Chapter 78: Flowers Will Wither, Xia Huanming is exposed.
Leqi is a very tsundere cat, and Xia Huanming also showed that tsundere spirit.
When Chen Xing wanted to touch him, Xia Huanming would turn his head away; but when Chen Xing was sleeping, Xia Huanming would come closer and lie directly on his master like he usually did.
But he forgot that he was now in human shape, and his legs when stretched out were longer than Chen Xing's. If he were to come up, he would surely crush Chen Xing to death.
"Wait!" Chen Xing quickly lifted the quilt and covered the sofa on the first floor with a blanket.
Xia Huanming followed the ball of fur on the blanket and obediently lay down on the sofa to sleep.
The daily interaction part ends here, and we will take a short break and process the next shot.
At this point, Chen Xing and Xia Huanming's scenes have temporarily ended and will have to wait an hour before they can resume.
Director Yu stood in front of the monitor and instructed Zheng Qi, calling out to Chen to wake up.
Chen Xing was putting on makeup when he heard Director Yu calling him and said something to Xiaoling.
Xiaoling put down the powder and took a step back.
When Chen Xing went over, Director Yu was talking to Zheng Qi: "After all, these pets are animals that have been transformed into humans. They still have a lot to learn and don't understand about humans. When you take care of them, just treat them as children. I think taking care of children is pretty much the same as taking care of puppies. Chen Xing should have experience in this area. Let him tell you."
Director Yu handed the right to speak to Chen Xing, and Zheng Qi looked at Chen Xing.
Chen Xing followed suit and expressed his own opinion: "It's true that they are similar. They are both more careful and gentle. If they make a mistake, they will be punished. If they are right, they will be praised."
Director Yu was immediately happy and said, "See, I was right."
Zheng Qi really had no experience in raising pets, not to mention facing a grown man like Zhao Xingyu. His movements were inevitably unfamiliar, so Director Yu called him over to learn more.
After hearing what Chen Xing and Director Yu said, he nodded: "It seems that I understand a little bit. I will try my best."
"Thank you for your hard work," Director Yu patted Chen Xing's shoulder, "Go and have a rest."
Chen Xing returned to the rest area and saw Xia Huanming sitting on the steps with his electric tail resting on the ground.
Their tails were tied in the form of belts. Chen Xing tried them on and found them to be no different from belts.
Chen Xing sat down next to Xia Huanming without saying anything.
He naturally picked up the furry tail, combed the hair gently with his fingertips, and said half-jokingly: "I remember the time when I was seasick. You took care of me at that time. Now it's my turn to take care of you. Do you think this is a way of repaying a favor?"
Xia Huanming knew that Chen Xing was joking, but when he mentioned the period when he was carsick, he would remember that Chen Xing called him Xiao Wu.
An unknown sadness surged into his heart, and he lowered his head and blurted out: "Have you ever repaid Xiao Wu?"
As soon as he said this, Xia Huanming was stunned.
He looked up hurriedly, trying to see Chen Xing's expression clearly.
Chen Xing was obviously stunned, frowning slightly: "Do you two know each other?"
Xia Huanming shook his head.
Chen Xing leaned forward unconsciously.
The fluffy tail was clamped between their knees, and the soft touch was extremely vivid.
This corner of the stairs is dimly lit, but it is a good place for staff to take a break.
On the steps that were less than two meters wide, Xia Huanming stretched his long legs to the next step, while Chen Xing curled up his legs and hugged the tail.
"Then how do you know Xiao Wu takes care of me?" Chen Xing asked again.
Because he clearly remembered that he had never mentioned to Xia Huanming that Xiao Wu was an assistant.
How did Xia Huanming know that it was Xiao Wu who took care of him?
Xia Huanming lowered his head and mumbled something in a very soft voice. Chen Xing didn't hear a single word.
Chen Xing deliberately pulled the tail in his hand and said half-threateningly: "What are you talking about? Speak louder, or I will pinch your tail."
Who would threaten others with a fake tail?
Xia Huanming thought so in his heart and chuckled. His tense expression obviously relaxed a lot.
"Because..." He raised his voice slightly, "Only if he takes care of you often will you recognize me as him."
Chen Xing keenly captured the key information: "I mistook you for him?" When, how could he not know?
Xia Huanming was struggling internally.
