When Chu Shu Nan rushed to the hotel, it was already dark outside. He made his way to the room number provided by Sheng Xing Ze and found Shu Qing Ning's room.
When he heard the doorbell ringing, Sheng Xing Ze was reciting lines next to Shu Qing Ning.
After getting drunk, Shu Qing Ning slept soundly. SHeng Xing Ze was worried that something might happen to him, so he stayed by his side and asked Mi He Qiu to send the script to him.
He glanced at the door and knew that it was Chu Shu Nan who was here. He got up unhurriedly to open the door for Chu Shu Nan, and leaned on the door frame to prevent the man from entering.
"Where's Qing Ning?" Chu Shu Nan was anxiously trying to squeeze into the room, his eyes swept the room over Sheng Xing Ze's shoulders and found Shu Qing Ning, who was sleeping soundly on the sofa.
"Why didn't you take him to the bed?" he complained.
"You even dare to question me? Do you even know why he got himself drunk in the first place?" Sheng Xing Ze folded his arms in front of his chest, staring coldly at Chu Shu Nan's face, "Try to remember what you did."
Chu Shu Nan was too busy to worry about Shu Qing Ning catching a cold from sleeping on the sofa. He ignored Sheng Xing Ze's question and got into the room to take Shu Qing Ning into bed.
When Sheng Xing Ze listened to him softly coaxing Shu Qing Ning, the other man's face was filled with worries.
Chu Shu Nan's voice awakened Shu Qing Ning, who was sleeping. The half-asleep man was stunned when he saw Chu Shu Nan's face, and then turned around in disgust, turning his back to Chu Shu Nan, obviously unwilling to pay attention to him.
"Qing Ning, be good, let's go back to bed and sleep there, you will catch a cold here."
Before the unwilling man could reply, Chu Shu Nan hugged Shu Qing Ning directly. Shu Qing Ning struggled in the hug and let the man put him down on the bed motionlessly.
Chu Shu Nan covered Shu Qing Ning with a quilt, and coaxed him to sleep before he walked out of the room. He closed Shu Qing Ning's door and made a gesture to Sheng Xing Ze to go outside.
Sheng Xing Ze did not plan to move away at all. He was sitting on the sofa, and he wanted Shu Qing Ning to hear their conversation.
Chu Shu Nan saw that Sheng Xing Ze still sat on the sofa and seemed to not wanting to go out with him. He felt a little dissatisfied, but after all, he wanted to ask the other for help, so he could only reluctantly sit down across from him. He tried to lower his voice as much as possible.
"What did he say? Do I still have a chance?" Chu Shu Nan's eyes were full of hope, eager to hear the words he longed to hear from Sheng Xing Ze's mouth.
Sheng Xing Ze's words were like cold water splashing at Chu Shu Nan, putting away the little flame of hope in his heart.
"Qing Ning said, his feeling for you is all gone."
Chu Shu Nan's smile stiffened on his face. He wanted to grab Sheng Xing Ze's arm, but he was being mercilessly ignored.
"Xing Ze, I really..."
Sheng Xing Ze stopped him, "Chu Shu Nan, I told you at the outset that I didn't want to help at all with your entrustment."
He stood up and stared at Chu Shu Nan in silence for a few seconds, "If it weren't for Qing Ning, I wouldn't say this to you at all now."
"I know, I'm a scumbag, I don't deserve Qing Ning." Chu Shu Nan's face was pale, and the usual majestic man appeared to be shaky in front of Sheng Xing Ze.
Sheng Xing Ze remembered what Shu Qing Ning said and he was sure the other still likes Chu Shu Nan, he stood there for a few minutes and then sat back on the sofa.
"Chu Shu Nan, let me ask you a question. Tell me the truth, how much do you know about Qing Ning?"
Chu Shu Nan was stunned by his question, and subconsciously wanted to blurt out that he obviously is the peron who knows Qing Ning best, but he tried to search his knowledge of Qing Ning in a long time, only to find that he knew nothing about Shu Qing Ning's likes and dislikes.
Shu Qing Ning can always give him the gifts he likes on special days, yet he always asks the secretary to buy some sloppy and casual gift for the other man. He spent a lot of money on Shu Qing Ning, but never put his mind into it.
Chu Shu Nan regretted it, but it had already happened and he could only do his best to make up for it.
"Sorry, I don't really know Qing Ning."
Sheng Xing Ze got the expected answer, he raised his chin to Chu Shu Nan, "The person that was with him that day, do you know how they are related?"
Chu Shu Nan tried to search his memories, and the face of the newcomer flashed into his mind as his face turned into shock. He looked at Sheng Xing Ze in disbelief, "that man is Qing Ning's cousin, right?"
Sheng Xing Ze smiled, "You have been married for ten years, yet you are asking me this question?"
Chu Shu Nan's face turned paler, he let out a long sigh, and helplessly covered his face, "What have I done?"
Sheng Xing Ze looked at him with a hard stare, "What else you didn't tell me?"
Chu Shu Nan wiped his face, his eyes flashed with anger, "Someone told me that Qing Ning might have cheated on me and he is doing something unappropriate behidn my bad. I was so angry that I just went to see him, and then I saw him with his cousin. The two of them were talking and laughing together. Once I settle everything here, I'll make sure to deal with that person."
"Rather than thinking about dealing with other people, you might as well think about how to deal with yourself first." Sheng Xing Ze felt the irony, but also a little sad, "Chu Shu Nan, do you still trust Shu Qing Ning?"
