Fireworks

"Xingchen, wake up!"

"Xingchen, Xingchen?"

When it was time to go to work, An Ran went to the top floor as usual to wake up his artistes. After ringing the doorbell for a long time, there was no answer.

Qi Xingchen was a light sleeper and would open the door for her in a daze after one or two clicks. An Ran was getting more and more anxious, fearing that she would be late for the shoot, she didn't care about the difference between men and women, and quickly swiped her own key card to open the room.

Entering the house she headed straight for the bedroom, only to see a large bulge on the bed, and the man she was about to call smothering himself all the way under the covers.

No wonder I can't hear you.

An Ran was afraid of scaring Qi Xingchen, and crouched down next to him and gently called out, "Xingchen."

No movement.

"Xingchen, if you don't get up the business director will scold you!"

The other finally gave a reaction, "Well ......"

No, this voice ...... It seems to be very weak.

An Ran, sensitive to the problem, thought it was good that Qi Xingchen didn't sleep naked, and carefully lifted the blanket.

The moment he saw the person under the covers, he was startled!

-- Qi Xingchen was curled up in a ball holding himself, his face flushed and his lips pale. Upon closer inspection, one can see that his body is trembling slightly, and the back of his cotton pajamas is soaked with sweat.

An Ran Reach out and touch his head ...... So hot!

He's got a fever!

An Ran hurriedly pushed Qi Xingchen , "Xingchen, wake up a little, I'll get Old Qin to take you to the hospital."

"...... It's okay," Qi Xingchen sensed that she was probably sick or else she wouldn't be so cold, "I'll just take some medicine and I'll be fine."

"No, fever is not a small thing, you must be hooked up to water." An Ran pulled a jacket from the closet and tried to put it on him.

Qi Xingchen bit down on the tip of his tongue, the pain making him feel much better about being lightheaded. Propping up his arms, he sat up and stopped, "There's really no need, today is all about me. Sister An Ran, did you bring a thermometer and fever-reducing medicine?"

"Bring it on, but ......"

"Please bring it for me."

"Aiya, you really ......" An Ran jumped to her feet in anger, but looking at Qi Xingchen's expression of being completely unable to persuade her, she gritted her teeth and went back to her room to get the medical kit.

Her room was on the fourteenth floor, and when she came up again Qi Xingchen had already changed her clothes.

Qi Xingchen took the medical kit from her, skillfully opened the thermometer and stuffed it into her armpit. Then taking out a fever-reducing patch and sticking it to his head, he methodically commanded, "An Ran Sister, please help me pour me a cup of warm water and a cup of hot water."

Warm water for medicines and hot water for sweating, An Ran went to the water fountain to get water as he said.

Qi Xingchen took this time to find cold and fever remedies, and when she got warm water, she lifted her chin and swallowed all eight pills at once.

After doing so, he held his water glass and slowly drank hot water.

Drinking most of the cup, the coldness faded a lot. He looked at An Ran frowning and pouting, and joked, "What are you worried about, can't drinking more hot water cure all diseases, I'll be fine in no time."

An Ran snorted with laughter at the phrase "drink more hot water", but after laughing, she was even more distressed, "Xingchen, you're so skillful at taking medicines, was it because you had no one to take care of you when you were young?"

"...... Yes," Qi Xingchen paused, "but they preferred to let me be independent, so I learned to take care of myself at a very young age."

What kind of parent wants their kid to take care of himself when he's sick? It's so irresponsible! An Ran is furious.

But she knows her own positioning, she is only Qi Xingchen assistant, no position to interfere in other people's family affairs, and even less qualified to criticize other people's parents, wrinkled a small face sullen.

"Well, go get me another drink." Qi Xingchen laughed and coaxed her to her feet.

An Ran then went to fetch hot water again, and Qi Xingchen took out a thermometer and threw it around a few times.

38 degrees 5, not bad, medium temperature, properly handled will soon reduce the fever.

After the second cup of hot water, his body was almost warmed up and he rushed down to wash up. By the time he dragged An Ran to the set, the rest of the group had already arrived.

Shang Yuliang, while debugging the equipment, teased him, "Xiao Qi, you're a little late today. ...... Aigoo, why do you look so bad?"

