My crush wants to be my sugar daddy.

Chapter 227 IF Path - Graduation Announcement

Freshman year is the most relaxed year of college life. A group of peers are together, and they are free from the heavy coursework of high school. The large amount of free time makes their lives wonderful.

Chi Yuan's WeChat Moments also increased, and Jiang Haochen could see photos of Chi Yuan playing with his classmates every now and then.

Some were playing basketball, some were running, some were hiking, and some were walking to the cafeteria arm in arm. In every photo, Chi Yuan was smiling very happily.

Jiang Haochen felt both happy and sad. He felt that the Chi Yuan in the photo was different from the Chi Yuan in front of him. The Chi Yuan in front of him was too well-behaved and more mature, completely different from the flamboyant and youthful appearance in the photo.

Xu Mo and Xiao Cui could also see Chi Yuan's WeChat Moments. Once, Jiang Haochen had just returned from a scene when he overheard Xu Mo and Xiao Cui talking about Chi Yuan in the dressing room: "Looking at Chi Yuan's photos makes me nostalgic for my college days. This youthful vibe is so strong. Young people should definitely hang out with other young people."

Xiao Cui reminded him, "Brother Xu, keep your voice down, Brother Jiang will be unhappy if he hears you."

Xu Mo: "I know, he's not here, is he? But even if I don't say it, Jiang Haochen probably already realized it. Look at him these past few days, he's been staring at Chi Yuan's WeChat Moments all the time, with an expression like he's about to break up with his girlfriend."

Xiao Cui: "I hope Chi Yuan won't really fall for someone else."

Xu Mo: "How can you say for sure? Chi Yuan is still young and his mind is not settled. Going to university is a time for him to broaden his horizons, so it's not impossible that he might fall for someone else. Besides, Jiang Haochen is so busy that he can't go back for months at a time."

Hearing this, Xiao Cui also became worried: "Being apart so often is indeed a big problem. Look at the past, Chi Yuan would come to visit the set whenever he had free time. How long has it been since he came? Brother Jiang even went out of his way to buy clothes and shoes for Chi Yuan. Chi Yuan is already good-looking, and with him dressed up like that, he's even more attractive. Last time I overheard him talking to Brother Jiang on the phone; he even went on a blind date. Although he went with his roommate, his roommate dragged him along because he's in need of help."

Everyone has experienced this kind of routine in universities.

Xu Mo: "I told him when he wanted to be with Chi Yuan. Jiang Haochen should have been prepared, so let's not worry about it."

Xiao Cui: "How about I send Chi Yuan a message and ask him to come visit the set?"

"Okay." Although Xu Mo didn't approve of Chi Yuan and Jiang Haochen's relationship, they were already together, so he naturally hoped they would continue on their path.

Just as Xiao Cui was about to send a message to Chi Yuan, Jiang Haochen pushed the door open and came in: "Don't let him come."

When the two saw Jiang Haochen enter, they knew he had overheard them, and their expressions turned somewhat unpleasant.

Jiang Haochen simply looked at Xu Mo and said, "Give me two days off. I'm going back to see Chi Yuan. From now on, try to give me at least two days off every month."

Xu Mo: "It's not realistic to ask you to take two days off every month to go back to City B. It would be more convenient for Chi Yuan to come."

Jiang Haochen disagreed: "It's me who wants to see him and keep him here, so of course I have to take the initiative." Besides, Chi Yuan longs for university life so much, and he doesn't want to affect him.

Xu Mo started giving Jiang Haochen some free time, though not every month. But whenever he had time, Jiang Haochen would return to City B. He often arrived on a midnight flight and left the next afternoon, yet Jiang Haochen still enjoyed it immensely. And whenever he saw Chi Yuan, Jiang Haochen never mentioned his worries. Fortunately, Chi Yuan would always wait for Jiang Haochen at the apartment. No matter how late, as long as Jiang Haochen said he was coming back, Chi Yuan would definitely be waiting for him at the apartment beforehand.

When the winter and summer vacations came, Chi Yuan originally planned to visit the set, but because the school organized an exchange program to go abroad, Chi Yuan changed his mind and decided to go abroad instead. Jiang Haochen didn't say anything.

In his sophomore year, Chi Yuan's coursework became more demanding, and he also officially joined Professor Xue's lab, making him so busy that he didn't even have time to make phone calls. The two, who were already separated for long periods, communicated even less. At this time, Xu Mo was immigrating overseas due to family reasons, and Xiao Cui took over Jiang Haochen's management job. Xiao Cui was less experienced than Xu Mo and was afraid of making mistakes, so Jiang Haochen tried his best to cooperate with Xiao Cui, working so hard that he didn't have much time to rest for several months.

Jiang Haochen wanted to see Chi Yuan, so he could only seize every opportunity when he was near B City, even if it was just passing by the school gate and talking for ten minutes or so.

