Fu Xiuning drank a glass of wine and took the initiative to talk about Gu Zheng, and then talked about Lin Kecheng, the mastermind behind the scenes.
When talking about Lin Kecheng, the last attempted murder was mentioned.
Director He has been in the industry for a long time and has been tried by countless people who tried to get close to him. He has seen all kinds of tricks, but he has never met anyone like Fu Xiuning who was used to plot against him for saving his life in such an extreme way. After all, one could lose his life by accident, so who would dare to take a gamble?
He was shocked and said, “This is too immoral. He is a born bad guy. He even wanted to kill you. How come you are not injured… Wait, he caused the wound on your neck?”
Although Fu Xiuning’s wound has healed, the scar has not completely disappeared. Director He asked about it the last time he saw him. Fu Xiuning replied at that time that he was injured accidentally. Now they can have a deep chat about the situation.
He said, “Well, luckily it wasn’t fatal. I also had an injury on my back, which happened not long ago. That day I fell on the coffee table and broke it into pieces.”
He filled the glasses for both of them, acting like a humble junior: “I treat Sui Sui as my own brother, so it’s my duty to take care of him. Please don’t be polite with me. I can’t drink much, and the doctor told me to drink less recently. This is a toast to you. I won’t drink after two more glasses, so let Sui Sui drink with you.”
When Director He heard that the situation was so dangerous, he naturally stopped urging people to drink.
Besides, his target tonight was not Fu Xiuning, so he even stopped the other party from drinking the whole glass of wine.
The system couldn’t help but exclaim “Wow”.
When Xingshi heard Fu Xiuning mention Lin Kecheng, he guessed what was going on. Seeing his father quickly shift his attention, he asked, “Wow, what’s the point?”
The system said excitedly: “Fu Xiuning called you Sui Sui. This is the first time he called you by your nickname! Although this is the original owner’s nickname, he doesn’t know it. It sounds so intimate!”
Xing Shi thought about it and found that it was true, and glanced at Fu Xiuning.
Fu Xiuning was also looking at him, with a smile on his handsome face. He reached out to pick up some food for him and said in a brotherly tone, “Eat more food, and don’t just praise me. Those are all trivial matters and not worth mentioning. It’s a rare occasion for your father to come home, so drink with him.”
Xingshi thought that the first time he called him was just to push him out. This brotherhood was simply touching.
He agreed obediently and buried his head in eating.
Director He asked expectantly, “How does it taste? Has it not changed?”
Xingshi slowly swallowed what was in his mouth.
I have no memory and am not clear, but I feel at peace.
He picked the first question to answer and said, “Very good.”
Director He tentatively held out his cup: “Want one?”
Xingshi had a drink with him and also persuaded him to eat.
Director He knew the principle of gradual progress, so he talked about his life while eating, and only clinked glasses occasionally.
Xingshi still follows the previous principle. He stops drinking when he feels a little dizzy, saying that drinking too much will give him a headache, and he has to get up early for training tomorrow.
Director He wanted to persuade him but didn’t dare to, so he could only continue eating.
After a while, he saw his son holding his chin with a lazy look on his face, and shouted, “Sui Sui.”
Xingshi looked up at him.
Director He didn’t see any sign of drunkenness on his face, but after a few seconds of hesitation he asked, “Has anyone ever bullied you at school or outside?”
Xing Shi said calmly: “No, who can bully me?”
Director He thought, yes, with his son’s personality, how could he be someone who would suffer losses?
But… he asked to confirm: “Really?”
Xingshi said “hmm”.
Director He saw that his expression was normal, not like he was hurt, and felt a little relieved. He murmured, “That’s good, that’s good.”
Upon hearing this, Fu Xiuning looked towards Xing Shi.
It is not easy to go out into the other world alone and transform from a cool kid to what you are now.
And judging from the fact that Xingshi can absorb energy and likes to eat, it is highly likely that it is not a modern society. However, there is a system, so they can’t talk too much, and can only wait until all this is completely over in the future, if there is such a day.
He raised his glass and clinked it with theirs.
When Director He was disliked by his son, the other party was still a minor. This was the first time he drank with his son, and he was so moved that he finally succeeded in getting himself drunk.
