Fighting with Elder Xiao
Shan Yatong didn’t sleep long because Xiao Qishen’s phone had woken him up. He sat up as he listened to Xiao Qishen’s deliberately lowered voice and felt the warm palm on his waist.
Sensing that Shan Yatong was awake, Xiao Qishen smiled at him and continued to talk to the person on the other end of the phone. After hanging up, he gently asked, “Are you awake?” A certain Heavenly King naturally didn’t notice how ridiculous what he had just asked.
Shan Yatong smiled and nodded. “Brother Xiao, if you have anything to do, go and deal with it.” He didn’t miss the sentence Xiao Qishen had just uttered on the phone.
Xiao Qishen couldn’t say such things if it was because of the company. There was only one place, the Xiao family. Although Shan Yatong didn’t really live in such a wealthy family, in his previous life, he mostly interacted with wealthy families. He knew a lot about those battles.
Xiao Qishen’s smile remained the same. “Then go home and rest. I’ll be leaving first.” He turned around and his smile disappeared, replaced by a complicated look in his eyes.
Not long after Xiao Qishen left, Shan Yatong quickly received an unfamiliar call. The content of the call made him sneer.
“Please tell Mr. Xiao that I’ll be there on time at 3 pm.” He closed the phone cover and looked at the time. It was almost two o’clock. He stood up and walked out.
Yang Jun held a lunch box in his hand. When he saw Shan Yatong come out, he immediately stepped forward. “Yatong, you haven’t even eaten lunch. Have some.”
Shan Yatong was dressed in a white shirt and light-colored casual pants. His fine hair and white cheeks made him look exceptionally thin. As his manager, Yang Jun naturally felt that he had committed a grave sin. He had actually cultivated Shan Yatong like this. As an assistant, he had really failed his duty.
“I have something to deal with later. Give me the car key so I’ll remember to use it around lunchtime.” Shan Yatong reached for the car key in Yang Jun’s hand and walked away without looking back.
Car key?!
Yang Jun looked at Shan Yatong’s back and the box in his hand. He felt something was wrong.
He held the lunch box and leaned against the tree trunk beside him. The car keys… No, Shan Yatong didn’t know how to drive! When Shan Yatong entered Flying Entertainment, he was Shan Yatong’s assistant. Although he didn’t usually pay too much attention to him, he knew that he didn’t know how to drive. Shan Yatong didn’t have time to learn how to drive. Why did he ask for his car key at this time?!
Shan Yatong skillfully opened the car door, started the car, and left the set. The set was nearly an hour away from the tea house. Although he didn’t know for what purpose was Xiao Youtian looking him for, as a junior, he naturally couldn’t be late. This was a person’s outlook, and it had nothing to do with how he felt about Xiao Youtian.
Linlang Pavilion was the best teahouse in the city. The overall design was in the traditional style of ancient architecture. Even the tables and chairs were decorated in the ancient style.
Xiao Youtian sat on the carved wooden chair and played with the teacup. There were five people in the room, but they couldn’t even hear their breathing.
“Ade, what time is it now?” Xiao Youtian took a sip of tea and calmly asked.
“Master, it’s 2:40 now,” said the middle-aged man who had been following him the entire time. “I feel that it will take at least 40 minutes from the set.”
“Yes,” Xiao Youtian nodded, indicating that he knew what was going on. He didn’t say another word. The middle-aged man beside him glanced at the door and naturally did not say anything.
The second young master was a homosexual. He knew that, and so did the master. What he did not understand was why the master had not responded, or perhaps he did not understand why the master would accept this kind of thing. He remembered that when the master knew about this two years ago, his expression was very calm, so calm that it made him feel unreal.
Time ticked by. At 2:50, there was a knock on the door. Ade walked to the door and opened it. There was a young man in a white shirt standing at the door. His flax-colored hair was stuck to his ears. The smile on his face was very faint. He didn’t make people feel overly warm and didn’t seem rude. He gave off a clean feeling as a whole, even if he lived in a colorful circle.
However, it was only for a moment before Ade said indifferently, “Mr. Shan, Master has been waiting for you for a long time. Please.”
Ade’s alienation brought a sense of superiority to everyone. Shan Yatong didn’t care. After entering the room, he saw a white-haired old man with a gentle smile on his face, but his eyes were sharper than any knife.
“Mr. Xiao, I was in a hurry and didn’t bring a gift to you. Please forgive me for my rudeness,” Shan Yatong didn’t sit down either. Instead, he took two steps forward and bowed slightly.
“There’s no need to be so polite. I don’t see many juniors in the entertainment industry who are so courteous. Quickly sit down and try this Tieguanyin. I wonder if Mr. Shan likes drinking tea,” Xiao Youtian said as he poured a cup of tea into the Zisha teacup. Someone beside him naturally brought tea to Shan Yatong.
Shan Yatong sat down without hesitation. He picked up the teacup and sniffed it. It was indeed a top-quality Tieguanyin. He took a sip and smiled. “This is an excellent Tieguanyin. Mr. Xiao really knows how to drink tea.”
