Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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After the movie “Palace Wall” was completed, there was still a series of follow-up activities to be done. Therefore, not long after Zu Qi and Qiao Yang separated, they met again in various variety shows and interview activities.
Director Wang took the lead in promotional activities, with Qiao Yang and the leading actress as the main cast, while Zu Qi and the supporting actress followed behind.
Although the event staff did not say so clearly, Zu Qi could still feel the importance they attached to Qiao Yang and the heroine, so he tried his best to stand behind Qiao Yang when speaking or doing activities, so as not to rob the limelight from Qiao Yang.
The supporting actress seemed to have the same idea as Zu Qi, and she stayed by the side obediently. If someone else didn’t take the initiative to bring the topic to her, she would never speak.
The direct result of their doing this was that they held seven or eight events without any sense of existence. Even the hot searches on the entire crew only mentioned the names of Director Wang and the two leading actors.
After more than two months of busy work, the publicity work was finally coming to an end.
Unexpectedly, in the last event, there was a team-up game to complete the imitation challenge. On a whim, the female host directly broke up the officially certified CP pair of Qiao Yang and the heroine and gave Qiao Yang to Zu Qi.
The actions they needed to imitate were a bit ambiguous, such as princess hugs and borrowed kisses. These challenges were originally designed for Qiao Yang and the heroine to try to hype up the popularity, but Zu Qi unexpectedly appeared halfway.
When the female host lifted up the white cloth on the drawing board with the challenging moves, the whole audience was excited.
“Wow——”
“Yangqi! Yangqi! Yangqi!” Some CP fans hiding in the audience even shouted out the CP names of Qiao Yang and Zu Qi.
The female host seemed to understand something. Her eyes with delicate eye makeup thus seemed to be shining with two lights at this time. She held the microphone and said with a smile: “There is actually a kiss! Although I also think it is a bit too much for the director to pose such a difficult problem. Well, I’m willing to admit defeat. Since you have chosen this topic, you must bravely accept the challenge!”
Amid the cheers of the crowd, Zu Qi, who was originally hiding at the edge, was pushed to the middle position.
“…”
Zu Qi wondered if this was the female host’s bad taste, because during the rehearsal, the director made it clear that the female host should choose Qiao Yang and the leading actress, and Qiao Yang also had to choose a theme board prepared by the director team in advance.
As a result, the hostess changed the female lead actor to Zu Qi even though she knew the content of the topic board…
At this time, the hostess came to Zu Qi and Qiao Yang with a bright smile, and seemed to be embarrassed to help them make reference: “Kissing and hugging are really not challenging. I think princess hugs are good. What do you think?”
As she said this, she pointed the microphone at the audience.
The audience immediately shouted in unison with great cooperation: “Princess hug! Princess hug! Princess hug…”
Zu Qi kept smiling awkwardly on the spot, but Qiao Yang reacted to everyone’s urging and turned to face him. Zu Qi said: “Should I hug you or you hug me?”
However, Zu Qi was not very willing to hug Qiao Yang. Firstly, he was a married gay, and secondly, he was afraid that after he hugged Qiao Yang, his hands would be chopped off by Qiao Yang’s fans.
So Zu Qi hesitated, still maintaining an awkward yet polite smile on his face.
At the same time, Qiao Yang gave him a third choice: “How about you choose a new challenge?”
Zu Qi walked to the question board, pointed at the automatic abstention option on the far right of the drawing board, and then turned to the woman with a disappointed expression. The host said: “Then I will choose this.”
For a moment, there was a sigh in the audience.
Qiao Yang seemed to have expected that Zu Qi would make such a choice. He raised his eyebrows and naturally gave Zu Qi a step down. He said with a smile: “If you are afraid, I can ask Xiao Ya to be gentle later.”
Xiao Ya was the name of the heroine in the movie.
Zu Qi waved his hand and said, “Goodbye, goodbye, I don’t dare to steal Xiao Ya’s brother Yuanxiao.”
Yuanxiao was the pet name of the heroine in the play for the male protagonist Qiao Yang.
Hearing this, the heroine immediately pretended to be angry and said: “So men are all big pigs. Not long ago, they kept claiming that they would die for me. Now they start to compete with me for Yuanxiao brother.”
The audience started roaring, laughing out loud.
Originally, the female host wanted to persuade Zu Qi again but seeing that both Qiao Yang and the female lead actor had said this, she couldn’t continue to persuade them, so she had to change the topic to the punishment for giving up the challenge.
“Our punishment is that you need to call a person, don’t say that we are recording the program, and propose a date invitation to that person. If that person agrees to rush to the date place now, then the punishment ends, otherwise the punishment continues. Then the person being punished will immediately call the next person,” the hostess read out the card’s contents gloatingly.
“…” Zu Qi was silent for two seconds and suddenly said, “I choose to accept the challenge now, is it still too late?”
The female host said with a smile: “Now please tell me your choice of object. If the director team has the other party’s phone number, I will make a call hands-free on the spot~”
The raised tail tone at the end was really full of bad taste.
