Shen Huai frowned slightly, apologized to Zhang Li, and hurriedly headed towards Ye Cang's direction.
Not long after entering the celebration banquet, Shen Huai and Ye Cang parted ways. Ye Cang initially sat with Li Zihang and other contestants, but later many people left their seats to toast others and chat with people.
However, Tang Ruoyi, one of the judges, took the initiative to approach Ye Cang.
Previously, Huayu Records had wanted to sign Ye Cang, but such a large company was very strict about copyright. They directly rejected Ye Cang's request to own the copyright to his own songs. After weighing the options, Shen Huai and Ye Cang had no choice but to give up.
Tang Ruoyi was somewhat unwilling, especially after seeing Ye Cang's original work today. She had a premonition that with Ye Cang's talent, he would definitely occupy a place in the music scene in the coming decades.
Unfortunately, although she is the leading female singer of Huayu Records, she does not have enough say. Ye Cang is not the kind of clueless newcomer. He has a clear understanding of his own value and cannot be fooled by a few words.
After Ye Cang refused again, Tang Ruoyi looked regretful, but still wished him well with great grace: "Although it is a pity that we cannot work together, I still wish you a bright future in the entertainment industry."
After Tang Ruoyi finished speaking, she drank the wine in her hand in one gulp.
Ye Cang could only finish the wine in his glass. Just as Tang Ruoyi left, Xia Fei came over again.
Ye Cang's body wasn't particularly good at drinking; after only a few glasses of champagne, he was already feeling dizzy. Seeing that things weren't going well, Xue Chengge hurriedly went to find Shen Huai.
When Shen Huai found Ye Cang, his face was flushed, and he was drinking with someone, his arm around their shoulder: "I'm not drunk! Don't believe me? I used to be able to drink all kinds of alcohol back in the day..."
Shen Huai covered his mouth, pulled him to his side, calmly apologized to him, and then dragged him away.
Ye Cang struggled for a while with some "uh-uh-uh" sounds, then, probably sensing the familiar presence beside him, he immediately quieted down and lay down on Shen Huai.
Shen Huai was caught off guard and almost stumbled because of him.
Xue Chengge drove the car up from the underground garage and, seeing the situation, quickly helped Shen Huai support Ye Cang. The two of them worked together to stuff the drunkard into the car.
Shen Huai adjusted his glasses and said to Xue Chengge, "Xiao Xue, I'll drive him back in a bit. You should go home and rest early. You've been working hard these past few days, so I'm giving you a break to rest properly."
Xue Chengge nodded: "Okay, thank you, Brother Shen."
No sooner had he finished speaking than Ye Cang, who had been lying down, suddenly sat up and roared, "I'm alive again!!"
Then he slammed his head against the car window.
Shen Huai: "..."
Xue Chengge: "..."
Xue Chengge: "...Brother Shen, are you sure you don't need my help?"
Shen Huai rubbed his throbbing forehead: "No need, you should go back and rest."
He never expected Ye Cang to go on a drunken rampage, and to behave like this when he was drunk. He should have kept an eye on him and prevented him from drinking.
Fortunately, Ye Cang behaved himself after breaking the glass and lay sprawled out on the back seat, fast asleep.
Shen Huai drove home and, with great effort, managed to get the person back to their room.
Recently, Ye Cang was restricted from online shopping by Shen Huai and threw away some useless things he had bought before, so he finally cleared a path through the room.
Shen Huai put Ye Cang's arm on his shoulder, held his waist, and half-carried, half-lifted him to the bed. Unexpectedly, the moment he put him down, Ye Cang hooked his arm, and Shen Huai lost his balance and fell onto the bed with him.
Before Shen Huai could even stand up, Ye Cang rolled over and wrapped one leg around his waist, pulling him tightly into his arms like an eight-legged octopus.
Shen Huai was caught off guard and was hugged. Then Ye Cang's fluffy head nuzzled against him, and a hot breath sprayed onto Shen Huai's neck. Shen Huai jolted and hurriedly broke free from him, getting out of bed.
Ye Cang muttered twice, seemingly unhappy that his pillow had suddenly flown away. He reached out and scooped it up, then rolled up the blanket and hugged it to his chest.
Shen Huai looked extremely disheveled at this moment, his clothes were messy, his cheeks were slightly flushed, and even his glasses were askew, completely unlike his usual aloof and ascetic image. If he hadn't been certain that Ye Cang was genuinely drunk, Shen Huai would have thought he was doing it on purpose.
He pressed his pounding heart and fled Ye Cang's room in a rather disheveled state.
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The next morning, Ye Cang woke up groggily, momentarily unable to distinguish between reality and illusion, until he smelled the familiar scent of aftershave in the air, which brought him back to his senses.
He sat up abruptly, and then felt a sharp pain in his forehead. He touched it lightly, and immediately pulled his hand back in pain, but he could vaguely feel that a large bump had appeared there.
Ye Cang frowned and thought for a while, but to no avail. So he simply got up and swayed out of the room.
The commotion upstairs startled Shen Huai, who was having breakfast in the restaurant. He looked up at Ye Cang.
Today, Shen Huai was dressed as usual, wearing a crisply ironed shirt, buttoned up to the top, his black hair neatly combed back, and his gold-rimmed glasses completely obscuring his amber eyes.
The more ascetic he appears, the more irresistible it becomes to want to unbutton his shirt, remove his glasses, ruffle his black hair, fill his amber eyes with desire, and hear his restrained breathing…
Ye Cang unconsciously swallowed, but a memory suddenly surfaced in his mind.
In his memory, he pinned Shen Huai down. Shen Huai's clothes were disheveled, his cheeks were slightly flushed, and even his glasses were askew. Just as he was about to grope him, Shen Huai ran away...
Ye Cang shook his head, somewhat unsure whether this was a memory or just a dream.
When Shen Huai saw Ye Cang standing there motionless after leaving the room, he assumed he was still drunk and said, "What are you daydreaming about? Come down and eat."
After he finished speaking, he lowered his head and continued eating his breakfast, without showing any sign of anything amiss.
Ye Cang came to his senses and, seeing Shen Huai's calm demeanor, thought with a touch of regret, "It really was just a dream."
However, this erotic dream is a bit too real.
He didn't know that after Shen Huai went back last night, he couldn't sleep for most of the night and spent a long time mentally preparing himself before he could suppress the surging emotions in his heart.
Shen Huai never imagined that Ye Cang had those kinds of feelings for him. After all, Lu Yang had never been exposed as gay before, and he had the professional ethics of a manager, so he would never date his artist.
Shen Huai maintained his composure and asked, "Now that the competition is over, what are your plans for the future?"