My crush wants to be my sugar daddy.

Chapter 182 Proposal

However, this was just the beginning. The moment the call ended, Chi Yuan's phone was flooded with messages from various producers and directors. In no time, he had received dozens of messages, some even containing direct scripts.

Chi Yuan: "Mr. Jiang, what... what should we do?"

"This matter is not urgent; let Li Weiran handle it."

In her hotel room on the same floor, Li Weiran, who had just fallen asleep, was suddenly bombarded with phone calls.

Li Weiran: "..."

Jiang Haochen took Chi Yuan's phone away and said very seriously, "There's one more thing you need to do right now."

"What?"

Jiang Haochen: "Mr. Chi, shouldn't you change how you address me? Calling me that in bed is just for fun, but calling me that in everyday life is just politeness. Or... do you genuinely not want to be close to me?"

Chi Yuan hadn't realized this at all; he was just used to calling him that and couldn't change it in a short time.

"So... how would you like me to address you?"

And you too.

Jiang Haochen: "You try calling out a few first, and I'll pick some."

Chi Yuan opened his mouth, thinking of a few ways to address someone, but before he could even say anything, his face turned red. However, under Jiang Haochen's urging gaze, he still blurted out, "Ah...Ah Chen, Chen...Chen-gege? Hao...Haochen?"

How embarrassing, what happened?

Every time Chi Yuan called out a name, Jiang Haochen's heart fluttered a little more, but none of these were suitable for the current Chi Yuan: "Call me by my full name."

Chi Yuan obediently called out, "Jiang... Jiang Haochen."

Her voice was soft and light, as if shouting loudly would offend Jiang Haochen.

Jiang Haochen made a request: "Speak louder."

Chi Yuan raised his voice a little: "Jiang Haochen."

Jiang Haochen: "Be more assertive."

Chi Yuan shouted confidently, "Jiang Haochen!"

Jiang Haochen: "Be even fiercer."

Chi Yuan paused for a moment, but still obediently made his voice sound a little fierce: "Jiang Haochen!!"

Jiang Haochen was finally satisfied: "Okay, call me that from now on. You can call me that anytime, anywhere. As for Mr. Jiang, and those other titles... you can use them in bed."

Chi Yuan stared intently at Jiang Haochen. He wasn't stupid; he knew perfectly well the intention behind Mr. Jiang's words. He pursed his lips and nodded solemnly, "Okay."

Jiang Haochen was overjoyed; his little cat had finally extended its paw.

"Now that we've covered the third point, let's move on to the fourth."

Chi Yuan asked instinctively, "Anything else?"

Jiang Haochen raised an eyebrow: "You're not willing?"

Chi Yuan: "No, you...you go ahead and say it."

Very good, you've made the changes too.

Jiang Haochen continued, "You have to come home with me during the Chinese New Year."

Chi Yuan suddenly looked up: "Going home?"

Jiang Haochen hummed in agreement, refraining from further frivolous remarks, and instead said gently yet firmly, "I want to introduce you to my family, or have them come to meet you. You'll probably be very busy this year, so if you're unavailable, I'll have them come back to see you. I haven't told you, have I? My mother is a fan of yours."

Chi Yuan was utterly shocked: "You... Auntie knows me?"

Jiang Haochen laughed: "I know. When you came to S country to find me that year, they wanted me to take you home. But at that time, I didn't realize that I had already fallen for you."

Chi Yuan could hardly believe what he was hearing: "Back then..."

Jiang Haochen nodded: "Yes, I think I already liked you back then."

Chi Yuan clenched his fists so tightly that he stopped breathing.

"Chi Yuan, actually I really don't want to talk to you about the past. I wish our relationship hadn't started as a sugar daddy/sugar baby arrangement. I wish you were the first person I ever liked. I wish all those awful things I said in the past didn't exist. But I'm powerless to change any of these things." Jiang Haochen gave a bitter smile. "Actually, a long time ago, Cui Dong talked about me. He said that my sugar daddy arrangement was like a romantic relationship. What kind of sugar daddy keeps a mistress and is so chaste?"

"I told myself at that time, I probably just like your body..."

A nerve in Chi Yuan's memory twitched.

"Chi Yuan, I've told you before, you're the first person I've ever kept, so I have absolutely no idea how to keep a lover. But because this is how we started, subconsciously, I hid all my feelings for you within this relationship. If I really only liked your body, why haven't I even looked at anyone else these past two years? Whether you like someone physically or not, you have to try it out in bed, right..."

Chi Yuan was initially quite moved, but upon hearing this, he suddenly glared angrily at Jiang Haochen.

Jiang Haochen wasn't angry; on the contrary, he was quite pleased. He continued, "Of course, I've had a relationship before. You might wonder why, even with experience, I still can't feel it. That's because... Chi Yuan, you're different from him, and I'm different from who I used to be."

Chi Yuan wanted to believe it, yet was also somewhat hesitant: "Then... how did you find out you liked me?"

Jiang Haochen: "One night, I suddenly realized that you would leave me one day. I panicked and was very scared. I stood downstairs at your house all night."

Chi Yuan: "You..."

Jiang Haochen: "Yeah, I was really upset that night, but I was so stupid. Subconsciously, I kept thinking we were in a sugar daddy/sugar baby relationship. I felt awkward and couldn't figure out why, so I went home and did a character analysis. Chi Yuan, I dissected myself bit by bit during the two years we were together. You know, I'm a movie star, I've won many awards, and many directors have praised my talent, so my character analysis should be pretty accurate, right?"

Jiang Haochen, fearing that Chi Yuan wouldn't believe him, produced his past resume as evidence.

"Think about it, on a holiday like Chinese New Year, you came to S country to see me. If I only saw you as a kept woman, would I have brought you back to my apartment or even stayed with you?" Jiang Haochen said again. "I just haven't realized yet that I've fallen for you."

When Jiang Haochen said this for the first time, Chi Yuan was skeptical, but when Jiang Haochen said it again, Chi Yuan began to believe him.

The first day of the Lunar New Year that year was the happiest day of his life. He also secretly wondered if Mr. Jiang might like him.

So it's true?

With a trembling voice, Chi Yuan finally spoke the words from the bottom of his heart: "I...I just...can't quite believe it. These past few days, I've felt like I'm dreaming."

Jiang Haochen: "I also feel like I'm dreaming, so can you grant me one last request?"

Chi Yuan: "What are your requirements?"

Jiang Haochen looked at Chi Yuan, his tone solemn and sincere: "Let's get married."

Chi Yuan stared blankly back at Jiang Haochen, keeping those words in his heart for the first time.

Jiang Haochen: "With the law as proof, and marriage as a contract, using the most binding rules in the world to firmly bind us together, only then can I feel secure. Can you... give me that kind of security?"

Chi Yuan's voice trembled: "Yes."

This word seemed to have exhausted all the courage he had in his life; it was the courage that Mr. Jiang had given him.

End of text

The bonus chapters will be really exciting too!