Chapter 20
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From the moment Shi Xi intruded into Gu Feining’s life, the number of times she felt regret as soon as she opened her eyes the morning kept increasing.
The moment she was woken up by her alarm, Gu Feining felt a bit disoriented, not knowing where she was. It was only when she turned her head to the side and saw the man lying next to her that she fully woke up in shock.
At first, her memory did not give her any hints of what happened, but as soon as she saw his face, the details from last night suddenly came rushing in.
The first person who took the initiative was her, and the person who catered to the other was also her.
She did not drink alcohol, and she was not in a bad mood. It was all because the atmosphere was too enticing. The details slowly came to her and this time, Gu Feining could not come up with any excuses to chase Shi Xi away.
On top of that, this was Shi Xi’s house.
Her phone was in the bag in the living room, and what had been thrown in the living room along her bag were their clothes.
When Gu Feining got up, she realized Shi Xi’s bedroom was only separated from the rest of the apartment by a glass wall. When she looked out from the bedroom, she could see the entire living room. Their clothes were thrown haphazardly around the sofa, and the worst thing was how her underwear was hanging off the backrest, causing her to stop breathing for a moment.
The alarm had already stopped ringing. The next time it rang would be ten minutes later. Gu Feining was worried she would wake Shi Xi up, and prepared to get off the bed sneakily.
She had just moved a little when her arm was pulled back by someone. Shi Xi lay on the bed, his head buried in his pillow as if he had yet to awaken, but his hand was gripping Gu Feining’s wrist without any intention to release.
Gu Feining was shocked and hurriedly explained, “I-I’m going to switch off my alarm.”
“Mmhm…” Shi Xi still refused to let go.
Gu Feining struggled for a while, only to realize that the grip hadn’t loosened at all. She gave up dejectedly and said, “I need to go to the set today.”
“I’ll drive you there…” Shi Xi finally made some movement.
Gu Feining hurriedly rejected, “There’s no need.”
But of course, Shi Xi did not accept her rejection and tried to sit up to get out of bed.
After he sat up, he was in a daze for a few seconds. Then, it seemed like he remembered he had an important task to complete because he forced his eyes open and turned his head to glance at Gu Feining before pulling her close and kissing her on her mouth and saying ‘Morning’. Only then did he get out of bed and headed into the bathroom.
He no intention of hiding himself from Gu Feining at all and had gotten off the bed without wearing anything. Contrary to how he hadn’t left any marks on Gu Feining, Shi Xi’s back was enough to tell people what had happened last night. The obvious scratch marks on his back deeply embarrassed Gu Feining.
She wished she could flee right that instant.
As soon as Shi Xi entered the bathroom, she quickly got out of bed and went to the living room to switch off the alarm before picking up the clothes from the floor and putting them on in a hurry.
It was still very early. She was used to waking up an hour before the set time with the help of an alarm, leaving enough time for herself so that she wouldn’t need to be in a hurry. She hadn’t expected this habit would save her today. Now, she had enough time to return home and clean up. There was even enough time for her to have a good shower.
But in the end, she had just put her clothes on when Shi Xi emerged from the bathroom. He was only wearing shorts and was wiping his hair as he came out looking refreshed. The scratch marks on his body caused Gu Feining to turn red again. Last night, she had truly… lost her sanity.
The moment Shi Xi saw Gu Feining, his expression froze.
He raised his eyebrow, looking as if he had caught her red handed. “Trying to run away again?”
“No!” Gu Feining instantly denied, but her actions betrayed her and she wasn’t convincing at all. She could only stand there awkwardly, looking pitiful.
Shi Xi stared at her for a while. He didn’t have any intention to blame her, in fact, he was quite helpless when it came to her. “Take a shower first, I’ll prepare breakfast for you. After you’ve eaten, I’ll send you home to get a change of clothes before you head to the set.”
Gu Feining initially wanted to reject him, but truthfully, there was nothing wrong with Shi Xi. The person who had issues was her. She was the one who was unwilling to accept others’ kindness and it was also her who was unwilling to treat Shi Xi the same way she normally treated people.
Shi Xi thought Gu Feining was considering the issue of the lack of time. “Don’t worry, I won’t cause any delay.”
Gu Feining wanted to say she could just head back by herself but was unable to bring herself to say it out loud.
At that moment, her phone rang again, but it was not the alarm this time. It was a call from Xiao Mang.
