Male Sing and His Pet Owner: Chapter 48

Zhao Kaile hesitated as he opened the door, but when he turned to look at Zhan Hang’s retreating figure, a strange sympathy welled up inside him, exactly the same feeling he’d had that night watching through the glass as Zhan Hang sat alone in the cat room hugging his cat.

He suddenly found himself with some inexplicable courage.

“Hang ge.” Zhao Kaile closed the door again. “I signed a confidentiality agreement. No matter what you can’t get over… can’t figure out, you can tell me. I’ll think of a solution with you.”

Zhan Hang said, “You won’t want to know.”

Zhao Kaile said seriously, “How do you know I don’t want to? I have no secrets left in front of you. Can’t you be open and honest with me too?”

“……..” Zhan Hang looked out the window and said nothing.

Afraid he might misunderstand, Zhao Kaile explained further: “I know I’m just your assistant, but I’ve already unilaterally considered you a friend, a very important one…….. I don’t want you to be unhappy. Hang ge, many things can’t be kept bottled up inside. If you keep bottling them up, you’ll bottle up an illness.”

Zhan Hang finally showed some reaction. He turned to look at him for a moment, his brows and eyes carrying a complex emotion. His lips moved. He had originally wanted to ask, if one day he could no longer be an artist, would Zhao Kaile still consider him a friend. But then he felt there was no point in asking, so he didn’t.

A moment later, the two of them sat on the sofa, Zhao Kaile putting on a serious face to serve as a sounding board.

“I did something wrong.” Zhan Hang said.

Zhao Kaile quietly waited for him to continue.

Zhan Hang: “When I first entered the industry, I got wasted at a party. When I woke up, there was a naked woman lying next to me. Not long after that, she contacted me and said she was pregnant.”

Zhao Kaile: “…….”

Upon hearing this, he felt as if he’d been struck by lightning, his mind filled with nothing but rumbling thunder.

Zhan Hang showed no expression and asked, “Still want to hear?”

Zhao Kaile said with difficulty, “You speak……”

As he listened, he comforted himself internally. They were adults, this kind of accident was normal, so what if she was pregnant……. Please!! Pregnant! Was the next thing going to be some explosive news about the woman running away with the baby, and Zhan Hang suddenly having a son out of nowhere?

There must be some misunderstanding in the middle……

“But this child can’t be mine.” Zhan Hang said indifferently.

Zhao Kaile’s wandering thoughts were finally pulled back, and he said excitedly, “I knew it! It must be a misunderstanding!”

Zhan Hang: “……..You believe me that much?”

Zhao Kaile nodded frantically.

Zhan Hang made a noncommittal sound and continued: “But there was nothing I could do. She had bed photos in her possession. I had just signed with Qihua at the time, and I couldn’t let this mess ruin my future. She wanted money, so I could only give it. Back then she was being kept by a big shot in the industry. If this got out, I would absolutely be finished.”

Zhao Kaile said in shock, “Hang ge, this doesn’t sound like you.”

“I was young and foolish back then, completely at the mercy of others, abortion money, nutrition fees, emotional damages……..” Zhan Hang took a sip of water and said, “I was wasted. I had no idea how she climbed into my bed. Damn it.”

Zhao Kaile asked, “What happened later?”

“She disappeared on her own.” Zhan Hang frowned and said, “She didn’t contact me, and I was happier than anyone, so of course I wouldn’t go looking for her.”

Zhao Kaile thought of what Li Yang had said and bit his nail: “Then how does Li Yang know about these things? Does he know that woman?”

“I’m not clear, which is why I’m annoyed.” Zhan Hang said coldly, “The worst case scenario is that she’s come back.”

Zhao Kaile had taken in a massive amount of explosive information in a short time. His brain was about to shut down, countless keywords swirling back and forth, but he couldn’t grasp any useful information.

The two fell silent for a while.

Zhao Kaile asked, “Hang ge, I still want to ask, how are you sure that child isn’t yours?”

“……..” Zhan Hang seemed very angry upon hearing this, but stiffly held it back, saying, “Because I couldn’t possibly have a reaction to her.”

Several question marks popped up above Zhao Kaile’s head, then popped one by one, his expression shifting from sudden realization to sympathy.

Hang ge was actually impotent? But the last time he saw it, it seemed pretty normal.

No wonder he could only endure that woman’s slander but didn’t dare to clarify. He couldn’t exactly go around telling people he was impotent…….

Zhan Hang said angrily, “What are you thinking?!”

Zhao Kaile shook his head frantically: “Nothing nothing nothing.”

The two looked at each other.

Zhao Kaile asked, “Can we tell Sister Li?”

“No.” Zhan Hang paused, then frowned and amended, “We’ll talk about it later.”

Now this dark history was like a ticking time bomb, but Zhan Hang was no longer the Zhan Hang of back then. He was unwilling to be bound to this trumped-up charge any longer, and he didn’t want to keep taking Li Yang’s attitude.

Zhao Kaile comforted him: “It’s fine it’s fine. Li Yang doesn’t seem ready to expose this yet. How about we negotiate with him? Mutual confidentiality? Anyway, we haven’t become rivals with him yet……..”

“It’s about the same.” Zhan Hang said coldly.

