CH 123

Di Xingchen sat in the car, alone for what seemed like the first time since he arrived in the North.

He loosened up completely and closed his eyes.

The contents of Yan Zhi's letter went through his mind, and he remembered the first time he and Yan Zhi had met, when Yan Zhi had arrived at the Red and Blue Lodge with the momentum of a million fans, capturing the hearts of a bunch of people, when he thought he was just a tool, getting high on CP like that.

Yan Zhi drove him to school, and when he came to pick him up, Yan Zhi leaned out of the car window, the sun turning his hair chestnut-coloured.

And Yan Zhi, when he returned to the Red and Blue Cottage with the flowers in his arms, he bought the stargazer, for him.

And the magic he becomes, the paintings he draws for him, and the motorbikes he drives around the coastline on.

Scene after scene came to his mind, and his heart felt like it was floating on a boundless sea.

He closed his eyes for a moment and thought about Yan Zhi, and then Huo Cheng.

Hu Ying.

Duan Yihua .

Wen Nuo .

And Pei Xu.

The person who impressed him most at North City Station was Pei Xu. The two of them have lived together for the longest time. It was Pei Xu who blew his mind the most.

While in the South City, he wondered how Pei Xu was going to join the Shura.

I had no idea it would all happen so naturally. He thought of the fireworks Pei Xu had taken him on, the distinct tremor when his ears brushed against him, the way his reddened ears, the way he crouched on the ground looking up at him.

He said on the rink, "I like you so much.

Di Xingchen purses his lips and opens his eyes, then bends slightly and lowers his head. Dark hair, pale cheeks and his beautiful, slender fingers.

The wind is getting stronger, Guo Bing is standing in front of the inn, looking at the distant sky.

Writer Liu and the others were standing behind him.

"It doesn't look like it's going to be as easy as a little snow this day."

"I think it's best if we leave today."

Guo Bing asked scriptwriter Liu, "What do you think?"

They still have a few dating options they haven't used yet.

And these are a few date options that are tailor-made for the cold weather over here.

"It's better to leave early." Writer Liu said, "If it's really going to snow hard, date travel will be affected too."

Guo Bing looked at the sky, twisted his head and said, "Then get everyone together for a meeting."

After the meeting, Guo Bing spoke to the local authorities in charge of assisting them with the shooting, and also to the people in charge of the TV station and Xinghai Network.

The wind was picking up, and Di Xingchen saw Pei Xu before the car reached the Little North Pole.

He waved at him distantly, wearing a heavy down jacket, mask and hat.

When the car stopped in front of Pei Xu, Di Xingchen got out of the car and was greeted by Pei Xu, who immediately reached out and put the hood of his down jacket on him.

Not a buckle, not a tweak, he's serious about putting a hat on Di Xingchen this time.

Not feigning inattentiveness as before.

"Why are you here?" Di Xingchen asked as he zipped up a little.

Pei Xu walks with him in the cold wind towards the hotel: "The programme team has given us a short notice that we have to leave early, there might be heavy snow tomorrow."

Di Xingchen froze for a moment and turned his head to look at Pei Xu.

When he arrived at the hotel, he saw that Pei Xu had already packed all his bags.

Di Xingchen took off his duvet and asked, "What's so sudden?"

"They actually considered evacuating early two days ago, they just didn't tell us, and the weather forecast originally said it wouldn't snow much, but it turned into a heavy to blizzard today."

Di Xingchen looked at the weather forecast on his phone and it was still only forecast to be cloudy to light snow.

But the programme team must have a more specific and realistic weather forecast for the area.

Or maybe it's just in case.

"When are you leaving?"

"We're leaving this afternoon." Pei Xu says, "Everyone is already packing their bags."

The suddenness of the situation took everyone by surprise. Di Xingchen hurriedly went to pack his bags, and Pei Xu helped him with his packing, asking, "Do you still want these shorts?"

At that, Di Xingchen glanced at the black shorts in Pei Xu's hand.

"Can you tell which is yours and which is mine?" He asked.

Pei Xu says: "I can't tell the difference, it's all the same."

Since you can't tell the difference, there is a possibility of taking the wrong one.

It is possible that he wore Pei Xu's and Pei Xu wore his.

Pei Xu said, "If you don't want to wear it again, put it in my bag."

Di Xingchen continues to pack his bags while Pei Xu packs the shorts into his bag. He looks up at Pei Xu and sees that his earlobes are red.

Di Xingchen suddenly and inexplicably thought at that moment that if it wasn't shorts, it was worn underneath, maybe they would both be distinguishable from each other.

Pei Xu's pants are definitely looser and held up.

Di Xingchen had very little luggage, and with two people working together, it took no time to pack.

Di Xingchen looked at Pei Xu's case and said, "How come you haven't seen you open this case?"

Pei Xu said, "This box is full of things I brought for you and didn't use."

