Male Sing and His Pet Owner: Chapter 13

Zhao Kaile stared at him in shock, his heart beating heavily once.

Zhan Hang instantly broke character and returned to his expressionless state. Both hands loosened, and Zhao Kaile thudded back onto the floor, now completely awake. He held the back of his head as he got up, looking at Zhan Hang with an embarrassed face. Zhan Hang, however, didn’t feel any discomfort. He sat back on the sofa, closed his eyes, pinched the bridge of his nose and massaged it for a while, then exhaled and said: “Let’s leave it at this for now.”

“Oh oh…..” Zhao Kaile hurriedly said: “That, we’re leaving at seven tomorrow morning. The company is sending a car. We’ll get there around eleven. There’s a worship ceremony before lunch. Brother Hang, sleep early tonight.”

“Mm, you’ve memorized it quite well.” Zhan Hang asked: “What about Lu Jiayin? Is she taking you along for a while?”

Zhao Kaile looked bitter: “She said she has to take care of a new person.”

Zhan Hang picked up his water cup and took a sip: “Bai Li’s intention is to train her to take over her own position. Don’t be too loose lipped in front of her, telling her everything.”

Zhao Kaile showed a puzzled expression, thinking, no way, how does being a celebrity mean guarding against agents and assistants like guarding against thieves??

Zhan Hang raised an eyebrow: “What? You think I’m threatening you?”

Zhao Kaile hurriedly shook his head.

“Do you think she and Bai Li are being genuinely nice to you?” Zhan Hang switched back to his lofty judgmental mode: “You don’t actually think they’re simply being kind to you, do you?”

Zhao Kaile broke out in dark lines of confusion.

Zhan Hang didn’t wait for his answer and continued: “That’s because you have value. They’re using this method to win you over. Then the question is simple. Where does your value come from?”

Zhao Kaile: “Uh…….”

Zhan Hang continued his impassioned speech: “Of course it comes from me. Your value is given by me. Do you understand now?”

Zhao Kaile was thoroughly thunderstruck.

After educating his ungrateful assistant, Zhan Hang downed the tea in his cup in one gulp, then stood up and performed a noble and cold turn, slowly walking upstairs.

Zhao Kaile: “…….”

Actually, there were many moments when he suspected Zhan Hang had some kind of problem, but Zhan Hang had shown him a great kindness that was difficult to repay. His conscience forced him not to allow such thoughts to form.

However, unfortunately, Zhan Hang suffered from insomnia again that night.

Zhao Kaile stood by the bed looking at him. They looked at each other in silence.

Zhan Hang frowned and asked: “Where’s the melatonin?”

Zhao Kaile said weakly: “When I was organizing earlier, I saw it had expired a long time……. so I threw it away.”

“Threw it away and didn’t buy new ones to replace it? Really.” Zhan Hang pressed his forehead irritably, kicked the quilt to the side: “Hurry up and think of a way to make me fall asleep.”

“Taking too much melatonin isn’t good.” Zhao Kaile: “Then should I go warm some milk?”

Zhan Hang: “Okay.”

A few minutes later the milk was heated. Zhan Hang finished drinking it, sat for a while, closed his eyes and lay down. Thirty minutes passed. Zhao Kaile was about to fall asleep leaning on the bedside when Zhan Hang smacked him awake with a pillow.

Zhao Kaile opened his eyes in panic: “What happened what happened??”

“……..” Zhan Hang looked at him with a bored face: “The milk isn’t working.”

Zhao Kaile wiped the saliva from the corner of his mouth: “Then how about we go out and run two laps?”

Zhan Hang: “Then wouldn’t the shower be for nothing? I’d have to apply body lotion all over again. What a pain.”

Zhao Kaile: “Then how about I read you a novel?”

Zhan Hang scoffed: “Forget it. It’s a perfectly good novel. The moment you read it, it becomes a textbook.”

Zhao Kaile: “……. Then how about we listen to hypnotic music?”

