Before Yu Bai's birthday arrived, Lan Lan sent the finished porcelain to the filming site.
Sheng Xing Ze looked at the porcelain in his hands, looking at the two big head chibi drawings stood and held hands together, one smiled brightly and the other had a restrained smile on.
Imagining the scene when Yu Bai received this gift in his mind, Sheng Xing Ze could not help but chuckle, as if time passed faster and soon he would be home.
A week before Yu Bai's birthday, Sheng Xing Ze apologized during his daily video call with Yu Bai:
"Film Emperor Yu, I can't come home for your birthday," the regret on his face was clearly shown, and Yu Bai did not think much of it, thinking that Ye Shuang Yang refused to let him off.
"That's just how Director Ye is," Yu Bai comforted him.
"This is the first birthday since we got together."
"Xing Xing, we will have many birthdays together in the future."
Sheng Xing Ze looked at Yu Bai and smiled constantly, when Yu Bai asked him what he was smiling about, he did not tell him; but, he just kept on looking and smiling at Yu Bai.
Yu Bai felt so helpless that he just waited for Sheng Xing Ze to finish smiling.
"I'll have a fanmeeting on my birthday. I guess I will be home late. Don't wait for me at night."
"When will it start?"
"Seven o'clock in the evening."
"I happen to have night shoots that day too," Sheng Xing Ze lied without blinking an eye.
He complained in a low tone, "Director Ye is really not a good person, and he wants to retake any scene, he will blatantly scream retake, totally disregard the finance of the filming."
"He just wants you to do better."
"Film Emperor Yu, treat yourself something good on your birthday, so don't go filming during the day. The meeting at night is already hard enough." Sheng Xing Ze told him.
"Okay, no filming, stay home during the day."
The day before Yu Bai's birthday, Sheng Xing Ze asked Ye Shuang Hang for time off. He stayed in the hotel room until midnight. He timely sent blessings to Yu Bai on Weibo. He even sent a "Happy Birthday" text to the man in message.
"You're still awake?" Yu Bai immediately called him.
"It's to wish you Happy Birthday," Sheng Xing Ze smiled.
"Silly, you don't need to be so punctual." Although Yu Bai was saying it is not needed, his voice was full of sweetness.
"Is it okay to do video call?" Sheng Xing Ze asked.
Yu Bai hesitated, and just as he was about to say it is not a good time, Sheng Xing Ze's video call came in.
Yu Bai turned on the light and found a better lighting angle to show his face.
Although Yu Bai tried his best to conceal it, Sheng Xing Ze could see his exhaustion at a glance, "Are you not taking a good rest?!" Sheng Xing Ze felt both distressed and uncomfortable.
"You should pay attention to your body when you're getting older, otherwise I will leave you alone when you are old."
Yu Bai smiled at these words, "Are you already thinking that I'm getting old?"
Sheng Xing Ze frowned and said, "yes."
Yu Bai covered his face and smiled, his shoulders trembling constantly.
"I'm being serious," Sheng Xing Ze was even more furious when he saw the other laughed, "you are almost 30, and I am still in my early twenties. If you don't take care of yourself, the one who suffers in the end is me."
Yu Bai's smile grew wider.
"Xing Xing, I like you so much." Looking at Sheng Xing Ze who was full of anger through the video call, Yu Bai felt that the fatigue of the day had disappeared.
Sheng Xing Ze originally had something to say, but he could not say anything because of such a sentence, so he mumbled "you devil" and stopped talking.
Yu Bai rubbed his temples and explained to Sheng Xing Ze, "there is this actor at the site, he has been taking a lot of NGs, everyone else also got dragged behind schedule with him."
Hearing that Sheng Xing Ze's brows furrowed, "Did you not realize it himself?"
"He has been working very hard to improve, but due to his lack of talent and insufficient training, he will not be able to improve for a while."
"How did he pass the audition?" Sheng Xing Ze whispered, even though he knew that people like this one, as long as he has money, the person can enter any filming crew. Sheng Xing Ze knows very well how this actor gets himself a role in this movie.
Yu Bai did not continue to discuss this issue with Sheng Xing Ze, he whispered, "Xing Xing, according to the current progress, I don't think I will finish filming on time to accompany you."
Sheng Xing Ze shook his head, "it's okay, I'll be waiting for you."
Sheng Xing Ze got up after sleeping in bed for less than five hours, thinking that he would be able to see Yu Bai today, the excitement made him unable to sleep.
He opened the curtains and the sun outside was getting brighter.
Sheng Xing Ze checked the weather in B City and the Capital City, it seemed to be good weather today; and the possibility of flight delay is unlikely.
He carefully put the prepared gift into the box, made sure it would not break, and left the room to have breakfast downstairs.
"Director Ye, you're early."
Sheng Xing Ze smiled and sat on the opposite side of Ye Shuang Yang, a bright smile had been lingering on the corners of his mouth even when he was eating.
Ye Shuang Yang looked at him quite irritably. Sheng Xing Ze, who had never been able to get up early to catch breakfast, appeared in the restaurant for an unprecedented time when his assistant was not up yet. Ye Shuang Yang would normally praise him for this great effort; however, the motivation behind this was due to Yu Bai. He took today off to head back to meet with Yu Bai.
