Chapter 109

  There is no wall in the world that does not leak air.

  Originally, Jiang Chuan's identity in Berlin was well-known to both high society and the underground, so no matter how big a move he made, nobody would openly gossip about it. However, when this news accidentally leaked back home, the situation became less harmonious. Regarding Jiang Chuan's exposed identity, the belatedly aware people of his homeland immediately reacted with explosive intensity - major newspapers and TV stations competed to report on it, and for a time, Jiang Chuan, who had been quiet abroad recently, inexplicably occupied the headlines of various publications and online platforms!

  The internet, a platform where people can speak freely, has blown up overnight. Jiang Chuan's Weibo account was flooded with comments and shares, his latest post on New Year's Eve, which originally had only over 300,000 shares, suddenly skyrocketed to six digits after his identity was exposed. The comments below were all...

  Xixi: I've heard before that Jiang Chuan's family is actually quite wealthy, but I didn't expect, your sister's youlama is so rich!!!!!!!

  【Tongtong: Silently opened Baidu, regarding Jiang Chuan's birth, it says "ironware business" on Baidu. Foreigners are also very trendy, and they actually call selling arms "ironware business". Learned something new, truly a profound lesson, thank you for teaching me [manual goodbye].】

  Hehe haha: Yuan Jinyan, Yuan Jinyan, Yuan Jinyan, Yuan Jinyan, Yuan Jinyan, Yuan Jinyan, Yuan Jinyan, did you see the greedy Mianyan? Marry marry marry marry marry!!!!!

  327: …… I don't care, I don't believe it.

  "Ship girl for life: Brother Chuan, does your family lack pets or something? I've been to college and if there are strangers coming over, I'll make a big fuss and call the police in all sorts of ways, definitely louder than your wolf dog."

  What the hell: This damn life is like a play, the young master of the mafia doesn't obediently inherit the family business, and for the sake of his childhood crush, he travels thousands of miles to come abroad and join the entertainment circle, this big dye vat, just to protect the white lotus in his heart - I don't know who saved the Milky Way galaxy in my previous life either, Brother Yuan Jiran, what do you think?

  That's it.

  Because it was born in a distant foreign land, the term "Mafia" is too far away for the domestic people, and people's impression of this term has been dedicated to the classic film trilogy "The Godfather" starring Marlon Brando, various Japanese and American comics, as well as a set of hardcover photos taken by a clothing brand that was widely circulated online with the theme of "Young Mafia Godfather".

  So this name, this organization, for everyone at home, is just another three words: Tom Su.

  Jiang Chuan is young, handsome and low-key in his actions. He basically doesn't have any scandals, except for Yuan Jinyan. Normally, he also doesn't like to hype up with other celebrities - last year he just debuted, relying on a few popular TV dramas to become famous domestically, winning the "Best Newcomer of the Year" award at the Golden Flower Awards in his debut year and becoming one of this year's most anticipated new stars. Now, out of nowhere, it has been exposed that his original identity is also quite impressive, suddenly becoming another dimensional male god in everyone's eyes, a true winner in life.

  Although for himself, being exposed without any preparation is another trouble worth considering.

  "How was it?"

  "Online reactions are okay, half of them are shouting that they've seen the living Tom Cruise, another quarter of them are @ing me asking when I'm going to marry you, and the remaining quarter are excitedly @ing friends and family to come and take a look at you - probably less than one-tenth of people are criticizing, pulling out some three-views and saying something about rice bowl turners being black... Ah, don't open the curtains, it's too dazzling."

  In the midst of the black-haired young man's enthusiastic protest while lying in bed and holding his phone, the man who was about to open the curtains hesitated for a moment, finally relaxing his hand and keeping the room dark as before. He simply bent down and turned on the orange-yellow floor lamp with one hand - when the warm and cozy floor lamp lit up, he stood by the bed, looking at the black-haired young man sleeping in his bed, wrapped in his quilt, with his head under his pillow, feeling comfortable and content. Suddenly, a subtle feeling arose: from past to present, it seemed that he had never brought any of his lovers home.

