Chapter 47
People deeply caught in love, especially one-sided love, were naturally sentimental, sensitive, and prone to brooding over all sorts of small matters.
Although, this matter was partly because he had not been entirely proper either.
Not keeping a promise… wasn’t that basically giving someone hope and then shattering it? No matter how one looked at it, it was not very moral.
Actually, he had remembered!
He just had not expected the secret admirer to bring it up first. It was kind of… kind of brave.
But also kind of… kind of awkward.
Shen Jinfeng sighed and thought about what to do.
How should he comfort Qin Ye?
After all, judging from the current situation, it was impossible for him to abandon the other members of the team. Mainly, the others were all unwilling to stay behind and go beachcombing.
Could they split into two groups after entering the woods? But he was not very reassured about that either.
Human lives were at stake. The others in this little team were all ordinary people, and they were even a little weak.
Oh, perhaps there was one person left who had some combat ability, and he was now eagerly waiting for him, wanting to act with him alone.
Shen Jinfeng quietly thought for a few seconds and did not speak.
Qin Ye had originally been pretending to look straight ahead, but after saying that sentence, the fingers hanging by his side could not help tightening a little.
The veins on the back of his hand faintly rose, revealing his nervousness.
Seeing that Shen Jinfeng still had not answered—
He held back for a while, but in the end, he could not stop himself from turning back to look.
Their gazes happened to meet.
Qin Ye instinctively wanted to look away, but he steadied his gaze.
He rarely questioned someone so insistently, determined to get an answer.
But… he looked steadily at Shen Jinfeng, his eyelashes trembling faintly. “Little Captain, are you going to go back on your word?”
???
In front of the screen, Madam Yun frowned tightly as she watched this scene.
She had held back for a long time, but finally could not help complaining, “Qin Jianfeng, who did your son learn this trick from?”
“How is he this green-tea? He can even act pitiful and put a hat on someone?”
No one knew a son better than his mother.
With one glance, she could tell that when Qin Ye said this, his nervousness was real, and his desire for an answer was also real.
But Qin Ye could not possibly be unaware that there was currently no chance for the two of them to be alone.
Yet he was still “putting on an act” like this. He definitely had another motive!
Qin Jianfeng glanced at her, opened his mouth, then said nothing.
Madam Yun said, “If you have something to say, say it. You’re acting like I’m bullying you and not letting you speak.”
Qin Jianfeng: “…Didn’t Qin Ye learn this trick from you?”
Madam Yun: “???”
Qin Jianfeng silently straightened his back even more, but shifted his body farther away, ready to stand up and run at any moment.
“Otherwise, how could you see through this brat’s wicked little thoughts at a glance?”
After saying this, he stood up and walked straight toward the study. “Wife, I suddenly remembered I still have an international video meeting to attend.”
Madam Yun froze for a moment before reacting.
“Qin Jianfeng, explain yourself!” she roared angrily.
But Qin Jianfeng had already taken a large stride around the corner and entered the study.
She carefully looked at her son’s hypocritical performance on the screen, then looked at the bullet comments filling the screen, most of which were saying things like “Ye-god is so pitiful” and “I feel like Ye-god is about to break.”
She fell silent.
Why did it suddenly… seem… indeed a little familiar?
No, wait. Were these viewers blind?
The signs of acting were so obvious. What a waste of the several Best Actor awards Qin Ye had won!
But clearly, aside from his mother, who was on the same path as him, and his father, who had been immersed in this for years and could now see through the trick at a glance but helplessly cooperated most of the time—
Most netizens did not see through it.
And Shen Jinfeng, clearly, did not see through it either.
He met Qin Ye’s gaze. Those dark eyes showed no trace of tears, yet they still seemed bright as if washed by rain, carrying cautious expectation and grievance.
It did not match the young man’s usual cold, noble temperament at all.
Although he had long since seen clearly that the secret admirer’s true nature was that of a love-brained person who loved overthinking, and that his temperament was only a surface appearance.
But—
My god!
He blinked uncomfortably.
Was this secret admirer using a beauty trap on him?
This time, Shen Jinfeng shook his head very decisively. “No.”
He was not someone who went back on his word.
[My god, I’m truly convinced. This little pitiful thing in the livestream is Qin Ye? Looking at his eyes, my heart is about to break.]
[What do you want! I’ll give you everything! Take everything you want. Big Boss, promise him! Promise him! Promise him!]