After getting drunk, he became bolder. He grabbed his son’s hand and told him, “Sui Sui, if you have something on your mind, just say it. Don’t hold it in, ah.”
Xingshi nodded: “Don’t hold it in.”
Director He said, “Tell me if you’re being bullied. If you don’t want to tell me, tell Xiu Ning. Don’t bear it all by yourself.”
Xing Shi said straightforwardly: “Of course, my brother loves me the most.”
Director He agreed with relief: “Yeah, Xiuning is a good kid, and so are you.”
He held his son’s hand and talked for a while. Xingshi advised him to go back to his room and sleep, but he refused. He grabbed the half bottle of wine in front of him and poured it for him and his son, insisting that it should not be wasted.
Xingshi worked with him, and then he saw him stand up.
Fu Xiuning came around from the opposite side and helped Xingshi into the guest room. Noticing that Xingshi was a little shaky, he asked, “How are you?”
Xingshi was very conscious: “I’m fine.”
He put Director He on the bed and turned to walk out.
Fu Xiuning closed the door and followed behind to take a look. He saw that he was in good condition, but his pace was very slow. He guessed that it might be because of the last glass of wine, so he asked, “Can I make you a cup of honey water?”
Xingshi looked back at him and was about to say “You are so nice” with emotion, but then she remembered what happened last time.
Fu Xiuning was about to leave the restaurant, but he suddenly turned back to make him some honey water. Was it because he heard something? What was he talking about with the system at that time?
He was distracted for a moment and didn’t pay attention to his feet. He staggered two steps, and realized his arm was grabbed. He immediately struggled free. Due to the large amplitude of the movement, his body became even more unstable.
Fu Xiuning hurried forward to help him up. Xingshi saw the hand reaching out from the corner of his eye and subconsciously raised his elbow to block it. Fu Xiuning turned his wrist and grabbed him, tightening his grip this time.
Xingshi was unable to break free, so he used his other hand and went straight to his face, trying to force him to let go.
Fu Xiuning dodged by turning his head to the side and easily caught the hand. He took half a step away before he could kick and at the same time used his free hand to grab his waist to stabilize his body.
The confrontation was extremely brief, lasting only two or three seconds.
The system’s horrified voice came at this moment: “Wake up, this is Fu Xiuning!”
Xingshi’s reaction just now was just instinctive, and he came to his senses the moment he stood firm.
He looked at Fu Xiuning and suddenly remembered that this young master had trained in martial arts, but he was usually so gentle that people always overlooked this fact.
Seeing him calm down, Fu Xiuning lowered his eyes and looked at him: “Can you still walk?”
Xing Shi said: “Yes.”
Fu Xiuning did not let him go completely, but held his arm.
Xingshi slowly followed him back to the living room, a little curious: “Brother.”
Fu Xiuning said: “Hmm?”
Xingshi was eager to try: “Practice?”
Fu Xiuning looked at the sober drunk and assessed his sanity: “Now?”
Xing Shi said: “I am gifted. If you don’t take advantage of now, you probably won’t be able to beat me.”
Fu Xiuning had no interest in beating him: “No appointment.”
Xingshi held him back: “Just for a moment.”
Fu Xiuning met his slightly shining eyes, not wanting to reason with a drunkard, and said, “Ten seconds.”
Xing Shi said: “Okay.”
Two people don’t need a stopwatch, just count silently.
Fu Xiuning said “1” and saw him rushing over.
Xing Shi originally thought that he could easily defeat the opponent with two moves, but he soon found out that he was naive. His mind was clear, but his body was not. His brain told him to attack in a certain direction, but his arms had their own ideas and were always a little short of the target.
Fortunately, he was experienced in many battles, and it would be difficult for Fu Xiuning to subdue him in a short period of time.
The two people counted to 8 silently, and suddenly heard the “click” sound of the door opening.
This was completely unexpected. Fu Xiuning had just started halfway when he quickly retreated and stood still.
As for Xing Shi…his brain and body were still out of sync, and he pounced on the other person under the effect of inertia. Fu Xiuning took a half step back and bumped into the sofa, falling directly.
Xingshi’s nose hit his collarbone, and he groaned in pain, then raised his head and moved away.
