Chapter 56 "He's about to become my legal wife..."
Jing Yitong suppressed a laugh, straightened his expression, and then went into the restaurant to have dinner with Fang Xingu.
It was a sunny day. After dinner, Jing Yitong was clearing away the dishes. The two chatted casually. When Jing Yitong realized that Fang Xingu hadn't spoken for a while, he went out of the kitchen and saw Fang Xingu leaning on the north balcony, looking down.
Jing Yitong asked him, "What are you looking at?"
Fang Xingu waved to him: "Come on, look at those two snowmen downstairs, didn't we build them a couple of days ago?"
Jing Yitong squeezed next to him, and the two of them leaned over the balcony to look out. They could vaguely see two snowmen standing on the stone tablet outside the unit door, like guardian beasts. People living in this unit could see them every time they came in and out. However, Fang Xin and Jing Yitong had been coming in and out of the underground parking garage the past two days, so they only noticed them today.
These two snowmen are quite similar to the ones they built before, at least in size. But back then they just piled them up on the ground. Now they've been moved to the entrance of the building, making them very conspicuous.
Jing Yitong was also a little curious, so he simply asked Fang Xin to go downstairs to take a look.
As the two approached, they realized that these snowmen were similar in appearance to the ones they had built that day, but not in shape. The heads and bodies of these two snowmen were much rounder than the ones they had casually rolled, and they even had eyes and noses, making them look rather cute and endearing.
Jing Yitong crossed his arms and pondered, "It doesn't seem like we built it?"
Fang Xin pointed to the branch stuck in the snowman as an arm and said, "But I picked up this branch back then. Because it was particularly bent, I remember it very clearly."
“But this snowman looks much better than ours,” Jing Yitong pondered. “Did someone help us with some modifications?”
Following Jing Yitong's words, Fang Xingu deduced the other party's logic and felt that the person probably thought their snowman was too ugly, so he couldn't help but help them reshape the snowman's outline, and then move it to the most eye-catching place so that they could see what a real snowman is.
Fang Xingu laughed at his own imagined scenario. He said, "Wait, I'll add the finishing touches to the snowman."
After saying that, he ran back upstairs. When he came down, he had several flowers in his hand. Jing Yitong immediately recognized them as multi-headed roses from the vase in the living room. Fang Xin had cut a few small flowers and brought them down, then put them in the snowman's hand. From a distance, it looked like the snowman was holding roses, or like a withered tree blooming with flowers.
After Fang Xingu successfully completed his mission, two tall men, each over 1.8 meters tall, stood blocking the entrance to the building and nodded repeatedly as they watched the two newly transformed snowmen.
Just then, a girl came out of the building and was startled by the two men blocking the doorway. She glanced at them in fear, but the two men were tall and strong, and she didn't dare to look at their faces closely. Even though the two men moved aside to let her pass, she still slipped away along the edge, not daring to get close to them at all.
The girl only breathed a sigh of relief after walking a few meters away. She had only come to visit relatives and didn't want to cause any trouble.
But for some reason, before leaving, the girl subconsciously looked back again. The two seemed to be preparing to go home, chatting and laughing as they walked towards the apartment building together.
Under the streetlights, the two people's faces were clearly visible, their facial contours and features. For a moment, the girl thought she was hallucinating—how could these two people look so much like Fang Xingu and Jing Yitong?
She instinctively took out her phone, recording a video as she chased after them for a few steps. Unfortunately, by the time she returned to the stairwell, the two people had already left in the elevator.
The girl had no choice but to take out the video she had just recorded and watch it several times. The more she watched, the more she felt that the two faces in the video looked too much like Fang Xingu and Jing Yitong. However, she was not a fan of either of them and did not usually pay much attention to the lives of celebrities. She couldn't understand how these two people could appear together in the same neighborhood in Beijing.
So she simply went on Weibo and posted the video online:
"I went to a friend's house and met two people who looked a lot like Fang Xingu and Jing Yitong. Can someone help me identify them? [stunned]"
The video was spotted shortly afterward by fans patrolling the Weibo square:
At first, it was the stubborn solo fans who came: "How is it similar?"
"CP fans are making a fool of themselves again. Is it really meaningful to pretend to be a nobody and post such blurry videos? [laughing and crying emoji]"
Because a large number of solo fans of Fang Xingu and Jing Yitong flooded the comments, big data quickly pushed this Weibo post to users who frequently follow Fang Xingu and Jing Yitong, and many fans of the Tongxinyuan CP also flocked to it:
"Wow, it really looks like it!"
"I glanced at the blogger's IP address and it's in Beijing. I'm really out of luck."
"Holy crap, could the blogger's neighborhood abbreviation be 'shy'?"
The blogger replied: "Yes, it's this neighborhood!"
