The host smiled maliciously, clearly aware of Wen Lin's reputation as a "gay heartthrob," and deliberately asked him, "Are there any men among your suitors?"
Wen Lin hesitated for only a few seconds before nodding.
"So how do you feel? Do you have any negative feelings or opinions?"
Xu Jin could no longer suppress his smile. He stood aside, watching the show, and wanted to call his brother over, but he saw Xu Chun awkwardly take a sip of water.
This reminded Xu Chun of something: generally speaking, straight men don't have a very good impression of gay men, especially when a man falls for them. Just look at Xie Jianyuan's attitude towards Jiang Xiuyan and Wen Lin.
Before Jiang Xiuyan revealed his feelings for him, their relationship was quite good; they could even visit each other's homes, largely because of the cat.
At this moment, Wen Lin was still rambling on with a straight face, but Xu Chun couldn't listen to a single word anymore.
He was preoccupied with the fact that he liked Xie Jianyuan and he had to keep it a secret from him. The thought that Xie Jianyuan's kindness towards him would one day disappear made him feel suffocated.
After finally finishing the recording, Xu Chun was still in the backstage dressing room after removing her makeup. Her clean and gentle face was reflected in the mirror, but a conflicted expression appeared on it.
Xu Chun unconsciously bit her nails, staring at the profile picture on her phone screen.
Xie Jianyuan: Brother Chun, the director called and said he's treating everyone to karaoke to celebrate the box office success. Are you coming?
Xu Chun replied with "I'm going," but then felt it was a bit cold, so he wanted to send an emoji. However, his own emoji collection was mostly for middle-aged and elderly people, the kind that he never lost an emoji battle with his parents, but it might seem a bit old-fashioned to young people.
So after hesitating for a while, he decided to ask Xu Jin for help.
"Here are some trendy, youthful emojis."
"Again? Didn't you order several panda head ones last time?"
"I only sent it to the person, I didn't save it."
Who did you send it to?
"Never mind that, just give it to me."
After much coaxing and pleading, Xu Jin sent him a lot of emojis, and after careful selection, Xu Chun sent one of them to Xie Jianyuan.
As soon as she put down her phone, she heard a vibration. When she opened it, Xu Chun blushed immediately.
It turned out that Xie Jianyuan had posted Xu Chun's emojis. These emojis were made from Xu Chun's animated GIFs, which he often saw under his Weibo.
This is a GIF of him making a heart shape with his hands, captioned with the two large characters "Received".
Xu Chun turned off her phone after looking at it for a while, then patted her forehead to stop herself from overthinking.
Don't overthink it, it's just an emoji.
The celebration Xie Jianyuan mentioned was held on the weekend. Xu Chun finished a commercial performance that day and rushed over around 7 or 8 pm. When she arrived, there were already quite a few people in the private room.
The director, producer, and fellow actors were all present, including Shen Zhu and Chu Xi. Xie Jianyuan sat in the far corner, his legs naturally crossed, his posture somewhat casual and lazy, tilting his head slightly as he spoke to the director.
"Little Xu is late, so here's three drinks as punishment." The director, also quite drunk, said to Xu Chun with a smile.
Xu Chun knew from the empty wine bottles on the coffee table that these people had drunk an unknown amount.
Xie Jianyuan smiled and said, "Brother Chun can't hold his liquor; he might get into trouble if he drinks."
"What's going to happen?" The director hiccuped, waving his hand dismissively. "I'll send someone to take him home."
The incident he mentioned was not this kind of incident.
Xie Jianyuan silently took a sip of his wine, but his attitude was clear, and his expression turned slightly cold.
The director chuckled nonchalantly, "Besides, there's still someone who hasn't arrived yet. He'll be drinking with you later, what are you afraid of?"
"Who is it?" Xu Chun asked.
Before the director could answer, the door to the private room was pushed open again, Jiang Xiuyan stepped in.
Xu Chun was slightly taken aback, then realized that he was one of the investors in this movie.
However, he hadn't seen Jiang Xiuyan for a while. He was thinner than the last time they met, but he seemed to be in good spirits.
Xu Chun and his gaze met for a moment in mid-air, before Xu Chun frowned slightly and subtly looked away.
This scene was captured by Xie Jianyuan's dark eyes. He didn't speak, his thin lips almost pressed into a line, lost in thought, his expression somewhat cold.
As Jiang Xiuyan unbuttoned his coat and handed it to the waiter who followed him in, he apologized, "I was late because of traffic."
"Haha, it's alright, President Jiang and Little Xu will each have three drinks."
Jiang Xiuyan glanced at the wine glasses on display, and what he said next surprised everyone.
"I'll drink it for him."
Upon hearing this, the people in the private room suddenly felt the air pressure drop sharply.
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"This..." The director hadn't expected Jiang Xiuyan to say something like that, but he was quick-witted and immediately replied, "That's not up to me, it's up to Little Xu."
Xu Chun pursed her lips, lowered her eyelashes, and smiled, "I'll do it."
As he spoke, he reached out to take the wine glass from the director's hand, but unexpectedly, it was intercepted by a hand. Xie Jianyuan took the wine glass that was being offered to Xu Chun, tilted his head back slightly, and drank it all in one gulp. Then, he held the empty glass between his fingers and waved it at the director.
"I drank it for him."
The director responded hesitantly, thinking to himself: What's wrong with this wine? Why is everyone vying to drink it?
Xie Jianyuan said, "I told you, Brother Chun can't hold his liquor."
Xu Chun quietly retorted, "I think three cups are fine."
While I'm very Xie Jianyuan's kindness in helping him fend off drinks, it makes him appear weak and frail to outsiders. Besides, he drinks much more frequently now than in his previous life, and his alcohol tolerance has improved to some extent.