Happy belated birthday kimchigalblog! this special chapter is for you
phew, this was 2x as long as usual
Chapter 40
For a month after the New Year, Li Yan rested at home and almost never went out. Even the times she met Chen Qingyang were greatly reduced. Li Yan had only vaguely heard from an acquaintance that Chen Qingyang's novel was being adapted to film, so she was probably very busy with this matter recently.
This time she glanced at Sadako's post history and was surprised that all of Sadako's previous posts were of her trying to smear Mo Zhen's reputation. Keeping with the previous style, Li Yan paid careful attention to her words so that every time she commented, she was continuing to smear Mo Zhen's name with black powder.
“Album countdown, 17 days left!”
“Punch card!”
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” The God Forbidden Zone 3 trailer has been released, have you guys watched the 20 second promo?!! Zhenzi will definitely win this year's awards! [Picture] [picture]
“Look at the movies released these past two years, no one is as great as Mo Zhen's Gao Sen.”
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“Happy Bathday's new season's ads came out today, and the Male God is still endorsing it. I cannot wait to take a bath!”
“Although Male God endorsing female body wash is a little strange, this ad gives a good feeling! What do you think the next endorsement will be?”
“Sanitary napkins :)”
(TN: cough cough, period pads hahahhahahahahhahahahahahahahhahaha, oh god Ah Yao you are genius. EN: Ah Yao is my spirit animal ㅋㅋㅋㅋ~~ )
Chen Qingyang was enraged! She really want to cover this sister called Sadako in aunt's blood! Even if Sadako was Mo Zhen's assistant, you would have to kill her first before she believed it!
The angry Chen Qingyang personally made a post and called Sadako to come.
“Spreading black, you must take responsibility! Dressing as a horse is not a hero! You dare to admit that you are Mo Zhen's assistant!!!”
But when it came to admitting that she was Mo Zhen's assistant, she really did not dare.
Chen Qingyang: “…”
Egg!
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“Pippi Pi Pikachu!”
Li Yan nodded and thoughtfully replied: “I think so too.”
After the days entered into February, Li Yan went to the hospital for her last checkup examination. Walking out of the room, Li Yan unconsciously shuddered; the freezing winter wind was blowing roughly on her skin as Li Yan pulled the scarf further up on her face, covering up her nose.
Li Yan thought for a moment. Confirming that she didn't have anything to do tomorrow, she texted a reply.
“Buzzing”
His mouth could not help but turn into a smile. Typing out a reply, he sent a text to Li Yan.
“Where are you now?”
“Are you free tomorrow? Let's go out for dinner!”
Chen Qingyang was silent for a while before asking, “Do you know what day it is tomorrow?”
Chen Qingyang’s mood was suddenly a bit complicated: “Although I am very pleased that you remember Emperor Mo's release date so well, but tomorrow is Valentine’s Day!”
Li Yan's mind went blank. Because everyone was talking about Mo Zhen's album release tomorrow, she had completely forgotten that tomorrow Valentine's Day.
Li Yan moved her mouth and asked: “Then you asking me out tomorrow, it can't be also … …”
Li Yan held her phone and stood frozen in front of the hospital entrance for a while. Just as she was about to put her phone back into her bag, Xiang Yunze sent her another text.
Li Yan put the phone away into her purse while reminding herself to ask him about it tomorrow.
It was a little before eight o’clock when she arrived home. Although the sky was not very bright outside yet, she had missed three calls from Chen Qingyang.
“I went for a run, what's wrong?”
Li Yan spent forty minutes before she arrived at the location Chen Qingyang was in- A city’s largest record store. The sea of people crowded together made Li Yan feel as if she was a princess helping out in a disaster relief flood.
“Buying Emperor Mo's new album ah! The first 100 people get a limited edition poster! Don't you know that everyone has been camping out here since last night!”
This kind of alternative world… she really could not understand it.
Li Yan: “…”
Chen Qingyang did not take long and the line slowly moved up. Surrounded by screaming fans, Li Yan even thought Emperor Mo had personally come to visit.
“Duck QAQ, you buy for me! Remember to get a poster!”
Standing in front of the cash register, Li Yan found that the people leaving who were standing in line in front of her did not have any limited edition posters. Just as she was about to tell this news to Chen Qingyang, she heard a "Bang" sound and found small decorations being exploded in her face.
After the excited manager finished the sentence, there was a burst of screaming from the crowd. Li Yan felt a little dazed. She had heard before in the forum that there were only ten limited edition posters: each one was different, and they would all be placed at ten different locations in the store – and to who received one would be decided by, the manager.
The manager’s intentions seemed to be very sinister ah.
Walking to the intersection, Li Yan thought for a moment and put the wrapped special poster into her bag, pretending as if she had gotten nothing to deceive Chen Qingyang.
By the time Chen Qingyang came out of the bathroom, she quickly spotted the Li Yan who was wrapped with clothes like a round ball. Trotting up, Chen Qingyang took the album from Li Yan's hands, her lips twisting into a smile: “Poster?”
“WTF, how can it be like this!” Chen Qingyang frowned. “Everyone was supposed to buy one! I want to find them and single them out!”
“So what about it? I want to protest !!”
Chen Qingyang: “…”
After eating lunch together, the two went out shopping for an afternoon. Li Yan looked at the time and realized she had to meet Xiang Yunze soon.
Chen Qingyang: “…”
She looked up and down with a smile. Sighing, she shook her head: “Da Li, you're just going to go out like this on your date with Xiang Yunze? Without washing your hair or putting on makeup?”
