CH 50

Chapter 50

Lu Bai was in the dressing room when he received a call from Lu Zhi.

“Xiao Bai ah, you’ve made it big.” Lu Zhi on the other side of the phone sounded a bit like he was holding back a smile, “Director Zhou has already called and told us about it. All of your relatives are waiting to go into the movie theater to support you, especially your grandfather.”

Lu Bai: “…” Pausing, he remembered something, his brows furrowing a bit as he said, “Second uncle! I was going to ask you and Dad. Xiao Yang’s mom-” He wanted to ask uncle to pay closer attention to her but was interrupted by Lu Zhi.

“Xiao Bai,” Lu Zhi’s voice had a false sense of gentleness, but in fact, the corners of his mouth did hold a rare smile: “This isn’t something you need to worry about, believe in your father.” Everyone in their family will not let Lu Bai get involved in this matter.

Lu Bai, however, frowned slightly. He unconsciously clenched his fingers, thinking of the note found in that notebook yesterday, “Second uncle, this time you must pay attention to Xiao Yang’s mom. I can’t say the reason, but second uncle, please.”

Hearing the seriousness and uncomfortable anxiety in Lu Bai’s tone, Lu Zhi was dazed. He slowly nodded and replied, “Don’t worry, I’ll pay attention to her.” After a pause, he added, “Take good care of yourself over there.”

Lu Bai listened to Lu Zhi’s promise and finally relaxed slightly, and his heart surged with warmth, he said, “Okay.”

After hanging up the phone, Mr. Lu narrowed his eyes in thought, and after a long time, he remarked, “Tonight, I’ll go back to my family’s estate.”

Mr. Secretary nodded respectfully, and then he changed the itinerary for Lu Zhi, after that, he asked, “Boss, is Ms. Xiao now…” He was actually just curious about what Lu Zhi’s big brother, who was no less ruthless than the old man Lu back in the day, actually was like.

Lu Zhi raised an eyebrow as he looked at Mr. Secretary, “That woman said that my nephew is mentally ill.” He paused to tap the desk, lightly saying, “So, my big brother just threw her into a psychiatric hospital.” His big brother has rarely used such ruthless tactics since his nephew was born. Lu Zhi laughed lightly and continued, “Primarily, it’s because she was threatening my big brother’s beloved son. My big brother is prone to being overly protective when it comes to his family, and he has always been worried that one day, after he’s gone, Xiao Bai will be bullied by other people. That woman had simply stomped on my big brother’s nerves in a very accurate and ruthless move. “

After a long moment of silence, Mr. Secretary sniffed and asked, “Boss, if one day Mr. Lu uses these tactics on me-” After all, what Mr. Lu cares most about is his family. His family’s Boss is also an important member of the other party’s family.

Lu Zhi grinned coldly after hearing this, “Heh, then it’s also because you deserved it.”

With a raised eyebrow, Mr. Secretary teased, “You’re right. Well then, before Mr. Lu targets me, I’ll cherish every minute, every second, of my time with you. Especially, the hours in bed.” Those eyes he used to look at Lu Zhi were so deep that they were fearsome.

