In fact, Bai Ye agreed to come today because of his promise to the little fan.
Later, when he saw that the little fan was drunk, he felt that the scene would not work well in this state, so he wanted to go back first and come back tomorrow.
He would stay here for three to five days, so he was not in a hurry.
However, the little fan was very stubborn, and he could not refuse.
He was afraid that the little fan would be sad if he did not come, and he was also a little afraid that the drunk fan would not be safe alone.
Now, it had turned into this situation β
Bai Ye stood on one side of the glass wall, and Qi Xingchen stood on the other side of the glass wall by the pool. He quickly took off all his clothes, wearing only a pair of boxers, and plunged into the water.
Bai Ye quickly went to the bathroom to find a towel. When he came out, the man had already swum twice.
His swimming style was disorderly, one moment freestyle, the next dog-paddle, as if he was trying to make the splash as big as possible to hide some kind of aggressive mood.
Bai Ye went out of the balcony door and shouted from afar, "Xing Xing."
Only the sound of water answered.
Bai Ye had no choice. He took off his shoes and walked barefoot to the marble pool that was full of water because of his splashing. He called again, "Xing Xing."
Still, only the sound of water answered.
"Qi Xingchen!" Bai Ye lowered his voice.
The sound of water finally stopped, and a person floated up.
The person came out of the water reluctantly and slowly raked his short hair to the back of his head.
His eyelids were drooping, and a few drops of water hung on his eyelashes. His expression could not be distinguished.
His slender neck, thin shoulders, sunken collarbone, and even his entire upper body were covered with a layer of water stains. His white skin had a smoky texture under the moonlight.
Thin, transparent, fragile, and tough.
It was as if he was about to be scattered when the night wind blew.
It was as if he would gather again when the night wind left.
He was like the legendary sirens.
Bai Ye tightened his grip on the towel and ordered, "Come up."
"I'll count to three, three β¦"
"Alright, I'll come up, alright?"
Qi Xingchen came over while dripping with water. He placed his hands on the countertop and was about to make a dashing movement when he suddenly realized something.
When he came over, he didn't think too much about it. He felt that swimming in his clothes would pollute the pool, so he took them all off, making it inconvenient for him to meet people at this moment.
Or rather, it was inconvenient to meet this person.
Bai Ye saw his eyes turn red and guessed what he was thinking. He put the towel aside and turned back to the room.
Qi Xingchen jumped out of the pool and wrapped himself in a towel.
She did not return from the balcony through the front door. Instead, she took a big detour and entered the corridor through the hotel's back door.
He took out the key card from his pants pocket and swiped it to open the door. The sound of water splashing came from the bathroom.
Bai Ye wiped his hands and said, "The bathtub is almost full. Let's take a hot bath before sleeping."
He threw a drunken tantrum in the middle of the night, but Bai Ye not only did not scold him, but also helped to take care of him. Qi Xingchen lowered his head guiltily. "Okay."
"Ask your assistant to make a cup of honey water tomorrow morning, so I don't have a headache."
"Call me if anything happens." Bai Ye reached out to take the shirt and jacket in Qi Xingchen's arms. "I'll go first."
Qi Xingchen took a step to the right and avoided Bai Ye's hand. "Can you find a car this late?
"You want to drink and drive?"
Qi Xingchen: "β¦ I, I'm sober."
"Go and rest," Bai Ye said. "I asked A Lun to come over."
"Oh, oh, okay, but the shirt β¦" Qi Xingchen licked his lips. "The shirt is dirty. I'll send it to you after I wash it, okay?"
After taking a hot bath and washing his clothes, Qi Xingchen still did not feel sleepy.
He stared at the ceiling the whole night. In the morning, when An Ran came to wake him up, she said "Wow" with a subtle expression.
"What do you mean?" Qi Xingchen spat out the toothpaste foam.
"What time did Brother Ye leave?" An Ran asked.
"About two o 'clock. Why?"
"Two o 'clock, more than two hours. My idol is my idol. He's really strong β¦" An Ran muttered.
Qi Xingchen felt that she was acting weird, so he ignored her. After washing up, he went downstairs with her.