Xiao Mang told her that the production team was asking if she could come over earlier. The female lead had something on in the afternoon so they wanted to bring her scenes forward. The people in the production team knew that Gu Feining had a good temper and her team was easy to talk to. Since they couldn’t convince the female lead, they’d come to look for her.
When Gu Feining heard this, she hurriedly agreed, even asking Xiao Mang to quickly come pick her up. She spoke on the phone as she picked up the things she had thrown about inside Shi Xi’s house and prepared to leave.
Gu Feining’s eagerness annoyed Shi Xi a little. He candidly circled his arms around her waist and carried her back while reaching out to take the phone out from her hand. Then, told Xiao Mang on the phone, “I’m Shi Xi, you can send me the address and I’ll bring her there later.”
“Ah?” Xiao Mang was shocked, “Shi… Shi Xi… Male god???”
“I’ve troubled you,” Shi Xi hung up and hugged Gu Feining’s waist with one hand as he brought her back towards the bedroom.
Gu Feining kept struggling all the way. If Xiao Mang knew she was with Shi Xi last night, it would mean that Yue Mei would know as well. If Yue Mei knew, she could only imagine what kind of look Yue Mei would give her later.
“Let go of me.”
Right now, Shi Xi was truly quite angry. With his status, why was he still left with nothing even after being slept with for three times?
As Shi Xi was very strong, Gu Feining was unable to get out of his grip and could only relent, “Let’s talk about this…”
“Talk!” Shi Xi threw her onto the bed and leaned down onto her, his two hands supporting his body as he placed them on each side of Gu Feining, locking her under him. “Do you remember what you promised me last night?”
“What?” Sirens started sounding in Gu Feining’s brain. What did she do again last night?!
With her response, Shi Xi’s expression became more stern. “Think about it.”
This position was too stressful and Gu Feining tried her best to recall but did not remember anything.
Shi Xi shook his head helplessly. “Ning Ning…”
When he suddenly changed the way he was addressing her, Gu Feining suddenly remembered.
“Ning Ning, let’s date!”
Last night, he had hugged her and intimately whispered those words by her ear.
Gu Feining couldn’t remember what her reaction had been. She only felt that her ear was very itchy at that time, and she tried to reach out and scratch it but the other grasped her hand and placed it by her side. However, she remembered clearly what happened after that; the scattered kisses that landed on her body melted her.
That… was breaking the rules.
How could things that were said in those kinds of moments count?
“That… No, no, no… We can’t,” Gu Feining shook her head vigorously.
When Shi Xi saw she had remembered, his expression finally relaxed. He didn’t ask her why she thought they couldn’t be together. He only said, “You agreed.”
“I…” Gu Feining truly couldn’t remember when she agreed. “Calm down a little, you’re still so young. It won’t be a good thing for you to go public with a relationship. Have you ever thought about the consequences?”
“So?” Shi Xi didn’t seem to mind being rejected by Gu Feining. He straightened up and listened to her speak.
“There is a limited audience that like musicals in China,” Gu Feining tried her best to make her words persuasive. “With your current popularity, if you make a musical, even if you’re unable to shake the entire market, something you produced would be able to sell tickets. Furthermore, if you can make more people understand musicals because of your work, that would be considered your contribution to the career you like.”
Shi Xi nodded, “Continue.”
Gu Feining thought Shi Xi was finally listening to her and accepting her words, and the burden in her heart started to fade. “You’ve only started changing your career path to become an actor, and you have yet to start filming your new show. If you end up in a dating scandal now, it’ll affect your career severely.”
“Mmhm…”
“For the sake of the musical and your beloved career, I don’t think that you can date now,” Gu Feining continued to speak, “Furthermore, I feel that your fans would be unable to accept you dating someone now.”
Shi Xi laughed, “You’re quite good at speaking, why didn’t you say this in the past?”
The reason why she did not say this in the past was, she didn’t want to get too involved with him. Now that she had already entangled with him, she was willing to say everything she could to back out. Truthfully, Gu Feining felt that celebrities like him relied on fans a lot. Some popular celebrities might not even have a representative show or song, but all thanks to their fans, they were able to become popular. If he were to expose who he was dating now, he would only be digging his own grave. The fans would stop being his fans, and his advertisement work and all his roles as ambassadors for various brands would be affected. Even if they had a small portion of CP fans, that was just a small group compared to them.
Shi Xi’s career would be affected, and she would be scolded harshly for a long time! When Gu Feining thought about this, it reaffirmed her conviction to prevent such an event from occurring.
“For my beloved career.…” Shi Xi looked at Gu Feining’s expression and found it quite funny. “Then will you agree to be my female lead?”
