Category: Male God is Chasing My Brother (Page 5 of 12)

Chapter 77 – The youngest brother on the Surface controls his brother
 
Before the camera could zoom in, the eyes of the people on stage were already focused. An Xumo froze for a moment, remembering the words he heard outside the lounge before he went on stage.
 
“I will only have cooperative activities with An Xumo.”
 
An Xumo rightfully interpreted this statement along with Zhou Jinchen’s invitation as part of the plan. Without further hesitation, he stepped forward and tied the protective gear with the help of the staff.
 
The two men went up and stood by the high platform, in front of which was a thick sponge cushion hanging. An Xumo quietly glanced toward the side, the distance of ten meters away makes the guests below look much smaller but it can make people clearly see the hardness of the floor.
 
Even people who are not afraid of heights will feel restrained when standing here.
 
According to the results of the previous discussion, the balloon will be taken by the lighter-weight An Xumo and the balance will be maintained by Zhou Jinchen, which is a relatively safe way, as the case was the same with the previous groups. However, because there were two girls who were afraid of height and dared not move, the balloon was picked up by the male partner. As a result, without waiting for the men to move a few steps, the cushion was pressed out of balance and the people turned over together. Having learned from their lessons, the two men decided on this arrangement without much discussion.
 
Zhou Jinchen who was standing on the right side took the lead in placing one foot in. He tested the extent of the shaking and then stepped on both feet on the thick cushion.
 
The swaying range of the sponge pad increased, Zhou Jinchen waited for a while before the balance stabilized.
 
The crowd below was watching them closely. Yan Xiangyan who was holding his arm said, “Okay, that’s good. Now that Jinchen is standing, their first step went very well.”
 
After Zhou Jinchen stood firmly, he moved a step to the right to make way for An Xumo who was about to come up. But in order to maintain the balance of the sponge pad, he did not stray a few steps away. Therefore, when An Xumo came up, the two bodies were almost close together and there was not much distance between them.
 
Standing on this kind of cushion that could be turned over at any time, the challenger’s own sense of security would be greatly shaken. In addition to the height of nearly ten meters, soft and trembling legs are normal. Despite knowing that failure is not a serious consequence, the safety rope behind him is also tightly tied. But once you get to this position, all the security and comfort become so thin and pale.
 
An Xumo took a deep breath and felt the air around him was so thin that even the commentary and encouragement from the host below didn’t come through.
 
The only thing that can be heard is the deep voice of the person around him.
 
“Be careful.”
 
An Xumo blinked his eyes hard and exhaled a long breath.
 
With the efforts of the two, they finally managed to take the first step towards the both sides and stabilized their balance separately.
 
There seemed to be a round of delighted applause in the direction of the audience but An Xumo does not have the time to care about this, he was focusing on the position of the man beside him.  The thick cushion was nearly two meters long; to get the balloon at the edge, the two men also had to stand almost on both ends of the sponge pad.
 
The movement of going backward has never been so difficult and the huge spotlight overhead radiated the heat that one had to care about. A little bit of moisture seeped out of An Xumo’s forehead. He blinked forcefully and moved his feet carefully.
 
In the previous three rounds of attempts, except for the first group which ended before going up, the second and third groups both overturned the sponge in the process of moving outward. The girl in the second group had reached the balloon on the edge but because her partner did not dare to go too much outside, the girl has just squatted down and touched the balloon when the pad tilted down toward her side, and she slipped out.
 
Summing up the experiences and lessons from the first three groups, the two moved more and more cautiously. However, their progress is still smooth. Although An Xumo feels that he’s spending a second like a year, in fact, the progress of the two can be described as rapid, the sponge pad was also never too shaky.
 
For the sake of balance, the first person to move each time is Zhou Jinchen. In the first few groups, most people standing in his position chose to squat and move slowly to increase their balance after lowering the center of gravity, but Zhou Jinchen did not choose to do so. He is still walking outward little by little, although his movements are not impulsive, the distance he takes each time is not small. But in this way, even though there will be a lot of shaking when he leaves, it will be much easier when An Xumo moves out in the next step.
 
From the point of view of others, they only seem to think that An Xumo is flexible and light, and it was only when he takes a step backward, they remembered to praise Zhou Jinchen’s bold movements. Coupled with the fact that he has been practicing dancing for so long, An Xumo’s balance itself is much better than that of ordinary people. When he was included in the camera, his performance was even more eye-catching.
 
Under the gaze of everyone’s expectations, An Xumo finally came to the edge of the thick pad in a light sway. He stretched out his right hand to keep his balance and leaned slightly to the left, his fingertips struggling to reach the balloon that was stuck on the edge.
 
The heartbeat vibrated against his eardrum and the sound of breathing was deafening. An Xumo held his breath and finally felt that smooth touch.
 
He was standing on the edge of the thick cushion and his body was about to be tilted outside, so it was difficult to grasp the balance at this time. It stands to reason that the sponge pad should have lean in the direction of An Xumo but he was too busy picking the balloon and did not notice that instead of pressing down the sponge pad like the girls in the second group, the position under his feet slightly tilted up a little.
 
If An Xumo could see the footage of this scene, he would have noticed that the man standing at the other end was watching his movements closely as he struggled to tilt his body to pick up the balloon. His right foot was positioned so that it was about to step out of the thick pad.
 
Stepping on the edge can indeed regulate the balance at any time but the psychological pressure to do so is too great, not to mention that Zhou Jinchen is still standing directly, he himself does not have the conditions to maintain stability.
 
But at this time, An Xumo did not notice the man’s actions. He used his fingers for a long time and finally took off the red balloon from its stuck position.
 
The moment he grabbed the balloon, An Xumo finally let out a sigh of relief. It was only then did he notice the cheers coming from the stage and the audience, but in an instant, the voice changed its tone —
 
An Xumo did not have the time to react at all and the sponge pad under his feet turned up. As a result, he was standing at the top and slid down to the right. The momentary onslaught of weightlessness made people’s hearts tighten.
 
“……”
 
Unable to scream out, the microphone is still at the side of his mouth and he will be heard —the moment of the fall, the boy’s mind is only left with this strange persistence.
 
However, before the pull from behind came, An Xumo hit something slightly hard on his side.
 
It was not until there was strength coming from that obstacle that even people covered with protective gear making one’s heart filled, did An Xumo realized what had happened.
 
He also foolishly raised his hand to hold up this hard-earned balloon, the side of his face was pressed against his brother’s chest. The hard protective lock was on his face and there was an extended pull that also came behind him.
 
There was an unreliable sense of suspension under his feet but his body is held tightly in the arms. The complex protection measures blocked the transfer of temperature but the mere physical proximity was enough to dissipate all the uneasiness of being suspended high up in the air.
 
It was not until the two slowly landed on a solid floor and the staff came forward to help untie the protective rope, did An Xumo retreated from his arms.
 
He raised his eyes to look over. Zhou Jinchen still seemed to have no fluctuations in his expression. It’s as if just hanging from a height of ten meters was not a serious matter.
 
Maybe it’s because my brother had more experience with weiya¹transliteration of the word “wire” which means hanging on a wire rope. It’s an ultra-fine high-quality steel wire. when he was filming before…… An Xumo thought randomly and heard Ge Zhiqiang on the side smiling, “Congratulations to our ‘quietest combination’ to successfully win the crown!”
 
Yan Xiangyen also smiled, “If it were not for the last one to turn down this play, watching the performance of the two of you, I still would have thought it was picking a balloon from the ground.”
 
When the camera came over, An Xumo hurriedly pull up the corners of his mouth and smiled. He raised the balloon and showed it to everyone but the heart beating in his chest was like a beating drum, which shook people’s limbs a little numb.
 
It was a close call. Another level passed.
 
Because the two men were on the stage, there was no score in this round. The total score is still blue and red, one to zero. An Xumo did not think too much of this either. He also understood that in this kind of variety show, for the artists, the results of the game are not important. The important thing is to have enough time for the camera and outstanding performance.
 
After this round of high-altitude balloon picking competition, even if there is not much footage at other times, An Xumo’s presence in this show has been enough.
 
After the second round, the third round of competition is a game of who is undercover. The props set up in the game were still related to the movie and it could be seen that both the cast of 《Different Roads》 and the program team of 《Surface》 had put a lot of thought into this promotion. In the end, the red team formed by the hosts won narrowly by mistake and scored one point.
 
After the props were removed, the crowd lined up on the stage. Yan Xiangyan standing in the middle, announced the one-to-one outcome, stating that the crew would give away movie tickets in the name of each two teams, totaling two hundred in total. In the end, he also gave the microphone to Ma Zechi and asked him to promote the summer movie release of 《Different Roads》.
 
While they were talking, a sumptuous table of fresh seafood meal was also pushed to the middle of the stage. The meal was shared by two teams, but the few disposable plates, forks, and chopsticks were put aside, nevertheless, it was not enough to put together twelve sets.
 
Everyone did not hesitate to lift the white porcelain lid. The heat and aroma spread together, causing several people who had been on a fitness diet unable to withstand the temptation.
 
The sets of cutlery were given priority to the ladies, after which the rounds did not make it to An Xumo whose age and seniority were all at the end of the crew. The stage director told them through the headset that there would be cutlery delivered later and after they had finished eating, they would give a portion to the audience on the stage in passing.
 
An Xumo who didn’t get the cutlery stood honestly on the side and looked at the meal on the table. The palm-size scallop meat is fat and juicy, the crystalline crab meatballs were soaked in the clear soup, and the delicious taste is visible to the naked eye. More than a dozen dishes were placed on the large round table. An Xumo was trying to avert his sight and restrain himself when he heard a sudden exclamation of high-pitched voice from the stage.
 
On one side of his head, there is a small spoon with crab meatballs pressed on his lips.
 
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The author has something to say:
 
Brother: (hands a spoon)
 
Xiao Mo (sighs while eating): Why is my brother’s plan not over yet
 
Brother who really just wants to feed: ……

Chapter 76 – He just wants to see his younger brother
 
After separating from the crew, both of them had piles of activities to deal with. In consequence, although Zhou Jinchen had a series of nightmares, he didn’t deliberately take time to find An Xumo but chose to compress his sleep time even more harshly.
 
And when matters were almost dealt with, the publicity plan for 《Different Roads》 was also on the agenda. It was not easy to get in touch with An Xumo under the pretext of co-promotion, but Zhou Jinchen received a new piece of news —— An Xumo had gone to private dance training.
 
……
 
Forget it, Zhou Jinchen thought, then wait a few more days.
 
After waiting like this, waiting until the day 《Different Roads》 officially began running their publicity. Of the three collective variety shows, An Xumo has no schedule for the first variety show, and it was easy to wait for 《Surface Meeting》. Zhou Jinchen, whose time is particularly valuable, even bought a flight two hours in advance just to see the person ahead of time before the show.
 
He has never acted so irrationally before.
 
The unfamiliar feeling was like turbulent waves hitting the shore, constantly surging in Zhou Jinchen’s chest, making him thoroughly at loss as to what to do for the first time. The sudden shock without any warning made people clueless until a tender hand have appeared in the nightmare, there was a faint smell of milk that Zhou Jinchen only thought of his younger brother.
 
At first, it was originated in a dream, but later, the boy’s pale face when he was unconscious, the soft side of his face when he ate a fried egg, his serious expression when he analyzed the script, and his fragile thin back when he was vomiting. Little by little, it occupied all of Zhou Jinchen’s free space during the day.
 
Ten years ago, Mr. Old Yu taught him that a smile that shows the teeth means happiness, and a frowning face means frustration. For a long time, Zhou Jinchen has learned countless ‘what emotions this behavior represents’. He was able to deduce the emotions of most people through their behavior and he even won the title of Best Actor by his ingenious imitation of complex expressions.      
 
Yet, he still can’t comprehend the emotion itself.
 
This obstacle stems from the illness he was born with and the accident ten years ago. So now, Zhou Jinchen still doesn’t understand the reason why he would always think about his younger brother.
 
He only knows that he wants to see An Xumo.
 
This idea even goes a little beyond the rational calculation of benefits and uses, such as this two-hour flight in advance, and the deliberately calling the person to meet. They did not bring any benefits to Zhou Jinchen and even let the losses outweigh the gains on the clear accounts. The only effect these things had was to allow Zhou Jinchen to see his younger brother a little earlier.
 
Zhou Jinchen was not without hesitation at first, he was used to measuring everything in terms of its effectiveness. But when the boy sat across him and listened to him with his hands squarely on his knees, this choice brought rewards to Zhou Jinchen with ten times the results.
 
The man lowered his eyes to the script in his hands, his gaze lingering for a moment on one of the game settings.
 
PK¹Player Killing – mostly used in online games, means competition between players to see which one is the best. on both sides, taking turns playing, each team in a group of two people.
 
A great opportunity.
 
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After returning from his brother’s exclusive lounge, An Xumo also saw Yan Xiangyan backstage, whom he hadn’t seen in a long time. Teacher Yan gave him a warm hug, seeing that he was still holding his tablet and watching past shows to hold the Buddha’s feet²doing things at the last minute; making a hasty last-minute effort.for the last time, he also smiled and comforted him a few times, telling him not to be nervous.

After the busy preparations, An Xumo and the crew finally stepped onto the stage of Baicheng TV.
 
Technically speaking, 《Surface Meeting》 should be the first competitive reality show that An Xumo participated in. This kind of variety show consisting of games and interviews is now the industry’s highest-rated mainstream program. Several popular series of variety shows basically belong to the same type which has brought out many outstanding guests and a number of artists becoming popular again because of the variety show.
 
However, the negative effect of this kind of program is equally significant. The program has a high demand for artists’ on-the-spot reaction ability, and a little accidental response will reveal their own shortcomings. Thus, attracting a large number of black comments.³negative comments
 
Therefore, Tang Tang did not let her own artist receive this kind of program announcement. It was not until An Xumo slowly accumulated some experience that he participated in this program with the crew.
 
There are two fixed host partners for 《Surface Meeting》, Yan Xiangyan and Ge Zhiqiang. In addition to that, there are also three to four rotating hosts’ seats. For this episode of 《Different Roads》, the crew came with a total of six people, and the program team arranged for six hosts to correspond.
 
After a dazzling opening show, the six hosts consisting of four men and two women came out separately. The cast of 《Different Roads》 waiting at the backstage also took the stage amidst the countless cheers after the appetizing introduction.
 
In addition to the two movie stars and An Xumo, there was also Ma Zechi and the two actresses from the movie. Ma Zechi took the lead and led the team up. After a few pleasantries, Yan Xiangyan announced the rules of today’s entire program.
 
The host of 《Surface》 is the red team and the six from the movie team were the blue team. After three rounds of competition between the two teams to determine the winner, the final winning team will receive a seafood feast specially prepared by the chef of a five-star hotel in the coastal province. The program team will also give away a hundred movie tickets of 《Different Roads》 to the audience in the name of the winning team.
 
