After taking two sips of red wine, Xu Qiao looked at the street outside the balcony.
Soft lights lit up the streets, like a light strip running through the city. Those ancient buildings showed a stronger sense of history at night. From a distance, the lights were on in St. Mark's Basilica, and the light came through the dome glass, making the prominent outline of the gorgeous dome particularly attractive under the moonlight.
The music of the choir and orchestra drifted over faintly, mixed with the lively noise of the nearby bar at night. Xu Qiao drank the red wine in the glass, turned around, and saw Xu Siyi coming out of the bathroom.
With the light behind him, his face was a little blurry.
Xu Qiao watched him approach and blinked slowly.
Xu Siyi walked up to him, saw the wine glass with a few drops of wine in his hand, and asked, "How much did you drink?"
"A little bit at a time." Xu Qiao stood up, his steps a little unsteady.
"Hey." Xu Siyi supported him, feeling helpless.
Xu Qiao's alcohol tolerance is not good, even terrible, he knows this.
Because they had been too intimate before, Xu Siyi felt a sense of guilt and embarrassment in his heart, which slowly dissipated as the bathtub was filled with warm water.
I couldn't help wanting to get close to him again.
Xu Siyi bent his knees slightly, put his arms around both sides of his body, lifted his hips down, and lifted him up with a force.
Xu Qiao felt his body sway and quickly held onto his shoulders to steady himself. Realizing their current position, he frowned and motioned Xu Siyi to put him down.
This posture is so weird. It's like a parent holding a child.
"What are you doing?" Xu Qiao asked.
The person in his arms was now taller than him because of this position. Xu Siyi looked up at him with a smile in his eyes: "I'll carry you to take a shower."
Having said this, he turned around, left the balcony and walked towards the bathroom.
Xu Qiao was a little embarrassed and patted his shoulder: "Don't hug me like that."
Xu Siyi really stopped and put him on the ground. Before Xu Qiao could breathe a sigh of relief, he felt his body lighten and was picked up by this man in a princess hug. He was stunned for a moment.
"Hold me like this?" A happy smile escaped from Xu Siyi's throat. They were so close that Xu Qiao seemed to be able to feel the vibration of his vocal cords at his Adam's apple.
Seeing the smile on his face, Xu Qiao realized that he was just teasing her when he held her like a child.
Xu Qiao looked away and moved his gaze to his chest: "Does it hurt anymore?"
Xu Siyi knew that he was asking about the broken ribs he had suffered in a previous car accident.
"It doesn't hurt."
Xu Siyi carried him into the bathroom and then came out. Xu Qiao took off his clothes and stepped into the bathtub. His body sank into the water of just the right temperature and he sighed comfortably.
The day's fatigue and the stickiness from sweat on the body were all washed away.
After washing, Xu Qiao lay on the bed and looked at his phone for a while, then it was Xu Siyi's turn to wash.
After he came out, Xu Qiao took a glance and saw that the man only had a bath towel wrapped around his lower body. His washed hair was shiny black, with water droplets hanging on the stiff tips. As he walked, his hair was shaky and finally couldn't bear it anymore and slid down along his neck.
Feeling a little itchy from the water drops sliding down, Xu Siyi shook his head, and the water drops immediately splashed on his wet hair.
Xu Qiao looked at him and couldn't help but think of the appearance of a large canine shaking its fur after taking a bath.
Xu Siyi came over, propped one arm on the bed, and asked gently, "Are you sleepy?"
Xu Qiao was indeed very tired. He yawned, tears welling up from the corners of his eyes: "I'm sleepy."
"Then go to sleep. We have plans for tomorrow." Xu Siyi tucked him in and lay down on the other bed.
Xu Qiao turned sideways to a more comfortable position, looking at Xu Siyi not far away, his eyelids gradually becoming heavy.
It would be nice to continue living with this person like this, this thought popped up from the depths of my mind.
He thought he would never fall in love with anyone again. After He Xingzhang died, that feeling of being at a loss stayed in his body for too long until it was erased by the world consciousness the next time he traveled through the book.
The panic and agony slowly faded away, but just like a nail nailed into a wooden board, even if the nail is pulled out, traces of its existence will still remain on the board.
Time and time again, the traces became more and more. He was too lazy to like anyone anymore.