[Tsk, tsk. Beauty really does confuse people. With just a few words, Big Boss Shen can’t hold on anymore. Qin Ye, since you’re this impressive, your acting path back then was really too narrow!]
[What acting path back then? Ye-god is showing true feelings now. Can back then compare to now?!]
[If I were Big Boss Shen, who would still care about that group of children inside the house at a time like this!]
[Pfft, goddamn children. Mo Fan too?]
[Isn’t he? A group of blind people. These two are practically about to start dating right in front of them, and they still haven’t noticed anything! Forget Mo Fan being a straight man, but if I may say so, Mo Fan, haven’t you even been married before? And you still can’t sense such an obvious ambiguous atmosphere! You’re all blind. Get down here and let me go up. I want to ship them online!]
[Fuck, I originally didn’t feel much! But with “Being Human’s” usual habits, the moment there’s any intimate behavior, they’ll probably mosaic it! I hope technical bro’s hands are a little slow then so I can screenshot! Sister above, your idea is amazing. If I were shipping them online, I’d walk behind them when they held hands, cling to the door crack when they kissed, and squat on the ground as a mushroom when they confessed their feelings to each other!]
[Show.]
[No, you guys are going way too off topic! Right now I just want to know how Big Boss Shen is going to fix this! Hahaha, Qin Ye, you’re impressive now. This is the first time you’ve made our Big Boss’s eyes wander so much that he doesn’t dare look at you.]
Cough, cough. This netizen was exaggerating a little.
Shen Jinfeng had only blinked. He was not that cowardly!
He steadied himself, patted Qin Ye’s shoulder, and comforted him. “It’s fine. There will still be chances in the future.”
“The scenery in this forest is only average. After we get out, I’ll take you somewhere prettier. The two of us will go. Mm?”
For some reason, he did not sound very confident when he said this.
Meanwhile, the production team staff: “…”
No, Big Boss, if you want to make a promise, then make a promise. What do you mean by stepping on our production team while you’re at it?
Please, besides, no matter how good the scenery outside is, it can’t compare to the deserted island where you two met!
The key point isn’t the scenery.
Of course, if even outsiders could see that, Qin Ye naturally could too.
Only, perhaps, a love-brained person immersed in love could live on affection alone. Whatever the person he liked said was good. Even if the person he liked gave an explanation full of holes, he would think of a thousand reasons to make it make sense.
When Qin Ye heard Shen Jinfeng say this, his eyes lit up.
He did not act reserved either. Bright joy appeared openly in his eyes and brows.
“After we get out, we’ll make an appoint—meet?” Not good. He had almost said “date.” It was not yet time to pierce through the window paper.
He paused and saw that Shen Jinfeng’s hand resting on his knee looked relaxed, but the distinct fingertips were slightly pale.
The corner of Qin Ye’s lips curved faintly, and his voice softened even more. “Can I choose the place?”
“I’ll pick a good place, and we’ll go together. Little Captain, you can’t refuse me.”
Shen Jinfeng let out a breath of relief.
Finally, it was resolved.
“Fine. No problem.” He agreed very straightforwardly.
He stood up, examined Qin Ye’s complexion, and asked with a smile, “Happy now?”
“It’s about time. We can wake them up. Come on, get up and wash your face.”
Qin Ye nodded and also prepared to stand.
However, although he had been sitting on the lounge chair earlier, his posture had not been relaxed or casual.
Instead, because he had not moved for a long time, his blood circulation was poor. When he straightened up, his calf muscles were all numb, and the moment he stood, a sudden sharp pain surged through him.
His body could not help staggering.
Shen Jinfeng saw it from the corner of his eye and quickly stepped forward, reaching out to steady him.
Qin Ye frowned slightly, waiting for the piercing pain in his leg to pass.
Only then did he realize that, in his earlier flailing, his hand had actually grabbed Shen Jinfeng’s palm by coincidence!
Shen Jinfeng was supporting him with one hand, while his other hand was firmly held by Qin Ye.
Their posture, facing each other, was truly a little too close.
So close that between their breaths, they seemed able to smell the warm air each other exhaled.
The pain eased, but a wave of heat suddenly surged into Qin Ye’s heart and rushed straight to the crown of his head.
Qin Ye’s body went completely stiff.
He could not move.
Shen Jinfeng naturally also felt his hand being held. In fact, for an instant just now, the strength gripping his hand had even increased.
“How is it? Which leg hurts? Is it better?” He thought Qin Ye was in unbearable pain.
Many people should have experienced the pain of cramping from poor circulation after maintaining one posture for too long.
