Chapter 69

Chapter 69

Chapter 69 — First Release on Jinjiang Literature City

Lin Chao’s harsh reprimand made Diao Ling, who wanted to play the victim, tremble all over, almost unable to stand.

“Brother Lin.”

She asked unwillingly with a pale face, “Are you really going to be this heartless to me?!”

She knew someone like Lin Chao, who was in a high position, had little genuine feelings.

But after all, she had been with this man for so long, only to be discarded so thoroughly in the end!

“Diao Ling, if you behaved honestly, whatever resources you want, I could give them to you.”

“But who told you to mess with the person you shouldn’t have?”

Lin Chao’s temperament seemed gentle, and he was indeed kind to Diao Ling many times. But when he was cold, it was terrifyingly cold.

He showed no mercy to Diao Ling but was soothing and pampering to Bai Liu.

He had to pamper him—given Bai Liu’s current weight and importance, many wanted to poach him.

He was a real golden child.

Bai Liu sat pressed down on the sofa, holding a freshly brewed cup of Longjing tea. If Lin Chao hadn’t ordered to deal with this woman, he probably would have thrown the tea away.

“All right, Xiao Liu, Lili is still protected by Xie Chen. No one dares to mess with him.”

After Diao Ling told him about this last time, he didn’t agree then.

At that time, he didn’t know the relationship between Bai Li and Bai Liu, so the refusal naturally was because of Xie Chen.

With bodyguards at home, Lin Chao sent someone to drag Diao Ling away.

This also signaled that from now on, Diao Ling couldn’t turn things around with him.

When Diao Ling was dragged out, she panicked completely: “Brother Lin, I was wrong!”

“Please save me, for the sake of me being with you, I beg you…”

Pleading and crying sounds came out, but Lin Chao didn’t even glance that way.

Bai Liu drank half a cup of Longjing tea and then slightly calmed down.

“It’s late, I’m going back.”

He stood up, pocketed the tea leaves Lin Chao had just given him, and started to leave.

Lin Chao chased after him: “I’ll see you off.”The next day.

Bai Li woke up from bed. Last night, he had slept like a human, and now he was being held tightly by Xie Chen, unable to move at all.

“Sir.”

Bai Li rubbed his eyes. Because he was still groggy, his morning voice sounded soft and sweet.

“What time is it?”

His eyes were still closed; he subconsciously asked Xie Chen beside him.

Xie Chen kept his eyes closed and didn’t respond.

Bai Li stayed still for a moment, then slowly came back to his senses.

The bandage on his head was changed every day. Now, his messy hair partially covered the bandage. His beautiful amber eyes were wet from yawning, and his whole being gave off a soft, gentle vibe.

“Sir?”

Bai Li looked up, propping himself on his arm to look at Xie Chen beside him.

Seeing that Xie Chen was still asleep, he lay down on Xie Chen’s chest and leaned close to his face to look carefully.

“Really handsome.”

Bai Li reached out, poking Xie Chen’s high nose bridge and his slightly pale, thin lips.

As he poked, he wanted to give Xie Chen a kiss.

But now he wasn’t a cat, so kissing Sir would be misbehaving.

Bai Li looked at Xie Chen’s handsome face eagerly, silently deciding in his heart—

Once Sir agrees to their childhood betrothal, he would kiss him hard!

And just like on TV, pin Sir against the wall for a kiss!

“Lili.”

After being stared at for too long, Xie Chen opened his eyes, a trace of helplessness flashing in them.

“Why are you looking at me like that?”

He had been pretending to sleep, wanting to see what the little one was up to, but after waiting for a long time, nothing happened.

Bai Li had just been hiding some mischievous thoughts, and now suddenly caught, his face blushed a little.

“I wanted to wake you up.”

He said guiltily, “Today is the last day of filming the show, so we need to get up a bit earlier.”

Upon hearing this, Xie Chen indeed sat up.

