Zhou Ziheng got off Xia Xiqing and silently adjusted his clothes.
"I don't like men," his voice returned to its original calmness, "Don't waste your time on me."
Xia Xiqing was still lying on the sofa in the same position as before. He raised his hand to wipe his lips, which were covered in blood, and sneered again.
"I've heard this so many times that my ears are callused." Xia Xiqing glanced at him with disdain, the corners of his bloody mouth curled up, with a kind of weird beauty.
"They all ended up in my bed."
Unreasonable paranoia.
He didn't even look at Xia Xiqing and slammed the door and left.
Zhou Ziheng finally determined that Xia Xiqing's feelings for him were nothing more than a desire to win, just like a serial killer who was looking for the next victim to satisfy his own paranoid hobby.
He was chosen, that's all.
Thinking of this, the annoyance in his chest expanded, squeezing his chest and pressing his heart. When he first met Xia Xiqing, he only felt disgust towards her, so disgusted that he didn't want to say a word to her, but now he couldn't explain how this emotion had changed.
Angry, annoyed, unwilling, it seems that each one can be used to describe it, but none of them is enough.
After Zhou Ziheng left, Xia Xiqing lay alone on the sofa for a long time, his mind was in a mess, and he kept repeating the kiss scene. He felt a little regretful, but it was not the regret or guilt for doing something wrong. This emotion was more like solving a complex math problem.
There is a simpler and more beautiful algorithm, but I used brute force to solve it.
Such a hasty and rough kiss completely broke the delicate and dangerous balance between the two people. Xia Xiqing would never do such a stupid thing no matter how overwhelmed he was in the past. His opponents in the past were not much easier than Zhou Ziheng, but he was always calm and composed, and he would take advantage of the opponent's tactics and counter them.
He took a deep breath, got off the sofa groggily, turned off the TV irritably, and went upstairs.
Every light in the house was on, and Xia Xiqing did not sleep all night.
I received a message from Jiang Yin in the morning.
[Are you there? The ratings of the show have exploded. Now xx magazine has invited you and Ziheng to shoot a special issue, double cover and inside pages. Are you free tonight?]
Xia Xiqing was just about to go back when the phone rang. He hesitated for a moment but still answered it.
"How are you thinking about it?"
This woman really has a hot-tempered personality. Xia Xiqing laughed, "You talk as if I have time to think about it."
"This is the only one among the five major magazines that Ziheng has not been on, and this time they arranged for Lin Mo to shoot it. You should know how hard it is to hire him."
Lin Mo's reputation is indeed not small, and he is considered to be half in the art circle. Xia Xiqing has also heard of him, but not only in terms of professional ability, but also in his private life style which is comparable to Xia Xiqing.
"So." Xia Xiqing leaned on the bed, "What does it have to do with me?"
Jiang Yin was a little confused about his change in attitude. He had clearly been willing to cooperate before. She hesitated as she chose her words, "Are you unwilling?"
"Yes, I don't want to." Xia Xiqing answered directly, "Not only do I not want to, your big star doesn't want to either."
Is it related to Zhou Ziheng? Jiang Yin was a little surprised, "Did you have a conflict?"
"Aren't there enough conflicts between us?" Xia Xiqing turned his neck lazily and lit a cigarette for himself. "Just let him go."
"The other party specifically asked you to be with him." Jiang Yin sighed, "You probably don't know how popular your couple is right now. Did you know that the ratings of the first episode yesterday exceeded 5? Your names almost occupied the top ten of the hot search list. The girls on the Internet were like crazy. This is the first time I've seen netizens ship a couple so crazy. They were reposting your clips in the show everywhere, it was just overwhelming."
Xia Xiqing thought of the scene last night and couldn't help but sarcastically said, "So what? It was all acted out. Why, do you want me to be responsible for after-sales service with all my heart now?"
