Author: Ashinyrock

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That’s right, in fact, ever since the million dollar donation incident, Rong Xu gave additional  “secret attention” to this extremely cold fan. In the last month, the other party didn’t give their three meals daily sign-in confession, so Rong Xu naturally forgot this person’s existence.

But now, the other party reappeared……

Rong Xu scrolled through the more than 20 Weibo posts from Lotus Seed Paste and Orange Stuffing: “……”

Was this person really the same fan who never replied with more than five words during their private conversation, the same person who was as cold as the South Pole?!

It couldn’t be that they have multiple personalities right……

Time passed slowly while he was reading the various retweets and confessions from this multiple personality fan. Rong Xu was initially taken aback when he saw Lotus Seed Paste and Orange Stuffing’s first Weibo post tonight, but then he smiled helplessly.

All fans have their own private lives. The only thing he could do was set a good example so that every fan who liked him could get something in return from himself, whether it was through the roles he played, something he did, or his personal values. Celebrities not only had the responsibility of acting and singing, but also of being a good person.

After closing Weibo, Rong Xu again looked through the latest entertainment news. After 30 minutes passed, he finally felt that something was off: “……Qin Cheng?”

Half a minute later, the man walked out of the bathroom.

Acting as if nothing had happened just now, Rong Xu greeted the other party with a smile, and Qin Cheng naturally responded with a calm nod. The two sat opposite of each other on the sofa and chatted about the scenes Rong Xu was going to film the next day.

While chatting, the night grew late. When Qin Cheng raised his hand to turn off the light beside the bed, he heard the youth’s warm and soft come from behind him: “Good night.”

Qin Cheng turned around quickly. The moment the light was about to turn off, the only thing his eyes could see was the youth’s gentle and bright smiling face.

“……En, good night.”

Early the next morning, before dawn, Rong Xu silently crept out of bed. Without disturbing Qin Cheng, he arrived early to the filming site. Today, they were going to shoot a few action scenes. Although most of the action scenes belonged to Bo Xiwen, Rong Xu also had to learn some simple movements.

The action scenes for each movie were always different. Even if it was the same actor and the action scenes were similar to another movie, they would never be exactly the same for each movie. Strictly speaking, martial arts scenes must take into account the weather, terrain, time and other factors. For example, if it was during nighttime, then lighting must be considered; for indoor action scenes, the surrounding props must be considered.

The action scene director Maze City was a well-known martial arts instructor within the entertainment circle, Yuan Laoba (‘Yuan Old Eight’). Coincidentally, he and Director Yuan were related.

Yuan Laoba handsomely led his martial arts team and designed various special action moves for Maze City. For today’s scene, they were filming the moment when Tan Yangxuan spies a human trafficker he had once caught near the square. He needed to cross through the crowd to catch that old bastard who was sneaking around again right after getting out of prison.

Additionally, Xue Jiazhe, who also came to investigate the scene with Tan Yangxuan, was so exhausted that he could only follow him to catch the little thief.

It was from this thief that Tan Yangxuan and Xue Jiazhe obtained an important clue: The sixth victim once had a daughter. That victim liked to gamble and actually sold off his 10-year-old daughter to this criminal eight years ago.

The daughter was sold to a remote mountain village by the human trafficker and gave birth to her first child when she was just twelve years old. She had four husbands who were four brothers. The dead father had stopped asking about his daughter’s whereabouts since long ago. The trafficker said indifferently: “Died long ago. After giving birth to the second child at the age of thirteen, she committed suicide by jumping into a well. Couldn’t be resuscitated.”

After hearing the words of this ex-human trafficker, Xue Jiazhe calmly drafted an initial profile detail of the criminal: had once been abandoned by his parents.

The plot for Maze City was quite cruel. 

Xue Jiazhe’s profiling and deductive, step-by-step reasoning, led to them finally finding a suspect.

This suspect was abandoned by his mother when he was young. His father was a drunkard who beat and scolded him at every turn. He had poor grades, a criminal record, and had once worked in a slaughterhouse. Afterwards, in order to escape from his previous lifestyle, he studied on his own and got a good job. In order to improve his status in life, he enrolled in music and painting classes. But a year ago, his girlfriend secretly aborted their child, and that should have been the igniter for serial murder cases.

Even when Tan Yangxuan caught the criminal, the criminal himself did not deny the crime, but instead frankly admitted that he did it all by himself. Thus, the case of the malicious serial murders closed.

On the surface, this seemed difficult to believe. Why would anyone be willing to commit crimes for Xue Jiazhe? However, after the movie is released, if the audience watched carefully, they would realize that the criminal had actually appeared before! The time when Tan Yangxuan went to Xue Jiazhe’s company to look for him, that criminal was leaving the room after having just finished his psychological treatment.

Everything was cleverly cast in a full circle, dropping the plot twist at the very end, but also leaving it suspenseful.

If Xue Jiazhe still wanted to kill, they could film a part two. If the box office performance wasn’t good enough, then the story would end there, leaving room for the audience’s imagination.

The scenes to be filmed today were mainly the outdoor scenes in the Square. Taking advantage of the good weather, Director Yuan specially advanced this scene and ensured that all the actors were ready.

As Qin Cheng said last night, when Rong Xu arrived at the set that day, Ren Shuzhi didn’t mention anything about the night before, and still greeted him with a smile. When she opened her mouth to speak again, her words were: “Rong Xu, good morning.”

The young man raised an eyebrow and smiled lightly: “Sis’ Ren, morning.”

No matter how much Ren Shuzhi couldn’t bear it, she still didn’t have the face to call out “Rong Rong”. That entire morning, Ren Shuzhi didn’t talk to Rong Xu much, and her attitude towards Rong Xu became very polite. She also no longer acted familiar with him.