The moment that feeling surged up, in serious cases, it even felt as though that whole area was twitching.
But that feeling often passed through the worst point after a few seconds, and after two minutes, it would be fine.
Qin Ye did not answer.
Shen Jinfeng prepared to bend down. “Which leg? Should I massage it for you?”
However, before he could bend down, Qin Ye exerted force with his hand and steadily held him up.
“It’s fine. I’ll recover in a moment.”
Seeing that his expression looked a little better, Shen Jinfeng did not insist.
“When it feels better, I’ll help you walk a few steps to move around.”
“Mm.” Qin Ye gave a muffled response from deep in his throat.
He felt the heat continuously coming from where their palms touched, where their skin met without any barrier.
This heat burned him so much that even his limbs felt somewhat uncoordinated.
This was really… embarrassing!
Qin Ye tried hard to calm himself. Looking at Shen Jinfeng, who was watching him with concern, he explained, “I’m usually not this weak.”
He had never nearly fallen just because his movements were stiff before.
He felt this was truly embarrassing!
Mm, yes. It was all because it was too embarrassing.
His gaze pretended to sweep casually across their joined hands. In his heart, he condemned himself for not working out enough usually.
However, their two hands placed together fit perfectly, without the slightest gap.
They really looked well matched.
Little Captain’s finger bones were slightly more slender than his, but the joints were distinct, long, and powerful.
The faint veins on the back of his hand rose slightly, not exaggerated, and even looked rather refined.
Strangely… good-looking.
Of course, in the future, he would learn—
Those strangely good-looking hands could burst out with strength far, far greater than his! It was completely unreasonable!
But at present, Shen Jinfeng supported him as they walked forward and moved around.
Since he was supporting someone and responsible for watching the direction, he did not spare extra attention to look at Qin Ye’s expression.
When he heard Qin Ye awkwardly say, “I’m usually not this weak,” he almost laughed out loud.
What the hell? Why was that so funny? Hahaha.
Cough, cough. He could not laugh out loud, or he might hurt the secret admirer’s currently “fragile” heart.
He held back his laughter, but anyone could hear the “seriousness” in his voice as he said, “Mm. I believe you.”
Qin Ye: “…”
However, he did not see it, but the viewers watching the livestream had an extremely clear angle.
[My heavens, at this point, why not just kiss?]
[Let’s be real, you two are only holding hands. Strictly speaking, this doesn’t even count as holding hands. Why are you making it tenser than kissing?]
[No, the only nervous one is Ye-god hahahaha. Big Boss Shen got tricked by him and still hasn’t noticed!]
[Dammit, Qin Ye, even your ears are red! At the very beginning, I actually believed for a few seconds that you only had sore legs from sitting too long and couldn’t stand steadily. Now it’s obvious that this was a ghost trick to hold your wife’s hand!]
[So many little schemes, tsk. So good at acting.]
[Exactly. After all, all those Best Actor awards he won before weren’t for nothing. Dog head.]
[Not for nothing? This acting is so clumsy this time. If Big Boss Shen just turns his head, he won’t be able to hide it anymore!]
[Oh my, how do you know what Big Boss Shen’s reaction would be if he discovered it? Maybe he’s happy to see it happen. Don’t interfere in little couple matters! Maybe Big Boss Shen is acting along with him right now. Side-eye smile.]
[Pfft, emphasizing again, they are not together yet! And although Big Boss Shen is super, super, super, super amazing, his acting really isn’t good. He can’t act it out!]
Although he had returned to the study alone, the video meeting had not started yet. Qin Jianfeng, who still wanted to watch his son’s fun, looked at these comments: “…”
He now very much agreed with something Madam Yun had said.
These netizens’ eyes were probably blind.
When Qin Ye was truly acting, these people could not see it.
Now that Qin Ye was showing his true feelings, these people thought he was acting.
No one knew a son better than his father.
Just now, when he stood up and could not even stand steadily, if Xiao Shen had not supported him, he would have nearly stumbled. Could that have been Qin Ye acting?
Impossible.
If Qin Ye resembled him even a little, he would never be willing to make such a fool of himself in front of the person he liked.
Qin Jianfeng smiled and, with great experiential confidence, took a sip of tea.
This brat was lucky. His mistake had turned into success. Although he had embarrassed himself a little, he had actually taken advantage.
However, he was not as idle as Madam Yun. He was not going to argue with this group of blind-eyed netizens to determine who was right or wrong.
They were all beautiful misunderstandings.
The livestream continued.
