The dressing room suddenly became quiet.
He stopped only five steps in front of her, and Ji Ning looked up to meet the man's gaze.
The man's eyelids were half-closed, and there was a shadow at the end of his eye, which inexplicably invaded his aura. It was not noticeable when he was not releasing it, but at this moment in this small space, she felt as if he had nailed her to the ground.
"No... that's not it," she didn't know how to explain, and finally managed to say, "It's just that the reporters love to dig holes."
With how much traffic he carries, which reporter wouldn't want to dig out some sensational headlines to send out as a press release? So they threw this dilemma to her, and no matter what answer she gave, it would not be the best.
She also didn't want to exploit him outside of variety shows, so she avoided those interviews as much as possible and told the media in advance.
Ji Shiyan leaned on the table and looked at her. After staring at her red ears for a while, he slowly spoke.
"Don't you have anything to ask me?"
The girl was standing in front of him at this moment. Except for the slight discoloration of her ears, everything else was normal. It seemed that he was the only one tossing and turning because of the kiss, and she was as calm as if... she was just bitten by a mosquito
Ji Shiyan, a favored child of heaven, had no way of convincing himself to accept this reality.
And Ji Ning shook his head under his gaze.
She felt that she had nothing to ask—she couldn't ask what she wanted to ask, and it would be inappropriate to ask what she didn't want to ask. Just treat it as filming a movie. No one would ask the male lead why he acted like that after filming a movie.
But after the girl shook her head, she found that the man tilted his head and narrowed his eyes, as if he was very dissatisfied with her response.
So Ji Ning had no choice but to lower his head and began to search his question box. Sure enough, he thought of something: "Right."
"Hmm?" He raised the end of his voice slightly.
She pointed at his finger resting on the table: "I'm curious why you always wear a pinky ring."
"… "
Ji Shiyan, who had been thinking about kissing scenes all day, couldn't help but frown when he heard such a meaningless question: "That's it?"
She pursed her lips, and countless sentences rolled back and forth on the tip of her tongue, but in the end she chose one sentence -
"That's it."
The man paused for a few seconds, sighed resignedly, and then said, "I cut my finger with a knife while filming a few years ago. It left a scar. I didn't want my fans to find out, so I just found a random ring to put on it."
"It took more than a year for the scar to heal completely, and I got used to wearing the ring and became too lazy to take it off."
—The reason behind the ring that has been given countless special meanings in the market is so simple that it leaves people speechless.
Ji Ning uttered softly, "No wonder."
Fans really don't want to see their idols get hurt, but men are bound to get into bruises while filming, so they have no choice but to hide it. And he hid it very well, and no one knew that the ring was used to hide the wound.
Hearing her response, the man smiled and said, "What else do you think it is?"
"I don't think so," she closed her eyes, "it's just that the marketing accounts often say that..."
The man who was a little unhappy just now suddenly felt better for some reason. He looked at her with interest and asked, "Is it a token of love between you and your girlfriend?"
She nodded.
"It's all nonsense." The man said faintly from the bottom of his throat and tilted his head to look at her, "You don't like it?"
Ji Shiyan touched his pinky ring with his slender fingers, shook it twice, and the ring slipped off his finger.
"If you don't like it, then you don't have to wear it," she heard him say.
But she knew that she had no say on whether it was liked or not. She seemed to hear something falling on the table in a trance. Just as she was about to speak, the door of the dressing room was pushed open.
Zhuo Gong, who came in to get the script, was stunned for two seconds when he saw the scene in front of him, then he smiled and continued: "Why are you all standing there? The shooting will start soon."
"Ningning, the makeup artist is calling you outside, go touch up your makeup."
"good."
As soon as Ji Ning left, Zhuo Gong was ready to follow.
Ji Shiyan maintained his previous posture without moving. He tapped the table twice and called Zhuo Gong: "Didn't you finish your makeup? What are you doing?"
"I haven't done my hair yet." Zhuo Gong shrugged and pointed to the top of his head with a smile, "Besides, I still have to review the script with Ningning."
The man felt that Zhuo Gong's two calls of "Ning Ning" seemed particularly intimate. He watched Zhuo Gong turn around again and said to himself, "Then I'll go over and be with her first! Brother Shi Yan, you sit inside first. You're not acting with her anyway, so you can come over when we start filming!"
—I'm with her; you're not acting with her anyway; come back when we start shooting.
