Professional Body Double Chapter 34

That evening, Zhou Xiang slept at Cai Wei’s house. At first, he didn’t want to go. Cai Wei’s wife was expecting a baby in three months, he was afraid of disturbing other

people’s family, however, Cai Wei allowed no arguments and brought him back.

That day, Cai Wei helped to contact Wang Dao and express Zhou Xiang’s wish. Wang Dao was very
happy and told Zhou Xiang to make sure he goes to the hotel on Saturday to attend the film ceremony. At that time, the media will be informed about the change of roles.

Finished talking with Wang Dao, Cai Wei placed a call to chief Wang following that, the two men spoke for a long, after hanging up the phone, Cai Wei’s complexion was not very good. Zhou Xiang knew that chief Wang was not willing to have him act the leading role, after all, he is a businessman who is worried about the box office but even if he wants to oppose it, he lacks the power. He believed Zhou Xiang would retreat and did not expect that he would accept. Chief Wang has always considered this matter to be closely related to Cai Wei and he (Cai Wei) could not shed the responsibility so it was natural for him to feel dissatisfied.

Cai Wei, nevertheless, is a genuinely loyal person. He did not say anything to Zhou Xiang and only repeatedly urged him to be sure he is punctual on Saturday.

In his heart, Zhou Xiang understands everything and he is especially grateful to Cai Wei.

That night, when he was sleeping in the guest room, Zhou Xiang’s phone rang, he got up to pick it up and saw that it was Yan MingXiu.

Yan Mingxiu rarely takes the initiative to call him. It is reasonable to say that he will not try to find him just because he hasn’t returned home for a day or two. Maybe Yan Mingxiu feels unusual.

Zhou Xiang took a few deep breaths, trying to maintain his tone of voice. He still felt pain in his heart. With a trembling finger, he pressed the receive button.

“Hey, Zhou Xiang” Yan MingXiu’s clean voice was distinctly clear in the quiet night……

“en, it’s me” Zhou Xiang was sitting at the bedside, he hadn’t switched on the light and in the dark, his two eyes which completely lacked focal length, stared at the pitch-black ceiling.

“where have you been these two days? Why not come home”

Zhou Xiang unenthusiastically said “I’m busy with something”

“where are you? If you didn’t come back home can’t you call and tell me? come back right now”

Zhou Xiang found it somewhat difficult to breathe, he sat up straight and exerted some efforts so his body could breathe a little bit before he was able to force the words out “I will temporarily not be returning, let me know when you move out” when he finished this sentence, Zhou Xiang felt his body had been stripped of all power. He absolutely never thought a day would come where he would end the relationship between the two of them. He always believed he would keep on a thick face until Yan MingXiu no longer wanted to see him.

The phone was silent on the other side, soon after, Yan MingXiu’s icy cold voice came through “What are you talking about?”

“I said when are you going to move? I want to go home”

“Do you realize what you’re saying? Zhou Xiang, you’re asking me to leave! Asking me to leave!”

He didn’t need to see it with his own eyes, Zhou Xiang knows how Yan MingXiu must have been raging while on the phone. Fortunately, he doesn’t have to see it with his own eyes, just hearing it already made his scalp numb.

Zhou Xiang spoke in a voice as serene as possible “Yan MingXiu, I treated you with sincerity, what your heart thinks of me, you clearly know. Move out of my home, everything was my fault, I made a lowly mistake, let’s part without hard feelings”.

Yan MingXiu’s anger could not be described “what did you say? You fucking say it clearly”

Zhou Xiang bitterly smiled “Well I will make it clear. The person you like is your older sister’s husband, the big celebrity Wang Yudong. Am I right?”

The phone abruptly went silent.

That kind of silence, like twisting a knife, cut Zhou Xiang’s heart.

Yan MingXiu did not so much as refute one sentence. As a matter of fact, it was baffling that Yan MingXiu always disdains telling him one or two white lies in order to persuade him. This kind of frankness is really cruel.

Zhou Xiang could not help but choke with emotion “Yan MingXiu, you can really insult people. I give up, I don’t want to act as a substitute for Wang Yudong outside the drama. You move out OK? I also want to return home as soon as possible” After he finished speaking, he immediately hanged up the phone. He dared not listen again to Yan MingXiu’s voice, if he accidentally cried, then it will be too shameful. He does not want to continue to lose face.

After hanging up the phone, Zhou Xiang tossed again and again that night but was still unable to sleep. As soon as he closed his eyes, he would see Yan Mingxiu before his eyes and all the little details of this past year.

Time unexpectedly went by so fast, it was too late to react, he was already too deeply immersed. If not for Yan MingXiu getting drunk and revealing the truth, he really did not know until when he would continue to obstinately persist in going about things the wrong way.

Fortunately, everything is already over, all fucking ended ba.

