CH 27

Twin Fish [Translator]10-12 minutes

Xu Jingzhe later realized that there might have been a bit of a misunderstanding.

Zhang Man spoke with Yang Jierui to discuss moving the engagement forward. Yang Jierui must have assumed that Xu Jingzhe had already discussed it with Liang Yu, so, when discussing the engagement with Liang Yu, he didn’t mention anything about Xu Jingzhe or his team. Liang Yu then misunderstood Xu Jingzhe to be entirely unaware of the entire thing, so he took it upon himself to throw this birthday and engagement party as a surprise. eNopvX

Setting all other things aside, the egg-sized ring on Xu Jingzhe’s hand must have cost Liang Yu a fortune. It felt rather heavy on his hand.

Liang Yu hadn’t really said anything. He made a lot of money from his movie. He definitely had the means to buy whatever he wanted. Since they were going to get engaged sooner or later, it didn’t really matter who bought the ring first. Plus, Liang Yu had placed the engagement ring on Xu Jingzhe, thereby establishing his status as the “husband” in this relationship. Other stuff might not matter, but his position in this relationship was of utmost importance.

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Other than when filming, Liang Yu required Xu Jingzhe to wear that pigeon egg at all times.

Xu Jingzhe found this a little difficult. “It’s too big. It makes it inconvenient to do a lot of things. I get worried about scratching my own face with the ring.” JmTYt

Liang Yu: “What do you need to do? What do you have Zhu Xiaoxiao for?”

Zhu Xiaoxiao, who had inexplicably been cued, felt that she’d been wronged. She felt that it wasn’t a question of whether she helped or not. Just by wearing that ring, Xu Jingzhe’s hand was practically sealed away!

On the day of his birthday, the photos and videos of the engagement didn’t even need to be posted by the film crew at all as they had already spread like wildfire to every major online platform. As two of the most well-known and prolific actors in the industry, their fans not only made a bunch of photoshop edits and GIFs, but they also posted a ton of video edits and mini essays under their super topic.

Their fan bases’ editing capabilities were best of the best. They were pumping out content at light speed. They even started competing with each other to see who could create content faster. Weibo’s trending list completely collapsed that night. Xu Jingzhe’s birthday was on the night between the 5th and the 6th. The programmers didn’t have the chance to work overtime. The crash continued into the next day.

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As soon as Weibo crashed, Zhu Xiaoxiao headed straight for the forums. There wasn’t anything new to see in the Official YuJing Shipping Hub. They were all screaming in joy as usual. Since their idols had announced their engagement, it was practically impossible to quell their excitement. Threads were popping up at sky-high speeds. Zhu Xiaoxiao remained relatively calm in the face of all of this. After exiting this forum, she then paid a visit to Ptoo! We’re Not Buying! This gathering ground for haters had a bit of a desolate feeling to it. They weren’t particularly unified in their opinions either. There wasn’t even a sense of camaraderie in their collective loss. Nevertheless, there were still people bringing out photos and videos, and there were a few sporadic replies.

“I can’t believe this video hasn’t been censored yet. It looks like foreplay in a porno movie. He really deserves his title as movie emperor.”

“I guess I can only say that Liang Yu is dedicated to his job. He can even stick his tongue into someone as fake as Rem.”

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“Ktja xlrr kjr rb bynlberis ojxf! Ktfs kfgf jmalcu! Zs fsfr kfca yilcv abb rbbc! Pa’r vfolclafis gfji atlr alwf! Pa’r bnfg! P’nf yfmbwf vlgas! Rbk ws fsfr tjnf vfolclafis ubcf yilcv!”

“Ugh, can you shippers stop coming into our forum to shove your fake lovers turned real lovers agenda down our throats?! We’re not buying it! Ptoo!!”

Zhu Xiaoxiao’s eyes paused on the words “fake lovers turned real lovers”, and enlightenment soon dawned on her. She couldn’t help but feel that these antis were even better at shipping than the shippers themselves! How come she didn’t think of this?!

One of the great things about being on set was that very few things were really able to bother the actors themselves, even if things were storming in the outside world. 5cdwYh

After the proposal, everyone tacitly agreed to give this pair of “fiancés” their space. Xu Jingzhe wore that pigeon egg on his hand and held a bunch of gifts in his arms. It was obvious that he had yet to come down from the shock of that “sudden occurrence” just now. He came back to his senses once Liang Yu asked him if he wanted to call Zhang Man.

“I have to push down some of the trending searches.” Liang Yu was sending a message to Yang Jierui. He spoke in a business-like tone. “It’d be too annoying otherwise.”

