Shoes off

After talking with Liang Jing, Qi Xingchen went to see Tao Xuan before going home.

The family members visiting the patient in the corridor gradually increased, he was afraid of being recognized, pulled up the collar of the sweater, covering half of his face. With the woolen cap, only a pair of eyes are exposed.

When I entered the ward, it was not time for the checkup, Tao Xuan was eating with the help of the nurse. When Qi Xingchen came in, he put down his spoon and shouted happily, "Xingchen!

"Huh," Qi Xingchen pulled down his collar, "I'm covered like this, and you still recognize me?"

"Your eyes are different from the others, darker and brighter," Tao Xuan, probably tired, propped his elbows on the tabletop and rested his cheeks, "and no one comes to see me except you and Jiaze."

Every time I hear such words, Qi Xingchen's heart is overwhelmed. At such a young age, he was suffering from the death of his parents, serious illness, discrimination, suspension from school, staying in a hospital room all day like a jail cell, and having an IV needle buried in his hand all the time. ......

Frankly speaking, Tao Xuan is much braver than the average child to have lasted this long.

Qi Xingchen stretched out his hand and rubbed his little brain, "We are enough, Jiaze is so noisy, can you bear another one?"

Tao Xuan, with an immediate expression of disbelief, and seemingly afflicted by it, had just opened his mouth to complain--

Sight suddenly swept over a slender, curvaceous figure.

The words spun around and were swallowed back hard, Tao Xuan put down the hand resting on his cheek and sat up straight, "Sister."

Sister ......

Tao Tao is here?

Qi Xingchen's back stiffened in reflex, but only for a moment, then he returned to his natural relaxed state and turned his head back.

Sure enough, Tao Tao is standing in the doorway wearing a simple coat and jeans and a plain face.

"Sister Tao Tao," Qi Xingchen made a surprised expression, "You're here, long time no see!"

Tao Tao's eyes widened slightly, seemingly also surprised, "Xingchen, long time no see. I heard Prof. Liang say that you've been filming in J City recently, and I was prepared to go see you sometime."

Speaking of Liang Jing, her tone was quite normal, as if she was just an ordinary doctor-patient relationship or friend. Qi Xingchen did not expect her city to be as deep as this, raising his guard, he smiled and replied, "The snow scene in J City is beautiful, if you come, I will bring you to enjoy it."

Tao Tao exchanged a few more pleasantries with him and then called the nurse to inquire about Tao Xuan's condition. Her words were full of concern. If Qi Xingchen didn't know what was going on, she would have been touched by her spirit of taking time out of her busy schedule to visit her brother.

Tao Xuan, on the other hand, was expressionless, unable to tell if he was happy or unhappy, or to put it another way - numb.

Maybe having been through it too many times, he's numb to it.

Qi Xingchen squeezed Tao Xuan's hand under the table, and Tao Xuan smiled at him reluctantly. He wanted to leave, but when he saw Tao Xuan's smile, he couldn't say anything to leave.

"...... Sister Tao Tao," Qi Xingchen changed her mind, "Recently Xiao Xuan is helping my brother with his tutoring, I would like to get to know Xiao Xuan, do you mind?"

Tao Tao froze, "Don't mind if you ask. I don't have anything else to do, I just came to see Xiao Xuan."

Hearing that he wanted to stay, Tao Xuan was in a much better mood. Qi Xingchen tried his best to find a topic of conversation, but finally, after half an hour, Tao Tao could not drag him away and picked up his bag, saying, "I have an event later, I have to go first."

"Okay," Qi Xingchen said, "be safe."

"It's okay," Tao Tao got up, "By the way Xingchen, there's something I want to remind you. I heard that you've been hanging out with Brother Night a lot lately, so be careful not to get caught by the paparazzi."

It's not a big deal for two men to be close to each other, there are plenty of good brothers in the entertainment industry who hang out together every day. Tao Tao's tone was ambiguous, and he even added the words "don't be photographed by the paparazzi".

Qi Xingchen even wondered if the hotel room had been placed under surveillance and his stay with Bai Ye had been exposed.

He wasn't sure how much truth Tao Tao had, and vaguely said, "Thanks for the reminder, I'll pay attention to it in the future, or the media will always say that I'm rubbing off on Brother Night, haha."

"Uh-huh."

Tao Tao answered in an imploring voice and looked at Qi Xingchen, seemingly helpless, "It can't be helped, the paparazzi nowadays are too scary. Recently, I always feel that someone is following me, it's annoying."

Recently always feel that someone is following her ...... Qi Xingchen's heart thumped.

