Chapter 70   - Because I like you

Yu Yan was a bit confused. For a while, he didn’t know whether he should answer his question or ask him how he came to be here.

Good Show tugged at Yu Yan’s suit jacket and asked, “Your friend?”

Yu Yan’s chin was still in Yi Chen’s hand. He nodded, and Yi Chen’s hand shook a bit, as he confirmed, “Yes…”

Yi Chen didn’t expect to not only not get an answer, but for Yu Yan to start chatting with someone else on top of that.

He curled his index finger, tracing the side of Yu Yan’s cheek, then saw the person in charge of the gala head towards him at a quick pace. His tone was light as he said, “Get up, come with me.”

Yu Yan stood up and said, “How come you’re here?”

“President Yi.” The person in charge had reached them and bowed slightly from the waist as he said, “Your seat is in the front.”

Yu Yan looked in the direction the other party was pointing at. He didn’t recognize the other people who were seated at that table, but one of them looked very striking.

What made this person stand out was his headful of pale pink bleached hair and the mole under the corner of his eye. It was supposed to make for a charming look, but failed to do so because it was under a pair of sharp eyes. Lightly looking over this person, you could see that not only was he not feminine at all, but he also looked particularly attractive.

Being able to dress in such style and still get a seat at the center table, Yu Yan could blindly guess that he was the leader of that idol group.

That table was almost full, with only one seat left empty.

It was positioned right in the middle of the hall, perfectly facing the stage. One glance at it was enough to tell you about the identity of its owner.

At this time, Mo Nancheng had gone to look for his seat. On this occasion, he didn’t want to sit in the seat that would be the focus of most of the cameras, just to make sure that his ex-girlfriends wouldn’t discover his whereabouts. He had mentioned this matter to Yi Chen in advance and had told him to seat him at a table with more female anchors, but Yi Chen had ignored him and had told the person in charge of the gala to make whatever arrangements they wanted to.

Yi Chen asked, “Everyone is here?”

Yu Yan returned to his senses as soon as he heard Yi Chen’s voice.

The person in charge then bowed again as he replied, “All here, only missing you. Once you are seated at the table, we will immediately begin.”

Yu Yan wasn’t stupid. There weren’t many people who could have the manager bow to them and sit at the central table on such an occasion.

Yi Chen looked down at Yu Yan’s “seat mate” and said, “Arrange one more seat…”

“No need,” Yu Yan interrupted him reflexively.

Sensing everyone’s eyes on himself, he laughed and said, “…I’ll just sit here.”

Yi Chen was just about to say something when the person in charge braced himself and reminded him, “President Yi, the time specified for the start of the livestream is nearly here.”

Yi Chen raised his eyebrows, but after seeing that the person in front of him didn’t have any intentions of leaving without him, he could only let out an “en” and then lift his legs to walk away.

Yu Yan sat back in his original seat. Good Show had noticed something odd, but didn’t ask much about Yi Chen.

“Have you gone through the schedule?” Good Show asked, “The awards are first, but don’t be nervous. When you are called on-stage and get the trophy, just say whatever you like.”

Yu Yan didn’t have the heart to start chatting again, but nodded to show that he had heard his words.

Only after the background music started playing did Yu Yan drink from the glass of boiled water.

The host walked onto the stage and introduced the guests of honor first.

“Finally, President Yi, the chairman of StarTV, has also arrived on the scene. Let’s all applaud and welcome him—”

Sure enough. Yu Yan was holding his cellphone up to his face and subconsciously looked over the top of its screen.

The man who wore a suit nodded expressionlessly.

Yu Yan retrieved his gaze after taking only one look, but couldn’t help drinking a lot more water after that.

…He was so embarrassed.

Previously, because he had always been under the assumption that it wasn’t easy for Yi Chen to earn money, he had tried to give half of the gift money back to him several times.

Yet, in the end, it turned out that the platform had actually been the other person’s company all along, and thus the other half of the gift money would have returned to his pocket anyway.

Yu Yan thought of the notice that had appeared only once and then never again on the platform. Was that also because of Yi Chen?

The popularity of his stream… Even the right to participate in this award function, was it also because…

His cell phone violently vibrated, and he looked down at it.

: Just saw your message, why didn’t you come and sit over here?

Yu Yan: Since I’ll be going on-stage later, it’s more convenient to sit here.

Such a reason was barely acceptable.

: When it’s over, let’s leave together.

The host announced Yu Yan’s name just as he was about to type “When?” in reply.