Perhaps it was because her mind was set on the right path(?), that morning, Ren Shuzhi only NG’d twice, and her acting skills in two scenes were also highly praised by Director Yuan. After lunch, they would begin the most important action scene of the day.

Making these actions appear beautiful was a test for both the director and the actors. More so because there was also a certain degree of danger. 

While filming the first action scene, Bo Xiwen accidentally collided with an extra performer and fell to the ground, scratching his knees. After the action scenes were filmed and the exposition/drama scenes started, the members of the crew were able to relax.

If a drama scene was done poorly, the worst that could happen was being scolded by Director Yuan, but if something goes wrong with an action scene, the worst case scenario could be a loss of life!

And so, when Qin Cheng walked onto the set, he heard a cold and indifferent voice sound from the distance: “Between three and seven years old, he was abandoned by his parents. His hair isn’t too short, but also not too long. He has a high degree of education. He’s currently a white-collar worker with a car, a black one. It may be Volkswagen, or maybe……”

“Hey, Professor Xue, you can even determine the make of the car. Isn’t this too unscientific?”

A soft, low laugh sounded. Even if you didn’t see it with your own eyes, you could still picture that the owner of this laugh wasn’t sporting a smile that reached his eyes, which were blocked by the lenses of his glasses. The corners of his lips raised into a cold smile. After laughing for a while, he gradually stopped, and his voice seemed to reverberate from the bottom of everyone’s heart as he said lightly: “Student Tan, he has more than one car. Rather, he should have two.”

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Footnotes:

1. the (?) is part of the raws. 😀

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Chinese Refresh: Recall that “eating vinegar” means to ‘be jealous’ ^u^/

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‘She’ frantically reposted various pictures and videos uploaded by Rong Xu’s leader fans on Weibo. Each Weibo re-post was dedicated to confessing to Rong Xu, and every post was standard of a diehard fan. The previous image of an esteemed, cold, wealthy fair maiden collapsed overnight!

However, after this image collapse, Lotus Seed Paste and Orange Stuffing not only didn’t lose fans, but actually gained more than a thousand followers!

[Burning hot and in a daze, under Rong Rong’s beautiful face, even the iciest and fairest maidens must bend their waist (will give in)~ I can’t. I also want to go lick Rong Rong’s beautiful face. Tonight, before going to bed, I must like his photo a hundred times. Then, I will surely be able to able to dream about sleeping with Rong Rong ~\(≧▽≦)/~】

[Esteemed Rong Rong, I bow down to your beauty _(:3」∠)_]

[Actually, I just want to say, Lotus Seed Paste and Orange Stuffing, did you forget that you only just confessed to your sweetheart? Hahahaha, just confessed to your male god (‘Marshal Huo’) and are already forwarding all kinds of Wuli Rong Rong’s beautiful photos~ You dried out radish^[1], I will give you…… 32 likes~~~]

These fans’ comments were just posted casually, joking around as they discussed. But, they didn’t expect that Lotus Seed Paste and Orange Stuffing would actually reply!

[Lotus Seed Paste and Orange Stuffing: replied to O’Han’er: He is Baby’s, he and RongRong are both Baby’s! 】

[Lotus Seed Paste and Orange Stuffing replied to WillStillEatThisSauce: nonsense, Rong Rong doesn’t like to eat vinegar, I like to eat vinegar.】

[Lotus Seed Paste and Orange Stuffing replied to ChangeNamesAfterLeavingCiMu: The one who can sleep with Rong Rong at night is me, not you! 】

The tyrant actually came to dole out replies. … And this style of replying……no matter how you saw it, it was terribly idiotic.

Everyone was clearly joking, but Lotus Seed Paste and Orange Stuffing was 10/10 serious, and the more ‘she’ responded like this, the livelier the fans became as they chatted with ‘her’. In just a few moments time, that night,  Lotus Seed Paste and Orange Stuffing already received no less than a thousand comments. For such a big Leader Fan, this is definitely good popularity.

Of course, it was also worth mentioning that the individual at the top of the Weibo Celebrity Trending List that day was named Qin Cheng.

Coincidentally, that morning, Xu Jin used the actor’s official Weibo account to post publicity for his new movie, along with a picture. Therefore, under that Weibo post, fans were enthusiastically licking the screen and clicking Like. In just half a day, this Weibo received more than 1.5 million comments, was reposted close to 2 million times, and had more than 4 million Likes!

Three hundred million fans excitedly supported their male god. Some fans said emotionally: [One day if God Qin replies to my Weibo, how great would that be~ HAHAHA, just kidding. If God Qin were to respond to every single comment, he would be exhausted. My male god is just so mighty and cold, kiss kiss =3=]

However, at the exact same time that this fan was sighing regretfully, that said mighty, cold male god was currently interacting with Rong Xu’s fans.

‘People have many facets’^[2], this was a term that well described this person.

However, Lotus Seed Paste and Orange Stuffing couldn’t continue to interact with the fans. The sound of water in the bathroom gradually ceased. Qin Cheng put the phone back into his pocket, took out another phone, and turned it on in a calm manner. There were no fluctuations on his face, but he had been looking at the same page on his phone from beginning to end, without scrolling at all.

The bathroom door opened with a “Click–“, and the young man walked out in pajamas holding his hand-washed clothes as he hung them to dry on the hangers in the room.

Rong Xu didn’t speak, so Qin Cheng didn’t speak either. However, the latter kept surreptitiously glancing at the young man’s back.

With a tall, thin body and straight, thin calves, even in baggy pajamas, the snow white skin of his waist would occasionally peek out whenever he raised his arms.

Qin Cheng swallowed subconsciously. 

Such a beautiful image appeared before his eyes. But, before he could recover from such a beautiful scene, he saw the youth turn around and walk towards him with a faint smile. As he came over, Rong Xu said with a smile: “It’s already so late, there shouldn’t be any flight back to B City, right?

