LWDC Chapter 36

Chapter 36 – Exchanging Gifts

Chapter 36 – Exchanging Gifts

Chapter 36 – Exchanging Gifts

The final fashion show that night went very smoothly, full of starlight and excitement.

Ning Fei had also contacted the jewelry brand before the show started and agreed to meet the next day for detailed discussions. So, when he applauded the successful conclusion of the competition that night, the smile on Ning Fei’s face was also a bit more genuine.

Then, he happily declined Duan Yunhong’s request to meet that night.

His reason was quite sufficient: “I have to meet with brand representatives tomorrow, and tonight I still have to work overtime to have a meeting and update Su Cenxi’s PPT. Sorry, Director Duan.”

Faced with such serious matters, Duan Yunhong had no way to refute, and only replied: “What nonsense are you talking about?”

Ning Fei picked that up while desperately collecting information online, and replied: “Spend more time online and see the world of young people, President Duan!”

Looking at these words, Duan Yunhong seemed to see the person’s smiling expression in front of him, so he replied expressionlessly: “Excessive exposure to invalid information will reduce my fashion sensitivity.”

Ning Fei: “Alright, alright, you’re fashionable, I’m a bumpkin.”

Duan Yunhong: “That’s not what I meant.”

Ning Fei didn’t reply to him anymore because the studio really had to have a meeting. Su Cenxi was also dragged over to attend together. He had been busy all day today and was now a little absent-minded from exhaustion. Ning Fei impolitely slapped him on the back, and he finally perked up.

The other people in the studio pretended not to see it.

They were just thankful that Gu Hechen was left in the car downstairs waiting for someone, otherwise, if he saw Ning Fei’s son-training method, he would probably freak out.

This summary meeting plus subsequent work arrangement meeting went very smoothly. The PPT, oh, or rather, Su Cenxi’s personal resume, was also updated with a beautiful new version. Then, the studio made a paper version of the resume overnight, with specifications and materials that were indistinguishable from fashion magazines. The next day, Ning Fei took these materials to meet with the brand representatives.

The endorsement was also negotiated very smoothly.

However, the brand made a request: they wanted Gu Hechen and Su Cenxi to wear couple jewelry together in public, with regulations on the number of times and styles. Of course, Gu Hechen didn’t need to appear in the endorsement or say anything, just wear it. This time, Ning Fei didn’t act first and report later, but actually went out in the middle of the negotiation to make a call to Gu Hechen. Gu Hechen had already been somewhat numbed by him, and after listening, he didn’t make things difficult for him and agreed very simply.

Not long after the negotiation was completed, the contract process was also completed, and the endorsement was safely in the bag. Ning Fei breathed a big sigh of relief. On the night when Su Cenxi went to take the first round of brand promotional photos, Ning Fei finally fulfilled his promise to treat Duan Yunhong to a meal.

However, Ning Fei was a little late tonight. When he entered the private room, Duan Yunhong was already sitting inside.

“Finally willing to get off work?” Duan Yunhong sat in the main seat, glanced up from his phone, “I’ve already ordered the dishes, do you want to take a look first or just let them serve…”

Ning Fei went straight over first, grabbed his collar, and gave him a kiss.

It wasn’t very long, but it was very passionate. A dozen seconds later, Ning Fei withdrew and straightened up, Duan Yunhong’s hand was already pinching his waist.

Ning Fei sighed: “Alas, working non-stop for half a month, I almost died.”

Duan Yunhong could still speak calmly just now, but at this moment he was also unable to maintain his composure because of this kiss, and he couldn’t wait to pinch Ning Fei’s flesh hard. He calmed down so that he could steady his voice and reply: “I asked you to come to my place a few days ago, but you didn’t go.”

“Alas, I couldn’t figure out what time I would be able to finish in the past few days, so I didn’t bother you. What if you were already sleepy when I arrived late, why bother waking you up.” Ning Fei smiled, then lowered his head and bit his lips a little forcefully, and then smiled and pulled his hand away, and sat down next to him, “Just serve the dishes, after eating I’ll go to your place… Oh, no, are we going to a hotel today?”