Xu Jingzhe thought that this made sense. He put his presents away and then took another look at the massive gemstone on his hand. In the end, he couldn’t hold back and asked, “How much was the ring?” Liang Yu didn’t look up and said, “It wasn’t that expensive. I bought it early.” Upon saying this, Liang Yu looked up at Xu Jingzhe and asked, “What are you so worried about? Are you afraid I’m going to make you pay it back?”

“…” Xu Jingzhe was starting to find that Liang Yu’s only flaw was that damn mouth of his. lHKLc1

Liang Yu waved him over and said, “Come here.”

Xu Jingzhe hesitated for a moment, but he still ended up walking over to him. Once he was closer, Liang Yu took his hand. He looked at his ring with a satisfied expression on his face and asked Xu Jingzhe, “Is it pretty?”

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Xu Jingzhe had no choice but to say, “It’s too big. Gemstones like this aren’t really suitable for men.”

“How is it unsuitable?” Liang Yu was a little annoyed. He reached out a hand and touched the diamond inlaid upon the ring. “It’s big, it’s bright, and it looks super expensive.” BRCjFG

Xu Jingzhe: “…”

Liang Yu: “We’re going to get engaged anyway, so it doesn’t matter when we do it. Xu Jingzhe, you should learn from me and be a bit more dedicated.” He then self-importantly added, “Isn’t it better to give this relationship a name sooner rather than later?”

Xu Jingzhe was amused by this. He purposely pinched Liang Yu’s fingertips and joked, “In that case, what is our relationship now? In name only?”

Liang Yu blanked for a moment. He cryptically raised an eyebrow and said half-jokingly, “If you have any objections to our relationship being ‘in name only’, I don’t mind turning the act into something real.” rUwmFk

Xu Jingzhe clearly hadn’t expected Liang Yu to play along with his little joke, and he definitely didn’t expect Liang Yu to respond in the way that he did. For a moment, Xu Jingzhe was a little unsure as to whether the other party was serious or whether he was just trying to make him happy. He suddenly found himself becoming nervous, and a layer of sweat rose upon his back.

Liang Yu was still holding his hand, a calm expression on his face. He had always acted like this in front of Xu Jingzhe, reliable and at ease.

Xu Jingzhe took a deep breath and opened his mouth. Just as he was about to speak, a sudden boom rang out from outside. The lights in the room flickered a few times. Then, the room went dark entirely.

Xu Jingzhe: “…” oUAp3e

Liang Yu: “…”

The two of them stared at each other in the dark. After a while, Xu Jingzhe said softly, “It’s thundering.”

Liang Yu let out a hum in response.

There was another boom. The thunder seemed to continuously roll across the mountain range, accompanied by the pitter patter of falling rain. 5gBYZ1

“It’s raining,” Xu Jingzhe said again. “Spring thunder, spring rain …”

Liang Yu suddenly said, “It’s Jingzhe.”

He held Xu Jingzhe’s hand, and repeated in a low voice, “It’s Jingzhe.”

Liang Yu’s stay was only supposed to last until Xu Jingzhe’s birthday. He had a flight early in the morning. Once he made it to Beijing, he would have to take another flight overseas. It could be said that the only time he had left to rest was on the road. mNDCSw

Xu Jingzhe finally had a chance to make use of his privileges on set. He had one of the film crew’s cars send Liang Yu to the airport. Logically speaking, the paparazzi weren’t so desperate as to come all the way to a conservation area just for a photo of them after their engagement. There really wasn’t any need for the two of them to do all this.

Xiao Luo and Zhu Xiaoxiao couldn’t even tell whether the two of them were just very dedicated to their work or whether they were too far into the act. They spent a few short days together and now they loathed to part.

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Liang Yu asked Xiao Luo to send a copy of his schedule in Paris to Xu Jingzhe. He reminded him, “I will call you.”

Xu Jingzhe responded, “Okay.” He originally wanted to remind Liang Yu that he didn’t need to make so many phone calls. However, in the end, he figured that, even if he didn’t pick up, Liang Yu wasn’t going to get angry. It was just a few phone calls. If he wanted to call him, he could call. KfLeyI

Liang Yu was wearing sunglasses. He stared at Xu Jingzhe’s face behind the shades. He suddenly spread his arms open and said to Xu Jingzhe, “Come here.”

Xu Jingzhe laughed and stepped forward to hug him.

Liang Yu didn’t let go of him right away. He leaned close to Xu Jingzhe’s face and kissed Xu Jingzhe’s earlobe.

“Xu Jingzhe.” Liang Yu’s tone was very serious. He said earnestly, “Our relationship now has a name to it. You are soon to be a married man. You should use some forced perspective for the kiss scene with Luo Yaoye. Don’t go over the script with Jiang Xiao in the middle of the night. It’s not a good influence. Do you understand?” HtRWyL

Xu Jingzhe: “…”