"Star, wake up!"
"Star, star?"
When it was time to go to work, An Ran went to the top floor to wake up her artists as usual. He rang the doorbell for a long time, but there was no answer.
Qi Xingchen was a light sleeper, and would open the door for her in a daze after pressing the button once or twice a day. The longer An Ran waited, the more anxious she became. Afraid of leaving too late and delaying the shooting, she didn't care about the difference between men and women, so she quickly swiped the door with her key card.
When she entered the room, she went straight to the bedroom, only to see a big lump on the bed, and the person she was going to call smothered herself in the quilt.
No wonder I couldn't hear it.
Afraid of scaring him, An Ran squatted beside him and called him softly: "Xing Xing."
Nothing happened.
"Xing Xing, if you don't get up again, the business manager will scold you!"
The other party finally gave a response: "Well..."
No, this voice... seems very hollow.
An Ran sensitively heard some problems, and thought that luckily Qi Xingchen didn't have the habit of sleeping naked, so she carefully lifted the quilt.
The moment I saw the person under the quilt, I was shocked!
— Qi Xingchen hugged himself and curled up into a ball, his face flushed and his lips pale. If you look closely, you can see that his body is shaking slightly, and the back of his cotton pajamas has been soaked with sweat.
An Ran reached out and touched his forehead... It was so hot!
He has a fever!
An Ran hurriedly pushed him, "Xing Xing, wake up a little, I'll ask Lao Qin to take you to the hospital."
"...It's okay," Qi Xingchen felt that he was probably sick, otherwise he wouldn't be so cold, "I'll take some medicine."
"No, you have to hang the water." An Ran pulled out a coat from the closet, trying to put it on for him.
Qi Xingchen bit the tip of his tongue, the pain made him feel much less top-heavy. Sitting up with his arms propped up, he stopped and said, "No need, today is all my part. Sister An Ran, have you brought a thermometer and antipyretics?"
"I did, but..."
"Please help me get it."
"Oh, you are really..." An Ran jumped angrily, but seeing Qi Xingchen's expression of being completely unpersuaded, she gritted her teeth and went back to her room to get the medicine box.
Her room was on the 14th floor, and Qi Xingchen had already changed her clothes when she came up again.
He took the medicine box from her, skillfully opened the thermometer, and stuffed it under his armpit. He took out a cooling sticker, stuck it on his forehead, and ordered in an orderly manner: "Sister An Ran, please pour me a cup of warm water and a cup of hot water."
Warm water is used to take medicine, hot water is used to sweat, and An Ran goes to the water dispenser to get water as he said.
Qi Xingchen took advantage of this time to find cold medicine and antipyretics. After getting warm water, he raised his chin and swallowed eight pills at once.
After doing all this, he slowly drank the hot water with the cup in his hand.
After drinking more than half a cup, the chill faded a lot. Seeing that An Ran frowned and pouted, he joked, "What are you worried about? Drinking more hot water can cure all diseases. I'll be fine soon."
An Ran was teased by "drink more hot water" and burst into laughter, but after laughing, she felt even more distressed, "Xing Xing, didn't anyone take care of you when you were young?"
"... Yes," Qi Xingchen paused, "but they prefer to let me be independent, so I learned to take care of myself at a young age."
How can there be any parents who have to deal with their children when they get sick? How irresponsible! An Ran was so angry.
But she knew her position, she was just Qi Xingchen's assistant, she had no position to interfere in other people's family affairs, let alone criticize other people's parents, she wrinkled her small face sullenly.
"Okay, go get me another cup." Qi Xingchen smiled and coaxed her up.
An Ran went to fetch hot water again, Qi Xingchen took out the thermometer and swung it a few times.
38 degrees 5, it's okay, medium temperature, and it can quickly reduce the fever if it is handled properly.
After drinking another cup of hot water, his body was almost warm, so he hurried down to wash up. When he dragged An Ran to the set, the rest of the crew had already arrived.
Shang Yuliang teased him while debugging the equipment: "Xiao Qi, you are late today... Oh, why do you look so bad?"
