Chu Heng frowned, thinking that Chu Bai didn’t trust him. He gripped Chu Bai’s shoulder firmly, saying, “Do you think I can’t protect you?”
Chu Bai still shook his head, whispering, “I’m just afraid of the dangers of the jianghu.”
“I trust you,” Chu Heng replied. “But I’m afraid I’ll be a burden, afraid to see you get hurt, and even more afraid that one day…”
“You would sacrifice yourself to protect me.”
Chu Bai dared not speak out his inner thoughts. He could only hold onto Chu Heng’s arm tightly, saying, “No matter where Senior Brother goes, no matter how long, I will always be here waiting for your return.”
Chu Heng’s heroic demeanor faded slightly as he looked at Chu Bai, whose face was as pale as snow. Considering Chu Bai’s frailty since childhood, the perilous jianghu, even if he could protect him, wasn’t as stable and carefree as staying here.
Chu Heng released his grip on Chu Bai’s shoulder, a bit lost in thought. After a while, he said, “Then, you’ll wait for me.”
Chu Bai softly replied, “Yes.”
Chu Heng, as if regaining his earlier vigor, once again gripped his long sword. He raised the sword high and declared, “With this sword in my hand, I will punish the evil, eliminate injustice, and rectify all wrongs!”
Chu Bai gazed at him, not knowing what he was thinking.
…
Director Jin watched the monitor and couldn’t help but exclaim, “Good! Passed!”
Director Jin was excited. This kid was doing great! He initially thought the first scene was just luck, but now the second scene went smoothly as well. He had prepared himself to deal with a newcomer, but things were going surprisingly well. The planned shooting for the whole day might end much earlier than expected.
After absentmindedly mentioning that they could start preparing to wrap up, Director Jin, with a red flush on his bearded face, eagerly reviewed the script. However, his excitement quickly turned into disappointment as he realized that Chu Bai’s scenes were limited.
He muttered to himself, “Why are there so few scenes for Chu Bai? If they are all like this, it won’t be enough! It feels like we can shoot it casually!”
The scriptwriter on the side, sensing Director Jin’s dissatisfaction, trembled a bit and had a foreboding feeling. Then, the bad feeling immediately came true.
Director Jin waved to him, saying, “Xiao Zhang, come here!”
Xiao Zhang, the scriptwriter, was internally resisting. No! He didn’t want to! He didn’t want to change the script again!
However, summoned by Director Jin, he reluctantly took a few steps forward.
Director Jin said, “I feel like we need to make some changes to Chu Bai’s role and add a few more scenes.”
Xiao Zhang: “…”
Now he really hated the character Chu Bai. After revising the script so many times, the main reason was because of Chu Bai!
Xiao Zhang struggled desperately, “Just use the parts we deleted earlier…”
Director Jin considered and thought that could work.
Seeing him nod, Xiao Zhang almost cried. Being a scriptwriter was so tough!
Chi Feiran, unaware that more scenes were about to be added for him, was feeling uneasy.
Looking at his eyes reddened from discomfort, Chi Feiran was somewhat amused and slightly annoyed. He was about to say something when Director Jin rushed over.
Director Jin patted Chi Feiran’s shoulder enthusiastically, “Well done! My judgment is absolutely spot-on! Haha!”
Chi Feiran, still not in the best state, was almost knocked over by Director Jin’s vigorous pat. Fortunately, Rong Jin grabbed him, preventing a potential fall.
Rong Jin held onto Chi Feiran, protected him, and then looked at Director Jin with a somewhat displeased expression, asking, “What do you mean by ‘your judgment’?”
Director Jin hesitated for a moment before saying, “What! It wasn’t my decision. Can he play Chu Bai?!”
Rong Jin sneered, “Not because I recommended him, do you have the chance to decide?”
Director Jin: “…”
He couldn’t refute. He had been busy working on the script with the scriptwriter all day, and besides, this wasn’t something he needed to worry about!
Director Jin tried to find an excuse for himself, “Because I have a casting director! I don’t need to find actors myself with a chief director like me!”
Rong Jin laughed again, full of sarcasm.
Director Jin felt that he might not be able to compete with him.
In fact, he really couldn’t. After Rong Jin ridiculed him, he said, “Then find someone!”
Rong Jin pulled Chi Feiran along and left. He left Director Jin with a back view that looked quite relaxed, while Chi Feiran seemed a bit distressed.
“Chen Mengyang,” who was nearby, asked Li Yuan, “Brother Yuan… Can’t we go over there?”
Li Yuan looked at him as if he was a fool, “Feiran gets along well with Senior Brother Rong. Why should we go over there? To be a third wheel?”
Chen Mengyang: “…”
Is he the only one who thinks there’s an issue with the scenes between Chu Bai and Chu Heng? And what’s with Brother Yuan using the term ‘third wheel’?!
Even Chang Haoqing, who lagged behind, hadn’t caught up yet. He was pondering what Rong Jin had said to Chi Feiran…
Why did that kid blush again!
Why did he not trust Rong Jin’s character so much?
Normally, a star who had been in the industry for so many years would have had some kind of romantic or even sexual relationship. But Chang Haoqing knew, for all these years, Rong Jin hadn’t had any such relationships.
Is it because he’s obsessed with playing games, or has he obliterated even the basic human instincts?
Changt Haoqing almost wanted to rush over, grab Rong Jin’s collar, and shake him vigorously, shouting, “Why the hell are you acting so weird?! You’ve never been so protective of your juniors before! Can’t you be a bit more calm? If you want to pursue someone, wait until they’re of legal age!”
Then Chang Haoqing remembered something else. No, it’s not about Chi Feiran not being of legal age; the problem is that Chi Feiran is not even the right gender!
Chang Haoqing’s thoughts were racing, trying to recall if he had ever noticed any hints of Rong Jin being gay.
He suddenly realized that he was thinking too much. Why, when he saw Rong Jin with a little kid, did he immediately think of something improper?
Chang Haoqing wiped his face, scolded himself, and said, “You shameless!”
Li Yuan and Chen Mengyang, who were closer to him, turned their heads to look at him.
Chang Haoqing: “Uh… I just saw a Weibo post, a blogger twisting the facts and misinterpreting things!”
Li Yuan and Chen Mengyang both nodded. In this era, it was common for people to shamelessly distort facts for the sake of popularity.
But to be able to be so emotionally involved in scolding someone on Weibo, it seemed that Chang Haoqing was indeed a very righteous person!
After passionately expressing his dissatisfaction just now, Chang Haoqing felt that he needed to wrap up his performance. At the same time, the shameless Rong Jin was asking Chi Feiran, “Do you have any special benefits for Senior Brother?”
Chi Feiran was a bit confused, “What?”
Senior Brother Rong chuckled, “For example, getting to listen to a song in advance? Can you sing it live for me?”
Chi Feiran was a little embarrassed, remembering that the songs on his upcoming mini-album were all inspired by Rong Jin’s movies. Suddenly feeling a bit shy again, he mumbled, “Sure…”