The main purpose of the program competition is to promote the movie so the main event should be the hundred movie tickets give away. However, from the front of the podium earlier, the first thing that caught An Xumo’s attention was the seafood feast. When the chubby master chef wearing a white chef’s hat waved to the crowd at the scene, he was staring at the actual food shown on the screen beside him and couldn’t move his eyes.
 
Looks so delicious……
 
Zhou Jinchen, who was standing beside him, glanced at the man calmly.
 
“Alright, next we will immediately enter the first round of the game ——
 
Yan Xiangyan’s voice drew back everyone’s attention. After the shots were filled in, the crowd also went down at the backstage and changed into their red and blue team uniforms.
 
Upon re-entering the stage, the set had changed dramatically. The two teams were clearly separated, each occupying one side of the stage. Behind each team stood several staff members who held a sprayer in their hands. The rules for the first round were also displayed on the screen —— watch the clip as the red and blue teams took turns in answering the questions. The team that had answered incorrectly would be punished with a blast of the spray.
 
This is an event that can very effectively stimulate the atmosphere in the venue. In order to match the movie promotion, four of the six selected were movie clips, one was a short film recorded backstage and the other video was from a past episode of 《Surface》.
 
None of the videos were long and it didn’t seem difficult. The key lies in the setting of the questions. The questions in such sessions are usually unexpected so it is important to take all the details down while watching.
 
The first to answer was the blue team. The video released is a clip from a film directed by Ma Lao twenty years ago. The set-up of the program team’s intention can clearly be seen, the camera also especially pulled to give a close-up of Ma Zechi.
 
On the screen, the majestic palace is incomparably grand, the golden main street is carved with dragon patterns, and the dignified presence of the emperor unhurriedly ascends to the highest throne. Turning around, the hundreds of officials sang praises altogether.
 
The movie of twenty years ago is quite different from what they are now but the gorgeous scenes and exquisite composition are still pleasing to the eye today. After the video was played, the question also emerged —— 
 
May I ask, in the golden tray held by the maid in purple in the main hall, how many luminous pearls were there?
 
…… Where are the luminous pearls, no, where is the purple maid?
 
The blue team began to recall desperately.
 
On the side, Ge Zhiqiang took the opportunity to ask, “Director Ma, didn’t you knew this question ba? At the time of filming, didn’t you even make a cameo appearance?”
 
The camera cut out to Ma Zechi’s face, he helplessly smiled, “If you ask the person next to you the number of agate gr4p3s on his hand, I may still know it but the luminous pearl, it can’t eat it ah!”

 
There was a burst of laughter in the venue.
 
The screened turned from a question to a countdown number, making the scene increasingly tense. When Ma Zechi was holding the microphone and worrying, Zhou Jinchen who was standing in the third position next to Lin Rui suddenly called out, avoiding the microphone, and said to him, “Nine.”
 
Ma Zechi was stunned and also moved the microphone in his hand, “Are you sure?”
 
Zhou Jinchen said, “En, Xiao Mo remembers.”
 
Lin Rui who is sandwiched between the two, frowned, but time was urgent. Ma Zechi didn’t think too much about it and directly reported the answer, “Nine!”
 
Under the eyes of the crowd, the screen replayed a small clip. The golden plate in the hand of the maid in purple was enlarged and a number was marked on the side —— 9.
 
After the applause, the six rounds of questions and answers were conducted in turn. The program team chose the more classic images when setting up but the questions were deliberately chosen from tricky angles in order to increase the difficulty. However, they apparently did not expect a humanoid recorder in this set of guests. After answering the questions three by three times in turn, the blue team in the first group of the film team took the lead with a winning three points.

 
After the first round of the event, the atmosphere in the recording hall was completely mobilized. The staff went on stage to change the set and a high hanging crane arm was set up to the center of the stage.
 
An Xumo who had just won all three points looked up and was shocked by the height and let out a low “wow”.
 
Each of them was required to put on protective gear and steel ropes were fastened to their backs. Judging from this posture, it is right to go up high.
 
Sure enough, Yan Xiangyan quickly announced the rules of the second round.
 
Each team sent two groups, each group of two people standing together on the thick cushion suspended from a high place. One person is responsible for stabilizing the balance of the thick cushion, and the other person had to walk to the edge of the thick cushion to take down the balloon that was hanging on the edge.
 
This event will be a test of two people’s balance and tacit cooperation. In order to achieve the effect of the program, the two groups in each team are a combination of a man and a woman. The remaining people on the red team are Yan Xiangyan and Ge Zhiqiang while the remaining people on the blue team are Zhou Jinchen and An Xumo.
 
Although it was not difficult when the rules were explained and the height felt fine when looking up from the bottom, however, this event was not as easy as it seems. Once they stand on the high platform and look down, the height is enough to scare people to take a step.
 
The red team came first in this competition but two groups in their team were completely annihilated and they failed to take off the balloon on the edge. The blue team’s first group to go up also failed and the lines of sight in the venue were focused on the only group left.
 
However, when Lin Rui was about to climb up, Zhao Xiaodan who was in his group was pale and hesitant to take a step.
 
It was only when Yan Xiangyan came forward to inquire did they learned that Zhao Xiaodan was afraid of heights.
 
Now, the game became a little difficult to carry out. If you give up, you will be completely wiped out. Although there is no harm to the leading blue team but the quality of the footage will always be affected.
 
In the end, it was Zhou Jinchen who took the microphone.
 
“We still want to give it a try.” The man’s low magnetic voice amplified in the stereo, “But it may be necessary to change to another person.”
 
“We want to go up as two men. To be fair, we won’t count the points; just try to see the results.”
 
Yan Xiangyan discussed it with Ge Zhiqiang and quickly agreed to Zhou Jinchen’s proposal.
 
Lin Rui who was already wearing the safety gears, stood by the escalator but his heart loudly thumped.
 
And not far from him, Zhou Jinchen really did not look back.
 
The man stretched out his hand to the right, his open palm facing the boy standing beside him.
 
“Come.”
 
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The author has something to say:
 
Let’s understand the brother’s psychological transformation!!

Chapter 75 – He really wants to see An Xumo

Jie Jie: Apologies, I almost forgot to post an update due to school loads (－‸ლ)

We’ll also be having exams this week. Good luck to us (•̀ᴗ•́)و ̑̑

Of course, this won’t affect my update schedule~

Oh, right! Happy Valentine’s!

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Yin Yuan is only in his forties this year. His appearance and temperament stand out among a large number of older management. Coupled with long-time body management and expensive maintenance, he seems to be no different from the average person in their early thirties.
 
Nevertheless, he is in a high position for a long time after all. He seemed imposing at a glance and not easy to provoke. Before that, a few people who have been curious about the room did not close their door to see the situation, but also immediately retracted their line of sight.
 
After all, the hallway is not a good place to chat. Yin Yuan also did not want to explain his presence here, he simply did not pay attention to others. He only chatted with Zhou Jinchen, and then left directly.
 
Xin Zimai took more look at a black suit that followed behind Yin Yuan without a word, and then slowly followed Zhou Jinchen into the room. 
 
Zhou Jinchen did not take the room card with him before closing the door. It was only when the door was knocked open did Xin Zimai saw who was in the same room. He was a little surprised to see An Xumo. The boy was still a little sleepy, but his body was unscathed, standing in the room in good shape.
 
When the four people entered the room, Xin Zimai asked Zhou Jinchen, “Were you drunk last night?”
 
Zhou Jinchen put the hangover soup he received on the table, “Someone tried to persuade him to drink red wine yesterday, and I blocked it for him.”
 
This him, naturally, refers to An Xumo.
 
Xin Zimai thought to himself that it was no wonder Zhou Jinchen had never been able to drink mixed wine. He tried again, “Then, do you remember calling me last night?”
 
Zhou Jinchen raised his eyes and looked over.
 
He admitted frankly, “I don’t remember.”
 
…… That means he was really drunk.
 
Xin Zimai’s eyebrows tightened while Zhou Jinchen turned his head to An Xumo who was standing on the side, “Put on your coat.”
 
An Xumo, who had just been woken up in a hurry to open the door, was inevitably a little thinly dressed.
 
Zhou Jinchen’s tone was extremely natural but it caused Li Qiucheng to give him a look.
 
An Xumo obediently put on his coat and said to Xin Zimai, “Last night, Brother Jinchen called after he entered the room and then fell asleep.”
 
Xin Zimai looked over suspiciously, “Was that so easy?”
 
“Easy?” 
 
“Jinchen can’t share a room with other people after being drunk.” Xin Zimai asked, “Did he not react when he saw you?”
 
The eyes gathered on An Xumo and even Zhou Jinchen looked over. An Xumo hesitated for a moment and nodded, “Yes.”
 
“Brother Jinchen asked me seven or eight times last night who I was.”
 
“……”
 
Xin Zimai and Li Qiucheng looked at each other.
 
However, Zhou Jinchen did not remember this at all. He frowned, “Seven or eight times?”
 
“Hmm,” An Xumo nodded and barely managed to hold back a yawn. “Every once in a while, he would ask……then it stopped only after falling asleep.”
 
The more Xin Zimai and Li Qiucheng listened, the more they felt that something was wrong but they had previously agreed not to mention Zhou Jinchen’s condition with An Xumo so they could only endure it for the time being. Fortunately, there was no mistake just now, except for a chance encounter with Yin Yuan, no other accidents happened.
 
After the finale banquet, the movie entered the post-production stage but for the actors, their work was over. An Xumo also temporarily ended the days of seeing his brother every day and started to catch up with various activities he had accumulated before entering the crew.
 
As the New Year is approaching, various activities emerged one after another. For An Xumo, this kind of full busy schedule is much more enjoyable than in previous years. He is in the early stage of his career. Although there are two programs to lay the foundation, the popularity brought by variety shows always seems to be a little weak. If he really wants to consolidate it down, he must still rely on his own business capabilities. After a month-long rush, An Xumo, who had completely forgotten what the New Year holiday was, was arranged by Tang Tang to attend a closed dance training within the company.
 
When An Xumo was training, Tang Tang and the others were not idle either. Due to An Xumo’s previous series of eye-catching performance and resources, the team that was originally temporarily assigned to him has now become his exclusive staff.
 
Although he did not appear in public, his team publicized various recent activities, methodically. In addition to the remaining hype of 《Different Roads》, An Xumo’s popularity has gradually stabilized, and some of the resources who took the initiative to contact him have become increasingly high in quality.
 
Because of 《Different Roads》, many movies and TV shows have sent invitations but considering An Xumo’s acting skills, Tang Tang still thinks that it’s still better to let the former hone their skills for a while longer. While she was planning to find a new way for him to study acting, she received a notice from the crew of 《Different Roads》.
 
The post-production of the movie ended completely a month ago and the publicity period will begin immediately. The actors need to set aside a schedule in advance to cooperate with the crew’s roadshows and various promotional activities.
 
Along with this, there was another piece of news that she had never thought of.
 
Zhou Jinchen’s team unexpectedly took the initiative to contact her, saying that they wanted to discuss the collaboration and promotion between the two people.
 
Cooperative publicity? Isn’t this the usual way when speculating CP? But it is impossible for Zhou Jinchen to fall in love with An Xumo…… Tang Tang didn’t understand at first until someone from her team reminder her; she realized that An Xumo was being used as a shield.
 
Her first reaction was not delighted. On the contrary, all kinds of binding and pulling remarks came out immediately. Tang Tang who is in the industry, especially in Jin Dian, naturally knows how terrifying the power of Zhou Jinchen’s fans is.
 
However, it was precisely because of the contract in Jin Dian that An Xumo did not have the qualification to refuse the cooperation. After careful consideration, Tang Tang could only work overtime with her team overnight and try her best to work out the most effective protection plan for An Xumo.
 
The auspicious or bad luck of the cooperation is uncertain but once it backfires, the only one who will be hurt will definitely be An Xumo.
 
Yet to her and her team’s surprise, Zhou Jinchen’s team’s attitude was very straightforward, and they immediately agreed to most of Tang Tang’s demands.
 
When she thought of the brotherly relationship between Zhou Jinchen and An Xumo, Tang Tang put her hanging heart down for a while.
 
Therefore, when An Xumo came out of the closed training, he realized that the public opinion outside had already become huge. The press release about Lin Rui and Zhou Jinchen working together for the second time and sparks collision have already been flying all over the sky. While on the other hand, Zhou Jinchen also expressed his admiration for An Xumo in public several times.
 
An Xumo looked at the various press releases and interview materials that Tang Tang had found for him. Although he was ready, he still felt somewhat sluggish in his heart.
 
Forget it. I hope that my brother can handle the matter with Film Emperor Lin soon. An Xumo turned off the screen and lay on his back on the soft bed. He looked at the glistening roof and subconsciously rubbed his empty stomach.
 
He had already made mental preparations in advance. In any case, it was good that he can help his brother.

 
Time flew by and the weather turned warm. In the midst of the intensifying article wars, An Xumo who was one of the parties involved was still going through his daily routine. It was not until Tang Tang brought over two reports that his schedule changed.
 
“Birthday?” An Xumo stared blankly, he had forgotten about it himself.
 
“Yes ah,” Tang Tang flipped open the reports and pushed them to the person, “It’s your coming-of-age birthday, it’s definitely significant.”
 
Since childhood, the only person who had ever celebrated An Xumo’s birthday was Zhou Jinchen before he turned twelve. That time had passed for too long, so long that the sweet taste was a little fuzzy. An Xumo had not thought about looking forward to his birthday for a long time. He did not expect that his coming-of-age will be celebrated by many people together.
 
“The specific plan has already planned out in four drafts, but we have figured out that Xiao Mo, your birthday may coincide with the schedule of 《Different Roads》. We are now discussing with the crew, and we still don’t know if we can ask for leave during the roadshow to find time to give you a birthday party.”
 
Tang Tang said, “If we really can’t take the time off, we may have to spend it with the crew when the movie is released. If we plan it in advance, it should have a good effect.”
 
She smiled and patted An Xumo’s arm, “It’s your coming of age soon, little friend Momo!”
 
After briefly talking about his birthday, Tang Tang took out another report.
 
“In order to promote the movie, the crew has chosen three collective variety shows and you need to attend two of them. The first one that you don’t need to attend had already been recorded, leaving these other two. The most recent one will be over this weekend.
 
Tang Tang took the contract to An Xumo and the name of the program group at the top came out —— 《Surface Meeting》.
 
《Surface Meeting》 is a fixed weekly program of Baicheng TV that has been on air for seven years, and its audience ratings had been very strong compared with other programs at the same time. It is also considered as one of Baicheng TV’s ace variety show. Many new dramas will come to the show to promote before it is released. It is not surprising that 《Different Roads》 will choose it.
 
