The door of the lounge was made of wood and was not soundproof. From time to time, one could hear hurried footsteps passing by the door, accompanied by low voices. In the room separated by a door, Xia Zhi's back was against the door panel, and he raised his face to kiss Jiang Zhixia passionately and lingeringly.
Jiang Zhixia put one arm around Xia Zhi's waist, pushed her against the door, and kissed her wildly and fiercely, until both of them started to have irregular breathing, and then he reluctantly let her go.
Xia Zhi opened his eyes with a gasp, staring at the person in front of him without blinking, with a rippling look in his eyes.
Jiang Zhixia looked absentmindedly at the bright smile gradually growing in those beautiful eyes. Since they broke up, he had never seen Xia Zhi smile at him like this again. When they were still together, he was like this, with a soft smile on his lips and lingering love in his eyes every time he looked at him.
When it comes to feelings, Xia Zhi has always been frank and straightforward. If he likes someone, he will admit it openly, and if he doesn't like someone anymore, he will break up cleanly.
Jiang Zhixia thought that after what happened that year, Xia Zhi's feelings for him might no longer be the same as before. But when he looked into his eyes at this moment, he clearly saw the sincere and straightforward love he had back then.
He couldn't help but lower his head and gently kissed the corner of his eye, and murmured in disbelief: "Is this your answer?"
Xia Zhi closed her eyes and obediently let Jiang Zhixia kiss her. She raised her lips and whispered, "I thought there was no need to ask this question anymore."
"There's really no need to ask." Jiang Zhixia chuckled softly, and her lips moved from the corner of her eyes down to once again find the soft lips she had just kissed.
Xia Zhi cooperated by parting her lips and putting her arms around his shoulders.
Just as their lips and tongues were about to become entangled again, the door behind them suddenly vibrated slightly.
“Boom boom boom.”
After three knocks on the door, Jiang Chi's cautious voice was heard from the outside.
"Brother Zhixia, are you ready? The assistant director just came over and said we can start filming."
"… "
Xia Zhi opened her eyes and stared silently at the man in front of her with a slightly dissatisfied expression. After a moment, they chuckled helplessly in tacit understanding.
"Let's go film first." Xia Zhi patted his shoulders, loosened his hands, and spoke in a low voice.
"Yeah." Jiang Zhixia reluctantly gave him a quick kiss on the lips before letting go of the person in her arms.
The two of them adjusted their appearance and made sure everything was fine. Then Jiang Zhixia opened the door to the lounge.
Jiang Chi was standing at the door waiting.
Thanks to Xia Zhi's anxious look when he was looking for Jiang Zhixia just now, Jiang Chi had no doubts about what happened between the two of them in the lounge. He just thought that the two were discussing important things.
When the door opened, he subconsciously glanced at Xia Zhi in the room, and felt that Xia Zhi was smiling and seemed to be in a good mood. However, he had to deal with serious matters at the moment, so he didn't take it to heart and turned his attention back to Jiang Zhixia.
"Brother, let's go over there. The scene is ready."
"Yeah." Jiang Zhixia nodded lightly in agreement.
Jiang Chi couldn't help but look up and take a look, and felt that his brother seemed to be in a good mood! Although he was still very frugal with words, his tone was always down when he agreed before, but the ending tone of the "hmm" just now was up.
Jiang Zhixia calmly ignored the assistant's curious gaze, turned around and asked Xia Zhi gently: "Do you want to go and see it?"
"Is it okay?" Xia Zhi asked.
"Of course." Jiang Zhixia resisted the urge to hook her fingers and said, "Let's go."
"Okay." Xia Zhi nodded with a smile.
Xia Zhi and Jiang Zhixia walked out of the lounge side by side, and just a few steps away they met the stylist. Xia Zhi was slightly afraid of this enthusiastic and cheerful lady, and silently took a half step back behind Jiang Zhixia.
However, the stylist had already seen him. His eyes suddenly lit up. He was about to go over and talk to him when he saw Jiang Zhixia's rosy and healthy lips.
"Ouch! What's wrong with your mouth!" The stylist saw that her carefully applied makeup was ruined, and suddenly she didn't care about anything else. She angrily pulled Jiang Zhixia back to the lounge to touch up her makeup, "I told you not to lick it! You didn't listen!"
The stylist criticized Jiang Zhixia, but Xia Zhixia's ears turned red and he looked a little embarrassed. He turned his face away and coughed lightly to cover up his embarrassment.
Jiang Zhixia glanced at Xia Zhi, a faint smile flashing in his eyes. He did not refute, consciously took the responsibility, and calmly explained: "Maybe I accidentally wiped it off when I was drinking water just now."