"It's a bit too early for you to get up." He snorted coldly.
"I'm pretty excited for heading back soon," Sheng Xing Ze smiled brightly.
Ye Shuang Yang gestured and took out his phone, "I'll tell him."
Sheng Xing Ze hurriedly stopped him, "Don't, don't you dare, how can a good person like you do such a thing."
"If you're messing up the character's mood when you come back; we can see how I will make you pay."
Recently, they had filmed up to the part where Xue Qing is staying behind in the Capital by himself. Chu Tian Yi and Yue Bai are facing the attacks of the rebels. The tragedy of the whole movies has started now. If Sheng Xing Ze indulged too much in the happiness of receiving a marriage certificate, it would be easy for him not to show the sadness in the character.
"Got it, got it."
After Sheng Xing Ze had breakfast, he returned to the room and carried the gift box and was about to go find Mi He Qiu.
"Shall we go?" His face was full of excitement.
"Brother Sheng, the flight is at 11 o'clock, it's only 8 o'clock now, it only takes half an hour from her to the airport."
"Isn't it good to check in early?" Sheng Xing Ze's thought was full of Yu Bai, and could not listen to Mi He Qiu's advice.
Reluctantly, Mi He Qiu could only drive Sheng Xing Ze to the airport, helped him through the check-in procedures, and sent him into the VIP passage.
While walking Mi He Qiu, he instructed Sheng Xing Ze not to expose himself due to over joy. He was more popular than he was before and he could not act freely as he used to.
Sheng Xing Ze agreed to all of his advice, but it was hard to reply after hearing so many of them.
The plane took off on time and arrived in the Capital City exactly in the afternoon.
Tao Yi Ning successfully picked up Sheng Xing Ze.
"Yu Bai's meeting hasn't started yet. I'm going to rush over there after dropping you off. Where should I drop you off?"
"Is the meeting at the company?"
"Yeah."
"Then drop me off at the cake shop," Sheng Xing Ze smiled. "I go to the cake shop to watch the livestream. The internet there is very good."
Sheng Xing Ze sat in the cake shop until 7pm, when the fan meeting began.
There were two girls next to him also talking about this meeting.
A girl said, "my roommate got the ticket, I can only stay outside."
The other comforted her, "it's okay, what if we can see Yu Bai in person later?"
"I want to be Mrs. Bai today as well."
"Mrs. Bai title is mine."
Sheng Xing Ze felt a little jealous when he heard them laugh.
He pulled up the messenger to send a message to Yu Bai.
"Film Emperor Yu, many people want to be your wife."
He waited for a few minutes and did not get a reply from Yu Bai, he guessed that the other man must be preparing for the meeting backstage. He clicked on the app to join the livestream.
Almost all of the fans sitting in the cake shop were Yu Bai's fans, gathering in groups of three or five to exchange their fangirling experiences.
Sheng Xing Ze sat in the corner with a tight cover, and Yu Bai's voice came from the headphones.
He listened to Yu Bai thanking all the fans for coming today, and watching him cut the cake with everyone.
Sheng Xing Ze was very sensitive when it comes to Yu Bai, at a glance he could tell that Yu Bai is in a low mood, but he had to put up a smile when facing fans.
No one knows Yu Bai's exhaustion better than him.
He suddenly wanted to go inside to hug Yu Bai and to tell him that if he doesn't like it, he can just quit. However, Yu Bai hadn't officially announced his retirement yet, and he could not leave a black history on his career.
The fan meeting lasted until 10 o'clock in the evening, and the company arranged a bus to take these fans back to their respective residences.
Yu Bai stood at the door of the company and waved goodbye to the bus and the fans.
Throughout the whole night, whether fans were vying for autographs or rushing to shake hands with him for a photo, he did not show any impatience. Even when fans deliberately fell, he just smiled to remind fans to be careful, he did not scold them.
Seeing Yu Bai standing at the door of the company, all the fans who were sitting around rushed out. If they weren't stopped by the security guards, they would directly pounce on Yu Bai.
Sheng Xing Ze stood at the end of the crowd. Although most of them were girls in front, he could not see Yu Bai in the middle of the crowd.
He did not know how long Yu Bai would be under siege. He got up and walked toward Yu Bai's private garage. Yuan Yuan had already sent a text message to tell Sheng Xing Ze that he was driving there to wait for him and Yu Bai.
Yu Bai said a few words to the fans outside, and told the company's employees to properly arrange the fans, and then turned and left to walk towards his garage.
There were no one in the parking lot, and Yu Bai could only hear his own footsteps.
He saw Yuan Yuan turn on the low beam to signal him, and he walked in the direction of the light.
From a distance, Yu Bai saw a familiar figure standing in front of the car against the light. Although he could not see the person's face, Yu Bai was sure who this person was.
Yu Bai could not believe his own two eyes, the person that clearly told him that he had night shoots and cannot make it back, now truly stood in front of him.
He stagnated, opened his arms to the front, and looked at the person running towards him. Yu Bai showed his sincerest smile tonight.
Sheng Xing Ze plunged his head into the man's arms, raised his head and smiled at Yu Bai, with a stream of light passing through his clear eyes.