Ji Shiyan narrowed his eyes, repeatedly savoring the clear division of camps in these words. He seemed to be separated, while Zhuo Gong brought himself and Ji Ning closely together.
For some reason, he sensed a hint of provocation.
The play in the afternoon was a melodramatic classic drama from the school starring the male and female protagonists.
Producer Ji came uninvited, so it was naturally impossible for him to wait until the filming started to be called. As soon as Ji Ning finished her makeup and started acting with Zhuo Gong, Ji Shiyan had already sat down on the chair.
He saw from a distance that Ji Ning said something, then turned around and was about to leave. Zhuo Gong behind him reached out and pulled her into his arms.
Since the filming has not started yet, the two's actions are rather casual and simple, and they are just going through the motions following the plot.
But Supervisor Ji's brows had already begun to furrow unconsciously.
Fortunately, the next second, Ji Ning took a few steps back, followed the heroine's plot, and slapped Zhuo Gong mercilessly.
The man nodded approvingly.
Well, not bad, the emotions are captured very well.
After rehearsing several times, Ji Ning noticed that Ji Shiyan was watching, and when the camera started, he came over and asked him, "Was that okay just now?"
"Can."
After that, Supervisor Ji added grimly, with his hands behind his back: "You could have slapped him harder."
…
Today's scene was filmed until late at night. Some unimportant staff members had already left work, and Ji Shiyan also left early because he had a schedule tomorrow.
Ji Ning was afraid of disturbing Song Yu when she went back to remove her makeup, so she simply removed her makeup in the dressing room. Just as she rinsed off the makeup remover and wiped her face, she found a small object that refracted light on the table.
When I picked it up, I saw that it was the pinky ring that Ji Shiyan took off today. There was a word "jsy" engraved on the inner circle. It was a custom-made one for him as a high-end luxury spokesperson and brand.
You've worn it for so many years that you should at least have some attachment to it. You wouldn't deliberately forget it here, right
Ji Ning opened WeChat and sent a message to Ji Shiyan: Did you forget your ring in the dressing room
The two of them seldom chat on WeChat, and there are only a few sentences on the page and a few voice calls.
After a few minutes, the man messaged back.
Not forgotten.
This is for you.
Although Ji Ning had bought the same model himself, when he saw the words "for you", his heart still skipped a few beats for no reason.
Unlike the one she bought, the ring on her hand was the one he had worn before, it had been stained with his scent and smell, it had accompanied him in winning major awards, and it had witnessed his glory.
And now, he gave it to her.
In fact, many people have the same ring as Ji Shiyan. He is very popular and his fans have strong purchasing power, so all the same rings have to be snatched up. Ji Ning went to the counter the next day and found out that the same ring was swept away by the Haiyan sisters and only one was left, and it was the largest size, which she couldn't wear at all.
But no woman can resist the temptation of "only one left", let alone the same style as her idol, and she also likes the style. In the end, Ji Ning bought a thin silver chain and put the ring on it as a necklace.
The Haiyan sisters were also very strong. When the marketing account first linked Ji Shiyan's ring to his relationship, fans posted their own rings in the comment section: So my relationship with Ji Shiyan was discovered so quickly?
With this response, the restocked rings were sold out again.
He had the same pair everywhere, but there was only one that he had ever worn, and it was now lying in the palm of her hand.
Ji Ning returned to the hotel still looking at the ring. She hooked the ring on the fingertips of her other hand, gently let go, and watched the ring fall to the end of her finger.
The other fingers are either too big or too small, only the ring finger is just big enough to wear it.
She stared at the incredible coincidence and blinked slowly.
///
After filming for more than a week, on the night when Ji Ning and Zhuo Gong had no scenes to perform, the crew arranged for them to host a branch party on a first-tier satellite TV station.
As long as the male and female leading actors attend the event together, it will be a good publicity.
There are only five programs in the branch venue, and the main purpose is to gather popularity for the live broadcast, so of course the host must be someone with high traffic.
It was not difficult to host five programs, especially since it was not the main venue. Ji Ning read the script for half an hour before leaving and got a general idea of the situation.
The branch venue was held in a medium-sized studio. Logically, there wouldn't be many audiences, but because Ji Shiyan accepted the invitation to perform on the show, the branch venue immediately became more popular than the main venue. I heard that the front row tickets have been sold at sky-high prices.
The man who has bid farewell to singing for a long time has his first stage after his transformation. Whether he is a fan or not, everyone wants to come and see it.
