"I...I wasn't laughing." The waiter turned around, still maintaining a polite smile. "Is there anything else you need, sir?"
"No need." Bai Yanfei found the waiter's smile sarcastic.
"You can call me again if you need anything." The waiter left politely, and the moment he closed the door, his smile vanished and a look of disdain appeared on his face. "What's there to brag about? He's just a dog that's been taken advantage of."
Bai Yanfei cannot go out. His only means of communicating with the outside world is his mobile phone. Su Kai has been telling him not to look at online comments, but he just can't help it.
Every time he sees it, he feels sad; every time he sees it, he recalls that disgusting thing.
Why can't that person just die?
...
Bai Yanfei stayed in the hotel for three days without going out.
He drew all the curtains, making the room pitch black. He no longer turned on the lights; only in such a dark environment could he fall asleep.
This is the third day that Ling Zeyu has ignored him. Only Su Kai calls him every day to ask about his situation. The fans are still restless. Su Kai advised him to stay in the hotel. As long as he doesn't show his face, he is still safe.
Bai Yanfei mechanically repeated the actions of the past few days: getting up, washing up, eating, calling the waiter to clear the food away after eating, and then starting to scroll through his phone.
I had just finished eating when the door opened, and he was still curled up in bed.
Which waiter dares to come in without knocking?
Bai Yanfei sat up and saw the person he had been thinking about for a long time.
"Let's go."
Bai Yanfei didn't react for a moment. He stared blankly at Ling Zeyu and asked, "Where are we going?"
"Get the marriage certificate."
Ling Zeyu stepped aside, and several people carrying several boxes walked in.
"Put on some makeup and change your clothes, I'll wait for you."
Ling Zeyu was sitting to the side scrolling through his phone when Bai Yanfei hadn't even realized what was happening, and someone was already applying makeup to him with a makeup brush.
He'd been staying up late these past few days and had developed dark circles under his eyes, and he wasn't in good spirits, so the makeup artist took out some colored contact lenses to put on him.
"I can't wear colored contact lenses." Bai Yanfei turned his head away. The doctor had said that he couldn't wear contact lenses, let alone colored contact lenses, in his injured eye.
"But the photos you take in this state won't look good."
Bai Yanfei resolutely refused to wear colored contact lenses; he didn't want to ruin his eyesight.
The makeup artist turned her head and looked at Ling Zeyu with a troubled expression.
"What happened?"
"Mr. Bai doesn't want to wear colored contact lenses, but his eyes don't look bright right now, so the photos won't look good."
Ling Zeyu walked over and pinched Bai Yanfei's chin.
Give me the colored contact lenses.
Ling Zeyu reached out and took the contact lenses. He opened Bai Yanfei's eyes and put the lenses in.
Bai Yanfei looked much more energetic with colored contact lenses on.
"Do you still want me to do your makeup myself?" Ling Zeyu looked down at Bai Yanfei's face. "You should know better than I what time the Civil Affairs Bureau closes for the day."
"Why...why would you want to get a marriage certificate with me?"
"Isn't this what you wanted? Stop pretending."
Ling Zeyu ruthlessly exposed Bai Yanfei's inner thoughts.
Bai Yanfei originally thought she would receive news of Ling Zeyu's annulment of the engagement, but three days later, Ling Zeyu came with a makeup artist and said they were going to get their marriage certificate.
He couldn't believe what had happened today. The makeup brush gently swept across his cheeks; it didn't feel fake.
The makeup artist gave him a very natural look. If he hadn't looked in the mirror just an hour ago, Bai Yanfei would almost have been fooled by his own appearance.
"Mr. Ling, your makeup is done."
Ling Zeyu put away his phone and walked over slowly. When he saw Bai Yanfei's face, he nodded in satisfaction.
"Go out."
The car was parked right in front of the hotel, with bodyguards protecting him. Even after Bai Yanfei got into the car, he still felt like it was not real.
"Are we... going to get our marriage certificate?"
"Yes, after we get our marriage certificate, we'll go back to the old house for dinner. Mom is still waiting at home."
On the way to the Civil Affairs Bureau, Bai Yanfei was filled with trepidation. It wasn't until he held a small red booklet in his hand that he realized he had truly become a member of the Ling family.
Ling Zeyu took a picture of the marriage certificate, and then took another picture of himself holding Bai Yanfei's hand.
"Log in to my account and post a Weibo."
