Chapter 32 Isn't this just playful banter and flirting...?
Jing Yitong stared at Fang Xingu for a long time, making Fang Xingu feel uneasy. He thought that Fang Xingu didn't want to interact with him online at all: "What's wrong? If you don't want to, then forget it."
Jing Yitong leaned back in his chair, a smile on his face, and shook his head, saying, "No, I was just wondering why you're willing to make such a big 'sacrifice' now, since you were trying to pretend we weren't close?"
“What sacrifice or not,” Fang Xingu had already prepared an excuse. “Recently, Director Yan wanted the audience to see that our relationship had improved. Even if we co-create a video, many people will definitely think that Director Yan forced us to do it.”
Jing Yitong hissed, "This logic is airtight."
Fang Xingu didn't waste any words, picked up his phone and quickly typed a few things: "Okay, I've invited you, accept now."
Jing Yitong replied, "Coming, coming."
So while the fans were chatting enthusiastically, Fang Xingu suddenly edited his Weibo post, and his video was subsequently turned into a co-creation video, with Jing Yitong being the other co-creator.
In an instant, everyone who had been arguing fell silent. Whether they thought the person rowing with Fang Xin was Jing Yitong, or thought the CP fans were daydreaming, they were all too shocked to speak.
Holy crap, what are these two up to?
"How did it turn into a collaborative video???"
"Ahhh, it really is Jing Yitong! Product Manager, everyone stand up today!"
"Didn't you two have a bad relationship?"
"Gugu, if you've been kidnapped by Yan Tu, just blink..."
"Is this Yan Tu's little trick? There were rumors before that 'The World Is So Big' was going to do a special feature on Fang Xin Gu and Jing Yi Tong."
"It's definitely not this one! This video was obviously edited by Fang Xingu himself, and he hasn't even added the show's tags yet."
"So that means there will be a special episode later on? Hehe, we CP fans are so lucky!"
"I'm speechless. It's Fang Xin's freedom to choose who he wants to hang out with or not. Why force him to be with Jing Yitong? Don't interfere with my son's freedom to make friends."
"Exactly, will he have any fun like this?"
"I give up. This is work, and you're really treating it like a game?"
"dw, stop fooling yourself. I think Fang Xingu is clearly having a lot of fun. He's having a blast in this video, okay? [tongue out]"
The two were completely unaware of the impending online battle. They shared a dragon fruit and huddled together watching the videos of minke whales they had just filmed.
The two of them kept their composure, but Yan Tu couldn't hold back any longer. He called Fang Xingu and asked, "Teacher Fang, are you and Teacher Jing doing something big behind my back?"
Fang Xingu: "Hmm? Didn't you want the fans to see our united, harmonious, and friendly side?"
Yan Tu rubbed his hands excitedly as he watched the online buzz: "Great news! It's great! Look how harmonious and beautiful it is!" The topic is trending like crazy!
Fang Xingu replied, "I guess I'm helping the show generate buzz."
"Teacher Fang coming to our show is already the biggest buzz," Yan Tu said casually, "I'll also urge them to release the special tomorrow to ride the wave of popularity."
"Okay," Fang Xingu wasn't one for words, and after finishing his sentence, he wanted to hang up. "I'll hang up now."
"Hey, hey, hey!" Yan Tu called out to him when he heard the music coming from the phone, and casually asked, "How's Teacher Fang's theme song for our program coming along?"
Fang Xingu paused for a moment, then chose to tell a white lie: "...It is progressing steadily."
Yan Tu felt relieved and didn't press for updates. He really liked Fang Xingu, this cash cow, and felt like he had struck gold: "Oh, thank you for your hard work, Teacher Fang."
Don't worry.
Fang Xingu hung up the phone and saw Jing Yitong trying to suppress a laugh. He pouted and said, "Alright, you can laugh now."
Jing Yitong opened his mouth and moved his facial muscles: "I feel like my face will be stiff from smiling after this show is over."
Fang Xingu turned off his computer and glanced at him: "Then the next day, someone spread rumors that his plastic surgery had failed."
