Jiang Chuyi anxiously tried to grab the remote control from his hand.
Noticing her movement, Zongye raised his hand.
He didn't speak, just smiled.
That smile made Jiang Chuyi anxious. She knelt up and reached for his hand. In the hot summer, she was wearing short sleeves, and the skin on her arm rubbed against Zongye's arm. He obviously slowed down.
The two suddenly stopped.
The atmosphere suddenly became very strange. Jiang Chuyi smelled the unique bitter scent of dry orange on him. She sat up straight abruptly and unilaterally ended the fight for the remote control.
Fortunately, this clip on TV passed quickly.
After a while of silence, Zongye asked, "Are you angry?"
"No." Jiang Chuyi pursed her lips, "I don't want to bully a blind man."
"Bullying a blind man..." Zongye paused, the corners of his lips curled up slightly, "Your words seem a bit harsh now, are you taking advantage of the fact that I like you?"
Jiang Chuyi: “…”
She tried to distract herself with the images on TV and whispered back, "No."
Jiang Chuyi continued to watch the variety show with a restless mind.
Whenever there was a shot of Souya and himself, there would always be a lot of pink bubbles on the screen. Even during the selection part on the terrace, the camera was deliberately extended for several seconds, with several cameras simultaneously giving close-ups of Souya's face, capturing his subtle expressions clearly.
When he took the first step and walked straight towards Jiang Chuyi, the camera showed the meaningful smiles on the faces of the guests behind him.
Jiang Chuyi already had a premonition that tonight, right after this show was broadcast, Weibo would definitely be hit by a storm of crazy verbal battles.
It was almost the same as she expected. The long-hyped "Shining Stars" finally picked an auspicious day to be aired with great fanfare. Terms such as #宗也买水#, #宗也悔白#, #宗也姜初宜# and #宜见宗情# once again dominated the hot searches.
There have been many bad news recently, and Zong Ye has suspended his activities and disappeared. The program team's "wild and bold" editing has finally made fans go crazy indiscriminately.
[Jiang Chuyi is the new princess of Kai County? ? ? I don’t understand why IM would be willing to let its top star be paid for by such an unknown person? ! What a joke. ]
[Are you a beggar? You are a beggar [crying]. You are relying on such low-brow editing to get your father's traffic. Are you afraid that no one will watch the show? ]
[You Zong is also a blessing for the domestic entertainment industry... He looks amazing on camera, beating out Xi Bao's other three dancers...]
[IM is dead, Shining Stars is dead, Jiang Biao is dead, and the editing team is dead]
[Li Jian and Li Heyin, both siblings, should be thrown into police custody. Why didn’t they spend money to remove the trending searches? Did they swallow all the money? Why didn’t they help Zong Ye fight against the black market? ! ! ]
[I have sworn in front of the Buddha that I will no longer crave RPS, but Zongye is right... Sometimes people are mean, and dogs can't change their top-knocking style. I hope this is not a new type of scam [painful]]
[Zong Ye is in seclusion, please do not bring him out again and again [Holding flowers]]
[The Zongzi who want to be strong all their lives [light the candle]]
[Stop talking about it. It's the classic three things about Zong Ye's toxic fans [laughing and crying]. Their brother is innocent. If you ask, they say other female stars are shameless and are throwing themselves at him. If you ask, they say the rival fans are going crazy again. If you ask, they say IM is a rubbish company. Even if the sky falls, they will hold it up.]
[I have a feeling that Yi Jian Zong Qing will become the most popular CP this year...]
[Fuck you, the one above, Zong Ye is the best, the trend in three years, the ceiling of the top stream in domestic entertainment, smoking will burn your lungs, do you understand? ]
[It is human nature to get knocked, Zongsi has started patrolling the square to cyberbully ordinary people, everyone run away! ]
[Who am I jealous of? Zong Ye tops the trending searches with just a little movement. Someone's eyes must be red with anger, hehe~]
[Happy, happy ...
[The toxic fan who was stabbed in the heart went crazy online, I won’t say who it was]
The topic of Yijian Zongqing, which was scheduled in advance to be the most popular CP of the year, did not perish in patience, but chose to explode in patience. After half a year of secretly shipping sugar, it finally took advantage of the shining stars to be broadcasted and ranked No. 1 in a fair and square manner.
