Novel Bin Chapter 90 - Discuss it a bit
Chapter 90 - Discuss it a bit
[Then may I ask, how do I get the right to visit Xiao Yan’s house as a guest?]
[Isn’t the person above just spouting bullshit? When you’ve taken over Boss 1’s company, then you can.]
[Understood.]
“…… He’s just joking with everyone.” Yu Yan was very frank in his reply, “Even if you send gifts until you reach first place, you won’t be able to add my WeChat.”
The barrage immediately began to boil again, so he quickly added, “But I can add you as a friend on the livestream platform.”
StarTV had its own embedded chat software—firstly to make it convenient for anchors and administrators to communicate, and secondly to make it convenient for stream followers to get on the bus.
Previously, Yu Yan hadn’t known that this app could add stream followers as friends, so he had added several stream followers on WeChat at first. Later, after learning about this method from Tuantuan and the others, he had never added anyone else on his WeChat again.
It wasn’t really because of anything specific, just that some stream followers would take the contact information of anchors and sell it. That was kind of okay if it was a male anchor’s information, but since a female anchor could receive many friend requests every day, the streaming site came up with this method as a safety measure.
The stream follower called Wintery had already disappeared, most probably because he had been defeated. However, the number of lines in the barrage was still increasing, and this was for no other reason than that—in just the short amount of time the match had lasted for, Yu Yan’s livestream’s popularity had seen quite a frenzied rise, and had overtaken the popularity of Good Show’s livestream.
What kind of achievement was surpassing Good Show? You needed to know that even female anchors with high popularity ratings such as Tuantuan and Lulu, who had already been streaming for quite a few years, hadn’t even been able to touch the butt-end of Good Show’s popularity level. In terms of popularity numbers, there was usually a wide gap present between their numbers and Good Show’s.
Some opinionated Good Show fans had entered the livestream with the idea of “I want to see which anchor is making trouble again”. After gaining a clear understanding of the situation displayed on the screen, they left bearing the idea— “forget it, this person can’t be provoked”.
Yu Yan was just planning on starting a second match when he received a message from Good Show.
Good Show: Xiao Yan is awesome ah, but is it really fine for Boss Yi to be like this? I remember when they were livestreaming the gala before, the program team very carefully blurred out his face for the entire night.
Only then did Yu Yan shockingly realize that half of the face of the person next to him had also appeared on camera!
And he had just been complaining that he couldn’t understand what the barrage was trying to say no matter how many times he read it!
He quickly turned off the camera and the microphone.
Yi Chen looked sideways at him. “Why did you turn it off?”
“…… Half of your face was on camera,” Yu Yan said, “What to do, will it affect you? How about I restart the livestream and delete the live replay video of the livestream from just now?”
Yi Chen stared at him for a moment. “I’m not fit to be seen?”
Yu Yan stared at him. “Of course that’s not it.”
“Then why bother deleting anything?” Yi Chen looked at the barrage that was still frantically sending out question marks and said, “I’m obviously here, but you still want to hide me away and not let them know about my presence. Do you know what this seems like?”
Yu Yan asked, “Like what?”
“Clandestine love affair.”
“……”
Seeing the shocked expression on the other party’s face, Yi Chen chuckled and added, “Adultery.”
“……”
A few minutes later, the stream resumed as usual, and two people could still be seen in the video.
One was smiling, while the other was pursing his lips. The latter also kept blinking crazily, as if he was trying to hide something.
[…… with this amount of blinking, is Xiao Yan asking for help? What happened between you two just now, tell us quickly, we will definitely support you! (Determine the exact expression, thank you)]
[Disregarding the camera and mic being off, the mouse pointer also stayed in place for a long time, and no ‘gone offline’ warning notice by the management popped up!]
Yu Yan quickly found a topic to interrupt the barrage with. He unlocked his cellphone, opened the takeout app, and handed it to Yi Chen. “Would you like some coffee?”
Most of the coffee available for takeout was instant. Even if the coffee beans were freshly ground, they wouldn’t be very good. Yi Chen had therefore never ordered any such drinks through takeout.
He looked at Yu Yan’s black cellphone and naturally answered, “Yes.”
With the two of them picking out what to order, no one noticed that a name on the star offering list had suddenly brightened, and its status had changed to ‘online’.
At the other end, Mo Nancheng held the cellphone, and the expression on his face looked especially splendid.
“This is your Ge, right?” He asked the person next to him in an incredulous tone.
“Yeah. It’s definitely my Ge,” Yi Ran said, “Cheng Ge, have you finished looking at it yet ah, you can return my cellphone to me ba. If you really want to watch, you can create your own account.”
During this period, Mo Nancheng had been very troubled.
By the time he calmed down, he couldn’t believe that he had blown up at Yi Chen because of a little incident.
“Forget it, I won’t watch anymore.” Mo Nancheng returned Yi Ran’s cellphone. “Did you convince him? Will he come over this weekend?”
“Not coming.” Yi Ran couldn’t help but ask, “Cheng Ge, what exactly happened between you and my Ge?”
“Nothing,” Mo Nancheng replied. “Little children shouldn’t ask so many questions.”
Yi Ran scoffed. He took back his cellphone and watched the livestream himself while gossiping, “I didn’t expect that just because of a few Weibo posts, my Ge would specifically run over to Manyang. It seems that my Ge is serious about Xiao Yan ah.”
“Have you ever seen him not being serious with any other people?” Mo Nancheng asked.
Yi Ran replied, “….that’s true, there hasn’t been any until now. Ugh, the more I watch, the more surprised I become. I thought my Ge would never start dating nor get married his whole life.”
And now, his cousin, whom he always internally pictured with a face stamped with the thought of never marrying, was sitting beside a boy, and his face had on a doting expression as he watched the other party order take out.
It was too fantastical.
Mo Nancheng looked at the livestream again. “It’s very surprising.”
He had known Yi Chen for so many years, and this was the first time he had seen the other party look so lively, which presented quite a contrast from the ice cold person from before.
——
At dinner time, Yu Yan paused the livestream and opened the takeout app again.
It was rare for him to splurge on dinner. Usually, if it was just him, the takeout price he spent was basically just the same amount as the delivery fee.
Yi Chen looked at the takeout menu and asked, “Why not order from the restaurant you usually eat at?”
Yu Yan was stunned. “How do you know this isn’t…”
“You said once before, during your livestream, that that place’s serving size contains big portions and that’s its food is delicious, and it costs only 20 yuan.” Yi Chen continued, “This takeout place, the set meal is priced at 48 yuan.”
“That place basically sells canteen food. You may not be used to it,” Yu Yan said.
Although it cost 48 yuan for a set meal from this place, based on the amount of food in the boxes, its value wasn’t much different from the 20 yuan meal.
Yu Yan’s dining table was a lazy person’s table, the kind with four foldable legs. When it wasn’t in use, it could be folded up and put aside at any time. It didn’t occupy much space at all.
At this time, this table was crowded with takeout boxes.
Yi Chen was wearing a white-collar shirt and black pants, and as he sat in the lazyboy, holding a takeout box, his posture looked extremely relaxed.
If this scene was seen by anybody who knew him, they might end up being so surprised that their mouths would drop open.
As Yu Yan continued streaming into the night, the traffic on his livestream reached its peak, since most people had now returned home from work. More and more people poured into the livestream, and the number of lines appearing in the barrage also increased at a visible speed.
There were so many lines in the barrage that it took several seconds to refresh a whole page, and no matter how many stream moderators were there, they couldn’t completely suspend all the antis.
It was almost time to end the stream. After the last match, Yu Yan closed the game, and wanted to spend a few minutes chatting with his stream followers. He often did this if he was not in any hurry. He always felt that rushing to end the stream wasn’t polite.
As soon as he turned off the game, he saw two sentences on the screen——
[So what exactly is the situation with the breach of contract? You’re still not saying anything about it yet? You can’t be trying to make yourself look pitiful, disguising a big matter as a small one until it disappears ba?]
[Everyone, let’s disassemble ba. StarTV’s big boss has appeared, and even if he really was in breach of contract, he’ll take money out to settle the matter. Didn’t you see that the administrator who used to pounce over a lot has suddenly stopped talking? But since the boss is here today, I have to say something ah. This kind of employee, who doesn’t have any loyalty to a contract, if they have this kind of matter once, they’ll have it again. Be careful, you’re holding him up for now, but he may get buoyed by popularity and quit and go elsewhere ]
At this time, Yi Chen was on the phone and was outside on the balcony.
Yu Yan said, “I already said that I’m not in breach of any contract. I’m also not disguising a big matter as a small one. Once the lawsuit is over, I will release the verdict publicly.”
This answer counted as a direct response, and his fans seemed to have suddenly been energized, for gifts immediately filled the screen.
After turning off the computer, Yu Yan was about to get up when the cellphone on his desk suddenly rang.
It was from an unfamiliar number, with a Manyang area code.
He picked up the call.
“Hello?” The man at the other end asked cautiously, “Is this Xiao Yan?”
This voice —Yu Yan was afraid he would never forget for the rest of his life.
Hearing Yu Yan’s silence, Feng Xiong, who was at the other end, hurriedly said, “Xiao Yan, I’m here to apologize to you.”
Yu Yan picked up his cup of water lying on the table and drank a mouthful without saying a word. He planned to wait and see what the other side wanted to do.
“Aiya! Xiao Yan, this matter with Weibo was totally unexpected, I only came to know about it two days ago. During this period of time, the company was being moved, so it was the right time to sort out all the contracts. That manager looked at your original contract and actually thought you were liable for a breach of contract. He didn’t say anything to me before running off to make that Weibo post, really too detestable.” After thinking for several days, Feng Xiong had only come up with this way. “Don’t worry, I will never sue you. I’m the one who knows the most about your difficulties!”
Yu Yan really thought that this whole thing was laughable. He asked, “Who was the manager?”
“The manager ah… he took over the position after you left. Even if I said who he was, you definitely wouldn’t recognize him. I have already dismissed him.” Feng Xiong said, “Xiao Yan, you’re still in Manyang ba? Why don’t we go out for a meal together, and I’ll apologize to you face to face.”