"This is my mother's pride."
Jing Yitong rubbed his face, then reached out and pinched Fang Xingu's cheek again.
Fang Xin covered his face in pain: "What are you doing? My face is original too."
Jing Yitong squinted: "I'm checking if your skin has gotten thicker. Now you can talk nonsense without batting an eye."
Fang Xingu knew that Jing Yitong was complaining about how he had lied to Yan Tu earlier. He used to be someone who couldn't lie, but later he found that occasionally telling a small lie could save him a lot of unnecessary trouble, and he gradually got used to it.
...Of course, he also secretly told Jing Yitong many lies.
However, there was no need to say these things. Fang Xingu said calmly, "Isn't this just to save Director Yan from getting angry again? Heaven, earth, you, and I know. As long as you don't expose me, who else will know about my songwriting progress?"
Jing Yitong found it amusing: "So, I've just become your accomplice like that?"
Fang Xingu made a zipping motion near his mouth, signaling him to remember to keep it a secret. Jing Yitong could only nod knowingly, willingly becoming his accomplice.
After a short break, the recording of the afternoon began.
As the Affogato approached the landing point, Fang Xin went up to the deck and found many people standing there, including not only the staff of the "The World Is So Big" program, but also many tourists. They were all leaning against the ship's side, looking at something. Many more people were carrying cameras and cannons, pointing them at the sky. Even Jing Yitong was among them.
The snow that started this morning has been falling until now, but it has lessened considerably. However, the weather is still not very good. Fang Xin looked in the direction that everyone was looking and saw that through the falling snowflakes, he could vaguely see white birds flying by. Then he could hear a series of camera shutter clicks.
By this time, they were very close to Moonlight Island, where they were to land that afternoon. They could see that the birds were flying from the cliffs of Moonlight Island. Their white bodies circled in the sky, waiting for the opportunity to catch the krill that jumped out of the sea. Meanwhile, people's long guns and short cannons were closely following them.
As Fang Xin looked around, he approached the other guests on the show and asked, "What kind of bird is that?"
Rhoda put away his camera, looked him up and down, and replied, "It's a snowbird."
Fang Xingu guessed that Luo Da wanted to ask about the co-creation video at noon, but since Luo Da didn't say anything, he wouldn't take the initiative to respond. He just said in a serious tone, "Snowflakes, it seems that Moonlight Island is also their habitat?"
Liang said, "Yes, the crew just said that many snow petrels live here."
Snow petrels are small and agile birds with snow-white feathers, except for their black beaks and eyes. As polar birds, Antarctica is their best habitat. Some snow petrels never migrate north and stay on this frigid continent. It is hard to imagine how such tiny bodies can withstand the harsh blizzards and strong winds of the Antarctic winter.
Another snow petrel flew over the heads of the group. Fang Xin had also brought his camera with him today. When he caught a glimpse of the snow petrel's white silhouette, he quickly raised his camera. This was the first time he had brought a camera on this trip. But the snow petrel came too suddenly, and he only had time to follow it with his lens and take a bunch of pictures. He didn't have time to focus or adjust the parameters at all.
Although his photography skills may not be professional, Fang Xingu's movements and expressions while taking the photos were quite impressive. Jing Yitong looked up and saw his delicate and smooth profile. When he held up the camera, he had a faint smile on his face that he himself did not realize. He looked relaxed and happy. Before Jing Yitong knew it, he raised the camera again and pointed the lens at Fang Xingu.
So when the snowbird flew away, Fang Xingu put down his camera, but then he heard a distinct shutter sound next to him. He looked in the direction of the sound and saw Jing Yitong openly taking pictures of him.
At this moment, Jing Yitong realized that Fang Xingu had noticed his actions, but he was not embarrassed at all by being caught red-handed. He even took a few more pictures from the angle of Fang Xingu turning his head to look at him, showing an arrogant attitude after getting away with it.
Fang Xingu was speechless. While the others were still shooting birds, he walked over to Jing Yitong and lowered his voice: "I told you to take pictures of birds, not me."
