The group of people, talking and laughing, left the venue, preparing to go to a nearby barbecue restaurant for the late-night snack.
There was a small garden outside the venue. Xu ChengYan was walking behind. He glanced up casually and suddenly noticed a person in the garden.
Xu ChengYan was stunned for a moment and stared at the back of that person for a few seconds. After he came to his senses, he said to Su Tang: “SuSu, you guys go over first. I have something to do. I’ll come over later.”
“Okay.” Su Tang nodded. She turned around and left first.
Xu ChengYan also walked towards the garden, getting closer and closer to that person.
In the garden, the man stood alone under the streetlight, with a flash of scarlet red dot on his fingertips, unaware that someone was approaching.
Xu ChengYan looked at the man’s back and called out softly: “He Yang.”
He Yang heard the voice and subconsciously looked down at the cigarette in his hand.
After stubbing out the cigarette butt, He Yang turned around.
Xu ChengYan also came to He Yang and smiled: “I didn’t see you there just now. I thought you’d left.”
“I came out to get some air.” He Yang’s tone was very calm and he asked casually: “Are you going back?”
Xu ChengYan replied: “I’m having a late-night snack with my friends.”
He Yang nodded and said no more.
Xu ChengYan hesitated for a while, but finally said, “I have time on Friday morning.”
“Huh?”
“Would you like to have a meal with me?” Xu ChengYan raised his head and met He Yang’s eyes.
At that time, He Yang was facing away from the street lamp, half of his face still hidden in the darkness. No emotion could be seen on his face and he did not talk.
After a long time, He Yang finally responded and asked: “What time?”
“I have to go to the company at one o’clock in the afternoon.” Xu ChengYan said, “I have time before one o’clock, so it depends on when it is convenient for you.”
He Yang was quiet for a few seconds, then he said, “What about eight o’clock in the morning? I’ll take you back to the company at one o’clock.”
After Xu ChengYan heard that, he couldn’t help but chuckle and asked, “Does it take five hours to eat?”
He Yang said nothing. The dark eyes were dim and unclear, and he just stared at the young man in front of him quietly.
“Then, it’s eight o’clock.” Xu ChengYan replied, “Shall we meet at the Blue Cafe?”
He Yang nodded and said, “Okay, I’ll pick you up.”
“No need.” Xu ChengYan smiled, “It’s not that far. I’ll just go over there myself.
“Mn.”
“I’m going to have supper first.” Xu ChengYan walked a few steps to the side with a smile on his face: “Then, see you on Friday?”
“See you on Friday.”
***
After leaving, Xu ChengYan went to the barbecue restaurant and entered the private room.
A group of people had a late-night snack, talking and laughing and played until early in the morning.
Xu ChengYan also drank some wine and was a little drunk. His head was dizzy, so he was helped into the car by his assistant.
The assistant sent Xu ChengYan back to the apartment and poured a glass of hot water for him.
Xu ChengYan leaned on the sofa and drank some hot water to relax a little.
The assistant smelled the smell of alcohol in the air and couldn’t help but said: “Brother Zhou, why did you drink so much…”
“I only drank a few cups.” Xu ChengYan slouched a bit, scrolling through Weibo on his phone.
The assistant urged: “Brother Zhou, go take a shower and go to bed early.”
“No hurry.” Xu ChengYan didn’t feel sleepy at all. Instead, he was very energetic and continued to browse Weibo.
“Brother Zhou, you have to get up early tomorrow.” The assistant sighed, “It’s already past two-thirty now.”
“It’s okay.” Xu ChengYan still was not in a hurry.
However, the assistant kept urging him beside him, so Xu ChengYan had no choice but to put down his phone and go to the bathroom to take a shower first.
By the time everything was finished, it was already three o’clock.
Xu ChengYan slept for a while, but was woken up by the alarm clock at eight o’clock the next morning.
Although he won the Best Actor Award, he still had to continue working.
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Xu ChengYan got up, washed up, and went to the company first.
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Xu ChengYan glanced at it, and when he saw this week’s Friday’s itinerary, he frowned and said, “Brother Fan, I don’t have time on Friday morning. I’m going out to eat with my friend.”
Originally, he had no schedule for Friday morning, but now there was one more interview on his schedule.
The manager replied: “You can go out to eat after the interview. There’s still time.”
The manager didn’t care too much. After all, it wouldn’t take too long to have a meal, and there was still enough time to do an interview in the morning.
But Xu ChengYan still frowned and asked, “Can it be changed to another time? Like Thursday or Saturday?”
“Okay, I’ll ask the other side.” The manager replied.
Xu ChengYan went to the studio to shoot indoor scenes first, while his manager waited outside and contacted the reporter to change the time.
