Chapter 72 The money your fans spent on you, you...

As Fang Xingu watched Jing Yitong's face get incredibly close to his, for a moment, he even thought that Jing Yitong would kiss his lips.

Fortunately, Jing Yitong managed to stop in a safe spot, but the two were so close that they could even feel each other's breath.

Jing Yitong frowned slightly, his gaze fixed on Fang Xingu's face, filled with worry.

Under such gazes, Fang Xingu's eyelids trembled slightly. He dared not look directly into Jing Yitong's eyes, because he could see through Jing Yitong's pupils the way he subconsciously wanted to escape.

But just as Fang Xingu showed any sign of turning his head away, Jing Yitong turned his face back to the center. Fang Xingu couldn't break free from this restraint and could only continue to keep his face close to Jing Yitong's, but he felt a sense of panic that his thoughts had been seen through.

Jing Yitong noticed his unease and took a step back, creating some distance between them. However, his large, gentle hand continued to soothe Fang Xingu's head, giving him time to think.

After a long while, Fang Xingu finally spoke, "You know everything?"

"Yes, I asked Jiang Huishan, and he told me everything."

Fang Xingu muttered under his breath, "That big mouth."

Jing Yitong chuckled and said, "You made things difficult for him all day, and now he's not allowed to complain to me?"

Fang Xingu guiltily lowered his head and began twisting his fingers: "I didn't mean to."

Jing Yitong held down Fang Xingu's hand and asked, "Jiang Huishan told me about the scenes you wanted to shoot. I remember you shot the same scenes for me before, so why didn't you just ask me to shoot the music video for you this time?"

After saying that, Jing Yitong pouted and pretended to be angry, saying, "If Jiang Huishan can film me but I can't, how is he better than me? Besides, he didn't even film you well!"

Fang Xingu was afraid of being questioned by Jing Yitong, so he was on edge. But he didn't expect Jing Yitong to suddenly throw in such a jealous joke during his serious questioning. He was instantly dumbfounded, but his tense mood did ease.

There are many reasons why Fang Xin didn't ask Jing Yitong to shoot the music video, but while thinking about it, he still didn't say the deepest reason. He just picked out a few superficial reasons to explain: "You've been too busy lately, and I'm a little afraid that the fans will be upset."

Think about this song "Parallel Parallelism". The lyricist, composer, arranger, and instrumentalist are all Fang Xingu. The only exception is Jing Yitong's name in the piano accompaniment. That's already quite exciting. When fans click on the music video and find that Jing Yitong even has a role in it, won't their blood pressure skyrocket?

Upon hearing this answer, Jing Yitong was first stunned, then burst out laughing: "Now you're finally considering the feelings of your fans? When you bought so many virtual screenings for me without saying a word, weren't you afraid of upsetting them?"

Fang Xingu retorted, "I'm spending my own money to book the entire venue for you virtually. Even if you're a fan, it's none of my business."

Jing Yi echoed the netizens' tone: "What do you mean by your own money? Didn't you earn your money from your fans? The money your fans spent on you was all used to support your sister-in-law!"

Fang Xingu laughed and slapped his leg: "Now that you know you've gotten the better deal, can you stop stirring things up? Know when to stop."

The two laughed for a while before catching their breath. Taking advantage of the good atmosphere, Jing Yitong asked again, "I know you definitely didn't ask me to film the music video for those two reasons. Can you tell me the real reason? Otherwise, I'll be a little sad because I don't seem to be your first choice."

Seeing Jing Yitong's expression, Fang Xingu opened his mouth. At this moment, he really wanted to reveal the real reason along with his unrequited love, but in the end, he still lacked a bit of courage. He closed his mouth and shook his head, his face showing an indescribable bitterness, as if he hated his own weakness.

Fang Xin leaned forward and rested his forehead on Jing Yitong's shoulder: "No, brother, you will always be my first choice... but I don't want to say why right now."

Jing Yitong tilted his head and pressed it against Fang Xingu's head. Recently, they had been having more and more physical contact, but neither of them had expressed any opinion about it, as if they were both indulging in their closeness to each other.

At this moment, Jing Yitong wrapped his arms around Fang Xingu's waist and back, completely accepting his dependence and avoidance: "What's there to be embarrassed about talking to your brother?"

Fang Xingu responded in a muffled voice, "...Can you give me a little more time?"