Fu Xiuning grabbed him in time when he fell, and lowered his head when he heard the sound. Their eyes met, their breaths intertwined, they were very close, and they were stunned at the same time.
【Didi】
[Current Favorability Value: 20]
Director He, who was drunk but not asleep, staggered out and said with a thick tongue, “Sui Sui, Daddy will make breakfast for you tomorrow. What do you want to eat…ah?!”
He took a look at the scene in the living room and saw his son and Fu Xiuning lying on the sofa, overlapping each other, head to head, and about to kiss. Suddenly, his body shook and he sobered up a lot.
He asked in a trembling voice: “You…you guys?”
The two people involved immediately came to their senses.
Xingshi wanted to stand up, but his hands and feet were weak and he couldn’t move them.
Fu Xiuning helped him sit up and put him on the empty seat next to him. He calmly explained, “Just now, Sui Sui didn’t stand firmly, and I didn’t stand well either, so we fell down.”
Director He thought to himself, you guys are quite good at finding places to fall, you even dare to come up with such excuses to deceive children.
His eyes moved between them, thinking that Suisui had been praising Fu Xiuning all night, and he understood everything.
He tensed his expression: “Oh…what do you have for breakfast?”
Xing Shi said: “All is fine.”
Fu Xiuning said: “Me too.”
Director He nodded: “Well… okay, I’ll go to sleep, you guys continue… I mean continue chatting.”
The footsteps faded away and the door was closed again.
The living room was silent.
Fu Xiuning secretly thought that he shouldn’t have agreed to the drunkard’s request so easily. He stood up calmly and asked gently, “Do you still want to drink honey water?”
After this incident, Xingshi became more sober and refused to admit that it was his fault.
He didn’t want to leave without escaping, so he said, “Drink.”
Fu Xiuning turned and went to the kitchen.
Xingshi looked at his back, his thoughts jumping to the moment when they looked at each other. He felt as if the other person’s breath had just seeped in at this moment. He touched his nose that had been bumped into and looked away.
Fu Xiuning quickly made a cup of honey water and brought it to him.
Xingshi thanked him and took it, holding the cup with both hands and drinking the water obediently with a calm expression.
Fu Xiuning stood in front of him with his eyes downcast, and an inexplicable image of him looking at himself in confusion as tears welled up in his eyes.
【Didi】
[Current Favorability Value: 21]
Xing Shi: “…”
Fu Xiuning: “…”
Xingshi didn’t look up and handed him the cup: “I’m done.”
Fu Xiuning took it and said in a normal tone: “Go to bed early.”
Xingshi said “Oh”, said “good night” as usual, and returned to his room calmly.
The next morning, the two met in a restaurant and automatically forgot what happened yesterday.
The parent who got himself drunk and suffered another round of attacks and threatened to make breakfast for them did not get up as expected, so the auntie cooked the meal.
Fu Xiuning asked her to save some food for Director He and took Xingshi to the company.
It was after ten o’clock when I received the message from Director He.
The down payment for the house has been paid, and there are some procedures to go through.
However, they were buying the house in full, so they didn’t have to provide a series of materials such as personal credit and income proof. The procedure was very quick, and Xingshi only had to go there at noon to sign the contract.
Xingshi replied “OK” and saw the message “The other party is typing…” above. He waited for a while and found that the prompt disappeared and reappeared two seconds later.
This went on for several rounds, and finally a message was sent.
Hehe: [When did you and Xiu Ning…? ]
Xing Shi: [We are fine, yesterday was just a coincidence]
Hehe: [I’m not that kind of unenlightened parent]
Xing Shi: [So if there is something, I won’t hide it from you]
Director He was stunned, and thought it made sense, so he replied: [Well, if you have any problems in the future, remember to be safe.]
Xing Shi: [Shouldn’t you confirm my sexual orientation first? ]
Hehe: [You have to be careful about your sexual orientation. Do you even need to ask? If there is no problem, you will explain that you are straight right away. Don’t worry, Dad is a very open-minded person.]
Xing Shi stared at the message for a while: [I have trained]
Hehe: [Go ahead, don’t be too tired [Rose]]
Xingshi looked at his nickname and felt like it was a mockery of himself, so he changed it to “Dad”.
