Chapter 21

The sound of rain outside the window suddenly became rapid, with bean-sized raindrops hitting the glass with a crackling sound. The strong wind blew past, taking away the heat that had been dormant for half a month.

Xia Yan took out his new mobile phone from the drawer, took his umbrella and car keys, and drove out of the community.

It was close to midnight, the streets were empty, and there were not many people. The small shops on the roadside were dark, all with lights off, and no longer open.

Xia Yan followed the navigation and ran to several stores, but they were all closed.

He was a little worried. Did he

just give up like this?

The director of "Heartbeat" sent a message asking him to return to "Ai Xindao" in three days. It seemed that he had plenty of time, but Beaufort was also busy shooting the official advertisement.

The first time he received the big cake, Wang Dazhuang would always pick him up.

If it was delayed until later, Xia Yan was afraid that something might happen and he would be delayed.

And the gift that Tu Xi mentioned... Xia Yan blinked, and his dark eyes showed some sadness in the dimly lit car, with a kind of... bad premonition.

He couldn't help but click on the system panel.

Not to mention the third task, a small progress bar appeared under the sixth task, in scarlet color, and it had advanced about 80%, and was currently moving forward at a turtle speed.

Obviously, although there are many people scolding him online, it does not meet the requirements of the task to boycott the entire network.

In addition to the main task, there is also a branch line of earthy love words.

Due to the short time, the progress is 6/10, and there are still four sentences to go. I heard from 999 that the rewards for the side missions are generous. When "Heartbeat" resumes filming, he has to catch up.

After careful calculation, Xia Yan felt that he was very busy.

In order to find the business hall, he drove very slowly.

The rain in the sky gradually became lighter, and the drizzle fell lightly on the car window. The rearview mirror distorted the reflection of the car behind him. An inconspicuous VW was quietly behind him.

Obviously, the road is wide and there are no traffic lights. You can overtake at will.

But it is still behind. Is it a coincidence?

Xia Yan frowned slightly, stepped on the accelerator with his right foot, and subconsciously accelerated. The black Audi was like an arrow from a bow, and it flew forward a distance.

He looked in the rearview mirror.

The mirror was wet by the rain mist, and only a blurry shadow could be seen. Behind his car was empty, and the asphalt road was quiet and silent.

The crowd did not catch up, and walked slowly like an ant. Xia Yan breathed a sigh of relief and laughed at himself for being too sensitive.

It was almost one o'clock in the morning, and it was already very late.

After thinking for a while, he turned around and walked towards Liu Jinhao's bar. There was a rich nightlife there, and there were people everywhere at three or four in the morning. There were also some shops around, which were usually open until very late.

Therefore, he did not notice it.

The black VW turned a corner quickly and braked suddenly out of the sight of the young man. The driver wiped his sweat and cursed: "Damn! We were almost discovered."

"It rained today, I thought he wouldn't notice, so I got a little close." The co-driver also looked annoyed, "There's no way, we can't follow anymore, let Group B take care of the rest of the journey."

"Rich people are really strange, one stays up in the middle of the night, and the other one lets us keep an eye on him--"

"Okay, some things shouldn't be said, we're paid to do things, so we should keep our mouths shut."

"Group B sent a message saying they have followed, we can go home now."

"Let's go! Go and have a meal."

...

Xia Yan walked around the bar for several times and finally found a business hall that was still lit late at night. After some twists and turns, he successfully activated the mobile phone number.

"Um...can you sign an autograph?"

"..."

"I'm your fan."

"..." Xia Yan thought about it, picked up a pen and paper, and wrote his name carefully. His handwriting was vigorous and powerful, with iron strokes and silver hooks, and it had its own style. "This is a bribe."

The part-time male college student was stunned: "Ah?"

"Don't tell the outside world that I have been here, okay?"

"Of course no problem." The boy's face was slightly red, "Protecting the privacy of customers is our professional ethics."

"Thank you."

Xia Yan smiled at him.

The boy's face became even redder, steaming with heat, and he watched the young man leave reluctantly, unable to recover for a long time.

After an unknown amount of time, a short middle-aged man stepped into the store, looked left and right, spoke pleasantly, and the two slowly started chatting.

*

Beaufort was rich and generous, and in just one night, he had already found a filming location and extras. Xia Yan followed the director's words and changed clothes one after another.

Because of the ample time, today's styling was more detailed than yesterday's, and a small accessory required repeated consideration.

"Fun" focuses on the youth, vitality, and rebellion of young people. In the advertisement, most of the time, Xia Yan is required to do various sports.