Zu Qi sighed, and Xue Jue’s name instantly appeared in his mind, but he was not sure whether a serious character like Xue Jue could withstand such a nonsensical joke, and Xue Jue was really busy recently.
After thinking about it, Zu Qi said: “Heng Jingchen.”
There was a burst of cheers in the audience, and someone took the lead in shouting Xue Jue’s name.
The hostess was also stunned, but before she could say anything, the beeping sound of the call being connected came from the speakers at the scene. After waiting for about half a minute, the call was connected.
“Hey, Zu Qi.” Heng Jingchen’s clear and melodious teenage voice echoed in the recording studio, “Do you have a problem with me so late?”
The female audience members in the audience covered their mouths with their hands, unable to conceal their excitement, wishing they could scream out, but they remained as quiet as a chicken amid the hostess’s constant emphasis on gestures.
Zu Qi and Heng Jingchen chatted for a while, and then gradually got to the point, saying that he was in a hurry now and wanted to tell Heng Jingchen in person and ask Heng Jingchen to come to a coffee shop to meet him.
Heng Jingchen paused, his tone a little anxious: “Is it urgent?”
“Very urgent.”
“Can’t you tell me on the phone?”
“I just want to tell you in person…” Zu Qi’s voice became increasingly unsure.
It was a pity that Heng Jingchen didn’t notice Zu Qi’s strangeness and thought Zu Qi was a little angry because of his hesitation, so he hurriedly explained: “But I have a very important interview later, and Brother Chao has made many appointments for me. I can’t just let others go, otherwise I’ll call Brother Chao to see you. If you have anything to do, you can tell him the same thing. I’ll come to you after I finish the interview.”
At this point, Zu Qi’s punishment mission was considered a failure.
Zu Qi was worried that if the call continued, Heng Jingchen would say something he shouldn’t say, so after comforting Heng Jingchen with a few words, he decisively gestured to the staff to cut off the call.
“Who’s next?” the hostess asked with a smile.
There was another shout for Xue Jue in the audience.
Zu Qi was torn between Weng Yuxiang and Tang Yukuan. In the end, he failed to accept the instigation of the female host and chose Xue Jue.
When the beep sounded at the scene, Zu Qi’s heart started to beat wildly.
He even began to hope that Xue Jue would not answer the phone. If Xue Jue accidentally said something bad, he was afraid that the day this program was broadcast would be the day when both he and Xue Jue would be hotly searched and criticized.
However, God didn’t hear Zu Qi’s thoughts. A few seconds after the beep sounded, Xue Jue answered the phone.
“Hello.” A very magnetic and deep voice, even though it somewhat destroyed the original timbre when it came out through the speakers, it still sounded as good as a bottle of wine poured into Zu Qi’s heart.
The sweetness and drowsiness… also made his cheeks burn red.
The female audience seemed to be even more excited. They just wanted to scream when they heard Heng Jingchen’s voice, but now they wanted to rush to the stage directly, and a group of people stood on the stage to watch the excitement – except for Qiao Yang.
At this moment, the smile on Qiao Yang’s face could no longer be stretched, and he looked at Zu Qi who was talking on the phone slightly coldly.
He didn’t know why, but they obviously talked under the quilt every night at home, but when it came to calling Xue Jue, Zu Qi felt embarrassed.
He coughed and cleared his throat, his whole face turning as red as a monkey’s butt, and he pretended to be calm and said, “What are you doing?”
“Miss me?” Xue Jue burst into laughter.
Zu Qi raised his eyes and saw the excited face of the female host and the numerous heads in the audience. Suddenly his mind went blank and he stuttered over Xue Jue’s topic: “Are you still in the company?”
“Well… …” Xue Jue thought Zu Qi was shy and didn’t say any more, “I’m getting ready to get off work. Do you need me to pick you up?”
Zu Qi subconsciously replied: “No, I’m still recording…”
Halfway through, Zu Qi was abruptly reminded by the female host’s gesture, and his voice stopped abruptly – he almost forgot that he was still doing the punishment mission!
Xue Jue waited for a long time and asked, “What’s wrong?”
“Oh, it’s nothing…” Zu Qi quickly calmed down his expression and collected his thoughts before saying, “I just finished recording the program, I’ll finish changing my clothes later. I can leave after taking off your makeup. I’ll wait for you in the coffee shop. I have something to tell you by the way.”
With that, Zu Qi told him the address of the coffee shop.
In fact, Zu Qi’s words, which were so nervous that he stuttered, were full of loopholes. He thought that Xue Jue’s ability could easily see through his lies, but Xue Jue immediately responded: “It will take me an hour to drive there from the company. Just wait for me.”
Then, Xue Jue hung up the phone.
“Hey, wait!” Zu Qi said hurriedly, “Are you coming now?”
Even though his secret might be revealed, he still couldn’t help but say, “Aren’t you afraid that I’ll let you down after you go there? What if I have a temporary job here?”
Xue Jue said, “Then I’ll wait for you.” Finally, he cautiously added, “Or I can go to your place to find you, as long as you don’t mind…”
Before he finished speaking, the female audience at the scene couldn’t help but burst into a burst of excited screams. Even the female host who was gesturing to be quiet also screamed.
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