"Last night I had nightmares when I slept," Qi Xingchen lied, "It will be fine after I put on makeup, I'm going to find a makeup artist now."
Makeup technique is worthy of being one of the four major magic arts in Asia. With a little touch-up by the makeup artist, his complexion immediately returned to its previous state. After a whole morning of filming, all the scenes were perfectly completed except for the sloppy footsteps.
At noon, in order to express his apology for being late, he ordered more than two dozen crayfish and salads for the crew to eat. Take a bottle of milk by yourself and go back to the nanny's car to rest.
The high-intensity shooting in the morning almost exhausted his energy. He leaned back on the seat, wanting to take a nap and feel refreshed in the afternoon.
As a result, the scene of last night was repeatedly replayed in front of his eyes disobediently.
"On the 22nd, you finished the play, and he went to stay with me for a while."
"If the media finds out, we won't be able to tell."
"Luckily there's you."
Luckily there's you.
Qi Xingchen couldn't help laughing, An Ran's analysis was so accurate.
He came forward to help clarify, and finally fulfilled Bai Ye Taotao.
The direct sunlight was very uncomfortable to the eyes, so Qi Xingchen grabbed a piece of clothing casually and put it over his head.
So... Why did Bai Ye go to Tao Tao's place
Tell Tao Tao a play? Tao Tao is a professional actor, so he shouldn't be needed.
Catch up with old friends? It's not convenient or safe to go into the actress's room in the middle of the night to catch up on the old days.
Or, as the netizens said in the comments, go to Tao Tao... for a moment of tenderness
In fact, after much deliberation, it seems that this is the most reasonable reason to allow top traffic to enter the actress' room at the risk of being secretly photographed.
And this is not the real world, this is a novel full of Mary Sue. In the novel, Bai Ye should get closer and closer to Tao Tao.
He himself is the one who shouldn't be involved, the outsider.
Thinking of this, Qi Xingchen suddenly felt uncomfortable with his empty stomach. He threw down his clothes and unscrewed the milk.
Before I could drink it, Bo sent me a WeChat message
Looking at the phone interface, Qi Xingchen unconsciously tightened his fingers, and the plastic bottle made a "creaking" sound.
It wasn't until he felt the wetness on his legs that he realized that the milk had been squeezed out by him, and he was frantically looking for a paper towel to wipe his pants.
"Star."
At this time, An Ran got into the car with a paper cup, "I see that you didn't eat crayfish. I went to the convenience store next door and bought some oden. It's warming up now. Let's eat some."
"Okay," Qi Xingchen threw down the tissue, and dropped the phone aside, "Thank you."
Bai Ye, who finished filming on the other side, frowned when he saw that there was no response from WeChat.
In the past few days, the speed of small fans replying to messages has become slower and slower, let alone actively sending messages.
What exactly went wrong
The hot soup cooked in Kanto comforts the empty stomach very well.
After eating, An Ran took Qi Xingchen's temperature again, and said with satisfaction: "Not bad, you'll be back to normal soon. Speaking of Xing Xing, why did you get a fever last night?"
He himself didn't know: "Maybe he didn't cover the quilt properly."
"You must call me next time you are sick, and take the medicine early to save yourself the pain."
Qi Xingchen said "hmm", and a thought flashed in his mind.
He is still without an agent. Although An Ran has only been in the industry for a short time, she is very careful and has high alertness and sensitivity to emergencies. After observation, it seems that it has nothing to do with the plot, and it is a dispensable tool man.
This is the most suitable for him, or the well-known agent may have a connection with the protagonist, and he can't stand it if he jumps out to trick him when the plot requires it.
He carefully considered the feasibility of turning An Ran into an agent. Not long after, An Ran patted him on the shoulder and brought him back to his senses, "Xing Xing, your phone is ringing."
Could it be that Bai Ye saw that he didn't reply to the message, so he called to ask.
Qi Xingchen hesitated.
"Xingxing, didn't you hear?"
"Oh, I heard." He reluctantly picked up the phone.
... It turned out to be the nurse's call!