Shen Jinfeng supported Qin Ye to the water basin, then let go of his hand. “Can you stand steadily by yourself now?”
Qin Ye’s hand instinctively tightened, then slowly loosened. He made no extra movement to keep him.
“Mm.”
“I’m fine now,” he replied.
The two of them washed their faces and woke themselves up a little.
The people remaining inside the house were actually still sound asleep.
[This is absolutely amazing. Running to a variety show to livestream sleeping. Sure enough, when you follow the right person, money is easy to earn and life is comfortable!]
The bullet comments did not say they had come to the right show.
After all… the guests who had come to this lousy show in the first two seasons had been quite miserable.
Shen Jinfeng and Qin Ye woke the others up, and everyone went to wash their faces too.
He Erwang and Qi Xiu, who had slept well earlier, were already full of energy. As expected, they were at the most energetic age.
“Go, go, go! Let’s set off, set off!”
Gu Shengsheng turned his back to everyone and changed into his leaf clothes. “Let’s go, let’s go! Let’s go explore the forest with Boss!”
Hearing the sound and turning back, Mo Fan glanced at him. “Pfft, Gu Shengsheng, dressed like that, you might as well merge with the leaves once we get into the forest.”
Qi Xiu said sourly from the side, “How could that be? Their green leaves still have so many flowers on them.”
He Erwang suddenly tossed out an idiom. “A person lovelier than flowers.”
Gu Shengsheng’s face was covered in black lines.
“I know you’re just jealous of me.”
He was not angry at all. He was smug!
Mo Fan said, “What are you so proud of? I also have leaf clothes Boss made for me.”
“But if I fall into the swamp again, even if just one leaf falls into the mud and can’t be retrieved, my heart will hurt.”
The others joined the CPU team together.
“Exactly. Such a precious, one-of-a-kind outfit—if I had it, I’d definitely treasure it carefully and wouldn’t bear to wear it.” Qi Xiu sighed.
He Erwang echoed, “That’s right. What if it gets bumped or scratched, and the leaves fall off and the flowers are gone too?”
Shen Jinfeng said, “Actually…”
“Boss, don’t talk!”
The others turned back to look at him together.
Shen Jinfeng closed his mouth.
He wanted to say: No, are you people serious?
For those leaf clothes, the leaves were still fine and had a longer shelf life.
But the flowers had been there for several days. Weren’t they already a bit wilted?
Who would have thought Gu Shengsheng would really be persuaded by them?
He felt what they said actually made some sense.
His whole face wrinkled with hesitation.
“Forget it. I won’t wear it outside after all.”
He ran back to the corner again, turned his back to everyone, and changed back.
Wearing an ordinary T-shirt and shorts, he returned.
“Let’s go,” he said listlessly.
But no one sympathized with him.
He Erwang secretly laughed. Paired with his purple hair, he looked truly flamboyant.
Like a delinquent youth.
No matter how outstanding his looks were, they could not hide his “ill intentions.”
The group brought their tools, but overall, they traveled light. For their first collective large activity, they headed toward the forest!
As they walked, when He Erwang came to his side, Shen Jinfeng narrowed his eyes and ruffled a handful of his purple hair.
“He Erwang, those strands of bangs are almost hanging into your eyes. Doesn’t it feel uncomfortable?”
Actually, He Erwang did not like others touching his head!
But well… if it was Shen Jinfeng touching him, he was used to it anyway.
He turned his head back in a stress response. Seeing that it was Shen Jinfeng, his expression restrained a little, making him look somewhat obedient.
“What’s wrong, Boss?”
He reached out and lifted the purple hair in front of his forehead, measuring the length with his fingers. “Yeah, it does poke my eyes a little.”
After all, this fashionable hairstyle had been carefully designed by a hairstylist before he entered the show. Every strand of hair had to be fixed in exactly the right place.
The slightly long broken hair in front of his forehead could originally be fixed in midair.
After he had just gotten this haircut, he had shot a magazine spread.
The final photos made countless fangirls scream at his handsomeness.
However, on the deserted island, there was no professional hairstylist to take care of it.
This head of purple hair could only freely perform according to its own wishes and the angle of the wind.
It really could be considered supported entirely by his looks.
Shen Jinfeng smiled faintly and suggested, “Do you want me to cut your hair?”
“Huh?” He Erwang froze. “Boss, you can cut hair too?”
“So amazing!”
Out of the complete trust in Shen Jinfeng that had been cultivated during this period, he nodded almost without hesitation. “Sure, Boss. Then I’ll leave my head to you!”