Zhan Hang reluctantly agreed and had Zhao Kaile use his own phone to connect to the Bluetooth speaker. Zhao Kaile played a Goldberg Variations for him. However, Zhan Hang normally only listened to rock music. After just one minute he couldn’t take it anymore: “What is this…… Turn it off, turn it off!”

Zhao Kaile had no choice but to turn it off. He racked his brains and said: “Then how about we watch a movie?”

Zhan Hang said: “Don’t want to watch.”

Zhao Kaile was speechless for a moment, reaching his limit. He thought, how about I just punch you and guarantee you’ll sleep soundly.

Zhan Hang took out his phone and browsed the news page out of boredom: “Forget it, forget it. I’ll tough it out with coffee tomorrow.”

Zhao Kaile leaned on the bedside drowsily and said: “Brother Hang, you have to force yourself to keep your eyes closed. The lights are off. As long as the environment is quiet, you’ll definitely fall asleep.”

Zhan Hang made a sound of agreement and stopped talking, but his eyes were still open, his finger slowly scrolling through a page on the screen.

Zhao Kaile didn’t know what he was thinking, so he had no choice but to stay by his side, his head nodding bit by bit, continuing to doze off.

Zhan Hang saw he was genuinely sleepy and said magnanimously: “Alright, go back and sleep.”

Zhao Kaile still maintained a sliver of conscious awareness, closed his eyes and shook his head.

Zhan Hang: “…….”

Another three or four minutes of silence passed. Zhao Kaile completely fell asleep. Zhan Hang’s eyes were a bit dry from looking at his phone, so he turned away and silently observed him for a moment, thinking, Zhang Wenqian was really right.

Zhao Kaile’s appearance was indeed decent. His nose and mouth shapes were quite outstanding. When he smiled, his eyes were curved. His pupils were black, bright, and spirited. He had quite a youthful air about him.

Just as Zhan Hang was mentally comparing Zhao Kaile’s three courts and five eyes, Zhao Kaile’s eyelashes suddenly trembled, as if he were about to wake up. Zhan Hang hurriedly averted his gaze and continued looking at his phone as if nothing had happened.

Zhao Kaile was woken up by the cold. The air conditioning was blowing in his direction, chilling his back straight through. He woke up groggily and discovered Zhang still hadn’t fallen asleep. He looked down at the time and was almost despairing. It was already two in the morning.

Zhan Hang said calmly: “You can still barely sleep five hours in bed.”

Zhao Kaile practically wanted to tie him to the bed, confiscate his phone, and blindfold him with a black cloth to force him to sleep. However, he had the heart but not the guts. He truly didn’t dare. He could only comfort himself that he could still nap for a few hours in the car tomorrow.

“I’m fine.” Zhao Kaile said, moved: “Brother Hang, I am willing to share joys and sorrows with you.”

Zhan Hang: “Idiot. Who the hell wants to share sorrows with you. Go sleep.”

Zhao Kaile’s burning ambition was doused with a bucket of cold water. He had no choice but to go sleep.

Zhan Hang sat expressionlessly on the bed for a while. He simply stopped trying to sleep, got up, washed his face, brushed his teeth, got fully dressed, tidied himself up, and sat in the living room watching TV all night.

At six thirty Zhao Kaile was woken by the alarm clock. Upon waking, there was a flurry of chaos. He went to the bathroom, the cat room, the kitchen, and Zhan Hang’s door in sequence. When he swept through the living room like a whirlwind, he discovered Zhan Hang, who couldn’t be roused no matter how he called, sitting on the living room sofa, leisurely taking a sip of tea, showing no signs of having stayed up all night.

Zhao Kaile was astonished: “Brother Hang, you’re up this early?!”

Zhan Hang said lightly: “Didn’t sleep. No need to cook. Just warm some milk. I don’t have much appetite.”

“……..” Zhao Kaile nodded weakly, thinking, damn, what a wasted night of fussing.

