Sheng Xing Ze smiled and got up, hugged the director and his co-stars around him one by one, and walked onto the podium.
Holding the trophy handed by the award-presenting guest, Sheng Xing Ze showed a perfect smile at the guest and thanked him for his blessing.
He walked to the microphone and spoke to the audience.
"Today, I have the honor to receive this award. It's thanks to Director Zhang Chao for choosing me for this role, and the fans' support for me all this time..."
Sheng Xing Ze's remarks were quite satisfactory, and he thanked everyone from the filming crew, fans, and his parents.
Some at-home audience had sharp intuition and pointed out that his gaze had been staring at the same place. Following the angle of the camera, it was no doubt that he was staring at the "Xing Lan" crew table, in which he could be staring at Hui Si Yong or Yu Bai; but there was also possibility that he was staring at his empty seat at the table.
After the signature wall incident, the CP fans began to get excited again, and their comments had dominated the whole livestream again.
When he left the stage holding the trophy, Sheng Xing Ze and Yu Bai's eyes met each other in mid-air. He curved up the corner of his mouth at Yu Bai and raised his eyebrows triumphantly.
He returned to Yu Bai's side, placed the trophy in front of him and shook it, his eyes seemed to glister in the limelight tonight.
To Yu Bai, the younger man looked like a cat begging for praise, the tail behind him raised up so high above his head.
"My boyfriend is awesome."
He reached over and whispered in Sheng Xing Ze's ear.
Sheng Xing Ze's face blushed, and he did not want to provoke Yu Bai, so he just lowered his head and pursed his lips.
The livestreaming camera swiftly captured this scene in the lens, and soon the livestream was spammed with curious comments wanting to know what Yu Bai said to Xing Xing just now.
But there was no microphone and Yu Bai's mouth was not shown, even if someone could lip read, there was no way they could know what he said.
Sheng Xing Ze and Yu Bai stayed until the end of the award ceremony. After the host said the final remarks on the stage, Yu Bai dragged Sheng Xing Ze away quietly, leaving the reporters to the director to deal with.
"Is it really okay?" Sheng Xing Ze asked as he got into Yu Bai's car.
Yu Bai leaned forward to fasten his seat belt, and started the SUV to drive off into the designated location.
"It's rare to see you driving," Sheng Xing Ze looked at Yu Bai's profile with admiration in his eyes.
Yu Bai squeezed Sheng Xing Ze's hand on his lap while waiting for the red light, "Today is special."
Sheng Xing Ze thought the special in Yu Bai's words is because he won the award. He looked at the small trophy in his hand.
"This feeling is quite wonderful. After all I've received a lot of best actor awards, and today I was awarded the best newcomer." He touched the trophy, "this is the first time I won this award."
"Bring it home and put it next to mine."
Sheng Xing Ze imagined the trophy shelf for a moment, and could not help but say, "Are you planning on paring every trophy of yours with mine?"
"I hope it's possible."
Yu Bai drove the car into an unfamiliar direction.
"Film Emperor Yu, are you planning to sell me off?" Sheng Xing Ze said, looking at the unfamiliar road, "Don't you think you should wait for a year or two? My value would be much more appreciated then."
"No, I'm in a hurry," Yu Bai shook his head in a serious response.
Sheng Xing Ze raised his head and laughed, the crisp laughter echoing in the narrow carriage.
About twenty minutes later, Yu Bai parked the car in front of a villa.
"We're here," he woke up Sheng Xing Ze, who closed his eyes and rested.
Sheng Xing Ze opened his eyes and saw a strange villa. The yard in front of the villa had already been planted with his favorite vegetables.
He pushed the car door and looked around with curiosity in his eyes. Yu Bai stood behind him quietly waiting for him to finish inspecting the place.
When discussing the new house with Yu Bai earlier, Sheng Xing Ze casually said that he likes to plant vegetables, a yard full of vegetables. So when he is hungry, he can pick one and eat it without worrying about it's being polluted.
Sheng Xing Ze did not expect that the man would remember such trivial matter, and also had carefully arranged their home.
Sheng Xing Ze turned his head and hugged Yu Bai, "I think I like you more and more, what should I do?"
"I like you too," Yu Bai kissed him, "Want to go in and see?"
"Is it move-in ready?" Sheng Xing Ze asked. He and Yu Bai had already selected a full set of furniture on the internet, but he could not see them in person due to his busy filming schedule. All the decorations here were done by Yu Bai.
Yu Bai took Sheng Xing Ze's hand and pressed it on the fingerprint lock, and the door unlocked with a click.
Sheng Xing Ze looked at his finger curiously, "When did you get my fingerprint?"
Yu Bai smiled mysteriously and did not answer him.
"Come in," Yu Bai sounded a bit hoarse, and Sheng Xing Ze gave him a smile, "Are you nerous?"
He expected that Yu Bai would not answer him, so he pressed the handle and pushed the door in.
As soon as he opened the door and walked in, he saw the big candle-lit cake in the middle of the living room. He walked over and found that the cake has crook writing of "Congratulation to my Xing Xing on winning his first award."
"You wrote this yourself, right?" Sheng Xing Ze turned his head to look at the man to make a joke.