[Okay, okay, talk to me fiercely! Dance fiercely! ]
[Mong Ye, you care about me so much (. He was always staring at me, worried that I was too hot, worried that I was cold, like a wife...]
[Falling in love with a sweet girl is Zong Ye's fate]
[Even if Souya himself came, he would be so sweet that he couldn't sleep.]
[Our super topic is simply heaven. The fans outside are blind. It is obviously Zong Ye who is paying attention to him... Those who have seen Zong Ye and other female stars' CP sweetness will understand. It is either forced to be in the same frame, or it is the industrial saccharine of CP dogs YY. Zong Ye is just short of writing "I don't know this big sister" on his face. Zong Ye's interaction with others is too obvious compared to Chuyi. He has never licked anyone like this before... ]
[I am a drug addict, I am a drug addict, just scold me, don’t scold the young couple, I pray that God will let this couple go]
[When watching the part where Jiang Chuyi was the captain, Zong Ye didn’t really enjoy the feeling of being tamed by Jiang Chuyi and being a wife and licking dog... The lovely husband is here... The lovely husband is really here... ]
[The one who woke him up, Zongye said, "Be careful when you asked me to sleep last night." This scheming man must have guessed it long ago, and deliberately took off his clothes to seduce his wife, but Chuyi didn't even look at him. He must be so disappointed. To be honest, it's really funny. ]
[On stage, he is so arrogant, the top star in the domestic entertainment industry, Zong Ye, is a big dog who only wants to be his wife in private. He is really poked at TAT]
[It doesn't matter if you can't get a fairy product like Yijian Zongqing. After all, people are different. I wish you all the best in the future, you tasteless blind thing]
[The main character is giving out sweets like this, I can't be a humble CP person anymore. I have already taken my weapons and am ready to fight with the Zong fans. Yi Jian Zongqing must bully the entire domestic entertainment industry—]
*
Halfway through the show, Jiang Chuyi had already moved her eyes away from the TV screen.
She tilted her head slightly, her eyes lingering silently on Souya.
There was still a distance of one meter between the two of them.
He rested his elbows on his knees, his chin resting on one hand, with a smile on his face. His arms were folded, revealing the smooth lines of his muscles.
She knew that it was not good to peek at others, but Souya's body, including the mole, lips, nose tip, Adam's apple, and hands, seemed to have an inexplicable attraction to her, making it impossible for her to take her eyes away.
Jiang Chuyi continued to peek while spitting on herself.
Halfway through the program, when a commercial was inserted, he suddenly turned his head.
Jiang Chuyi shuddered subconsciously.
Zongye heard the noise and wondered, "What happened?"
He can't see, he can't see...
After repeating it in his mind twice, Jiang Chuyi calmly replied: "Nothing, just a little cold."
"Cold? Maybe the air conditioner is set too low." Zongye stood up, stretched out his hand to her, and tilted his head. "Can you help me to the bedroom, the innermost room? I'll get you a blanket."
"Oh, sure."
She took Souya's hand and walked slowly with him, their fingers intertwined naturally. His hand was also cold, and he moved his fingers slightly, rubbing the back of her hand.
Jiang Chuyi couldn't help but shiver and got goose bumps. Every time she had physical contact with him, she would feel a strange and unfamiliar itch.
She cleared her throat and asked, "It's been about half a month since your surgery. Are you still unable to see?"
Zongye hummed.
Jiang Chuyi paid attention to the obstacles under her feet and led him to the bedroom door.
The moment he put his hand on the handle, Zongye paused and asked her, "Can you wait for me outside for a while? The room might be a little messy."
"Okay, then be careful."
Jiang Chuyi stood at the door and listened for a while. After making sure that there was no knocking noise coming from inside, she leaned back in the aisle and waited.
A few minutes later, Zong Ye came out.
Seeing the blanket in his hand, Jiang Chuyi couldn't help but ask: "Isn't this blanket at your uncle's house? Did you bring it here?"
Zongye explained: "It's quite comfortable to hold it while sleeping, so I just keep it with me."
"… "
Jiang Chuyi didn't say anything for a few seconds, and thought of something strange at an inappropriate time.
