House Dad's Literary Life

Chapter 124 – Someone Has The Same Name As You

When Xixi pestered for her gift, Guo Ziyi had to put down the notice and take out Xixi’s birthday gift.

Xixi has now become a little expert at opening gifts. With quick movements, she quickly and effortlessly peeled off the wrapping paper and ribbons!

Opening the box, a small cartoon pillow inside was revealed. The cartoon character on it was a chibi version of a little girl, with blue eyes and blue hair, wearing a white garland. She has small hands, small feet and a big head. She looked very cute!

When Xixi saw it, she shouted happily, “It’s Rem!”

Rem was a cartoon character of this world’s most popular cartoon “Rozwaal”. It was not so much because of its plot, but mainly because it uses the chibi style that has never appeared before, which made the whole animation style particularly exciting!

Yang Yi has seen many of such drawing technique in his previous life. He wasn’t interested in this cartoon, but Xixi liked it very much.

“Hey, I knew Xixi would like it!” Guo Ziyi said with a smile, “I asked my sister, and she said her favorite is this Rem!”

“You have a younger sister?” Yang Yi asked in surprise.

“Yes! But my sister is already 12 years old!” Guo Ziyi scratched his head and said sheepishly, “but the things that girls like should be the same. I still bought the right gift!”

Yang Yi looked at the happy appearance of his daughter holding the “Rem” pillow, with a tiny bit of jealousy. He said seriously to Guo Ziyi, “but Xixi still likes the gift from her father best!”

Guo Zi was a little baffled. He scratched his head and said, “Okay…”

As long as you’re happy…

While Xixi was fumbling for a way to play with the pillow, Yang Yi looked at Guo Ziyi’s admission notice. He raised his head somewhat puzzled and asked, “Electronic Media major? Do you like this major?”

Guo Ziyi shook his head.

“Then why did you apply for this major?” Yang Yi was even more puzzled.

Guo Ziyi said with a smile, “Big Brother Yang, didn’t I tell you before? I took the exam back to Jiangcheng Media University, because I just wanted to come back and listen to the courses in the Performing Arts Department!”

And then prove himself, prove that he wasn’t like what those examiners who look down on him thought he was, that he couldn’t be an actor when he was too fat and young!

Guo Ziyi didn’t say these words which Yang Yi and he both knew very well. It seemed that the confinement still has some effect.

“Anyway, my result is good. In Jiangcheng Media University, except for some majors that need art examination result, I can choose whatever I want, and I chose this major with the highest admission score!” Guo Ziyi said slightly proudly.

Well… Yang Yi thought Guo Ziyi had any deep meaning in choosing this major!

Guo Ziyi patted his chubby thigh as if he remembered something. He said with a smile, “By the way, Big Brother Yang, let me tell you something funny!”

“Hmm?” Yang Yi thought that this guy seemed to have been bored for too long and was about to start chatter mode again.

“Didn’t my dad keep me at home and keep me from going out?” Guo Zi said enthusiastically, “It was so boring. I can only look for books at home. Guess what I saw?”

Without waiting for Yang Yi to guess, Guo Ziyi said happily, “I saw a book on my father’s bookshelf called “Drawing Sword”. The content is pretty good, but guess what?”

“…….”

“Its author of is also called Yang Yi!” Guo Ziyi leaned forward and back with laughter. “I tell you, my father really likes this book very much. So, one day I said to my father: Dad, I have a friend named Yang Yi! Why don’t I ask him to sign it for you?”

“……” Yang Yi continued to remain silent.

“I said: if Yang Yi signed it for you, Dad, can you not lock me up?” Guo Ziyi told Yang Yi about it as a joke. “As a result, my father smack me and shouted: Everyday, you don’t do your work properly, thinking about something useless and doing something meaningless. And you say that a brat like you know a good writer like Yang Yi?”

“Haha, Big brother Yang, do you think it’s a coincidence? There’s actually a writer with the same name as you!” Guo Ziyi wanted a response from Yang Yi, who also thought it was incredible and funny.

Yang Yi kept looking at him in silent, and after a long silence, he held out his hand: “Bring it!”

“Bring what?” Guo Zi was puzzled.

“Bring it for me to sign!” Yang Yi said in all seriousness.

“???” The little fatty’s head was full of question marks.

After a while, he came back to his senses and pointed at Yang Yi in surprise: “Yang, Big Brother Yang, are you actually Yang Yi?”

Xixi heard half of the talk this time. She ran over and said with disdain: “Hmph, Uncle Guo, you are really useless. You don’t even know my Papa’s name is Yang Yi! I’m only three years old and I know it!”

“You are four years old.” Yang Yi reminded with a smile.

The depressed little fatty looked at Xixi looking like a little adult, a little helpless, but he still looked at Yang Yi in surprise: “Brother Yang, are you really the author of “Drawing Sword”?”

Yang Yi smiled faintly and said, “Replacement guaranteed if not genuine.”[1]

“Oh, my God, I actually know a great writer!” Guo Ziyi excitedly shook Yang Yi’s hand and said, “That’s amazing. I thought it was a coincidence!”

Yang Yi pushed him away in disgust: “Roll away, if you want me to sign it, bring the book. I haven’t given my autograph to anyone yet!”

“I don’t want an autograph.” Guo Ziyi said with a grin, “If your ‘Drawing Sword’ is made into a movie, can you give me a role?”

“What role?”

“I think I look like Li Yunlong.” Guo Ziyi laughed shamelessly.

“Go away!”

“Or Chu Yunfei will do… I think Chu Yunfei should be half as handsome as me…”

“Get out of here!”

“What about Zhao Gang? This is a big supporting role!”

“Go away as far as you can!”

“Or Sister-in-law Xiuqin will do! I can dress up as a woman, and then make a heroic sacrifice on the city wall.”

“You’re even saying that? Go to hell!” Yang Yi thought that he would never be able to face this role again. “Since you’re the fat type, playing the traitor would be good!”

“Traitors are fine, too. Are the many parts? I can act as a traitor who leads the way, a traitor who is forced the good into prostitution. By the way, I can also act as a traitor who pretend to curry favor but is actually an undercover traitor!”

“No more! Shoot whoever you like! “

…….

Guo Ziyi didn’t stay for dinner this time. He had a very tight schedule. When he was leaving, he said with great ambition: “Brother Yang, in the next half a month, I will go to the film and television base in Beijing to play a small role. Please wish me luck!”

The little fatty tried his best to make a path for himself as an actor, so even though he was usually smiling, he still had a clear plan.

He didn’t know how he persuaded his family that he could go to Beijing alone to compete for a role with those Beijing drifters.

But Yang Yi still admired his hard work, so he patted Guo Ziyi on the shoulder and said with a smile, “Come on, where there is a will, there is a way. Big Brother Yang believes you can succeed!”

“if I succeed, can I have a leading role when I come back?”

“Get lost…”

[1] 如假包换 – This is n Chinese idiom which mean Authentic. Yang Yi was saying he was the real deal.