Later, he told Xu Siyi to "give it a try" because he was not sure what kind of feelings he had for this person.
Yes, I like it. Yes, I like it.
The next morning, Mo Chenghong knocked on the door.
Xu Siyi went to open the door, and Mo Chenghong walked in and saw Xu Qiao still curled up in the quilt. The quilt on the bed next to him was messy and the sheets were a little wrinkled.
He couldn't help but glance at Xu Siyi: "Don't you two sleep together?" How come they are still sleeping in separate beds even though they have confirmed their relationship? Mo Chenghong muttered to himself.
Xu Siyi did not respond to his scrutinizing gaze, turned around and called Xu Qiao to get up.
Seeing Xu Qiao still half asleep and not wanting to get up, Mo Chenghong urged, "Hurry up, or the attractions will be full of people again."
Only then did Xu Qiao get up, yawning.
After a simple breakfast, Mo Chenghong took them directly to St. Mark's Basilica, which they did not enter yesterday.
Returning to St. Mark's Square where they had been yesterday, it was still very early and there were not many tourists, so the three of them were able to slow down and look at St. Mark's Basilica at the other end.
This is a Byzantine-style building with oriental features. Its strange curves, swirls and mosaics make it full of charm.
The three of them walked into the church, and they felt a burst of golden color coming towards them. The floor, walls, and even the dome were covered with Baroque-style murals and mosaics.
These religious mosaics are decorated with luxurious gold foil and various colorful glittering metals and gems, which are magnificent and dazzling.
Mo Chenghong couldn't help but sigh: "It's too luxurious."
After walking around the church for a while, we saw more and more tourists.
Xu Qiao saw a newlywed couple in wedding dresses taking wedding photos in St. Mark's Square, and then walking into the church hand in hand.
The bride gathered her long skirt into a ball and hugged it in front of her. The groom supported her, and the two walked in the church, talking and laughing at each other. The tourists around them all gave them kind smiles and blessings.
Xu Siyi stopped and gently touched Xu Qiao's hand with his palm.
Xu Qiao turned his head to look at him, and saw Xu Siyi staring at him deeply.
In an instant, he understood what Xu Siyi's eyes wanted to say.
Mo Chenghong was still examining the luxurious decoration inside the church, while Xu Qiao and Xu Siyi were looking at each other.
"Xu Qiao, Si Yi, what are you two doing standing there?" After a moment, Mo Chenghong's voice sounded not far away.
Xu Siyi smiled and followed his pace with Xu Qiao.
Two days later, the three boarded a plane back home.
The studio announced the news that Xu Siyi had recovered and returned to China. Fans were in tears, waiting for Xu Siyi's first work arrangement after returning to China.
Unexpectedly, before I could receive any further arrangements, I received a shocking Weibo post from Xu Siyi.
Xu Siyi: Xu Qiao, I am dating you with the intention of getting married.
fan:
His words were like a drop of water splashing into a frying pan, which immediately caused an uproar.
[!!what's the situation]
[??? Is that what I meant?]
[? ? ? ? ?! ]
As soon as he posted this Weibo, the number of interactions increased at an astonishing rate. It instantly became a hot search and quickly climbed up.
Not long after this Weibo post was published, the hot search for "Xu Siyi and Xu Qiao's romance" climbed to the top of the hot search list, with a small "explosive" character following it.
Weibo became laggy.
The maintenance staff watched helplessly as the server crashed due to the excessive amount of data, and the Weibo homepage went blank and nothing could be refreshed.
Programmers performed emergency maintenance, and it took two hours before Weibo returned to normal.
The number of related topics increased rapidly, and Xu Siyi's fans still found it difficult to accept it.
This is so fucking!! When did they get together?!
Speechless.
Nothing to say.
In addition to being shocked, netizens dug into the couple’s love history.
The crews of "Liao Jiang" and "Hundred Ghosts" are next to each other! When Xu Qiao was filming in the crew, Xu Siyi happened to be on the schedule as well. Could it be that they knew each other at that time
Ying Yuan died of sudden cardiac death, Xu Qiao rescued him, and then Xu Siyi sent him home!
The photo with an ambiguous angle that seemed like someone was biting something was dug up again, and netizens expressed their excitement: Put yourself in my shoes, this is fucking real!