Like every day, after getting into the van, An Ran took out the nutritious meal she had prepared.
Yesterday, Qi Xingchen danced and swam with the whale and wasted a lot of energy. He began to wolf down the food.
Halfway through the meal, he found that An Ran was absent-minded. She kept holding up her phone and was looking at something.
He was not interested in other people's privacy, but An Ran was sitting in the same row as him. He could vaguely see the words "Qi Xingchen" on An Ran's phone screen.
Looking at something related to him was not considered an invasion of privacy, right?
Qi Xingchen pretended to go to the back row to get his bag and went behind An Ran.
He saw that the words in the Word document were quite indecent: [Bai Ye moved forward fiercely. "Ah ~" Qi Xingchen immediately let out a cry of pleasure.]
"Sister An Ran, you're actually looking at this kind of thing. Who gave it to you?!"
Qi Xingchen did not care about being a gentleman and reached out to grab An Ran's phone.
An Ran reacted quickly. She quickly dodged the sneak attack and hid the phone behind her back. She stammered, "I-I found the briefcase in the fan group. I was bored in the traffic so I secretly opened it."
"β¦" Qi Xingchen was speechless for a moment. "If you're bored, why are you looking at my and Bai β¦ My fans?
Besides, which fan group has this kind of thing? "
An Ran was caught doing something bad and panicked. She opened QQ and showed it to him. "Last Night, Last Night Stars Fan Group."
Looking at the eye-catching (359) people in the QQ group, Qi Xingchen almost fainted.
His assistant secretly thought that he and Bai Ye were a couple.
"Couples are made by fans for fun." Qi Xingchen took a deep breath and said earnestly, "As an industry insider, you shouldn't mess around with them."
"I know, I won't look at it β¦ But I really think it's super sweet and full of food."
Qi Xingchen choked. "How is it sweet?"
An Ran analyzed, feeling wronged. "When you argued with your agent, he posted on Weibo to support you. When you were filming, he especially came to visit you. He had a nanny van, but he insisted on taking your car. Our van's windows are ordinary. If we meet a perverted fan, he can break the glass and get in. It's very dangerous.
He even went to the hotel with you in the middle of the night β¦ "
Qi Xingchen corrected her. "He was visiting Director Shang."
After saying that, he realized that An Ran's last sentence was not right. "What do you mean by going to the hotel?
He went to the hotel with me to rehearse with me! "
An Ran was shocked. "You two were rehearsing for more than two hours last night, did you?"
"β¦ No, I got it right once."
Qi Xingchen was embarrassed to say it, but to prove that there was nothing between him and Bai Ye, he braced himself and said, "I went swimming."
An Ran was shocked to the extreme. "Xing Xing, you brought the top celebrity back to the hotel and went swimming by yourself?"
Hearing that, Qi Xingchen also felt that he was rude to Bai Ye last night. He turned around and looked out of the window. "It's all Director Shang's fault. The red wine he ordered must be fake."
Qi Xingchen fought with An Ran the whole morning. He did not get the feeling of the confession scene in the first two times, and only passed it on the third time.
The effect was not particularly good, but Shang Yuliang was already very satisfied.
He replayed it and called Qi Xingchen to his side. "Not bad, Xiao Bai taught you well. You learned very quickly.
After this scene, your remaining scenes will be easier. Put down your burdens and shoot well.
There's one more thing β "
"Xiao Xu made a mess a while ago. In order to save the image of the Heart of the Ocean, I plan to release the scene of you dancing with the whale yesterday. It won't be a spoiler, and it will also have a promotional effect."
Releasing the scene of a man dancing with the whale β¦ No, Qi Xingchen was suddenly alarmed.
Director Shang was supposed to edit the trailer for the female lead in this part of the plot. How did it become his trailer?
Yesterday, Qi Xingchen had chosen to try dancing with the whale in order to find the technique to teach Tao Tao.
Putting aside the plot of hurting the Qi family, with the emotional foundation laid by Budget Traveler, he did not hate Tao Tao.
When he was fighting with the company, although Tao Tao did not publicly support him like Liu Ziyu and Bai Ye, that was human nature. He still had a good relationship with her.
