Chapter 21 Chapter 21 "I didn't drink. If you don't believe me, just smell it."...
Tang Li unconsciously tightened his grip on his wine glass, the smile disappearing from his face. "You said this party was Li Fangyun's birthday party for her youngest son. Is her eldest son's name Li Siya?"
When taking the photo, Li Siya stood behind Ms. Li and his brother, with one arm around his beautiful girlfriend and the other around the equally beautiful Xia Ji, smiling with his big white teeth.
In this kind of world of fame and fortune, being able to be the first to take a photo with the host of the party and stand with her family means that one's status is definitely not ordinary.
"How would I know her son's name?" the man laughed. "What's wrong? Why do you look so unhappy?"
"They participated in a variety show together when they were young," said Tang Li.
After they took the photo together, Ms. Li took a photo with Ding Xue alone, and asked Ding Xue why Ding Man didn't come, etc.
When Xia Ji was looking at their photo, the phone in his trouser pocket vibrated. He took out the phone and put it to his ear without even looking at it.
"Is it over?" Si Cheng asked.
"It's almost over, but it's okay for me to leave early. My aunt is here too. Do you want to come in?" Xia Ji asked.
Si Cheng came directly from the company and didn't want to come in for socializing. "No, have you been drinking?"
"No—no." Xia Ji stretched out his voice, turned around, and saw Tang Li walking towards him, which almost scared him.
"Xia Ji, what a coincidence, you are here too." Tang Li took the man's hand, tilted her head slightly, pretending to be cute, and smiled sweetly.
Xia Tian took the phone away but didn't hang up. He asked bluntly, "What's the matter?"
"Nothing, just came to say hello." Tang Li seemed oblivious to Xia Tian's distance. He glanced at the yellow-haired Li Siya and feigned surprise, "Are you Li Siya? I've seen the movie 'Dear Little Friend' you filmed when you were a kid. I'm a fan. Can we take a photo together?"
Huang Mao was a stubborn person, and he didn't know about Xia Tian's feud with Tang Li, so he agreed to his request for a photo. After the photo was taken, he pushed further and asked for contact information, but Huang Mao didn't agree.
"What's wrong?" Si Cheng asked.
"Nothing, someone suddenly rushed up to say hello to me and scared me." Xia Tian was about to tell Li Siya that he was leaving early when a big hand stretched out in front of him.
The man smiled gently, yet with a sense of superiority and determination. "I see you have a good eye. Can we be friends?"
Before Xia Tian could say anything, Ding Xue came over after seeing this scene. The woman in silver-grey stilettos and a tight black tube dress put one hand on Xia Tian's shoulder and stepped forward to stand in front of him. "Mr. Zhao, he's still a real kid. You should put away those wrong thoughts and focus them on the right people."
Zhao Chun was completely clueless when he heard this. Xia Ji was under someone's protection. It was probably the kind of genuine protection. He was definitely not the kind of person Tang Li had described as someone who relied on sleeping with others to get ahead. His expression immediately calmed down.
"Boss Ding, I just want to make friends. Since you don't want to, forget it."
Ding Xue had been in the industry for over a decade and was very familiar with some people's personalities. Seeing that he had given up the idea, she turned to Xia Ji and asked, "Who are you calling?"
"My brother, he came to pick me up." Xia Ji said.
Ding Xue looked at her watch and said, "It's past nine o'clock. You should go back. Go back and get some rest."
"Okay, Auntie, you should go back and rest early, and don't drink too much." Xia Ji pursed her lips, and a small dimple appeared at the corner of her mouth.
"You still care about me? My alcohol tolerance is not comparable to that of ordinary people." Ding Xue said with a smile.
Xia Ji also said goodbye to Li Siya and Li's mother, told them that he was leaving, and then left.
This is a manor in the suburbs of J City. After coming out of the manor villa, Xia Tian found Si Cheng's car at a glance.
The black Rolls-Royce looked like a lurking beast in the night. Si Cheng leaned back in the back seat, seemingly with his eyes closed.
The driver was standing far away by the car door. When he saw Xia Ji running towards him, he opened the door for him in advance.
Xia Ji got into the car, still a little out of breath from running all the way, and said, "Brother, I'm coming!"
Only then did Si Cheng open his eyes.
The driver gently closed the car door, and the space inside the car immediately became closed and narrow. The night in the manor was so quiet that you could hear everyone's breathing.
"Come here." Si Cheng hooked his hand on the armrest.
"I didn't drink any alcohol. If you don't believe me, just smell it." Xia Ji came closer and deliberately opened his mouth and blew out a breath.
He has a low alcohol tolerance and once almost had a safety accident during a crew dinner because he was drunk.
He drank orange juice the whole time, and his mouth was filled with only the sweet fruity aroma.
Si Cheng pinched his chin, his eyes heavy as he looked at his lips. He leaned closer, then stopped and didn't let go for a long time.
He remained calm, and Xia Ji didn't notice anything wrong.
"It's good that you didn't drink. If you get drunk again, don't expect me to save you."
Xia Tian licked his lower lip and smiled, "No."
