"By the way, cough... I have a question."
It was rare that the atmosphere was just right, Xia Rong cleared his throat, and finally asked a question he had buried in his heart for a long time.
Su Chi was obviously prepared for this, he turned his head and asked lightly, "Why do I like you?"
"Ahem!... Um... almost." Xia Rong deeply doubted whether the lick of the glass just now also endowed Su Chi with the ability to read minds? Otherwise, how could I guess so accurately...
"Is it difficult to guess your thoughts?" The mind reading technique was activated again, and Su Chi laughed, "You obviously have everything you think written on your face."
Subconsciously, Xia Rong raised his hand to touch his face, then quickly put it down as if nothing had happened: "Don't worry about me!"
"It doesn't matter, I don't dare to. I'll answer the question." Su Chi smiled, "Do you still remember, five years ago, when you first entered the circle and participated in the draft competition?"
"Ah? Five years ago?" Xia Rong's eyes widened, and he almost asked: Did you start liking me so early
"Yes, I still remember that there was a scene where the top ten players were determined. You filmed the promotional video 'Preparing for the top ten games' in the suburbs of City B." Su Chi said calmly, "What you want to shoot is the theme of princes and wars. The plan, so the personnel arrangement is very messy, many of them are temporary, someone will play the piano for you, and someone will be responsible for re-setting the set. One person is building the background, but there is a mistake in the midst of being too busy. You take turns to go up, and the set was photographed Half of it collapsed, and the entire shoot had to be done from scratch."
Xia Rong thought for a while, then hesitated and said, "... I seem to have an impression? I remember it was very cold at the time."
"Yes, the winter was extremely cold that year, and there had just been a heavy snowfall in City B. In order to make the promotional video look good, you wore very little clothes. After several hours of filming, your face was frozen blue. So when the set went wrong, everyone must Start all over again, you contestants are so angry and complaining, you want to beat that person to vent your anger. But you didn't say anything, called a famous hot drink delivery from the city, and spent a lot of money to ask them to deliver it directly to the film crew. That dazed temp was involved too. Then, during re-set time, everyone was so busy getting together for hot drinks that no one had time to scold that guy."
"... That should be mainly because I want to drink it myself." Xia Rong scratched his head and ruthlessly exposed the truth, "So are you the factory worker? Just because of this, you fell in love with me?"
"No." Su Chi smiled, "I'm the one next to me playing the piano."
Xia Rong: "..."
So why do you spend so much effort to tell "the story of the field worker"!
"Because it was through this incident that I fell in love with you." Su Chi said naturally.
… Stop secretly reading my mind and complaining, please!
"Okay." Su Chi nodded.
Xia Rong: "..."
"I won't tease you anymore." Su Chi smiled, and continued, "I've been paying attention to you since then, and I've also watched your next games. You sing very well, and you deserve to be the champion."
"It's a pity that there are very few opportunities to sing now." Xia Rong sighed and sighed.
"There will always be a chance." Su Chi comforted him.
"That's not right... shouldn't you be filming at that time? "Encounter on a Sunny Day"? Is it called that?" Xia Rongke still couldn't forget the idol drama that robbed him of the limelight for the first time, "Why do you still have time to play the piano?"
"At that time, I was a sophomore in Chinese opera. The teachers encouraged us to practice is the best way to learn, so I looked for jobs everywhere. If I had an audition, I would audition. If I didn't audition, I would be an extra and earn pocket money. Okay. I didn't expect that one to be a hit." Su Chi said, "The night you won the championship, I was watching the TV to vote for you the whole time."
"Pfft..." Su Chi, who has always been noble and glamorous in front of others, would stand in front of the TV and vote for idols with a serious face like a serious fan... Once he thinks of this picture, Xia Rong can't help but want to laugh.
"So... it's that simple?" However, Xia Rong still couldn't believe it, "Isn't it too easy for you to fall in love with someone?"
"How hard can it be to fall in love with someone?" Su Chi laughed, "You are good-looking, and you fit my aesthetics. If you pick up the garbage on the ground, your favorability will increase by one; next time we meet, you won’t be the one who won the award at the award ceremony, but you are not angry or jealous at all, and you are really happy for the winner, and your favorability will be increased by one; next time When we met, you mistakenly thought that my performance costume was broken, and you were obviously in a competitive relationship with me, and you offered to help me solve the crisis, and your favorability increased by five... Next time, you sang a particularly beautiful song on stage, and you look very good-looking , plus ten favorability points... After five years, isn't it easy to fall in love with you?"