For An Xumo, there was another special thing about this show —— one of the hosts of 《Surface Meeting》 happened to be Yan Xiangyan who recorded 《Sunny Weekend》 with him at that time.
 
In addition to urging him to watch the past episodes of 《Surface Meeting》, Tang Tang also gave a brief explanation of the crew’s other variety shows.
 
“Among the three variety shows that the group is participating in, one is a double lead, the other is you and Brother Zhou, and the only one where all the three of you are in is 《Surface Meeting》.” Thinking about the recent rumors, Tang Tang deliberately warned, “I will follow during the recording but your relationship with Teacher Lin and Brother Zhou has attracted more attention. Xiao Mo, you must be careful and never get into conflict with the two of them.”
 
“Especially Teacher Lin, just treat him as a respected senior and don’t show anything else. Otherwise, when the show airs and it happens to be the peak of the publicity period before the movie is released, there’s no telling what will be written about it.
 
An Xumo was naturally aware of this situation. It was only after he finished appeasing Tang Tang that he went to watch the other episodes of 《Surface》.¹written in shortcut. Will be used interchangeably, depending on the raws.
 
All his previous knowledge of the entertainment industry came from his brother. Zhou Jinchen had not participated in many variety shows and he had not been to the 《Surface》 so An Xumo still knew nothing about the show and temporarily relies on making up for it.
 
A few days later at Baicheng TV.
 
An Xumo came early. After greeting the others and putting on makeup, he waited backstage and briefly went through the script. He hadn’t finished reading the script when he was called out, saying that someone was looking for him.
 
Tang Tang wanted to follow but was called away by the program team. An Xumo turned around several corridors backstage alone before finding the single dressing room the other party said.
 
The dressing room is on the innermost level, pushing a door in, and there’s a curtain. As soon as An Xumo tried to go in, he heard a familiar low male voice coming from inside.
 
“Negotiate it in advance. I will only have cooperative activities with An Xumo.”
 
“This has already been agreed with the station,” Xin Zimai’s voice rang out. “The rest of the crew doesn’t know about this agreement.”
 
…… Is it about to start?
 
An Xumo thought; lifted the curtain and went in.
 
“Brother Jinchen, Brother Zimai.”
 
Zhou Jinchen let him sit on the chair opposite him, still expressionless. On the other hand, it was Xin Zimai who had some fluctuations and looked at the two people more.
 
Zhou Jinchen came a little earlier than An Xumo, the purpose is to make a good plan with the program team in advance. The reason he called An Xumo over was to discuss the cooperation with the other during the recording. An Xumo was not surprised and quickly agreed to do so.
 
The recording had not yet started. Tang Tang also did not follow behind. After the matter was finished, An Xumo left, and they are the only two people left in the room.
 
Xin Zimai looked at the man on the sofa with a complicated expression, “You’ve seen the person. Are you better now?”
 
Zhou Jinchen gave a low reply.
 
Xin Zimai also did not expect that his own boss and artist who has always been emotionally restrained……there would be times when he would be eager to meet someone in advance.
 
Although this urgent desire wasn’t the same as ordinary people’s longing.
 
“Then, what you just said, from the last time you were drunk until now, the nightmare you’ve been having for the past few months……do you really need Xiao An’s help?” Xin Zimai couldn’t help but say, “Feeling better once you see the person. Maybe if you really live together, you won’t suffer from these nightmares anymore.”
 
Zhou Jinchen did not say anything, his eyes still rested on where An Xumo just sat, and his expression did not change much.
 
If Xin Zimai hadn’t heard what he said, I’m afraid no one would have believed that Zhou Jinchen who seemed so calm, was being tormented by an extreme emotion at this time.
 
As if the missing emotions these past ten years had been suddenly returned, there is a thought that is constantly screaming in Zhou Jinchen’s heart.
 
The voice lingered, twisting and turning around to come up with three words ——
 
An Xu Mo.
 
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The author has something to say:
 
The foreshadowing of drunkenness in the first two chapters is useful _(:3」∠)_……
 
The brother is not a typical AS patient, his illness is related to his own experience, and his individual peculiarities are relatively strong. He can chase Xiao Mo…….it’s certain it is no longer the same cold-and-doesn’t-care-about-anything-look before.
 
I saw a lot of messages saying how come only people chase his brother. This is the case. The clue of this article is how each male god is chasing his brother……each peach blossom has their own meaning. The outline is set like this and I dare not move it now _(:з」∠)_……
 
In addition, as to whether someone will chase Xiao Mo, Xiao Mo’s current status is not very high. He still has a long career line to go. In the end, he will certainly be in the spotlight. Don’t worry about this. As for whether someone will chase him to make his brother jealous, the answer that can be given is that the brother will definitely be jealous (vinegar jar become a fine gong), but I will not reveal this specific information. I will talk about that article slowly later~

Chapter 74 – Who did you sleep with last night? 

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The call on the phone turned into a mechanical voice alert. Xin Zimai did not dare to call again. He pressed off the phone and asked the front desk anxiously, “Which room had an accident? Who fought with whom and how is the situation now?”

The receptionist was hit by his series of questions but after reacting, she cautiously apologized. “Apologies, this is the privacy of our guests so it is not convenient to disclose it to you for the time being.”

Xin Zimai froze for a moment, he tried to calm himself a little and explained, “Is it a crew that had an accident? I am a member of the crew. If it is inconvenient for other information to disclose, can you tell me when this incident happened?”

After the receptionist came back to her senses, she looked increasingly cautious and she shook her head again, “I’m sorry.”

Xin Zimai frowned, his heart suddenly felt a little uneasy.

It’s understandable that the hotel wanted to protect the privacy of the artists staying there. However, for some reason, Xin Zimai had a hunch that the receptionist did not want to tell him about this and it was not simply about maintaining the hotel’s professional ethics.

There was no way to get useful information at the front desk so Xin Zimai could only try to call his assistant again. Li Qiucheng pulled him to the lounge on the other side of the lobby. Xin Zimai was so anxious to make a call that he didn’t even sit on the sofa and went around the table, waiting to be connected.

After all, it was already late at night, and it took a while for the call to be answered. The hotel does not have extra rooms, personal attendants such as assistants and drivers stayed in another hotel a few hundred meters away. The assistant on the other side of the phone only inquired about the room number and the person was not there.

But according to him, there seems to be no movement on the crew in the hotel.

It couldn’t be Jinchen? Xin Zimai was puzzled and still went up with the intention of taking a look. He had just memorized the room number and was ready to go upstairs when he was suddenly pulled by Li Qiucheng behind him.

“What’s wrong?” Xin Zimai was in a bit of a hurry.

No sooner had he asked the question than he saw several people coming out straight from the elevator on the other side of the lobby.

There were a total of five people who came down, two of them were in black suits following behind and the three in front of them were walking side by side. In these three people, two of them are holding the person in the middle. Looking closely at them, he found the man in the middle has basically lost his ability to act on his own; he can only be held up and dragged forward. His pants were covered with dust and his drooping face was visibly red and swollen.

Xin Zimai was stupefied for a moment and a name almost came out of his mouth.

It turned out to be Han Ming.

How could he be here? Moreover, how could anyone be beaten like this?

Xin Zimai was full of doubts. Since the last Wutong Awards ceremony, he hasn’t heard of Han Ming’s movement for a long time. After the incident, Han Ming’s popularity plummeted and his aunt was transferred so even if she wanted to protect him, it would be beyond reach. Jin Dian is not a charity company. Others will naturally not waste their efforts. In the end, Han Ming was coldly treated and temporarily abandoned.

The situation in the entertainment industry is changing rapidly, especially in the field of idols. Even if they have been working hard to be active, there are a large number of people who are constantly being left behind, not to mention Han Ming’s situation that has absolutely no resources to show his face.

But even if he’s dejected and out again, he won’t be reduced to the point of being beaten like this right…… Xin Zimai was a little skeptical. If it hadn’t been for his good eyesight, I’m afraid he wouldn’t have been able to tell who the man who had been beaten black and blue was.

Han Ming was quickly assisted out of the hotel. The two black suits following behind watched from the hotel entrance, waiting for the three to walk away before turning around. They look around the lobby and one of the black suits walked towards the front desk while the other walked towards the only two people left in the lobby.

Xin Zimai didn’t notice the person approaching. He only paid attention to the server at the front desk that seemed to have been told by the black suit and hurriedly nodded his head repeatedly.

…… Is this why the receptionist refused to tell him the details of the fight? Xin Zimai thought and was suddenly pulled by the person behind him.

Xin Zimai stared blankly when he was pulled behind by Li Qiucheng who stood up.

“What……” Before he could finish his words, another black suit walked up to them.

The black suit’s figure was tall and strong with slightly bulging temples. As soon as he walked over, he felt that it made people’s heart to feel frightened. He swept a glance at the two people standing and said in an unwavering voice, “What happened just now, you’d better pretend you didn’t see anything.”

Li Qiucheng narrowed his eyes and said nothing.

“If word gets out, no matter where you go, someone will find you.”

The black suit’s voice was cold and rigid, like an iron plate which didn’t sound good at all. The meaning in his words was also very unpleasant. Xin Zimai frowned when he heard Li Qiucheng in front of him faintly say, “Okay.”

The doctor looked the same as usual and did not seem to hear the threat in the other party’s words.

His reaction also caught the attention of the black suit. The other party was about to take a closer look at him when another black suit had already come over. Black No. 2 saw Xin Zimai who was being protected behind the person at a glance. He stopped Black No. 1 and said to Xin Zimai, “Are you from Jin Dian?”

Xin Zimai hesitated for a moment and heard Black No. 2 say, “In that case, I’m afraid you also know the person who was pulled out today so if you don’t want to be like him, keep your mouth shut.”

Black No. 1 and Black No. 2 took turns to threaten before leaving the lobby and getting back on the elevator. Li Qiucheng also found a slightly hidden lounge and pulled Xin Zimai inside.

Now that the wounded and the perpetrators had appeared, it was unlikely that Zhou Jinchen was involved in the fight.

Xin Zimai was led into the lounge. He was thinking hard all the way and didn’t notice the posture of the two.

In the end, he finally remembered and slapped his thigh. “I remember now!”

The thoughtful Li Qiucheng raised his eyes to look at him, “What’s the matter?”

“I thought why their clothes looked so familiar,” Xin Zimai said. “They’re both from Yin Yuan’s black suit group!”

He was a bit bothered, “This style of pretending to be 13¹13 looks like B so it means pretending to be B where this expression basically means pretend to be superior to others or to be quite good at something is so obvious, why did I only remember it now.”

Li Qiucheng asked, “Who is Yin Yuan?”

“One of the top executives of Jin Dian, the number of equity shares he holds is only second to the big boss.” Xin Zimai waved his hand, “There may have been some other backgrounds before. Anyway, they can always recruit a group of younger brothers-like people to pose as gangsters at any time.”

Listening to his tone, it was obvious that he disdained and also did not like this person. Li Qiucheng thought about it and said, “Then I’m afraid that this person’s background is not simple.”

“Ah?” Xin Zimai looked up in confusion, “You know him?”

“Those two people just now,” Li Qiucheng pointed to his chest, “the other thing on his chest is a very new model of smart wearable camera. Before they opened their mouths to threaten, they had already taken in our appearance.”

“Anyone who can casually equip a group of people with such a new smart device, it’s not too much to say that it is not that simple.”

“Huh……?” Xin Zimai was confused. He didn’t even notice at all.

After reminding Li Qiucheng, he pulled the topic back. “The one who was just beaten is also someone from Jin Dian? If Yin Yuan is in a higher level of Jin Dian, why would he lay a hand to someone from his own company?”

“The one who was just beaten was Han Ming.” Xin Zimai scratched his hair. “I don’t know when he offended Yin Yuan. However, Yin Yuan is not taboo between men and women, playing very messily, that is, he is very generous and he really supports whoever he said he will support. I suspect that it may be because Han Ming was banned and wanted to beg him. As a result, he doesn’t know what went wrong so he got beaten up like this.”

Li Qiucheng raised an eyebrow, “The senior management of Jin Dian openly play like this?”

“Yeah,” Xin Zimai said, “not only in Jin Dian but which company in the circle is clean? No, at best, it’s a matter of giving or not giving cash after the game is over.”

His tone was so calm that Li Qiucheng was a little surprised.

“There are artists who really rely on their own ability or their background, so hard that no one wants to touch them. But if you think about it, in those years, even Jinchen can be attacked. There are actually a lot of things under the surface of the water in this circle. Shortcuts are too tempting for many people. Powerful people are also happy to play people in the palm of their hands. Otherwise, things like unspoken rules would have existed for so long.”

Li Qiucheng suddenly discovered that this slightly confused youth in his eyes who could even cook rice congee was far more mature and strong than he had imagined.

Although he hadn’t figured out why Han Ming clashed with Yin Yuan, this was not the point now. The two finally went upstairs and went to the room where Zhou Jinchen was.

At this time, it was not yet three o’clock in the morning. The rooms rented by the crew were all on the seventeenth floor of the hotel. After Xin Zimai went up, he saw that the hallway was quiet and there was no movement at all. He also found the room where Zhou Jinchen is and after confirming that there were no signs of fighting at the door and there were no movements inside the door, only then did he breathe a sigh of relief.

However, Xin Zimai was still not completely at ease so he planned to wait until dawn to meet with someone before leaving. He still has a lot of business to deal with and took his laptop with him. Because he had slept for a few hours earlier, he was not too sleepy so he simply found a lounge on the seventeenth floor to work on the spot.

It was still dark and the journey was so far. Therefore, Xin Zimai couldn’t let Li Qiucheng go back by himself, thus he simply let him rest for a while. The two spent nearly five hours together in the lounge and the time passed in the light and regular breathing of Dr. Li on the sofa and the occasional sound of the keyboard.

Xin Zimai turned off his laptop only after there were voices moving around the hallway. He put away his laptop and planned to go over by himself but he didn’t expect that the deliberately soft sound would still disturb Li Qiucheng on the sofa.

Dr. Li with long hands and legs made the sofa look shorter. He got up and put on his coat and went to Zhou Jinchen’s room together with Xin Zimai.

As a result, when the two approached the room, they found that the crew had arranged for someone to knock on the door of the rooms one by one to deliver hangover soup. It was also this movement of walking noises that caused Xin Zimai to realize that it was dawn.

When he looked at the doors that were knocked open, all of them were two-person rooms. Xin Zimai’s heart suddenly thumped.

Is it possible that the room Jinchen stayed in last night was also a two-person room ba?

Heavens…….

Xin Zimai really dare not imagine, if someone was alone in the same room with Zhou Jinchen last night……

He knocked on Zhou Jinchen’s room in front of the server delivering the soup but there was no response from the inside for a while. Xin Zimai was about to increase his strength when the door was suddenly opened with a “shua”.