"I drank some wine at that time, and my mind was not very clear. Now that I think about it, he was simply provoking the relationship between me and Qing Ning." Chu Shu Nan leaned on the sofa, his whole strength seemed to be drained, "Why am I so stupid, so easy to believe other people's words."
"You are really stupid," Sheng Xing Ze said mercilessly, "Why didn't you tell me about this incident when we talked earlier?"
Chu Shu Nan tilted his head to look at Xing Ze, a guilty conscience flashed in his eyes, "I'm afraid you won't help me."
"Of course, I wouldn't." Sheng Xing Ze stared at Chu Shu Nan indifferently, he could feel the anger in him rising up the more he talked with Chu Shu Nan.
He really felt that Chu Shu Nan is not worthy for Shu Qing Ning, but Chu Shu Nan is Shu Qing Ning's benefactor. Without Chu Shu Nan, the current Shu Qing Ning would not have existed.
If Shu Qing Ning said that he does not like Chu Shu Nan, Sheng Xing Ze would definitely leave this burden in a second. But, Shu Qing Ning, who had a hard-hearted mind, fell in love with the fool in front of him. He did not like Chu Shu Nan, but he felt sorry for Shu Qing Ning.
"I really want to just leave now." Sheng Xing Ze said angrily.
Chu Shu Nan showed a pleading look, but he also knew that his behavior was inexcusable, and Sheng Xing Ze's unwillingness to help him was explainable.
"Do you really like Qing Ning?" Sheng Xing Ze asked Chu Shu Nan for the last time. He turned his ability on as staring into Chu Shu Nan's eyes, "Chu Shu Nan, tell me the truth."
"I like him, I like Qing Ning," Chu Shu Nan said firmly in front of him, "I love him, if there is no Qing Ning, I don't know how to live on with my life."
A noise came from the bedroom, and Chu Shu Nan, who is being controlled by Sheng Xing Ze's ability, got out of the other's control. He hurriedly called and asked the secretary outside to bring in the sober soup, and then brought the soup into the bedroom with apologetic expression.
Sheng Xing Ze sat on the sofa for a while, seeing that the people inside had no intention to come out for a long time, so he just left consciously.
Chu Shu Nan will need to spend some time in order to regain Shu Qing Ning's love. Since Shu Qing Ning now has learned of Chu Shu Nan's feeling for him, it will be a matter of time, at least the initiative belongs to Shu Qing Ning now.
Sheng Xing Ze is not too worried about Shu Qing Ning being bullied by Chu Shu Nan.
When returning to the hotel, Yu Shuang Yang sent Pei Man to tell Sheng Xing Ze that all the actors had arrived. If Sheng Xing Ze wanted to greet others, this would be a good time for him to meet everyone.
Sheng Xing Ze asked him for Yun Zi Bo's dressing him, the other male protagonist.
Yun Zi Bo and Yu bai are artists of the same era, and they debuted at about the same time. Because of their different styles, they still don't have much competition, and they usually have a good relationship.
When Sheng Xing Ze saw Yun Zi Bo, he politely called "Teacher Yun."
Yun Zi Bo looked at him up and down, smiled and patted Sheng Xing Ze's shoulder, "I didn't expect Yu Bai would be liking someone. Before I came here, he kept telling me to take care of you."
Sheng Xing Ze blinked at him and said nothing.
Yun Zi Bo brought Sheng Xing Ze into the room and poured him a glass of milk, "Yu Bai definitely didn't tell you that I was his brother's classmate."
"Brother Yu Lan?" Sheng Xing Ze asked.
"You've met Yu Lan?" Yun Zi Bo was surprised, and he patted his head, "I forgot that you two are next door neighbore. I am Yu Lan's high school classmate. I used to go to their home to play with Yu Lan. I met Yu Bai at that time."
Yun Zi Bo raised his eyebrows at Sheng Xing Ze, "At the beginning, my family didn't agree with my choice of career, so Yu Bai went to help me to convince them, it was unexpected, wasn't it?"
"Unexpectedly, I always thought you and Brother Yu should be about the same age."
Yun Zi Bo was asmused by his words. He laughed at Sheng Xing Ze a few times, "It's no wonder that Yu Bai likes you, even I also like your little sweet talk."
Sheng Xing Ze took a sip of milk and said, "thank you for your praising."
Yun Zi Bo waved his hand to Sheng Xing Ze, "Don't use honorifics with me, just call me Brother Yun just like Yu Bai. With your age, you're like my younger sibling, no need to be polite with family."
It was the first time that Sheng Xing Ze met such a familiar person. Although he knew that the most part of Yun Zi Bo's enthusiasm came from his relationship with Yu Bai, Sheng Xing Ze really liked this kind of person.
"Brother Yun," he followed Yun Zi Bo's words.
"Did you bring the script?" Yun Zi Bo changed the topic, "We can't make mistake on tomorrow's first scene."
Sheng Xing Ze took out the script and said, "Tomorrow is the scene of the first meeting, right?"
"I heard from Director Ye that your audition was amazing, I haven't seen it yet." Yun Zi Bo said with a smile.
Sheng Xing Ze opened the script and went through the lines, "I'm ready." As he said these words, his whole person's temperament changed.
Yun Zi Bo nodded at him, and both of them quickly emerged in their characters.
Sheng Xing Ze grabbed the milk in front of him and took a stip instead of the wine, "Noble man, you are here."