In the end, the producer still chose to leave behind a GoPro. He knew that he couldn’t entrust it to Liang Yu, so he prudently chose to give it to Xu Jingzhe.
“Mr. Xu,” the producer pleaded, “I’m counting on you.”
Holding the GoPro, Xu Jingzhe wasn’t sure what expression to wear either. He could only conservatively say, “I’ll try my best.”
Most observation towers were, in essence, observatories, with a tower at the base and a dome at the top. The tower keeper led them inside, and Xu Jingzhe filmed their ascent with the GoPro. The spiral staircase eventually led them straight to the upper terrace.
The tower keeper pressed a button, and the dome rotated like a blooming cactus, splitting open into two parts. The sky wasn’t entirely pitch black at this time. It fell between shades of indigo, like a river washed with ink.
Liang Yu was walking in front, so Xu Jingzhe’s GoPro could only capture his back. The terrace was very large. Liang Yu turned around and extended a hand towards Xu Jingzhe, gently pulling him up. The stars here were different from those in the city, densely woven into the night sky. Xu Jingzhe adjusted the angle of the GoPro, trying to capture them all.
“You should film from this angle.” Liang Yu took Xu Jingzhe’s arm and motioned in a circle. “Turn the camera around.”
Xu Jingzhe was a little worried. “Turning it that way will get my face in the shot.”
Liang Yu wrapped a hand around his shoulders. He then seized Xu Jingzhe’s chin and kissed him.
The camera just so happened to capture this scene. Xu Jingzhe was momentarily speechless.
He couldn’t help but ask, “Did my face look funny when you grabbed it just now?”
Liang Yu broke out into laughter, his shoulders shaking.
Xu Jingzhe elbowed him in the ribs.
There were clean blankets on the terrace. Xu Jingzhe, tired of standing, sat down and fixed the GoPro in position to capture the starry skies. Liang Yu suggested turning off the microphone. Xu Jingzhe was a little skeptical. “Is that allowed?”
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Liang Yu stretched out his legs and patted them. “Lie down on my lap.”
Xu Jingzhe obediently rested his head there.
He gazed at the starry sky above for a while before casually remarking, “I remember seeing stars like this when I was filming in Qinghai.” Xu Jingzhe opened his arms and gestured up towards a distant direction. “And the Milky Way too.”
Liang Yu thought for a moment and asked, “Nomad?”
Nomad was a drama series from ten years ago. It was Xu Jingzhe’s very first leading role since his debut. In it, he played a young nomad who spent his days riding horses and hunting. He would pick shrubby cinquefoil flowers from by the bay to bestow them upon his beloved.
Xu Jingzhe was a little surprised. “You know about it?”
Liang Yu was propping himself up on his arms. He tilted his head and said nonchalantly, “I’ve seen it.” He continued, “You were a lot darker then than you are now. When you smiled, your whole face lit up. You also had braids in your hair, and you spent all day playing around with a bunch of fluffy white sheep.”
Xu Jingzhe found his memories of the drama a little strange. “You only watched those parts?”
“What other parts were there to watch?” Liang Yu asked strangely. “Anyone would’ve fallen in love with the you from that drama.”
At that time, Xu Jingzhe was only in his early twenties and had just shed some of his childish youthfulness. For the sake of this drama, he’d spent more than half a year in Tibet, living with a group of nomads. By the time the rest of the film crew arrived, the director could hardly even recognize him.
Nomad achieved unprecedented success that year. It allowed Xu Jingzhe to snag the Best Newcomer Award, paving the way for his radiant journey into the limelight.
“When did you watch it?” Xu Jingzhe asked.
Liang Yu: “I found some time and watched a highlight reel of your previous works.”
Xu Jingzhe: “?”
Liang Yu: “I got it from Liang Yan. She has a complete collection of your work, including a highlight reel of all of your works since you entered the industry.”
