PMWAIAAPM Chapter 71

Chapter 71: Are You Three Years Old?

Director Li felt a bit embarrassed, the corners of his mouth twitching slightly as Tan Zhiyu was coaxed for a long time behind the camera.

Xing Yang kept praising the egg pancake he made, saying it was actually very delicious and that he was really great, with Xing Boss always being his most loyal fan, in every sense.

Director Li nearly forgot the question they originally meant to ask; this ludicrous scene was shocking enough.

On Weibo, and even in the hearts of every fan, Xing Yang’s image should be that of a wicked capitalist, using his resources to force Tan Zhiyu to do anything in the home; the poor beauty Tan was being toyed with at his mercy.

But in reality, Xing Yang took out the small cake he made that morning from the refrigerator to treat the two: “Are you allergic to nuts? It has strawberries and nuts, milk, eggs, and cheese, there are other flavors you can switch to.”

Director Li and the photographer took the cake, and the photographer set up the equipment in the living room, starting to arrange for other staff to enter and install cameras in every corner of his home.

Xing Yang wiped Tan Zhiyu’s eyes and told him to share the small cakes with the other staff.

“Where did you buy this? Is it from a nearby shop?” Director Li took a small bite, the aroma of cream cheese bursting in his mouth. The texture was surprisingly dense like pudding, with layers of strawberry jam, and the aftertaste revealed an unusual floral scent.

It was strawberry mixed with rose jam.

“I made it. I heard there would be more staff coming, so I made a bit more. Zhiyu loves this,” Xing Yang said.

He didn’t mention that Tan Zhiyu loved sweets; his eyes were filled with a beaming cheerfulness, even facing the camera without a hint of nervousness.

Director Li: “…Well, it’s delicious…”

Nearby, the photographer silently finished the small plate in his hand, eyeing the piece in Director Li’s hand, taking it over: “You focus on asking questions; I’ll take care of this.”

Back on track, Tan Zhiyu returned to the sofa, holding hands with Xing Yang. The staff installing the cameras lined up at the bar in the dining area, passively indulging in cake.

Director Li cleared his throat, preparing to continue with questions: “You two suddenly joined our program; what motivated you to participate?”

Tan Zhiyu adjusted his gaze slightly: “I initiated this. There have been many misunderstandings about Xing Yang online, and I didn’t want to see everyone continue saying such things about him. I want to say, I appreciate those who love me, but please don’t hurt the person I love; it’s that simple.”

They came on the show to clarify.

That was Tan Zhiyu’s intention.

Moreover…

Their baby would be recorded growing until birth, isn’t that a valuable program too?

Director Li asked, “And you?”

“He wanted to shoot, so I agreed.”

In truth, Xing Yang didn’t care about those online comments claiming he was a bloodsucking capitalist, a fox who only saw money, or a refined egoist. He simply didn’t care.

When he started his business, he begged everywhere for projects, drank to the point of stomach bleeding, suffered and hurt; if he couldn’t even bear a few baseless evaluations, then all these years would have been for nothing.

The man’s explanation was calm; his honey-colored skin looked like diluted honey under the light.

Director Li asked, “Since your marriage has been highly regarded since its exposure, today our show has rather explosive questions. As the president of Yuanyin Real Estate, was your investment in Director Zheng’s new film directed towards Tan Zhiyu? Furthermore, there are rumors online that you are using money and resources to control Tan Zhiyu; is this true?”

Xing Yang thought for a moment: “It’s true.”

Tan Zhiyu: “What? Why are you randomly saying that?”

“Isn’t that true?” Xing Yang frowned slightly. “I wouldn’t have invested in Zheng’s film without you, and all the money at home is…”

“All the money at home is in my hands,” Tan Zhiyu rolled his eyes, puffing up a bit annoyed as he pinched the back of Xing Yang’s hand, then feeling sorry, rubbed it gently: “Because all the money is with Xing Boss, he sends me money at random, and he even registers real estate under my name now, the land we bought in the company that appreciates in value is also under my name, I don’t want it but he secretly gives it to me.”