“Huh? Female lead?” Gu Feining didn’t know why Shi Xi would suddenly change the topic and bring that up.
“The number of people who like musicals in China is quite small,” Shi Xi used Gu Feining’s words against her. “Since you’re asking me to focus on my career, you can’t reject me for both these things, right?”
Gu Feining was speechless. It seemed like rejecting Shi Xi was quite an impossible thing to do.
“I… I’ll discuss it with my manager when I meet her.”
Gu Feining finally decided to relent on the topic of the musical Shi Xi kept bringing up.
At this, Shi Xi’s expression became a lot better. He straightened up and pulled Gu Feining from the bed. “Take a shower first, then eat your breakfast. I promise to send you to the filming set on time.”
Gu Feining felt like she had fallen into Shi Xi’s trap again. Did he really confess to her last night? Why does that feel so unreal?
Shi Xi had her go to his closet to choose something to wear while he made breakfast for her.
Gu Feining showered in a daze and only came back into her senses after the shower.
When she stepped out of the bathroom, feeling refreshed, breakfast was ready. Shi Xi carried milk out and when he saw how Gu Feining looked, he seemed pretty satisfied.
His T-shirt covered a bit of Gu Feining’s upper thigh, showing off her pretty long legs.
Although it was a little too sexy, there were only his clothes available right now, so nothing could be done about it.
“What is it?” Gu Feining’s had always dressed conservatively. Unless she was attending an event or having a photoshoot, she dressed casually. It wasn’t that she didn’t like dressing up, it was because there were always people watching in the entertainment circle, and Mi Ke had placed pressure on her for the previous whole year.
Xiao Mang had complained numerous times about this. Even though Gu Feining’s figure was much better than Mi Ke’s, she couldn’t beat Mi Ke in the number of articles published.
Yue Mei did not want them to post that sort of article, as it could attract haters easily. Instead, whenever Mi Ke pressured her, Yue Mei would post a few of Gu Feining’s photos in casual wear on Weibo, clarifying the matter in a low-key manner and helping the public retain a good impression of her.
Thus, if she had no activities scheduled, she would dress casually. Something simple and comfortable was always her first choice. The reality was, despite how celebrities all looked beautiful and glamorous, there was a big chance it was because they were sucking in their stomach to the point of suffocation.
Hence, outfits like today’s, which made it look like she wasn’t wearing any pants, wouldn’t usually be worn by Gu Feining.
“Very pretty,” Actually, pretty did not sufficiently describe how she looked. Shi Xi’s youthful body felt some urges again just by looking at her.
Gu Feining was a little embarrassed when she heard Shi Xi’s praise. She lowered her head to pull on the shorts that were hidden by the shirt. The shorts were also Shi Xi’s so they were a little too big, but the T-shirt above it was large enough to cover it entirely. She had originally wanted to wear her clothes, but they were too crumpled, and she had worn those clothes for the whole day, so it was pretty uncomfortable to wear them again.
Actually, compared to the clothes she was wearing on the outside, she wanted to change the underwear she was wearing even more, but there was no time for her to return home to get a new set.
Even if they were living in the same neighborhood, it would take more than ten minutes to get to her house from Shi Xi’s place. Instead of wasting that amount of time, it would be better for her to just change after she reached the film set. After all, Xiao Mang would bring her the luggage she left in the hotel.
“Eat your breakfast first.”
While Gu Feining was eating her breakfast, Shi Xi came out, having changed his outfit.
When Gu Feining saw Shi Xi’s clothes, she instantly knew that this man was doing it on purpose. The same kind of T-shirt. Was he trying to make trouble?
“Can… Can you change your clothes?” Gu Feining asked him.
Shi Xi’s answer was resolute, “Nope.”
Gu Feining felt helpless, “There are a lot of reporters on set.”
The female lead of that show was often in scandals and attracted many reporters. Even Gu Feining had ended up on the news a few times because of her.
“I won’t get out of the car.” Shi Xi inwardly thought that he could no longer be saved, he was willing to do whatever she asked.
He then reached out to place a cap on Gu Feining’s head and pressed the brim as low as possible before asking her if she wanted to leave her clothes at his place, and he would send it for washing and pass them to her afterward.
Of course, Gu Feining rejected his offer. She didn’t want to come to Shi Xi’s house again. Not even if it was a casual visit because they lived close to each other. What happened last night couldn’t be considered an accident and she definitely couldn’t allow it to continue happening.