The gloomy Zhou Jinchen standing in front of the door looked angrily at Xin Zimai whose right hand was raised in front of his chest.

“……”

Xin Zimai slowly, slowly put his hand back.

He couldn’t help but be a little frightened.²lit. heart alarmed, trembling in fear (idiom); prostrate with fear; scared witless Is he awake or not awake?

Li Qiucheng called out Zhou Jinchen behind him. The latter looked at them, his voice was a little hoarse but he could tell that he was already sober.

“Why are you two here?”

“You were drunk last night. I was afraid something would happen so I came over……”

As Xin Zimai was speaking, he noticed the curious sight delivered from the other knocked-opened rooms. He just wanted to talk to Zhou Jinchen, the latter said he would talk again after entering the room. His eyes swept inside and his whole person was shocked on the spot.

There was still a person sleeping on the bed in the room.

There was indeed another person there. From Xin Zimai’s point of view, he could see the other person’s black hair scattered on the soft pillow.

Who can spend a night with a drunken Jinchen? This person could not have been knocked out by Jinchen, right? Mai was so dumbstruck that he even stuttered when the words came out.

“Y-you, who-who did you sleep with last night?!”

His voice was not too loud but in the slightly quiet early morning hallway, it could already attract enough attention.

What’s more, this was the room where Zhou Jinchen was.

Xin Zimai was so surprised that he didn’t notice the situation around him for a while. Zhou Jinchen frowned and was about to speak when he heard a slightly magnetic voice not far away.

“Well, if it isn’t Xiao Zhou, what a coincidence?”

As soon as he heard this voice, Zhou Jinchen’s expression was apprehensive.

The anger around his body quickly reined in and the annoyance of being woken up after being drunk also disappeared. He immediately changed back to his usual watertight appearance.

Zhou Jinchen closed the door behind him with the back of his hand, blocking the prying eyes around him. He gave a slight nod towards the man not far away and the moment he lowered his head in greeting, a hint of extreme darkness quickly flashed under his eyes.

“Boss Yin.”

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By the way, has anyone guessed who the new male god is _(:3」∠)_

However, before Lin Rui’s matter is resolved, the new male god is still just a soy sauce.³bystander; to mind one’s own business/to not be involved/to be disinterested]Moreover, it should be said that each male god has a different role to play in the plot and are also purposely designed to have a different character set that will not be repeated.

One more thing, you can rest assured that once his brother understands his heart, he will not let the person he likes get hurt again. Including the matter of the Zhou family and the male gods who chase his brother later are unlikely to hurt Xiao Mo. (Whisper: the only one who can hurt Xiao Mo is his brother)

In addition to his brother’s protection, Xiao Mo himself will become more and more powerful until his heart is completely healed~ a straightforward text ha, everyone doesn’t have to worry.

Chapter 73 – Jinchen beat people when drunk

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An Xumo stood by the wall not far behind the bed in a trance and even created an illusion.
 
It seems that he himself was the one who was drunk.
 
When he just heard Zhou Jinchen say “his attitude has changed”, An Xumo was already somewhat at a loss. He has received a lot of teasing from others in the crew these days and he has been very cooperative with Zhou Jinchen’s plan. But listening to the other party’s tone……it seems like he’s still not satisfied with his actions.
 
Before An Xumo had time to think about it carefully, he heard the phrase “he doesn’t look at me.”
 
…… What does this mean?
 
He really felt dumbfounded for a moment.
 
Sitting on the sofa not far away, Zhou Jinchen’s complexion remained unchanged, making it impossible to see his emotions at this time. If not for the performance just now, An Xumo would even think that the man was still awake and watertight¹lit. not one drop of water can leak outas usual.
 
But as soon as the other party opened his mouth, the illusion was exposed.
 
“Why aren’t you sure?” Zhou Jinchen frowned, “He threw up when he saw me on the set before and when he shot the last few scenes, he was just looking at the child. There is also today’s finale banquet,²lit. killing banquet: means actors who finished filming their own scenes. I might have forgotten to add this on the previous chapters, sorry~ I saw Lin Rui looked at me more.”
 
On the side, An Xumo’s heart thumped for a moment.
 
He did not think that his actions would be seen by his brother nor did he expect…… himself to have made so many careless mistakes.
 
An Xumo was wholeheartedly adjusting his mentality to give his brother a helping hand but he didn’t expect that it was the adjusted mentality that made his actions appear such obvious flaws.
 
Did he…… delay his brother’s plans?
 
The usual delighted and furious Zhou Jinchen at this time used a tone that can clearly hear his displeasure. “En.”
 
“I don’t know how much I drank.”
 
Except for Zhou Jinchen’s voice, there was no other movement in the room. An Xumo faintly heard some keywords such as ‘hotel’, ‘tomorrow’, and ‘rest’, then Zhou Jinchen hung up the phone.
 
He put his phone away and picked up the bathrobe on the sofa. An Xumo watched from the bed and saw the man stood up on his own and walk in the direction of the bathroom.
 
Zhou Jinchen was halfway there when he saw An Xumo standing at the side. The moment he perceives the presence of a person, his eyes suddenly changed, his entire body turned into a stern, imposing manner. He spoke in a cold voice ——
 
“Who are you?”
 
The air pressure in the room was inadvertently lowered. Hearing these words, An Xumo’s nape was also reflexively ached. He dared not hesitate before the other party started; he rushed immediately, “I am An Xumo.”
 
Zhou Jinchen looked at him, his expression was still gloomy.
 
An Xumo repeated tentatively, “Also……Zhou Xumo.”
 
The man stared at him again for a while before withdrawing his eyes. He also did not say anything more; he turned around and went directly into the bathroom.
 
After the door closed softly with a ‘click’, An Xumo who was pressed down on his chest finally breathed a sigh of relief.
 
How could the feeling my brother gives feels more frightening when he is drunk than when he is sober?
 
An Xumo looked around. It was a room for two. All kinds of configurations are also for two people. Two beds separated by a nightstand, river water do not interfere with well water.³does not interfere with one another; minding your own business
 
If there was only one twin bed, An Xumo would have left directly but since it’s sleeping on a separate bed……
 
He hesitated for a moment and remembered what his brother had just mentioned on the phone.
 
Although the crew already has an equivocal and tacit understanding of the relationship between Zhou Jinchen and An Xumo, the latter was clear that Zhou Jinchen’s real purpose was to clear up the relationship with Lin Rui during the publicity period. And in front of the film emperor Lin…… recalling Lin Rui’s expression during the celebration, An Xumo always felt that he, a newcomer with little acting experience, seems to be easily seen through at a glance in the eyes of the film emperor.
 
He has made more mistakes. If he gets up tomorrow morning, the crew will find that his brother is the only one left in the hotel. No one can guarantee that no one will come up with other ideas.
 
After weighing things, An Xumo still decided to stay in the hotel. He glanced at the bathroom where the sound of water was coming from and felt his head hurt a little.

I just don’t know if my brother will be able to sleep peacefully after getting drunk. An Xumo thought helplessly that he really didn’t seem to have any experience in taking care of drunk people.
 
While An Xumo was worried, in S City which is hundreds of kilometers away, Xin Zimai who answered the phone almost jumped out directly from the office.
 
What’s going on, what’s all this?! Why did Zhou Jinchen get drunk? Why did he call after he got drunk and said in a tone of being abandoned —— An Xumo was not looking at him anymore?!
 
After the filming of 《Different Roads》 was finished, it was already close to the Lunar New Year. This is especially true since the Chinese New Year is later than in previous years. For the 《Different Roads》 which was already scheduled for the summer prime time, the time left for their publicity is even more pressing.
 
And all the publicity information related to Zhou Jinchen was all personally checked by the team brought by Xin Zimai. The team had already guessed Lin Rui’s plan in advance and it was a busy time now. They must be on guard against the signs of being tied up by the other party’s publicity team and greet⁴to inform; to take care of the media in advance. Therefore, after Zhou Jinchen finished the movie, it was time for Xin Zimai and his team to be the busiest.
 
In addition to the approaching New Year, invitations and parties at the end of the year emerge endlessly, and all kinds of blessings also need to be prepared in advance. This is the reason why Xin Zimai was so busy that he did not go to the final banquet with Zhou Jinchen.
 
Unexpectedly, it just happened that he didn’t go this time, and Zhou Jinchen got drunk.
 
This big brother’s alcoholic taste is really hard to compliment. When Xin Zimai remembered Zhou Jinchen’s performance, his head became twice bigger,⁵he has encountered a very troublesome thing and which was originally a head is about to explode and became bigger. he hurriedly sorted out the work at hand in a panic, and it was too late to add the evening shift. He left an emergency phone number to his staff and planned to rush to H City where the production crew is located.
 
The car and the driver followed Zhou Jinchen, it’s not realistic to have someone come back overnight. Xin Zimai originally wanted to buy a high-speed train ticket but when he opened the software, he remembered —— how can there be any tickets left at the end of the year?
 
Due to Xin Zimai’s motion sickness on a train, he usually chooses a four-seater car for daily travel. Even a nanny’s car with a large space will be uncomfortable for a long time, and it would be better if it is driven by himself. He planned to take a taxi to go there but he was worried that it would be inconvenient for outsiders around to be on the phone with the team on the road.
 
While Xin Zimai was hesitantly thinking about whether he could still find an idle car and driver, a new message popped up on his phone. The message was from Li Qiucheng, the one message a day, and it was unchanging. Xin Zimai just wanted to cross out the top prompt but he caught a glimpse of the four most crucial keywords ——
 
Tomorrow’s shift is off.
 
He hesitated for a moment and failed to cross out the message. As a result, he got into a car that was willing to take him across two cities in the middle of the night on a cold winter night.
 
Before Li Qiucheng drove over, he didn’t even ask Xin Zimai what happened at all. His attitude was so straightforward that it was Xin Zimai who gave birth to some embarrassment,
 
“Jinchen just called, he went to attend the finale banquet of the crew.” The quiet atmosphere in the car was slightly uncomfortable. Xin Zimai tugged at his seat belt and took the initiative to explain, “He seems to be drunk and also took the initiative to mention the matter with Xiao An…… I think something is not quite right so I thought I would go over and have a look.”
 
Li Qiucheng’s right hand rested on the steering wheel and a wrist with distinct joints is slightly exposed between the cuffs. He carelessly glanced at the navigation screen, his tone didn’t fluctuate.
 
“Going so far to look?”
 
From S City, taking into account the traffic jams at the end of the year, it will take at least four hours all the way.
 
Xin Zimai didn’t notice the difference in Li Qiucheng. “You don’t know. Jinchen hasn’t been drunk for a long time.”
 
“He can drink quite well and doesn’t get drunk usually so it doesn’t matter if he socializes normally. I didn’t specifically remind him.” Xin Zimai slapped his thigh. “Who would have thought I didn’t go this time, he was unexpectedly drunk?”
 
Li Qiucheng asked, “Is this an important occasion?”
 
“Finale banquet is rather special,” Xin Zimai said, “but it is not too rare. I suspect that he has been drinking mixed wine; otherwise, Jinchen will have a heavy amount of alcohol. Blowing a bottle of liquor may not necessarily be able to knock him down.”
 
Li Qiucheng tapped the leather-wrapped steering wheel with his fingertips. “Drunk and can’t wake up after a nap?”
 
“He can wake up from a nap but the problem is,” Xin Zimai’s expression was a bit pained, “I’m worried about what happened before he fell asleep.”
 
“En?”
 
“Jinchen is particularly vigilant when he’s drunk; he’s fine in open spaces. Once he gets to a room or a car or other places, he’s completely incapable of accepting the presence of a second person around him.”
 
Xin Zimai remembered something and couldn’t help but rubbing his temples.
 
“When he first started out, he kept a low profile and didn’t show the background of the Zhou family. As a result, there was once a dinner with an investor-producer, a boss took a fancy to him and couldn’t help but have a hand on him.”
 
“At that time, neither of us had any status, and I was not allowed to attend. No one in the room wanted to provoke the boss, they watched him get drunk and then be taken upstairs.”
 
Xin Zimai couldn’t bear to look back, “As a result, when I got the news and rushed over, there was a whole circle of three layers surrounded outside the room, and all the surrounding rooms were all alarmed so I watched the hustle and bustle inside. The boss is also a dignified figure, and the result may be that he took off his clothes too quickly after going in, leaving only flowery underpants all over his body into view. Jinchen used the person’s belt to tie him up directly and he started splitting the head and covering the face⁶[*fig. pelting: attack (someone) by repeatedly hurling things at them.up on the wall.”
 
Li Qiucheng: “……”
 
Xin Zimai continued, “Jinchen learned a little kung fu with my master before. He has a good understanding and he can barely fight to a draw with my shixiong⁷senior male fellow student and I, not to mention ordinary people. He was drunk and didn’t keep his hand, the boss screamed so miserably that he beckoned the people from the hotel.”

“At first, the people brought by the boss still wanted to stop him, saying that their boss was just playing tricks so don’t interrupt the good things if you’re sensible. As a result, later on, they listened to the sound that was too tragic that if they didn’t go in they would be killed. The door of the room was opened.”
 
He sighed, “The man brought by the boss jumped to his feet and said that he would ban Jinchen. I didn’t stop that man at once. Jinchen directly brought the belt over and drew a bloody edge on the man’s face.”
 
“After the beating, the people present were dumbfounded, and no one dared to mess with him again. Jinchen took the man’s hair and threw the boss out who was badly battered without a piece of good flesh out of the door in full view of everyone, and then slammed the door and went back to sleep.”
 
Xin Zimai said with lingering fears, “The people in the hotel were also scared. No one dared to open the door and look for him again. Fortunately, Jinchen woke up after a deep sleep and sobered up, and returned to normal.”
 
Li Qiucheng raised an eyebrow, “That man didn’t continue to look for him afterwards?”
 
“No,” Xin Zimai shook his head. “The matter was settled overnight by the Zhou family. Even with so many people on the scene that day, not to mention the boss himself, some knew the boss and some also recognized Jinchen. As a result, when I got up the next morning, there was no movement at all.”
 
“In addition to Zhou Jinchen sobering up, he doesn’t remember anything when he woke up. Apart from the Zhou family who rushed over, it was as if it had never happened.”
 
“Later, Jinchen’s status slowly rose, coupled with the Zhou family’s escort, we never encountered this kind of situation again. When he occasionally got drunk a few times, they didn’t wait for a second more and quickly sent him to a room, and they have to leave swiftly.”
 
Xin Zimai recalled for a moment and said, “In fact, I suspect that this reaction is also the aftermath of the accident that Jinchen had back then.”
 
Li Qiucheng asked, “Why do you say that?”
 