--Did Tao Tao find out he had a detective following her?

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On the way back to J City, Qi Xingchen kept thinking about this matter.

With the professional degree of the detective, it should not be so easy to be found out. And Tao Tao as an actor, or the recent high degree of heat of the small flower, there are a few waves of paparazzi around the normal, there is no reason to suspect to him.

Thinking about it, it could only be Tao Tao testing him. Luckily, he managed to muddle through at that time, but if he had messed up, Tao Tao would have easily caught him out.

After arriving at the theater, Director Zhou arranged to shoot a few night scenes in order to recover the time he had spent on vacation. When he got off the set and returned to the hotel, it was already past ten o'clock, so he searched carefully and didn't find anything that looked like a camera, so he finally put his heart at ease and called Qi Yunxiao.

It seems that the caller is his younger brother, Qi Yunxiao, who is ready to go to bed, turns on the lamp, "Xingchen, calling so late, in trouble?"

"No, brother," Qi Xingchen said, "it's just that I've been having dreams lately about problems with our family's property, so I'm not sure what's going on, so I wanted to talk to you."

"Nightmares should be caused by neurasthenia, tomorrow I'll say hello to the director, you come back to rest and rest and then go back to shooting."

"No, really not!" Qi Xingchen said urgently, "I always have some bad premonitions, either brother you check the company, otherwise I am not sure in my heart."

Qi Xingchen knew the seriousness of the matter, and his tone couldn't help but bring on a few points of pleading. Qi Yunxiao's heart broke after hearing this, and immediately responded, "Okay, tomorrow I will start checking from the head office."

"Be careful to watch out for tampering villains as well." Qi Xingchen continued to instruct.

"Okay," Qi Yunxiao sounded helpless and doting, "I'll pay attention, don't worry."

Qi Yunxiao always believed in the principle of "practicing what you preach", as long as you say yes, you will definitely do it. Qi Xingchen's tense shoulders finally relaxed.

He then continued to make requests, "Right brother, there's also Noah's side. I remember when you set up a fund in order to acquire Noah, can you give it to me? I want to learn how to invest, in case I don't want to film in the future, I can switch to venture capital."

"You ah ......" Qi Yunxiao was at a loss for what to say as he sighed, "I can afford you even if you don't work for the rest of your life, don't tire yourself out so much, huh?"

"Brother you trust me, I can regulate life and work." Qi Xingchen insisted.

"Well ......"

Qi Yunxiao could only comply with him, "I will take up sixty percent of the share capital of the Star Asset Management Fund, and forty percent of Qi's Group, when the integration is complete, I will transfer all the shares to your personal name in the name of a gift, and let you know after the transfer."

"Got it."

"The fund only owns forty-five percent of Noah right now, and the net isn't knotted deep enough for you to be careful when you use it."

"Uh-huh, I will, thanks brother."

Qi Yunxiao told him not to stay up all night, and to come back to inherit the family fortune if he couldn't make it, and Qi Xingchen promised repeatedly. Qi Yunxiao saw that his attitude was not very sincere, and hung up the phone with a sense of helplessness. Qi Xingchen was quite happy to have accomplished his goal, and jumped into the bathtub for a nice soak.

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The weather was getting colder and colder, accompanied by one heavy snowfall after another, and soon it was December 31st.

On the streets, many young couples are scantily clad, discussing where to go for New Year's Eve as they walk by. Aunties carrying meat and cooked food can be seen from time to time in the urban villages, which are out of place in the outside world, presumably planning to cook a good meal to welcome the new year in the Gregorian calendar.

Chinese people don't value this day as much as Chinese New Year, but after all, it's New Year's Day, and after a few scenes in the morning, Director Zhou raised his walkie-talkie, "Let's take a break, and when Da Zhuang comes back from shopping, we'll have a hot pot!"

"That's good," Yan Ruonan, dressed in police uniform, hurriedly put on a blanket, "eat a hot pot to warm up my body to cope with the afternoon's drama, I'm afraid my face will freeze and I won't be able to make any expression."

"I'm not shooting this afternoon," Director Zhou said instead, "New Year's Day is a national holiday, so I'm giving you guys a day off too. ...... The main reason is that my girlfriend wants to see me on New Year's Day, hehehe."

"Ch~~~"

Originally, when they heard about the vacation, everyone wanted to praise him. When they heard the reason, boos filled the set.

Qi Xingchen was the only one who didn't follow them.

Because Director Zhou's words reminded him.

He hugged the hand warmer and rubbed himself next to Director Zhou, "Guide, can I not eat the hot pot."