It seemed every time she encountered Shi Xi, she would promise herself that only to fail.
The time consumed was reduced by a third when she headed directly to the film set from Shi Xi’s house, compared to if Xiao Mang had come to pick her up before heading over. However, because it was peak hour, they were still caught in the traffic. When they reached the production set, true to his word, Shi Xi did not get out of the car. After Gu Feining got off, he left promptly.
Looking at the car that was gradually driving further and further away, Gu Feining felt empty inside. There had been no one that had barged into her life like this in recent years. Although Shi Xi was younger than her, there were no issues at all in terms of how he took care of people and dealt with matters.
In contrast, she was treating Shi Xi too harshly.
This made her feel like she was wasting his sincerity.
Although she truly couldn’t remember whether he confessed to her last night, the fact that she was confessed by an outstanding person like Shi Xi could be considered a good thing!
She let out a sigh and started to move. As soon as she turned around, she bumped into Xiao Mang, who was standing behind her.
Xiao Mang’s expression was dark. “Tell me honestly, what did you do with my male god last night?”
Gu Feining rested her arm behind Xiao Mang’s neck and threatened her, “If you tell Yue Mei about this matter, I’ll deduct your pay for this month.”
Xiao Mang’s expression instantly darkened, and she looked like she was heartbroken.
Gu Feining knew that if Shi Xi came public with a relationship, there would be numerous girls who would wear the same expression Xiao Mang had on at that moment.
That day, Gu Feining was kept busy with a lot of work. At noon, Xiao Mang told her the other mentors posted photos of the gifts Shi Xi’s fans gave them and asked if she wanted to post about the gifts too.
Gu Feining didn’t think much of it and had Xiao Mang post it.
To her misery, when she ended work that night, she saw the Weibo post had so many comments it was a little outrageous as soon as she got on Weibo. Thus, Gu Feining clicked on it and took a look.
What she posted on Weibo was a message where she thanked Shi Xi’s fans, saying that she couldn’t think of any way to properly repay them for their gift, so she’ll definitely help everyone take care of her junior.
However, Shi Xi left a message below saying: [ I’ve already received your return gift. ]
The words ‘return gift’ caused people to overthink.
Only Gu Feining and Shi Xi knew how… intimate this return gift was.
The messages below were split into two extreme ends. Shi Xi’s fans were disagreeing with the CP fans, while Gu Feining’s fans were at a loss of what to do.
Shi Xi’s fans said that those were normal polite words, and asked the CP fans not to think too much.
The CP fans were already making things up, the words ‘return gift’ was enough for them to imagine a whole year’s worth of happenings.
What made Gu Feining especially surprised was that besides her Weibo, she had also been photographed by the reporters today.
There was a photo of her from today on Weibo. It was probably because there were some rumors about her and Shi Xi since she was a mentor on the variety show he was also in, along with how she managed to gain a group of fans because of her acting skills when the promotional clips were released.
The photographs taken of her today had been reposted by many entertainment bloggers today. There were even fashion bloggers analyzing her outfit, saying she was wearing something completely different from her usual style, an outfit where her shorts could barely be seen, with her long legs attracting many people’s attention.
It was true that Gu Feining looked extremely gorgeous in the photos. It was probably because she rarely ended up in fashion magazines that her outfit looked extra good today.
Gu Feining opened the comments below the post nervously. As expected, the CP fans appeared without any fail.
There was also a photo of Shi Xi wearing the same style alongside the photo of her.
Furthermore, there were people saying that the clothes she was wearing were the same as the ones Shi Xi was wearing.
This was because although this kind of T-shirt was quite a common item in this brand’s line of clothing, this particular style was a limited edition, specially released for an anniversary.
Shi Xi’s clothes had been given to him by that brand, and he had only worn it once or twice. When Gu Feining taking out a shirt to wear, she’d found this shirt in the depths of the closet, and had chosen it assuming it must be because Shi Xi rarely wore it. Furthermore, she didn’t really take notice of brands that had more street-style clothing, thus, this was truly an accident.
Shi Xi probably did not think much about it because this brand was really everywhere, even he had a lot of clothing from this brand.
The issue was, the fans’ eagle-eyed gaze had already started to figure out who owned this particular limited edition design. Furthermore, Gu Feining had never worn this kind of clothes since her debut, and the fans were arguing. Some thought it was just an outfit that didn’t mean anything.
But the CP fans expressed, “We took that this can be considered as a moment between our CP.”
Gu Feining was completely helpless.