The nurse told him that Tao Xuan woke up, and it happened to be lunch break, so Qi Xingchen hurriedly informed Tao Tao.
Lao Qin drove them all the way to the hospital, and when they stepped into the ward, they heard the nurse softly persuade Tao Xuan: "If you don't eat, your body will recover slowly, and you will miss a lot of classes."
"Xiao Xuan doesn't eat anymore?" Tao Tao took off her coat and walked quickly to the hospital bed.
Tao Xuan was leaning against the head of the bed, looking ahead, not knowing what to think.
Hearing Tao Tao's voice, he finally changed his sitting posture and turned to look at his sister.
"Let me come," Tao Tao took the lunch box from the nurse, "Xiaoxuan, did we make an agreement not to distract me during filming?"
"... ... yes."
"Then eat the food, take good care of your body, and have enough nutrition, so you can wait for the kidney source for surgery as soon as possible, right?"
Hearing this, Qi Xingchen's heart sank suddenly. Yesterday, Tao Xuan's physical examination test items needed 24 hours to get the report, and he did not see the diagnosis result.
He guessed that Tao Xuan's disease had entered an active stage, but he did not expect that it had reached the point where a kidney transplant was needed.
After systemic lupus erythematosus worsens, patients will have strong hallucinations and suicidal thoughts. Now Tao Xuan's mental state is probably very, very unstable.
Sure enough, Tao Xuan lowered his head, "Sister, I don't want to wait any longer."
"...Xiao Xuan, what are you talking about." Tao Tao persistently scooped up a spoonful of porridge and brought it to his mouth.
"I said, I don't want to have a kidney transplant."
Tao Tao's arm holding the bowl couldn't help shaking, Qi Xingchen felt uncomfortable hearing it from a stranger, one can imagine how much pain she felt at this moment.
It was inconvenient for outsiders to be present at such a time, so Qi Xingchen called the nurse, and the two sat on the bench outside the ward and waited.
Twenty minutes later, Tao Tao came out with an empty lunch box, and said to Qi Xingchen, "I'm sorry, I just laughed."
"It's okay, Sister Tao Tao..." Qi Xingchen paused, "How is Tao Xuan now?"
"Well enough."
"Then is it convenient for you... Let me say a few words to him?"
Tao Tao was taken aback for a moment, then understood what he was going to say, and nodded in agreement.
But Qi Xingchen didn't have any expectations.
If before coming here, he hoped that Tao Xuan would return Qi Jiaze's innocence, now, he thinks it's better to change to other methods quickly.
In order not to irritate Tao Xuan, he sat at a distance. Leaning down, keeping a very open attitude, "Xiao Xuan, I'm Qi Jiaze's brother. We met on the road, do you remember?"
Tao Xuan looked out the window.
"Your sister and I are also friends, so I asked Jia Ze to hang out with you more at school. How are you getting along?"
Tao Xuan was still looking out the window.
Seeing that Tao Xuan ignored his thoughts, Qi Xingchen changed his tactful way to get straight to the point, "Yesterday before you fainted, Qi Jiaze threw you a ball, did it hurt you?"
Tao Xuan finally moved.
He pointed his head in the direction of the window, opened and closed his mouth, "You should use a little more force."
A little more force, it would be great to smash him to death.
Qi Xingchen: "..."
"Xiaoxuan, you can find your sister or me if you have anything to do. I won't disturb your rest and work hard to recover."
Qi Xingchen pressed his temples and directly exited the ward.
Tao Tao had a scene to catch up with, so she coaxed Tao Xuan back to the set after dinner.
Qi Xingchen walked back alone, opened WeChat on the way, and was about to ask about Qi Jiaze's situation.
After searching for a long time, he found a suspected species named "king" in the address book, and tentatively asked: Jiaze
King: It’s me, can’t you recognize me if I change my avatar, then I’ll change it back to James
Xing Xing: No, did the teacher look for you today
king: I found it, I heard you deny it, they are so angry
Finally, with some comfort, Qi Xingchen typed: Tao Xuan's side is not very good, you take the time to contact the classmates who were present at that time today and ask them to help testify
king: ok, what's wrong with Tao Xuan
"..." Qi Xingchen sighed.
