Xiao Can was in the corner of the entire set. He hadn’t done his makeup yet, and his casual clothes were also very plain, not attracting much attention.
The surroundings had been cleared, but He Xingzhou could easily walk straight into the set with his reputation alone.
He stood on the other side’s edge, looking around, obviously searching for someone.
Xiao Can was afraid he wouldn’t notice the message on his phone, so he quickly called him, seeing him lower his head and reach into his pocket, then hurriedly hung up.
After taking out his phone and looking at it for a while, He Xingzhou raised his head again and began typing with one hand.
“Why? Where are you?” He Xingzhou asked.
“I have something for you,” he continued.
Xiao Can looked at the “something” he was holding and felt even more overwhelmed.
He carefully hid behind Cai Yawen, quickly typing.
“I don’t need it! Go away! Don’t come over!”
He Xingzhou looked at his phone from a distance, his brows furrowed in frustration.
Xiao Can continued typing.
“I don’t want it, go away! If people see, they’ll think we have something going on!”
Seeing He Xingzhou’s obvious frown on the phone screen, Xiao Can realized he might have gone a bit too far and quickly changed his tone.
“I understand, thank you, but it’s not appropriate now. Please, could you be a little more mindful of others’ perceptions?”
He Xingzhou sighed, but instead of leaving as told, he tried to search the area again. Xiao Can turned sideways, wishing he could disappear altogether.
Failing to find him, He Xingzhou continued to message in frustration.
“Can you see me?”
Uneasily, Xiao Can replied honestly.
“Yes.”
He Xingzhou then hugged the bouquet he was holding to his chest and took a few steps towards the center of the set.
Xiao Can felt like he was facing a major threat, pulling Cai Yawen back repeatedly.
Some of the staff who were preparing had stopped their work, their attention fully focused on He Xingzhou.
Unmoved, He Xingzhou continued to silently type on his phone.
After a moment, Xiao Can received a long message.
“Sorry, I got drunk yesterday and said a bunch of nonsense. I just wanted to come and tell you that. I passed by a flower shop on the way here and saw this beautiful bouquet, so I wanted to give it to you. If you can’t accept it, just take a look at it?”
Xiao Can looked up again.
He noticed for the first time that He Xingzhou was holding a bouquet of lilies, white and light pink, pure and elegant.
Indeed, it was very beautiful.
Xiao Can wasn’t knowledgeable about flowers, nor did he know the significance of giving lilies. He guessed He Xingzhou didn’t know either.
He Xingzhou seemed to think the bouquet was simply beautiful, so he wanted to share it with him.
If it weren’t for so many people around, Xiao Can speculated, he would feel very happy right now.
He Xingzhou held it calmly, afraid Xiao Can hiding somewhere wouldn’t be able to see clearly, so he adjusted his angle.
“What’s he doing?” Cai Yawen was puzzled.
Xiao Can lowered his head, muttering, “Idiot.”
He couldn’t stand it anymore, what kind of thought process was this, only causing trouble for others. But what was even more annoying was that he didn’t feel angry at all, but rather felt like laughing a little.
Was He Xingzhou’s idiocy contagious? Xiao Can suspected he might have already caught it and was about to become weird.
“It’s okay, just consider your apology accepted,” he replied.
He Xingzhou responded:
“What about the flowers? It’s a pity to just throw them away.”
Xiao Can had no idea.
He suggested randomly:
“Give them to someone on your way back.”
His intention was for He Xingzhou to find a stranger on his way back and give it to them, spreading a little kindness randomly.
But He Xingzhou completely misunderstood.
He sighed noticeably and replied:
“Alright.”
After sending the message, he casually glanced around, then walked towards the nearest and most conspicuous person.
Xiao Can suddenly gasped.
He Xingzhou walked up to Luo Yinan, handing him the flowers.
There was an obvious gasp from the surroundings.
Luo Yinan was surprised, confused, lost, and stunned. After being dumbfounded for a while, he subconsciously reached out and took them, blurting out, “Huh?”
“Gift for you,” He Xingzhou said.
Luo Yinan stared blankly, blinking his eyes twice.
He Xingzhou smoothly turned around, waved to him with a flourish, “See you later, bye.”
“…Bye?” Luo Yinan murmured in response.
The entire set fell silent.
Luo Yinan took a while to recover, looking at the flowers, then looking around, then suddenly snapped back to reality, loudly saying, “What, what is this? I, I don’t know him, I… he…”
Everyone watched him quietly.
Xiao Can, hiding in the corner, held his forehead.
He received another message from He Xingzhou on his phone.
“They’re on set now, you can see them anytime, I hope they can bring you some joy.”
Xiao Can glanced guiltily at Luo Yinan, feeling a twinge of remorse for the Alpha he didn’t particularly appreciate.
At this moment, he realized that he had indeed built his own happiness on Luo Yinan’s pain.
The director appeared at this moment and, seeing the large bouquet of flowers in Luo Yinan’s hands from afar, his eyes lit up. Walking over eagerly, he asked, “Wow, such beautiful flowers, where did they come from?”
Everyone perked up their ears, still holding the flowers, Luo Yinan had no idea how to answer.
The director looked puzzled, and a staff member walked over and whispered something to him. The director’s eyes widened in an instant.
“I see, no wonder he suddenly volunteered to cooperate, I thought it was…” he licked his lips, “didn’t expect it to be…”
Luo Yinan turned pale.
Watching from the corner, Xiao Can thought, no, it’s because of me.
That bouquet of flowers is mine too.
Every foolish and reckless action of He Xingzhou’s was all because of me.