Chapter 20
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From the moment Shi Xi intruded into Gu Feining’s life, the number of times she felt regret as soon as she opened her eyes the morning kept increasing.
The moment she was woken up by her alarm, Gu Feining felt a bit disoriented, not knowing where she was. It was only when she turned her head to the side and saw the man lying next to her that she fully woke up in shock.
At first, her memory did not give her any hints of what happened, but as soon as she saw his face, the details from last night suddenly came rushing in.
The first person who took the initiative was her, and the person who catered to the other was also her.
She did not drink alcohol, and she was not in a bad mood. It was all because the atmosphere was too enticing. The details slowly came to her and this time, Gu Feining could not come up with any excuses to chase Shi Xi away.
On top of that, this was Shi Xi’s house.
Her phone was in the bag in the living room, and what had been thrown in the living room along her bag were their clothes.
When Gu Feining got up, she realized Shi Xi’s bedroom was only separated from the rest of the apartment by a glass wall. When she looked out from the bedroom, she could see the entire living room. Their clothes were thrown haphazardly around the sofa, and the worst thing was how her underwear was hanging off the backrest, causing her to stop breathing for a moment.
The alarm had already stopped ringing. The next time it rang would be ten minutes later. Gu Feining was worried she would wake Shi Xi up, and prepared to get off the bed sneakily.
She had just moved a little when her arm was pulled back by someone. Shi Xi lay on the bed, his head buried in his pillow as if he had yet to awaken, but his hand was gripping Gu Feining’s wrist without any intention to release.
Gu Feining was shocked and hurriedly explained, “I-I’m going to switch off my alarm.”
“Mmhm…” Shi Xi still refused to let go.
Gu Feining struggled for a while, only to realize that the grip hadn’t loosened at all. She gave up dejectedly and said, “I need to go to the set today.”
“I’ll drive you there…” Shi Xi finally made some movement.
Gu Feining hurriedly rejected, “There’s no need.”
But of course, Shi Xi did not accept her rejection and tried to sit up to get out of bed.
After he sat up, he was in a daze for a few seconds. Then, it seemed like he remembered he had an important task to complete because he forced his eyes open and turned his head to glance at Gu Feining before pulling her close and kissing her on her mouth and saying ‘Morning’. Only then did he get out of bed and headed into the bathroom.
He no intention of hiding himself from Gu Feining at all and had gotten off the bed without wearing anything. Contrary to how he hadn’t left any marks on Gu Feining, Shi Xi’s back was enough to tell people what had happened last night. The obvious scratch marks on his back deeply embarrassed Gu Feining.
She wished she could flee right that instant.
As soon as Shi Xi entered the bathroom, she quickly got out of bed and went to the living room to switch off the alarm before picking up the clothes from the floor and putting them on in a hurry.
It was still very early. She was used to waking up an hour before the set time with the help of an alarm, leaving enough time for herself so that she wouldn’t need to be in a hurry. She hadn’t expected this habit would save her today. Now, she had enough time to return home and clean up. There was even enough time for her to have a good shower.
But in the end, she had just put her clothes on when Shi Xi emerged from the bathroom. He was only wearing shorts and was wiping his hair as he came out looking refreshed. The scratch marks on his body caused Gu Feining to turn red again. Last night, she had truly… lost her sanity.
The moment Shi Xi saw Gu Feining, his expression froze.
He raised his eyebrow, looking as if he had caught her red handed. “Trying to run away again?”
“No!” Gu Feining instantly denied, but her actions betrayed her and she wasn’t convincing at all. She could only stand there awkwardly, looking pitiful.
Shi Xi stared at her for a while. He didn’t have any intention to blame her, in fact, he was quite helpless when it came to her. “Take a shower first, I’ll prepare breakfast for you. After you’ve eaten, I’ll send you home to get a change of clothes before you head to the set.”
Gu Feining initially wanted to reject him, but truthfully, there was nothing wrong with Shi Xi. The person who had issues was her. She was the one who was unwilling to accept others’ kindness and it was also her who was unwilling to treat Shi Xi the same way she normally treated people.
Shi Xi thought Gu Feining was considering the issue of the lack of time. “Don’t worry, I won’t cause any delay.”
Gu Feining wanted to say she could just head back by herself but was unable to bring herself to say it out loud.
At that moment, her phone rang again, but it was not the alarm this time. It was a call from Xiao Mang.
