"First, as long as there are cameras, you are not allowed to interact with Lu Nanyun."
"Second, on stage, even if there is interaction, you must reduce eye contact with Lu Nanyun."
"Article 3: No matter what activities or programs you participate in, you are not allowed to mention Lu Nanyun."
These are the rules that the eldest brother has set for Ji Zeyu. They have basically eliminated the possibility of the two of them speculating on CPs in public. If nothing else happens, the popularity of these CPs will soon drop.
Ji Zeyu was so frightened by his elder brother's attitude that he broke into cold sweat on his back. He whispered, "Do we really have to be so strict? I don't think we are a couple, so there is no need to be so..."
"You two are not the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, and I am not the Queen Mother." Ji Zefeng looked at his younger brother, his tone was calm but unquestionable, "I have no objection to you making friends. You and Lu Nanyun are still friends."
Ji Zeyu was slightly startled. So what Big Brother means is: they can still communicate off camera
But even in their daily lives, they don't spend much time off camera at all.
In addition to the bathroom and toilet, there are 24-hour cameras in other places in the villa to record group entertainment materials. When they leave the villa to go to work, there will be assistants with cameras to record daily life; even the cars they ride in , cameras are also installed in front of the seats to record their various interactions.
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In other words, they are a limited boy band elected by popular vote. Fans want to see every detail of their lives, and they live under the camera almost all the time. This is why the boy band pays so much attention to expression management. With words and deeds, because every detail has the potential to be magnified.
Ji Zefeng saw his brother's doubts and said to him: "When you establish yourself in the entertainment industry, you can do whatever you want. I won't stop you, but now, this matter is non-negotiable."
He is the president, a being that everyone in Xingyu Entertainment fears.
Even Ji Zeyu doesn't have the leverage to negotiate with him now.
"I understand." Ji Zeyu took a deep breath and said slowly, "I will do as you say."
Seeing his brother's well-behaved attitude, Ji Zefeng couldn't bear to continue making requests. After a moment of silence, he took a sip of coffee and said, "Are you unhappy?"
"No, if nothing happens, I'll leave first." Ji Zeyu said softly.
"Are you blaming me for taking too much care?" Ji Zefeng frowned slightly and asked suddenly.
Ji Zeyu shook his head: "No, as an artist you have many forced choices, and the choice in front of you is just the most common one."
Ji Zefeng stared at the boy on the sofa for a long time, and finally put down the coffee cup in his hand, and his tone became much gentler: "You have grown up, Xiaoyu."
Ji Zeyu nodded, said nothing, and left the president's office in the sight of his elder brother. The driver arranged by his elder brother was already waiting outside.
After returning to the villa, Ji Zeyu got out of the car and saw another car parked at the door.
A tall figure got out of the car, and then the car drove away. In the night, the dim lights on the roadside lengthened his shadow.
Ji Zeyu quickly opened the car door, got out of the car, said thank you to the driver, and ran towards the figure in a hurry.
Lu Nanyun soon heard the sound of footsteps, and he turned around subconsciously, with a bit of surprise in his eyes, covering up his depressed mood.
"You're back." Lu Nanyun stood at the door of the villa, holding a bag in his hand, "Did your brother send someone to take you back?"
"Well, I just arrived." Ji Zeyu stood in front of Lu Nanyun and stared at him, "What a coincidence."
"What a coincidence." Lu Nanyun lowered his eyes slightly. After finishing speaking, he stretched out his hand to rub Ji Zeyu's hair and handed the thing in his hand to him, "Here's this for you."
Every time he saw Lu Nanyun bring something back from outside, it was basically for Ji Zeyu, and Ji Zeyu was not surprised.
But he was still very happy. After taking the bag, he smiled, his eyes formed two small bridges, and his tone was pleasant: "I guess it's food."
After opening it, the smell of takoyaki hit his nostrils, with fresh heat, which made Ji Zeyu move his index finger. He picked up a bamboo skewer and directly pierced one and put it in his mouth. Then he puffed up his cheeks and said, "I was wondering whether I should eat it tonight." It’s a midnight snack, I didn’t expect you to buy it for me.”