  Not to mention sleeping in his bed.

  Good friend Fei N also said that he might be the kind of person who would sleep in separate rooms even after getting married.

  Jiang Chuan had always been quite dismissive of this, as his family education from a young age told him that danger could come at any time, and no one was worthy of absolute trust except himself. Even his parents, who loved each other so much, slept in separate rooms even when they were young, which he didn't think was wrong.

  So until today, the only living creature that can appear on his bed is that one fat hamster that has gone missing somewhere... Humans, this kind of biological species, really haven't been considered at all.

  As for why things have become like this now——

  "Fog grass, Jiang Chuan, there's a stupid c*nt here saying that the person who smashed eggs at you and Xu Wenjie being chopped off his hands and feet and thrown into the hospital are all your doing, this brain hole is so big it's already a black hole!!!"

  Looking at the young black-haired man holding his phone with a puffed face, huffing and puffing, making loud and soft calls on the bed, the man stood by the bed for a while, pretending to be a statue. It wasn't until after a long time that he realized that even he himself couldn't think of a reason for the previous question - everything seemed so natural and just happened. He had desires for a man, then became angry and ashamed when he saw this man talking to another annoying male creature. He got on top of a man in a not-so-decent bathroom, brought this man back home, gave him medicine, and let this man sleep in his own bed...

  Jiang Chuan: “......”

  Jian Ran: "What's with your silence? These things can't be true, you didn't really do them, did you?"

  "What's wrong with what I've done?" he asked expressionlessly, then poured himself a cup of coffee and sat down on the edge of the bed after taking a sip. He continued blandly, "I told you long ago that different people have different ways of dealing with things. You choose to sit and wait for death, but I'm more inclined to take action."

  Jian Ran: "......"

  He glanced at the person sitting on the bed with a dull face, and although he had expected this reaction, Jiang Chuan couldn't help but feel a faint sense of disappointment. He put down the coffee cup in his hand, intending to say "forget it" to end the conversation, when suddenly the black-haired young man, who was still some distance away from him, approached him on his own initiative, slightly widening his eyes as he looked at Jiang Chuan: "Why did you suddenly speak with such a heavy tone?"

  "......" Jiang Chuan was slightly stunned, "You were just thinking of this?"

  "Or what?" Jing Yan asked back with a puzzled face.

  “……”

  "Don't take online comments so seriously, everyone is just full and bored, casually commenting a few sentences, maybe after scolding you they'll turn around and do their own thing, forgetting what they said, while you're still dwelling on it. It's not worth it - there are people who scream about turning against you every day, do you think they would really be your fans? That's also underestimating your fans too much, they are the ones who stand firmly behind you when you're most controversial.

  Jin Yan said while raising his arm and putting it around the shoulder of the man sitting on the bed with a cup of coffee. When the other party leaned slightly forward due to not reacting in time, Jin Yan gave him a hug. "Don't think so much, and there are also people who scold you every day under your Weibo posts, this time they just changed their reason for scolding."

  As she spoke, she couldn't help but find the man holding a cup of coffee with a vacant expression on his face to be quite adorable, and she couldn't resist reaching out to gently rub his soft, light-colored hair...

  Just then, the person who was quietly being held by him suddenly turned his head - that high nose tip slid over the calm chin, and the slightly cool touch made the latter pause for a moment. At the same time, he heard Jiang Chuan say: "I remember you said before that it's terrible to find out that people around you have another side. You don't want to experience it again in this life."

  Because they were very close at this time.

  When Jiang Chuan spoke, the breath on his lips sprayed evenly onto Jin Ran's chin.