Everyone seated at the table got up one after another and headed toward the stage. Yu Yan had originally wanted to be the last one on-stage, but with the other anchors standing back and letting people pass by them instead, he was “sent” to the second place, and stood just behind Good Show.

The presenter of the awards was Yi Chen.

As soon as the host finished introducing him, Yi Chen took the trophy from the staff member assisting with the distribution of the prizes and officially handed it to Good Show, who received it with a bow and then thanked him.

Yi Chen replied, “En.”

Good Show: “….”

When Yu Yan went on-stage to receive the award, he stood steady, took the trophy from Yi Chen, and thanked him.

Who would have expected this person to just stand firmly in front of him even after having given him the trophy.

Yu Yan froze, wondering if he had missed a step in the whole procedure.

Only to see Yi Chen slightly spread open both his arms, and in his usual tone, say, “Congratulations.”

Yu Yan was about to verbally thank him when he was hugged by the other party.

It was a very light and quick hug, and before he could even realize that he was being held, the other side had let go of him.

The next anchor to come on-stage didn’t even qualify for an extra glance, let alone a hug.

After he got off the stage, Good Show clinked trophies with him and said with a laugh, “Cheers.”

Yu Yan also laughed. “…Cheers.”

This scene was clearly witnessed by Yi Chen.

Just now, when he had hugged him, Yu Yan had been completely expressionless, and he hadn’t even thanked him at all. Who would have known that he would clink trophies with someone else as soon as he stepped down.

The second event of the gala was a casual competition.

What was interesting about this competition was that the organizer had designed a large spinning wheel for it, similar to the lottery wheel. All the required elements of the competition would be selected randomly. How random would it be?

——The anchors would be drawn at random, the teammates for each team would be chosen at random, and the game to be played would also be random.

The first draw was for the game, so as to determine how many anchors would need to be selected.

The lottery wheel rotated for a long time, and finally stopped on a level 3 Helmet — the first game to be played would be PUBG.

Then came the selection for the players for the games. The number wheel turned, and its first draw resulted in the selection of a… Hearthstone anchor.

The selected person’s face showed a muddled expression. His mouth could be seen moving on the side screen as he said, “Laozi can’t play that , do you think I can go up and just dance for you guys?”

Of course not.

Yu Yan was still immersed in his thoughts of having failed to say something in reply to Yi Chen on the stage and couldn’t pull himself out of it. Suddenly, he heard a loud sound emerge from the spinning wheel. He looked up to see— No.018.

No. 18 was Good Show.

Good Show got up. “Can I ask my friend to help me? He’s very good at PUBG, I’m not.” He crazily pointed at Yu Yan while saying this.

Three seconds later, his proposal was mercilessly rejected. Because the next number that jumped out of the wheel was— 019.

Yu Yan looked at the place card in front of him and resigned himself to his fate as he stood up.

It wasn’t until all the randomly chosen anchors gathered on the stage that Yu Yan realised why people had been cheering so much just now. There were eight people on the stage—

And among them were Yu Yan, Good Show, and two professional players from CN7.

On top of that, the two CN7 pros had even been put into the same team, and the remaining two members of their team were both PUBG anchors.

On the other hand, Yu Yan’s side consisted of… a Hearthstone host, a LoL retired player, and a LoL anchor.

Yu Yan looked at the prizes for the winner of this second event placed beside him and said farewell to them in his heart.

PUBG wasn’t a game where you could play a simple 4v4, but the organizers had taken that into consideration and had let them rest in their seats for a bit while a group of backstage staff logged into some accounts and queued for the match at the same time. Very soon, they handed over the accounts that had all entered the same match to the two teams for the game.

The rules of the game were very simple. At the end of the match, whichever team ranked closest to first place would be the winner.

Fortunately, even though everyone said that they couldn’t play, they did know how the basic operations worked. Yu Yan didn’t have to teach them how to operate the keys.

The most honest one on their team was Good Show. He had said he couldn’t play, and he really couldn’t play.

“Which is better, SCAR-L or Uzi? Which one should I pick up, Xiao Yan?” Good Show asked.

Yu Yan replied, “SCAR-L .”

A few minutes later, Good Show had nearly gotten himself killed. Fortunately, Yu Yan arrived in time to pull him up.

With barely any health left, he hid himself behind a door, applied a first-aid kit, and discussed with Yu Yan, “Xiao Yan, I’m too pitiful. It’s bad enough that I don’t know how to play, but it’s also really difficult to use the gun.”

Yu Yan replied, “The SCAR-L is quite suitable for novices.”

“I’ll pay you 100 yuan for your gun.” Good Show said, “Will pay you right after we get off this stage.”