Jing Yitong: "Do we really have to choose one of the two? Adults can choose to film both."
Fang Xin, harboring suspicions, asked, "Can someone do two things at once and still make a good film? Let me see."
Fang Xin took Jing Yitong's camera and flipped through it. Actually, Jing Yitong's portraits were all pretty good. His photos were especially beautiful. Even though the background was full of people, you could feel that the others were just there to set the scene off. He was undoubtedly the only visual center in the whole photo. Plus, there were a few snowflakes falling on his green windbreaker, creating a wonderful atmosphere.
Jing Yitong asked from the side, "How is it? Are you satisfied?"
Fang Xin paused slightly as he flipped through the photos: "Hmm, there's still room for improvement."
“Wow, Teacher Fang has very high standards,” Jing Yitong said, about to put away his camera. “Then I’ll delete these photos.”
Fang Xingu chuckled and turned to guard the camera, continuing to flip through the photos: "What are you doing? Can't I even say a word? So stingy. I haven't even commented on the snowbird photos you took yet."
Jing Yitong crossed his arms and said, "Alright."
To be fair, Jing Yitong's photos were actually quite good, but Fang Xin insisted on pointing to one of the snowbird photos and saying, "The snowbird is definitely not satisfied with these photos; they're all blurry."
Jing Yitong leaned over to take a look and it was indeed true. These photos must have been taken when the snow lorikeet flapped its wings. At that time, he had just turned off high-speed continuous shooting, so the photos were a bit blurry.
To put Fang Xin in a difficult position, Jing Yitong deliberately found a useless photo among a pile of pictures and said, "Then I must take a look at the photos that Teacher Fang just took and learn from them."
Fang Xingu felt a little guilty. He hadn't even seen the finished film yet, and besides, he had just taken a bunch of random shots in his haste. Who knew what kind of mess it would turn out like?
But under Jing Yitong's mocking gaze, Fang Xingu still gritted his teeth and opened his camera, only to find a bunch of snowbird photos that were completely out of focus.
Fang Xin Gu:
Jing Yitong couldn't help but laugh out loud this time, and even gave him a thumbs up: "Not bad, very abstract, with a hazy beauty."
Fang Xin nudged Jing Yitong with his elbow, and then couldn't help but laugh himself.
The two thought they were whispering to each other discreetly, but Wang Peiyang overheard most of it from behind. Unfortunately, he didn't hear the whole conversation, only realizing that they were mocking each other's photography skills, and then he burst out laughing.
Wang Peiyang was terrified and asked Li Wenyu, "Why are Brother Jing and Brother Xin Gu fighting again?"
Li Wenyu glanced at Fang Xingu and Jing Yitong, thinking, "Is this an argument? Isn't this just playful banter and flirting?"
But she was so frustrated that she couldn't tell the truth, so she could only say, "Don't worry about it, just let them do what they want."
Wang Peiyang sighed: "The collaborative video they posted at noon was probably sent by Director Yan. Even if this move can ease tensions with the fans, it won't be effective in the long run if it can't ease tensions with them."
Li Wenyu patted Wang Peiyang on the shoulder, but gave him a look that said everything without saying a word.
Wang Peiyang was completely confused, but it was time to land. The seven guests boarded the speedboats one after another and headed to the shore of Moonlight Island to begin their first landing.
This time, Fang Xin deliberately didn't walk at the back. After boarding the boat, he sat down on the left side of the speedboat. However, the people behind him, whether intentionally or not, deliberately left the seat next to him for Jing Yitong.
So Jing Yitong, who was the last to board the ship, had no choice but to sit next to Fang Xingu. Before sitting down, he deliberately winked innocently at Fang Xingu to indicate that this was not the seat he had chosen.
The relationship between the two has eased a lot in the past few days, and Fang Xin Gu naturally won't get angry about this. He's just a little speechless and amused.
To ensure that not too many people landed on Moonlight Island at the same time, the tourists on the Affogato traveled to Moonlight Island in batches by speedboat. Fang Xin and his seven companions, along with several staff members, sat on the same speedboat and cruised around the sea along the ice shelf.
