My crush wants to be my sugar daddy.

Chapter 40 Can You Touch Me?

The increasingly clear sound made the three of them freeze in place, too embarrassed to even look at each other. The female staff member, in particular, was so awkward she didn't know where to look.

Chi Yuan already disliked Wang Ming, and this voice reminded him of the day Wang Ming forced him to take the medicine, making him feel nauseous.

Fortunately, at that moment, a staff member walked over and started talking. The conversation startled the two people in the stairwell, and the unpleasant noise stopped abruptly.

"Xiaoli, have you seen Producer Wang? The roadshow is about to start."

Two staff members who walked over saw Xiaoli standing with Chi Yuan and asked her a question.

Before Xiaoli could answer, the door next to her creaked open, and Wang Ming, a portly man, walked out: "I'm here. I just came out for a smoke. I'll be right there."

Once the person was found, the staff didn't say anything, gave a brief reminder, and then went back to work.

At that moment, a handsome young man came out a step later. His collar was not turned up properly when he came out, obviously he had put it on in a hurry.

Xiao Zhao couldn't help but mutter under his breath, "Holy crap, they've already taken their clothes off."

The sound wasn't loud; only Chi Yuan and he could hear it. But his voice made Li Rui notice that there were still people standing at the elevator entrance.

Li Rui looked over at the sound, and froze the moment his gaze fell on Chi Yuan: "Chi Yuan?!"

When Wang Ming heard Chi Yuan's name, he turned around and looked over. When he saw the boy's appearance clearly, a look of amazement flashed in his eyes.

There's no doubt that Chi Yuan is good-looking; otherwise, he wouldn't have gone to such lengths to offer him the third male lead role just to seduce him. Now, in just a few months, the boy has become even more handsome, more so than he imagined.

Especially that waist, which he had been coveting for months, and which he had almost touched in the hotel room. Now that it was bound by a belt, it was so thin and soft, it must be even easier to touch.

Li Rui has never liked Chi Yuan because the things Chi Yuan disdains are what he actively desires.

Chi Yuan got the role of the third male lead in "Baihua Mountain" because Wang Ming took a liking to him and wanted to seduce him, so he deliberately gave him the role. But Chi Yuan was different; he made inquiries from various sources and knew that Wang Ming liked men, so he offered the role to him on his own initiative.

After he joined the crew, Wang Ming only had eyes for Chi Yuan, ignoring all his attempts to wink at her. He hated Chi Yuan's ungratefulness and even more so, his innocence. Later, Chi Yuan and Wang Ming had a falling out, and he finally got his chance. But every time that happened, Wang Ming would suddenly say something...

"Your waist has gotten thicker. Chi Yuan's waist is much prettier."

He dared not offend Wang Ming, so he hated Chi Yuan even more.

Later, I found out that Chi Yuan wasn't exactly innocent either; he had fallen out with Wang Ming, but then he ended up in Jiang Haochen's bed.

He thought to himself, "I thought you were so innocent, but you turned out to be a womanizer." So he stopped hating Chi Yuan for being clean and started hating Chi Yuan for being lucky.

Why? Why is it that he can only sleep with a fat pig like Wang Ming, while Chi Yuan gets to meet Jiang Haochen?!

Li Rui could suppress these emotions as long as Wang Ming didn't mention Chi Yuan. But at this moment, seeing Chi Yuan looking completely transformed, dressed like a top star, his jealousy suddenly burst forth.

"Chi Yuan, long time no see." Wang Ming stepped forward, extending his hand with a broad smile to shake hands with Chi Yuan. He was a businessman; in this circle, as long as money was involved, there were plenty of people who would destroy someone yesterday and continue cooperating today. He figured that Chi Yuan's willingness to come today meant he understood this principle.

He had already inquired about it; Jiang Haochen's affections were always short-lived. He would usually spend resources on them and then never look at them again. Many women who had one-night stands with Jiang Haochen would become popular for a while, but then their popularity would gradually fade, and Jiang Haochen would never care again.

The first time someone sleeps with another woman, she's always reserved. Once she realizes the benefits of sleeping with him and leaves Jiang Haochen, she'll still have a chance to get him back.

Yes, that's right, Wang Ming wants to seduce Chi Yuan again, no, he wants it even more now.

Chi Yuan met the other party's disgusting gaze and had an urge to punch him, but he held back because he remembered Wei Ran's instructions before he came.

Chi Yuan ignored him and said to Xiao Li, "Please take me to the lounge."

Xiaoli didn't want her handsome little boy to be targeted by this pig-headed guy, so she quickly led the way, afraid that if she walked too slowly, he would be polluted by the air he was breathing.

Chi Yuan never showed his face to either of them the entire time. His cold and aloof features appeared arrogant and domineering to Li Rui.

Seeing Wang Ming's expression, Li Rui became even angrier: "What's with the arrogance? You're just a prostitute too."

Wang Ming clicked his tongue: "He sells his ass, but his ass is worth more than yours."

Li Rui was furious inside, but he couldn't show it on his face. He had to put on a coquettish act: "Brother Ming, I sold myself to you. If I'm worthless, then it's because you don't have money, isn't it?"

