Chapter 41 Chapter 41 At least give him the Best Supporting Actor award...

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"Then you go ahead and do your work. I won't disturb you."

After hanging up the phone tactfully, Fu Rouyun tilted his head, as if thinking about something.

...something's wrong.

Cen Xue's rhetorical question was a bit too deliberate - in the past, if he called her when he had something to do, Cen Xue would directly say "I'll get back to you later" instead of "What do you want to talk to me about?"

What could be going on? You already know everything, so why bother asking more questions?

Unless he felt that he didn't want to be disturbed at that time and didn't want Fu Rouyun to appear.

Just as he was beginning to think of conspiracy theories, Fu Rouyun was slapped hard on the back of his head.

"What are you doing with your face hanging around like that?"

Mr. Fu, who was passing by, said bluntly, "Understand your position. You're chasing someone now, begging them to like you. Do you understand?"

Fu Rouyun let out a cry, and his eyes became clear.

Unbeknownst to Cen Xue, the Fu family had experienced a catastrophe.

Because Fu Rouyun came out on the first day he returned home.

He was very smart. He found the right time just when Mr. and Mrs. Fu were feeling sorry for him because he was just participating in a talent show and came back completely transformed.

Her body looks stronger, mainly because more than half of her baby fat has disappeared.

People who live together day and night will be confused by visual effects, but parents who haven't seen each other for several months can tell at a glance.

Although their son had long passed the age of being a well-behaved and adorable young cub, Fu Rouyun was still a baby in their hearts. Even if thirty or fifty years passed, they would still be more than twenty years older than him. They immediately showed concern and care for him, which was the softest moment they had shown in the past eighteen years.

Then the baby in their hearts will show them the side of a mature man.

Fu Rouyun said: Mom and Dad, I like men.

Two men on top of each other, it's really masculine.

The Yang energy was so overwhelming that Mr. Fu almost suffocated.

But this guy is very good at the art of language. Each sentence is more important than the last, and it makes the previous sentence look less serious.

Fu Rouyun: I like Cen Xue and have had a crush on him for three years.

Ms. Fu grabbed her husband's hand and sat down tremblingly.

For some reason, her first thought was that Cen Xue was in big trouble.

There's no real reason. It might be that no matter how you look at it or compare it, the gentle and sensible Cen Xue looks more like a pearly emerald cabbage or a clean and pure little swan.

Fu Rouyun’s third sentence was: But he doesn’t like me and decided to keep a distance from me, so he won’t go back to the Fu family for the time being.

Mr. Fu finally caught his breath.

In this story, the one who seems to be hurt is Fu Rouyun, who was rejected and heartbroken.

In fact, there is her!

She lost a future core person who she was planning to train!

Who understands? I originally planned to bring these two into the company to train and take over after my son becomes an adult, but after sending the two out, only one person came back.

If Cen Xue doesn't come back, the structure for at least the next ten years will collapse.

Mr. Fu looked around, reluctant to smash the money tree, so he picked up the paperweight on the table and said angrily, "Do you believe I can beat you up?!"

Fu Rouyun closed his eyes and said, "Go ahead and hit me! Even if you kill me, I only like men! I've decided on Cen Xue!"

Fu Rouyun's father, a weak, middle-aged handsome uncle who married into the family, tried in vain to get between the two of them: "Calm down, calm down."

Mr. Fu threw the paperweight away, and it brushed against Fu Rouyun's legs and fell heavily to the ground, making a deafening crackling sound.

"I don't care whether you like men or women, just bring Cen Xue back to me!"

"I just like it—" Fu Rouyun stiffened his neck and half reacted, "Mom, what did you say? Shouldn't you be angry that I'm a lesbian?"

"Who do you think you are? Don't you owe me enough, excluding homosexuality?" Mr. Fu said with disdain.

This is the biological son and mother.

In a sense, businessmen are very good at weighing things, and she doesn't hate Cen Xue.

In his daily business dealings, he has come into contact with people in the same business field, and Mr. Fu has seen a lot of ups and downs.

"Mom~"

Fu Rouyun's expression changed in an instant, his stubborn look was replaced by a coquettish look, his knees that would rather break than bend softened, and he knelt on the ground with a thud, and rushed over on his knees with his knees raised.

Then he flatteringly patted her legs and said, "Please teach me how to chase someone, Mommy."