So that Xing Yang won’t always give him money behind his back.

This man, Xing Yang, was a bit old-fashioned; perhaps he had suffered too much when he just started his business, believing that money was the best.

He feared that once he died, he wouldn’t be able to give Tan Zhiyu more, so whenever he had money, he would give it to the beauty; now that he had money, how could it not count as a monetary transaction?

“And during the time we shot Director Zheng’s film, we were already married.”

Even earlier than that, Xing Yang would eventually invest in the film industry; he merely supported his wife along the way.

Director Li listened in shock: “Ah?”

“The land at Hejing is now under my name. He gifted it to me.”

Hearing his tone seemed off, Xing Yang quietly asked, “Alright, if you don’t like it, I’ll send you less in the future…”

Is this a wealthy person?

The future heir to the inheritance would only be Tan Zhiyu.

At this moment, the live stream had already gone online, and the originally lukewarm variety show had reached a million viewers.

Director Li’s assistant quietly said behind him: “Director!! The show exploded!!”

Comments flooded in.

【Didn’t they say there’s no script? But the script seems too obvious…】

【Who doesn’t know Tan Zhiyu’s acting skills could win three major awards? He’s an Oscar-winning actor, isn’t it easy to portray a happy man…】

【A man who eats blood buns, refined egoism, how could he possibly give money away? Are you joking?…】

【Step back, look at our Yu Yu’s red eyes; it must be because the role was too tragic, boohoo.】

【We Yu fans will definitely not believe it!! Screaming!! It’s so unfair that my Yu Yu has to perform to support his image… boohoo.】

【Wait, I found it, the Hejing land is now worth seven billion, and the owner is Tan Zhiyu???】

【How much did you say??】

【Seven billion???】

The discussion in the live stream was explosive, with most people still believing the two were acting, merely a tactic to regain Xing Yang’s goodwill.

【I strongly support no editing in post-production!! I don’t believe he can keep it up for a few days!?】

【If you edit it out, I won’t watch it, it must be super fake, don’t edit it! I want live!!】

【Yes, live! He can pretend now; I don’t believe he can keep pretending.】

The assistant filtered out the negative comments, expressing the audience’s plea: “Everyone still believes we have a script and hopes for a live broadcast…”

Before Xing Yang could say anything, Tan Zhiyu was already unhappy: “No.”

Director Li asked, “We could do a semi-live broadcast. Can we avoid placing cameras in your bedroom or more private areas? The viewers are really eager.”

“How could that work…” Tan Zhiyu suddenly regretted filming this show; with constant live streams, wouldn’t he…

Not be able to cling to Xing Yang at all times, and without post-editing, how could he maintain his aloof image?

Xing Yang understood what he was thinking and proposed a compromise: “We can live stream in open areas, cutting off when there are no people around. Other places can be edited and released later; for the program, you can also edit some highlights. Would that be okay? Continuous live streaming would likely be hard to maintain a good viewership; our daily life is actually very boring.”

Director Li suddenly had a newfound understanding of this man, realizing he was quite different from the vampire capitalist portrayed online.

“Okay… okay!”

Their program!! Was saved ah ah!!!

After the cameras were placed, when the staff members were leaving, Xing Yang packed some small cakes from the fridge. Seeing Director Li’s piece unfinished, but eaten by the photographer, he packaged new ones for him: “I made extra; if you like it, feel free to come over often.”

Tan Zhiyu asked unhappily, “Then what will I eat?”

“Little ancestor, can I make more for you?” Xing Yang smiled and pushed the large pendant a bit further away.

Director Li expressed that he really liked these cakes!!

As a group of staff members exited, someone suddenly remarked in the car, “Why do I feel like I’m falling for Xing Boss a little.”