Xiao Mang told her that the production team was asking if she could come over earlier. The female lead had something on in the afternoon so they wanted to bring her scenes forward. The people in the production team knew that Gu Feining had a good temper and her team was easy to talk to. Since they couldn’t convince the female lead, they’d come to look for her.
When Gu Feining heard this, she hurriedly agreed, even asking Xiao Mang to quickly come pick her up. She spoke on the phone as she picked up the things she had thrown about inside Shi Xi’s house and prepared to leave.
Gu Feining’s eagerness annoyed Shi Xi a little. He candidly circled his arms around her waist and carried her back while reaching out to take the phone out from her hand. Then, told Xiao Mang on the phone, “I’m Shi Xi, you can send me the address and I’ll bring her there later.”
“Ah?” Xiao Mang was shocked, “Shi… Shi Xi… Male god???”
“I’ve troubled you,” Shi Xi hung up and hugged Gu Feining’s waist with one hand as he brought her back towards the bedroom.
Gu Feining kept struggling all the way. If Xiao Mang knew she was with Shi Xi last night, it would mean that Yue Mei would know as well. If Yue Mei knew, she could only imagine what kind of look Yue Mei would give her later.
“Let go of me.”
Right now, Shi Xi was truly quite angry. With his status, why was he still left with nothing even after being slept with for three times?
As Shi Xi was very strong, Gu Feining was unable to get out of his grip and could only relent, “Let’s talk about this…”
“Talk!” Shi Xi threw her onto the bed and leaned down onto her, his two hands supporting his body as he placed them on each side of Gu Feining, locking her under him. “Do you remember what you promised me last night?”
“What?” Sirens started sounding in Gu Feining’s brain. What did she do again last night?!
With her response, Shi Xi’s expression became more stern. “Think about it.”
This position was too stressful and Gu Feining tried her best to recall but did not remember anything.
Shi Xi shook his head helplessly. “Ning Ning…”
When he suddenly changed the way he was addressing her, Gu Feining suddenly remembered.
“Ning Ning, let’s date!”
Last night, he had hugged her and intimately whispered those words by her ear.
Gu Feining couldn’t remember what her reaction had been. She only felt that her ear was very itchy at that time, and she tried to reach out and scratch it but the other grasped her hand and placed it by her side. However, she remembered clearly what happened after that; the scattered kisses that landed on her body melted her.
That… was breaking the rules.
How could things that were said in those kinds of moments count?
“That… No, no, no… We can’t,” Gu Feining shook her head vigorously.
When Shi Xi saw she had remembered, his expression finally relaxed. He didn’t ask her why she thought they couldn’t be together. He only said, “You agreed.”
“I…” Gu Feining truly couldn’t remember when she agreed. “Calm down a little, you’re still so young. It won’t be a good thing for you to go public with a relationship. Have you ever thought about the consequences?”
“So?” Shi Xi didn’t seem to mind being rejected by Gu Feining. He straightened up and listened to her speak.
“There is a limited audience that like musicals in China,” Gu Feining tried her best to make her words persuasive. “With your current popularity, if you make a musical, even if you’re unable to shake the entire market, something you produced would be able to sell tickets. Furthermore, if you can make more people understand musicals because of your work, that would be considered your contribution to the career you like.”
Shi Xi nodded, “Continue.”
Gu Feining thought Shi Xi was finally listening to her and accepting her words, and the burden in her heart started to fade. “You’ve only started changing your career path to become an actor, and you have yet to start filming your new show. If you end up in a dating scandal now, it’ll affect your career severely.”
“Mmhm…”
“For the sake of the musical and your beloved career, I don’t think that you can date now,” Gu Feining continued to speak, “Furthermore, I feel that your fans would be unable to accept you dating someone now.”
Shi Xi laughed, “You’re quite good at speaking, why didn’t you say this in the past?”
The reason why she did not say this in the past was, she didn’t want to get too involved with him. Now that she had already entangled with him, she was willing to say everything she could to back out. Truthfully, Gu Feining felt that celebrities like him relied on fans a lot. Some popular celebrities might not even have a representative show or song, but all thanks to their fans, they were able to become popular. If he were to expose who he was dating now, he would only be digging his own grave. The fans would stop being his fans, and his advertisement work and all his roles as ambassadors for various brands would be affected. Even if they had a small portion of CP fans, that was just a small group compared to them.
Shi Xi’s career would be affected, and she would be scolded harshly for a long time! When Gu Feining thought about this, it reaffirmed her conviction to prevent such an event from occurring.
“For my beloved career.…” Shi Xi looked at Gu Feining’s expression and found it quite funny. “Then will you agree to be my female lead?”
