Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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Soon, Zu Qi’s attention focused on the word “you”.
Again?
He paused, suddenly realizing something, and then he even stuttered when he spoke: “I, when did I have nightmares before?”
“The day you first joined the crew, we video-called all night.” Recalling something, a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, “You were talking in your sleep at that time.”
Zu Qi suddenly sat up from the bed. Based on the dream, he instantly guessed what he must have been talking about in his sleep. This was so embarrassing that even the top of his head was steaming, and he wanted to disappear in front of the camera on the spot.
Although he had already guessed the ending in his heart, Zu Qi still held on to the last glimmer of hope and asked with a desperate struggle: “What did I say in my sleep?”
Hearing this, Xue Jue couldn’t hide the curvature of the corners of his mouth, and he looked at the blushing Zu Qi on the screen softly, until Zu Qi glared at him pretending to be angry, he then put his fist to his lips, coughed twice and cleared his throat.
Just when Zu Qi thought Xue Jue would say the content directly, he heard him suddenly say: “Guess what you said?”
Zu Qi: “…If I could guess it, what else would I ask you for?”
Xue Jue was immediately amused by Zu Qi’s words and burst out laughing. Then he stopped smiling and said seriously: “Not only did you call my name, you also kept saying you liked me.”
Zu Qi: “…” He barely believed what he said before, but what he said next sounded too false.
He didn’t confess to Xue Jue in his dream at all, right?
Xue Jue in the dream walked forward resolutely without looking back. He couldn’t even catch up, so how could he have the energy to say anything else?
Xue Jue saw Zu Qi on the screen looking stunned with black lines on his face, so thinking that the other party believed it, he couldn’t help laughing again, and he added even more jealously: “You just said you like it yourself, and you forced me to say it too, and if I didn’t tell you, you started making trouble for a divorce.”
Zu Qi: “…”
Now Zu Qi didn’t believe Xue Jue’s words at all. Even if he could guess with his toes, he knew that Xue Jue was lying. Zu Qi remained speechless. For a moment, he wanted to ask Xue Jue if it meant something like this.
However, before he could say anything, Xue Jue said, “Since you want to hear it so much, I’ll say it again.”
“???” Zu Qi was confused.
“Zu Qi.” Xue Jue suddenly called his name, then raised his eyes and stared at the camera above the phone.
Xue Jue’s eyes were extremely beautiful. The dark and bright eyes were like twinkling stars in the sky. Countless broken starlights were reflected in them. They were more like a black hole with no bottom. In this moment, all of Zu Qi’s consciousness and thoughts were absorbed in them.
They were obviously separated by half a country, but at this moment, Zu Qi actually had the illusion that he was being watched by Xue Jue.
It seemed that Xue Jue was right in front of him.
Zu Qi subconsciously straightened his body. He held the phone high in his right hand and leaned back slightly. It wasn’t until his back reached the head of the bed that he felt that his heart that was hanging high in the sky had settled down.
“Well?” Zu Qi made a soft nasal sound, “What?”
“I like you.” Xue Jue said.
“…” Zu Qi quietly glanced at him in the small video box on the upper right side of the screen. Sure enough, his entire face was as red as a monkey’s butt, and his expression was even more embarrassing and at a loss.
“I like you.” There was a bit of teasing in Xue Jue’s deep voice. He then narrowed his eyes and smiled narrowly, “Now it’s my turn to ask you, do you like me?”
Zu Qi swallowed his saliva, and the heart beating wildly in his chest seemed to be on fire. The burning feeling spread along the nerves to his limbs, and he suddenly felt stuffy and panicked.
Maybe the indoor heating was turned on too high.
Zu Qi reached out and picked up the remote control on the pillow, turned off the heater, and then returned to the camera with a blushing face. Xue Jue opposite did not rush him but supported his chin with one hand and waited patiently for him to respond.
As a result, Zu Qi said shamelessly: “Didn’t I say that in my dream? We are even.”
“…” Xue Jue noticed that he seemed to have dug a hole for himself, but he quickly reacted and retorted immediately, “What you say in a dream does not count. I want to hear you say it again when you are awake.”
In fact, Xue Jue was a very Buddhist person and had an indifferent attitude towards most things. But this time, he seemed determined to hear those four words from Zu Qi’s mouth.
If Zu Qi was embarrassed to say it, he would just keep waiting, as if he wanted to wait until Zu Qi said it himself.
The two of them just stared at each other through their mobile phones until Xiao Dengzi knocked on the door and asked Zu Qi to get up. Zu Qi quickly said: “I like you.”
Xue Jue: “Who likes me?”
Zu Qi said immediately: “You like me.”
Xue Jue laughed dumbly but couldn’t help but feel helpless. He paused for a while and then said semi-threateningly: “If you act naughty again, believe it or not, I will rush to your crew right now and let you stand in front of me.”
