Xu Chun hummed in agreement, her tone slightly raised, "Now?"
Seeing Xie Jianyuan nod, she frowned and hesitated for a moment before finally making up her mind and looking at him.
"Okay, I'll go change first. Wait for me a bit."
Xie Jianyuan had helped him so many times; it would be rather heartless of him to refuse him on such a small matter.
Xu Chun changed her clothes and went out. Seeing that Xie Jianyuan was the only one there, she couldn't help but ask in confusion, "Where are they? Aren't they ready yet?"
Xie Jianyuan seemed taken aback by the question and paused for a moment, but quickly recovered and replied calmly, "They all said they're not going."
Just the two of us?
"Yeah, just the two of us."
Since that's the case, Xu Chun had nothing more to say, nodded, and said, "Let's go."
The most bustling places in the city at night are the night markets of all sizes. Xu Chun used to enjoy going to the night markets with her classmates when she was little. She originally thought that a rich kid like Xie Jianyuan would not come to such places, but seeing how familiar he was with the place, she couldn't help but think that she had been overthinking it.
The two casually found a roadside food stall and sat down to eat skewers. As soon as they sat down, they heard several girls nearby discussing excitedly and subtly.
Xu Chun pushed up her sunglasses. "... Won't we be recognized?"
The two of them came out fully armed, with hats and sunglasses on, and dim lighting for concealment.
Xie Jianyuan's gaze fell on the large sunglasses on his face, and he carefully chose his words before answering, "Probably not."
That would be very strange.
When the skewers arrived, Xu Chun finally overheard the conversation between the girls at the next table.
"Look at those two strange men, still looking around."
"But who would wear sunglasses and eat skewers late at night? That's so weird."
"Ugh, stop talking! Someone's looking over here! It's so scary, it feels so creepy!"
Xu Chun Chunmu withdrew his gaze, silently reaching out to take off his sunglasses, but Xie Jianyuan stopped him.
"What's wrong?"
Xu Chun said, "The sunglasses are too dark at night, I can't see the skewers." Of course, this was a reason he made up without thinking.
Xie Jianyuan glanced at his sunglasses in silence, but didn't refute him, only managing to utter a single sentence.
"Perhaps it's because we have different types of sunglasses."
Xu Chun was amused by his words, and the corners of her mouth couldn't help but turn up. But as she laughed, she choked on the chili peppers, her face flushed slightly, and she turned her face away to cough.
Xie Jianyuan quickly stood up, patted his back, handed him a glass of water, and asked with concern, "How are you? Are you feeling better?"
Xu Chun felt much better after taking a sip of water, but her throat still felt burning, so she just waved her hand to indicate that she was much better.
After finishing their meal and paying the bill Xie Jianyuan and Xu Chun walked out side by side. As they passed the table next to a group of young girls, one of the girls got scared when she saw them approaching and accidentally knocked over her water glass.
"Be careful!" Xu Chun quickly reached out to support her, preventing a tragedy.
"Thank you." Because she could see most of Xu Chun's face clearly when she got closer, the girl blushed slightly, silently thinking, "So handsome!" But he looked somewhat familiar.
"It's nothing." Xu Chun gave her a gentle smile, but then she heard Xie Jianyuan calling her, so she left without saying anything more.
After the two left, the girl who had spoken to Xu Chun finally realized what was happening as she watched Xie Jianyuan and Xu Chun's retreating figures.
"What's wrong?" The girls nudged their companion, who was suddenly stunned as if struck by lightning.
"Those two perverts seem to be Xu Chun and Xie Jianyuan."
"..."
Did you take any photos?
"... No."
When news broke online that Xie Jianyuan and Xu Chun were having late-night barbecue, Xu Chun was memorizing lines in his script when his assistant, Xiao Qi, called him to check Weibo.
Xu Chun opened the link and immediately saw the trending topic. Although the photo only showed the two people's blurry backs, true fans still recognized their idols at a glance.
However, some fans were unhappy and refused to acknowledge that the people in the picture were Xie Jianyuan and Xu Chun.
"A blurry photo without even a clear view of their face. Some fans are really biased. We don't recognize Bhys."
"I'm no longer a fan. Turns out even celebrities eat barbecue."
"Reply to the person upstairs: Celebrities don't just eat skewers, they also poop and fart. Hurry up and take it off."
"Nonsense, even a fart from a young man can be a rainbow fart."
"Going for barbecue skewers? I know about that. Xie Jianyuan told me about it last night when we were in bed."
"Wake up, upstairs! If you don't wake up, I'm going to pee on you to wake you up."
"Sisters with diabetes, step aside. Don't let her get away with this."
However, these comments are often followed by silly netizens who steer the topic astray, preventing too much negativity and making it easier for fans to control the comments.
After looking at it for a while and finding no major problems, Xu Chun told her assistant, "It really is me and Xie Jianyuan on the list. Tell Sister Su not to worry. We just went out for some skewers, there's nothing wrong with it."
Although Su Li didn't like his association with Xie Jianyuan, she thought that a proper explanation would solve the problem.
"Xu Chun!"
Director Chu waved to him from afar, Xu Chun quickly walked over, smiling as he asked, "Director, what's up?"
Director Chu shoved everything in his hand into Xu Chun's hands, frowning seriously, and said, "Go back and take a good look at it."
Xu Chun glanced down at the five or six books that had been shoved into her arms; the covers were all of explicit male-male images, and they looked particularly erotic.
"... What is this?" He struggled for a long time before finally swallowing the words "pornographic book".
Director Chu looked at him with dissatisfaction, "You were okay in the first half of the bed scene last time, but you couldn't let go at all in the second half. At the time, I understood that you young people were awkward and uncomfortable, and since we weren't in a hurry to finish the shoot, we didn't reshoot it. Because with your state that day, no matter how many times we did it, it would be the same result."