Chapter 103 – Learning in Advance
The photos of Lin Ganzhi shopping at the supermarket with his husband caused an explosion in their Super Topic. Lin Ganzhi himself wasn’t active in posting, working, or surfing the web, so his fans could only find joy in his old variety shows. This was especially true for the fans who shipped Lin Ganzhi with his original partner; a few airport pictures were all they had. Now, with new material suddenly available, they were so moved they were on the verge of tears.
[Wuwuwuwuwu, which supermarket is that? I’m buying a plane ticket to go there right now!]
[Oh my god, Ganzhi is so cute, going to the supermarket to sample fruit and getting so into it he forgot to wear his mask!]
[Is this brand of pomelo sold online? I’m looking for the same one, I’m gonna buy ten kilograms!]
[I’m so jealous of the sisters who were there! Is there a brave soul who can rip off CEO Yan’s mask for me!]
[I swear on my drop rate for the next year! CEO Yan is definitely handsome!]
[Wuwu, other celebrities have assistants and nannies to buy their groceries. Ganzhi is so poor. I suggest he take his husband on a dating show and work hard to make money!]
[Sister above, making money is a small matter. You’re just craving some sweet romance, aren’t you? [doge]]
As Lin Ganzhi’s number one fan, Qin Taotao also came across this photo. For the New Year, her parents had strictly forbidden them from going abroad to party, not even allowing them to leave the province. Qin Taotao could only lie on the sofa, watching martial arts movies with her brother, so bored she was about to fall asleep.
“Brother! Look, it’s Ganzhi and Brother Shengping! They’re at the supermarket, wuwuwu, so sweet! When are you going to find me a sister-in-law like that!” Qin Taotao exclaimed, excitedly patting her brother’s shoulder.
Qin Feichen reluctantly tore his eyes away from the TV. He then saw Yan Shengping, wearing a mask, looking serious as he helped Lin Ganzhi pick out fruit. The great young master, who usually wouldn’t even touch an unpeeled apple, was earnestly comparing which of the oranges in his hands was bigger. There was also a picture of Yan Shengping using a handkerchief to wipe the corner of Lin Ganzhi’s mouth.
Qin Feichen watched, dumbfounded. Only one thought remained in his mind: Brother Yan has really fallen hard this time!
A man with such high walls just casually appeared in an extremely ordinary supermarket, happily helping his wife pick out fruit?!!
“Uh, let me calm down,” Qin Feichen said, struggling to process it.
“Meow~” A small cat rubbed against Qin Taotao’s leg. She looked down and scooped up the kitten. “Ci Tuantuan wants to see his uncle too, right~”
Qin Taotao stroked the cat’s head dotingly and then held the phone up to Ci Tuan. The cat saw the person in the photo laughing and eating fruit.
“Hiss!”
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Qin Feichen, somewhat moved, snatched Ci Tuan from his sister’s hands and gave him a big kiss. Thank goodness, there was still one cat in the house who felt the same way he did. Brother Yan helping his wife at the supermarket was just too terrifying!
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“I’ve decided, let’s go visit Ganzhi tomorrow at noon!” Qin Taotao clapped her hands.
Qin Feichen looked at his sister helplessly. “Tomorrow is New Year’s Eve.”
Qin Taotao glanced at the luxurious, empty living room and leaned in to whisper mysteriously in Qin Feichen’s ear, “I heard Mom has invited several young ladies over for lunch tomorrow.”
Qin Feichen’s expression hardened. He grasped his sister’s hand like a comrade-in-arms. “Deal!”
***
Completely unaware they were being photographed, Lin Ganzhi and Yan Shengping, who had noticed but said nothing, pushed a cart full of New Year’s goods to the checkout counter. As they neared the counter, Yan Shengping’s pushing motion clearly paused for a moment.
Lin Ganzhi turned to look at Yan Shengping and asked, “What’s wrong?” He then followed Yan Shengping’s gaze and saw various brands of condoms.
