Chapter 12: Quitting and Stepping Back [The toxic fans are thinking about the CP fans again...
"He..."
"Um?"
Before Zhu Shengting finished calling the name of the protagonist in the camera, the other party raised his eyes, which had just been slightly lowered, and looked directly at the camera.
He looked at those eyes through the camera and stopped talking. Instead of saying anything, he pressed the shutter button on the screen.
He Yan's hesitation in biting the straw was recorded by a mobile phone camera.
After the shooting was almost finished, Zhu Shengting handed the phone back to He Yan.
He Yan put down his iced American coffee and examined the photo intently. He carefully read it from beginning to end, admiring the finished film.
"Then where shall we go to take photos later?" He asked Zhu Shengting while looking down at his phone, quite satisfied with the photos he had just taken.
"Let's go back to the community. The garden on the rooftop is also fine, and then we can go to your house." Zhu Shengting answered slowly and took back his coffee.
He looked at the obvious teeth marks on the straw, and his first reaction wasn't to dislike someone drinking his drink, but to wonder why He Yan had the habit of biting the straw when drinking...
"Okay, then I'll tell Huang Min and we'll go wait in the underground garage." He Yan quickly notified Huang Min on WeChat, then turned off his phone and stood up.
"Wait a minute." Before Zhu Shengting left his seat, he squeezed the iced American coffee that was steaming and had water droplets on the sides of the cup.
"Hmm?" He Yan looked back at him nonchalantly.
"Would you like me to order you an iced Americano?" Zhu Shengting nodded at the cup beside him. To be more precise, he seemed to be pointing at the bitten straw. "You seem to like it... too."
He Yan's first reaction was to frown in confusion. He was just about to retort that he didn't like iced American coffee and didn't need to order any more, but he didn't know where the other party came to that conclusion.
The next second, his eyes fixed on the straw, and his mind was suddenly bombarded by a belated thunder.
etc.
He just? It seemed as if, maybe... he bit Zhu Shengting's straw?!
Oh my god!!!
Zhu Shengting saw the expression of the person standing in front of him change like an overturned palette, and his expression changed from frowning and confusion to petrification.
Suddenly I thought maybe I was a little bad and it would be better to pretend I didn't know.
But He Yan's reaction was too vivid and interesting, and he did not regret it.
"Or do you actually not like drinking?" Zhu Shengting added.
He Yan's brain was no longer able to think. He mixed up a bunch of things in his mind, from the explosion of the universe to the end of the world, from biology to art and sports, and finally figured out the truth.
Yes, he was just mentally ill and almost drank Zhu Shengting's coffee while posing for a photo.
"I..." He Yan knew that his face must be too red to look at right now.
"If you don't like it, then forget it." He answered hurriedly.
Zhu Shengting nodded seriously and stood up, pretending that the question just now was just a casual one, "Then let's go."
He Yan nodded randomly, turned around and walked away quickly.
Zhu Shengting looked at the thin figure in front of him with some amusement and followed him with big strides.
When he reached the elevator, He Yan had to stop. He took out his mobile phone and scrolled through it, but the presence of the people around him was too strong. After scrolling for a long time, nothing remained in his mind.
He felt his internal organs burning when he thought about biting something that Zhu Shengting had bitten.
Only he himself knew that while he was pretending to be calm while holding his phone, his heart was actually in a mess.
Suddenly, someone next to him patted his shoulder, and He Yan was startled.
"The elevator is here." Zhu Shengting said, and took a sip of the iced American coffee in his hand.
He Yan stepped into the elevator in a daze, feeling like his skin was about to burn.
Zhu Shengting is still drinking?!
Or was it the straw he bit?
Doesn’t he dislike it?
After all, they are rivals!
"You..." He Yan couldn't help but want to ask.
Zhu Shengting, as if he had anticipated something, turned his head and took another sip of iced Americano, saying, "It can't be wasted."
He Yan was speechless now.
What can he do? Zhu Shengting himself does not despise it.
"Um... I'm sorry, I didn't mean it." He Yan took a deep breath and finally said what he had been holding back for a long time.
Zhu Shengting raised his eyebrows, as if a little surprised, "It's okay."
The atmosphere fell silent again. Fortunately, the elevator had reached the ground floor and He Yan stepped out first.
Huang Min was waiting for the two of them at the corner of the elevator.
"Brother Yan, Teacher Zhu, the car is here." Huang Min led the two.
Zhu Shengting nodded slightly at her and followed the person.
The car was not far away, and the two quickly got into the back seat.
Huang Min sat in the front row and breathed a sigh of relief.
She had actually been secretly observing what was going on between He Yan and Zhu Shengting. This was the first time she saw the two of them being alone and quiet together.
After all, everyone knew that the two of them were not on good terms. She had thought that the atmosphere between them would be somewhat arrogant and domineering, but the reality was completely different from what she had imagined.
Instead, there was a weird...subtlety and awkwardness.
This feeling is like... Huang Min racked his brains.
The car had already started moving, and the driver casually turned on the car stereo. After a while, a song started to sing: "Ambiguity makes people suffer grievances..."
Huang Min suddenly realized! Yes, it was that ambiguous feeling.
Oh my god, she was a little bit unbelievable when she came up with this word. She had seen the two of them being sarcastic with each other with her own eyes, and she didn't expect that the two of them could now be described as ambiguous... It's terrible!
Huang Min couldn't help but shudder, then thought again, could it be that she had been fooled by those Shengyan CP fans on the Internet?
It shouldn't be!
