CH 12

Chapter 12: Hidden Concubine

T/N: I’m not quite sure of the words I used for the title. This is the raw 藏娇. As you can see, I am a sucker for this kind of novel. I don’t know why this one hasn’t been updated yet, it’s really a good story! Please, please, pick this up!

Chen Doudou and Xu Jian are not agents but he is not favored like Xu Jian. They can’t get half a notice in ten days and a half months. They either spend time going to the practice room or the company’s library every day, and they have a lot of free time.

Therefore, Xu Jian just sent a ‘squeak’ and the other party almost responded in seconds:

【Erjian, you finally showed up! Where have you been making a fortune in these past two months? I can’t even reach you. 】

Erjian: Er: two/2nd; Jian: Xu Jian

【If you didn’t show up again, I wanted to go to the police station to report a missing person. 】

【Also, I’m afraid that the grapes sent by your uncle will go bad for a long time so I have already solved two bunches for you. Don’t thank me too much.】

Regarding Chen Doudou’s words, Xu Jian: 【#￥%!!!……】

Really. Cat face rolls on the keyboard.

Typing is really too strenuous for the current Xu Jian.

Paws are sore.

Chen Doudou: 【??? 】

Xu Jian concentrated on poking the words slowly: 【Except for a few things here, but it’s a little confusing, and there’s no solid injury.】 

In this sentence, Xu Jian knocked on the keyboard with each key for nearly ten minutes with his paws. When he sent it out, the anxious Chen Doudou had already brushed the whole screen all over.

And Chen Doudou, who had waited so long for Xu Jian’s reply, seeing this sentence full of misspelled words, he was taken aback for a moment. He even guessed that the ‘solid injury’ may be ‘attend to’.

Chen Doudou: 【Erjian, your input method doesn’t work ah.】

Xu Jian saw it; ridiculed in his heart——

I’m afraid you won’t believe it. It’s not the input method that doesn’t work, it’s my cat’s paw that doesn’t work……

But Xu Jian would certainly not tell Chen Doudou about such a fantasy thing of becoming a cat, at least not now.

So he silently let the input method take the blame for his paws, and replied: 【En……】

Everyone has their own privacy. Although Chen Doudou and Xu Jian have a good relationship, Xu Jian didn’t say anything and he did not ask what happened to Xu Jian’s disappearance in the past two months. He was relieved to say that nothing happened to him.

Qin Chen’s laptop was not fully charged. Xu Jian was typing slowly. After being tossed by him, the battery in the lower right corner has been 55% empty.

tossed: to toss from side to side (e.g. sleeplessly); to repeat sth over and over again; to torment sb; to play crazy; to squander (time, money)

He squinted his eyes and looked at the remaining small half of the battery; Xu Jian was anxious. Regardless of what Chen Doudou had sent, he hurriedly poked the keyboard:

【I lost my phone. I can only use Penguin to contact you for the time being. I’m fine.】

Of course, Xu Jian’s sentence is also full of typos, and Chen Doudou read it again and again in his heart to understand what he meant.

This time, it took a long time for Chen Doudou to reply:

【Erjian……you’re not going into MLM, right?】

MLM: Multi-level marketing also called network marketing or pyramid scheme.

【Where are you now? Blink if you need help.】

Xu Jian blinked in front of the computer screen. Seeing the word ‘MLM’ made him amused by Chen Doudou’s brain, he replied:

【You really think too much.】

Then, Xu Jian spent 20% of his battery explaining to Chen Doudou that he did not enter into MLM, and Chen Doudou asked doubtfully——

Why is his uncle still sending grapes to the company now?

Xu Jian explained, his paw was sore:

The termination of the contract is not a glorious thing. He is only 24 years old this year. It’s impossible to really go home and farm. He has to find a job to support himself so he concealed the termination of the contract from his uncle, fearing that the old man will worry about him.

He had just settled down in a different city. The reason why he didn’t tell Chen Doudou the news at the beginning is that he didn’t want him to worry.