After Xu ChengYan finished shooting, the manager came over and said, “I’ll reschedule it to Saturday.”
“Okay, I’ve troubled Brother Fan.” Xu ChengYan nodded.
“I’ll send you the format later. Take a look at it when you get back.”
“Okay.”
Xu ChengYan nodded and continued working.
Soon, it was Thursday.
He had to shoot an endorsement on Thursday, and also had to shoot night scenes in the evening.
However, the night scene had to shoot many times, and by the time the team finished work, it was already one o’clock in the morning.
After shooting for a whole day, Xu ChengYan was extremely tired. After returning to the nanny car, he leaned back on the seat and fell asleep.
It wasn’t until the car stopped that the assistant on the side came over to wake him up.
Xu ChengYan returned to the apartment, and his assistant followed him in and said, “Brother Zhou, go and have a rest early.”
The assistant sighed, “Fortunately, you don’t have work tomorrow morning. Brother Zhou, you can have a good sleep.”
Xu ChengYan agreed with a sound in a daze. He returned to the bedroom.
Xu ChengYan endured his sleepiness, took off his makeup and took a shower. He then lay on the bed, his eyelids getting heavier slowly.
But before he fell asleep, Xu ChengYan suddenly remembered the appointment he had made with He Yang on Friday. So, he tried to wake himself up, took his phone and set an alarm, and then fell asleep.
So, when it was half past six in the morning, the alarm clock rang on time.
Xu ChengYan was extremely sleepy, but he still got up and went to wash up first.
When he finished washing, it was just before seven o’clock, and there was still an hour before the appointment time.
Xu ChengYan sat on the bed a little bored and sent a message to He Yang to confirm the time and place.
Soon, He Yang also replied to the message.
Xu ChengYan looked at the time. He originally planned to wait until 7:30 before going out, but after thinking about it, he decided to go there early.
Xu ChengYan stood up, put on his hat and prepared to go out.
When Xu ChengYan came out of the bedroom, he saw his assistant was still in the living room.
The assistant stayed up all night and was sitting in front of his laptop, still busy retouching Xu ChengYan’s photos.
When the assistant saw Xu ChengYan coming out, he was a little surprised and said, “Brother Zhou, why did you get up so early? Aren’t you going to sleep?”
He then saw that Xu ChengYan was still wearing a hat and looked like he was going out, so the assistant asked: “Are you going out?”
“Well, I have something to do. I’m going out for a while.” Xu ChengYan replied and walked towards the entrance.
“Brother Zhou, you only slept for a few hours.” The assistant poked his head and said, “Why don’t you take a rest?”
“No need.” Xu ChengYan put on a mask and said to the assistant: “You should also take a rest early.”
“I’ll go to bed after finishing the editing.” The assistant yawned, and then continued to edit the photos, “Anyway, it’s Xiao Yue’s shift change today.”
Xu ChengYan went out and walked towards the coffee shop
***
Meanwhile, in the apartment on the other side.
He Yang had already changed his clothes and was sitting in the car.
He Yang glanced at the time. There was still enough time to arrive at the cafe before seven-thirty.
He Yang leaned back on the seat and closed his eyes to rest.
The driver also followed his usual experience and avoided the morning rush hour roads that were prone to traffic jams, and took a long detour to save time.
But this time, there were some minor accidents on the road.
There was only a small traffic jam on the road at first, but as they got to the back, the car moved slower and slower, the queue in the traffic jam became longer and longer, and there was no end in sight either in front or behind.
The driver hesitated for a moment, but still turned around and said to the man in the back seat, “President He, there’s a traffic jam ahead.”
“Traffic jam?” He Yang opened his eyes and looked outside.
By this time, the road was already crowded with cars.
He Yang frowned slightly and looked at the time. It was already half past seven.
The driver said, “It seems there was a car accident ahead. It’s too late to change lanes now…”
He Yang frowned even more tightly, and as he could only remain as where he was, he called Xu ChengYan.
“YanYan.”
“Hm?”
He Yang said, “I might be a little late, there’s a traffic jam on the road.”
Xu ChengYan replied, “It’s okay. I can wait.”
He Yang asked, “Have you arrived yet?”
“I’m almost there….” Xu ChengYan’s attitude was rather vague and he did not answer directly.
He Yang thought the other party hadn’t left home yet, so he said, “You take your time and come out.”
“Okay.”
***
At that time, Xu ChengYan was already sitting in the coffee shop.
It was still very early, only half past seven, and there weren’t many customers in the cafe. So, it’s a little deserted.
Xu ChengYan held the cup and drank slowly.
