Raising You This Small Stuff

Chapter 47.1 A dance party and a banquet!

“No way right, Mo Yi Cheng brought someone here?”

“Wasn’t it said that he doesn’t have a female companion?” They were disappointed voices amidst the discussions. But when they saw the person Mo Yi Cheng helped down out of the car, they froze for a moment. It was a…. man, and he had already put on his mask. The silver retro mask covered half of his face, but one could still see his delicate and small chin and moist lips. His temperament was sunny and both soft and cute. They could see that the teenager was a little nervous as he leaned close to Mo Yi Cheng’s side, seeming to want to grasp his sleeves but then held back.

“Yi Cheng, you’re on time.” Chen Sheng said as he greeted, but the smile on the corners of his lips were a bit forced.

Mo Yi Cheng nodded his head in greeting.

Chen Sheng glanced at Yuan Suo again. He had been surprised by the young man’s appearance when he had gotten out of the car just now, but seeing him up close, he saw that he was even more stunning. Even if half of his face was covered, people still couldn’t move their eyes away. “Is this is… Du Du?”

Yuan Suo recognized Chen Sheng and greeted him quickly, “Hello Chen Sheng.”

Chen Sheng led Mo Yi Cheng and Yuan Suo inside. People kept throwing glances at Yuan Suo along the way and sensing his nervousness, Mo Yi Cheng put his hand on the back of his waist gently and smiled softly. “Don’t be nervous.”

Yuan Suo took a deep breath then nodded quickly.

Chen Sheng couldn’t help but smile, then he shook his head and sighed.

Mo Yi Cheng felt that his mood wasn’t right and asked, “What’s wrong?”

Chen Sheng pursed his lips, “Jiang Ge has something to do, so he couldn’t make it.”

It turned out to be this…

Mo Yi Cheng couldn’t comfort him, so he just patted him on the shoulder.

Chen Sheng smiled bitterly, “It’s okay, I’m used to it. Besides, it’s for work. Right, I heard that he also took your assistant.”

“Chen Jiao?”

“Yes, the one who was originally chubby but has now become as thin as a bolt of lightning.”

Mo Yi Cheng was amused by his metaphor, thinking of when Yuan Suo’s Q version was chubby, but had now become as thin as a bolt of ‘lightning’.

“Is he going to record a song?” Mo Yi Cheng asked.

Chen Sheng answered: “No, it seems he’s going to a party in the circle? I heard that many directors and music producers will be there.”

Mo Yi Cheng nodded and stopped asking.

Several people had also entered the hall at this moment.

Mo Yi Cheng put his mask on.

Chen Sheng raised his brows, looked as if he had seen through something, and lowered his voice, “Yi Cheng, you and Du Du are wearing a couple outfit, right?”

Mo Yi Cheng, “…. Don’t talk nonsense.”

Chen Sheng wasn’t afraid, “Even a fool can see it.” After leaving that retort, he suddenly turned around and gave Yuan Suo a surprise attack, “Isn’t that, right Du Du?”

Du Du was taken aback for a moment, nodding his head subconsciously.

“Look, your little Du Du has admitted it!” Chen Sheng smiled triumphantly at Mo Yi Cheng.

It was only afrer they turned a corner that Yuan Suo realized the meaning of a ‘couple outfit’. He waved his hands quickly, “No… no, I was wrong… Let me answer it again…”

Mo Yi Cheng looked at the bewildered expression on the little thing’s face, held his shoulders, pulled him into his arms, lowered his voice and said to Chen Sheng: “What can you do if I admit it?”

Chen Sheng: “….”

Yuan Suo: “….”

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This wasn’t the first time Chen Jiao had appeared at this type of occasion, but it was his first time appearing as a ‘singer’.

Although Jiang Ge had gone abroad to develop for a while, he had the foundation, aura and popularity. As soon as he arrived at the party, he was surrounded immediately, with many singers coming forward to say hello.