“When Jinchen gets drunk and arrives at a resting place, he will go through every hidden corner to see if there are any bugs or other dangerous things.” Xin Zimai said, “How would an ordinary drunken person behave like this? He clearly distrusts everyone around him so he must confirm the safety surrounding him and does not let anyone near him.”
 
Thinking of the situation this time, Xin Zimai’s brow wrinkled again. “But this time, I didn’t follow. The assistant beside Jinchen is also a newcomer and have never met him when he was drunk. When I called, the assistant only said that everyone in the crew is staying at the hotel and had not heard any news for the time being. However, it is not clear who is in the same room with Jinchen and what the specific situation is.”
 
“I don’t dare find someone to go over and look for fear that as soon as they go in, it will stimulate Jinchan once again. That’s why I thought of going through the night to see if something really happened and also to help him deal with it in advance.”
 
Li Qiucheng glanced at the person with locked eyebrows in the rearview mirror. He raised his hand and pressed on the passenger’s recliner adjustment switch.
 
Xin Zimai was feeling anxious and suddenly he was struck backwards to his chair. “Ai?!”
 
“Since there is something to deal with, take a rest first.” Li Qiucheng looked at the road in front of him and did not turn his head.
 
The night is silent in the cold winter, and the north wind is whistling outside the car. While in the spacious and warm carriage, the man unwittingly spread warmth outside bit by bit.
 
His tone is particularly mellow which sounds inexplicably reassuring.
 
“Sleep ba. I will call you when we get there.”⁸T/N: *me wishing to have a LQ in my life, haha…
 
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Upon arriving at the hotel where the crew was located, it was already the middle of the night. Xin Zimai had a full night’s sleep, his body was fine but his spirit seemed a little nervous.
 
He entered the hotel with Li Qiucheng and went straight to the front desk to ask about the guests. The receptionist was stunned at first by the two handsome men in front and behind and then was shocked by the other’s question.
 
“Was there any sign of fighting in any of the rooms?”
 
“Yes,” Xin Zimai nodded while holding his phone and waiting for the assistant to answer the call. He didn’t know where Zhou Jinchen was staying now so he still had to ask the assistant.
 
He knew that this question sounded odd but he was so worried that he really had no time to beat around the bush, therefore, Xin Zimai asked directly.
 
As a result, before he had time to give a more detailed explanation, he saw the receptionist look over with a suspicious expression. “Indeed. How did you know?”
 
Xin Zimai’s hand shook and almost dropped the phone that hasn’t been connected.

Jinchen really did it again after getting drunk?!!
 
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E/N: Fight in bed *wink* *wink*

Jie Jie: Lol. I wish they would. Jinchen sounded like an abandoned child. I can’t-

Chapter 72 – An Xumo doesn’t look at me anymore

Ma Lao often speaks amazingly and the people present were already used to it. An Xumo also dared not think too much about it and carefully held the little boy in his arms a little more stable as he continues to listen to Ma Lao’s instructions silently.

Although he is thin, his strength is not too small because he has practiced dancing for a long time; holding a four-year-old boy may feel a little heavy but it is acceptable.

Since it’s currently winter, the child is dressed thickly and the script’s setting is set in late winter and will soon be spring. Filming outdoor scenes now, the child is wrapped into a round little dumpling. An Xumo who was holding him made it a little difficult.

However, the little boy in An Xumo’s arms took the initiative to speak. He turned his head and whispered to An Xumo, “Gege, put me down first~”¹Xiaoxiao’s use of some words are in a cute way which sounds soft and pleasant so I italicized them~

Ma Lao was still talking not far away, the little boy dared not to say it out loud. An Xumo bent down to put the little dumpling down and took the small hands that finally came out from the round down jacket.

In the end, he heard Ma Lao again, “It’s this kind of look and it has appeared again. What’s wrong with you, do you have any opinions about Zhao Xiaotong?”

The little boy was named and timidly hid behind An Xumo.

Zhou Jinchen finally took his eyes back from An Xumo’s side and said to Ma Lao, “I will adjust as soon as possible.”

Only when Ma Lao heard his assurance, did he finally cooled down a little.

“Start over, everyone back to the original position. All departments ready, clapperboard!”

After Zhou Jinchen adjusted his state, the filming quickly progressed smoothly. The difficulty of this scene was originally not in Zhou Jinchen, but An Xumo whose temperament is too young. Fortunately, with Ma Lao’s repeated training and guidance, the scene finally passed Ma Lao’s requirements after five re-takes.

After hearing the approval, An Xumo finally breathed a sigh of relief. Zhao Xiaotong who was held by him also sighed like a small adult and smilingly said to An Xumo, “Gege, we’re done filming la~”

An Xumo didn’t have much contact with children before but he and Zhao Xiaotong get along pretty well. The little boy is a child star, his parents are simple people, and he was chosen by Ma Lao because he looks good and clever.

An Xumo was amused by his tone of voice. He picked up the little boy carefully and walked out of the way of the camera. “Yes. The filming is over, Xiao Xiao is so happy?”

“Happy~” Xiao Xiao is Zhao Xiaotong’s nickname. He was held in An Xumo’s arms, “Both me and gege can have a rest la!”

“Yes,” An Xumo said with a smile. “Xiao Xiao is so good. Wait for brother to take you to eat lollipops later, okay?”

In order to get along with the little actor, after discussing with Tang Tang, An Xumo also prepared a bag of candy. However, Zhao Xiaotong is very sensible and he grew fond of An Xumo in their first meeting. The relationship between the two has been harmonious so the candies are not used.

Zhao Xiaotong only has this scene to shoot so he can leave the group only after two or three days. An Xumo then thought to let the prepared candy for the small child to take as well.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Xiaotong shook his head and said in a milky voice, “Xiao Xiao doesn’t eat candy.”

“Huh?” An Xumo was a little surprised. He thought that most children would like candy. “Xiao Xiao doesn’t like to eat candy?”

“I like it~ but Mama said eating candy will cause tooth decay and if you eat too much you will not be attractive.” Zhao Xiaotong’s articulation is very clear, and you can hear that he has experienced a very good education early. “So I only eat sweets once a week and I have already eaten it this week.”

An Xumo was amazed again. He did not expect that such a small child would be so sensible.

And it seems that the little boy has no intention of complaining about his parents’ demands. From his childish but serious voice, one could clearly hear his attachment to his parents.

Although Zhao Xiaotong can only eat sweets once a week, there is no doubt that he is a small child who grew up in a honey pot.²noble or richer life and those born under these conditions are relatively happy; that person is happy and everything is more satisfactory

After taking the little boy out of the camera, the crew also wrapped up and prepared to change locations. Zhao Xiaotong’s mother was also on the set. She quickly picked up the little boy and led the child to say thank you to An Xumo.

Madam Zhao is a beautiful young mother and Zhao Xiaotong’s facial features obviously follow after her. After An Xumo had a brief conversation between them, Madam Zhao led the little dumpling to leave. He watched one big and one small slowly walk away. While the two were talking, the little boy raised his face and looked at his mother; he smiled making his eyes curved.

Some places in An Xumo’s heart were suddenly touched.

This is probably……a normal family’s mother and child relationship.

An Xumo has lost a lot of things that he should have, to the point that he is now burdened and struggling to walk. But what he didn’t have in the past does not mean he won’t have in the future.

Before……he seemed to be too immersed in the wrong emotions.

It’s like coming from a parents’ affection which An Xumo had not experienced since he was a child. He never thought before that one day, he could actually adopt a small child and raise the other little by little.

To make up for it…… isn’t it instinctual love too?

An Xumo thought, suddenly feeling some sense of enlightenment.

The heaviness of the past left such a deep shadow to the point that An Xumo closed his emotions early for fear of suffering the pain that follows. The same is true for Zhou Jinchen, An Xumo is aware of his emotions, and he still sees his brother as his whole motivation. His brother wants to help him get rid of unwanted trouble but one day, this pretend relationship will end.

A large part of his previous trepidation and anxiety also stemmed from this —— once the two lost this connection, they might go back to their previous frozen relationship.

But now, An Xumo found that he has the right to choose, the future is in his own hands.

An Xumo raised his head and looked at Zhou Jinchen in the crowd from afar.

It’s a very sad thing to be taken advantage of by his brother but if he was given the choice, An Xumo will certainly try his best to help his brother.

Perhaps he can change his previous thoughts.

Just think of this matter as lending a helping hand to his brother. As long as An Xumo doesn’t get caught up in it, Zhou Jinchen can get what he wants because of his efforts, and An Xumo will be happy because of it.

He took what his brother gave him as motivation and when An Xumo gave his brother help, what he got…… isn’t it also motivation?

Therefore, there is really no need for him to be upset about this kind of thing.

It’s good to be able to help his brother; he can still get motivation from him. When he couln’t help, An Xumo will leave on his own will and go back to the distance and position he once was.

This was originally An Xumo’s greatest fear, and he never thought that once he faced up to this ending, everything would become so easy.

Tang Tang who walked over to give hot water looked at An Xumo who was standing in a quiet place and was slightly surprised.

“Xiao Mo……” Her voice was slightly hesitant.

An Xumo looked back at her, “What’s wrong?”

Tang Tang sized him up again and said curiously, “Why do I feel that your spirit has suddenly become much better?”

An Xumo smiled, “Maybe it’s because the most important scene is finished.”

He did look a lot more relaxed and Tang Tang did not doubt it. She went along with the topic and continued, “This scene was indeed not easy, thanks to Ma Lao’s teachings. In this way, it seems that the movie resources of the great director are very useful. Among other things, the big director can really dig out the best from the actors.”

“En.” An Xumo nodded. “But…… my acting is probably still not good enough.”

Tang Tang asked, “What’s the matter?”

An Xumo said, “It’s just that it feels strenuous to act. Unlike the seniors who acted at once in whatever state they were in.”

“That’s for sure,” Tang Tang said. “You’ve only just acted in one play and you didn’t have a professional background before so it’s normal to have a gap with others.”

“Just accumulate slowly and it will be good. You are still so young; there are many opportunities in the future.”

An Xumo listened and smiled. “Okay.”

“Speaking of which, Xiao Mo, I really think you have changed a lot during this movie.” Tang Tang said. “It should be fine to pick up scripts again in the future. It was hard for you to take acting classes before you filmed Different Roads. I thought you would not want to take the actor’s path in the future.”

At that time, An Xumo was always worried that he would not perform well in front of his brother and that he was struggling.

An Xumo laughed, “There will certainly be no problems in the future.”

Moreover, now, he has accepted that he is going to leave and had completely adjusted his mind-set.

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Shortly after Bai Qingchi’s scene ended, the filming of 《Different Roads》 was also coming to an end. After the last shot of Ling Sihang, the hundred-day-long filming finally ended. The crew also looked at the celebration feast with great enthusiasm.

An Xumo’s gastritis is still recuperating but after he figured it out on his own, the pressure was much smaller and he is now gradually starting to resume his daily diet.

However, he still needs to be careful to avoid eating certain foods in the end. So in the final feast, An Xumo has always had water instead of wine.

Although An Xumo did not drink, the others were basically drunk. Except for Ma Lao who needed to leave the table early and rest, even Ma Zechi who was left behind was filled with a round (of drinks), not to mention the two protagonists.

During the time, some people once wanted to encourage An Xumo to drink a little. After all, he was a junior and could not refuse strongly. But before the person who spoke could raise his voice, the glass was picked up by Zhou Jinchen.

All the people present in the room drank a lot and seeing Zhou Jinchen’s action, many people finally began to entice.

Thinking about his brother’s plan, even though it was still somewhat unnatural, An Xumo still dutifully cooperated with his brother to act this scene.

The wine was drunk in one go and amidst the loud cheers around him, An Xumo sighed in his heart and looked at Lin Rui who was sitting not far away.

Lin Rui also drank the wine, holding the glass with an unknown look, his eyes darkened.

After the feast was over, because of too much drinking, a group of people stayed in a room that had been rented in advance. An Xumo did not drink, he wanted to go back with Tang Tang but he was directly stuffed with keys and asked him to help bring Zhou Jinchen back to his room.

The rooms here are different from the previous set’s hotel which is set up for two people. There were too many eyes around, An Xumo hesitated for a moment but he still received the key.

This is the first time An Xumo has seen Zhou Jinchen drink so much but compared with other people who are drunk at first glance, Zhou Jinchen’s situation seems to be much better. The man’s face did not have any change, not even a hint of flush as if he didn’t drink at all.

The appearance was so deceptive that An Xumo always thought that Zhou Jinchen was sober and just didn’t want to talk. It was only when he didn’t get a response when he called him so many times that he reacted —— his brother seemed to be drunk.

Although the reaction was much slower, fortunately, Zhou Jinchen’s behavior was not affected. He could still walk normally and the two of them returned to the room smoothly.

An Xumo originally wanted to wait for a while after the crew had settled down before leaving, but as soon as they entered the room, Zhou Jinchen suddenly locked the door from the inside and surveyed every corner of the room.

His movements were so decisive and agile that An Xumo doubted whether the other party was drunk or not.

After checking in several hidden places, Zhou Jinchen looked around the room again. It seemed that only then did he discovered An Xumo in the room. He took a few steps across and reached out to pinch the back of An Xumo’s neck.

“……?!”

An Xumo himself was ticklish and was frightened by his actions, he almost jumped like a cat with exploded fur.

He was so close that he restrained himself. He saw the man approaching and looked at him carefully.

Despite having adjusted his mentality towards his brother, An Xumo still felt overwhelmed by the oppression of his looks at such close range. He tried to call out twice, “Brother……brother? What’s wrong with you?”

Zhou Jinchen did not answer, only looking at him steadily as if to confirm something.

After a long time, An Xumo didn’t see him speak until he opened his mouth.

“Who are you?”

The man’s magnetic voice was slightly hoarse and in an extremely close distance, it was like a pleasant lingering effect of a plucked string. An Xumo felt the hand on the back of his neck tighten. “I am An Xumo.”

“An Xumo?” Zhou Jinchen repeated.

An Xumo nodded with difficulty.

Zhou Jinchen frowned; the strength in his hand did not relax.

“Isn’t in Zhou Xumo?”

An Xumo froze for a moment.

He hadn’t heard that name in a long time.

But soon, the pressure coming from the back of his neck brought him back to his consciousness. An Xumo who was pinched coughed and said with difficulty, “That too, is my name……”

Zhou Jinchen stared at him again for a long time with a kind of gaze that makes people shudder, before loosening the grip from his right hand.

An Xumo who was finally released gingerly breathed a sigh of relief. He stiffly moved his neck, feeling numb from the back of his neck to his spine.

After Zhou Jinchen confirmed it, he turned around and went to one side of the sofa. He sat on it and took out his phone with a straight face. An Xumo looked at him across the bed, wondering what else the other party wanted to do.