Director Zhou, being a human being, instantly guessed what he meant, "What's the matter, going out?"

"Yes, want to spend New Year's Eve with friends."

"...... Friend or object?" Director Zhou smiles ambiguously, "Okay, go ahead and come back early tomorrow."

Qi Xingchen's face heated up at his words, and after promising to come back on time, he left in a hurry.

Director Zhou is right, he does go to see the subject.

Bai Ye was invited to participate in the New Year's Eve party of a certain station. He had to shoot a movie on his side, so he hadn't even thought about the New Year's Eve. Now that he suddenly has a vacation, it would be a shame not to take advantage of it.

And every monumental day, he especially wants to spend it with Bai Ye.

Airfare was hard to come by during the holiday season, but the good news was that Bai Ye's city was not far from J. He asked An Ran to rent a 4WD SUV and drive there himself. Finally, he asked An Ran to rent a 4WD SUV from a car rental company, so he could drive there himself.

An Ran was so worried that he could not be persuaded, and after a few failed attempts to persuade him, he could only choose to spread his hands and let him be happy.

At 2:00 pm, Qi Xingchen ate something, accompanied by snowflakes on the highway. The snowy highway traffic is slow, and occasionally I run into accidents or break downs, and I have to be stuck in traffic for a long period of time.

By the time we got to our destination, it was dark.

The New Year's Eve party was being held at the city's stadium, and parking his car at the back of the stadium, he telephoned and asked A Lun, "Do you have an employee card?"

A Lun was dumbfounded when he said, "Where do you want the employee card?"

"I'm here, outside the stadium now," Qi Xingchen whispered, "Don't tell your boss, I want to surprise him."

In the past, A Lun would have sold Qi Xingchen. After realizing their relationship, A Lun understands all the little pleasures and secretly asks for Xiao Man's employee ID card and picks him up at the location Qi Xingchen sent him.

There were a super large number of celebrities attending the live broadcast of that gala, and the two walked carefully and with trepidation so as not to be recognized.

Having managed to sneak into Bai Ye's lounge, A Lun breathed a sigh of relief and pushed Qi Xingchen inside.

"Hey, you fuck-"

Without waiting to finish denouncing A Lun, Qi Xingchen turned his head to see a room full of stagnant people, as well as Bai Ye, who was in the middle of doing his makeup.

Bai Ye is singing songs from his new album today, and his style is on the trap side, so his makeup is clean and he relies mainly on his clothes and accessories to accentuate his look.

But this man has a kind of magic, as long as he puts on stage makeup, he must be different from the usual, from head to toe exudes a strong control.

One can't help but worship and submit.

Qi Xingchen swallowed back the rest of her words, eyes only for him.

Bai Ye was no less surprised than the staff, reaching out to signal Xiao Man to stop for a moment and striding up to him, "Director Zhou gave you guys a vacation?"

"Uh-huh."

"How did you get here, why didn't you tell me before you came."

"I drove here myself. Director Zhou announced the vacation announcement too suddenly to tell you."

After saying that, Qi Xingchen lowered his eyes and waited for Bai Ye to lecture him. After waiting for more than ten seconds, he didn't hear a sound.

Raising his eyes upwards, he saw Bai Ye with a serious expression, but his eyes were full of tenderness.

The distance from J City to this side Bai Ye is not unaware of it, and is equally aware of how long the little fan has to drive to get there under heavy snow.

After going to such lengths just to spend New Year's Eve with him, the words of blame were too much for him to say in any case.

"A Lun, go out and get some hot drinks," Bai Ye instructed A Lun, then turned to Qi Xingchen, "Wait for me, I'm almost done drawing."

"It's fine, you paint your picture, I'll stay by the side." Qi Xingchen sits beside him obediently.

As Xiao Man continues her work, Qi Xingchen takes a special interest in all things Bai Ye, looking around while Xiao Man puts on her make-up.

Coldly, he noticed a box of cold medicine in the clutter and wondered, "Who's got a cold?"

"Boss." Xiao Man answered immediately.

Bai Ye yelled, "Xiao Man!"

"Huh? Can't you say it?" Xiao Man immediately apologized, "I'll take that out, thank you."

It's a pity that this is not a recording program, Qi Xingchen heard it word for word, and his two eyebrows drew together in a flash, "When did you catch a cold."

Bai Ye didn't say anything.

"The weather is cold and hot, did you freeze?" Qi Xingchen asked.

Seeing that he was breaking the mold, Bai Ye could only lower his voice, "You infected me the day before yesterday."

Recently, because of Tao Tao, Qi Xingchen had long put this matter to the back of his mind. When it was brought up at this time, he was so ashamed that his ears suddenly turned red.