The system understood and asked excitedly: “So you don’t mind changing it to a love story?”
Xing Shi said: “Hmm?”
The system made a “beep” sound: “Hmm what? Look at Fu Xiuning’s favorability value jumping, I really think the love line is conquered faster, isn’t it good to have a relationship?”
Xingshi has been miserable in the magical world for a long time, and now he is indifferent to any type of relationship.
But if he were to be honest, he really didn’t hate Fu Xiuning.
But the system hasn’t been dismantled yet, so there’s no point in thinking about all these things.
When he saw the teacher coming in, he stopped playing badly and got up to prepare for training.
However, the teacher is not here to teach.
She came to convey a message: Yu Shu was looking for actors for his new song MV and planned to select from among the trainees. The people were already on the way and would arrive at the company in ten minutes.
Everyone was immediately surprised and began to discuss among themselves.
Xingshi had another ten minutes and quickly returned to the corner to be a lazy guy.
Here are the cushions and neck pillows he bought. It is very comfortable to lie down on them. It is about to become his own little nest.
Feng Zifan and Yu Yi followed and sat down.
Although the former was looking forward to it, he looked at the two people beside him and knew that his hope was not great, and said, “I don’t know what type of song it is.”
Yu Yi was curious: “Will you go outside to shoot?”
Feng Zifan said: “If the scene requires it, I think so.”
Xing Shi did not participate in the discussion, but ordered the system to check.
The system quickly replied: “It’s a song about secret love. It’s quite nice. Is this for Fu Xiuning?”
Xing Shi said: “Probably.”
The system said, “He should act it out himself. It’s more poignant to have a strong sense of immersion.”
Xing Shi said: “Maybe he thought so at first, but he has to find a chance to contact me.”
Maybe he was worried that too much would be as bad as too little, so after Yu Shu’s “chance encounter and treat” tactic didn’t work last time, he hadn’t appeared in front of him again until now, and this time he used work as an excuse.
But being too direct would also make it seem like he had ulterior motives. He felt that Yu Shu probably wouldn’t pick the people himself, so he asked, “Who will pick the people?”
The system said: “The director of the MV.”
Xing Shi said: “He had to make sure the director picked me. What did he do?”
The system said: “Let me check… Oh, the director has the viewing record of your short videos on his phone. He has watched your account’s works many times, followed by Yu Yi’s.”
Xingshi said “hmm”, wondering if it was recommended by Yu Shu.
The system asked: “Do you want to agree?”
Xing Shi said: “Yes.”
The system said: “But didn’t you say that we can’t let him get close to you too easily?”
Xing Shi said: “It’s just a work attitude. I’ll say goodbye to him after I finish the work.”
The system said: “Okay, then be careful and don’t expose yourself.”
Xing Shi said: “I know.”
Ten minutes later, Yu Shu came with the director and asked his assistant to buy them a bunch of food. He apologized for disturbing their training.
Of course the trainees didn’t mind and all looked at the director.
The director knew they had to attend class, so he looked around the crowd quickly and immediately locked onto Xingshi. His eyes lit up and he waved, “Come here for a moment.”
Xingshi walked over calmly despite all the meaningful looks from people around him.
The director looked at him carefully, confirmed that there were no special effects in the short video, and nodded to Yu Shu.
Yu Shu was stunned for a moment, then asked Xing Shi with a smile: “Director Li said he wants to choose you, what about you, are you willing?”
Xing Shi was very happy: “Okay.”
The smile on Yu Shu’s face suddenly deepened, and he looked very sincere. He extended his hand to him and said, “Great, happy cooperation.”
Xing Shi shook hands with him and smiled warmly: “Brother Yu, it’s a pleasure to work with you.”
After the protagonist is chosen, there is still a supporting role.
The director was efficient and when he saw that Yu Yi looked the same as in the short video, he chose him.
Yu Yi was very surprised, then he came to his senses and ran happily to Xingshi.
The two followed Yu Shu to sign the contract, and it was agreed that filming would start three days later.
Xing Shi told Fu Xiuning about this that night.