Zhou Jinchen looked at his phone for a long time and in An Xumo’s perception, he seemed to be looking for a number. But this matter seemed a little difficult for Zhou Jinchen. After an unknown period of time, it wasn’t until An Xumo went over to give him a hand did Zhou Jinchen finally dialed the number and raised the phone to his ear.

It didn’t take long for the call to be connected. The phone was answered with a ‘hello’ and Zhou Jinchen directly said to the other side, “His attitude has really changed.”

He frowned, seemingly a little impatient, “Who else can it be, An Xumo.”

(T/N: Oh look, even ZJ is also impatient like us lol)

An Xumo who was suddenly named was startled.

Zhou Jinchen didn’t seem to remember that An Xumo was still in the room at all. When he opened his mouth to speak, he had no intention of hiding at all.

“En, I’ve confirmed it.”

“It’s not what you and Li Qiucheng said,” Zhou Jinchen said with an expressionless face, “it’s that he doesn’t look at me anymore.”

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Chapter 71 – His wife cheated and gave birth to a son

Xin Zimai has no objection to Li Qiucheng’s proposal. After all, even if Li Qiucheng does not say it, according to the current plan, Zhou Jinchen would continue to interact with An Xumo for a long time.

But he was considering another thing. “Then, tell Jinchen’s condition……to Xiao An?”

Li Qiucheng asked, “He didn’t know about it, right?”

Xin Zimai nodded.

“My advice is that it’s best not to explain it.” Li Qiucheng said, “First, because Jinchen doesn’t want his condition to be known by too many people. Currently, only my mentor and I in the group know the patient’s identity. Second, if An Xumo learned about this, his attitude towards Jinchen will probably change. If this affects the two of them getting along, it will outweigh the losses.”

Xin Zimai nodded and asked, “Then…… there is no need to have any special precautions? Is it fine as long as the two of them get along more often?”

“Yes.” Li Qiucheng said, “Jinchen’s current state has stabilized and he will no longer have any destructive or self-destructive tendencies anymore. For Jinchen, the ‘repair’ link has been more or less completed, and there is no need to be too hasty after the treatment. On the contrary, it is a more effective and safer way to exert unnoticeable influence by getting along with each other for a long time.”

He changed his tone and warned, “However, this kind of relationship may need to be maintained for quite a long time to work better. Therefore, the group suggested that it would be best to create a long-term stable environment for the two of them to get along.”

Xin Zimai thought about it for a moment, “The two of them are currently filming with the same crew and there will probably be about a month left. After that, the promotion period before the release of the film, they will definitely be together. Counting it intermittently, there should be two or three months, is that okay?”

Li Qiucheng shook his head, “Not enough.”

“Ah?” This is not enough? Xin Zimai was taken aback. “But Jinchen is so busy with work and he can’t work with Xiao An on every show, so how……”

“It doesn’t have to be during working hours.” Li Qiucheng said. “Where does Jinchen live when he’s not filming?”

Xin Zimai pondered. “The most frequent place he went to in the last year should be the small high-rise that Jin Dian assigned to him……”

Li Qiucheng asked, “Does he have other roommates?”

Xin Zimai shook his head.

He didn’t react after he answered, “You……you mean, let them live together?”

Li Qiucheng said, “If the room is big enough, it should be fine.”

Zhou Jinchen has now shown a willingness to care for An Xumo which is already a remarkable breakthrough for AS patients, especially for Zhou Jinchen who used to have severe autistic tendencies. It has been quite a long time since Li Qiucheng had been receiving Zhou Jinchen’s tests. This was the first time he had noticed such an obvious change in Zhou Jinchen.

That’s why Li Qiucheng actively suggested to Xin Zimai to have more contact between the two people. He could anticipate that this was a very critical node and for Zhou Jinchen this could likely be an opportunity to cure him completely.

“But this kind of thing needs to be maintained by both sides.” Li Qiucheng said, “So you need to discuss this matter with An Xumo in advance.”

This is also the reason why he would say that he would use the resources of the entertainment industry in exchange for An Xumo’s consent. As long as there are interests at stake, a lot of things will be handled easily.

Xin Zimai hesitated for a moment, “Then…… I’ll go back and discuss it with Jinchen.”

“Good.” Li Qiucheng nodded and added, “By the way, don’t tell Jinchen about my previous speculation.”

Xin Zimai thought back for a moment, “You mean the matter that Xiao An might have been present at that time?”

“Yes.” Li Qiucheng said, “Instead of interfering with him from other’s speculation, let Jinchen judge for himself whether An Xumo is the one he needs or not.”

Xin Zimai nodded and felt a little troubled in his heart.

“If, as you say, let the two of them spend a long time together, then suppose, Jinchen really decided that Xiao An is the one he needs……will he recover completely from his condition?”

When he remembered that Li Qiucheng just said that Asperger’s syndrome has not been cured in a real sense, he put it in another way, “It’s not really a recovery, and that is, he will become a little more like a normal person?”

“Actually, at present, if they can receive appropriate behavior modification, all adult AS patients can become like normal people,” Li Qiucheng said, “but they themselves may not like the change and they may not be able to experience real emotions of normal people.”

“We have done all these things before to make Jinchen become like a normal person. But it is very likely that An Xumo is the doctor who can make Jinchen become normal.”

Xin Zimai froze and hope was instantly ignited.

“Nonetheless, this is just a guess.” Li Qiucheng made the person a little calmer, “Asperger’s syndrome is a congenital mental illness, and the patient has a defect from birth. Until now, there have been no specific, convincing cases of real recovery and we can only hope that the best can be achieved.”

“If there is such a possibility,” Xin Zimai remained optimistic as he clapped his hands, “this getting along matter, it’s up to me.”

Seize the opportunity to take advantage of all opportunities and create opportunities even if there are no opportunities.

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After the two days of sick leave in a short period of time, even though Bai Qingchi’s scenes aren’t much recently, An Xumo felt that his performance was really bad.

After that retching, he went back to living a life of clear soup and water. But this time, An Xumo finally found an excuse; he found an opportunity to bring it up to Zhou Jinchen. Because of the retching, he already had some obscurities on the previous porridge shop. In addition, Zhou Jinchen’s character is one of the two most demanding roles in the crew. After the meal, An Xumo drank the soup brought by the crew three times a day as he wished.

Although the nutrition and taste are not as good as the carefully prepared fancy porridge, for An Xumo, his mental pressure has been reduced a lot. Although hunger still follows him, he had slowly begun to adapt to the feeling like before.

At this time, An Xumo remembered that he had actually handled this before, and hunger was nothing special to him. During the period after his debut, he spent more and more time with his brother and lived a contented life for a while. This time, it was just a matter of going back to his original life.

Except to endure the difficult gap from luxury to frugality, the candy that smells good in front of him, cannot be touched.

Moreover, amongst the cast of 《Different Roads》, the most important part of the film has also entered the filming stage. After careful design and preparation, various complex scenes were gradually put into use. Compared to the previous stage which was shot only in classrooms and cramped rental houses ten years ago, the shots on the main plot of the movie were obviously much more impressive.

Accordingly, all kinds of work took more time and the shooting schedule became more and more intense.

The pressure at work has relieved An Xumo’s emotions a little. During this time, it’s no longer uncommon for the crew to stay up all night from being busy with their eyes opened until dark. Even Ma Lao who is not in an excellent physical condition is present all the time, and the pressure of others will naturally not be much easier. In this case, all kinds of gossip and ambiguous rumors had no time to spread and An Xumo has finally lived a busy life that seemed a little peaceful.

The biggest problem he faced recently was the interpretation of Bai Qingchi ten years later. An Xumo is too young in appearance and temperament, and he looks more and more tender when put on the big screen. The difference between him and the character image who gave up his ballet dream and lived with his adopted son was a little too great and his acting skills are not enough to make up for it.

Yet who would have thought that in the end, he still acted in his original character and helped An Xumo get past this hurdle.

The various events that happened during this period of time caused An Xumo to feel subconsciously distant from Zhou Jinchen compared to his original self. Moreover, it just so happens that the script needed this exact feeling ——

“The biggest damage suffered by Bai Qingchi is in fact came from the person he loves the most, which is Ling Sihang.” Ma Lao took the script to tell An Xumo the scene, “Until the last time, he also has a very complex emotion towards Ling Sihang. He wants to save him but he also didn’t want to let himself fall back into that nightmare again. Therefore, when he faced Ling Sihang, it was a kind of disguised detachment and unperturbed emotions.”

This happens to be too similar to An Xumo’s current feelings for Zhou Jinchen.

The setting for revealing the ending of the film is neither in the bloody police station nor in a solemn and serious courtroom. On the contrary, Mr. Tao and Ma Lao chose the location in an ordinary scene. Ling Sihang who was released on bail meets Bai Qingchi who led his adopted son on the street.

The only person who could provide the evidence that pointed directly to Ye Qisheng’s crime was Bai Qingchi, who happened to be entangled by Zhao Jiujiu at that time. So as soon as the turn-around happened, Ling Sihang thought of this person who had been ignored by him and Ye Qisheng for a long time. At this time, Ling Sihang is in the complex emotion of being framed and jailed by his beloved person so that when he really saw Bai Qingchi, he failed to react, whether he was angry or grateful.

Bai Qingchi’s emotions were much more direct.

He did not deny Ling Sihang’s questioning nor did he intend to dwell on it with the other party. He just gave the person a detached look, looking precisely like the ballet teenager who was as high and proud as a swan.

“I want to retaliate against Ye Qisheng but not to save you.” He stood in the street in a remote alley, surrounded by narrow, gray walls. The surrounding environment was so cramped, but it can’t hide the light on Bai Qingchi’s body.

“You lost the one you love, and he has sinned. I gave back what both of you gave me.”

“Mr. Ling, the earth is so big. I sincerely hope that we will never meet again.”

With that, Bai Qingchi turned and left. He took the little hand of the boy waiting for him at the alley’s entrance. After walking far away, he never looked back.

Outside the alley, people are coming and going in the street. In the bustling street, the little boy being led suddenly gave a milky cry.

“Pull out, hand hurts.”

Bai Qingchi reacted sharply and found out that he unknowingly exerted too much effort and unexpectedly hurt the boy’s hand.

—— This is also the last scene An Xumo had to shoot.

It was hard to let An Xumo who seems to be in love, find that sense of alienation. Ma Lao looked at the monitor screen but frowned again.

He turned on the loudspeaker in his hand and shouted “Cut!”

In front of the camera, the two people who were staring at each other in the street looked over and the crowd of extras on the street stopped.

Ma Lao finally walked over and didn’t use his loudspeaker to make a noise on the set.

However, when he came in front of Zhou Jinchen, his words actually did not leave much mercy.

“The current Ling Sihang is desperate to catch up with Bai Qingchi and ask him if he has handed over the evidence to send Ye Qisheng to jail.”

Ma Lao pointed to An Xumo, “He didn’t go out for a long time and came back to find out that he had been cheated on by his wife and secretly gave birth to a son. Why are you always staring at the little boy he’s holding?”

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The author has something to say:

The filming will be finished soon, and the beginning of the promotional period in the scene……and the following ‘long-term relationship’……En, it’s cohabitation.

Chapter 70 – No Main CP Direct Appearance

The filming of 《Different Roads》 is about to be finalized. Xin Zimai who has been working overtime for more than two months finally sees the dawn of victory.

Zhou Jinchen entered the group’s filming and Xin Zimai’s job as an agent was correspondingly less, but these reduced weights are filled by the new company’s tasks. In the end, he is even busier than before.

Zhou Jinchen does not have his own power to use and does not want the Zhou family to be aware of his movements; counting it down, there are naturally very few people that can be trusted. During his several months in the group of《Different Roads》, except for some need to determine the general direction, the company’s day-to-day affairs are handled by Xin Zimai. In addition to the departure of Li Xiuqing, the position of Jin Dian also needs to have a common border, and the degree of Xin Zimai’s busyness can be imagined.

Fortunately, when Zhou Jinchen comes back, most of the tasks can be handed back to this workaholic. Xin Zimai just wanted to count the number of days needed to film the movie when he received a call from Li Qiucheng.

The two of them are still in a bit of an awkward dilemma. Xin Zimai has been working overtime lately so it’s only logical to find an excuse not to meet. Li Qiucheng still sends messages on time and Xin Zimai ignores these things most of the time but hasn’t encountered many things like today’s direct phone call.

Xin Zimai hesitated for a moment but still picked up the phone.

“Hello?”

This time, when Li Qiucheng called, it really wasn’t because of the two of them. Zhou Jinchen’s new examination report had already come out and he himself was unable to leave the set, that’s why Li Qiucheng came to Xin Zimai and suggested that they meet face-to-face.

“…… Okay.”

Xin Zimai hung up the phone and threw himself into the sofa, sadly kicked his right leg which was hanging out the sofa.

He finally managed to find some time to rest in his busy schedule and now it was going to be ruined again.

When Xin Zimai arrived, Li Qiucheng had already got off work. He changed into his casual clothes and hadn’t put on his coat yet. The brown sweater was loosely pulled at the cuffs, revealing a dark gray watch on his wrist.

Without looking at the environment, Li Qiucheng felt more like a successful business elite. Even when wrapped in a soft sweater, the aggressiveness of his body can’t be underestimated.

After such a long time, Xin Zimai will inevitably feel uncomfortable to see this marriage partner who has been married early. But with a task today, Xin Zimai quickly ignores the awkwardness in his heart and sits across the desk.

He opened the door and saw the mountain,¹lit. to open the door and see the mountain; fig. to get right to the point [idiom] “How is Jinchen’s situation?”

“Judging from the examination report, everything is normal.” Li Qiucheng took the test results out of the folder and placed them on the desk, pushing them to Xin Zimai.

Xin Zimai took it and briefly flipped through it. He did not have any in-depth understanding of the medical field and could only understand a few key data. But these data were enough; he could confirm that Zhou Jinchen did not show any abnormalities.

Therefore, counting since his debut, Zhou Jinchen’s recovery trend is obviously much better than expected. In the past two years, he has been almost no different from a normal person. It seems that Mr. Old Yu’s suggestion was indeed golden.²golden mouth and jade teeth (idiom): words of Heaven (Emperor); means that what is said, cannot be changedThe method of using acting to imitate other’s emotions is truly effective on Zhou Jinchen.

Xin Zimai obviously breathed a sigh of relief. He placed the test results back into the folder and knocked away the folder on the table. “There’s nothing unusual anymore, is there?”

He could not help holding on to greater hope. “After some time, won’t Jinchen’s illness be almost considered healed?”

Li Qiucheng corrected him, “In a precise sense, there is no truly defined cure for mental illness like Asperger’s syndrome. If the patient is young, their behavior can still get some training and teaching, while for adult patients, it is more difficult to change. It is better to use the word ‘restraint’ more accurately than treatment.”

