MFIMM Chapter 61
by Volare## Affectionate Nicknames
## Affectionate Nicknames
“Have Qi Yile ask Lin Xi,” Pei Jiashu said.
Assistant Song suppressed the upward curve of his lips, pushed up his glasses, and said in a deep voice, “Yes, President Pei.”
As the assistant who had been by Pei Jiashu’s side for three years, he knew Pei Jiashu’s temper like the back of his hand. For example, right now, if Pei Jiashu didn’t want to go on this variety show with Lin Xi, Pei Jiashu would have him reject it directly.
But now that Pei Jiashu was having him ask for Lin Xi’s opinion, it meant that Pei Jiashu wanted to go on this variety show with Lin Xi.
It seemed their boss was also experiencing a stirring of affections.
And as Pei Jiashu’s chief assistant, of course, he had to fulfill his boss’s requests.
So, Assistant Song arranged a meeting with Qi Yile and Lin Xi and, in front of them, brought up the variety show invitation.
Lin Xi looked at Assistant Song in shock. “Come to me and Pei Jiashu?”
“That’s right. And the production team is offering six million in appearance fees, just for the two of you to go on a publicly funded trip.”
Lin Xi’s eyes lit up when he heard about the appearance fees. That was six million, a whole six million.
“But,” Lin Xi said, picking nervously at the dead skin on his fingernails, “Didn’t… didn’t President Pei say before that he didn’t want meceng – leeching off of his popularity?”
Qi Yile also hesitated somewhat. “Although this variety show could give Lin Xi a lot of exposure, it might attract the two of their CP fans, and they’re not really…”
“But the appearance fee is six million,” Assistant Song dropped this bombshell.
Lin Xi thought about what he could do with six million. He could buy so, so many cosmetics, and he could even buy a house for his parents.
“Assistant Song, please stop enticing me. Qi-ge is right too.” Lin Xi wanted nothing more than to cover his ears.
Assistant Song had originally planned to discuss this matter well with Lin Xi and directly tell Pei Jiashu the good news. But Lin Xi’s hang-up was that sentence from Pei Jiashu, and that wasn’t something he could decide.
“Mr. Lin, this variety show is actually something President Pei asked me to get your opinion on. If you have any thoughts, you can go to the office and talk to President Pei directly.”
“Really?” Lin Xi hesitated a little. He suddenly stood up from the sofa and rushed out of the office toward the elevator.
Since a variety show was coming to them, and even offering an appearance fee of six million, he would be a fool not to make that money.
“Pei Jiashu, are you going to that couples variety show? I can split the money with you four-six.” Lin Xi walked straight into Pei Jiashu’s office.
“Sure,” Pei Jiashu agreed without the slightest hesitation.
All the drafts that Lin Xi had prepared in his head during the elevator ride got stuck in his throat. He stared blankly at Pei Jiashu. “You agreed just like that?”
Pei Jiashu spread out his hands and said, “What else? I get seven, you get three.”
“No, no, no! I get four, you get six! It’s settled.” Lin Xi ran excitedly to Pei Jiashu, grabbed Pei Jiashu’s hand, and gave him a high-five.
Assistant Song, who arrived later, looked at the scene before him. It seemed that the speech he had prepared in advance was no longer needed.
He closed the office door with peace of mind and returned to his office area.
Lin Xi had originally planned to go back as well, but Pei Jiashu grabbed his hand. “Since we’re going on a couples variety show, we should practice in advance… Xiao Xi.”
“You have a point.” Lin Xi stayed in Pei Jiashu’s office. “What should we practice?”
“Let’s start with nicknames first.” Pei Jiashu leaned back in his chair and said to Lin Xi.
When it came to nicknames, Lin Xi was wide awake. When he first came to the company, he didn’t know how many times he had been docked pay for calling Pei Jiashu by his full name.
Just thinking about this made Lin Xi angry.
He suddenly leaned in and grabbed Pei Jiashu’s collar. “President Pei, you haven’t forgotten who made me only call you President Pei in the company, have you?”
Pei Jiashu had a smile on the corner of his lips. His danfeng eyes looked straight at Lin Xi. There was no ridicule or anger in his eyes, just a hint of some kind of doting that Lin Xi couldn’t quite describe as he looked at him.
Lin Xi’s hand suddenly loosened.
He turned his gaze away and asked seriously, “What does President Pei want me to call you now?”
“Call me something affectionate.” Pei Jiashu only gave Lin Xi a vague boundary, but didn’t specify. He wanted to hear what Lin Xi would call him.
Lin Xi bit his lip. He had called him husband before, but facing Pei Jiashu’s face, he couldn’t say a single word.
After a moment, he said somewhat dejectedly, “No, I can’t say it. Why don’t you go first.”
“I…” Pei Jiashu tried to say some affectionate terms, but when it came down to it, he couldn’t say them, and instead his ears flushed red.
Lin Xi and Pei Jiashu looked at each other. He wanted to laugh at Pei Jiashu for not being able to say it himself.
But when he saw Pei Jiashu’s ears, which were so red they were almost bleeding, he couldn’t say a word.
“Ahhh, it’s so hard! Why don’t we reject it before Assistant Song talks to the producer?” Lin Xi was already thinking about retreating.
But Pei Jiashu grabbed his hand and blurted out, “Wife.”
Lin Xi’s eyes widened as he looked at Pei Jiashu. He suddenly felt that the air conditioner in the office was a bit too strong, making his chest feel a little bloated.
He said with a sheepish smile, “You’re really working hard for the money.”
