After confirming that Yu Tang's physical condition was temporarily stable, Sui Si took Nie Chi and temporarily left the hospital.
Yu Tang was absent these days, and the studio was in a mess. The originally scheduled work arrangements were delayed a lot. Fortunately, these arrangements were all handled by Yu Tang. The other party had a good impression of Yu Tang. Knowing that Yu Tang was hospitalized due to illness, they were considerate and postponed the recording process.
Now that Yu Tang was finally out of danger, he would soon have enough energy to help him reorganize the studio. Sui Si could also go back without any worries, work overtime, and make up for the outstanding work one by one.
Yu Tang lay on the hospital bed, closed his eyes and pretended to be asleep, and dragged the system out of the blacklist.
He is responsible for too many books at the same time, so it is inevitable that the timelines overlap, and he is unable to perform them all.
The system will try its best to help him connect the timelines, but there are some that it really cannot adjust, so it can only evaluate the urgent priority of the plot, send the host to the plot where he must appear first, and use forced separation methods for the book that is not a priority.
This time, Yu Tang was forcibly connected and woke up as Yu Tang in the fourth book, which meant he was suddenly and forcibly separated from the first book.
Yu Tang had heard of this method of handling things before. He was very dedicated, but this was the first time he had actually encountered it. "What do you mean by forced separation? Is it safe?"
"safe."
The system replied: "In the story of the first book, you were put into a sack and dragged away by a group of masked men. You drifted across streams and oceans and were sold to a lower star to do hard labor."
Yu Tang: “…”
Yu Tang: “?”
"We are trained." The system is very professional. "To everyone in that story, you are now a kidnapped slave, so even if you can't be found anywhere for the time being, it will seem reasonable."
Yu Tang felt that this was not quite right: "Is there something wrong with the people in your world..."
"There is no other way, host." The system said, "In the current world, if Yu Tang cannot wake up, we will have to perform electrical stimulation consciousness treatment on you."
Yu Tang was stunned.
He didn't say anything. After a while, he raised his hand and rubbed his temple.
Yu Tang was now in his own sea of consciousness, his body made up of countless data streams. He didn't often move around in his consciousness, so he lost control of his strength and stabbed half of his brain with one finger.
"I bought an anti-shock vest, an anti-shock helmet and anti-shock bubble gum."
The system learned quickly, imitating Sui Si's movements and embracing Yu Tang: "Let them electrocute me, host, let them electrocute me."
Yu Tang smiled, pulled his arm out of his temple, and took the system off his body.
The system is still afraid: "Host, does it hurt?"
Yu Tang really didn't remember. He had read a lot of books during his internship, and their main purpose was to familiarize himself with the tool process and tool attitude of tool people. It's like playing a card collection game. After a few years, even if the collected cards are still there, how you got them, how much effort you put in, and what the plot is like, you have already forgotten most of it.
But Yu Tang remembered.
The character was hosted for a few years after he left, but the original data remaining in the body was still engraved with an almost fatal fear of electric shock.
Yu Tang was so frightened that he just gave himself an electric shock and then had convulsions in Sui Si's arms and almost fainted again.
The system was stunned: "You electrocuted yourself?"
"What else?" Yu Tang had a headache. "I got the lowest score for getting into the role within a second."
Yu Tang's work ability rating is S-level, and there are only a few of him in the entire Chuanshu Bureau. If his acting skills were good enough, he would have been transferred to the protagonist department to take on scripts that slap the face and abuse the scumbag and reach the peak of his life. He would not be here alone, lovingly preparing for four children.
If he is asked to act out a passionate love, he can imitate most of it according to the training course, but for more complex emotions and reactions, he can only rely on the assistance of the system functions.
"Does the host need the [Unrequited Longing], [Deeply Suppressed Envy], and [Unplaced Fear] experience cards?"
The system didn't expect this, and regretted spending extra experience points on the anti-electric shock suit. It kept circling around Yu Tang: "According to the plot, when you meet Ke Ming, you will inevitably have these emotions. Sui Si can't see it, but Ke Ming is very careful and can see it at a glance..."