"I had a nightmare in my sleep last night," Qi Xingchen lied, "I'll be fine after I put on my makeup, I'm going to the makeup artist now."

Makeup art is worthy of being one of the four evil arts in Asia, the makeup artist slightly touched up his face, and his face immediately returned to its previous state. A morning of filming passed, except for the footsteps are a bit lethargic, all the scenes perfectly completed.

At noon, to apologize for being late, he ordered two dozen orders of crawfish and salad for the crew, while he took a bottle of milk back to the nanny car to rest.

The high intensity of the morning's filming had nearly drained him physically, and he reclined back in his seat, wanting to empty himself for a nap so he could be refreshed for the afternoon.

As a result, the scene from last night replayed over and over again in front of his eyes without listening.

"After helping you with the play on the 22nd, he went to my place for a while."

"If the press finds out, we won't be able to tell."

"Lucky for you."

Luckily for you.

Qi Xingchen couldn't help but snicker, An Ran's analysis was actually that accurate.

He helped to clarify the matter, and in the end, he made Bai Ye and Tao Tao happy.

The direct sunlight on his eyes was very uncomfortable, so Qi Xingchen pulled a piece of clothing and pulled it over his head.

So ...... What's Bai Ye doing at Tao Tao's place?

To give a speech to Tao Tao? Tao Tao is a professional actor, he shouldn't be needed.

Catching up with an old friend? It's not convenient or safe to go into an actress' room in the middle of the night.

Or, as the internet comments suggest, go to Tao Tao ...... Warmth?

In fact, when you think about it, this seems to be the only reason that makes the most sense for top traffic to risk being photographed in an actress' room.

And this isn't the real world, it's a romance novel filled with Ma Lisu. In the novel, Bai Ye is supposed to get closer and closer to Tao Tao.

He, himself, was the last one to get involved in it, the outsider.

Thinking about it, Qi Xingchen suddenly felt sick to his empty stomach. He threw down his clothes and unscrewed the milk.

I didn't wait to drink it. [Bo sends a text message]

Looking at the interface of the cell phone, Qi Xingchen's fingers unconsciously tighten, and the plastic bottle makes a "squeaky" sound.

It wasn't until he felt the wetness on his legs that he realized the milk had pinched out of him and fumbled for a paper towel to wipe his pants.

"Xingchen."

At that moment An Ran got on the bus with a paper cup, "I saw that you didn't eat the crayfish, so I went to the convenience store next to it and bought a portion of Kanto Boiled, it's hot now, have some."

"Okay," Qi Xingchen tossed down the paper towel, dropping her cell phone aside in the process, "Thanks."

Bai Ye, who had finished filming on the other side, frowned when he saw that WeChat was slow to reply.

The little fan has been getting slower and slower to respond to messages over the past few days, let alone initiate messages to him.

What went wrong?

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Kanto boiled hot soup was a good way to soothe an empty stomach.

After eating, An Ran took Qi Xingchen's temperature again and said with satisfaction, "Not bad, it will return to normal soon. By the way, Xingchen, how did you get a fever last night."

He didn't know himself, "Maybe he didn't cover up."

"Make sure you call me next time you're sick and take your meds early to save yourself the pain."

Qi Xingchen "hmmm", a thought flashed through her mind.

He is still in the state of being without an agent. An Ran has been in the industry for a short time but is very attentive, alert and sharp to unexpected events. Upon observation, he seems to have no involvement in the plot and is a dispensable tool man.

This suits him best, either a well-known agent may which one has a connection with the protagonist, to the plot needs to jump out to pit him, he can not afford it.

He carefully calculates the feasibility of turning An Ran into an agent, and shortly after An Ran taps him on the shoulder, snapping him back to his senses, "Xingchen, your cell phone is ringing."

Could it be that Bai Ye saw that he didn't return his messages and called to follow up?

Qi Xingchen was a little hesitant.

"Xingchen, didn't you hear me?"

"Oh, I hear you." He reluctantly picked up his cell phone.

...... I can't believe it's the caregiver's phone!

The nurse told him that Tao Xuan had woken up and was undergoing a full body check. It is now lunch break, Qi Xingchen rushes to inform Tao Tao, and asks Old Qin to take them to the hospital when Tao Tao comes out.

