Chapter 5 - Hard To Wait On (1/2)

Hard To Wait On

Xiao Jiashu endured, with much difficulty, until break time. Just as he was about to find a cafe to pass the time, he was stopped by Fang Kun, who said that Ji Mian was inviting him out for a meal. It was a superior’s invite. How could Xiao Jiashu refuse? But when they arrived at their destination, Xiao Jiashu’s complexion instantly changed.

As a movie emperor, the places that Ji Mian frequented were all high-class places with strong secrecy and security. This Western restaurant was an internationally famous brand name, personally endorsed by a Michelin chief, and the food was extremely delicious. But that wasn’t main point right now. The main point was what was currently placed right in front of him, this medium-done slab of beef-steak… Xiao Jiashu had previously spent a good number of months at home eating fried potato chips, instant noodles, rubbish (unhealthy) snacks like spicy sticks every day. His mouth had around seven to eight ulcers. Don’t even mention meat, it was even torture to drink water. He could already imagine, when that super chewy and super coarse beef enters his mouth and chaf, chaf, chaf… against his open wounds… that unprecedented wonderfully painful feeling.

As he was only a little sprout in the workplace, and was in front of his great BOSS, Xiao Jiashu forcibly pushed down the fear induced by his mouthful of ulcers, tremblingly cut a piece of steak and put it into his mouth, pretending to chew it as he normally would. He thought that he had concealed it very well, but in Ji Mian and Fang Kun eyes, his expression looked as though he was eating poison.

“The steak doesn’t fit your taste buds?” Ji Mian asked warmly.

“Not at all, it’s utterly delicious!” Xiao Jiashu immediately waved his hand in disagreement, then forced the meat down his throat without chewing it up, his eyes and eyebrows all scrunched together as one.

Ji Mian: “…”

Fang Kun smiled and tried to tide things over, “Do you drink wine? This restaurant’s red grape wine is quite good, Want to try?”

Wine? That, which as soon as it enters his mouth will burn his ulcers like sulfuric acid and cause so much pain he’d wish he was dead? That wine? Xiao Jiashu’s heart wept tears, but his mouth stretched up into a smile, “Okay, thank you, Kun-ge.”

Fang Kun poured a cup of red wine for both Ji Mian and Young Master Xiao. He was just about to use the wine as a bridge to start chatting about signing under him, when he saw the Young Master Xiao’s face reveal a sinister expression, before rapidly lowering his head.

“What’s up? The wine doesn’t suit your taste buds? Ji Mian looked at him with a smile.

“Not, at, all! It, is, utter, ly, deli, cious!” Young Master Xiao was already in so much pain he couldn’t even talk smoothly anymore; his face was blacker than the bottom of a saucepan.

Ji Mian: “…”

Fang Kun laughed. “If you like it, then drink up.” After he spoke, he helped pour Young Master Xiao another glass of wine.

Xiao Jiashu, who would rather suffer than to lose face, felt almost as if a day was passing by like a year; his hand holding the glass was currently shaking. He vowed, So long as I can walk out of this restaurant alive, I will never eat rubbish snacks ever again. Just when his heart was emitting an intense SOS signal, a middle aged woman around forty walked over. She first greeted Fang Kun and Ji Mian, and then intimately pinched Xiao Jiashu’s face with her fingers. “Lil’ Sapling, you returned to the country but still didn’t think to come visit your Aunty Su?”

“Aunty Su? Are you here to eat too?” Xiao Jiashu almost cried out tears of joy. He promptly stood up and gave the woman a bear hug. He was just planning to introduce her to the people still sitting when he heard Aunty Su unyieldingly (not giving people the option to refuse) say, “Xiao Kun, I’m going to borrow this person. You guys continue eating, I’ve already settled the bill.”

“Aiya, Su-jie, how can we just accept your kindness like that?” Fang Kun still had several more polite, cursory lines to say, but the woman had already dragged the tall and strong Young Master Xiao away, leaving behind an empty seat and a glass of light red wine.

“Xiao Jiashu actually even knows Su Rui. He sure has an awfully wide network!” Fang Kun drank a mouthful of wine, and slowly said, “From the looks of it, I may not be able to sign him. But it’s not too bad this way (not much of a loss), has a stinky temper, poor at acting, bad control over his facial expressions, and also hard to wait on. With this meal, I can dispel my previous notions (of wanting to sign him). Someone like him, it’s easy to make him popular, but will be difficult to keep him popular for long. Once he attends any reality show, his true character will be exposed in seconds, and then his reputation will be in shreds.”

Ji Mian didn’t reply, only lightly swirling his glass of red wine. Being in his favourite restaurant eating his most favourite steak and drinking his most favourite wine without anyone disturbing him was the most ideal situation.

“I’ll just forget it. To tell you the truth, I don’t really like signing an ancestor either. You’re too easy to look after. I wouldn’t be used to bringing up someone else.” Fang Kun cut a piece of steak and put it into his mouth. He immediately narrowed his eyes in pleasure. “Delicious, Xiao Jiashu’s tongue must be broken.”

On the other side, Xiao Jiashu followed Su Rui into a private room, then immediately scrunched his face in an expression of pain, “Aunty Su, quickly give me a cup of water to wash out my mouth!”

“What’s going on?” Su Rui promptly passed him plain water from the table.

“I have mouth ulcers, and just drank wine.” After Xiao Jiashu washed out his mouth, tears spilled out immediately after. He looked like an husky that had been wronged, causing Su Rui to burst out laughing. She used to be Xue Miao’s manager. Later on, the two had jointly started a manager company. Just several years ago, they produced a female signing competition show together, opening up the flourishing talent contest market in the country (starting up the vigorous unending wave of talent shows in the country), and allowing the company to establish firm grounds in the entertainment circle. If you had to talk about their relationship, they could be said to be closer than true sisters. Su Rui preferred to be single, not marrying and not having children. She considered Xue Miao’s son to be no different from her own.