“Huh? Female lead?” Gu Feining didn’t know why Shi Xi would suddenly change the topic and bring that up.
“The number of people who like musicals in China is quite small,” Shi Xi used Gu Feining’s words against her. “Since you’re asking me to focus on my career, you can’t reject me for both these things, right?”
Gu Feining was speechless. It seemed like rejecting Shi Xi was quite an impossible thing to do.
“I… I’ll discuss it with my manager when I meet her.”
Gu Feining finally decided to relent on the topic of the musical Shi Xi kept bringing up.
At this, Shi Xi’s expression became a lot better. He straightened up and pulled Gu Feining from the bed. “Take a shower first, then eat your breakfast. I promise to send you to the filming set on time.”
Gu Feining felt like she had fallen into Shi Xi’s trap again. Did he really confess to her last night? Why does that feel so unreal?
Shi Xi had her go to his closet to choose something to wear while he made breakfast for her.
Gu Feining showered in a daze and only came back into her senses after the shower.
When she stepped out of the bathroom, feeling refreshed, breakfast was ready. Shi Xi carried milk out and when he saw how Gu Feining looked, he seemed pretty satisfied.
His T-shirt covered a bit of Gu Feining’s upper thigh, showing off her pretty long legs.
Although it was a little too sexy, there were only his clothes available right now, so nothing could be done about it.
“What is it?” Gu Feining’s had always dressed conservatively. Unless she was attending an event or having a photoshoot, she dressed casually. It wasn’t that she didn’t like dressing up, it was because there were always people watching in the entertainment circle, and Mi Ke had placed pressure on her for the previous whole year.
Xiao Mang had complained numerous times about this. Even though Gu Feining’s figure was much better than Mi Ke’s, she couldn’t beat Mi Ke in the number of articles published.
Yue Mei did not want them to post that sort of article, as it could attract haters easily. Instead, whenever Mi Ke pressured her, Yue Mei would post a few of Gu Feining’s photos in casual wear on Weibo, clarifying the matter in a low-key manner and helping the public retain a good impression of her.
Thus, if she had no activities scheduled, she would dress casually. Something simple and comfortable was always her first choice. The reality was, despite how celebrities all looked beautiful and glamorous, there was a big chance it was because they were sucking in their stomach to the point of suffocation.
Hence, outfits like today’s, which made it look like she wasn’t wearing any pants, wouldn’t usually be worn by Gu Feining.
“Very pretty,” Actually, pretty did not sufficiently describe how she looked. Shi Xi’s youthful body felt some urges again just by looking at her.
Gu Feining was a little embarrassed when she heard Shi Xi’s praise. She lowered her head to pull on the shorts that were hidden by the shirt. The shorts were also Shi Xi’s so they were a little too big, but the T-shirt above it was large enough to cover it entirely. She had originally wanted to wear her clothes, but they were too crumpled, and she had worn those clothes for the whole day, so it was pretty uncomfortable to wear them again.
Actually, compared to the clothes she was wearing on the outside, she wanted to change the underwear she was wearing even more, but there was no time for her to return home to get a new set.
Even if they were living in the same neighborhood, it would take more than ten minutes to get to her house from Shi Xi’s place. Instead of wasting that amount of time, it would be better for her to just change after she reached the film set. After all, Xiao Mang would bring her the luggage she left in the hotel.
“Eat your breakfast first.”
While Gu Feining was eating her breakfast, Shi Xi came out, having changed his outfit.
When Gu Feining saw Shi Xi’s clothes, she instantly knew that this man was doing it on purpose. The same kind of T-shirt. Was he trying to make trouble?
“Can… Can you change your clothes?” Gu Feining asked him.
Shi Xi’s answer was resolute, “Nope.”
Gu Feining felt helpless, “There are a lot of reporters on set.”
The female lead of that show was often in scandals and attracted many reporters. Even Gu Feining had ended up on the news a few times because of her.
“I won’t get out of the car.” Shi Xi inwardly thought that he could no longer be saved, he was willing to do whatever she asked.
He then reached out to place a cap on Gu Feining’s head and pressed the brim as low as possible before asking her if she wanted to leave her clothes at his place, and he would send it for washing and pass them to her afterward.
Of course, Gu Feining rejected his offer. She didn’t want to come to Shi Xi’s house again. Not even if it was a casual visit because they lived close to each other. What happened last night couldn’t be considered an accident and she definitely couldn’t allow it to continue happening.
