My crush wants to be my sugar daddy.

Chapter 164 The Last Day Before the Contract Expires

"Cut! The last shot is perfect! Filming for 'Eternal Life' is officially wrapped!"

"WOW~~"

"Congratulations on wrapping up filming! You've worked hard."

"Thanks for your hard work."

As Director Yang announced the wrap-up of filming, the crew erupted in enthusiastic cheers.

Filming for "Eternal Life" took nearly four months, involving the efforts of hundreds of people and numerous setbacks. In particular, during the last two weeks, the series almost couldn't be broadcast. Fortunately, everything was resolved before filming wrapped.

Even Director Yang seemed exceptionally excited at this moment. He took the initiative to walk over to Chi Yuan and personally handed him the flowers prepared by the crew, saying, "Thank you for your hard work."

Despite the recent controversies, Director Yang still greatly admires Chi Yuan. He's young, hardworking, humble, and quick to learn acting; most importantly, he remains calm under pressure. If he can maintain this level of composure, surpassing Jiang Haochen in the future isn't out of the question.

Chi Yuan smiled shyly: "Director Yang, you've worked hard too."

Director Yang chuckled and gave him a word of advice: "You must keep making movies. Don't end up like Jiang Haochen, wasting your talent."

Chi Yuan: "I will continue to work hard."

Chi Won truly learned a lot during the filming of "Eternal Life." He worked with a cast of very talented actors, Director Yang was demanding, and there was also Mr. Jiang…

I'll rehearse my lines tonight.

Director Yang: "Aren't you going to the wrap party?"

Chi Yuan shook his head: "I'm not going, I have other things to do."

Filming wrapped up a day later than expected, and if he attended the wrap party, he wouldn't be able to make it back in time.

Director Yang didn't make any demands, knowing that actors with high commercial value like Chi Yuan have very tight schedules: "Let's take a group photo and say goodbye to everyone."

Chi Yuan: "Okay."

After taking photos, saying goodbye, and adding some familiar co-stars on WeChat, it was two hours before Chi Yuan finally left the set.

Xiao Zhao had packed his luggage early on. Chi Yuan got into the car, and the two headed towards City B.

As Xiao Zhao drove towards City B, he asked, "Brother Chi, are we going back to the apartment or your own home?"

Chi Yuan: "Apartment."

Xiao Zhao: "Do you need me to come over and help you pack your things?"

Chi Yuan's eyes trembled as he looked at his phone before he whispered, "No need."

Xiao Zhao glanced at Chi Yuan in the rearview mirror, didn't ask any more questions, said "oh" and then focused on driving.

Today is the last day of the contract.

Chi Yuan's phone was still on his WeChat chat with Jiang Haochen, showing their conversation from this morning.

There have been too many things going on these past few days. Mr. Jiang is not on set, and he has a full schedule every day. The two of them haven't spoken for several days.

The relationship, which had become harmonious, has somehow become distant again, as if it has returned to the beginning.

When he first started working for Mr. Jiang, he had to rack his brains to find a suitable excuse to see him. Back then, he was afraid that Mr. Jiang would find him annoying and that he was trying too hard to get into bed with him. Now, he's also afraid that Mr. Jiang will find him annoying and that Mr. Jiang will think he's being clingy.

Today is the wrap-up day for the drama, and he finally had an excuse to send a message: {Filming wrapped up today, will you come?}

Two hours later, I replied: {I haven't finished dealing with things here and can't make it back in time. Congratulations on wrapping up filming, you've worked hard.}

Are you going back to your apartment tonight?

Chi Yuan hesitated for a day, but ultimately didn't send the message.

He had promised himself, promised Huang Kai, promised Sister Ran, and even promised Mr. Jiang that he would not pester them when the contract expired.

At 1 p.m., Chi Yuan returned to his apartment.

He carried his luggage upstairs, stood in the empty apartment for a moment, then took out his phone and sent a message to Jiang Haochen: {Mr. Jiang, I'm back at the apartment.}

After waiting for a while and receiving no reply from Jiang Haochen, Chi Yuan pushed his suitcase to the second bedroom.

Then I set an alarm for my phone for midnight.

