Chapter 47: Did you eat Mr. Fang Today?
How did it feel when you became popular at a wrong time? Fang Qiao probably could tell. The first day after posting his retirement statement, he was No.1 in the trending topics.
Fang Qiao didn’t know what to say seeing a “Hot” attached behind the topic of “Fang Qiao stepped away from the entertainment circle”.
On the second day, his post was shared for more than one hundred thousand times. Even Han Jiayue who was shooting for a film abroad texted Fang Qiao, saying “Let me gain some attention” and then wrote a post of over a thousand words, recalling his time with Fang Qiao, which was so sincere and touching that people might misunderstand it as a memorial essay.
The film crew of the movie that both Fang Qiao and Ye Ran played a role also posted a microblog, wishing Fang Qiao the best and inviting him to the premiere.
Apart from those, many celebrities who shared the post didn’t have much contact with Fang Qiao. Some of them only met him once, let alone co-working with him. But they all expressed their pity for Fang Qiao’s quit. Fang was surprised to learn of his popularity. However, Baby Qiao Fan Club prepared a gift, a collection of all Fang Qiao’s scenes in TV series and film works since his debut, which touched him the most.
Many of the roles he played didn’t even have lines, and some only showed up for a scene or two. But his fans spotted them all and even made a collection of clips.
Fang Qiao’s eyes turned red. Suddenly he felt his walk-on years wasn’t totally meaningless. With a content smile on his face, he texted Lu Yanzhou in fun, “I’m a bit regretful to quit.”
Lu Yanzhou replied instantly, “Then delete your post. I’ll let the company announce that your account was hacked.”
What an unprincipled man!
After quitting the show biz, Fang Qiao put his whole heart into cake business. The decoration of the shop Lu Yanzhou prepared for him finished. On weekend, Lu took Fang Qiao to buy tables, chairs and kitchen utensils. Everything was going on in an orderly way.
On the opening day, Fang Qiao invited Lu Yanzhou to cut ribbons. They wore black suites and stood in the center, looking extremely handsome and attracting many onlookers.
Some passers-by took photos and posted them on the internet. In the photos, Fang Qiao was smiling happily. Soon people online recognized him.
Netizens were shocked to realize the famous Mr. Fang’s Cake Shop was owned by Fang Qiao!
After this shock, people also found that the man next to Fang Qiao was very familiar. He was both handsome and outstanding. Wait, was he the gossip boyfriend, that high-handed boss?
It was immediately bombarded with comments.
“Damn! I think I know the truth of Fang Qiao’s retirement…”
“…Sis, we share the same idea…”
“OMG! A sudden retirement when his career is taking off, only to become the man behind his back!”
“It can’t be otherwise! As a public figure, he can’t go public with their relationship, so he has to leave the circle.”
“It’s LOVE indeed!”
“Ahhh I’m about to cry! Please get married right here right now!”
“They might have got married already. No need to worry.”
“Hey, you guys are making all that up.”
“Not necessarily so…I saw them last week in a furniture center…around bedding area.”
“Oh my god, they picked bedding in public. It almost equals to having sex, pals!”
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Not for long, their CP fans cut out their images and made various wedding photos without the slightest trace of any Photoshop manipulations.
Fang Qiao took a break from his busy business and logged on Weibo. His screen was instantly flooded with new messages. Fang Qiao opened those wedding photos one by one calmly. He had read their sex novels before, thus comparing to that, wedding photos were nothing.
Right at this point, Lu Yanzhou walked over and caught a glimpse of the wedding photos on Fang Qiao’s phone screen. Amused, he whispered by Fang’s ear with an evil smile, “We’ll take more photos for our wedding if you like.”
Fang Qiao was taken aback. He flurriedly pressed off the screen and stuffed his phone in his pocket, pretending that nothing had happened while his ears turned red.
So damn cute!!!! Lu Yanzhou wished he could drag Fang into the kitchen, bind him and do whatever he wanted.
In the afternoon, the topic #didyoueatMr.Fangtoday# went back to the trending chart after many days. The cake shops’ customer number was sharply increased. The demand exceeded the supply in all three shops. Besides, they lacked cakemakers and there was not enough time to make cakes, so the shops were closed early before 5 o’clock in the afternoon.
As the new cake shop achieved such a good result in the first day, Fang Qiao was excited. He was addicted to counting money with his legs crossed, totally forgetting Lu Yanzhou beside him.
Lu who was waiting Fang Qiao to have dinner was unhappy. He moved a stool next to Fang and sat on it. Seeing cake photos shared with the hashtag, he silently forwarded a post as well:
“#didyoueatMr.Fangtoday?# No.”
Fang Qiao saw the post after counting money, and realized that he had ignored Lu Yanzhou all day long. He ran to the kitchen and took out a small box, in which lied a heart-shaped pink cake.
“This one is for you. Mr. Fang’s limited edition.” Fang Qiao held the cake and said with a lower voice, looking a bit shy.
Lu Yanzhou breathed deeply and fought hard to restrain himself, averting his eyes. He was afraid that with one more look on Fang Qiao, he would turn into a “monster”.
Fang Qiao misunderstood that Lu Yanzhou didn’t like this cake. Thinking about Lu’s help throughout the whole day, he tipped his toes and landed a kiss on Lu’s lips after a moment of hesitation.
Lu Yanzhou was stunned at first, and then took the initiative to prolong the kiss. His tongue slipped in Fang Qiao’s mouth and entangled with Fang Qiao’s outrageously until Fang couldn’t breathe.
After that, Lu Yanzhou licked his mouth longing for more. He reedited his post before Fang Qiao collected himself: