These days, Xia Xiqing has never contacted Zhou Ziheng on his own initiative, and Zhou Ziheng obviously will not come to find him. Under normal circumstances, no matter how difficult the problem is, Xia Xiqing can basically solve it within a week, but Zhou Ziheng is an exception.
He is quite willing to spend time.
He is willing to spend time on anything or anyone that can give him a sense of satisfaction.
On the day when the house was renovated, Xia Xiqing originally planned to invite Xu Qichen and others to the new house for a gathering. This suggestion was also made by Chen Fang, because that day happened to be the day when the show "Escape Plan" was premiered.
The production team of "Escape Plan" spent a lot of money to promote the ratings. Needless to say, the various materials before the broadcast, the trailer alone has been forwarded nearly 20,000 times. Almost all of the five guests have their own aura and traffic, especially Xia Xiqing, who debuted as a fan of Zhou Ziheng. Now that he is on the reality show with his idol, he has attracted much attention.
The tone of the first episode preview is a very orthodox suspense style, with fragmented editing, misplaced lines, increasingly fast tempo and BGM that immediately captured the audience's hearts.
Compared to traditional escape rooms, "A Way Out" has an additional part about finding the killer, and this point is deliberately highlighted in the editing, magnifying everyone's conflicts and breakthroughs in the trailer.
Xia Xiqing knew from the beginning that the preview of the variety show was very complicated, but he didn't expect it to be so complicated. The part where he was questioned by Cen Cen was cut in, and the tone of the show changed completely.
"What if you are not an ordinary player?" Cen Cen's voice matched the scene where Zhou Ziheng uncuffed Xia Xiqing. Soon, the scene turned to him leaning against the wall, answering the question with a smile.
"If I really am the killer, the first thing I would do is to 'kill' Zhou Ziheng."
In between are scenes of Ruan Xiao unwrapping a jewelry box, and Shang Sirui sitting on a chair and saying with a smile, "I abstained from voting." Then, the scene changes to the first scene of Xia Xiqing and Zhou Ziheng being locked in the room. Zhou Ziheng, who was tied up all over, and Xia Xiqing, who was handcuffed and blindfolded with a black cloth, were facing each other.
Cen Cen's voice appeared again, "Could it be that what Xia Xiqing said is true? Ziheng, you are really a killer." Suddenly, the screen turned dark.
No, it wasn't darkness. Xia Xiqing pressed his finger on the earphone, and a slight gasp came from it. In the darkness, an infrared camera appeared and recorded Zhou Ziheng pushing him against the wall and covering his mouth.
Zhou Ziheng's voice began to emerge, "If I were the killer, I would indeed kill him first."
The images of everyone initialized in the room flashed one by one, and finally froze at the moment the door opened, but the figure walking out of the door was blurred.
He heard his own voice, which sounded weak and calm.
“I can’t get out.”
With the sound of a door slamming shut, the words "Escape Plan" appeared on the screen, and the trailer ended.
Xia Xiqing shook his head and took off his headphones. This production team was really good at creating conflicts. In the short two-minute trailer, they barely revealed any real plot, but instead reorganized the original plot, focusing all the conflicts on Zhou Ziheng and him, so that the audience would involuntarily empathize with their conflict after watching the trailer, weakening their focus on Shang Sirui. When they finally saw the truth, they would feel a sense of shock.
He is really good at playing.
Xia Xiqing clicked on the nearly 10,000 comments below the trailer, and they were basically what he expected.
[Who said I was a little cutie]: Ahhh what kind of love-hate story is this! The official is forcing the fans to death!!
[shinyyyy]: Oh my god, it feels like a room escape and a werewolf. If it's the killer, the first person he wants to kill is the other person! This is too exciting. I burst into tears! ! I haven't seen such an exciting reality show for a long time! (I'm not a fan, but I think Zhou Ziheng is really awesome)
[I am a bad student]: What kind of divine alpha is my Tian Zhou Ziheng? The part on the wall made my heart explode, and covering your mouth is a forced kiss, sisters!
[Little Butterfly is not Little Fortune Butterfly]: I have to say that the boy in the white shirt is really good-looking. When he smiles, he is simply an angel on earth. I don’t believe that the boy is a killer~
[My little cutie San San]: 55555 The cream-colored Si Rui is so cute. Although San San is so cute, I still want to say that he looks really out of place in this high IQ game hahahahahaha.
[Rui Rui grew up eating candy]: Really hahahaha San San performed various "confused" faces for everyone on the spot~
[Is there anyone cuter than Shang Sirui?]: Please don’t tell me that Ruirui was the first to die, although I really feel that way in my heart.
[The young lady is a treasure]: Has no one noticed that this show is a feast of beauty? The young lady from Mensa is so beautiful. She doesn't look like an ordinary beauty at all. She is elegant and smart. What kind of fairy is this
[Did Brother Cen marry me today?]: My husband rarely appears on a reality show, and he spent the entire show questioning others, hahahahaha, so fierce~
[I love cc]: My black hair and red lips are so sexy! I want to marry you today too!
[karenlee]: I'm a passerby. I was attracted by the show after watching the trailer. I feel that this show is very conscientious. The scenes and props are very real, and the sense of immersion is very strong.
[I'm Not a Little Zombie]: It's really conscientious, it feels like watching a TV series! And there are really few programs of this type in China, it's completely suitable for suspense fans like me! Just watching the trailer gave me goosebumps, it's bound to be a big hit.
[Hee hee, hee hee]: The production team seems to have made a big move. The preview cannot tell who the dark character is, but they are really good at selecting guests! Zhou Ziheng and his fans are really a perfect match! High IQ actor x high IQ artist, love and hate each other, love love love.
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Jiang Yin is truly a gold medal producer. The effect she produced is even more exaggerated than Xia Xiqing imagined. Nearly half of the 10,000 comments are discussing Zhou Ziheng and his CP.
I wonder what Zhou Ziheng feels when he sees this preview now. Thinking of this, Xia Xiqing seemed to be able to see him with a stern face and unhappy expression. He was in the mood to tease him again. As soon as he opened the WeChat interface, Xia Xiqing hesitated again. He found a problem. It seemed that this was the first time he had been so eager.
Looking at the chat box that never had a reply, Xia Xiqing finally quit WeChat and threw his phone on the sofa.
Just after he dropped it, a phone call came in. He was quite happy at first, thinking that Zhou Ziheng, the silly boy, had finally come to his senses, but he didn't expect that the caller ID showed someone else. The smile on Xia Xiqing's face gradually cooled, but he finally answered the call.
After finishing the call, he walked around the living room a few times, smoked a cigarette, changed into slightly more formal clothes, and went out.
I sent a message in the WeChat group of four people before picking up the car.
[Xia Xiqing]: Let’s put today’s situation aside for now.
[Chen Fang]: You are not standing us up just to hook up with someone rich!
[Xia Zhixu]: Cheers.jpg
[Xu Qichen]: What's wrong? I said I would buy some food with Zhixu and bring it over to cook for you.
[Xia Xiqing]: I have something urgent to do. Let's go tomorrow. I'll prepare some wine for you guys tomorrow~ Chenchen, I want to eat boiled fish~
After giving the instructions, Xia Xiqing started the car. It was almost the evening rush hour and the traffic was severely congested. Xia Xiqing, who was already unhappy, became even more annoyed. After finally driving to the destination, it suddenly started to rain.
Fortunately, there was an umbrella in the car. Who knew which lover had left it there, but there was no choice. After parking the car, Xia Xiqing got out with the umbrella and looked around. At six o'clock in the afternoon, the school gate was full of students and parents in school uniforms. The colorful umbrellas blocked most of the view.
Where is he? Xia Xiqing raised his umbrella and looked around at the high school students passing by. Suddenly, he felt someone bumping into him from behind, with his arms around his waist.
"elder brother!"
Xia Xiqing sighed and pried open the arms that were wrapped around her waist. When she turned around, she saw Xia Xiu Ze's smiling face, his wet hair hanging on his forehead, and a pair of eyes that looked very much like his were curved into crescents.
"Why don't you let your dad come?" Facing the smiling face of the so-called "brother", Xia Xiqing didn't show any good expression. He pushed the umbrella handle in his hand into Xia Xiu Ze's arms and said, "Take it."
"He went to England to discuss business." Xia Xiu Ze took the umbrella and held it for Xia Xiqing. Most of his shoulders were exposed. Although he was still a freshman in high school, he grew taller quickly and was only half a head shorter than Xia Xiqing.
Then you won't go find your mother. Xia Xiqing wanted to ask this, but in the end he didn't say it out loud. He just said coldly, "What can your teacher do to you if your parents don't go? Do you have to find someone to come?"
Xia Xiu Ze bit the inside of his lip and whispered, "Everyone has parents coming... I, if I... I feel bad."
"What's wrong with that? I'm still graduating." Xia Xiqing was harsh, but he still walked towards Xia Xiu Ze's school. Xia Xiu Ze knew that his brother had agreed, so he happily held the umbrella for his brother and took the opportunity to stay close to him under the same umbrella.
He has admired his brother since he was a child and thinks he is the most powerful and handsome person in the world. No one dislikes his brother, and he is the most favorite one.
But after all, they don't have exactly the same blood.
Xia Xiu Ze's mother intervened in Xia Xiqing's family. An already incomplete family finally fell apart, and Xia Xiu Ze was the fruit of this collapse.
Since childhood, Xia Xiu Ze had never received a good look from Xia Xi Qing. He was always afraid of this brother who was ten years older than him, because he was always arrogant and ignored the existence of mother and son. Until his sixth birthday, he dressed like a little prince and invited the whole class to a party at home. Standing by the window and directing everyone to play games, he looked downstairs and inadvertently saw his brother who was beaten and limped sitting on the steps at the door of the house.
He climbed onto a stool and searched for a long time in the cabinet full of gifts, but only found a small Band-Aid. Xia Xiu Ze ran downstairs, carefully holding the Band-Aid and walked to his brother's side, not daring to speak for a long time.
When his legs were weak from standing, his brother finally turned his head. The sharp moonlight pierced his face, and the corners of his bloody mouth were raised proudly as usual, like a gorgeous and decadent rose.
"are you happy?"
Celebrating a birthday is a happy thing.
It should be a happy thing to see me in such a mess.
Xia Xiu Ze didn't dare to speak, he just walked forward and handed over the Band-Aid, "Brother, I'll put it on you, it won't hurt."
That night, Xia Xiqing hugged him for the first time, just like hugging a real brother.
I buried my head in that little shoulder and cried bitterly.
The author has something to say: The younger brother appears~The younger brother is a true little angel just like Hengheng.