Before sleeping that night, Xie Zhuxing took another look at the comments under the official post of the company.
Wang Chao was upset because of those negative comments, but he himself wasnât angry at all. Xie Zhuxing was different from his group mates. As someone who had been running around in this industry for two years, he had already mentally prepared himself for the criticism he would be met with once he debuted.
Wang Chao was only wearing his underwear as he laid on the side playing on his phone as he cussed. After playing for a while, he fell asleep with his phone in his hands.
Xie Zhuxing amusingly covered him with a summer quilt. He basically slept like this everyday, be it playing on his phone or talking, he would suddenly fall asleep with his head tilted to the side. If you didnât know he was sleeping, you would guess he had fainted.
After he turned off the lights, Xie Zhuxing lied down and prepared to sleep when suddenly, the phone by his pillow lit up.
Yan Jiajia had sent him a message: Congratulations, Tomas.
He thought about it, and then replied: Thank you.
These two worlds were very polite, yet it was also very cold, especially for a girl who he had once considered marrying.
But other than that, he didnât know what else he could say.
The two were once classmates and had a good relationship with each other at school. She had confessed to him before their graduation, and then they got together. Yan Jiajia at that time was still a very simple girl; if you gave her some flowers and chocolate for Valentineâs Day, she would jump up and down with joy. Afterwards, she received a chance to go to Shanghai for a chance at development. She didnât want to be separated from Xie Zhuxing, so she gave up. When she ended up telling him about the news, she smiled as she said, âWho told my boyfriend to be so handsome? I canât fight off those pesky goblins if Iâm so far away.â And then she turned around and went to the bathroom to weep quietly. At that instant, he thought, he had to be extra caring towards Yan Jiajia in the future because he was sure that if he were to be met with such an important choice, he would not choose her. He knew that in reality, he didnât love her that much.
Now itâs been more than a month since theyâve broken up even though it feels as if they had been separated for a few decades. When he thinks of her, thereâs practically no emotion inside. The resentment he had felt about the cheating before breaking up had also disappeared without a trace â just like this busy month.
He was still willing to remember the goods of Yan Jiajia: he remembered her shyness as she confessed to him at the graduation banquet, he remembered how she confidently ate with him at the street stalls, and he remembered that she had once lived with him in a basement without heating. She had once given up a rare, once in a lifetime opportunity for him. He remembered that she really did love him once.
But he wouldnât go and mend this broken relationship. When Yan Jiajia suggested the breakup, he had already given up. He has his own road to walk now: it was a one-way street and he wouldnât look back.
The recording was successfully completed on Tuesday.
That night, Gao Siyuanâs personal poster was sent out. There was another wave of negative comments. There were anti-fans who knew about his dark past and purposely came out to slander him. He was ridiculed heavily. However, without Liang Xiâs sharing, the amount of sharing and comments were far less than Xie Zhuxingâs post from yesterday.
In addition, Liang Xiâs sharing had side effects too, too. Because he seldom shared posts from within the entertainment circleâeven more so that IceDream wasnât from his companyâhis fans felt very surprised when he shared the post yesterday. So they started to develop a very strong interest in Xie Zhuxing, even starting speculations about their relationship. Their minds somehow created a story about the âbig entertainment god falling in love with a newbieâ. Xie Zhuxingâs promotional poster comment section immediately turned into a boyâs love discussion section.
Because Liang Xi had called Tomas a âlittle trainâ in the shared post, the pairâs ship name was established as "Xi Che".
Gao Siyuan couldnât hide his green face of envy as he compared the popularity of the two posts.
Ji Jie and Cheng Yao had opened the door to a whole new world with these comments as they bantered to each other quietly.
Yang Xiaomu could only âhahahaâ, continuously hahaha-ing.
Xie Zhuxing felt a bit embarrassed, but he didnât say anything either.
Only Wang Chao sat there with a weird expression as he read the comments with everyone else. Suddenly, he stood up and walked out.
He dialed Liang Xiâs number, only to be cursed at the moment the other party picked up, âDo you want me to share another post again? I donât give a shit!â
âI donât need you to share anything else. I just wanna tell you something,â Wang Chao said.
Liang Xi replied, clearly annoyed, âHurry up, Iâm busy.â
âWhat are you busy with? Iâm telling you right now: Xiao Xie likes girls. Whatever you do, donât fancy him.â
Liang Xi only cursed in return, âFuck off!â then hung up.
Wang Chao didnât understand what his Liang-ge meant by âfuck offâ. So does he like Xiao Xie or not?
He knows that Liang Xi likes guys, and he also knows that heâs been in an unrequited love with someone for a long time. But Xiao Xieâs looks were on par with that person. What if Liang Xi takes a look at the stuff in the comments and then really starts liking Xiao Xie?
Those fans really were interesting, spewing some bullshit about some washing car CP (couple). Go wash your grannyâs fucking legs.
