Chapter 37: Confident "Even if it's a draw this time..."
"No..." He Yan pinched his earlobe awkwardly, "Her friend is, but Zhou Xingyan isn't."
"Oh." Zhu Shengting nodded with interest.
"Then your cousin's friend is quite good at choosing photos." He said meaningfully.
The three photos he had just held flashed through He Yan's mind uncontrollably. Putting everything else aside, they were indeed taken very beautifully.
Zhu Shengting glanced at He Yan, who was blinking with his head down, and raised the corners of his mouth slightly. "I'll go back and rest first. See you this afternoon."
"See you in the afternoon." He Yan quickly looked up and sent the person away.
The afternoon scenes are the last scenes of the first and second episodes, and the subsequent scenes are post-production editing and dubbing. The crew has selected Thursday and Friday evenings at 7:30, so all the editing needs to be completed before then.
The platform's investment promotion crew was also well prepared and chose Fruit Network, which is the most competitive for campus dramas.
The originally scheduled press conference was postponed to next week due to filming schedule.
When He Yan arrived at the set, he saw the staff distributing milk tea to everyone on the playground.
Seeing He Yan's curious look, Huang Min leaned over to his ear and told him, "Brother Ting is treating the entire crew to milk tea."
As soon as she finished speaking, the staff handed He Yan a cup of iced classic flavor, which was very refreshing.
"Let me treat you next time." He said as he drank. He still had some awareness.
"Xiao Min, what do you think we should treat you to?" He Yan stared at the milk tea and thought.
"Everyone likes milk tea, fruit cake and the like, as long as you treat them, Brother Yan." Huang Min said with a smile.
He Yan nodded, but he was a little curious why Zhu Shengting chose today to invite guests. Could it be that the almanac said today was a good day for inviting guests?
But people may invite people whenever they want, depending on their mood.
Zhu Shengting just happened to walk over with an iced Americano in one hand and a parasol in the other. "Is it good?"
He Yan was a little thirsty before coming, and since it was so hot outside, he couldn't stop guzzling. "Mm-hmm, thank you."
"You're welcome." Zhu Shengting clinked his coffee cup with He Yan's milk tea cup.
Huang Min glanced at the two of them and slipped away quietly.
"Hey, why did you drink your coffee by yourself?" He Yan looked at the iced American coffee in Zhu Shengting's hand, "You really love iced American coffee."
"I'm trying to lose weight secretly." Zhu Shengting said seriously.
He Yan rolled his eyes at him and continued drinking the milk tea in his hand.
"Let's go, the shooting is about to start." Zhu Shengting nudged He Yan's arm with his elbow.
"Yeah." He Yan walked beside Zhu Shengting.
"The main point to pay attention to in the next scene is Lin Guyu's attitude when he shows goodwill to Li Congye. He is more cautious, but the distance becomes closer. The same is true for Li Congye. He will not behave as coldly as before and will start to accept the goodwill." Dong Xiao held the script and talked to He Yan and Zhu Shengting about the points to pay attention to.
The two of them nodded obediently and went to prepare one after the other.
"Scene 24, Scene 1! Action!"
Lin Guyu's foot injury has not healed yet, so he asked to sit aside and rest during this physical education class.
There are very few physical education classes in the second semester of senior year, only once every two weeks.
Originally, Xu Huawen told him that he could just stay in the classroom, but Lin Guyu felt that this would make him seem less sociable.
This was the reason he gave. Xu Wenhua hesitated for a moment but did not stop him.
Anyway, for some reason, he followed the group to the playground. He slowly dragged his sprained foot to sit on the bench under the tree.
His eyes were blank, but he knew what he was thinking and who he was looking at at the moment.
Li Congye's figure is always easy to recognize in the crowd, tall and cold, and there is never any expression on his face.
In this physical education class, the physical education teacher gave us a 1,500-meter task. After everyone finished running, they would be dismissed on the spot. There was no time limit for running.
Lin Guyu looked at the person running in the hot wind, raised his head to the scorching sun in the sky, and squeezed his palms.
He thought of something and limped away stealthily, and as usual no one noticed him.
Five minutes later, he limped back to his original seat, holding two bottles of water in his hands, one at room temperature and one iced.
He unscrewed the bottle at room temperature and took a few sips, his eyes searching for the familiar figure.
After a while, the figure stopped. Lin Guyu hurriedly closed the lid of his bottle of water, then picked up another bottle of ice water and limped over quickly.
"It's Li Cong." Lin Guyu said softly.
The sound was as soft as a cat's meow, but someone still heard it.
Li Cong quickly turned around and was stunned when he saw Lin Guyu. The other party walked towards him and he felt something cold on his arm.
"for you……"
Lin Guyu didn't care about anything and stuffed the water into the man's hands, then slipped back to his original position as if he was escaping for his life, even though he couldn't escape at all.
Li Cong also glanced at the ice water in his hand. At this moment, his chest and back were covered in sweat, and a few drops of sweat fell from his forehead to the ground.
He saw the man who had just sneaked away, glancing at himself to see if he had any water.
Li Cong also swallowed his dry and hot throat and opened the bottle of ice water.
Under the shade of a tree not far away, Lin Guyu saw this, let out a breath, drank a sip of water, and slightly raised the corners of his mouth.
The air was still hot and humid, but Lin Guyu felt a coolness in his chest.
"Cut! OK! Let's reshoot a few shots." Xia Hui took several sips of water, and her bangs were a little wet with sweat.
The sun showed no sign of setting throughout the entire afternoon.
