Chapter 63 Next time, I can buy one of those from the novels that comes with...
After the heavy and slippery Jing Quanquan was finally carried away, Fang Xin Gu finally felt like he could breathe again. His mind was blank, and he struggled to sit up, but he still didn't dare to look at the fans across the street.
The scene at the airport, where nearly a thousand people were waiting, was deathly silent. At first, everyone was worried that the Samoyed, which seemed to have come from nowhere, had knocked Fang Xingu over. But then they realized that Fang Xingu and the dog seemed to know each other. Immediately afterwards, a man ran out of the driver's seat of a car next to them and helped Fang Xingu pick up the dog.
After all, there was a road separating the two sides, and at first everyone didn't see clearly. They thought the person who ran down was Fang Xin's driver, but upon closer inspection, they realized that the other person was tall and had a great figure. Although he was wearing sunglasses, they couldn't hide his handsome features—he looked so familiar, he was definitely not just a driver.
In the crowd, someone was the first to react, shouting, "Jing Yitong?!"
Then a collective gasp came from across the street: "Holy crap, no way!"
"Am I going blind? That really does look like Jing Yitong..."
"Did he just get out of the driver's seat?"
The fans at the scene were so happy they almost fainted. Their original plan was to pick up Fang Xin Gu at Hongqiao Airport first, and then go to Pudong Airport to pick up Jing Yi Tong. However, Fang Xin Gu's flight was delayed, so they were torn about whether to go to Pudong Airport first. They didn't know how long the flight would be delayed, and they were afraid that if they went to one, they would miss the other.
Fortunately, they ultimately decided to go to Pudong first and then back to Hongqiao. Only they knew the hardships and worries they had endured along the way, but all the difficulties vanished the moment they saw the two of them. The happiness was simply too much, and the girls screamed excitedly with stars in their eyes.
"Jing Yitong, why didn't you tell us you were coming to Hongqiao to pick up Fang Xin Gu earlier? We could have hitched a ride with you!"
"Damn, Jing Yitong drove himself to pick me up?!"
Fang Xingu's head was buzzing. He could only hear the sounds coming from the other side of the river. He couldn't hear a word clearly, nor did he dare to listen to any of them. He felt like the sky was about to fall. His relationship with Jing Yitong had been exposed a little too quickly!
Finally, Jing Yitong freed one hand and patted him on the shoulder: "Let's go!"
Fang Xingu painfully scrambled to his feet, head bowed. He glanced furtively at his fans, then clasped his hands together in prayer before hurriedly opening the back door of the car. Jing Yitong easily shoved Jing Quanquan inside, and Fang Xingu followed suit. Zhou Xiaoyou, who was afraid of dogs, took the initiative to sit in the driver's seat.
The two got into the car, with Jing Yitong lagging behind. He knew he had been recognized by the fans on the other side, but he made no attempt to avoid them, even waving enthusiastically at them.
To the solo fans, this was a blatant provocation, but the couples at the scene vigorously waved their hands like windshield wipers, shouting, "Ahhh, may the kids be happy!"
Fang Xingu couldn't stand Jing Yitong's behavior any longer. He grabbed Jing Yitong's clothes and whispered, "What are you doing? It's like they came to pick you up."
Jing Yitong then turned around and got into the car. After the car door closed, he replied, "I think some of them are obviously our CP fans. They will definitely be happy to see me."
At this point, Fang Xin felt a little embarrassed. He wanted to cover his face, but found that his face was covered with Jing Quanquan's drool. He slapped the dog's head in embarrassment and annoyance: "Jing Quanquan, you troublemaker!"
To everyone's surprise, Jing Quan Quan had no sense of wrongdoing at all. After being hit so lightly, it thought Fang Xingu was playing with it. It smiled, stuck out its tongue, and its big black eyes looked innocent and cute. It excitedly tap-danced on Fang Xingu's lap: "Woof woof!"
Seeing its silly grin, Fang Xingu felt even more worried and sighed deeply.