As soon as he turned around, he saw Yu Bai knelt on one knee behind him, took out the ring he had prepared, and handed it to Sheng Xing Ze.
Sheng Xing Ze was surprised, his mouth slightly gasped, and his eyes were full of surprises.
"Xing Xing, I'm quite old fashioned, not so romantic, and I don't know how to coax others. I have nothing but this face and my wealth. I'm not as young as you are, nor I have the experience like you do; I don't even have what you have achieved in your previous world. I am not good enough now, but in the future I will catch up with you little by little and become someone who can truly stand by your side."
"Xing Xing, will you spend the rest of your life with me?"
Sheng Xing Ze looked at Yu Bai in front of him, and felt his nose get stuffy. This kind of feeling, he has not felt it for a long time. Sheng Xing Ze never felt that he was a sentimental person, but he looked at the man kneeling in front of him, who looked back at him with sincerity in the eyes. He could not help but feel his emotion began to pour out.
Although he felt the bitter taste in his nose, there was still a sweet taste in his heart. It was like the cream cake on the table spreading directly onto his heart.
"Idiot," Sheng Xing Ze pursed his mouth and smiled, bent down and kissed Yu Bai's lips, picking up his chin with one hand.
"Yu Bai, listen carefully. In my eyes, you are not old at all. I don't care whether you are old or not. Counting the time in my previous life, I am more than ten years older than you. You have been tolerating me. You are far more better than you think. Talking about taking advantage, it's more like I'm taking advantage of you, do you get it?"
He stood up and raised his head, holding out his hand in front of Yu Bai with a proud face.
Yu Bai put the ring on Sheng Xing Ze's finger, then he stood up and kissed the person in front of him.
"Xing Xing, I love you."
"Stupid Yu Bai," Sheng Xing Ze wrapped his arm around Yu Bai's neck, and the two people stood in the living room kissing the night away, the pair of rings of the same style on their fingers reflected a faint light under the candle light.
When Yu Bai saw that the candle was almost extinguished, he reluctantly let go of the panting Sheng Xing Ze.
"How can you be sure that I will win an award?" Sheng Xing Ze asked when looking at the cake in front of him. The words written slantingly with cream on it were like a disgrace to the beautiful cake, but in Sheng Xing Ze's eyes, he thinks these words are the cutest.
"I was not sure," Yu Bai answered honestly, "So I bought two."
Sheng Xing Ze was quite amused, "Where is the other one?"
"I have someone taken it away."
"What's written on it?" Sheng Xing Ze asked when he approached Yu Bai.
Yu Bai sullenly did not want to say.
"Brother Bai, tell me, are you asking me to cheer up or something?" Sheng Xing Ze haunted him by acting like a baby.
Yu Bai nodded.
"Did you write it yourself?"
"Yeah."
"It's not good, it's too watseful." Sheng Xing Ze shook his head, but the smile on his face was never faded. "Remember to return it to me aftewards. My boyfriend gave it to me, even if you want to discard it, it has to be done by me."
"Understood." Yu Bai nooded and agreed.
It was late at night after they finished the cake, and Yu Bai took out the toiletries and pajamas prepared for Sheng Xing Ze to him.
The two took a bath and got into bed.
"I didn't expect it to be ready so soon," Sheng Xing Ze said, resting his head on the man's shoulder, "I thought I would have to wait for a few months."
"There are still some unfinished decorations that need to work on, but I can't wait," Yu Bai said with his arms wrapping around the younger man.
"I also want to put a cat tree house in the living room, is it okay to have a cat?" Sheng Xing Ze raised his head and rubbed Yu Bai's chin.
"Sure."
"What breed do you like? Ragdoll or Scottish Fold?"
"I like you."
Sheng Xing Ze glared at him and continued his monologue while on the bed.
"It's better to havea few guest bedrooms, in case Mi He Qiu will stay overnight."
"Okay."
"Should we also build a chilren's room and adopt a kid in the future?" Before Yu bai could answer this question, Sheng Xing Ze immediately rejected his own proposal, "Forget it, I can't even take care of myself, let alone taking care a child."
Thinking about having a kid running and screaming around in the room, Sheng Xing Ze could already feel the exhaustion.
"Never mind, how about just the two of us?"
"Okay."
While talking, the two people's hands came together again, feeling the hard object on Yu Bai's finger, Sheng Xing Ze raised his hand and stretched it out in front of him, looking at the ring of the same style as Yu Bai, "I think this is not good, too obvious."
"I'll buy a pair of neck chains tomorrow for them." Yu Bai said.
"I thought you would talk me into keeping it this way." Sheng Xing Ze smiled.
"Silly."
"You're silly." Sheng Xing Ze was dissatisfied, he got under the quilt, and his whole body was attached to Yu Bai's body.
The weather in May had begun to heat up, and the two sturdy men should feel very hot when pressing against each other, but Sheng Xing Ze's body is cool and comfortable in his arms, and Yu Bai was reluctant to let go.
"Come home with me tomorrow, the son-in-law needs to be introduced to his in-laws." Sheng Xing Ze said to Yu Bai before going to bed.
Yu Bai helped him straighten the quilt, and embraced the person in his arms.