The next morning, Sheng Xing Ze woke up in Yu Bai's arms.
On the huge bed, Yu Bai was at the edge of the bed. Not only Sheng Xing Ze occupied most of the bed space, but he also lay his hands and feet on Yu Bai's body.
Yu Bai was being pushed to the edge and slept in a very odd position.
Sheng Xing Ze was a little embarrassed.
Seeing that Yu Bai would not wake up any time soon, he slowly retreated his arm and calf from Yu Bai and quietly slipped off the bed.
"You pressed on me all night," Yu Bai turned over and scooted into the middle of the bed, half of his face was buried in the pillow, probably because it was still early in the morning, Yu Bai's voice sounded quite coquettish.
Sheng Xing Ze's body stiffened, turned around mechanically, and smiled embarrassingly at the person on the bed. He turned back to cover Yu Bai with a quilt, patting his back like coaxing a child to sleep.
Yu Bai just simply got woken up due to Sheng Xing Ze's movement, and soon fell into a deep sleep again. Listening to Yu Bai's stabilized breathing again, Sheng Xing Ze crept into the bathroom.
In the bathroom, Sheng Xing Ze splashed a handful of cold water at his face. He looked up at himself in the mirror. The drops of water continuously rolled down his cheek, some fell into the sink, and some slid along the neck into his chest. There was a burst of coolness.
He dreamed that Yu Bai confessed to him yesterday, and he agreed shamelessly.
Just when Yu Bai's face came closer and the two were about to make the next intimate contact, he woke up from his dream.
Right then he saw Yu Bai's face was right in front of him, and the visual impact was too intense for him.
Sheng Xing Ze almost launched himself at the man on an impulse.
He was a natural gay, but Yu Bai was different [1]. No one had ever been in a scandal with him since his debut. Even Sheng Xing Ze did not know whether the man is gay or not.
However, according to Yu Bai's disdain for him when they first met, he must still like gentle girls. If the other man knew that he had some indecent thoughts towards him, then it would be impossible for them to be friends even.
Some thoughts, it was better to keep them to yourself, no need to show it out.
Thinking about it, the temperature on Sheng Xing Ze's face got heated up again.
He filled the water to half of the sink, took a deep breath and buried his face in the water filled sink, trying to lower the temperature on his face.
"What are you doing?" Yu Bai's voice came from behind.
Sheng Xing Ze violently raised his head and splashed water everywhere at the mirror.
"Aren't you still sleeping?" He was a bit embarrassed when being caught doing stupid thing by Yu Bai.
"It's time to get up," Yu Bai gave him a strange look, picked up his toothbrush and started brushing his teeth.
"You've been in the bathroom for quite some time, I thought something happened."
Sheng Xing Ze looked at the time and noticed that he actually stayed in the bathroom for almost an hour. He pulled out a towel and wiped his face indiscriminately, "Nothing, just...I'm sorry about last night!"
Sheng Xing Ze ran out of the bathroom after saying so with all of his energy.
Yu Bai looked at the other's back as his face gradually sank.
**
Sheng Xing Ze was walking around in the film and television city, he did not know why he ran out suddenly, he just did not want to see Yu Bai for the time being.
Being shy.
Originally, he wanted Mi He Qiu to pick him up. As a result, Mi He Qiu just called and there was a multi-vehicle car accident on the way to the film and television city. He was still stuck on the road and could not move.
He really could not return to the hotel. He did not know whether Yu Bai had left yet. He did not want to meet face to face with Yu Bai at this moment.
It seemed that no other friends are filming now, and there was no reason for him to go to another crew to visit the site.
Sheng Xing Ze wandered aimlessly everywhere, but he found a nice groove around the film and television city.
Green sprouts could be seen in the woods in early spring, and from time to time, he could hear small birds flapping their wings.
He walked a few steps into the woods while taking a few breaths of fresh air, Sheng Xing Ze heard someone crying not far away.
He followed the voice and went deeper into the woods for a while. A girl was crying while covering her face, and several napkins had been piled around her.
She was crying very sadly and so devotedly that even Sheng Xing Ze walked to her side and she still did not notice.
Seeing that the girl had used up all of her napkins, she constantly wiped her tears with the back of her hand. Sheng Xing Ze squatted in front of her, and put a bag of unopened tissue on her legs out of human kindness.
The girl raised her head up revealing a tearful face that looked like a ghost, as she said a small thank you.
Sheng Xing Ze was not being intimidated by her smearing makeup. Although he could not see her face clearly, he said to the girl with a smile, you're welcome.
"Can you please accompany me?" As Sheng Xing Ze was about to leave, the girl grabbed his clothes by the corner and looked at him with tears in her eyes.
Sheng Xing Ze sat down next to her, listening to the girl crying while she scolded her boyfriend.
At least you've loved vigorously, I'm still stuck in this plain unrequited love. [2]
Sheng Xing Ze suddenly felt the same sympathy with the girl next to him, so he patiently accompanied her all this time, listening to her telling her story intermittently.
Once putting them together, he could vaguely understand that the boyfriend is inexplicably breaking up with her, and the girlfriend suspects that the boyfriend is cheating on her.
The girl cried until she was satisfied, she took a deep breath to calm down her emotions, took out a small mirror from her bag and looked at her face.
Exquisite makeup had been smeared, the eyeliner forms a black line along the corner of the eyes, and the face was filled with tears mixed with foundation and blush.