Jing Yitong took out two wet wipes and helped Fang Xingu wipe his face: "Let it be since things have come to this. Anyway, the fans will find out sooner or later."
Zhou Xiaoyou, who was in the driver's seat, also wanted to say a few words of comfort to Fang Xingu, saying that he had already reported the emergency to Qi Qiu and that the company had made preparations in advance, so there was no need to worry.
Looking in the rearview mirror, he saw Jing Yitong in the back seat holding a tissue and carefully wiping Fang Xingu's face. Fang Xingu leaned over to get closer to Jing Yitong, closed his eyes, and let Jing Yitong do as he pleased.
Zhou Xiaoyou: I'm just being a third wheel here.
He suggested, "Brothers, can we buy one of those cars with a rear partition like in novels? I'm afraid I'll get fired if I see something I shouldn't."
Fang Xingu opened his eyes and glared at him: "When you're driving, keep your eyes on the road ahead. Don't drive dangerously and keep looking around."
Zhou Xiaoyou laughed awkwardly: "I want to drive properly, but tell me where to drive!"
“…Let’s go to my apartment in Shanghai,” Fang Xingu said, looking at Jing Yitong. “Brother, where do you live?”
There's another recording session tomorrow, so Fang Xin plans to return to Jiangcheng the day after tomorrow and stay in Shanghai for the next couple of days.
Jing Yitong: "Can I stay at Teacher Fang's house for the night?"
Fang Xingu asked in confusion, "Aren't you going to stay with your parents?"
When Jing Yitong was in junior high school, he moved his household registration to Shanghai with his parents. Naturally, they have a house there. Although Jing Yitong has lived in Beijing for the past few years, his parents still live in Shanghai more often.
Jing Yitong sighed, "My parents said there was a problem with the underfloor heating in my room. They just broke the floor to fix it and were also planning to renovate the room, since the house is over ten years old. I didn't expect that I would be coming back these two days."
As if afraid Fang Xingu wouldn't believe him, he even showed Fang Xingu photos of his room in its unfinished state: "Look, it's all smashed up like this."
Fang Xingu took a look and it was true. All the furniture in that familiar room had been removed, the paint on the walls had been scraped off, and the floorboards had all been pried off. It was completely uninhabitable. Fang Xingu had no doubts and readily said, "Then stay at my house. We can go to the recording together tomorrow."
Jing Yitong tilted his head and asked him, "Can we come together?"
Fang Xingu's forehead twitched: "Look at how badly you've been photographed today, are you going to be afraid of riding in the same car tomorrow?"
As they were talking, the culprit, Jing Quanquan, emerged from Fang Xingu's body to make its presence known. It tilted its head and barked, taking advantage of its cute face to start acting adorable, snuggling and rubbing against Fang Xingu. What a clingy little thing that knows its mistake but won't admit it.
Fang Xingu tapped its nose: "You're still making a fuss, it's all your fault."
Jing Yitong laughed and said, "I originally put it in the back seat to wait for you, but it recognized you as soon as it saw you and actually opened the window and jumped out to find you."
Fang Xingu held the dog's head in shock, staring wide-eyed at Jing Quanquan: "Could it be that our Quanquan is a genius? She can even open the window by herself?"
Jing Yitong commented: "It learns all kinds of mischievous things very quickly."
As they chatted, Fang Xingu suddenly remembered something: "By the way, there's only one bed in my apartment."
Jing Yitong said, "Is it the house you bought later? I haven't been there yet, so I guess I'll have to squeeze in with Teacher Fang again tonight."
Fang Xin couldn't help but think of what had happened when the two of them shared a bed last time. He took a deep breath and felt his heart start racing again.
After their tryst that morning, Wang Jinxu moved out, and Fang Xingu, having lost his excuse to continue sharing a bed, naturally moved back to the guest room. Later, they both tacitly avoided mentioning that absurd morning, but in the dead of night, Fang Xingu had several erotic dreams related to it.
His thoughts drifted to the scene in his dream, and Fang Xin dared not think any further, lowering his head to pet the dog intently.