Xu Jian’s explanation was reasonable, Chen Doudou did not have the slightest doubt, and finally replied:

【It turned out to be like this. Erjian, don’t worry about it. If your uncle asks, I will round it up for you.】

【Silly son ah, Dad loves you.jpg】

With regards to the advantageous expression pack sent from behind by Chen Doudou, Xu Jian is now restricted and unable to fight back so he has no other choice but to selectively ignore it and reply:

【Thank you, Silly Dou.】

On the side of his Uncle Liu Dingxiang, Xu Jian originally wanted Chen Doudou to help him cover up for him. As a result, before he spoke, the other party took over the job which saved him the trouble and he didn’t need to poke the keyboard for a few more minutes.

…………

Because of the inconvenience of typing, Xu Jian quickly found a reason to end the chat with Chen Doudou.

After logging out of Penguin, Xu Jian saw that there was still a trace of battery left, and thought that he might as well not leave any power for Qin Chen. Therefore, he reopened the browser and typed the words ‘Qin Chen’ in the search box.

In any case, Qin Chen is now his poop scooping officer, he needs to know more about the other party.

On the other side, looking at Xu Jian’s gray avatar, Chen Doudou slapped his forehead after realizing it:

“Oh no, I forgot to ask him what kind of work he does in which city!”

Thinking of this, Chen Doudou sent a few more offline messages, knowing that the next time he comes online, he will be able to see it first.

After typing in ‘Qin Chen’ and pressing the Enter key, the news that came out was overwhelming, and it was a huge difference from the one who found no such person.

Looking at Qin Chen’s personal Baike on the screen, Xu Jian enviously raised his paw on the pillow on the sofa next to him and stepped on a jio——

jio: internet slang; foot, whereas in XJ’s case, his paw. lol

He’s more popular than the dead person!

No, angry cat!

Qin Chen even has his personal website!

Placing the meat pad on the touchpad to move the cursor, Xu Jian clicked on Qin Chen’s personal website which was subdivided into many sections:

Website announcements, Qin Chen’s personal introduction, all public itineraries so far, portfolio, links to various activities to buy tickets, exclusive discussion forum, etc.

The bottom corner of the website shows the number of people in real-time. Xu Jian stared at the screen while silently counting in his heart; his fluffy head unconsciously followed the dots and clicked:

One, ten, hundred, thousand, ten thousand, hundred thousand……

It’s lunch break and the number of people online in real-time has six figures.

Xu Jian, who only have four-figure followers on Weibo and half of them are zombie fans bought to serve as a façade, Xu Jian was so envious that he doesn’t know how to meow.

Clicking on the hottest discussion area, Xu Jian clicked on the top post, pulling down a bit, and saw that this was Qin Chen’s event site return map sticker which contained various high-definition pictures of Qin Chen.

Inside, Qin Chen was mostly dressed in a neat, slim, expensive suit under the spotlight, his brows were slightly furrowed and his expression was cold.

Qin Chen in the photo gives Xu Jian a completely different feeling when he is at home.

Thinking of Qin Chen’s appearance when he usually hugged him, Xu Jian felt that he might have a hidden dual personality.

The laptop battery was running low, and Xu Jian was worried about clearing the search history so he left the discussion room after viewing two posts as a guest.

After clearing the traces of his use, Xu Jian turned off the machine. Closing the laptop is much easier than opening it. Xu Jian’s two hind legs slightly supported himself to get up, grabbing the display screen with his two front paws, then pressed down hard——

The expected sound of closing the laptop did not sound, but Xu Jian’s pair of cat’s eyes opened wide, pulling out his wailing voice:

“Meow——!”

It hurts!

When he got up and pulled the display screen with his front legs, in order to prevent the laptop from overturning and falling backwards, Xu Jian cleverly stepped on the laptop’s body with one of his paws from behind to stabilize it.

As a result, the moment the screen was put down, Xu Jian forgot to take back his meat pad so the tragedy happened that his meat pad was pressed between the screen and the keyboard.

In addition, he took so much effort to open the laptop; now, Xu Jian was in a happy and refreshing mentality when he closes it. It took a lot of effort when he closed the screen, coupled with the inertia of the screen, this hit him on the foot. It was so painful that his tail exploded.

The cat’s face twisted and pulled his leg out of the laptop. Xu Jian rolled back a few times holding his leg and stopped when he reached the pillow behind.