After this episode, returning to the living room, both of them seemed to have no interest in continuing to watch the show.
Zongye raised his hand, moved his fingers slightly, and untied the gauze covering his eyes.
She was startled, "What are you doing?"
Zongye blinked, "Prepare the eye drops."
Jiang Chuyi leaned over and observed his eyes curiously. There seemed to be no big difference from before. It was not as scary as she had imagined.
She asked again, "Can you really not see?"
"For now."
Souya stared straight ahead, looking exactly like the blind people on TV, with no light in his eyes.
Jiang Chuyi felt relieved and asked, "Do you need my help?"
"sorry to bother you."
One of them was standing and the other was sitting, and Zongye spread his legs slightly and raised his head obediently.
Jiang Chuyi held her breath and dripped the eye drops accurately into his eye sockets.
As if it was a stress reaction, Zongye frowned slightly and moved.
Jiang Chuyi immediately held his chin and said, "Don't move. There is still one eye."
Zong also froze.
Zongye closed his eyes slightly, bent over, and after a while, he fumbled for the blanket and covered his legs in a panic. His hair hung down, covering his eyebrows.
She asked, "What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"
"I'm sorry, Chuyi." Zongye sighed, "I reacted."
Jiang Chuyi: “…”
How could he apologize and at the same time say such things in such a self-deprecating tone
Jiang Chuyi was not an innocent girl who didn't know much about the world. She could understand that Zong Ye liked her, but... But God is my witness, she was just helping to put some eye drops in her eyes without any distractions... It was only a few minutes, but his reaction was so big that it was shocking...
Jiang Chuyi was at a loss as to what to do and didn't know whether she needed to step away.
She was baffled, but gradually realized that the person in front of her seemed to really, really like her...
Jiang Chuyi hesitated several times to speak, "Zong."
"Um?"
"Can I ask you something?"
"What?"
She whispered softly: "Have you ever liked anyone else besides me?"
Zong Ye seemed surprised that she would bring up such a topic. He was stunned for a moment before answering briefly, "No."
Jiang Chuyi: “…”
He thought for a moment and said, "Chu Yi, do you think what I just said to you was too frivolous?"
"It's not bad, at least your apology is quite sincere." Jiang Chuyi said helplessly, "Although the last sentence was a bit unexpected to me, it's better if you were more direct, otherwise I would still be stupid and know nothing."
Souya asked her again seriously, "Will you feel resistance?"
"Not really." Jiang Chuyi answered briefly.
She didn't know how they could discuss such a topic so seriously, so she could only bite the bullet and communicate with him, "I just feel a little surprised."
Zong Ye: "I think it's good that I can't see it now. Does it give you a sense of security? It makes you bolder when communicating with me."
Jiang Chuyi's face turned red because of what he said, and she pretended to be calm, "A little bit."
Zong Ye seemed to be in a good mood and continued to induce her, "If it was Zhao Guangyu, Ji Kai, or Wang Tan, and they said this to you, would you think they were perverts?"
"How could I possibly tell them this!" Jiang Chuyi said anxiously.
"So I'm different from them, right?"
Jiang Chuyi couldn't go on.
She covered her face weakly, feeling her defenses being broken by Souya's questions one after another.
"You like me a little bit, don't you?"
Zong Ye no longer used a questioning tone when answering this question.
Jiang Chuyi felt like a lost traveler who had been hungry and thirsty in the desert for a long time, with a poisoned apple right in front of his mouth.
I know I can’t touch it. I know I can’t touch it.
But the voice in her heart kept clamoring for her to surrender to Zongye.
Zongye: "Hatsui, I want to confirm something from you."
"Confirm what?"
After a moment of silence, Souya asked, "Do you still have your phone with you?"
Jiang Chuyi couldn't think of anything else now, so she could only follow his instructions, picked up the phone, and asked in confusion: "Yes, what's wrong?"
"Log in to your Weibo."
She did as he said, "And then."
"Open my private message."
Jiang Chuyi found Zong Ye in her follow list.
She had a vague premonition, and her thumb rested on the "private message" pattern, but did not move.
Zong didn't say anything else and waited for her quietly.