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Meanwhile, Jiang Haochen was negotiating with Gao Wanfu and his wife, accompanied by his lawyer.

Gao Wanfu is indeed a troublesome person. Even after I warned him yesterday, he still dared to cause trouble.

In the morning, he received a recording from Lin Fang, which was from the previous night in a private room at the restaurant. It had been edited to make it seem like he had paid Lin Fang and her husband to clear Chi Yuan's name. There were even several photos of Lin Fang being beaten, intended to falsely accuse him of assaulting her.

He directly asked him for three million, saying he knew Chi Yuan currently had two top-tier endorsements, and that he knew the lie would be exposed, but if things dragged on for a few more days, Chi Yuan would suffer even greater losses. He wanted him to weigh the pros and cons and give him three million to avoid trouble.

Jiang Haochen was so angry he laughed. He took his lawyer directly to Gao Wanfu and showed them the complete video from the restaurant's private room. After his lawyer explained the sentencing for extortion, the couple finally calmed down. They recorded a clarification video in front of him and posted it online.

After sending the video, Jiang Haochen ignored the couple and turned to leave the temporary office rented by the hospital. Behind him was his lawyer's warning: "My client has ample evidence to prosecute you, but given that you have a sick son to care for, and the relationship between Ms. Lin and Mr. Chi, we can temporarily refrain from pursuing the matter. However, from now on, you are strictly prohibited from attempting to contact Mr. Chi in any way or through any means. If you do, my client will immediately report it to the police. Let me remind you, once the police file a case, it cannot be withdrawn, meaning you will go directly to jail."

Jiang Haochen had considered calling the police, but if Gao Wanfu went to jail, Lin Fang and Gao Cheng would be left without anyone to care for them. Gao Cheng was a good kid; his initiative in clarifying the situation saved Gao Wanfu's life. Furthermore, a woman like Lin Fang, completely incapable of supporting herself, would cling even more desperately to Chi Yuan once she lost her support.

Although there's a video showing the severing of ties, as long as Chi Yuan remains active in the entertainment industry, there will always be media outlets trying to capitalize on Lin Fang's popularity. Having such a mother constantly active online isn't good for Chi Yuan either.

Therefore, the best course of action is to seize the opportunity and firmly control the couple.

By the time everything was finished, it was almost five o'clock.

Jiang Haochen was a bit annoyed. His original plan was to finish dealing with Gao Cheng's medical expenses in the morning and then fly back to City B in the afternoon, but it turned out to be so late.

"Mr. Jiang, the matter has been resolved. I will also follow up on the follow-up medical expenses. Is there anything else I can do?" The lawyer came out of the office.

Jiang Haochen shook his head: "No, you can follow up on the follow-up treatment costs."

Lawyer: "Okay, if there's nothing else, I'll head back now."

After the lawyer left, Jiang Haochen planned to say hello to the dean and then head to the airport.

On his way to the dean's office, Jiang Haochen finally had time to check his phone and saw the message from Chi Yuan.

Chi Yuan: {Mr. Jiang, I'm going back to my apartment.}

Back to the apartment? You went back to the apartment as soon as filming wrapped up, so good.

Jiang Haochen was about to send a message to Chi Yuan to tell him that he was taking a flight back that evening. But just as his hand was on the voice call button, a phone call came in.

It is Xie Lingzhou.

Jiang Haochen frowned. After making things clear with Xie Lingzhou last time, he didn't really want to pay attention to Xie Lingzhou anymore, so he only glanced at him before hanging up the phone.

As soon as he hung up, the other end called again.

After this was repeated three times, Jiang Haochen had no choice but to answer: "Feed."

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At that moment, Chi Yuan was unfolding a sheet of paper and writing a farewell letter.

One night while he was with Mr. Jiang, he asked Mr. Jiang a question: Would you feel disgusted to be liked by someone like him?

Mr. Jiang replied that he would not, saying that even if he could not reciprocate such affection, he would not dislike her.

At that time, he decided that when the contract expired, he would tell Mr. Jiang that he liked him.

Perhaps because he had been holding back for too long, the first sentence Chi Yuan wrote when he picked up his pen was this:

Mr. Jiang:

I like you, I've liked you for a very, very long time...