CH 116

"Do we want some wine?" Huo Cheng asked.

"They seem to have blueberry wine here, too." Hu Ying says.

"Then let's have a pot." Duan Yihua said.

Wine is a good thing, it's good for the guts, it's good for the soul.

Huo Cheng went out and asked for a jug of blueberry wine and the waiter came over to serve them another set of glasses.

" Does Pei Xu want a drink?" Huo Cheng asks.

"Isn't he injured, don't drink it." Di Xingchen said.

"It's a little bruise on my hand, it doesn't matter much, I guess." Hu Ying said.

"I'll drink a little." Pei Xu says.

"He's not a bad drinker?" Yan Zhi said, "Don't drink too much, Xingchen will have to take care of him."

Yan Zhi said this, but it reminded Huo Cheng and Hu Ying of them. Huo Cheng took Pei Xu's glass over, "Then you should stop drinking ......."

"Then let's drink, and try to finish the pot." Huo Cheng said.

No one was in a very good mood, so let's consider it a drink to take the edge off.

Huo Cheng, Hu Ying, Duan Yihua, Yan Zhi They all drank a lot, Wen Nuo ended up red in the face, Di Xingchen also drank a lot, he felt less embarrassed when he drank more.

As soon as the body warmed up, the mind started to dull. It's dizzy and very comfortable.

"Brother Duan can drink a lot today." Hu Ying looks over at Duan Yihua.

Duan Yihua's face is full of wine, his eyebrows have become soft, but he looks like a mature and evil man, he cupped his glass against his forehead and said, "It's cold, drink it to warm your heart."

As he said this, he suddenly straightened up and looked at Di Xingchen.

Di Xingchen's heart tightened when he saw Duan Yihua holding out his glass, saying, "Xingchen, let's have a toast."

Wen Nuo pursed his lips and stole a glance across the room at Yan Zhi and Pei Xu.

Everyone looked a little nervous, but Di Xingchen smiled and lifted his glass and clinked it with Duan Yihua.

Duan Yihua tilts his head and drains his glass.

Di Xingchen was scared to death that the scene at the bar would repeat itself.

He also drank the glass of wine in one go. The blueberry wine in this house seemed to be of a higher strength than the one he had drunk before, and his whole stomach warmed up.

Duan Yihua didn't drink too much this time, he was even redder and when he had finished he leaned back in his chair and didn't say another word.

Wen Nuo steals a sigh of relief and pours Duan Yihua a cup of hot tea.

Yan Zhi took the teapot from him and gave Di Xingchen some too. Di Xingchen held the cup in his hand and whispered, "Thank you."

"You should drink more water." Yan Zhi said softly.

"There's still a bit left." Huo Cheng shakes the jug and asks, "Do any of you want more?"

Di Xingchen then held out his hand.

Everyone froze for a moment and then saw Di Xingchen picking up the jug.

"You should drink less too." Pei Xu said, "You're all red in the face."

"I'll split it with you, I reckon there's still two taels of wine left." Huo Cheng said.

Di Xingchen said, "I'm a good drinker, let's see how much I can get drunk. All that's in this jug is mine."

He poured it for himself and then put the jug next to his glass. Hu Ying grabbed the jug at this point, filled it up for himself and gave Wen Nuo a little more, saying, "Don't underestimate Wen Nuo, he's hiding all his wine."

Wen Nuo says: "I'm a bit dizzy now."

On hearing this, Duan Yihua poured Wen Nuo's wine into his own glass.

Duan Yihua was unusual today, he's always been a calm and quiet type, he still didn't say much today but that energy bubbled up, now full of wine, still silent but much more aggressive, with a ghostly presence.

Duan Yihua's approach was clear: he now had to at least jump out and get Di Xingchen to notice him.

At least let Di Xingchen know he likes him first, not to mention the pursuit.

Let others know too.

Wen Nuo is actually a bit giddy today, and at this point Duan Yihua, as well as he, and those of them who have never had much of a chance, are getting a bit anxious.

When the food was almost ready, Huo Cheng got up and went outside to have a cigarette, and when he was about to finish, he saw Duan Yihua come out of the room to go to the toilet.

Hu Ying saw him smoking at the window, so he went over and asked for one. Huo Cheng lit it for him, and Hu Ying smoked it with great skill, taking a long puff and then leaning against the wall, beautiful, charming, reckless and sultry.