There is also the bed double in Water Ghost! Such an intense bed scene, suddenly I feel so good, a dignified actor is a bed double, what else can this be if not love!
I heard that the director had found another stand-in before. Sure enough, Si Yi was jealous and asked to do it himself!
Wait, no wonder Xu Siyi denied the scandal so straightforwardly when Yu Ruwei started it later.
Homosexuals! They actually exposed it so directly without considering the consequences. If this is not love, then what is it
Overnight, countless CP fans were born.
Is the ready-made sugar hard to chew or not fragrant
However, no matter how excited the netizens were, the fans of Xu Qiao and Xu Siyi were both greatly shocked.
Some fans announced that they would stop being fans, but Xu Qiao’s fans were not so worried. Maybe it was because several of the characters played by Xu Qiao all had some homosexual undertones, so the acceptance rate was still relatively high.
Xu Siyi’s fans were not so easy to accept.
It was a chaotic fight for a while.
[I never thought Si Yi was gay, it’s really hard for me to accept it]
[I’m no longer a fan, I loved you, I won’t turn against you]
[I thought Si Yi would have a love interest one day, but I never expected it would be a man]
Some fans were unwilling to accept the decision and chose to stop being fans, while others directed their criticism at Xu Qiao.
[To be honest, I respect Si Yi's sexual orientation and don't care whether he likes men or women, but why Xu Qiao?]
[Si Yi just won the Best Actor award, no matter how you look at it, Xu Qiao doesn’t deserve it]
Xu Qiao's fans are still sad that their son has found a partner, and they are as melancholy as an old mother.
When I saw these words, I immediately rushed to the battlefield with a lot of questions in my head.
[??? What's wrong with me, looks, ability or something else?]
[Although our Qiao Qiao has not been in the industry for long, and his only representative works are "Liao Jiang" and "Hundred Ghosts", his performance in the two dramas is obvious to all, okay?]
[Yeah, didn’t he also win the Most Surprising Actor Award for “The General”?]
Xu Siyi's fans expressed disdain.
[That award is for online dramas and online movies, and its value is not high at all, okay?]
Can an award for online film and television dramas be comparable to the Best Actor award at the Venice Film Festival
[The nitpickers always find something to argue about. What about the documentary "Survival"? Each of the recent episodes has broken the record for the ratings of documentary channels. It is as popular as popular variety shows. The party media has praised it so many times. Why don't you say anything?]
[Our Qiao Qiao is a top student in the Department of Mathematics at T University. He got full marks in every subject at the end of the semester. An academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering specifically asked him to be a graduate student (smile)]
Some fans were furious and thought to themselves that at worst Xu Qiao could just quit the entertainment industry and focus on scientific research, and not play with you guys anymore, let's see who is more noble.
…
After much arguing online, Mo Chenghong released a public relations plan for his relationship that he had prepared in advance, and managed to stabilize the situation.
It’s just that homosexuals are more sensitive, and some originally intended endorsement collaborations have been withdrawn, and the careers of both people have been affected to a certain extent.
Xu Qiao's influence is even greater, and a lot of it comes from the pressure exerted by Xu Siyi's fans. Mo Chenghong said that he still lacks an award of sufficient weight to shut his mouth.
Time quickly came to the end of September, and the filming of all five episodes of the "Survival" documentary was completed. During this period after the filming, Xu Qiao almost disappeared from the public eye. Fans found that there was less and less news about him, and they worriedly wondered if their brother had been scolded and had to quit the entertainment industry.
Every day, a large number of fans leave messages on Xu Qiao’s account and the official Weibo account of his studio, asking if he has taken on a new drama, will appear on a new variety show, etc.
When they learned that there were no relevant work arrangements, fans could no longer sit still. They were really worried that Xu Qiao would fade out of the public eye without saying a word and thus quit the entertainment industry.
During this period, Xu Qiao was actually busy training in the folk music orchestra.
Ying Wenlin seemed to be inspired by his theory of harmony in folk music, so he recomposed the ensemble piece and then asked him to revise and improve it together.
The music score was completed and the orchestra's training improved each time.
When the weather was about to get cold, the folk music orchestra finally set out on the journey to Austria.