The words whispered in his ear still echoed in his mind, but Ling Zeyu's gentleness made Bai Yanfei fall into it again.
Yu Ge even shielded him from the camera; he knew he was afraid of the camera. How could he not like Ling Zeyu, who was like that?
Bai Yanfei changed into a tracksuit and went downstairs, while Ling Zeyu elegantly watched TV in the living room.
"Brother Yu."
Ling Zeyu glanced back, his gaze landing on Bai Yanfei's neck. Bai Yanfei seemed to realize something, blushing as he futilely pulled up his collar.
"Aunt Wang, go find him a turtleneck sweater to wear."
Ling Zeyu glanced at him, then threw the blanket from the sofa at Bai Yanfei. The look of disgust in his eyes chilled Bai Yanfei to the bone.
“Cover your filthy body.”
Bai Yanfei wasn't surprised by the expected anger. Since he had already taken his brother's place, he should dutifully fulfill his duty as a substitute.
Bai Yanfei imitated his younger brother's usual tone and manner of speaking.
"Brother Yu, yesterday was our engagement ceremony, and I'm already your fiancé..." Bai Yanfei spoke very softly, sensing Ling Zeyu's impatience.
I still didn't have the courage.
She did something that disgusted her crush.
Ling Zeyu snorted coldly.
"My engagement to you? Who do you think you are? I would get engaged to you?"
Ling Zeyu got out of bed and looked down at Bai Yanfei, who involuntarily took a few steps back.
This Ling Zeyu is completely different from the Ling Zeyu on screen. Bai Yanfei comforted himself, saying that it was because Brother Yu was too angry. Brother Yu is usually so good to his fans, how could he be like this in private? It must be because he was too angry.
Ling Zeyu pinched Bai Yanfei's chin and asked, "Where is Xiaofei? You weren't the one who was supposed to show up yesterday."
"Xiao Fei?" Bai Yanfei mustered his courage. "I am Xiao Fei."
His name also has the character "非" (fei), it's just not Xiao Fei...
Ling Zeyu threw Bai Yanfei to the ground with force.
"I gave you a chance, but you insisted on overestimating yourself. Do you not want the Bai family to be brought back to life?"
Ignoring the pain, Bai Yanfei crawled to Ling Zeyu's side and grabbed Ling Zeyu's calf.
"Didn't you promise my father that you would help the Bai family? And you also promised me yesterday... I also promised you that I would drop out of school."
Ling Zeyu looked down at Bai Yanfei's hand, and the look in his eyes, as if he were looking at trash, made Bai Yanfei involuntarily let go of his hand.
Does Brother Yu hate him that much?
"Bai Zhenrong promised me he would persuade Xiaofei to marry me, but now he's found an imposter. Do you think I'll let the Bai family survive?"
Bai Yan shook his head in vain.
"No, that's not how it is."
"Isn't the one you're going to marry... me?"
Now that things have come to this, Bai Yanfei still wants to try to salvage the situation.
"You?" Ling Zeyu laughed as if he had heard the biggest joke in the world. "What are you to compare yourself to Xiao Fei?"
"Change your clothes and get out of my house. I'll settle this score with Bai Zhenrong."
Bai Yanfei moved his lips, but couldn't say anything. At this moment, Aunt Wang came over with a shirt.
"This is the smallest size shirt I own; I haven't had time to prepare any new clothes for the family yet."
"Let him wear it for now. It's not good for him to go back dressed like this." Ling Zeyu glanced at Bai Yanfei's neck a few more times.
Bai Yanfei changed his clothes.
Is agreeing to marry in place of Xiaofei a good thing or a bad thing? The engagement banquet has already been held, and the Ling family will not allow Ling Zeyu to break off the engagement. It would be bad for the Ling family's reputation, as the old man of the Ling family has always been very concerned about his image.
The clothes belonged to Ling Zeyu, who was over 1.8 meters tall. Bai Yanfei looked like a child wearing adult clothes. But if he didn't wear them, Ling Zeyu would be unhappy.
Bai Yanfei looked in the mirror, trying to pull up his collar to cover the bruises on his neck. There were also two tear tracks on his face.
"What are you crying for? Get ready and get out of here." Ling Zeyu saw the tears on Bai Yanfei's face and sneered, "An imposter is so pretentious."
Yes, he's just an imposter. What right does he have to stay here? He's clearly overestimating himself.
The driver took Bai Yanfei down the mountain. The villa was built in the suburbs, and there were very few cars around. Bai Yanfei didn't expect to be able to hail a taxi home.