Chen Jiao had been brought here by Jiang Ge, so although they looked at him with strange looks, they were polite.

Chen Jiao’s ‘Galaxy’ had been approved by Director Li Xilan, hence many people were very interested in this ‘newcomer’ who had come out of nowhere halfway through. Chen Jiao couldn’t handle it, so Jiang Ge helped him.

Jiang Ge instructed him, “Don’t just smile stupidly and don’t drink everything after clinking glasses, otherwise no amount of alcohol you drink would be enough for them.”

Chen Jiao nodded, “I understand, I understand.” After speaking, however, he froze suddenly.

“What’s wrong?”Jiang Ge followed his gaze. Several people were chatting with wine glasses in their hands not far away. One of them looked very familiar. Jiang Ge didn’t know much about the newcomers in the entertainment circle now, but he had some impressions of this person. It was Qian He who had finally been exposed online in the end after he bullied Chen Jiao.

“No… nothing.” Chen Jiao turned his head, his expression complicated.

Jiang Ge sighed, then comforted: “That’s how the entertainment circle is, don’t care too much.”

Chen Jiao was stunned, these words….. Mo Yi Yan had also said the same thing. And that was almost the only fond memory of his hopeless love.

Jiang Ge patted his shoulders, “There’s an acquaintance over there, I will be back later.”

“Ok!” Chen Jiao nodded.

After Jiang Ge left for a while, Chen Jiao found a seat. He looked at the people coming and going and suddenly felt a little weak. Deep in his bones, his character was a bit like Jiang Ge’s, introverted and gentle, but Jiang Ge had very strong heart and also had a smart mind to navigate through all this, but not him. Except for music and doing his job well, he wasn’t good at dealing with so many people.

Chapter 47.2 A dance party and a banquet!

“Hi there.” A nice voice sounded, a shadow falling over his face at the same time. Chen Jiao looked up to see a tall man in an iron gray suit and a casual shirt with a rounded neck, giving a sense of casualness to his a handsome temperament.

“Hi.” Chen Jiao searched in his mind for a while but was sure that he didn’t know him.

The man saw the confusion in Chen Jiao’s eyes, smiled slightly, and introduced himself: “Kid, let me introduce myself, my name is Qin Tian Min.”

Chen Jiao was stunned by this ‘kid’. “Hello, my name is Chen Jiao, but I’m not a kid anymore.”

Qin Tian Min’s peach blossom eyes narrowed as he scanned Chen Jiao’s face unbridledly, as if he didn’t believe it, “Is that so? Little…. kid…”

“Hmm, I… I’m 30 years old.” Chen Jiao felt the strangeness in the other party’s eyes, but he looked to be only 23 or 24 years old. His age should scare him away.

When Qin Tian Min heard the number 30, there was a flash of surprise in his eyes, then he raised his eyebrows, “Then, your face is too deceptive— big uncle.”

Although Chen Jiao didn’t have a baby-faced, he somehow looked much younger than his peers. This was also the reason why he called Mo Yi Cheng ‘Mo Ge’ by mistake, so even though he had reached the age 30, no one had ever called him uncle, or… big uncle.

Seeing that Chen Jiao didn’t say anything, Qin Tian Min’s lips hooked up, “Uncle, is this the first time you’ve come to this kind of occasion? You look nervous.”

Chen Jiao was forced to retreat again and again. In a panic, he suddenly remembered who this Qin Tian Min in front of him was. He had never seen him before, but he had heard of this name, the young master of the Qin family, a well-known bully in the entertainment circle. He had the three elder sisters, plus Father Qin was nearly fifty years old when he was born, so he was a treasure in the family. This kind of person… it was better to stay far away from him.

“Sorry, I have friends over there, I have to go over.” Chen Jiao lowered his head nervously before walking to the side.