Yu Yan choked. He looked at the names of the two CN7 teammates who were crazily filling up the upper right corner of the screen with their kill announcements. He then reasoned that since all of this was for entertainment, there was no need for him to be too serious, so he said, “…No need, just come and take it .”

The person in charge explained the preparations that had been made for tonight to Yi Chen with great dedication. It wasn’t until the other party raised his eyebrows that he realized that the big boss was not listening to him at all, but was instead looking up at the big screen.

He had played alongside the little anchor a lot, so Yi Chen knew his temperament very well. Besides himself, Yu Yan never gave the gun in his hands to anyone else.

But the little anchor stood there and threw his M416 onto the ground. The person next to him immediately picked it up, and the camera turned to Yu Yan and Good Show. The latter said something and teased Yu Yan into lifting a corner of his mouth.

As Yi Chen watched this happen, irritation brewed in his heart. He felt even more irritated right now than the time when he had found out that employees were being inattentive during a meeting.

The person in charge of the gala followed his gaze. “President Yi, that anchor is called Good Show; he’s the most popular anchor on our platform. You just awarded him a prize, so you should know…”

Yi Chen interrupted him, “Be quiet for a bit.”

“&#k2026;&#k2026;” The person in charge replied, “Alright.”

Fortunately, Yi Chen wasn’t angry for a long time, because Good Show was soon killed by others, and Yu Yan’s other two teammates soon followed.

Everyone was amused by Good Show’s aggrieved expression and felt that the match was over.

Who knew that five minutes later, then ten minutes later… The match was on-going even 20 minutes later.

yanxyan had 7 kills and had made it to the semi-final circle alone.

If he had achieved this during his usual livestream, the viewers may not have been surprised, but this match was different. There were two professional players from CN7 playing on the opposite side in this match.

Yu Yan hid in a bathroom while the two CN7 players appeared on his map.

The audience held their breath as they stared at the big screen, with not a single person even picking up their chopsticks to reach for the delicious dishes on the table.

The CN7 players were experienced and very careful. Instead of crossing the map in a straight path, they circled around its edges and skilfully avoided Yu Yan’s bathroom.

Just as everyone in the audience was about to breathe a sigh of relief, Yu Yan moved—from the corner he had been stuck in, he had managed to see the shadows of the two CN7 members.

Although he had seen someone, he didn’t know who it was, so he played in a very casual manner. He left the bathroom at once, and it seemed that he was going to ambush the two CN7 members!

At the instant the bathroom door was opened, it was discovered by a CN7 member. After revealing this matter to his partner, the two of them hid behind the hill as they also prepared to ambush Yu Yan.

It was a very interesting scenario for the audience— to watch the two sides test each other.

After spending a few minutes in a standoff, the CN7 duo obviously became impatient, and for a moment, the team member who had reported the location of their plausible enemy wasn’t sure of whether or not anyone had really been there— he only remembered that they seemed to have not opened the bathroom door, but he hadn’t seen anyone again after that.

So, in light of this, one of them carefully walked up the slope. The moment he showed his head, there were countless shots—Yu Yan had seized the opportThe person in charge immediately went up to him. “President Yi, the signing ceremony…”

“I know, I’ll be there right away.”

Yi Chen kept on walking until he finally stood in front of Yu Yan.

He frowned, looked at the wine cup in Yu Yan’s hand, and then noticed that his cheeks were red. “Aren’t you clear about your own alcohol tolerance?”

Yu Yan replied, “…clear. I’m not drunk.”

Yi Chen still wanted to say something more, but when he saw that the person in charge looked like they were about to cry, he straightened his expression, grabbed Yu Yan’s wine cup, and put it on the table.

“It’s almost over. Wait for me here, I’ll take you back.”

In actuality, not only did Yu Yan not listen to him, but he didn’t even wait for him after the gala ended.

After imbibing a few more glasses of red wine, the person next to him leaned over and said, “Xiao Yan, the gala is almost over, so how about we slip away first ? Recently, livestreaming has made my back ache. How about we all go get a “happy ending”?”

Good Show hit the other person a bit before scolding, “Scram, don’t corrupt little children.”

Yu Yan asked, “What’s a happy ending?”

That man smiled widely as he replied, “It’s a massage.”

Massage?

Yu Yan wasn’t really used to being touched by strangers, and he had never gotten a massage before, but he had experienced lower back pain recently. For any anchor who did this work for a while, waist problems became an inevitability.

He was a bit embarrassed. “After getting a massage, does your waist feel a bit more comfortable?”