Halfway through the drive, a dozen or so people appeared in front of the driver, who immediately slammed on the brakes.
What are you doing?! Are you out of your minds?!
Among those dozen or so people, quite a few were holding microphones, and others were carrying cameras. Bai Yanfei, who had been a fan of celebrities for four years, could tell at a glance that they were professional paparazzi.
"Quick, drive fast, let's go. If we get photographed, it'll give Brother Yu a bad reputation."
"Excuse me, why isn't Actor Ling in the car? Didn't you just get engaged yesterday? Why did you leave alone today?"
"I heard that Actor Ling is going to marry someone else. What's your response to this?"
"Are you Ling Yingdi's mistress outside the entertainment industry?"
"..."
A barrage of questions left Bai Yanfei speechless. More than a dozen people surrounded the car, and the driver dared not drive, lest someone die.
"Hello, could you please respond to us? Are you the other woman/man?"
The clicking of the camera shutters left Bai Yanfei speechless with fear; he had never encountered anything like it before.
"I...I'm not..."
"What is it not? Please answer directly."
"I...I'm not an imposter."
"Hello? May I ask if you can get out of the car and be interviewed by us? Or are you hiding something and afraid to answer our questions?"
The reporter pounded on the car window, and the muffled thuds made Bai Yanfei even more flustered.
"If you don't respond, we'll take that as a yes."
"I never expected that Actor Ling would take a liking to someone like this. He didn't even dare to get out of the car to answer a few questions."
No, he's not that kind of person; he can be.
Ling Zeyu can speak fluently and confidently in front of reporters, so how could he be afraid?
Bai Yanfei opened the car door, and the driver looked at him in astonishment.
"What are you doing?!"
As soon as Bai Yanfei got out of the car, he was surrounded and had to back away.
The reporters' questions came one after another, and Bai Yanfei suddenly regretted it.
Why did he get out of the car? Why did he have to act tough? But if he hadn't done that, wouldn't Ling Zeyu have disliked him even more? He didn't even know how to answer the reporters' questions; what face did he have to be her fiancé?
"Are you the other woman? Why aren't you saying anything?"
"I'm not! I'm not a mistress."
...
Beep—
The sudden honking startled everyone. Bai Yanfei seized the opportunity to slip out. The driver and the car were on the other side, and the reporters immediately approached. He looked at the car in front of him and banged on the window.
"Please, take me away."
The man in the car saw a group of reporters running over, so he opened the car door. Bai Yanfei had just gotten in, and before he could even fasten his seatbelt, the car drove off.
After driving for a while, Bai Yanfei finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Thanks."
"You're welcome. Where are you going?"
Let's stop here.
Luckily, he had his phone with him. He would contact Aunt Wang later and ask her to arrange for someone to pick him up, as it was definitely not safe for him to be on his way back to Ling Zeyu's house now.
The man stopped the car, and Bai Yanfei had just gotten out when he fell to the ground before taking two steps.
"Hey, this is a high-level staged accident scam..."
The man in the car had no choice but to get out and carry the person into the car.
The driver told Ling Zeyu what had happened. Ling Zeyu became increasingly angry. He dialed Bai Yanfei's phone number, but no one answered. He had no choice but to block the news for the time being.
Chapter 3 is such a hassle.
The reporters' origins were unknown, but fortunately, the video they filmed hadn't been leaked yet. Ling Zeyu spent a lot of effort to suppress the matter. Just then, his phone suddenly rang.
The caller ID showed Wen Xiuyuan.
"Hello? What's up?"
"I found you on the street, do you want to come and see?"
"Are you kidding me?"
Ling Zeyu's impatient tone startled Wen Xiuyuan.
"Hey, it's not yours? Then I'll take it. It's quite good-looking, wearing a rather large shirt. It's obviously not yours." Wen Xiuyuan fiddled with Bai Yanfei's clothes.
"Shirt? Wait a minute, I'll be right there."
"Brother Yu... I'm not an imposter..."
Bai Yanfei murmured to himself, while Wen Xiuyuan rested his chin on his hand and looked at him.
"Brother Yu!" Bai Yanfei suddenly sat up, breathing heavily.
"Where...where am I?"
"You were at my house." Wen Xiuyuan smiled. "Do you remember me?"
"Ah, it's you." Bai Yanfei's first reaction was to check his clothes. He was now Ling Zeyu's man and couldn't afford to have any affairs with other men.