When the shooting was officially over, He Yan breathed a sigh of relief, went back to the nanny car, wiped the sweat off his face with a towel, turned on the air conditioner for a while, and when the sweat on his body was almost gone, he prepared to go back to the hotel to wash up and change clothes.
Well, he still remembered Zhu Shengting’s invitation.
After He Yan finished taking a shower, he looked at his suitcase and didn't know what to wear.
After picking and choosing but not finding anything satisfactory, he suddenly realized that there was nothing to be picky about when dining with Zhu Shengting! This was just someone who had something to tell him, not a real date.
Why do you need to think so much?
By the time he reacted, He Yan took out a light blue short-sleeved shirt and a pair of dark blue jeans from the suitcase and put them on. It was the most common style he usually wore.
When He Yan dried his hair thoroughly and turned on his phone, Zhu Shengting had already sent him a message.
Sheng Ting: Just come to the underground garage, I’ll drive there.
He Yan: Okay.
He Yan picked up a cell phone and went out without thinking twice.
As a result, when he had already reached the underground garage, he remembered that he was not wearing a mask.
Ah... Zhu Shengting should have it, right?
He Yan got into Zhu Shengting's car with a little hope.
He glanced at the man who had washed up and changed into a black outfit, and nodded his cheek, "Do you have a mask in your car?"
Zhu Shengting hesitated and fell silent. He was stunned for a second and said, "I forgot. There's nothing in the car."
With his hopes dashed, He Yan gave up and said, "Forget it, it shouldn't be a big deal."
Zhu Shengting didn't care anymore and just drove away.
He Yan kept glancing at Zhu Shengting out of the corner of his eyes along the way, wondering why the other party invited him to dinner so solemnly.
He didn't even know what Zhu Shengting took him to eat. Zhu Shengting didn't tell him, and he himself forgot to ask, or didn't care.
He cared about something, but he couldn't figure out why, so he had to give up.
The car stopped at a restaurant.
Zhu Shengting chose a restaurant with a very high rating, where many important people would come for dinner.
The waiter saw that both stars were able to remain calm and lead the guests to the private room.
Even when He Yan and Zhu Shengting had almost finished their meal, Zhu Shengting still hadn't mentioned the main point of today's event.
He Yan couldn't help himself. He ate with a heavy heart, "So what exactly do you want to talk about?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the atmosphere changed immediately. Fortunately, there were only two of them in the box.
He Yan decided to leave if Zhu Shengting continued to play dumb.
"I want to say sorry to you." Zhu Shengting's voice was a little heavy.
He Yan's brows relaxed, a little confused, "Ah? Sorry, why..."
Zhu Shengting had a rare expression of indescribable discomfort, his ears were a little red, and he clenched his hands lightly and then released them.
"A year ago," he pretended to be calm and took a sip of lemonade and continued, "I was around the corner from Qiao Ling's office and heard you on the phone."
He Yan listened in silence.
"During the conversation, I heard a few words from your mouth and mistakenly thought that you had a private contact with the fan club."
After Zhu Shengting said this, he was ready for He Yan to splash water on his face.
He waited quietly for a few seconds, his heart pounding.
"At that time... as expected, I was talking to Zhou Xingyan on the phone... so..." He Yan seemed to be recalling.
"Well, that should be it. You called her during the script reading, and I happened to overhear it. That's why I knew I misunderstood you. So I have to sincerely apologize to you." Zhu Shengting spoke word by word with a sincere look in his eyes.
He Yan avoided his gaze and lowered his eyes. He finally understood why Zhu Shengting treated him so indifferently later. It turned out that it was not because of the disgust he showed at that time, but because of this misunderstanding?
He felt mixed emotions for a moment.
"Then... why did you think of telling me today? Aren't you afraid that I will break up with you again and the filming of the drama will not be able to continue? Or is it because the drama is being filmed and you know that we will have to work together again in the future, so you have nothing to fear?" He Yan raised his eyes and stared at him.
Zhu Shengting was stunned for a second, then smiled, "I don't think I have any status that I can be so fearless in front of you, right?"
He Yan realized what he had just said and slapped his mouth lightly.
"It's because you asked me yesterday if we were too familiar with each other. Maybe you were deliberately joking because of what Director Xia said, but when I heard that, I realized that since there is such a misunderstanding, it must be resolved as soon as possible, so that we can get to know each other better for a longer time, right?" Zhu Shengting said sincerely.
However, He Yan didn't dare to look into the other person's eyes at this moment.
He really just meant it as a joke at the time.
Are we ripe? Too ripe?
So now, Zhu Shengting's implication is that he really wants to get familiar with him and become friends.
He Yan's heart began to beat fast when he thought of such a possibility based on facts.
The air was silent for more than ten seconds. Just when Zhu Shengting thought He Yan didn't want to speak anymore, the person next to him suddenly grabbed the hem of his clothes.
"A year and a half ago, the reason I started to hate you was because I caught you dropping pink envelopes in the restroom twice. A while ago, I found out... that they were your illegitimate children, and I also found out why you didn't report them..."
Now it was Zhu Shengting's turn to be speechless.
He really didn't know about this, just like He Yan didn't know what he was talking about.
The corners of He Yan's eyes reddened slightly, and he quickly added, "You misunderstood me for having a private relationship, and I misunderstood you for throwing away the letter. This time... we're even."
Since Zhu Shengting is willing to take this step and give it a try, He Yan is willing to accompany him.
In fact, if they don't tell anyone, the misunderstanding will be known only to them, and they can resolve it by themselves without having to worry about losing face.
But Zhu Shengting insisted on being the one to dig out the insect eggs from the stamens.
Then He Yan would pick out the spider webs from the cracks in the white wall.
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