This silly boy, who hasn't cleared himself of his crimes, doesn't forget to worry about what happened to others.
Before he entered "Peach of the Night", he felt that the Qi family deserved their death.
After transmigrating in, he found that the Qi family were just puppets manipulated by the plot, but in fact, everyone has a soft and kind heart.
Qi Xingchen briefly talked about Tao Xuan's condition, and Qi Jiaze immediately said that he would not mess with Tao Xuan again. Qi Xingchen felt even more uncomfortable after hearing this.
He hoped there would be another time.
Back at the aquarium, it happened that the filming of the last scene had just finished. Shang Yuliang greeted Qi Xingchen: "Go change clothes and get ready, it's your turn. By the way, Xiao Qi, don't make appointments at night."
Qi Xingchen was curious: "Is there a night show?"
"No night scenes," Shang Yuliang said with a smile, "I heard that younger brother Tao Tao has woken up and is in good health. It just so happens that we have been too tense for a while, so go out to have dinner to celebrate and relax by the way."
As an actor, it is normal and necessary to obey the crew's arrangements during filming. Qi Xingchen didn't take the initiative to ask anyone out. If someone asked him, he would only agree when he was ready for tomorrow's scene.
So he didn't make any arrangements at all, so he answered and went to the locker room to change his work clothes.
In the afternoon, he and the group will play the main part, mainly showing the psychological changes and metamorphosis of Lin Xiao after working in the aquarium and getting along with marine creatures day and night.
At the same time, this is also his penultimate day of shooting the main scene. Tomorrow, after re-shooting some pre-shots, he will transfer to the university campus and outdoors with Group B to shoot scenes of Lin Xiao's life.
The group performers are very nice, and their acting skills are also in place. Several scenes of seal performances ended quickly.
Before checking out and leaving, there was a girl in her twenties who was an extra performer, holding a notebook and shouting timidly, "Qi Xingchen."
"Huh?" Qi Xingchen was reading the script for the next scene, and raised his head upon hearing this.
"Can you sign for me, I am your starlight."
Qi Xingchen was quite surprised that his fans had developed into a group of performers. He stood up with a smile, took the notebook and asked, "What's your name?"
"Ahhh!" The girl couldn't restrain her joy, "You want to sign for me?"
Qi Xingchen suddenly felt that this scene seemed familiar—when he went to the airport to pick up Bai Ye, Bai Ye pretended not to know him and drew a star on his hand.
Qi Xingchen blinked and said, "Well, I'll sign for you."
The girl read out a name that sounded very delicate, and Qi Xingchen signed it in a few strokes. The girl hugged her happily and left. Qi Xingchen sat back on his seat and opened the photo album on his phone.
Scroll up and scroll to the date of the pick-up day.
He didn't wash his hands all day that day, and before taking a bath at night, he took a photo of the stars in his palm as a souvenir.
Staring at the photo in a daze for a while, he slid his finger on the "Delete" button repeatedly, and finally he put the phone back in his pocket as if discouraged.
At six o'clock in the afternoon, for the convenience of the evening dinner, Shang Yuliang announced an early stoppage of work.
The big guys put on beautiful clothes and got into their nanny cars one after another. A row of commercial vehicles headed for the restaurant in a mighty manner, and the scene was extremely spectacular.
There were a lot of people this time, including all the minor supporting roles, plus the director, assistant director, photography team leader, lighting team leader, etc. There were nearly 30 people. Someone said they wanted to eat hot pot, so Shang Yuliang decided to order a hot pot restaurant, the one with a small pot for each person, and two big round tables.
Since all the dishes were served in the name of celebrating Tao Tao, Shang Yuliang raised the wine and said, "This time is really too risky. I hope brother Tao Tao will get better and better."
Tao Tao is quite eloquent: "Thank you for the business director's blessing, but there is no way to make a fuss about the bodies of actors' relatives. I think the business director just wanted to find an excuse to invite everyone to dinner, and they found me!"