Jiang Yin was a little surprised. Xia Xiqing at this moment seemed to be very different from the elegant ruffian in her impression. She was like a gunpowder. "I don't know what happened between you... When I notified Ziheng just now, he didn't reply to me. I guess he is still sleeping. But this opportunity is really rare. We have been working hard on fashion resources..."
"If you really want me to go with him," Xia Xiqing suddenly interrupted, "just ask him to apologize to me."
Jiang Yin was stunned. "Apologize?"
"Yes, let your big star apologize to me."
Only then did Jiang Yin realize how difficult it was to be caught in the middle.
I don't know why, but Xia Xiqing felt much calmer, as childish as a kid who was fighting with the boy in the next class. After taking a shower, he came to the studio and sat in front of the blank drawing board. Zhou Ziheng's face was still in his mind, and he couldn't help licking his lower lip.
Hiss, it hurts.
Xia Xiqing frowned and gave up the first choice in his mind when he held the pen.
It has been a long time since I started the painting I promised to give to Shang Sirui. He made a rough draft with a pencil based on his memory, and it didn't take too long to color it, but the result was quite good. The light yellow color mixed with watercolor was very expressive on the paper, and there was a sense of youthful innocence in the sunlight.
After signing, Xia Xiqing took a photo and sent it to Shang Sirui, who replied almost instantly. He even wondered if this was still the popular idol whose schedule was so full that it could kill people.
[San San: Ahhh, this is so beautiful! Great Master, I bow to you!]
[Xi Qing: Where is your company? I will drive to you when I finish the other painting.]
[San San: Hold on, big shot! I'll send you the location later. Can I post this picture on Weibo now?]
[Xi Qing: Of course.]
Not long after he put down his phone, another message came. Xia Xiqing picked it up and saw that it was Shang Sirui who tagged him in a Weibo post.
[highfive Shang Sirui: Love you ng_summer ps: Did you watch yesterday’s show? ]
What a quick move! Xia Xiqing smiled and gave him a thumbs up. After thinking about it, he thought that since they were all guests of the program, he should also forward it to show his appreciation. So he forwarded the Weibo post and attached a heart emoticon.
His repost was immediately forwarded by Shang Sirui's fans, which made Xia Xiqing quite uncomfortable. Although he had heard such terms as "goddess" and "master" many times before, he suddenly changed to a different group and became a fan of another person.
[San San is the cutest in the world: Ah, Mrs. Xi Qing! Oh my god, these are my two favorite people on the show!]
[Ruibao is also very cute today: I burst into tears alone. I didn’t expect these two people to have such a good relationship! Thank you for the painting! (I will support this couple for just one second)]
[I love San San: The painting style is so beautiful. In the show, the wife is very gentle to San San. Thank you, wife! ]
…
Not long after, both of their names were on the hot search list. Xia Xiqing knew that it must have been bought by Shang Sirui's agency, but he didn't expect that there were so many people discussing it when he clicked on the hot search list.
[I am a marshmallow: When I watched it yesterday, the comments were all praising Zixi CP. I think Qingsi CP is also very cute. I feel that Zhou Ziheng and Xia Xiqing are a bit too competitive and lack trust, while Qingsi is very harmonious and loving. They are obviously strangers but they feel like they have known each other for a long time. Moreover, Mrs. Xiqing is really gentle to Sirui. The way she looks at him when she talks to him is really touching.]
That was all pretend. Xia Xiqing's fingers slid downwards.
[Aries: Yes, yes, yes! This couple is really cute, Xia Xiqing dotes on Si Rui! Gentle top x cute bottom, isn’t it delicious, everyone! ?]
[Who isn’t a little cutie: I still prefer self-study. Zhou Ziheng and Xia Xiqing’s aura is simply amazing. A casual glance can make sparks fly. I don’t believe that they don’t have anything going on! ]
[abcd小f: I also like to study on my own. The atmosphere between this couple is so erotic that I can imagine a 100,000-word pornographic story for just one sentence. I haven’t met such a wonderful couple in a long time! ]
[Xia Dada World Championship High: A rotten girl passerby came to report, this couple is really... automatically brought into every article written by Xia Dada, they are so fucking compatible, I just want them to get married right there! If Xia Dada's article is to be adapted into a live-action version, I just want to watch them act it out.]