More than half an hour later, Zhou Xiaoyou took Fang Xingu and Jing Yitong home and then went to check into a hotel.
Fang Xin bought this house three years ago. After it was renovated, he hardly ever lived in it himself, and Jing Yitong never came to visit either.
Upon learning that they would be returning to Shanghai to record a program, Fang Xingu had a housekeeper clean the house beforehand. The house was spotless. Jing Yitong strolled around and found that the house was actually quite large. However, Fang Xingu probably hadn't thought that anyone would be staying there, so he combined the master bedroom and guest bedroom into one large bedroom. The enlarged study was filled with all kinds of musical instruments and served as a small recording studio. There was indeed no extra space to put a second bed.
Fang Xin's house was decorated in a very monotonous way, with black, white and gray as the main colors. There were very few decorations, and all the display shelves were empty, with only a few potted plants that Ying Zhen bought placed in the corners of the house.
Jing Quan Quan, who had just wiped her feet, ran wildly around the house. She almost knocked over the poor potted green ivy in the corner. Fang Xingu caught her and gave her a good scolding. Jing Yitong took the opportunity to take a picture of the two of them and then posted it on his WeChat Moments: "The offending dog has been arrested."
Both sets of parents arrived first.
Jinghong: Have we arrived in Shanghai?
Yingzhen: Isn't this the same house as Xin Gu? Xiao Tong is staying at Xin Gu's tonight?
Song Jiao replied to Ying Zhen: [Laughing while covering mouth]
Fang Zhiheng: Quan Quan is here too.
Then my friends arrived:
Li Wenyu: You two have blown up the trending topics and you still have time to be all lovey-dovey here!
Wang Peiyang: Brother Jing, the Samoyed you mentioned before, could it be the same Samoyed that Brother Xin Gu mentioned...?
Jing Yitong replied to Wang Peiyang: [Sunglasses]
When Fang Xin Gu saw Li Wen Yu's reply, he curiously clicked on the trending topics. He found that the top three trending topics had already been taken by him and Jing Yi Tong. The number one trending topic, #JingYiTongPicksUpFangXinGu#, even had a dark red "hot" tag after it.
Fang Xingu hesitated for three seconds, then decisively exited Weibo—forget it, Qi Qiu didn't even contact him, let the company handle it themselves.
Fang Xin and Jing Yi were both extremely busy the past two days, and with recording scheduled for tomorrow, they quickly packed their bags after dinner and went to bed early.
When Fang Xingu woke up the next day, he saw that there was a fairly spacious distance between himself and Jing Yitong, enough for another person to sleep in. He breathed a sigh of relief for no apparent reason.
The previous situation did not repeat itself; after washing up, the two were taken to the recording site of "The World Is So Big".
This time, the staff were no longer shocked to see them get out of a car. They just gave them knowing, ambiguous smiles, which made Fang Xingu break out in a cold sweat. It was as if the innocence between him and Jing Yitong had completely vanished.
The seven guests met again after more than a month apart, and there was no awkwardness between them. Li Wenyu smiled strangely, looked them up and down, and didn't forget to lean close and say, "Wow, I'm starting to ship you two."
Fang Xin ignored Li Wenyu's irritating words and closed her eyes to quietly do her makeup.
It was already quite an achievement for the seven artists to be able to take the time to gather here. After their makeup and styling were finished, Yan Tu didn't waste any more words and gathered them in a cozy recording studio to begin today's recording.
This time, Fang Xin was not the last to sit down, but he took the initiative to sit next to Jing Yitong. The two of them huddled on the far left of the sofa, leaving the middle seat for the three girls.
After the seven people were seated, Yan Tu stepped forward to cue the proceedings: "Friends, it's been a long time! Although you probably haven't missed me, I've missed you all very much!"
Luo Da waved his hand: "Director Yan, let's skip the pleasantries and get straight to the point."
Meng Hui covered her mouth and laughed: "I've watched the preview too, it's really interesting. The production team has worked hard, let's watch the next episode soon."