"No, no, when you say it like this, I think it's too difficult to make you fall in love with someone." Xia Rong complained, "Also, is there a bug in this favorability addition and subtraction system? I'll help you out. The increased favorability is not as good as standing on the stage and singing a song?"
"Where is it casual?" Su Chi said, "You were wearing a European-style top and bottom dress that day, with a short black cloak on top and a top hat on your head. You have a good figure and bright eyes, like a girl from a fairy tale. The little prince who came out..."
"Enough is enough...!" Xia Rong couldn't bear it anymore, "It's so disgusting, I get it, you are a dead face!"
"I think so too." He actually admitted shamelessly!
"However," Su Chi looked at Xia Rong, with the corners of his lips slightly raised, "I have lived for more than twenty years, and I have only committed crimes against you."
"... Didn't have it before, doesn't mean it won't be there in the future." Xia Rong took the phone, held it in his hand and played it back and forth, and said with lowered eyelashes, "Maybe in the future, you will meet someone who is more in line with your aesthetics?"
"You say that, are you afraid that I will regret it in the future, or are you afraid that I will empathize with someone else?" Su Chi said meaningfully, "The former means that you start thinking for me before we are together; the latter means that you are eating c... "
"How is it possible!" Xia Rong almost jumped up to interrupt him, "I just..."
"—It's just that you don't hate me." Su Chi followed his words closely, and called his name, "Xia Rong."
"… Um?"
"Let me try." Su Chi said softly. He raised his hand, as if he wanted to squeeze Xia Rong's face, but he hesitated for a moment, then took it back, spread his hand, and raised it in front of him, making a gesture like an oath: "Let me try to treat you well." .You don't have to do anything, just don't hide from me."
"..."
"If you are afraid that I will affect your normal life in the future, we can also agree on a deadline. If you haven't changed your mind by that deadline, I will give up and never disturb your life again."
"Then..." Xia Rong was taken away in a daze, "How long will it take?"
"One year?"
"... seems a little too long?"
"The 10 months?"
"..."
"Half a year." Su Chi looked earnestly, "Is it okay?"
"Okay, okay..." The other party has given in so much, it seems a bit unreasonable not to agree...
"Hmm." Someone secretly exhaled, but fortunately Xia Rong's heart softened, and he would let go sooner than the three months he had imagined. =v=
"If you change your mind at that time, you don't have to worry about anything. Whether it's your career or your family, I will do my best to solve them so that you won't have any worries." Su Chi still raised his hands, vowing.
"That's not necessary, I'm also a man, and I will definitely bear it with you when the time comes." Xia Rong said, "By the way, when you mentioned family, I remembered one thing."
"What?" Su Chi, who had finally taken a big step in the Long March, was in a sunny mood, and his tone of question was particularly soft.
Xia Rong shook the phone: "My mother told you to go home for dinner, are you coming?"
"… your home?"
"Yes, my family." Xia Rong patted his right foot, which was in a plaster cast, "Because you were injured, I wanted to postpone it for a few days, but you are all well now, if you are fine, why don't you go today?" Sample?"
Su Chi: "..."
Why should I get better so fast!
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In general, the trip to the Xia family that the two took after they slipped out of the hospital in disguise was easier than Su Chi imagined, and more painful than Xia Rong imagined.
The main reason is that Su Chi, when they were explaining the ins and outs of this period, in order to "verify the authenticity", he took the initiative to go around behind the sofa and turned into a soft and fleshy silver gradually with a "bang". English is short.
Xia Rong, who was struggling to explain to Bala: ... your dignity as a human being! It's shameful to be cute, do you understand!
The cat version of Su Chi blinked his eyes. The concept he upholds is obviously "it's shameful to be cute, but it's useful." He jumped up, and jumped onto the sofa lightly and delicately. He didn't take the initiative to rub into people's arms, but rolled on the spot , exposing the soft belly.
Xia Rong: "..."
He finally believed that his disease of "feeling weak at the sight of a cat" was written in the genes of the old Xia's family. The originally sullen and serious mother Xia froze instantly after seeing the exposed fur belly. Xiao Xuerong smiled and stretched out his hand to hug the cute cat: "Oh, it's strange...it feels so good..."