The marketing blogger who was instigating the trend put all the photos of the three people together, and the title of the Weibo post was directly written as [The highly acclaimed reality show "A Way Out" premiered, which couple do you support? ], and there were nearly 10,000 comments under this Weibo post, which almost gathered rotten girls and passers-by from all circles, arguing fiercely over their respective couples.
[Relying on milk tea to keep alive: I think all three of the dynasty group are very cute, let’s have a 3p. I’ve already thought of a name for it: “Xia, Shang, and Zhou”! ]
…
If this continued, there would be a quarrel. Xia Xiqing closed his Weibo and was about to continue painting when he suddenly received a WeChat message.
[Moral Model: Come with me to shoot for the magazine.]
Xia Xiqing was happy. This guy might have a problem with his brain.
[Terrorist: Did Jiang Yin not tell you, or did you simply not understand?]
After waiting for a long time, Zhou Ziheng did not reply. Xia Xiqing became more and more annoyed. Looking at the room full of Zhou Ziheng's portraits, he felt even more suffocated. So he walked out of the studio and came to the balcony. He took a cigarette from the cigarette box, but the lighter did not work and no light came out after pressing it several times.
He simply crumpled the cigarette into a ball.
The phone's interface was still stuck on the chat screen with Zhou Ziheng. He was leaning on the balcony, staring at the top of the interface, which kept displaying "The other party is typing...", but he could not get any message from him.
It's like a lighter that won't light up no matter what you do.
[Terrorist: Are you fucking done yet? What are you wasting time on?]
After a few seconds, I finally received the message.
[Moral Model: I’m sorry.]
Xia Xiqing let out a long sigh, feeling like he almost caught fire.
[Moral Model: I shouldn’t have bitten you. Yesterday I was afraid that if I pushed you away I would hurt you, so I didn’t dare to use force, but you were too… too much, and I was anxious, and there was no other way. I was wrong.]
This was not what Xia Xiqing wanted to hear at all.
He had nothing to ask him to apologize for, because Zhou Ziheng had done nothing wrong, but he just wanted Zhou Ziheng to beg him to repair his dignity that was crushed by Zhou Ziheng yesterday.
But Zhou Ziheng really apologized to him, as sincerely as a child who had done something wrong.
He suddenly didn't know what to say.
A punch hit the cotton.
After a long time, Xia Xiqing replied to a message.
[Terrorist: Come back and get me.]
Zhou Ziheng's notice was very tight and he hardly slept the whole night. He had taken a day off originally to adjust his state for the advertisement the next day, but he ended up shooting the advertisement for the whole morning in a semi-insomniac state. During this time, Jiang Yin kept instigating him to apologize to Xia Xiqing. At first, he felt that he was not wrong at all, but the more he thought about it, the more he felt that he was wrong and had done something not very good. His guilt became more and more serious and he could not help but contact Xia Xiqing.
I felt relieved and relaxed, and the commercial was shot successfully. On the way to the company, I suddenly saw a Weibo post from Shang Sirui.
I suddenly felt uncomfortable.
It turns out that he can draw such beautiful pictures for others.
When he clicked on the reposted comments, they were all fans of Shang Sirui, as well as fans of Xia Xiqing and Shang Sirui's couple. For some reason, Zhou Ziheng felt like he had entered the enemy camp.
Especially when he saw Xia Xiqing's loving heart, it was so eye-catching. Zhou Ziheng accidentally clicked on Xia Xiqing's homepage and saw a Weibo post he liked, and he instantly became unhappy.
