Is it going to air soon?
Cheng Che was taken aback.
Guo Xin shoved his phone in front of him; the screen showed a preview from the official account of " Life Slowed Down," airing tonight at 8 PM for his episode.
"Perfect!" Guo Xin slammed his hand on the table excitedly. "I want to see if you and Yan Ruanning really have a relationship!"
His voice was quite loud, and several people in the breakfast shop turned around to look at him.
Cheng Che smiled helplessly.
After the lawyer's letter of warning and clarification a few days ago, the matter had been suppressed.
Yan Ruanning even boasted to him on WeChat, asking if he had handled the situation perfectly.
Adding to the controversy, a celebrity's alleged surgical complications and lower limb problems yesterday topped the trending searches, completely overshadowing his own popularity.
Who knew it would happen again?
Am I truly born with an innate body of heat?
"Why don't you just ask me directly? Why spend money to see a doctor?"
Upon hearing this, Guo Xin retorted confidently, "What can I possibly learn by asking you? I have to find out for myself!"
Zhou Mingxuan, standing nearby, casually remarked, "They've already clarified that."
"Clarification is clarification," Guo Xin waved his hand, "I just want to see what everyone in the live chat is saying."
"Okay, remember to boost my popularity," Cheng Che said. "Praise me in the comments later, or I'll never forgive you."
Guo Xin chuckled, "Of course."
Su Qingyue lowered her head and drank her soy milk, not responding. Lin Xiao, however, didn't notice and leaned over to look at Guo Xin's phone screen.
After the five of them finished breakfast, they went to the city center.
Cheng Che paid for a portable video recorder, about the size of a palm, with good image quality and image stabilization.
Guo Xin took it and looked at it over and over again, extremely excited.
"Don't worry, I'll definitely be able to record well starting tomorrow."
Cheng Che smiled without saying a word.
They agreed to continue filming tomorrow, and everyone dispersed.
Cheng Che returned home to find no one inside. A note lay on the coffee table, written by Jiang Xue:
" Cheche, your dad and I went to trade at the shop. Your aunt and uncle are there too. We might not be back for lunch; we'll have dinner at home tonight."
He folded the note, sat down on the sofa, and took out his phone.
On WeChat, Yan Ruanning's profile picture was lit up.
[ Yan Ruanning: Did you see the trailer?]
[ Cheng Che: Hmm. Guo Xin also said he'd keep an eye on the comments to see if we're related.]
[ Yan Ruanning: And then?]
[ Cheng Che: Then I asked him to praise me more.]
Yan Ruanning sent a "facepalm" emoji.
[ Yan Ruanning: I handled the lawyer's letter matter well, didn't I?]
Cheng Che: Awesome!
[ Yan Ruanning: Perfunctory.]
[ Cheng Che: That's fantastic. Lawyer Hu said the other party has deleted the post and apologized. The person you hired is very professional.]
[ Yan Ruanning: Of course.]
Cheng Che looked at the message and a slight smile curved his lips.
His relationship with Yan Ruanning is currently at this point.
They weren't officially together, but they weren't just ordinary friends either.
We chat for a few minutes every day, sometimes about serious matters, sometimes about nonsense, and we send each other some silly emojis.
He didn't know what this meant, but he had a vague feeling that it was a good thing.
There are no promises, no constraints, and neither of them has to change anything for the other.
He suspected he had the potential to be a scumbag.
The following day, filming proceeded as scheduled.
From playing tennis in the morning to Cheng Che strolling around and visiting the unique places in Spring City that Guo Xin had mentioned.
The rice noodle shops in the old town, the teahouses by Green Lake, and the old alleyways of the flower and bird market.
Each location was filmed three or four times. Guo Xin said, "We need to repeatedly shoot the footage until we get a good shot."
"No, the lighting here is bad."
"No, your walking posture is too pretentious."
"No, someone's in the shot! No, it's fine if a passerby is in the shot, but that uncle keeps staring at the camera, it's so distracting."
Cheng Che was thoroughly tormented by him, but he didn't say anything.
That's how it is when shooting videos; he'd already experienced it firsthand when filming a music video in Hang City.
They filmed until evening before the five of them finally finished.
"Let's do it again tomorrow," Guo Xin said. "We need to shoot the footage several times before we can edit it."
Cheng Che waved his hand and went home, exhausted.
Cheng Che returned home, took a shower, and sat down at his computer.
At 8 PM, " Life Slowed Down " premiered on time.
He opened the live stream, and the screen was filled with a dense barrage of comments.
I'm going to check if they're real or not!
I came to see Yan Ruanning!