Director He stayed at Qi Changyi’s home in City Z. He only stayed there for one night and left today.
Fu Xiuning was sitting on the sofa reading a book as usual, and glanced at him when he heard that.
The last time Yu Shu went to school to look for Xing Shi, Xing Shi also told him, and he guessed Xing Shi’s intention to reject him at that time. This time Xing Shi agreed, and he could also figure out the reason, which was to properly put some hooks on Yu Shu.
The energy of the alliance is too little, it is better to absorb it directly from the system.
Lin Kecheng’s incident has proved that Xingshi can do this, so what they have to do next is to let the system actively abandon the host.
Fu Xiuning asked: “Where was it filmed?”
Xing Shi said: “We will film it in our school.”
When he heard about this location, he was unsure whether Yu Shu had chosen it for Fu Xiuning, or had changed it temporarily for him, such as patching up the last encounter with Mr. Z to show that they were actually conducting a field investigation before.
But these are just details and are not important.
He looked at the person in front of him: “Brother, this is my first job, you have to come and see me, right?”
Fu Xiuning nodded: “Sure.”
Three days later, Xingshi and Yuyi arrived at Z University.
It was summer vacation and there were not many people on campus. The staff quickly got ready. Xingshi also put on her makeup and listened to the director’s explanation of the play, trying to understand it.
The director asked, “Have you ever had a crush on someone?”
Xingshi shook his head.
The director patiently said: “This is a feeling of longing to get close, wanting to get along with the other person. Some trivial things in daily life can make you fantasize, and you can rush in to show your support even if knives are raining from the sky. But when you don’t receive positive signals from the other person, or see the other person talking and laughing with others, you will be very depressed and dislike everything.”
Xingshi looked at him silently.
The director said, “Do you understand? It’s a feeling of both happiness and pain.”
Xing Shi said: “I try to understand.”
The director comforted: “Relax, don’t worry.”
When Fu Xiuning came over, the first thing he heard was the director’s loudspeaker: “Do it again, your eyes need to be more outward, it’s not enough.”
Yu Shu was also at the scene. When he saw him, he immediately came up to him and said, “Boss, you’re here?”
Fu Xiuning nodded slightly and heard the conversation between him and the system.
“You’re right. Instead of me acting, I’d rather let Xingshi act,” Yu Shu said. “Fu Xiuning will definitely not watch my MV. But it’s different if it’s Xingshi. This is his first performance, so Fu Xiuning will probably watch it.”
The system said: “Yes.”
Yu Shu said: “Is Fu Xiuning too nice to him? He even came here in person to shoot a music video. Doesn’t he really like him?”
The system said: “I don’t know.”
Yu Shu didn’t ask any more questions because Fu Xiuning asked about the progress.
He explained: “Xingshi has never had a crush on anyone. The director is adjusting his state.”
Fu Xiuning looked towards Xingshi.
The weather in July was very hot, and even though it was cloudy today, it was still hot and humid. Xingshi stood in the corridor, performing as the director requested with his eyes shining.
The director said, “With your looks, when your eyes light up, you have to make people feel very sweet at first sight, understand?”
Xingshi was sweating and speaking seriously: “I think I’m already very sweet.”
The director said: “It’s not enough, you can be even sweeter, listen to me!”
Xingshi knew that some directors were very strict, but he thought they were only for movies or TV series. He didn’t expect to run into one during a music video shoot, so he said, “I’ll give it a try.”
Fu Xiuning watched for a few minutes, then took out his cell phone and called his assistant.
The latter was buying cold drinks for the crew members as requested by his boss. After receiving the order, he agreed and did it quickly.
A moment later, he came to Z University with gifts of comfort and handed them to the boss.
Fu Xiuning took it and went to the front.
Xingshi was starting a new round of filming. He looked up and saw Fu Xiuning.
The other person raised his hand towards him, with a large cup of vanilla ice cream on it, and his eyes lit up instantly.
The director shouted, “Yes, yes, that’s the look!”
He was very excited: “I told you that you could be even sweeter, this is so great, what did you see…”
As he spoke, he turned around and looked at the thing in Fu Xiuning’s hand, and remained silent.
So all his earnest words were not as effective as a cup of ice cream?