[Pfft, I’m eating right now, and He Erwang’s sentence really made me spit in shock! Goddamn “I’ll leave my head to you” hahahaha.]
[He Erwang really deserves to be called an ordinary little genius of sentence-making!]
[Speaking of which, Big Boss Shen can cut hair too? Seriously, why does it feel like he knows everything?]
[Wuwu, looking forward to this so hard! I wonder what kind of hairstyle Big Boss will cut for little purple-hair!]
[Wait, there’s something I don’t know whether I should say… I know you’re all looking forward to it, but don’t look forward to it yet. Why do I feel that when Big Boss Shen looks at little purple-hair’s head, his eyes look like he’s looking at a toy?]
[Now that you mention it, it really does feel like Big Boss Shen is eager to try! Haven’t you noticed? If it’s something within his ability range, Big Boss Shen always treats it lightly. But this look… hiss, why am I a little panicked? Although Big Boss Shen is amazing in every aspect, and cutting hair is such a small thing, if a haircut is ruined, people really do cry! I once had my hair destroyed by a hairstylist and cried out loud in the shop on the spot.]
Clearly, Shen Jinfeng was also stunned for a moment by He Erwang’s phrase “my head.”
He was amused until his brows and eyes curved. “Okay.”
He Erwang asked curiously, “Boss, do you have an idea already?”
“What kind of head do you want to cut for me?”
Shen Jinfeng tilted his head and carefully examined him a few times.
Then he said decisively, “A buzz cut.”
After cutting it into a buzz cut, he should dye this head of purple hair back to black!
Just now, he had been standing there laughing at Gu Shengsheng like some non-mainstream delinquent youth.
He looked really asking for a beating.
However, judging from He Erwang’s bone structure—
He could definitely pull off a buzz cut.
He was not exactly tricking him. Probably.
He Erwang: “…Boss, are you serious?”
“Doesn’t a buzz cut make someone look like a reformed prisoner?”
Pfft.
[Hahahahahaha, He Erwang, why did you steal my line! I was just about to say most men with buzz cuts look like reformed prisoners, right?]
[I… I really did get excited too early… dizzy. Big Boss, you’re not serious, are you?]
[Little purple-hair really has never had a buzz cut before. Speaking of which, among so many male celebrities in the entertainment industry, not many can pull off a buzz cut.]
Shen Jinfeng nodded seriously. “Don’t you want to prove to your parents that you have the ability to live independently?”
Hm? How did the topic suddenly turn to this?
He Erwang hesitantly nodded. “Yes.”
“Don’t I already have it now?”
“Boss, after your teaching, I’ve already learned several survival skills!”
Qi Xiu could not help laughing from the side. “Hahaha, no, because your eyes are still too clear—stupid.”
Gu Shengsheng, who also knew this meme, could not help laughing too.
Shen Jinfeng held back his laughter and, under He Erwang’s angry gaze, said, “The sign of a boy’s maturity is cutting a buzz cut. Really.”
“After you cut a buzz cut, you’ll definitely be even more handsome. It’ll be the kind of handsome full of sharp, mature aura, just like when you look at soldiers. Who would doubt that a soldier doesn’t have the ability to live independently?”
He Erwang actually recalled the soldiers he had seen, whether on television or in real life. It made some sense.
“Ye-ge, have you ever had a buzz cut?” he suddenly asked Qin Ye.
Because Qin Ye’s aura was exactly the kind that looked like he had the ability to live independently.
The kind his parents would like.
Qin Ye: “…”
Without changing expression or missing a heartbeat, he said, “Mm.”
“After cutting it, I looked very mature.”
He Erwang really, truly, got fooled.
“Fine. Then I believe in Boss’s skills.”
Bullet comments: […]
He Erwang’s fans: […]
[No, little purple-hair, you’re an idol! An idol! Idols are supposed to walk at the forefront of fashion trends! Have you ever seen an idol with a buzz cut?]
[I really believe Xiao Qi’s words now. In this whole world, is there anyone easier to fool than my Wang-ge?]
[Help… Big Boss, please let our purple-hair remain a chuunibyou youth! A non-mainstream boy with clear eyes is very cute QAQ.]
On the side, Qi Xiu was already desperately covering his mouth to stop himself from laughing out loud.
Originally, he had even taken out his turtle shell and planned to say his catchphrase, “Wait while I do a divination first.” After this interruption, he forgot.
It was really too funny hahahahaha.