Basketball, tennis, skateboarding, mountain biking... everything is available.

In his previous life, before his family went bankrupt, Xia Yan attended many cram schools, played many things, and learned a lot of things. He learned a little bit of everything, but he was not proficient in anything.

It was not difficult to deal with the advertising shooting at this time.

The director was also very excited. He thought that there were a few good shots that could be edited out first and put into the first version of the 10-second advertisement. The advertisement will be sent for review tonight, and an acquaintance will be asked to urge it. Try to pass it the day after tomorrow.

"Change into another set of clothes."

"Okay."

Xia Yan went to the temporary dressing room to change his clothes first, and then asked the stylist to change his makeup. The director looked carefully and found the costume team: "Black shoes are too dull, change to a pair of white ones."

"Okay."

The man in the costume team nodded and quickly found a pair of white shoes.

He saw Xia Yan was putting on makeup and couldn't bend down. The man didn't think much about it and squatted down. He took off his shoes and said, "Teacher Xia, I'll change your shoes for you."

In the industry, it is very common for staff to help change shoes, tie shoelaces, and hold skirts.

Especially when artists are busy.

Beaufort's staff have a high degree of favorability towards Xia Yan. Even after spending a day together, they will still be distracted by this handsome face, if they didn't know that he has a boyfriend.

His boyfriend is the top star Tu Xi, and it is estimated that someone would have wanted to chat with him a long time ago.

And now... before chatting up, ask yourself if you are worthy?

The man is also one of the people who has a good impression of Xia Yan. He knows that he is not worthy of Xia Yan, and he has no intention of pursuing him. He just wants to make him feel more comfortable as much as possible during this working time.

"No, I can do it myself." Xia Yan refused.

"It's okay, Teacher Xia."

The shoes are loose sneakers, which can be taken off with a light pull. The man holds two pairs of new shoes, unlaces the shoelaces, and puts them on. When putting on shoes, fingers will inevitably touch the ankles.

The left foot was put on smoothly, but when the right foot was put on, the man pinched it and felt something was wrong.

It was too swollen.

Everyone knew that Xia Yan had sprained his ankle on the "Heartbeat" program crew, and they also knew that he had a plaster on his ankle, so he wore socks with all his clothes to cover it. During

the whole day of shooting today, Xia Yan ran and jumped like nothing happened.

They thought the sprain was not serious.

But now...

"Teacher Xia, I'm sorry, I offended you." The man frowned and carefully and quickly took off the sock on his right foot.

The plaster was about the size of a palm, and it was visibly bulging. Even the skin at the edge of the plaster was faintly red, and it was obvious that the injury was serious.

Xia Yan himself was still unaware, with a bit of bewilderment: "What's wrong?"

"Teacher Xia." The man's tone suddenly became serious.

"Hmm?"

"Although we have a heavy workload, you can't ignore your health!"

"?"

"Director, please come and take a look. I feel that Teacher Xia's filming today can no longer go on." The man said: "We have already shot a lot of material today, and tomorrow I feel..."

Xia Yan: "???" What's going on.

A group of people came over and surrounded his feet. The young man subconsciously moved his toes, then looked down at his ankles, and looked at the red and swollen area, and couldn't help but take a breath of cool air.

Why is it so swollen?

In fact, when Xia Yan went home to take a shower and change the bandages last night, he felt that his ankle was a little redder than during the day, but it was not serious, so he did not take it seriously and put on a plaster and went to sleep.

After getting up in the morning, he was in a hurry to shoot, so he only changed his clothes and did not change the bandages, so naturally he did not see what was under the plaster.

Running and jumping today caused more injuries.

Without the sense of pain, the body also loses the danger signal.

*

Twenty-five minutes later.

Xia Yan sat in the nanny car, with one foot wrapped in circles and circles.

The director comforted him: "We have shot enough material today. You should rest for a few days. After your leg is healed, we will shoot the rest."

"Thank you, director."

"It's okay." The director said a few more words and waved goodbye.

Xia Yan touched his foot carefully, stole a glance at the agent who was sulking in the driver's seat, and whispered to the system: [Turn off the pain shield for one minute... no, twenty seconds.]

999: [It will hurt.]

[Only pain can give me an accurate understanding of my body.] Xia Yan felt very torn now. His mind told him that his foot was very serious and he should pay special attention to it.

But because his brain did not receive strong pain and was still in a slack period, he could not get nervous.

[Then I will turn it off. 】

【Yeah. 】

The next second, intense pain, accompanied by a burning sensation, attacked the young man, and a layer of fine sweat instantly appeared on his fair forehead.

