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I brought a water glass and watched Yang Chen take the medicine. He propped his forehead tiredly. I deliberately avoided communicating with Yang Ke, and the atmosphere in the living room fell into a strange dullness.

Even Yang Chen noticed this kind of depression, he squinted his eyes, and glanced back and forth between me and Yang Ke: "You two...why don't you talk?"

"There's nothing to talk about. You didn't get much rest last night, are you sleepy?" I took the water glass with a completely pleasing attitude, "Go to sleep for a while to replenish your energy, and you have to go back there at night."

"Understood." Yang Chen regained his strength, walked towards the bedroom and suddenly remembered something, turned his head and frowned and told Yang Ke, "And you, don't cause trouble for me in the company."

"Of course, I can't embarrass you, Brother Yang." Yang Ke smiled, "Brother, I'll drive you tonight."

Yang Chen clicked his tongue: "There is a driver, what kindness do you want?"

"I'll go and get Xiao Hu back, anyway, I'm your assistant, let me learn a lot."

"Okay." Yang Chen replied indifferently, "You can go with me at night."

He was probably tired, so he went to rest after speaking, leaving me and Yang Ke standing in the living room.Yang Ke looked at me with great interest, but I ignored him and turned to work in the kitchen.

"What is sister-in-law doing?" Unexpectedly, Yang Ke shamelessly followed, and exaggeratedly said, "It's really virtuous."

Although there are no ingredients for cooking in the refrigerator, there are dessert ingredients that I bought on a whim when I lived here.I learned a lot of dessert recipes from Song Cheng, and I'm going to make some desserts for Yang Chen to eat when he wakes up.He's always loved the sweeter stuff, and desserts like raspberry bavaru are easy to make.

There is a faint sweet fragrance in the air. Making desserts is a very relaxing process, but because Yang Ke is beside me and insists on talking to me, my mood is really not good.

"What is this doing?"

"... whipped cream."

"What is this?"

"The gelatine tablets have a solidifying effect." I said, "Yang Ke, what are you trying to do?"

"I don't want to have a good relationship with my sister-in-law." He still smiled, but there was no smile in his too narrow eyes, "After all, Brother Yang obeys your words."

I raised my eyebrows, put the bavalu poured into the mold into the refrigerator to freeze, and turned to look at Yang Ke: "Yang Chen...what's the matter with his stomach problem?"

"Hey, brother Yang has an old problem." Yang Ke rolled his eyes and made a surprised expression on purpose, "Sister-in-law won't know about it all the time, right?"

I said blankly, "Yeah, I don't know."

"This is my sister-in-law's fault. I will pay more attention to Brother Yang in the future..."

"I'm a little bit older than Yang Chen." I interrupted him coldly, "Your name is Brother Yang Chen, so logically you should also call me brother. Sister-in-law and sister-in-law are short, it sounds uncomfortable."

"Brother Xu." He yelled politely, but quibbled, "You have to call it that way outside, but we are all a family. Doesn't it seem natural to call it that way at home?"

It was clearly done on purpose, as if I was a woman who was attached to Yang Chen in everything, stepping on my self-esteem unscrupulously.

"It's just a title. I don't think it's worth it, and it doesn't make sense for anything." I smiled, "If it's easy to pronounce, it's not good to call it wrong outside. What do you think?"

Yang Ke and I confronted each other for a few seconds, lost the battle, and raised his hand in resignation: "Okay, I'm not kidding anymore, brother Xu is the best."

I nodded in satisfaction and continued to tidy up the table.Yang Ke rubbed his chin and said to himself, "I really don't know what Brother Yang likes you."

"Virtuous? Sensible? Well-behaved?"

In fact, when it was just me and Yang Chen, I seemed to have nothing to do with these words, so I just pretended in front of outsiders.Yang Chen would sometimes say that I have changed now, that I am as good as before in front of his friends, but I often play tantrums in private.

Although what he said was a complaint, there was a smile on the corners of his beautiful eyes and brows, and I couldn't figure out what he was thinking.

"Do you know what's the use of this?" I tilted my head, "Want to recommend yourself a pillow?"

"Okay, I'll shut up, Brother Xu, don't disgust me." Yang Ke clicked his tongue, and then whispered, "You really have sharp teeth."

"Yang Chen's stomach, what did the doctor say? Are there any taboos?" I pretended not to hear what he said, and changed the subject, "Tell me everything you know."

