Chapter 56 Chapter 56 Although it is a bit second-year, it is indeed...
The show consists of ten episodes, filming begins in April and airs in July. There are two months of filming and one month of editing in between.
This is the main work in the first half of the summer.
After experiencing the scandal and announcing his marriage, this is the first time he has returned to the public eye.
This time, he would not be talked about anymore because Si Cheng was standing next to him.
The opening scene features a two-person interview, which is usually conducted at the guest's home. To facilitate filming, the two moved back to the large flat.
Early in the morning on the 2nd, the film crew knocked on the door. Because we had prepared for it and didn't sleep in during the summer, we also got up early.
Si Cheng went to open the door, and Xia Ji was also standing at the entrance, so when the camera came in, it captured the scene of the two people standing in a row.
The camera was set up in the living room. Sicheng and Xiaji were both sitting on the sofa, dressed casually at home.
"Since the program's guests were officially announced, fans are most curious about your relationship history. When did you two decide to be together? After all, you are still very young." asked the staff.
"To be honest, we haven't been together that long." Xia Tian looked at Si Cheng. Seeing Si Cheng nod, he continued, "We've been together since the summer before last, more than two years. It's almost our third anniversary."
"It's just a normal relationship. If we like each other, we will be together." Si Cheng crossed his legs and placed his fingers crossed on his legs.
The staff member laughed and said, "Is this a formal response to the nonsense spread by those online haters?"
"Yes, instead of letting them guess, it's better to make it public directly." Si Cheng said.
"Because, before, he didn't really like people looking at him or filming him all the time. He didn't like cameras," Xia Ji said. "For example, when he would work with me or pick me up from the set, he would either wait for me in the hotel room or in the car, asking his assistant to pass on the message."
"Did those two know each other during the filming of 'Dear Little Friends'?" the staff member continued to ask.
"Yes, we grew up together, so our relationship is deeper than others." Si Cheng said calmly.
"Who will confess first?" asked the staff.
Xia Ji pointed at Si Cheng, and Si Cheng said, "Let me confess first. I have a stronger personality than him."
"That's obvious," the staff member said with a smile. "Often, one person in a couple has a slightly stronger personality. So, let me ask Xia Tian, how do you feel about Si Cheng's dominance?"
Xia Tian curled his lips and said, "Sometimes I feel very unhappy and want to rebel very much."
Si Cheng raised his eyebrows after hearing this.
"Who will give in first during an argument?" the staff member asked with a smile.
Xia Tian: "He never said anything modest."
Si Cheng: "I know. Did you forget when it snowed the winter before last?"
Xia Tian was speechless. "That was what mom asked you to say. That was the only time I heard you say sorry."
Si Cheng: "Actually, I don't think I'm wrong."
It was just that Xia had resisted him for too long at that time, and she only said sorry to coax him.
Xia Tian glared at him.
Si Cheng smiled and said, "I put him first in most things."
"Who's in charge at home?" the staff member asked.
Si Cheng: "I make the decisions on major matters, and he makes the decisions on minor matters."
Xia Tian snorted, "Actually, he's the one who makes the final decision. He's the one who says what he means and doesn't change it. For example, if we disagree on something, he'll find a way to make us agree."
Si Cheng smiled and said, "I prefer to arrange everything around me, including him."
"Will arrangements be made for other people as well?" the staff asked.
"Of course not, it's just him," Sicheng said. "If something happens to him that's beyond my control, I get easily anxious."
Xia Tian was a little surprised that Si Cheng was so frank at this moment. He never knew that Si Cheng would be anxious about such things.
But Si Cheng actually had only one idea, which was to make his marriage and family background public in order to demonstrate his own strength.
He participated in the show to announce that Xia Tian was his most precious person. If you dare to bully Xia Tian, you will have to accept the thunderous wrath of his boss. It may sound a bit childish, but that's exactly what he meant.
In this way, anyone who wants to harm the summer must think twice.
"They have obtained their marriage certificate but haven't held the wedding yet, right?" the staff member asked.
"Yes, I think there's no rush to hold the wedding," Xia Ji said.
"My mother is quite anxious. She has nothing to do at home, so she has been thinking about what style of wedding we should have." Si Cheng added.
"What style of wedding do you want?" asked the staff.
"The new Chinese style, right? I recently saw a new Chinese style suit that looks really good." Xia Ji said with a smile.
"What he says now doesn't count." Si Cheng also laughed, "He has a lot of ideas."