Yu Tang hadn't considered buying a trial card. When he heard Ke Ming's name, he suddenly remembered something more important: "What day is today?"
"Number 13," the system said, "It has been a week since you accidentally jumped into the river."
Yu Tang slapped his forehead and said, "Oh no."
Ke Ming’s birthday is on December 13th.
This is a very important main storyline. The protagonists have gone through a transition period of nearly twenty chapters and must complete the emotional transformation of this stage on Ke Ming's birthday.
Ke Ming was proud and uneasy, and more sensitive than most people. He suppressed all his negative emotions and showed Sui Si his best side. In fact, he was not as calm as Sui Si thought.
For Ke Ming, it didn’t matter what Sui Si gave him on his birthday or how expensive the gift was.
But if Sui Si doesn't remember his birthday at all, Ke Ming's attitude towards this relationship will fluctuate significantly, which will trigger a series of butterfly effects and have an immeasurable impact on the direction of the entire story.
If something goes wrong with the key plot highlighted in red, not to mention the trial card, even the system's anti-electric shock bubble gum will have to be returned, and Yu Tang will have to pay the fine for his work mistakes this month.
"Help me adjust my physical condition."
Yu Tang didn’t have time to waste: “Go to the system mall and buy a character favorability rating tester.”
"Is it the original one?"
The system had never visited a mall without discounts. It also knew the urgency of the situation, so it shielded Yu Tang from the discomfort and temporarily raised the body data below the horizontal line. It floated in Yu Tang's sea of consciousness: "The genuine version may not give us enough experience points..."
Yu Tang gritted his teeth and said, "It's the original one."
The character favorability rating is very important. It is an important indicator that determines the character's behavior. It is clear and straightforward. As long as the protagonist and the receiver maintain their favorability towards each other, they can successfully pass the key plot rating.
The knock-off systems I bought before were either stuck or inaccurate, and each one broke down within three days. They were undoubtedly unreliable at such a critical moment.
"Can things in the real world be exchanged for experience points?"
Yu Tang asked: "What is the exchange rate?"
"1:1, direct exchange." The system was worried, "But we are just tools and supporting roles, we are not finished yet, we don't have money to spend at will..."
"Yes." Yu Tang said, "In the first book, I was put into a sack and sold as a slave. I was on a slave ship on the Great Star Ocean drifting towards the boundless distance."
The system helped to block the hospital's surveillance system and watched Yu Tang get up and put on his clothes neatly: "And then?"
"Exchange the slave ship," said Yu Tang, "and let me drift alone and miserable to an island to dry up."
system:"… "
“That makes sense.”
Seeing that it didn't respond, Yu Tang explained: "When I reply to the first book, I will say that the boat capsized and I sank, and a kind dolphin passing by saved me."
system:"… "
Its host always has opinions about this kind of plot, but for some reason, it accepts it quite quickly every time.
Yu Tang didn't have time to care about the things in the conscious world. He put on his clothes, picked up the baseball cap beside him and put it on, lowered the brim of the hat, and turned up his collar.
It's three o'clock in the afternoon and there are still nine hours until the end of the day.
During these nine hours, he must get the top and bottom protagonists onto the same bed, no matter what method he uses.
Studio.
Sui Si had just finished a recording session and took advantage of the break between the next one to go back to the backstage rest room to touch up her makeup.
His makeup and hair styling has always been done by Yu Tang, but this time was a special case as Yu Tang was not there, so he had to use the professional styling team provided by the producer.
"Okay." The makeup artist stood up and adjusted the swivel chair. "Take a look..."
"Average." Nie Chi said.
The makeup artist's expression froze slightly, she smiled, and turned to ask Sui Si for his opinion: "Teacher Sui?"
Sui Si frowned imperceptibly.
As a professional manager of Sui Si's team, Nie Chi actually did not accompany him to participate in the recording and filming. He did not understand the unspoken rules of the circle and was much less polite when he spoke.
