Chapter 372: If I Didn’t Like This Person, I Wouldn’t Even Date Him.
“You’re crazy. I said Bai Yuhuang was only my idol.” Duoyao covered her body in various spots shyly but was stripped again.
“Idol?” Yan Molun scoffed. “Can you find some idols that I can really take my hat off to? Not these kinds of empty vases.”
“He’s not; he acts really well,” Duoyao mumbled softly.
“Then may I enquire if he’s received the best male actor award?” Yan Molun asked. “Or any major international awards?”
“No…”
“He doesn’t even have any of that. That just means he’s probably around your standard.” Yan Molun looked at her with disdain. “Besides, I don’t think you’re the type who would admire those with great acting skills. In my opinion, you just thought he looked handsome when acting.”
Duoyao was embarrassed after being exposed. Actually, she only thought Bai Yuhuang was handsome when she watched his dramas in university, so she treated him as her idol. When young, you would tend to be more superficial. Now that she had slowly gotten older, acted in more dramas, and seen more handsome men, she no longer had the same feelings as she did back when she was chasing her idols. She just remembered that she used to chase around idols, and when she saw Bai Yuhuang, the memories from the past surged up. She didn’t really feel anything.
Yan Molun looked at her awkwardness and his face was downcast. He snorted coldly and turned to leave the bathroom.
Duoyao watched his back in a daze and only realized he was angry after he left.
She had rarely seen him so angry.
Duoyao was torn between showering and not showering. She hesitated for a while, put her clothes back on, and walked out. He was sitting on the couch with his legs crossed, smoking glumly. She walked over weakly and said softly, “Don’t be angry. That was back in my university days. Ever since I got with you, I realized that idolizing someone like that was really just because I hadn’t seen the world yet. A man should be strong and big like you.”
Yan Molun’s lips curled up into a mocking smile. “Really? Then why did you act like you didn’t want me to come at all before? Without me around, you had a lot of fun with Bai Yuhuang, didn’t you? Chatting and having supper together every day. Did you almost forget you had a boyfriend?”
“No.” Duoyao quickly sat down and tugged at his sleeve, trying to curry his favor as she said, “I didn’t want you to come because I wouldn’t be able to concentrate on acting with you watching. It’s a performance and it’s fake to begin with. With someone close to me watching at the side, I feel awkward. Didn’t you see how the evening shoot went?”
“You mean the intimate scene?” Yan Molun raised his brows.
“There are going to be intimate scenes. Any actor would feel like this in this kind of situation,” Duoyao said softly. “It’s because I care about you and I’m afraid you would overthink things. It’s going to be the same for the other scenes.”
“It’s just because of this?” Yan Molun looked into her eyes closely.
Duoyao nodded vigorously.
Yan Molun watched her for a good four to five seconds, reached out his hand to stroke her shoulder and said, “Duoyao, I’m not the kind of person who likes to force others. If you don’t want to be with me and want to break up, I’m not the kind of person who would pester you and use underhanded means to force you like Kang Anhe. To me, a relationship goes two ways. If one day you don’t like me anymore, you can tell me and I will respect you. You don’t have to be afraid of me.”
Duoyao was stunned. She felt hot inside. She didn’t think that Yan Molun would say something like that. She had really never thought about breaking up because she thought the two of them were quite well-matched. “What do you mean by that? You sound as if you’re not satisfied with this relationship. Let me tell you—I’ve never thought about breaking up. Unless you want to do so because you think I’m too busy with my work and have no time for you or because you think I have something going on with Bai Yuhuang. If I were to only like handsome men, then I would’ve long had a boyfriend already. In this industry, there are plenty of good-looking people, but it’s difficult to find someone who treats you well.”
After saying that, she bit her lip. She was a little angry probably because of what he said.
Yan Molun held a cigarette with his other hand and reached out to hug her. He lowered her head to kiss her cheek. “I do mind a little. Sometimes, I feel that you don’t like me.”
“That’s not true.” Duoyao glared at him. “If I didn’t like somebody, I wouldn’t even date him.”
“Mm.” Yan Molun took two more puffs before extinguishing the cigarette on the ashtray. He reached out to carry her up. “Let’s go; we’d better shower.”
Duoyao covered her face and regretted it instantly. If she had known, she would’ve taken a shower before looking for him.
Now, this situation was so embarrassing.
