By the time Gu Qingchi came backstage and changed his clothes, it was already midnight.
He and Xiaoke returned to the hotel. Although Xiaoke was always full of energy, he now looked a little listless.
Xiao Ke didn't forget to work. He looked up at Gu Qingchi while suppressing a yawn.
"Brother Gu, are you hungry? I'll go order some food."
"No, it's too late."
"Brother Gu, what do you think——"
Gu Qingchi interrupted her.
"Go back to sleep. I don't have anything to do here."
Xiaoke then staggered back to her room with dark circles under her eyes. Gu Qingchi's room was next to hers.
Maybe it was because it was too late, Gu Qingchi finished washing up and lay on the bed, but he didn't feel sleepy at all.
Moonlight poured in from the window. Gu Qingchi sat up, poured a cup of hot water, placed it on the bedside table, and then sat by the bed for a long time.
When he lowered his head to see if the water had cooled down a bit, he caught a glimpse of the cell phone next to him.
Gu Qingchi hesitated for a while, but still reached out and picked up the phone.
After unlocking the account, you can see that there are thirty-four messages on WeChat.
Gu Qingchi would receive WeChat messages from time to time. He used to click randomly and followed a lot of random public accounts, which would push messages to him every once in a while.
But basically no one else would message him.
When he was working in the bar, Chen Jiu and the foreman would occasionally send him messages asking for replacement shifts, but he had resigned a long time ago.
Although it is still on the list, we have less and less contact gradually.
The connection between people is deepened by both parties together, but Gu Qingchi doesn't have this awareness. He is very passive and doesn't like to respond. He is like a cat that is used to loneliness. He realizes that this is how he wants to live.
If you try to get closer, all you'll get is a wary glance. Even if you bring delicious canned fish, you'll still get no response.
If you want to get close to him, want to be close to him, you can only keep giving, catch up with him again and again, give him delicious canned fish, and give him a soft blanket.
The process is long and difficult, your efforts seem to be in vain, and everything you do seems to be unrewarded.
Ye Li or Xiaoke mainly communicated with Gu Qingchi over the phone. Apart from the inquiry sent by Xie Luyu tonight, Gu Qingchi had not received any information other than the information pushed by the official account for a long time.
Gu Qingchi opened it now not just out of coincidence, but subconsciously, he was secretly expecting to receive other information besides the push notifications from the official account.
There were thirty-four messages in total, eight of which were push notifications from the public account, one was a friend request, and the rest were all Xie Luyu's occasional chatter.
Gu Qingchi ignored the friend request.
He opened Xie Luyu's dialog box and read through the messages one by one.
[I see it's a bit cold where you are tonight, don't forget to bring your coat. ]
【Did I tell you there will be an event at the nearby Disneyland in the next few days? 】
[I learned how to cook hairtail fish. It's delicious. I'll make it for you when I get back.]
…
[I'm free tomorrow at noon, I'll drive to pick you up. ]
Gu Qingchi read very slowly. After finishing reading, he stayed in the dialog box for a long time. In the end, the "OK" was not sent out.
He unfollowed all the public accounts he followed one by one, and the list was suddenly clean, with only a few people left.
The water had already gone cold, but Gu Qingchi didn't move. He put his phone away, snuggled into the quilt, and fell asleep soon after.
The next day at noon, Xie Luyu was waiting at the airport early in the morning, holding up a sign. Gu Qingchi was now somewhat famous, and it would be too conspicuous to write his name directly, so he just drew a little black cat on it.
The little black cat has dark gold eyes and a slender body, and has a temperament somewhat similar to Gu Qingchi.
This was created by a famous lady when Gu Qingchi's fan art was rampant. Now it has become a mascot of Gu Qingchi's fan group. It's actually quite niche and most people don't know about it.
Only veteran fans like Xie Luyu can dig them out, and they know all about them.
Even Gu Qingchi himself probably doesn’t know.
The sign was drawn by Xie Luyu himself. He arrived too early and was bored of waiting, so he drew a few small fish next to it. They were all fat and big. He was afraid that if they were too small, the little black cat would feel wronged.
After finishing the painting, he proudly took a photo of it to Gu Qingchi.
[I will hold it up in a moment, come over when you see it.]
He also did not forget to tell Xiao Lihua about it.
[I weighed my baby this morning and found that he had gained another pound. The doctor said he was a little overweight.]
Even though Gu Qingchi didn't reply to any of his messages, he was still very enthusiastic in posting them.
While Xie Luyu was waiting, a group of people, about a dozen in number, came over, all holding light boards, notebooks and posters.
Xie Luyu knew at a glance that they were fans who came to pick them up at the airport. He glanced at them, pulled up his mask, and thought about changing seats as it would be very crowded.
Xie Luyu took the sign and prepared to move.
As soon as I stood up, a girl next to me looked at the sign curiously.
"Are you here to pick up Chi Chiji as well?"
Xie Luyu suddenly realized that the dozen or so people were there to pick up Gu Qingchi. Gu Qingchi seemed to have a lot of fans now, but they were all very mobile fans who only liked his looks.
Ye Li has been trying to clean up the fans and organize some die-hard fans with higher stickiness, but at present, since Gu Qingchi doesn't have many works to show, it is not easy to operate, so there is simply no official organization of fans.
In this situation, it is rare that there are fans who go through so much trouble to find out their itinerary and come to pick them up at the airport.
