Fly free, Huihui-if anything goes wrong, you're on your own!

Hearing the makeup artist's howl, Chu Xinghui turned back curiously and met Pei Hanmo's eyes.

Chu Xinghui: ...

A nearby staff member hurried over to the director and reported in a whisper.

The director stood, set the prop in his hand on a nearby table, and hurried over to greet Pei Hanmo:

"Mr. Pei, are you here to watch Xinghui act?"

A whole crowd trailed behind the director. They had all seen the Film Emperor on television, but never in person, and immediately took out their phones to take pictures.

Even Fan Weicai dropped his earlier arrogance and stood there acting meek.

It was like an emperor holding morning court.

Chu Xinghui turned away, stood up, and walked behind the director, ignoring Pei Hanmo.

"Not exactly~" Gu Chupei said.

"We just wanted to see how things were going on set and bring everyone some lunch while we were at it.

You've all worked so hard filming~ You've been so busy you haven't even remembered to eat lunch."

"Oh... oh, right!"

Thinking of how hard Chu Xinghui had been working these past two days, the director understood at once.

But Fan Weicai apparently thought otherwise and spoke up:

"No, no, everyone on our production gets fed every day."

That's you!

The director howled inwardly. Only Fan Weicai and Ye Jing'er had people specifically preparing their lunches. Almost everyone else on set was run off their feet.

They ate at irregular hours, taking turns.

"Good, good. Everyone, put down your work for now and come have the food Mr. Pei brought!"

The director picked up a megaphone and shouted to the staff behind him.

Chu Xinghui knew there was no getting out of eating this meal today, so he followed the director to collect his food.

Once he saw Chu Xinghui eating, Pei Hanmo exchanged a few words with the director and left.

That only confirmed the director's thoughts-he had only come to make Chu Xinghui eat.

"Woohoo!"

After happily swimming through Weibo's Super Topic, the makeup artist emerged, sneaked up behind Chu Xinghui, and let out a villain's trademark laugh:

"Heh heh heh..."

Over the past two days, Chu Xinghui had become friendly with the makeup artist. Aside from her shipping Xinghan, there were no major problems.

The sound behind him made Chu Xinghui jump. He turned and saw the strange expression on the makeup artist's face.

She was smiling, but how did such a cute girl look so... sleazy when she smiled?

"What... is that expression?"

"Hehehe... you wouldn't understand. It's an expression unique to us fangirls."

The makeup artist grabbed a boxed lunch from beside her, flipped the lid open, and dug in, still finding time between bites to ask Chu Xinghui:

"Was that your hus... ahem, boss who just came?

What was he here for?

Was he checking up on you?"

"Maybe."

Unsure how to answer, Chu Xinghui concentrated on the food in his bowl. It was all food he liked.

He had to admit that Pei Hanmo really had him figured out in that respect.

The makeup artist turned her head, laughing inwardly:

Anyway, Zhang Fei wouldn't bring food for an entire production just to get one particular person to eat because Guan Yu hadn't eaten.

Before they had even finished their meals, a staff member posted photos of Pei Hanmo visiting Chu Xinghui on Weibo.

The caption read, "Shocking! Pei Hanmo actually came to our set to visit Chu Xinghui!" All the photos underneath were of Pei Hanmo's face.

Chu Xinghui stared at the caption. No matter how he looked at it, something felt off. So was he eating prison food now?

The director was delighted about it. This had only been an obscure little drama, and he had hired Chu Xinghui for the traffic, never expecting him to bring in so much.

Even the drama's title managed to ride the wave onto the bottom of Weibo's trending list.

He had no regrets left in this life!

Fan Weicai stared at Chu Xinghui's name in the caption, seething.

Why did a supporting actor like him get to be in the caption?

He was the male lead!

He threw his half-finished lunch into the trash, picked up his phone, and started posting on Weibo.

[Fan Weicai: It really pays to have connections. Someone even takes care of your meals. All I can rely on is the attention of my darling fans (crying.jpg). Love you!]

[Is Caicai being bullied?! I've heard for ages that Chu Xinghui likes bullying people at work!]

[Exactly. What right does Pei Hanmo have to go there? Doesn't he just want to keep Chu Xinghui as his sugar baby? Anyone can see it.]

[LMAO, that little bitch Chu Xinghui must be so happy, showing off his sugar daddy in front of our Caicai!]

Reading Fan Weicai's insinuating, aggrieved Weibo post, Chu Xinghui raised his eyebrows and dropped straight into Fan Weicai's comments.

His scenes were basically finished anyway. A dead pig wasn't afraid of boiling water.

[Chu Xinghui: Wow! Older Brother, you're amazing (touching fingertips)! Older Brother can already feed himself! (cheering) So amazing! (starry eyes) I'd die for Older Brother, go wild for Older Brother, bang my head against a wall for Older Brother (baby burp)!]

[? You damn homo, stay away from our Caicai!]

It was fine if the star went a little crazy. His fans would handle the comments below.

Clearly, adjusting over the past few days had already given them a thick layer of armor.

[Please don't hold the fans responsible for the star's behavior.]

[#ApologiesForChuXinghuiBeingOOC #ApologiesForChuXinghuisBabyBurp #ApologiesForOurStarGoingCrazy]

[Fly free, Huihui-if anything goes wrong, you're on your own!]

[Genuine question, Chu Xinghui: what the hell are you baby-burping for?!! Hurry up and post on Weibo! Where are the photos?! You're having plenty of fun replying under someone else's post! Stop going wah-wah over there!]

Thanks to Chu Xinghui's interference, the comment section that had been about to start spreading rumors turned entirely into a comedy section.

Some bold Xinghan CP fans even came over to comment.

[Fan Weicai, not to criticize, but if you want to ship them, could you do it in the Super Topic? Don't shove it in their faces. It'll affect the actual people involved!]

[Fan Weicai: confirmed Xinghan Boy.]

[Bro, you're better at shipping them than I am. What level is your alt in the Xinghan Super Topic?]

Fan Weicai opened the comments and found nothing but Chu Xinghui's fans and CP fans. They had completely taken over.

They had even pushed Fan Weicai's own fans' comments down.

The top-liked comment was Chu Xinghui's.

It even had more likes than the post itself.

He ground his back teeth, wanting to pick a fight with Chu Xinghui, but had no idea how to reply. All he could do was sit off to the side, stewing.

In the car, Gu Chupei saw Chu Xinghui's comment and couldn't help asking:

"Older Brother, is your husband okay?

Has filming worn him out these past few days?

Is he under too much pressure?"

He might not have been all that normal before, but at least he had been mentally together.

What on earth had he been doing, going crazy on Weibo these past two days?

Watching Chu Xinghui run wild in the comments, Pei Hanmo's lips curved into an indulgent smile:

"He used to be this cheerful."

It was only those things that should never have happened that had made him gloomy.

Cheerful?

Gu Chupei stared wide-eyed at that "baby burp," unable to detect even a trace of cheerfulness.

And then there was that nauseating expression on Pei Hanmo's face, a Chu Xinghui exclusive.

He rolled his eyes inwardly. Not wanting to listen to this love-addled fool, he opened his phone to chat with Lan Xiangxian.

He complained about Pei Hanmo's workplace bullying.

Reading Lan Xiangxian's gentle words of comfort warmed his heart.

Sure enough, Lan Xiangxian was the best.

He understood what he needed.