"Who cooks at home?" asked the staff.
"Auntie, cook," Xia Ji said. In his previous life, he had cooked instant noodles himself, but in this life, he had never done any cooking at all.
Not to mention Si Cheng, who was born in the Si family and is the only heir. He is always served by others wherever he goes, and he only goes into the kitchen a few times.
"Then this time we shoot, only the two of you can live alone, and you can't bring your aunt." The staff joked.
"I'll bring some more instant noodles and hot pot base when the time comes," said Xia Ji.
The two-person interview ended in the morning. Si Cheng was very satisfied after reading it. Basically, all the information he wanted to reveal had been revealed.
For example, the two have known each other since childhood, lived together, have a good relationship, their families agreed to their marriage, and received blessings, etc. This is a very normal, warm and happy couple.
The official filming started on the 8th, lasting two days and one night. The location was a local resort in J City.
The four groups of people each lived in four small villas.
Arriving at the resort gate, we got off the car and started shooting.
The first to arrive was the couple, followed by the respected middle-aged artist couple, and Xia Ji and Si Cheng were the third couple to arrive.
The house was arranged in advance by the program team. You just need to get the room number and follow the route to get there.
The two of them dragged their luggage towards their own houses. Xia Ji looked at his watch and it was not yet ten o'clock.
The house is a two-and-a-half-story off-white European-style villa. It is not large, but has a warm and lovely design. The roof is gray-black, and there are wrought iron fences on both sides of the second floor, with white and pink flower vines climbing on the fences.
"Wow, isn't this a princess's room?" Xia Ji exclaimed as he stood on the path at the door.
"It's a little too cute." Si Cheng took the task card hanging on the door handle of the house and pushed the door open.
"What do you want us to do?" Xia Ji carried his luggage up the stairs, stood behind Si Cheng, and looked at the task card with him.
"We have to cook together at noon, and you can eat with everyone in the evening." Si Cheng handed the task card to Xia Ji.
Xia Tian took it and said, "Then there is no task."
Si Cheng: "Cooking is not a task?"
Xia Tian: “It’s just some noodles, but they are delicious.”
Si Cheng: "Two dishes and one soup, isn't that a task?"
The two were chatting when they suddenly heard a shout from behind.
"Hello."
Xia Tian looked back and saw another same-sex couple standing not far away, greeting them.
One of them had pink hair and was a head shorter than the other with black hair. They were Cheng Xinghe and Han Yu, who had previously participated in a popular dating show.
The one who greeted him was Cheng Xinghe, who had fair and tender skin, dyed pink hair, and was dressed cutely in a cartoon T-shirt and overalls.
It's only early April now, and the highest temperature at noon on a sunny day is only in the early twenties.
"Hello." Xia Ji also bowed to them.
"We just saw you passing by in the living room, so we came over to take a look," said Cheng Xinghe.
Xia Ji quickly led them in. "Where do you live?"
"That's the gray-blue house you passed by. Every house here has a different style." Cheng Xinghe looked around curiously. "Yours is much cuter than ours."
Si Cheng stood in the middle of the living room. Han Yu was also over 180cm tall, but a little shorter than Si Cheng.
When the two looked at each other, they nodded to each other as a greeting.
"I just took a look. There is only a study on the first floor, and the bedroom seems to be upstairs." Si Cheng said.
"The layout is similar to ours," said Han Yu.
After putting their luggage away, the four of them sat in the living room and chatted. Xia Ji remembered that no one had prepared tea or fruit for the guests, so he went upstairs to look for tea and tea sets in the suitcases, and Cheng Xinghe followed him.
"From what I read online before, I thought you were difficult to talk to and hard to approach," said Cheng Xinghe.
"Are you okay?" Xia Tian suddenly remembered that Ye Ning used to hide when she saw him, and smiled, "Maybe sometimes it's really hard to approach."
"No, no, I think you're so cute and young. How could 'Night Rain' be filmed so cool and handsome?"
This couple just came here to curry favor and flatter someone.
"It's all thanks to the director." Xia Ji squatted beside the suitcase and took out several kinds of tea. "We have Jin Jun Mei, Da Hong Pao, and Bi Luo Chun. What do you want to drink?"
Cheng Xinghe took a look and carefully selected, "Biluochun, I guess. Actually, I don't drink much tea."
"Don't you want tea? I also brought coffee, both coffee beans and instant coffee." Xia Ji said.
"Take the coffee beans. Freshly ground ones are more fragrant."