Zhou Xiang closed his eyes in pain.

Zhou Xiang was at Cai Wei’s house for two days, Cai Wei could not stand his depressed look, he took him down to the company and had him help everywhere with public relations affairs.

Not long after he arrived at the company, Xiao Liu came over and told him that someone was looking for him.

Zhou Xiang asked who it was, Xiao Liu said it was a person who looked especially handsome but seems ill mannered.

Zhou Xiang’s intuition is that it’s Yan MingXiu and yet he feels it is basically unlikely that Yan MingXiu would take the initiative to come looking for him. He said those things up to that extent, Yan MingXiu is proud and arrogant, he has long since left without saying anything further ba.

Zhou Xiang thought for a moment and asked Xiao Liu to take the person to the reception room. He finished handling a phone call and immediately went over.

When he held the door knob of the reception room, he could feel his palm is all sweaty, he turned the knob but owing to the palm being extremely slippery, the knob did not turn.

(T/N: finally, a sentence that does not start with ‘Zhou Xiang’)

When he tried to turn it again, the door had already opened from inside, Yan MingXiu appeared in front of him, his eyes closely watched him like ice skate blades.

Yan MingXiu’s eye rims were black and looked awfully tired but did not detract from the man’s arrogant character.

He grabbed Zhou Xiang’s wrist, pulled the man in and heavily closed the door after.

Zhou Xiang silently looked at him.

Yan MingXiu trembled for a long time, he spits a few words from the gap of his teeth, “you really developed quite the ability, not returning home for so many days.”

Zhou Xiang just watched him, he was already feeling unwell and nearly unable to breathe. Standing inside this narrow reception room, every cell of his body seems to be inhaling and absorbing Yan MingXiu’s scent not allowing him a place to run.

Zhou Xiang took a deep breath, barely propping up his calm appearance, he asked “are you going to leave?”

Yan MingXiu fiercely replied “you wanted me to move in, as soon as I move in you want me to leave. What do you fucking regard me as?”

Zhou Xiang’s voice trembled “What do you regard me as?”

Yan MingXiu’s face was ashen, “Wang Yudong’s matter……does not concern you, you said we were back to our previous relationship, we are just □, why do you care so much?”

(T/N: it was a square symbol in the original text)

Zhou Xiang huskily said, “I don’t dare to control you, I just want to end things with you. Even if it is unexpected, I don’t want to be treated as someone else when I go to bed with you”.

Yan MingXiu tightly clenched his fist, “Zhou Xiang, I like Wang Yudong but I can never be with him, I am willing to be with you as long as you no longer mention this. come home with me now”

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(T/N: Yan MingXiu, you this big idiot, I really wish I could slap you into the next 50 chapters)

Zhou Xiang dared not believe his ears, he incredulously looked at him, “Yan MingXiu, I’m I really so cheap in your eyes? You (1) had better find someone else to have fun with, I cannot afford to keep you company”.

(    (1.  Zhou Xiang used the courteous form of ‘you’ literally saying Yan MingXiu is above his capability to manage)

If he really regarded Yan MingXiu as an object of ****(2) and treated him as a bed partner, he wouldn’t care if the other person thinks about the person they love when the two of them make love. However, at this time, he really likes Yan MingXiu, he cannot endure it. He not only wanted to run from Yan MingXiu, he even hated Wang Yudong.

(      (2. It was like that in the raw)

Yan MingXiu clenched his teeth: “Zhou Xiang, you spoke so excessively, do you have a brain? What is bad with us being this way? I’m used to being together with you, is it no good for us to be like we were before? If you wish to be a star I will invest in you, anything you wish to act. Being with me, the benefits are much more that you imagine, and you really want to part with me?”

(T/N: someone please get this brat a complete guide to “100 ways not to be an insensitive ass” before I’m forced to show him 100 ways to trash a Mo-fo)

If it wasn’t the wrong mood for it, Zhou Xiang really wanted to laugh.

If Yan MingXiu previously told him that he wanted to invest in a movie for his sake, he would gladly accept but Yan MingXiu saying this kind of thing now, he only felt humiliated.

He, Zhou Xiang is an ordinary person, he is not noble and certainly, he is not so ignorant as to not know shame either.

Zhou Xiang bitterly smiled, “Yan MingXiu, I will say it again, I am not so cheap. Not being able to get Wang Yudong is really not a reason to trample on other people. If I agree to play with you as your toy, I would have long ago gotten my money’s worth from you. But I cannot. I, Zhou Xiang, have enough food and clothes, I am very satisfied with my life, I do not want the rare things you can give me. I was blind to like you”. Zhou Xiang spoke these words this time, he felt his whole heart was dripping with blood, if not for this single step today, he would never know how much he likes Yan MingXiu.