Suffering from the pain, he stood up and Xu Jian regretted it while blowing air into his injured meat pad——

If I had known, I wouldn’t have worked so hard.

Although the laptop is innocent, Xu Jian, who was relieved from the pain, stepped on the laptop with two feet, venting his anger.

But for fear that Qin Chen would discover that he would step on the screen and crack it, Xu Jian didn’t dare to exert any force.

After a one-sided battle with the laptop, Xu Jian was also hungry. Instead of eating cat food, he da da da, limping to the kitchen to open the refrigerator.

da da da: clatter (of horses’ hoofs)

Xu Jian is already proficient at stealing food, that is, it’s more difficult to open a closed refrigerator than a closed laptop. He jumped on top of the refrigerator and lay on his stomach, using his two front legs to push forward with all his strength from feeding, and opened the refrigerator door with difficulty.

When the light inside the refrigerator turned on, Xu Jian thought for a moment that he saw the halo above the angel’s head.

There were many things in the refrigerator, but few can be eaten directly. Xu Jian gnawed on the two lettuce leaves and ham sausage like a rabbit, comforting himself that he was eating a simplified hamburger.

After closing the refrigerator door, Xu Jian jumped up the counter, used his paws to turn on the faucet to drink two mouthfuls of water, and finally wiped his mouth——

Six minutes full can last until Qin Chen returns.

Whenever he ran to the kitchen to drink water, Xu Jian was extremely grateful that Qin Chen has installed a water purifier in his home so that the water coming from the kitchen faucet can be consumed directly.

After eating and drinking, Xu Jian slowly walked to the bedroom to recuperate.

Directly ignoring the cat’s nest next to him, he jumped onto the soft bed with great skill, and straightaway found a comfortable angle to lie down in the quilt.

The cat’s tail that was exposed in the air moved. Xu Jian felt a little cold so he swiftly hid his tail in the bed.

Although Xu Jian’s eyes squinted, he did not fall asleep. He analyzed his situation in his mind:

Judging from the current situation, it seems that the car accident never happened in the eyes of the outsiders, and everyone he knew thought he was still alive and well.

The car accident and the human body were the only clues he could think of before that might lead to a way to turn himself back into a human being, but now, this clue is broken as well.

So what should I do know?

Is it to be just a pet for Qin Chen for the rest of his life?

He couldn’t have been a cat demon in his last life ba?

Xu Jian didn’t expect to have the opportunity to surf the net, but instead of solving his doubts, he plunged into a more entangled and confused quagmire; completely losing the hope of becoming a human being.

Xu Jian’s heart is now at a loss.

Xu Jian, who was inside the blanket, sighed helplessly.

“Meow~”

It’s difficult……

…………

On the other hand, Qin Chen, who had finished work, cared about the little cat at home and asked the driver to directly drive to his home after finishing work.

In addition to Qin Chen and the driver, his assistant Xiao Nan and his agent Pan Min were on board.

Pan Min is 35 years old this year. When she joined the industry more than ten years ago, she started as an assistant. During her time as an assistant, she accumulated a lot of contacts and excellent work ability. Two years later, she successfully transferred to an agent.

Now more than ten years have passed, Pan Min has become a well-known ace broker in the industry and everyone calls her Sister Pan.

In view of the resources and contacts in Sister Pan’s hands, many companies have thrown olive branches at her over the past few years. Salaries, benefits, and artist commission are quite impressive which makes others jealous; there was once a company that arrogantly said:

You can set your own price for the salary; as long as the company can afford it, it can promise you.

After all, the hidden benefits created by an outstanding agent for the company are no less than that of a popular star.

Excellent agents; such as Pan Min, the network resources she holds in her hands can hold a lot of people. Now with the double gold film emperor Qin Chen in her hand is a very convincing example.

Nonetheless, in the face of these invitations, Pan Min remained unmoved and refused all of them.

Without exception.

After a long time, everyone in the industry knows that Pan Min can’t pry away; some people say that she is ambitious and holding these contacts and resources is to prepare for her own future agency company.