“Damn, is this the feeling of falling in love? He… he’s just… so weird!”

A seemingly robust man with chest muscles slightly rounded his belly, wearing an apron while packing cakes in the kitchen; though clearly an omega, he had the resilience of an alpha and the tenderness of a beta, in internet slang, he had the super husband vibe.

During the live stream earlier, Tan Zhiyu had been consistently clinging to Xing Yang, and while online netizens claimed it was an act, for the staff present, that sticky behavior couldn’t possibly be fake.

They even believed Tan Zhiyu was holding back; otherwise, he would have started kissing already.

Suddenly someone in the car exclaimed, “Oh no!” Director Li asked, “What happened?”

“I just ate that cake, but the blueberry on top wasn’t there; Xing Yang packed it for me, and it didn’t have a blueberry!!”

What a thoughtful man.

Exploding with seven billion casually, with an absurdly thoughtful personality, there had been over a dozen working staff today; how did he remember that?

So terrifying.

They were lucky they left early; otherwise, they might really end up in love.

So close, so close.

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While the staff were worried about falling in love, Tan was already kissing several times.

Xing Yang had given away all the cakes at home and was now in the kitchen making new ones, while Tan Zhiyu didn’t know how to help, only supporting him from behind, holding his small belly to lessen the weight.

Ever since they reconciled, Tan Zhiyu always liked to ask Xing Yang one question: “Do you love me?”

“Of course.”

“I’m asking if you love me.”

“I love you, very much.” Xing Yang teased him, just like playing with a child; Tan Zhiyu had to hear the “love” before he’d stop asking.

He kissed the almost scentless back of Xing Yang’s neck. He once thought this was the dominance of pheromones, but when Xing Yang really lost his pheromones and was about to become an ordinary man, Tan Zhiyu suddenly discovered that his love for Xing Yang was far stronger than he had imagined.

Without the primal impulses of desire, it was instead a wish to cherish and pity.

Both had lived twenty-eight years in this world, and he hoped to love himself as Xing Yang loved him.

In front of the camera, their shadows were inseparable in the kitchen; Tan Zhiyu said something in Xing Yang’s ear, making small whimpering sounds like a puppy, and Xing Yang helplessly smiled and kissed his forehead, encouraging him to help whisk the eggs.

After a while, Tan Zhiyu went to the guest room to feed the cat while wearing a mask.

In the comments, there were complaints: 【Is Xing Yang even human? Tan Zhiyu is allergic to cat hair!!】

【Help, he’s allergic but still raises cats. Is Xing Yang out of his mind… and still lets him feed it.】

【Honestly, his home is just too rich, how could there be a cat parked at home.】

【Master dislikes the little cat being glorified, so cute so cute!!】

Tan Zhiyu, wearing a mask in the guest room to feed the cat, had a camera right on the cat tree.

The walls of this guest room were filled with cat trees, running wheels, and various toys—all set up by Tan Zhiyu, who strongly requested to bring the cat over.

He faced the camera and said, “This is the little treasure raised by Xing Boss.”

“I’m allergic, and Xing Boss originally kept the little treasure next door, so every day I’d go over to feed the cat and play for a long time. I got a bit jealous, so I brought the little treasure over. Isn’t it cute~~”

“By the way, the little treasure is getting older and is on a diet, so now we can’t let Xing Boss see the little treasure; otherwise, the diet will fail.”

Old cats shouldn’t be too fat, but the little treasure grew up working everywhere with Xing Yang and never had anything good to eat. Later, Xing Yang bought the best cat food and cans to make up for it, which led the little treasure to get fat without restraint—now he needed to lose weight for health reasons.

The little treasure really had no difference from Xing Yang’s son.

As long as the little treasure acted spoiled and rubbed against Xing Yang’s leg, meowing cutely, Xing Yang couldn’t bear to let the little treasure go hungry and could only feed it canned food.