Lin Ganzhi’s face instantly turned beet red. He looked at Yan Shengping with some annoyance, then took over the cart himself and huffed, “What are you looking at!”
Yan Shengping was wearing a mask, so his full expression couldn’t be seen, but the smiling crinkles around his eyes betrayed him completely. He then said, quite shamelessly, “Learning in advance.”
!!!
How could he tolerate this!
Lin Ganzhi abandoned the cart and ran off by himself. It took Yan Shengping quite a while of coaxing after he finished paying, along with promising to buy Lin Ganzhi fried chicken, fried skewers, and a series of other unequal treaties, before Lin Ganzhi reluctantly agreed to get in the car.
Then, while Yan Shengping was concentrating on driving, Lin Ganzhi switched to his side Weibo account. His side account now had five thousand followers, all of whom were good sisters with rich theoretical or practical experience. It was practically Lin Ganzhi’s encyclopedia for his first love.
Lin Ganzhi: [Do you have to go all the way when you’re with your boyfriend?!!]
[Do you eat hot pot without dipping sauce?]
[Do you eat beef noodle soup without garlic?]
[Do you eat snail noodles without sour bamboo shoots?]
Lin Ganzhi quickly cut off the long list of food analogies that followed. Fine, fine! He got it, was that not enough?
Lin Ganzhi: [Aren’t kissing and hugging good enough? Don’t lie to me, going all the way must hurt!]
[? Sister, don’t tell me you’re still just having innocent kisses? You’ve been together for over a month!]
[Oh my god, on the first day my boyfriend and I got together, I didn’t see the light of day!]
[Ahhhhhh~ Sister above, please elaborate!]
[As long as the technique is good, it won’t hurt. This child clearly hasn’t experienced true bliss. How can minced meat soup compare to a grand feast of fish and meat!]
[I’ve sent you the resources in a private message. If your boyfriend cares about you at all, he’ll study them carefully. Remember to report back with the good news tomorrow.]
The vast number of fans felt like worried mothers at that moment, teaching their child how to grow up step by step. They were so moved they could have shed two streams of hot tears.
Lin Ganzhi opened his private messages, and the dense cluster of red dots nearly made him drop his phone. Each message started with a long string of code; a stranger would have thought Lin Ganzhi was in the business of selling some kind of resources.
“What’s wrong?” Yan Shengping keenly sensed Lin Ganzhi’s abnormality.
Lin Ganzhi feigned calmness and coughed. “Ah? Nothing, my hand just slipped. No chatting while driving, no driving while chatting. Watch the road!” Lin Ganzhi, with a guilty conscience, put away his phone and took out a bag of pistachios from a shopping bag, starting to crunch on them.
Yan Shengping glanced at Lin Ganzhi suspiciously but didn’t press the matter. Tian Nini had told him that even in a relationship, one had to rein in their possessiveness, or it would cause dissatisfaction in the other half. Fortunately, Yan Shengping trusted Lin Ganzhi completely. They had already exchanged their deepest secrets. A few small secrets here and there could just be considered part of the fun. With the Little Foolish Fox’s personality, he would probably expose himself before long anyway.
That evening, Zhong Jingyi suddenly announced a temporary hiatus from acting. Aside from his current work, he would not be taking on any new jobs in the industry for the time being. The specific reason was not detailed, leading many to speculate. Of course, as one of the only two people in the circle with close ties to Zhong Jingyi, Lin Ganzhi was once again dragged out as a target.
Only this time, the topic about Lin Ganzhi appeared for a moment and then vanished at an extremely fast speed, not even making it to his Weibo comments. It had to be said, Brother Zhang’s efficiency was something else.
“Zhong’s Chips. If they don’t do something about it, their market share will be completely snatched up,” Yan Shengping said with a calm smile. His face showed no sign of heartache for his past efforts.
“Can Zhong Jingyi handle it?” He remembered the novel describing Zhong Jingyi as a performance major. To suddenly have him manage such a large company…
“Do you know why he never got into major trouble in the industry before, given his personality?” Yan Shengping smiled mysteriously.