The two of them surrounded the tea guests. Xiao Youtian didn’t take the initiative to mention his purpose for coming, and Shan Yatong didn’t ask. The atmosphere between the two of them felt like they had forgotten their years.
At the side, Ade was shocked. He had rarely seen anyone besides his master who seemed so calm and relaxed. Moreover, this was a nineteen-year-old youth, a nineteen-year-old child. How could he be so intelligent?!
“Mr. Shan doesn’t seem to care much about why I called you here.” Xiao Youtian looked at the smiling youth in front of him and put down the teacup. “What an unexpected calmness. It makes an old man like me feel that the two sons of the family are too useless.”
Shan Yatong took the opportunity to put down the teacup. “Oh no, Elder Xiao is flattering me. Brother Xiao and President Xiao are rare talents.” Shan Yatong could vaguely guess that Xiao Youtian had called him here because of the two young masters of the Xiao family. However, was it worth it for the old master of the Xiao family to personally come and see him?
He played with the Zisha teacup. “Mr. Shan seems to be an orphan?”
Shan Yatong raised his eyebrows. Such an impolite way of exposing people’s scars was indeed the left wing of a large family against a small character. He continued to smile, “Yes, this is something that the entire entertainment industry, including my fans, knows about. Do you think such a small matter can make me feel insulted?”
The smile on the other party’s face didn’t seem to make Elder Xiao unhappy. He stroked the carved patterns on his cane and said, “Mr. Shan is a straightforward person. As an orphan, it’s indeed not easy for him to go this far from being an unknown little singer. I can’t help but think of someone else.”
It was as if Shan Yatong couldn’t hear the other party’s implication of him using the unspoken rules to climb up the ladder. He wasn’t curious to ask Xiao Youtian who the other person was because he knew and he didn’t want to follow Xiao Youtian’s path.
When Xiao Qishen rushed back to the Xiao family’s mansion, he didn’t see Old Master Xiao, who called him. He only saw Xiao Chengyu, who was sitting on the sofa and reading the newspaper, and the servants working around him.
Xiao Chengyu was surprised to see him return at this time, but he didn’t ask.
Xiao Qishen had already guessed that the old man only wanted to call him back. But why did the old man do this? What did he plan to do that he didn’t want him to know?
“Big Brother didn’t go to the company today?” Xiao Qishen politely asked.
Xiao Chengyu looked up from the newspaper and glanced at Xiao Qishen. “I felt a little cold last night, so I rested at home for a day. Why did you come back?”
“Ah, I’m going to Yunnan tomorrow, so I came back today. Where’s Grandfather?” Xiao Qishen asked casually.
“He left the house at noon today.” Xiao Chengyu closed the newspaper and folded it in his hand. “I’m not feeling well. I’ll go back to my room and lie down.”
The relationship between the two had always been bad. It was just that both of them had grown up and knew how to hide it. He didn’t care about Xiao Chengyu’s aloofness, but Xiao Qishen couldn’t figure out what the old man wanted to do.
Xiao Chengyu returned to his room and opened the newspaper again. There was a large photo in the newspaper that occupied the entire page. The subject of the report was “A Man or a Teenager Like Your Young Master — Shan Yatong.” The photo on this page was a promotional photo of an advertisement for Xiao’s watch. The young man was standing on a European-style balcony. He was clearly standing under the sun, but he reached out to block it.
In the tea room, Shan Yatong’s cell phone rang. It was a melodious zither tune. The melody was remarkably pleasant. Although Old Master Xiao didn’t know what the melody was, Ade could tell that it was the theme song of Shan Yatong’s first solo album, “Millennium.”
Shan Yatong looked at the caller and looked at Xiao Youtian. He clutched the phone and took a sip of tea from the teacup. “I’m really rude.”
Elder Xiao didn’t mind and smiled, “Is it Zimo’s number?”
Shan Yatong was stunned for a moment, but he quickly realized that Zimo was Xiao Qishen’s real name. He smiled and said, “Elder Xiao, you’re so predictable.”
Just as he finished speaking, his phone rang again. Shan Yatong did not answer the phone but looked at Xiao Youtian.
“My grandson’s call, you can answer it freely.” One couldn’t tell what was Xiao Youtian’s intention behind his smile.
Shan Yatong opened the phone cover and placed it beside his ear. “Brother Xiao, is there something wrong?” His tone was very calm, neither excited nor polite.
“Oh…” Shan Yatong glanced at Xiao Youtian from the corner of his eye. “No, a friend is looking for me. I’ll be there on time. Don’t worry.”
After saying a few words, Shan Yatong hung up the phone. “I’m so rude.”
“Not really. Mr. Shan’s time was spent with me today. I should say my thanks. It’s no longer early, so I should go. I’ll talk to you next time. I hope Mr. Shan will give me some face.” Xiao Youtian stood up and smiled.
Shan Yatong stood up as well. “No, it’s my honor to have tea with Elder Xiao.” His smile was naturally impeccable.
After walking out of the teahouse, Xiao Youtian got into the car and said to Ade, “He’s an extraordinary kid.”
Ade was at a loss. Didn’t Master want this little artist to stay away from Second Young Master? Why was there some praise in his tone?