Yu Yan was silent for a long time, before he suddenly asked, “Has StarTV already contacted you?”
There was no other reason he could imagine for why Feng Xiong had apologized this suddenly. Zhou Mi hadn’t served him with any legal papers yet, and Yu Minyang’s side also hadn’t sorted out through all the evidence yet. At such a time, Feng Xiong’s apology seemed completely inexplicable.
Hearing this, Feng Xiong’s face nearly completely crumpled in on itself.
Ever since Yi Chen had called him that day, he had felt as if a knife was hanging over his head, and he didn’t know when it would fall down. This kind of feeling was really too much of a torment, and because he had been so anxious these past two days, he had directly lost a whole lot of weight, and his entire face had grown more haggard.
The moment he saw that Yi Chen was with Yu Yan in the livestream, he couldn’t continue to keep sitting, and immediately went to dig out the phone number he had just gotten his hands on today.
“Y-yes, they contacted me, and it was also only after President Yi contacted me that I knew about this matter. Xiao Yan, I pretty much count as the one who scouted out your talent…”
Yu Yan interrupted him, “…it was Yi Chen who contacted you?”
—This was what Yi Chen heard as he entered the room.
He raised his eyebrows and walked over, giving Yu Yan a questioning look.
Yu Yan didn’t say a word, and instead just reached out and grasped his fingertip, which counted as his response.
The person on the phone didn’t know what to say. Yu Yan’s face displayed impatience, and he said, “I’ve said before, this matter has nothing to do with StarTV…. You want to meet with Yi Chen? Not possible. You can meet with me. You have to bring your lawyer with you, and we’ll make an appointment at a coffee shop.”
Feng Xiong was confused. “Bring a lawyer…for what?”
Yu Yan asked, “Aren’t you suing me?”
Feng Xiong hurriedly replied, “Not suing, not suing…”
“Then you still need to go find a lawyer.” Yu Yan’s tone was very harsh as he said, “This time, these actions taken on the Internet by your company have greatly impacted my reputation. It’s impossible for me to just let it go. I’ll send you my lawyer’s contact information later, and if you have anything else to do, don’t call me, just contact him directly. Whenever I need to be there in-person to sign something, I’ll go.”
After having said that, he ignored the subsequent pleas from the other party and hung up.
Yi Chen squeezed his hand back and asked, “Feng Xiong?”
“En.” Yu Yan had many words he wanted to say, but at the end of the day, there was only one thing he could say. “I didn’t deal with it well before, so have troubled you.”
“Your business is no trouble.” Yi Chen rubbed his head and didn’t really want to mention Feng Xiong at this time. He thought of the embarrassed tone his assistant had while on the phone just now. He kept silent for a moment before saying, “I’m going back to Jincheng soon.”
Yu Yan froze,and he unconsciously gripped the other person’s hand tighter.
“So fast… makes sense. It’s the end of the year, and the company should be very busy.” Yu Yan said this to himself and after a while, asked, “….When ah?”
Yi Chen had originally planned to leave the next day.
However, looking into Yu Yan’s eyes, he suddenly couldn’t bring himself to do so.
He hadn’t been here for long, but in this small house, he already has his own slippers, his own toothbrush, and his side of the bed.
He settled his mind and said, “The day after tomorrow.”
“Okay, I’ll take you to the airport.” Yu Yan was a bit embarrassed as he continued, “But I don’t have a car, so we will have to take a taxi.”
“We can talk about it when it comes to that time,” said Yi Chen.
Yu Yan nodded, and suddenly laughed after thinking of something. “Last time I went to Jincheng, I didn’t visit any scenic spots. This time you came to Manyang, and we still haven’t gone to any scenic spots. We’re really strange… But you’ve been to Manyang before, so you should be tired of it. This city is quite small, and if you tighten up the schedule a bit, all the scenic spots can be toured in a day…”
Only by talking constantly could Yu Yan restrain his desire of wanting this person to stay here.
As he was rambling, the man in front of him suddenly bent down and stopped these words with his mouth.
His heart leaped, and he couldn’t resist caressing Yi Chen’s lips. He raised his hands, wrapped them around Yi Chen’s neck and was then kissed with such ferocity that his whole back fell onto the gaming chair.
It was only after the gaming chair couldn’t stand the force being exerted by these two people and so shifted back a little that their kiss was finally interrupted.
Both of Yi Chen’s hands were placed on the armrest as he held the chair firmly, and his eyes were brilliantly bright as he looked at Yu Yan.
“I just visited the beach last time, but I haven’t been to any other places yet.”
Yu Yan froze. “Then how about tomorrow…”
“One day isn’t enough.” Yi Chen said, “So we should discuss it a bit.”
Yu Yan asked, “Discuss what?”
“The next time we will meet,” said Yi Chen.
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Juurensha: Yu Yan was so forceful when dealing with Feng Xiong, good for him! And Yanyan and Yi Chen are so cute, constantly trying to get their schedules in synch….move in with him, Yanyan!
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