Fang Xingu thought to himself, "Give me a little more time, and I will definitely tell you that I like you."

Jing Yitong thought that as long as Fang Xingu could accept this relationship, he was willing to wait as long as it took.

The two people's lines of thought were completely different, but in the end, they arrived at very similar results.

Jing Yitong: "Okay, I'll wait for you."

But matters of the heart can wait, but matters of the music video cannot. Jing Yitong finally asked, "So, are you still going to ask me to film the music video?"

"May I?"

Jing Yitong snapped his fingers: "It's just a matter of your command."

Fang Xingu mentally reviewed the schedule: "You're going to have a roadshow in Jiangcheng tomorrow afternoon, right? How about we shoot the music video tomorrow morning? There are only a few shots that require you to appear in, and if all goes well, it can be done in two or three hours."

"Can."

After Jing Yitong finished speaking, he picked up his phone and started typing. Fang Xingu asked, "What, do you need me to arrange work?"

"I'll inform my agent and also tell Jiang Huishan that he's been fired."

Fang Xingu's expression suddenly became interesting: "Let Jiang Huishan go, I'll talk to him."

Fang Xin compiled the details and outcome of the incident into a message and sent it to Jiang Huishan, summarizing it in one sentence: "I've found Jing Yitong to shoot a music video, you don't need to come tomorrow," and also sent him an astonishingly large red envelope.

Under the influence of money, Jiang Huishan accepted the red envelope instantly without showing any anger, and said happily: I told you long ago, you should have gone to Brother Jing to take the picture.

Fang Xingu still politely apologized: "I'm sorry to have taken up your time today."

Jiang Huishan: It won't delay anything, I'm making a fortune [sunglasses]

Fang Xin had just finished dealing with Jiang Huishan when he received a message from Ye Wenlian.

Ye Wenlian: Teacher Fang~ I heard from Jiang Huishan that you've been filming a music video in Jiangcheng recently?

After Nebula disbanded, the seven members kept in touch, but mostly through chatting in the group chat. Fang Xin hadn't chatted with Ye Wenlian privately for a long time and was a little unsure whether Ye Wenlian was just chatting or had something to ask him.

Fang Xingu asked bluntly: What is it?

Yeh Wen-lien: Yesterday, Jiang Huishan bragged to me that he was going to film your music video. Hmph, if you wanted to find someone to film your music video, why didn't you ask me for help? What about our four years of friendship?

Fang Xingu: ...Your message needs updating. I just changed it to Jing Yitong.

Yeh Wen-lien: ?

Yeh Wen-lien: Hahaha, serves him right! Let him brag to me! [Laughing wildly.gif]

Fang Xingu thought Ye Wenlian had come to chat with him, and immediately tried to slip away: "If you have something to say, please do so; otherwise, I'll leave the court."

Ye Wenlian then said shyly: "The theme song 'Boundless Love' that you sang for the ancient costume drama 'My Soul is the Only One' has been officially released today. It's so good, so good! As expected of our Teacher Fang [doge head with rose in hand]"

Fang Xingu's heart skipped a beat. He then remembered that two days ago, before he returned to Jiangcheng, Qi Qiu had reminded him that "I Am the One" was about to be broadcast, and the theme song "Love Without Limits" would be officially released today. He was told to remember to share and promote it on Weibo.

As a result, Fang Xin had long forgotten about the matter, but now that Ye Wenlian brought it up, he remembered it and hurriedly switched to Weibo to check the netizens' feedback.

Ye Wenlian continued messaging him: "I wanted to say, you promised to write a song for my period drama, when are you planning to start writing it? I know you took on this job around the same time as 'Love Without Limits,' and now that 'Love Without Limits' has been officially released, shouldn't you consider me too? [crying]"

Fang Xin hadn't forgotten about this, but he really hadn't had time to write recently: "Didn't you just finish filming not long ago? You shouldn't be in such a hurry, right? I've been busy with the album lately and haven't had time. I'll definitely write to you when I'm done."

Yeh Wen-lien: It's good that you haven't forgotten, hehe, no rush [doggy emoji]

Fang Xingu went through the remaining tasks, sighed deeply, and thought, "So busy."

After calming Ye Wenlian down, Fang Xin went on Weibo to repost the promotion for "Love Without Limits," and then looked at the comments section of the original post in reverse order to see what everyone thought of the song.

