Chapter 17: Favors

Odense is a bit cheaper than Copenhagen, and with Qi Xingchen's money, the guests were able to get away from the misery of sleeping on the street and booked two suites, one for men and one for women.

After hanging out together for so many days, everyone was already familiar with each other. Qi Xingchen entered the house and went straight to the bathroom, blocking the doorway in a "big" shape: "I'll take a shower first, I'll take a shower first!"

"OK, OK, OK." Zhang Yunfei didn't care, "Hurry up and wash, I'm going to stink after a day in the car."

"Okay, ten minutes!" Qi Xingchen flew in.

Luckily, there was a mirror right in front of the bathroom door, and Qi Xingchen shut the bathroom door, took off his shirt, and turned around.

In the mirror, there were a dozen purple bruise spots spread across his back, all from the rocks he had just laid down on the floor to perform.

In order to keep his balance, he had to be mentally focused when topping the umbrella, so he didn't feel any pain until everyone was counting the money together in the back. Lying down too long, the dents pressed out by the stones were deep enough that they didn't hurt, but it was nice to think that sleeping was never good.

He stepped under the shower and took a three-part shower. Pulling on his pants, he wrapped his arm around his back trying to rub the bruise away, it would heal slightly faster.

"Brother Yunfei? I'm going to wait a little longer."

"No," came the low magnetic male voice, "it's me, Bai Ye."

The man of the house? What does he want? The hotel bathroom is wet and dry, so if you want to go to the bathroom, you can do it outside. Are you in a hurry to wash your face?

"...... Please wait a moment, I haven't finished using it yet."

Based on the sound, Bai Ye guessed that he was done washing and, not intending to be nosy, simply said, "I'm coming in."

After saying that, the door handle made a metallic sound of being twisted. Qi Xingchen's nerves were also twisted as if they had been twisted, and in a hurry, he hurriedly picked up his jacket and blocked it in front of his chest!

Come in Bai Ye : "......"

In the bathroom, the cold white light lined the boy's skin color snow white, almost transparent. Jaw curvature is beautiful, slender neck under the collarbone line is visible, but also hanging a few drops of water.

Naked big arm small arm thin but not firewood, muscle line smooth, a look usually pay attention to exercise. Waist hidden in the back of the clothes, can vaguely see a little bit of strong and thin arc, a hand can hold down the arc.

Seeing him enter, a scarlet blush rose to the boys' cheeks that was visible to the naked eye and had a tendency to gradually spread to their necks.

"...... What do you want, do it quick," Qi Xingchen took a step back, "I haven't scrubbed my hair yet!"

Bai Ye raised an eyebrow, "I thought you weren't afraid to look."

When Bai Ye pulled his clothes for him, he had said, "It's okay, boys aren't afraid to look", I didn't expect this person to remember, Qi Xingchen gritted his teeth in hatred.

Seeing that he was defeated, Bai Ye's smile deepened at the corner of his lips and finally let him go, asking, "Is the back injury serious."

"How did you know about my back ......"

"It doesn't matter," Bai Ye loosened the arm he'd been holding and shook the little bottle in his hand, "what matters is that you can't medicate yourself."

Qi Xingchen swept a glance at the small bottle he had seen before, it was the medicinal oil Bai Ye had bought together last night. Last night Bai Ye wasn't sure if he had a cut or a sprain, and bought two bottles of various types of medicine.

"Turn around," Bai Ye said, "I'll do it for you."

Qi Xingchen's ears were burning, "Thanks, no, I'll do it myself."

"Do you not want to delay Brother Yunfei's bath?"

Qi Xingchen : "...... Uh-huh."

"Then listen to me." Bai Ye said.

There was no way around it. It really wasn't a good idea for the two of them to be stuck here. And Bai Ye is right, the bruises are on his back, he can't rub them himself.

So Qi Xingchen pressed her clothes with one hand and braced herself against the edge of the sink with the other, and turned around in a very humiliating manner.

Ai Dou, whose surname is Bo, achieved a stage of victory, poured the medicinal oil into the palm of his hand, rubbed it twice, and then "snapped" and slapped Qi Xingchen on the shoulder.

Qi Xingchen : "......"

Has this young master ever rubbed anyone's nose in anything?

Bai Ye grew up in a privileged family, with a special aunt to take care of her, and a family doctor at her beck and call for bumps and bruises.

When he made his debut at the age of seventeen, he won the Best New Artist Award of that year with just one debut song, and became a hot new star, who wouldn't treat him like a Buddha with his agent, assistant and bodyguard?

Not to mention rubbing someone else's medicine, he himself had been injured by someone else, and had no experience in this area at all.

However, through Qi Xingchen's reaction, he could sense what he was doing wrong, and eased up on the slow rubbing.

The boy's arched backbone was like the curve of a musical note jumping out of the air, full of rhythmic beauty under his hands. Bai Ye's hand paused, his hand was even lighter, and it was only after ten minutes that he finally finished rubbing it.