"Do you think Yan Zhi and Pei Xu are in the running now?" he asks Huo Cheng. He asks Huo Cheng.

Hu Ying smiled when Huo Cheng looked at him with a cigarette in his mouth.

Huo Cheng's heart sank a little and he slumped towards the window without speaking.

Hu Ying didn't say another word either, he was really struck by the bark paintings and portraits today.

Duan Yihua slumped over at the sink for a while, looking a little serious.

Wen Nuo, Di Xingchen, Pei Xu and Yan Zhi were the only four people left in the room. Feeling a little awkward at the table, Wen Nuo volunteered, "I wonder if Brother Lin is back now."

"Brother Huo called the programme team at five o'clock and they said he was still at the museum, so he was probably just returning at this time." Yan Zhi said.

"He's really just a one-man date today." Wen Nuo said.

Wen Nuo mentioned Lin Qingning, originally for the sake of a conversation.

Unexpectedly Yan Zhi took the initiative and said, "He's probably quite happy to be on his own now, and he might not be happier if he was here today too."

Wen Nuo took one look at Pei Xu.

He understood Yan Zhi's implication.

Pei Xu gets it too. His biggest disadvantage compared to the other guests is probably the fact that Lin Qingning likes him, because it makes the relationship between him, Lin Qingning and Di Xingchen a little more delicate.

He was grateful to Lin Qingning for being so atmospheric and not putting the three of them in an even more awkward position.

But a date for one is exactly what Lin Qingning wants.

He had a very good day.

He spent a full three hours in the museum and came out to wander the heritage park, the easiest day he'd had since recording the Love Variety.

He actually came to the North City Museum four or five years ago, and it has changed so much over the years that he took a lot of video and photos today, which will give him a lot more interesting material to use when he goes back to give his talk.

He thought he was the latest to go back because the museum he chose, was one of the most remote.

As a result, when he returned he found that everyone had not yet returned.

"Is everyone playing this long?"

"We just called and asked and they're still eating now."

"Everyone but me?" Lin Qingning was surprised.

"Yes, all seven of them are in one piece now."

Lin Qingning went to the programme team to enquire about the groupings for today. Lin Qingning laughed as he listened, " Di Xingchen must be very tired today?"

He took pity on him.

As none of the seven of them were back yet and he couldn't build a fire, he sat down at the programme and watched the third episode of tonight's show with the crew.

Lin Qingning looked red in the face.

By the third episode, he was already sure of his feelings for Pei Xu, and the team was so good at editing that some of the shots where he was not looking at Pei Xu were edited to make it look like he was looking at Pei Xu too.

"I finally know why CP fans are tearing it up so much, you guys are adding more fuel to the fire." He spat.

The staff laughed and said, "We're just highlighting our respective relationship lines as well."

But he wasn't the most awkward person in this issue, and there wasn't much drama.

He felt that looking back on the issue, the most embarrassing person was probably Hu Ying.

Because Hu Ying, in the third issue, is still so enthusiastic about Yan Zhi.

The scene where he and Di Xingchen have a heart-to-heart talk, obviously behind the camera's back, was broadcast on the radio with subtitles, which made him clap his hands and laugh.

Hu Ying should regret it to death.

Being in the middle of it was a completely different experience from sitting in front of the TV watching the main film, and there were many little details that he completely missed at the time.

For example, Pei Xu was already clearly fond of Di Xingchen at that time, and when we were talking together, his eyes would always glance at Di Xingchen every now and then. When Di Xingchen said one word, Pei Xu's cold face suddenly became milder and a smile appeared at the corner of his lips.

The camera zoomed in infinitely on his micro-expressions, and as the least expressive of the eight guests, he had the most micro-expressions zoomed in on him. That face was particularly textured on camera, handsome and manly, and sitting next to Yan Zhi, who is known for his beauty, was no less impressive.

Lin Qingning pursed his lips, thinking that Pei Xu, who had always been aloof and withdrawn, looked really touching in this way.

Everyone is great, but Pei Xu is the only one who has a clear contrast with the other guests. This contrast is very appealing to the CP fans and has the property of being a real face-puncher, because it is "all because of Di Xingchen".

There is no such change in several of them.

I wonder if this contrast appeals to Di Xingchen.

"They're back." A staff member came in and said.

Lin Qingning immediately got up and came out of the inn, and as soon as he did so he was greeted by a cold wind that brought him back to reality. He tilted his head and breathed out, noticing how bright the stars were in the sky.