It's strange to say, when Ji Ning just received the invitation last month, the production team told her that there would be four programs, and said that there was one reserved program and they didn't know if they could invite anyone.
As a result, not long after she and Zhuo Gong were confirmed as the hosts, the program team sent a new script saying that Ji Shiyan was coming.
—He was going to perform. Even Ji Ning, a fan, was very surprised when he heard it.
After his transformation, he never performed on stage again. She once thought that he had retired from singing, but she never expected that such a small evening party would bring him back to the stage.
What ability did the production team have? What method did they use to convince him
As expected, when Ji Ning arrived at the venue, he saw that the entire venue was almost filled with Ji Shiyan's light signs. There seemed to be some fans holding up double-click signs, and even... there were girls holding up Xingchen's light signs.
Does she and Drogon have CP fans too
She scanned the venue, and just when she thought there couldn't be anything more shocking than the Xingchen CP fans, she spotted a lemon yellow signboard somewhere in the center of the venue.
That was her support color, with a cute word "Ning" written on it.
She had never thought that her name was so beautiful, nor had she ever thought that the support color matched her name so well.
The audiences of the four shows at the front of the branch venue maintained their general enthusiasm, but the moment Ji Shiyan's guitar sounded, screams rose up in three dimensions from every angle, shaking Ji Ning's microphone.
She was not jealous, but just thought contentedly in her heart that this was the person she liked, and he deserved all the applause and crowds.
The man was singing an English song he had released before. This song could be included in Ji Ning’s top 3 favorites, and she had promoted this song many times on her Weibo.
He sat on the steps with his legs half bent, the guitar seemed to have new life under his fingers, his deep voice and the melody intertwined, making people feel like it was a dream in a trance.
A dream that I don’t want to wake up from, but can’t wake up from.
But dreams always end. As the accompaniment ended, Ji Shiyan put the guitar behind him and adjusted his microphone.
"Good evening."
The audience responded enthusiastically, and his blue light sign looked like an undulating sea of lights.
"I know there are many people who want to hear me sing again, so I came back." His eyes fell on the darkness below the stage, and he smiled quietly, "I'll sing for you again if I have the chance."
Ji Ning had no intention of hosting the show. At the moment, he just wanted to rush into bed, turn on the live broadcast, and then sing praises to this man's damn charm on his second account.
Why is she hosting in such a formal dress? She can shout louder than the people in the audience!
It was not until Zhuo Gong pushed her that she remembered that she still had to go on stage to give the closing speech.
Ji Ning lifted her long skirt and walked up the stairs, gradually moving from the darkness to the light.
After finishing her words, she raised her head and waited for Drogon to speak.
However, just after she said "Did you like tonight's performance and hosting?", the moment she looked up, she found that the lemon yellow light sign in her cheering area was off.
Then, the red light board lit up again. At first, Ji Ning thought they were still cheering for other artists. After a while, he realized that these red light boards formed a heart.
The fan club's support group has not yet been fully established, which means that it is organized by her fans themselves offline.
She never thought that she would have a light stick when she was the host of a show, and she never thought that they would use such careful thoughts to give her support and love.
Her nose felt sore.
Since Ji Shiyan was standing on the stage right after his performance, Ji Ning and Zhuo Gong stood beside him. After all the speeches were finished, the three of them walked off the stage from the right side.
Ji Shiyan and Zhuo Gongben were walking very fast in front, but they suddenly stopped at the stairs. When Ji Ning passed by, he paused and looked up at them.
The two men ran straight behind her and leaned over to lift her skirt.
Her skirt was very long, and it was inconvenient for her to go downstairs in high heels, so it was not surprising that some gentlemanly male artists would help her in this way.
But... the two together seem a bit too exaggerated, right
Her skirt isn't ten meters long, so it's enough for one person, right
The two "male artists" behind obviously realized something. They stopped what they were doing at the same time and looked at each other, as if they were competing for the spot with their eyes.
After a few seconds, Ji Shiyan suddenly withdrew his hand.
The man curled his lips and humbly gave way: "You come."
Zhuo Gong smiled and was about to say that I was the supporting male host and it was indeed more appropriate for me to come. Before he could say it, he saw Ji Shiyan leaning in front of Ji Ning and extending his arm.
—You lift her skirt and I'll hold her hand.
Drogon: …
Damn, I was careless.