Lu Zhi’s eyebrows jumped, “Damn it, get lost.”

~~~~~

The scene to be filmed in the snowy mountains in the fall is actually the middle of the plot for the movie “Glass”, and is also the turning point when Huo Qi’s feelings for Ruan Jiangjiu begin to change.

After obtaining Ruan Jiangjiu, Huo Qi, a playboy who enjoys playing around, felt that although the youth’s face was good-looking, his character was really uninteresting, so he grew a little tired of him. However, he was not willing to let go of the person he finally got his hands on, and so he became keen on tormenting the youth.

One day in the middle of the night, he wanted the young man to come over as his toy and show him off to the other young masters attending the drinking party. In addition to Huo Qi’s friends, there were also Ruan Jiangju’s high school classmates as well. Huo Qi was thinking about how embarrassed and humiliated the youth would appear when he came to his arranged scheme, but instead, he received the news that the youth had gotten into a car accident.

In response to this news, Huo Qi just raised his eyebrows, barked out a light laugh, and remarked to his friends at the table, “Don’t worry, with the advanced techniques of modern medicine, he won’t die. Let’s continue to play.”

Ruan Jiangjiu had indeed not died, but his eyes were temporarily blinded, and one of his legs was now broken. His career, which had not been easy to recover, had hit rock bottom again. Huo Qi abandoned him alone in the hospital. He suddenly felt weary and helpless in his dark days, but he didn’t want his mother to worry about him, so he decided to buy a ticket to Yunzhou and wandered aimlessly around the snow-covered mountains in the fall here.

Ruan Jiangjiu’s eyes were still blind, but his mood became calm and steady as he smelled the sweet air of the snow-covered mountain meadows.

Still, he had never thought that Huo Qi, having learned of his departure, would follow him here on a whim.

“You don’t love him yet, understand?” Director Zhou tapped Lu Bai’s head and said, “You’re just following him because you have nothing to do for fun. Right now, you’re hiding your identity to tease him wanting to amuse yourself with a blind man, but in the process of spending time with him here, you fall in love with him without even realizing it yourself.”

Lu Bai huffed at his words as he looked at Director Zhou and asked, “Do I really look the same as such a bad person in your eyes?” Muttering to himself, he added, “I would never be able to abandon my family’s Xiao Qu like that.”

Director Zhou looks at the young man’s naturally noble and innocent look mixed with a bit of flirtatiousness due to the makeup and change of clothes, and nods, “Particularly similar.” Huo Qi is the kind of character who has the most unworldly face but does the most worldly and indulgent things. He paused and went over to pat Lu Bai on the shoulder, whispering to Lu Bai, “Aren’t you curious about what your Xiao Qu looks like when he enters the scene? If you want to see it, do a good job of acting.”

Sure enough, Lu Bai’s eyes lit up and he nodded, “I’ll definitely shoot well.”

“Begin!”

Director Zhou and Qu Xueyu had shown Lu Bai where to walk in advance, so Lu Bai dressed in a messy outfit, walked through the grass casually with his hands in his pants pockets. He had a carefree curiosity on his face, it was only because he was bored that he became curious as to what his casually raised bird was planning to do, and thus he had come here.

In the distance were dazzlingly white snow-covered mountains, but near the meadow, there was a river meandering into the distance, and the slender youth was currently sitting in a wheelchair, which was parked alongside the bank of the river.

Huo Qi lifted an eyebrow, and some faint disappointment crossed his face. Oh, suicide, He’d seen a similar scene too many times from others, and it would be tedious having this young man do it again.

However, after waiting for a long time, the youth still did not take action, and Huo Qi’s curiosity was so strong that he finally walked up to see what was going on. Arriving behind the youth, Huo Qi blinked in surprise: he had guessed wrong, this youth did not plan to commit suicide, but rather – was releasing some, goldfish?

The youth’s distinctive hand gropes its way into the transparent bag, gently catching hold of a goldfish and lowering it into the freezing water of the stream.

Huo Qi stood behind the youth for a long time watching, his eyes finally revealing some interest. Deliberately disguising his voice, he finally chimed in, “These domesticated goldfish won’t be able to survive if you put them into such cold water. But even if they can, without any natural predators, they’ll just turn into a nuisance.”

Ruan Jiangjiu had long sensed that there was someone beside him, he didn’t recognize Huo Qi’s voice and only thought that the other party was a bored tourist. He blandly replied, “Oh, is that so? If there is no hope to survive, they deserve to die.” The youth said and turned around, following the voice to try and meet Huo Qi’s gaze with his dull and lifeless gaze, “Since they will not survive by themselves already, what you said about them becoming a nuisance becomes a paradox.” The voice was placid to the point of numbness.

Huo Qi frowned slightly, he didn’t like the youth’s impassive appearance. That was boring, so he naturally stepped forward-pushing the youth’s wheelchair a few steps forward, and drove the youth into the cold, bone-chilling creek with a push.

“Tsk, sorry, my hand slipped.” Huo Qi teased.

In fact, the river was currently only as deep as his knees, Ruan Jiangjiu sat awkwardly in the river, gently coughing a few times. His cheeks flushed crimson as Huo Qi watched: this young man was like that, easily affected by alcohol and emotions. That’s what makes him look so attractive and interesting, he thought.

Ruan Jiangjiu was drenched, and still sitting in the river but didn’t seem to be angry, following the sound of his voice he looked towards Huo Qi and quietly exclaimed, “I seem to have caught a crab.”

Huo Qi cocked an eyebrow, then squatted down by the river and stretched out his hand towards the youth, “Oh? Show me.”

Ruan Jiangjiu took the opportunity to grab the other’s wrist and yanked him into the river – with a splash, Huo Qi unexpectedly ended up in the river as well. Thoroughly drenched even his black hair was sticking to his forehead in thick, uneven waves, making him uncomfortable, and for the first time, his eyes widened in surprise as he looked towards the youth, but there was no anger on his face. Only an expression of innocent surprise and momentary loss.

“Sorry,” Ruan Jiangjiu let go of the other man’s wrist and said without a trace of guilt: “My hand slipped.”

Huo Qi squinted at the youth: in the past, he was always full of shame and resentment when he faced him. When he had no choice but to give in to him, it was with stoic numbness, but his current appearance was rather new and lively – Huo Qi mused to himself that he found it rather interesting to look at.

The soaking-wet dandy looked at the blind youth with a delighted smile that made people almost chilled to the bone, and said profoundly, “Very good. This is very good.”

Ruan Jiangjiu, however, because he couldn’t see the other party and didn’t recognize the other person’s voice, raised an eyebrow and remarked, “To be pranked like this and to say it’s very good, are you sick in the head?” After a pause, he added, “But you pushed me first, so I’m not going to apologize.”

“You’re absolutely right.” Huo Qi stepped up onto the bank, pulling the youth’s wrist to bring him up, as he looked at the youth’s gorgeous and wet face, he said meaningfully, “You couldn’t be more right.”

