Xie Yanci went to France.
Xu Shi threw himself wholeheartedly into filming, too.
The wound on his shoulder had yet to heal, and he could barely move his left hand, but fortunately, the remaining scenes were all very simple.
The two leads faced off at the police station, with nothing but dialogue.
Filming was finished in half a month.
After the wrap ceremony, Xu Shi ran to a corner to video-call Xie Yanci before he even had time to remove his makeup.
The call was answered instantly.
"Wow, it's so bright over there!"
With the seven-hour time difference, it was still broad daylight in France.
It had probably just snowed. The grass was blanketed in white, and Xie Yanci crouched on the ground, his black coat making his aloof, aristocratic face look all the more enchanting.
His long, well-defined fingers gently stroked the kitten beside him.
"You finished filming already?" The Alpha's voice was a little hoarse.
He had caught a chill not long ago and run a fever for several days. He had only just recovered from his cold.
"Yeah, we finished ahead of schedule." Watching the kitten rub insistently against his palm, Xu Shi couldn't help laughing.
"How did it get so big?"
Xie Yanci picked up the kitten and cradled it in his arms. "It's two months old now."
Whenever Xie Yanci stroked it, it nuzzled into his palm, as docile as could be.
"It doesn't dislike you anymore."
"Of course. I'm his dad."
Hearing Xie Yanci say things like that with a perfectly straight face always made Xu Shi laugh.
He quietly watched the two adorable creatures on the screen.
Neither of them spoke.
He video-called Xie Yanci almost every day, and he had noticed that a certain someone really had grown increasingly quiet lately.
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