The man pushed his arm, then reached out and patted his face. His wandering consciousness instantly returned to his body. Xu Qiao shuddered, suddenly opened his eyes, and subconsciously grabbed the hand.
"Ah, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts!" Li Feifei's hand was held tightly, and the piercing pain made his face wrinkled. He squinted his eyes and begged for mercy, but his voice stopped abruptly when he met Xu Qiao's bone-chilling eyes.
A chill rose from his back for a long time. Li Feifei laughed dryly, moved his wrist, and asked cautiously, "Brother, what's wrong with you?"
Slow reaction speed and weak strength.
Xu Qiao let go of the man after making sure he was not a threat: "Who are you?"
His mind felt heavy, as if it had been rusted after not being used for a long time. Xu Qiao struggled to sit up straight in the bathtub, his whole body filled with cold water.
He remembered that he had failed in his mission in the book "The Last Days", and it was his first failure, so he didn't know what the punishment was.
Holding on to the edge of the bathtub, Xu Qiao dragged his heavy and stiff body out, not caring that there was someone beside him. He wiped his naked body with a dry towel beside him and put on a bathrobe.
I looked around and it was clean and tidy. It was obvious that I was not in the apocalyptic world. Was I sent to another book by the will of the world? Then what was my identity in this book
I heard the person next to me calling me brother just now. Is he the younger brother of this body? But why was there no transmission of the original body's memories this time
Turning his gaze back to Li Feifei, who was standing there stupidly without reacting, Xu Qiao asked again, "Who are you?"
The corner of Li Feifei's mouth twitched. She wanted to touch Xu Qiao's forehead, but when she saw his slightly narrowed eyes, she didn't dare to move forward for some reason.
Nana took back her hand, and Li Feifei said with a bitter face: "Brother, I am Feifei, are you still drunk?"
How come the good little sheep brother suddenly became so sharp and scary
"Fei Fei..." Xu Qiao frowned, the name sounded familiar.
"Strange, didn't I feed you hangover soup last night?" Li Feifei scratched his head. "Brother, clean up and eat something. We have to join the group this afternoon."
Xu Qiao lowered his head slightly, and after a while, he asked in a hoarse voice, "Li Feifei?"
When Li Feifei gave a positive answer, Xu Qiao walked towards the mirror on the sink. The mist had long since condensed into water droplets, sliding down the mirror surface. In the gaps between the water marks, an extremely handsome young man was looking at her.
It was a face without any flaws. Whether it was the curve of the corners of the eyes or the subtle ups and downs of the nose, they were all so delicate that they looked like sculptures that should be placed in an art gallery.
Particularly charming are the eyes, whose dark pupils are like black glass balls immersed in clear water.
This is his own face, Xu Qiao's face.
Memories from too long ago finally surfaced: being drunk, freezing to death or drowning in the bathtub, traveling through books, dozens of times... Now, he has finally returned to the real world that belongs to him.
He vaguely recalled his current situation. He was a small star with a bad reputation. Li Feifei was his assistant who had been following him since his debut.
Following Li Feifei into the living room, Xu Qiao looked around and finally found a sense of familiarity that he had not felt for a long time.
Turning on the air conditioner, warm air blew out slowly from the air outlet. Xu Qiao saw a few plastic bags on the coffee table, and a faint rice fragrance wafted out from them, and he couldn't help but move his throat.
"Brother, I bought some white porridge. You drank too much last night, so you should eat something light now." After saying this, Li Feifei seemed to realize that she had said something wrong and asked tentatively, "Have you read Weibo?"
Xu Qiao sat on the sofa, took out a spoon, handed one to Li Feifei, and then opened the box: "I didn't see it."
Li Feifei was about to say something when her cell phone vibrated. She looked nervous when she saw the caller ID: "It's Sister Yang." Xu Qiao's agent, Yang Hui.
Li Feifei cleared her throat and answered the phone: "Hello, Sister Yang?"
An angry female voice came from the other end of the phone: "Fei Fei, you should be with Xu Qiao, ask him to answer the phone for me!"
Li Feifei shrank her neck and handed the phone to Xu Qiao.
Xu Qiao took the phone, turned on the hands-free function, and put it aside. She bent her long legs casually, picked up the porridge and took a sip: "Hey, Sister Yang, good morning."
Yang Hui was furious when she heard Xu Qiao's voice: "How can I be fine? Xu Qiao, you are really amazing. You didn't answer the phone for a long time. Oh, you are amazing. You are so arrogant even though you are not famous yet?"
Li Feifei hurriedly explained: "No, sister, my brother was drunk last night and just woke up."
"Drunk?" The other side sneered, "I was just about to say, can't you two be more careful? You've been photographed again. Last time it was Xu Qiao who got into a fight, this time it was Xu Qiao who got drunk and acted crazy on the street. Do you still remember that you are a public figure?"
Li Feifei glanced at Xu Qiao, who had his eyes lowered and no emotion could be seen. He was such a good brother, how could someone say that to him!