Di Xingchen froze at this and looked up at Pei Xu for a moment.

"What's with it?" Di Xingchen said, "Open it and see." Pei Xu opened the case immediately at his words.

Di Xingchen crouched down to take a look, there were hats, gloves, baby warmers, down jackets and boots, either with bunny elements or star elements, in colours that were not the ones Pei Xu would wear herself.

He then looked up at Pei Xu for a moment.

Pei Xu is smiling all the time.

Di Xingchen rubbed his nose in it and snapped that case shut.

Pei Xu pulls his luggage up: "It's not completely useless."

Now that Hu Ying is the only one in room two, he's not very good at unpacking, so Wen Nuo comes over to help him. I thought I had a better chance of winning the date with two people gone," he says as he packs.

Wen Nuo chuckled next to him, "I don't think the crew wanted the sudden change in weather. Mainly Brother Duan, they all had important jobs and the crew were afraid we would be stuck here and couldn't get out."

The two of them were talking when Huo Cheng came over.

" Brother Huo ."

Huo Cheng responded, "Is everything packed?"

"Are you packed yet?"

"It's all good."

"I'm getting close here too." Hu Ying said.

"There's no need to rush, I think it's going to be a while yet on their side of the programme, so I've come to ask you guys what you're going to do for lunch."

"It's our last meal, let's go to a restaurant." Hu Ying said, "Let's have a good meal. Hu Ying said, "Let's have a good meal."

He also doesn't want to make Di Xingchen work any harder.

After packing their bags, they all went to the inn where the programme team was staying. Guo Bing, who was busy on his feet, said, "You guys can work it out yourselves, we'll leave around two o'clock."

We all loaded our luggage into the car and headed for room 4 where Pei Xu and Di Xingchen were staying, only to meet Di Xingchen halfway.

The wind was stronger, but it made people feel very happy and proud. Hu Ying said, "Come on, let's have a meal in a restaurant!"

They ate their last meal together in North City at a restaurant not far from the hotel.

It was a small restaurant, and the six of them, plus a couple of cameras, filled the whole place. They ordered all the only few dishes on the menu of the small restaurant.

"Have a drink." Huo Cheng says.

"It's a pity Yan Zhi and Qingning left so early, otherwise we could have gone back together." Hu Ying said.

Huo Cheng went to get the wine and asked, "What would you all like to drink?"

"I'm fine with that." Wen Nuo says.

"Just the blueberry bar, and you can't drink it back." Duan Yihua said.

"Right, let's hurry up and eat. After we finish eating, let's go shopping in the supermarket and buy some local specialties. It's not easy to come here, don't you want to bring some back for your relatives and friends?" Hu Ying said. Hu Ying said, "Blueberry wine is a speciality here."

"It's a bit tricky to bring wine, but you can bring a little something like a souvenir from here." Duan Yihua says.

"I've been to the county before and bought quite a few bark paintings." Di Xingchen said.

"I didn't buy anything, I didn't feel like I had time to shop." Hu Ying said.

"I didn't buy it either." Duan Yihua said.

"Bark paintings are good, they're light and easy to carry." Wen Nuo said, "Isn't there a shop here that sells bark paintings, we'll go there later and have a look?"

Huo Cheng brought over a jug of blueberry wine and filled it up for everyone.

Huo Cheng lifted his glass up, looked at the group, smiled and said, "Come on, our last meal in the North City."

Hu Ying looks at Pei Xu as everyone rises: "Is Brother Pei drinking today too?"

"It's hard for him if he doesn't squeeze you for a day." Huo Cheng laughs.

Hu Ying then took the initiative to clink glasses with Pei Xu.

"You're not feeling well, drink less." Di Xingchen said to him.

"I'll have two drinks at the most." Hu Ying says.

"Come on, you guys can talk after this drink." Huo Cheng said with a smile.

We all shared a toast, sat down and started eating.

As it was a hasty parting meal, everyone was very emotional, mainly because they regretted more, feeling that the time was too short and the schedule arranged by the programme team was too intensive, resulting in none of them having time to enjoy the beauty and food of the place.

Not to mention the theme of the Love Variety.

"When we were packing up the room just now, we found that we barely ate any of the food Xingchen and the others bought at the market last time they went." Duan Yihua says with a smile.

"I don't have time to do it, I basically eat out these days." Di Xingchen says.

"Ice City didn't make it either." Wen Nuo said.

"More than that, I didn't get a single turn on a date in North City, and I thought I'd be in play today with two less people!" Hu Ying was indignant.

"Who has it, we don't have it either." Duan Yihua said.

Wen Nuo laughs: "That is, me and Brother Duan never once from the beginning to the end."

"Doesn't the last blind audition count?" Huo Cheng asks.

Di Xingchen said, "Are you sure you want to talk about this? Can you give me a break now that we're leaving?"

Everyone just laughed.

