I'm a male sister!
Lu Xinyang was still asleep, but Ji Rongyu had already put on his hat and went out.
There should be no filming today, or maybe they'll start in the afternoon or evening, shooting a night scene. The assistant director would post the schedule in the group chat, but for the past two weeks, Ji Rongyu had been deliberately avoiding reading them.
The wind in the mountains was colder than outside. He pulled down the brim of his woolen hat to cover his ears, walked to the "canteen" to eat something, and then called his grandfather on time.
I called once last night, but I was too sleepy at that time and just wanted to let them know I was safe. Now I have time to chat with the empty-nest elderly.
"...It's fine. I'm not used to it. Didn't I often live with you in the countryside when I was a kid? This place is just a little more remote... I didn't climb any trees, really. How old am I?"
"That's good. If you rip your pants in the crotch again, no one will sew it up for you."
After Ji Guanghui showed concern for his own grandson, he turned to the adopted grandson he had only acknowledged through empty words: "Has Xiaolu finished his meal? Ask him to talk to me too."
"Why are you looking for him? He hasn't even gotten up yet." Ji Rongyu glanced out the window intentionally or unintentionally. "Why don't I tell you about the suspense drama you're watching now? I guess the murderer is..."
Before he could finish his words, he noticed Lu Xinyang walking towards him. He quickly changed his tone and said, "Our director needs to talk to me. I'll hang up first. Bye."
He cautiously moved his stool in the opposite direction of the door, but Lu Xinyang seemed to find it too much of a detour to even enter. He walked directly to the window and leaned his entire body against it, not caring whether the wall was dirty or not. "You're up really early."
Now the two of them were as close as they could be. Lu Xinyang lowered his eyes to look at him. Ji Rongyu supported his face with one hand and said "hmm" weakly.
Ji Rongyu hung up the phone very promptly, so Lu Xinyang didn't hear what was said. However, he also thought of his parents whom he had forgotten about, and made two calls. Each time, the phone rang and hung up automatically, but no one answered.
He had no choice but to send a WeChat message briefly describing his current situation and then send his location to reassure them.
Lu Xinyang asked as he typed, "What are we having for dinner?"
"Whatever you want, I've already eaten." Ji Rongyu said without looking away.
"Why didn't you wait for me?" This didn't sound like a complaint, but rather a tone that suggested they were meant to be inseparable.
Ji Rongyu said: "I have something else to do, I'm in a hurry."
"What's the matter?" Lu Xinyang asked.
Ji Rongyu's eyes slid to the side, pretending to be attracted by something else: "I haven't lived in the mountains for a long time, so I want to wander around and collect folk songs."
"Then I'll go with you."
"You're not having breakfast?"
"There should be some steamed buns here," Lu Xinyang said, "I'll buy some for the journey."
"No need," Ji Rongyu said, "I like to walk slowly by myself."
Lu Xinyang opened his mouth and pushed back the tip of his tongue. Of course, he could say that he was walking very slowly, but he understood what Ji Rongyu meant: "Okay, then don't go too far. The signal here is unstable. If you don't know the way, call me quickly."
"Got it." Ji Rongyu stood up and walked out. Lu Xinyang stood by the window for a while, waiting for other actors who came to eat to greet him before he went in, took the buns and sat on the chair where Ji Rongyu had sat.
Now Ji Rongyu was walking outside in the cold wind. He was forced out with the excuse he made up, and in fact he was very reluctant to leave.
But there was no way. Every move and every word Lu Xinyang said affected him so much that he could no longer act as if nothing had happened.
If someone else did to Ji Rongyu what Lu Xinyang did, he would have no doubt that the other person was just pestering him.
But Lu Xinyang is not like that. He really doesn’t understand and he hasn’t come to his senses yet.
It was also Lu Xinyang's fault for being too slow-witted. All his worries were lingering on Ji Rongyu alone, which made him so uneasy.
Even when I saw the two cups stacked together in the morning, I would think of what Lu Xinyang said about treasure last night.
Ji Rongyu felt that he was being a little unreasonable. He felt a little resentful about these uncontrollable thoughts, and then he picked and chose to push some of the responsibility onto others, blaming Lu Xinyang.
If Lu Xinyang could have been just a little more clever, unable to see through his thoughts while keeping a distance from his sexual orientation, perhaps everyone would be happy.
But Lu Xinyang, who is so smart, seems not so likable anymore.
Ji Rongyu was stuck in this dilemma and had no choice but to forcibly push on, waiting for the filming to be over, waiting for them to meet less often or not at all, waiting for Lu Xinyang to find a new "good friend"...
He won't bother him anymore.
Ji Rongyu had stopped at some point and just stood there with his head down, thinking about something. When the assistant director was looking for someone and found him, he was immediately overjoyed.
Look at this guy! He's so bored that his soul is out of his body. He's just suitable for being drafted into hard labor!
"Xiao Ji! Stop being in a daze and come and help me! I'm so busy!"
Ji Rongyu reacted slowly: "Huh? What's going on?"