Lin Ganzhi hadn’t thought about it before, but now, thinking of Zhong Jingyi’s underhanded tactics, he didn’t even need to ponder deeply. “The Zhong Family, or… you?”
Yan Shengping nodded, rubbing the back of Lin Ganzhi’s neck and planting a light kiss there. “It was me. I knew his personality well, so I spent a lot of money on it. When I first left the Zhong Family, I felt it was a bit of a waste. Now that I think about it, it wasn’t all bad. For example, while he’s in control of Zhong Corporation, if I just leak a little bit of information, Zhong’s stock market can drop a little more.” The evaporation of hundreds of millions sounded as trivial as dropping a fifty-cent coin on the street when it came from Yan Shengping’s mouth.
At first, Lin Ganzhi was a little unhappy hearing that Yan Shengping had spent so much effort and money on Zhong Jingyi. But now, hearing that Yan Shengping was planning to use this to strike back, he felt much happier.
“Yan Shengping, you’re so ruthless!” Lin Ganzhi said, rubbing his head against Yan Shengping’s arm. Although his words said one thing, Yan Shengping could still see the irrepressible, upturned corners of his mouth. Before he could say anything, Lin Ganzhi added, “But I like it, hehe~”
Little Foolish Fox!
Yan Shengping could no longer restrain the turmoil in his heart. He pressed down on Lin Ganzhi’s freshly washed body and kissed him. The orange-yellow light illuminated their two overlapping bodies, gradually blurring them together.
The next day, upon receiving news that Qin Taotao was coming over, Lin Ganzhi got up early to put up couplets on the door. Originally, he was supposed to do it, but Yan Shengping ended up taking over the task, putting them up under his and Uncle Yan’s direction.
“Sir, a little more to the left. Yes, a little higher,” Uncle Yan directed from below.
Yan Shengping followed the instructions and precisely stuck them down, not even needing to ask a second time.
Lin Ganzhi, on the other hand, took out his phone and sneakily took a picture of Yan Shengping’s back. He then updated his main account with a new post: [Happy New Year’s Eve!]
[Ahhhhhh! Ganzhi showing off his husband is the cutest! Happy New Year’s Eve!]
[CEO Yan looks so hot in a gray sweater~ Turtlenecks are YYDS!]
[Such long legs, licking the screen, slurp slurp~]
Seeing the comments, Lin Ganzhi instantly regretted posting Yan Shengping’s picture. But retracting it now would make him seem petty. Lin Ganzhi could only grit his teeth and bear it.
However, while there were fans saying nice things, the anti-fans were also checking in as usual, repeating the same old attacks.
[Heh, just a piece of trash who bullies his younger brother. How dare he show his face!]
[Jingyi has left the circle for no reason, I really don’t understand how these two can still be so happy and hopping around here. It’s disgusting!]
[No wonder the Zhong Family abandoned someone like this. Just an ungrateful person!]
Lin Ganzhi glanced at a few, then closed his phone. Arguing back now would be useless. When the truth came out, those people could just wait to be slapped in the face!
“Ganzhi!”
A clear female voice sounded from the doorway.
But before the girl, a small black shadow rushed over even faster. Lin Ganzhi agilely dodged it, then used his well-practiced scruff-grabbing technique to catch the black shadow.
“Meow!!!” Ci Tuan struggled wildly in the air.
This time, Lin Ganzhi almost couldn’t hold on. He hurriedly supported the little guy’s butt and held him up to his eyes, saying very seriously, “Ci Tuan, you’ve gotten fat!”
Ci Tuan, who had been struggling just a moment ago, suddenly froze, as if he understood the weight of those words. His little mouth hung slightly open, revealing his small pink tongue, and his round cat eyes stared blankly at Lin Ganzhi.
“Hahahaha!” Qin Taotao, who had come in with Qin Feichen, couldn’t help but burst out laughing at the little cat.