At this moment, as we are leaving, there is no more sabre rattling and tit for tat atmosphere when we talk about this topic.

But there was sincerity mixed in with the jokes and helpless regret in the laughter.

That said, there seems to be some regret on everyone's part.

Pei Xu is probably the one who has the least regrets.

He simply made a fortune at the North City station, a complete dark horse that came out of nowhere.

Pei Xu, the worst drinker, had two glasses and his face was coloured, his pale skin all burgundy, looking seductive and honest.

"Are we going to the West Side next?" Wen Nuo asked again.

"It's already set, it's the West Side." Duan Yihua said.

"I've wanted to go to the West Side for a long time, I've been there once before and it's not as cold as here, it's fun." Huo Cheng said.

"What's in the West Side?" Wen Nuo asked.

"The West Side is mainly known for rock climbing, skydiving, hot air ballooning and grasslands, right?" Hu Ying smiled and said, "It's supposed to be more exciting than both South City and North City."

The third leg of the romance roundup is basically the climax leg! Whether it's the relationship line or the link set up!

"Come on, let's drink to our upcoming West Side Station!" Huo Cheng said.

Pei Xu went back to get everyone's clothes, handing them over one by one, and the third glass of wine made his whole face flush. But the look on his face was still cool and silent.

Di Xingchen smiles and asks, "Are you okay?"

Pei Xu puts on his down jacket and shakes his head. Huo Cheng looks back at Pei Xu, puts his arm around his shoulders and walks out the door with his arm around him.

On the way out the door Wen Nuo called out and said, "It's snowing."

It has started to snow outside, but it is light, intermittent and just very windy.

Hu Ying said, "I was really shocked by the cold when I first came here, but now I don't feel so cold. I should miss it."

The team's car is already downstairs in Room 4. Huo Cheng smokes a cigarette and asks, "Have you all packed your bags?"

"It's all packed up."

Huo Cheng walked straight towards the hotel and Duan Yihua said, "Let's all move together."

Everyone went up and helped carry the luggage, six people, in one trip.

"Think of anything else you might have left behind - mobile phones, wallets, ID cards, chargers, whatever." Hu Ying said.

Pei Xu and Di Xingchen went up to look again, Hu Ying was waiting downstairs, Hu Ying looked up and suddenly smiled and said to Huo Cheng, "So Pei Xu and Xingchen can't sleep together tonight!"

This was an unexpected pleasure!

Huo Cheng and Duan Yihua froze for a moment, and then they both burst out laughing. Huo Cheng reached out and patted Hu Ying on the head, who looked upwards with his dimples in his eyes.

Pei Xu and Di Xingchen went through the drawers and the bathroom, Pei Xu made the bed and tidied up the coffee table and desk.

Everything is pretty much as it was when they moved in.

But it's certainly not as tidy as Yan Zhi's.

The two men surveyed the room before Pei Xu went over and brought back the chairs on the windowsill.

"It shouldn't be anything." Di Xingchen looked at it and said, "Let's go."

Di Xingchen reached for the door, but Pei Xu took his arm, which was a dead end and a little dark when the lights were not on.

Di Xingchen used to read novels, and there was a phrase that said "there are a thousand words in your eyes", which he always thought was an exaggeration, but now when he looks at Pei Xu, it really looks like there are a thousand words in his eyes. Pei Xu probably didn't know what to say, but he didn't want to let go of this last moment alone, so his eyes were reluctant and he refused to leave.

The wine spreads with aromas of blueberry wine.

Di Xingchen's heart was beating so fast that his face turned red when Pei Xu suddenly bent down and came closer to see the redness on his face. At first he thought Pei Xu was going to kiss him and was shocked, but then he realised that Pei Xu was just looking at his face and he tilted his head slightly and Pei Xu went after him again. As he watched, Pei Xu laughed.

It seems that Di Xingchen's flushed face gives him extra satisfaction.

There was a sudden knock on the door outside, startling them both for a moment.

The voice of the staff member came over, " Brother Pei, Xingchen ?"

Pei Xu reached out to open the door and saw a staff member standing outside with a box.

The staff member probably didn't expect them both to be standing right behind the door and froze for a moment.

"I ...... I'll unload the cameras in the room." The staff member said.

With a nod, Pei Xu reached out and took Di Xingchen's arm, and pulled him out.

The staff member entered and looked back again, only to feel the warm aroma of wine envelop him as soon as he entered.

There were snowflakes drifting down the corridor and Pei Xu glanced towards the little North Pole, who was already so sweet at the tip of his heart before he really had love at all, that he dared not imagine the ecstasy of his dream coming true.

He blew into the wind and Di Xingchen suddenly grabbed his hat, and before he could turn around, Di Xingchen was snapping the feathery hood over his head. The hat was so deep that it covered his reddened brow.

"Let's go." Di Xingchen said.