  Jian Ran paused for a moment, then slightly lowered his body and pulled away from the other person, creating some distance between them. At this point, he only needed to look up to meet that pair of azure eyes. The two locked gazes for a moment, and the room was extremely quiet, so quiet that all that could be heard was their calm breathing. Jian Ran asked, "Have you been pretending in front of me all along?"

  Jiang Chuan's eyebrows furrowed slightly.

  She carefully stretched out her hand, touched his brow, and gently pressed down: "Is it?"

  "No," Jiang Chuan's eyebrows relaxed, "but those two things are indeed related to me - when that person threw eggs at me, they didn't actually hit me, but my pet was hit. Ah Fei got all dirty and I felt unhappy about it. Later when I called Sai En, I mentioned it briefly, and he directly went to deal with that person for me. I think it wasn't necessary to do so, but as my deputy, he has been educated in this way from birth..."

  "Oh."

  He slightly narrowed his eyes, and that Saiyan was actually a KFC delivery guy...... Was he also doing this kind of job on the side?

  "Let's not talk about Xu Wenjie, if it weren't for this, Xu Qianqian wouldn't have kept her mouth shut - only when she realizes that even in an environment she thinks is safe, there can still be threats to her, will she voluntarily keep quiet about some things and forget them, only then will she be safe." Jiang Chuan put down his coffee cup, "I've never said I'm a kind-hearted good person, nor do I know when this image was imposed on me -"

  "Was it from the day you smashed a reporter's camera in the hospital to protect me and my family?"

  “……”

  "It's also possible that you're doing this to protect Yuan Zhenran, who can't speak for himself as a vegetable, and aren't afraid of being bombarded by the media, loudly declaring your 'secret crush' story from that day on." Zhenran sat back down on the bed, pulling the quilt up to cover himself. "Who else could be doing these things, huh? Oh, maybe it's Jiang Chuan, or even Lelouch vi Britannia himself?"

  “……”

  "Xu Wenjie's matter, and the thing about throwing black rice at you with eggs, was indeed not right. Private sanctions may seem exhilarating at times, but once they go off track, they can easily cause all sorts of chaos... But saying so much, I think I'm the person in the world who has the least standing to criticize you," Jin Yan slightly narrowed his eyes, "Perhaps I should even say 'thank you' to you."

  As soon as he finished speaking, she saw the man sitting on the edge of the bed in silence for a long time.

  Just as he thought the man was still entangled in these trivial matters, he suddenly saw the man make a move. He had one hand on the edge of the bed, his body leaning over, and before the young black-haired man could react, his lips, carrying a faint scent of coffee, quickly touched his lips and then left.

  “……”

  "Get up, it's almost eight o'clock." The man standing beside the bed with half of his body hidden in the shadows said in a calm and even tone, "Today there is still the audition and makeup for that movie, it might take up the whole day."

  He smiled slightly and got out of bed.

  It was as if he heard a stone that had been hanging high in his heart fall to the ground with a loud crash.

  Gangchuan

  "What's going on?"

  "Were you just struggling with this?"

  “……”

  "Was it also because of what I said in the car that day, so you've been sulking ever since? Did you think that after I knew the truth, I would dislike you like I dislike Andrei? Hmm, oh dear, later on I did say something similar, but at the time I was just speaking casually, don't take it to heart. After all, you were really annoying back then - how could you not even give me a chance to explain and just sulked on your own?"

  “……”

  "Are you done asking questions?"

  "No."

  "Anyway," he said expressionlessly as he walked into the bathroom, pulling out a pair of underwear from the drawer, "I won't bother with you either."

  After finishing speaking, she slammed the bathroom door shut with a loud bang, full of anger and embarrassment.

  He stood outside the bathroom door and knocked gently: "Are you sure you don't want to try being together?"

  The bathroom was silent for a long time before a vague voice came: "I'll think about it, after all you're like the book '100,000 Whys', being with you will eventually drive me crazy."

  The young man with black hair standing outside the door laughed so hard that his eyes became crescent moons.