After all, so much time has passed. Would he make a fuss by bringing it up now? Would Chen Xing think he was petty?
But looking at Chen Xing's focused gaze, he felt relieved again - this was Chen Xing, not that group of people.
Xia Huanming coughed lightly and told the whole story.
He watched Chen Xing's expression change from confusion to realization, and finally to incredible shock.
When Chen Xing held his hand helplessly, he knew that Chen Xing was on his side again.
"Oh my god, why are you saying this now?" Chen Xing looked nervous, and his fingers tightened unconsciously, "You must have felt so wronged at that time!"
"It's not really an injustice..."
In Chen Xing's eyes, Xia Huanming said that he was not aggrieved, but there was still a gap in his heart.
No, there must be no rift between them.
Chen Xing thought about this and apologized again: "I really didn't know. I'm really sorry! I just said that I wanted to drink water in my dream, and you brought me water. I thought we had a good understanding."
"It's okay. Now I know you didn't mean it. Just talk it out." Xia Huanming replied gently.
Chen Xing had no idea that Xia Huanming had suffered such injustice.
Imagine that you are taking care of someone, and that person calls someone else's name. He would feel suffocated just by thinking about it for a second.
Chen Xing was sure that Xia Huanming really didn't mind, so he relaxed a little. He touched Xia Huanming's hand and asked, "You should have told me at the time. How could you have endured it for so long?"
Xia Huanming said softly, "I'm used to it. I'm afraid you'll think I'm making a fuss."
No wonder there is so much internal friction... I'm used to keeping my grievances inside.
He suddenly remembered Xia Huanming who was upset at first because he didn't reply to the message.
How deep must the psychological shadow be to make a person so sensitive?
Chen Xing once again wished he had the ability to travel through time and space.
He wanted to travel back to the hospital where Xia Huanming was pushed and give each of those adults a slap in the face.
Chen Xing said seriously: "If you encounter such a thing in the future, you should speak out at the time, don't keep it in your heart."
Xia Huanming shook his head: "It really doesn't matter..."
Chen Xing knew that if he said this, Xia Huanming would still fight back next time, so he changed his tone: "Maybe you are used to being patient, but don't do this to me. It will make me feel uncomfortable."
Xia Huanming was indeed stunned.
Chen Xing continued to blink and look at him, kneading Xia Huanming's palm and chuckling, "A Huan, you probably don't want to see me feel bad."
Xia Huanming felt that the thin strings that had been wrapped around his heart for years were gently cut at this moment.
Something new is growing wildly.
The corners of his lips unconsciously raised a faint smile: "Yeah."
If only I had met you earlier, he thought.
He wouldn't have to suffer for so many years, falling into self-doubt every time.
Perhaps because the knot in my heart had been untied, the following chat was particularly relaxed and pleasant.
Even when silent, Xia Huanming would follow Chen Xing's every move with a smiling look.
They didn't leave until the staff came to them to discuss the play.
The same thing happened to the two of them on the second day.
They chatted during breaks and were serious about their roles when acting.
The two cooperated well in the play, just like a master and a little pet who had known each other for a long time.
Chen Xing casually placed the cup of water on the dressing table. Xia Huanming glanced at him out of the corner of his eye while quietly reaching out to grab it.
When Chen Xing discovered this, he shouted "Leqi!" Xia Huanming suddenly retracted his hand, jumped off the high stool, and walked towards Chen Xing with his head down.
The tail behind Xia Huanming was controlled by the staff to shake left and right, which meant that the cat came to please the keeper.
Chen Xing put down the props in his hand and opened his arms: "Come on."
Xia Huanming's eyes suddenly lit up and he pounced into his arms.
As Chen Xing followed Xia Huanming's back, he glanced at the running camera.
This isn't a movie shoot, it's simply a fan benefit.
The scenes they played against each other in the past two days were all about cuddling and hugging. For example, how the owner took care of the "big cat" and how the "big cat" followed the owner closely.
When Xia Huanming sees a stranger, he will hide behind him, or stick close to him and go wherever he goes; or he will hug him from the front and refuse to let go no matter what he says.
After Xia Huanming took off his coat, only a thin layer of tights was left. Every time Chen Xing hugged him, he could clearly feel the tight muscle lines under the fabric, as if he was directly touching his body.