The man nodded subconsciously and said in a low voice: “En, there aren’t.”

This pair of pajamas was a typical design. There was nothing special about it, but when it was worn by this youth, it looked like a high-end, fashion show ready outfit, inexplicably beautiful. 

Rong Xu replied with a soft “Oh” and continued to approach quietly: “It’s not convenient to go to Ning City from here. It’s late out.”

Qin Cheng raised his head: “Hmm?”

At this point, Rong Xu had already walked up to Qin Cheng. He smiled slightly and slowly leaned over. He placed one hand by Qin Cheng’s side as he leaned further in. The distance between them grew shorter and shorter!

Each party’s warm breath blew onto the other’s cheeks. Qin Cheng’s eyes widened slightly, and the corner of Rong Xu’s lips curved upwards.

There were only ten short centimeters between himself and the man’s lips! 

But, Rong Xu suddenly paused. Bright light reflected in those clear and dazzling eyes, shining as brilliant as stars. Time seemed to have stopped at this moment. 

He approached as if to give a kiss, and his low, soft voice sounded lightly: “Qin Cheng, tonight……do you want to sleep here with me?”

BOOM!^[3]

The tip of his ears suddenly became burning hot. The waves in his heart surged, and the man’s eyes darkened.

The atmosphere became heavily ambiguous. 

The man was locked in place on the bed with the youth’s arm. At this extremely short distance, all he had to do was slightly lift his head in order to place a kiss on the youth’s soft, warm lips. However, Qin Cheng hadn’t decided whether or not he should make a move when, at that instance, Rong Xu lifted his body again and said with a smile: “Ah, as expected, It was right here. I didn’t see incorrectly.”

Qin Cheng froze. He looked up and only saw Rong Xu holding a cell phone in his hand. Rong Xu smiled and said to him: “I was just thinking about where my phone went. It turned out to be behind you. Qin Cheng, are you going to wash up?”

Qin Cheng: “……”

You…… were…… getting…… the…… phone……

The next moment, the man quickly got up and walked into the bathroom, immediately closing the door.

The situation from 20 minutes ago suddenly flipped around. This time, the youth was holding his cell phone outside the door and couldn’t help but laugh. Meanwhile, on the other side of the door, the man had his hands covering his face as he leaned against the door panel, seemingly disappointed. Yet, the corners of his lips were curled up to reveal an imperceptible smile.

Soon, the sound of water flowed through the bathroom. Rong Xu did not sit on the bed near the bathroom like a certain ♂ inappropriate ♂ man. Instead, he walked over to the sofa and sat down to read through the day’s trending news.

After scrolling through all the news, Rong Xu opened his Weibo. There weren’t many people he paid close attention to, and those he did were almost all people within the circle. As long as an actor or staff had worked with him prior, he would pay attention to them/their news. Those people didn’t post on Weibo daily, so he’d only flipped to the second page before he saw a familiar name.

[Lotus Seed Paste and Orange Stuffing: Rongrongrongrongrongrong! ! ! //Rong Xu: Today’s weather is pretty good. Maze City’s second day of filming begins. [image]】

Rong Xu: “……”

His name was Rong Xu. You could also call him Rong Rong. 

But, who was Rongrongrongrongrongrong?!

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Same question, different answer.

Rong Xu was still holding onto the thin woolen scarf in his hands. Previously, he didn’t feel anything (towards Qin Cheng) in particular and nothing differed from their past relationship. But now, he suddenly felt that his fingertips were… a little hot — there was still residual body temperature left on this scarf, and that warmth climbed slowly from his fingertips all the way to the tip of his heart.

Something became different from before.

The funding for Maze City’s crew was stronger than that of Ambush’s. Thus, the hotel where Rong Xu was living today was also the only four-star hotel within Xiangshan Film and Television City. However, no matter how big a hotel room is, when two men are squeezed in front of a closet together, it would still feel quite crowded. 

Because he hadn’t given it much thought before, he hadn’t felt anything about it. But, when he suddenly realized it, even the air around them seemed to be gradually heating up.

The youth’s clear pupils trembled slightly as he stared at the man in a daze, hearing the other person repeat ——

“I wanted to come on my own.”

The room’s lighting fell onto the man from behind, casting a faint halo that encompassed his body. Perhaps due to the backlight, that already profound face appeared even more three-dimensional at this time. Those long and narrow phoenix eyes seemed to be immersed in a pool of every color spectrum, making them look deep and dark. Inexplicably…… Rong Xu felt that this person seemed to be gently examining him.

Suddenly! Rong Xu turned his head around and withdrew his gaze from Qin Cheng. He moved hastily and stored the scarf into the closet. Afterwards, he began to organize his clothes. Clearly, his clothes were already neatly hung up, but he still organized it a few more times and placed all his attention into the closet, as if trying to ignore the person beside him.

Once the clothes truly couldn’t be tidied up any further, Rong Xu smiled and spoke as he walked toward the bathroom: “I didn’t expect you to actually come, so I was a little surprised. I’m going to wash up first, can you wait a while?”

As soon as his voice fell, the young man walked directly into the bathroom, raised his hand and closed the door in a matter of seconds.

Qin Cheng: “……”

Outside the door, the cold and profound man was momentarily taken aback. He frowned and thought for a moment. Then, as if suddenly realizing something, he looked up surprised in the direction of the bathroom.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the door, Rong Xu didn’t wash up as he had just said, but rather walked over to the sink. The huge mirror reflected the beautiful face of a young man. His somewhat long hair slightly covered his eyes but couldn’t completely block the light flush on his cheeks.

After staring at himself in the mirror for a long time, Rong Xu calmly turned on the faucet, caught a bit of cold water in both hands, and started to wash his face.

Not long later, the sound of running water could be heard from the bathroom. Qin Cheng sat on the sofa but then contemplated a bit before walking over to sit on the bed — the bed was closer to the bathroom, and the clear sound of water could be better heard from there.

