Chapter 56 Summer Solstice [Update] Sorry, I went to the wrong toilet. …
"Then let's slow down and see what we can install first," Xue Si-nian waved his hand without even looking up, concentrating on fiddling with the frame of the kite, "Hurry up and check your phone... Pei-ya, Pei-ya?"
Xue Si Nian called Zheng Peiya twice, but no one answered her.
She raised her head and found that Zheng Peiya's gaze was over her shoulder, following Chen Xing's back in the distance.
Xue Si Nian poked Zheng Pei Ya's arm, and Zheng Pei Ya came back to her senses and said awkwardly, "Oh, I'll find the video."
A few minutes later, Chen Xing came back with a bright smile.
Xue Si Nian greeted Chen Xing cheerfully: "Come here, come here, is this the right way for the two of us to install it?"
"Okay, okay, let me take a look." Chen Xing rolled up his sleeves, squatted down and started splicing.
Zheng Peiya's eyes fell on Chen Xing's smiling face and she said nothing.
During the official test flight, the breeze blew gently and the two kites trembled gently in their hands.
Chen Xing and Xue Si Nian ran forward together, pulling the kite strings. The spools in their hands turned rapidly, and both kites flew up successfully.
The photographer deliberately gave a close-up of the swallow kite in Chen Xing's hand——
Its wings glowed with colorful colors in the sunlight, indigo and scarlet flowed in the wind, drawing a graceful arc on the blue sky.
After he finished filming, he turned the camera back to the three people on the ground.
The three people's eyes also revealed surprise. If they were not holding the strings in their hands, they would have jumped up and cheered.
Xue Si Nian said to the camera in surprise: "Look, photographer! We succeeded in one go!"
The cameraman moved the camera up and down to show that he was nodding.
"Pei Ya, take a few pictures while it's flying," Xue Si Nian called to Zheng Pei Ya again, "I'll post on Weibo!"
Zheng Peiya raised her phone, walked around the two of them, and kept looking for angles to take pictures.
Chen Xing was amused by the way she was spinning around and said that she was more professional than the photography teacher. Zheng Peiya felt embarrassed instead.
The kite flew higher and higher, and they finally tied it to a tree and let it fly in the wind.
Zheng Peiya brought a picnic mat and spread it on the grass like last time; Chen Xing and Xue Si Nian went to get snacks and drinks, and when everything was placed on the picnic mat, it really looked like they were on a picnic.
The sun-warmed lawn had a moist, sweet smell, similar to the smell of cucumber peels that rushed into their nostrils.
Xue Si Nian said it smelled like a wet quilt in the return of the south wind, and Chen Xing actually liked the smell very much.
The three of them gathered in a circle and shared the photos they had just taken.
After Chen Xing finished posting on Weibo, he suddenly remembered that the last time they posted photos together, some netizens commented that Zheng Peiya’s account looked like a zombie account among them - there was no content, no followers, and even the avatar was the most basic gray.
If Zheng Peiya hadn’t posted a photo to verify it, netizens wouldn’t have dared to follow this account.
Chen Xing stared at the only gray figure in his follow list, then turned to ask Zheng Peiya, "Do you not use Weibo, or is this account a fake one?"
"This is a small size, because the large size is a bit..." Zheng Peiya clutched her pants nervously, as if Chen Xing was asking a particularly important question.
But Chen Xing was just simply curious.
Xue Si Nian bit into a chocolate mushroom stick and helped Zheng Pei Ya explain: "Her large size is not suitable for posting here, and most of them are fan fiction."
Chen Xing pointed at Xue Si Nian and said, "So, Niannian, you are the only one who knows both of our trumpets."
"Yes, I am a mysterious woman who knows a lot of secrets." Xue Sinian shook her head proudly, the mushroom stick twitching at the corner of her mouth.
Zheng Peiya spoke again, her voice soft: "Actually, it's OK to make it public, but I want to wait until later."
Chen Xing's eyes lit up and he asked, "Can I cut in line? Can I follow your main account with my secondary account?"
Zheng Peiya looked at Chen Xing's expectant eyes, thought for a moment, and finally nodded and said, "Okay."
Chen Xing and Zheng Peiya swapped roles as they wished. They turned their backs to the camera and followed each other's Weibo, making sounds that would arouse the audience's curiosity:
"Oh, is this you?"
"Pig, your trumpet is so lively?"
"Your big size is even more lively, it's so lively!"