Old Qin drove them all the way, and just as they stepped into the hospital room, Qi Xingchen heard the caretaker's soft words advising Tao Xuan: "If you don't eat, your body will recover slowly, and you'll miss a lot of classes."

"Xiao Xuan not eating again?" Tao Tao took off his jacket and walked quickly to the hospital bed.

Tao Xuan is leaning against the bed, staring ahead, not sure what he's thinking.

At the sound of Tao Tao's voice, he finally changed his sitting position and turned his head to look at his sister.

"I'll do it," Tao Tao took the lunch box from the caretaker, "Xiao Xuan, did we make a deal not to let me be distracted during my filming."

"...... Yes."

"Then eat your meals, your body is well nourished and well nourished, so that you can do the surgery at the first opportunity when you wait for the kidney 丨 source, right?"

Qi Xingchen's heart sank. Yesterday, Tao Xuan's lab tests required 24 hours to retrieve the report, and he had yet to see the diagnosis.

He guessed that Tao Xuan's disease had entered an active phase, but he didn't realize that it had deteriorated to the point where he needed a new kidney.

After the SLE condition worsens, the patient will have strong hallucinations as well as suicidal tendencies, Tao Xuan's mental state must be very, very unstable now.

Sure enough, Tao Xuan hung his head, "Sis, I don't want to wait."

"...... Xiao Xuan, what are you talking about." Tao Tao obsessively scooped up a spoonful of porridge and brought it to his mouth.

"I said, I don't want a new kidney."

Tao Tao's arm holding the bowl can not stop trembling, Qi Xingchen a stranger to hear it is not good, you can imagine how tormented her heart at this moment.

As it is not convenient for outsiders to be present at such a time, Qi Xingchen called for a caregiver, and the two of them sat on a bench outside the hospital room and waited.

Twenty minutes later, Tao Tao came out with an empty lunch box and forced a smile at Qi Xingchen, "Sorry, I'm sorry."

"It's okay, Tao Tao-san. ......" Qi Xingchen paused, "Is Tao Xuan in good shape now?"

"It's okay."

"So is it convenient for you ...... let me have a word with him?"

Tao Tao froze, then realized what he was going to say and nodded in agreement.

But Qi Xingchen didn't expect anything less.

If before he came here, he was hoping that Tao Xuan could clear Qi Jiaze's name, now he thought it would be better to change to another way quickly.

In order not to irritate Tao Xuan, he pulled away and took a seat. Leaning down, he maintained a very open stance, "Xiao Xuan, I am Qi Jiaze's brother. We met on the road, do you remember?"

Tao Xuan looked out the window.

"I'm also friends with your sister so I told Jiaze to see you more at school, did he see you? How are you guys getting along?"

Tao Xuan was still looking out the window.

Seeing Tao Xuan ignoring his thoughts, Qi Xingchen switched to a euphemistic way to get straight to the point, "Yesterday, before you fainted, Qi Jiaze threw you a ball, did it hurt you?"

Tao Xuan has finally moved.

He had his head in the direction of the window and his mouth was open and shut, "Should have pushed a little harder."

A little harder. How nice to smash him.

Qi Xingchen : "......"

"Xiao Xuan, you can find your sister or me if you need anything. I won't disturb your rest, remember to eat well."

The day is completely over, Qi Xingchen presses his temples and simply exits the hospital room.

Tao Tao had a movie to catch up on, so he coaxed Tao Xuan to go back to the theater after dinner.

Qi Xingchen was left alone to walk back, and on the way he opened WeChat, ready to ask Qi Jiaze about her situation.

After half a day of searching, he found a suspicious species named "King" in his address book, and tried: "Jiaze?

King: "It's me. Can't you recognize me from my avatar?" "I'll change it back to James.

Xingchen: [No, did the teacher look for you today?]

King: [Looking for it, I listened to you and didn't recognize it, they're mad as hell]

Finally, there's one good thing, Qi Xingchen typed: [Tao Xuan, this side is not good, you take the time to contact the classmates who were there and ask them to help testify.]

King: [ok, where is Tao Xuan bad?]