He turned on his phone silently. 

The sound of water filled his ears, and the Weibo platform was in front of his eyes. The man edited a Weibo post expressionlessly. Before posting it, he thought for a while and then attached another image.

[Lotus Seed Paste and Orange Stuffing: AAAAHHHHHHHHH, he seems to like me, too! Likes me, likes me, likes me, likes me, likes me! When he’s shy, looks so good, looks so good, looks so good! Want to hold Baby’s Lotus Seed Paste, Hold him, Hold him, Hold him! ! ! [image]】

The picture was a chubby cartoon rabbit holding the little rabbit next to it in a strong embrace, and planting a bunch of kiss kiss kiss kiss onto the cute little rabbit’s face…… Repeated a hundred times! The entire picture was filled to the brim with the words “kiss kiss” and was chaotic enough to make someone go mad.

Ever since the million dollar donation event last month, “Lotus Seed Paste and Orange Stuffing” had become somewhat of a celebrity within Rong Xu’s fan circle. In just one month’s time, ‘her’ total number of fans exceeded 80,000. Even after that incident, though Lotus Seed Paste and Orange Stuffing didn’t make any more posts nor issue any official replies claiming responsibility for the million dollar donation, ‘her’ number of fans didn’t show any significant decreases. There were still more than 70,000 people left.

From a certain perspective, Lotus Seed Paste and Orange Stuffing was also one of the Big Powder bosses within Rong Xu’s powder (fan) circle.

But tonight, ‘she’ suddenly posted this Weibo. When the fans saw it, some just gave it a single glance, but some others commented in curiosity.

[Huh, this tyrant actually posted a Weibo! I thought this tyrant fan had abandoned the account】

[Hahahaha, A Steel Needle^[1] , I really don’t want to believe that this Weibo was made by a wealthy fair maiden, how can it be so naively stupid, this picture makes me laugh to death 233333 So cute! 】

[The undisputed icy, wealthy fair maiden. I always thought that wealthy fair maidens were the kind who romanced others while drinking red wine. This wealthy fair maiden is different from the script! Being pelted chaotically with this cold dog food, I feel wronged! t^t】

Not long after, over three hundred netizens had already commented on Lotus Seed Paste and Orange Stuffing’s Weibo post. Most of them posted because they couldn’t believe that this wealthy fair maiden had such unique taste! Saying Kiss kiss in the past was fine, but now you’re someone with 80,000 plus fans, a deity who could casually make a donation of one million dollars! Shouldn’t you pay attention to your image?

Then, this Lotus Seed Paste and Orange Stuffing uncaringly and recklessly posted a second Weibo.

[Lotus Seed Paste and Orange Stuffing: Rong Rong really is good lookin’ ! ! ! Kiss kiss =3=// RongXu’s National Fan Support Club: Maze City’s opening ceremony high-definition montage [Image]……]

Before the fans even had time to react, Lotus Seed Paste and Orange Stuffing posted a third Weibo!

[Lotus Seed Paste and Orange Stuffing: This is Baby’s Rong Rong, all Baby’s! #WantToSleepWithWanQiYao# #FromTodayOnMarshallHuoIsCalledVeryHandsome# //Beautiful Melon Deity for Ten Mile: AoAoAoAoAo, rewatching Ambush and Vie for Supremacy today, I can’t, my little heart! It’s almost going to explode! Edited a snippet of YaoYao and Handsome Marshall Huo’s scenes~[Video link]] ^[2]

Netizens: “……”

This was the so-called one begets two, two begets three, and three begets……all things.^[3]

Lotus Seed Paste and Orange Stuffing usually does not post on Weibo, but once they do, they cannot stop!

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He was wearing a black trench coat and long trousers that outlined his beautiful, slender legs. There was no expression on his handsome face. He glanced down with his slender and cold eyes at Ren Shuzhi with a calm and indifferent gaze. 

With a height difference of almost 30 centimeters, he was practically looking directly down at the woman in front of him. His slightly pursed thin lips and deep, dark eyes carried a aloof and powerful aura that quickly spread out along the hallway.

The air seemed to freeze in an instant. Ren Shuzhi stared in amazement at this man who had suddenly appeared here. Before she was able to recover, she saw the other person casually glance at herself and then turn his head to look at the youth next to him. He asked faintly: “She called you Rong Rong, are you two familiar?”

Rong Xu didn’t expect Qin Cheng to open the door so suddenly, but when he looked at Ren Shuzhi’s dumbfounded expression and Qin Cheng’s extremely cold attitude, the corners of his lips slowly raised. 

He said with a smile: “Sis’ Ren is the Female Lead of Maze City. We have been filming together these past few days.” 

Just filming together, not familiar.

Qin Cheng gave a soft “Oh” and turned to look at Ren Shuzhi: “Where is the phone?”

Ren Shuzhi reacted immediately. She curved up her red lips and looked at the handsome man in front of her with dazzling eyes as she said in a soft voice: “Mr. Qin, why are you here? I’m truly very surprised. I like your movie Disciples very much. It’s very good. I even went to the cinemas to watch it twice……”

“The phone is not with you?” The man calmly interrupted Ren Shuzhi.

Ren Shuzhi was stunned. From her purse, she took out the mobile phone that could have easily been stored with her assistant, and smiled: “I’m here to give Rong Xu his phone. Your^[1] relationship with Rong Rong is really good, I didn’t know…..”

Her voice stopped suddenly, and Ren Shuzhi’s smile once again froze at the corners of her lips.

She watched as Qin Cheng directly reached out and grabbed the phone, placing it into Rong Xu’s hand. This action was so fast and sequentially smooth that even Rong Xu didn’t have time to react. Ren Shuzhi grew even more embarrassed. 