If this isn’t welfare, then what is?
On the third day of filming, "new" actors were welcomed. The director found several trained cats and dogs to film the scene where Lucky gets jealous because of other pets and is worried that his owner will abandon him.
When the extras walked into "Xiao Li's Cafe" with their pets, Chen Xing's eyes lit up instantly.
He squatted down, rubbed the ragdoll cat's fluffy hair with his left hand, scratched the golden retriever's chin with his right hand, and the smile on his face didn't need to be acted at all.
Director Yu, who was watching on the monitor, was also infected by Chen Xing's smile. He crossed his arms and said to Zhao Xingyu beside him, "See, I told you he would like it."
Zhao Xingyu nodded and said with a smile: "Xiaozhu's acting skills are better now, but he still can't hide things."
After sending the cats and dogs away, Chen Xing turned around and called Leqi, but no one responded to him.
Chen woke up and went upstairs, where he saw Xia Huanming huddled on the bed, looking unhappy.
"What's the matter?"
Chen Xing was about to comfort him when Xia Huanming slapped his hand away.
"Snap!" The sound was very loud.
Chen Xing rubbed his left hand.
Xia Huanming didn't control the strength well and hit too hard.
Chen Xing looked up, and Xia Huanming was indeed stunned, but he quickly straightened his face and continued his performance: "Don't touch me."
Chen Xing was not annoyed. Instead, he sat down beside the bed and used his right hand to gently comb Xia Huanming's hair. Xia Huanming did not dodge this time.
So he went further and moved his fingertips down along the earlobe, running his fingertips across the jawline, and finally scratching the other person's chin.
It's totally the way to tease a cat.
After the other person closed his eyes comfortably, Chen Xing asked, "What's wrong? Are you jealous?"
"Yeah." Xia Huanming opened his eyes suddenly, with a bit of grievance, "I don't like you touching them."
"It's just work... Leqi, let me ask you," Chen Xing looked at him with a smile and changed the subject, "Do you like me or dried fish?"
Xia Huanming stopped talking.
"Well, I still can't beat the dried fish." Chen Xing sighed and made a gesture to withdraw his hand, but the opponent's tail moved immediately.
"No," Xia Huanming lowered his head and clutched the quilt with both hands, "If I didn't like you, I wouldn't come back."
Despite being such a big creature, when it feels aggrieved, it really looks like that little black cat.
Chen Xingwu admired Xia Huanming's acting skills.
"Cut!" came the director's voice.
The staff came in one after another and began to adjust the camera position.
Chen Xing was about to breathe a sigh of relief when Xia Huanming suddenly grabbed his wrist.
"What's wrong?" Chen Xing turned around and asked.
Xia Huanming checked the place where he had just hit, and his heart sank to the bottom as a red mark appeared at the base of his palm.
How could you hit so hard?!
Xia Huanming's brows furrowed more and more, his expression became visibly ugly, and he said in a voice of great annoyance: "I didn't control the strength well just now. I used too much force. I'm sorry."
Looking at Xia Huanming's panicked expression, Chen Xing found it inexplicably amusing.
"Yeah, it hurts," Chen Xing deliberately took a breath, his wrist hanging limply, "I feel like I can't even lift it up."
Chen Xing's acting skills were obviously improving, but Xia Huanming didn't notice it at all. He asked worriedly, "Yeah, he's become famous."
In fact, it didn't hurt much, but Chen Xing was quite pale, so the red mark was particularly obvious.
But Xia Huanming was so anxious that he had forgotten about the difference in skin color.
"Hahaha!" Chen Xing couldn't hold it in any longer and laughed, "I was kidding! The sound I make when I swat a mosquito is louder than yours. Besides, this is necessary for acting, so don't feel guilty anymore, okay?"
"But..." Xia Huanming stared at the red marks, a little hesitant.
Chen Xing held Xia Huanming's face with both hands, his eyes glittering with cunning: "Didn't you say you would listen to me?"
This is a line from the play.
When Leqi got into trouble, Chen Xing scolded Leqi, and Leqi said he would be obedient in the future.
How can this person just pick it up and use it?
Regardless of whether Chen Xing did it on purpose or accidentally, Xia Huanming really liked the fact that Chen Xing cared about him like this.
