Professional Body Double

Chapter 16

Zhou Xiang worked until eleven o'clock in the evening before they finally called it a day. Yan Mingxiu didn’t look like a person with patience, but he quietly sat at a corner the entire time, eyes closed and ear phones in his ears, silently waiting for Zhou Xiang.

    Although everyone on set was stunned by his looks, no one could tell what he was thinking.

    Once in a while Zhou Xiang would turn his head and would see Yan Mingxiu sitting at the side with an indifferent expression on his face, glancing at him from time to time.

    This person waited eight to nine hours for him, from the afternoon to nearly midnight. Zhou Xiang didn't know why Yan Mingxiu decided to do this, but he was very touched.

    Never in his life had there been anyone who had waited so long for him for the sake of going home together with him. Zhou Xiang simply didn’t know how to describe how happy he felt. Yan Mingxiu was a person who captivated people like this. There were times when he was very cold, and there were also times when he would do unexpectedly moving things. Zhou Xiang was finding more and more impossible to move his eyes away from such a contradictory and mysterious person.

    After Zhou Xiang finished work, he walked over Yan Mingxiu, who was resting with his eyes closed, and touched his nose.

    Yan Mingxiu opened his eyes. "Finished work?"

    Zhou Xiang gently smiled. "Yup, sorry for making you wait for so long, you should have gone back first."

    "It's boring being alone." Yan Mingxiu stood up, and stretched his legs. "Let's go to eat something. I know a place that has good Japanese cuisine, you should follow my car there."

    Zhou Xiang replied, "Sure, you lead the way."

    They went downstairs and Zhou Xiang saw that Yan Mingxiu's car was a Lexus SUV. He glanced at it and then laughed, "You are indeed a rich second generation."

    The Yan Family were all people who followed the principle ‘to not show the mountain and to not reveal the water’. They never showed off their wealth outside. This car was simply an ordinary means of transport. But, in Zhou Xiang’s opinion, it was already very incredible that such a young child like Yan Mingxiu could drive a car worth around one million.

    Yan Mingxiu casually said, "It's my dad's."

    Because it was already so late, the drive was smooth and they reached the restaurant very quickly.

    After all the dishes arrived, the waiter closed the door for them, leaving the two of them alone in the quiet space.

    Zhou Xiang poured him some wine and laughed, "Mingxiu, I'm so sorry for making you wait for so long. You looked like you were about to fall asleep on your seat."

    "It’s fine, I had nothing to do anyway."

    "Didn't you say that you're going to start a business? What have you been up to lately?"

    "I'm financing." Yan Mingxiu seemed reluctant to discuss work related stuff with him. "Try this, it's good for your kidneys."

    Zhou Xiang burst out laughing. "Your Xiang'ge's liver is really good. Seeing how energetic you are, you should really be eating more to supplement yourself." Zhou Xiang was alluding to what happened in the afternoon in the toilet.

    Yan Mingxiu shot him a side-glance. That glance was packed with ambiguity, and extremely amorous, making Zhou Xiang's little heart violently tremble.

    "Eat more. Your job doesn't have fixed hours, and the nature of your profession is dangerous, that’s very bad for your health."

    Zhou Xiang took one sip of his sake, and said quietly, "Why are you suddenly so concerned about me?"