What was with this atmosphere of catching someone cheating?
Shi Wei dared not let his thoughts wander and explained, "Hubby, this is my friend, Zhuo Xiao. He's also on Sister Yutong's travel variety show."
Ji Hanchuan raised an eyebrow. "You agreed to Chen Yutong's invitation because of him?"
"No, I only found out later that Zhuo Xiao was also on Traveling with You."
Ji Hanchuan's expression softened slightly. "Then help me apply the ointment."
Shi Wei hurried off to find a dry towel. "Dry your hair first, hubby. We wouldn't want you catching a cold."
"Didn't you really want to give me your cold?" Ji Hanchuan gave him a pointed look.
Shi Wei's face instantly turned red.
It's fine! Stay calm!
As long as I'm not embarrassed, Ji Hanchuan will be the embarrassed one!
Ji Hanchuan left him there and dried his hair with a hair dryer, then sat on the bed with his black hair slightly fluffy and tousled and took off his bathrobe.
"Aaaaah!"
Ji Hanchuan held down Shi Wei, who had suddenly started screaming. "What the hell are you screaming about?"
Shi Wei blinked. "My mistake, my mistake. You suddenly took your clothes off, so I thought you weren't wearing anything again..."
Ji Hanchuan was properly dressed in a pair of short pajama bottoms.
He was very displeased with Shi Wei's screaming.
[Host, how can you turn your nose up at Ji Hanchuan?]
The system couldn't resist speaking up.
[You're deeply in love with Ji Hanchuan. So what if you see it?]
"If I see it, I'll need eye drops."
Shi Wei sighed and said to Ji Hanchuan, "I'm not turning my nose up at you, hubby. I'm just afraid I'll get another huge shock."
Ji Hanchuan was utterly speechless at his use of idioms. "Apply the ointment."
Several red marks stretched across his chest. His muscles were smoothly defined and looked firm and powerful.
Shi Wei stole a couple of glances and started blushing.
"Hubby, was I too rough today?"
"Wasn't it supposed to hurt?"
As expected of a professional actor. He never worries about whether it hurts, only about the effect on screen.
Shi Wei lowered his head, opened the packaging, squeezed some ointment onto his fingertip, and gently rubbed it onto his wounds.
His fingers were soft, and the ointment was cool. Together, they felt cool and gentle against the red marks, easing some of the burning sensation.
Ji Hanchuan unconsciously let out a couple of hums.
Low and husky, they came through his nose with a slight vibration. Very sexy.
Shi Wei felt even his fingers starting to burn.
"Have you known that Zhuo Xiao for a long time?"
"A few years, I guess." Shi Wei didn't dare look up.
"How did you meet?"
Shi Wei gave it some serious thought. "We played extras together a long time ago. He's a good actor and works hard. I don't really understand why he wanted to be friends with me."
"Oh."
No more sound came from above his head. Shi Wei kept applying ointment... and kept applying ointment...
"Are you planning to use up the entire tube?"
Shi Wei hurriedly put away the tube, which was already half empty, his eyes lowered and his manner as meek and obedient as a little wife. "Then remember to apply it again tomorrow, hubby. I'm leaving."
He slipped away so fast it was as if he were running for his life.
Ji Hanchuan: ...You didn't even leave me the ointment. How am I supposed to apply it?
Idiot!
Ji Hanchuan got dressed, found his phone, and made a call.
"Hmm? It's so late. Did you need something, Hanchuan?" Chen Yutong's voice came through, with a faint note of pleasant surprise.
"I'm sorry. You helped the production team so much, and I still turned you down."
Chen Yutong laughed. "If you're busy, you're busy. It's fine."
Ji Hanchuan's gaze darkened. "Is it too late to ask to join now?"
"Why the sudden change of heart?" Chen Yutong was bewildered, then found it funny. "Aren't you eating your own words?"
"Yes..."
Wasn't he just?
Mo Xingyu and Shi Wei wrapped filming on the same day.
To quell the people's anger, Emperor Zhao Qian sentenced Liang Fang, who had committed countless evil deeds, to death and personally brought him poison.