[I am a marshmallow: When I watched it yesterday, the comments were all praising Zixi CP. I think Qingsi CP is also very cute. I feel that Zhou Ziheng and Xia Xiqing are a bit too confrontational. There is no trust and they are testing each other. Qingsi is very harmonious and loving. They are strangers but they feel like they have known each other for a long time. Moreover, Mrs. Xiqing is really gentle to Sirui. The way she looks at him when she talks to him is really touching. ]
Tit for tat, no trust, and testing each other.
Obviously he didn't say a single word wrong, but Zhou Ziheng just felt uncomfortable, especially when he knew that Xia Xiqing liked this post.
After successfully apologizing, he thought everything could be over and felt relieved and happy. His mood fluctuated so much that even Zhou Ziheng himself couldn't figure it out.
Xiao Luo, the assistant driving in front, suddenly asked, "Ziheng, are we going back to Huasheng Tianfu now?"
Zhou Ziheng shook his head and said, "I'm not going back. Please send me to the company and then go to Huasheng Tianfu to pick up Xia Xiqing."
Xiao Luo said "oh" and didn't think there was anything wrong. He thought that Zhou Ziheng probably didn't want to get too close to his fans.
After returning to the company, Zhou Ziheng didn't know where to go and went straight into Jiang Yin's office. She was in a meeting and had no time to pay attention to him. Zhou Ziheng leaned on the sofa, browsing Weibo and watching the quarrel between the two factions.
[Today I shed tears for someone else’s beautiful love: If I don’t become popular, it’s against the will of heaven.]
[Who says it’s not true: The interaction between Zhou Ziheng and Xia Xiqing is the kind of interaction that is full of tension and insidious. There are too many famous scenes and lines. “I didn’t ask you to trust me, I asked you to use me.” This line is simply amazing, coupled with the scene where Xiqing caught Zhou Ziheng! I beg ladies to write fan fiction! ]
[cindycandy: Also, at the beginning, they were in the first room, handcuffed and blindfolded! I don't believe I'm the only one who made up this story! If you round it up, it's a luxury car!]
[Xinyuejunxi: But to be honest, I feel that Zhou Ziheng doesn’t like Xia Xiqing very much. Xia Xiqing is still his fan, but he probably feels that there is a sense of distance between idols and fans. He hardly talked to Xia Xiqing during the whole process, and seemed very cold. He didn’t even follow his Weibo. When the show premiered yesterday, Zhou Ziheng and Xia Xiqing didn’t interact on Weibo, and Xia Xiqing liked the post between him and Shang Sirui. Don’t hit me, I’m just expressing my thoughts.]
Seeing this, Zhou Ziheng's fingers that were scrolling the screen paused. He felt like he couldn't refute it, but he really wanted to refute it.
[I like to eat rabbits: Wow, after analyzing these three people, it's really a Shura field. Xia Xiqing is a fan of Zhou Ziheng, but he liked the CP of him and Shang Sirui. I really want to interview Zhou Ziheng about how he feels now 233333]
I feel very bad. Zhou Ziheng frowned deeply, and the more he thought about it, the angrier he became.
The hype of CP is fake, they all know it in their hearts, it is just a combination of interests. No matter which of the three of them, the random combination will almost always benefit.
But he always felt like he had lost. It was clear that he and Xia Xiqing were overwhelmingly popular on the Internet. In just one night, their fan art, fan fiction, screenshots and clips were everywhere, and they were all praised to the sky. But after seeing one or two Weibo posts, he still felt uncomfortable.
Especially the last two.
So, Zhou Ziheng, who didn't go to pick up Xia Xiqing out of spite, changed to his own small account and liked a lot of his and Xia Xiqing's CP blogs, liking every one he saw to vent his anger.
Just when I was getting excited, several dialog boxes popped up on WeChat.
[Terrorist: You apologized in a very coherent way, but when you stood me up, you didn’t even bother to give me an excuse, right?]
[Terrorist: How about I stand you up tonight too?]
[Terrorist: I am really curious, big star, what are you busy with now?]
The author has something to say: A murder caused by a careless like...
Chuchu: My computer suddenly stopped working today and I just fixed it, so I posted a few minutes late. I’m sorry~