Xia Huanming lowered his eyes and nodded gently: "...Yes."
The staff who had finished the process came over and told them that they could continue filming.
Chen Xing then stood up and the two continued their performance.
Their scenes together were not filmed continuously. They stopped for a day and then continued filming together.
As for the day when the show was suspended, Xia Huanming was going to perform at "The Show Ends Here".
Chen Xing once asked Xia Huanming what the atmosphere of the "The Show Ends Here" group was like.
Xia Huanming said that there was a huge contrast between the plot and reality.
The plot is a sad story, with the heroine and the people who help her being abused. After losing everything, the heroine regroups and ascends the throne step by step.
And the moment the filming ended, these people were joking happily and discussing where to go for supper in the evening.
Take today's scene for example.
There were "impaled" bodies everywhere. When the director announced the end of the filming, these "corpses" all climbed up and went to eat popsicles with their arms around each other's shoulders.
Zhao Xingyu was stunned when he saw Jiang Ke and Shen Miao sitting there with knives stuck in their bodies, looking at the address of the kebabs. "They are even more abstract than us. They don't even take off their makeup just to look at the food."
Xia Huanming, who had long been accustomed to this, looked at his phone and said, "You haven't seen anything more abstract."
Zhao Xingyu glanced at Xia Huanming. It seemed that Xia Huanming had been looking at his phone ever since he changed his clothes.
This guy, is he always reading the script?
Zhao Xingyu leaned over and asked, "What are you looking at?"
"I'm checking the trending searches," Xia Huanming replied. "Wasn't the third episode aired yesterday? Did you forget?"
Zhao Xingyu said, "Oh," and said, "If you hadn't told me, I would have forgotten."
In fact, Xia Huanming was not just simply looking at the trending searches, he was also reading the super topics.
The super topic of #醒一时刻# finally broke through 300,000 people and is now in the top 10 of the entire CP super topic list.
He doesn't expect to be number one on Weibo, as that is too difficult.
After all, the first one is #张扬不下#, who is already with the protagonist, and has more followers than he has fans.
He just wants to surpass "Rui Xing Coffee".
Originally, the trend of increasing followers of "Awakening Moment" was very good. Unexpectedly, the third episode included a clip of Qi Yinrui helping Chen Xing in class. Coupled with the help of the editing masters, the number of followers has remained firmly at the top of the program's CP list, and "Awakening Moment" is only fourth.
Someone mentioned this in the discussion forum of Awakening Moment.
[Anonymous 1124]: Ruixing is really beautiful, 99+ fan topics, so scary
[Anonymous 2323]: Wake up! Roommate group 99! Swordplay and screen 99!
[Anonymous 9077]: Forget about the roommate group. A friend of mine was a guest on the fourth episode. He said that the fox and the pig lived together in that episode.
[Anonymous 12213]: Ahhh, you don’t want to live together?! The sky is falling, the young couple is in a long-distance relationship, right?
[Anonymous 9077]: My friend is Xing Ge’s friend, Bao Zhen, he also wrote a sentence "Bonne journée" for Gou Huan, you will know when you watch the show.
[Anonymous 10099]: It’s over. America is my roommate again. I can’t compete with her anymore.
It's impossible not to compare.
Xia Huanming was feeling angry. He thought that once the next few episodes were aired, their fans in the super topic would definitely go up there.
And what he can do now is to brush the data.
Xia Huanming opened Bilibili as usual, clicked on the editing blogger he followed, and started playing the editing videos he had collected before.
Even on the way back, he put his phone in his trouser pocket, turned on the background music, and listened to the BGM for half an hour.
When Xia Huanming and Zhao Xingyu returned to the villa, Chen Xing was squatting in the sunlight by the floor-to-ceiling window teasing Tiaotiao. Noticing Xia Huanming and Zhao Xingyu coming back, he stood up immediately, his beige chiffon jacket fluttering slightly with his movements.
"You're back." Chen Xing greeted them with a smile.
With just this one smile, Xia Huanming felt that even the air became sweet and fresh.
Perhaps it was the subtle influence of the intimate scenes in recent days, or perhaps the distance between the two became closer after they opened up to each other.
Xia Huanming can now get close to Chen Xing comfortably and rest his forehead lightly on his shoulder. He doesn't feel nervous and doesn't worry that Chen Xing will push him away.
