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“Do you still want to hit me now?” he asked.
Bai Qi’s hand trembled, his fingers curled inwards. Xi Chengyun’s warm breath covered his entire palm.
At that moment, once again, he found himself unable to distinguish the difference between Xi-laoshi and Ban Yuren.
Director Zheng moved towards them in his wheelchair. While he wheeled himself forward, he realized that it was going to take too long, so he stood up and walked towards Xi Chengyun. “Xi-laoshi, you’re going a little overboard.”
Xi Chengyun didn’t bother to turn towards him.
He took the piece of tissue handed to him by a staff member and slowly cleaned Bai Qi’s palm.
Bai Qi was immediately brought back to reality.
The weird feeling persisted
 Xi Chengyun continued to clean Bai Qi’s hand with the wet tissue, and the sticky feeling of the tissue added to the weirdness that he had already been feeling.
Xi-laoshi treated his hand like a treasure when he leaned forward to kiss and lick it.
Bai Qi knew something was going on within himself. He couldn’t help but curl his fingers.
Xi Chengyun used a low and gentle voice that was usually used to coax young children to say, “Almost done, in a minute.”
After that, he released Bai Qi’s hand.
Bai Qi’s hand naturally fell to his side and he curled his fingers again.
‘Xi-laoshi has become very different from before
’
In the end, Bai Qi couldn’t tell if the possessiveness that Xi-laoshi displayed was Xi-laoshi himself or Ban Yuren.
“You did a wonderful job, we can call this a wrap,” Xi Chengyun praised him and said.
Director Zheng was perplexed. “Wait, we need to retake this scene.”
Xi Chengyun raised a brow and emotionlessly said, “Oh, surely I have no opinion.”
“
 Forget it,” Director Zheng said, giving in.
‘F*ck.’
‘No one is a match for Xi Chengyun!’
If they were to do a retake, this would just give Xi Chengyun another chance to kiss Bai Qi’s hand. He wouldn’t act according to the script anyway.
Director Zheng turned towards Bai Qi and said, “He kissed your hand.”
Bai Qi felt awkward and he wasn’t sure why. He lowered his head and replied, “Mn.”
Director Zheng continued to remind him. “Did you see this in the script?”
Bai Qi couldn’t immediately recall exactly what was written, but deep down in his heart, he knew that Xi-laoshi wasn’t someone who’d simply change the script. “Hm? I suppose so.”
“No, it isn’t! He added it himself!” Director Zheng exclaimed.
Xi Chengyun nonchalantly replied, “Mn.” “Doesn’t this make me look more like a p*rvert?”
Director Zheng was speechless.
Xi Chengyun had a point.
He didn’t just look like a p*rvert.
He was an old p*rvert.
‘An old pervert to the core! Not only did you use his hand to slap yourself again, you even kissed his hand.’
“That should do,” Xi Chengyun said.
Bai Qi turned his head slightly.
‘Ah, so it’s to enrich the character’s performance
 Certainly, this seems like Xi-laoshi’s style.’
‘How can I judge the heart of a righteous man with my despicable mind?’
Bai Qi immediately smiled. “A kiss on the hand is fine, as long as you don’t go out of character, Xi-laoshi, you can kiss my hand however much you want!”
Xi Chengyun chuckled and he looked at Bai Qi’s face gently. “
Mn.”
His obsidian eyes were impenetrable and unreadable.
Director Zheng had enough of the lovey-dovey couple. “
Fine. Xi-laoshi, I admit, you’re one of a kind!” He couldn’t resist the urge to look at Bai Qi several times.
‘What lie did Xi Chengyun tell to win the heart of this adorable sweetie?’
Director Zheng walked away. “Alright, let’s move on to the next shot. Get the camera rolling.”
They only made a short cameo in the movie and since the filming was done in separate sets, their filming ended very quickly.
Xi Chengyun’s assistant, A-Da, arrived to pick them up.
Bai Qi went to the changing room to change. After he emerged from the room, he realized that Xi Chengyun was already waiting for him while holding the car door open for him.
Bai Qi obediently took a seat and Xi Chengyun leaned over to help him buckle his seat belt.
Director Zheng held onto the car frame, he hadn’t given up hope. “Bai Qi, I like whatever Xi-laoshi likes. Do you get what I mean?”
Bai Qi didn’t know what was happening.
Soon after, Xi Chengyun took a seat as well.
He slowly plucked Director Zheng’s hands off the car frame, one finger at a time. “Qi Qi, we don’t talk to people who pretend to be incapacitated.”
Director Zheng got up from his wheelchair again, agitated. “
”
He shouted, “Come on! Are there any events coming soon? I’m on board, get me a spot! I want to attend it with my mini amplifier! Hurry up!”
“Thud.” Xi Chengyun closed the window.
The car made a turn around the porch, which caused Director Zheng to be splattered in dust and soil.
“F*ck,” Director Zheng said.


As soon as they got back to Jing City, Xi Chengyun took Bai Qi to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to apply for a passport.
The more popular “The Perfectly Wedded Pair” became, the more they received sponsors from wealthy organizations. The main sponsor of the next episode generously sponsored the filming of the episode overseas.
Bai Qi’s passport expired a long time ago, so they had to quickly renew it.
Xi Chengyun waited for Bai Qi to take his passport photo.
After everything was done, Xi Chengyun approached him, “Your hand.”
“Mn?” Bai Qi gave him his hand, confused.
Xi Chengyun held Bai Qi’s hand and stretched out his fingers. After that, he placed a pile of 5 cent and 1 cent coins on his palm.
The coins were round and hard, and felt particularly heavy in his palm.
Bai Qi licked his lower lip.
It smelt like the smell of a temple.
A weird thought appeared in Bai Qi’s mind:
‘Did Xi-ge steal coins from the wishing well in the temple to be able to pay me???’
Meanwhile, netizens were discussing about the ending of Bai Qi and Xi Chengyun’s filming session.
【Ahh, when will the movie be premiering? I’m starving!】
【HAHA, sisters, look at the latest clips about Director Zheng. Yesterday, he attended an event by a high-end company. A rare sight indeed, it’s been a long time since he’d exited his ‘cave’. However, he was stopped by the guards at the event because he was dressed like a salesman from a Multi Level Marketing (MLM) scheme. HAHAHA】
The author has something to say: Mini amplifiers are the best friends of MLM salesmen!
Director Zheng: I’m hurt.