I’m Afraid I’m Now a Salted Fish Chapter 33

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Translator: LiLi041

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This is a bonus Ko-Fi chapter, courtesy of teabiscuit!

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Chapter 33: Anniversary Gift

　　However, Chi Song had already fallen asleep and couldn’t be reached.
　　Song Zhihuai hesitated for a long time, but he still couldn’t cruelly wake up the other in order to get to the bottom of this matter. So, he simply gritted his teeth and picked up Chi Song’s phone, sending Bai Zhirong a WeChat message: “Help me feed the cat.”
　　When Chi Song chatted with his friends, he liked to send images of Handsome Song’s expressions, which was the reason why Song Zhihuai also didn’t forget to add a picture of Handsome Song acting cute.
　　While he was at it, he secretly went through the two’s chat records and found that they really did talk about everything.
　　…And their last conversation topic was actually about scientific research.
　　Chi Song: “Have you seen the news? They finally observed some gravitational waves. [Handsome Song waving her claws.jpg]”
　　Bai Zhirong: “When you said there was some major news, I thought that they had observed signs of alien life. Lame.”
　　Chi Song: “The world belongs to the Trisolarans!”
　　Bai Zhirong: “I’ll burn you to death, you heretic.”
　　
　　Song Zhihuai: “…”
　　At this moment, only one thought was running through Song Zhihuai’s mind:
　　——WTF, Chi Song hadn’t even discussed gravitational waves with him before.
　　——And Chi Song had unexpectedly talked about gravitational waves with Bai Zhirong.
　　
　　When Song Zhihuai saw the two’s conversation, he directly skipped over the “Scene of Carnage Between the Ex-Boyfriend and Current Boyfriend” step in his line of thought.
　　Because he felt that the relationship between his current boyfriend and his ex-boyfriend was so good it was abnormal.
　　
　　Very soon, Bai Zhirong replied on WeChat with a tone full of condemnation, “Where did you go? How come you didn’t keep me company tonight?”
　　Song Zhihuai: “…” F*ck.
　　Of course, he didn’t know that Bai Zhirong was referring to how Chi Song had run off at the last moment, leaving Bai Zhirong and Brother Harry to eat dinner together.
　　Song Zhihuai felt a bit suffocated as he continued to pretend to be Chi Song. “Something came up.”
　　Bai Zhirong asked, “What’s happened? Did Song Zhihuai come?”
　　Song Zhihuai: “…”
　　Song Zhihuai had only paused for a moment without replying, but Bai Zhirong already understood. “Oh, no wonder. So you’ve been indulging in pleasure with your boyfriend and forgot about your friends, huh? Whatever, I’ll go feed your cat for you.”
　　Song Zhihuai frowned, finding that the matter wasn’t so simple. He replied, “Do you have my room card?”
　　A moment later, he received Bai Zhirong’s disdain. “I can ask the front desk for it, stupid.”
　　
　　After this message was sent, both sides fell silent for a while.
　　Song Zhihuai had fallen silent because he felt too choked up to speak, while Bai Zhirong needed a minute to react before he started to bombard him with messages.
　　“I’ve borrowed the room card from the front desk before in order to help you feed your cat, but you don’t know how I’ll open the door?”
　　“Who are you?”
　　“…You’re Song Zhihuai?”
　　
　　Song Zhihuai found that he shouldn’t look down on anyone. Everyone was human and after mingling for so many years, who wouldn’t be experienced?
　　He sighed and replied, “It’s me.”
　　On the other side, Bai Zhirong replied instantly. “I’m sorry, Chi Song. I’m going to blacklist you for one night.”
　　After he said that, he didn’t send any more messages.
　　Song Zhihuai opened Bai Zhirong’s WeChat photo album and found that it was indeed completely blank.
　　
　　On Christmas two years ago, as early as when Song Zhihuai had embraced Chi Song, Song Zhihuai came face to face with Bai Zhirong, who was waiting in front of the Song family’s villa. At that time, Bai Zhirong had deleted Song Zhihuai’s contact and changed his phone number. He didn’t maintain any ambiguous relationship with him afterwards.
　　This led to the current Song Zhihuai, who could only face the phone that was incapable of replying while feeling very unsettled, as his mind conjured up the dog blood plot of Bai Zhirong purposely trying to hook up with his wife for revenge.
　　
　　Chi Song was actually sleeping particularly soundly in a dreamless sleep. One of his arms rested on Song Zhihuai’s stomach. Whenever he felt comfortable in his sleep, he would scratch Song Zhihuai’s stomach a little.
　　The next morning, the alarm rang. The first time it rang out, he reached out and turned it off. Then, he got up very carefully, and slipped into the bathroom, taking small steps along the wall. After washing up while making as little noise as possible, he slipped back to the bed and made sure that Song Zhihuai had not woken up yet. Only then did he lean down and plant a gentle kiss on his forehead.
　　
　　The little wife ran off sweetly, and Song Zhihuai also felt extremely sweet because of him.