"Well, in that case, let's also follow the TikTok account."
"Okay."
After they paid attention, they turned back at the same time.
Chen Xing shook his head and said to the camera: "I didn't expect it. I didn't expect that our Pei Ya would be..."
"I didn't expect that, Teacher Chen Xing, you actually..." Zheng Peiya also shook her head, "I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it."
After taking pictures of the two people's faces, the photographer pointed the camera at Xue Si Nian who was about to faint from laughing.
Xue Si Nian, who was suddenly being followed in the face, was startled and almost bit off the chocolate bar in her mouth.
Xue Si Nian's eyes wandered over the two of them, and finally, holding a half-chopped chocolate bar in her mouth, she said vaguely: "Okay, if you want to know what happened next, please pay more attention to our lunch boxes. You can click on GCTV to vote for us~"
After Xue Si Nian finished her advertisement, the three of them laughed at the same time.
Afterwards they brought in the flying chess, during which time Chen Xing's phone rang again.
Chen Xing still walked far away to answer the phone. After this call, his phone never rang again.
Time passes quietly amid laughter and joy.
Two kites were flying leisurely, their thin lines looming in the sun. A few white clouds floated lazily in the sky, as fluffy as soft cotton puffed out of a quilt, fluttering up to the sky.
Gradually, gradually, the setting sun mixed into the "cotton" with a few strands of golden threads, the ends of which blended with the tips of branches and leaves, making the surrounding camphor trees seem taller than the mountains.
Before they knew it, it was four in the afternoon before they started to clean up the scattered chess pieces and snacks.
Chen Xing checked the weather forecast and found that it was a sunny day without rain, so the two kites stayed on the tree, swaying gently in the breeze.
After packing up, the three of them had dinner at 4:50. After dinner, Chen Xing went back to the second floor to compose music.
This arrangement was not required by the company, but he just had some inspiration when he saw the flying kite today.
Chen Xing's efficiency in composing music depends on his inspiration. It seems that he is lucky today as he has composed a set of music before eight o'clock.
He sent the backup copy to Lu Qing by email and also sent a copy to Xu Yuancai. A few minutes later, Xu Yuancai received the file.
While waiting for a reply, Chen Xing opened the call history.
He looked at the name above, pursed his lips, and tapped the table with his fingers. Then Xu Yuancai sent a message.
[Princess]: The drumming in the chorus was so satisfying, the house rhythm is so awesome!!!
[Princess]: Who is it for? !
【Chen Xing】: If no one wants it, I'll just put it in the material library and collect money (='▽｀)ゞhehehehe
[Princess]: You actually still have time to write music?
[Princess]: I am not jealous of your money at all. I have never seen anyone who works part-time while appearing on variety shows.
【Chen Xing】: Just think of it as you praising me heheヽ(OuO)/
[Princess]: Are you coming to the live broadcast today?
[Chen Xing]: I have a scene to shoot tomorrow (TUT) and I have something else to do today, so I want to go to bed quickly.
[Princess]: It can’t be…
Chen Xing sighed softly: "Alas."
Xu Yuancai is indeed his good friend, she can understand him with just one sentence.
[Chen Xing]: Yes
[Princess]: ...Forget it, go to bed early and stop thinking about these things. You have done enough [rub.jpg]
【Chen Xing】：Okay (OUO*)
Chen Xing had just exited the private chat with Xu Yuancai when a small red dot appeared behind Xia Huanming's name.
[Xia Huanming]: Zhao Xingyu and Wang Baiyue just encountered a puppy, and when they chased it, they stepped on dog poop.
【Xia Huanming】：【Photo】
Chen Xing thought Xia Huanming would send him a photo of dog poop, but it turned out to be a photo of a chubby little puppy.
But why did he think Xia Huanming would take pictures of shit? Xia Huanming wasn't as boring as him.
Chen Xing found himself laughing, and his heavy mood disappeared at that moment.
【Chen Xing】：So cute! (TuT*)
20:55
[Xia Huanming]: Sorry, the director called me away, so I’m replying to you now
[Xia Huanming]: It’s someone else’s pet. You’ll be able to see it when you come tomorrow.
21:00
[Xia Huanming]: We are back
The night was dark, and the van exuded a faint smell of leather. The light spots from the street lamps swept across the car window again and again like a tide, flowing over the deep outline of the man in the back seat.
Fortunately, the night was dark and no one noticed Xia Huanming's solemn expression.