"Mommy tells you, a man without a career and who can't stand on his own feet is not qualified to pursue anyone," Boss Fu ruthlessly pinched his face and pulled it away. "Give me a business plan the day after tomorrow."

Fu Rouyun: “……???”

This development is not right.

But no matter what, after coming out, Fu Rouyun inexplicably embarked on the road to building a career.

Everything was going on in an orderly manner. Although he had a foundation of learning by observation and observation, he still had a lot to learn. He was so busy that he couldn't stick to Cen Xue as much as before.

Cen Xue didn't know any of this.

But distance creates beauty. At least one thing is clear: Fu Rouyun's feelings for Cen Xue are growing stronger day by day, and Cen Xue will also...

After telling a lie, I feel a little guilty.

*

The sound he made to cover up was not loud enough for Lu Yanxi to hear.

Lu Yanxi was satisfied.

Sometimes it is not what he wants to do, but reality forces him to learn something.

After Cen Xue hung up the phone and turned around, he put away his smugness and continued his previous behavior, but said with certainty, "Would you like something to drink?"

This meant that Cen Xue had to stay, at least for a cup of tea.

Cen Xue looked at Lu Yanxi thoughtfully and smiled: "If it's tea, forget it."

"There's also coffee and milk, and there's some fruit in the fridge," Lu Yanxi stood up. "How about a milkshake?"

Cen Xue sat back on the sofa: "You don't look like someone who can make milkshakes."

"Indeed not," Lu Yanxi went to the refrigerator and looked around, "but it has more steps. I just want to find an opportunity to show off my abilities."

"What kind of opportunities?"

"Like—I'm trying to please you, Xue. So you can do whatever you want."

Cen Xue leaned on the armrest of the sofa and made an ambiguous nasal sound.

He whispered, "I do feel it."

Being soft-hearted and not tough is probably Cen Xue’s most obvious weakness.

Then again, after all, his sexual orientation is still to like men. When a man with perfect appearance and high status in the secular world is willing to be your slave, it is hard not to feel comfortable in his heart.

Not to mention that Lu Yanxi was Cen Xue's first love and the one who introduced her to sex.

But we didn’t rehearse again the next night, but instead talked about some things about the crew.

For example, the temperament and personality of other leading actors, as well as some habits of the director. Lu Yanxi made him a strawberry milkshake according to the online tutorial. It was a bit sour, and later she added pudding, which made it better.

"No matter what, I'll take care of everything."

Lu Yanxi demonstrated her control over a field at the right time, restraining herself from touching Cen Xue's boundaries.

"Liu He is coming for the makeup shoot tomorrow," Lu Yanxi revealed, "We'll all have dinner together tonight and then get ready to join the crew. He's a good-tempered old man."

Cen Xue drank the milkshake, and there was some white on her upper lip. She wiped it off with the tip of her little finger. Her lips, which were shining with moisture, were rubbed into ripples. Lu Yanxi was quick to hand him a piece of paper.

So, while wiping his hands, he said, "You have a good temper, but you like to change the script at any time? Your preferences are fickle, right?"

Lu Yanxi felt the same way: "You know the working mode."

Remembering that he was an experiential person, Cen Xue was curious: "Will you become more and more like Sheng Tianque in the later stages?"

“…I think so.”

Lu Yanxi couldn't deny that since he had achieved such great results at such a young age, the methods he used were certainly harmful to his body.

He felt a little uneasy at the thought. When a person is completely stained with another color, even he can't control what will happen. So he said specifically: "When the time comes, if I do something that is not like me, you must not agree."

Cen Xue: "What do you mean by disagree?"

Lu Yanxi: "Just leave without looking back. Don't pay any attention to me."

Cen Xue said jokingly, "Then I'm afraid you'll cry again."

*

The next day, styling shoot.

Because we had to get on the car urgently, the makeup and shooting were done together.

After meeting Liu He, Cen Xue was wheeled into the dressing room. The old man was indeed very easygoing. He simply glanced at Cen Xue and patted her arm, saying, "Very good! Get ready quickly. Lu Yanxi has good taste."

The mute slave is a young man who grew up in a rough environment. He is at the bottom of all the characters in the inn, but it is precisely because of his weakness that those above him have a kind of pity and love for him.

I have the attitude that only I can bully people like me, and outsiders are not allowed to do so.

Therefore, when Sheng Tianque targeted him in the first act, although the other waiters would dislike his incompetence, they would also push him away, away from Sheng Tianque, a dangerous individual.

The first point of makeup is that the skin color cannot be too white.