After knowing that Zong was also her junior high school classmate, Jiang Chuyi had a guess in her mind, which she always thought was ridiculous. But these days, more and more clues seemed to point to this guess, and now is the time to confirm it.
Jiang Chuyi opened his private message.
Despite her mental preparation, the huge object that came into her sight successfully stunned her.
Jiang Chuyi slid up mechanically to the top, the first one.
2016-11-20 11:11
Zong Ye: [Hello, Chu Yi, I am Li Xiangyuan, your junior high school classmate, you may not remember me. I changed back to my original name, Zong Ye, and I will debut next year. Happy birthday, I wish you all the best. ]
2017-1-1 11:11
Zong Ye: [Chu Yi, I debuted today, I wish you all the best this year. ]
2017-11-20 11:11
Zong Ye: [Hello, Chu Yi, happy birthday, I wish you all the best. ]
2018-11-20 11:11
Zong Ye: [Chu Yi, happy birthday, I wish you all the best. We met two days ago, and I stood there quietly, not daring to say a word to you. I feel a little regretful.]
2019-1-1 0:00
Zong Ye: [Chu Yi, Happy New Year. You shared a song called "Creep" on Weibo. In the comment section of this song, I found a sentence from Seglin's "A Broken Heart Story", "Some people think that love is sex, marriage, a kiss at six in the morning, and a bunch of children. Maybe that's true, Miss Lester. But you know what I think, I think love is wanting to touch and then pulling back."]
Zong Ye: [Chu Yi, do you already have someone you like? I wish you all the best this year. ]
2019-11-20 11:11
Zong Ye: [I suddenly received your automatic reply, Chu Yi, happy birthday, I wish you a happy day. ]
Jiang Chuyi opened her backstage and checked the automatic reply she had set at that time - [Hi, this is Xiao Jiang, if you like me, please tell me bravely! ]
2019-11-20 19:44
Zong Ye: [Maybe one day I will be brave. I will ask you, Chu Yi, can you approach me, or reject me. ]
Zong Ye: [But I\'ma creep.]
The message ended here, and Jiang Chuyi clenched her phone in panic.
He sent her many private messages, none of which crossed the line, not a single one of which said "I like you", but Jiang Chuyi couldn't make any... sound.
She remained motionless and remained silent.
Zong Ye waited for her quietly.
After a while, he turned his head slightly and asked, "Have you finished reading it?"
She said hoarsely, "I've finished reading it."
"Then, can you tell me an answer?" Zongye asked in a low voice in silence.
I know I can’t touch… I know I can’t touch…
Jiang Chuyi felt something churning in her stomach. She lowered her head uncomfortably, released her strength, and placed her hands on the keyboard with her arms limp.
"Zong Ye." After typing, Jiang Chuyi suddenly called his name.
"Um?"
Her palms were sweating as she asked a strange question, "When will your eyes be able to see again?"
"Maybe, in a few months?"
"I've sent you the answer you want to know in a private message." Jiang Chuyi sighed and put down his phone. "You should take good care of yourself first. When your eyes are better, you will be able to see."
As soon as he finished speaking, Zongye suddenly leaned over and accurately picked up the black mobile phone on the coffee table.
She looked at him blankly.
Zong Ye operated his mobile phone with one hand, opened his Weibo, and skillfully clicked on the private message list.
Eighty beats slower, Jiang Chuyi suddenly started to wake up and called out to him: "Zong Ye, can't you still not see it?!"
"It's still a little blurry now." Zongye methodically fumbled for his glasses from the corner of the sofa, put them on, and said vaguely, "If you try harder, you can barely see things clearly."
Jiang Chuyi: “…”
If there were barrages, there would probably be a hundred thousand question marks floating across her forehead at this moment.
Zongye looked at her for a long time without saying a word. Finally, he raised his phone to her: "I like you."
His eyes seemed to have regained their former brightness. He read out the words one by one, and then asked, "Are these the four words you sent?"
Jiang Chuyi was stunned by his sudden "shameless behavior" and was in a trance, muttering, "Aren't you still blind...?"
"I'm sorry, Chuyi." Zongye paused, pursed his lips, and smiled implicitly, "I can see it now."
(End of this chapter)