He stared at the chat box that didn't move at all. The screen automatically went dark, and he quickly turned it on again in the darkness. Dark once, light once. He repeated this action seven times.
At this point in time, Chen Xing was either composing music or memorizing the script, and would indeed ignore the news.
But rational explanations could not suppress Xia Huanming's uneasiness. He thought of another possibility: He hadn't replied for too long, so was Chen Xing angry?
But then I thought again, Chen Xing is not such a stingy person.
Xia Huanming opened half of the window and relieved his anxiety by looking at the leaves outside the window that were shining with golden light.
Zhao Xingyu next to him glanced at him and thought he just wanted to get some fresh air and didn't think there was anything wrong.
The van slowly stopped in front of the villa. Xia Huanming stepped out of the car and walked towards the gate in two steps.
Just as he was about to push the door open, Zheng Peiya hurried out of the small room and called him.
"I don't know if I'm overthinking... Xingxing seems to be in a weird state," Zheng Peiya twisted her fingers nervously in her wrinkled pajamas. "He looked unhappy after receiving a few phone calls in the afternoon. After that, whether I was playing flying chess or talking to him about the script, he would always check his phone, as if waiting for some news. He hasn't come down since dinner. We went up and knocked on his door, but he said nothing happened through the door, and we were too embarrassed to go in and check."
Xia Huanming frowned slightly and nodded: "Okay, I'll go take a look and send you a message when the time comes. You go back first."
"Okay." Zheng Peiya walked away, looking back every few steps.
Xia Huanming took a few steps at a time and went up to the second floor. He knocked on the door gently, said "I'm coming in", and opened the bedroom door.
The warm yellow light in the corridor flowed in like melted honey, drawing a thin golden line on the wooden floor.
Xia Huanming walked lightly to Chen Xing's bedside.
Chen Xing was completely buried in the fluffy bedding, with half of his face buried in the pillow. His breathing was even and long, and his eyelashes cast a faint shadow under his eyes.
Xia Huanming looked at the face bathed in moonlight, and his tense nerves finally relaxed.
It turned out that she just fell asleep, not that she didn't want to pay attention to him.
But since he was asleep, there was no need for him to ask Chen Xing what happened.
Xia Huanming took the medicine first, then went to the bathroom next door to take a shower. After returning, he did not turn on the lights, went to bed in the dark, and replied to Zheng Peiya with the dim light of his mobile phone.
[Xia Huanming]: He's asleep. Let's talk about it tomorrow.
[Zheng Peiya]: Oh, so he was sleeping. That’s good. I’ll ask him tomorrow.
[Xia Huanming]: Yes
Xia Huanming put his phone aside and stared in the direction of the other bed with his dark pupils.
Finally, close your eyes in silence.
The next day, Xia Huanming got up early again. After washing up, he walked to Chen Xing's bed.
Chen Xing's sleeping position changed from curled up in a ball to lying on his back, with the quilt kicked aside, half of his left leg hanging outside the bed, and a pillow covering his stomach.
Xia Huanming was amused.
It is said that he knows how to take care of himself, but he doesn’t cover himself with a quilt; it is said that he doesn’t take care of himself, but he still knows to cover his stomach.
Xia Huanming gently grasped Chen Xing's ankle that was exposed outside the quilt, stuffed the restless leg back into the quilt, and then covered Chen Xing's shoulders with the quilt.
When looking at Chen Xing's sleeping face, Xia Huanming's Adam's apple rolled up and down and his hand paused in the air.
Chen Xing, who was sleeping quietly, was so well-behaved and handsome, as if he was a human figure condensed from spring light, with the soft cheek lines of a youth, his lips were pressed to be naturally upturned, and his lip beads were shining with a little moisture.
The room was so quiet that you could hear each other's breathing, and the lighting was so perfect, it was a scene tailor-made for a stolen kiss.
After all, TV dramas and novels always love to stage this kind of plot - secretly kissing your loved one in the morning light.
Then the audience will resonate with the secret admirer's "initiative" and say "this is so romantic".
Unfortunately, Xia Huanming didn't think there was anything romantic about those secret kissing scenes.
They are not in a relationship now, and kissing secretly is extremely disrespectful to the other party's wishes, and can even be considered "indecent".
He really wanted to kiss Chen Xing so badly, but he wasn't so uncivilized as to do so.
True love would not be an act of usurpation that takes advantage of someone's misfortune, but should be...