That day, the sun was bright and the breeze gentle. Liang Fang sat by the pond where he had met the emperor, teasing the fish with a willow twig.
Zhao Qian walked up to him alone. He no longer had the spirited air of his early days. His face was covered in stubble, his eyes haggard and weary.
"Your Majesty, look at these silly fish." Liang Fang looked up and smiled at him. Grief overwhelmed Zhao Qian, but he forced a smile and watched him tease the fish.
It was as though time had returned to the simple days of the past.
But they both knew there was no going back.
Liang Fang said softly, "It's time, isn't it?"
Zhao Qian handed him the porcelain vial containing the poison, and Liang Fang gripped it tightly.
"Your Majesty must take this servant's head to He Ming as soon as possible. Once this servant is gone, the chancellor will surely force you to abdicate and proclaim himself emperor," Liang Fang said calmly. "He Ming is blindly loyal. With this servant's head, those subordinates of his will never dare defy Your Majesty again."
Zhao Qian's eyes reddened, and Liang Fang smiled again. "It's all right. In the next life, this servant will still stay by Your Majesty's side."
"All right."
Liang Fang knelt and bowed deeply to Zhao Qian, then tipped his head back and drank the poison.
Everything was over.
Liang Fang fell to the ground and closed his eyes in peace.
In troubled times, everyone was as weightless as duckweed, struggling desperately for themselves, or for something more important, until they could move no more...
Zhao Qian went to He Ming as Liang Fang had instructed. He gained the God of War's protection and survived.
After repelling the foreign enemies and killing the chancellor, He Ming escorted Zhao Qian back to the capital.
"Congratulations, you've both wrapped." Zhang Zixiang was very pleased with their performances over this period and promptly had the assistant director bring them flowers and red envelopes.
"Thank you, Director. Thank you, everyone," Shi Wei and Mo Xingyu said in unison.
Zhang Zixiang waved a hand, telling them not to stand on ceremony. "Especially you, Shi Wei. Without you, Liang Fang wouldn't have come to life."
"Oh, Director Zhang, you just love telling it like it is." Shi Wei smiled so broadly that both his eyes narrowed into slits. "Next time you're missing anything or have something you can't bring back to life, call me right away. I'll definitely work a miraculous cure!"
His utterly shameless speech made everyone laugh.
On his way to remove his makeup, Shi Wei was intercepted by Chen Feng.
Here to cause trouble on another mission from Xu Xirui? Shi Wei was very wary. "What do you want now, Teacher Chen Feng?"
"Congratulations on wrapping." Chen Feng's expression was dark, as though Shi Wei owed him hundreds of thousands.
Shi Wei said, "...Thank you, Teacher Chen Feng." He simply walked around Chen Feng.
Then he heard Chen Feng say quietly, "I'm sorry."
Shi Wei turned around, but Chen Feng was already gone.
Shi Wei: ???
It's magic. He must have used magic!
After changing his clothes and coming out, Shi Wei encountered the crew trying to rope Mo Xingyu into treating everyone to a meal.
Treating everyone to a meal = spending money.
Shi Wei immediately lowered his head and ducked away.
Mo Xingyu spotted him with sharp eyes. "Shi Wei, Shi Wei! Come here! They're making me treat everyone to dinner. Since we both wrapped on the same day, you have to chip in too."
The others pulled Mo Xingyu along and surrounded Shi Wei as well.
Then Shi Wei's sharp eyes spotted Ji Hanchuan too. "Teacher Ji!"
His call was so enthusiastic that Ji Hanchuan had no choice but to notice him. "What is it?"
"A teacher for a day is a father for life," Shi Wei said. "Teacher Ji has so many qualities worth learning from, such as giving generously, delighting in charity, and opening his wallet for a good cause..."
Ji Hanchuan interrupted impatiently. "What exactly do you want?"
Shi Wei smiled so broadly that two banana-shaped curves appeared on his face. "Teacher Ji, how about transferring me a huge sum?"