"It really matches up; Jing Yitong's house in Beijing is indeed in this neighborhood..."
"That's great, another hammer blow, this time on video. I want to see if these two will continue to play dead this time!"
"These two are so well-packaged, hahaha."
"Holy crap, so fxg and jyt are really living together?!"
"They live together. Didn't Fang Xin have dinner at JYT's house on New Year's Eve? Let's invite Jing Yitong's marble dining table."
"I can't take it anymore. I can't help but laugh whenever I think about those two photos of marble dining tables with the exact same pattern."
"How long has it been since these two lived together? They're so inseparable, hahaha."
"Who on earth is shipping this SS (secret relationship) stuff? If it weren't SS, how would they have been photographed in the neighborhood? And how would SS know which neighborhood Jing Yitong lives in?"
"Just look at the blogger's homepage and you'll know she's really just a nobody. Besides, the title clearly states that these two people look a bit like Fang Xingu and Jing Yitong, but I haven't even confirmed if it's them."
"Moreover, the neighborhood where JYT lives in Beijing was completely ransacked by SS many years ago."
"Fine, I'll take pity on the solo fans this time. You can just cover your eyes and ears and keep moving forward [smirking]"
"Did they just go home together like that? The two of them are like a married couple."
A few moments later, this Weibo post was bought by someone with ulterior motives and made it to the top of the trending searches, with the hashtag #FangXinguandJingYitongReturnHomeTogetherLateNight#, and it immediately soared to the top of the trending searches.
This time, quite a few passersby actually got involved:
"What's going on? My memory is still stuck on Fang Xingu giving Jing Yitong a cold shoulder on the variety show. Aren't those two on bad terms?"
Some fans enthusiastically explained: "Actually, the discord between these two is just an act... Later, it was revealed that they went to the same school from elementary to high school, and Fang Xingu even chased after Jing Yitong to transfer schools. A few days ago, after the variety show recording ended, they even went to Los Angeles together. Oh right, Fang Xingu stayed at Jing Yitong's house on New Year's Eve. I'm guessing that Fang Xingu has been staying at Jing Yitong's house ever since she came back from LA."
"Holy crap, when will I be able to ship a couple like this who repay kindness? The more I dig, the more I see, waaaaah!"
"It's never too late to join now; our time with Xinyuan is forever!"
"These two guys really went all out and lost their temper..."
"Given their status, was it really necessary for them to sing? It was just a genuine expression of emotion."
"This video is so heartwarming. The two of them walking home together under the night sky must be so happy [tears]"
Fang Xin Gu and Jing Yi Tong, who were very happy, unfortunately received a call from their agent at this moment.
Fang Xingu was bombarded with questions from Qi Qiu: "Ancestors, I beg you two to behave yourselves and just stay at home, can't you? Someone's taking pictures of us!"
Fang Xingu glanced at the trending topics and said helplessly, "I only went downstairs for five minutes, who knew I would be photographed like that."
Qi Qiu was speechless: "Even if it's just for half a minute, you should at least wear a mask and hat to cover it up. You just blatantly expose your pretty face to everyone, right?!"
"So what do you suggest we do now? It doesn't really matter if I get photographed. If all else fails, I can just say I'm staying at his place for a few days."
Qi Qiu took a deep breath: "Give me the inside scoop, what's going on between you two?"
Fang Xingu covered his phone, glanced back at Jing Yitong who was also on the phone with his agent, then quietly moved back to his room and said to Qi Qiu on the other end of the line, "Currently, we are brothers without any blood relation."
"Um?"
Fang Xin said tactfully, "But in a while, he will become my legal spouse."
Qi Qiu: ?
Legal, marital, or related parties?
Qi Qiu remained silent for several seconds before he understood what this meant... Damn it, wasn't that just getting married?!
Qi Qiu completely exploded, roaring, "Damn it! You better be kidding me!"
Fang Xingu finally told Qi Qiu about it, and felt a huge weight lifted off his shoulders. He slumped lazily in his chair and said, "I wasn't kidding you, I was serious."
Qi Qiuqiang was furious: "Are you crazy! How long have you been dating before you dare to talk about marriage!"
Fang Xingu said calmly, "We didn't discuss it; it's a marriage alliance."
For some reason, as soon as the words "arranged marriage" came out, Qi Qiu felt his anger subside by more than half. Perhaps it was because "arranged marriage" always evoked images of loveless marriages. Qi Qiu immediately assumed that Fang Xingu had been forced to agree and couldn't help but feel a little sorry for him. After all, who would like a marriage that was forced upon them?
Qi Qiu's anger shifted to Fang Xingu's family. He complained, "What era are we living in? How can there still be such outdated practices as arranged marriages? And you are all public figures. What are your families thinking? Have they considered your careers?"
