Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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Night.
Zu Qi mentioned this matter during the video chat with Xue Jue. At this time, he was completely convinced that the fan Director Wang was talking about was Xue Jue, so he half-jokingly asked Xue Jue not to do this.
After all, he was still a newcomer, and if he got too much special treatment, he would inevitably attract the attention of others.
Hearing this, Xue Jue’s eyes quickly flashed with surprise, and then he was silent for a long time.
“You misunderstood.” Xue Jue’s voice was very cold and ascetic, penetrating the mobile phone receiver and reverberating in the dark gold room like a bell that made a clear crashing sound. “I didn’t do that.”
“Huh?”
“The person Director Wang said is not me.” Xue Jue repeated.
“But if it wasn’t you, who else could it be?” Zu Qi asked subconsciously.
Xue Jue’s eyes suddenly dimmed a bit. There was no expression on his face, but his tone of voice was extremely serious: “I don’t know who it is, it’s not me anyway.”
Zu Qi didn’t expect to get this answer, and was a little surprised at once, but he concealed it. He couldn’t help but feel the disappointment that almost overflowed from his eyes.
He was stunned for a while. After he came to his senses, he quickly smiled and pretended to be relaxed: “It turns out that I was being too sentimental.”
“…” Xue Jue stared at Zu Qi in silence, his eyes deep.
Although Xue Jue didn’t show it explicitly, Zu Qi could keenly sense that Xue Jue was not very happy at this moment… As for why he was unhappy, Zu Qi couldn’t figure it out.
But Zu Qi didn’t think too much about it. He continued to smile awkwardly: “I’ve checked all the people I know, and it seems that only you and Heng Jingchen would do this. Maybe it’s Heng Jingchen, or maybe it really was Director Wang and he just said it was my fan who did it. I will just ask Director Wang tomorrow.”
Xue Jue listened to Zu Qi’s words quietly and then hummed.
Then, the two of them were speechless.
Zu Qi saw that it was getting late, so he said he was going to take a shower, and then hung up the phone.
Who would have expected that not long after Zu Qi came back from the shower and sat beside the bed, the screen of his mobile phone suddenly lit up. He turned his head and saw that it was another video call request sent by Xue Jue.
Zu Qi picked up his phone to connect to the video, but accidentally remembered that he had just come out of the bathroom, and only his crotch was covered with the towel.
So he quickly threw away his mobile phone, ran to the closet and changed into comfortable, casual and good-looking clothes. He also used a hair dryer to dry his wet hair, then put some essential oil on it to style it. Finally, he didn’t forget to apply a facial mask and wipe the cream off.
By the time Zu Qi finished doing this in a hurry, half an hour had passed.
After the first video request sent by Xue Jue was not connected, there was no movement again. Whether it was making a phone call or sending a voice or video call request, Xue Jue never called a second time.
Zu Qi knew that Xue Jue was acting consciously. If he was busy with important work, Xue Jue’s behavior would only disturb him.
But for some reason, Zu Qi didn’t like Xue Jue’s cautious and rule-based character from the bottom of his heart. He hoped that Xue Jue could be more willful. Since no one answered the call, he should call him until the other party answered.
At the same time, he deeply understood that Xue Jue would never be so willful.
That’s all…
It’s good that he was always so obedient, obedient, and considerate. At least he’s much easier to bully than expected.
After soothing himself, Zu Qi finally felt better. He picked up his phone and entered the WeChat interface, and directly clicked on the missed video call in the chat history.
The next second, Zu Qi’s smooth and white face appeared on the phone screen, and the warm light covered his cheeks, casting a vague golden glow.
Zu Qi always thought that the original owner was very good-looking, with a sharp chin, watery peach blossom eyes, a straight nose bridge, while exuding a coquettish aura with every frown and smile, but without appearing too feminine.
Originally, Zu Qi would look narcissistically in front of the mirror for a long time when washing, but at this moment, he always felt that something was wrong. No matter what angle and posture he took, he felt that his appearance level was not as good as before.
Zu Qi was so focused on fixing the broken hair on his forehead as he looked at the camera, that he was completely unaware that Xue Jue’s slightly speechless face had appeared in the small frame in the upper right corner.
When he belatedly caught a glimpse of Xue Jue from the corner of his eye, the video call had been connected for almost five minutes.
Zu Qi: “…”
Xue Jue couldn’t help laughing: “It’s okay, you can continue, I can wait for you.”