“Okay.”After sitting up, he checked Bai Li’s bandage and said in a slightly hoarse voice, “Let’s get up together.”

“Mm!”

The two lived in the same bedroom, and all their clothes were kept in one wardrobe.

Bai Li didn’t know how to organize clothes; every day, the clothes he wore were personally picked and matched by Xie Chen.

“It’s getting colder outside; you have to wear thermal pants today.”

Xie Chen took out a pair of fleece-lined thermal pants and supervised Bai Li obediently putting them on.

Bai Li had only recently turned human and was still naive about aesthetics.

So, he didn’t feel anything wrong about wearing such fleece-lined thermal pants.

He put them on without hesitation, then put on another pair of pants handed to him by Xie Chen, and slipped on his slippers to wash up.

Downstairs.

Xie Bo had prepared breakfast for them and was asking, “When will Lili’s head injury heal?”

Living under the same roof, the relationship between the kitten and the young man naturally couldn’t be hidden from Xie Bo.

Though he looked kind now, when he was younger, protecting the young master was no easy task.

“Almost healed.”

Bai Li drank the nourishing soup Xie Bo made and answered obediently, “It doesn’t hurt anymore.”

Xie Bo leaned closer to look carefully: “Good that it doesn’t hurt.”

“Tonight’s the finals. Come back early; I’ll make you something delicious as a reward.”

These days, Lili went out to compete every day, and Xie Bo hadn’t missed a single match.

The two chatted warmly, while Xie Chen occasionally fed Bai Li a bite nearby, not saying much.

After a moment.

Xie Chen and Bai Li were both ready to leave.

Bai Li sat on the chair at the entrance, swinging his socked feet.

Xie Chen squatted down and naturally pinched that chubby foot: “Be good, don’t move around.”

Bai Li felt a little ticklish from the pinch and couldn’t help trying to dodge.

“Sir, I can put them on myself.”

It wasn’t that Bai Li was spoiled, but Xie Chen was used to putting shoes on him personally.

“You can’t tie your shoelaces properly.”Xie Chen lowered his eyes and quickly helped him put on his shoes.

A few days ago, when he let Lili put on his own shoes, the shoelaces were tied in a messy knot or kept coming undone after just a few steps.

There was no choice; Xie Chen had to do it himself.

The kitten clearly still needed some transition time to adapt to his human form, and during this transition period, Xie Chen felt it was his responsibility to take good care of the kitten.

The two arrived at the recording site.

The show’s director hurriedly announced Diao Ling’s withdrawal.

“Due to a sudden health emergency, Diao Ling unfortunately can no longer continue competing.”

The director spoke prepared words, and Bai Li, sitting in the audience, didn’t feel much about it.

“Fat Bro said today will be troublesome and that we’ll be here for a long time.”

Bai Li looked down, playing with Xie Chen’s large hand again.

Bai Liu, who had come along, twitched his eyelids and pulled his brother over.

“Boys don’t touch hands like that. Lili, if you’re bored, play with Sixth Bro’s hand.”

Bai Liu said, offering his own hand.

Honestly, Sixth Bro’s hands were also very nice, but…

Bai Li frowned and argued, “Sir’s hands are bigger; they can cover my whole hand!”

Bai Liu: “…”

Calmly, Bai Liu said, “Our big brother’s hands are big too. Wait until big brother comes back; then you can play however you want.”

Bai Li was speechless.

Under Sixth Bro’s watchful eye, it was impossible for Bai Li to make any moves on Xie Chen.

The brothers looked at each other. For the first time, Bai Liu saw a hint of rebellious intent in his usually well-behaved younger brother’s eyes.

But before he could think deeply, their manager Fat Bro called Bai Li away.

Backstage.

The remaining contestants somehow all looked at Bai Li with a hint of fear and apprehension.

“Bai Li.”

Someone casually started talking to him, “The finals are coming up soon, are you nervous?”

Bai Li shook his head: “Not nervous.”

The questioner was momentarily stunned, then joked, “Not nervous… you don’t happen to know you’re going to win, do you?”

