Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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At first, Zu Qi didn’t understand what the attitude of the crew meant. It wasn’t until he heard Director Wang’s question at this moment that he suddenly reacted.
He now bet they took the rumors on the Internet seriously…
Zu Qi immediately couldn’t laugh or cry when he realized this. On the one hand, he was touched that everyone was worried about him, and on the other hand, he felt aggrieved for Xue Jue.
Obviously Xue Jue’s attitude towards him was completely opposite to what was spread on the Internet. He didn’t know where those rumors came from. They just described Xue Jue as a heartless iceberg man.
Although Zu Qi thought so at first…
Zu Qi did not answer Director Wang’s question, but asked with a smile: “Director Wang, was the cake delicious last night?”
Director Wang also loved sweets like him. This was something the entire crew knew.
Director Wang, who was still full of worries, was easily changed by Zu Qi. He smacked his lips and recalled the taste of the cake last night, and his eyes suddenly brightened a lot.
“It was very delicious!” Director Wang said, “By the way, I almost forgot to ask you, what day was yesterday? Why did you suddenly think of eating cake?”
Zu Qi said casually: “It was the first anniversary of Xue Jue and I’s acquaintance.”
After careful calculation, Xue Jue and the original owner did meet at a dinner party this time last year. A year had passed in a flash, and it had been almost half a year since Zu Qi came to this world.
Hearing this, Director Wang’s expression suddenly became a little weird, and he muttered: “It was so late yesterday, and you still ran to buy a cake…”
“Director Wang.” Xue Jue said coolly, “I bought the cake.”
Zu Qi said with a smile: “Xue Jue specially drove the cake here. I don’t know where there is a cake shop nearby. Even if I want to buy it, I can’t buy it.”
Director Wang was even more surprised for a moment. He seemed to suddenly realize. What? His eyes turned around between Xue Jue and Zu Qi, and finally fell on Xue Jue’s hands and body…
The stroller was pushed by Xue Jue, and the cloth bag containing things hung heavily on Xue Jue’s arm. Even the bulging backpack was carried on Xue Jue’s body.
Zu Qi, on the other hand, was empty-handed and relaxed. He could even take out his mobile phone to check Weibo.
How were they like the rumors on the Internet?!
Not to mention that Xue Jue deliberately ignored Zu Qi. Just from the fact that he drove three or four hours alone with his child and cake to meet Zu Qi, it could be seen that he could not be ruthless and unjust to Zu Qi.
According to Director Wang, it was almost enough to say that Zu Qi was bullying Xue Jue.
Director Wang, who realized this later, felt really embarrassed but also lucky. What was embarrassing was that he actually treated Xue Jue as a thief to guard against. Fortunately, the relationship between the two was not as bad as he imagined.
At this time, the child who was sleeping soundly in the stroller woke up and started crying.
Xue Jue skillfully picked up the child from the stroller, held it in his arms and softly coaxed it for a while. The eyes and brows that were filled with indifference before were so soft at this moment that they seemed to turn into water.
The hotel lobby was unusually quiet in the morning, and so Xue Wanwan’s cry was particularly loud in the quiet atmosphere.
Zu Qi was worried about disturbing other people, so he hurriedly said goodbye to Director Wang and others, then pushed the stroller and walked out of the hall with Xue Jue.
Until the two of them disappeared outside the glass door, Director Wang was still staring in that direction, unable to recover.
Seeing this, the assistant director next to him said hesitantly: “Director Wang, I think the relationship between Zu Qi and Mr. Xue is not as bad as what is said on the Internet. I feel that Zu Qi still dominates their relationship…”
On the contrary, it had always been Mr. Xue, who presented himself with a noble and cool image, who looked like a young wife who had traveled thousands of miles to pursue her husband.
Director Wang glared at the assistant director fiercely: “You have the nerve to say that! Didn’t those random words come from your mouth? If any of you dare to say a random word in the future, just pack up and leave. This is a place for filming, not a paparazzi den for gossiping!”
The assistant director’s face turned pale, he shrank his shoulders in fear, and nodded in agreement, while at the same time he began to sympathize with those who were unaware.
….
Zu Qi didn’t know the thoughts of Director Wang and others. He just took Xue Jue to the most famous small restaurant in the film and television city.
At nine o’clock in the morning, the restaurant was already busy.
This place was first discovered by Xiao Dengzi. Xiao Dengzi was an out-and-out foodie, and any food with some reputation within a radius of five kilometers could not escape his keen eye.
Zu Qi and Xue Jue sat outside and waited for a while before they found their seats.
Due to the small area in the restaurant, Zu Qi could only temporarily put the stroller outside, hold Xue Wanwan in his arms and follow Xue Jue to sit down.
At this time, Xue Wanwan was completely awake, staring around with his pair of big eyes as bright as crystal grapes, and spitting bubbles from his half open and half closed mouth. When the little guy saw Zu Qi looking down at him, he immediately giggled, and then waved his little fat hand wanting to get up.
Zu Qi suddenly panicked.