In fact, he basically didn't remember what happened that time. He just drank two glasses of beer. Later he heard that the beer was very strong. He lost consciousness after drinking two glasses. The assistant sent him back to the room and left for a while. When he woke up, he saw Si Cheng with a gloomy face, and no one told him what had happened.
In short, since that time, Sicheng strictly forbade him to drink.
It was summer vacation, and "The Boys of This Year" was very popular after it was aired. Due to its excellent production and the actors' acting skills, its popularity continued to rise. It was on the hot search almost every day, and its Weibo fans also increased rapidly during the summer.
The next day, his agent called him and said that RQ magazine had invited several leading actors of "The Boys Here" to shoot the cover. There were six people, one male, two males, and three males, and one female, two females, and three females.
To be honest, because he had a conflict with Tang Li during the filming and their fans were always fighting online, he didn't want to participate in any activities with him.
His agent analyzed the online fan fight with him and thought it might be deliberately instigated by Tang Li.
Although Xia Ji debuted early, due to his studies, he has basically not taken on any leading roles in recent years. He has only played small supporting roles, but his acting skills are very outstanding.
"The Boy Here" is the TV series in which he has played the most roles in recent years, and the other is the movie "Night Rain". "Night Rain" is scheduled to be released during the Spring Festival, and the specific release results are still unknown.
Tang Li is different. Although he made his debut in a web drama, he played the leading role right away, and that web drama was also a hit. Later, he signed a contract with the Qingguo platform and starred in several dramas in succession, all of which received very good responses. He can be considered to have entered the second-tier.
In the eyes of fans, Tang Li is indeed a new generation of talented actors with good looks and acting skills, and is very popular. However, Xia Ji, although her acting skills were outstanding in her early years, was already a has-been child star in their eyes because of her lack of popularity.
The magazine's studio was in J City. Since there wasn't much to do in the summer, and since I liked being on time, I arrived early. Besides him, the actresses for the second and third female roles had also arrived. They all put on makeup and styled their hair together, then chatted and waited for others.
Next came the male lead, Li Xuyan, and the female lead. Li Xuyan came from out of town and brought a gift for Xia Tian, which surprised Xia Tian. The others seemed to see through the situation but kept silent.
"Why give it to me alone?" Xia Ji asked hesitantly after taking the gift box.
"Don't you want to open it and take a look first?" Li Xuyan asked. He is also a young actor with a strong sense of youth, but his temperament is rather tough, the kind of tough boyish feeling.
Xia Ji saw that the three girls were watching the show, and was still a little hesitant. She looked up at Li Xuyan and asked, "Is it okay?"
His eyes were round, his eyelashes were long and curly, and his pupils and gaze were very clear. At first glance, he looked clean and pure, untainted by anything.
Li Xuyan raised his hand and said, "Of course, it's for you, why not?"
In the summer, I pulled out the flower knot and opened the exquisite paper box with blue patterns. Inside was a very cute gray curly bear. "Ah."
Before Xia Ji could say anything, the three girls exclaimed in surprise, "Ah! So cute! Where did you buy this?"
"It's custom-made." Li Xuyan looked at Xia Ji and said, "Didn't you say that when you were a kid, a little bear you loved was bitten by a dog, and you cried for a long time?"
"Oh, yes." That was a thing that happened in the previous life. Xia was really six years old at that time, and the little bear was the first doll he received, so he was so sad.
He has never cried because of such things in his life. One reason is that he has grown up, and the other is that there are too many teddy bears at home. After Ding Man found out that he liked teddy bears, she bought them for him in bulk. And Si Cheng, when he often went on business trips abroad, if he saw a teddy bear of a certain model that was not available in the summer, he would buy it for him.
But I'm still very grateful, "Thank you, I like it very much." Xia Tian said sincerely.
When his assistant Yang Li heard this, he covered his face with a wry smile.
Except for Tang Li, the relationship between the few people is quite harmonious. Since they have all done their styling, they accompanied Li Xuyan to put on makeup and chat. The three girls all called Li Brother and promised to guide them if there were good roles.
The harmonious atmosphere was swept away by Tang Li's arrival.
He was already nearly two hours late, and everyone was used to his behavior.
"Wow, everyone is here so early." He greeted in an exaggerated manner, seemingly enthusiastic but also with an air of superiority.
No one paid any attention to him, and the three girls got up and left.
Xia Ji also quickly left with the little bear in his arms.
"Is being late a good thing?" Li Xuyan said.
"That's because I'm busy with announcements. It's better than some people who have nothing to do all day long, right?" Tang Li glanced at Xia Ji who was walking past him and said deliberately.
He said this to Xia Ji, because Xia Ji had a direct conflict with him here, and there were few announcements. Apart from necessary crew activities, there were basically no announcements.
But Xia Tian didn't feel that he was talking about himself, because he had few announcements and it was Ding Man who turned down many of them. Xia Tian also didn't want to fly around the country all day long and have no time for himself. More importantly, he didn't want to be away from Si Cheng for too long or too far because of work.
So he just left.
Li Xuyan, on the other hand, was not in a good mood. "No matter how busy you are, you must be professional. This is not an excuse for being late."
Li Xuyan's styling was almost done, so he stood up and left the dressing room.
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