AHFAFTGTTT Chapter 76

Chapter 76: Offstage

Offstage, family and friends were all watching, and the person I loved most was also there…

Xie Wanwan didn’t know where to put her flustered hands. “I, I…”

Xu Chengyue’s gaze softened as he patted her head. “Don’t be nervous.”

Xu Chengyue led her to the lounge, gave her a glass of milk, and sat on the sofa, clearly ready to listen attentively.

“Take your time.”

Xie Wanwan twisted her fingers. “My name is Xie Wanwan, I’m seventeen years old this year, in my third year of high school. My dad’s name is Xie Junlin, my mom’s name is Fu Rong, my aunt’s name is Xie Wanqing, Fu Yang is my second cousin, Fu Qi is my eldest cousin…”

Like introducing her household registration, she rattled off her entire life story.

Xu Chengyue listened patiently until she finished. “So, what about Shangguan Yaoguang?”

Xie Wanwan craned her neck to take a look. “I’ve cursed him online.”

Xu Chengyue finally confirmed everything. Although he had already suspected it, he was still greatly shocked. “So, you came to find Fu Yang today because you have something important to tell him?”

“Ah… It’s because he did some things that led to my eldest cousin finding out that he came to participate in the competition. He’s very angry now and wants to take him back, so I came to give him a heads-up…”

“The things he did, were they to help me deal with the ban?”

Xie Wanwan shrank her neck. In front of Chengyue-gege, she had nowhere to hide.

Xu Chengyue chatted with Xie Wanwan in the lounge for nearly an hour before finally asking his assistant to send the little girl back.

The little girl worriedly turned her head back. “Then my cousin…”

“Don’t worry, I’ll handle it.” Xu Chengyue nodded at her.

After sending her away, Xu Chengyue dialed the phone number Xie Wanwan left behind.

“Hello.” A dignified and heavy voice sounded from the other end.

“Mr. Fu, long time no see.”

“Who are you? How do you have my private number?” The voice on the other end became even more wary.

“My surname is Xu.”

Fu Qi quickly reacted. “Xu Chengyue?”

“Hmph, as expected, my brother’s troubles are inseparable from you. Even when he just woke up, he had to shout your name. Now, he’s run off to settle accounts with you before his health is even fully recovered! It’s simply outrageous!”

“He shouted my name when he just woke up?” A smile appeared on Xu Chengyue’s face.

The other end of the phone went silent for a moment, then became even more exasperated. “You’re courting death!”

Xu Chengyue leisurely poured himself a cup of tea. “Mr. Fu, you should be very clear about whether he came to settle accounts with me.”

Fu Qi was a little tongue-tied because he had just found out that Fu Yang had used his name to handle a lot of trouble for Xu Chengyue half a month ago.

That meant that Fu Yang’s accident actually had nothing to do with Xu Chengyue, but he had been in a high position for too long and couldn’t tolerate mistakes, so he pushed the blame onto others.

In short, his genius brother was so infatuated with a small star like Xu Chengyue that he was giving him his heart and soul, and he couldn’t accept it.

“Hmph, so what? With just one word from me, I can make your program impossible to continue! I’ll send someone to bring Fu Yang back immediately.”

“This is a performance that Fu Yang has been preparing for for a long time. Does Mr. Fu want to ruin it now?” Xu Chengyue’s eyes were slightly cold, then he lowered his eyes and said sincerely, “Perhaps you haven’t seen how much sweat he’s shed in the practice room.”

Fu Qi was silent for a few seconds. After learning that his brother had run to participate in the audition, he pushed aside all his work to watch the complete episodes, so he naturally knew how much effort and hard work Fu Yang had put in to get to where he was today.

Xu Chengyue knew that he had persuaded him. “Or rather, President Fu, would you like to see Fu Yang’s performance on stage tomorrow? I can give you a ticket to the public performance.”

Fu Qi gritted his teeth. “I don’t need your hypocritical kindness. It’s easy for me, the dignified president of the Fu Group, to get a ticket!”

Fu Qi hung up the phone, and his expensive leather shoes kicked the table hard.

The special assistant who came in with coffee happened to see this scene and cautiously said, “What’s wrong again, President Fu?”

Fu Qi had only sneered three times when the new energy stocks crashed last week.

Last month, when his rival snatched a bid, he cut off the other party’s supply chain with a backhand.