Qin Tian Min turned and blocked Chen Jiao’s way as soon as he moved. His thin lips curled up, revealing a well-fitted and good natured smile, but there was a hunting gaze in his eyes that couldn’t be concealed, “Give me your number, we can become friends if we get to know each other well.”

“There’s….. there’s no need to.” Chen Jiao refused.

Qin Tian Min observed keenly that when Chen Jiao refused, he placed one hand on the left pocket of his trousers, so he took the cell phone from Chen Jiao’s pocket with dexterity. Chen Jiao couldn’t stop him.

“Uncle, give me your number before leaving.”

Looking at his phone that was taken away, and the piercing gazes that seemed have been cast on him, Chen Jiao had no choice but to say his number out loud.

Qin Tian Min smiled, took his cell phone out and dialed the number. When Chen Jiao’s phone rang, he smiled with accomplishment then returned the phone.

“Uncle, I’ll see you later.”

“… Ok.” Chen Jiao was eager to get rid of him, so he took his phone and walked to the side quickly.

Don’t know if it was because of Qin Tian Min, or because of the two glasses of wine he had drank before that he walked a little too fast. His temples throbbed repeatedly, and the suit and tie that he rarely wore also made him feel as if he couldn’t breath.

After asking a waiter, he walked towards the bathroom, ready to wash his face to sober himself up.

But he was a little bit of a road idiot. He went off course but as he passed by the corner of the porch, he suddenly heard a familiar voice filled with contempt and disdain, “Heh heh, want to upset me? His Mo family doesn’t run the entertainment circle. Once the next two shows are aired, I’ll find a good PR team to handle it. What happened previously can be whitewashed.”

Chen Jiao’s feet paused when he heard the voice… it was Qian He. He wanted to turn around and leave, but the other side seemed to be talking about the Mo family.

Another voice rang, a woman’s, and one could hear that she was very young, “That’s right, people forget things very quickly nowadays, so those things will fade away after a while. However, you’re too lucky. You just lost Mo Yi Yan and picked up such a backer. Although his age isn’t as good as that of the Mo family guy, the resources he has aren’t inferior.”

Qian He’s voice went up a little, “What’s the use of being handsome, if I expose his messy things, I’ll make sure that his entire Mo family will be disgraced.”

“What is it?” The girl lowered her voice, deep curiosity in her voice.

Qian He drank the wine in the glass and gritted his teeth, “Damn it, Mo Yi Yan is an eunuch, I’ve been with him for half a year, but I didn’t seen him get f**king hard!”

“Puff…” The girl almost choked from shock, “Re… really?”

“Heh….. I almost stripped naked and jumped on him.” When Qian He said this, his face was very ugly. He seemed to think of all the things that had happened before and gritted his teeth unwillingly. “If he hadn’t dumped me, I would have dumped him sooner or later. Once, I had makeup on from a scene I had just finished, his thing didn’t even stand up for me. Not only is he impotent, he’s sick in the head.”

Chen Jiao’s palm sweated and he couldn’t help but shake slightly as he listened from his hiding place. He wasn’t sure if it was because of nervousness, or because he knew Mo Yi Yan’s ‘secret’.

“Alright, that’s enough, let’s go back first.” Qian He said as he went out. The girl extinguished the cigarette in her hand and followed.

Hearing the footsteps, Chen Jiao retreated nervously to the other side, hiding himself in the corner as much as possible. As long as Qian He walked straight past, he wouldn’t see him. Sure enough, Qian He and the girl didn’t notice his presence as they left.

Chen Jiao, who returned to the party, was paler than before, a little dazed. He wanted to get a glass of water to drink but accidentally bumped into someone. He raised his head, then turned speechless with horror. It was Qian He!

Qian He was very irritated as he was bumped into as he held the glass of wine in his hand, but he couldn’t show it in front of others, so he only cast a cold glance at Chen Jiao, snorted and left.

Chen Jiao stood there, frozen in place as he stared blankly. Qian He…he, he didn’t even recognize him.