Pei Jiashu pursed his lips without explaining. Whether it was rejecting Lin Xi before or making sarcastic remarks to Lin Xi after the marriage, no normal person would have liked him.
So, when he pursued Lin Xi, he had to be cautious and extra cautious, like boiling a frog in warm water, slowly breaking down Lin Xi’s defenses.
“Yeah, so you should also say it so I can hear it.”
Lin Xi awkwardly moved his lips, and suddenly an inspiration came to him as he called out “Wife”.
“Who’s the wife?” Pei Jiashu smiled in surprise. He didn’t look a bit angry, but rather quite pleased.
“We’re both guys, so what if I call you wife?” Lin Xi’s tone was slightly lacking in confidence, especially when he met Pei Jiashu’s teasing gaze.
He gave up completely and shouted, “Wife, wife, wife, wife, wife.”
“Then let’s split the money three-seven. That one million will be considered my betrothal gift,” Pei Jiashu said.
As soon as money was mentioned, Lin Xi became anxious. “You, you, you… what good person has a one million betrothal gift? Our betrothal gifts are only one or two hundred thousand.”
“A one million betrothal gift is indeed a bit much.” Pei Jiashu saw Lin Xi nodding frantically at him, and he immediately changed his words. “But that proves that you love me, right husband?”
“Why don’t you have any sense of shame? I’m not playing with you anymore.” Lin Xi was broken by Pei Jiashu’s words and made to leave.
Pei Jiashu finally stopped teasing him. “Alright, alright, you can call me Jiashu, and I’ll call you Xiao Xi.”
Jiashu was much easier to say than husband. Lin Xi followed his lead and said, “Jiashu.” Pei Jiashu nodded approvingly. “Then you can call me that from now on.”
“Jiashu.” When Lin Xi called Pei Jiashu that, he couldn’t help but think of another person.
The things he had ignored these past few days suddenly came to mind again. The information Assistant Song gave him that day was actually very clear.
“Are you Jiashu?” Lin Xi looked at Pei Jiashu faintly.
“Why are you so obsessed with this question? Does it matter to you that much whether I am Jiashu?” Pei Jiashu looked at Lin Xi searchingly.
As long as Lin Xi said it was important, he would reveal all his secrets and show them to Lin Xi.
But upon hearing these words, Lin Xi immediately avoided suspicion and said, “Of course it’s not important. I’m just curious, just curious.”
“Okay.” Pei Jiashu said somewhat disappointedly.
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After Assistant Song replied to the variety show, they also urgently requested to start filming, at the latest this week.
The production team also asked in advance if the house could be filmed.
Lin Xi and Pei Jiashu originally wanted to decorate the house a bit, so as to prevent others from seeing anything suspicious.
But they suddenly realized that although they slept in separate rooms, almost all of their things were mixed together. For example, there would be several of Pei Jiashu’s suits and pajamas in Lin Xi’s walk-in closet.
There were also Pei Jiashu’s toothpaste and toothbrush in Lin Xi’s bathroom, and the same was true for Pei Jiashu’s room upstairs.
The study and sunroom were even more of a disaster area. Lin Xi and Pei Jiashu’s things were placed together in a chaotic but orderly manner.
Lin Xi stood in the walk-in closet and asked Pei Jiashu, “Are we still going to clean this up?”
A smile flashed across Pei Jiashu’s eyes. He was only now discovering that his feelings had changed bit by bit.
“No need.” Pei Jiashu looked at Lin Xi, and his gaze gradually moved to Lin Xi’s hand. Lin Xi’s hand was still bare. “Where’s your ring, Lin Xi?”
“Oh, there’s also the ring.” Lin Xi opened the bedside table, and there were two boxes inside. One was another pair of plain rings to match Pei Jiashu’s plain ring, and the other was a 1.5 million diamond ring that Pei Jiashu said he would buy.
Seeing this ring, Lin Xi suddenly realized that this person who could casually give him a 1.5 million diamond ring, would he go on a variety show for a mere 3.6 million?
But this thought only flashed through his mind.
Because Pei Jiashu took the ring out of the box first, grabbed Lin Xi’s hand, and solemnly put the ring on, “You can’t take it off casually from now on.”
“I know,” Lin Xi said, finding Pei Jiashu long-winded.
On the day the show started filming, many photographers came to the house to film Lin Xi and Pei Jiashu packing their luggage. Pei Jiashu’s aim was very accurate, but Lin Xi was like a headless fly, looking for things everywhere.
“Ahhh, ahhh, ahhh, Pei Jiashu, have you seen my beige long-sleeved pajamas? I can’t find them.”
Pei Jiashu thought for a moment. “Upstairs, I’ll go get them for you.”
[Xiao Xi! You’re actually bringing your husband on a variety show]
[Is this the couple that had a mishap during the live broadcast a few days ago?]
[If you want to know their prequel, please go to the “Pei Jiashu, Can You Do It?” video]
[Lin Xi seems kind of dumb in private, even though he’s very good-looking]
[President Pei’s house is so big. Don’t these two live in the same room?]
[Upstairs, didn’t you hear Pei Jiashu say Lin Xi’s clothes are upstairs? That means they usually live together]
Pei Jiashu brought the clothes down to Lin Xi from upstairs, and before he went downstairs, he heard Lin Xi say, “Pei Jiashu, my facial cleanser andfacial mask, are also upstairs.”
Pei Jiashu went back upstairs to get it for Lin Xi.
Lin Xi frantically packed his things and said to the photographer, “Can you cut this part out? It’s too embarrassing.”
The photographer said cruelly, “Teacher Lin, we’re live streaming right now.”
Lin Xi petrified…