“Yeah, it’s nearby.” Duan Yunhong pressed the service bell and said, “If you had said so earlier, I would have had the hotel send the food to the room.”

“Hahahaha, although I’m very impatient, I’m not that impatient.” Ning Fei said happily, “I still want to try the restaurant recommended by President Duan. What have I been eating for the past half month? Now if you ask me to recall, I can’t remember the specific things.”

“So busy.” Duan Yunhong looked at him, “It seems that your bet is likely to be realized?”

“Hey, thanks for your kind words.” Speaking of this, Ning Fei couldn’t help but be even happier, “If I can get it done in one go, I don’t have to live this kind of deadly busy life. President Duan, please hold your hand high and stop causing trouble for me.”

Duan Yunhong said: “Are you saying that you’re planning to stop fighting when he reaches the TOP 10? Are you sure you can let go?”

“Yes, I don’t really want to die at my job. And…” Ning Fei pinched Duan Yunhong’s leg hard through his pants as if some addiction had flared up, “It’s also suffocating to be so restricted all the time.”

“Don’t make trouble now, we still have to eat.” Duan Yunhong grabbed his restless hand, “You don’t have to wait until he enters the top 10 to be less tired. I can understand you discussing work, but why do you still have to follow Su Cenxi on set even now? Hasn’t he learned to be independent yet?”

Ning Fei perfunctorily replied: “Hey, I’m used to it.”

Duan Yunhong looked at him, hesitated for a moment, and slowly said: “Then what if in the future you…”

Just as he started to speak, the waiter knocked on the door and interrupted him, so Duan Yunhong had to order the food to be served first.

When the waiter went out, Ning Fei asked: “What about me in the future?”

Duan Yunhong was silent for a second and replied: “It’s nothing, I just wanted to say that if you keep working so hard, be careful that your body won’t be able to support it when you can finally rest.”

Ning Fei felt that what he originally wanted to say wasn’t this, but he didn’t pursue it.

“Hmm? Is President Duan reminding me not to disappoint you tonight?” Ning Fei rested his chin on his hand and winked at Duan Yunhong, “Don’t worry, I’ll definitely be full of energy tonight, after all, it’s a long-awaited ‘entertainment activity’. Moreover, I can arrive at the set at ten o’clock tomorrow morning.”

Faced with such a straightforward look and hint, Duan Yunhong’s reaction was – to turn his gaze away expressionlessly.

He turned to the other side and conjured a bag from an empty chair like a magician: “In that case, you can wear this directly to the set tomorrow, so you don’t have to rush home again.”

“Ah?” Ning Fei took it and opened the bag to take a look, “Clothes? For me?”

“Yeah.”

“It’s quite valuable, right.” Although there was no price tag, Ning Fei saw the brand logo and was a little puzzled, “Why are you giving me this? Do you really think I’m a bumpkin?”

“The brand gave it, it’s not my size, and it’s not the size of those models.” Duan Yunhong replied, “It’s just casually thrown away when I take it back, it’s a little useful to give it to you.”

Ning Fei was originally looking at how many clothes and pants were in the bag, but when he heard this, he snorted and smiled: “President Duan, when you give gifts, can you not say it as if you are throwing garbage?”

Duan Yunhong said: “That’s not what I meant, and I didn’t say you were a bumpkin, you said it yourself.”

“The implications in your words make me feel like that’s what you mean.” Ning Fei snorted softly and put the bag aside, “With your broken mouth, whoever wants to be in a relationship with you will be pissed off by you every day…”

Duan Yunhong was silent for a second: “I’m telling the truth.”

Ning Fei: “Ha, the truth? Go tell your subordinates these broken truths, they take the money and can tolerate you for the sake of their salary.”

He said it impolitely, but he wasn’t really angry. After all, he was neither Duan Yunhong’s lover nor a subordinate, so there was no need to take it seriously. It just so happened that the restaurant started serving the dishes, so he naturally started eating. He glanced sideways and saw that Duan Yunhong seemed to be absent-minded, so Ning Fei also served him some food: “Alright, President Duan, don’t think about my words. I’m just kidding, you don’t have to take it seriously.”