There was a sound of "Thank you, business director" in the private room, and Shang Yuliang laughed loudly, and drank a glass generously.
After the main position was taken, the rest of them naturally couldn't be left behind and raised their heads one after another. After the first cup, Shang Yuliang continued to drink the second cup, "Temporarily adjust the time, everyone is busy with me every day, I am tired, thank you for your efforts."
"It should be", "Isn't this our responsibility", "You are the most tired person", "We will continue to work hard in the future", everyone said polite words on their mouths, and their eyes went out to Xu Sheng.
If it wasn't for him, why would you be so tired
Xu Sheng has been mixed in and out of the crew recently. Maybe his manager told him that he automatically chose the most remote seat to avoid being despised from the beginning to the end for sitting in the central area.
Qi Xingchen also looked towards him with everyone, and suddenly found that Xu Sheng had a strange expression.
With a fake smile on his face, a pair of gloomy eyes stared straight at the side of Tao Tao's face.
... Why did he look at Tao Tao with that look
Qi Xingchen rubbed his stomach in doubt for a moment, then suddenly remembered—isn't this the plot where the hero saves the beauty in "Peach of the Night"? !
Tao Tao got drunk at the dinner, Xu Sheng took her back to his room and tried to moles her. Tao Tao called the hero, and the hero rushed over to save the beauty.
In the original text, this episode happened at Xu Sheng's wrap-up banquet. Knowing that he would never see Tao Tao again, he made up his mind to go astray.
Now the timeline has been moved forward, but the motivation has not changed - because Xu Sheng's role in the drama has been cut, and the drama with only three days left is about to wrap up.
And with his current popularity, it is obvious that the crew will not prepare a wrap-up banquet for him.
If he doesn't do anything today, he has no chance!
After drinking two glasses of wine, Qi Xingchen instantly sobered up—it was one thing for Bai Ye and Tao Tao to have a night out, but it was another thing to know that Tao Tao would be in danger.
Women have no inherent advantage over men, and Xu Sheng will inevitably take advantage of them during the struggle. He can't help but watch her fall into the fear of being molested.
It would of course be better if the direction of the plot can be changed by the way.
He hurried to Tao Tao's side and persuaded in a low voice: "Sister Tao Tao, drink less, we have a lot of shots to make up tomorrow."
Tao Tao smiled: "Thank you for your concern, I will drink less without you telling me!"
Qi Xingchen felt relieved, and stared at her and Xu Sheng with good eyes.
However, the day failed.
Tired for so long, everyone finally found a chance to relax and toast non-stop. Shang Yuliang was also happy to see the employees happy, and kept drinking.
All the people present were insiders, and no one knew what their background was. The toast is over the top, not drinking is impolite is secondary, maybe the other party thinks that you don't give him face and stabs him secretly.
After that, don't even think about messing around in the entertainment industry!
So by the end of the drink, most people are drunk. Including Qi Xingchen also drank a lot, his stomach kept turning.
"Okay, let's leave it at that, I'm really afraid I won't be able to start work tomorrow," Shang Yuliang called the waiter, and signed the order while directing, "The boys are responsible for sending the girls back to the room."
"I'll give it to Sister Tao Tao!" Qi Xingchen quickly raised his hand.
"I see that you are quite drunk, I am reluctant to hand over my heroine to you," Shang Yuliang glanced around, "Xiao Xu has a good drinker, you can give Ji Yan a gift."
Qi Xingchen: "..."
Oh shit!
Who will send who will be determined quickly, but fortunately, everyone lives in the same hotel.
Qi Xingchen got out of the car and sent the other actor back to his room as quickly as possible. After accepting his thanks at the door, he couldn't wait to take the elevator up again, so he ran to the 24th floor along the fire escape.
Just happened to see Xu Sheng push Tao Tao into the door!
He rushed over at a brisk pace, but unfortunately it was too late, Xu Sheng closed the door, Qi Xingchen only had time to see the lewd smile on his lips!
"Ding dong—ding dong—" Qi Xingchen rang the doorbell fiercely.
"Kang kuang—kuang ku—" he knocked hard on the door.
