of course it's tiring!" Ye Zexi looked serious, "Sometimes it takes a whole day to shoot, and there are some makeup shots, so I want to take more rest."

Ye Jianbin nodded and thought for a moment: "Then how long do you want to take your break? I'll keep an eye out for you if there are suitable resources."

Hearing this, Ye Zexi's eyes lightened slightly, and it seemed that his goal was half achieved.

If Ye Zexi were to tell Ye Jianbin directly that he wanted to leave the circle, his father would definitely disagree. So Ye Zexi carefully worded his thoughts: "I think...this time I am really tired. I originally wanted to take a one-year rest, but if I really want to rest for a year, I'm afraid Secretary Gao will not have the patience to wait. How about, Dad, how long should I take my rest?"

After all, the original owner is Ye Jianbin's own son, so the man must know his pampered son.

Ye Zexi was also afraid that he would scare Ye Jianbin off with his one year long break, so he chose to leave the matter to Ye Jianbin.

Now Ye Jianbin had spoken up himself, he really couldn't go back, right?

Ye Zexi had calculated everything very well.

It was just that he didn't expect that Ye Jianbin had wanted for Ye Zexi to strive better in his career.

After thinking about it for two seconds, Ye Jianbin said, "It's really tiring to be filming, but you're at the age of experiencing the working environment. Now it's almost the New Year, and it's not appropriate to accept any new drama or movies. Then you should just rest until after the New Year. It just so happens that I also want you coming back and spending time with the family during the New Year this year. What do you think?"

Ye Zexi: "..."1

He definitely thinks this is not a good idea.