Jiang Zhixia plays a weak patient in the play, so in order to fit the role, he had to deliberately make his face and lips pale and bloodless. Because it was troublesome to touch up the makeup, Jiang Zhixia used to be very careful after putting on makeup, trying not to eat or drink water and even trying to avoid sweating. But when Xia Zhi took the initiative to kiss him on the lips just now, he could not think of anything else except surprise and excitement.
After finishing their makeup, everyone came to the yard.
The yard was ready, just waiting for the leading actor to show up. Jiang Zhixia took Xia Zhixian to meet director Zheng Bin.
Although Xia Zhi could not be called a senior movie lover, she had heard of Zheng Bin. Zheng Bin was a famous director in China who had made many classic films, and many first-line artists wanted to work with him.
Xia Zhi had never met Zheng Bin before and didn't know much about him. She had only seen some information about him in some entertainment news. It was said that he was extremely strict when filming, to the point of being almost paranoid. He would keep filming until he was satisfied with the shots. It was said that there was even a female actress who broke down and cried on the set because of this.
Based on this information, Xia Zhi had always thought that Zheng Bin was an old scholar who was very serious, formal, and stern, but she didn't expect that he was actually a very lively and enthusiastic person, and he didn't look very old, probably in his forties.
The first time Zheng Bin saw him, he smiled so hard that his teeth could not see his eyes. He warmly invited him to sit next to him and even tried to persuade Xia Zhi to play a cameo role in his play.
Xia Zhi had never acted before and had no interest in acting. He was thinking about how to refuse without being rude, but Jiang Zhixia had already rejected it for him.
Zheng Bin was a little disappointed, but he had important things to do, so he didn't argue too much.
The shooting officially begins.
Xia Zhi sat next to the director and watched quietly. Although this position had the best viewing angle, it was also very eye-catching. Fortunately, after the filming started, everyone's attention was on Jiang Zhixia, and the number of eyes looking at him decreased significantly, so he reluctantly sat here.
Although Xia Zhi had only known Zheng Bin for a short time, he had a good impression of him. He was not as terrible as the entertainment news said. He thought that it was probably those entertainment reporters who deliberately wrote nonsense. However, when Zheng Bin entered the working state, he found that those entertainment news were not deceiving at all!
In the following filming, Zheng Bin called for numerous stops to work on the details. To Xia Zhi, an outsider, Jiang Zhixia's acting was obviously very good, and her emotions were well-placed, but Zheng Bin could always find something he was not satisfied with, so he filmed the same shot over and over again.
This was an outdoor play, and the entire performance had to take place in the yard. It was about two in the afternoon, and the sun was blazing. Jiang Zhixia, wearing a thick costume, kept repeating the same performance under the blazing sun.
Xia Zhi, however, felt more and more distressed the more she watched, especially when she saw Jiang Zhixia's hair soaked with sweat every time she took a break to touch up her makeup after filming, her brows would unconsciously frown.
After an hour of repetition, Zheng Bin finally captured a satisfactory picture and prepared to shoot the next scene.
Jiang Zhixia finally took a breath.
Xia Zhi stood up and gave up the chair. Jiang Zhixia was obviously tired and sat down without refusing.
"Are you hot?" She was clearly exhausted, but she still showed concern for him as soon as he opened his mouth.
Xia Zhi felt distressed and angry when she saw him sweating profusely. She unscrewed a bottle of iced mineral water and said unhappily, "You still care about me, but don't you look at yourself?"
Jiang Zhixia took the mineral water and took a sip, then smiled at him and said, "I'm used to it."
Although he was extremely heartbroken, Xia Zhi did not dare to show it too obviously as there were staff members all around him. He stood aside with a calm expression and watched the makeup artist touch up his makeup.
"Brother Zhixia!" Jiang Chi came running over. He had just gone to the bathroom, but he probably encountered something, and his expression was a little agitated.
"What's wrong?" Jiang Zhixia asked.
Jiang Chi showed a hidden excitement on his face. He moved closer and told him in a low voice, "I just met the crew of "Like Sugar" in the bathroom. They said Xu Yuan was beaten up!"
Xia Zhi: “…”
Jiang Zhixia was stunned at first, but soon seemed to react and looked straight at Xia Zhi.
Xia Zhi unscrewed the cap of the mineral water bottle and drank the water calmly.
The makeup artist who was doing Jiang Zhixia's makeup was replaced by a young girl, who was Cheng's assistant. She was usually responsible for doing Jiang Zhixia's makeup, so she became familiar with Jiang Chi and often talked about gossip together. When she heard that Xu Yuan was beaten, she suddenly became excited and couldn't help but go over to ask Jiang Chi: "Xu Yuan was beaten? Why? Violence on the set?"
