Chapter 66 – Eve of the Awards Ceremony
Just as Xiao Fang’s postpartum confinement was about to end, he reached a small peak in his life: a nomination for the Best Newcomer Award. From the moment he received the news, Xiao Fang excitedly asked Xiao Ma to pick out a few formal outfits and bring them to the hospital for him to try on.
“How about this one?” Since giving birth, Xiao Fang had been looking forward to trying on clothes with a normal figure. It was just tough on Xiao Ma, who was sitting on the sofa holding his great-nephew in one arm and Nuomici in the other. Since Xiao Fang started his postpartum confinement in the high-end private room, Nuomici had been entrusted to Xiao Ma’s care. Now, Xiao Ma was like Nuomici’s older brother, and the cat was incredibly clingy to him.
Xiao Fang was currently wearing a deep sky-blue suit jacket with a black checkered bow tie at the collar. With his refreshing short hair, he looked like a little prince. His beautiful smile added a certain charm to his originally just handsome face. Xiao Ma, who was already half-straight and half-bent, immediately nodded.
“Brother Xiao, this really suits your temperament!” Xiao Ma gave a thumbs-up.
Xiao Fang’s smile immediately fell, and even the little tuft of hair on his head drooped listlessly. “You said the same thing about the last one.”
Xiao Ma wasn’t flustered at all. As an assistant who had long learned from Xiao Fang’s true teachings, he could now handle the current situation with ease. “Brother Xiao, a natural clothes-hanger like you only has clothes that complement you. Where is the need for you to complement the clothes? These clothes are just fabrics that can barely bring out your qualities. There’s no good or bad!”
Looking at Xiao Ma’s composed demeanor, Xiao Fang now truly regretted it. Look at this hypocritical face, it was just… exactly like how he used to flatter President Fei! It wasn’t pleasant to hear at all.
This was his first nomination in his life, so it had to be formal! Try again!
“What do you think of this one? Are the sleeves too tight?”
“Is the waistline okay like this?”
President Fei, who came in with dinner, faintly heard Xiao Fang’s voice and couldn’t help but tense up. Who was Xiao Fang trying on clothes for?!
He opened the door without knocking and saw Xiao Fang had just taken off a jacket. His hand, which was unbuttoning his shirt, paused, and he looked at him blankly. President Fei’s sharp eyes scanned ahead and saw Xiao Ma holding the baby, looking at him blankly.
Hmm, two bottoms won’t have a future!
Seeing President Fei’s gaze on him change from nervous to disdainful, Xiao Ma felt discriminated against.
Looking at the bed full of new season suits and formal wear, President Fei immediately guessed a few things.
“Is there a gala?”
Xiao Fang nodded excitedly, eager to tell Fei Xiangnan the news of his nomination. Seeing Xiao Fang so happy, all of Fei Xiangnan’s frustrations from the company vanished into thin air.
“Congratulations to my baby. What reward do you want?” Fei Xiangnan dangled the bait while helping him unbutton his shirt.
Hmph, “baby” or whatever, he wasn’t going to be happy hearing that (￣^￣).
Old Rogue Fei would also change his clothes for him when he was in the mood. Xiao Fang, looking accustomed to it, started to think about what he had been lacking recently. However, Xiao Ma, who had always maintained his straight man status, couldn’t watch anymore. He put his great-nephew in the cradle and immediately made a run for it with Nuomici, claiming a bathroom break. Nuomici was not even a year old and shouldn’t be watching such scenes!
Xiao Fang didn’t have any grand ambitions. Besides food and games, he didn’t have any other expensive hobbies. He must be the easiest little wife for a contemporary president to support.
“I want all the skins for the game I’ve been playing recently!” So very unambitious.
Fei Xiangnan chuckled. He was surprised by his wife’s “diligence and frugality.” This made it so that even with a fortune of billions, President Fei had nowhere to spend it. So he curiously asked again, “What do you plan to do if you win Best Actor?”
Xiao Fang fell into deep thought. This was a bit difficult. A nomination and winning were two different concepts.
Seeing his little wife thinking for so long, a sense of anticipation grew in Fei Xiangnan’s heart. He especially hoped he would say something ambitious, like wanting a new limited-edition car, or a house or something.
“If,” Xiao Fang looked at Fei Xiangnan seriously, “if I ask you to buy all the skins for all my games, would that be too extravagant?” Xiao Fang the homebody asked boldly. That wasn’t a small amount of money; it would cost tens of thousands, enough for him to drink milk tea for several years.
Fei Xiangnan sighed with a “knew it” expression. How ambitious could his partner be? “Buy them, buy them all. Let’s pick out your clothes first.”
After unbuttoning the last button, Fei Xiangnan easily stripped off Xiao Fang’s shirt. Xiao Fang couldn’t help but shiver and looked at Fei Xiangnan with a particularly innocent expression, as if reminding him what he was hesitating about—just pick the clothes.
President Fei took several deep breaths in his heart, trying to cool himself down. His wife was still in postpartum confinement, so doing that would be too beastly. President Fei, who was trying hard to look very proper, was actually already reciting the Dao De Jing in his heart.
His eyes swept over the bed, and Fei Xiangnan picked up a softer and thicker shirt for Xiao Fang to wear. It was now deep winter, and it wouldn’t be good to wear so little outside and catch a cold. Then he put on a white suit for him. The white suit made Xiao Fang look even cleaner and fairer. If it weren’t for his mischievous thoughts, Xiao Fang would look like a little angel.