“…” Zu Qi hesitated, “I like you…”
Xue Jue narrowed his eyes and smiled: “Good boy.”
Zu Qi’s cheeks were hot, so he pursed his lips and said in a voice as quiet as a mosquito. “Xiao Dengzi is knocking on the door.”
“Yeah.” Xue Jue said, “Go.”
After hanging up the video call, Zu Qi suddenly realized that Xue Jue had been waiting in front of the video without sleeping all night…
He suddenly became a little distracted. After a long time, he was awakened by intermittent knocking on the door. He quickly got out of bed, put on his slippers and ran to open the door.
….
The shooting task in the morning was very heavy. Zu Qi and Qiao Yang needed to shoot a water fight scene on the lake. Since the shooting was indoors, the actors were wearing spring clothes that were not suitable for the season. They all rubbed their arms and felt very cold.
There was light snow falling all night last night, and it took the staff more than two hours to clear the surrounding snow.
Zu Qi was wrapped in a thick down jacket and shivering in front of the warm heater to keep warm. Although he had wrapped himself tightly from head to toe, he was still very cold and wanted to get directly into the heater.
When everything was ready, the makeup artist also finished touching up Zu Qi’s makeup. He took off his down jacket and the covering on his head. In an instant, he felt a cold wind blowing against his face which went straight along his skin and into his heart.
Zu Qi couldn’t help but shudder and forced himself to enter the state quickly.
After four hours of continuous high-intensity filming, Zu Qi felt that his body was about to collapse from the cold. When Director Wang called to stop, he couldn’t wait to put on the down jacket handed over by Xiao Dengzi.
“Zu Qi!” Director Wang was holding the wrapped script in his hand and was watching the filmed clips as he shouted, “Come here.”
Zu Qi knew that Director Wang was going to give him a “lesson” again, so he turned around and told Qiao Yang, who was waiting for him at the edge, hello and then ran towards Director Wang.
Although Director Wang was very casual in life, but at work, he always strove to achieve the most perfection. He was also a well-known detail-picker in the industry. He pointed out Zu Qi’s performance just now and gave corresponding suggestions.
That took half an hour.
When Zu Qi returned to the lounge in a daze, the lunch box Xiao Dengzi had left for him on the table was already cold.
Nowadays, Zu Qi’s fans were still providing food when he was filming. He had heard that fans from both sides fought overtly and covertly to get the right to send lunch boxes to Zu Qi. They first worked hard on the price of the lunch boxes, and then directly sent a box lunch which cost a high price of 800 yuan.
Perhaps Zu Qi consumed too much nutrition in those days and gained a lot of weight, so he often had nosebleeds during filming. After seeing him, Qiao Yang’s personal doctor only said that Zu Qi ate too well.
So the next day, fans from both parties began to work hard on the healthiness of the lunch boxes. In short, the people in the crew were amazed and envious of the two fairy fans that Zu Qi had picked up.
Only Director Wang who knew the inside story shed tears of sadness.
Zu Qi opened the lid of the lunch box, which contained both meat and vegetables. There was also a bowl of warm soup below, and the rice was also specially selected high-quality whole grains.
He sniffed and sat down at the table, then picked up his chopsticks and took a bite, suddenly unable to swallow.
Although the lunch boxes during this period may not seem as expensive as before, they were not that much cheaper. Moreover, they were supplied for a long time, and fans with average economic conditions would definitely not be able to afford the money.
Zu Qi recalled the fans who interacted with him the most on Weibo and found that those little girls seemed to be students at school, and they were not so enthusiastic about him that they came to the crew.
As for his fan support club… the number of fans did not exceed 300,000, and the number of active fans did not exceed 500. It was heartbreaking to talk about it, so it was okay not to mention it.
Zu Qi thought for a while but couldn’t find a suitable candidate. He sighed and shook his head gently. Suddenly he heard a knock on the door. He looked up and saw Qiao Yang, also wrapped into a rice dumpling, pushing open the door and entering.
“Are you eating?” Qiao Yang came closer, peeked into Zu Qi’s lunch box, and immediately frowned, “It’s already cold.”
Zu Qi smiled: “It’s okay, I’m almost finished.”
“Don’t eat if it’s cold. It’s such a cold day now. What if something goes wrong after eating?” Qiao Yang patted Zu Qi on the shoulder and pulled him up from the chair. “Anyway, we have about the same time to finish work. Why don’t you just follow me to eat later?”
Zu Qi knew that Qiao Yang meant asking Zhou Hai to turn on the small stove, so he waved his hands, feeling flattered and said, “Thank you, thank you, but don’t bother me. It’s not easy for Brother Zhou to cook every day.”
“It’s just a few pairs of chopsticks. Let Deng Xun and Duan Kai come too in the future. It won’t be crowded.”
Deng Xun was Xiao Dengzi’s full name. Many people didn’t expect that Xiao Dengzi, who looked honest, could have such a domineering name.
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