Yang Ke really didn't say anything weird this time. He thought for a while and said, "My aunt seems to have a bad stomach too, probably because she passed it on to Brother Yang. Drink less alcohol and eat on time. Brother Yang has had a stomachache a few times. It’s because work didn’t take care of eating, or drinking too much wine would definitely cause a stomachache. But most of the time it’s not obvious on the surface, Brother Yang can bear it, he didn’t grumble when his bones were broken before.”

He shrugged, glanced at me and said, "This time, it probably hurts a lot, or it's just that there's no need to bear it with Brother Xu."

I froze for a while.I still remember that time when I pretended to be sick because of Song Cheng's matter, Yang Chen left the meeting early in order to come back as soon as possible, and then he was busy taking care of me.His expression and demeanor were the same as usual. When I complained that he came back late, he just explained a few words with a smile, saying that I have no conscience, but he was drunk a lot.

It turns out that I... don't know anything.

Seeing that I was in a daze, Yang Ke stretched out his hand and shook it in front of me twice: "Brother Xu? What's the matter?"

"It's okay." I came back to my senses with complicated emotions, lowered my head to cover up my gaffe just now, "Go on."

Yang Ke said: "That's all I know. Oh, by the way, Brother Xu, do you usually watch TV dramas?"

"Not much, but know a little."

He changed his previous cynical attitude, and asked expectantly: "Then have you heard of Ye Jiajie?"

I looked up at him, paused and said: "...I heard something about it. Is it the female star who is very popular recently?"

"Yeah! She has a movie coming out recently, and it's the second female lead. Although it's her first time making a movie, she performed very well." Yang Ke is very enthusiastic about this topic, "I have two VIP tickets for the premiere here. Next Saturday, Brother Xu, are you and Brother Yang free to watch? Then I will have dinner with Jiajie, she wants to meet you too."

Now I believe that Yang Ke is the idiot who praises female stars, but he doesn't seem to be just playing around like Yang Chen said, he seems to like Ye Jiajie very much, and even promotes her himself.I knew that he wanted to invite me or secondarily, and the real intention was to please Yang Chen to show respect, so I hesitated: "I can do it on Saturday, but Yang Chen is so busy, it's hard to say..."

"As long as Brother Xu opens his mouth, Brother Yang will definitely have time." Yang Ke found out the ticket and gave it to me, pointing to the closed door of the bedroom, "Take it as a date—"

"--Dating?!"

"But I refused." Song Cheng scratched my nose and smiled softly, "Why would I go out with other people? You're nervous."

"Hmph." I hugged the pillow and leaned against his shoulder, but I was actually very guilty.After all, Song Cheng knew that I slept with other people, so it was hard for me to say something like this, "Will it affect your career if you reject her?"

He thought about it seriously: "No way, he seems to be a very gentle person, and he didn't say anything after that."

On the set, Song Cheng fell in love with a studio manager with a lot of resources, and the other party offered him an invitation. Unfortunately, Song Cheng was already my person, so I naturally and politely rejected her.

"There are still a lot of good people in this world. There is no need to suppress me because of this kind of thing. Of course, this kind of thing requires your willingness." He said, "Just like me and Jun Yan."

I kissed him on the cheek: "Why are you so talkative? Let me see if honey is on your mouth?"

He chuckled, and gently kissed me on the lips: "Okay, Jun Yan, let me ask you, do you have any plans for next Saturday?"

I froze.Because of Yang Ke's ardent invitation, I have already agreed with Yang Chen to go to the premiere of Ye Jiajie's movie next Saturday.Yang Chen had nothing to do, he agreed to go because of my face, and mocked Yang Ke's good intentions by the way.

"What's the matter?" I asked nonchalantly, "I may have to work overtime on Saturday."

"There was a new movie recently, and the manager knew I had a partner, so he gave me two tickets to the premiere."

When he smiled, his eyes were shining, like unreachable, gentle and dazzling stars, "I really want to watch their acting skills. There will be a meeting later, and I can see the big stars up close. Only three hours ——I'm sorry, I know Jun Yan is busy, but I really want to watch it with you. Please, please, can you spare a little time to come?"

My thoughts were drawn away, and I only heard my mechanical voice: "...what movie?"

"It's quite famous, and it's being advertised everywhere." Song Cheng went to the cabinet to get the ticket, and happily handed it to me, "It means that the wife and the mistress conspired to kill the cheating man with food, sounds interesting, right? There's that recently popular female star named Ye Jiajie in it—"

— Ah, it's over.