Cen Xue knew this requirement from the beginning. She had been going to the rooftop to sunbathe her back quite often recently, and her skin color had become a little more wheat-colored.

The makeup artist applied a yellowish foundation to stabilize the tone, gave the cheeks under the eyes a rough, chapped look, and added shadows to round the face. After looking left and right, he said with satisfaction, "With the lighting, it works."

Second, it can’t be too neat.

The inn is not a proper inn. What kind of good people can come and go in this barren desert? As the only central hub that can accommodate these people to rest, it is a unique symbol.

Chaotic, yet inclusive.

Cen Xue's semi-long hair reduces the burden of styling and can better connect hair extensions and hair wraps. The wig and real hair are gently clipped with a corn silk board, leaving some hair to sweep across the forehead and cheeks in a messy manner, and the rest are all tied up in a high ponytail.

The hair ornaments are made of the same coarse cloth as the clothes.

The temperature difference between day and night in the desert is large, so there are mainly two sets of styles, one set of thin clothes during the day, and one set with a fur cloak at night.

When putting on the cloak, Cen Xue wrapped herself in it and shook herself a few times, like a real cub raised by wolves and tigers.

…

Lu Yanxi and Liu He chatted about the script and waited for Cen Xue to come out.

Suddenly, there was some commotion in the distance. They looked up and saw Cen Xue being protected by the stylist.

Cen Xue noticed them and, still unaccustomed to makeup, said awkwardly, "Director Liu...!"

The old man scurried up to him, stroking his beard with great satisfaction: "Okay, that's it, no need to change it."

The stylist cheered off.

The studio will be ready soon. After the audition, Cen Xue will appear in front of the camera for the first time in a long time.

But now he is no longer himself. He gets into the role with every breath, his body shrinking a little. The dim light that simulates the desert environment shines on him, as if he is surrounded by yellow sand, covered by the dryness of the scorching sun.

Except for his eyes.

It was strange that when her whole body was clean, white and clear, Cen Xue's eyes were the most hazy.

But when his face and other parts of his body were covered up, the texture of his eyes stood out, and suddenly there was an unfamiliar clarity to them.

The fragility and brokenness that he already possesses are multiplied, and when combined with the character's characteristics—

With just a pair of eyes, he portrayed the mute slave who grew up in the chaotic Gobi Desert, was weak and fragile, and was curious about everything in the outside world because he was overprotected and had a naive heart.

The blower started working, and he put on his cloak again. The wind blew, and his messy hair was blown up, revealing his face. His eyes were surprisingly bright, clearer than the moonlight in the desert.

Liu He said to the people around him: "His eyes can speak, I like this."

"...Alas, I really don't want to waste it. It seems I can't delete it all," he said regretfully. But the person next to him didn't respond. "Yan Xi? Did you hear that?"

Lu Yanxi could no longer take her eyes off Cen Xue.

After realizing that Liu He was talking to him, he forced himself to be rational and replied, "Director Liu, if you want to add more scenes, add it to the nomination for Best Supporting Actor."

Director Liu laughed, not angry at all: "How dare you bring that up."

...Because Cen Xue is worth it.

If possible, Lu Yanxi even wanted to give up her own leading role to play a supporting role for him.

This is not due to personal bias, but rather a mutual understanding arising from resonance in the same field.

*

In addition to the photographers taking the final photos, there are also staff members dedicated to publicity and promotion.

There's no way, this is all the mess Li Keyi left behind—

Damn this runaway star! Even the fans are going crazy, believing everything he says, thinking that the crew has let Li Keyi down. The cast of "The Hero on the Tenth Day of the Lunar New Year" is being insulted every day, forcing them to give an explanation.

The crew had no choice but to record and release Cen Xue's makeup process as a promotional vlog, and add some concise text to explain it.

That evening, the crew’s official Weibo account released a video.

The cover shows a young man with half of his face covered by a fur cloak. His eyes are clear and shining. Under the dim yellow main color, there is a specially designed cold reflection under his eyes.

And the text:

He was speechless, with the tide of moonlight surging in his eyes.

Thanks to @岑雪 for helping fill the vacancy. It's a destined fit. No one understands the soul of this character better than him. Welcome to the team [scatter flowers][scatter flowers][scatter flowers]

This night was destined to be a sleepless night for all the fans of Cen Xue on the Internet, as well as the fans of the three major CPs.

Why are you sleeping? Get up and get ready for battle!