42 Filming

When he woke up again, Fang Xiyu was already lying in the hospital bed.

"Water..." Fang Xiyu stammered with his eyes closed, his voice a little hoarse.

Someone quickly brought him a glass of water and thoughtfully inserted a straw for him.

The sweet water flowed into his throat, and Fang Xiyu woke up with a blink of his eyes.

Fang Xiyu raised his hand to block the glare of the ward's light. His caregiver quickly approached, asking, "What's wrong? Are you dazzled? Let me shade you."

It was a woman's voice. Strange, why would a woman appear in his family? Could she be a blind date his father had arranged for him?

Fang Xiyu opened his eyes wide and found that the ceiling was white. This was not his house.

Oh, he remembered. He took a bite of the spicy hot pot that Jiang Zhu brought him, and then his vision went dark. Could he have fainted?

The strong smell of disinfectant brought back Fang Xiyu's memories.

He sat up and saw Jiang Zhu standing next to the bed with an apologetic look on her face.

She came to help him up and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, I didn't know you were allergic to chili peppers."

Fang Xiyu was still immersed in the embarrassing fact that he fainted from the spiciness in public, when he suddenly heard that he was allergic to chili peppers.

It was also the first time he knew that he was allergic to chili peppers.

Seeing this living man who had quarreled with her a few days ago now pale, listless and silent, Jiang Zhu was really anxious.

She'd just wanted to tease him, so she added an extra spoonful of chili pepper, but it wasn't incredibly spicy. He'd fainted after taking one bite, and God knows how horrified she'd been when she saw him collapse. If it hadn't been past dinnertime and the only customer in the restaurant, the news would have spread the next day: "Jiang's Spicy Hot Pot ingredients weren't fresh, causing a customer to faint from food poisoning."

After being rushed to the hospital, they discovered Fang Xiyu's fainting was caused by an allergy. Jiang Zhu was both relieved and somewhat blaming him. "You said you were allergic to chili peppers, so why did you still come to eat Malatang? You ate it and didn't even tell me not to put chili peppers in it?"

But looking at Fang Xiyu's pitiful appearance, Jiang Zhu couldn't bring herself to blame him.

The frail Fang Xiyu shed his usual domineering demeanor and returned to his natural age. He was only 23, which would be the equivalent of a year-old working kid for most people. However, his family circumstances made it difficult for people to overlook his age.

Jiang Zhu softened her heart and asked him gently if he wanted some porridge. Fang Xiyu had come for lunch and had been rushed to the hospital due to an allergy, so she knew his stomach was empty.

Fang Xiyu was keenly aware of Jiang Zhu's change. Normally, he might have said something sarcastic like, "Porridge doesn't even deserve him," but now, perhaps because he was a patient and felt more vulnerable, Fang Xiyu nodded and agreed with Jiang Zhu's suggestion.

Jiang Zhu went to buy porridge. Fang Xiyu, who was lying flat behind her, looked at her leaving back, as if thinking about something.

Even though I was in the hospital, I felt okay.

The camera turned to Fang Xiyu's face, and saw that the corners of his mouth were slightly raised. It was no longer a playful smile, but a smile with a little happiness and a little relief.

This smile on Fang Xiyu's face was a bit incongruous, but it also made people feel that he was a little cute.

After this scene was broadcasted, Fang Xiyu’s fans increased a lot online. Everyone exclaimed that it turns out that the usually cool and pretentious man can be so cute!

Fang Xiyu tossed and turned in the hospital bed. The man in the clinic asked him playfully, "Hey, buddy, is this your girlfriend?"

When Jiang Zhu came back from buying porridge, she heard a quarrel in the ward. She hurried in and saw Fang Xiyu, who was extremely weak just now, arguing with the clinician with red faces.

Fang Xiyu was very angry. The man in the clinic actually asked him if he had made an appointment with Jiang Zhu! They were all men, so Fang Xiyu immediately understood what he meant.

But when Jiang Zhu came over, he didn't want to tell her the truth and refused to speak.

Jiang Zhu didn't ask the reason for the quarrel, but she knew very well that Fang Xiyu would not take the initiative to cause trouble without any purpose.

So she stood in front of Fang Xiyu, looked directly at the man, and said in a strong voice: "Apologize!"

"Mo?"

The man was surprised. This thin woman had the courage to ask him to apologize.

Fang Xiyu, who was standing behind him, was also stunned. He thought Jiang Zhu might leave him alone in anger, or even just leave. But he didn't expect Jiang Zhu to stand in front of him without hesitation and ask the clinical man to apologize.

Fang Xiyu's eyes were complicated. He tapped Jiang Zhu's back with his finger, wanting her to stop confronting the man.

But Jiang Zhu ignored him and kept repeating forcefully: "Apologize!"

The clinical man laughed angrily and cursed loudly: "You stinky bitch, you want me to apologize? I'll do it in my next life."

Jiang Zhu didn't hear this because Fang Xiyu suddenly covered her ears. Then, he pulled Jiang Zhu behind him and shouted, "I've recorded the insults you just made to me. I'll send it to my lawyer. Just wait for the lawyer's letter!"

After saying that, Fang Xiyu grabbed Jiang Zhu's hand and rushed out. Before the man could react, Fang Xiyu came back and took away the porridge that Jiang Zhu had just bought.

Fang Xiyu's aura was so strong that Jiang Zhu didn't dare to speak for a moment.

He just looked at Fang Xiyu drinking the porridge mouthful by mouthful, frowned and explained: "You have a bad stomach, drinking some porridge is better for your stomach."

