"Could you bear to?"
Lu Yanting's voice was low and husky, laced with a hint of sensual intimacy.
It made the onlookers around them immediately prick up their ears, eagerly awaiting Jian Ran's answer.
They looked so expectant, as though they would scream if he dared say he couldn't bear to.
The air instantly grew tense as hell.
But someone suddenly broke the silence.
"With you two blocking the way, how are the people behind you supposed to get in?" Yu Hong demanded, his expression stern.
Lu Yanting turned at the sound, raising his brows slightly. He pressed his lips together without speaking, then strode toward the lodging area on his long legs.
The director's assistant was particularly quick on the uptake and jogged after him. "Emperor Lu, our production team has specially arranged a single room for you."
"May I show you the way?"
"No need. I don't need a single room." Lu Yanting didn't break stride. "I'll share a twin room with Jian Ran. It'll make rehearsing our scenes easier."
Hearing this, the director's assistant nearly stumbled and fell. He turned to cast a pleading look at Yu Hong.
The latter glanced at Jian Ran with a complicated expression. Seeing that he was still leafing through the brochure, looking thoroughly absorbed, Yu Hong waved at the assistant a moment later.
"I'll talk to him."
"All right, Director Yu." The assistant nodded obediently.
Yu Hong quickened his pace and caught up to Lu Yanting. They walked side by side, and from behind, both appeared calm.
Jian Ran passed through the city gate and looked around the ancient town, which wasn't much different from Hengdian. His gaze returned to the two ahead, and he asked with a hint of puzzlement, "Do those two know each other?"
The assistant happened to