On Wednesday, they had to shoot the music video.
It was a hot summer day, very fitting for their groupâs name. The selected music videoâs location was in an ice cream shop and a swimming pool; the two clips would be edited together later.
For the clips in the dessert store, the camera angle was shot from the perspective of the audience. As the camera enters the store to buy some ice cream, there will be six handsome waiters. The members all had their own individual plot and background concepts. Xie Zhuxing was the kind receptionist, Gao Siyuan was the cool waiter, Ji Jie and Cheng Yao were the two sweet bakers. Yang Xiaomu was the playful cashier and Wang Chao was the elegant pianist. Although Wang Chao was in the background, he actually had the most screen time.
The music video didnât require much skill. The members simply needed to play it cool and maintain their handsome aura in front of the camera. The shooting process went very smoothly. After they finished shooting at the ice cream location around 2 in the afternoon, they changed the venue to the swimming pool.
The main target audience for these new fresh meat groups were young girls. Even though they were at the pool, they didnât show any muscle or aim for any sexual appeal. Their outfits consisted of tropical floral shirts, beach pants, and barefoot.
The content for this portion of the music video was much more casual. It was basically just a few people fooling around the pool, jumping into the water, splashing around and having a water fight. The ice cream shop portion was calm and beautiful, so they should express their enthusiasm in this section.
In the beginning, the members were still a bit reserved. They were all busy training, singing, and dancing before so theyâve never really fooled around together. It took them a while to get into a playful mood. No one knows who did it first, but someone pushed Wang Chao into the pool.
Wang Chao was completely unprepared and almost choked on the water. He pushed back his wet hair and stood up in the pool, cursing, âWho the fuck did that?! Who fucking pushed me into the pool?!â
Everybody suddenly turned quiet in an instant â even the director was shocked.
Xie Zhuxing picked up a water gun and pointed it at him, spurting water on his face. âIt was me. What are you gonna do?â he asked.
Seeing that it was him, Wang Chaoâs anger dissipated in an instant. He turned to the prop manager and said, âQuick, quick, quick. Give me a water gun! Iâm gonna shoot him to death!â
The prop manager threw him a gun while Xie Zhuxing shot him again before he even had the chance to fill his water gun up with water.
He cursed as he filled up his tank. âXiao Xie, itâs over for you! Over! Just wait till I finish filling this up â youâre fucking done!â
Xie Zhuxing looked at his team members and said lowly, âWhat are you guys standing there for? You think youâd have the chance to target him normally?â
Everyone was silent. Xiao Xie-ge was right!
And so everybody joined in and clammered together. Now they were truly happily fooling around.
The director let out a sigh of relief as he also happily went back to shooting the MV.
They kept on shooting all the way till the sun set, then, they prepared to pack up the scene.
Xie Zhuxing and a bunch of other members thanked the director and other workers while Wang Chao was still sitting in the pool. He was lying on the edge of the pool as he shouted, âDonât be in a hurry to leave! Iâll treat you guys to a barbeque tonight!â
Those present at the scene didnât know what his background was, but when they saw that he drove here with a Ferrari, everyone took him up on his offer.
The workers were busy packing everything up and the members went back to change. Xie Zhuxing called out to Wang Chao, âStop hugging that. Go and change.â
âItâs hot outside. Itâs more comfortable in the water. Let me rest for a bit more. Go wait for me,â Wang Chao said.
Xie Zhuxing turned to Ji Jie and the rest. âYou guys go first.â
When the members left, he walked over and sat by the pool with his calves and feet in the water.
Wang Chao closed his eyes and pretended to sleep, then, he put a hand on Xie Zhuxingâs thigh and mumbled, âDonât try to sneak away by yourself.â
Xie Zhuxing agreed silently, all of his attention focused on the hand placed on this thigh.
He didnât know if it had something to do with the fact that he used to play piano as a child, but Wang Chaoâs hands were very beautiful. His fingers were long and his knuckles were thin, even his nails were full. After being in the water for a whole afternoon, his hands had become white and tender; it seemingly resembled a girlâs hand, only it was a little bit bigger.
Xie Zhuxing looked up and looked into the distance. The setting sun resting in the sky looked as red as fire. The afterglow stained the water surface and the orange ripples were being blown gently by the evening summer breeze.
He moved the hand on his thigh away.
Wang Chao opened his eyes.
âLetâs go. Didnât you say that you were going to treat everyone to barbeque? Theyâre all waiting for you,â Xie Zhuxing said.
Wang Chao stretched his neck as he used both arms to support himself out of the pool. He got out with a splash. The flowery shirt sticking to his shirt was very uncomfortable, without even unbuttoning it, he pulled the back collar and took the whole thing off directly. He cursed as he squeezed the water out, âItâs almost September. How is it still so hot?â
Xie Zhuxing took a glance at his exposed chest and thought that it really was somewhat hot.