He scrolled through several comments, all of which were positive. Everyone agreed that the song was great and the lyrics were very fitting to the plot and characters, but this particular comment seemed a bit like a bot.

"My Soul is Alone" only premieres tomorrow, and at this point, besides Fang Xingu's own fans, only a few fans of the lead actors will be paying attention to the theme song. But his own fans will definitely praise him, and the lead actors' fans' comments will ultimately have a commercial hype element, making it impossible for Fang Xingu to discern the true market feedback, so he stopped thinking about it too much.

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The next morning, Fang Xin took Jing Yi to the canal where they had filmed the day before.

The film crew knew yesterday that the guest actor for today had been changed, but they still couldn't help but tease the two of them with smiles: "Teacher Fang, if you had called Teacher Jing over earlier, we might have been able to finish filming yesterday."

Jing Yitong joined in the banter: "So, it seems I've been taking up everyone's time?"

"Of course!"

A group of people burst into laughter, and Fang Xingu's face turned red from their antics. He quickly waved them off to get back to work.

The shot Fang Xin wanted to film was actually very simple, but now that the right person is on set, the result is much more efficient.

Fang Xingu looked at the footage taken by Jing Yitong and felt that it suited his taste perfectly. In the end, he completed the remaining filming work in just over an hour.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Heaven knows that when they wrapped up work yesterday afternoon, they thought it would take several more days to finish filming.

Actually, they couldn't quite explain the difference between Jing Yitong's and Jiang Huishan's performances. They could only feel that Jing Yitong was more natural when standing under this scenery. Perhaps it was because Jing Yitong had lived here since childhood, and he had a sense of harmony with this canal.

To put it simply, Jing Yitong in the shot didn't need to act at all. Fang Xingu didn't even tell him what kind of shot to take. Jing Yitong just walked along the canal according to his own habits, and the whole scene was already beautiful enough.

The shoot was successfully completed at 10:30 a.m.

The film crew left in a large group, but Fang Xingu and Jing Yitong didn't take a car; instead, they strolled home along the canal.

Jing Yitong followed Fang Xingu's shadow all the way, and after Fang Xingu scolded him for being childish, he put his hands in his pockets and pretended to be serious, asking curiously, "Actually, I really want to know, why did you use this shot in the music video?"

His filming today seemed to be just walking along the canal, with no substantial content at all. This stream-of-consciousness filming makes it impossible to understand Fang Xingu's concept for shooting the music video.

Fang Xingu did not answer immediately, but instead hummed a line from a song: "Perhaps fate has already foreseen that we are parallel lines that will never intersect. But I still cherish the memory of the day we met."

Jing Yitong has been practicing the piano a lot lately to be Fang Xin's piano accompanist, and he almost instantly recognized the melody of the song: "Is it the lyrics of 'Parallel Parallelism'?"

Seeing Fang Xin nod, Jing Yitong continued, "Speaking of which, I was quite involved in the production of this song, but I've never even heard the lyrics, and this is the first time I've heard even a snippet of it."

Fang Xingu blinked: "It's a secret. You'll be able to hear the full version when I release my album."

"You're keeping us in suspense," Jing Yitong said reproachfully. "So what does this have to do with your music video concept?"

Fang Xin gazed at the bridges connecting the two banks of the canal: "Don't you think the two banks of the canal are like parallel lines? Although they are separated by water, they will never intersect. Sometimes when we walk on the bank, we can clearly see people passing by on the other side, but we can only watch from afar."

Fang Xin once thought that he and Jing Yitong were like two parallel lines; although they could walk together, they would never intersect.

Moreover, Fang Xingu once felt that he and Jing Yitong would not only never cross paths, but were going in opposite directions and would only drift further apart in the rest of their lives, so he named the song "Parallel Contradictions".

But now, Fang Xin has discovered that even if parallel lines have no intersection, he can build countless bridges on them if he wants to. These connections make the two parallel lines intertwined and no longer lonely.

It turns out that the bonds of life are not innate, but need to be built with small moments and memories, and require us to personally bring our hearts closer together.

It turns out that this kind of behavior, which violates the parallel rules, is the real parallel contradiction.

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Author's Note: Fang Xin Gu: Please type 1 [milk tea emoji] to support my decision to be my sister-in-law.