Chapter 94: Small box

After a happy video session with her boyfriend in her cow pajamas, Qi Xingchen stared at her for a while, then climbed out of bed with a grunt and started to pack up her personal belongings.

Gray Trace is scheduled to be filmed over a period of four to five months, spanning from winter to spring. The day before yesterday, Qi Yuji packed three big boxes with winter and spring clothes for him.

He carried the two suitcases that his sister had put back on his back, and only brought this one suitcase and one backpack with him, so that he could travel to J-city with a light load.

Qi Xingchen first pulls out the clothes one by one and hangs them up, then takes out the two small storage bags for her personal clothes - underwear, socks and so on - and prepares to put them in the cupboard.

However, as he walked towards the cabinet, he heard the sound of glass bottles clinking together and couldn't help but open the storage bag.

...... Inside lay four small, square boxes, and two small, round glass bottles.

He had packed the two bags of underwear and socks himself, and he remembered clearly that he had never put any of these strange things in them.

That could only have been stuffed in after Qi Yuji.

Qi Yuji never touches her brother's personal belongings or intimate apparel, though she likes to help him load his bags herself. The fact that these two items are stuffed into the organizer bag because she broke her principle shows that they have been shamed to a certain extent.

Qi Xingchen takes out a small box and reads the writing on it carefully.

"0.02mm Ultra Thin Ice Mint Flavor ......"

"Bump Hot Feeling Zero ......"

"Hyaluronic Acid Lubrication, Give Him Unhindered Love ......"

Qi Xingchen Looking at these strange words, strange knowledge increased.jpg.

Then next to the two round bottles of clear, viscous liquid, he could just about guess what they were.

Like being scalded by boiling water, Qi Xingchen "whooshed" and threw all these things to the ground. Why did his sister bring him birth control products? He's here to shoot a movie, not to look for women!

But when, after a few minutes of blushing stagnation, he looked down and picked them back up again, a less innocent thought rising in his mind--

Although Bai Ye is very busy and is unlikely to come to visit him, ......

But what if?

In case Bai Ye arrives, is it necessary to ...... Doesn't something have to work?

...... But will Bai Ye be interested in him?

Never mind, it's better to be prepared. Qi Xingchen wrapped these things in a towel and stuffed them into the bottom of the closet.

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Qi Xingchen saw Yan Ruonan, the lead actress, during the final photo shoot.

As her name suggests, she is very thunderous in what she does, and her fights are top-notch. For so many years has been known for dedication, can suffer. Only because her character was too rigid, she missed some opportunities where she could exchange her gender for resources, and has developed to the age of thirty-two now, she has never had a big hit, and has always been playing in the second tier of the drama circle.

Qi Xingchen had done his homework before coming here, and had great admiration and respect for Yan Ruonan. Facing Yan Ruonan, he also acted as a junior, holding his right arm in his left hand and bowing to shake hands with her, "Sister Ruonan, I'm Qi Xingchen, you can just call me Xingchen."

"Hello," Yan Ruonan said with a serious look on his face, "I'm Yan Ruonan."

"Please take care of yourself for the next few months."

Yan Ruonan let go of his hand and gave a faint "hmmm", not saying anything else, not looking very concerned about Qi Xingchen.

After greeting Qi Xingchen, she turned to report to the director.

The man next to her should be her agent, and reminded in a low voice, "Ruohan, Qi Xingchen is the male lead, and you're going to be working together for an entire movie. Your reaction just now was too cold, get along with him on the set next, don't make conflicts, harmony is most important, got it?"

Yan Ruonan didn't say anything.

The agent frowned, "Wakana!"

"...... I'll try my best," Yan Ruonan said, "as long as this fresh meat doesn't give me trouble, I'll never give the crew trouble either, we've been working together for years, you should know me."

Their conversation was not very loud, and Qi Xingchen could only faintly hear a small part of it. He wasn't angry or anything about it, knowing that he had no masterpieces and that his popularity was mostly built up by variety shows and his face value.

Yan Ruonan calls him "fresh meat", and yes, he's a fresh meat with a face.

But this web series really lacks the traffic that can carry the hits, and the investors found him, presumably because of the heat he brought out of Time.

Qi Xingchen didn't care and went to the lounge to put on his makeup. He spent the entire filming of "Hearts of the Sea" resting in a nanny van, but now that he's the lead actor, he can finally have his own lounge with his name tag on it, just like Bai Ye.

And there's no need to rub shoulders with the stylists like before. It's a great feeling, Qi Xingchen, reading the script and applying her makeup at a leisurely pace.