The special assistant’s nape was sweating. If Fu Qi was so out of control that he kicked the table, the company was probably doomed.

“Get me a ticket to that lousy audition.”

Yang Huan’s mouth twitched. “…What audition?”

Fu Qi raised his eyes and stared at him coldly. “If you don’t even know what audition is being broadcast recently, what am I hiring you for!”

Neuropathy, he’s busy as a dog every day, where does he have time to watch variety shows, stupid boss, stupid company, Yang Huan cursed fiercely in his heart, silently took out his mobile phone and Baidu-ed, “Is it Sparkling Brand, President Fu?”

Fu Qi: “What do you think?”

Yang Huan closed his eyes, and the background music sounded in his mind—

“Words are always unclear, how to understand, every word and sentence is like a trap, old debts are never finished, who is being unreasonable~”

He took a deep breath, opened his eyes, and quickly browsed the information with his mobile phone, processed it for a while, and raised his head: “President Fu, the tickets were sold out in seconds, this program seems to be very popular, I can’t get them…”

“Can’t you use your brain?”

Yang Huan: “…”

He quickly added more than 20 scalpers, and raised his head again: “The scalpers don’t have tickets either. One of them said he can take you in, wearing a cleaner’s uniform and going in the garbage truck. If he’s discovered, he’ll run naked to attract firepower for you.”

Fu Qi: “…” It’s better if this brain doesn’t work.

…

Xu Chengyue stood by the window in the corridor, blowing the cold wind, recalling everything again, and his mind suddenly cleared up, but his mood was a little complicated.

He stepped into the innermost practice room in the corridor.

“Mentor Xu!” Fu Yang saw him in the mirror in a second, very surprised, and quickly ran to him. “Long time no see.”

The young man was extremely tall, and his figure was also very shapely. He ran over like a little lion, and Xu Chengyue took a step back from the impact.

Fu Yang stopped immediately and looked at him pitifully and apologized, “I’m sorry.”

“I’m really sorry, I won’t do that kind of thing again, hit me, beat me up, don’t ignore me.” He said dejectedly.

“I’m not ignoring you,” Xu Chengyue seemed to have completely forgotten what happened between the two in the lounge, “Good luck with the public performance.”

Fu Yang lowered his head in disappointment. “Okay, I’ll do my best.”

When he raised his head again, the person in front of him had disappeared.

There was a bottle of the latest packaged strawberry yogurt on the bench in the practice room.

…

The second public performance of Sparkling Brand was even more grand, with twice as many fans as the first. The mentors and trainees were all ready, except for Shangguan Yaoguang.

Shangguan Yaoguang didn’t come, and didn’t even have the courage to face a farewell.

At this time, Shangguan Yaoguang was standing at the airport, watching the live broadcast of the second public performance on his mobile phone screen. Occasionally, Xu Chengyue’s face flashed by, and he was a little dazed.

When he was a child, he was his father’s punching bag at home. Later, when he arrived at the orphanage, he was even surrounded by children throwing stones at him because he was too old and didn’t dare to fight back. Later, when he entered the entertainment industry and became a group, he still lived in Ye Xiao’s shadow. Only Xu Chengyue reached out to help him.

But he couldn’t muster the courage to say goodbye to all this decently, and he would still only run away.

The assistant helped him carry his luggage. “What’s wrong, Guang-ge? It’s time for the security check.”

Shangguan Yaoguang’s always scattered gaze gradually became firm. He opened Xu Chengyue’s WeChat and sent the last message:

【Captain, I’m sorry, I’m leaving.】

Even at the end, he still couldn’t say the word “like”. He was such a cowardly person, and he still couldn’t reconcile with himself.

“Guang-ge, are you crying?”

Shangguan Yaoguang put on his mask again. “Let’s go.”

…

The public performance had already started when Xu Chengyue received the message.

Qu Xue was a little strange. “Why didn’t Shangguan come? Where did he go?”

Xu Chengyue pressed the phone to the table in the mentor’s seat and said, “Perhaps he went to pursue a better future.”

Qu Xue nodded thoughtfully and started other topics: “There are so many people here today, it seems to be twice as many as last time. There are so many Fu Yang’s fans, I feel that half of the popularity of our show is brought by him.”

Xu Chengyue: “He is like that, he is a little lucky star.”

“Aiyo~ He is a little lucky star~” Qu Xue teased, “He’s your little rose and your little lucky star, I say, Mentor Xu, don’t be so mushy~”

Xu Chengyue’s ears turned red, and he decided to stay away from Qu Xue.