But while Huang Min was thinking about this and that, her boss was also thinking about this and that.
Although Zhu Shengting acted as if he didn't mind, He Yan himself still found it a little unbearable.
When he thought about what happened today, he would probably have to replay the scene several times for the next ten nights before he could fall asleep.
He Yan was originally immersed in his own awkward world, but he didn't expect someone to gently rub and push his shoulder.
As for who it is, there is no need to say more.
He turned his head a little stiffly and looked at the person next to him.
Zhu Shengting tapped his phone with his fingers, motioning He Yan to look at his phone.
Seeing this, He Yan opened his phone and saw several WeChat messages pop up on the lock screen.
He opened WeChat and immediately saw the message sent by Zhu Shengting.
Sheng Ting: Can you also tell me what other coffee you like if you don’t like iced Americano?
He Yan was stunned for a moment, feeling his fingertips getting slightly hot, and he started typing on the keyboard to reply.
Ayan: I don’t like coffee, I prefer sweet milk.
Zhu Shengting naturally received the other party's reply, but he did not reply because he had already got the answer he wanted to know and achieved his goal.
He originally wanted to ask He Yan more aggressively whether he liked to bite the straw when drinking milk, but when he saw the other party's expression just now, he forced himself to hold back.
But he didn't reply, which made He Yan feel a little strange.
Ayan: What’s wrong?
Could it be that he was just curious and asked what he liked to drink? He Yan was skeptical.
Zhu Shengting lowered his head and replied.
Sheng Ting: Nothing, I just think I should get to know you a little better. I like iced American coffee.
He Yan looked at the messages that popped up from the people around him and paused. After realizing the meaning behind "understanding", his heart slowly cooled down, and he no longer felt embarrassed or ashamed.
Indeed, they still need to operate, and they should get to know each other better. What if something goes wrong later? In this respect, he is not as dedicated as Zhu Shengting.
He Yan: What you said makes sense, otherwise it would seem that we are unprofessional in our future business.
After typing this, he put his phone away, folded his arms, and closed his eyes to rest.
Zhu Shengting also paused. He looked at the reply from He Yan and silently deleted the sentence that he had just typed in the chat box but had not yet sent.
"After all, if we're friends, we can get to know each other a little better, right..."
Maybe it doesn't matter, to He Yan or to him.
Zhu Shengting also put away his phone and closed his eyes.
Huang Min, who was sitting in the front row, saw it all. She couldn't understand why the atmosphere suddenly turned cold after the two of them just tapped on their phones?!
Confused, she quietly turned up the air conditioning temperature in the car.
Or maybe it was just her illusion.
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And just as Wang Shan imagined, the owner of the pink envelope was not going to give up so easily, especially after knowing that his camera was discovered and destroyed.
But she was even more impatient than Wang Shan had imagined.
Just when He Yan and the others were still taking commercial photos with each other, a Weibo post about someone quitting being a fan and criticizing the Recycle Bin bot skyrocketed in popularity.
"[Submission] I'm quitting being a fan of Zhu Shengting. I really don't know what you, a third-tier artist, are so arrogant about. I've sent you at least twenty letters, and you've only accepted them twice. And it's not just me. Many of your fans sent you heartfelt letters, and you refused them all. And today they sent you another letter, and all the artists in your company accepted them, but you didn't. It's obvious who's better.
Every time you go to the airport, you act like the richest man in the world, and your fans are so servile that they have to look up to you before they see you off. If you're so cold and don't need fans, what kind of artist are you? Can't you just continue being a low-brow model? You're not from a wealthy family, and you're still so condescending after signing an acting contract. You deserve to have no resources. So, whoever wants to be a slave can continue to be one, haha."
The former fan who submitted the post also posted a video. She sent pink envelopes to Zhu Shengting but he didn't accept them or even looked at her collection. In the video, Zhu Shengting's aura of "keep away from strangers" was quite scary.
The most exciting thing is that this fan also edited the video of He Yan receiving her envelope this morning. When comparing the two, World War III broke out in the comment section.
[Uh uh uh, after watching the video, the attitude is really bad and there is no smile. Are the fans masochists who like to show their affection but get ignored?]
[Gao Zhu, are you kidding me? Didn't the official fan club announce on his behalf a year ago that Zhu Shengting wouldn't accept letters? Because he has so many fans, it's impossible for him to accept them all. It would make fans who didn't see the letters feel disappointed, so they're refusing to accept any. What's wrong with you?]
[He Yan baby is doing great, I try to accept your messages every time I see them, and I never let my fans down. I really didn't follow the wrong person!]
[Uh, uh, can Ting fans stop washing their faces? He's not the only one who refuses to accept letters or gifts, but why does he always have a cold face at the airport? What kind of actor is he if he hates fans so much?]
[It really makes me feel upset to be a fan. Every time I see him, he looks unhappy.]
[So I really don't know what Sister Shengyan is talking about. Why is she so rude and dragging He Yan into this? Uh uh uh, these CPFs are essentially the crooked-ass Zhu Shengting dream girls, right?]
Some people fight, so what does it have to do with me, a drug addict? Does this have anything to do with my drug use? Are the toxic fans obsessed with the CP fan base again?
Although there were fans of Zhu Shengting helping to speak up in the comment section, He Yanwei's fans added fuel to the fire, and because passers-by were sensitive to the attitude of artists towards fans, a melee ensued, and for a while, many people turned against Zhu Shengting.
However, He Yan and his companion, who had just arrived at the gate of the community, did not know this yet.
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