If Xie Luyu's itinerary was leaked now, not only his fans, but people from the entire airport would come to join in the fun. On both sides there would be people pointing their phones at Xie Luyu, and every time he would leave in a hurry under the escort of security guards and airport security personnel.
We can't stop at all. If we stop, too many people will come and accidents will easily happen.
But when he first became famous, there was a period of time when a small group of people came to pick him up at the airport, no more, no less. Even though he was very tired, he still happily stopped to sign autographs for them, spoke, and read every letter carefully.
Xie Luyu was silent for a long time.
The girl over there straightened her chest.
"We Chi Chi's male fans are also in batches, but we don't have much experience in cheering and can't even understand the jargon. You are pretty good, you even know how to take a card."
Xie Luyu groaned, a little unconvinced. He joined four fan groups of Gu Qingchi and somehow became an administrator. He also became a small host in the super topic and checked in every day.
Xie Luyu rolled up his sleeves, knowing that he was here to pick up Gu Qingchi, he did not leave, pulled the mask up again, held up a sign and blended in.
After a while.
Xie Luyu stood among a dozen people and was surrounded in the center.
Speaking of airport pick-ups and support, although Xie Luyu has never been a star chaser, he has always been chased by others over the years.
Even if he has never eaten pork, he has seen pigs run many times. If he sees it many times, he will learn it. He dares to say that when it comes to chasing stars, everyone here is a loser.
"I believe that everyone really likes Chi Chi. The idol should pay for the fans' behavior. We are representing Chi Chi when we come out for activities. We cannot discredit him. We must not disrupt the order at the airport. We must be civilized."
More than a dozen people nodded in unison. Xie Luyu was like the head of the family. Although he seemed dignified and fair, he actually had his own agenda.
"One more thing. Chi Chi must be very tired after traveling for such a long time. Please be considerate and sign only one autograph. Don't sign one for all the aunts and uncles. Let him go home and rest early."
More than a dozen people nodded in unison.
Xie Luyu coughed.
"That's all for now. Get the gifts and letters ready. We're going to give Chi Chi a surprise later."
Xie Luyu used to feel a little awkward calling her Chi Chi, but now he calls her Chi Chi all the time and even finds it cute.
Gu Qingchi pushed the luggage cart as usual, and Xiaoke walked beside him.
He glanced at his phone as he walked.
Xie Luyu posted several photos of the surroundings.
[I'm at the exit, you can see me when you come over. ]
After reading it, Gu Qingchi put his phone in his pocket and concentrated on pushing the cart.
They had just got all the luggage.
When he got there, Gu Qingchi raised his head and looked around. His sense of direction was not very good, and even if he followed everyone, it would be easy for him to get lost. Then he heard someone shouting in the distance.
“Chi Chi, Chi Chi! Look back!”
Gu Qingchi didn't react. He was not very sensitive to the nickname Chi Chi.
Until someone shouted.
"Gu Qingchi, turn around! This way!"
Gu Qingchi stopped and turned to see who it was. He was a little confused about the situation and thought it was the company or someone else looking for him.
Holding the handlebars in his hands, he was pushing the bike, which was a little tilted. It looked like he wanted to fall backwards, but he seemed to be standing still, a little hesitant.
Until someone shouted again.
"Come here! Chi Chi! Don't block the way!"
Gu Qingchi was standing at an exit, which was not very spacious, and pushing a cart would probably block the road.
After hearing this, he immediately turned his head to make way for the people behind him, bowed apologetically, and then pushed the cart past.
Most people passing by would take a few curious glances, but no one would come over to watch.
When Gu Qingchi walked over, the small group of fans waved their signs even more excitedly. Gu Qingchi pushed the cart over, still a little uncertain, and kept looking back to see if there were other stars there.
He kept looking up at the signs they were holding.
There are nicknames on the light board, and it is waving, so it is hard to see clearly.
There was only one sign mixed in with the others, with a picture of a cat and several fat fishes around it. Gu Qingchi recognized it as Xie Luyu. He looked at Xie Luyu in surprise, and Xie Luyu winked at him.
Gu Qingchi stopped staring at him then. He walked closer and pointed at himself hesitantly.
There was a girl who was so happy that she spoke with a refreshing Northeastern accent.
"It's you, don't look back, there's no one else!"
When Gu Qingchi approached, they handed him the letter and the small gift, and soon he had an embrace full of them.
Xiao Ke quickly took it and said.
"Thank you all for supporting Chi Chi. We will treasure all the gifts. We only want small gifts. We won't accept anything too expensive. We will have to trouble you to return it later. Please understand."
A girl who was nearby came up to Gu Qingchi, holding a poster and a pen.
"Chi Chi, I've liked you for a long time, can you sign an autograph for me?"
Gu Qingchi didn't say anything. He took the pen and signed his name stroke by stroke.
Then Gu Qingchi was surrounded. The dozen or so people were all very orderly, not making any noise, and lined up patiently.
After they all finished signing, the group left happily together, and Xie Luyu extended his hand to them and unfolded it.
There was a hint of laughter in his voice.
"Brother, can you give me an autograph?"
Gu Qingchi glanced at him, lowered his head and signed "Gu Qingchi" on the palm of his hand, carefully writing every stroke. It was obvious that the handwriting was that of a good student, and it was very casual, with a hook at the end.
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