Xin Zimai froze for a moment. “But, Jinchen has indeed changed a lot. In the beginning, he didn’t even talk to anyone else for a year……”

“Jinhen’s situation is a little more complicated.” Li Qiucheng said, “Although the average AS patients are not interested in socializing and coexistence, they do not resist this either. The severe autistic tendencies of Jinchen back then should be related to the injury he suffered when he was twelve.”

“However, Jinchen have forgotten exactly what he went through at that time.” Xin Zimai scratched his hair in distress, the slightly curly ends of his hair sticking up between his fingers. “When Master took him to the mountains to recuperate, he thought about asking him about it but at that time, Jinchen no longer remembered it. It’s been ten years since then……the chances of him remembering are unlikely to be much.”

Li Qiucheng naturally also knew about this.

However, he opened his mouth and said, “What Jinchen can’t remember, maybe someone else remembers.”

Xin Zimai was stunned. “Who ……?”

Why didn’t he know that there were other people present in this matter ten years ago?

“It’s just a speculation,” Li Qiucheng slowly said, “An Xumo…… Have you ever thought about this name?”

“Xiao An?!” Xin Zimai asked incredulously.

Li Qiucheng nodded.

“How is that possible…… when Jinchen was only twelve years old, Xiao An was even younger, six or seven years old at most,” Xin Zimai doubted. “Moreover, if Xiao An had been there, the Zhou family would have asked him at that time. How could no one had thought of it after so many years?”

“That’s why I said it was just a speculation.” Li Qiucheng said, “A process derived from the results.”

Xin Zimai asked, “What result?”

“When Jinchen came over for his latest medical checkup, he asked me something.” Li Qiucheng said, “He wanted me to recommend a gastroenterologist to check on someone.”

Xin Zimai quickly responded, “Xiao An?”

“Correct.” Li Qiucheng said, “And this is also the same person whom I treated when Jinchen called me to help a few months ago.”

Xin Zimai was puzzled. “What does this mean?”

Li Qiucheng explained, “Similar to autism, AS patients are often closed and isolated when it comes to interpersonal interactions. The patient themselves will lack the skills and tendency to interact with people, even if Asperger’s syndrome is less symptomatic than autism.”

“Jinchen’s case is even more obvious. Although his symptoms before the age of twelve were consistent with AS, he did not show any obvious resistance to communication. It was not until that accident that he became this restrained and refuses to communicate his emotions with people deeply.”

Li Qiucheng looked at Xin Zimai. “However, have you noticed that he expressed his willingness to take the initiative to care for An Xumo.”

Xin Zimai paused. “This……”

Li Qiucheng said, “Think about it carefully. Based on Jinchen’s actions, does he regard An Xumo as the most special person?”

Yes.

Xin Zimai can answer this question without thinking.

He saved the person from the family banquet, found a top variety resource for him, specially asked Xin Zimai to give the person a team whose members were of good character, and helped find the most brilliant supporting role for An Xumo to act among the big director’s movies.

Even to the relatives of the Zhou family, Zhou Jinchen did not take such care of them, even before he knew the truth.

Zhou Yunlin and his wife are married in business. They have no emotional foundation and usually play in their own ways. The relationship between Zhou Yunlin and Zhou Jinchen is more like business partners than father and son. Zhou Jinchen is responsible for making a name for himself in the industry, while Zhou Yunlin and the Zhou family are responsible for obtaining funds and contracts.

Even Old Zhou who appreciates his grandson the most, the relationship between the two will not be as close and natural as the grandfather and grandson of ordinary families.

“That is why I’m guessing if An Xumo was also present when the accident happened back then.” Li Qiucheng said, “Perhaps he gave a helping hand to Jinchen which what made Jinchen retain a good impression for An Xumo deep inside his heart despite his closed memory.”

“It’s because of this that Jinchen showed a special tendency to care for him.”

Xin Zimai froze for a moment.

He hadn’t really thought about this possibility.

“But……Jinchen mentioned to me about Xiao An,” Xin Zimai frowned. “The reason he took such care for Xiao An is to let him pretend to be his partner and block those rotten peach blossoms that were attracted to him.”

“You know, he hasn’t been able to understand other people’s feelings towards him. A distant group like fans are fine, while those around him who takes the initiative to express their love can only be a burden to Jinchen. He doesn’t know how to respond and doesn’t want to respond to these people, that’s why he has this plan.”

After hearing this, Li Qiucheng did not show any sudden emotions. Instead, he gave Xin Zimai a deep look.

Xin Zimai did not understand his gaze. “…… What’s wrong?”

“The use to achieve the purpose is not the same as genuine concern.” Li Qiucheng said, “This may be difficult to discern among ordinary people but for AS patients, the difference is very obvious.”

“Has Jinchen ever cared about other people’s illness or exhaustion before?”

Xin Zimai thought for a moment. “…… No.”

Not really. Xin Zimai and Zhou Jinchen had known each other for ten years and his Master was the one who treated Zhou Jinchen back then. Up to now, Zhou Jinchen’s most important matters will only be entrusted to Xin Zimai. There is no need to say much about the relationship between the two, but Zhou Jinchen has never asked Xin Zimai about his physical condition.

Not only that, if Xin Zimai doesn’t say he’s tired, Zhou Jinchen will continue to ask the former to work overtime together according to his own standards. After several times, Xin Zimai finally learned his lesson and reported to Zhou Jinchen early that some people really can’t afford to stay up all night for five days in a row, and giving more overtime pay won’t work.

“So I think,” Li Qiucheng said, “this An Xumo is probably the breakthrough in Zhou Jinchen’s emotional treatment.”

Xin Zimai was still a little uncertain; he looked around and asked, “Is there any surveillance in your office?”

Li Qiucheng gave him a look, “None.”

That’s good. Xin Zimai hesitated but still said, “Could it be some other reason? As far as I know, Jinchen previously misunderstood that Xiao An’s biological father was his murderer so the two had no contact for a long time. It was not until they found out that this person had long jumped off a building and died that Jinchen began to change his attitude towards Xiao An. I think he probably also has a compensating guilty mentality in taking care of Xiao An, right?”

AS patients are inherently less affected by emotions than normal people and Li Qiucheng has reservations about Xin Zimai’s statement. However, in this point of view, this guilty psychology should be the key to Zhou Jinchen’s change of attitude towards An Xumo, and getting along with An Xumo is an important breakthrough for Zhou Jinchen to get better.

“This may also be one of the reasons.” Li Qiucheng said, “But in any case, it will definitely be beneficial for Jinchen to spend more time with An Xumo.”

“After I consulted it with my mentor, the group made a suggestion.”

He adjusted his glasses and his sharp gaze could not even conceal from the lenses for a few moments.

“You can use the entertainment industry’s resources or other benefits to keep An Xumo by Jinchen’s side and let him help Jinchen with his recovery.”

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The author has something to say:

Dr. Li is one of the more rational people; he only loves Mai-zi.

Chapter 69 – About Zhou Jinchen’s illness
 
The situation changed so quickly that everyone present was momentarily stunned.
 
It wasn’t until Tang Tang rushed up to hold An Xumo that someone gradually reacted and came over to help move the chair and get tissues. The scene was suddenly very busy.
 
Although the boy deliberately found a remote corner and turned his back towards the crowd, but it was just the bent slender back and violent trembling that made people aware of the bad situation.
 
An Xumo still had porridge at noon and there was a full scene in the afternoon. He was so busy that he hasn’t even had time to drink a few more mouthfuls of water, and the rice porridge had already been digested and disappeared. So after bending and retching for a long time, he wasn’t able to vomit anything out.
 
If you feel nauseous because of not eating well, you can feel better after vomiting. However, An Xumo is far from being so lucky. He has no food in his stomach, he couldn’t puke anything. Finally, he felt so nauseous that he vomited out grayish-white gastric juice.
 
The people on the sidelines felt shocked, not to mention how he himself felt.
 
An Xumo was able to hold on to the wall at first but then he was tortured to the point where he couldn’t stand up. Even if he is thin, his height is still there. Tang Tang as a girl certainly won’t be able to support him.
 
Before Tang Tang could open her mouth to call assistant Xiao Zhang, someone reached over and took the boy she was holding.
 
An Xumo was trembling badly and his face was pale to the extreme as if he would faint in the next second. Zhou Jinchen half-hugged him, almost holding most of his weight but despite this, the weight in his arms was still light, as though a gust of wind can blow it away.
 
The crew was attracted by the movement of many people but Ma Zechi who was alarmed, stepped in to let everyone go to eat and prepare for the next work, leaving only a few of them and the doctor in the group here. After vomiting gastric juice, An Xumo finally stopped retching. Tang Tang carefully gave him some warm water and found the emergency pills under the doctor’s reminder and watched the boy reluctantly drink them.
 
An Xumo vomited so much that he lost his strength and relied on Zhou Jinchen to hold him steady throughout. Even when he sat on the chair they brought, it looked like he would fall down at any moment.
 
But in this way, he seems to be trying to say something to the man beside him.
 
At first, Zhou Jinchen thought that the boy wanted something but he waited patiently for a long time for the broken three words.
 
“I-I’m…….s-sorry……”
 
“Don’t talk.” Zhou Jinchen directly interrupted him and raised the cup of water in his hand to the lips of the person. “Drink some water.”
 
An Xumo seems to be trying to take the cup but Zhou Jinchen did not let the boy try to be brave and directly helped the person drink a little. His movements are not too skilled but his attitude is very careful.
 
When the boy drank a little, Zhou Jinchen first moved the cup away to let the person swallow the water. However, An Xumo’s face suddenly changed, he stretched out his hand to push Zhou Jinchen away with the last bit of strength.
 
He failed to push the man but it doesn’t matter anymore. An Xumo once again bent over and the tears from retching made his eyes sore, the unbearable tears slid down his eyes, making his already pale and uncomfortable face even worse.
 
The boy vomited again, spewing out the water and pills he just drank.
 
Zhou Jinchen watched from a distance, half a step away and the unbearable pain clearly passed on. ‘Empathy’ is the most difficult and useless word for him. However, when he saw the boy’s thin back bent into a fragile arc and the slight spasm from his emaciated body from time to time, he had a brand-new experience of this word.
 
Like a little white cat so thin that you can see the bones, and so weak to even make a purr. Zhou Jinchen had never had special feelings for pets before but now he has the impulse to reach out and want to touch the little white cat’s cold, shivering, and thin body.
 
Even if it warms him up a little.
 
The doctor on duty today is not the same Dr. Hao. He doesn’t know much about An Xumo’s condition. Seeing the person’s current condition, he suggested sending the person to the hospital for an examination.
 
There was no night scene for Bai Qingchi so Tang Tang and Xiao Zhang accompanied An Xumo to the nearest hospital. Zhou Jinchen wasn’t able to get away; he had to continue filming the night scenes.
 
Although the impact was intentionally reduced, the fact that An Xumo was sent to the hospital because of retching during mealtime was still known to most of the people working on the evening set. They looked at Zhou Jinchen with some caution, knowing that the film emperor must be in a very bad mood right now, and even the movement at work was much smaller.
 
In the end, Ma Lao frowned and shouted twice to start over and the crowd on the set resumed to the normal level.
 
But even so, the indoor scenes shot at night were still affected. Tonight, they were going to film Ling Sihang’s interrogation scene in the police station. Two police officers, an old man, and a young man were responsible for the questioning. The two supporting roles acting against Zhou Jinchen were a little bit involuntarily affected. The older actor was fine and quickly adjusted, but the remaining actor playing as a young police officer was completely suppressed by Zhou Jinchen in terms of momentum. When the lines by the opposite party came out, he did not look like a police officer asking questions at all, but rather as if he were giving an explanation of the crime.
 
The night scene also has a shot of Lin Rui. He stood beside Ma Zechi, watching Zhou Jinchen who was expressionless sitting on the iron chair, and his heart vaguely gave birth to some confusions.
 
The director in charge of the night scene is Liu Longfei so Ma Zechi appears to be a little leisure now. He also noticed Zhou Jinchen’s emotions, when he was rubbing his chin and thinking, he heard Lin Rui’s voice beside him.
 
“…… Do you feel that Zhou Jinchen’s emotions are not quite right?”
 
Ma Zechi looked at Zhou Jinchen in front of the camera and raised an eyebrow, “His current emotions are definitely wrong ah, isn’t it obvious.”
 
Lin Rui frowned, “Obvious?”
 
Ma Zechi looked at him suspiciously and then thought of Lin Rui’s feelings for Zhou Jinchen. He coughed lightly and did not mention An Xumo’s name. “Maybe it’s because of the accident during the meal.”
 
Lin Rui thought differently from Ma Zechi.
 
Zhou Jinchen did not have any special thoughts about An Xumo, which Lin Rui can be sure of. At best, he is only acting out another script, his voice full of emotion and touching but no matter what was said the script can’t become a reality.
 
But An Xumo has already left, why would Zhou Jinchen still behave this way?
 
Lin Rui looked at Zhou Jinchen in the bright light, and the other party’s face was illuminated by sufficient light but Lin Rui felt for the first time that he had not read Zhou Jinchen’s emotions correctly. 
 
If Zhou Jinchen wants to leave the image of a good boyfriend who is worried about his lover to everyone, and does not want people to doubt that he is indifferent because An Xumo is sick, then Zhou Jinchen can just act and stop as soon as it’s good. But now, Ma Lao has obviously become a real fire.¹angry After criticizing the actor who played the young police officer twice without any effect, he took aim at the extremely imposing Zhou Jinchen.
 
But after Zhou Jinchen was bombarded once, he still did not adjust his state.
 
So much so that after six re-takes, Ma Lao was still very dissatisfied and the filming at the scene was completely stopped, leaving a few minutes for the actors to adjust.
 
This is not common on the set of 《Different Roads》, especially when this obvious mistake unexpectedly happened to Zhou Jinchen who had always been very quick to get into his role. The atmosphere on the set became depressing and only Ma Lao who had lost his temper could be heard adjusting his own lethal weapon, the loudspeaker.
 
Because of personal emotions, the filming progress of the crew was affected. Before tonight, Lin Rui would never believe that this will happen to Zhou Jinchen.
 
This man is extremely self-disciplined, rational, and calm, and he calculates the impact of everything he does in advance. Lin Rui certainly understands that this kind of person who is almost cold is not suitable for being a lover, but he still felt uncontrollable and could not go out again.
 
Lin Rui is well aware of Zhou Jinchen’s extreme calmness, so he also knows that ‘being unable to properly film because he is worried about his lover’ this kind of thing can never be executed by Zhou Jinchen’s rational judgment in advance.
 
But now, this thing is actually happening.
 
Why……?
 
