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Fuck! Huff! Huff! He shouldn't have lied. Now, early in the morning Xie Mingze was lifting some dumbbells with Fen Yichen. He always liked to sleep in, ignore exercise, he would be willing to sacrifice his break fast if it meant not waking up a minute earlier.

This was pure torture for him. He was not used to working out, he felt his bone creaking at times. It was loud that Yichen would sometimes turn to look at him. 

"We would be done soon, fighting!"

Mingze doesn't want to fight anymore. He wants to drop dead on the floor and sleep for enternity. Originally, it was supposed to be jogging first, but looking at his mummified feet that was impossible at the moment.

1, 2, 3 

He should've just come clean the moment he was asked. Exercising was torture, the person who invented it is a masochist! Of course Xie Mingze knew he was just making excuses at this point. Exercising is healthy, he is just too lazy to move.

Mama Xie was delighted when he heard his lazy son would wake up early to exercise. She prepared toast and some eggs for them to eat after. 

"Hurry and call them down." Papa Xie said, waiting patiently to take the first bite so all of them could eat together.

"I can't just go inside his room. They're dating, I don't want to interrupt anything." Mama Xie countered.

"Nonsense. I'll call them then." 

Papa Xie, was hungry. He went upstairs and knocked on the door, he heard a lot of shuffling and saw his son disheveled and panting while Yichen was breathing normally. It felt like he just barged in on them just like what his wife suggested.

He coughed a bit before saying what he has to say.

"Breakfast is ready."

"Thank you uncle, we would be going back in a bit."

"Okay see you downstairs."

The only reason they could laze around was because it was a saturday morning. They both have the day free, still Yichen have to go to their family's place to study how things work.

"Ming, let's go and have breakfast with auntie and uncle."

"You really have no conscience, I can't even fell my arms. My feet are already like this, but you want me to be unable to use my arms!" Mingze accused Yichen. He collapsed on the bed, but Yichen picked him up to stand again.

"Don't sit down, you're still sweaty. The bed would smell like sweat."

"Then change the sheet. I want to lie down in bed forever."

***

Xie Mingze didn't manage to lay in bed forever. Once again he tagged along with Fen Yichen to the company. Instead of being a boyfriend, is he more like a keychain being brought everywhere. 

"I need to bring you here so the employees would talk about it. If my parents knew then they would stop."

Still, what he says does make sense. With nothing else to do, Xie Mingze was forced to do his assignments. 

Fen Yichen was satisfied doing the paperworks in his office with Mingze doing his work on the couch. There were a lot of things to be approved. His parents went on a trip to Hawaii for a vacation, his parents keep on taking time off in the company. His mother was a fashion designer, and his father kept on accompanying her traveling around the world. 

It looked like they had forgotted they have a company to manage. Even his Older brother was nowhere to be seen, there is rumor about him making films all year round with a pseudo name. The Fen family doesn't care about their multibillion business, Yichen's grandfather was getting headache.

Only Fen Yichen was interested in taking over the business. 

It would be a waste to just give it to some random relatives after all. Only his cousin Fen Anxiu was able to grab a seat in the company. This cousin of his was the one closest in age after all. 

His father have a cousin and that cousin have a son. That son is Fen Anxiu, he was already very far from their family, but he tends to social climb using the Fen name. 

He looked at the black hole proposal his cousin had given to him. Fen Anxiu wanted to invest in a company known for always failing, this time he wanted to invest on the entertainment industry. 

Fen Yichen rubbed his throbbing head. If it's the entertainment industry he should contact Kim Sinian, he know more of this than him. He turned his head on the person lazing in the couch.

It looked like he was busy writing some lyrics for their upcoming project. He keeps on humming a melody while scribbling on the paper. 

'Ming is working hard. I should also be working.'

They didn't talk with each other completely focused on their own things. By the time they realized it, it was already lunch time. It was only when an employee entered the office to remind them to eat that they felt the hunger.

"Let's go to the cafeteria."

This time, they managed to borrow a wheelchair in the company so Fen Yichen took Xie Mingze to the elevator. They used the president's exclusive elevator, so there aren't any people in except them. 

With a ding they arrived at where the cafeteria was located. 

Xie Mingze felt a bit awkward being stared at. The people kept looking at him, probably because he was in a wheel chair. It can't be helped he was completely out of place in the company, his attire was just something casual he put on before leaving his house.

"I want to eat some burger steak."

"Let's see if the cafeteria would have some."

They found a vacant seat and picked from the menu. Fen Yichen left Xie Mingze alone on the table, while he ordered out in front for both of them. 

"Hey, what's up with you and young master?"

One courageous employee sit infront of him and asked.