Liang Jiyan also agreed: "It feels quite different to see our story from God's perspective than when you are in it yourself."
Yan Tu made a gesture to stop: "Alright, alright, I won't ramble on, let's get straight to the main content, everyone feel free to speak up!"
The main episode begins with the "The World Is So Big" program crew meeting at the airport. Fang Xingu was the first to enter the recording studio. After that, he greeted the audience and interacted with the live broadcast. Fang Xingu himself got bored and wanted to fast-forward through his own footage.
Luo Da looked at Fang Xin Gu in the camera lens, then compared it to Fang Xin Gu sitting on the sofa at this moment, and commented: "Xin Gu, you were almost too thin back then. Although you were still good-looking, you look better now."
Fang Xingu rubbed his face. Why did everyone he met lately keep emphasizing this sentence? A weight change of five or six pounds? That shouldn't be so exaggerated, right?
He said, "If you think I've gained weight, just say so."
Rhoda exclaimed in horror: "How can you say you've gained weight? This is restoring your beauty!"
Fang Xingu chuckled twice and continued watching. Only when Jing Yitong appeared did he perk up. Watching Jing Yitong appear on set with a beaming smile, he couldn't help but recall his own feelings at the time.
Fang Xin was pondering this when the camera zoomed in on his face in the main feature. His expression showed obvious surprise and shock, but since no one expected Jing Yitong to appear here, his expression didn't seem out of place.
But his reaction was strange afterward. Everyone else stood up to welcome Jing Yitong, but he just sat there blankly, deliberately avoiding Jing Yitong's gaze several times.
It wasn't until Jing Yitong walked up to him, called out "Teacher Fang," and extended his hand that Fang Xingu had no choice but to bite the bullet and shake his hand back.
Seeing this, the others turned their attention to Fang Xingu and Jing Yitong, looking like they wanted to say something but hesitated.
Fang Xin had long been prepared to give up entirely: "...Ask whatever you want to ask."
Li Wenyu knew they were planning to go public with their relationship, so upon hearing this, she immediately said, "It's a well-known secret, Senior Brother, you actually have a pretty good relationship with Brother Jing, so why were you so angry when you saw him?"
Fang Xingu was also stunned: "Was I angry?" He wasn't angry at all at the time, so why did Li Wenyu say he was angry?
Li Wenyu glanced back at the main video, then compared it to Fang Xin's current expression, and said decisively, "Anyway, it's very strange. He doesn't seem to be in a particularly good mood; he looks very distorted."
Fang Xingu said quietly, "What 'twisted'... that's because he called me 'Teacher Fang.' I've never heard him call me that before. I almost laughed out loud, but I had to hold it in."
"Pfft."
No one knows who laughed first, but everyone immediately burst into laughter. No one expected that Fang Xingu's expression was simply because Jing Yitong called him "Teacher Fang".
"You two are truly amazing!"
"Could you two get any funnier?"
Fang Xingu was so embarrassed by the laughter that he shrank back, wishing he could hide behind Jing Yitong.
Jing Yitong sat down in front of Fang Xingu, seemingly speaking up for him: "Everyone, please stop making fun of Teacher Fang. Teacher Fang has a low threshold for laughter."
After finally finishing his laugh, Rhoda couldn't help but ask out of curiosity, "Then what is meant by 'new' and 'old' in the same way?"
Jing Yitong smiled and said, "Just like everyone else, I'll call it 'New Old'."
Luo Da then looked at Fang Xingu: "Xingu, how do you usually call Teacher Jing?"
Fang Xingu paused for a moment, then turned to look at Jing Yitong, somewhat uncertain: "Is this something I can say?"
Jing Yitong patted his back twice reassuringly: "Say it if you want to, or don't if you don't."
After hesitating for a moment, Fang Xin, as was his habit, softened his voice and called out to Jing Yitong, "Brother..."
Jing Yitong looked pleased and smiled at him, saying, "I'm here."
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Author's Note: Jing Yitong: It seems the term "new and old" is still too common. [Question mark]
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