The assistant director hurriedly pulled him along, saying as they walked, "Go and keep an eye on the rehearsal for me. Over there, I asked you to tell me, don't let them slack off. I need to check on the set. They've put it on the wrong track and can't get it up. They have to tear it down and start over."
The two of them climbed a hillside with big strides and arrived at a platform facing the lake. The staff were busy installing equipment and debugging parameters. The extras were also dressed and were memorizing the movements with the martial arts instructor.
But why is Lu Xinyang here again?
He was sitting on the anti-fall mat and putting on his boots. When he looked up and saw Ji Rongyu, he untied his shoelaces and ran over: "You're here!"
On one side was uphill, on the other side was downhill. Lu Xinyang didn't brake in time and bumped into Ji Rongyu, then raised his arms to hold him tight. His eyes were bright, as if the subtle distance just now had never existed, and Ji Rongyu had never given him the cold shoulder.
Ji Rongyu lowered his head slightly and said nothing. The assistant director started yelling, "Hey, hey, hey, don't try to get close to our teacher Ji! He's not here to play with you, he's here to supervise you!"
"The director has already informed us that this scene is very difficult and we'll officially start filming tomorrow. You must practice well today," he emphasized to Lu Xinyang. "You know Director Gao's temper. If the results aren't good tomorrow, he'll scold you and won't give you any face."
"Look at this mountain. The terrain inside the mountain is like a natural megaphone, with echo and reverberation. If he scolds you, everyone will hear it. You'll be so embarrassed that you'll die."
Lu Xinyang was never afraid. He said, "If you, Brother Chen, teach me, I will definitely be scolded tomorrow. But since you invited Teacher Ji here, if I still can't shoot this shot well tomorrow, I will do a tightrope walk upside down!"
"You better be!"
The assistant director first communicated with the stunt team, then gathered the extras and explained the key points of the scene.
"...You hit him, he's running this way, and then you have to chase him. Once you get here, be careful not to go out of frame. Also, when you rush down, Opponent Two will come up to you for a close-up, so be careful not to bump into the camera."
After talking about the extras, let’s talk about Lu Xinyang.
"You need to be more aggressive in this part. Jump up and kick the glass. Then he comes up to attack you. Block him. Then the wire will pull you up and roll you on the mat. Then you'll stay in this position. Remember that, right?"
"You have to shoot well, this part will turn out very cool! Xiao Ji, you also have to keep an eye on him and make him look handsome!" After saying this, the assistant director left in a hurry.
Lu Xinyang tapped his right foot twice on the spot, as if he was imagining that handsome freeze frame. He unconsciously turned his head to look at Ji Rongyu again, as if he had developed a habit of looking at him.
Ji Rongyu turned sideways towards him, his eyes fixed on his phone, as if he was unaware of anything.
"The signal here is not good." Lu Xinyang said.
Ji Rongyu nodded: "I know."
"Then go ahead and do whatever you want. I'm going to rehearse. I'm going to practice seriously, so you won't have to worry about me."
"Um."
Lu Xinyang looked at the whorl of hair on his head, suddenly bit his fingernails, then tied his shoelaces and went to rehearse.
The phone screen was blank for a long time. Ji Rongyu finally logged into the author page of Jinjiang.com. He looked up and saw the notification that several chapters of the old book had been locked. He became even more upset.
He endured the constantly lagging internet speed, editing the text, saving, waiting, refreshing, editing again, and waiting again... He almost vomited blood from repeating this back and forth. What made him even more uncomfortable was that the original precise description was forced to be edited into vague and lengthy words, which completely changed the taste of the text and was even difficult to swallow.
Ji Rongyu looked at this bunch of things that might pass the review and couldn't help but frowning. After a while, he finally deleted them all.
He logged into Rongyu's account and posted a somewhat helpless Weibo post: [Locked out again]
Many people in the comment section noticed the chapter lock earlier than the author did, and now they are all rushing to speak up for him on Weibo:
[Damn you, reviewer! Why are you locking it? It's an intimate scene, why are you locking it? Our Rongzi can't write intimate scenes at all. You're targeting the wrong person!]
[I ordered it. I won't tell you who managed to squeeze out a 2,000-word harmonious extra story. 2,000 words is enough for anyone to finish. I just had a taste of it and it was gone.]
[But I can’t just leave the chapter locked. New readers won’t be able to read it properly.]
[How about this, I see you're having a hard time revising, so I'll help you revise it. Then, for every chapter I revise, you'll add a new chapter. This way, neither of us will suffer any loss.]
[There's also me, but it's too much trouble for me to send it to you after I edit it. Just give me your account and password, and I'll take care of it all for you.]
[Give me a copy too. I can also help you manage the comment section, like giving out red envelopes to readers. You have such great readers, you must dream of giving out red envelopes to repay everyone, but I'm usually too busy to find the time, so I'm doing it for you now.]
As Ji Rongyu read along, his mood gradually became calmer.
Yes, the same familiar bad guys are active on the Internet today.
Lu Xinyang had almost finished rehearsing and stopped to take off the wire for a break. He immediately ran to Ji Rongyu's side and happened to see Ji Rongyu replying to comments on Weibo, saying something like "administrator" or something like that.