After doing this, President Fei didn’t withdraw his hand. Instead, he used his long index finger to brush aside the fine hair by Xiao Fang’s ear, revealing his fair, rosy ear. At this moment, the two were very close, so close that even Xiao Fang, who had long since settled into the role of an old married couple, couldn’t help but blush. Even his earlobe turned red.
Fei Xiangnan’s thumb and index finger repeatedly rubbed Xiao Fang’s earlobe. His breath on the side of Xiao Fang’s neck brought a tingling sensation. That wasn’t enough. Fei Xiangnan first sized him up for a while, then asked in his unique deep voice, “The ear piercing is still there. You were quite naughty before, weren’t you?”
Bang! This wave of flirting hit Xiao Fang squarely, and his tongue was a little tied. “For work, it was for work, so I got it pierced.”
He heard Fei Xiangnan’s soft chuckle again. Just as Xiao Fang was completely mesmerized, President Fei took out a jewelry box and quickly put an earring in Xiao Fang’s ear. The slight pain from his ear made Xiao Fang frown. When he reached up to touch it, he felt an earring.
President Fei then handed him another earring. It had a simple design with a small sapphire in the middle. The blue was very deep, and after being polished and processed, it looked like the universe.
“There’s also a pair of rings. We’ll take them out when we get married. For now, just wear the earrings. Help me put mine on.” Fei Xiangnan pushed aside the hair on one side of his ear. Xiao Fang, an old hand, could clearly see that this ear piercing was newly done. Old men were really something when they played romantic.
Xiao Fang coughed lightly, took the earring, and mumbled, “You squat down a bit.”
Xiao Fang was more than half a head shorter than Fei Xiangnan, so it was a bit difficult to put on the earring normally. When Fei Xiangnan lowered his head, it was just right to put it in. Xiao Fang had never had a formal token of love with Fei Xiangnan before. The moment he put it on for Fei Xiangnan, Xiao Fang felt his own earlobe burning.
Truly, life’s occasional little romances were sometimes a test of the heart’s endurance!
At this moment, Xiao Fang, who was busy being shy, didn’t notice the glint in Fei Xiangnan’s eyes.
Finally, the next evening arrived. Under the arrangements of his current company, Xiao Fang, along with the only two other artists from the company, headed to the gala venue in the same car. As a veteran of the entertainment industry, Xiao Fang knew that there would be many fans waiting outside the building. About to face a grand scene, Xiao Fang couldn’t help but feel nervous.
“Fang’er, why are you drinking so much water?” Zhang Hang interrupted Xiao Fang as he was about to drink his fifth glass of water. In this weather, it shouldn’t be so easy to get thirsty.
Xiao Fang gave him a speechless look. “I like to drink it. And don’t call me Fang’er!”
Zhang Hang hadn’t seen Xiao Fang in a long time, and all his mischievousness came out as soon as they met. He had never been so energetic with anyone before. “Fang’er is so nice to hear, and it rolls off the tongue.”
Wen An’an, dressed in a complicated formal gown, gave Zhang Hang a disdainful look. “You’re laughing at others, is wasabi bread that delicious? I see you’ve almost finished that tube of wasabi. You’re nervous yourself and you’re teasing others. You should calm yourself down first.” This wasabi was originally for her sushi, but now there was nothing left.
Zhang Hang coughed. The guilt of being exposed made him dare not look Xiao Fang in the eye. One was a rookie, and the other had never seen a big scene. They were six of one and half a dozen of the other.
So, the veteran Wen An’an, who had seen big scenes, began to teach the two how to handle it.
“First, your walking posture must be your most beautiful posture. Greet your fans on both the left and right sides, and the number of times must be even. The most important thing is your smile. Whatever smile your fans like, you smile that way. Don’t just smile foolishly, remember?” A foolish smile would definitely be on the front page of tomorrow’s headlines!
Xiao Fang and Zhang Hang exchanged a look and swallowed hard. Finally, Zhang Hang extended his right hand and held Xiao Fang’s. “We are professionals, absolutely no panic!”
Xiao Fang felt the passion between men and nodded firmly, “No panic!”
The RV stopped at the hotel entrance. Opening the door revealed a brand-new red carpet. The first to get out was the male lead, Xiao Fang, followed by Zhang Hang. Finally, the two men stood on either side of the car door, and Wen An’an, in a champagne-colored floor-length dress, came out holding their hands, stunning the entire audience. The fans holding signs couldn’t help but scream.
“Goddess An’an, we love you!”
“The goddess is so beautiful today!”
“Brother Zhang Hang, marry me! Crown Prince brother, marry me, look at me, Crown Prince brother!”
“Zhang Hang for life! Zhang Hang, I love you!!!”
“Xiao Fang, Mommy loves you!!!”
Xiao Fang’s figure almost wavered.
“Look at Mommy, Mommy is here!”
“Xiao Fang, Mommy is here!”
Xiao Fang knew that the prince he played was a bit immature in the early stages, but he never expected there to be so many mom fans here. Everyone else was “brother” or “goddess,” why was he a “baby”!
Baby Xiao’s eyes became mournful and long-suffering.
“Don’t, don’t, don’t step on my phone!” A cry of alarm suddenly came from the front. Xiao Fang looked over and saw that a fan had dropped her phone on the carpet while taking a picture. The area next to the carpet was so crowded that she couldn’t even bend down. Xiao Fang immediately walked over quickly.
“Wait, Xiao Xiao, it’s too chaotic there!” A security guard was about to stop him, but Xiao Fang had already bent down and nimbly picked up the phone.