"Ah? But I don't know how to use the coffee machine. Hey? Is there a coffee machine in the kitchen?" Xia Ji asked.
The two were filmed by the camera in the room the whole time, and the director team was watching in the monitoring room. Xia Ji and Si Cheng were obviously the most beautiful and delicate couple, and their temperaments were more compatible. The second was the middle-aged artist couple.
"Really? I have them all over here. Take them down and have a look. If they don't work, just drink the instant drink." Cheng Xinghe said.
The two of them took the coffee beans and instant coffee and went downstairs. Si Cheng and Han Yu were also lively.
Si Cheng came here just for Xia Tian, so naturally he would behave well. He didn't act like he did at home, always making cold remarks and insulting people.
"Our task is to do a puzzle together, and you guys are cooking?" Han Yu asked in surprise.
Si Cheng rubbed his forehead and said, "Well, they asked us to make two dishes and a soup for lunch."
"Who among you can cook?"
“Neither.”
"What are you talking about?" Cheng Xinghe asked.
"Their task today is to cook two dishes and a soup together, and neither of them knows how to cook." Han Yu said with a smile.
"Aren't you here?" Xia Ji walked towards the kitchen.
"We're like a jigsaw puzzle, with a thousand pieces. I think it's so hard." Cheng Xinghe also said with a smile, "Because Han Yu is color blind. But he's a good cook. How about we swap tasks?"
Xia Tian's eyes lit up, "Sure!"
"Is it okay! Director!" Cheng Xinghe shouted loudly.
There was no response from the director's intercom.
Xia Tian asked again loudly, "Is it okay, Director?"
"Okay." The director's voice came from the intercom.
Cheng Xinghe gave him a thumbs up and asked, "Did your husband invest?"
When Xia Ji heard him say husband, her ears immediately turned red. "I don't know. I don't care about that."
There is a coffee machine in the kitchen, and Cheng Xinghe is tinkering with it. Xia Ji helps him and praises him for being so good.
"I want to add sugar and milk, lots of it, otherwise I'll vomit after taking a mouthful." Xia Tian opened the refrigerator to look for milk.
"Your coffee has a very special aroma. What kind of coffee is it?" Cheng Xinghe brewed two cups first.
"I don't know, I brought it from home anyway." Xia Ji brought over a large can of milk and a can of rock sugar.
It was almost eleven o'clock when they finished drinking coffee. Since they had already exchanged tasks, the four of them decided to cook and eat together at Xia Ji's place, and then go back to Cheng Xinghe to help them with the puzzle.
For four boys, two dishes and one soup are definitely not enough, but there are plenty of ingredients in the refrigerator, so if you want to cook, you can make enough for five or six people.
Si Cheng and Xia Ji washed the vegetables, Han Yu was responsible for cutting and cooking, and Cheng Xinghe assisted.
Finally, I made four dishes and one soup.
Xia Tian and Cheng Xinghe put the dishes on the table together. "Han Yu's cooking skills are really amazing. He looks like a master chef."
"Yes, he cooks every day at home. Now it's his chance to show off," said Cheng Xinghe.
Cola chicken wings, stir-fried bok choy, steamed sea bass, pork ribs with preserved plums, and a mushroom meatball soup.
As I get older in the summer, I become more picky about food. I just want to eat pork ribs with preserved plums, but it’s not good to be too picky when eating together.
He took a glance at it, and Si Cheng quietly picked up a piece for him.
Of course, I would also pick some vegetables for him.
The production team is just deliberately making trouble. There are coffee machines but no dishwashers.
Finally, Si Cheng and Han Yu washed the dishes, while Xia Ji and Cheng Xinghe cleared the table. Then they went to Cheng Xinghe's place to help them with the puzzle.
At around three o'clock, I helped them put the picture together, refused their request to stay, and went back to my house to rest.
Too lazy to go upstairs, Xia Ji walked into the living room and collapsed directly on the sofa.
He got up early today and now he really wants to sleep.
Si Cheng sat down beside him and put his arm around him, "Tired?"
"I'm a little sleepy." Xia Ji rubbed his eyes and leaned against Si Cheng, "Hold me and sleep for a while."
"Let's sleep upstairs?" Si Cheng rested his chin on him.
Xia Ji closed her eyes and hummed, rubbing her face against his neck.
Si Cheng grabbed his arm, put it around his neck, and picked him up.
This scene was so heartwarming and yet so ordinary that the directors felt soft-hearted.
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