But it is indeed average.
The styling before the recording was acceptable. This quick touch-up in a short period of time hardly highlighted any of his personal facial features, and the difference from Yu Tang's original look was almost visible to the naked eye.
"Time is too tight, so this is all we can do."
The makeup artist said in a friendly tone: "We haven't worked with you before. If you are not satisfied, you can bring your own makeup team next time."
Sui Si was not too soft or too hard about this, but he said nothing. He suppressed his temper and stood up: "Thank you."
This collaboration is for a public welfare promotional video, and the producer is the official channel of the alliance. They don’t look at the star’s status or background, and don’t give face to anyone.
If a conflict really arises, those old-fashioned people who don't care about their relatives won't even care about the favors of the Sui family, and will turn around and criticize certain young actors for being arrogant and having a bad attitude.
The makeup artist bowed slightly to apologize and left the lounge.
Without Yu Tang's mediation, the entire afternoon of recording felt inexplicably unsatisfactory and unsatisfactory.
Sui Si was annoyed by these old-fashioned people who were obsessed with rules, so he didn't follow the Sui family's arrangement and insisted on entering the entertainment industry. He endured it for the whole afternoon, and his patience was almost completely exhausted. When he returned to the nanny car, his face was extremely gloomy.
The new assistant was waiting under the car. When he saw Sui Si, he quickly plucked up the courage to go over and said, "Teacher Sui, Mr. Ke just sent a message..."
Sui Si closed his eyes and pressed his forehead hard: "What's the matter?"
"Are you going home today?"
The assistant whispered, "He and his assistant learned to cook and want to wait for you to come home to eat."
Sui Si leaned back in his chair motionlessly, took the phone, but did not read the message and placed it upside down on the dashboard.
These days he has to deal with work that cannot be transferred, and he also has to go to the hospital to see Yu Tang. The last time he and Ke Ming met was when Ke Ming was drunk and was sent to his home by someone arranged by Nie Chi.
That night, Ke Ming was drunk for once, and he had a fever. He mumbled some words that he would never say before.
Ke Ming asked him when he would divorce Yu Tang.
Ke Ming told him that Yu Tang would not have any objection, that Yu Tang was a very nice person, that he would not snatch Sui Si from him, and that he would return Sui Si to him safely.
This was not the first time that Ke Ming had said this. Every time Sui Si heard it, he felt that Ke Ming was gentle and tolerant by nature, and he was kind even to Yu Tang, who had separated them.
But this time... Yu Tang was lying in the emergency room, uncertain whether he was alive or dead, and Sui Si suddenly couldn't say those words anymore.
He didn't say anything, and Ke Ming's deep uneasiness started to flare up again.
Sui Si has never been good at dealing with Ke Ming's sudden emotions. He recalled that time when the two of them pretended to be strangers in front of the camera. Ke Ming's delicate eyes turned red, but his heart was filled with guilt, so he could only kiss him gently.
As Ke Ming was kissed by him, he seemed to sober up a little, but also seemed not to be awake at all. He looked at Sui Si for a while, then curled up in the corner of the bed and fell asleep.
The two of them remained silent all night, and in the early morning of the next day, Ke Ming left Sui Si's house.
Sui Si knew that Ke Ming didn't like the way he looked when he was worried about something.
I just had something on my mind that day and couldn't comfort Ke Ming. Today I was in a bad mood and was full of anger. I couldn't go to see Ke Ming and vent all these negative emotions to him.
Because of him, Ke Ming has suffered a lot of grievances.
"Message Xiao Ming and tell him... I have another recording session tonight."
Sui Si said: "I won't go home yet."
The assistant hesitated, somewhat embarrassed: "But—"
"But what?" Sui Si had been listening to "but" for the whole afternoon. He had been out of control too many times in the past few days. He pounded on the car door hard, and the whole car shook violently. "What should I do and where should I go? Now I have to listen to other people's arrangements, right?!"