It wasn’t until ten minutes later that Xu ChengYan received a message from He Yang, which was a message to share his location.
Ten minutes later, He Yang’s second message sharing his location was sent.
But that location was still in the same place and had not been moved much.
Xu ChengYan drank coffee and continued to wait boredly.
In the last five minutes before eight o’clock, He Yang called.
“I’m still on the way.” He Yang rubbed his eyebrows, “I’m not sure when I can arrive.”
Xu ChengYan: “There’s no rush.”
“I’m sorry.”
“It’s okay.” Xu ChengYan smiled, “I have time in the morning.”
He Yang asked, “Have you arrived?”
Xu ChengYan looked at the number plate on the table and replied, “I just arrived, I’m at table nine.”
“Okay, I should be there soon.”
After hanging up the phone, Xu ChengYan continued to stay in his seat, drinking coffee while playing on his phone.
But even after half past eight, He Yang still didn’t arrive and was stuck on the road.
At that moment, the manager called.
The manager said: “You come to the company to shoot a new cover now, we have to hand it in today.”
Xu ChengYan asked: “What’s wrong?”
“There was something wrong with the one we shot before…” The manager could not explain clearly on the phone. He quickly said: “You have to come to the company first, the sooner the better.”
The manager hurriedly explained a few words on the phone, urging Xu ChengYan to come to the company to work overtime.
Xu ChengYan had no choice but to get up and prepare to go to the company to take additional (magazine) cover photos.
Xu ChengYan stood up, called He Yang again, and asked, “He Yang, are you still on the way?”
He Yang: “I’m almost there.”
Xu ChengYan looked out the window, watching the pedestrians walking on the road outside, and said to He Yang: “Why don’t we forget about it for today? I suddenly have something to do and I have to leave.”
The phone suddenly fell silent, and He Yang didn’t talk.
Xu ChengYan explained: “It’s a work matter. I have to go to the studio now. I don’t have time in the morning.”
He Yang still said nothing.
After a long time, He Yang replied: “Okay.”
Xu ChengYan hung up the phone, left the coffee shop, and walked towards the company.
The cafe was still deserted.
But within a few minutes, the door of the cafe opened and a new customer came in.
The man in a black trench coat stood at the door, with a cold expression on his face.
Not far away, there were two waiters talking in a low voice.
“Clean up table No. 9.”
“The person at table No. 9 left? Wasn’t he waiting for someone?”
“He left.” That person sighed, “He’d been waiting for more than an hour and the one he waited hasn’t come yet. I guess he won’t be waiting..…”
***
After leaving the coffee shop, He Yang went directly to find Yuan Lie and asked about Xu ChengYan’s schedule.
When He Yang came to the studio, Xu ChengYan was sitting on the sofa, and there was a makeup artist doing makeup next to him.
Xu ChengYan closed his eyes and opened them again after putting on makeup. When he glanced around, he suddenly noticed He Yang at the door.
He Yang came over and said in a low voice: “Sorry, there’s a traffic jam on the road.”
Xu ChengYan was a little surprised and replied: “It’s okay.”
He Yang asked: “Did you wait for a long time?”
Xu ChengYan smiled and just said: “Not that long.”
“Sorry.” He Yang lowered his eyes and asked, “Do you still have time to have a meal today?”
“I probably don’t have time today.” Xu ChengYan shook his head, “It will take a long time to shoot.”
He also received an manager’s call at the last minute and came to the company immediately to reshoot the cover. He wasn’t sure how long it would take.
It can only be said that both of them were unlucky today ——
One was stuck in traffic and the other had to work overtime.
He Yang: “Do you have time tomorrow?”
“I’ve no time tomorrow either.”
“The day after tomorrow?”
Xu ChengYan just smiled and did not answer.
He Yang asked: “When will you have time?”
“I’m not sure.” Xu ChengYan took a pair of gloves from the staff and put them on.
“Five hours, you promised.”
Xu ChengYan adjusted his gloves and said calmly, “But you are late today.”
He Yang was late.
The appointed time was eight o’clock, but he had waited until eight-thirty, He Yang still didn’t come.
No matter what the reason was, being late was being late.
He Yang: “I won’t be late next time.”
“Let’s talk about it next time.” Xu ChengYan smiled politely. He adjusted his gloves, and prepared to go over and shoot the indoor scenes first.
But halfway through, Xu ChengYan suddenly realized that what he just said seemed a bit perfunctory. So, he turned around and looked back.
He Yang was still standing where he was and didn’t leave.
Xu ChengYan took out his phone and checked the itinerary. He came to He Yang and said, “Next Saturday.”
“Next Saturday night, I have time.”
They don’t have a luck together~
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