"......" Qi Xingchen sighed.

This stupid kid, he's not even cleared of his own charges, and he's still thinking about how others are doing.

Before he wore into Peaches of the Night, he felt that the Qi family deserved to die.

After wearing in, he realizes that the Qi family is nothing more than puppets at the mercy of the plot, and that everyone actually has a soft and kind heart.

Qi Xingchen briefly mentioned Tao Xuan's condition, and Qi Jiaze immediately said that he would never mess with Tao Xuan again. Qi Xingchen felt even worse after hearing this.

He hoped there would be a next time.

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Back at the Oceanarium, it so happened that the last scene had just finished shooting. Shang Yuliang beckoned Qi Xingchen: "Go change and get ready for your next scene. By the way, Xiao Qi, don't ask anyone out tonight."

Qi Xingchen is curious: "There's a night movie?"

"No night scenes," Shang Yuliang laughed, "I heard that Tao Tao's brother is awake and in good health. It's good that we've been so tense for a while, so let's go out for a dinner to celebrate and relax."

As an actor, it is normal and necessary to follow the crew's arrangement during the shooting. Qi Xingchen has never taken the initiative to ask anyone out, but if he is approached by someone, he will only say yes if he is ready for tomorrow's movie.

So he hadn't been scheduled to be there in the first place, and responded, going to the locker room to change into his work clothes.

The afternoon was dominated by his scenes with the group actors, which focused on Lin Xiao's psychological changes and metamorphosis after working at the Oceanarium and spending time with the marine life.

This is also his penultimate day of main set filming, and after some pre-shoots tomorrow, he will be moving with the B-team to the university campus as well as outdoors to shoot scenes of Lin Xiao's life.

The group actors were nice and on point, and a couple of seal show scenes were over quickly.

Before checking out and walking away, a little twenty-something groupie holding a book timidly called out, "Qi Xingchen."

"Huh?" Qi Xingchen, who was reading the next script, looked up at that.

"Can you sign this for me, I'm your starlight."

His fans actually developed into the group acting community, Qi Xingchen was quite surprised, smiled and stood up, took the book and asked, "What's your name."

"Ahhhhhhhhhh!" The girl couldn't contain her joy, "You're going to sign me To?"

Qi Xingchen suddenly feels a sense of déjà vu - when he picked up Bai Ye at the airport, Bai Ye pretended not to recognize him and drew a Xingchen on his hand.

Qi Xingchen winks, "Well, here you go To sign."

The girl read out a very pretty sounding name, and Qi Xingchen signed it with a few strokes. The girl happily held in her arms and left, Qi Xingchen sat back to his own horse, opened his cell phone photo album.

Scroll up and turn to the date of the day of the pickup.

He didn't wash his hands all day, and in the evening, before taking a shower, he took a picture of Xingchen's hand as a souvenir.

He stared at the photo for a while, sliding his finger back and forth on the "delete" button, and finally slipped the phone back into his pocket in frustration.

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At 6:00 p.m., Shang Yuliang announced an early stoppage for the convenience of the evening gathering.

The big guys changed into nice clothes and got into their nanny cars. The row of business cars heading for the restaurant was a spectacular sight.

It was a big crowd this time, almost thirty people, including all the secondary supporting actors, plus the director, assistant director, camera operator, lighting operator, etc. Someone suggested a hot pot dinner. Someone suggested hot pot, and Shang Yuliang ordered a hot pot restaurant with two large round tables, one for each person.

Since the food was served in the name of celebrating Tao Tao, Shang Yuliang mentioned wine, "This time it was really too close, I hope Tao Tao's brother's health is getting better and better."

Tao Tao is quite good at talking: "Thank you, Mr. Shang, for your blessing, but there's no such thing as taking an actor's relative's body for an article. I think Mr. Shang is just looking for an excuse to invite everyone to dinner, and he found me."

A chorus of "Thank you, Mr. Shang" was heard in the room, and Shang Yuliang laughed and toasted heartily.

As the hosts had dried up, the rest of them naturally couldn't be left behind, and all of them tilted their heads. After the first cup, Shang Yuliang continued to mention the second cup, "During the period of temporary adjustment, everyone followed me every day to work hard, tired, thank you for your dedication."