"There happened to be a takoyaki shop in front of Chennan Entertainment, so I bought it." Lu Nanyun said to Ji Zeyu.
Ji Zeyu blinked at him and asked curiously, "How do you know I'm hungry?"
"When you were called away by Cheng Xi, you were still staring at the hot pot." Lu Nanyun looked at him, with a hint of ridicule in his calm tone, "It's weird if you can't tell."
Ji Zeyu smiled, continued eating takoyaki, and handed one to Lu Nanyun.
Lu Nanyun did not shy away and gently lowered his head to accept his feeding.
Neither of them mentioned what had just happened.
Ji Zeyu originally had a lot to say, but now that he saw Lu Nanyun right in front of him, he felt that it didn't matter what he said. The two of them stood at the door of the villa, sharing takoyaki bite by bite. The atmosphere was quiet and harmonious.
Soon, the takoyaki was eaten. Ji Zeyu ate more. He put away the box and threw it into the trash can. After hesitating for a moment, he said softly to Lu Nanyun, "Do you want to go in?" with a somewhat reluctant tone.
Entering the door of the villa means that they have to face various cameras, and naturally they cannot get along like they do now.
Just now, the two of them had a tacit understanding not to say that they wanted to go in, but it was already very late now, and they had to break this tacit understanding.
"Yes." Lu Nanyun's expression was calm, and he seemed not to be affected at all, "Go in."
Ji Zeyu took two steps, then paused. He looked back at Lu Nanyun and asked cautiously, "Are you... okay?"
"I'm fine." Lu Nanyun replied. After a pause, he asked again: "What about you, have you been scolded by your brother?"
"That's not true." Ji Zeyu scratched his hair and considered his words, "My eldest brother is the president after all. He thinks more about it, so he talked to me a lot..."
"Brother Yin also told me." Lu Nanyun said lightly.
They didn't tell each other what kind of conversation they were facing tonight, but there was an unspoken understanding.
Lu Nanyun looked at the hair hanging down in front of the young man's forehead, and suddenly reached out and touched the side of his face. The broad palm was warm and had rough calluses, which contrasted with Ji Zeyu's smooth cheeks.
"Don't be unhappy." Lu Nanyun's voice was a little hoarse, but it was still calm. At least Ji Zeyu couldn't hear his emotions.
"It's okay," Ji Zeyu was stunned, then looked at him and comforted softly, "After all, we are still friends, it's no big deal."
Lu Nanyun stared at him, and after a moment he said softly, "Yeah," "You're right."
"Then will you be unhappy?" Ji Zeyu wanted to know the answer to this question.
Lu Nanyun paused slightly and retracted his hand. After a few seconds of silence, the corners of his lips raised: "How could it be possible? You already said that we are still friends."
Ji Zeyu then nodded with relief and whispered to him: "Then let's go into the house." After that, he turned around and rang the doorbell.
Lu Nanyun's eyes fell on the young man's back, and finally slowly moved away.
He had hoped to have a further relationship with Ji Zeyu, and even thought about revealing his feelings. Even when Ji Zeyu said he didn't like him, he had to muster up the courage to continue approaching him even if he was extremely sad.
On the night when Ji Zeyu told Wei Yichen that he didn't like Lu Nanyun, Lu Nanyun made a decision. He wanted Ji Zeyu to fall in love with him again.
But at this moment, Lu Nanyun hoped that Ji Zeyu would continue to treat him as an ordinary friend. At least this way, Ji Zeyu won't be sad about this incident.
—Just like Lu Nanyun is now.
The moment Lu Nanyun walked in, he collected himself, kept three steps away from Ji Zeyu, and slowly followed him upstairs, acting calmer than usual.
Ji Zeyu's life in the men's team has not changed because of this. He is still getting along very well with his teammates as usual, but he has tacitly maintained a distance from Lu Nanyun. The two of them still look normal on the surface.
But the teammates are not fools, they all saw it and guessed pretty much what happened last night.