I received two pictures on my phone, which Ling Zeyu had just taken.
After the Weibo post was published, it quickly became a trending topic. Ling Zeyu took Bai Yanfei's phone and put it in his pocket.
I'll return your phone to you tonight.
Ling Zeyu casually turned off Bai Yanfei's phone. He knew without guessing who would be the first to call after seeing the trending topic.
Although he didn't like Bai Yanfei, he couldn't allow something that already belonged to him to be coveted by another man.
"I want to see Grandma..."
He hadn't seen his grandmother for three or four days and didn't know how she was doing. He had gotten into such a big mess, and his grandmother must be worried about him.
Do you think it's okay for you to appear in public right now?
"I……"
“Think about the consequences. If those radical fans see you appear and go to see an elderly person, how will they treat your grandmother?”
"If you don't want the elderly to be exposed online, you'd better behave yourself for a while."
"good."
He had already experienced enough despair these past few days; if his grandmother were also subjected to online harassment, how could he possibly cope?
“Bai Zhenrong has been calling me these past few days, but I’ve blocked him. I’ve done what I could. He’s the one who’s messed up the Bai family business; he should deal with it himself.”
"I have nothing to do with the Bai family anymore."
Ling Zeyu was slightly taken aback. He looked at Bai Yanfei and asked, "Do you know what you're saying?"
"I know the Bai family has nothing to do with me anymore."
Zhang Rongrong is not his mother, and Bai Zhenrong does not treat him as his own son. He doesn't want this family anymore.
"what happened?"
Ling Zeyu was curious. Bai Yanfei had been asking him to help the Bai family, but now he wanted to sever ties with them. He was curious about what had happened.
"Nothing happened." Bai Yanfei didn't want Ling Zeyu to know about these shameful things. He was already embarrassed enough. If Ling Zeyu knew about these things, he would lose all face.
"Since you've put it that way, I won't hold back against the Bai family."
Bai Yanfei was slightly taken aback: "What do you want to do?"
"The Bai family is now in Bai Zhenrong's hands, just like a nouveau riche holding the emperor's token, you understand? If Bai Zhenrong doesn't have the ability to manage the Bai family well, then the Bai family has no reason to exist. He has brought me so much trouble, so it's only right that I spend a little money to acquire it."
"You want to acquire the Bai family?"
"yes."
"What are we going to do with it? Give it to Bai Yifei?" Bai Yifei said half-jokingly.
Ling Zeyu did not deny it; he smiled as he looked at Bai Yanfei.
"Sure enough, the squeaky wheel gets the grease."
Chapter 57 Brother Yu, I Love You
Bai Yanfei said this in an ambiguous way. He felt his eyes were particularly uncomfortable. He had never worn colored contact lenses before, and they were uncomfortable to have in his eyes.
"Brother Yu, my eyes hurt."
"Then go to sleep."
Will wearing colored contact lenses to sleep cause blindness?
Ling Zeyu then realized what was happening and turned Bai Yanfei's face towards him.
"Don't move your eyes."
When the driver stopped at the traffic light, Ling Zeyu removed the colored contact lenses from Bai Yanfei's eyes. Bai Yanfei's left eye was completely red, with many blood vessels inside.
Ling Zeyu frowned, took out a bottle of eye drops, and dripped them into Bai Yanfei's bloodshot eyes.
The medicine felt cool and refreshing, and Bai Yanfei closed his eyes.
His eyes were still very uncomfortable, and after he put in eye drops, his eyes started to tear up.
"Why are you crying again?"
"My eyes are uncomfortable, but I didn't cry."
Ling Zeyu felt particularly helpless every time he cried, wondering if it was because he looked a lot like Bai Yifei when he cried.
"Don't tell my mom about your eyes. She's been very worried about you these past few days."
After leaving a warning, Ling Zeyu got out of the car.
The Ling family's old house remains the same as before, except that the rooms have been decorated in the style of a wedding room.
Rong Xuan noticed that his eyes were abnormally red, so she quickly examined them closely.
"What's wrong with these eyes? They're so red, and there are so many blood vessels in them."
"I was so excited just now that I cried." Bai Yanfei avoided Rong Xuanke's gaze. "It's nothing, I'll be fine after a rest."
"Xiaoyu, call Xiuyuan over to take a look at Xiaoyan's eyes."
"I'll have him come over tomorrow."
"Forget tomorrow, let's call him over now and have a meal together."