Before he could get to Room 1, he saw a car driving towards him. He smiled and moved to the side of the road, and the car at the front stopped right in front of him.

Hu Ying opened the car window and called, "Brother Lin."

Lin Qingning smiled and said, "You're all back."

"Do you want to come up?" Di Xingchen asked from the side.

"It's just a few steps, I'll walk there, you guys go first."

One by one, the cars drove past him and by the time he reached Room 1, Di Xingchen and the others were already out of the car.

It was so cold outside that all eight of them rushed into room one. Hu Ying asked Lin Qingning: "When did you come back?"

"I've been back for an hour or two, I think." Lin Qingning said, "How did you all enjoy yourselves today?"

He laughed first after he asked himself.

"We all went to different places at first, and then we got together to see the festival and then had dinner together." Wen Nuo said.

"A music festival?"

"There's a music festival in the sculpture park today." Hu Ying said.

Lin Qingning nods and turns his head to Di Xingchen. Di Xingchen is already boiling hot water.

"How did you have a good time at the museum today?" Huo Cheng asked. "It was fun, I spent a lot of time in there." Lin Qingning said, "Did you have a drink?"

All of them still have some alcohol on their faces. Duan Yihua, in particular, is in a different state than usual.

When the water is ready, Di Xingchen pours a glass for Duan Yihua. Duan Yihua is lying on the table, as if he is already falling asleep.

" Brother Duan, are you sleepy?" Wen Nuo said, "If you're sleepy, go to bed early, it's getting late."

Duan Yihua looked up and said, "Is tomorrow still a date day?"

"Yes." Hu Ying said.

They didn't stay in Room 1 for long before going back to their respective rooms to rest. It was almost ten o'clock and the weather was unusually cold when Pei Xu and his group of six came out of Room 1 and Pei Xu said to Di Xingchen, "You go back first, I'll go to see Dr. Zhang."

Yan Zhi looked at Pei Xu for a moment and asked, "Does it still hurt?"

Pei Xu said "hmmm" and went straight to where the programme team lived. Di Xingchen said, "I'll go with him then."

He said and went after them at a fast pace.

Yan Zhi and Wen Nuo stood at the junction for a while and saw that Di Xingchen had caught up with Pei Xu.

"Didn't he shoot the film?" Hu Ying asked.

Huo Cheng said they had double-checked and the doctor said it was fine.

I don't know if Pei Xu is really in pain or faking it, it's hard to tell.

Then think of the bark painting he gave me of a flower ......

"Tomorrow is still a date day." Hu Ying said. Hu Ying said, "These next two last days are all date days."

Pei Xu's good days will not be long in coming.

Di Xingchen accompanied Pei Xu to the crew's place, and when he entered, he saw Guo Bing and his group huddled together, looking at the footage they had filmed today and wondering what they had seen.

"Director." Di Xingchen called.

Guo Bing They looked back, both with aunty smiles on their faces.

"What brings you over here?" Guo Bing asked with a smile.

He was just in a shot of the two of them skating, so sweet!

"He's hurt his hand, let Dr. Zhang give him another look." Di Xingchen said.

They asked the team doctor to take another look at Pei Xu's hand.

Pei Xu's hands ache when he holds them and curls them.

"Rest for a day and see how it goes tomorrow, if it's worse tomorrow then it's best to go to a big hospital for a check up." Dr. Zhang said.

"You should move your hands less and try to rest more." Guo Bing instructed.

He was nervous that an injury to Pei Xu would affect the rest of the recording.

It would be completely out of the running if you pulled out at such a crucial time to have surgery or something like that.

After leaving the show, Di Xingchen walked with Pei Xu towards the hotel.

Room 4 is the furthest away and now it is late at night, Di Xingchen has only taken two steps before Pei Xu puts his hat back on.

It's the same with hats, but there's a subtle difference between now and before. The first time Pei Xu put a hat on Di Xingchen, he had to pretend he wasn't paying attention and basically didn't hover over Di Xingchen for too long to avoid embarrassment, appearing natural but actually being apprehensive. Now he is completely natural from the inside out.

Di Xingchen is also used to it.

"Look how beautiful the stars are." Pei Xu said suddenly.

Exhale a cloud of white vapour.