~~~~~

“Cut!”

When Director Zhou shouted to stop, Qu Xueyu’s assistant rushed forward with clothes and towels. The tips of Qu Xueyu’s hair were dripping with water, and his clothes were plastered all over his body, but he was helping Lu Bai to dry his hair with some heartache: “Are you cold?”

Lu Bai had already donned a thick cotton jacket, but because of the wet clothes he still felt uncomfortable, his nose twitched, and he said, “Cold.” After a pause he added, “But if you kiss me, I probably won’t be cold.” His eyes were bright when he said this, like being bathed in warmth by his clear and distinct eyes, Qu Xueyu’s heart was fluffed into a mess. He laughed softly and stuffed a mug of hot ginger tea into the other’s hands, and was unable to resist the urge to kiss the tip of the other’s nose, which was a little reddened, and wrapped Lu Bai’s jacket tighter around his shoulders.

Bo Yangzhi huffed at the sight, still resigning himself to help conceal the situation for him.

“Very good.” Director Zhou gave Lu Bai a rare pat on his shoulder with a big smile, “I didn’t expect the effect to be this good either.”

Qu Xueyu raised an eyebrow, “We just got drenched with cold water.”

Director Zhou was startled and exclaimed, “Damn, it’s my fault. Xiao Lu, quickly go rest, and change your clothes! Be careful of catching a cold.”

Only then was Qu Xueyu satisfied and swept the other man towards their tent.

~~

The light in the tent remained a warm yellow, and the sound of the hair dryer resonated, Qu Xueyu’s fingers were touching the teenager’s dripping wet black hair as he diligently helped him dry the other’s hair.

“Tsk,” Lu Bai, wearing a fresh change of clothes, and covered in a warm blanket while cradling the mug of hot ginger tea in his hands, exclaimed, “Too bad, too bad, how could you suggest that I treat you that way?”

Qu Xueyu’s hand fluttered, and he raised an eyebrow, “So?”

Lu Bai hugged the youth’s waist and looked up at him. While he seemed to be stifling his laughter, with his eyes sparkling in the warm light, he pretended to be serious and stated, “So, to atone for my sins, please, ravage me to your heart’s content. I’ll allow you to do anything you want to me-” finally unable to hold back his laughter at the end of the sentence, he broke out into a fit of giggles.

Qu Xueyu finally finished drying the last curl of the teenager’s black hair. Setting the hair dryer aside, he returned the embrace and hugged the teenager back, but his hand entered the teenager’s shirt and roamed around the teenager’s back, and when his hand strayed to the slight dip of his lower back, he gently pressed it, “Hmmm?”

“Unh…” Lu Bai buried his face in the youth’s embrace, his face was a little red, and his voice was a little muffled, “Although I was joking, but if you want to, then you can…”

Having said this he looked up at the other party again, a river of lights flowing in his eyes as he said, “Xiao Qu, I seem to have made a mistake in my acting.”

Qu Xueyu: “Hm?”

Lu Bai then explained, “Director Zhou told me that Huo Qi was only intrigued by Ruan Jiangjiu at that point in time, and didn’t love him yet. But, when you took my wrist, I couldn’t help but love you.” Saying this, he leaked out some bitterness onto his face, “I must have made it very obvious at that time.”

Qu Xueyu was looking closely at the teenager who was talking, his pupils were so incredibly dense that there seemed to be a blazing fire in the dark depths.

Edit: Krone