Lin Rui was so puzzled that he subconsciously ignored the most obvious reason —— Ma Zechi and even everyone settled with that.
 
How could that be?
 
It can’t be.
 
Lin Rui decisively rejected this answer and finally put it as one of Zhou Jinchen’s long-term plans for the time being, thinking that the man should have other plans before he chose to do so.
 
The evening filming was set back by about half an hour and it was hard to do it by hand. Zhou Jinchen, whose face has not been very good, did not go back to the hotel with the crew but went alone to call Tang Tang.
 
An Xumo has returned to the hotel, he vomited twice in the hospital and got a little better after taking a bottle of an IV drip. After returning to the hotel, tossing and turning for a long time, he finally fell asleep.
 
At this time, going to the boy to see him will inevitably disturb him. After he hung up, Zhou Jinchen was silent for a while, and he finally went back to the hotel alone, to his own room.
 
Early the next morning, Xin Zimai arranged the car early and waited downstairs. Zhou Jinchen made another call to Tang Tang. As a result, Xiao Zhang said that there was nothing unusual about An Xumo but he was still sleeping and did not get up.
 
The time is indeed a bit early. In order not to disturb the boy’s rest, Zhou Jinchen did not go over.
 
Today is the examination date once every three months, and the crew transferred the relevant parts early and have Zhou Jinchen a half-day off. As the main character of the film, he only had half a day and it was difficult to reschedule again if he missed it. Therefore, Zhou Jinchen did not delay and went to the hospital as originally planned.
 
The examination is still carried out by Li Qiucheng. After all kinds of long-winded psychological test questions and boring simulated behavior like before, Zhou Jinchen went to measure the level of secretion of various neurohormones in the body. This is a routine activity and when the examination is done, the whole morning has passed.
 
The results would still come out in a few days. After greeting Zhou Jinchen who had finished the examination, Li Qiucheng thought that the other party would leave directly like before. Unexpectedly, the man followed him to his office and asked if he had a good gastroenterologist to recommend.
 
The Zhou family’s medical resources were far richer than those that Li Qiucheng has access to, but the subject was An Xumo, and Zhou Jinchen couldn’t possibly use the family’s resources again.
 
Although Li Qiucheng was a little surprised, he still agreed. Next time, let the patient come directly, he would take someone to see him.
 
After learning the identity of the patient in Zhou Jinchen’s mouth, Li Qiucheng quickly remembered that the other party was the boy who ate seafood after having an injury that he (Li Quicheng) had treated himself. He thoughtfully looked at Zhou Jinchen two more times before sending the person out of the office.
 
After Zhou Jinchen left, Li Qiucheng thought for a while, then got up and went to a room not far from next door.
 
His mentor happened to be in his office. Li Qiucheng walked to the table and rubbed his fingers against the smooth wooden table.
 
He pondered and opened his mouth to ask, “Teacher, do you remember the case of Asperger’s syndrome in our group?”
 
“Does the tendency of AS patients to get better involve caring for other individuals?”
 
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The author has something to say:
 
AS is the abbreviation of Asperger Syndrome. Yes, this is the brother’s illness.
 
【【Asperger’s syndrome is an autism spectrum disorder characterized by social difficulties accompanied by narrow interests and repetition of specific behaviors, but still retains a relatively high level of language and cognitive development compared to other general autistic disorders.】】 —Taken from Baidu Baike.
 
However, the brother’s situation is different from that of ordinary AS patients because he had a serious illness at the age of twelve due to an accident. The specific difference will be explained later~
 
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Additional info:
 
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD): is a neurological and developmental disorder that begins early in childhood and lasts throughout a person’s life. It affects how a person acts and interacts with others, communicates, and learns. It includes what used to be known as Asperger syndrome and pervasive developmental disorders. Link

Chapter 68 – Can you eat enough

Tang Tang was so scared by the man’s words that she even forgot what she wanted to say. “There is…… poison?”

“No poison.” Zhou Jinchen repeated with a straight face.

“……”

There was a moment of eerie silence around.

Looking at Tang Tang who was in a circle, An Xumo reached out to take the lunchbox from her arms. When he wanted to take the second one, Tang Tang subconsciously tightened her fingers and didn’t let An Xumo take away the lunchbox Zhou Jinchen brought.

Her body was a beat faster than her brain. Only when An Xumo who let go of his hand, showed a puzzled expression did Tang Tang react.

She hurriedly explained, “No, Xiao Mo can’t eat this now.”

An Xumo was just about to speak when he heard Zhou Jinchen ask, “Why?”

This is a separate dinner prepared when ordering. It tastes good with low calories, less oil, and less flavor. It’s packed in a small insulated box which enjoys special treatment. However, this specially prepared dinner was not appreciated. Tang Tang directly said, “Xiao Mo has gastritis. Recently, he can only eat porridge or egg custard, and others are difficult to digest.”

An Xumo held the lunchbox with egg custard in his hand and felt his brother’s line of sight without looking up.

The man’s voice was still magnetic with a faint low voice, “This happened after the last fever?”

An Xumo hesitated and nodded.

Tang Tang looked around and saw that no one noticed their side before continuing to explain, “The doctor said that there is no quick treatment for chronic gastritis, he can only slowly recuperate. Xiao Mo is taking medicine now and he can gradually resume a normal diet in another week, but not now.”

She handed the lunch box back to Zhou Jinchen. “Thank you for your care Brother Zhou, you better take this dinner back first ba.”

An Xumo also said thank you but his eyes were still glued to the lunch box in Tang Tang’s hand and failed to successfully retrieve it.

Zhou Jinchen glanced at the eager boy and asked Tang Tang, “Can’t touch it at all?”

Tang Tang apologized, “It’s probably not possible now.”

Zhou Jinchen raised his hand and took back the lunchbox. He looked at the insulated box An Xumo was holding which was so small that one hand could cover most of it, and then said to Tang Tang, “What did the doctor say he could eat now? Send me the recipe.”

Tang Tang blanked for a moment but when she thought of the fact that Zhou Jinchen was An Xumo’s brother, she quickly reacted and nodded. “Okay.”

Since the diagnosis of gastritis, An Xumo’s meals were taken care of by Tang Tang. She discussed it with Sister Liu and canceled An Xumo’s boxed meals and brought them back from the outside three times a day.

An Xumo felt a little sorry and was evaded by Tang Tang with “If you post more Weibo, I’ll send you a year’s worth of meals”. An Xumo knew that Tang Tang really cared about him so even after drinking rice porridge and egg custard for more than a week, he didn’t complain about anything but just silently endured the hunger that followed him.

However, after Zhou Jinchen took the list of food prescribed by the doctor from Tang Tang’s hand, the latter’s takeaway business was taken away.

Zhou Jinchen paid a month’s money in advance at a long-established porridge shop two or three kilometers away from the Film and Television City and asked them to deliver the customized stomach-nourishing meals on time, for three times a day.

This porridge shop is known for its medicinal food. The ingredients are really not mentioned, but the price is also very good. In addition, the insulated porridge bowls sent every time are exquisite and exceptional; the shape of the bowl also matches the color of the porridge ingredients. Their intentions can be seen just from the object.

Not to mention, these porridge aren’t cooked in a big pot but in accordance with the information provided by Zhou Jinchen, a specially designed personal recipe for An Xumo who has chronic gastritis. Three meals a day were delivered for seven days in a row, without repeating for a whole week.

From the time the first meal was delivered, An Xumo felt a little sorry. He didn’t want to trouble his brother and he doesn’t want to let himself fall deeper into the past. But after he plucked up the courage to explain to Zhou Jinchen, the man did not agree to his proposal, only saying that he should get well quickly.

The actors in the cast are basically eating together. An Xumo originally ate with them, it’s a bit too deliberate if he avoids them now. But in this way, within two days, everyone around knew that he had a stomach problem and had to drink porridge.

Some actors were attracted by the aroma of the porridge and came to ask the shop selling the porridge and its price. An Xumo didn’t know anything when asked¹lit. to reply “don’t know” whatever the question (idiom); fig. absolutely no idea of what’s going on; complete ignorance. so the next time the staff of the porridge shop came to deliver the food, someone was curious and asked the employee a few more questions.

The result was predictable.

An Xumo was not the only one who was surprised by the price of the porridge. Soon, the story of Zhou Jinchen specially ordering meals for the sick An Xumo almost spread throughout the crew.

The brand of the porridge shop cannot be faked and there is a never shortage of porridge delivered three meals a day. This is really obvious to all and it’s more impactful than the kissing scene where only long-term staffs were present at that time.

Although there is still no sense of directly mentioning this matter in front of Zhou Jinchen, the crew’s eyes are clearly different from the two people. When An Xumo helped to get the props, he also heard Ma Zechi ask Zhou Jinchen if he was serious. Zhou Jinchen who always disliked emotional rumors did not deny it, and he seemed to consent to it.

But Lin Rui who was standing beside the two first saw An Xumo passing by and greeted him with a smile.

An Xumo pretended to run away calmly but his heart became more and more clear about what the film emperor Lin had said before.

This kind of thing can fool others but not those who really like Zhou Jinchen.

Within a few days, almost everyone in the crew was aware of Zhou Jinchen’s special treatment towards An Xumo. If the object had not been Zhou Jinchen, I’m afraid everyone would have already made a fuss. However, most people dare not to joke with Zhou Jinchen but not with An Xumo who is easy to get along with. In less than a week, many people in the cast and crew from top to bottom were teasing An Xumo in public and in private.

Everyone has a gossipy heart and curiosity about this kind of thing that is difficult to be suppressed. Coupled with the fact that these two obviously don’t have any cheating and messy dog blood drama, they are in a sweet normal love. Everyone thinks that as long as they don’t expose it to the media, looking at Zhou Jinchen’s current attitude, it doesn’t matter if they openly talk about it.

The majority of the crew has a good impression of An Xumo, when they talk about gossip, they will not mix too much malice. There are even people who have mentioned a few things to An Xumo, saying that they were envious of Zhou Jinchen.

In most people’s eyes, the act of remembering to send porridge when you’re sick is more loving than sending roses on holidays.

An Xumo knows the truth but he could only hide it with a smile.

The more people around him take this as truth, the more smoothly Zhou Jinchen’s plans will be. Although An Xumo did not dare to pick up the candy from his brother, he would never refuse to help his brother.

An Xumo understood the reason why his brother chose him to act is that they have a brotherly relationship in which his brother thinks he will not like him. The fake act will not come true and it also avoids the trouble caused to his brother who loathes the feelings of others.

If he wants to continue to help Zhou Jinchen, he must hide his feelings.

An Xumo had already thought about this matter as early as when he had a high fever so he dutifully played the role of a lucky man who was admired in everyone’s eyes. Even if he was teased kindly over and over again, An Xumo never revealed anything.

But there is only one thing that An Xumo has no control over.

—— The porridge which was carefully prepared, privately ordered, and delivered on time, made him find it harder to swallow every time.

As time went by, many people met the staff of the porridge shop that came over to deliver. They looked at An Xumo with curious and ambiguous eyes, reminding An Xumo all the time of the real reason why the porridge was delivered.

An Xumo is not really stupid. Zhou Jinchen had long ago identified those fake things, how can he not understand that these porridges are such good props.

Sleeping in the same room, explaining the script, real kissing scene, plus one more, attentive after getting sick.

Who would not find them sweet after listening to it?

An Xumo understands all of this so he must continue to cooperate. The off-cam acting is no less stressful than the pressure on-cam, and there is no chance for NG to start over. As long as there is an outsider present, An Xumo must be acting.

He learned to ignore other people’s eyes a long time ago but now he is forced not to miss each and every gaze that are thrown at him.

As time went on, An Xumo even began to miss the porridge that Tang Tang brought to him at the start.

After the one-week time limit was up, An Xumo began to take new stomach medication according to the doctor’s instructions. He was finally able to end his days of eating porridge and slowly began to return to a light, normal diet.

An Xumo easily finished the last bowl of porridge delivered by the porridge shop and waited eagerly to eat the crew’s lunch box again. Even if Tang Tang stared at him and carefully picked out the meat slices, he was no longer surrounded by people saying those roundabout or straightforward compliments and envy.

It’s just that after the crew finished work, Tang Tang didn’t let An Xumo who finished filming, receive the lunch box. She said that the crew’s meal still has a heavy taste which is not quite suitable for An Xumo who was in the recovery stage.

“Xia Mo, you haven’t reached the stage where you can eat casually so be careful for a while more.”

An Xumo was a little confused, “Didn’t you say I’m not drinking porridge?”

“Not drinking, not drinking.” Tang Tang hurriedly said, “I can’t even stand it anymore.”

Even if it’s done in different ways, drinking porridge for more than two weeks in a row is hard to accept, Xiao Mo has been able to persist enough. Seeing An Xumo get increasingly harder for him to swallow as he drank porridge, Tang Tang also felt unbearable.

She did not know that An Xumo was having a hard time drinking it, not just because of the porridge itself.

Tang Tang said, “There is a new recipe today which had been arranged in advance. You do not need to worry.”

An Xumo breathed a sigh of relief, he thought Tang Tang brought him another meal. He was still wondering that the other party seemed to have been present and did not leave; perhaps Xiao Zhang had gone to help get it?

While he was thinking about it, he heard Tang Tang smash her palm with her fist.

“Come!”

An Xumo followed her line of sight and look over, he froze directly in place.

The one who came over with the lunch box was no longer the already familiar porridge shop employee but it wasn’t the Xiao Zhang he had imagined either. The man’s height of nearly one point nine meters and excellent proportions make him the focus of attention no matter where he goes. Zhou Jinchen walked towards their side and brought the eyes of other people in the crew who were ready to eat.

“Brother Zhou asked for the recipe in advance and the doctor suggested that you can eat this……”

Tang Tang’s voice became farther and farther away in his ears. An Xumo looked at the lunch box in Zhou Jinchen’s hand. After several days he was on guard and let him not be the same as before, directly ignoring the eyes cast around him.

Those curious, envious, and ambiguous lines of sight.

Zhou Jinchen who was holding the lunch box was about to open his mouth when he saw the boy in front of him swayed. He was about to reach out to help him but he saw the boy suddenly turn his back and stride towards the wall two meters away.

“Xiao Mo……?”

Tang Tang who doesn’t know the reason why, called out but she did not get a response from the boy.

The people who noticed this were not few and they all witnessed An Xumo’s sudden change on his face and left. The scene immediately quieted down. However, before Zhou Jinchen who had not been able to help him take back his hand, An Xumo who walked a few steps on the wall, suddenly bent down, leaning against the side of the wall, and retched violently.

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The author has something to say:

Chronic gastritis can cause nausea and retching. In severe cases, vomiting on an empty stomach and gastric juice will come out…

If there are no accidents, the brother’s illness will be revealed in two chapters!