Due to years of malnutrition, Liang Xiaolong, the male lead, is yellow and skinny. Director Zhou sent Jiang Jiang the feeling he wanted, and Jiang Jiang had a problem: "Xingchen, your skin is too white, it doesn't match the character, I have to put a darker foundation on you."

"It's okay, fight."

"Then remember to find me at night to remove the makeup, it must have to be very thick, you can't remove it cleanly enough to easily hurt your skin."

Qi Xingchen nodded and continued reading the script.

After twenty minutes, he raised his head and looked at himself in the mirror ....... Not to mention, the foundation was indeed quite thick, and he was smothering himself.

In order to achieve a natural effect, Jiang Jiang used three colors of foundation, one to cover the other, but of course it was thicker. Jiang Jiang looked and tsked again, "I have to apply it on my neck too, or the contrast will be too big. And the exposed arms and paws."

"...... OK." Qi Xingchen could only choose to agree.

After a hard time applying his makeup, he changed into his first set of costume - a rider's overalls for a takeout platform.

It's the first time he's dressed up like this, and he's so fresh that he pulls out his camera and takes a selfie, which he naturally sends to Bai Ye.

When he sent it successfully, he suddenly remembered a problem - despite the base of his facial features being there, after applying this kind of yellowish makeup, his entire complexion looked very, very bad, and along with it, his face value was also lowered by one notch.

...... Bai Ye doesn't think he's ugly, does he?

Luckily, the message was not sent out for more than two minutes, and Qi Xingchen quickly withdrew it. Seeing his ugly photo successfully disappeared from the screen, he took a long breath.

Then an additional message appeared in front of my eyes: [Setting photos?

Qi Xingchen instantly choked back his half-expressed breath.

[Moon]: [How did you lose weight again?]

That breath is blocked in the tip of the heart, not up and down, can not be dispersed.

Qi Xingchen stared at the line with a complicated expression - it turned out that when he saw the final photo, Bai Ye's first reaction was not to realize that he had become ugly.

Rather, he's lost weight again.

Chest swollen and stuffy, Qi Xingchen typed seriously: [Makeup effect, not actually thin, you saw it last night]

[Moon]: [Last night's pajamas were too loose to see the figure]

Xingchen: [I ate hot pot yesterday, I'll only gain weight, not lose it.]

[Moon]: [I support you in losing weight to portray your character, but your body is more important, make sure to pay attention to a balanced nutritional ration, and eat strictly according to your nutritionist's advice]

Qi Xingchen didn't bring a nutritionist with him this time, so An Ran has been helping him with his meals according to the recipes sent by the nutritionist. He has been losing weight lately, but his muscle mass has increased so that he doesn't look like he has changed much, so his health is pretty good.

Facts speak louder than words, in order to make Bai Ye feel at ease, Qi Xingchen decides not to continue the battle with him, and waits to go back to the hotel, a photo is sent over, enough to prove the fact.

He skillfully changed the subject, [Don't you notice I've gotten ugly?

[Moon]: [It's supposed to be a modeling effect]

Qi Xingchen licked his lips as his mind wandered, [So what if one day day I really become like this?

He is now young, fresh and handsome, but as long as people will have the day of old age, will grow wrinkles, flab, will gradually cease to be stunning.

Bai Ye will still ...... Continue to like him?

After sending this, he waited apprehensively for the other's reply. Even thoughts drifted wildly, and he began to wonder if he'd have to get a facelift and slap a cucumber or something when he turned thirty-five.

But until he looked up on Baidu to do what anti-aging program, Bai Ye disappeared as if he had not been back, the message sank without a trace.

...... Do you really dislike him for getting old? Qi Xingchen's eyes darkened abruptly, and she regretted why she had asked such a stupid and pretentious question.

"Stupid." He couldn't help but curse himself.

As messages over two minutes old can't be withdrawn, and regrets don't help, Qi Xingchen tries to put aside her personal feelings, and under the guidance of the coordinator, she and Jiang Jiang head to the location where the final photo shoot will take place.

Halfway there, my cell phone vibrated. When I took it out, [Moon] sent me a WeChat message].

Jiang Jiang happens to turn his head to talk to him and accidentally sees the prompt and wonders, "Moon? Did you change the note?"

"No," Qi Xingchen lied, "the other party's WeChat name is this, I didn't change it."

"Oh, his name is Luna and yours is Xingchen, you guys are pretty good together, haha."

Having just been struck, Qi Xingchen was in no mood for jokes, and while he stonewalled Jiang Jiang, his fingers scratched out the message as if he had been tortured.

Stretching his neck is a cut, and so is shrinking his neck. If Bai Ye dislikes him, he will ...... He will try to cherish the time he can spend with Bai Ye, so that he can live the rest of his life on this good memory.

What turned up was unexpected.

