SBHA Chapter 10

Chapter 10. He Chased Me Before

Yu Ze had never seen such a well-behaved and adorable Qiao Ruo Ming before.

He’d no prejudice against Qiao Ruo Ming, and his previous impression of him had been neither good nor bad. This film was also the first time they’d ever worked together. During the filming, Qiao Ruo Ming had many demands and was harsh towards the crew; the assistant besides him had even been scolded to tears before. 

Therefore, Yu Ze had assumed that Qiao Ruo Ming would be like a “little devil” in front of Second Young Master Song.

But today, he had expanded his horizons – Qiao Ruo Ming was all docile and obedient, so gentle and lovely, and spoke as soft as a newborn kitten.

If Qiao Ruo Ming was truly acting, then he was actually a pretty good actor.

Without doubt, Qiao Ruo Ming was doing this all for the Second Young Master Song in his eyes.

Yu Ze and Qiao Ruo Ming went in to the private party together. The private party was upstairs, comprised of the garden and pool, and was even more luxuriously decorated.

As soon as everyone saw Yu Ze and Qiao Ruo Ming enter, there was a clamor of successive greetings, accompanied by the occasional person who whistled at them.

The host of the party was the owner of the hotel, and also Song Second’s good friend, Su Xia. She was a famed beauty in the circle and managed the hotel with her girlfriend. Once she saw Yu Ze, she welcomed him with a laugh and came up to hug him, “Xiao Yan, I’ve been so worried about you! Does this party look acceptable to you?”

Yu Ze smiled and told her,””For you, it’s above and beyond the usual.”

“Xiao Qiao gave me so many ideas,” Su Xia immediately added, “He personally cared about so many things. The outdoors set and the fresh flower arrangements were all drawn from the designs he gave me.”

She couldn’t stop praising Xiao Qiao.

Even if Yu Ze didn’t give Qiao Ruo Ming face, he didn’t want to let this sister feel disappointed. He smiled and said, “Xiao Qiao is very clever.”

Qiao Ruo Ming immediately had a face full of happiness. He leaned his head against his shoulder. “I love hearing you praise me the most. No matter how many times I hear it, it’ll never be enough.”

Yu Ze laughed. He suddenly somewhat understood that feeling of raising a beautiful and obedient lover, that is – docile and completely agreeable. The other would always gaze at him like a gentle, cute puppy would; never with a temper, always with a sweet smile.

Qiao Ruo Ming was so well-behaved and obedient that Yu Ze was almost lulled into reaching out to stroke his hair.

After Su Xia greeted them, she led them up to the highest floor to drink and eat with some of their closest friends.

Only then did Yu Ze realize that there were many ranks and grades in the inner circle. These several richest sons and daughters were in a half-open box, the entrance draped with purple curtains, and guarded by bodyguards so that the average person wasn’t allowed entrance.

Yu Ze gained a new understanding of the arrogance of Song Second’s group of people.

Qiao Ruo Ming sat next to Yu Ze and poured red wine for him. Yu Ze barely drank half a glass, while Qiao Ruo Ming kept downing glass after glass as he shifted closer and closer, until he was almost pressed against Yu Ze’s body.

Yu Ze could only lean away, onto the back of the sofa. Xiao Qiao rested his chin on his shoulder and whispered against his ear, “Hubby, why don’t you call me these days? I’m so sad.”

At those words, Yu Ze finally felt the roar of Alpha blood in Song Yan’s body, as if he was really somewhat aroused by Qiao Ruo Ming. But for some reason, there was again something off with the scent on Qiao Ruo Ming’s body. After all, Yu Ze was an almost thirty-years-old Omega himself, and he was quite familiar with the smell of Omegas.

But at this point, he could only pretend to be Song Yan, and indifferently said, “Haven’t I always been like this?”

Qiao Ruo Ming didn’t dare to refute him, didn’t dare to further ask why he suddenly gave him a cold shoulder. He only mentioned how happy he was that Yu Ze had also came with him to the party today.

As he listened, Yu Ze’s eyes began to wander beyond the railing and down the stairs, as he tried to locate where Song Yan was. Unfortunately, there were too many guests, too many servers weaving in and out with drinks, and live bands and singers were performing everywhere.