In just twenty seconds, it felt like he had walked through hell.

Xia Yan: "..."

Wang Dazhuang was scared by him: "Xia Yan, are you okay? Does it hurt? Do you want to go to the hospital?"

"No, take me home, I need to rest."

"Okay, okay." Wang Dazhuang nodded quickly. Halfway through the journey, he saw that Xia Yan's face was calm and he no longer showed any pain. He breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time he was a little angry. He complained: "You are so seriously injured, but you still go to shoot commercials. You don't take care of your body."

"Who keeps urging me to shoot the Beaufort commercial?" Xia Yan joked.

"I didn't know you were injured so badly. If I knew..." Wang Dazhuang whispered, "If I knew, we would sign the contract first and then recover after signing."

Beaufort is a great resource, and he is reluctant to give it up.

"By the way, Beaufort will release promotional photos at 7 o'clock tonight. Remember to forward them on Weibo... Ah! No! Forget it, you take a rest, I'll forward them for you."

"Okay."

Wang Dazhuang remembered something: "By the way, now that you are busy with work, do you want to hire a new assistant?"

Xia Yan had a male assistant before, who followed him for three months. Unexpectedly, he turned out to be a pervert. He secretly took his clothes to do something evil, and was beaten up by Wang Dazhuang and driven away.

It happened that there was no work at the time, and the two were not in a hurry to find a job, so the position was vacant.

"No need."

Compared to having an assistant, Xia Yan prefers to be alone, quiet and comfortable, without having to maintain a persona.

Wang Dazhuang hesitated for a moment: "Yan! We can't throw away the food because of choking. Next time we should find a female assistant, it will be safe-"

The last word was swallowed back by the young man's delicate and beautiful face.

Damn! Why are they recruiting so many people?

"Forget it, if you don't want to find one, then don't look for it for now." Wang Dazhuang sent the man home and gave a few more instructions, "I will go to the publicity department tonight and ask them to keep a close eye on the Internet. We have taken on such a big pie as Beaufort, and they must allocate resources to us."

Xia Yan... Xia Yan didn't want to break Wang Dazhuang's fantasy.

The agency he signed a contract with was a third-rate family workshop. Xia Yan had traveled through time for a year, and he only met his boss once in the first month.

Because he was unwilling to take on a brand of a three-no micro-business, he was scolded.

After that, his acting career was purely laissez-faire, relying on his face to get some resources, and only guest-starred as the fifth and sixth male in small web dramas.

Occasionally, he would take on one or two unknown but regular endorsements.

Since the salary in the circle is generally high, and the original owner was popular for a while and saved a lot of money, Xia Yan had no worries about food and clothing and could concentrate on completing the task.

The company had given up on him a long time ago, so how could it be willing to invest resources in him now?

Unless he was willing to bow his head and admit his mistakes...

But... cough cough! It was exactly what he wanted that the bosses didn't invest resources!

...

The incident that happened that night lasted a whole day. Even with the help of Tu Xi's studio, Xia Yan was still ridiculed to the sky. People said that he only had a good face but no temperament, and he was so rustic, so he didn't have an endorsement.

Someone said weakly: [I think Xia Yan's stills are pretty good-looking, not rustic. ]

As soon as the message was sent out, it was immediately besieged by a bunch of people.

[Sister, are your eyes okay? ]

[Do you need me to make an appointment for you to see an ophthalmologist? ] [

You don't understand fashion, and wearing black, white and gray is indeed not rustic, but you are just rushing to a funeral. ]

...

The little girl was sprayed too much, and she began to doubt herself and quietly deleted the messages. As for how many of them were water soldiers and how many were real people, it is unknown.

Xia Yan's latest Weibo post was a photo he took before participating in "Heartbeat".

Under this photo, there are already more than 100,000 comments.

7pm.

Beaufort official Weibo: [Play with colors, walk with youth. Different you, different fireworks, Chinese spokesperson @夏妍. ] The picture is a nine-square grid.

Wang Dazhuang logged into Xia Yan's Weibo and reposted it immediately.

The words were polite and official, leaving no room for fault.

Everyone: [???] Wait, it must be a high-end imitation, click it and take a look.

Ten seconds later, yes, that's right, it's Beaufort.

As a top-notch luxury brand with style and status, Beaufort has always been watched by fans, but who knew it would suddenly make a big move.

It directly got a spokesperson for the Chinese region, and it rose

to the top in one step! They want to see what the charm of Xia Yan is?

Click on the big picture, and then... there is no more.

The young man in the photo, sitting or standing, still or moving, is as bright and flamboyant as a ball of fire, burning people's hearts recklessly.

