[He carried him back. Does that mean he's soothed him now?]
[Then that hour I spent staring at an empty livestream wasn't for nothing.]
[Is he tired? So he fell asleep on his husband's back?]
[Wait, girls, Xingcan isn't asleep! He lifted his head! He's actually pretending to sleep! So cute.]
[Can anyone who reads lips work out what Xingcan just said?]
[A kitty who pretends to sleep literally couldn't be any cuter.]
Within minutes, Shen Xingcan being carried back by Xie Linchuan and trying to pretend to sleep had spread across all the major social media platforms.
Shen Xingcan's solo fans were happy because Shen Xingcan had returned safely. As for why someone had carried him back, that wasn't important.
Xie Linchuan's solo fans were happy because Xie Linchuan had also returned safely. As for why there was an extra person on his back, did that matter? No.
The CP fans were happy. After all, being carried back was a signal in itself.
Shen Xingcan was set down on the bed.
Shen Xingcan took off his shoes, rolled to the far side of the bed, and began reflecting on his behavior. "I was way too emotional. We're still filming a show, and I just ran off like that. I even cried!"
So childish!
"It was my fault."
Shen Xingcan indignantly kicked Xie Linchuan. "Of course it was your fault! I can already imagine your fans flooding everything with GIFs of me crying the next time they trash me. But you won't fare much better. They probably took screenshots of you chasing after me and will slap the word 'simp' on them..."
After a pause, Shen Xingcan suddenly beamed. "Thinking about it that way, I suddenly feel a lot better."
Xie Linchuan getting mocked too = Shen Xingcan not getting mocked.
Xie Linchuan said, "They won't."
Shen Xingcan said, "...Won't what?"
Xie Linchuan said, "Now that my fans know I care about you, they won't mock you anymore."
Shen Xingcan clicked his tongue. "Won't they just trash me even harder?"
Xie Linchuan chuckled softly. "Because solo fans only lose it over the real sister-in-law?"
Shen Xingcan's eyes widened. "Who's their sister-in-law? Stop talking nonsense and ruining my reputation. We're sworn enemies, former bros who can't live under the same sky!"
Xie Linchuan said, "...Sworn enemies and former bros?"
Shen Xingcan said coldly, "Of course. What else could we be? Good bros? You were the one who distanced yourself from me back then! Now you think you can say a few words and go back to being my good bro? I'm telling you, not a chance! I won't forgive you that easily!"
He had made him sad and miserable for so many years. Of course he had to get him back properly.
After all, Shen Xingcan had never been a good person.
Xie Linchuan said, "Then those things you said earlier..."
Shen Xingcan said, "I was just mourning our lost friendship."
With that, Shen Xingcan suddenly sat up and straddled Xie Linchuan, wrapping his arms around his neck. He leaned close to the man's face and said softly, "Best Actor Xie, surely you didn't misunderstand what I said?"
His beautiful eyes and brows were still a little red from crying, and his eyes shone as though filled with scattered stars.
He drew out the ends of his words, soft and sweet, with a touch of very deliberate innocence.
Xie Linchuan stared at Shen Xingcan's face for a while before suddenly speaking softly. "All right, I did misunderstand. But I think, my sworn enemy, you have something more important to deal with right now. Your eyes will definitely be swollen tomorrow morning. Have you thought about how you'll appear on camera tomorrow?"
Shen Xingcan said, "..."
Why wasn't this the reaction he had imagined?
Shen Xingcan stared into Xie Linchuan's eyes for a while before saying sulkily, "You fix it for me. You're the one who made me cry."
"Should I boil a few eggs to put on your eyes? Or find you a pair of sunglasses?"
Shen Xingcan gave his orders. "Go boil the eggs, then find some sunglasses. I want a two-pronged approach."
"All right."
As he spoke, Xie Linchuan slipped his hands under Shen Xingcan's thighs and stood up from the edge of the bed.
Startled at suddenly being lifted into the air, Shen Xingcan wrapped all four limbs around Xie Linchuan. "Xie Linchuan, what are you doing?!"
"Carrying you to go boil eggs."
"Then just boil the eggs. Why are you carrying me?"
"Isn't this what you wanted?"
"Who said I wanted it?"
"If you didn't, you would have gotten off me just now."
Shen Xingcan snapped, "I didn't have time!"