Not The Sideburns I Know Chapter 27

On this day, Ryan was sitting backstage with his legs crossed, reading a newspaper. He was now a wonder in Shuiyun Tower. After listening to Ervin's play, he would go backstage to sit and read newspapers, drink tea, and sit around. He was the first to come and the last to leave, regardless of wind or rain. Everyone suspected that he actually had a crush on a female actor in the class, and was pretending to be nice and making a feint to the east while attacking the west. However, he almost only chatted with Ervin, and his attitude towards other female actors was very normal, and he even seemed to be a little reluctant to say more, as if he was avoiding suspicion. No one could guess what his intention was. It was understandable that a young wealthy businessman like him who had nothing to do would do something unreasonable. Perhaps it was because of this that he became good friends with Ervin.

Ervin thanked the audience on the stage. Today, the fans gave him a plaque. He would not come down for half an hour. Ryan finished reading a newspaper and had nothing to do. He called the handyman and gave him some money. The handyman immediately brought him a stack of old newspapers from previous years, enough for him to read for a year. In the past, Ryan devoted himself to the great cause of eating, drinking and having fun. He rarely had time to settle down and read a newspaper. He heard many current affairs from Lucas. But since he went to Shuiyun Tower more frequently, he knew much more about the world in China.

Ryan read the newspaper silently without saying a word, fearing that if the conversation got heated, Ervin would come in and be unhappy. A rabbit does not eat grass near its burrow. If he were to provoke some quarrels, would he ever come to Shuiyun Tower again? Besides, he had no interest in the few scoundrels in Shuiyun Tower. The female actors, however, could not let him ignore them. Yuanlan hummed a little tune in front of Ryan, took off her costume coquettishly, and sat down on the chair at an angle. Ryan turned a page of the newspaper without even raising his eyelids. Of course, what Yuanlan did was against the rules. The rules of the century-old opera house were that just like the female roles could not use the red brush, the female roles also had to avoid people when changing clothes, otherwise they would be punished. But Nineteen was not here today, and no one dared to blame her.

Yuanlan put one arm on the back of the chair, turned around and looked at Ryan, and said tenderly: "Second Master Cheng..."

Ryan still didn't raise his eyes: "Hmm?"