After all, in the eyes of the company, it is an extremely risky thing for the first and second players in the team to speculate on CP. If any one of them is affected, it will have a huge impact on the entire team, so they all feel that it is very difficult for the two of them to be "separated". normal.
Only Lu Nanyun knew how uncomfortable he felt.
On weekdays, Lu Nanyun relies on his close relationship with Ji Zeyu, so he has always blocked other people's overtures to Ji Zeyu, but now that he wants to keep a distance from Ji Zeyu, others can "sneak in".
During breakfast, Xiao Huai fried eggs in a pan in the kitchen, then filled a bowl of porridge, sat next to Ji Zeyu, picked up ketchup, drew a heart on the golden omelette on the plate, and handed it to Ji Zeyu: " Give you my little heart.”
Lu Nanyun sat far away from the two of them, clenching the chopsticks in his hands and almost breaking them in the next second, but he still remained calm on the surface and just stopped eating.
"...Aren't you giving me an egg?" Ji Zeyu complained, "And the love heart is so ugly."
Xiao Huai directly picked up a small piece of fried egg with chopsticks and handed it to Ji Zeyu's lips: "Take a bite. I learned it after following the video for a long time."
Lu Nanyun watched the interaction between the two of them out of the corner of his eye, his brows furrowing uncontrollably.
He who was originally three-thirds full was immediately filled with anger.
"It's delicious." Ji Zeyu commented after eating, "However, you still need to follow the video to learn how to make omelette. Are you too weak?"
"In order to give you full marks for deliciousness," Xiao Huai said eloquently, "I must learn the most delicious omelette."
"Okay, okay, stop talking nonsense and eat quickly." Ji Zeyu said helplessly.
In the morning, Luo Ming knocked on Ji Zeyu's door. After the door opened, he said to him: "Come swimming with me."
Lu Nanyun was playing with his mobile phone aside, seemingly unconcerned, but actually raised his eyelids slightly and glanced in Ji Zeyu's direction.
"I swim very slowly, you can find Qi Aodong." Ji Zeyu rejected him.
"Dad will teach you." Of course Luo Ming knew that Ji Zeyu was not good at swimming, so he came to him, "Don't worry, my swimming skills are top-notch, and I will make you a good swimmer in ten minutes."
Ji Zeyu raised his eyelids and looked at him: "You don't make drafts when you're bragging."
"If you don't believe me, just come with me and try." Luo Ming leaned against the door frame and whistled at him, "Hurry up."
At Luo Ming's urging, Ji Zeyu finally agreed. After putting on his swimming trunks, he went out and followed Luo Ming to learn how to swim quickly by the open-air swimming pool, making countless splashes in the sun.
After the swimming, Luo Ming took a towel and put it directly on the boy's head seemingly roughly, but in fact he moved gently, and his slender fingers gently and patiently wiped the water drops on his hair.
Lu Nanyun stood on the balcony and witnessed all this, tightening his fingers so hard that the phone in his hand almost fell to the ground. He looked at the two people by the swimming pool with deep jealousy in his eyes. The jealousy in his heart surged like waves, almost engulfing him.
There are many similar things. For example, Qi Aodong came to Ji Zeyu in the afternoon and said that he wanted to buy clothes online, so he asked Ji Zeyu to go to his room to help him choose. For example, Wei Yichen came to Ji Zeyu in the evening and asked him to make supper with him, and was " considerate" by the way. " He asked Lu Nanyun if he wanted to eat; for example, several other straight male teammates who had no eyesight wanted to play games with Ji Zeyu from time to time...
Everyone can approach Ji Zeyu and play with him, but Lu Nanyun cannot. He could only watch from the sidelines, pretending not to care or indifferent.
Lu Nanyun thought he could endure such a life.
But at this moment, his heart seemed to be roasting on charcoal fire. He was jealous but had to restrain it. Every second made him extremely tormented.
He never thought that he cared so much about that boy.
Lu Nanyun wished he could immediately rub Ji Zeyu into his arms and make him his own.