Wang Ming liked Li Rui's flamboyant personality; he could say anything, wasn't aloof, but...

"Don't give me that crap. Look at how loose your ass is."

That's because you're too small! It won't stop me from taking a dump after I'm done.

I'll endure it for the sake of my next film.

Li Rui composed himself: "Then let's try something different next time."

Wang Ming was immediately delighted and reached out to pat his butt: "I love this kind of energy of yours. The role in 'Baihua Mountain' can't be changed. I'll make you the second male lead in the next movie, and I guarantee you'll gain a lot of female fans."

Li Rui fidgeted a couple of times, pretending to be a little bird clinging to Wang Ming, even though he was a head taller than Wang Ming.

Upon entering the lounge, Chi Yuan met the male and female leads.

After filming for several months, Chi Won and the male and female leads, while not very familiar with each other, knew each other.

They had heard some of the stories about Chi Yuan and Wang Ming, and were quite surprised when they suddenly learned that Chi Yuan was also coming today. Now, seeing Chi Yuan looking completely different, the two of them were even more stunned and didn't react for a long time.

"Brother Cheng, Sister Ting," Chi Yuan greeted the two respectfully.

Cheng Cheng: "I heard you signed with a new entertainment company, and it seems you're doing quite well."

Bai Yanting's captivating eyes swept over Chi Yuan, her gaze filled with amazement: "Tsk tsk tsk, dressed like this on stage, everyone will think you're the male lead soon enough."

Cheng Cheng seized the opportunity to complain, "Yeah, Chi Yuan, are you deliberately stealing my thunder?"

Chi Yuan quickly explained, "This is all arranged by the company."

Bai Yanting asked, "By the way, which company did you go to?"

Chi Yuan: "Tianyu Entertainment".

"No wonder," Bai Yan said suddenly. "Tianyu is very protective of his own, no wonder we didn't cut it randomly. We were afraid Tianyu would cause trouble. Chi Yuan, you saved a terrible movie."

Chi Yuan looked surprised.

Bai Yanting complained, "You don't know, Wang Ming was planning to replace all your highlight scenes with Li Rui's using AI. It would be two completely different storylines, and this abrupt replacement ruined a perfectly good show. We, the director and I, were furious but dared not say a word, we were absolutely livid."

Cheng Cheng also said, "Ahem!"

Cheng Cheng spoke up to remind her, and Bai Yanting fell silent. Then, Wang Ming and Li Rui walked in.

A short while later, staff members came up and took them to the venue to meet the audience.

When it came to the positioning, Li Rui, the fourth male lead, actually stood in the center, pushing the male and female leads to the side.

Chi Yuan was seated in a corner, but his exquisite attire, so different from everyone else's, made him stand out conspicuously, even in that corner.

In particular, when media reporters took photos, their lenses involuntarily locked onto the corner, and they only moved the lenses back after being reminded.

During the Q&A session, aside from the male and female leads, the audience's attention was entirely on Chi Yuan. Cheng Cheng and Bai Yanting, who were already dissatisfied with Li Rui, saw this and immediately placed Chi Yuan between them, flanking him and preventing him from moving.

As a result, the center position on the scene completely changed to Chi Yuan. During the entire hour-long press conference, apart from the host's routine introduction, no one remembered Li Rui at all.

Li Rui's eyes turned red with anger. The thought of having to go back that night to play new tricks with Wang Ming made him feel like he was going to vomit blood.

He suddenly stepped forward and put his arm around Chi Yuan's shoulder like two buddies: "Doesn't Chi Yuan look handsome today?!"

The audience cheered enthusiastically, "Awesome!"

Li Rui: "You were already handsome, but you're even more handsome in this outfit, like a rich young master. Could you be actually a rich young master?"

This was said in the name of a joke, but it was actually meant to draw attention to Chi Yuan's clothes. If you're a newcomer, unless you're from a wealthy family, wearing clothes worth hundreds of thousands to an event—what else could it be but selling yourself?

Xiao Zhao knew inwardly that something was wrong, but there was nothing he could do to help.

Chi Yuan subtly removed Li Rui's hand from his shoulder and calmly said, "The clothes were styled by the company's stylist. Don't damage them, or we won't be able to afford to pay for them."

As he spoke, he took two steps to the side, moving away from Li Rui, as if he was genuinely afraid of not being able to afford the compensation.

His movements were natural and his expression was sincere, which made the audience burst into laughter.

Xiao Zhao breathed a sigh of relief. Even if the media stirred up trouble later, the company could issue a statement to deal with it.

Li Rui didn't find another opportunity to cause trouble, and the roadshow ended quickly. The only thing that disgusted him was that, on stage, Wang Ming took the opportunity of a group photo to deliberately reach out and touch his waist.

Although it wasn't too bad, it seemed like it was an accidental encounter, but Chi Yuan still found it disgusting.

I felt nauseous and took three showers after getting home, but I still felt uncomfortable each time.

Finally, he couldn't take it anymore and tried sending Jiang Haochen a message: {Can you touch me?}