Today the Manager is Also Very Kind c33

Chapter 33: Confessed twice in a day

Xia Zeqi hung up the phone before he could wait for Xin Nanyi to explain.

 

Xin Nanyi was stunned. If he remembered correctly, this was the first time Xia Zeqi had hung up on him.

 

The unknown fire was on, and Xin Nanyi who had always been in a high mood now had disgust and impatience written all over his face. He stood up and went to the backstage, and He Li immediately followed.

 

As soon as Xin Nanyi came to a remote corner where there was no one, he stopped, and turned around, and said to He Li in a low voice, “Get out of my sight now.”

 

This time He Li did not put on a disgusting poor puppy look, the corners of his mouth slanted, with a trace of a meaningful smile, “You were not like this to me before, you used to be very gentle to me. Even if you are reluctant to be my agent, you still speak softly with a smile on your face.”

 

“If you are sick, go and treat it. Don’t come in front of me and go crazy.” At first, Xin Nanyi showed the original body’s big young master’s temper.

 

“I’m not sick, why won’t you admit it? I’ve admitted that I miss you, why can’t you just admit it?”

 

Xin Nanyi had the urge to smoke as soon as he was annoyed. He felt in his pocket but found nothing there.

 

“What the fuck do you want me to admit?”

 

“Admit that you are Ji Bu! I know you’re Ji Bu, you’ve come back to life. I’ve been looking forward to you coming back day and night since your accident there. I would rather give you half of my remaining life as long as I have you with me for the rest of my life.”

 

“I’m not Ji Bu!” Xin Nanyi was so entangled that he lost his strength.

 

“You are! Your eyes, your small movements, your habits, everything about you has the shadow of Ji Bu, almost exactly the same, you are Ji Bu.” He Li remained firm by his inner feelings.

 

So what about it! I’m not even going to seek revenge on you, can’t you just leave me alone this time? Xin Nanyi cried out in his heart, but he didn’t want to say it. Even if they knew this kind of anti-science thing, you can’t pierce the window paper.*

*捅破窗户纸(pierce the window paper): fig. means to open up or make things clear. [source]

 

“I repeat, I’m Xin Nanyi, not the Ji Bu you’re calling.” Xin Nanyi said in a deep voice, “You’re already going crazy, go see a psychiatrist! Don’t bother with me again. Xin Yu is not easy to mess with either.”

 

“No, you are Ji Bu.” He Li was excited and tried to get started so he was directly thrown away by Xin Nanyi.

 

“You are not only Ji Bu but also Xin Nanyi. You are the person I love the most in my life.” He Li looked at Xin Nanyi affectionately.

 

Xin Nanyi was stunned, his head seemed to be “peng” by some heavy object, and was instantly awake. He finally knew why He Li had been giving him a particularly strange feeling. No wonder He Li kept clinging to him and giving him some ambiguous words, it turned out he was gay.

 

Xin Nanyi hurriedly stepped back and glanced at him, “I’m not interested in men, so give up!”

 

He Li found that his affectionate eyes were treated like dog shit and immediately became angry, “I just love you, it doesn’t matter whether you’re interested or not. I liked you for a long, long time. Long enough to sublimate into love. You can’t let me down, you can’t let me down.”

 

He wanted to pounce and kiss Xin Nanyi. The latter was ready early in the morning, he readily raised his foot and kicked him on his stomach, kicking him straight down. It was only three things, he suddenly rushed over and hugged him twice. How could it happen again for the third time.

(this translation is only here on ztranslations.blogspot.com otherwise, stolen)

 

Xin Nanyi has been doing a lot of exercises in the past few months, his calf is strong and the floor was slippery so He Li was kicked quite far away.

 

He Li covered his mouth, his eyes were still glued to Xin Nanyi and his mouth intermittently shouted painful and messy words: “You……ah, it hurts! You have really changed. You would not have moved your hands and feet so rudely before. You are very gentle and mild, like a white lotus in the gentle summer wind.” 

Xin Nanyi used up two lives to cultivate with the action of “pei”* exporting water. It was because he was too white lotus and kind in his previous life that he was so miserable and even lost his life in the end. Fuck, what are you still talking to him about white lotus?

*呸(pei): to spit

 

As soon as Xin Nanyi tidied up some messy clothes, he looked at the man who was still rambling on the ground, and his tone returned to his usual insipid tone, “You don’t have to be neurotic there, if I say no, it’s no. Although there are fewer people here, it won’t be so few that no one passes by. If you don’t want to carry an ugly scandal then shut up. I have things to do, I don’t want to be with you. I hope you’ll play this game in the future and don’t come to me. I don’t want to make further contact with someone who’s going crazy.”

 

Xin Nanyi left as soon as he finished speaking, no longer paying attention to the madman who looked like he has a neurological disorder. A long time ago, Xin Nanyi just felt that He Li’s nature was a little paranoid and harmless, but today, he found that he was neurotic and his words and actions are a little out of the ordinary.

 

He Li slowly stood up once Xin Nanyi left, silently patting the dust off his clothes, and walked back to his waiting room, pretending to ignore it. His eyes were as sullen as twilight, but there was a smirk on the corner of his mouth.

 

Xin Nanyi wanted to take them to lunch after recording the song show of Q&P, but instead, he received a call from Xia Zeqi.