Neither was it a text reply, nor did Bai Ye dislike him.

It was a photo of the inside of a poetry book, a short little poem written on slightly wrinkled paper.

"How many have loved your fleeting figure, your beauty, your hypocrisy, or your truth, but only one has loved your pilgrim's heart, and the marks of time on your mournful face."

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Touched by the poem, Qi Xingchen was so full of emotion that it didn't take much time to take three sets of personalized photos under the direction of the photographer.

One set shows the state of working odd jobs, one set shows the state of being at home in the countryside, and one set shows the state of being at school, accurately covering every important stage of Liang Xiaolong's life.

The next step is to take photos of the main couple together. Yan Ruonan is dressed in police uniform and looks valiant, while Qi Xingchen is dressed in rags and looks confused with a hint of longing.

The two finished extremely quickly and in less than an hour, all the photos were taken.

While waiting for the retouching process, the photographer kept saying, "Yo, Xingchen's face is so perfectly boned, there's no need for photoshop!"

"To be transformed into this kind of demeanor and still look so good, tsk tsk tsk, young people nowadays, ah, what did they grow up on?"

"The black eyes are too bright, I'll make them darker for you haha, Liang Xiaolong's brain won't allow him to be witty."

"Ms. Yan Ruonan is well suited for a policewoman's costume! The woman is a rose!"

Qi Xingchen did not expect that the photographer's little brother would actually blow rainbow farts better than the fans, and was not too embarrassed to be complimented, observing Yan Ruonan from time to time.

Yan Ruonan remained expressionless, with a few hints of impatience in her eyes. Qi Xingchen thought to himself that in her mind, he might have evolved from a fresh meat to a flower vase.

The official scenes will be shot tomorrow after the opening ceremony. After the makeup shoot, Director Zhou said they could leave.

Probably to help maintain the relationship with his own artist, Yan Ruonan's manager said, "Xingchen, is your driver here yet, I'll give you a ride?"

The M1 car, symbolizing the male one, was parked outside, and the agent's words were purely polite as Qi Xingchen smiled and refused, "No need, I'm going to stay on the set until the evening and then go back."

"Staying on the set until night?" The agent was surprised, "This is a village in the city, the heating is particularly poor, so don't freeze."

"It's okay," Qi Xingchen gestured to the down jacket on her body, "I'm wearing a thick one."

Seeing Qi Xingchen's insistence, the agent stopped persuading him and took Yan Ruonan into the car.

After seeing them off the set, Qi Xingchen walked slowly around the village, measuring with his feet the path Liang Xiaolong had walked, looking with his eyes at the scenery Liang Xiaolong had seen, and listening with his ears to the sounds Liang Xiaolong had heard.

Three hours passed after the two big laps. His toes were frozen stiff at some point, and he hid under the wind-blocking eaves and jumped around, when An Ran called and instructed, "Xingchen, the official announcement will be made tonight, so you're now on the number to go back to shut down the microblogs of the cast and crew's creators."

Qi Xingchen went on Weibo as he said he would, and because he had been wandering around for so long, the official microblogging site of Gray Tracks, the director, and the cast of the show, had all finished following him more than two hours ago.

There were even some small, unheard of supporting characters who had followed him as early as two days before in order to get close.

Qi Xingchen couldn't help but feel ashamed and hurriedly went back one by one. When he reached Yan Ruonan's place, he suddenly realized that the other party didn't pay attention to him.

Qi Xingchen didn't think too much about it and followed Yan Ruonan first.

It wasn't until he got back to the hotel at 8 p.m. that he opened his Twitter feed and realized Yan Ruonan still wasn't following him.

Yan Ruonan's manager, who is very good at what he does, must have warned his artist. In this case, it's probably Yan Ruonan himself who has been making excuses for not doing anything about it.

Qi Xingchen curiously poked at Yan Ruonan's most recent tweet.

It's a photo of the script that was posted an hour ago with no accompanying text, mostly to tell fans that she's got a job.

The comments under the tweet were wonderful:

"Hhhh, Sister Yan is real, she doesn't diao the flow of fresh meat.

[are the same group of actors not to it, no wonder the fire is not up, love hurts so low]

[The one above, being real doesn't equal low IQ, she just doesn't want to do things against her will. Look at all the people she follows, all of them are powerhouses. If you want to be followed by her, please let your master become a powerhouse first, ok?

I'm the one who recognizes my family's lack of popularity, and I'm the one who's in charge of my enclosure, so if you don't like it, you can go back.

[Aigoo, what a big mouth. Your sister chose to be a public figure, so she has to come out and accept public opinion, I have the right to comment, what do you care?]

What's wrong with you? Come on, I'll go with you, you crawling bitch. ......]