Fu Yunyi turned to ask a staff member beside him, "Your production team is really something. That guy just now... he looked pretty young. Is he an adult yet?"
The staff member immediately realized that Fu Yunyi had never doubted Xia Zhiyi's identity at all and still thought he was outside help hired by the production team. Smiling, the staff member was just about to explain.
The accompanying director beside them heard instructions from the directing team through his earpiece and spoke first. "Oh, it's nothing. He's signed a contract. Teacher Xia only recently became an adult."
Fu Yunyi nodded, completely misled, and asked, "Then how long is his contract with you?"
The accompanying director asked with a smile, "Why? Are you looking to sign him, Teacher Fu?"
Fu Yunyi smiled. His phone had already been confiscated, so he couldn't see the bullet comments anymore.
He cleared his throat lightly before continuing, "If he's a temporary hire, I'd like to see if I can sign him on to teach me a move or two. After all... it's pretty cool, right?"
At this point, Fu Yunyi still didn't know that the circuit Xia Zhiyi had just made wasn't some signature technique of his, but merely an unremarkable one among his many skills.
Had he known, he wouldn't have been thinking of paying someone to teach him Qinggong. He would have been begging to become his disciple instead.
After all, what person from Xia Country didn't harbor a wuxia dream?
Before, they could only dream about it. Now that the dream had become reality, what were they waiting for instead of rushing over to hug that thigh?
The accompanying director said, "Ahem, well... you can discuss that with Teacher Xia yourself, Teacher Fu."
Teacher Xia was a guest too, after all.
But...
The accompanying director's own heart was pounding now. Before this happened, all he had known from the directing team was that the first guest to arrive had received a temporary mission, and the accompanying directors needed to cooperate by providing the guests' airport arrival times.
While Fu Yunyi chatted with the staff, Xia Zhiyi returned before long.
But this time, he wasn't alone. A man and a woman followed behind Xia Zhiyi, both looking somewhat dazed.
The two looked a little familiar to Fu Yunyi.
If they looked familiar to him, they were probably celebrity guests.
"Teacher Xia, you're back." The production staff hadn't expected Xia Zhiyi to return so quickly either. As they went up to welcome him, they also greeted the other two guests. "Hello, Teacher Qin Yue. Hello, Teacher Wang Chengran."
Qin Yue instinctively put on a rather polished smile. "Hello, hello. You..."
Before she could finish, she saw Fu Yunyi walking unhurriedly toward them from behind the staff, and her eyes instantly lit up.
This was Fu Yunyi.
Fu Yunyi, who was hugely popular right now, and rumored to come from a wealthy family!
Qin Yue hadn't expected the production team to prepare such a huge surprise for her. The first thing she did upon recovering was touch her hair, thinking, If I'd known Fu Yunyi was taking part in the show too, I would've dressed up more today!
Never mind latching on to Fu Yunyi-even just getting on good terms with him would bring endless benefits to a minor celebrity like her!
Beside her, Wang Chengran was even more direct, crying out in delighted surprise, "Teacher Fu! What are you doing here?"
Everyone in the room fell silent for a moment at those words.
Although the delight on Wang Chengran's face was obvious, his words really did lend themselves to misunderstanding.
Fu Yunyi's attention, however, was on Xia Zhiyi. Xia Zhiyi didn't seem to mind being overlooked by everyone at all. He tilted his head slightly, listening to someone beside him, and shifted as though he was about to head out again.
Fu Yunyi hurriedly called out to stop him. "Wait..."
But before he could stop him, Xia Zhiyi had already gone out again with the same people from earlier.
Wang Chengran came up beside Fu Yunyi, his eyes sparkling. "Teacher Fu, I'm your fan! I never thought I'd meet you here. Are you here to film the show too? Really? Does that mean I get to live with you for the next two weeks?"
His little mouth moved at an astonishing speed. Before anyone could react, he had already rattled off a whole string of words. By the time Fu Yunyi came back to his senses, he only caught the last sentence.
Remembering how Xia Zhiyi had just left without looking back, he felt inexplicably displeased. Still, he turned his gaze toward the young man in front of him and pressed his lips together. "Mm, hello."
What was this person's name again?
I wasn't paying attention just now, but it probably doesn't matter. Once everyone's here, we'll definitely introduce ourselves again.
Seeing Wang Chengran approach him, Qin Yue pressed her lips together and said nothing.
She still had her own reserve. Although she wanted to get on good terms with Fu Yunyi, she hadn't forgotten that they were livestreaming. Crowding around him as eagerly as Wang Chengran would be a little too forward.
It also didn't fit her public persona. Hers was that of a campus goddess, a fresh, innocent little white flower, with an emphasis on understated elegance, intelligence, and gentleness. She couldn't act like Wang Chengran.
Meanwhile, Xia Zhiyi followed the production team to the airport parking lot. As he walked, he asked Xiao Yang beside him, "Don't you feel something's off?"
Xiao Yang was puzzled. "What's off?"
Xia Zhiyi smiled. By then, they had reached their destination, so he put on the mask he had prepared, gestured to Xiao Yang, and silently approached a celebrity van from behind.
Seeing this, Xiao Yang and the others exchanged looks, then quietly followed without a word.
At the same time, Xia Zhiyi and Fu Yunyi's earlier "first meeting" had stirred up the internet.
Unlike the relative quiet in Xia Zhiyi's livestream that morning, Fu Yunyi was a currently popular celebrity. Once he appeared on the livestream, his fans sprang into action. Almost all those who were awake and had time flocked to his stream.
Everyone had been caught unprepared by Xia Zhiyi's morning performance. Perhaps he still carried a little of that "cannon fodder" aura, too. In any case, various factors meant no one had captured that scene in time, and there hadn't been many viewers in the stream either. As a result, there were only a few written accounts from viewers, and it hadn't attracted much attention.
This time, with Fu Yunyi, things were different. It had happened in plain sight before a million viewers. Moreover, quite a few of Fu Yunyi's fans specifically recorded his various moments on the livestream to use as material for edited videos later. Thus, not only did Xia Zhiyi make the trending searches alongside Fu Yunyi this time, but short clips also spread rapidly.
By comparison, although Xia Zhiyi's subsequent first meeting with Qin Yue and Wang Chengran was similarly memorable, it paled somewhat beside the one with Fu Yunyi.
[It's Qinggong! Tell me! It's! Qing! Gong!]
[Aaaaaaaaah, Teacher Xia! Hero Xia! Accept my bow! Can you teach this!? How much does it cost? I'll pay anything! I want to learn! Mom, I want to learn!]