Zhao Kaile rested his chin on his hand and fell into deep thought.

If the news of getting someone else’s girlfriend pregnant blew up, assuming Hang ge wouldn’t admit to being impotent, losing fans and public goodwill would be normal. The chain reaction would be ruined reputation, inability to get better dramas, and his future would more or less be slowly destroyed. Unless internet memory disappeared quickly, or an even more heinous scandal broke at the same time to attract attention……. Looking at Li Yang, at worst he was stepping on many boats, but he was very careful with protection measures. Maybe by comparison people would be more tolerant of him, perhaps.

If Sister Li knew about this, how would she handle it? Would she directly find that woman and give her more money, have her come out and tell the truth?

His phone notification sounded. Zhan Hang picked up his phone and looked. It was a message from Li Yang.

Li Yang: Hang ge, come have some fun, don’t you want to?

Zhan Hang gripped his phone so tightly that the veins on the back of his hand showed slightly.

Zhan Hang: Li Yang, have I offended you?

Li Yang: No, I just think you’re too pitiful, always keeping to yourself.

Li Yang: Come on, everyone’s waiting for you.

Zhao Kaile asked, “What kind of gathering is he putting together?” Zhan Hang’s face was slightly pale, his stomach feeling extremely uncomfortable, and he said in a deep voice: “Wife swapping.”

Wife swapping???

Upon hearing this, Zhao Kaile was completely stunned, feeling as if he was splitting apart on the spot, blankly wondering who he was, what he was doing, and where he was.

Zhan Hang said, “The first party I went to was exactly this kind. The senior who invited me only told me that many big shots would be there, people who would be useful connections and resources for me in the future. He said going would absolutely not be a loss, but I had to bring a female companion.”

Zhao Kaile didn’t dare think further down that path, shrinking back in terror.

Zhan Hang: “Li Yang knows about this, so he thinks I’m the same as him, that I also have this kind of hobby.”

Zhao Kaile finally understood: “He……..He doesn’t want to get familiar with you so that later you can bring Zhang Wenqian over, does he??”

Zhan Hang made a sound of affirmation and said nothing more.

Zhao Kaile: “……..”

For a moment he felt as if five thunderbolts had struck him, the sky was collapsing and the earth was splitting apart, mountains were roaring and seas were boiling, violent winds were howling past, about to sweep him and his soul away together.

Only after a long time did he come back to his senses, anger shooting straight to his crown, gritting his teeth and saying in a trembling voice: “Bastard……..This bastard!! I’ll kill him! How dare he covet my goddess!!!”

Zhan Hang: “…….”

The more Zhao Kaile thought about it, the angrier he became. His love for his goddess supported his brain in operating at high speed. He jumped up from the sofa and said angrily, “Contact him right now! Ask him for the address! Then we’ll call the police immediately! Report them for gathering to engage in prostitution!”

Zhan Hang rested his chin on his hand and said, “Calm down.”

Zhao Kaile: “No no no, that would alert the enemy too early……..We’ll go directly, install a pinhole camera, record the entire process, then call the police and catch them red-handed!”

Zhan Hang raised his voice slightly, enunciating each word: “Calm.”

Zhao Kaile sobered up, sat back down like a deflated balloon, covered his face with both hands, and let out whimpering sounds: “But I can’t calm down! He’s too disgusting!”

“How do you usually advise me?” Zhan Hang mocked, “Think thrice before acting, calm down and calm down again. Do you want to see what you’re doing right now?”

Zhao Kaile said nothing, hugging himself in utter grief.

Seeing him panic like this, Zhan Hang’s heart instead miraculously calmed down.

Indeed, if he himself panicked first when encountering something, what could Zhao Kaile, a young kid fresh out of society, do? He still had to rely on him. He absolutely could not panic first.

Zhan Hang said nonchalantly, “Don’t worry, no matter what tomorrow brings, your salary will still be paid.”

Zhao Kaile made a gloomy “oh” sound, thinking speechlessly that who cared about salary at a time like this.

Zhan Hang rested his chin on his hand and looked at him, discovering that Zhao Kaile had a magical power. It seemed that no matter what happened, once he stirred it around, it became less terrifying.

Even if tomorrow his reputation collapsed, even if after filming this drama he could never get another one, even if all his fans gave up their love for him, it seemed like it wouldn’t be unacceptable. At most the process of accepting it would be a little long.

He still wanted to ask that question in the end.

Zhan Hang looked at Zhao Kaile, half serious and half joking, and asked: “If I stop being an artist, will you still pay attention to me?”

“Of course!” Zhao Kaile said in surprise: “I still owe you over a million!”

Zhan Hang: “……..Pretend that million plus doesn’t exist.”

Zhao Kaile said, “We’re friends. If you temporarily don’t want to do other work and can’t afford food, you can come find me.”

He said it seriously, as if he had long been prepared for such a possibility.

Zhan Hang’s Adam’s apple moved. He averted his gaze, but what came out of his mouth was still not very polite words, humming: “You’re overthinking. Even if I fall on hard times, I wouldn’t rely on you to support me.”

Zhao Kaile: “……..”

True, perhaps a male celebrity used to sleeping in luxury hotels would find his home’s bed board too hard.