Xia Rong: "..."
Mother Xia: "Xia Rong, what expression do you have?"
Xia Rong said in grief and indignation: "He has never touched my belly before! Every time he kicks me!"
"Oh, what's the point of letting the cat kick it? It doesn't hurt." Mother Xia just stroked it carefully at first, but after hearing that she had enjoyed the "special treatment" that Xia Rong had never had before, she suddenly smiled. , rubbing and rubbing the soft cat's belly with the palm of his hand, "... oh, it's so fun."
The cat version of Su Chi who was humiliated and kneaded into a ball: "..."
"...It's probably like this." After seeing Su Chi's "self-eating evil consequences", Xia Rong, who thought he was relieved, continued to explain, "The two of us really had nothing before. kind of misunderstanding."
"Before?" Mother Xia narrowed her eyes, and picked the point of Xia Rong's words extremely accurately.
"Uh..." Xia Rong really didn't dare to guarantee that "there won't be any in the future", trying to pass the test cutely, "Yeah, I can also become a cat, what can two cats have...!"
Mother Xia's shrewd and penetrating eyes swept over the cat alone, but in the end she didn't say anything. She lowered her head and pinched the cat version of Su Chi's flesh pad, and asked, "Isn't Su Chi trying to save you from being injured? Did it recover?"
"Well, as I said before, when Glass—the cat I rescued several years ago—came to the hospital." Xia Rong said, "After licking him, all the injuries on his body will be healed."
"Yeah, look at the color of the claws, they are thin and light, they should be new ones, right?" Mother Xia fiddled with the cat version of Su Chi's meat pads and examined them carefully, "The kidnapper is really inhumane, so The cute kitten can do it too."
The cat version of Su Chi raised his paw obediently, and looked like "Come and see me, I'm so pitiful!", which made Xia Rong both annoyed and funny.
Anyway, the ins and outs have been explained almost, and Xia Rong, who was deeply in the crisis of falling out of favor, was not to be outdone. He transformed into a little orange cat in an instant, and rushed towards him with an "ow".
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Although he promised to "give it a try", Su Chi and Xia Rong are both popular stars. Although Su Chi announced to take a half-month break, Xia Rong's schedule is still full.
The recording of the fourth issue of "Liang Shanbo and Romeo" also started as scheduled. Although Su Chi's body is actually recovered now, if he has such a big battle in the "injury incident", he will have to be fully injured again in less than a week. Quan Weidi's appearance at the recording site may cause even greater commotion and criticism. Therefore, he can only be absent from the recording of this issue.
Because the show itself was quite popular, it was a good opportunity for exposure, and the show crew didn't have to worry about not being able to recruit people to fill in the files. In the end, they chose Liang Kailai as the guest of honor.
Liang Kai is also one of the niche students who have a sense of presence in recent years. He is 29 years old this year and can barely hang on the tail of "little fresh meat". Thanks to the company's support over the years, he has filmed many leading male leads, but his popularity is still not up to the level of traffic. Let's take the aggressive route, and he has never won any gold-worthy awards, so he has always been in the middle of nowhere. In an awkward and embarrassing position.
The daily posts about him in the gossip forums are "Will Liang Kai explode this year?" "Why hasn't Liang Kai exploded yet?" "Liang Kai has so many stocks waiting to be released this year, and the team is good. It should explode, right? "... It has almost become a Nikkei post, but year after year, Liang Kai still hasn't exploded.
However, although he could not be "explosive", Liang Kai still managed to make a lot of faces in front of the audience with his many resources. When he saw him, at least he could be called by name and everyone knew him. For such a demand as "Liang Shanbo and Romeo" For a variety show of the nationality of the guests, it is actually suitable.
Another reason why Xia Rong has a clearer impression of him is that a month ago, Cheng Yu said that Liang Kai was having an affair with Xia Rong's ex-girlfriend Guan Lingqing. Over the past month, Xia Rong has occasionally found hot spots on the trumpet, and he can also find that the two of them have indeed interacted more frequently and their tone has become more and more intimate. Even if they are not together, it is probably a matter of course—should really send Cheng Yu a " Golden Eyes" Medal.
However, Xia Rong has no interest in provoking "ex-girlfriend's current boyfriend". Although he knows it well, he only intends to finish filming this issue as an ordinary colleague. Unexpectedly, after the filming started, it was Liang Kai who put on a bit of a show, targeting him everywhere, and made small moves from time to time, which made Xia Rong very annoyed.