Who knew that in the next moment, Qin Cheng would casually ask: “Is there anything else?”

Ren Shuzhi squeezed her fingers tightly, but her face still sported a smile: “Mr. Qin, actually……”

“Did you forget to take anything else?” Qin Cheng turned his head to look at Rong Xu, seemingly as if he didn’t hear Ren Shuzhi’s words.

Holding back a smile, the youth replied with a serious face: “Nothing else.”

Qin Cheng turned his head back again: “Thank you, Miss Ren. It’s getting late, you should return to your room and rest early, good night.”

As soon as his voice fell, the front door closed with a “BANG–“, and Ren Shuzhi, this delicate and charming beauty, was left outside to dry just like that after receiving a single insincere “good night”.

Not mentioning the amount of fire Ren Shuzhi was holding in her heart, she had yet to leave before she suddenly heard Qin Cheng’s indifferent voice from across the door: “Didn’t you say she’s unfamiliar to you? Why does she call you Rong Rong? It’s not very good for strangers to speak so intimately.”

Ren Shuzhi: “!!!”

Ren Shuzhi stepped on the ground fiercely in her high heels, even making clacking sounds on the carpet as she left angrily. Hearing the sound of the footsteps leaving, Rong Xu finally couldn’t help but laugh, his beautiful eyes bending into a soft crescent shape that made Qin Cheng’s gaze grow a little deeper.

But after laughing, Rong Xu sighed slightly and said: “You are offending others like this, Qin Cheng.”

Hearing this, Qin Cheng raised an eyebrow lightly: “Offending who?”

Rong Xu said helplessly: “Ren Shuzhi must be very angry. Your dislike for her is so obvious. She even deliberately tried to please you, yet you ignored her…… This makes it very difficult for her to act. Moreover, the matter was already settled, yet you deliberately said in a loud voice that she spoke too intimately just for her to hear. She must hate you very much right now.”

Qin Cheng leaned back against the wall, listening patiently to the young man’s analysis and explanation. Perhaps, even Rong Xu didn’t notice that his tone was mixed with unconcealed concern, and the man liked his caring appearance very much so. Gentle and endearing, making those clean and clear eyes appear even brighter.

After Rong Xu’s analysis was over, Qin Cheng calmly said: “To offend is to make another feel unhappy, and would also affect oneself to a certain extent. She may be very upset, but I won’t be affected at all, so……” His voice paused, and Qin Cheng raised his eyes to look at the young man earnestly as he said word by word: “Xiao Xu, this is not being offensive.”

The man said “Xiao Xu” very gently, his voice low and soft, and as deep and mellow as a cello.

Rong Xu’s heart couldn’t help but tremble. He looked at Qin Cheng again, only to see Qin Cheng’s calm eyes looking seriously at himself. It was unknown what the other was thinking in his heart while staring at the other person. Rong Xu’s lips moved, but in the end, he didn’t manage to say a word.

Qin Cheng curled up the corners of his lips and said gently without giving anything away in his expression: “And she is not Han Yanghao, so she won’t trouble you.”

The most agonizing thing in the world is when you have no one to blame but yourself if you get slapped because you personally delivered your face up to be slapped, and can’t even show a bad expression.

To be able to mix into the entertainment industry to this extent and yet not have any major scandals with such a chaotic private life meant that Ren Shuzhi was still pretty clever. As long as she’s smart enough, she wouldn’t be so stupid as to offend Qin Cheng because of such a trivial matter, or to provoke Rongxu because of such a trivial matter.

The only thing Qin Cheng did today was not give her any face, and wouldn’t make her hate him to the extreme. When Ren Shuzhi had just switched to filming, she was once slapped 22 times on the face by a film queen who used ‘filming’ as an excuse to slap her until her face bled before letting her go.

At that time, Ren Shuzhi had a pretty good status within the music scene. But, in the eyes of a Queen, it was simply not enough. 

This was all because the Queen’s current husband had had a relationship with Ren Shuzhi in the past. It was obviously a pre-marital affair, but that Queen was still reluctant to behave nicely, almost beating Ren Shuzhi to death.

Although Ren Shuzhi had later gotten an opportunity to get photographed evidence of the film Queen’s husband’s frequenting of prostitutes and made the actress heavily lose face, Ren Shuzhi still endured it on the surface in the moment. So today, she would just assume that nothing happened. She might even pretend to be just as enthusiastic and generous the next day while heading to the crew to film.

Without thinking anymore into it, Rong Xu stretched out his hand to flip on the light switch. Bright light shone down immediately and illuminated the entranceway. While turning on the lights (in the room), he lifted the corners of his lips and asked with a smile in his voice: “Why’d you suddenly remember to visit me at work? You just finished up yesterday, and yet you return to the country to visit my work today. Aren’t you exhausted?”

After sending that woman away, the two walked into the room together.

Rong Xu took off his coat, and Qin Cheng helped him hang it into the closet. Qin Cheng untied his scarf, and Rong Xu helped him tidy up.

The two’s movements were very smooth and efficient, as if they’d practiced together countless numbers of times—— But, it was true. After all, Rong Xu had lived in Qin Cheng’s house for half a year now.

While finishing tidying up the scarf, Rong Xu’s smile deepened as he casually asked: “Was it Auntie Qin who asked you to visit me at work again?”

Qin Cheng: “……”

The bright smile made the youth’s pale and delicate face even more beautiful as it reflected a hint of his youthfulness. It was clearly only half of his face, but it was still so beautiful that it made people unable to glance away. 

Rong Xu grinned, deliberately suppressing a smile, and said serenely: “If I had known earlier, I would’ve called Auntie Qin. It’s bad to trouble you. Auntie Qin always asks you to visit my workplace, you can’t even have a good rest……”

“It has nothing to do with Mother,” the man’s low, magnetic voice sounded. “I wanted to come on my own.”