During the second semester of their sophomore year, the two didn't see each other for three whole months. Jiang Haochen tried several times to get Chi Yuan to come see him, but every time he called and saw Chi Yuan's tired face, he couldn't say anything. Professor Xue's lab was a world-class physics lab, unlike his own, where not taking on work only meant earning less money. If Chi Yuan didn't perform well, he might never be able to get in again.

Jiang Haochen could only work desperately, hoping to find a few days to spare. However, one evening, after returning to his hotel from an event, he saw a young man with a backpack in the hotel lobby.

The boy had dark circles under his eyes and was asleep on the sofa next to the elevator, but he woke up as soon as Jiang Haochen approached.

"Brother?" The boy's eyes were full of surprise and longing.

"Why are you here? Didn't you say you were busy with experiments and couldn't get away?"

"I stayed up all night for a week to finish the data ahead of schedule. Bro, the professor gave me three days off, so I came to see you. Bro, I missed you."

He misses his brother.

At that moment, Jiang Haochen was finally certain that his boy still liked him.

Fortunately, during his sophomore summer vacation, Chi Yuan had some free time. He pretended to be his brother's assistant and stayed on the film set for more than a month, having an affair every day.

In his junior year, Chi Yuan became even busier. Professor Xue's projects came one after another. In his sophomore year, he only needed to stay in the lab, but by his junior year, Chi Yuan even had to travel with Professor Xue on business trips. Before, Jiang Haochen could always see Chi Yuan whenever he returned to City B, but now that was no longer the case.

The little time the two of them could spend together suddenly became even scarcer.

Jiang Haochen started complaining to Chi Yuan, "How come you, a college student, are busier than me?"

Chi Yuan chuckled: "Then I'll tell Professor Xue that I'm not going to work on the next project?"

Jiang Haochen: "No, I'm afraid Professor Xue will come and lecture me again."

Once, he was on the phone with Chi Yuan, telling him not to participate in school activities during the winter break. Professor Xue overheard this. Professor Xue immediately objected and used the precious time the two had managed to squeeze into their phone call to give Jiang Haochen a half-hour lecture on ideology and politics, along with popularizing the development and social contributions of physics.

Jiang Haochen is still scared when he thinks about it now; Professor Xue kept putting one big accusation after another on him.

"I have something funny to tell you, we got photographed," Jiang Haochen said excitedly.

Chi Yuan: "When? Why didn't I see it trending?"

Jiang Haochen: "When I took you back to school last time, I thought our relationship was about to explode, but nothing happened at all."

Jiang Haochen's tone was full of regret.

Chi Yuan asked curiously, "Why?"

Jiang Haochen: "Because everyone knows that I have a younger brother who is studying at Tsinghua or Peking University."

Because he treated everyone to milk tea at the film studio, not a single person in all those people thought anything of it.

Chi Yuan smiled and said, "Little Cui, were you scared to death?"

Speaking of Cui Yongyuan, Jiang Haochen gets angry: "That kid Cui Yongyuan used to say he supported us, but after becoming our manager, his stance immediately changed. Netizens are calling him a little brother now, and he even suppressed the trending topics."

Chi Yuan said, "Oh, no wonder it didn't trend on social media."

Another year has passed, and Chi Yuan is now a senior. He has already secured a place in a master's program and may even pursue a doctorate.

Professor Xue had a change of heart and didn't assign Chi Yuan too much work in the last month of graduation season, finally giving Chi Yuan a moment of relaxation he had during his freshman year.

Chi Yuan and his roommates spent their last days of college life together, playing basketball, drinking, and talking about the future.

Chi Yuan's three roommates all plan to find jobs after graduation, and the one with a girlfriend has even decided to get married after graduation.

"You all have to come when I get married."

"Okay." After four years of friendship, I definitely have to go to my classmate's wedding.

"Chi Yuan, it's been so many years, and we've never seen your boyfriend. Bring him along. You always say he's handsome, so let us see just how handsome he really is!"

"Exactly," the other two roommates chimed in.

Chi Yuan told his roommates he liked a guy when he was a sophomore, and they didn't react much. They just felt that it was a good thing that a guy like Chi Yuan wasn't competing with them for girls at school. However, after four years of university, they still had some reservations about never having met him. Their girlfriends, after all, had all been introduced to Chi Yuan.

Chi Yuan replied with a smile, "He will come when I graduate."

At the end of June, on a sunny day, another group of college students were about to graduate.

Chi Yuan, wearing an academic gown, took a graduation group photo with his classmates. As the photographer counted down, everyone tossed their hats high into the air and then hugged each other.

At that moment, a tall figure walked slowly over amidst the attention of everyone, holding a bouquet of flowers in his arms and a gentle smile on his face.

He was followed by a large group of students gossiping, but no one bothered him because of his appearance. They just followed quietly, simply because Jiang Haochen said something when he entered the room.