She really didn’t believe Yan Molun meant “shower” in the purest way.
Indeed, Yan Molun’s actions in the shower showed he had really been starved too long. However, he didn’t enter her. He still felt that it wasn’t hygienic enough no matter how well the hotels were cleaned.
He carried her out like a baby and put her straight on the bed. The hotel’s sheets weren’t the usual white hotel sheets—they were satin. They were probably her own.
Duoyao turned her face away shyly and used her hands to cover her breasts uneasily as she stuttered, “Switch the lights off.”
Every time he stared at her like that, she would feel embarrassed.
“I’ve already seen them so many times. There’s no need to switch the lights off.” Yan Molun was a little unwilling. He wanted to watch her charming looks.
“Are you going to switch them off or not? If you don’t, you’re not touching me.” Duoyao curled herself up like a prawn.
Yan Molun reached his hand out helplessly to switch the lights off. When the bedroom was dim, he hugged his little prawn and nibbled slowly. Not long later, the little prawn was as hot as though it was cooked in a pot of water, turning red all over.
…
At 9 pm, Yan Molun wiped her body with a warm towel. When he reached her waist, he saw a large patch of bruises. “This…”
“From the wire. I haven’t done period dramas before,” Duoyao mumbled.
“Don’t shoot period dramas next time,” Yan Molun said softly. “If you don’t have enough money in the future, I’ll take care of you.”
“Are you going to marry me?” Duoyao opened her large, watery eyes and looked straight into his eyes.
“Why would I be with you if I wasn’t going to marry you?” Yan Molun asked lightly.
Duoyao was stunned for a while. She crawled up silently and hugged him.
That was the sweetest thing Brother Molun had ever said, She was so touched that she was about to cry.
“Do you want it again?” Yan Molun lay her down silently as they cuddled. He was in a pretty good mood.
“I’m so tired; I don’t want it.” Just after Duoyao said that, Bai Yuhuang called. “Duoyao, how was your rest? Let’s go for supper together?”
Duoyao looked at Yan Molun. He overheard the call and frowned. Seeing that, she quickly said in an exhausted voice, “I’m not going—I’m so tired. Maybe it’s because I was on the wire for the entire day, plus I woke up so early today. I want to sleep early.”
“I see.” Bai Yuhuang could understand that too. They did have supper late at around 11 pm yesterday and they started shooting at 7 am today, so it was normal that she would feel tired. “Alright, but do you want me to get my assistant to bring you some food?”
“It’s okay, I’ve already washed up and I’m already lying in bed,” Duoyao said while she yawned.
“Sure, then get some rest. I’ll see you tomorrow.” Bai Yuhuang didn’t say anything else and hung up.
Duoyao put the phone down and said to the man on top of her, “I’m not going, alright? Stop pulling faces all the time. I didn’t do anything to let you down.”
“Is he interested in you?” Yan Molun asked with a frown.
“That’s impossible.” Duoyao shook her head. “He’s equally nice to everyone on the production team. Aiya, because of you, I rejected a sumptuous meal. I’m super hungry right now. You have to get supper for me. Don’t let anyone from the production team see you. Otherwise, they would think I’m being unreasonable, asking my bodyguard to buy food after declining supper.”
“You just love to eat all this junk food and it isn’t even clean.” Although Yan Molun said that, he still got up to put on his pants. “Remember to open the door later.”
“Mm,” Duoyao replied sleepily.
Yan Molun found a Hong Kong-style restaurant and bought some dumpling soup, Siew Mai, and chicken feet.
…
Back at the hotel, he looked around and knocked on the door when the coast was clear. After two whole minutes, Duoyao finally opened the door.
He walked in angrily, “You’re so slow. If someone saw me in the hallway, you’d blame me again.”
“I was sleeping.” Duoyao shut the door. When she saw the supper he brought back, she was unhappy. “That’s too plain. It’s not even spicy. Also, this food would make me gain weight easily.”
“So you think barbequed food wouldn’t make you fat?” Yan Molun found that funny. She was making excuses again.
Duoyao pouted her little mouth up high and finally said her heartfelt words: “This is suitable for breakfast. Barbequed food is suitable for supper. You know very well that I like barbequed food, yet you still got me this.”
“You just had it yesterday, yet you still want it today? It’s unhealthy to eat it every day,” Yan Molun explained helplessly.