"I should, I should", "Isn't it our duty", "You are the most tired person", "We will continue to work hard in the future! We will continue to work hard in the future." We are all saying polite things with our mouths, but our eyes are gouging hard at Xu Sheng.

If he hadn't been there, would we have gotten so tired?

Xu Sheng recently mixed in the crew inside and outside of the people, may be the agent instructed, he voluntarily chose the most remote seat, so as not to sit in the heart of the area to be despised from the beginning to the end.

Qi Xingchen looked over at him along with everyone else, and suddenly realized that Xu Sheng was looking strange.

With a fake smile on his face and a pair of gloomy eyes, he stared straight at the side of Tao Tao's face.

...... Why is he looking at Tao Tao with that look?

Qi Xingchen rubbed his stomach and wondered for a moment, then suddenly remembered - wasn't this the plot of "Peach of the Night", where the hero hero saves the beauty?

Tonight, Tao Tao gets drunk at a dinner party and Xu Sheng takes her back to his room and tries to molest her. Tao Tao calls the male lead, who arrives quickly to save her.

In the original text, this episode takes place in Xu Sheng's killing banquet. Knowing that he will never see Tao Tao again, he makes up his mind to go out of his way.

Now that the timeline has been moved up, the motivation remains the same - because Xu Sheng's role is cut short, with only three days of scenes left to be wrapped soon.

And given his current persona, it's clear that the crew isn't going to prepare a killing party for him.

If he doesn't do it today, he won't have a chance!

Qi Xingchen, having had a couple of glasses of wine, came to his senses in a flash - it was one thing for Bai Ye to meet Tao Tao at night, and quite another to know that Tao Tao would be in danger.

A woman has no natural advantage over a man, and the struggle inevitably allows Xu Sheng to take advantage of her. He can't just stand by and watch her fall into the fear of being molested.

If it changes the course of the plot in the process, all the better, of course.

He rushed to Tao Tao, whispered: "Tao Tao sister, you drink less, tomorrow we have a lot of shots need to make up."

Tao Tao smiled, "Thanks for your concern, I will drink less without your reminder!"

Qi Xingchen was much more at ease, staring at her and Xu Sheng with a good eye.

However, heaven forbid.

After being tired for so long, it was not easy for everyone to find a chance to relax, so they kept raising their glasses. Shang Yuliang was happy to see his staff happy and kept on raising their glasses.

All present are in the circle, who do not know how the other party's background. Wine toast to the head, do not drink impolite is secondary, maybe the other side think you do not give him face, secretly stabbed a knife.

Then you won't want to be in the entertainment industry in the future!

At the end of the day, most of the people were drunk. Including Qi Xingchen himself, who also drank a lot, his stomach churning like a river.

"Okay, that's it, I'm really afraid that I can't work tomorrow if I keep drinking," Shang Yuliang called the waiter and commanded while signing the order, "I'm drunk and can't take care of it, so the boys will be responsible for sending the girls back to their rooms."

"Okay, I'll send Sister Tao Tao!" Qi Xingchen hurriedly raised his hand.

"I see you're also quite drunk, I can't afford to give you my leading lady," Shang Yuliang glanced around, "Xiao Xu is a good drinker, you send Ji Yan."

Qi Xingchen : "......"

Shit!

Who would send whom was quickly decided, but it was good that everyone was staying in the same hotel and he could keep an eye on them at all times.

Qi Xingchen got out of his car and drove another actor to his room as fast as he could. After accepting his thanks, he couldn't wait to take the elevator back up and ran down the fire escape to the 24th floor.

Xu Sheng pushed Tao Tao into the room!

He rushed over to the door, but it was too late, Xu Sheng closed the door. Qi Xingchen only had a chance to see the lecherous smile on his lips, and Tao Tao's drunken side cheeks!

"Ding-dong--ding-dong--" Qi Xingchen pounded on the doorbell.

"Clang-clang-clang-clang-" Qi Xingchen chiseled hard at the door.

However, Xu Sheng was determined and paid no attention to the noise he created. Qi Xingchen was getting more and more anxious, his head full of sweat.

And what's up with the hero? Why isn't he here yet?