Yan MingXiu was so angry he looked deathly white, he pointed at Zhou Xiang’s nose and said in a very stern voice: “Zhou Xiang, you really have the ability. If you said something today, you must not regret it”.

Zhou Xiang didn’t dare stay a second longer, he was afraid his mood will crumble.

He opened the door, turned around and immediately walked out.

The fan fell heavily behind him, and seemed as if it felt close to his heart. (T/N: I absolutely didn’t get this, used google translate for this line so suggestions welcome)

A second later, the door was violently opened. Yan MingXiu took one big stride forward and rushed out from the reception room, holding Zhou Xiang’s shoulder, he pushed his back against the wall. Yan MingXiu’s eyes were bloodshot as if he already went insane with anger, he forcefully pinched Zhou Xiang’s chin, coldly enunciated: “I haven’t met anyone like you who is so fucking untactful, what have you given to Laozi? Is it not you who have been chasing after my ass all this time? Why are you blaming me now? Don’t tell me your charm is bigger than Wang Yudong’s? You can also put on airs and play with me? You fucking went as far as to drive me away. I will go!”

In the past, Yan MingXiu gave Zhou Xiang the impression of being indifferent, arrogant, bad tempered with a childish nature, a little mean, not talkative and very egoistic. However, with more contact, he discovered that he is in fact not as he appears on the surface. He is very calm at home, also loves to laugh, to make love and quite crazy at other times. He would sometimes act like a spoiled child around Zhou Xiang.

__In Zhou Xiang’s view, Yan MingXiu has not fully grown up and even this Yan MingXiu that is so antisocial just like a gun barrel is not completely without company. 

(if anyone knows the right translation for the line above please let me know 在周翔心目中，晏明修还没完全长大，更跟眼前这个满身戾气、仿佛被点着了火药桶一样的晏明修完全不是一个人)

Zhou Xiang grabbed Yan MingXiu’s arm and forcefully shook him off. After he struggled free, he wanted to leave this place, this man unexpectedly made him not want to stay a second longer.

Yan MingXiu stubbornly snatched his arm back, regardless of the fact that they were in the company’s hallway, he still grabbed him like that. Zhou Xiang felt discomfited and exasperated. He grabbed him and didn’t let him go, he felt that once he lets Zhou Xiang go he would……where? Where is it wrong? He couldn’t say where it is wrong. In short, he doesn’t want Zhou Xiang to go.

Although Zhou Xiang is a martial arts substitute, however, the things that are learnt are all of performance nature, all are attractive in appearance but without substance and the number of real fights can be counted on two or three fingers. Yan MingXiu was immediately able to firmly detain him.

Zhou Xiang angrily said: “You let go, you know where this is!”

If at this time someone comes over to ask, where should he go to hide?

Yan MingXiu gnashed his teeth: “Are you afraid to lose face? When you chased me, why weren’t you afraid to lose face at that time? Now you are not wearing a damn thing! You want to case me and drive me away, what do you take me for?”

Zhou Xiang barely opened his mouth when he heard the sound of rushed footsteps behind him, immediately after, he felt the force suppressing his arm loosen. He only heard a smothered groan and Yan MingXiu fell to the ground.

Zhou Xiang got up and stopped to look. Didn’t know when LanXi Rong rushed. He was glaring at Yan MingXiu with anger.

Yan MingXiu jumped up from the ground and rushed to LanXi Rong without hesitation. His two eyes were very red and his attitude seemed like he simply wanted to bite LanXi Rong to death.

The two men at once started to wrestle inside the narrow hallway. The company’s staff all rushed over, Zhou Xiang also rushed over to pull them apart but he innocently suffered a few fists.

Everyone exerted tremendous strength and struggled to separate them. Probably afraid of people hearing them, they haven’t hurled abuses at each other and simply beat the other person up. At that moment, the scene was a chaotic mess.

Cai Wei and Chief Wang finally arrived at the end. Cai Wei’s face was green, he sternly asked: “What is going on!”

Yan MingXiu and LanXi Rong did not speak and only fiercely glared at each other.

Zhou Xiang was irked and anxious, facing chief Wang’s severe eyes, he could not speak.

Chief Wang looked at Lan Xi Rong and also looked at Yan MingXiu, all of a sudden, his expression changed and he tentatively walked over to ask: “Are you MingXiu?” Cannot blame him for not immediately recognizing him. Indeed, Yan MingXiu appeared vicious and cut a sorry figure. The discrepancy between his present appearance and the arrogant image of a Peacetime official’s son was simply too far apart.

Yan MingXiu indifferently raised his head and gave him a sweeping look.

Chief Wang is deeply clear-sighted; the Yan young master was beaten by his actor under the banner of his company. If the words should spread out, the impact will be too negatively great. He grabbed Yan MingXiu’s shoulder: “I don’t know what happened but there must be a misunderstanding, let’s go to my office and talk it over” Not leaving room for refusal, he pulled Yan MingXiu away.