Fang Xingu looked up at the ceiling and said, "You can rest assured about that. With the capabilities of both our families, the fact that Jing Yitong and I are getting our marriage certificate will definitely not be leaked."
Qi Qiu was now confused. Wasn't the purpose of a marriage alliance to let the outside world know that the two families had become one, so as to seek more benefits? Why would a marriage alliance be kept secret like this?
Qi Qiu voiced his doubts: "If you're going to keep this a secret, what's the point of your marriage alliance?"
Fang Xin touched his nose, which was obviously because he wanted to marry Jing Yitong.
Even if she didn't win Jing Yitong's heart, it would still be good to keep him by her side.
Fang Xin felt ashamed of his despicable thoughts, but he had always thought so. He knew that as long as this marriage existed, given Jing Yitong's character and morality, she would never fall in love with anyone else. From another perspective, Jing Yitong also belonged to him.
Qi Qiu couldn't understand what these wealthy families were thinking. He felt completely overwhelmed. He had only wanted to tell Fang Xingu to be mindful of his image and go out less with Jing Yitong, but Fang Xingu had given him a huge surprise.
He had no interest in dealing with the trending topics anymore, so he left it to others and went offline to calm down.
This trending topic incident ultimately ended with both Chengfeng Entertainment and Jing Yitong Studio pretending to be silent. It is unknown whether the two parties had negotiated beforehand, but they tacitly maintained the mentality that as long as I don't respond, this matter has never happened, and they continue to operate normally.
The lack of response from both companies has given fans endless room for imagination. Everyone thinks that no response means tacit agreement. The CP fans are already so engrossed in the ship that they've lost all sense of reality. Even the most toxic fans can only try to prove that the two are just good friends, but they can't deny the fact that the two have a good relationship.
Another half month passed peacefully, and the production team of "The World Is So Big" finally notified several guests before the end of the year to record the theme song.
Although the theme song will be sung by seven guests, it is rare for several people to record at the same time when recording such a choral piece. Basically, each artist records their own recording, and then the recordings are edited together in post-production. It is even common for collaborating artists to never meet each other during the recording process.
This time, "The World Is So Big" was no exception. In the past few days, only Fang Xingu and Jing Yitong were in Beijing, so Yan Tu notified them to come and record the song first.
Fang Xin, realizing that he and Jing Yitong had the same starting point and destination, decided to hitch a ride with Jing Yitong to the recording studio.
Jing Yitong's agent, Song Kan, was also in the car. He showed no surprise when he saw Fang Xingu, greeted him, and then quietly played on his phone.
Fang Xingu sighed. "Look at other people's agents."
Jing Yitong and Fang Xingu sat together in the middle row of the van. Jing Yitong noticed that Song Kan, who was sitting in the passenger seat, was constantly fiddling with his phone. He assumed that Song Kan had some work to do recently, so he asked him, "What are you busy with?"
Song Kan waved his hand: "It's nothing, it's almost Chinese New Year, I'm just buying some New Year's goods."
This year's Lunar New Year is late, but there are only a little over half a month left until the end of the year. At this point, Jing Yitong asked Fang Xingu, "Are you going home for the New Year?"
Fang Xingu replied naturally, "No, my parents went to Sanya for vacation, and my grandma is definitely coming to Beijing to record the Spring Festival Gala. There will be no one at home when I go back."
Fang Xingu realized something was wrong as soon as he finished speaking. The subtext of his words was that he wanted to stay in Beijing, but he was currently staying at Jing Yitong's house. What would he do if Jing Yitong wanted to go home?
Fortunately, Jing Yitong smiled and nodded: "That's perfect. My family has all gone abroad, and I'm not planning to go home. Now I'll have company."
Fang Xingu breathed a sigh of relief, and felt a little happy. Wouldn't that mean he could spend the New Year with Jing Yitong?
This realization put Fang Xin in a good mood throughout the journey, and the smile on his face didn't fade until he arrived at the recording studio.
Outside the recording studio, Yan Tu, who hadn't seen them for a long time, watched the two of them get out of the car one after another, and he immediately showed a teasing expression: "You two came in the same car, are you not going to act anymore?"
Fang Xin and Jing Yi came to record a song today, and the "The World Is So Big" program team also had to come and record some behind-the-scenes footage, so several staff members were already waiting here.
One of the staff members who knew them joked, "Everyone knows that Teacher Fang is staying at Teacher Jing's place recently! That saves us from having to drive another car. This is energy-saving, emission-reducing, and green travel, which is worth promoting and advocating!"
"Wow, what a great green travel idea, hahaha."
Fang Xin rubbed his forehead helplessly, giving up in despair: "Since everyone already knows I'm staying at Teacher Jing's house, is there any point in me acting anymore?"
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