Zu Qi was ashamed and annoyed, wishing he could go back to five minutes ago and beat himself up while he was immersed in styling. Zu Qi’s cheeks became flushed at a speed visible to the naked eye, and he couldn’t help complaining: “Why didn’t you remind me?”
“I thought you were too fascinated and couldn’t bear it.” Xue Jue looked calm on the surface, but the corners of his mouth kept turning up.
Zu Qi knew that he had made Xue Jue laugh again, and he suddenly felt a deep sense of powerlessness in his heart. He glanced at his dejected self on the screen, and finally knew something was wrong.
He wanted to show his best side in front of Xue Jue, and always looked at himself with an extremely critical eye, only to feel that many aspects were unsatisfactory.
Just like when a male peacock met the female peacock he liked, he would attract her attention by spreading his tail…
What the hell?
No, no.
He was not a male peacock, and Xue Jue was not a female peacock. What kind of devilish metaphor was this?!
Zu Qi was frightened by this idea that appeared inexplicably in his mind, and quickly shook his head, trying to drive these messy thoughts out of his memory.
“Zu Qi?”
Xue Jue’s concerned voice suddenly brought Zu Qi back from his thoughts. He looked up and saw Xue Jue’s nervous face in the small frame, “Are you okay?”
“It’s okay.” Zu Qi sighed, then stretched out his hand and clicked on the small frame. Seeing Xue Jue’s face filling the entire phone screen, he smiled and said, “What did you want to see me for just now?”
Xue Jue said, “I wanted to ask you if you wanted to take a look at Xue Wanwan.”
“Okay.” Zu Qi agreed without hesitation. He had been busy filming night scenes in the past few days, and it was already two or three o’clock in the morning when he returned to the hotel, so he didn’t have the nerve to bother Xue Jue to bring him to see Xue Wanwan.
He hadn’t seen him in three days, so he missed him.
Xue Jue pondered for a moment and said helplessly: “Wanwan has already fallen asleep.”
“Forget it, let’s see him another day.” Zu Qi said nonchalantly, not in a rush anyway.
“Yes.” Xue Jue nodded, his deep eyes lingering on Zu Qi’s clothes and hairstyle for a moment, when he suddenly said, “You look good dressed like this.”
Zu Qi: “???”
Damn it.
Why are you saying this for no reason? His heart began to beat uncontrollably again.
Bang bang bang – it was as if the whole world had been pressed with the mute button, leaving only his restless heart, struggling desperately to pop out of his chest.
Zu Qi felt that his brain had shut down, and he didn’t even know how to respond to Xue Jue’s words next.
He stared blankly at Xue Jue’s beautiful face and said something extremely shameful by mistake: “As long as you like it, it’s not a waste of time for me to work hard.”
Xue Jue burst out laughing: “How do you know I like it?”
At this time, Zu Qi’s whole face was as red as a monkey’s butt, and his ears seemed to be steaming. He glared at Xue Jue on the screen: “Don’t you like it?” His eyes were slightly narrowed, the corners of his mouth were raised, and his face was filled with a gentle smile that was difficult to see in others. The light also cast a soft luster in the corners of his eyes, making him look too good to be true.
“I like it.” Xue Jue suppressed his smile and raised his beautiful dark eyes slightly in the camera. He said seriously in a subwoofer voice, “I like it very much.”
“…”
Xue Jue looked directly at the camera. Zu Qi inexplicably felt like he was being stared at. He lowered his head subconsciously and did not dare to “look” at Xue Jue. He knew that his face would be so red that he could bleed.
He touched his cheek, it was very hot.
This burning heat seemed to have soaked into the skin of his palms, and then went up his arms until it spread into the pit of his heart…
At this moment, Zu Qi could no longer ignore the strongest feeling in his heart – he seemed to like Xue Jue.
Maybe it’s not love, and he just liked him.
Even if it’s just a slight liking and appreciation, that’s still liking.
He liked Xue Jue.
After hanging up the video call unconsciously, Zu Qi sat blankly by the bed for a long time. He got into bed without even taking off his clothes and pants and wrapped himself in the quilt.
It seemed that only by blending into the darkness could his emotions gradually calm down. His breath was thick and hot, filling the narrow bed, as if it could steam him.
Zu Qi chewed over and over the word “like” that Xue Jue just said, and wondered hopefully, did Xue Jue also like him a little bit?
But when he thought about his identity and the dirty things the original owner had done to Xue Jue, Zu Qi’s whole heart was shrouded in despair again.
He thought about it for a long time and finally sighed.
It would be great if Xue Jue really had feelings for him. He didn’t want to find someone he liked after a long time and then suffer from unrequited love.
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