Silence suddenly permeated^[2]. Rong Xu’s eyes opened wide, and he immediately turned his head around, only for his gaze to suddenly fall upon a pair of deep eyes.

Watching the young man’s surprised expression, Qin Cheng’s thin lips slightly twitched, and he repeated it word for word: “It was I, myself…… who wanted to come.”

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TL Corner: Baby Qin is all grown up now and can his own decisions! Can even go to the store by himself! ୧(๑•̀A•́)૭

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In the narrow and cramped entrance area, Rong Xu’s left hand was holding down Qin Cheng’s right hand, but his eyes were locked onto the door.

The lights in the room were not turned on. Only the dim moonlight projected through the glass windows and cast hazy shadows in the room. There was no response from the inside, but the person knocking outside the door was very patient. She didn’t feel any sense of embarrassment at all. After a long period of silence, she actually smiled again and said: “Rong Rong, are you busy?”

Only Little White Tiger was as still as a mountain, nestled in He Ruge’s arms and looking at He Ruge with his blue eyes. There were a plethora of complex emotions swirling in his eyes.

The man frowned slightly, and he lightly moved his right hand. The youth’s left hand that was being held moved along with it. Rong Xu turned his head to look at Qin Cheng, only to see the latter staring at him deeply, his eyes narrowed as if inquiring: Ren Shuzhi?

Rong Xu nodded lightly.

At this time, they heard Ren Shuzhi chuckled again and say: “Rong Rong, did someone enter the room with you just now? I didn’t see it clearly. Is it someone from our crew?”

Hearing this, Rong Xu slowly raised the corners of his lips and released the hand that was holding down Qin Cheng. He smiled faintly and said: “Sis’ Ren, I happen to have something going on just now. If it’s my phone, I will have my assistant go to your room to retrieve it.” From his words, he avoided answering Ren Shuzhi’s question.

Qin Cheng narrowed his eyes and pursed his thin lips.

He Ruge didn’t pay too much attention to Little White Tiger because Crow had warned that they must jump off the carriage when they reached Floor E.

As if perceiving the man’s down-heartedness, Rong Xu turned his eyes to look at Qin Cheng, face full of helplessness. He lowered his voice and said softly: “You came so suddenly. I’m not prepared. If Ren Shuzhi sees you, I wouldn’t know how to explain it. It’s also not good for you.”

The implication was that he didn’t want to disclose Qin Cheng’s presence to Ren Shuzhi.

Just then, Rong Xu was surprised from suddenly seeing Qin Cheng. Then, he saw Ren Shuzhi and instinctually pulled Qin Cheng into the room to ensure the two didn’t meet. This behavior was purely a subconscious action, but after rethinking it, his actions were not without reason.

As far as everyone knew, the movie Qin Cheng was currently filming was set in the United States and had nothing to do with Xiangshan Film and Television City. If he suddenly appeared here and even more so in Rong Xu’s room, then naturally it could only be because he was visiting Rong Xu.

Qin Cheng and Rong Xu had only collaborated once in Black Clouds. The two may be familiar with each other, but there were no rumors on the outside that they are friends. 

Now that Qin Cheng had suddenly appeared in Rong Xu’s room… it would still be easy to explain if they were seen by another, but being seen by Ren Shuzhi……

He Ruge was mainly afraid of running into people. All of them were combat inept.

Though Rong Xu didn’t know this woman well, he knew that the other party was not exactly considered a good person.

It’s true that there aren’t many good people within the circle, but there are still some. However, Ren Shuzhi is definitely not among them. 

It’s unpredictable as to what she would say. Maybe she’ll quietly spread false news, and…… Ren Shuzhi, this person, is actually quite beautiful, has a good body, and is open and proactive about her feelings. When a man looks at her, he was afraid that the news would not be treated as air^[1].

Inexplicably, there was a strange feeling emerging in his heart. Although Rong Xu was still calm on the surface, his pupils were shining with a deep light.

But, if Ren Shuzhi really was this easy to deal with, she wouldn’t have come knocking on the door again. The sound of a woman’s soft laughter through the door. As a titled Sexy Empress, Ren Shuzhi’s voice was very nice and sounded quite moving. Though, Rong Xu felt it was a bit harsh on the ears.

Ren Shuzhi said softly: “It’s just a small effort of opening the door, Rong Rong. I won’t even go in. I won’t discuss the script with you today.”

There are certain types of people in this world who, regardless of men or women, they are very open about romance and have low requirements for love. They just want to enjoy the present, and savor sex/love. Throughout the ages, there have been countless numbers of such people. 

Since there were people like Plato, who only pursued the art of spiritual communication, then naturally, there were also people who didn’t care too much about love and only wanted to pursue whatever they liked.

The Golden Python talked like he’d been injected with chicken blood (energetically), directly replacing the chatterbox Little Rabbit and chittered endlessly.

In his last life, Rong Xu knew a young American pop king who was super into American sweethearts. He never had a girlfriend, but he’d had numerous lovers. Everyone did what they needed to receive se*ual and emotional bliss. 

It’s said that [that American pop king] once chased after a female French singer. The other party rejected him several times, but he was not discouraged and instead became more persistent.

Rong Xu was not this kind of person, but he also didn’t really hate these kinds of people. It’s just that if this sort of messy thing fell on his head ……En, did indeed make him feel a bit stuffy and irritable.

Rong Xu thought for a while, and was about to open his mouth to refuse again, but Qin Cheng intercepted and asked in a low voice: “Can’t open the door?”

Rong Xu was startled and subconsciously replied: “……What about you hide first, then I’ll open the door?”

When he finished speaking, the youth raised his head and his gaze suddenly met a pair of smiling eyes. Qin Cheng rarely made his pleasure so obvious like this, and it surprised Rong Xu. Before he could react, he heard the man’s low, magnetic voice ring in his ears: “Don’t worry about me, she just wants to drop off the cell phone, it’s okay.”

