AVSMRWC Chapter 60

Posted by April Fox, ? Views, Released on January 27, 2024

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Chapter 60

Director Zhou came to Jiangjing Villa on an afternoon when Lu Bai happened to have something he had to go back to school for, so there was only Qu Xueyu alone in the villa.

Director Zhou sipped the tea in front of him and sighed, “I’m sorry.” If the accident had caused any serious consequences, it would have been disastrous.

Qu Xueyu smiled and shook his head, “It’s okay, it wasn’t your fault.” It was an unpredictable natural disaster, not to mention that he had only suffered some minor injuries. However, he didn’t know how the actor he was working with was affected. Thinking of this, he asked, “What’s the condition of the actor who was playing opposite me?” He only lost his memory since he came to Jinghai, and the actor who played Huo Qi had long been announced. He vaguely remembers that it was a newcomer who was selected by the director after running through a lot of people.

Hearing this Director Zhou frowned, his eyes showed clear shock and confusion: “You, you don’t know how he is?” It was said that this guy lost his memory due to the concussion and forgot about his boyfriend. But now that they’re living together again, what’s the point of asking him this question? Thinking about it, Director Zhou became somewhat worried – if these two children who love each other cannot be reunited because of this accident, then he will be at fault.

Qu Xueyu raised an eyebrow and said, “You know I’m not familiar with him.” Since he has been in the circle, he has never been fond of making friends. Originally, this is not something he would ask – it is taboo to blindly snoop around in the film community. But the actor was in an accident with him, and afterwards he still needs to work with him on the movie, so he asked a rare question.

Director Zhou looked like he was hit by five thunderbolts: “N-not familiar? You, you don’t think you’re familiar with each other by now?” Then, what is the meaning of this person living in someone else’s villa?

Qu Xueyu nodded without hesitation and took the latest version of the script from Director Zhou’s hand, flipping it open and reading it while saying, “Of course I’m not familiar with him. Director Zhou, don’t talk nonsense.” In case Xiao Bai hears it and misunderstands, that wouldn’t be good.

Director Zhou had a dumbfounded look, and when he finally recovered, he looked painfully at Qu Xueyu, as if he were looking at something wrong: “You, you don’t love that kid anymore? Then why are you-” still living in his house…

Before the latter words were finished, he saw Qu Xueyu flipping through the script with a slight frown. Director Zhou frowned and said, “What’s wrong?” He had put a lot of effort into this script, and had already filmed a part of it, so he absolutely couldn’t afford to have any problems.

Qu Xueyu closed the script to look at Director Zhou, shrugging: “The original few scenes of intimacy were not so sizeable. These were added during filming?”

Director Zhou glared at him: “Do not even think about it! These scenes are very good, and the tension is even better. Besides, the kid accepted this role on the basis of you and these few scenes, what if the cooked duck flew away after removing them? It was hard for me to find such a suitable kid to play Huo Qi!”

Qu Xueyu’s brow furrowed, he really couldn’t recall the things that happened when he was filming, but according to his nature, he couldn’t possibly let the director and the rival actors add so many intimate scenes. Not to mention him, there was no way that Bo Yangzhi would have agreed to it, and Director Zhou was not the kind of director who would be constrained by the actors. What’s more, according to his grandfather and Bo Yangzhi, he was in love with Xiao Bai at that time, and there was no way he would let such an actor who had designs on him play opposite him.

Qu Xueyu raised his eyes to Director Zhou, “In the past, there were actors who interfered with the script with the help of their backers, and you even dismissed the actors along with their backers. So how can you change your stance and allow such an immoral person to stay on the set?” He concluded, “To be honest with you, I have a boyfriend, which is why I can’t accept you changing the script and adding those scenes even for the benefit of such a person.” As an actor, he loves filming, and he is a dedicated professional. To film intimate scenes is also part of his work, and Director Zhou is indeed not wrong in saying that the intensity of these new intimate scenes has improved. Yet, he can’t accept filming with an unknown actor with an ambiguous purpose.

Director Zhou’s jaw dropped, the few gray hairs on his forehead trembled, and he exclaimed, “You have a new boyfriend? What about that little guy?” After a pause, his eyes opened even wider, a look of lamenting the deterioration of the society: “You have another boyfriend and still live in Xiao Lu’s villa? Xueyu, how did you become such a person!” He has seen a lot of messy things in this circle, but he had always felt that Qu Xueyu was not like that. He only loved to make movies, and everywhere else he simply didn’t fit in with the crowd.