When Ji Ning went downstairs, he heard the fans still cheering. He didn't know why. Soon, there was a loud explosion from the crowd.
“The Double Tap Couple is real!”
Almost without a pause, a high-decibel response rang out from the Xingchen couple's cheering area: "It's fake!"
He shouted at the top of his lungs: "Really!"
Fighting spirit: "Fake!"
Gnashing teeth: "Really!"
Not to be outdone: "Fake!"
After listening to this over and over again for several rounds, Ji Ning couldn't help but smiled, pursing his lips.
She must be crazy to think that such a battle is cute.
As a result, the trio became a hot topic when they returned, right behind Ji Shiyan’s stage performance.
The hot search for the three of them was neither Ji Shiyan Zhuo Gong lifting her skirt nor Ji Shiyan holding Ji Ning’s hand, but—double-clicking the stars.
If he hadn't clicked on it and seen the familiar battle video recorded by a fan, Ji Ning would have thought it was some kind of stage promotion.
The comments section has different opinions:
Stop shouting, Star fans! Didn’t you see your mouse sister’s light board crushing the crowd? Double-click to slay the whole crowd, ok
I'm speechless. The CP dance has even been performed in front of the real couple. Can CP fans just keep themselves to themselves
Please double-click the powder to wake up, the most common substance on the scene is sea salt.
I won’t. I want the whole world to know that Double Click is fucking real!
Ji Ning's smirk is so cute. Who wouldn't want to lift up the skirt of plmm
I imagined a romantic drama with two male protagonists, the senior movie emperor and the sunny boy. No, no, it’s the senior movie emperor and the sunny boy fighting for the female lead. Damn, it’s so exciting. I will always love Shura Field!
However, no matter how lively the comment section is, it has little to do with Ji Ning tonight.
Because that whole night she was in her own super topic, admiring the picture of her own light sign over and over again.
She now has a light board and supporters, and those who love her finally appear in front of her in person.
///
The next day, she started filming with great energy. Everyone was chatting in the dressing room again. Someone first brought up the topic and said happily, "I recently found a spiritual sustenance that can relieve stress and make me forget the trivialities of life temporarily - eating CP."
"Being a couple is so wonderful, it's my utopia."
Zhuo Gong agreed: "Me too, I have a lot of CP videos saved on my phone."
Jiang Sheng came over and said, "Do you have any more videos? Show me."
After just a few casual glances, Jiang Sheng asked in his heart, "Why are all of them yours and Ji Ning's?"
Zhuo Gong was silent for a moment, then said, "Because the ones we cut are of better quality."
"I give up. No matter how good the quality is, it can't be all true, right? Look through your favorites, they are all about you and Ji Ning! You're f*cking supporting the couple of yourself and Ji Ning? This is the first time I've seen someone supporting a couple and themselves!"
"The quality is really good, I can't tell you enough," Zhuo Gong put the phone in front of Ji Ning, "Look, isn't it a sweet cut."
Ji Ning glanced down and saw that the background music was "Banana Song", a lively tune. It was indeed edited very sweetly, and all of it used materials released by the program crew.
The play "There Are Stars Here" is very sweet in itself, and it would be very interesting if you just pick a few clips and put them together.
She said very objectively: "The production team only released a little bit of promotional material, but they were able to edit it so sweetly, which is really good."
Once Ji Ning recognized him, Zhuo Gong became even more proud. He started to promote his and Ji Ning's channels to the entire crew, and he was just about to buy a hot post to put on Weibo.
Supervisor Ji sat in his chair in silence.
As a result, when he returned to the hotel after finishing the filming that night, Zhuo Gong suddenly received several messages in succession. When he opened them, he found that they were from Ji Shiyan, sharing videos, and they were all from... the two Jis
He read the titles carefully one by one -
Ji Shiyan x Ji Ning, all the wishes they made came true, he, cute.
Double-click couple's sweet mashup, five minutes you can't resist!
It takes only 100 seconds to get into the game and experience the ten famous scenes of the Double Click couple.
… Why share this with him so late at night
Just when Zhuo Gong was confused and seemed to understand something, the other side began to retreat slowly.
After withdrawing the video shares one by one, Ji Shiyan casually sent a message: Sorry, I sent it to the wrong person.
Drogon: ...?
The author has something to say: Are you dreaming about your relationship with Ji Ning in front of me
Oh, Salt is the most vengeful hero I have ever written.
There are also red envelopes today!!