Xiao Man is close to the two, heard the conversation confused, "Xingchen infected? Is it from the time we went to J City? No, how can you two be infected?"

Qi Xingchen thought to himself, "We've kissed each other a million times, it's a wonder we're not contagious.

He didn't dare say so, though, and muddled, "Probably used the wrong water glass."

"Well," Bai Ye glanced at him, "the wrong toothbrush tube, to be exact."

Xiao Man was even more confused when he got the answer, wondering why those two were so rich that they had to use a toothbrush tube.

And Qi Xingchen recalls the scene as shy, rubbing her hands on her thighs.

Bai Ye was in an extremely happy mood, admiring his shy little look for a while. Then his eyes slid down to see if his little fan had lost any weight in the past two days.

Unintentionally, the little fan was shaking both legs in small increments.

It's a symptom Bai Ye has seen before - a novice driver who has been driving for too long, with both feet under the constant tension of stepping on the gas and brake, and then relaxing, may experience nervous shaking.

...... His feet must be swollen, Bai Ye sighed, leaning down to feel Qi Xingchen's ankles.

Sure enough it's swollen.

His movement was so sudden that Qi Xingchen was already up before he could react. Qi Xingchen scuffed his right foot on the ground and admonished with his mouth, "Don't move your hands in front of everyone."

Bai Ye: "......"

Bai Ye ignored him.

At this point Xiao Man finishes his makeup, puts down his brush and crosses his arms in satisfaction, "Night, go change into your show clothes."

Bai Ye "hmmm" and pointed to Qi Xingchen, "I need a helper, you come with me."

In order not to ruin the look, hair is usually done after the change of clothes, Qi Xingchen hurriedly followed him to the dressing room.

He knows in his heart, Bai Ye actually does not need help. Asked him to go along, probably want to ...... I'm going to take this opportunity to make out with him.

Qi Xingchen scratched his neck and had a billion itches.

Fittingly, once inside the locker room, Bai Ye locked the door behind him and ordered, "Sit."

Qi Xingchen obediently sat on the chair.

Bai Ye then ordered, "Take off your shoes."

"......" Qi Xingchen is frantic, "No, no, there are too many people here!"

People? Many?

Bai Ye looks around, "Where are the crowds, just the two of us."

"I really can't!" Qi Xingchen was anxious, "If someone hears the sound, we'll be finished!"

Bai Ye reacted for a few seconds before reacting to what the little fan meant.

--he thought he was going to be in the locker room, doing that to him.

Bai Ye laughed in exasperation, especially wanting to explore the direction of the little fan's brain circuits. The lounge was a public place, there was no way he would do anything to Qi Xingchen in a public place.

He couldn't afford to give it up.

Not to mention ...... It only takes as long as it takes to change clothes, and it's simply not enough to do it.

Without so much time to explain, Bai Ye directly squatted down and took off Qi Xingchen's shoes by himself.

Qi Xingchen wore a pair of short military boots to keep warm for the movie. The boots were so loose that Bai Ye pulled them off with a gentle tug.

Qi Xingchen was even more anxious: "I really can't, either, or I'll use my hands to get it out for you first."

"...... What do you take me for," Bai Ye pulls off his socks with a grimace, "I just want to see your feet."

...... see ....... Feet ......

So Bai Ye has this kind of fetish?

Qi Xingchen was shocked for a moment and slurped in embarrassment, "Okay, okay, then I, then I'll give you foot 丨交."

"......" Bai Ye is utterly speechless and rips off his opponent's socks in three tries.

Touching the air, the feet were cold, Qi Xingchen lowered his head and tried to think about the steps of foot丨crossing.

In the old days in the acrobatic troupe, a bunch of big, bloody boys used to get together from time to time to observe the videos that the various teachers selflessly gave out. He was so busy with his studies that he seldom participated and occasionally swept a glance or two.

Rather really scanned this aspect.

His face burned at the mere thought.

At the moment his socks were gone, just waiting for Bai Ye to take off his pants. He told himself in his mind: calm down, calm down.

The next moment, what was placed on his feet was not what he thought it was, but two large, warm hands.

Qi Xingchen raised his head and saw Bai Ye holding his feet, he was so scared that he hurriedly retracted his legs, "I haven't washed my feet, they're dirty, let go of me!"

Unfortunately, how could he resist the other party's strength, Bai Ye grabbed his snow-white ankle with one hand, and slowly kneaded the arch of his foot with a slightly rusty hand, "Don't move, your foot is swollen, I'll rub it for you."