APCF -Chapter 14 (1)

The chat interface only had that lone line; Bo Ye did not say anything after accepting the request.

Meanwhile, Qi Yuji who received the photo exploded in excitement and called Qi Yunxiao directly.

“Da ge, you saw Xingxing’s photo, right?!”

“En,” Qi Yunxiao asked, “Why?”

“Those lousy house furniture are all from the 90s, can Xingxing get used to living there?!!”

Qi Yunxiao sighed, “If he’s not used to it, he has to adapt as much as he can. Boys would always need to venture out into the world and suffer a bit. If not, what is he going to do if something happens to him in the future?”

Qi Yuji pursed her lips; what Qi Yunxiao said was reasonable, she could not possibly keep protecting her younger brother and not let go of his hand.
But she still felt distressed and spoke after some thought: “Let’s invest some money in Maimang ba, such that Xingxing’s suffering would not be in vain, let Maimang give him more screen time when they edit the recording.”

“You didn’t need to remind me,” Qi Yunxiao’s voice was indifferent, “I’ve already done it. What did you think was my purpose when I bought the fourth place on the hot search list?”

Qi Yuji pondered for a bit, then it swiftly dawned on her: “Oh…… I know! With Xingxing’s current level of fame, getting to fourth place is definitely because of someone pushing from behind. Once Maimang is conscious of this, they would offer preferential treatment to Xingxing. Perhaps, in order to make us buy more hot searches, they would also release more clips of Xingxing!”

The corners of Qi Yunxiao’s lips curled: “That’s right, since Xingxing didn’t let us help him behind his back, we can only think of other ways.”

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As predicted by Qi Yunxiao, the director and producers were all wily old birds after mixing in the entertainment circle for so many years. After some consulting, they could guess that Qi Xingchen had a backer, and their attitude towards him improved a lot.

With the huge pit that Qi Xingchen dug for the director, the guests passed three days in contentment. During the day, they strolled around the village, chatting or showing off; at night, they went to the farmers’ house next door to buy ingredients to cook in order to save money.

Amongst these few people, only Luo Qiuman and Tao Tao knew how to cook. Zhang Yunfei debuted and rose to fame early, thus he always had assistants waiting on him.
Liu Ziyu led a pampered life, while Bo Ye was even more so, with his father in politics and mother in business, he was basically a young master who never did a day of manual labour.

Seeing Luo Qiuman cook for two days in a row, Qi Xingchen felt bad about it and volunteered himself: “Qiuman-jie, let me make dinner today ba.”

“You’re so young, yet you can cook?” Luo Qiuman didn’t believe him.

Qi Xingchen grinned: “The food is not delicious, but it is edible.”

After saying that, Qi Xingchen picked up the bags to head outside. Bo Ye just so happened to come in from outside and saw him dragging a few bags by himself, “Where are you going?”

Qi Xingchen: “To buy ingredients.”

“Can you do it yourself?”

“…… I can’t,” Qi Xingchen’s eyes moved rapidly, then said pitifully, “Accompany me then, Senior Bo.”

Qi Xingchen had been watching the male and female protagonist attentively throughout these two days, to the point where it could be said that wherever Bo Ye was, would be wherever he was. The comforting thing was that the male protagonist did not seem to have developed obvious feelings towards the female protagonist, or perhaps the male protagonist was already attracted, just that he did not show it.

Therefore, now that he was going out, he also had to haul Bo Ye along. What should he do in case the male and female protagonist suddenly ignite sparks of love while he was not around?

Bo Ye was not surprised by Qi Xingchen’s request and took all the bags from his hands, taking the lead to head out.

Walking up to a farmer’s house, Qi Xingchen called out to him: “Senior.”

Bo Ye felt that this term of address was a bit strange and gave an “En”.

“This family has good carrots, let’s go in and have a look.”

The farmer and his wife were just sitting under a tree, leaning against it while chatting. Qi Xingchen greeted them in Danish, then asked in English: “How much are your carrots?”

The farmer responded with a line in Danish.

Qi Xingchen only understood simple Danish words and could not make out the meaning of those words. He asked Bo Ye in a whisper: “What did he say?”

“Their carrots were grown for their own consumption, not for sale.”

“Oh,” Qi Xingchen said, “Tell him that we only want a few, ask him to help us by giving us some.”

Bo Ye: “……”
Bo Ye was stony-faced for a moment, then translated according to what Qi Xingchen had said.

The farmer and his wife looked at each other and didn’t say anything. All these years, they had grown their own vegetables for themselves to eat and had never sold them before.

Qi Xingchen could see their hesitation and put both of his palms together to ingratiate them: “Just that your garden’s carrots are the cutest and the freshest; if you’re willing to sell me a few of them……”
He pointed at Bo Ye: “I’ll make him sing a song for you both. He is a big star in China, especially famous!”

Bo Ye froze. He did not expect to undergo a change in hands, as if he was a melon laying in a basket, currently being sold by his fan.

Qi Xingchen was completely unaware of this, and continued to advertise his wares: “You can see that he has a good figure with a beautiful face, so if you’re not satisfied, have him perform a dance for you too.”

“……” Bo Ye spoke in a low voice, “Why aren’t you the one dancing?”

“Because I’m obscure!” Qi Xingchen declared with force and conviction.

The cameraman and following shot assistant released a “pfft” in laughter. It was the first time the farmer couple had heard someone use “cute” to describe carrots, thus they were also amused by Qi Xingchen and chortled.

The wife took a shovel and dug out more than ten carrots, threw them into a basket and handed it to Qi Xingchen, “For you.”

With his goal accomplished, Qi Xingchen was overjoyed: “How much are they?”

“Free of charge, as a gift for you,” the farmer said, “Since he’s so beautiful, he would match these cute carrots just right.”

Naturally, the “he” referred to Bo Ye, and Qi Xingchen gave a satisfied sigh. After thanking the farmer couple, he carried the basket while humming as they set out to the next house.

As they were walking, he was still boasting towards the camera: “I was really wise to pull out Senior Bo! Otherwise, how were we able to exchange for so many free carrots?”

Bo Ye: “……”
So in his fan’s heart, he’s only worth a basket of very cute carrots?

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