Xu Jingzhe let out a “wow”, not quite sure what else to say. Liang Yu lowered his head and ran his fingers through Xu Jingzhe’s hair. He suddenly asked, “Do you like Zhao Han’s tattoos?”
Xu Jingzhe didn’t really understand why Liang Yu was suddenly bringing up Zhao Han, but he responded honestly, “Yeah, I liked them because I remember you played a tattoo artist before.”
Liang Yu was silent for a while, seemingly having forgotten his own acting performances. He asked, uncertain, “Did I?”
Xu Jingzhe frowned slightly, refusing to lie on Liang Yu’s lap any longer. He sat up straight, his expression resembling that of a senior scolding an irresponsible junior. “Do you not remember your own performances?”
Liang Yu: “…” He hesitated, a rare uncertainty creeping into his demeanor, and thought hard for a while.
Xu Jingzhe had already pulled out his phone to search the movie up. He quickly found the movie’s synopsis and shoved it in front of Liang Yu, firmly stating, “You played the second male lead.”
Liang Yu breathed a sigh of relief and self-righteously declared, “I only remember the movies where I’m the male lead. Of course I’m not going to remember a supporting role.”
Xu Jingzhe felt that he was just making excuses, and the look on his face made that abundantly clear. He continued to browse through Liang Yu’s filmography and found many other supporting roles that the other had played during the early stages of his career.
Liang Yu couldn’t take it anymore. “Mr. Xu, let’s not be so strict. Can’t we focus on stargazing instead?”
Xu Jingzhe hesitated for a while, but, in the end, he reluctantly relented and laid back down onto Liang Yu’s lap.
Liang Yu stared at him for a long time before circling the conversation back around. “So you don’t like Zhao Han’s tattoos?”
Xu Jingzhe seemed to have anticipated that he would ask this question again, but he still couldn’t help bursting out into laughter.
Liang Yu wasn’t too pleased and grumbled, “What are you laughing at?”
Xu Jingzhe lazily replied, “Are you really this bored right now?”
Liang Yu turned him around by his shoulder. “How am I bored?”
Xu Jingzhe rolled over, facing Liang Yu. He then hugged Liang Yu’s waist and said, “You are so petty.”
Taking advantage of the dim light, Liang Yu rolled his eyes. He leaned down to kiss Xu Jingzhe. The latter obediently stretched out his arms and wrapped them around the former’s neck.
When the two came down from the terrace, the tower keeper was still waiting at the door. He was clearly a little sleepy from waiting. When he saw that they were holding hands, he couldn’t help joking, “I thought you two fell asleep up there.”
Liang Yu waved the GoPro in his hand, calmly coming up with an excuse, “We were shooting some footage.”
Xu Jingzhe stood behind him, hand over his mouth, and stayed silent.
The tower guard was enthused to hear that they were filming and delightedly asked, “Isn’t the night sky beautiful? You can see both Ursa Major and Ursa Minor at this time of year. Did you guys see it?”
“…” Liang Yu’s bewilderment was painfully obvious. He didn’t expect that someone would be quizzing him on his knowledge of constellations. He could only awkwardly reply, “I think … we did?”
Unsuspecting, the tower keeper continued with his questions, “What did it look like? Can you describe it?”
Liang Yu was still blanking when he heard Xu Jingzhe quietly reminding from behind, “It’s the Big Dipper. Do you really not know this?”
Liang Yu: “…”
Also.. who tf will be surprised if we learn that Mister Liang Yu has had a crush for a while on our babe? Because I wouldn’t be. Buddy REMEMBERS. based on the way he described Xu Jingzhe.. i get it. On the other hand, the movie seems dope!! Would watch it.
We love to see that they had a.. lot of fun paying attention to the stars above seeing how adamant Xu was on covering his mouth 😭 did the dog bite it again?
Thank You for the new chapter (灬♥ω♥灬)
Oh nooo what if JY just doesn’t want to remember his early stages of career r because something happend then