But Xu Sheng was determined to ignore it.
... The most important thing is, why hasn't the hero come yet? !
No way, safety first now. While waiting for the male lead to come, Tao Tao doesn't know how much he will suffer.
Qi Xingchen dialed 110 with his left hand, and knocked on the door of Feng Qingyuan's room with his right hand, wanting to knock on the door with him.
He knocked a few times and no one answered, he remembered that Feng Qingyuan was sending the business guide to the person in charge, and seeing that the elevator was about to arrive, he ran towards the elevator!
"Ding~" The elevator door opened, and he rushed in with one step—
I bumped into the passengers inside!
"Yes..." Qi Xingchen hastily apologized,
He only uttered one word, saw the other person's face clearly, and suddenly couldn't say the remaining two words.
Fever, stomachache, soiled pants, drunk... The grievances of the whole day broke out at the same time, without thinking about it,
He reached out and punched Bai Ye hard.
He drank too much, the punch was soft and painless. Bai Ye looked him up and down: "Drinking again?"
"Yes! I'm drunk!" Qi Xingchen was unreasonable.
"No wonder you don't answer the phone," Bai Ye said, "I'll take you back to your room first, and then I'll buy you hangover medicine."
"...No need," Qi Xingchen was thinking about Tao Tao, "Help me quickly, Sister Tao Tao was brought into my room by Xu Sheng!"
As he said that, he pulled Bai Ye to the door of Xu Sheng's room. Knowing the urgency of this matter, Bai Ye and Qi Xingchen joined forces, and finally knocked open the door after more than ten blows!
Tao Tao must have struggled, the collar of her clothes was damaged, but other parts were intact.
Xu Sheng was delirious and panicked when his evil deeds were discovered. Qi Xingchen and Bai Ye pushed him to the ground two or three times, one on the left and one on the right.
The police from the police station arrived at the scene five minutes later. Considering Tao Tao's identity, he simply made a record and took Xu Sheng away.
Shang Yuliang was terrified, kept calling himself guilty, and asked the driver to take Tao Tao to the hospital for examination.
When all the dust settled, Qi Xingchen finally breathed a sigh of relief. Immediately afterwards, he found that his whole body was sore and weak, and his waist almost couldn't straighten up.
"Are you feeling better?" Bai Ye stood at Xu Sheng's door, "Go, I'll take you back to your room."
"No, I'll go upstairs by myself. Your mission is complete, you can go back."
"What are you talking about?" Bai Ye supported him, "I didn't finish my work, and I was going to go up."
Qi Xingchen didn't care, and wanted to say that you came here to save Tao Tao, so there was nothing else to do.
Then he found that Bai Ye's answer seemed wrong.
"You..." Qi Xingchen asked tentatively, "What are you doing in our hotel at night?"
"Send the demo of the theme song of "Heart of the Ocean" to the business director."
"Didn't you come here after receiving a call from someone?" Qi Xingchen couldn't believe it.
"I also want to ask why you guys didn't answer the phone. I don't know whether I should come." Bai Ye only thought he was drunk, "Go back and rest quickly, don't stick around here."
Qi Xingchen's mind was in a mess... The hero's rhetoric didn't seem to match the plot.
Zuo Zuo was drunk now, he was eager to ask for proof, and he refused to let go: "Why didn't I hear you say that you want to write the theme song for "Heart of the Ocean"?"
"The business director asked me before, but I didn't agree. I finished the show with you that day, and then I was taken away by him when I went out. There is no other way, I can only agree."
When I went out, I was caught by him again... ..
Qi Xingchen raised his hand and scratched the top of his head, feeling as if someone stuffed a bunch of fireworks into his head, crackling and colorful.
"That... ... "
He took a deep breath, and his voice trembled undetectably, "Where did you and the business director discuss the theme song?"
If other people questioned him endlessly like this, Bai Ye would definitely leave with a cold face at this moment.
But the single eyelid folded by the little fan in front of him was too cute, Bai Ye patiently explained: "Of course I went to Tao Tao's room, this song is for her."
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