Fang Xin saw from afar that a large flock of penguins were standing densely on the shore of Moonlight Island. As he got closer, he could hear their quacking and running around on the shore with their wings spread.
"So many penguins!"
"So cute!"
The guide on the speedboat explained to them: "These are Gentoo penguins, also known as white-browed penguins. They are the swimming champions of the penguin family."
Rhoda raised his arms slightly and shrugged his shoulders: "Is this how you run? Do I look like you?"
Wang Peiyang laughed uncontrollably: "Brother Da, you'll just have to get ashore like this later."
Li Wenyu sniffed and painfully covered her nose: "Can't you all smell it? It stinks."
The guide laughed and explained, "Haha, that's the smell of penguin droppings. Many tourists complain about it when they come here."
"Waaah, how could such a cute creature create such a biological weapon?"
Liang Jiyan patted her arm: "Stop howling, look, aren't there penguins in the sea ahead?"
A large flock of penguins swam swiftly in the sea, their streamlined bodies incredibly agile. They would occasionally leap out of the water, leaving everyone with a lithe, black silhouette.
"That movement was so smooth! It was much more agile than on land," Rhoda exclaimed.
Meng Hui: "So cute, it must be hunting, right?"
Li Wenyu looked on curiously: "Maybe I'll have to feed the baby when I get home. Good luck, baby penguin!"
Fang Xin stared at the water. Perhaps because he had just encountered a minke whale that morning, his observation skills were sharper than others. He vaguely saw a blurry shadow chasing after the penguin underwater. Its body was obviously larger than the penguin, but not as large as a whale. It looked long but quite sturdy.
Fang Xingu suddenly realized what it was—it was a seal.
His Adam's apple bobbed as he nervously asked, "Is it possible that it's not the penguins hunting, but the penguins being hunted...?"
"Ahhh!"
At this point, everyone finally got a clear look at the seal that was relentlessly chasing the penguin.
It was a leopard seal. As one of the top predators in Antarctica, the leopard seal opened its blood-red mouth, its upper and lower jaws opening to a terrifying 150 degrees, demonstrating its powerful bite force. Although its body is huge and clumsy on land, it is so agile underwater, and it looked like it was about to bite the last white-browed penguin.
Just then, the penguin leaped into the air, drawing a graceful arc across the sea, deftly evading the leopard seal's predation.
Li Wenyu let out a long breath, slumped against Liang Jiyan's shoulder, and continued to cheer on the penguin: "Come on, baby penguin! Run, run!"
Rhoda looked at her amusedly: "You cheered for the penguins when you thought they were hunting, but now that the seals are hunting the penguins, why aren't you cheering for the seals?"
Li Wenyu chuckled: "Because this is a world that judges by appearances."
Unwittingly attacked by the penguins' appearance, the leopard seals chased after them even more fiercely. The people on the boat dared not breathe, and they all opened their mobile phones and cameras to record this dangerous and exciting moment, watching the penguins escape from the leopard's jaws time and time again.
Fang Xin watched intently, only to find that the white-browed penguin being chased by the leopard seal suddenly turned around and swam straight towards them: "Why is it swimming towards us?"
Jing Yitong thought Fang Xingu was worried, so he looked at him and whispered, "Don't worry, it's absolutely impossible for us to capsize our assault boat this time. Our boat is much heavier than the Leopard Seal."
Just as Fang Xingu was about to reply, he saw the white-browed penguin leap out of the sea to avoid the leopard seal's attack, and it flipped over and jumped onto the bow of their speedboat.
Everyone held their breath for a moment, except for Jing Yitong, who was sitting at the very back and did not see this scene because of his blind spot.
He wanted to say something to Fang Xin Gu, but Fang Xin Gu was afraid that his movements would scare away the penguins, so he turned around in a panic and covered Jing Yi Tong's mouth, making a shushing gesture to him.