Xia Huanming's fingertips swept across the back of Chen Xing's hand, and finally he straightened up, turned around and walked out.
An hour later, Xia Huanming came back from running. When he opened the door, the morning light was slanting across the dining table. Chen Xing was sitting in the light, scooping soy milk with his head down.
Chen Xing was wearing a lupine-colored wool beret, and the sleeves of his apricot-colored shirt were randomly rolled up, revealing his fair arms. The camel-colored gradient sweater draped over the back of the chair hung limply, the hem of the sweater almost touching the floor.
Zhao Xingyu on the opposite side started talking about the game again. Chen Xing's state was no different from usual, he ate breakfast while laughing.
Zheng Peiya beside him didn't say anything either, but just carefully observed Chen Xing. Seeing Xia Huanming coming, she signaled Xia Huanming with her eyes: "You can't ask now."
After all, if Chen Xing no longer cares about those things, asking now would be just looking for trouble.
The two looked at each other in silence and kept the matter in their hearts.
Chen Xing spotted Xia Huanming and waved his phone to explain, "I'm sorry, I just saw the message you sent me now. I was already fast asleep at that time."
Xia Huanming shook his head: "It doesn't matter."
Xia Huanming had just sat down next to Chen Xing when a staff member handed him a task card.
It is called a task card, but it is actually a protocol.
It says that after the fourth issue there will be a "Cooling Off Special," which is a summer horror theme, and there will be scary scenes, such as haunted houses, sudden scares, etc. If you don't want to participate, you can sign in the "Reject" column, then you don't have to participate in this theme.
Zheng Qi said: "We have just written everything, except you and Wang Baiyue."
Xia Huanming turned around and asked Chen Xing: "Are you participating?"
Chen Xing sipped his soy milk, his eyes slightly bright with anticipation: "Participate, how exciting."
"Then I'll join in too." Xia Huanming signed the consent form without any hesitation.
A few minutes later, Wang Baiyue came back after talking on the phone with his girlfriend.
After he signed, everyone else finished their meal. Except for Chen Xing and Zhao Xingyu who had classes in the afternoon, the rest of the group went to the shooting location together.
Because the progress in the past few days was just right, there is no need to rush for shooting today. Everyone can have lunch on time at 12 noon.
Zhao Xingyu posted a photo of Gu Yirou speaking on the stage in the group, and Wang Baiyue responded with a photo of a lunch box.
[Zhao Xingyu]: Have you all finished eating? We are almost done too. Now it’s time for questions. Everyone is talking about the first episode tonight.
[Wang Baiyue]: Yes, the first episode will be broadcast today.
[Xue Si Nian]: Mina-san, the first makeup promotional pictures have come out~
Xia Huanming saw Xue Si Nian's message and then thought of checking Weibo. He clicked on Weibo and saw that the number of red words at @ had soared to 99+, and the number of comments was also 99+.
Xia Huanming found the Weibo post of their group's makeup photos, and there were over 80,000 comments below.
The one with the highest number of likes was praising all the members, and in this comment many people mentioned that Chen Xing’s face was amazing.
[@铁锅盖帽]: How does Chen Xing manage to make such tattered clothes look expensive? ?
[@--小鹿]: Xiaozhu’s face is really invincible. My mother would beat me up if I wore this outfit.
…
Some people also praised Xia Huanming for his handsome photos.
However, when commenting on him, the tone suddenly changed. Everyone was @ing him, asking him if he would take off his clothes in the first episode. The one with the highest number of likes actually got 50,000.
[@少殿-A]: I just want to know if you will take off your clothes in there? If not, you can take a picture now. @夏唤铭
Xia Huanming: “…”
No wonder there are so many @s, it turns out it’s all about this.
Xia Huanming then posted a short Weibo post on his secondary account: "No such content has appeared at the moment."
[@狗叫的汪汪]: Hahahaha, he must have noticed that we @him taking off his clothes, hahaha
[@--冬]:? Can’t do what? Can’t take off clothes? No!!!
[@充要映]: Can't you take it off? [Poor.jpg] Just for a moment
[@sweety]: The sky is falling, how am I going to spend the night?
Xia Huanming did not answer again, but directly clicked on GCTV's #Acting Supremacy# topic to see if there was any updated content.
Only then did he realize that someone had uploaded the video he had taken of Chen Xing playing the piano. Everyone was still guessing who had taken the video, and it would soon break the 2,000-level mark.