When Qu Xueyu heard him, he subconsciously felt that something was not quite right. There was a trace of doubt between his brows and eyes, and he was about to ask about it when he heard a soft sound coming from the direction of the door. Following that, he saw the young man who had already taken off his jacket and was dressed in a turtleneck sweater walking out of the foyer with a paper bag of snacks. He looked warm and bright, and a gentle and dazzling smile appeared on Qu Xueyu’s face.

Lu Bai sat down next to Qu Xueyu and placed the snacks on the table, then kissed him on the cheek in a natural manner and announced, “I bought osmanthus cakes.”

Qu Xueyu’s eyes curved as he rubbed the teenager’s hair and said, “Good.”

Lu Bai by now had noticed Director Zhou sitting on the side looking at them with a puzzled face. For some reason, he felt that this rather serious-looking little old man was quite friendly, so he looked at the other person and twinkled, “Do you want to eat osmanthus cakes together?”

Director Zhou’s throat moved, then he coughed and tried to soften his voice as much as possible and asked, “Xiao Lu, how is your health?”

Lu Bai nodded: “Very good.”

Qu Xueyu, however, frowned in confusion – the Lu family keeps Lu Bai well-protected, so how could Director Zhou know Xiao Bai…?

His suspicions were soon answered because right after that, Qu Xueyu heard Director Zhou sigh and say to his boyfriend, “Xiao Lu ah, Xueyu doesn’t want to shoot those intimate scenes with you, and with his insistence, if I change the script back to the way it was it would be me breaking the contract. I won’t stop you if you don’t want to continue with the role of Huo Qi, but I still wish for you to stay and finish the movie.” Lu Bai had filmed a few good scenes that were mainly based in the snowy mountains, but not too many, so it was possible to replace them… Not to mention that there had been such an accident, and he would be ashamed to stop Lu Bai if he really wanted to leave, but it would be a pity. As for the matters between him and Qu Xueyu, his intuition tells him that it is better not to get involved.

Lu Bai already knew from Lu Zhi that he had been shooting a movie before, and was not surprised to hear Director Lu say this, but just tilted his head to look at the one whose face was already showing obvious shock, and said with some hurt, “Xiao Qu, why don’t you want to shoot make-out scenes with me, we’ve already done everything, haven’t we?” After a pause, he righteously grilled, “Are you going to have your way with me then throw me aside!?”

Qu Xueyu: “…”

The script was placed on the table and was turned to a certain page, so Lu Bai grabbed it and read it, it was the scene after they returned to Jinghai. Huo Qi returned to Jinghai without saying goodbye, and found the best doctor to heal Ruan Jiangjiu’s eyes and sent them to the snowy mountains, but asked for the doctor to hide the fact that it was himself who made the request. Ruan Jiangjiu believed that he had a good understanding of the gentle and attentive doctor, his eyesight was restored and the doctor returned to Jinghai. After returning to JInghai himself, he decided to make a fresh start with hope, but Huo Qi used the doctor to force Ruan Jiangjiu to come back to his side. In order not to drag the doctor into trouble, Ruan Jiangjiu was forced to agree to Hou Qi’s demands.

The page on the script is exactly the plot after that, Huo Qi was drunk in a high-class club. After he lost a game to his friends, he called Ruan Jiangjiu to come over, and he looked at the young man who had hatred in his eyes with his disoriented vision, and then he snorted, ordering the other man to feed him mints with his mouth in front of everyone – this is probably one of Huo Qi’s most childish habits, because he loves mints, especially when he is drunk.

Lu Bai scanned the page and then looked at Qu Xueyu, somewhat aggrieved, “You clearly took the initiative to feed me rabbit apples with your mouth yesterday, why can’t you do it with mints?”

Qu Xueyu: “…”

He took a deep breath and gathered the teenager into his arms kissing the other’s forehead, placatingly, and stated, “I didn’t know it was you.” After a few minutes, he looked at Director Zhou, who looked puzzled to death, and said, “You’re right, those scenes do indeed create a lot more tension with the addition of them, and they also emphasize the characters’ personalities.” After a subtle pause, he continued, “If you wish, you can add more. As you know, I’ve always been very vocal about and supportive of you when it comes to perfecting the script and shaping the characters.”

Director Zhou huffed: Heh…

Lu Bai lifted his head from the youth’s embrace to look at Director Zhou and winked, “I’m also, especially supportive of you.”

Director Zhou: “…”