Seeing Fang Xiyu remained silent, Jiang Zhu changed the subject: "Can the lawyer really bring him down? Will he go to jail?"

Fang Xiyu suddenly laughed, and the porridge sprayed onto the wall, a bit disregarding his image.

While wiping the rice grains off his body, Fang Xiyu replied, "How could I possibly let him go to jail? Are you stupid? The most I can do is sue him for defamation. I just scared him."

Jiang Zhu: "Oh." Her tone was quite disappointed.

Fang Xiyu teased her: "Why are you so disappointed? It was me who quarreled with him, not you."

Jiang Zhu looked at him viciously: "Is it not okay for me to worry about you? You are taking my kindness for granted."

Fang Xiyu raised his hands in surrender and said with a smile, "Okay, okay, it's my fault. I shouldn't have quarreled with him."

Fang Xiyu didn't notice that his attitude towards Jiang Zhu was also gradually changing...

The two sat on chairs in the hospital corridor in silence for a long time.

After a while, Fang Xiyu spoke, "Why did you stand in front of me just now?"

Jiang Zhu replied in surprise, "You're a patient, are you going to let him bully you like this?"

"Besides, you were in the hospital because of me. Hey, don't you know you're allergic to peppers? I was so scared when you fainted just now."

Fang Xiyu touched his nose and whispered, "Actually, I didn't know I was allergic to chili peppers... When I was little, I felt uncomfortable after eating kimchi. I thought it was because I was picky. After returning to China, I rarely touched these things."

Jiang Zhu blinked and muttered softly, "You don't know, and your parents don't know either. They are so irresponsible."

As if he heard Jiang Zhu's words, Fang Xiyu's body froze.

After a while, Fang Xiyu got up and prepared to go home.

Jiang Zhu said she would take him home, but Fang Xiyu declined, saying he had already called the driver. But for some reason, he changed his mind.

"It's okay if you send me off. Anyway, I'm like this because of you. You have to take responsibility."

He sounded quite rogue when he said this, but there were twinkling smiles in his eyes.

Ji-hee and Young-jae were also in the store, and it was not time for dinner yet, so Jiang Zhu got into Fang Xiyu's luxury car and "sent" Fang Xiyu home.

Fang Xiyu's mansion is in the suburbs. It is a three-story villa. It is said that this is because he doesn't like houses that are too big.

As soon as Jiang Zhu got in, she was stunned by the McLaren's interior. It was her first time riding in such a luxurious car, and she looked around a bit silly. But strangely, Fang Xiyu didn't express any dislike.

When he got home and opened the door, a white Samoyed and a gray Ragdoll cat rushed over together. Fang Xiyu skillfully held the cat and the dog and asked Jiang Zhu to sit down.

Jiang Zhu looked at Fang Xiyu curiously, who was very intimate with cats and dogs, and found that although he was so obsessed with mysophobia, he could actually resist the dog's tongue licking his forehead.

"I didn't expect you to have a pet."

Fang Xiyu glanced at her and asked, "Why, are you curious about why someone as difficult as me likes animals?"

Jiang Zhu stuck out her tongue, and it was obvious that she meant it.

"My rice and fullness are much better than people's~"

Fang Xiyu put down the dog and cat and went to the kitchen to pour water.

"What do you want to drink? Juice or coffee?"

"Do you have Coke?"

Jiang Zhu didn't bother to be polite with him and took a sip of the carbon dioxide-filled drink with satisfaction.

From beginning to end, Fang Xiyu just looked at her quietly, without saying a single unpleasant word as he usually did.

Jiang Zhu felt strange. She was a straightforward person and asked whatever came to her mind.

"I've always felt like there's something a little off about you. Could it be that allergies are hurting your brain? Let me take a look."

Fang Xiyu stopped Jiang Zhu from checking his brain and said helplessly, "Woman, can't I be nice to you?"

Jiang Zhu smiled playfully and said, "Oh, I know I'm fine, you don't need to tell me."

Fang Xiyu suppressed his laughter and nodded. He changed into a white home suit and let his hair down. At this moment, he no longer had the arrogance he had outside, and looked soft like a domestic puppy.

He looked at Jiang Zhu quietly and suddenly asked, "Do you like Meng Tingtai?"

Jiang Zhu wondered why he asked this question, but although she was shy, she was not one to hide her feelings, so she nodded.

Fang Xiyu's mouth corners were no longer raised, and there was suddenly something more in his eyes.

But then he said, "So, do you need my help?"

"I think I should be able to understand Meng Tingtai's thoughts."

Jiang Zhu looked at him curiously, not understanding why he suddenly said he wanted to help her.

Fang Xiyu smiled brightly, "Just think of it as my way of repaying you for taking me to the hospital, taking me home, and helping me scold that man. What? Can't I be your friend?"

"Okay, my friend, we'll be friends from now on."

There was a hint of bitterness in Fang Xiyu's smile, but at this moment, no one noticed.

After three days of filming, Choi Ye-young was impressed by Song Qixian. The performances in episodes 1 to 4 could be considered up to par, but these 5.6 episodes were completely different.

Song Qixian portrayed Fang Xiyu's annoyingness, as well as his pitifulness and loveliness.

When he looked at her with moist eyes, Choi Ye-young, who was acting opposite him, wanted to hug him immediately.

She had a premonition that Song Qixian's future was far more than the present.

【Author’s words】

Actually, I think my play-within-a-play is pretty good. Hehe, I want to praise myself. [Spreading hands]