The assistant was silent, his face pale and his mouth shut.
Sui Si pushed the bewildered driver away, slammed the car door, put the car in gear and started it.
"Teacher Sui!" The assistant was afraid that he would get angry and drive and have an accident, so he advised tremblingly, "Please wait a moment, Mr. Ke has something to say to you, you—"
The assistant was new and didn’t know Sui Si’s temper. He didn’t know that this was what Sui Si couldn’t stand the most.
He was so frightened that he shouted in vain. He bravely chased after him for two steps and almost closed his eyes in fear when he suddenly realized that there was another person beside him.
The man who came running over quickly was wearing a baseball cap and holding a large paper bag.
The people in the studio nearby were as if they had been pardoned, their eyes lit up: "Assistant Yu!"
The new assistant knew Yu Tang, but had never seen him before. He was stunned for a moment, then looked up.
Yu Tang stopped in front of the car.
He was wearing a baseball cap with the brim pulled down low, and ordinary framed glasses, with his brows hidden in shadow.
"Teacher Sui."
Yu Tang leaned against the car door, not caring at all whether he would be accidentally scratched or bumped by Sui Si. He reached his free right hand into the car window and gently pressed on Sui Si's steering wheel.
He held the paper bag in one hand, his chest still rising and falling slightly, and he coughed lightly from time to time, but there seemed to be a strange quality about him that made people involuntarily calm down, and the tense atmosphere disappeared in an instant.
Yu Tang looked at Sui Si gently. His tone was steady, and his voice was a little bit warm and serene: "Relax, Mr. Sui."
Sui Si's gaze fell on Yu Tang.
It was very strange. When Sui Si was nice to him, Yu Tang could hardly control his nervousness and fear. But now Sui Si was so angry that he could no longer suppress his temper. He was very cold and kept strangers away. However, Yu Tang remained calm.
Standing in front of Sui Si was his special assistant Yu, who had taken good care of him over the years, isolated him from all the complicated and trivial matters, and handled everything with ease.
Sui Si looked at Yu Tang and suddenly remembered Yu Tang's gentle yet cold voice on the phone that day.
When Yu Tang called Sui Si's name for the first time, his tone was completely different from before. He assured him and promised that he would not bother him again.
Sui Si suddenly realized that a certain secret and unspeakable uneasiness that had always troubled him seemed to have suddenly taken root and grown from that time.
… It was just a half-day job without Yu Tang’s company.
He never thought that without Yu Tang, the work he originally enjoyed would turn into such an irritating torture.
Sui Si sat stiffly for a while, lowered his eyes and looked at Yu Tang's hand pressing on the steering wheel.
Yu Tang had been on IV drip for a week, and there was already a noticeable bruise on the back of his pale, bloodless hand.
"It's my fault. I will set up the studio in the next few days."
Yu Tang looked at Sui Si, his eyes blocked by the frame, still as pure and focused and gentle as always.
Sui Si sat under his gaze, and his mood gradually calmed down.
Yu Tang's absence had caused him far more trouble than he had expected. Now that Yu Tang was here, everything was back in place, and everything seemed to be back on track.
Wait until we get divorced, Sui Si thought.
After the divorce, if Yu Tang really doesn't want to leave, he can continue to work in the studio.
Everything can remain unchanged, and he and Ke Ming will truly regard Yu Tang as a good friend.
Yu Tang leaned against the car door and whispered, "Teacher Sui?"
Sui Si sat for a while, turned the car key in the opposite direction, and turned off the engine.
Yu Tang smiled.
His smile was very shallow, the corners of his light-colored lips were pursed, his thick eyelashes were lowered, and there was a small, reserved, sincere and soft arc.
As if he was completely unaware of his physical condition, Yu Tang moved his cold hand over and covered Sui Si's hand, slowly letting Sui Si let go of the steering wheel.
"Get off first."
Yu Tang turned sideways, put down the paper bag containing the gift, bouquet, red wine and sack, and said softly, "I have something urgent to tell you."