“Of course, and since Good Show has won the prize this time, he said he would treat us.” That person bumped Good Show on the shoulders a few times. “Right ?”

Good Show laughed and agreed, “I’ll treat, I’ll treat, just a little money.”

So the moment Yi Chen stepped down from the stage, he received a message.

Little Anchor: No need to bother with sending me back, I’m heading back first.

After seeing the little anchor’s empty seat, Yi Chen didn’t even think before picking up his coat and leaving the banquet hall. He then directly called him.

A long while passed before the other side picked up the call.

Yu Yan asked, “…What’s the matter?”

Hearing a clashing noise on the other end, Yi Chen asked, “Where are you?”

“I left first, didn’t you see my message on WeChat?”

“With whom? Where to?”

“With other anchors.” Because he had drunk wine, Yu Yan’s voice sounded a little low and he used the words he had just learned to reply, “To go get a happy ending.”

Yi Chen grew both angry and amused.

He gritted his teeth and asked, “Where are you?”

Why was it this question again? Yu Yan was even starting to wonder if he was really drunk now.

Yi Chen said, “Speak.”

“In the parking lot, they’re waiting for the valet.”

“You stay there and wait for me, you’re not allowed to go with them.” Yi Chen said, “I’m heading there now.”

Yu Yan hung up the call just as the valet arrived.

Good Show got into the car, and after seeing him still standing in the parking lot, he urged him, “Xiao Yan, get in the car ya.”

Yu Yan hesitated and said, “…You guys go first .”

“Then what about you?”

“It seems that President Yi still needs me for something.” Yu Yan said, “I’ll catch a ride back with him then.”

“Is he not sending his girlfriend back?” Good Show asked, “You’re just accompanying them to be a third wheel?”

Saying this was most definitely like spreading salt on Yu Yan’s open wound.

Third wheel?

…He didn’t want to be a third wheel at all.

Yu Yan had just placed his foot into the car when his waist was suddenly grasped. Before he could react, the person who had grabbed him by his waist picked him up and placed him steadily on the ground.

Yi Chen’s voice was very cold, and because he had been in a hurry, he was also gasping a bit as he rasped out, “Is whatever I say just wind in your ears?”

Good Show was stunned at his sudden appearance and said, “President Yi, we just didn’t want to bother you, we’ll send him back . He’s a little drunk, and he doesn’t seem to be able to discuss matters.”

Yi Chen gave him a glance that was neither light or hard, but it was full of warning.

When another person sitting in the car saw him, they hurriedly dragged Good Show back. “Since President Yi is here to send him back… then Xiao Yan, we’ll be going first ! See you next time!”

The car quickly drove far away. Yu Yan stood in place, only feeling that everything that had just happened was quite inexplicable.

But now that it was over, he had to ask in a depressed voice, “Why did you come find me?”

Yi Chen grabbed his hand and took him to the lounge.

A glass of water was handed to him.

“Drink this.”

Yu Yan took it and drank a bit of it.

Yi Chen’s brow finally relaxed. He asked, “Why didn’t you wait for me?”

Yu Yan’s eyes fluttered, and he said, “Didn’t want to trouble you.”

“Tell me the truth,” said Yi Chen.

“……” Yu Yan said, “I’m not that indelicate, and I didn’t want to be a third wheel.”

“Whose third wheel?” Yi Chen asked.

“You and your girlfriend’s.”

Yi Chen said nothing for a while. “Who is my girlfriend? Why don’t I know about this?”

Yu Yan paused and said, “The one who was just beside you.”

“That’s not my girlfriend.”

“Then it’s a girl you just took an interest in?”

“……”

Yi Chen looked at him and suddenly asked, “Are you jealous?”

Yu Yan was startled and shook his head very hard. “I’m not! What am I jealous about… How could I be jealous, don’t speak nonsense.”

Yi Chen looked at his stance and thought it was funny. He was just about to say something when a cell phone suddenly rang.

Yu Yan took out his cellphone and picked the call up.

“Hello… Good Show? I’m fine. En, I’m still here. No need, no need to come back to pick me up… It’s really alright. Tomorrow ma? Come to the hotel to find me? Alright , my hotel is called…”

Yu Yan felt his hand become empty just as he was about to convey the name of the hotel he was staying in. His cellphone had been stolen from him.

Yi Chen’s face was expressionless as he hung up.

Yu Yan was stunned and reached out to get it back. “What are you…”

Before he could finish speaking, the face of the person in front of him suddenly magnified infinitely. Before Yu Yan could react, he was pushed back, and his back was pressed against the lounge wall, which was immediately followed by the sensation of heat on his lips.