Di Xingchen looks up at the night sky, where the stars are twinkling, the moonlight is cold and bright, the houses on both sides of the road are lit up with decorative lights, but no one is visible, there is a very silent beauty.

A north wind blew, he turned slightly sideways, and Pei Xu reached out and said, "I'll carry it for you."

Di Xingchen was embarrassed to be carrying a date gift from Yan Zhi.

"No need."

Pei Xu said, "I'm wearing gloves. My other hand is fine."

Di Xingchen awkwardly handed him the bag, and Pei Xu opened it to take a look at it and said, "These flowers are so forbidden to freeze, how come they haven't frozen yet."

Pei Xu said and gave him a smiling look.

The two of them walk together towards the hotel, Pei Xu glancing at the bag from time to time. When they arrive at the hotel, Di Xingchen goes to the toilet and he takes out the portrait and examines it.

Yan Zhi's paintings are really good.

It's the good that makes him so jealous.

Di Xingchen came out of the bathroom, blushing, and took the portrait over, then opened his suitcase and put it in.

Pei Xu asks, "Where did you put the rose painting I gave you?"

Di Xingchen said, "It's in the other box."

Just don't put them together.

Pei Xu said, "You'll probably get a lot of gifts this time when you go back."

Pei Xu went in to wash up and Di Xingchen turned back and said, "Be careful with your hands."

Pei Xu answered from inside and said, "I want to wash my hair."

"Hmm?" Di Xingchen stood up. Pei Xu opened the door and said, "I want to wash my hair."

The two men look at each other and Di Xingchen glances at the camera.

"I don't bathe, I wash my hair. Might have to bother Mr. Zhai."

Di Xingchen was pulled straight back to the rink by his "Mr. Zhai" and remembered the words Pei Xu had said at the rink that only the two of them knew.

He pursed his lips and looked at Pei Xu for a moment, who then laughed and said, "Look how scared you are, I'm just teasing you. I can do it myself."

Pei Xu closed the door and went to wash up. Di Xingchen stood at the door for a while, thinking that Pei Xu was injured because he was protecting himself, and that Dr. Zhang had told him to stay still as much as possible, and that it seemed a bit unkind to leave Pei Xu alone to wash his hair.

Pei Xu had just gotten his hair wet and when he saw him enter, he straightened up, and the water hit him directly on the back of his neck, and Di Xingchen held him by the neck and pushed him under the tap again, "Don't move."

Pei Xu felt electricity rush through his body as he pressed his neck, but Di Xingchen's fingers were long and strong: "Don't move."

Di Xingchen held Pei Xu down with one hand and squeezed shampoo into his hair with the other, giving Pei Xu a few scratches. Pei Xu couldn't take it anymore, and both hands were braced against the washbasin, and the veins on the back of his hands were showing. Di Xingchen felt that when he scratched his hair, Pei Xu would move a little, and was so embarrassed and ashamed that he said, "What are you doing?

"Itchy."

"...... Did you itch when the barber washed your hair before?"

Pei Xu grabbed him by the wrist and straightened up, his head all white and foamy, his cheeks red and dripping with water, with an extremely raw and colourful air: "You can grab the same as they grab."

A big hand grabbed him and his whole sky went crispy. It wasn't a question of whether it was pleasurable or not, it was just unbearable.

The white foam from Di Xingchen's hands fell down onto Pei Xu's shorts and T-shirt, a large one. Pei Xu didn't let go of his grip and suddenly put his face up, but his eyes kept looking at him as if to see what he was going to do if he didn't object.

Di Xingchen then put the foam from his hands on his face.

Pei Xu then let go of him and Di Xingchen took the opportunity to leave the bathroom, "Then you can wash yourself."

He felt that if he didn't get out, Pei Xu's shorts were going to fall open.

Di Xingchen picks up the clothes on the sofa and covers the room with the camera. The man walked over to the window and looked out into the vast darkness, his hands still wet, curled up a little and stretched out again.

Pei Xu is propped up on the washbasin with both hands, his hands are so bruised that it hurts to use the slightest amount of force, but he loves the pain at the moment, it makes him sober. His forehead and nose are covered in foam, foam that Di Xingchen has wiped onto his face. His face is red, his eyes look particularly fierce as he looks into the mirror because of his raised eyebrows, his whole aura has changed, no longer silent and cold, but with a raw sharpness, the foam from his nose falls to his mouth and he eats it all.

He wiped his neck and stuck his head in the tap a little.