Yet after so many years, everyone said that Pan Min’s agency company has never made any movement. She has been staying with her old boss which is the company that signed Qin Chen——

Entertainment Culture.

Over time, there was even a rumor that Pan Min liked the Entertainment Culture of a certain top executive who was a person devoted to the Entertainment Culture.

No matter what the outside world talks about, Pan Min had never explained a word, letting everyone speculate……

But now, looking at Qin Chen who is eager to return home, Pan Min spoke calmly:

“The editor-in-chief of the magazine just wanted to invite you to dinner, but I didn’t say it because you were in a hurry to leave.”

Qin Chen looked back at Pan Min when he heard the words. “Who?”

Pan Min explained: “The one with short hair, wearing a ginger blouse, waving at you on the way out.”

There were a lot of people at the filming site. Qin Chen did not pay attention to the editor-in-chief. He only vaguely remembered that the person seems to be a woman so he asked again:

“Why did she invite me to dinner?”

The part of eating dinner was not part of Qin Chen’s schedule today.

The assistant Xiao Nan on the side suddenly raised her hand and bent her eyes, and said: “I know this question. Editor-in-Chief Zhou is a fan of Brother Chen!”

Qin Chen’s assistant, Xiao Nan, was found for him by Pan Min. It hasn’t been two years since she graduated from a university and she was in the stage of life where she had experienced beatings and unwillingness in the society. She had not been smoothed out by society, and she was curious about new things and was very aggressive.

As soon as the news that Qin Chen needed an assistant was revealed, people who put in their resumes to apply for the job and asked for connections were like crucian carp crossing the river. In the end, Pan Min chose Xiao Nan from the many excellent applicants.

crucian carp crossing the river: metaphorically means there are so many people.

Her reason for choosing Xiao Nan is also very simple——

Although Xiao Nan social experience is not rich, she is quite aware of her words and expressions. The most important point is that she is not afraid of the icy rays emitted from Qin Chen’s body and does not cower in the face of Qin Chen, unlike the others.

When Qin Chen’s former assistants saw him, they shouted ‘Old Boss’8 like a mosquito hum, for fear that a louder voice might scare such a tall man like him.

But Xiao Nan was different. When she saw Qin Chen for the first time, she bent down and bowed to him; her voice was crisp and bright:

“Brother Chen, good noon! I am your new assistant, Xiao Nan. From now on, if there’s anything you want me to do, please don’t hesitate to tell me and the mission will be achieved!”

As for the first time she saw Qin Chen, and she called him Brother Chen, Xiao Nan also explained afterwards:

“Brother Chen, you are too young to be called the Old Boss so I took it upon myself to call you Brother Chen. I absolutely have no intention to pull the strings!”

pull the strings: something like to seek contact for one’s own benefit; to suck up to sb

Besides the cold Qin Chen, Xiao Nan is the one with an active atmosphere; the joy of the team.

Hearing that the other party is his own fan, Qin Chen’s expression did not loosen in the slightest and even frowned:

“Work is work, she shouldn’t bring her personal feelings into work.”

After hearing Qin Chen’s words, Pan Min corrected him.

“By that time, work was over. It was a non-working hour.”

Qin Chen raised a brow at her words and looked at Pan Min speaking slowly:

“Why do I feel like Sister Pan wants me to have dinner with her?”

Meeting Qin Chen’s line of sight, Pan Min unhurriedly asked in return:

“Then why are you going back in such a hurry?”

Without waiting for Qin Chen to answer the question, Pan Min stared into his eyes and said:

“You took half a month’s leave before. I heard that you basically stayed at home for the past half month, why? Is there a spoiled little wife hidden in the house you’re so reluctant to leave that you are in such a hurry to go back?”

Xiao Nan listened to the words of Pan Min and finally understood——

Sister Pan has gone around such a small circle when in fact, what she wants to ask if whether Brother Chen is in love or not.

When Qin Chen heard Pan Min’s words, thinking of the little white cat at home; a smile slipped through his eyes:

“You really guessed it.”

He really has a spoiled little wife hidden at home.

The author has something to say:

Jian-spoiled-little-wife: Meow???

Sister Pan & Xiao Nan: !!!!