Wen He sat dazed on the bed for a while. Only after the ointment had been fully absorbed and formed a film did he lie down and spend a little time on his phone.
Before long, a message from the production team disturbed his peace.
It was already six thirty in the evening. He knew he had to go on his date with Xie Zhengci...
Wen He was a little reluctant, but he had to go.
Looking down at his outfit, Wen He changed into a pair of pants with pockets, grabbed a set of pajamas, put his tablet in a paper bag, and headed out.
He would be spending tonight on a cruise ship. He had never been on one before...
He had only seen them in novels. Oh, no, in movies too.
Jack and Rose.
The cruise ship in the movie was luxurious. He wondered whether real ones were like that too. If they really were, would that count as another piece of reference material in his head?
When he drew old-money styles in the future, getting started would not be so difficult.
Thinking of it that way, Wen He suddenly felt a little less averse to the date. In fact, he was somewhat looking forward to it.
When he went downstairs, three people were standing in the restaurant kitchen: Wei Xun, Zhou Siyu, and Shengsheng. Jiang Yu was sitting on the sofa watching Empresses in the Palace.
Seeing the luggage in his hand, the latter guessed he must be heading out on his date.
"Hope your date goes well~"
Wen He nodded at him with a smile. "Mm-hmm."
Empresses in the Palace really must be good.
Hearing their voices from the kitchen, Zhou Siyu looked up at Wen He's retreating figure. The kitchen knife in his hand wandered along with his thoughts.
"Hiss..." A sudden pain shot through his fingertip, and blood kept welling out. His voice drew Zhang Shengsheng's and Wei Xun's attention.
"What happened?" Wei Xun looked at his still-bleeding fingertip and told him to rinse it under the faucet.
Although Zhang Shengsheng was concerned, he was at a loss. There did not seem to be anything he could do.
As the person who had fetched the first aid kit the most times in the house, Wei Xun was no exception this time, swiftly taking a bandage out of it.
He carefully peeled the bandage open, then stuck it over the wound.
"All right, go watch TV in the living room. No more chopping. Be careful not to get it wet tonight, either."
"Mm..." Zhou Siyu looked down at his securely covered wound and walked distractedly into the living room.
Once he left, only Zhang Shengsheng and Wei Xun remained in the kitchen. Zhang Shengsheng spoke up. "Then I'll chop the vegetables..."
"No need. Go wash the vegetables. This knife is sharp. Don't cut yourself." Wei Xun took the kitchen knife and began chopping with neat, decisive strokes.
"Mm..." Standing beside him, Zhang Shengsheng washed the vegetables one by one. One passed them over and the other chopped, working seamlessly together.
[Okay, I think our love-brained Shengsheng is about to fall again.]
[Obviously, Mr. Wei said that really casually. He didn't seem particularly concerned. If anything, he was worried he wouldn't chop the vegetables properly.]
[Not necessarily. At least he showed concern.]
[They work really well together, the atmosphere is pretty harmonious, and the drama is good too.]
[Bestie, keep giving everyone equal love.]
The wound on the pad of his finger still hurt a little. Zhou Siyu looked at his securely bandaged finger and sighed softly.
He knew he had gotten so distracted because he still could not let go of him.
Zhou Siyu had never felt so conflicted before. He clearly liked him, yet had to stop liking him. He had told himself he would stop, but kept thinking about him anyway...
Feelings were so difficult~
"Ah..." Zhou Siyu sighed deeply and leaned back against the sofa, watching TV with Jiang Yu.
When Wen He reached the entrance with his paper bag, he found Xie Zhengci already waiting some distance away. He had brought his own car, not one arranged by the production team.
His gaze swept around, but the familiar black car was nowhere to be seen.
Ji Chi had not returned yet.
Xie Zhengci stepped forward to take the paper bag from him, put it on the back seat, then got into the driver's seat. "Anything else?"
"No." Wen He carefully fastened his seat belt, then sat quietly and waited.
A camera had been installed by the passenger seat and was already connected to the livestream. The production crew was already waiting at the cruise ship.
The little camera filmed Wen He's face up close. When Wen He tilted his head, it tilted along with him.
Wen He glared unhappily at the camera. Even during their usual filming, it never got this close. He could not help feeling strange about it, especially since all his movements would be seen by countless viewers online.
[Xiao He is so cute~]
[Finally, a super, super, super HD camera filming his face up close.]
[No beauty mode, no filters. My baby is just that pretty.]
[Why is his face all red? He looks even more delicious.]
[Sunburn, probably. His neck is all red too.]
[Cute~~]
He really was cute. Jiang Yu liked the viewer's comment.
He tilted his phone screen sideways so Zhou Siyu could see everything on it. He was getting a little tired of him sneaking glances at his screen every so often.
"Want to watch together?"
"Haha... no. I was just curious why you were watching this..." Zhou Siyu raised a hand to rub the tip of his nose, then guiltily shifted a little farther away from him.
He had only thought the car and person on the screen looked familiar. He was curious...
"All right." Since he did not want to watch, Jiang Yu did not insist and went back to watching on his own.
[What are those two watching?]
[Porn.]
[?]
[You up there, get outta here.]
[Porn, seriously? Incredible.]
Zhou Siyu stood up and headed for his room upstairs. The people in the kitchen were still busy working.
After gently closing the door, Zhou Siyu flopped face down on the soft bed, took his phone out of his pocket, and began searching for the show's livestream.
Mm... just one sneaky look. Just one.
The car camera remained pointed at Wen He, occasionally turning toward Xie Zhengci. Apart from the music playing in the car, there were no other sounds.
The music in the car was familiar... it was a song Xie Zhengci liked listening to.
Seeing that the two were barely interacting, that trace of emotion in Zhou Siyu's heart gradually faded.
It looked like the two of them were not very close, either.
"Dinner's ready~" Zhang Shengsheng's call came from outside the door. Zhou Siyu left the livestream and headed downstairs.
The three downstairs were already seated, just waiting for everyone to gather before eating. Zhou Siyu looked around but did not see Jiang Ye or Ji Chi.
"Where are Lawyer Jiang and Ji Chi?"
Jiang Yu stirred the egg and tofu soup in his bowl and took a small sip. "Not sure. Lawyer Jiang seemed to head back out not long after he got here. Probably off handling something. Ji Chi... haven't seen him."
The dining table was long. Zhang Shengsheng was already sitting with Wei Xun, so Zhou Siyu sat beside Jiang Yu.
"Mm-hmm."
The four sat down and started eating. The camera mounted in the corner pointed at all four of them.
[I'm about to eat too. I'll watch them finish, then go watch Xiao He. Ugh, this is so annoying. I hate that I don't have two phones. I can't watch both livestreams at once. Damn it!]
[Good thing I've got split screen running on my computer.]
[Speaking of which, where did Demon Dragon go? I haven't seen him since he got out of the car.]
[No idea. I haven't seen him either. Seems like he never came back to the house at all?]
[Holy crap...? That cruise ship is huge! Wait, does the production team have that much money?]
[Aaaaaah! I'm switching streams too, damn it!]