I can't help it. Safety comes first now. With time to wait for the male lead to come, Tao Tao doesn't know how many salty hands she will have to suffer.

Qi Xingchen called 110 with his left hand and knocked on Feng Qingyuan's door with his right hand, trying to get him to bang on the door with him.

After knocking a few times and no one answered, he remembered Feng Qingyuan wanted to send the business director back to his room. Seeing that the elevator was about to arrive, he hurriedly ran in the direction of the elevator.

"DING~" the elevator doors opened and he scurried in one step-

As a result, I didn't stop my feet and accidentally collided with the passenger inside!

"Right ......" Qi Xingchen hurriedly apologized, only one word came out of his mouth, and when he saw the other person's face, he suddenly couldn't say the rest of the two words.

Fever, stomachache, soiled pants, drunkenness ...... The whole day's grievances erupted at the same time, and without thinking, he reached out and hammered Bai Ye hard!

Qi Xingchen had drunk too much and his punch was soft and painless. Bai Ye looked him up and down: "Drinking again?"

"Yes, I'm drunk!" Qi Xingchen was being unreasonable.

"No wonder y'all aren't answering my calls," Bai Ye said, "I'll take you to your room and then get you some sobriety pills."

"...... No," Qi Xingchen thought of Tao Tao, "Help me, Tao Tao has been taken into her room by Xu Sheng!"

He then pulled Bai Ye to the door of Xu Sheng's room. Bai Ye knew what was more important, and with Qi Xingchen's combined efforts, he finally broke open the door of Xu Sheng's room after more than ten strokes.

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Tao Tao should have struggled, with a torn collar on her blouse and messy sideburns, but otherwise her clothes are relatively intact, so she shouldn't have been bullied for too long.

Xu Sheng was in a state of delirium, plus he was especially panicked when he was found out, and was pressed to the ground by Qi Xingchen and Bai Ye in two or three moves, one by one.

The police arrived at the scene five minutes later. Taking Tao Tao's identity into account, only a simple statement was taken, and a female police officer was left to reassure Tao Tao before taking Xu Sheng away.

Shang Yuliang, for his part, was so frightened that he kept shouting that he was guilty and asked his driver to take Tao Tao to the hospital for a checkup.

Qi Xingchen was relieved when the dust settled. The next thing he realized was that his body was so weak that he could barely stand up straight.

"Feeling better?" Bai Ye stood at Xu Sheng's doorway, "Come on, I'll walk you back to your room."

"No, I'll go upstairs myself. Your mission is complete, you can go back."

"What are you talking about drunkenness," Bai Ye held him up, "I hadn't finished my business and would have gone up too."

Qi Xingchen was careless and wanted to say that you didn't just come to save Tao Tao, where else would you have things to do.

Then he realized that Bai Ye's answer was not quite right.

"You ......" Qi Xingchen asked tentatively, "What are you doing in our hotel at night?"

"Delivering a demo of the theme song for 'Heart of the Sea' to the commercial director."

"You didn't get a call from someone to come here?" Qi Xingchen couldn't believe it.

"I was going to ask why you guys weren't answering your phones, I didn't even know if I should come," Bai Ye just assumed he was drunk, "Go back to your rest, don't stand around in the hallway."

Qi Xingchen Brain is a mess ...... The male lead's words don't seem to match the plot.

Left and right, now drunk, he's eager for confirmation, grabbing Bai Ye by the sleeve and relentlessly saying, "How come I didn't hear you were going to write the theme song for 'Hearts of the Sea'?"

"Director Shang had approached me before, but I didn't agree. That day, after accompanying you to the theater, I went out and was grabbed by him and grounded again, so I had no choice but to agree."

Out the door and then he grabbed a grinding .....

Qi Xingchen scratches the top of his head, and it feels as if someone has shoved a handful of fireworks into his brain, crackling and colorful.

"That ......"

He took a deep breath, his voice tinged with a faintly detectable anticipation, "You and Director Shang, where did you discuss the theme song?"

If anyone else had asked such endless questions, Bai Ye would have left with a cold face.

But the little fan's folded up one eye is too cute, Bai Ye patiently explains, "Of course it's to Tao Tao's room, this song is for her."