Because he knew that Chen Xing would hang his hands, pat him on the back, and patiently ask him, "What's wrong?"
Look, how gentle it is.
Xia Huanming closed his eyes and took a deep breath, trying to preserve all of Chen Xing's scent.
Chen Xing cast a questioning look at Zhao Xingyu, but the latter just shrugged and picked up Tiao Tiao: "I don't know either."
Xia Huanming replied in a muffled voice: "I'm just a little tired."
Chen Xing thought that he was probably too tired from filming, so he gently suggested, "Then go take a shower quickly."
When Xia Huanming stood up, a few strands of hair brushed against Chen Xing's cheek.
The moment their eyes met, Xia Huanming suddenly pinched Chen Xing's chin with his thumb and index finger, turned around and went upstairs without saying anything.
Chen Xing stood there in a daze, and Xia Huanming's warmth seemed to still linger on his skin.
He unconsciously rubbed the place that was touched, staring at the stairs in a daze for more than ten seconds, before he came back to his senses and continued teasing Tiaotiao.
Tiaotiao was first held by Zhao Xingyu and danced, then he watched Wang Baiyue and talked on the phone with Zheng Peiya and Xue Si Nian, and finally he ran back and forth several times following Chen Xing's cat toy.
When it gradually slowed down, Chen Xing knew it was tired from playing, so he picked it up and jumped upstairs.
Chen Xing put Tiao Tiao down at the bedroom door. Tiao Tiao looked at the door with familiarity and walked to his own nest.
Chen Xing walked towards the table in the middle and was about to pick up the wool strip when he discovered that the phone charging on the table was not locked and was still glowing.
Chen Xing remembered that he had seen on TV that charging in this way would damage the battery.
"This won't do..." Chen Xing muttered, and was about to help lock the screen. When he caught a glimpse of the content playing on the screen, his hand was suspended in the air.
The whole person stood there in a daze.
The video starts playing from the beginning.
In the picture, in the first episode, I pushed the door open cautiously, and then Xia Huanming entered the room.
All the footage of other people was precisely cut out, leaving no trace of even the greetings or conversations, leaving only every moment of him walking through the crowd towards Xia Huanming.
And underneath it was written: [I think this shouldn’t be our first encounter. Our souls should have met several years ago.]
When the clip of the two men in suits and leather shoes fighting fiercely was shown, a comment suddenly floated by: "Then the two of them just got mad and did what they hated."
Chen Xing suddenly realized it.
This has clearly gone beyond the scope of your average "lunch box without a lid" video.
This is a real CP clip! And it’s a CP video of him and Xia Huanming!
Chen Xing watched the video continue to play with mixed feelings: "..."
To be fair, this editing is indeed exquisite. If he hadn't seen the original film, he would have thought it was a dating variety show.
In the video, "Chen Xing" fell in love with "Xia Huanming" at first sight and launched a fierce pursuit of her on the show. It seemed that "Chen Xing" was the one who bravely moved forward and said "I love you" every time.
Of course, this sentence "I love you" was pieced together using Chen Xing's lines.
The truth is not revealed until the end.
It turns out that "Xia Huanming" only seems to be indifferent, but his love is deep.
Those scenes that were supposed to be of watching the monitor were cleverly edited to be staring at "Chen Xing"; the lines during the live broadcast were re-spliced, and every sentence seemed to be responding to "Chen Xing"'s thoughts.
Rather than being a CP video, it would be more accurate to say that the author created a nice "mutual crush" story using the two of them.
The story is wonderful.
But the key point is -
Why did Xia Huanming watch this video?
When the show started filming, this person righteously expressed his disgust for CP hype, but now he is playing CP videos on his mobile phone.
And it was from both of them? Two men?
Chen Xing quickly gave a reasonable explanation: "I must have accidentally clicked it and put it here to play automatically."
Counting from the moment Xia Huanming entered, the video is three minutes long in total. Xia Huanming has been washing for twenty minutes so far, so the video should have been played seven times.
Chen Xing just calculated that the video ended at the moment when he and Xia Huanming looked at each other.
The phone screen went black, and a line of words popped up in the lower left corner to remind the audience.
[You have watched it 518 times, it will automatically replay in five seconds]
Chen Xing: “…”
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