She was a little embarrassed, and it was quite unbelievable that the pretty boy in front of her would agree to stay to accompany a girl who had her makeup smeared by crying. The boy could not see her face in its beauty, but he never once showed any impatience on his face.
The girl quickly took out a makeup remover, and cleaned her face with two strokes.
"It's quite embarrassing, sorry for keeping you here for so long."
She readjusted her emotions and smiled at Sheng Xing Ze, except for her eyes looking a little red, no one could have seen that she had been crying.
Without those cumbersome makeup, Sheng Xing Ze finally got to see the girl's face.
Bin Cong Meng made her debut as a child star. At the age of 13, she won the Best Newcomer Award with a movie. Afterwards, she had acted in various TV dramas. All of the movies she starred in became really popular, and she even won an honorable award this year.
He had to give it to this senior's ability to control her emotions, Sheng Xing Ze smiled at Bin Cong Meng.
"My pleasure, Senior Bin, I'm Sheng Xing Ze."
"Hello, please disregard all that I said just now," Bin Cong Meng said, "I know that this sounds very ungrateful. I think you're also an actor, knowing how much a scandal can do to an actor's career. As a confidential exchange, I can provide you with some good resources."
Sheng Xing Ze shook his head, "Senior must have misunderstood. I don't stay behind with you because of resources. My goal has always been to be an excellent mediator, acting is just a sideline."
Bin Cong Meng's face eased up a lot, not as aggressive as just now, she smiled, "It turns out to be you, I heard Director Zhang Chao said that you helped him solve the conflict between him and his wife at the time. He kept on talking about this story every day, everyone in the filming crew knew about it."
Sheng Xing Ze smiled modestly, "it was just their little misunderstanding."
Bin Cong Meng's eyes lit up, but the light quickly went out again.
"I also hope that it is only a small misunderstanding, but unfortunately...forget about it, I invite you to dinner, thank you for your company today."
Sheng Xing Ze smiled politely, "It was no big deal, you don't have to thank me. However, I would like first to apologize to you. I know that it is a very sensitive topic, but I'm really interested in hearing your story. As a mediator, to be able to solve a challenging conflict...is a sense of accomplishment."
Bin Cong Meng was a bit hesitant, seeming to be considering whether to tell Sheng Xing Ze or not.
"If you're worried, I can write a written agreement to never reveal your privacy," Sheng Xing Ze assured.
Bin Cong Meng reluctantly sat down on the chair again, starting to organize her thoughts and words in her mind, and she slowly told her story in among the birds chirping around her.
"My boyfriend and I have been together for many years, and we have reached the stage of talking about marriage. However, I don't know why. Since I've won the honorable award, his attitude towards me has changed a lot; not like before where he would call me everyday even if he was busy. He would rather accept a lot of work and advertisement contracts instead of going home with me for the New Year. If I'm to count it, I haven't seen him for almost a month."
"Today, I came to the site to see him. I wanted to give him a surprise. I also prepared a proposal ring. If he wouldn't propose to me, I would propose to him, but he had to break up with me before I even took out the ring. I, I don't know what I did wrong, I haven't even done anything...why did he do this?"
Speaking of sadness, Bin Cong Meng's voice began to choke again.
"I even thought that he must have been diagnosed with some kind of illness, so he wants to break up with me in advance so that I wouldn't be sad, but no. I have looked through his medical reports and he is very healthy."
"I just don't understand. We promised that once we both get the awards together, we will make our relationship public, right? Why is that we both won the awards together, but he immediately disappeared? Why did things suddenly become like this?"
Sheng Xing Ze saw that her tears started to fall again, he moved to hand a pack of tissues to her. Fortunately, Bin Cong Meng had no makeup on, so when she cried, it looked a little bit like a pear blossom in the rain.
Sheng Xing Ze could sort of know who her boyfriend is, and the TV series Emperor who won the award at the same time as Bin Cong Meng was Pang Shi, an actor who had worked very hard in this circle, he started out as a nobody that playing small roles into the present as the sought-after actor. Not many people are being able to endure hardship, someone who has been through so much would not abandon his girlfriend this easily.
Pang Shi was now in a filming crew next to Yu Bai's, it was clear that without Yu Bai, he could not enter the site.
When thinking of the dream he had last night, Sheng Xing Ze felt somewhat guilty. Now, let alone seeing Yu Bai himself, he could not help but feel hot in the face. Sheng Xing Ze really did not want to ask Yu Bai to take him to look for Pang Shi.
If he were to see Yu Bai, Sheng Xing Ze felt that he would confess on the spot.
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Notes:
[1] Just a little reminder: In the original story that Sheng Xing Ze read, it is said that Yu Bai does not have feelings for Lin Mu at first, only sees Lin Mu as his junior. Until later on, Yu Bai realizes that he likes Lin Mu. However, the book that Sheng Xing Ze read was written in the author's perspective, and it does not mention about the fact that Yu Bai is gay from the beginning. That is why Sheng Xing Ze has always believed that Yu Bai is only turning gay for Lin Mu in the original book. And he is sure that Yu Bai is straight to start with. I hope this clear the little confusion there ^^
[2] I have noticed people have mistaken Sheng Xing Ze's words right here. He was not joking at all. He was just merely admired the girl for being able to have love and being loved. At least in a relationship. He was just admiring her, and looking down on himself. He was thinking of how pathetic he is. This is not meant to be a joke. And I saw that people have been mistaken his meaning.