I'm here to verify the pairings!
[Calm down, everyone. This is just a variety show episode. Don't overthink it!]
Cheng Che leaned back in his chair, looking at the screen with a smile on his lips.
A rented room in Magic City.
Huang Chengcheng dragged her tired body and pushed open the door, and a fragrant aroma of braised food and snacks wafted out.
In the living room, her roommate Hu Manni sat cross-legged on the sofa, with snacks laid out in front of her: duck necks, edamame, potato chips, and two cans of cola.
The computer screen was lit up, displaying the live stream page for " Life Slowed Down ".
"What are you doing?" Huang Chengcheng asked, changing her shoes and laughing.
"Watching a variety show!" Hu Manni said without turning her head. "Today's episode is about that top-scoring student from the college entrance Zhuangyuan on ' Life Slowed Down.' I'm going to watch it carefully! To prove that he and my idol are just ordinary friends!"
Huang Chengcheng chuckled.
She knew that Hu Manni was a die-hard fan of Yan Ruanning and felt that her sister should be beautiful on her own, so she was particularly resistant to any rumors.
In particular, the fact that Yan Ruanning has never had any scandals since her debut has made Hu Manni somewhat dissatisfied with the top Zhuangyuan named Cheng Che.
Huang Chengcheng didn't think it was a big deal.
This stuff is mostly fake; it's industrial saccharin.
"I'm going to take a shower first." She grabbed her pajamas and went into the bathroom.
After she finished showering and changed into loose pajamas, Hu Manni moved aside to make room for her.
The two snuggled on the sofa, Hu Manni refreshed the page.
"It's starting! It's starting!" Hu Manni excitedly picked up the small notebook and pen from the coffee table.
Huang Chengcheng shook her head helplessly, grabbed a bag of potato chips, and looked at the screen.
The opening scene shows typical footage of the Mushroom House.
The celebrities got up one by one. Teacher Huang was busy at the stove, Teacher He was drinking tea in the yard, and Su Jianqiu and Liang Shihua went to feed the chickens.
Hu Manni laughed as she watched, almost forgetting that she was there to "witness" the event.
"Wait a minute." Hu Manni suddenly realized, "Have I been scammed? There's no such thing as a top Zhuangyuan!"
As soon as he finished speaking, several people emerged from the chicken coop.
Then, a sound came from outside the courtyard.
" Ruanning!"
The photographer's lens was originally pointed at the people next to him.
The camera abruptly panned the moment the sound was heard.
The screen shook slightly at first.
The leaves, the sunlight, the dappled shadows, and then the light focused on the path outside the yard.
At the end of the path, a boy stood there.
The photographer's lens slowly zoomed in.
He was wearing a simple black T-shirt and dark casual pants. Sunlight filtered through the leaves, scattering golden rays across his body.
He looked at everyone in the courtyard and smiled.
When he smiled, his eyes curved into two crescent moons, and his whole face lit up.
The boy's facial features are magnified in the image.
Her skin was just the right amount of white, her eyebrows and eyes were well-defined, and her nose was straight.
Sunlight streamed in from the side, casting very faint shadows beneath his eyelashes.
Those eyes shone astonishingly bright in the light, their pupils like two obsidian stones immersed in water. When they looked up, they reflected tiny fragments of light, sparkling like stars.
He raised his hand and waved gently into the courtyard. A breeze blew by, causing the stray hairs on his forehead to sway.
In the image, the boy stands still, with light and shadow slowly flowing across his body.
Sunlight filtered through the branches and leaves, scattering dappled light across the ground and illuminating his shadow on either side.
A breeze blows, the leaves sway gently, and the dappled sunlight dances on them, like a pair of wings unfolding.
The comments section went crazy.
Holy crap, what an amazing shot!!!
[Give the photographer a bonus! This lighting is absolutely brilliant!]
I actually saw movie-quality footage on a variety show!
[That entrance was so cool, oh my god!]
[He's so handsome I can't believe it!!!!]
Huang Chengcheng, watching from outside the screen, had a potato chip in her hand that stopped at her mouth, as if she were frozen in place.
Hu Manni, standing next to her, held a pen in mid-air, her notebook blank.
Neither of them spoke.
Huang Chengcheng suddenly put down the potato chips and sat up straight.
" Manni."
"Um."
I think I'm in love.
Hu Manni did not answer.
She stared at the screen, watching Yan Ruanning smile, then run to the boy's side, tilting her head back as if pouting and saying something.
Hu Manni tapped her pen on the notebook, but didn't write anything.
Then she whispered something:
I think... I'm in love too.