He could not change the direction of the plot and affect Tao Tao's stardom. He quickly stopped Shang Yuliang. "Director Shang, I'm just trying it out. There's no need to release my trailer.
No, you can cut one for Sister Tao Tao. She'll definitely look better underwater than me! "
"With your finished product, won't it save us the trouble of editing the trailer?
Also, Tao Tao hasn't learned it yet. You can sacrifice yourself. "
"It's not that I don't want to sacrifice my body. I, I β¦"
Qi Xingchen was thinking about what reason he could use to persuade Shang Yuliang when Shang Yuliang's assistant jogged over. "Director Shang, I've finished posting the trailer you asked me to. Do you want to take a look?"
Shang Yuliang was old and did not know much about social media. His assistant usually posted on Weibo.
Hearing this, Qi Xingchen quickly opened Weibo.
β Heart of the Ocean Official Weibo: Prince Qi Xingchen, where are you from?
146 reposts, 251 comments, 882 likes.
It was over. Qi Xingchen's brain buzzed.
Everything he had done before was to protect himself and the Qi Family. He had never changed the direction of the main plot of the male and female leads, nor had he used any of the female lead's resources.
At this moment, with the Weibo post, he had been involved in the main plot.
So, would the plot change because of this?
Would he be punished for interfering in the plot?
Qi Xingchen's heart was in a mess. His face was serious.
Maybe she was curious why Shang Yuliang had not filmed the next scene. Tao Tao stretched her neck and asked as she walked over, "Director Shang, Xing Xing, what are you looking at?"
Hearing Tao Tao's voice, Qi Xingchen collected his thoughts and tried to return to his normal state.
What was done could not be undone. He could only feel his way down.
"I'm looking at Weibo." Qi Xingchen carefully observed Tao Tao's expression and said tentatively, "Director Shang posted the video of me going into the water yesterday on his official Weibo."
"Really?" Tao Tao seemed to be very interested. "I want to see it too."
Qi Xingchen handed the phone over to Tao Tao, and Tao Tao watched the video from beginning to end. When it was over, she covered her chest and sighed. "It's so beautiful, so beautiful. My maiden heart is pounding!
Xing Xing, I announce that from today onwards, I'm your fan! "
She looked sincere when she spoke. There was no falsehood or unnaturalness. Qi Xingchen looked away.
She didn't care that her plot had been changed.
Was she really just a paper person who didn't have her own thoughts and was focused on the plot?
With that video in front of him, Qi Xingchen was not in a good mood for the whole day.
Fortunately, as Shang Yuliang said, after the confession scene, Lin Xiao's remaining scenes were very easy. She pulled herself together and barely managed to muddle through.
Some people were happy while others were sad. His thoughts were in a mess. An Ran, on the other hand, was very happy.
On the way back to the hotel, the latest data was broadcasted every ten minutes. She also picked a few comments or bullet screen comments to read.
"Ahhh, Xing Xing, do you know how many shares there are?
Thirty-two thousand, ahhhh! "
"Oh my god, there's a HD version on Bilibili. Is it from the assistant hairdresser?
Sob, Brother Assistant, I love you! "
"Pfft, this year's netizens are so talented. Let me read a comment for you β"
An Ran cleared her throat. "If the mermaid knew that there was such a beautiful prince in the sea, she wouldn't have to turn into bubbles for love.
"Hey, this comment is so long. Xing Xing's waist is so soft. Brother Ye must develop more.
Hurry up and get together, I'm dying of anxiety, I'm dying of anxiety β¦ "
An Ran's brain was in a state of excitement. After she finished reading, she realized that she seemed to have stirred up a hornet's nest.
Qi Xingchen was still thinking about the plot. The next second, An Ran's words made his ears burn. He warned in a low voice, "Don't let me hear this in the future!"
"β¦ I'm sorry." An Ran felt wronged. "I'll read it again next time."
An Ran didn't mean it. What else could he say?
Qi Xingchen was so angry that his liver hurt. He went up and pressed the elevator button.
"Ding dong ~" The elevator door opened a minute later. A face that he hadn't seen for a few days appeared in front of him.