"You've been standing for over an hour. Aren't you tired?" Lu Xinyang pulled him to sit on the anti-fall mat. Only then did Ji Rongyu feel his legs a little sore: "I forgot. I didn't pay attention to the time."
"What are you looking at so fascinated..." Lu Xinyang took the opportunity to look at Ji Rongyu's phone and finally saw the words clearly - "Sooner or later, I will become a JJ administrator."
"Huh!" Lu Xinyang gasped, dragged Ji Rongyu down to the mat, and lowered his voice in shock: "How could you, how could you tell others that you wanted to be that thing, you you you!"
Ji Rongyu lay flat on his back, dazed and tense, the back of his collar tightly grasped in someone's hand. He tilted his head to look at Lu Xinyang, who was looking around like a thief. He was completely clinging to him, unable to tear himself away, and whispered in his ear in the tiniest voice: "Why do you want to be the Jiji administrator? You, you are so vulgar!"
Ji Rongyu: “……………………”
The warm breath blew against my ears, and the elusive itch went straight into my bones, making my scalp numb on the spot, but fortunately, there was an even stronger violent impulse that crushed this throbbing sensation.
Ji Rongyu suddenly grabbed Lu Xinyang's throat and pinned him to the mat. He looked down at him, looked at him, looked at him, and asked expressionlessly, "Do you know what "Chiji Administrator" means? How about I explain it to you?"
"Stop, keep your voice down! You're acting like a hooligan with so many people watching..." Lu Xinyang covered his thighs with his hands, squeezed his legs together tightly, and arched his buttocks back. His eyes were full of resistance and incomprehension, even with a strong sense of grievance. "You're going too far. Aren't you minding your own business enough? Why are you meddling in other people's business..."
Lu Xinyang arched his back, and Ji Rongyu didn't even see how he did it. He took off his coat in this pinned position, then pulled the coat over both of their heads, and said anxiously in the dark: "Please delete it quickly, I beg you, it's very dangerous if others know about your hobby! You are a very famous person now, you really can't do this. If you really want to take care of it, I can just give you mine! But you really can't..."
Ji Rongyu ripped off the coat that nearly choked him and said through gritted teeth, "Are you sick?! JJ is the abbreviation of Jinjiang! Nicknamed Jinjiang, you don't even know about Jinjiang.com??"
“Ah?” Lu Xinyang was stunned. “Oh… so… that’s not what you meant by ‘jiji’…”
A flash of lightning flashed through his mind, and Ji Rongyu looked at him with hostility in his eyes: "Tell me, are you reading plagiarized works?"
"No!" Lu Xinyang quickly opened his pure and innocent eyes, "What do you mean by plagiarism? I don't even know what plagiarism is!"
"Where did you read my novel?"
"Tang Lin gave it to me. He also printed a few copies for me."
"You bastard!" Ji Rongyu suddenly became even angrier. "Not only did you read the pirated text, you also privately printed the pirated version! Your crime is heinous!"
Finally, he got a chance to vent his anger. Ji Rongyu scolded Lu Xinyang for personal revenge. Lu Xinyang was hit hard by the massive criticism. He barely grasped the last bit of rationality and understood the difference between the genuine version and TXT.
"I know I was wrong, I was wrong! Give me a chance to correct it! Just strangle me to death in public. It won't be good for you if others see it, cough cough cough cough!"
Ji Rongyu saw from the corner of his eye that many staff members around him were paying attention to them, so he let go and let Lu Xinyang get up.
Lu Xinyang took out his mobile phone, downloaded Jinjiang Literature Network from the App Store, and then entered Ji Rongyu in the search bar. After entering it, he found that it was not correct, so he changed the search to Rongyu. Sure enough, several works came out, and the first one was "Trapped in Color".
He was busy registering an account and subscribing. Ji Rongyu patted his clothes and stood up. He looked down at his messy hair and the blush on his face caused by the cushion, and wanted to pounce on him and pinch him again.
Fortunately, Wen Zhuo also came to rehearse. Ji Rongyu then suppressed those thoughts that should not be made public, put on a serious look, and went to help Wen Zhuo rehearse the play.
Lu Xinyang used his new account to recharge subscriptions, and it only cost him a few dozen dollars to subscribe to several books. Fortunately, there was a voting list nearby, and he happily donated most of his salary to it, thinking that he could make up for it this time. However, when he looked up, he found that Ji Rongyu had left, and it seemed that he didn't care at all about what he did to make amends.
He immediately became dejected, hugging his knees and staring at the backs of Ji Rongyu and Wen Zhuo.
The more I see them, the more I feel like they're having a lot of fun together...
Lu Xinyang was feeling lost when his phone suddenly vibrated, notifying him that he had been privately messaged by the group leader of the readers' section, [Genuine Pornographic Fans in Pornography].
Group owner: "Are you there, sister? I saw you on the feeding list. I want to invite you to join the group. There are benefits for joining the group!"
Lu Xinyang knew she had misunderstood and quickly replied, "No, I'm a male sister who read and pirated articles and even called the author a hooligan. Do male sisters have benefits too?"
The group leader visibly choked: "?"
No, bro, your criminal record is a bit too extensive, isn't it?
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