(TN: Chen Qingyang = shampoo)
She wants to be renamed! No matter how her much her father might cry, she needs a new name!
Xiang Yunze inviting Li Yan to eat here, of course, was not to show off his own wealth, but instead it was because this was his alma mater.
The hostess standing at the entrance let her eyes sweep over the figure sitting on the couch once again, feeling her heart skip quickly. If the person he's waiting for doesn't show up, then she'll give it a try!
Panting to finish this sentence, Li Yan’s face was glowing and a little flushed from running so quickly.
Xiang Yunze had booked a room right on the top floor, so that it overlooked the night view of A City. Li Yan looked at the menu; some of the prices made it difficult for her to swallow.
“Uh … … give me small fried fish.” Li Yan used all of her strength to say this sentence. She flipped through the menu to the first page and handed it to Xiang Yunze, “Whatever you order, I'll eat. ”
Li Yan did not care and grinned at Xiang Yunze. Her greatest point was that she was very easy to feed.
This discovery made him ridicule himself a little. A person like himself, Xiang Gonzi, was always thought to be a playboy by others. Who would believe that when he faced a certain woman, he would feel so helpless?
“Ah Yes, why did you say that it was called Arc De Triomphe before?”
Li Yan chuckled, "Victory? It's just another word for beating someone up. You know how to fight? I've always thought that you were one to use your sharp tongue to kill your enemy.
Li Yan raised her eyebrows: “Was it that "Woman" or that "Man”?”
Xiang Yunze's smile deepened: “Yes ah, I chased her for a long time.”
“Ah, very beautiful.” Xiang Yunze thought about Mo Zhen changing into a woman's appearance, and concluded that he could definitely defeat all beauties.
Li Yan's words made Xiang Yunze slightly surprised for a moment and the scene of Mo Zhen appearing at the hospital suddenly surfaced in his mind. He unconsciously frowned: “You know Mo Zhen?”
“Didn't you not follow celebrities before?”
Mo Zhen’s album? He seems to have heard that Mo Zhen was releasing an album today. Xiang Yunze was busy thinking of Mo Zhen's album when there was a soft knock on the door. The waiter asked if they could start serving.
After the waiter left, she placed a small fish in her mouth and savoured the crispy golden deliciousness of the small fish, filling Li Yan with a wonderful satisfaction.
Xiang Yunze watched Li Yan's reaction, smiled and shook his head. The things she ate were almost identical to Mo Zhen's tastes, but they had no connections, so their lives wouldn't have intersected before.
Xiang Yunze waited until Li Yan had almost finished eating, and was finally ready to enter into the real topic.
“Oh.” Li Yan was affected by his serious tone and unconsciously put down her chopsticks .
Although he had repeated it many times while Li Yan was unconscious, but now, faced with the sober Li Yan, he suddenly could not speak.
When she was in college, she was confessed to by a lot of boys – and they had the exact same expression as Xiang Yunze had right now!
Xiang Yunze eventually said those three words, the same sentence that had been buried in his heart for several years now.
Yes… now it was her that was helpless.
“Yunze Ge Ge … ” Li Yan’s voice was very small, so quiet that it was hard for even her to hear it, “I have always seen you as a brother … ”
He has liked Li Yan for many years, but had never told her because on one hand he had wanted to wait for her to grow up, but on the other hand (although he did not want to admit it) he was already subconsciously aware that Li Yan has always seen him as a big brother, nothing else.
Li Yan bit her lip, Lowering her head, she did not speak.
After all, she had just eaten an expensive dinner paid for by someone else.
Li Yan continue to bury her head lower and whispered the sentence: “I am full already … ”
Xiang Yunze saw her like this and did not bother her. Instead, he directly led her out of the restaurant. Xiang Yunze had originally wanted to send her home personally, but with this situation there was no way Li Yan would be able to sit in Xiang Yunze's car, and so she insisted that she take a taxi home.
Mo Zhen was lying on the sofa as he listened to Tang Qiang talk on the phone. Tang Qiang has been talking to him on the phone for almost ten minutes now, and his main topic of conservation was about how great the album sales were doing.
His phone sounded as a new text popped up onto the screen. Mo Zhen took this opportunity to hang up on Tang Qiang.
Mo Zhen frowned and tried calling back, but discovered that line was busy.
Xiang Yunze had confessed to her, but she refused.
Although she had only known Xiang Yunze for six months, the time she spent with him in the hospital was enough for her to understand his feelings towards Li Yan.
Hanging up the phone, Chen Qingyang drove to the bar in a rush. Even helping her friend take care of the guy she rejected …she felt that she was truly an amazing friend.
When Chen Qingyang arrived at the bar, Xiang Yunze was sprawled on the table of the bar. Staring at this 180 cm man in front of her, Chen Qingyang felt quite sad. She was not strong, nor could she strike down a bedroom door with her hands, and she certainly could not carry a 180 cm grown man.
Chen Qingyang thought for a long time, and finally decided to throw him in a hotel.
Stretching her almost-broken arm, she felt that Da Li should definitely treat her to a meal after this. After pulling the quilt on the bed over Xiang Yunze's body,his phone (which had been thrown to the side of the bed) began to vibrate.
Mo Zhen's expression was blank. He looked at the phone screen – it really was Xiang Yunze's number. He frowned and asked, “Who are you? Why are you picking up Yunze's phone?”