Even Ye Mang could see it, and secretly asked Xia Rong while taking advantage of the blind spot of the camera: "Does Liang Kai have any grudge against you?"
"Probably... revenge for taking his wife?" Xia Rong asked blankly.
"Scared?!" Ye Mang was taken aback.
"But he took my girlfriend?" Xia Rong was very confused, "I didn't find fault with him, why did he come to find fault with me?"
Ye Mangshen said mysteriously: "Did your ex-girlfriend call you by your name when you were with him?"
"..." Xia Rong was stunned for a moment before he realized what he meant, and immediately blushed, "...I've only been dating her for less than three months, and I haven't done anything yet, okay?"
"...you are so innocent!" Ye Mang said in shock.
"... I haven't been shocked yet, how can you be so nasty!" Xia Rong scolded angrily, "I really misjudged you!"
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The theme of their issue this time is "Super Power". They filmed at the Science and Technology Convention and Exhibition Center in City S. Because the venue was spacious and it was in the city center, media reporters rushed over. After the filming, they even made a group interview.
Because there were six of them together, it also gave Xia Rong the opportunity to be interviewed and slip away at the same time: When I went out in the morning, did I "feed the cat"
After recovering from his injury, Su Chi no longer stays in the hospital, but stays with him every day in the name of "protecting Xia Rong", and lives in a hotel and a room with him. In order to avoid Xia Rong's discomfort, and also to prevent gossip tabloids from catching wind and shadows, he usually nests in the room in cat form, memorizing scripts and reciting lines in cat language. Every time Xia Rong strokes the cat before going to bed, he is so happy that he silently agrees with Su Chi's behavior.
This also made Xia Rong couldn't help thinking after going out: Is there enough food in the room? Will he call for delivery when he's hungry? Will it fall into the toilet when going to the toilet...
The fugue was so focused that Xia Rong was elbowed by Kang Yifan before he realized that he was asking himself.
"Can you ask me again?" Xia Rong immediately regained his composure after recovering, "I didn't hear clearly just now."
"Okay." The reporter repeated her question again, "Xia Rong, do you know that after three episodes of Liang Shanbo and Romeo are aired, are you and Su Chi's CP particularly popular on the Internet?"
"..." Xia Rong's face was blank, "What?"
The reporter smiled and said, "Now netizens are at odds over the two titles, Xia Rong, do you prefer your CP called 'Crispy Shrimp' or 'Instant'?"
... insidious! Such a question, no matter which one he chooses to answer, doesn't it mean that the existence of CP is officially recognized! Don't think he doesn't know, in the CP relationship, the more proactively authenticated, the easier it is to be scolded by fans!
"Choose neither." At any rate, it was practiced on such occasions for many years. Xia Rong blinked and came up with an old-fashioned answer in a blink of an eye, "Why don't you care about 'crispy shrimp' or 'instant'? They’re all at the back! Don’t choose, don’t choose, when did Melt come to the front, please ask me again?”
This answer not only avoids choosing one of them, but also does not appear too rigid and indifferent, offending others, it is a way to get the best of both worlds.
Even Kang Yifan whispered "witty" beside him, Xia Rong smiled slightly, feeling that he was extremely witty.
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Sure enough, the video of Xia Rong's group interview was posted on the Internet, and the screenshot of the Weibo was reposted tens of thousands of times. Come and come up with a new CP name to satisfy his desire to be an attacker!"... However, no one really thinks that he is actively hyping and acknowledging CP.
Shu Yi also praised his answer, saying, "That's a good answer, your IQ is still online occasionally."
Xia Rong's self-satisfied mood continued until the recording of the fifth issue of "Liang Shanbo and Romeo" began... when he just got off the plane.
In this issue, Su Chi returned from injury, and the six of them flew to City C, the capital of the entertainment province, to record. Due to the tight schedule, the plane departed at midnight, and it was 5:30 in the morning in City C when everyone arrived at the airport.
Although the morning light was faint and the sky had not fully dawned, enthusiastic fans had already crowded the airport to the brim.
In the crowded and dense flow of people, Xia Rong could see the row of extremely conspicuous and shining light signs in the crowd at a glance.
There is a word "melting" in the letter.