Yi Chen had suddenly leaned down and had enfolded him in a kiss.

His kiss was very strong, with his lips constantly rubbing against Yu Yan’s lips. Although he wasn’t proficient with his technique, he was particularly hard to get away from, as he kept repeatedly biting and sucking at him. Yu Yan even felt that his heart had stopped beating.

The smell of Gucci cologne surrounded him tightly, and all the alcohol he had consumed rushed to his head at this moment——

Only when Yu Yan felt that he was about to suffocate was he finally let go.

His whole body was red; his cheeks, eyes, and even his lips were red as hell.

His eyes had widened, his whole face was filled with disbelief. He opened his mouth, but couldn’t say anything for a long time.

Just as Yi Chen was thinking that Yu Yan had been scared silly, he heard him say—

“I’m not drunk ?”

“No,” said Yi Chen.

Yu Yan let out an “oh” before saying, “…I’m not asleep either?”

“No.” Yi Chen said, “You’re very much awake.”

Yu Yan heard his heartbeat, which was banging in his ears.

“Then you kissed me?”

“En, I kissed you.”

“……Why? ”

The man’s voice was low and deep as he said very firmly, “Because I like you.”

He couldn’t bear to see him wronged, couldn’t bear to see him sad, couldn’t bear to see him treat others well, and itched to gather all the good things in the world in both of his hands and offer them up to him.

Always thinking of him when he was on a business trip, and as soon as he had time, video-calling him.

Upon hearing that he had been bullied, his chest had hurt with anger.

Upon seeing that he wanted to leave with others, he had wanted to tie him up at home, just to prevent him from going anywhere.

If this wasn’t “like”, then what was “like”?

Yu Yan was stunned. However, before he could bask in happiness, he suddenly thought of something, and his eyelids abruptly became droopy.

“Did you also drink?”

Yi Chen frowned. “I didn’t drink.”

“But didn’t you say that I’m your Didi?”

“……”

Yu Yan reminded him, “You said so in front of Manager Li.”

Yi Chen smiled softly and suddenly said, “I’m sorry.”

“I shouldn’t have taken you to see Li Fei.” He raised his hand to cover the back of Yu Yan’s neck, and rubbed it twice, as if he was placating him.

These two rubs were too gentle, and Yu Yan felt that his legs were almost unable to hold his weight anymore.

“Said you were my Didi… Because I couldn’t think of a relationship closer than friendship but this.” Yi Chen repeated, “I’m sorry.”

The man’s voice seemed to contain some kind of magic that caused Yu Yan to become dizzy, made his face flushed, and made his heart race. He opened his mouth, but was unable to form words for a long time, eventually answering in a shriveled voice, “En…”

He stared at Yi Chen’s lips; they looked thin and a bit red right now.

Kissing was something he hadn’t even dared to dream of in his dreams.

So it felt this good?

Yu Yan stared and stared, and couldn’t help licking his lips and swallowing.

Wine fills the heart with courage, and allows people to do whatever they thought they should do. He silently counted for three seconds in his mind, then closed his eyes, and leaned forward for a kiss—

The two of them had the same idea, and ended up hitting each other halfway.

“Hiss…” Yu Yan was hurt a bit by the sudden collision.

Yi Chen’s cheeks were dusted scarlet, but after seeing this, he laughed.

He raised his hand, first rubbing Yu Yan’s mouth with his thumb, and then negotiating, “I’ll do it.”

Yu Yan’s face was red enough that it would start dripping blood soon as he replied, “…okay.”

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Juurensha: EEEEEEEEEEE THEY KISSED! And they’re so cuuuuute hahahaha, slamming into each other. So many things to talk about with this chapter! First off, poor baby Yanyan! Fuck up that company, Yi Chen! Next, I think Good Show means well, even though the whole thing with the “massage” is pretty shady. And it makes sense that he’d assume the girl was Yi Chen’s gf, but gdi, that caused a lot of drama. Yi Chen’s a bit possessive, but I think having claimed his little anchor, he’ll calm down a bit. And Yanyan is too cute as always, not even daring to dream of kissing! And I do appreciate Yi Chen going for it as soon as he finally figured out his own feelings (even if it took 70 chapters, gdi Yi Chen, you nearly took as long as Huanhuan).

Noks: We got a bit of everything in this beast of a chapter! Winning awards, playing a match, making new friends, getting jealous over said new friends, getting Yanyan’s background, a little back-and-forth tug of war between the two leads because of misunderstandings, drinking wine, realising feelings and finally… Kissing! 1YanTang fangirls, get ready for the lovey-dovey romance!!!

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