 

“I know your work is over, come out quickly. I’m waiting for you under the HXTV building.” Xia Zeqi’s tone was cold and commanding, and there was no room for negotiation at all.

 

Xin Nanyi frowned, he helplessly explained a few words, and let Wang Xiaoming take the girls to lunch.

 

As soon as he went downstairs, he saw He Li who had been waiting for him at the door. Although Xin Nanyi looked as usual, he directly ignored He Li and walked forward hurriedly. He Li patiently followed. Because there are fans squatting outside, He Li did not follow closely, maintaining a distance of four or five meters.

 

When Xin Nanyi came out, a Mercedes-Benz rang a few horns. It was not Xia Zeqi’s Audi he often drives, but Xin Nanyi still walked straight over, quickly opened the door, and sat on it.

 

Xia Zeqi saw that the person was seated, he flicked the steering wheel beautifully several times and drove out of the parking lot and ran to the road.

 

He Li stopped following Xin Nanyi when the latter walked towards a car. He sighed slightly, raised his sunny smile, and waved hello to the fans on one side, taking the small gifts one by one before walking towards his nanny car.

 

Xin Nanyi was already nervous as he sat in the car. He didn’t know why he felt this way as if he had been caught as a thief.

 

He secretly glanced at Xia Zeqi next to him, the uneasiness in his heart increased after seeing the violent blue veins on his forehead and neck, and the thin lips that were cold and pursed into a line.

 

“Zeqi……” Xin Nanyi spoke carefully.

 

Xia Zeqi did not answer and drove silently to the suburbs.

 

Xin Nanyi was embarrassed for a while, and opened his mouth to explain incoherently: “That man, he’s a psychopath, he said that I look like a friend he liked before. He appeared to me all of a sudden, I…..It’s too late for me to avoid him, and I don’t like men. I absolutely don’t want to touch that……”

(this translation is only here on ztranslations.blogspot.com otherwise, stolen)

 

Suddenly, Xia Zeqi slammed on the brakes.

 

Xin Nanyi was thrown forward and was strangled back by his seatbelt.

 

Xin Nanyi quickly calmed down, he looked at the wide road in front and behind and there was neither anyone nor anything. This road tends to have few people and cars passing by during this period of time.

 

“Zeqi, what’s wrong with you? It’s not like you hit anything in front of you ah?” Xin Nanyi looked at him bewildered.

 

Xia Zeqi turned to look at him with reddened eyes, gripping the steering wheel with blue veins popping and gritted his teeth, and asked word by word, “If that man is me, wouldn’t you like it either?”

 

Xin Nanyi was so frightened by Xia Zeqi’s appearance that he lost the ability to think and just instinctively relied on his conditioned reflex to answer, “Yes, I don’t like it.”

 

Xia Zeqi got the answer immediately and was instantly frozen. It took a long time to find his voice, “Really, don’t like it?”

 

Xin Nanyi’s heart was poked hard by the hurt in Xia Zeqi’s tone. He lowered his head and understood what Xia Zeqi meant. He didn’t expect that Xia Zeqi had such thoughts about him as well. He is obviously a straight man, how come he could attract that crowd so well ah?

 

“Yes, I don’t. I like women.” He had never been in love in his previous life, nor had he ever had a heart for any woman in this life, but he still remained firm in his sexual orientation as a woman.

(*I'm not sure if there was a typo? I already checked but it's really a woman in the raws.)

 

Xia Zeqi was like a deflated balloon, limping on his seat, his eyes grey and his voice feeble: “Okay, I see.”

 

Xin Nanyi looked up at him, and the moment his eyes touched the dispirited face, his face twitched in distress, and quickly bowed his head.

 

There was a long silence in the car, and finally, Xia Zeqi asked, “Where to go for lunch?”

 

When Xin Nanyi looked up, he saw that he had returned to his usual cold look of treating others.

 

“What, now I’m not even qualified to invite you to have lunch together as a friend?” Xia Zeqi smiled to himself, that light smile did not melt the snow and ice on his face.

 

“…… Just the Shanhe Xiaoguan* on Dongfeng Street ba! I have to take them to the advertising agency to shoot their commercial later. It’s a little closer there.” Xin Nanyi secretly traced Xia Zeqi’s expression while softly speaking in a warm tone.

 

*山河小馆(shanhe xiaoguan): Mountain and river pavilion

“Hmm.” Xia Zeqi nodded and quickly turned around.

 

During lunch, the two ate their meals silently, like two strangers who shared a table together. Countless times, Xia Zeqi picked up Xin Nanyi’s favorite dish and was just about to hand it over to him when his heart was seized, and stuffed the food in his mouth again. It seems that there are some habits he really needs to change.

 

The two finished their meal in silence and Xia Zeqi drove him to the advertising agency.

 

When Xin Nanyi was about to get off the car, Xia Zeqi finally couldn’t help but take his hand, with a tone of pleading and sadness, and said, “Even if you can’t accept it, don’t hate me okay? I can keep the distance. The distance between friends should have.”

 

Xin Nanyi could not bear to push his hand away and only said, “I don’t hate you.”

 

Xia Zeqi slowly let go of his hand and resumed his expressionless face and looked ahead.

 

Xin Nanyi frowned, gritted his teeth, and got out of the car, trying not to look back, and walked into the advertising agency. 

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