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I have to say that the medicated oil worked, and I was surprised that my back didn't hurt at all by the time I went to bed.

Qi Xingchen was lying in bed, tossing and turning, unable to sleep, like a stone weighing on his heart, always feeling that he should say something to Bai Ye.

But he didn't know how to say it, he'd already said his thanks, so there was no point in saying it again.

He fished his cell phone out from under his pillow and pondered over Bai Ye's avatar. Typed a line, deleted it, typed another line, deleted it again.

Bai Ye and his agent WeChat to finalize the next trip, want to remind the small fans to sleep as much as possible do not press the back, open the chat box, see a line of prompts: [the other party is typing ......]

Three minutes have passed. [The other party is typing ......]

Eight minutes have passed: [The other party is typing ......]

"......" Bai Ye was speechless, this guy wasn't going to write him a letter of commendation, was he?

Then don't, Bai Ye typed out a single word: "Speak.

Xingchen: [...... Oh]

Xingchen: [Just want to, that, thank you]

Bo: [You're welcome.

Xingchen ：【Okay, then I won't disturb your rest, good night】.

Bai Ye looked at the word "good night", the mood is much more relaxed, just ready to lock the screen to sleep.

Xingchen: [Wait!

Bo: [?

Xingchen : [Can I ask why you're so nice to me?

Why?

Bai Ye eyes flashed through the boys biting their lower lip, insisting on refusing to extend their arms, the glittering eyes when performing acrobatics, and the waistline that was unintentionally exposed when they leaned over.

Gee, it's so white.

[No reason,]

Bai Ye A: [I spoil the fans.]

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With Qi Xingchen's money, the rest of the three days weren't lavish, but they weren't too tight either. Walking around every day, we finally realized the fun of a travel variety show.

On the last day of the first stop, when it was time to buy gifts for the fans for the raffle, Zhang Yunfei said, "Xingchen, you pick first."

The amount of retweets each gift receives will directly determine whether or not there is a personal reward for the next trip. Qi Xingchen earned all the money for the gifts, so Zhang Yunfei had no problem letting him pick first, and everyone agreed with him.

Qi Xingchen, however, shook her head, "I'm not buying it, I'm going to give the umbrellas and plates I use for my performances to my fans ...... Don't laugh at Ms. Qiuman, that's the guy I make my living with!"

"Fine, fine, I won't laugh." Luo Qiuman laughed when he heard Qi Xingchen was going to give his fans folded umbrellas and broken plates, I guess not many fans wanted this.

In fact, Qi Xingchen also knows that this gift is shabby, but he has his own considerations.

If he took the money and picked the gift first, not to mention that he didn't respect his seniors enough, in case his gift retweets really reached the top three, he would be doing something too ostentatious.

He did want to catch fire in a short period of time, but he had already made enough of a splash in the first installment, so he had to give others something sweet to eat. If the other guests hold a grudge and find a water army to blacken his hand in the dark, Du Lanxin's character couldn't possibly care less about him, and he wouldn't be able to find a place to clear his name at that time.

So when it's time to let go, you have to let go and when it's time to let go, that's the lesson he's learned after one reckoning.

Seeing that he insisted on not buying a gift, everyone stopped persuading him and ran to the mall to pick one together.

There wasn't much money left, each person had around a hundred crowns at their disposal, and it was up to the person whose gift was more creative and heartfelt.

While everyone is racking their brains to choose a gift, Qi Xingchen is also not idle. Yesterday, Qi Yuji called and pampered herself with a Danish specialty.

She didn't have any specialties, but she just wanted "specialties bought by her brother".

Qi Xingchen bought Qi Yuji a small ornament and a painting. At the end of the day, he thought it wasn't practical enough, so he bought her a new bag from a niche brand.

Qi Yuji was still uneasy and called, "Xingchen, you didn't forget your sister's gift, did you?"

"Nope, just finished shopping."

"What did you say, Yuji?" came the voice of Ki's father through the phone.

Qi Yuji covered the microphone: "Xingchen bought me a gift, Dad, you don't have one!"

Qi Yuji was so pleased with himself that his voice was louder than usual, which was heard by Qi Xingchen. Suddenly he remembered the scene of Qi's father seeing him off before he left, and resigned himself to his fate, turning back to the mall, picking up another tie for Qi's father, and a pair of shirt cufflinks for Qi Yunxiao.

After all this, Qi Xingchen, who had no agent to help maintain relationships, bought gifts for everyone in the crew. The director's was more expensive, followed by the assistant director, then the camera crew chief, the radio crew chief and so on, and the miscellaneous chores were not left behind either.

Among the guests, the women buy local trinkets, while Zhang Yunfei buys oil books. When it comes to Bai Ye, he has a problem.

In Bai Ye's mind, he is his fan and must be treated differently. In his mind, he already owes Bai Ye two favors, so it's not right to buy a bunch of them.

He walked around twice before finally catching the eye of a hand-painted store, pulling out his AirPods case and walking in.