APCF -Chapter 20 (1)

But he couldn’t expose the fact that he had gone to find bedding for Bo Ye. There were more people watching for any misstep of Bo Ye; one cannot say if rumours of Bo Ye throwing his weight around would fly again.

The two of them were momentarily held in a stalemate at this point. The woman who had been watching them saw and understood what was going on, waving her hand with a smile, “Child, whichever bedding you fancy, just take it back with you. Auntie doesn’t want any money, as long as you bring it back before you leave, it’ll be alright.”

“But……”

“It’s no matter,” the woman said, “My family only has two people, we don’t need to use this much bedding, so just take your pick.”

Being able to get the quilt without spending money was better; it just so happened it could shut Zhou Yu’s mouth. Qi Xingchen could not be bothered with Zhou Yu, and picked the one that was sunned the driest. He was pulling it downwards while engaging in small talk with the woman, “Aren’t you1 afraid that I would take it away and not return it?”

“Not afraid. Your eyes are clear and bright, with one glance I can tell you are a kind child.”

Qi Xingchen blinked his amber eyes and gave an embarrassed smile, his pupils glittering brilliantly.

The following shot assistant covered his heart and muttered, “Damn it…… This monkey demon is exuding his charm again, he must not be harbouring good intentions!”

But this time, the following shot assistant had guessed wrongly, Qi Xingchen folded the quilt, rested it on his shoulder and politely inquired, “Auntie, my name is Qi Xingchen, my nickname is Xingxing, how may I address you?”

“Call me Auntie Sun bah.” Widow Sun said.

“Okay, Auntie Sun. Thank you for your quilt,” Qi Xingchen said, “I will be staying here for seven days, if you need any help in these seven days, don’t hesitate to find me. I know how to do anything from chopping melons and cutting vegetables, to fixing light bulbs and clearing toilet bowls. ”

“Aiyoh, so impressive, good good good!”

Widow Sun had not yet finished cooking, hence Qi Xingchen did not trouble her any further, thanking her again and left carrying the quilt.

He took two steps, but did not hear anyone catching up from behind him.

He truly wanted to go back by himself, but with the camera in place, he could only reluctantly feign camaraderie and looked back at Zhou Yu, “Yu-ge?”

Only then, Zhou Yu managed to extricate himself from the embarrassment he had just felt, pulling a face, his expression looking worse than if he had constipation.

…

When Qi Xingchen returned to the Zeng house, everyone had already finished tidying the house and was sitting in a circle in the living room pondering over what to eat tonight.

Not interested in engaging in such chatter, Bo Ye leaned against the window and looked outside in sheer boredom.

Suddenly, he saw a person sneakily slipping in from the doorway. The person was carrying a shining white lump on his shoulder, winking at the large yellow dog guarding the door, and made a “shhh” gesture.

The movements were as bizarre as they can be. With one look, one could tell they did not seem to be a good person.

Fearing another burglary, Bo Ye wanted to go out and take a look. But in the end, after this person had finished negotiating with the large yellow dog, they looked up.
— A small face that was as big as a palm, with pale skin and single eyelids. Wasn’t this Qi Xingchen?!

Bo Ye stared blankly as Qi Xingchen slipped back into his room carrying the quilt over his shoulder, then appeared in the living room five minutes later as if nothing had happened.

“Xingxing, why did you just run off halfway while cleaning just now, where did you go?” Zhang Yunfei asked.

“It was too stuffy in the house, I went out for a change of air.”

“Good grief, what taking a breath of fresh air,” Zhou Yu sneered, “you had obviously gone to look for a quilt!”

Liu Ziyu was curious: “Look for a quilt? Why on earth are you looking for a quilt?”

Zhou Yu scoffed with a “heh”, “Cause he’s delicate.”

The tone of Zhou Yu’s voice was odd and cynical, everyone who was present could hear that there was something wrong. Luo Qiuman promptly changed the subject: “Why don’t we go to Old Zeng’s garden to have a look and pick some vegetables ourselves?”

The celebrities rarely got to participate in such agritourism activities. Hence after hearing this, they all happily went back to their rooms to change into trousers suitable for entering the vegetable patch.

Bo Ye’s gaze fell on Qi Xingchen who was also scurrying towards his room.

Based on the little fan’s kind of personality where he would not even speak out about his injuries, was it possible for him to be so delicate to the point of needing to sleep with clean quilts?

Immediately after, he arrived at an answer by himself — En, with such tender skin on the back of his little fan, it was indeed possible.

It was currently the best season when the vegetables were ripe, everyone was having fun and enjoying themselves. When Old Zeng called them for dinner, they then reluctantly returned with their spoils.

The female celebrities’ spoils were basically persimmons, cucumbers, and other vegetables, just right for their meal at night. On the other hand, Qi Xingchen who was empty-handed, openly sat down next to Lao Zeng, pouring wine for him while attempting to get close to him.
Looking at that attitude, he was even closer to Old Zeng than his own son of flesh and blood!

Everyone watched in amusement, while Director Zhao and Assistant Director Li had their scalps going numb as they kept speculating whether the monkey demon was up to mischief once more.

Fortunately, Qi Xingchen was only trying to understand the village’s situation. In the timespan of one meal, the entire Yangshan village was so thoroughly probed that he even knew when the village chief’s family dog had eloped with a wild dog.