“Dar-ling, are you listening to me! What are you looking at?” Qiao Ruo Ming asked.

Yu Ze did not reply, thinking that Qiao Ruo Ming should know who he was looking for. But Qiao Ruo Ming didn’t mention a word about “Yu Ze”, he only said, “I’m going for a while, you wait for me here. Don’t go anywhere!”

Qiao Ruo Ming got up, probably to go to the washroom. Yu Ze immediately called one of his bodyguards and told him to find out where “Yu Ze” was.

“After he is found, should he be requested to come over?” The bodyguard asked.

Yu Ze looked around himself; all those around him were young, similar in age to Song Yan. This group of people seemed to have accepted Qiao Ruo Ming and had a good relationship with him. Why should he bring himself up and create a scene?

Yu Ze thought about it and told the bodyguard, “No need, after you find him, just follow him. Don’t let anyone harass him. Also, report me his location so that I could go find him.”

The bodyguard immediately turned to abide the order.

Yu Ze was chatting with a few other people when the lights of the entire venue suddenly dimmed, the music stopped, and the noise and clamor from everyone quieted into silence. What just happened?

Yu Ze suddenly had a premonition. After he felt it, a beam of light brightened from the darkness, and everyone raised their heads and looked up. Only to see a large, magnificently decorated flower basket slowly drop from the sky, with Qian Ruo Ming seated in it. 

The band began to play as Qiao Ruo Ming flew in the air and began to sing a love song. It was the song that had shot him to fame.

“I only want you, if only you want to, willingly promise me ‘til earth and heaven grow old….”*

* 天荒地老 idiom; until the earth and heaven grow old, until the end of time

He flew down through the sky, and landed just in front of Yu Ze. He handed Yu Ze the bouquet of flowers in his arms.

The beam of light was now directly on the two of them. Everyone was looking at them. Yu Ze didn’t know if he should be nervous or if he should be amused, but it would be too cruel if he turned to reject Qiao Ruo Ming at such a moment. It would also embarrass himself. He could only smoothly accept Qiao Ruo Ming’s flowers, along with the embrace. 

In one breath, Qiao Ruo Ming sang three songs, he also did various sorts of elaborate dances up in the air. Every now and then, he threw a coquettish glance at Second Young Master, blew another flying kiss, and could be said to have completed the show of love to his own heart’s satisfaction.

Yu Ze sort of understood.

Qiao Ruo Ming wanted to play this game in front of Second Young Master Song, along with Second Young Master Song’s friends. He also wanted “Yu Ze” to witness the scene with his own eyes, so that “ Yu Ze” would no longer have any illusions.

In terms of being bold enough to gamble and being able to relax enough to express himself, “Yu Ze” was definitely no match for Qiao Ruo Ming. Even in private, the Film Emperor wouldn’t let himself become a concubine for Second Young Master Song, and he was also gentle and tolerant. Qiao Ruo Ming was gambling on that.

Yu Ze felt that Qiao Ruo Ming was, in a sense, on the right track. If he’d been down there and had observed this scene, he definitely wouldn’t want to become a rival in love to Qiao Ruo Ming.

But Qiao Ruo Ming had made one wrong assumption at the beginning. There was nothing Yu Ze himself could do, but hope that Song Yan was having fun watching it from below.

At that moment, Song Yan was angry. Not so much that he was about to erupt into an asthma attack, but that he was just really, very angry.

Song Yan had understood Qiao Ruo Ming’s intentions the moment he arrived. The Film Emperor came and entered the private party, but no one had introduced him, so he couldn’t get close to the “Second Young Master Song”. He could only watch the excitement from far away, and look on as “Second Young Master Song” and Qiao Ruo Ming flirtatiously teased each other.

He could be considered to have felt how warm and how cold people’s feelings could be. All the people who had surrounded him and praised him before had disappeared, but of course they were still around “Second Young Master Song”.

Then Qiao Ruo Ming had made a show of singing and dancing in the air. And he saw Yu Ze up there with his face wreathed with smiles, about to overflow with love!

Song Yan felt that he’d been stabbed by his teammate.

Song Yan sat alone at the bar. Occasionally, two people came and talked to him, but they soon also left. He didn’t know if someone was passing some message around “Second Young Master Song’s” circle of friends, but very few people came to talk to him.