My boyfriend is graduating today, and I want to surprise him. Please keep this a secret.

The students were incredibly excited. Jiang Haochen's lover was at their school, and they were about to see her in person. Who was she?

Jiang Haochen held the flowers and smiled as he watched the boy cheering in the crowd.

Chi Yuan seemed to sense something and quietly turned his head.

At this moment, one of Chi Yuan's roommates tried to hug him through the crowd. Just as he was about to embrace Chi Yuan, Chi Yuan suddenly turned around and ran away from the crowd.

"elder brother!!"

The roommate missed her target, turned around, and saw Chi Yuan rush into the arms of a tall man and kiss him deeply.

"Holy crap!!"

My roommate thought to himself, "Ikemoto is really fierce," and then he caught a glimpse of the man's face...

"Jiang...Jiang Haochen?!?"

"Aaaaaah!!!"

"Jiang Haochen's lover is Chi Yuan!"

Students who heard the news screamed with excitement, taking photos, recording videos, and shipping the couple. Within minutes, Weibo and the campus networks of Tsinghua and Peking Universities crashed, and the entire internet was filled with photos of the two embracing and kissing.

Jiang Haochen's relationship exposed.

Jiang Haochen's girlfriend is a student at Tsinghua or Peking University.

[Jiang Haochen's child.]

……

In a single day, all the past between Jiang Haochen and Chi Yuan was dug up, and conspiracy theorists spread rumors that Jiang Haochen abducted a minor, claiming that he first funded Chi Yuan and then kidnapped her.

Xiao Cui calmly stepped down, stating that Chi Yuan was not sponsored by Jiang Haochen, but was a trainee signed by Tianyu Entertainment. He provided the contract documents and records of his three years of high school dormitory life, leaving no room for doubt. Tianyu Entertainment went further, issuing a statement saying that the company initially signed Chi Yuan as an actor because of his good looks, but after he was admitted to Tsinghua and Peking Universities and excelled in physics, Tianyu changed its mind, feeling it was a waste for such talent to be an actor and that he should be given to the country. Therefore, they peacefully terminated the trainee contract.

This statement not only cleared Jiang Haochen of suspicion, but also boosted Tianyu's public image.

When one plan failed, another was devised. Netizens started digging into Chi Yuan's clothes during his four years of university, saying that Chi Yuan wore designer brands and that he was obviously being kept by Jiang Haochen, attacking Chi Yuan for being vain.

Regarding the rumors of being kept by a sugar daddy, fans immediately retorted, saying that they've already made it official, so how could she be kept by a sugar daddy? What's wrong with spending money on her boyfriend? It's perfectly normal. As for Chi Yuan's vanity, have you ever seen a vain person dressed in designer clothes spending all their time in a lab?

Students from Tsinghua and Peking Universities even posted Chi Yuan's grades from his four years of university, which dazzled many of his haters.

In this way, the haters will automatically disappear within a day.

No matter how chaotic the outside world is, in Jiang Haochen and Chi Yuan's world there is only each other. From the moment they decided to go public, they have been fearless.

"Finally, I don't have to have affairs anymore," Jiang Haochen sighed. He had waited four years for this moment.

Chi Yuan: "Don't you like it? I actually think having an affair is quite exciting."

Jiang Haochen had no choice but to say, "If you really like it, we can act out an affair at home. Don't worry about my acting skills; you won't be able to spot any flaws."

Chi Yuan hugged his brother and asked cautiously, "Brother, I'm going to graduate school, so I might be even busier."

His brother doesn't object to his studying, but they see each other too infrequently.

Jiang Haochen: "I guessed it, so... I'm planning to move behind the scenes."

Chi Yuan stared at his brother in shock. Could it be because of him?

"Brother, you..."

"Don't be nervous," Jiang Haochen reassured Chi Yuan. "I'm almost thirty, and I was planning to transition to acting anyway. Besides, I've already won all the awards I could. And, going behind the scenes doesn't mean I can't act. I'll still take on suitable scripts; I just want a different kind of work. Also..."

Chi Yuan asked, "Anything else?"

Jiang Haochen smiled: "Also... Professor Xue said that as a family member, I should support your career. So whether you pursue a master's degree, a doctorate, or whatever you want to do in the future, just do it. I'll always be there for you."

Chi Yuan hadn't expected his brother to have thought so far ahead for him. Not only had he thought ahead, but he had already done so much. On the other hand, it seemed like he hadn't done anything for his brother.

"Brother, I like you the most." The most successful thing he ever did in his life was probably falling in love with his brother and successfully winning him over.

"I know."

Jiang Haochen knew, of course, that his boy had seen the world's splendor and had a bright future, yet still loved him.

"Chi Yuan, the best and luckiest thing I've ever done in my life was taking you home seven years ago."

The End