　　…Maybe it was just because his wife was lovable that he had such a good relationship with Bai Zhirong.
　　Song Zhihuai, who hadn’t slept all night and had dark circles under his eyes, finally found a reasonable explanation and calmed down. Then, he started to catch up on sleep.
　　Before he went to sleep, Song Zhihuai thought dazedly, in the past, when would he have ever suffered from insomnia for half the night because of such trivial matters?
　　…Love really changed people.
　　
　　It was still early. While Chi Song rode the taxi back to the production group, he went through his phone and found the two people’s conversation from last night. His heart thumped for a moment and he immediately called Bai Zhirong, explaining that he had asked Song Zhihuai to send the WeChat messages because he had been too tired last night.
　　Only then did Bai Zhirong feel a bit more relieved. “I even thought that it was because he was going through your phone.”
　　Chi Song smiled with some embarrassment and said, “Quickly take me out of your blacklist.”
　　Bai Zhirong said, “Okay.”
　　Chi Song paused and questioned closely, “How did your dinner with Brother Harry last night go?”
　　Bai Zhirong sank into a strange silence for a moment. “Hm, the food was passable.”
　　Chi Song immediately blossomed. “And the person? How was the person?”
　　Bai Zhirong replied, “…How do you have so much nonsense to say?”
　　Now that Chi Song saw Brother Harry, who had been single for many years, get the chance to find a partner, he would naturally do his utmost to advertise him. “Brother Harry also has a dog!”
　　Bai Zhirong said, “Yeah, I’ve seen pictures. A little Pomeranian. A man with such big pecs is raising a Pomeranian, pfft.”
　　Chi Song became happy. “You stared at his chest, hahahahaha.”
　　Bai Zhirong said, “…I’m not taking you out of the blacklist anymore. Goodbye.”
　　
　　What Bai Zhirong said he’d do, he’d do. He really did leave Chi Song in his blacklist for a day and didn’t take him out until everything was over in the evening.
　　Chi Song had been a bit fidgety all day. He rode the housekeeper’s car back to the hotel and ran out in a hurry as soon as he got out of the car. Even Cai Qingqing’s shout from behind didn’t stop him. “Hey, hey, where are you going?”
　　Chi Song looked back and said, “…My family member’s waiting for me.”
　　
　　He wasn’t even willing to wait the short duration it would take for the elevator to arrive at the underground parking lot and just took out a disposable mask from his pocket, running up the stairs two steps at a time.
　　When he filmed scenes today, although his mood wasn’t very stable, his condition was especially good. Basically all his scenes passed in one try.
　　Not to mention Lu Yuan, even Group A’s director gave him two sentences of praise. “Chi Song, you’re pretty good. The emotion in your eyes is really on point.”
　　Chi Song thought, of course it was on point. Everyone he saw looked like Mr. Song, each more dear than the next.
　　The Chi Song from before didn’t know what ‘absence makes the heart fonder’ felt like. Now, he finally understood.
　　——It was like the feeling a glutton would get when he’d been dieting for many days and suddenly saw a pot of extremely fragrant hotpot in front of him.
　　
　　Chi Song diligently rushed out of the hotel, preparing to call for a car on DiDi and to head straight for the hotel Song Zhihuai was staying at.
　　Just as he was sending his location, a black limousine appeared by his side like a phantom.
　　Very soon, the car window rolled down.
　　Song Zhihuai gave Chi Song a slight, closed-lip smile. “Sir, want to take a taxi?”
　　Chi Song was both startled and happy as he quickly got into the car’s backseat. After he was seated, without saying a word, he looked through the gap between the driver seat and the passenger seat and stared sweetly at Song Zhihuai’s face.
　　Song Zhihuai rubbed Chi Song’s hair, feeling extremely helpless. “…Your legs aren’t even long, so how come they run as fast as a rabbit’s?”
　　
　　Song Zhihuai had parked at Chi Song’s hotel long ago, staying dormant for a long time as he waited for Chi Song to return. Who knew that as soon as Chi Song got off the car, he’d run off as fast as a rabbit. Even when Song Zhihuai honked the horn several times, he didn’t hear.
　　
　　As soon as Chi Song heard Song Zhihuai bring up rabbits, he thought of that rabbit ear play.
　　He blushed and pushed the back of the driver seat a little. “Where did you get this car?”
　　Song Zhihuai said, “I borrowed it from a local buddy. Come, Husband will take you out for a spin.”
　　
　　After the happiness passed, Chi Song once again became nervous.
　　Just now, the way he’d run out of the hotel in a hurry was quite eye-catching. When he thought over it carefully, he felt a bit apprehensive. “…There are probably paparazzi nearby. Just now… was I too conspicuous?”
　　Song Zhihuai recalled the appearance Chi Song revealed just now when he rolled down the window; full of excitement, with his little face a deep red. He deliberately teased him, “What do you think?”
　　Chi Song glanced at the rearview mirror before rubbing his face, feeling both anxious and fearful.