"I heard it wasn't the crew who beat him up." Jiang Chi enthusiastically shared the information with his friends, "It was the crew who heard Xu Yuan's cry for help on the set and rushed over, only to find him lying in an alley with bruises on his face. He was beaten so badly!"
The girl followed up with another question: "Who hit Xu Yuan? Why did they hit him?"
"That's not clear. I heard that even the crew didn't know. When we asked Xu Yuan, he refused to say anything." Jiang Chi didn't know how much he had overheard, and he talked nonstop. "The director also suggested that Xu Yuan call the police, saying that this was a vicious incident, but Xu Yuan disagreed. He got very angry on the set and ordered all the crew members not to tell anyone."
"That goes without saying. It must have been Xu Yuan who started it first." The girl said with certainty, "He must have provoked others first, and then he got beaten. He deserves it!"
Jiang Chi nodded and said in agreement, "I think so too."
The two of them spoke excitedly, but Xia Zhi and Jiang Zhixia did not express any opinions throughout the whole process.
Xia Zhi kept drinking water calmly, showing no concern. Jiang Zhixia kept looking at him, frowning slightly, and wanted to talk several times but gave up because it was not the right occasion. Xia Zhi knew that he must have guessed it, but he did not explain.
Although Xu Yuan had strictly forbidden all crew members from telling others about the beating, good news never goes out, but bad news travels a thousand miles, and the news eventually spread. At first, the scope of spread was relatively small, and only a dozen crew members in the film and television base knew about it. However, thanks to the development of the Internet today, by the evening, the news that Xu Yuan had been beaten up had been spread all over the Internet.
Although Xia Zhi didn't expect the matter to become so serious in the end, he was not too worried if it really became a big deal. He was sure that Xu Yuan would not dare to make the truth public. After all, if the truth was revealed, everyone would know that it was his own fault and it would not benefit him at all. He would just give his opponent some black material for nothing.
Jiang Zhixia had a worried look on his face ever since he learned about this, but he never found a chance to speak.
Xia Zhi stayed in the crew for the entire afternoon and only left with Jiang Zhixia when he finished work at eight o'clock in the evening.
It was already past dinner time, and Sang Luo and the others couldn't wait for Xia Zhi to come, so they ate first. The two of them had dinner outside before going back to the hotel together.
Although the two were in the same hotel, they were on different floors. Xia Zhi's room was on the fourth floor, and Jiang Zhixia's was on the top floor. However, after returning to the hotel, Xia Zhi did not return to her room. She found an excuse to send Jiang Chi away first, and then followed Jiang Zhixia to the top floor.
As the elevator went up, the two of them kept their distance, standing in two corners, without any communication. After they got out of the elevator, they still didn't speak. Jiang Zhixia walked out of the elevator first, and Xia Zhi left a step later. The two walked forward one after the other, always keeping a distance of one step.
Silently, he walked to the door of the room. Jiang Zhixia used the room card to open the door and took a step aside.
Xia Zhi smiled and walked in. Jiang Zhixia followed closely behind.
Xia Zhi entered the house and stood at the entrance to look around the room. Behind him, there was a "click" sound of the door closing, followed by another "click", this time it was the sound of the door being locked.
He turned his back to the door, silently curled the corners of his mouth, and narrowed his eyes slightly to look for the bedroom.
A warm body quietly pressed against his back. At the same time, Jiang Zhixia's lips also fell on the back of his neck. The kiss seemed a little urgent.
Xia Zhi shrank back ticklishly, gently loosening his arms around his waist, and turned around in Jiang Zhixia's arms. As soon as he turned around, Jiang Zhixia tightened her arms again and lowered her head to kiss his lips.
Xia Zhi closed her eyes without resistance and exchanged a passionate kiss with him.
After the long kiss, Xia Zhi rested his chin on Jiang Zhixia's shoulder and panted. Jiang Zhixia also buried her head in his neck and shoulders, quietly feeling the long-lost throbbing.
"Did you meet Xu Yuan today?" After a brief moment of tenderness, Jiang Zhixia couldn't wait to talk about Xu Yuan. "Did you hit him? Did he make you angry because of his bad mouth?"
"Well," Xia Zhi raised the corner of his mouth and asked with a half-smile, "You closed the door and locked it just to ask me if I beat Xu Yuan?"
"… "
"If you just want to ask me about this, I don't want to talk about it now, so I'll go back first." Xia Zhi said as he reached out to push the person in front of him.
"Then I won't say anything," Jiang Zhixia hugged him tightly and leaned over to whisper in his ear, "I'll do it."
After saying that, he lowered his head and gave a passionate kiss to the side of that slender neck.
(End of this chapter)