At seven the company car arrived on time. Zhan Hang got in the car wearing sunglasses, full of energy. Zhao Kaile, who had actually slept, was listless and collapsed onto the back seat without energy the moment he got in.

“Brother Hang, morning.” Lu Jiayin in the front seat turned around to greet him, then looked at Zhao Kaile: “Oh, Lele, didn’t sleep well again last night? Is your leg better?”

Zhao Kaile completely didn’t expect Lu Jiayin, who said she was very busy, to appear here. He jumped in fright, sat up like a carp flipping, and said in surprise: “Sister Jiayin???”

Lu Jiayin said: “It’s me it’s me. I’m following along for a day so you don’t blindly rush about.”

Zhao Kaile said, moved: “That’s wonderful. Thank you, Sister Jiayin.”

Lu Jiayin said to the driver: “Let’s go, Xiao Li.” Then she turned back and asked: “Brother Hang, have you two eaten? I brought some for you too.”

Zhan Hang waved his hand to indicate no need. Zhao Kaile picked a steamed bun and started gnawing on it, thanking her with overflowing gratitude.

Lu Jiayin said: “Luckily the filming location isn’t too far from us. Without traffic, three or four hours and we’ll be there. The weather is nice today too. The opening ceremony should go very smoothly.”

Zhao Kaile nearly choked, thinking, a three or four hour drive isn’t far??

Lu Jiayin drank her soy milk and chatted with him: “Before, Brother Hang took a China and M country co-production film. He had very few scenes. Could finish in one day. That was what you call far. Fly over in the daytime, fly back at night……… And guess what, not long after flying back, the people over there contacted him saying the hard drive was lost, asking him to come back and reshoot. My goodness, just a few scenes, flying back and forth four times.”

Zhao Kaile listened with a face full of shock.

What?? The film crew people are actually this unreliable? They can lose a hard drive?

Lu Jiayin: “Don’t not believe it. This kind of thing really isn’t rare. When you just start filming, not much is stored, so losing it is losing it…….. The most terrifying is when everything shot in the early stages is gone near the end of filming. That’s what you call a real heartbreak. The crew can only beg and plead to get the actors back to reshoot.”

“Huh??” Zhao Kaile couldn’t believe it: “The actors all agree?”

Lu Jiayin said: “They definitely don’t agree. Just pay more money and it’s done.”

Zhao Kaile: “……..”

That makes sense.

Zhan Hang listened from the side with a speechless face: “Lu Jiayin, don’t jinx it. Can’t you say something good?”

“Oh my.” Lu Jiayin stuck out her tongue and acted cute: “Children’s words carry no harm. Children’s words carry no harm.”

Zhao Kaile said: “It’s fine, Brother Hang. We definitely won’t lose our hard drive this time.”

“……..” Zhan Hang took off his sunglasses, tapped the two of them with the temple arms: “Keep quiet.”

Lu Jiayin nodded repeatedly, made a YES SIR gesture, turned back and started browsing Weibo.

Zhao Kaile pulled out an eye mask from his bag and handed it to Zhan Hang.

Zhan Hang asked: “What’s this for?”

Zhao Kaile gestured and said: “Eye mask. It blocks light. Convenient for catching up on sleep during the day.”

Zhan Hang made a sound of agreement, took it, and put it on.

Zhao Kaile silently watched him for a while, thinking, as expected of a male celebrity, he is a bit handsome. Like this, he even looks a bit like that supporting character in Blind Swordsman.

Wow damn, he really looks too much like him.

Zhao Kaile thought for a long time but couldn’t remember who that actor was, so he leaned over quietly and asked Lu Jiayin: “Sister Jiayin, have you watched Blind Swordsman? Do you remember who played Murong Feng in it?”

Lu Jiayin looked at him in confusion: “Isn’t he sitting right next to you?”

Zhao Kaile: “……..”

Huh??? That was also Zhan Hang???