At the next moment, they heard Ren Shuzhi say again: “Rong Rong, are you this afraid of me? I’m just here to give you your cell phone. If you continue to not open the door, Sis’ Ren is going to get angry. Is it that the one who entered your room just now was also I know……”

“KA DA—”

The crisp sound of the door opening directly interrupted Ren Shuzhi’s words.

A shrewd light flashed from those beautiful eyes, and Ren Shuzhi pinched her fingers calmly as she gradually became more vigilant in her heart.

Someone who could make Rong Xu pull them into his room immediately and not allow her to meet them absolutely must not be a man. They must be a woman! Exactly who on earth is this woman to be treated by Rong Xu with such care, to not even want them to meet herself?

When speaking through the door just now, Ren Shuzhi’s tone had been pleasant, but her face was green.

This piece of fresh meat that she’d been fond of for so long yet couldn’t hook in after all kinds of ways was suddenly snatched by another! She wanted to see who had such charms to be able to directly hook in with a man who even Ren Shuzhi herself couldn’t hook up!

Ren Shuzhi clenched her teeth. Her face maintained a smile, but in an instant, the smile on her lips suddenly froze. Her eyes widened involuntarily as an expression of disbelief appeared on this beautiful and moving face. Ren Shuzhi opened her mouth, but even shock or horror were simply not enough to describe her current expression.

When the door slowly opened, a tall and handsome figure gradually appeared at the door.

What was behind that door?

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He Ruge wasn’t good at mixing into crowds, so he just quietly watched from behind the screen for a while before exiting the group chat to go write. Inside the small black room, he managed to write 2,000 words in one go,

In any group scene, there will always be a main focus. In this scene, Xue Jiazhe is definitely the protagonist through and through. Therefore, Rong Xu’s performance is the most important – whether he could employ the atmosphere and immerse the audience.

Bo Xiwen’s and Ren Shuzhi‘s performances were not as important. Rong Xu was the key.

And so, after the scene ended, the makeup artist immediately entered the set to help with makeup touch ups, and Director Yuan replayed the recording without saying a word.

He watched it a full five times before he finally gave a soft sigh. He then raised his head and said: “Ren Shuzhi needs to redo one shot, then this scene passes!”

When this sentence reached Rong Xu’s ears, he raised his head in surprise and looked at Director Yuan. At the same time, Bo Xiwen and Ma Qi also looked at Director Yuan in surprise, while Ren Shuzhi nodded helplessly as she prepared to retake the shot.

After cooperating with Director Yuan for only three days, Rong Xu already knew that this director was very keen on using long shots.

Compared with many other artistry obsessed directors, Director Yuan’s long shots were not considered that long, the longest being only four to five minutes, unlike some other artistry obsessed directors whose long shots could reach forty to fifty minutes and never pause. 

However, Director Yuan was very principled. The long shots were still definitely long shots. Although they weren’t the standard long shots taken with only one camera in the strictest sense, he wouldn’t break the scene as long as the actors were still acting ,and would even make them start over from the very beginning.

But this time, Director Yuan made an exception. He didn’t have anyone accompany Ren Shuzhi for her retake, but rather made Ren Shuzhi retake the scene by herself.

Suddenly, a thought popped into his mind. Originally, he didn’t want to think too deep into it. However, that thought lingered in his mind and finally drove him to reopen “Family of 5 Lakes and 4 Seas” and say: “I have a question. Do monsters have parents?”

After Ren Shuzhi re-dripped the eye drops and finished the retake, Director Yuan spat out a mouthful of complaints: “Cry, do you know how to cry? Not borrowing the eye drops to cry, but actually really cry! Rong Xu and Bo Xiwen did such a good job. Yet, you somehow can’t even cry right, almost wasted a spectacular shot!”

And so Rong Xu finally came to understand that when they took the close-up shot for Ren Shuzhi the second time, there were practically no tears in her eyes!

Because the eye drops had run out, Ren Shuzhi was just plain howling in the second close-up take. Most people might not be able to see it well from a distance – after all, her face was already fully stained with eye drops, so one wouldn’t be able to tell whether there were tears in her eyes – but the camera can catch it all clearly.

After being reprimanded so many times by Director Yuan, Ren Shuzhi’s face was a bit ugly. But, after all, the director had the most power, so she accepted Director Yuan’s suggestions with a dry smile.

In the evening, Ren Shuzhi even proposed to have a dinner gathering.

He Ruge’s emotions shifted only for the briefest of moments. His fingertips which were placed on the keyboard twitched as he slowly replied

“It was a bit late by the time I joined the crew, and we haven’t had a single meal with everyone yet. Today, I will treat, inviting everyone to have a meal in the neighboring restaurant^[1]. Please don’t be polite.”

Within the crew, Ren Shuzhi had always been enthusiastic and generous. After she said that, she directly booked tables for them, and everyone walked over happily.

Because she’s a singer, Ren Shuzhi didn’t drink alcohol, only juice. At the table, everyone except her had tasted some alcohol. Though they didn’t drink much, they could be considered to have “drank”. Even Rong Xu had poured himself a glass of red wine.^[2]

After three rounds of drinking, Luo Qian walked over from the assistant’s table and asked Rong Xu quietly: “Xiao Xu, exactly what kind of medicine is Ren Shuzhi selling in her gourd^[3]? Suddenly inviting everyone to dinner…… I keep feeling it’s kinda weird.”

Hearing this, Rong Xu was startled for a second. After deliberating it for a moment, he smiled: “Perhaps she wants to make up for it, for constantly NGing these past few days?”

Although it is uncommon for celebrities to treat others to meals on a large scale, even Rong Xu had done it several times before. It was normal, there was nothing suspicious about. It was nothing more than building a good relationship with the crew.