Duan Yunhong stared at the food he threw into his bowl, and then looked at his face.

“What’s wrong, isn’t this your favorite dish? I didn’t poison it… Ah.” Ning Fei took his chopsticks back and realized that something was wrong, “I forgot to change to public chopsticks, sorry.”

As he said that, he wanted to clip the dish back, but Duan Yunhong had already clipped the dish up and ate it.

“It doesn’t matter this once.” Director Duan Da also said in a calm tone after eating, “If you want to kiss me, you can say it directly, there’s no need to play indirectly.”

“President Duan, that word sounds familiar, are you copying my lines?” Ning Fei chuckled. After two seconds, he noticed that Duan Yunhong was still staring at him, and he laughed even harder: “What are you doing, don’t tell me you’re expecting me to take the initiative to kiss you again? You’ve got the script wrong, it’s the person who says ‘If you want to kiss, you can say it directly’ who takes the initiative to kiss! But you don’t seem to have ever taken the initiative to kiss me outside, you just keep asking me out, so you only dare to flirt outside hahahaha… Mmm.”

Duan Yunhong stuffed a piece of meat into his mouth: “Hurry up and eat your food.”

…

Later, when they left after the meal, Ning Fei carried the bag full of luxury brand clothes, while Duan Yunhong carried a semi-transparent gift box full of flowers.

This flower arrangement gift box was given to Duan Yunhong by Ning Fei when he went out to the bathroom in the middle of the meal and came back. Duan Yunhong asked where the flowers came from, and Ning Fei casually replied: “Picked them up in the bathroom.”

Duan Yunhong had been fooled like that before, and he wouldn’t be fooled again this time. He directly asked: “Why did you suddenly order this? I’m not going home tonight, what am I going to look like holding this.”

Ning Fei thought to himself, wasn’t it because I saw you treating me to dinner, giving me clothes, and booking a hotel, but I made you unhappy with a few words, so I thought about compensating you?

He considered himself to be a pretty good person to “fun friends” and lovers, and he had been praised by many people in the past for being considerate and cheerful. It’s just that when he met Duan Yunhong, who was so stubborn and liked to go against him, Ning Fei couldn’t help but argue with him sometimes. But after arguing, he thought about it. It’s rare to meet someone in this world who is compatible in bed, so why bother arguing with the other party all the time. His actual age is probably many times that of the other party, and he doesn’t have much time left in this world, so when getting along in private, he should let him have his way.

But he couldn’t say these words, Ning Fei just smiled: “I already bought it, if you’re not going home, just put it in your car.”

Duan Yunhong: “Put it on the seat? It’s in the way. My driver and assistant won’t be able to explain it when they come.”

The thoughts of “letting him have his way” in Ning Fei’s mind were blown away in an instant.

— Alas, this guy’s broken mouth, alas, my temper, unbearable, no need to bear it anymore.

“Then give it to me.” Ning Fei reached out to take the gift box, “I’ll give it to the receptionist. At least the little girl will get a smile, but Director Duan only has ‘in the way’ as an evaluation, what a waste of this box of flowers.”

Duan Yunhong lifted the box away.

Ning Fei raised his eyebrows.

“… There’s no reason to take back something that’s been given away.” Duan Yunhong put the box on the other chair, separated Ning Fei’s hand, and pushed the newly served dessert to him, “Eat.”

Ning Fei stared at him: “You won’t throw it away when you go out, will you?”

Duan Yunhong: “I don’t do such tasteless things.”

Ning Fei: “You’re not allowed to stuff it in the trunk.”

Duan Yunhong: “You even care about this… Alright, alright, I promise to treat your gift well, okay?”

Only then did Ning Fei sit down and eat the dessert properly.

…

That night, this box of beautiful fresh flowers was placed on Duan Yunhong’s bedside table all night.