He muttered, "Last time, I saw someone robbing, so I went to help chase them. Last night, I was entertaining the producers, and a couple was arguing outside. The man hit the woman, and I wanted to go in and break up the fight—"
"I don't care what the reason is, it was caught on camera anyway. Did anyone testify to what you said? Netizens only take things out of context and listen to what they want to hear. Now it's Xu Qiao who got into a fight and got drunk in the street! Xu Qiao, how can you be so capable? You are so awesome, is it your turn to meddle in other people's business?!"
Xu Qiao raised the corners of his mouth lazily, and said sincerely: "You are right."
Li Feifei looked at Xu Qiao with grievance. The boy's drooping eyelashes were as black as crow feathers, and his skin was so good that it seemed to emit light.
He has a smooth and shiny hair and is such a good-looking brother, why does he attract so much criticism
There was the sound of a lighter on Yang Hui's end. She took a puff of cigarette and calmed down a little, but her voice was still full of sarcasm:
"Forget it. Anyway, we can part ways amicably after a while. Act well in your last play, and don't stay in the entertainment industry anymore.
Xu Qiao, listen to me, this circle is not suitable for you. You haven't graduated from college yet, right? Go back to school and find a job related to your major after graduation. Isn't it better than being scolded every day now? "
Xu Qiao continued to drink his porridge: "You are right."
Yang Hui added: "You should thank Cheng Xuan. He got you this role through favors. With your acting skills, what kind of role can you play?"
After saying that, Yang Hui hung up the phone.
Chengxuan, Li Chengxuan... Xu Qiao tapped the table with his finger. If he remembered correctly, this person debuted in the same group as him.
However, compared to being scolded every day, Li Chengxuan is the one who has developed the best in the group. Not long ago, there were frequent press releases calling him a new actor with good acting skills.
Xu Qiao was not a graduate of a professional school. He was discovered by an agency on the street because of his good looks. He then stepped into the entertainment circle shrouded in glory and formed a group with three other people in the name of chasing light.
But compared to them who all have professional singing, dancing and acting skills, Xu Qiao is much more amateurish - stiff and nervous in front of the camera, singing out of tune, dancing to the wrong beat...
Half a year after his debut, there have been marketing accounts that have been leading the trend to say that he is a vase. Coupled with the previous fight scandal, fans are disappointed, and passers-by's impression of him has dropped to the freezing point.
The popularity of the other three boys has been rising steadily, but Xu Qiao is like a hopeless character and is gradually being marginalized in the company.
What Yang Hui said on the phone earlier, "let's part ways in peace", was clearly the company's attitude: since there is no packaging value anymore, then putting a "peaceful" termination of the contract on the agenda.
Li Feifei rolled her eyes as she looked at the page on her phone, then said in a pinched voice, "Thank you Li Chengxuan? I don't know if he is really kind or just pretending to be kind, asking someone for a favor to get you a role that will get you scolded."
"What role?" Xu Qiao asked casually. The sunlight coming into the room enveloped him. When he turned his head, the sunlight cut a sharp shadow on his face.
Li Feifei held the spoon handed to him by Xu Qiao in his hand, and kept looking at the person in front of him who seemed to be a little different from before.
There was a subtle curve at the corner of his eyes, and a deep light flowed in his black pupils, which seemed to reveal a bit of nonchalant frivolity and sharpness.
"Brother, don't you remember Jin'er from "Chatting with the Golden Seer to Remember the Passing Years"?"
Xu Qiao tilted his head and glanced at Li Feifei. A strand of hair on his forehead hung down, brushing the edge of his delicate brow bone. His expression was very innocent.
Li Feifei took a deep breath. Although this character was disliked and she could understand Xu Qiao not wanting to play him, but he was about to join the crew. Could it be that his brother hadn't even read the script yet
If this gets out, I'll definitely be scolded again!
Li Feifei could imagine the words used by those marketing accounts, such as "unprofessional", "acting like a big shot even though you are not a big name", etc., which really hurt her heart.
Xu Qiao had no shame at all and stretched out a slender white hand to Li Feifei: "Where's the script? Let me see it."
Li Feifei's face twitched, and she pulled out the script from under the coffee table in front of Xu Qiao: "Brother, have you completely forgotten about this script? It's only been a few days!"
Xu Qiao took the script and flipped through it casually: "Aren't we joining the crew in the afternoon?" The implication was that there was still time.
Then Li Feifei watched Xu Qiao put the script aside and picked up the porridge to drink. Having just returned from the apocalypse, the clean and uncontaminated food in front of him was very attractive to Xu Qiao.
Li Feifei looked at the way he ate and sensed something was wrong. What was going on with this hungry ghost-like appearance
"No, brother, eat less. If you eat any more, your stomach will burst!"
Li Feifei was about to grab his bowl as she spoke. When she saw Xu Qiao's expressionless eyes sweeping over her, she smiled dryly, retracted her outstretched hand and rubbed it against her body. She muttered in her heart, why is that look so scary
The living room was quiet for a while. Li Feifei held the spoon in her mouth and had no intention of eating: "Brother, let's just eat until we are about 80% full..."