The capital city is cold at night, with howling winds and only cars passing by on the streets, with very few pedestrians.
Jiang Xia opened his coat and wrapped his wife inside, saying, "When we get home, I'll make you a bowl of ginger water to warm your stomach."
Lin Yanwan nodded. She hadn't actually drunk much; she was just a little mentally tired. She would be fine after taking a shower when she got back.
The taxi slowly stopped in front of them, and more than ten minutes later, the two returned to their rented room.
While Lin Yanwan was taking a shower, Jiang Xia went into the kitchen, chopped up some ginger, stir-fried it over low heat several times, and then simmered it with water.
Then, I went back to my room to get my pajamas, and tried turning the doorknob. Sure enough, it wasn't locked, so I pushed open the bathroom door and went in.
Lin Yanwan crossed her arms and looked at him warily. "What are you doing here?"
"Take a bath." Jiang Xia stared at her snow-white body with utmost seriousness.
Although I had seen her many times in my past life and her body had no secrets, I inexplicably felt that I could never get enough of looking at my current wife.
"Couldn't you have waited until I finished washing before coming over?" she said, slightly embarrassed and annoyed.
"Washing separately is too slow. I'm a bit sleepy today and want to go to bed early." Jiang Xia lied without even blinking.
"……Pooh."
Lin Yanwan glanced down at him. He looked so energetic, it was obvious he was lying. He just wanted to see her body!
Hmph, I'm not going to show him.
She turned her back to him and began applying shower gel all over her body. Jiang Xia looked at the bubbles clinging to her snow-white skin and subconsciously swallowed.
"Are you really going to turn your back on me? I was being very serious and not thinking about anything at all."
Lin Yanwan's breath hitched. This position didn't seem safe either. What if he pressed himself against her from behind...?
She gritted her teeth, let out a heavy breath, and decided to stop caring about anything. Given their relationship, there was really nothing to hide. They were husband and wife in their past life, and in this life, apart from not having children yet, she had already let him experience everything else.
"Look, look! See for yourself! Do you think watching me take a bath will feed you?!"
Jiang Xia blinked. "I don't want to eat rice right now, I want to eat noodles."
"..."
Lin Yanwan understood the implication and glared at him irritably. "Dream on! All you do is think about nonsense. Beat me on the final exam first."
She stopped hiding it and took a bath openly in front of Jiang Xia. She knew Jiang Xia's personality too well; if she didn't want to, he wouldn't force her. At worst, she would just let him have a good look.
Anyway, he'll be the one who suffers in a little while.
The bathroom was steamy, and the two of them were taking a shower peacefully at first, until Jiang Xia shamelessly asked her to apply shower gel to him...
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One day later, at the capital airport.
“Yanwan and Qiuting have to go to work, so I’ll be the only one to take you,” Si Si said to Cui Jiaying.
"Yes, I know, they're both always pretty busy."
Cui Jiaying looked at the people queuing to enter the waiting hall; many of them were students carrying suitcases.
"If I leave today, you'll see me off. But if you leave tomorrow, who will see you off?"
“I don’t need anyone to send me anything, just think of me and that’s enough.” Si Si’s eyes revealed a smile.
Cui Jiaying blushed slightly. Ever since the night before last, their relationship seemed to have changed.
She changed the subject, "What about you? What time is your flight tomorrow?"
"After arriving in Chengdu at eight in the morning, I'll transfer to a train, then take a long-distance bus for over an hour, and I should be home by evening," Si Si said.
"I'm in a similar situation. Studying in a different city is troublesome, but I'm very happy to have met you all," Cui Jiaying said with a smile.
"I'm so glad to have met you."
Si Si smiled faintly, "Alright, it's getting late, hurry up and go in. After security, you still need to get your boarding pass and check your luggage. You have a lot to do."
Cui Jiaying nodded. "Then I'll go first. We'll keep in touch by phone."
She had only taken two steps with her suitcase when Si Si suddenly called out to her, "Yingying."
Cui Jiaying turned around and bumped right into Si Si's arms.
She hugged Cui Jiaying tightly, gently rubbing her cheek against hers. "Remember to call me after you land."
"knew……"
Cui Jiaying's heart was pounding.
Si Si watched her walk into the waiting hall before turning and leaving.
As she boarded the plane home, Cui Jiaying gazed at the white clouds high in the sky outside the window and couldn't help but recall the night before last, when she was drunk and it seemed that Si Si had given her a bath.
The thought that she might have touched his body all over filled him with a deep sense of shame.
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Meanwhile, Qitian Animation Company is working intensively on the fourth season of Tom and Jerry. With less than a month until the Chinese New Year, at the current pace, it should be completed before the holiday.
Similarly, after a period of adjustment, the Slam Dunk production team finally completed the localization of the first episode.
Jiang Xia looked at the visuals, which were just as good as the original work, and felt very emotional. This step had finally been taken. From now on, Qi Tian Animation would only move faster and more steadily.
He suddenly became very interested in seeing just how big a basketball craze this passionate sports anime would create around the world once Slam Dunk officially started its weekly serialization in March of this year.
Will countless people be posting the meme "Coach, I want to play basketball" online at that time?
"Godmother, the trailer for Slam Dunk is almost ready to be released. We're going to surprise the outside world and our peers this time," Jiang Xia said to Li Weiya.
In the animation industry, promotion and pre-launch hype are essential operational methods. In addition to expanding the influence of animation, they can also showcase the content, positioning, and characteristics of new works to the public.
Ultimately, Qitian Animation Company started out making children's animation, so it's inevitable that people will doubt the quality of their new work, which is a sports animation with a high-energy style. However, an excellent PV trailer can solve these problems and directly increase the audience's anticipation.
This will let people know that Qitian Animation is not just a children's animation company, but also has a unique style of action-packed animation, greatly increasing the company's visibility.
"Now? That's fine too. I'll hand this task over to Shen Ying in a bit." Li Weiya nodded gently. "What about the TV station? Do we need to get their cooperation for the publicity?"
Jiang Xia had thought about the question carefully, then shook his head. "No need, it's not very meaningful."
A weekly episode release schedule is too slow for television, especially with fixed broadcast times. It's easily overtaken by other programs, resulting in low ratings and difficulty in cultivating a genuine fan base.
Moreover, he doesn't care about the broadcasting rights fees from TV stations right now. Even if it's 100,000 per episode, it's not worth the money compared to the long production cycle.
"Won't it be broadcast on TV?" Li Weiya asked, somewhat puzzled.
"Need not."
Jiang Xia looked at the light piercing through the clouds outside the window, his tone calmer than ever before.
"We have our own video streaming website."
(End of this chapter)
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