He lowered his head, secretly smiled, and quickly blushed when he noticed Cai Yawen’s teasing gaze.
“Has He Xingzhou done something like this before?” he asked quietly.
“What?” Cai Yawen asked, “Do you mean bizarre behavior in general, or specifically sending flowers to a certain Alpha?”
“Neither,” Xiao Can felt embarrassed, “you… just guess.”
“Well… you should be able to tell, his world revolves around himself,” Cai Yawen smiled, “Anyone or anything that’s not in his orbit, he doesn’t care about. Even if they are in his orbit, they might still get pushed out by him.”
Xiao Can nodded.
He just casually handed the flowers to Luo Yinan, not caring about what others might think or what consequences it might bring. It was completely beyond his consideration. He just wanted to leave the flowers where Xiao Can could see them, mission accomplished, everything was perfect.
“It’s the first time I’ve seen him revolving around someone else,” Cai Yawen said.
Xiao Can glanced at the bouquet of flowers from afar again, thinking, mine.
Given by He Xingzhou.
He Xingzhou’s flowers stayed on set for the whole day.
Luo Yinan was embarrassed to the point of fainting, but He Xingzhou was a senior figure in the circle, so he had to swallow his pride and properly place the flowers.
His assistant found a basin, filled it with water, and placed the entire bouquet inside.
During a break in filming, Xiao Can pretended to walk over, squatted down beside it, admired it for a while, and took several pictures from different angles.
“How are you going to deal with it, are you going to take it home?” he initiated a conversation with Luo Yinan.
Even if Luo Yinan wanted to dispose of it immediately, it wasn’t convenient to admit it in front of him. After hesitating for a moment, he asked, “Do you know what he means by this? Aren’t you familiar with him?”
“We’re not familiar,” Xiao Can pretended to shake his head.
Luo Yinan frowned even more deeply and asked, “Do you have his contact information? Can you pass it to me?”
Xiao Can pretended to be surprised, “You don’t mean to…”
Luo Yinan quickly denied it, “I just want to communicate with him! This… it’s very disturbing.”
“I’ll have to ask him what he means,” Xiao Can said, “Mr. He is a bit eccentric. He might be unhappy if I pass his number without his consent.”
Luo Yinan didn’t doubt it and said, “Thank you.”
“You’re quite charming,” Xiao Can smiled at him, “Success is within reach.”
Luo Yinan’s expression wasn’t very good, but he still had to endure it because he was asking for Xiao Can’s help.
“You have so many, can you give me one?” Xiao Can asked again.
“Take as many as you want,” Luo Yinan said.
Xiao Can carefully selected the most perfect one from the bouquet, took it out, asked Cai Yawen to take care of it, and took it back to the hotel after filming. He found a beautiful glass, put it in, and arranged it nicely.
After doing all this, he took a satisfied picture and sent it to He Xingzhou.
A minute later, he received a call from He Xingzhou.
“Back already?” He Xingzhou asked on the phone.
“Yeah, just got back.”
“Pretty early today,” He Xingzhou sighed.
“The little guy we talked about yesterday suddenly improved today,” Xiao Can said.
Ying Qiwen had made considerable progress. He couldn’t be described as excellent, but at least his emotional expression was very accurate, reaching the pass mark.
The director was very touched by this.
However, the bad thing was that he felt Ying Qiwen’s performance before and after was somewhat disjointed and was considering reshooting several scenes.
But Xiao Can didn’t have the idea of complaining to He Xingzhou about these work details.
“Have you had dinner?” He Xingzhou asked him.
“I’ve already eaten,” Xiao Can said.
Although it was earlier than the previous days, it was already past eight o’clock. He had eaten a sandwich on the way back and was quite full now.
“Oh,” He Xingzhou paused and asked, “then… why didn’t you come to see me?”
“Why should I come to see you?” Xiao Can retorted.
Although the bouquet of flowers had eased his anger by half, He Xingzhou’s words from last night were still like a thorn, and Xiao Can couldn’t completely let go.
“I’m leaving tomorrow,” He Xingzhou said.
“Have a safe journey,” Xiao Can said.
After saying that, he seemed to hear He Xingzhou sighing on the other end of the line.
“Then can I come to see you?” He Xingzhou asked, “Tell me your room number.”
“No,” Xiao Can firmly refused, “everyone on this floor is from the crew. I don’t want to be seen.”
“Clearly we’re so close, yet you still call instead of coming,” He Xingzhou complained unhappily.
“Then I’ll hang up,” Xiao Can said.
“Don’t,” He Xingzhou quickly stopped him, “are you still angry?”
“…” Xiao Can was ashamed to admit it, but he was unwilling to deny it, so he remained silent.
“I’m sorry,” He Xingzhou expressed his apology very simply.
“You’ve apologized,” Xiao Can rubbed his nose, “Why don’t you tell me, where you think you went wrong?”
“Made you angry,” He Xingzhou said.
Xiao Can frowned, “Specifically?”
He Xingzhou remained silent for a moment, then answered, “My alcohol tolerance is really poor. I got drunk and now I can’t remember what I said.”
“If you don’t even know what you did wrong, why are you apologizing?” Xiao Can wasn’t pleased.
“What can I do if you’re angry? I have no choice,” He Xingzhou said helplessly.
Xiao Can took a deep breath, trying to control his emotions, telling himself to stay calm and not to argue with someone like him.
But then He Xingzhou said again, “You said you hated me again yesterday, and I couldn’t sleep all night.”
Xiao Can was filled with anger, and it leaked out with a “whoosh”.
“I have to leave tomorrow, and I didn’t get to see you in the morning,” He Xingzhou negotiated with him, “Can we meet?”