Xia Huanming also cooperated very well. He found the posts that mentioned "Xia Huanming" and liked them anonymously.
As Xia Huanming flipped through the pages, meal time passed quickly.
He put away his phone and continued filming.
The shooting lasted until two o'clock in the afternoon, and then it was time for a break.
Xia Huanming calculated the time and thought Chen Xing and the others should have arrived, so he went to the bathroom before looking for Chen Xing.
The moment Xia Huanming pushed the door open, he caught a glimpse of a girl with long hair hanging down to her shoulders, washing her hands quietly with her head down.
Xia Huanming paused, subconsciously stepped back, and said apologetically: "Sorry, I went the wrong way." Then he closed the door and went back outside.
He looked up to confirm the sign, and the word "Male" was clearly written on the door.
Xia Huanming: “…”
Could that be... ?
Xia Huanming pushed the door open again.
The "girl" who had just washed her hands calmly, was now leaning on the table with both hands, laughing. Her long hair slid down her shoulders, covering half of her face, but Xia Huanming could see the dimples at the corners of her mouth in the mirror.
After noticing Xia Huanming's return, the "girl" met his gaze in the mirror and laughed even more happily the next second. She even deliberately lowered her voice and imitated Xia Huanming's panicked tone just now: "Sorry, I went to the wrong place - hahahaha -"
Xia Huanming: “…”
After recognizing that it was Chen Xing, Xia Huanming leaned against the door with his arms folded, his eyes sweeping over his entire body: "You're here so early?"
He had imagined Chen Xing wearing women's clothing, but he had never imagined she would be so beautiful.
Chen Xing's figure is not slender and thin, but just right and upright, with smooth skeleton lines, but also able to support the long blue skirt; look closely at the face - it is obviously a boy's facial features, but it is softened and bright by makeup, the eyebrows are delicately trimmed, and the eyelashes are thick and curled.
The light from the sink seemed to be tailor-made for Chen Xing, casting a soft filter on his skin.
There were only two of them in the small space, and Chen Xing naturally noticed Xia Huanming's following gaze.
Chen Xing opened his arms and turned around in front of Xia Huanming: "How is it? Isn't this a good look?"
Xia Huanming's eyes did not move, and after a long while he replied in a low voice: "Hmm...very beautiful."
Chen Xing patted Xia Huanming on the shoulder and said lightly: "I'll go first, see you later." After all, the toilet is really not a good place to have a conversation.
Xia Huanming's eyes seemed to be fixed, leaving only his Adam's apple rolling: "Hmm."
Chen Xing came out of the bathroom and met Zhao Xingyu and Wang Baiyue by chance. They both looked amazed and praised Chen Xing's look.
Zhao Xingyu asked him if he was wearing leggings under his skirt, and Chen Xing simply lifted up his skirt to reveal the trousers underneath.
Zhao Xingyu covered his eyes and told him that he was too wild and asked him to be more ladylike.
Then Shen Miao and Shao Shuxian also came. They both widened their eyes. Shao Shuxian even looked at him several times before saying, "Oh my God, you are Chen Xing? I thought you were a new extra."
Shen Miao laughed and clapped his hands: "Where's Lao Xia? We must let him see!"
"He's already seen it," Chen Xing said casually, adjusting the hem of her skirt, "in the bathroom."
The air was suddenly quiet for two seconds, and then broke out into deafening laughter.
"The toilet, hahahaha, Xia Huanming was absolutely stunned at that time, hahaha"
"I guess so. If it were me, I would definitely wonder if I had taken the wrong path."
…
Amidst the laughter, Chen Xing's gaze passed over the crowd and fell on Guoguo who was hesitating not far away.
The little girl had clearly made eye contact with him, but she was hesitant to step forward.
Chen Xing guessed that she was afraid that he had made a mistake, so she didn't dare to come over. So he walked over, squatted in front of Guo Guo, and asked softly, "What's wrong? You can't recognize me like this?"
The familiar voice made Guoguo's eyes light up. She took Chen Xing's hand and said she had something to give him.
After Chen Xing and Guo Guo left, the others continued to gather together to talk about Chen Xing's women's clothing. After a few words, Xia Huanming came slowly.
Zhao Xingyu went straight to the point and asked Xia Huanming if he was surprised at the time.
Xia Huanming did not answer, but just looked at Chen Xing's receding back and nodded imperceptibly.
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