It seemed every time she encountered Shi Xi, she would promise herself that only to fail.
The time consumed was reduced by a third when she headed directly to the film set from Shi Xi’s house, compared to if Xiao Mang had come to pick her up before heading over. However, because it was peak hour, they were still caught in the traffic. When they reached the production set, true to his word, Shi Xi did not get out of the car. After Gu Feining got off, he left promptly.
Looking at the car that was gradually driving further and further away, Gu Feining felt empty inside. There had been no one that had barged into her life like this in recent years. Although Shi Xi was younger than her, there were no issues at all in terms of how he took care of people and dealt with matters.
In contrast, she was treating Shi Xi too harshly.
This made her feel like she was wasting his sincerity.
Although she truly couldn’t remember whether he confessed to her last night, the fact that she was confessed by an outstanding person like Shi Xi could be considered a good thing!
She let out a sigh and started to move. As soon as she turned around, she bumped into Xiao Mang, who was standing behind her.
Xiao Mang’s expression was dark. “Tell me honestly, what did you do with my male god last night?”
Gu Feining rested her arm behind Xiao Mang’s neck and threatened her, “If you tell Yue Mei about this matter, I’ll deduct your pay for this month.”
Xiao Mang’s expression instantly darkened, and she looked like she was heartbroken.
Gu Feining knew that if Shi Xi came public with a relationship, there would be numerous girls who would wear the same expression Xiao Mang had on at that moment.
That day, Gu Feining was kept busy with a lot of work. At noon, Xiao Mang told her the other mentors posted photos of the gifts Shi Xi’s fans gave them and asked if she wanted to post about the gifts too.
Gu Feining didn’t think much of it and had Xiao Mang post it.
To her misery, when she ended work that night, she saw the Weibo post had so many comments it was a little outrageous as soon as she got on Weibo. Thus, Gu Feining clicked on it and took a look.
What she posted on Weibo was a message where she thanked Shi Xi’s fans, saying that she couldn’t think of any way to properly repay them for their gift, so she’ll definitely help everyone take care of her junior.
However, Shi Xi left a message below saying: [ I’ve already received your return gift. ]
The words ‘return gift’ caused people to overthink.
Only Gu Feining and Shi Xi knew how… intimate this return gift was.
The messages below were split into two extreme ends. Shi Xi’s fans were disagreeing with the CP fans, while Gu Feining’s fans were at a loss of what to do.
Shi Xi’s fans said that those were normal polite words, and asked the CP fans not to think too much.
The CP fans were already making things up, the words ‘return gift’ was enough for them to imagine a whole year’s worth of happenings.
What made Gu Feining especially surprised was that besides her Weibo, she had also been photographed by the reporters today.
There was a photo of her from today on Weibo. It was probably because there were some rumors about her and Shi Xi since she was a mentor on the variety show he was also in, along with how she managed to gain a group of fans because of her acting skills when the promotional clips were released.
The photographs taken of her today had been reposted by many entertainment bloggers today. There were even fashion bloggers analyzing her outfit, saying she was wearing something completely different from her usual style, an outfit where her shorts could barely be seen, with her long legs attracting many people’s attention.
It was true that Gu Feining looked extremely gorgeous in the photos. It was probably because she rarely ended up in fashion magazines that her outfit looked extra good today.
Gu Feining opened the comments below the post nervously. As expected, the CP fans appeared without any fail.
There was also a photo of Shi Xi wearing the same style alongside the photo of her.
Furthermore, there were people saying that the clothes she was wearing were the same as the ones Shi Xi was wearing.
This was because although this kind of T-shirt was quite a common item in this brand’s line of clothing, this particular style was a limited edition, specially released for an anniversary.
Shi Xi’s clothes had been given to him by that brand, and he had only worn it once or twice. When Gu Feining taking out a shirt to wear, she’d found this shirt in the depths of the closet, and had chosen it assuming it must be because Shi Xi rarely wore it. Furthermore, she didn’t really take notice of brands that had more street-style clothing, thus, this was truly an accident.
Shi Xi probably did not think much about it because this brand was really everywhere, even he had a lot of clothing from this brand.
The issue was, the fans’ eagle-eyed gaze had already started to figure out who owned this particular limited edition design. Furthermore, Gu Feining had never worn this kind of clothes since her debut, and the fans were arguing. Some thought it was just an outfit that didn’t mean anything.
But the CP fans expressed, “We took that this can be considered as a moment between our CP.”
Gu Feining was completely helpless.