Bai Li looked puzzled by the question: “Hasn’t the competition even started yet?”The person said “Ah”: “Right, it hasn’t started yet.”

Bai Li looked at him blankly: “Then why did you say I know I’m going to win?”

The other person: “…”

He originally wanted to make a sly remark but didn’t know if Bai Li was genuinely clueless or pretending, so he just threw the question back to him like a hot potato.

The atmosphere was awkward for a few seconds.

Another contestant stepped in to smooth things over: “Let’s not talk about that. By the way, I wanted to ask—after the competition ends, what are your plans?”

“Of course, I’ll follow the company’s arrangements.”

“Listening to the company.”

Others all said they’d listen to the company, but only Bai Li straightforwardly replied: “I’m going back to deliver fish.”

Everyone: “???”

Deliver fish?

“I have a job. The pay’s good. If I run orders properly every month, I can make ten thousand yuan.”

Bai Li happily shared about his good job. He had done his research—his salary was even higher than some college graduates’!

His answer shocked many.

“You came to join the talent show, but don’t you want to develop in the entertainment industry later?”

“Nope.”

Bai Li was firm about this: “I want to go back to delivering fish!”

The entertainment circle is too chaotic.

Third Brother stayed in this circle and still had so many people wanting to sleep with him.

Besides, Bai Li had checked online himself—various entertainment scandals were scary to read.

Whether others believed him or not, it was obvious their hostility toward him lessened.

The person who had just mocked him even awkwardly handed him some water.

Soon after,

the finals began.

Every one of Bai Li’s performances was prearranged with Xie Chen.

He originally wanted to combine singing and dancing, but his health wasn’t good enough to keep up.

After weighing everything, he chose singing—singing Xie Chen’s songs.The same song, when Xie Chen sang it, made people want to marry him on the spot!

But Bai Li’s youthful and energetic voice sounded full of vitality, making people feel like falling into a sweet romance.

The competition results were announced on the spot.

Bai Li didn’t care much about the result; he just completed his goal and marked the end of his work with the production team.

“Sir.”

Bai Li whispered to Xie Chen from below: “Did you just say my big brother is coming back?”

“Mm.”

Xie Chen turned his head slightly and whispered back in the noisy environment: “Xie Bo cooked dinner at home. We’re inviting big brother to eat at home tonight.”

Bai Li obediently nodded.

“Li Li.”

Seeing the two whispering so closely, cold older brother Bai Liu pulled his little brother over.

“Sit properly.”

Bai Liu lectured him: “There are still cameras filming. You can’t be so intimate with others.”

Bai Li: “…”

Bai Li pouted, wanting to rebel again.

Xie Chen glanced at Bai Liu, then thought about Li Li’s big brother—in comparison, big brother was really good.

Tan Yi had an urgent matter and couldn’t make it to the venue, so the only ones waiting for the result were the three of them.

After an unknown amount of time, the final results were announced.

Bai Liu and Xie Chen’s gazes fixed straight on the stage, waiting to hear the results.

Only Bai Li took advantage of older brother not looking and was again pinching Xie Chen’s big hand.

“Champion, He Yu.”

The host announced the results. Bai Li didn’t win the championship; the winner was the quiet He Yu.

He Yu was also from Xingguang Entertainment.

Xie Chen’s eyes darkened at the name, as if pondering something.

Bai Li finally got third place.

He was actually quite happy because third place also had a cash prize!

Cat cafe, more money again!Bai Li curved his eyes, feeling completely satisfied.

Xie Chen hadn’t said much the whole time, but once the results were out, he took out his phone and sent something to Xie Mao.

The reply came quickly.

No one knew what they talked about, but afterward, Xie Chen seriously asked Bai Li—

“Li Li, do you want to win the championship? If you win, you have to accept advertising contracts and then… even greater exposure.”

Bai Li tilted his head, confused: “The results are already out.”

“I’m not the champion.”