However, Luo Qian frowned and said softly: “I keep feeling that something is off……”

But, though she’d said that, Luo Qian’s ‘woman’s sixth sense’ didn’t appear to have a miraculous effect this time around.

After the crew members finished their meal, they walked back to the hotel together. The hotel was right next to the Film and Television City, so the security was pretty decent. Rong Xu and Luo Qian walked to the forefront of the team, and Ren Shuzhi and Director Yuan could be heard talking and laughing in the distance.

The little white tiger was sleeping. He Ruge’s gaze wandered along the outline of the little white tiger bit by bit, from his bud-like ears and delicate pink nose, to his thin and long snow-white tiger whiskers and his two overlapping small paws.

Director Yuan hahahah’d constantly. At this moment, there was no trace of the man who’d scolded Ren Shuzhi in the morning.

Listening to their laughter, the youth’s mouth curled up thoughtfully, coming to understand the purpose behind Ren Shuzhi’s actions.

Eat food, shorten words. Receive things, soften hands^[4]. Huaxia’s idioms always make sense.

 Very soon, Rong Xu got on the elevator with the first group of crew members. After saying goodbye to Luo Qian, he walked to his room alone.

The bright and dazzling lights illuminated the entire length of the long and narrow corridor. Thick carpets blanketed the ground, making the sound of people’s footsteps barely audible. The doors on both sides were closed tightly, and Rong Xu could only hear his own breathing and extremely light footsteps.

Da Da, Da Da——

His room was next to a corner. It was originally at the end of the corridor, but the superstitious^[5] Luo Qian insisted on changing Rong Xu’s room to not be at the end of the corridor. Thus, she switched it to this one.

As he walked, Rong Xu took out the door card from his pocket. His mind was filled with the scenes he will be acting out the next day. It was still an indoor scene, performed in Xue Jiazhe’s office. There, Tan Yangxuan will bring Xue Jiazhe the latest photos taken of the crime scene, and Xue Jiazhe will finally decide to go visit the square where the victim was hung to investigate.

This scene seemed very simple, but in fact, from beginning to end, Rong Xu must act out Xue Jiazhe’s duality.

Everything this person analyzed was directed at himself. He knew very well that it was he, himself, who killed those people. But, he never felt emotionally moved. He always seemed to be standing to the side, looking at the whole thing from an outsider’s perspective. Looking at the victims he killed. Looking at his own cold-blooded self.

Therefore, for the most important scene tomorrow, Rong Xu needed to be able to show Xue Jiazhe’s indifference deep within his bones. It could be reflected through small details, but also in his speaking tone with Tan Yangxuan.

For example, he could purposefully not pour a cup of hot water for Tan Yangxuan from beginning to end, or……

“CLATTER–“

The sound of footsteps stopped abruptly.

The youth turned the corner and finally saw the man leaning against the door of his room, waiting quietly.

The youth’s clear eyes slowly widened as the handsome young man was reflected in his gaze. With his hands in the pockets of the black windbreaker, the man’s figure was pure and straight, like a perfect statue, waiting quietly and collectedly at the door, and leaning gently against the wall. When he heard footsteps, he tilted his head slightly and looked towards the suddenly-appearing youth with calm eyes.

White light poured down from the top of the man’s head (from the overhead lighting), causing his scattered hair to leave a faint shadow and hide those deep phoenix eyes as they stared at the young man without a noise, watching carefully.

Silence hung in the corridor. Rong Xu looked at Qin Cheng in shock, while Qin Cheng similarly looked down towards him.

Both of them stared at each other, and neither of them spoke first. One was frightened into silence, the other seemed to be enjoying this state of being. 

Qin Cheng stared at the youth in front of him with a blank expression. Only the raised corners of his lips reveal his secretly happy mood at the moment.

It was only after a long time that Rong Xu finally recovered. He subconsciously wanted to ask why the other party suddenly appeared here, but just as he said the word “you”…

All of a sudden! 

Very light footsteps sounded out from behind him.

The sound of high heels stepping on the carpet was really too easy for people to ignore. Rong Xu only noticed the other party when they had neared the corner. He turned around quickly, and his eyes suddenly widened.

Qin Cheng raised an eyebrow and asked softly: “What……”

“BOOM!”

Without giving the man a chance to speak at all, Rong Xu directly grabbed his hand, swiped the key card speedily, and pressed Qin Cheng to the wall with one violent stroke. With a hook on his left foot, there was a loud bang, and the door was closed behind him.

Qin Cheng looked at the young man in surprise and saw Rong Xu holding down his arm with one hand, pressing him (Qin Cheng) between him (Rong Xu) and the wall. He was obviously half a head shorter than himself, but this young man looked solemn at the moment as he turned his head and looked in the direction of the door without blinking.

Qin Cheng: “……”

After a moment of contemplation, Qin Cheng silently moved his hand down and clasped the youth’s hand.

Just like that.

Rong Xu didn’t seem to notice the sensation and was still staring intently at the door.

Qin Cheng’s gaze flicked across the youth’s face and finally also looked in the direction of the door. He narrowed his eyes slightly. A slight darkness flashed through deep eyes, only to hear, in the next second, a crisp knock on the door.

A soft female voice sounded over with a smile and flowed across the thin door: “Rong Rong, did you forget to grab your phone when we were eating just now? I brought it here for you. Open the door for a bit.”

He Ruge’s birthday is next month. He had once thought that when he’d saved some money, he would buy himself a cat for his own birthday gift.

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The author has something to say:

Orange Qin: Eh, RongRong Kabedon’d Baby, Shy Shy  ?(///>w<///)?

RongRong: (Someone’s outside the door, watching)

Orange Qin: Eh, RongRong hasn’t realized Baby is grasping his hand ~ \ (≧ ∇ ≦) / ~

RongRong: (Someone’s outside the door, watching!)

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