Xu Sheng and Tao Tao's scenes mostly took place in their homes. The script set them to live in the same unit but on different floors.
This part of the indoor scenes was handled by Team B. Sometimes, in order to catch up with the schedule, they would shoot night scenes.
Therefore, Qi Xingchen seemed to have not seen Xu Sheng for a long time. Xu Sheng was also surprised to see him.
Then, Xu Sheng raised his head and walked out of the elevator.
Qi Xingchen looked straight ahead and walked into the elevator.
As the two of them passed each other, Qi Xingchen heard Xu Sheng say, "Mermaid Prince, congratulations on becoming popular again."
"But don't be too happy." Xu Sheng changed the topic. "Things move in the opposite direction. The higher you fly, the more painful it will be when you fall."
"That's my business. It has nothing to do with you," Qi Xingchen said coldly. "Mind your own business."
Xu Sheng snorted. It was unclear whether he was laughing or angry.
Qi Xingchen pressed the button for the top floor. The door of the car blocked the gloomy face.
Xu Sheng's appearance finally diverted An Ran's attention from "dying of anxiety" to scolding.
She followed Qi Xingchen into the room. She put her hands on her hips and scolded him while tidying up the room.
After tidying up the bed, she pulled out a shirt from the wardrobe. "Hey, isn't this Brother Ye's shirt? Didn't he take it yesterday?"
"I dirtied it. I'll iron it and send it to him."
"It's just a shirt. He's so rich. It doesn't matter if he takes it or not. Maybe it's just an excuse to see you next time." An Ran whispered in a voice that Qi Xingchen could not hear. Then, she asked, "Do you need me to iron it for you?"
"β¦ No need." Qi Xingchen's liver hurt for the umpteenth time that day. "I'll do it myself."
However, An Ran's words reminded him that he had been thinking about Tao Tao the whole day and did not contact Bai Ye.
Last night by the pool, Bai Ye had called him by his full name. He must have been angry.
After all, Bai Ye had told him to behave.
He was stubborn and crazy last night. He was so stupid.
No matter what, he had to apologize to Bai Ye.
Qi Xingchen took out his phone β
Coincidentally, [Dad wants to have a video call with you.]
Why was Grandpa Qi sending him a video call?
Qi Xingchen was afraid that there was an emergency at home, so he immediately picked up the call.
The signal on Qi Xiaoming's side seemed to be unstable. After more than 30 seconds, an image appeared on the screen.
"Xing Xing." Father Qi's voice was intermittent. "Guess where I am now?"
Qi Xingchen observed the environment where Father Qi was. Behind him was a large open space with machines that looked like drilling rigs. Qi Xingchen was not familiar with machines and could not name them.
There were about a dozen workers wearing safety helmets and pushing carts around.
He begged for mercy. "I can't guess. Dad, where are you?"
Father Qi deliberately dragged out the word to keep him in suspense before saying, "I'm in South Africa. I'm here to buy a gift for my Xing Xing!"
Qi Xingchen was about to ask him what he was doing in South Africa when he suddenly reacted. "Dad, why are you buying me a gift again? Didn't we agree not to waste it last time?"
"Aiya, it's just a small thing. Don't take it to heart.
Xing Xing, aren't you curious what Dad is going to give you? "
He had specially gone to South Africa to buy it. How could it be a "small thing"?
Qi Xingchen cursed silently. Afraid that Father Qi would be disappointed, he readily cooperated. "Of course I'm curious. Dad, what are you going to give me?"
It was obvious that Father Qi was quite satisfied with his son's attitude.
He said proudly, "I heard that the father of that Xu XX who bullied you owns a mine, right?"
"His father's property belongs to his father, not him.
At the end of the day, he's just a penniless boy.
And now, you're completely different from him. "
Father Qi pointed at the dark entrance behind him. "I bought you a diamond mine so that you'll be as valuable as his father."
"How is it? Are you satisfied?"
Xu Sheng's father owned a mine, and so did he, so he was equivalent to Xu Sheng's father.
Qi Xingchen's horizons were broadened. F * ck, where did this weird logic come from?!