This had led to multiple failures in the little treasure’s diet.

Now, the task of feeding the little treasure had fallen to Tan Zhiyu.

He delivered the food, but because of his allergy, he couldn’t stay long; he dropped off the food and groomed the cat before leaving, refusing the little treasure’s pleas for affection.

The big fat cat knew food was coming whenever he saw him and hurriedly buried himself to eat. By the time he finished eating and looked up, Tan Zhiyu had already left without a chance for the little treasure to act spoiled.

“By the way, his name is Little Treasure. Guess where my Big Treasure is.” Tan Zhiyu squatted down, stroking the cat, his eyes smiling like a crescent moon, with a slightly smug expression.

【Could it be there are other pets at home?】

【Yu Yu wearing a mask is so handsome, haha—】

【Jealous of Xing, isn’t this the life I dream of? There’s a handsome guy, a kitten, and money, boohoo—】

【If someone gave me seven billion, I could feed a cat too, just saying…】

【Where’s Big Treasure? Is he also a big fat cat?】

Tan Zhiyu smugly counted down: “Three, two, one…”

Suddenly, a call came from the kitchen outside: “Big Treasure, come out after you finish; don’t linger; hurry out.”

Xing Yang was worried about his allergy worsening, reminding him if it exceeded a minute.

“Coming~”

He raised an eyebrow towards the camera, then took a moment to pat Little Treasure’s tail before leaving the guest room.

“Did you wash your hands?” Xing Yang asked.

“No, I shouldn’t be allergic; it doesn’t itch now.” Tan Zhiyu chuckled, nuzzling his nose against the man’s cheek.

“Once you feel uncomfortable, you will be honest.” Xing Yang, helpless, pulled his hand to rinse under the sink.

The man’s wrist had prominent veins, following the blue-green lines all the way to Tan Zhiyu’s jade-like fingers, washing them like for a child.

“I say, why don’t we send Little Treasure to Jiang Cheng? He’s about to return home, and it could accompany him.” Xing Yang suggested.

Tan Zhiyu softly objected: “No.”

“Why?” Xing Yang wanted to offer Little Treasure a can of food every day, but Little Treasure’s health indeed had a red light; he was reluctant.

Tan Zhiyu was also allergic; sending him to Jiang Cheng’s house would be good company.

Tan Zhiyu said: “Then you won’t wash my hands every day.”

Xing Yang: “?”

He helplessly closed his eyes: “Could you be any more childish? Tan, are you three years old?”

Tan Zhiyu muffled a laugh: “I can be.”

“Two years old.”

“Alright, alright—” Xing Yang chuckled, squeezing his ear: “Two years old, then.”

Between the two was affection; their interaction felt natural. Tan Zhiyu instinctively clung to Xing Yang, hugging him from behind, even across the short distance from the kitchen to the living room, just like a koala.

The enormous one-meter-nine pendant.

Tan Zhiyu’s hair was a bit curly, shoulder-length; Xing Yang would repeatedly tie his hair up with chopsticks, and several times when Tan Zhiyu lay on his lap, he would purposely mess it up, but he patiently fixed it for him.

Those lost three months made Tan Zhiyu regret so much; he only wanted to invest all his time in the next life with Xing Yang.

【Am I blind? Why does this feel a bit sweet…】

【Tan Zhiyu’s acting is truly superb; no wonder he’s won three major awards!】

【Did Xing Yang study acting? Tan Zhiyu’s hair isn’t even that long; how could he tie it up with just a chopstick? Is there a tutorial for this skill?】

【Didn’t we say Xing Yang was extremely vicious, abusing Tan Zhiyu? Who has seen the abused lying on the abuser’s legs being fed cake? I ask you!!】

【Who can save me? How does the cake on the table look so delicious?】

【I want to ask for the recipe… Did Tan Zhiyu actually like sweets? Doesn’t he control his sugar intake? I’ve never seen him eat sweets.】