Qu Xue glanced at the audience: “Wait, why is there an uncle in a suit and tie in the third row, mixed in with a group of little girls!”

Xu Chengyue took a closer look and raised his eyebrows in surprise.

Fu Qi turned down all his work and was dragged by Xie Wanwan to see Fu Yang.

He solemnly declared that Xie Wanwan insisted on coming, he was forced! He doesn’t want to come here at all!

Fu Qi sat down in his seat, patted his high-end custom suit, and looked at the crowded people around him with a hint of disgust.

“Eldest cousin, it’s just watching a performance, is it necessary to be so well-dressed? You’re too exaggerated.” Xie Wanwan looked at the eyes of others turning to them, felt ashamed, and didn’t want to admit that she was related to Fu Qi by blood.

Fu Qi straightened his tie. “Hmph, what do you know? I wore this suit when I attended Xiao Yang’s graduation ceremony.”

“You said you were going to catch him back and didn’t want to come before,” Xie Wanwan muttered in a low voice, “I wanted to come to the first public performance and you scolded me for not doing my job properly, which made me miss it that time, you double standard dog!”

Fu Qi glanced at her coldly: “What are you saying? Don’t mutter and scold me secretly.”

Xie Wanwan immediately said obsequiously: “Of course not, I’m praising my eldest cousin for being so handsome and extraordinary, much more handsome than these little stars!”

Fu Qi touched his sharp jawline. “Heh.”

The middle-aged uncle still wants to find some sense of existence, the little girl doesn’t want to provide him with emotional value anymore, and is staring at the stage intently.

“Ahhh, this time it’s Chu Sheng-gege who’s coming out first!” Xie Wanwan cheered, usually being disciplined and polite by social rules, but in this kind of occasion, she can release herself and cheer loudly.

“Eldest cousin, have you watched the show? Chu Sheng-gege is my cousin’s good friend on the show!” She said excitedly.

“He also deserves it?” Fu Qi expressed his disdain, but when he saw Fu Yang’s promotional shots flashing on the big screen, he changed his face, “With Xiao Yang’s brain, he should be doing research in the laboratory and contributing to the country, why be a star, isn’t this nonsense!”

“Who, who said that.” A clear voice sounded.

Xie Wanwan turned her head to the left and found that Qing Sha and Wen Jingxin were sitting next to her eldest cousin.

They also came! Xie Wanwan was extremely excited, her little fan mentality exploded, and she forcibly suppressed her legs that wanted to go up to ask for autographs.

“Occupations, don’t have high or low status.” Qing Sha said seriously.

Wen Jingxin looked straight at Fu Qi and sneered, “You can’t get on stage, don’t you want to? I think you can’t.”

Fu Qi had never been confronted like this before, and he was very angry, but he, the dignified president, disdained to argue with a woman.

He adopted the mental victory method and glanced at them arrogantly without saying anything.

The front row of the four people was full of little girls, chatting together:

“It’s here, it’s here! The next program is Fu Yang’s!”

“You guys quickly look at Yuè-yue ah! He’s wearing the moon bracelet again, I rely on it, it’s so fairy-like and beautiful!!”

“Speaking of which, was it really sent by Fu Yang?”

“Didn’t someone find out that the chief designer of the YU brand and Fu Yang are friends? It must be him! That designer doesn’t easily make customizations.”

“So sweet oh~”

“But I don’t think it’s true, how is it possible…”

“It’s true!”

Xie Wanwan, who was originally sitting in the back seat, suddenly spoke out, and instantly rushed forward to the back of their heads.

The two turned their heads, it was Tang Tang and Ye Meng, they were wearing matching sister outfits and headbands with the sun and moon.

There is no need to say more about the mental journey of transferring to a rival cp fan, I can only say that there are many people like them, and even this row used to be Xing Yue fans, yes, surrender is so easy.

“Really, sisters.” Tang Tang asked excitedly.

Xie Wanwan patted her chest: “Guaranteed.”

Regardless of whether it was real sugar or fake sugar, the two ate their stomachs full, and Tang Tang and Ye Meng grabbed each other’s hands and fainted.

Then they saw the four people in the seats behind – a cute girl, a Loading, a pure goddess, and a short-haired sharp woman.

The two paused: “Qing Sha Big guy, you guys are here too!”