　　Song Zhihuai’s heart immediately softened. Holding onto the steering wheel with both hands, he said, “…The pictures that really shouldn’t be exposed won’t be exposed. Don’t worry.”
　　
　　The internal relations of the paparazzi were also very complicated. When it came to making explosive allegations, they definitely weren’t the same as the melon seed-eating masses, who were just there for the fun. In most cases, as long as there was enough money and connections, anything could be suppressed.
　　For most cases where the news still broke out, it wasn’t because the money wasn’t enough. It was because the connections weren’t enough.
　　The Song Family’s Nebula Entertainment had steadily taken root since the formation of the current era’s entertainment circle. Over the years, it had grown into a towering tree. Even if some paparazzi managed to film the Song Family’s eldest son’s romantic date in its entirety, they still wouldn’t dare to release it.
　　What Chi Song needed to carefully take precautions against were the masses’ sharp eyes and those little paparazzi who hadn’t yet developed and were in urgent need of some explosive news to make their reputations take off.
　　
　　Chi Song stayed obediently in the back seat, watching the cars behind them to make sure that no one was following them.
　　Song Zhihuai saw Chi Song looking like this and couldn’t help but think back to the day when the two had just established their relationship.
　　
　　That day, Song Zhihuai, who had been given Chi Song’s nod of approval and kissed him, actually felt a sense of unrealness arise towards the matter of ‘the two already got together’.
　　As he led Chi Song by the hand, he still felt a bit dazed. He confirmed again, “Do you really like men?”
　　Chi Song was actually even more nervous than him. He was so nervous that even his fingers were trembling. “I haven’t tried to really like a girl before… so I can probably like men too.”
　　Song Zhihuai said again, “It’ll be very tiring to date me.”
　　Chi Song nodded and took a deep breath. “…I’ve made preparations for it.”
　　
　　Even now, the corners of Song Zhihuai’s mouth would still rise when he thought of how the person had made lots of preparations but was still nervous to the point he couldn’t stop trembling.
　　
　　Autumn seemed to be just an interlude. The prelude to winter was here.
　　The sky became dark very early, and it was even colder when taking a spin by the river bank. After the two people finished eating, they got out of the car to walk a bit, only to be driven back to the car by the cold.
　　Song Zhihuai rubbed Chi Song’s icy cold hands. “…It’s my mistake. I didn’t think it’d be this cold.”
　　Chi Song’s eyes curved into a smile. “It’s fine. The neon lights are very beautiful.”
　　Song Zhihuai reached a hand into his bag and said, “I was originally going to give this to you a bit later… do you still remember what day it is today?”
　　Chi Song stared at him blankly.
　　Song Zhihuai bumped his nose against him. “I just knew that you’d forget since you were too busy…. Today’s our two year anniversary.”
　　After he finished speaking, he took out an exquisite gift box from his bag and opened it. Then, he fished out a seasonal Burberry mens’ scarf and wrapped it around Chi Song. “Quickly wear it, it’s cold.”
　　In a daze, Chi Song obediently let Song Zhihuai tie the scarf around him, his eyes staring fixedly at Song Zhihuai.
　　Song Zhihuai straightened the edges and corners of the scarf before looking over it carefully. Only then did he nod his head, full of satisfaction. “This way, it’s good. I can lock you up by my side.” He reached out and pulled the lower end of the scarf. “…This way, you can’t run away.”
　　…This way, Chi Song didn’t belong to anyone else. He didn’t belong to the fans. He was the Chi Song who belonged to Song Zhihuai alone.
　　
　　The atmosphere was becoming stronger. Just as Song Zhihuai was about to kiss Chi Song’s face, he felt a very warm thing wrap around his own neck.
　　In Chi Song’s hand was a pure white, handmade scarf that he had just taken out of his bag.
　　His entire face was red. Under the warm lights in the car, he looked extremely delicious. “This is my anniversary gift to you… it’s handmade, so I didn’t know if you’d like it or not.”
　　At this point, Chi Song started to mumble, sounding very embarrassed. “I didn’t expect that our gifts would be the same… mine’s too cheap. It’s made of Ordos yarn…”
　　
　　Without any more superfluous words, Chi Song was pressed down by Song Zhihuai onto the passenger seat.
　　Song Zhihuai slowly adjusted the seat until it was level. A sweet-sounding groaning noise was made as the genuine leather car seat cover was pressed down.
　　The two scarves with different patterns and materials were in perfect harmony as they intertwined, as though they would never part throughout all their lifetimes.

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Translator’s Note: Happy December, everyone! It’s actually snowing at my house, too~ This is the bonus chapter! This week’s regular chapter will be up as usual tomorrow, of course.

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