Especially the only animated picture in the middle.

Probably shot on location, the young man is wearing a black and red sportswear, holding a skateboard in his right hand, facing the warm light of the setting sun, his eyebrows are wantonly flamboyant, gorgeous, the wind blows his black short hair, beautiful like a dream.

It can only be said that Tan Jiatong and the director are worthy of being Beaufort staff. They turned decay into magic and restored the original appearance of the young man to the greatest extent.

That face that almost surpasses human beauty was finally revealed to the world when its owner was unaware of his own charm.

Everyone who saw the photo couldn't control themselves and was obsessed with him.

[Is this Xia Yan? ? ! 】

【If it's this kind of beauty... I can suddenly understand Tu Xi. The beautiful lady has kept her virginity for me, but she just said a few dirty words, what can I not tolerate. 】

【If my wife cheated on me, choose me, I can be her mistress. 】

【If this is called rustic, then I am willing to be rustic for the rest of my life. 】

【Although reason tells me that it is most likely photoshopped, but it is so beautiful that I can't control myself! Wife, wait, I will stop being a fan immediately. From today on, I will be your harem. 】

【Tu Xi, come out and get beaten, you are not allowed to steal my wife. 】

……

…………

The Internet was filled with ghosts and wolves howling.

Xia Yan's fans grew rapidly, almost to a terrifying level. At the same time, he was on the hot search again, faster than every time before.

#Xia Yan Beaufort#

#Xia Yan Beauty#

#Tu Xi You Stole My Wife#

#Xia Yan P-picture#

#Beaufort God-level Photographer#

Xia Yan's photos were saved by many people and posted to various social software. People who saw the photos swarmed into Weibo. Under the huge traffic, the server could not bear it and Weibo crashed.

Fortunately, three minutes later, an emergency repair came.

[Chicken legs for the programmer.]

[Wife, you and Tu Xi divorced, I stole the electric car to support you.]

[I was surprised to see someone scolding my wife for photoshopping. Do you have no heart? Seeing such a beauty, you can still scold her. You must be a water army.]

Water army: [……]

[Which celebrity does not Photoshop their photos? P-pictures are beautiful, which can only prove that my wife is beautiful.]

[Ahhhh! ! ! I bought the same jacket as Yanyan, I want to wear couple outfits with my wife!!! So happy. 】

【Fuck, the brother above is so fast, I was just obsessed with my wife's beauty, just went to the Beaufort official website to check, the same style as my wife is out of stock. Who is willing to sell, I will buy it at double the price. 】

【Three times the price for the same style as the animated picture, the jacket can be worn with shoes, I want to wear the same style as Xia Ge, thank you for the kind people who give it up. 】

...

Beaufort is a high-end brand, which means their clothes are destined to be expensive.

A jacket costs at least 20,000 to 30,000 yuan, but in such a short time, the official website was sold out. This strong ability to bring goods is enough to make all capitalists covetous.

Looking back at "Xi Shi", I just think he is extremely stupid.

Picking sesame seeds and losing watermelons.

The impression of Fang Xihua is also not very good.

[Just a joke, Xishi disliked Xia Yan as the spokesperson. ]

[Originally, she could have won over Tu Xi and Xia Yan at once, but in the end... eh, she got Fang Xihua. Xishi also released a promotional photo today. To be honest, she is not in the same league as Xia Yan. ]

[……]

Xia Yan is watching melons on his small account.

He looked at the praises in the big account comment area, as well as a bunch of comments calling him wife, and he fell into deep confusion: [I... seem to be a scumbag? ]

999: [Yeah. ]

[Then why do they call me wife? ] If they call me husband, he can still understand it a little.

The system thought for a while and said: [It seems that after the photo of you being carried like a princess by Tu Xi was posted online, people have been calling you wife. 】

Xia Yan: [……] Regret!!!

No, he wants to change the netizens' mindset.

He opened a small account and rushed to the comment area to say: [These pictures of Xia Yan are just like that, similar to the previous ones. And he is a man, and a No. 1, so he should be called husband. 】

Then... Xia Yan was rushed.

[Xia Yan is a No. 1? ? ? Sisters, wake up, listen to his coquettish tone, his shyness when being carried like a princess, and the two competitions where Tu Xi's boyfriend power exploded. Is it necessary to discuss who is the No. 1? 】

The coquettish tone... refers to when he deliberately flirted with Zhao Wenhan?

Shy? That was obviously shameful.

Tu Xi's boyfriend power... this seems... really strong. But Tu Xi is a bottom in the novel?