That look successfully silenced Xie Linchuan.
Soon, Song Tiantian brought over some Band-Aids and povidone-iodine.
Shen Xingcan held Xie Linchuan's hand and disinfected the cut, then wrapped a Band-Aid around it.
Only after finishing all that did he let go of Xie Linchuan's hand.
The warmth of another person seemed to linger on his hand. Xie Linchuan looked at the Band-Aid for a while before turning his gaze away.
After bandaging Xie Linchuan, Shen Xingcan returned to his seat and observed a second of silence for his ice cream.
Then he looked at Xie Linchuan with a cheerful smile. "All I did was tease you about having a crush on me. Did you have to react so strongly? Don't tell me Best Actor Xie really has a crush on me?"
Xie Linchuan's tone was calm. "My hand just slipped."
[His hand just slipped, but he didn't deny having a crush, did he? I'm shipping it, folks.]
[How does saying his hand slipped not count as a denial? Where did all these reading comprehension experts come from!]
Shen Xingcan said, "Oh," then suddenly tilted his head. "I just realized Best Actor Xie would make a great husband. He's good-looking, he can cook, and he makes money..."
Having finished his ice cream, Jiang Yifeng joined the conversation. "True, our youngest really is the perfect man. Now that you put it that way, even I want to marry him. Consider me, youngest."
Shen Xingcan narrowed his peach blossom eyes slightly. "Jiang Xiaobai, do you have a death wish? The sharks in the ocean miss you."
Jiang Yifeng muttered, "Isn't Captain a little too possessive of our youngest? Fine, I won't marry him! But I'm only pretending. Someday there'll be someone who means it. Are you going to throw his actual wife into the ocean too?"
Shen Xingcan sounded casual. "Why would I throw her in? I can sleep between the two of them. It's not like Xie Linchuan can't afford a big bed."
Xie Linchuan: "..."
Jiang Yifeng: "..."
Everyone else: "..."
[...]
[Sleep between a married couple, it's not like he can't afford a big bed... Is that something a normal human being would say?]
[He's nuts. I can't stop laughing.]
[I really want to interview Xie Linchuan and ask what he thinks about this. Pfft, hahahaha.]
[Jiang Yifeng has lost it too, actually daring to talk about marrying his captain's husband right in front of him.]
[I thought Shen Xingcan would say he'd throw Xie Linchuan's wife into the ocean to feed the sharks too...]
[He IS Xie Linchuan's wife. Of course he wouldn't say that.]
Jiang Yifeng gave Shen Xingcan a thumbs-up. "That's our captain for you. Always full of ideas."
Soon, everyone left Shen Xingcan and Xie Linchuan's little courtyard one after another.
Shen Xingcan sat down beside Xie Linchuan and began helping him wash the vegetables. He had actually wanted to take on the chopping too, but his knife skills were truly painful to watch.
An hour later, the last dish was ready.
After a thoroughly satisfying lunch, Shen Xingcan washed all the bowls and chopsticks until they were spotless.
Once he had finished, Shen Xingcan went with Xie Linchuan to find the staff and retrieve their luggage.
Shen Xingcan said, "Xie Linchuan, what are you planning to take from your luggage? I'm going to take two bathrobes and a box of face masks. I suggest you take bathrobes too."
Xie Linchuan said, "...Why?"
Shen Xingcan explained with complete conviction, "If you wear a bathrobe, you don't have to wear pants. One bathrobe counts as both a top and pants, and if you get cold, it can double as a cape."
[Well, that's pretty clever.]
[Knowing Shen Xingcan, I have a feeling it isn't that simple.]
[Bathrobes, no pants... If the bathrobe were a little shorter, how would that be any different from wearing a little skirt?]
[! So that's it. I knew that little fox spirit Shen Xingcan would never leave his husband alone.]
[A bathrobe counts as seduction now? People with dirty minds see everything as dirty.]
[Won't we know once we see what Shen Xingcan's bathrobes look like?]
Soon, a staff member led Shen Xingcan and Xie Linchuan to the room where their luggage was being stored.
Shen Xingcan decisively stuffed two boxes of face masks into one box to count them as a single item, then began rummaging through his luggage for his bathrobes.
Before coming, Shen Xingcan had known they would be spending about a week on the island, so he had brought seven sets of sleepwear, five of which were bathrobes.
Shen Xingcan's plan had been to change into a different one every day, but the production team's rules clearly couldn't accommodate such an extravagant idea. What he needed to do now was choose two of the five bathrobes.
Naturally, everything he had brought was something he liked. Unable to decide, Shen Xingcan simply handed the choice over to Xie Linchuan.
"Xie Linchuan, help me pick two."
Shen Xingcan called over to Xie Linchuan, who had already chosen his items.
Xie Linchuan's gaze swept over the bathrobes one by one before he finally pointed to two. "These two."
Looking at the two bathrobes Xie Linchuan had chosen, Shen Xingcan grumbled in dissatisfaction, "These two are so long. They go down to my knees. They definitely won't be as comfortable to sleep in as the short ones."