Jing Yitong was stunned for a moment when his mouth was suddenly covered. He subconsciously wanted to ask what was wrong, but then he remembered that Fang Xingu had already reminded him not to talk, so he shut his mouth and just looked at him in confusion.
Fang Xingu's icy palm immediately felt a warm and soft touch. Realizing that it was Jing Yitong's lips rubbing against his palm, Fang Xingu's heart skipped a beat and his whole body stiffened. He felt his palm was numb and hot, and he quickly withdrew his hand.
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A note from the author:
I'm late, and I might be late again tomorrow, lol. I'll just write something in forum style for now!
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Title: Has anyone watched Fang Xingu and Jing Yitong's collaborative video today? Come on!
Main building
Who was the genius who came up with the idea of co-creating videos? I'm speechless! This is the first co-created video these two have made outside of business collaborations, hahaha!
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Who came up with the idea of binding fxg and jyt together? Yan Tu, you've really done a lot of bad things.
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Is the production team trying to create a romantic pairing? Give up, fxg won't cooperate.
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Really? I think fxg was quite cooperative; he even changed his own video to a collaborative creation, haha.
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This show, "The World Is So Big," is so awkward; it's really just a forced pairing.
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Please, Yan Tu, don't force straight men to engage in BL (Boys' Love) relationships.
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Hahaha, is he really a straight man?
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Can CP fans please stop spreading rumors about sexual orientation? [shrug]
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What's going on? Are you trying to create a one-man show and stop CP fans from telling the truth? Has either of these two ever had a girlfriend? [Clown]
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What is this production team thinking? They deliberately arranged for two people to kayak and even made a special episode about them. According to my connections, they have deliberately put the two of them alone together several times before... Their relationship was already bad, so they really aren't afraid of causing trouble.
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Where has DW been having a meltdown lately? I saw those two people having a great time in the double kayak area.
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You can tell they had fun without even getting a picture of their faces?
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They didn't exchange a single good word the entire time; I could tell how bad their relationship was. [laughing and crying emoji]
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This video is obviously edited by Fang Xingu himself, but there is a piece of footage that was clearly filmed by Jing Yitong. That could only be video footage that Fang Xingu asked Jing Yitong for. Is it possible that their relationship is not as bad as you think?
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What are you pretending for? Everyone knows this is a shady tactic devised by Yan Tu.
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Don't fool yourself, even if it was Yan Tu's crazy idea, Fang Xingu and Jing Yitong didn't refuse it!
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As a complete outsider, I never understand what Gu Si and Si are arguing about. It's obvious that they're not on the same path. One is an actress and the other is a singer. Uh... Fang Xin Gu should be developing in the direction of a singer, right?
76L
LOL, actually it's not just the same-sex fans tearing each other apart anymore, now it's the same-sex fans trying to team up for a mixed doubles attack on the CP fans, but it doesn't seem to be working very well.
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That's right, our product manager is just that flexible and adaptable!
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What happened to the person who said they were going to expose Fang Xin's past and Jing Yitong? There's been no follow-up.
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Speaking of this, I saw a couple of days ago that they were found to be high school classmates.
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That's so fake. The previous version said they were elementary school classmates.
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...Is it possible that they were not only elementary school classmates, but also high school classmates, and even junior high school classmates? [Link: Holy crap, Fang Xingu and Jing Yitong not only grew up in Jiangcheng, but also went to the same school from elementary to high school?]
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145L
Holy crap, what's going on? Didn't Jing Yitong transfer to a middle school in Shanghai? I remember seeing a picture of Fang Xin's old middle school in Jiangcheng!
147L
That's right, Fang Xin attended junior high school in Jiangcheng in the first year, and then transferred to Jing Yitong's school in Shenshi in the second year...
156L
...That's so outrageous.
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Given the current situation, these two must have known each other for a long time, right? What's their relationship?
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The story of these two people is too difficult to uncover... Anyway, we are still working on it, and we welcome everyone to help us find clues and dig deeper!
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I really want to know what happened between those two!
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Wait a minute, is the "round" in "the new round" the same as the "round" in "a broken mirror mended"...?
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