He and Xue Wanwan had been separated for a long time, and Xue Wanwan was mostly taken care of by Weng Yuxiang, so he was not particularly skilled in holding the child. After the little guy struggled, he became a little unable to hold him.
“Xue Jue…” Zu Qi subconsciously asked Xue Jue for help.
Unexpectedly, when he turned around, he saw that Xue Jue had picked up his mobile phone at some point and was now pointing the camera at them. There were two clicking sounds, and Xue Jue smiled: “It’s very beautiful.”
“Let me take a look.” Zu Qi came closer.
Xue Jue clicked on the phone screen with his round and beautiful fingertips a few times, and then pulled out the photo just now. He saw Zu Qi holding Xue Wanwan, who was giggling, helplessly, and even through a thick mask, you could feel the panic written on his face.
“…” Zu Qi immediately lowered his face, “You have distorted my and Wanwan’s faces. No, no, no, please delete it quickly.”
As he said that, Zu Qi freed up a hand to grab Xue Jue’s phone.
Xue Jue reacted extremely quickly. He quickly turned off the phone before Zu Qi reached out. He immediately put the phone into his pocket and raised his hand to hug Xue Wanwan, who was trying to stand up.
“You can hold him upright, it will be more convenient and save a lot of effort.” Xue Jue changed the subject calmly.
It’s a pity that Zu Qi didn’t accept this at all and stretched out his hand to Xue Jue expressionlessly: “Give me the phone.”
Xue Jue was unmoved, and even blinked innocently: “It’s a very beautiful photo, can you not delete it?”
“How beautiful is it?!” Zu Qi was so angry that he almost became a puffer fish. “It won’t be long before that photo will become my dark history!”
Xue Jue said nothing and stared at Zu Qi for a while, until Zu Qi looked confused, then he suddenly grinned: “No matter what, in my heart and in Wanwan’s heart, you will look good no matter how you shoot.”
As he said that, Xue Jue grabbed Xue Wanwan’s hand and waved it gently, deliberately pulling it. He then said in his voice: “Son, is dad right?”
After finishing his words, Xue Wanwan, who seemed to understand what Xue Jue meant, made a loud noise and raised his little head to look at Zu Qi excitedly, with a smile and a bright red patch on his little face.
Xue Jue curled his lips: “See, our son said the same thing.”
Zu Qi: “…”
Although he didn’t want to leave such ugly photos on Xue Jue’s phone, after facing such torment from Xue Jue and Xue Wanwan, Zu Qi felt so full of anger that he didn’t know where to vent it. In the end, he was like a deflated rubber ball, feeling angry and funny at the same time.
Zu Qi sighed and was about to speak when he suddenly heard a familiar clicking sound coming from beside him.
He reflexively wanted to look back, but in the next second, Xue Jue turned around and blocked his sight. Xue Jue also happened to block the lens next to him tightly.
Before Zu Qi could react, he heard Xue Jue’s cold voice: “Sorry, please don’t take secret photos.”
“Ah…” A cautious female voice responded to Xue Jue, with some excitement suppressed by her efforts, “Sorry, we are fans of Qi Qi. We were just so happy to see him that we wanted to take a photo…”
Another female voice said pitifully: “We promise not to take any more photos. Can you not delete this photo…”
Xue Jue still stood in front of Zu Qi and did not move, but his cold tone softened unconsciously and whispered: “Please don’t put the photos online before it is fully disclosed. His shooting schedule is at a low level confidentiality stage.”
The two girls nodded like chickens: “We understand! We understand!”
Because they were sitting in the corner, and Xue Jue and the two girls spoke very quietly, until the two girls left happily, still no one noticed the movement on their side.
When Xue Jue turned around, Zu Qi realized that Xue Wanwan’s entire face was covered by Xue Jue’s small hat.
The little guy seemed to be feeling very uncomfortable. He kept waving his two chubby hands and making babbling protest sounds.
Zu Qi smiled and reached out to take off the little hat from Xue Wanwan’s face. The little guy had flattened his lips in aggrieved manner, and his big eyes were filled with mist.
Seeing that Xue Wanwan was about to cry, Zu Qi quickly went over and touched the little guy’s cheek with the tip of his nose. When he felt the itch, the little guy immediately giggled and waved his hand to push Zu Qi’s face.
By the time the two of them finished breakfast with their child, half an hour had already passed.
Although Director Wang used a lot of fanfare and gimmicks when casting the movie, he used a completely closed method during filming.
Director Wang was eager to make a blockbuster and high-scoring movie. He claimed that he had made a lot of changes to the original work. As for the changes, they would have to wait until the movie was released to know.
Under such a premise, there were many paparazzi who wanted to dig out the content and selling points of the movie in advance.
It was a pity that Director Wang kept his cover tight from beginning to end. Even if a reporter came to visit the team for an interview, he would not reveal a single word about the movie.
Therefore, Director Wang made it clear when the filming started that the crew should not walk around the film and television city and try not to be bumped into by fans and paparazzi.
Zu Qi thought about Director Wang’s words and decided to take Xue Jue to a place with few people later. As a result, as soon as they put Xue Wanwan into the stroller and turned a corner, they came across those two girls secretly filming in the restaurant.
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