Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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Seeing a milk tea stall nearby, Zhai Xingchen decided to buy something to drink and asked, “Do you drink milk tea?”
Pei Xu shook his head.
“And what about pear tea?” Seeing that Pei Xu didn’t object, Zhai Xingchen ran over to the shopkeeper and said, “Two cups of pear tea, please.”
The boss glanced at the cameraman behind him, then at Zhai Xingchen’s excessively beautiful face, and asked with a smile, “What program are you recording?”
Zhai Xingchen didn’t lie and honestly replied, “Have you heard of ‘Red and Blue Signal’?”
The other person didn’t speak, but the proprietress who was looking at her phone suddenly looked up and said, “Red and Blue Signal? I know, I know.”
She glanced at Zhai Xingchen, her face full of amazement: “You guys are filming ‘Red and Blue Signal’? I just saw your trailer on TV, it’s about to air! You’re Zhai Xingchen, right? I recognize you! You’re even more beautiful in person than on TV, and you’re so thin!”
Before Zhai Xingchen could speak, the other party saw Pei Xu.
Upon seeing Pei Xu, the other person paused for a moment, then blushed: “Pei Xu?”
Pei Xu smiled and said, “Hello.”
“Are you two a couple? Are you together?!”
Zhai Xingchen quickly said, “We’re still friends.”
“I understand, I understand. In dating reality shows, you can’t confirm a relationship until the very end!”
Zhai Xingchen: “…”
Pei Xu scanned the payment account with his phone, his expression aloof but his tone gentle, and asked, “How much?”
“Twenty.”
Pei Xu paid the bill and took the pear tea from the owner, saying, “I wish you a prosperous business.”
Zhai Xingchen immediately turned to look at Pei Xu.
He never expected someone like Pei Xu to say auspicious words.
Upon hearing this, the proprietress beamed with joy: “Thank you, thank you! You two are such a perfect match. I’ll definitely support you!”
They then walked towards the parking lot.
Seeing that both cups of pear tea were in Pei Xu’s hands and he didn’t seem inclined to offer him a cup.
So Zhai Xingchen stretched out his hand to ask for it.
Pei Xu said, “It’s too hot, I’ll give it to you later.”
Zhai Xingchen touched it, and it was indeed hot.
Didn’t Pei Xu get hot?
“I can stand hot things,” Pei Xu said before he could ask. “Let’s go.”
He’s cool, composed, and very masculine.
But Zhai Xingchen looked at him with a very suspicious look. Sure enough, Pei Xu probably couldn’t stand the heat after holding it for a while. So he braced his arm against the bottom of the cup and rubbed his bright red fingers.
Zhai Xingchen laughed and helped him take down the two cups of pear tea and put them on the bench next to him.
Pei Xu’s ears turned red, and he said, “What are you laughing at?”
Zhai Xingchen smiled and shook his head: “It’s nothing.”
Pei Xu laughed, a faint but beautiful laugh, and said, “It’s really hot.”
“They all cook it fresh,” Zhai Xingchen said.
They sat down on the bench, and Pei Xu said to the cameraman, “If we keep filming, we’ll attract attention, and then we’ll have to go back.”
The two cameramen smiled, but didn’t move.
They thought the atmosphere between Pei Xu and Zhai Xingchen was really nice.
The boss was right, these two are a perfect match!
The girls who had been watching them since they saw them outside the restaurant were still taking pictures of them, and more and more passersby were drawn over. It was rare to see people filming in such a small place, but word spread quickly, and a large crowd soon gathered at the intersection. Some knew the two of them, while others were simply there for the spectacle; there were men, women, young and old— perhaps because the two were so strikingly good-looking and had such an impressive presence, many people thought they were filming a TV drama.
Zhai Xingchen stood up and said, “Brother Pei, let’s go. There are more and more people.”
But as soon as the two of them stood up, the crowd stirred.
Zhai Xingchen wasn’t quite used to being famous and was a little nervous. Pei Xu, on the other hand, was clearly used to being the center of attention. He was serving Zhai Xingchen pear tea when he suddenly heard a male voice shout, “Go for it, Brother Pei! Beat the other guests!”
He glanced back, and the crowd suddenly burst into laughter. But Pei Xu smiled and said, “Okay, I’ll try my best.”
His answer immediately stirred up the crowd, with people shouting, “Brother Pei, I support you!”
“Rising Sun and Stars!”
“Are you two together?”
“Will you come here to film a show again?”
“Zhai Xingchen, Pei Xu is really good, you should consider him!”
Upon hearing this, Pei Xu glanced at the person again. Zhai Xingchen was both embarrassed and shy, his face turning red. Looking up at the people surrounding him, he seemed to wear a maternal smile behind the camera.
The two emerged from the surrounding crowd, and in the photos taken by passersby, they appeared as two exceptionally tall and handsome men with outstanding charisma, shining brightly amidst the throng.
The people here were very warm and polite. After they got into the car, they didn’t chase after them anymore, but just took pictures of them from a distance with their phones.
After Zhai Xingchen sat down and put the two cups of pear tea away, he heard Pei Xu say, “Don’t call me Brother Pei anymore.”
Zhai Xingchen paused for a moment, then looked up at Pei Xu.
“Call me by my name or call me brother, just don’t call me by both,” Pei Xu said.
Zhai Xingchen pursed his lips, and this time he really blushed.
Even a small title can hold profound meaning; how could he not understand that?
The car headed towards Little Arctic, and it was completely dark by then. So Zhai Xingchen reached out and turned on the music, and Pei Xu said, “Let’s listen to Liu Shuang’s songs.”
Zhai Xingchen then connected his phone.
The first song played on Liu Shuang’s playlist was “Mohe Dance Hall[1]“.
Listening to this familiar song again brought a different feeling to them; their feelings about the song were somewhat different from before.
After “Mohe Dance Hall” ends, it was “Chen Yilun’s Liberation West”.
This song is very cheerful. Zhai Xingchen swayed his head slightly along with the music and softly sang the most classic line:
You must have never experienced true passion to be so easily swayed by mundane love.
Pei Xu tapped his fingers slightly as Zhai Xingchen sang off-key.
Yes, he’s never been one to get worked up.
That’s why they become so deeply immersed in this love.
But is love cliché?
It was wonderful; he thought it was absolutely beautiful.
It was the most beautiful thing he had ever experienced in his more than twenty years of life.
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[1] Liu Shuang, born on October 30, 1992, in Kuqa City, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, is a Chinese mainland male singer and songwriter. “Mohe Dance Hall” is a viral Chinese folk song written, composed, and performed by him, released in June 2020 and later popularized widely online in late 2021.
The True Story Behind the Song:
The 1987 Fire: The song is inspired by a heartbroken elderly man (who used the pseudonym Zhang Dequan) whom Liu Shuang met at a local dance hall. Zhang’s wife tragically died in the devastating May 6, 1987, Great Xing’an Mountains forest fire (Daxinganling fire) in Mohe, Heilongjiang. 30 Years of Devotion: The couple had no children. For more than 30 years following the disaster, Zhang never remarried. Dancing Alone: To honor his late wife— who loved to dance— he regularly visited a local dance hall in Mohe to dance by himself, imagining he was still holding her.
If you want to hear it, you can check it out on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IkELbHW2js