In his heart, Song Yan gnashed his teeth with anger. His pack of rogues were all blind! Such a beautiful Film Emperor sat alone at the bar and no one even went to talk to him!

As if responding to the cry of Song Yan’s soul, a man sat down besides him.

“Hello, Yu Ze,” The man said gently.

Song Yan looked up abruptly, “Xu Shi?”

He already knew Xu Shi. Xu Shi was his brother Song Qi’s classmate, and they had known each other for many years. The Xu family owned a shipyard and was also quite rich and powerful.

Xu Shi laughed, “No need to be so surprised, right? But you, I didn’t expect you to also come to Song Yan’s party.”

Song Yan raised an eyebrow, why did he feel that Xu Shi had something to say?

He lowered his eyes and quietly asked, “What? Can’t I come?”

“I didn’t mean it that way!” Xu Shi hurriedly said, “You can do anything. But…previously we….”

Song Yan cursed in his mind: What are you gasping about, speak up!

Xu Shi paused for a moment, but said, “Forget it, let’s not talk about this today, I’m very happy that I could see you.”

Song Yan was really going to blow up now. A man who spoke in half sentences wasn’t a real man!

“What happened to us before?” He asked, “I forgot all about it.”

Xu Shi’s eyes brightened, “Does that mean I can pursue you again?”

Song Yan: “Uh………..”

He may have unintentionally dug a big hole for Yu Ze.

Xu Shi took a look at the dance floor and politely asked, “May I have a dance with you?”

He reached for Song Yan’s hand.

Song Yan abruptly pulled his hand back. It felt really unpleasant for two Alphas to be so handsy with each other. Besides, this was also someone he’d known for years and always got along as a big brother.

Song Yan immediately gave a meaningful glance at the bodyguard who stood not far from him. He knew that the bodyguard must’ve been sent down by Yu Ze.

Sure enough, the bodyguard immediately understood and took two steps forward to stop between him and Xu Shi.

“Mr. Yu, Mr. Song asked you to go over,” the bodyguard explained for him.

Just as Song Yan was about to leave, Xu Shi hurriedly whispered, “Yu Ze, give me a chance, let me take care of you ……”

Song Yan and Yu Ze finally met up in an empty room.

“I saw you touch Xiao Qiao’s head! You even took his flowers! How could you!” As soon as Song Yan saw Yu Ze, he immediately accused him of being too affectionate with Qiao Ruo Ming.

Yu Ze raised his hand and defended, “Objectively speaking, it was Qiao Ruo Ming who put his head on my shoulder and I was the one who pushed him away. And what could I do when he offered the flowers? Make everyone awkward? Besides, who was the one who told me before we left to act more like you, and to not be too cold to Xiao Qiao and make him sad?”

Song Yan didn’t know whether or not he was really blaming Yu Ze, but he immediately felt better after hearing Yu Ze’s words.

“What happened to Xu Shi?” He asked.

“He chased me. I didn’t say yes.” Yu Ze sketched it in light shades*.

* 輕描淡寫 idiom; to sketch in light shades; to downplay it

Song Yan touched his nose, “Good news, I made him want to pursue you again.”

Yu Ze raised his voice, “What?”

Song Yan felt his chest become somewhat stuffy, “I don’t know. You didn’t tell me anything about him either. Can we go now? It’s the first time I’ve ever felt so bored at my party.”

Yu Ze stuck his hands into his pocket, he also felt that it was all really just a farce.

He looked at the sorry figure of Song Yan next to him, and asked, ” What about Xiao Qiao? He’s still waiting for me to go play cards with him, and he wants me to go shopping with him – swiping your card, of course.”

Song Yan took his phone out, sent a message to Su Xia, and said, “Let’s go. I can’t stand a minute longer.”

Yu Ze slipped away with him. They were going to go prepare for the test.

Author has something to say:
Song Second: I found myself a rival.

Translator has something to say:
Ladies and gentlemen, a circus. In which someone flirts with the wrong person, someone finds himself a love rival, and someone has no idea what to do with those two. Poor Yu Ze XD

2 chapters next week ~ (updates may be slower for the next few months tho, sorry for the inconvenience ~)

Chapter 9

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