Yan MingXiu turned his head and pointed at Zhou Xiang, with a trembling voice he said: “this matter is not finished”. He gave him a profound look and immediately turned to follow chief Wang.

Cai Wei and LanXi Rong saw chief Wang’s attitude towards Yan MingXiu. They suddenly guessed Yan MingXiu’s identity must not be ordinary. Cai Wei used his eyes to ask Zhou Xiang but Zhou Xiang turned his face away.

LanXi Rong didn’t really have the time to think so much. He grabbed Zhou Xiang’s arm and whispered: “Xiang Ge, come over here”.

He took Zhou Xiang into the staff toilet and closed the door.

Zhou Xiang looked at his swollen face and his heart bubbled up with self-blame.

Zhou Xiang whispered: “We broke up.”

LanXi Rong blankly stared, afterwards, he ferociously said: “Good.”

Zhou Xiang sighed and did not say even a single word again.

LanXi Rong said with conviction: “I really regret giving him some more beatings.”

“XiXi…” Zhou Xiang softly said: “You shouldn’t be so impulsive, his identity is not ordinary, I wouldn’t want your career to be affected because of my issue”

LanXi Rong frowned: “What do you mean? Who is he?”

Zhou Xiang hesitated again and again and still did not tell him: “Don’t ask, I just hope you will not care about our matter in the future, I already broke up with him… it doesn’t matter” Zhou Xiang gritted his teeth, Yan MingXiu’s double red eyes appeared in his mind along with that indescribable look from before.

Lanxi snorted and softly said: “Chief Wang is so polite to him, he is definitely not an average person, I’m not afraid of those, you don’t have to worry about me. But Xiang Ge, are you together with him for the sake of those who are behind him? I don’t think you’re that kind of person.”

Zhou Xiang did not answer even a little bit of his mood; he simply shook his head faintly: “Xi Rong, in the future don’t take the initiative on my behalf, this is my own business. I don’t want to hurt you… Thank you for today, I will leave first.”

LanXi Rong grabbed him and resolutely said: “Today I won’t let you go, you either come with me or I will go with you”

(T/N: Isn’t this child just wishing for MingXiu’s Instant murder super pack? I dislike Ming’er right now but boy back off my ship!)

Zhou Xiang sighed, “Don’t cause trouble for me.”

“You can say whatever you want, go eat with me now or I will follow you."

Zhou Xiang gently pushed him away, walked out of the toilet and went straight to Cai Wei’s office. LanXi Rong really followed him just like he said.

Cai Wei really waited for him at the office.

Zhou Xiang shut Lanxi out and as soon as he entered the room, he was facing Cai Wei’s stern eyes.

Zhou Xiang whispered: “Wei Ge, sorry I caused you trouble.”

Cai Wei hit the table, “So you’re aware! You couple fought in the company and still went ahead and involved Lan Xi Rong, you fucking lack a brain!"

Zhou Xiang’s mind is now in total disorder and even the most basic thinking ability is almost lost.

Cai Wei looked at his muddled appearance as if his soul has been separated from his body, he somewhat softened his heart but he still indignantly said: “Who exactly is that boyfriend of yours, you honestly tell me.”

Zhou Xiang murmured, “He is Wang Yudong’s little brother-in-law.”

Cai Wei’s eyes widened, “What did you say? Wang Yudong’s wife’s little brother? Yan… That person is from Yan Jia?”

Zhou Xiang at the ground with two expressionless eyes and lightly nodded.

Cai Wei imploringly sighed, “A Xiang, you can…… How did you come across him ah? Can such people be casually contacted? How can you come out and still make so much noise with him?”

Zhou Xiang could not explain, just remained silent.

“You two are in conflict, is it related to Wang Yudong’s role?”

Zhou Xiang nodded and then shook his head.

Cai Wei sighed. "This is too much trouble... You think about it, no one can help you. But I still hope that you can participate, you remember, on Saturday, if you don't come to the launching ceremony, no one can help you. I know that your pressure is definitely great, but in my opinion, you have no retreat, don't be influenced by others, you have to plan for yourself."

Zhou Xiang nodded and said: "Wei Ge, I will come, I will not give up this opportunity for anyone." This may be the only chance in his life to overcome Wang Yudong, although the idea is very ridiculous, very Irrational, it is the biggest driving force that supports him to pick such a heavy burden.

T/n: Whoa, this chapter was so long and difficult, I almost got a concussion translating this. The author skipped out on all the articles, conjunctions and passive verbs so much that I almost wanted to skip this chapter TT_TT. And I’m I the only one who almost dragged MingXiu out of this chapter to give him a good beating? I mean man, there’s a limit to being emotionally insensitive. 

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